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Chapter 143
Queen Mary stared at the sketch in front of her, her face taut with extreme dissatisfaction, "Is the punishment that light?"Justice Minister Breti nodded somewhat helplessly, "Your Majesty, according to the relevant decrees, this is the heaviest punishment for General Besanval. Unless there is evidence to prove that he deliberately allowed the bandits to get close to Your Highness."That's how the laws of France were at the time, very lenient towards the nobility. More than a decade ago, Countess Jeanne de la Motte, claiming to be Queen Mary's maid, found another woman to impersonate the Queen and tricked the Archbishop of Rouen into buying a necklace worth 2 million livres for the "Queen." Jeanne then handed the necklace to Count de la Motte, who sold it in England.It was only when the jewelers complained to the Queen about the installment payments not being received that the matter was revealed. The Archbishop of Rouen publicly presented "the Queen's" personal letters to clear his
Chapter 142
"Jo..." As her trembling lips began to speak, tears immediately streamed down her face.Behind her, Louis XVI stared at his son, with his eyes also reddened.Doctor Grusais was the first to get out of the carriage, bowed to the Queen and the King, and then comforted them, "Your Majesties, please do not worry. His Highness is only injured and is not in life-threatening danger. He appears to be frightened now and needs to rest as soon as possible.""Rest? Oh, yes, of course," the Queen nodded subconsciously and instructed Countess Debreninac, "Quickly, take the Crown Prince back to rest."Joseph was "weakly" helped out of the carriage and then laid back onto the stretcher to be taken to his own bedroom.The King, the Queen, and a group of nobles immediately followed.Joseph lay in bed, feigning extreme weakness, his eyes closed as if he were sleeping. The Queen sat by the bed, her head lowered as she stroked her son's arm where it was wrapped with thick bandages—the military doctors had
Chapter 141
"Ah, Holy Mary! Why has such a terrible thing happened..."The Sicilian princess covered her mouth in shock, wanting to look out the window but too afraid to even lift her head, huddling in the corner of her seat, incessantly crying, "His Highness the Crown Prince was attacked because he came to pick me up; it's all my fault... Wuu... It's all because of me..."Next to her, Ambassador Timothy warily glanced outside, swiftly drew the curtains, and then handed a handkerchief to the princess, admonishing her in a somewhat agitated, low voice, "Your Highness, please stay calm, this has nothing to do with you."Having a handkerchief to wipe away her tears made Maria cry even more fiercely, "What will I do if His Highness the Crown Prince has an accident?""No, that won't happen," Timothy said hurriedly, trying to reassure her, "Listening to those gunshots, they should've been fired from a long distance. Even if the Crown Prince was hit, it shouldn't be fatal.""Really?" Maria recalled the
Chapter 140
Audric then returned to the attic, flipped out a long-handled brush from under the bed, and moved aside the cloth wrapped around the brush handle to reveal the gun barrel inside. Next, he dismantled the bloated brush head, which concealed a wooden gunstock.Soon, a British-made Brown Bess 1742 type flintlock gun was in his hands.He found gunpowder and lead shot from the other end of the brush handle, deftly loaded them into the muzzle, and handed the firearm to the red-haired "henchman," instructing him, "When the gold-carrying carriage comes by later, shoot in that direction.""Huh?" the red-haired man looked towards the distant road, puzzled, "Boss, that's probably too far to hit anything...""Idiot, we're just sounding the alarm. You're to shoot to signal our guys, to let them know it's time to act."Audric spoke as he crouched down to pull out another gun from under the bed—a French-made short musket with the stock sawn off, which the Painter had brought in hidden in a barrel. He
Chapter 139
Over forty minutes later, the leading painter looked at the freshly adorned farmhouse, nodded in satisfaction, and beckoned his subordinates to leave.The soldiers guarding the house had not noticed that he was holding one more paint bucket than before, and his long-handled brush had disappeared.Naturally, that paint bucket contained the military uniforms of Audric's two "younger brothers" and the work clothes of the three men, while the "long-handled brush" was left in the attic.When the painters left the area, an officer of the French guards stopped them, checked their identification, and counted the number of people.There were eight people coming, and still eight people leaving; everything was in order.The officer nodded for his subordinates to let them pass. Even if he searched them exhaustively, he would not likely check with the soldiers guarding each farmhouse about the specifics of the painters.The next morning, the sun cast slanted rays on the spacious avenues outside of
Chapter 138
From atop the mound came the pleas for mercy from a fat man. Several bandits turned their heads and saw a man, not very tall and looking like an ordinary farmer, brandishing a pistol as he pushed the fat man down.Before long, except for the dead leader, the other four bandits had their weapons taken and were being held at gunpoint, squatting fearfully on the empty space beside the road.A carriage approached from a distance and stopped by the group, and Fouche stepped out from it. To capture this gang alive, he had personally come to this small town, crafting the tale about Baron Geddon, and finally, the "fish" had taken the bait.Playing with a pistol in his hand, Fouche's dead fish eyes swept over the bandits as he snorted from his nose, "Hmm, the Blood Blade Bandits, is it?"The fat man who had been on lookout earlier started crying out of fear, "Let, let me go, I can tell you where our boss hides the money..."The bald man glared at him and said firmly, "Yes! We are the Blood Bla
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