Chapter 179: Powers' Ambition

Jackson only gave James three days to investigate Prince Charlie's murderer, and on the one hand, James sent his cronies to investigate, and on the other hand, he pinned his hopes on Long Xin'er.

Speaking of which, he sometimes asks himself, is this mysterious Oriental woman credible? Although it is said that every time she sees herself, she seems to have no reservations, but she knows people and faces, but she doesn't know her heart, who can say that this is not prepared in advance.

James was a commander of the British Empire's Vanguard Battalion before becoming Governor of Paradise Island, a position in the entire military system that was a transitional position, a little higher than the average junior officer, but a step away from the senior officer. In the British Empire, many officers without a background often achieve the position of commander, and the whole career will come to an abrupt end, and it is extremely difficult to rise a little further, either because they have made second-class meritorious service or above in the empire, or they are like Sandro and have a backer like Duke Jackson, otherwise they will be forced to work in some Qingshui Yamen when they reach a certain age.

Although James was also a man of Duke Jackson before, it only seemed like that. In order to cover the battlefield observation group led by Prince William, the British Empire sacrificed a lot of soldiers, among which Grace's father was the highest, so the more compensation Grace's father received afterwards, not only was he given a third-class duke, but also rewarded a lot of wealth and land, while James's father was only injured because his position was too low at the time, so although he was rewarded, it was limited after all. Over the years, Duke Jackson has supported him all the way for his father's sake, and he can be said to have done his best to sit in the position of commander of the pioneer battalion.

As for the position of governor of the island of Shanghai later, on the one hand, the paradise island was desolate at that time, and no one was willing to do it if he found other people, on the other hand, although James was careful and ambitious, but his ability was limited, and it was difficult to set off any big storms, so put him in this position and arrange a Sandro to clamp him aside, and Jackson could rest assured.

But for James, he wants more than that, as a non-aristocratic child, he has to plan for the rest of his life in advance, so when Long Xin'er found him, he hesitated for a long time and finally decided to agree to cooperate with Long Xin'er.

Speaking of which, James is not too interested in what Long Xin'er wants to do, sometimes he will feel that Long Xin'er and them are whimsical, what he is really interested in is that Long Xin'er and they can bring him huge wealth, and after having enough wealth, James can ensure that he has no worries, even if his career cannot continue one day, he can take the money to wherever he wants to go and be happy.

It's just that there must be a premise for all this, that is, to ensure that Long Xin'er's affairs will not be abandoned halfway, and to ensure that before Long Xin'er and their affairs are completed, his position as governor cannot be lost. However, it is not so easy to keep the position of the governor at the moment, three days is too short, and it is really difficult to find out who is behind the murder of Prince Charlie.

Before Sandro proposed to arrest all the grooms involved and torture them severely, James refused on the spot, not that he had to find out the black hand hidden behind the groom, but if he only took one groom to deal with, Prince Charles would definitely not be satisfied, and Jackson would also take the opportunity to erase him without hesitation, although James has limited ability, he is not stupid, and sometimes he is even a little too sensitive, he actually noticed Duke Jackson's dissatisfaction with him in some details, It can even be said that he was suspicious, so he had to think more carefully and act more carefully.

Meanwhile, in a secluded house on the island, Bowers is gathering a meeting with a few of his henchmen.

One of the henchmen said: "We can say that this time the matter has been more than half successful, Prince Charles is very angry, it is said that even Duke Jackson's request to see him has refused several times, but unfortunately this time he let a madwoman save him halfway." ”

Bowers shook his head and said, "I think this incident was very successful, because we didn't intend to kill Prince Charlie in the first place, I just hope that he can see the chaos of Paradise Island, and through his mouth, he can make the nobles of the empire disgusted with Paradise Island." ”

"But Lord Bishop, this incident alone is not enough, is it? The Empire has already invested a lot of resources in Paradise Island, and it is impossible to abandon Paradise Island just because Prince Charles went back and said something, right? And what do we do next? I've heard that James and the others are looking around for the mastermind, and they're already suspicious of the grooms. ”

Bowers nodded, said with a gloomy face, "It's time to watch his performance next." Tell the groom through the secret language that the time has come for him to die for the Sect. ”

"Well," one of his henchmen agreed, but he said to Bowers with some concern, "but will he regret it for a while?" After all, this is going to kill him, huh? ”

"Repentance? What did he repent? Even if he regrets it now, once Prince Charles knows what he really thinks, will he be able to run away? Even if you don't want his life, at least you will let him stay in prison for the rest of his life, right? Besides, his wife and children were on the island, and if he wanted them to live in peace in the future, he should go and die for the sect. ”

After Powers finished speaking, several of his henchmen were silent, the expressions on everyone's faces were very complicated, some confused, some hesitant, and some afraid, as if they were worried that the same fate would happen to them, Bowers realized that what he just said might be a little inappropriate, and then said: "Don't think that I let him die in vain, he sacrificed for the sect and for the gods, the gods will remember him, and the gods will guide him to heaven, although his fate in the world has come to an end, But his good life in heaven will also begin anew. You have to remember that our religion and our faith have reached the most critical moment, and all people, including me, must be ready to sacrifice at any time, do not be afraid, do not be sad, everything you have done in this world, after you reach heaven, God will double the compensation for you. Believe in God! ”

After Bowles' emotional speech, several of his henchmen finally regained their confidence again, and Bowles nodded with satisfaction and continued: "You also have to immediately go and spread rumors among those newly emancipated slaves, that the die-hard conservative nobles of the empire want to use Prince Charles's incident to suppress them, want to turn them back into slaves, and let them know that only by resisting can they truly be free." ”

But would the newly emancipated slaves believe it? Do they dare to resist? A confidant asked, puzzled.

"What I want is panic, what I want is turmoil, what I want is an undercurrent of surging atmosphere in Paradise Island, as long as some of them can believe it, even if we succeed, it doesn't matter if we will really stand up and resist."

After Bowers' arrangement, several of his men immediately dispersed to prepare, and it was not long before a murder occurred on the island, a groom committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in his home, and left a suicide note, in which he voluntarily confessed to drugging Prince Charlie's horse, but this did not matter, it was the other words he wrote that really caused an uproar.