Father Mavie

Chapter 745: Turbulence (two in one, please subscribe!!!)
Ma Wei brought the 'soul potion' to the eldest prince. The soul potion is a chronic poison. There are no symptoms when taken for a short period of time, eliminating the possibility of testing the drug.

In other words, the eldest prince could not be sure of the authenticity of the soul potion.

At this point, Mawei took the initiative.

Considering the eldest prince's character, Ma Wei took advantage of this and did not give the eldest prince a real soul potion, but just gave him a bottle of cold drink with sugar.

Ma Wei had already given the real soul potion to other trustworthy people and asked them to poison Rhode IV. In this way, even if the eldest prince framed them in the future, there would not be enough evidence.

Take precautions before they happen.

"Leaving your destiny to others is a very stupid move. I don't trust the eldest prince, so I staged a trick of substituting one thing for another."

Ma Wei said: "If the eldest prince poisons us honestly and doesn't want to frame us, then he will never know the truth."

"You were actually the one who poisoned me?!" The second prince was dumbfounded.

"It was me who arranged it, or you could say it was me." Ma Wei admitted frankly without any thought of escaping.

"Coco, the investigating detective is Sherlock Holmes!"

The second prince was puzzled: "Holmes is such a powerful detective and has never failed. How did you hide it from him?"

Although Holmes was one of his own, Mavey did not tip him off before this incident, nor did he tell him about his actions.

It is not clear whether Holmes made a mistake or whether he saw the truth but failed to point out Mavey.

No matter it was the former or the latter, they had to make up a reason at this moment to fool the second prince and convince him.

"The people I arranged poisoned the knives and forks used by the king. When the king used the knives and forks to eat, he would eat a trace amount of the soul agent together. It would be difficult to find out the clues afterwards."

The second prince suddenly realized: "From the beginning to the end, Stacy thought she was the one who poisoned the king, but in fact, the poisoner was the one arranged by you! She was just the scapegoat on the surface!"

"It was my mistake not to tell His Highness you about such an important matter in advance."

"No, no, no! You did the right thing! You did the right thing!"

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

After getting excited, the second prince asked cautiously: "The real poisoner will not be found out by Holmes, right?"

"There will be no evidence if we find out." Ma Wei said: "Actually, Stacey was fine to begin with. She wanted to frame us, so she didn't dispose of the bottle. If she had destroyed the bottle early, who could have found her responsible? "

Hearing what Ma Wei said, the second prince finally felt relieved, and then he cursed the eldest prince.

If it weren't for the fact that we all share the same father and mother, we would have to send greetings to our family members!
As expected, another day passed and the church still found no other suspects. Only Stacey admitted that she had poisoned the king. She still testified against the second prince, but the church has not arrested anyone.

The reason is simple. Even if there is no evidence, the church can use other reasons to judge the second prince for heresy. However, Ma Wei wants to protect the second prince, and the church is not willing to offend Ma Wei for the second prince.

After the international potion market was opened up, Manstein's potion company prospered, money poured in like water, and the church made a lot of money. Not long ago, the Pope spent money to build a golden palace for the three goddesses. statue.
Before the magic potion, even though the church could afford to build three golden statues, it would never be so bold. After all, the money was its own and the statues were for others to see.

Being able to sell the backlog of materials requires the help of Manstein's Potion Company, and Manstein's Potion Company only recognizes Mavey. No one else can replace Mavey's position, including the Bonaparte Empire and Rome. Core countries such as the Republic and the Kingdom of Frederick do not trust the Kingdom of Windsor and are willing to cooperate simply because Ma Wei acts as a guarantee.

You kicked the guarantor out, why didn't the others pick up the bucket and run away?
Here comes the question, should we try our best to offend Ma Wei and risk the collapse of the potion market that we finally established, and conduct a heresy trial on the second prince? Or should we turn a blind eye and pretend that this never happened? ?
From a legal point of view, you must not bend the law for personal gain and act impartially. But you have no evidence and cannot convict the second prince. A forced trial is against the rules.

