Chapter 40: Why Did Your Majesty Rebel?

As it turned out, although Governor Edmund himself was not a qualified intelligence worker, the person who sent him the letter must have been a veteran of intelligence.

The letters themselves are written in a special ink, which quickly loses all handwriting as soon as it gets wet. But presumably because of time constraints, or because Governor Edmund himself was not sure how to destroy it. So he cleverly adopted two methods of destruction - tearing up and soaking in water.

There were six pieces of paper in the torn part, and the red-clad postman also found the remaining six pieces of paper in a vase next to him.

The soaked paper was wrapped in several layers of white silk scarves by a steam knight, and then sent back to the Newsal Heraldic Administration in advance, I wonder if the technical department could identify what was written on it.

But six pieces of paper in exchange for six thousand gold pounds were enough for Dussand's shock.

Judging by the wording and language of the letter, the letter came from some of Orin's "organs". And this "organ" was almost "full of contempt" for the governor of Newsal. The letters did not even follow the imperial custom of writing letters, addressing the Doge as "Your Excellency" in the letters, but directly as "you".

The longest line on the six pieces of paper reads like this: "If you don't like being hanged in ...... by the untouchables of Newsar]

The latter part was torn out, but Dusson was certain that the word that was torn out was most likely "street lamp" or "street tree".

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Based on other evidence and the testimony of the housekeeper and his subordinates, it is not difficult to speculate that such a "scenario" can be made.

In one of the buildings in Olin, a middle-aged man with his left hand writing with a cigar in his hand wrote such a letter in special ink under a gaslamp. He was an old smoker, at least twenty years old, and had bad breath.

The letter was sent from Orin through the channel of the Imperial Mining Complex. And this letter was not delayed or sorted in the Olin postal system at all, and went directly into the highest-grade mail package.

The email and other documents were classified as "highest priority" and traveled through the distant sea of stars to the interstellar landing field in Newsar. He was then quickly whipped to the Governor's Mansion by the real green-clad postmen.

Considering that the Governor only woke up at eight o'clock in the morning and needed to eat and wash for a long time...... I'm afraid this email was delivered to the mansion in the early hours of the morning. In other words, the email was written the day before.

Dussander put down the intelligence analysis report in his hand, frowned and didn't say a word for a long time. After about a quarter of an hour, he looked up at Ms. Tamara and asked, "Who analyzed this information?" ”

"Analytical authority in the department." Ms. Tamara whispered, "The entire analysis office interrogated the chief eight times and tortured him dozens of times. There is certainly no problem with his confession, and there is no difference of opinion between the Analysis Branch itself. ”

"Tell the people in the analysis department to keep their mouths shut." Dussant leaned back into his couch, his face pale.

There is no doubt that there is an organization called "The Agency" that orchestrated all this. They had accurately grasped the whereabouts of Byrne and Lafayette the day before, and were ready to assassinate them.

Byrne and Lafayette's aim was to travel together to Orin to meet His Majesty the Emperor and prove his loyalty. Therefore, they must always be together when they arrive in Orin—at least Byrne certainly won't let Lafayette go alone. Thus, Byrne and Lafayette must have been together at the time of the attack on the "organ". They killed Byrne first, and dumped him in the forest not far from the Olin Interstellar Landing.

The purpose of killing Byrne and abandoning the forest is unknown, but Lafayette should have been alive at the time - if Lafayette had died, the raid would have taken place immediately, not a few hours after Byrne died.

It was impossible for the Marquis to complete the raid alone, and there must have been a group of dead men to cooperate with him throughout the attack.

The hours of waiting may have been to mobilize the dead into the ship that needed to be hijacked, or it could have been some other purpose, but what that purpose was, Dusson could not yet be analyzed.

One thing is certain, however, that this agency is either extremely familiar with Orin's heraldic office, or even has a strong influence over Olin Ekka...... Either this "organ" is a big man who can command and command the entire Orin Heraldic Administration.

Dussand, who was sitting alone in the room, was silent for a long time, he looked at the ceiling in silence, and asked faintly, as if talking to himself, "Your Majesty...... Why did you rebel? ”

When the evidence excludes all possibilities, no matter how absurd the remaining outcome may be, it is the final answer. And there's only one possibility of what happened in Orin - the agency was authorized by the emperor, and even the 19-year-old emperor might be the head of the agency.

The proof is as follows.

First of all, the authorities had no respect for the representation of the imperial power in Newsal. This means ...... The organs are either anti-thieves or representatives of the imperial power at a higher level.

