Chapter Twenty-Three: Dead
Together with Androni, Dussaint hatched a very "complex" plan.
The leaflets, of course, were written by Dussand. At first, Androni was a little worried that the flyer designed by Dusand was not sinister enough, but when her ten-year-old son told her about the arrangement, Androni gasped several times in fright.
This content is too insidious.
Of course, Dussart did not know that the post office of the empire itself was also responsible for internal and external intelligence gathering, as well as the function of "maintaining the royal family". But this did not prevent him from judging that if a feudal dynasty with a territory spanning many stars could survive, there must be an institution to maintain its rule and eliminate the "conspirators" who tried to ascend to power.
In other words, maintaining one's rule is a natural and spontaneous act of every nation. And every country will inevitably have such an organization to carry out this act.
Human ambition never stops, and such an institution was as essential to the feudal dynasty as the body's immune system.
The first trap devised by Dussand, and the most critical core of the bureau, was to get Harold noticed by such an agency.
Neither the anti-agency nor the intelligence agencies are fools, and in order for them to be truly suspicious of Harold, the birth of this leaflet needs to be justified.
Like what...... These flyers were actually Harold's conspiracy.
A lord and a baroness have a feud, and anyone with a brain can probably guess that the end of that lord must not be too dignified.
Then, if you want to completely turn the tables around in this situation, you must have some unexpected ways to break the rules.
It makes sense for a lord who could think of cooperating with the Star Thieves to physically destroy their enemies!
By doing this trick, Lord Harold could not only dispose of Baroness Andronie by the hand of the Royal Post Office, but also take the opportunity to establish himself with high prestige and status among the common people.
The leaflet was drawn, and His Majesty the Emperor was preparing to plot against Lord Harold.
If the bitter meat plan comes true, does that mean ...... Even His Majesty the Emperor is helpless against the "heroic" Lord Harold?
This level of condemnation doesn't even need to be proposed by Dussart or Andronie, and the professionals must be able to imagine that there is nothing new under the sun, and that similar things have probably happened at least thousands of times in the hundreds of years since the empire was founded.
And in order to make this "bitter meat trick" look more realistic, Dussander deliberately created a campaign ad belonging to his mother. The content is full of aristocratic arrogance and disdain for commoners, and is completely different from the cartoons on "Harold's Flyer" that are specially designed for commoners.
And those who are intelligent, after seeing the difference between the two leaflets, will naturally begin to be suspicious of Lord Harold.
In addition to the content of the flyer, the paper used for the flyer is also one of the key points that needs to be carefully considered.
First of all, this batch of leaflets should never be duplicated with Andronie's leaflets, as this will attract suspicion from smart people. Secondly, this batch of flyers must not leave behind the purchase record. Otherwise, the whole layout will be exposed.
Considering that the professional's investigation must be careful, Dussaint gave Lorraine the task of buying printing paper. He had only one request for Lorraine to buy paper: "Don't come into direct contact with the paper mill." Go to their low-level proxies and buy two tons of superlative paper in one go. โ
"Don't bargain with the other person, but hesitate to pay for a while. If the other party does not offer to 'give away a free batch of trial paper', then just leave and find the next agent. That's all Dussaint is told.
The freebies that low-level agents can offer will not be good paper in itself, and may even be moldy and moth-eaten paper that has been accumulated in the warehouse for a long time. If these things remain in the warehouse, they will be returned to the paper mill as pulp raw materials.
Using this kind of waste to trick a rich twelve-year-old lady into making a fortune if she succeeds โ no low-level agent can resist such a temptation.
If the eldest lady's family is not satisfied, it is a big deal to give away the waste paper for free, and then return some money or send some low-grade paper to fool the past. Who would refuse a business that is sure to make money without losing money?
And such a gift, of course, cannot be marked on the receipt. Truth be told, those agents who have a bunch of moth-eaten and moldy agents in their warehouses may not know exactly how much waste paper they have in their hands. At most, when packing and delivering, pick some that are acceptable, and then throw them on the steam wagon.
This batch of paper has become a real "three-no product" that cannot be traced to the source, it is difficult to judge the production date, and there is no way to lead to the heads of Androni and Dussand.
From design to printing to raw materials, this series of "designs" ensures that the eyes of doubt are focused on Lord Harold again and again.
But that's not enough to "put it all at once". It's not enough to cast suspicion in the professional sector โ without conclusive evidence, there is a good chance that Lord Harold will eventually be able to get away with it. In the unlikely event that Harold escapes punishment and relieves himself, it is inevitable that he and his forces will retaliate against Androni.
You can only shoot once, and this shot will have to kill Harold. Political struggle is such a thing, and kindness to the enemy will eventually turn into cruelty to oneself.
After repeated discussions between Androni and Dussand, the task of the final shot was given to Duchamp.
