Ma Wei brought the eldest prince a 'soul elixir', a chronic poison that could be taken for a short period of time without warning, eliminating the possibility of testing the medicine.

In other words, the eldest prince could not determine the authenticity of the soul elixir.

At this point, Mavi took the initiative.

Considering the eldest prince's personality, Ma Wei took advantage of this and did not give the eldest prince a real soul elixir, but just gave him a bottle of sweetened cold white kai.

The real soul elixir, Ma Wei has already given it to other people who can be trusted, let them poison Rhodes IV, so that even if the eldest prince frames them in the future, there is not enough evidence.

Check in the bud.

"It's a very stupid move to leave your fate to someone else's decision, and I don't trust the eldest prince, so I staged a trick of stealing beams and changing pillars."

Ma Wei said: "If the eldest prince is honestly poisoned and does not want to frame us, then he will never know the truth." ”

"You're actually the one who poisoned you?!" The second prince was dumbfounded.

"It's me who arranged it, or it can be said that I." Ma Wei had no idea of escaping and admitted it calmly.

"But the detective of the investigation is Sherlock Holmes!"

The second prince was puzzled: "Sherlock Holmes is such a powerful detective, he has never failed, how did you hide from him?" ”

Although Sherlock Holmes was one of his own, Mavi had not informed him of his actions before this incident.

Whether Holmes made a mistake or saw the truth but didn't break Marvey is not very clear.

Whether it is the former or the latter, at this moment, you have to make up a reason to fool the second prince and convince him.

"The people I arranged poisoned the knife and fork used by the king, and when the king used the knife and fork to eat, he would eat a small amount of soul medicine together, and it would be difficult to find out afterwards."

The second prince suddenly realized: "From beginning to end, Stacy thought that she poisoned the king, but in fact, the poisoner was the person you arranged!" She's just a scapegoat on the surface! ”

"For such an important matter, I didn't tell His Highness in advance, I didn't do it right."

"No, no, no! You're doing it right! You're doing it so right! ”

The second prince said in a loud voice: "If it weren't for you today, I would definitely be dragged to the heresy trial!" You are my savior! Nicholas! ”

After the excitement, the second prince cautiously asked, "The real poisoner won't be found out by Sherlock Holmes, right?" ”

"There will be no evidence if it is found out." Ma Wei said: "Actually, Stacy was fine, she wanted to frame us, so she didn't deal with the bottle, if she destroyed the bottle early, who could find out about her?" ”

Hearing Ma Wei say this, the second prince's hanging heart finally relaxed, and then he scolded the eldest prince.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone had the same father and mother, we would have to greet our family!

As expected, another day passed, and the church still did not find any other suspects, only Stacy admitted that she had poisoned the king, and she still testified against the second prince, but the church did not arrest anyone for a long time.

The reason is very simple, even if there is no evidence, the church can use other reasons to judge the second prince for heresy, but Ma Wei protects the second prince, and the church is not willing to offend Ma Wei for the second prince.

After the development of the international potions market, the Manstein Potions Company was thriving, money poured in like flowing water, and the church made a lot of money, and not long ago the Pope paid people to build a golden statue of the three goddesses.

Before the potion, even if the church had taken out the money to build three golden statues, it would never be so heroic, after all, the money was its own, and the statues were for others to see.

Being able to sell the backlog of materials is indispensable to the help of the Manstein Potions Company, and the Manstein Potions Company only recognizes Mavi, and other people can't replace Mavi's position at all, including the core countries of the Bonaparte Empire, the Roman Republic, and the Kingdom of Frederick, who don't trust the Kingdom of Windsor and are willing to cooperate, purely because Mavi is in the middle.

You kicked the guarantor out, and others didn't pick up the bucket and run away?

The problem is that he is desperately trying to offend Ma Wei and risk the collapse of the potions market that he has built up with great difficulty to bring the second prince to heresy; Or turn a blind eye when it didn't happen?

From a legal point of view, you must not bend the law for personal gain, and you must act impartially, but if you have no evidence, you can't convict the second prince, and it is not in accordance with the rules to forcibly try it.

Not to mention the rational aspect, Ma Wei has done the church a great favor, shouldn't the church express it?

