Chapter 1247 Case Investigation
Debiles, the capital of the Demon Moon, Edward Cage, the supreme commander of the Imperial Royal Guard, came to the prison.
In the iron cage, Ford saw Cage and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Sir Edward, how is the investigation of the case? Has the murderer been caught?" Ford and Edward Cage have a nominal relationship. There is a superior-subordinate relationship, but in fact Ford is directly subordinate to Crown Prince Vilonka.
Edward Cage is a very strong man, with a big head, thick neck, and well-developed muscles. He has short blond hair and looks very clumsy, but in fact he is not clumsy at all. Cage said to Ford in prison: "The murderer hasn't been caught yet, but there are some clues. I'm here to ask you a few questions."
In prison, Ford said sadly: "That's right. I have already said what I said. I have fully explained the attack many times. I am willing to take responsibility for protecting the crown prince. I just hope that this will not affect my family, wife 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."
< br>In a separate small room, a long table and two chairs, and a cup of still warm coffee were 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 paid attention. he asked.
"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 to the death and finally prevented His Majesty from having an accident. You know that Beethoven had a good relationship with His Majesty the King. He was on good terms with 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 responsibly."
Cage nodded slightly and asked, "Then Your Highness. On the day of the assassination, you On what basis did Beethoven lead a team of people to escort His Highness and leave alone to stop the killer? Instead of you protecting His Highness and leaving, Beethoven stayed to stop the killer? "
Ford said: "This is me? Already said After that, it was naturally arranged like this. The situation was very chaotic at that time. We, the Crown Prince's Guards, were all elites, but we were caught off guard by the killer who suddenly came out. In order to prevent His Highness from being harmed in the chaos, I decided to lead him myself. The first and second guards stopped the killer and asked Beethoven to lead another team to protect His Highness. Beethoven is not weaker than me. This is a very reasonable arrangement."
Cage asked. : "According to Princess Alice He said that this trip to the Magic Beast Garden in the suburbs was a temporary arrangement and was not part of His Royal Highness’s scheduled itinerary.”
Ford nodded and said, “Yes, it was Princess Alice who suddenly came to His Highness and asked Him to take her. She went out to the palace to play, and she was accompanied by Miss Dolores and Princess Alice's friend Alchemy Hullington. His Highness readily agreed and did not make any preparations. He just asked me to bring him with him. The accompanying guards left.”
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?"< br>
Ford recalled: "It only took about ten minutes from the time I agreed to leaving, it should be about fifteen minutes. Beethoven and I have been accompanying His Highness, and His Highness promised the princess to go out. After the tour, I still stayed with His Highness. It was Beethoven who went to summon the escort. As for whether anyone had contacted anyone else, I don’t know." Ford said doubtfully: "Mr. Cage, if you ask this, it can't be the case. Do you suspect that our guards betrayed His Highness?”
Cage said: “His Royal Highness and Princess Alice left the city to go to the Garden of Fantasy Beasts on a temporary basis, and it is impossible for the princess to betray His Highness the Crown Prince. Lores K. Vivian and Alchemy Hullington have never left the princess. Apart from the above people, the only ones who know this itinerary are His Highness's guards. The assassins can accurately know this information. , and prepare an ambush, there must be someone here who has tipped off the assassin."
Ford said in horror: "Then... who could it 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 remember clearly that his body is next to His Highness... His Highness's body."
Kay Qi leaned 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!"
"Wha...what!?" Ford stood up in shock and stood there in a daze for a moment, obviously not recovering from the surprise.
Cage continued: "The dead fake 'Beethoven' was not from the Royal Guards at all. He was killed, put on Beethoven's armor, and then set on fire and burned. The coroner told me after the examination that the body had been frozen. Although it was impossible to accurately determine the time of death, it had been dead for at least a day."
Ford came to his senses: "How could that be? How is this possible? How could Beethoven do such a thing? "This needs to be investigated," Cage said. "But it seems that 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: "You don't need to be excited. Now tell me everything you know about Beethoven."
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In the palace, Alice fell into her mother's arms. Li was heartbroken. Although several 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 find your brother to get out, Play, they also..." Although it was to comfort her daughter, when she thought of her own son, and the eldest son, dying so tragically, she could no longer say those comforting words.
Alice cried: "It would be nice if I didn't ask my brother to go outside to play. If I didn't go out, I wouldn't encounter the assassin. Mother, do you think it was Alice who killed my brother?" Isn’t it?”
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 absolutely not true. This is a conspiracy, Alice, and it is some bad people who want to harm your brother." You can't blame yourself for other people's conspiracy, because it has nothing to do with you."
In the room, the mother and daughter talked about their sorrow, and outside the room, the seventeenth generation heard the sorrowful voices of their mother and daughter. He didn't rush in. After wandering for a while, he had to leave quietly. The future heir of this empire, his favorite son died like this. The seventeenth generation was no less sad than his wife and daughter. It was just that he was the king of a country and the monarch of the most powerful empire in the world. He could not express his grief or even cry like his wife and daughter. All he can do is to be strong, to face this disaster, and to face the various crises that the empire is facing.
Returning to the small conference room next to the Congress Hall, Cage has returned from prison and is 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 , I have not reported it to Your 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 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, there is one person who is not.”
“He!” Surprised, but then nodded : "Yes, he is not, but he is very loyal to me. I had not yet ascended the throne, 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. Yes. He jumped on me during that dangerous assassination and blocked seventeen arrows before saving me. Because of this incident, I promoted him from an ordinary guard to the royal guard. At that time, he was only a senior officer. Knight. Later I became King. I always trusted him, kept him by my side and promoted him step by step, until I later made him a crown prince, made him a viscount, and asked him to be the deputy captain of the Royal Guard to protect Veronca for me. I trusted him so much, how could he. Betray me?"
"Indeed, most people would not betray His Majesty so much," Cage said: "But the facts of our investigation are right in front of us. The body was fake, and If no one revealed the Crown Prince's itinerary, it would be difficult for the assassin to set up an ambush in the suburbs. Your Majesty, I know you can't believe it. After we found out this last night, Ike Norma already led people to search the place overnight. I believe there will be news soon.”
The news didn’t arrive until the third day. Ike Norma led people to search Beethoven’s residence, and also sent people to check on Ping Chang and others. The people he associates with. After some careful investigation, a secret residence of Beethoven was discovered, where they found secret letters suspected to be between him and Saint Bikoya, as well as letters asking him to plan to assassinate King Demon Moon or the Crown Prince. Perhaps because he planned to evacuate immediately after completing his mission, none of these letters were destroyed.
After seeing this, and 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!
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(End of this chapter)