Chapter 107: The group scene on the big stage

Seeing this, Vaschi wanted to step forward to help the old man inject drugs to stabilize his mood, but the old man raised his hand to stop him.

He gestured to Leo, took control of his wheelchair, came to the study, stopped in front of the blackboard, raised his hand to pick up the chalk, wrote something on it, and then used some lines to connect the contents of the writing, forming a large net, and in the middle of the net was the Continental Congress.

Leo looked at the information on the blackboard and gradually sorted out some clues.

After writing all the relationship diagrams, the old man put down the chalk, stretched out his hand and pointed to the top two words, and said: "The maritime bill and the three-tier parliamentary system should be the source of everything." Five years ago, the Maritime Bill, passed by two-thirds of the legislatures of the three continents, directly limited the sea power of the Kingdom of Inge, so that even after defeating the former maritime overlord Kingdom of Sigmar, the Kingdom of Inge still could not expand its power into the surrounding waters of the other two continents. Four years ago, the three-tier parliamentary system secretly implemented by the Vilen Continental Council in various cities on the western continent of Vilen directly posed a huge threat to the royal power of the French Empire. ”

Leo asked with some puzzlement: "Since both countries hate the Continental Council so much, why don't they just quit the Continental Council and drive them out of the Velen Continent?"

The old man shook his head and said, "If you follow your method, the end result will only make the situation of the two countries very bad, isolated by the world, and political problems cannot be solved in such a simple and crude way, at least not until they fall into a desperate situation." ”

"I think you're thinking too much. "The battle concept of using the simplest method to solve the most complex problems is also the current concept of Leo, although he respects the old man's knowledge, but he does not agree with the old man's opinion.

The old man didn't say anything, he knew very well how difficult it was to convince a person who had already formed his own way of life, so he did not choose to argue and persuade.

He put the question aside, raised his finger and pointed to the lines connecting the two root issues, and continued: "The Franco-Empire and the Kingdom of England have decided to join forces to stage this drama because of these two things, and their purpose is simply to use this seemingly large-scale war to find out all the known and hidden interfering members and officials in the Vilen Continental Council and solve it at once. Then create a parliamentary shutdown, and then interfere in the affairs of the continental parliament, and before the continental parliaments on the other two continents react, the current Veron continental parliament will be completely reorganized, or completely eliminated. In fact, this way of doing things is very similar to yours. ”

Leo shook his head, he didn't agree with the old man's statement, but he didn't say anything to refute it.

"I know that Baron Maupassant has a list of allies in the Continental Congress of the heir to the throne supported by Baron Maupassant, and the names on that list should be among the seventy-three. Leo thought back to what had happened in the past few days and said: "It's just that I see that Baron Maupassant doesn't seem to want to use the list against those members of the Continental Parliament, but really wants to use the hand of the Continental Parliament to help the people he supports become the Emperor of the French Empire, why did this happen?"

"That's what I'm going to talk about next few of the accidents that happened during the planned trip. The old man took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and said, "The first accident should be that Emperor Fran suddenly fell seriously ill and died in a short time. It's just that I don't think it's an accident, it's more like someone is deliberately using the two countries' plans to make a fake war come true. ”

"What's the use of this?" Leo frowned and said in a deep voice, "Even if Emperor Solan dies, there will be other insiders, and if they tell the story......"

"What if there are only two emperors and kings in the know?" interrupted Leo, the old man, "what if the position of the insider is not enough for his words to be believed? You must know that the French Empire and the Kingdom of England are feuds, and the hatred between the two sides has accumulated for countless years, even if I was before, I could not believe that these two countries would secretly form an alliance against the Continental Council. ”

Leo looked solemn and said, "Didn't they make a solution to the possible accident in advance?"

"This is the second accident I would like to mention, and this collaboration is likely to be an accident. The old man said in a deep voice: "And all the participants are likely to blindly believe that there can't be any variables in this matter, so there is no countermeasure at all." I know that the French Emperor Louis IX and the King of England, George VI, had a brief meeting a year ago due to an accident, and the meeting lasted only about ten minutes, and I think that the decision to secretly form an alliance against the Continental Congress should have been made in those ten minutes. ”

"Ten minutes? Are they crazy?" Leo couldn't understand what these high-ranking people were thinking, which reminded him of the battle plan made by the politicians of the Earth Federation.

"The third and most important one," the old man did not respond to Leo's question, but smiled seemingly approvingly, and then pointed to a vacant list box on the blackboard between the names of the two kings, and said, "A person who should not have known knows their plan, and this is the origin of all variables. ”

Leo asked suspiciously, "Do you know who this unexpected insider is?"

"I know, but I don't want to write his name. The old man shook his head, his expression was a little complicated, and then he looked at Leo with interest, pointed to the blackboard, and said: "The clues are all on the blackboard, you look for it, see if you can find this insider, I just remind you, you have seen this insider." ”

Leo stood in front of the blackboard, looking at the complex schematic diagram in front of him, and a large amount of name information poured into his brain, making him feel a little confused, and he couldn't help but want to use the auxiliary brain system to analyze it.

"Don't forget what I just said, don't be confused by superficial clues, and find the most original point, and whoever is the beneficiary is the original point. The old man's words dispelled Leo's idea of using the secondary brain system.

As Leo cleared out all the unnecessary and superfluous clues, leaving only the most important clues, his mind immediately cleared up, and at the same time, a name also emerged, making him can't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

"Looks like you've thought of it. Old man Rembrandt, who had always been paying attention to Leo's expression, easily saw his thoughts from the look on his face and said.

Leo still didn't believe his judgment a little, and said in a deep voice, "How could it be him?"

"Why can't it be him?" asked the old man with a smile.