Not to mention the emotional aspect, Ma Wei has helped the church a lot, shouldn’t the church express its gratitude?

Fortunately, Stacey was the scapegoat, and she confessed to her crimes. In order to give the people an explanation, the church quickly launched a heresy trial. In the court, Stacey still spoke harshly and identified the second prince, but the result was a trial at the stake. When she came out, she suddenly woke up and looked at the Archbishop of Camberley sitting on the judgment seat.

The other party never wanted her to live.

The conditions previously promised were all lies!

Stacey finally remembered to resist, but as soon as she shouted, the Archbishop of Camberley ordered someone to slit her throat, poured hot silver paste into it, and after it solidified, covered it with a piece of black cloth. He was quickly sent to the stake.

When she was trapped on the burning platform, Stacey was still alive. In order to prevent her from dying in the trial court, the Archbishop of Camberley opened the realm of immortality, and the solidified silver paste blocked her throat and blocked her body. Trachea, she was in excruciating pain but unable to die.

The moment she lit the fire, she suddenly gushed out her last bit of strength, opened her mouth, and let out a silent roar at the Archbishop of Camberley who was standing not far away, her eyes full of hatred.

The Archbishop of Camberley was indifferent to her eyes and sang loudly to the world: "May the goddess wash away your sins and accept you into the holy Garden of Eden."

The people cheered excitedly. The murderer who poisoned the king died and received the punishment he deserved. This was a very happy thing, but Yunia, who was riding on Ma Wei's shoulders, didn't think so.

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

Yunia looked around and wrinkled her nose at the ecstatic people: "Their faces are all distorted and really ugly."

"They are just deceived." Ma Wei said: "The world is always full of lies, because lies are sweeter and the truth is often bitter. People often use lies to numb themselves instead of believing the bitter truth."

"Is it ignorance?"

"It's powerless."

Stacey was burned into a pile of twisted charcoal. Her death meant that the king's poisoning incident was over. There was no obstacle, and the next step was the king's election.

The election of a king is not a trivial matter, and after careful consideration, Parliament decided to hold a formal assembly on Monday, three days later, with all members of the House of Lords and Lower Houses to attend.

Just when everyone thought the election would be held in three days, the eldest prince suddenly submitted an application requesting that the conference be postponed for a week.

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

Applying for an extension proves to be inconvenient after three days, but the parliament is already divided into factions and there are no extra votes, so why should it be extended?
There is only one answer.

It's not the eldest prince who needs time, but others.

Sure enough, that night, Ma Wei received news from Fat Orange that there were signs of mobilization in the military camp outside the city. Several generals were transferred overnight and replaced by several generals who came from other cities.
The next day, the Marquess of Bracon and the Earl of Austin and others visited important figures such as the Chief of Scotland Yard Police, the Chief of the Railway Administration, and the Mayor of London.

For a time, London was undercurrent.Countless news came in, and every move of the Great Prince's faction was under the surveillance of the Cat Legion. After reading all the information, Ma Wei suddenly discovered that more than 90% of London's defense forces fell under the control of the Great Prince. , the only one who did not surrender their allegiance was the Royal Guards, the Guards Corps formed by Rhodes IV himself.

During the decades of King Rhodes IV's reign, he had already forged the Royal Guards responsible for guarding the safety of the palace into an iron plate. From top to bottom, all generals were carefully selected to be loyal to him. The Great Prince He didn't even see the commander of the Royal Guard, so he was met with disappointment.

It is worth mentioning that there are a total of five Royal Guards, of which only the Windsor Guard is fully controlled by Rhodes IV. The other four all obey the orders of the cabinet, and the King is only the nominal supreme commander.

The situation is no longer unfavorable.

It can simply be described as despair.

There are 2 legions stationed around London. Together with scattered forces such as the police and the Guards, the number is no less than [-].

On the other hand, the only defensive force around the second prince was the 1000 Windsor Guards.

Seeing such a huge disparity in numbers, even Ma Wei felt that without him, the second prince would definitely lose.

There is certainly good news.