Fortunately, there was Stacy as a scapegoat, she confessed to her crimes, in order to give an explanation to the people, the church quickly launched a heretical trial, to the court, Stacy was still stubborn, identifying the second prince, but when the results of the trial at the stake came out, she suddenly woke up and looked at the Archbishop of Cambury sitting on the judgment seat.

The other party never wanted her to live.

The conditions promised before are all deceptive!

Stacy finally remembered to resist, but as soon as she shouted, the Archbishop of Cambury ordered her throat to be slit, poured hot silver paste into it, and when it solidified, she was covered with a black cloth and quickly sent to the stake.

Trapped at the stake, Stacy was not dead, and in order to prevent her from dying in the courtroom, the Archbishop of Cambury opened the realm of immortality, and the solidified silver paste blocked her throat and blocked her trachea, and she was in extreme pain but could not die.

The moment the fire was lit, she suddenly poured out the last of her strength, her mouth grown, and she let out a silent roar at the Archbishop of Cambury, who was standing not far away, and her eyes were full of resentment.

The Archbishop of Cambury was indifferent to her eyes and sang loudly to the world: "May the Goddess cleanse you from your sins and receive you into the holy Garden of Eden"

The populace cheered that the murderer of the king, who had poisoned the king, had died and received the punishment he deserved, which was a great thing to do, but Yunia, who was riding on Mavi's shoulder, did not think so.

"Dad, the Archbishop of Camberley seems to be consumed by the lust for power."

Yunia looked around and wrinkled her nose at the ecstatic crowd: "Their faces are distorted and ugly. ”

"They're just being bewitched." "The world is always full of lies, because lies are sweeter, the truth is often bitter, and people tend to use lies to numb themselves and not believe in the bitter truth," Ma Wei said. ”

"Is it ignorance?"

"It's powerless."

Stacy was burned into a pile of twisted charcoal, and her death symbolized the end of the king's poisoning, and the next step was the king's election.

The election of the king was not a trivial matter, and the parliament, after careful consideration, decided to hold a formal assembly on Monday, three days later, with the participation of all MPs, both in the upper and lower houses.

Just when everyone thought that the election would be held in three days, the eldest prince suddenly submitted an application for a one-week postponement of the meeting.

The second prince didn't know why, and thought that the eldest prince was going to take the opportunity to canvass for votes, but Ma Wei frowned, feeling that things were not so simple.

Applying for an extension proves that it is inconvenient after three days, and there are already factions in the parliament, and there are no extra votes, so why postpone?

There is only one answer.

It is not the Great Prince who needs time, but someone else.

Sure enough, that night, Ma Wei received news from Fat Orange that there were signs of transfer in the military camp outside the city, and several generals were transferred overnight and replaced by several generals who rushed from other cities.

The next day, the Marquess of Brecken, the Earl of Austin and others visited the chief of the Scotland Yard Police, the director of the General Railway, the mayor of London and other important figures.

For a time, there was an undercurrent in London.

Countless news came, every move of the Great Prince's faction was under the surveillance of the Cat Legion, after reading all the information, Ma Wei suddenly found that more than 90% of London's defense forces fell under the control of the Great Prince, and the only one who did not yield allegiance was the Guards Legion formed by Rhodes IV himself - the Royal Guard.

During the decades of his reign, Rhodes IV had already built the royal guard responsible for the security of the royal palace into an iron plate, from top to bottom, all the generals were carefully selected to serve him, and the eldest prince did not even see the commander of the royal guard, and directly touched the dust.

It is worth mentioning that there are five royal guards, of which only the Windsor Guard is under the full control of Rhodes IV, the other four are under the orders of the cabinet, and the king is only the nominal supreme commander.

The situation is no longer unfavorable.

It can be described as hopeless.

There were 20,000 legions stationed around London, and with the police, guards and other scattered forces, the number was not less than 30,000.

On the other hand, the only defense force around the second prince is the thousand men of the Windsor Guard.

Seeing such a disparity in numbers, even Ma Wei felt that if he didn't have himself, the second prince would probably be defeated.

The good news, of course, is there.