Leo didn't answer, picked up the chalk and wrote Rupert Fitz's name in the empty list box.

Yes, in Leo's analysis, if the war between the French Empire and the Kingdom of England turns out to be true, and the Continental Congress successfully intervenes in the political affairs of the two countries and expands the influence and authority of the Continental Council, the ultimate and biggest beneficiary will be Rupert Fitz, the number one confidant of Duke Derwin, who has been made public.

Perhaps suspecting that he had made a mistake, Leo asked the secondary brain system to analyze all the data, and the final result was the same.

Although Rupert Fitz was not the promoter of the three-tier council, he was the beneficiary of the three-tier council, because he had industries in almost all the industrial cities of the Western Continent, occupied important seats in the city's business associations, and was also the real power figure of the merchant representatives in the three-tier council.

In addition, his reputation among the common people is very high, almost all cities in the western continent have civilian hospitals, orphanages and relief centers established by him, and most of the representatives of the common people are inextricably linked to him.

In the end, he was also a member of the aristocracy, almost a leader-like figure among the nobles of the Western Continent, and through the connection of business shares, the aristocratic system of the Western Continent was firmly grasped by him.

And more importantly, he himself is also a real power figure in the mainland parliament, and the expansion of influence and power of the mainland parliament can only be good and not bad for him. On the contrary, it was the disappearance of the continental council from the Vilen continent, and the empire's strengthening of control over various industries in the western continent was the biggest disaster for him.

"Alas!" the old man suddenly sighed and said, "I still remember what he was like when I adopted him, but I didn't expect him to be able to grow to such a point now, at least much stronger than me, an old fellow." ”

"You adopted him?" Leo was stunned for a moment, then pointed to Rupert Fitz's name, "He is your adopted son." ”

The old man corrected: "It is more appropriate to be a student than an adopted son." ”

Leo couldn't help but ask, "Is Rupert Fitz capable of assassinating Louis IX?"

The old man knew Rupert's abilities very well, and said: "Don't forget that he is Duke Dewin's number one confidant to the outside world, before Duke Dewin was expelled from the French court, as the right and left hand, he can have extraordinary influence within the French court, and is even called the shadow palace, and with his character, I am afraid that he has been laid in the French court a long time ago. ”

"If this speculation is followed, Rupert Fitz should have wanted the French Empire and the Kingdom of England to go to war, so it is likely that he also proposed that Duke Devin use imine gas on the battlefield to make the tacit war between the two countries come true. Little by little, Leo recounted the speculation in his mind: "So when he got the list of allies of Baron Maupassant, he didn't start to eliminate the people on the list, I thought it was the Speaker's matter that disrupted his plan, and now it seems that he didn't think about eliminating those people at all." But as he spoke, he wondered again: "But if he doesn't want to do anything to the members of the Continental Assembly, then why did he send three killers from the Dark World?"

The old man said instructively, "What if he didn't do it to kill those councillors, but to kill others who would hinder his plans?"

"Anyone else who is hindering his plans?" Leo said as he chewed on the words repeatedly, his eyes swept over the blackboard and landed on the death list of the seventy-three councillors, "he brought in the Darkworld killers to deal with the people who really wanted to kill those councillors?"

"Not bad!" the old man nodded, and asked further, "Then who is this man?"

Leo barely thought about it, and said the name of a person, "Chief Inspector Ljungberry, only he, the chief detective who controls the entire Miria City police officers and agents, can eliminate sixty-nine members of the Continental Congress living in Miria City overnight without alarming anyone." ”

The old man looked at Leo with appreciation, nodded in approval, and said, "With your current ability, you can already become a qualified politician." ”

"Don't make fun of me, I probably wouldn't have been able to see through these things if it weren't for you. Leo smiled bitterly, as if talking to himself, and said, "What are my comrades and I in this matter?"

"Unexpected. The old man took the initiative to answer for Leo and said: "Duke Derwin is an accident that messes up the situation, and you and your comrades are another accident that makes the situation even more chaotic, because of your appearance, all the plans have changed, and the situation has been completely disrupted, so someone must stand up and put the situation back on track, and Ljungberg is the best candidate." ”

"He is also one of the people who know about the plan?" Leo wondered, "why would he be trusted by Louis IX to know all of Louis IX's plans, so far away from the French court." ”

The old man replied: "Quite simply, because he is a patriot, a pure patriot, and Louis IX knew this very well, which is why he was placed in the city of Miria." ”

Leo couldn't help but think of those conversations with Ljungberg, who had always emphasized his love for Miria City, and had always been hostile to those who had destroyed the stability of Miria City. At that time, Leo always thought that the person he was talking about was Rupert Fitz, but now it seems that the people he was talking about should be the mainland councilors of the Continental Congress who tried to interfere in the affairs of the Falan Empire.

Then Leo asked, "What about Anne, what about Baron Maupassant, and what role do they play in this?"

"Anne certainly didn't understand the situation at first, but now? Not necessarily, she shouldn't get too involved in this matter, and if necessary, she can borrow the power of the medical association to get out. The old man explained: "As for Baron Maupassant, he should already be one of the people in the know, although I don't know how Ljungberg persuaded him, but I can be sure that some of the sixty-nine members of the Continental Congress who died were his hands." ”

Leo was silent for a long time, and asked a little blankly, "What should I do?"

The old man smiled and asked, "What do you want to do?" and after a pause, he said, "What can you do? What does this have to do with you?"

Leo was stunned, pondered for a moment, smiled as if he had lifted a burden, and said, "You are right, I thought too much about it, but I forgot my original thoughts. As he spoke, he took out the five healing potions from his body, placed them on the table, and said, "I hope to be able to stay with you for some time in the near future and read your collection, and this is my accommodation fee." ”