Xiao Hei reported that three Royal Navy fleets had docked in the Port of London for rest, with a total of 5000 people, all of whom were close associates arranged by Toure.

In addition, at the mouth of the Thames River, there are five fleets wandering around in the name of patrol, also arranged by Touré, with a total of eight thousand people.

The total manpower combined is not as good as the legions stationed around London, but this is the limit. Of course Toure can mobilize more navy, but doing so will arouse the vigilance of the eldest prince.

Navy Headquarters.

Old Duke Crowley looked at the offshore patrol plan for the next half month and suddenly frowned.

He called in a chartist, pointed to the several fleets patrolling the Perea Strait on the map and said: "There have always been three patrol fleets in the southeastern coastal area. Why did it suddenly increase to five? Whose order was this? The sudden increase Soldiers will make the Bonaparte Empire wary!"

The chartman quickly flipped through the records, and after a while he saluted and said, "It's Lieutenant General Toure Crowley! He is responsible for patrolling the West China Sea, and he transferred the two extra fleets! He said that the ship's hull was damaged, and we needed to carry out a patrol. Regular maintenance!"

"You can go to the Welsh Military Port for maintenance! Why do you have to come to the Port of London!"

Even if it was his own son, old Duke Crowley still scolded him, but as he scolded him, he noticed something was wrong.

Yes
Regular maintenance of the fleet has always been carried out at the Welsh naval port. Of course, maintenance can also be carried out in London, but who would choose the distance?
"Who are the commanders of these two fleets?"

"Major General Joshua!"

With a flash of his eyes, old Duke Crowley dismissed the chart taker and dug out the information on the five fleets patrolling the offshore waters alone.
Take a breath of air-conditioning!
The commanders of these five fleets were all soldiers who survived the Battle of Perea!

They are all their son’s confidants!
Not only that, even the three fleets that have recently been resting in the Port of London are his own sons!
What is this for? !

Thinking of the upcoming king election, old Duke Crowley had a bad premonition in his heart. He immediately rushed home and ordered Touré to go home at the port.

In the study, old Duke Crowley stared at his son standing opposite, his eyes dark and said: "What do you want to do when you mobilize the fleet in the southeastern sea?"

"That's His Highness's order." Toure said truthfully: "Father, don't you know? His Highness wants me to transfer a few fleets to London to prevent any unexpected events."

"Unexpected. What unexpected! You are the biggest accident!"

Old Duke Crowley slapped the table and shouted: "His Royal Highness asked you to mobilize three fleets. You mobilized three fleets. Do you think I don't know what His Highness wants to do? The problem is the five fleets you deployed in the southeastern sea! What do you want to do? I ask What do you want to do!"

Tu Lei's face was tense, and after a while he said: "Father, please leave it alone, I know what I know."

"You're going to destroy the Crawley family!!!"

"I promise you, father, that the Crawley family will only thrive in my hands, not decline."

"What guarantee do you have?! With your brothers who have been through life and death?! There are only so many of them! How can they fight against the army!"

"Number of people cannot determine everything." Toure said: "My people are all elites."

"Can they beat one to ten?!"

"I also have a fleet. The warships docked in the Port of London can go deep into London along the Thames. There are heavy artillery on the ship, and the palace is also within shooting range."

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

"know."

Tu Lei said with firm eyes: "Father, I have never disobeyed your orders since I was a child, but this time, I cannot listen to you."

Looking into his son's eyes, old Duke 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 you."

Old Duke Crowley said in a hoarse voice: "I am old and the family needs a new pillar."

"If this can be done, the Crowley family will be famous in history." Touré said: "Father, you can also become the Lord Protector."

"I don't want to be famous in history, nor do I want to be the second Cromwell, nor do I want to be the Lord Protector. That is not an honor worthy of praise."

Old Duke Crowley said quietly: "I only hope that the Crowley family will not interrupt the inheritance in the turmoil."

"If you insist on participating, you must send the children of the Crowley family to the Romanov Kingdom. In this way, regardless of victory or defeat, the Crowley family can continue."

(End of this chapter)