Xiao Hei reported that the three Royal Navy fleets had docked in the port of London to rest, numbering 5,000 people, all of whom were close associates arranged by Toure.

In addition to this, at the mouth of the Thames, there were five fleets loitering around in the name of patrolling, also arranged by Toure, numbering eight thousand.

The total number of men is not as good as that of the legions stationed around London, but this is already the limit, and Toure can certainly transfer more navy, but that would alarm the Grand Prince.

Headquarters of the Navy.

The old Duke of Crowley looked at the coastal patrol deployment map for the next half month, and suddenly frowned.

He called in the chartkeepers, pointed to the several fleets patrolling the Perea, and said: "The patrol fleet in the southeast coastal area has always been three, why is it suddenly increased to five?" Whose order is this? A sudden increase in troops will make the Bonaparte Empire vigilant! ”

The chartmaker quickly flipped through the transcripts, and after a while, he saluted and said, "It's Lieutenant General Toure Crowley!" He is in charge of patrolling the Western Sea, and the two extra fleets are transferred by him! Say that the hull is damaged, and regular maintenance is to be carried out! ”

"Maintenance can go to the Welsh Military Harbour! Why come to the Port of London! ”

Even if it was his own son, the old Duke Crowley, he still scolded, but as he scolded, he sensed that something was wrong.

Oh, yes

Regular maintenance of the fleet has always been at the Welsh military port, and London can certainly do it, but who would go the extra mile?

"Who are the commanders of these two fleets?"

"Major General Joshua!"

With a flash of his eyes, the old Duke of Crowley waved off the chartplotter, and alone dug out the information of the five fleets patrolling the coastal waters, and looked through it

Take a gasp!

The commanders of these five fleets turned out to be all soldiers who survived the Battle of Perea that year!

They are all cronies of their own sons!

Not only that, but even the three fleets that have recently rested in the port of London are also their own sons' men!

What's this for?!

Thinking of the imminent election of the king, the old Duke of Crowley had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately rushed home, and ordered Toure in the harbor to go home.

In the study, the old Duke Crowley stared at his son standing opposite, and said with a gloomy gaze: "What do you want to do when you mobilize a fleet in the southeast sea?" ”

"That's His Highness's order." Toure said truthfully: "Father, don't you know? Your Highness wants me to send a few fleets to London just in case. ”

"Unexpected. What a contingency! You're the biggest accident! ”

The old Duke of Crowley slapped the table and shouted: "Your Highness wants you to transfer the fleet, and you have transferred three, do you think I don't know what Your Highness wants to do?" The problem is the five fleets you have laid out in the southeastern seas! What do you want? I asked you what you wanted to do! ”

Toure tightened his face, and after a long time said, "Father, don't worry about it, I know it in my heart." ”

"You're going to ruin the Crowley family!!"

"I assure you, father, that the Crowley family will only prosper more in my hands, not down."

"What can you guarantee?! With your brothers who were born and died?! How many of them there are! How to fight with the army! ”

"The number of people is not everything." Toure said: "My people are all elites. ”

"Can they be ten with one?!"

"I still have a fleet, and warships docked in London Harbour can go deep into London along the Thames, with heavy artillery on board, and the royal palace is within range."

"You"

Old Duke Crowley looked at his son in disbelief: "Do you know what you are doing?" ”

"Yes."

Toure looked at him firmly and said, "Father, since I was a child, I have never disobeyed your orders, but this time, I can't listen to you. ”

Looking at his son's eyes, the old Duke of Crowley suddenly understood something: "He's back, right?" ”

Toure did not speak, and answered his father's question with silence.

"You want to do this with him, I can't stop it."

The old Duke of Crowley said in a hoarse voice: "I am old, and I need a new pillar in the family"

"If this can be done, the Crowley family will go down in history." Toure said, "Father, you can also be the Lord Protector. ”

"I don't want to go down in history, I don't want to be a second Cromwell, and I don't want to be Lord Protector, that's not a commendable honor."

The old Duke Crowley said quietly: "I only hope that the Crowley family will not interrupt the inheritance during the turmoil. ”

"If you insist on participating, then you must send the children of the Crowley family to the Romanov kingdom, so that the Crowley family can continue regardless of victory or defeat."

(End of chapter)