In Debiles, the capital of the Demon Moon, Edward Cage, the supreme commander of the Imperial Royal Guard, came to the prison.
In the cage, Ford saw Cage and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Sir Edward, how is the investigation going? Has the murderer been caught?" Ford and Edward Cage had a nominal superior-subordinate relationship, but in reality
Upper Ford is directly subordinate to Crown Prince Vilonka.
Edward Cage was a very strong man, with a big head, thick neck, and well-developed muscles. He had short blond hair. He looked very clumsy in appearance, but in fact he was not clumsy at all. Cage said to Ford in prison: "The murderer.
I haven’t caught it yet, but there are some clues. I’m here to ask you a few questions.”
In prison, Ford said sadly: "I have said everything that needs to be said. I have explained the incident of the attack many times. I am willing to take responsibility for protecting the crown prince. I just hope that this will not implicate me."
family wives and children.”
Cage said: "Don't be too pessimistic, this matter may not turn around." He said to the guard guard next to him: "Open the cell door, I want to find a room to have a good talk with him."
In a separate small room, there was a long table and two chairs, and a cup of warm coffee was placed in front of Ford. Ford's hand and foot shackles were not untied. He took a sip of coffee and said, "Sir, what do you want to ask me?"
"I want to ask you, what do you think of Beethoven?" Cage asked, paying attention to him.
"What do you think?" Ford was a little confused and thought back: "Beethoven was pretty good. He had a good relationship with most people in the Crown Prince's escort."
"What about the Crown Prince?"
"Of course he is very loyal to the crown prince." Ford said: "We accompanied the crown prince to the World of Warcraft Forest for training before. We encountered many dangers in the forest. Beethoven, myself and other guards protected the crown prince with all their heart, although it was not a narrow escape.
, but we have indeed experienced several dangers. We defended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the death, and finally prevented His Highness from having any accidents. You know that Beethoven has a good relationship with His Majesty the King. He was a close friend of His Majesty the King more than ten years ago before His Majesty ascended the throne.
He helped His Majesty, so after he later joined the Crown Prince’s Guard, His Highness treated him very politely, and he protected His Majesty very conscientiously.”
Cage nodded slightly and asked: "On the day His Highness was assassinated, on what basis did you ask Beethoven to lead a team of people to protect His Highness and leave first, while you stayed to stop the assassin? Instead of you protecting His Highness from leaving and letting Beethoven stay.
Come down and stop the killer?"
Ford said: "I have already said this, and it was just a natural arrangement. The situation was very chaotic at the time. We, the Crown Prince Guards, were all elites, but we were caught off guard by the killer who suddenly came out. In order to prevent His Highness from getting caught in the chaos.
After being hurt, I decided to lead the first and second guards to stop the killer, and let Beethoven lead another team to protect His Highness and leave first. Beethoven's strength is not weaker than mine, so this is a very reasonable arrangement."
Cage asked: "According to Princess Alice, this trip to the Magical Beast Garden in the suburbs is a temporary arrangement and is not part of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's scheduled itinerary."
Ford nodded and said: "Yes, it was Princess Alice who suddenly came to His Highness the Crown Prince and asked His Highness to take her out of the palace to play. She was accompanied by the lady of the Dolores family and Princess Alice's friend Alchemy Xiuling.
"Dun. His Highness agreed readily at that time and did not make any preparations. He just asked me to take the accompanying guards and went."
Cage asked again: "How long did it take from the time when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed to the princess's request to when you prepared the team to leave the palace? During this period, who left or contacted anyone who was not the accompanying guard?"
Ford recalled: "It only took about ten minutes from the time I agreed to leaving, probably about fifteen minutes. Beethoven and I have been accompanying His Highness. After His Highness agreed to the princess's outing, I still stayed with His Highness. It was Beethoven who
Fen went to summon the escort team. As for whether anyone has contacted anyone else, I don’t know." Ford asked doubtfully: "Master Cage, when you ask these questions, are you suspecting that someone in our guard betrayed His Highness?"
Cage said: "His Royal Highness and Princess Alice went out of the city to the Garden of Fantasy Beasts on a temporary basis, and it is impossible for the princess to betray His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Dolores K. Vivian and Alchemy Hullington have always been with the princess.
Apart from the above people, the only ones who have never left and know about this itinerary are His Highness's bodyguards. If the assassin can accurately know this information and prepare an ambush, there must be someone here who informs the assassin."
Ford was horrified: "Then... who could that be?" He suddenly thought of what Cage asked him, his heart skipped a beat, and he shouted: "You suspect it's Beethoven? But isn't Beethoven dead!? I
I remember clearly that his body was right next to His Highness... His Highness's body."