Duchamp's mission was threefold - first, after obtaining the "goods" from the manor, he found and defeated a gang of star thieves in one day, and seized some of the supplies.
Second, this batch of captured materials and "cargo" will be mixed and transported to the Upper Albin Starland as quickly as possible, and these materials will be transported by airship to the naval warehouse located in the south of Upper Albin for storage.
Third, Duchamp needed to ensure that the airship lacked proper maintenance, and that the shield in the airship's cargo hold, which was next to the "cargo", would fall off over Upper Albin.
Three tasks, each of which is critical. To entrust such a task to his father, Dusand was indeed a little nervous and uncertain.
But Androni didn't look worried at all - she even smiled and said to Dussand, "Your father is much more capable than you think." โ
Facts also proved that Androni's confidence was not misplaced. Duchamp completed all the tasks within the allotted time, and the detachment of the airship cargo hold was just right. The half-ton leaflet landed like snowflakes directly in the heart of Upper Albin.
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After hearing the phrase "Invite Baron Duchamp over", Dussander breathed a sigh of relief. These red-clad postmen are indeed not stupid, and their every step of judgment is very precise and logical.
However, in this wave of games, Dussander is superior. There were no problems with his planning, and so far, everything has gone well.
Next, as long as Duchamp arrives at the manor and describes the box of "goods" as seized supplies.
Even the police department knew that Lord Harold had colluded with the Star Thieves, so how could the agency responsible for internal intelligence gathering not know?
Collusion with the Star Thieves, and the motive and ability to design and execute the Bitter Meat Scheme, these two points are enough for the intelligence agencies to pay close attention to Lord Harold. And the final "Star Thief Seizure" will be the key shot to kill Harold completely.
The Star Thieves are a group of lawless bandits. They have their own spheres of influence, their own interstellar ships, they have no regard for the laws of the Empire, and they don't even have any respect for His Majesty the Emperor - such gangsters can certainly print arrogance and disrespectful propaganda documents without any pressure.
Did Harold, who colluded with the Star Thieves, and even tried to collude with the Star Thieves to kill a nobleman, have the courage to hire the Star Thieves to print disrespectful leaflets for himself?
This "answer" can be guessed by anyone with a brain.
Of course, Lord Harold, who had never done such a thing, would have firmly denied it and swore to deny it. But such struggles only make the agencies believe in their own judgment. The more he resists the investigation and asserts his innocence, the more these clever professionals will be convinced of the logically sound and well-documented "truth".
It took Dussaint and his mother an hour to lay out the death of Lord Harold.
After about an hour, Duchamp finally arrived at the workshop. After Duchamp arrived at the workshop, the middle-aged red-clothed postman scolded Baron Duchamp unceremoniously in front of Dussander and others.
"Your son has confessed everything, Duchamp, what else do you have to justify?!" The middle-aged red-clothed postman directly pulled out the letter in his arms and threw it in Duchamp's face. "You're so daring!"
Dussand, who had already let go of most of his heart, suddenly hung in his throat again.
This director is cheating.
Duchamp frowned, then replied, "Sir, I don't know what you're talking about. โ
"Every screw of the Royal Navy is the property of His Majesty, and it is disrespectful for you to fraudulently use Your Majesty's property for your own personal gain!" The middle-aged red-clad postman was still cheating, but Duchamp remained unmoved. He glanced at his frightened-looking son, then at the red-clad postman who looked angry, then sighed, "Sir Bourne, I really don't know what you're talking about. โ
"Then explain to me what happened today at Upper Albin?" Byrne took off the leather gloves on his hands, and suddenly asked calmly, "The airship that dropped leaflets in the center of Upper Albin took off on your orders, right?" โ
"Yes, but it's not." Duchamp nodded, "The Joanna airship is one of the floating transport ships of the Royal Navy of Newsal, and this morning, it was on my orders to carry out the task of transshipment of captured materials. But I didn't instruct the airship to do any kind of flyer dropping mission. โ
"Did these leaflets fly into the sky with wings of their own?" Bourne sneered, "You're all fools when we are the people at the Royal Post Office? โ
"I have submitted an application to the Admiralty for additional maintenance costs for four consecutive years. But my application has not been approved for four years in a row. Duchamp stood motionless, but the oppressive force of his tower-like stature showed no sign of abating, and he complained in a tone of obvious anger and dissatisfaction, "We don't have enough maintenance costs, and in order to keep our combat ships in good condition, logistics ships have not been maintained on time for a long time. โ
"After a long period of unmaintained, the ship's skin joints were severely corroded. The lack of strength and the turbulence in the air caused this accident - I will report this problem to the Admiralty. Duchamp said sullenly, "This is a maintenance accident caused by bureaucrats, and it should be judged by the Admiralty what responsibility I should bear." โ
The last iron nail on Lord Harold's coffin was firmly hammered into the wood by Duchamp.