Second, the authorities were able to easily borrow the channels of the Imperial Mining Complex and disguise the letters as periodic reports of the Mining Complex. In the documents found in the Governor's Office, there was no regular report from the Mining Consortium for that day. In other words, the mining consortium is well aware of this "channel borrowing", and in order not to attract attention, they even cooperate with the actions of the authorities.

This proves that the authorities have great influence over the mining complex, which is accountable only to His Majesty the Emperor.

Third, Orin's heraldic office is almost dancing around the baton of the mechanism. They were completely oblivious to Bourne's enormous contribution to the heraldic administration, or the importance of the region's chief agent to the colony. And they also cooperated with the agency to frame a high-ranking nobleman unscrupulously.

In order to complete the frame, they even took the command of the Second Guards Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy.

Agencies can't be anti-thieves, if they are...... With the intensity and scope of their infiltration, the young emperor would have died long ago in assassination.

Therefore, the organs must have been supported by the imperial power, and even their actions may have been instructed by His Majesty the Emperor.

Dusson sighed deeply, and he reviewed his inference several times, but still did not find any omissions in this inference.

In other words, there is a high probability that this inference is true—at least the closest thing to the truth at the moment.

So here's the problem.

Why did His Majesty the Emperor rebel himself?

In the rich history of Chinese culture, there has never been a situation in which the emperor rebelled against himself. This in itself is contrary to logical common sense - the imperial power itself should maintain the stability of its rule by any means and at any cost. This is something that is engraved in the DNA of the ruling class and power. Even if the emperor is mediocre, the root purpose of his orders should be to stabilize his own power.

In other words, His Majesty the Emperor's purpose in killing Byrne and framing Lafayette was to maintain the stability of his rule? Then the lives of these two nobles, as well as the lives of the people in the command of the Royal Second Guards of the Imperial Navy, were certainly not his ends, but a means.

Dozens or hundreds of lives are used as a means to maintain the stability of the rule. As a concrete result of this process, Orin blocked all of Newsar's permission to jump from the shuttles. In fact, the blockade of Newsar was completed.

That is, His Majesty the Emperor believed that the blockade of Newsar would be conducive to the stability of his own rule - there must be something on Newsar that threatened the supremacy of the imperial power, and might even shake his rule.

As for what exactly this thing is, Dussaint has no clue at all. Newsal is not fundamentally different from the other colonies. The planet is mainly dependent on the development of finance and tourism, and the level of heavy industry is really not very good. Before the Belford Automatic Car Factory, Newsal even had to import maintenance spare parts for the steam carriages from other colonies.

Andronie's House of Commons is even less likely to be a threat to the Empire - there is a House of Commons on every colony of the Empire, even Orin. Moreover, two of these houses of commons have already passed the so-called Olin Restriction Act. Direct orders and regulations from Olin need to be re-examined and voted on in these two houses of Commons before they can be enforced.

Dussend really couldn't think of any threat to Olin in Nyusar - it couldn't be that His Majesty the Emperor felt that the beautiful scenery of the Colony would undermine his authority, right?

Today's Nyusal is like a border city, and the city's Jinyi Wei Qianhu and Hou Ye were lured to Kyoto by His Majesty the Emperor and killed. At the same time, the province also ordered the city to be blocked, and anyone who left the city could be killed on the spot.

So what's next? Massacre of the city?

Dussaint shuddered, and he jumped up from his seat, and without even taking his trench coat, ran out the door.

"Mr. Lord? Where are you going? Outside the door, Ms. Tamara stood up suddenly, a little overwhelmed.

"I'll go out." Dussander hurriedly said, "I'll be back in about three quarters of an hour, and if there's any new information delivered, just copy one to Speaker Androni." ”

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The gas car was speeding down the street, and Dussander drove straight to the checkpoint outside Knights Street. He stepped out of the car and showed his documents to the checkpoint.

"Mr. Lord, we have not found the Marquis's family." The red-clothed postman in the lead hurriedly reported the situation, "We need to enter the blockade area to search for ......"

"You just stay here, just check the passing vehicles, and don't do anything superfluous." Dussaint hurriedly gave a few orders, and then walked briskly in the direction of the bazaar.

A quarter of an hour later, after three or four bypasses, Dusand appeared at the door of the bazaar. He took a deep breath and said his code name to the old man at the door, "I'm Yugong, please let Miss Petunia come to see me at once." ”