Cage came forward, looked into his eyes and said: "Beethoven's body was burned beyond recognition by fire magic, but I found someone to carefully identify it, and it was not Beethoven's body at all!"
"What...what!?" Ford stood up in shock and stood there in a daze for a moment, obviously not recovering from the surprise.
Cage continued: "The fake 'Beethoven' who died was not a member of the Royal Guards at all. He was killed, put on Beethoven's armor, and then set on fire. The coroner told me after the examination.
, the body had been frozen, and although the time of death cannot be accurately determined, it has been dead for at least a day."
Ford came back to his senses: "How is it possible? How is this possible? How could Beethoven do such a thing? Why did he do it?"
"This requires investigation." Cage said, "But it seems you really don't know anything."
Ford was angry: "Of course I don't know anything. How could I know that Beethoven, who has been protecting His Highness for so many years, actually..."
Cage said: "Don't be excited. Now tell me everything you know about Beethoven."
…
In the palace, Alice fell into her mother's arms and was heartbroken. Although a few days had passed, she still had not recovered from her self-blame.
Queen Athena hugged her daughter and said: "Alice, Alice, don't cry. This is not your fault. Those killers are targeting Veronca. Even if you don't go out to play with your brother, they will...
"Although it is to comfort my daughter, when I think of my own son, and the eldest son, dying so tragically, I can no longer say any words of comfort.
Alice cried: "It would be better if I didn't ask my brother to go outside to play. If I didn't go out, I wouldn't have met the assassin. Mother, do you think it was Alice who killed my brother? Isn't that right?"
Athena held back the tears in her eyes. When she heard her daughter cry, she choked with sobs. She patted her daughter on the shoulder and said: "Of course not, this is definitely not true. This is a conspiracy. Alice, some bad people want to harm your brother."
You can’t blame yourself or feel guilty about other people’s conspiracies, because it’s none of your business.”
In the room, the mother and daughter talked about their grief. Outside the room, the seventeenth generation heard their mother and daughter's grieving voices and did not rush in. After lingering for a while, they had to leave quietly. The future heir of the empire, his favorite son, died like this.
, the grief in the heart of the seventeenth generation is no less than that of his wife and daughter, but he is the king of a country, and as the monarch of the most powerful empire in the world, he cannot express his grief, not even like his wife and daughter.
Crying bitterly. All he could do was to be strong, to face this disaster and to face the various crises that the empire was facing.
Returning to the small conference room next to the Congress Hall, Cage had returned from prison and was waiting here.
After the Seventeenth generation sat down, he rubbed his temples with his hands and asked, "Is there any progress in the investigation?"
"Yes, there was progress last night, but in order to confirm, we have not reported it to His Majesty until now." Cage said; "Your Majesty, after investigation, the assassination of His Highness is inseparable from the guards who protected His Highness that day."
"People from the Royal Guard!" The Seventeenth Emperor raised his head and said solemnly: "The family of every guard in the Royal Guard has served the empire for several generations or even more than a dozen generations. Their identity and background are absolutely clean and loyal to the empire.
Geng Geng, it’s impossible to betray the empire!”
Cage said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? There is a person who is not Beethoven."
"Him!" The Seventeenth Emperor was taken aback, but then nodded: "Yes, he is not, but he is very loyal to me. I had not ascended the throne back then, and was just one of many princes. At that time,
I inspected the five southeastern provinces for my father, and I also met an assassin outside. It was he who jumped on me during the dangerous assassination and blocked seventeen arrows for me before saving me. Because of this incident, I sent him to
He was promoted from an ordinary guard to the royal guard. At that time, he was just a senior knight. Later, after I became the king, I always trusted him and kept him by my side and promoted him step by step until I later made him a crown prince and made him a viscount.
, and asked his deputy captain of the Royal Guard to protect Veronca for me. I trust him so much, how could he betray me?"
"Indeed, your Majesty thinks so highly of him that most people would not betray him." Cage said: "But the facts of our investigation are right in front of us. Of all the dead, only Beethoven's body was fake, and if no one revealed it
It is difficult for an assassin to set up an ambush in the suburbs to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your Majesty, I know you can’t believe it. After we found out this last night, Ike Norma already led people to search the residence in the imperial capital overnight.
, I believe there will be news soon."
The news was not delivered until the third day. Ike Norma led people to search Beethoven's residence and sent people to interview the people who usually interacted with him. After some careful investigation, he discovered a secret residence of Beethoven, where
We found secret letters that were suspected of being exchanged between him and Saint Vicoia, as well as letters that asked him to plan a mission to assassinate King Demon Moon or the Crown Prince. Perhaps because he planned to evacuate immediately after completing the mission, none of these letters were destroyed.
After seeing this, and that it was related to the hostile country Saint Bikoya, the Seventeenth generation no longer doubted it, and the anger in his heart finally burst out!