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Learn from Me: Chapter 213 Chapter 190 Seven Strange Assassinations

Claude actually had the idea of ​​continuing to add weight to the business alliance for a long time.

Based on his current situation, it is not difficult to obtain some basic information about the Theocracy, but it is impossible to get in-depth—and since he found out that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau was tricky, he is concerned about the information brought back by this organization. With an innate sense of distrust.

So why not change your mind and get some "distinctive" information from the allies of the Theocracy?After all, the business alliance claims that there is nothing that cannot be bought and sold. Although they like to use contracts to flaunt their reputation, it is nothing more than a question of how much money to add.

Unfortunately, neither Shire nor Gorman could do such a thing.

Because of their purpose, they are destined to absolutely not do any extra moves, otherwise, if they arouse any suspicion, they may end up losing everything.

Moreover, Gorman's understanding of the business alliance is not good enough, and it is basically the result of being taught by Claude. Entering the circle of high-level businessmen who are good at dancing is really not what this general is good at.

Originally, Claude could only give up such an idea, but now, Mr. Gutenberg, who has already found out the death, gave him a surprise.

He is an out-and-out businessman, and he is also a businessman. Getting into it is as easy as eating and drinking, and if the other party can do this, he can be the spokesperson of the Shire and Gorman forces. , to show the sincerity to integrate into the business alliance, so as to gain the trust of the business alliance.

Of course, for this Mr. Gutenberg, it is impossible to use any method of deception or exchange of interests, and Claude is not going to play any tricks, just use official channels to let him be a spy.

After all, the person in charge of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau in Brittany had already had a good talk with Charles at the dinner party held by the Chamber of Commerce. Everyone was doing it for "money", so of course they could talk.

Come to think of it, this man who has decided to dedicate his entire life to the empire should be satisfied with this arrangement, right?

Seeing that Gutenberg got rid of his entanglement with his identity so quickly and began to think about the pros and cons of this matter for the empire, Claude nodded in satisfaction.

"Knight Claude, can you tell me about this plan in detail?"

Gutenberg, made up his mind.

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"Knight Claude, have you guys... finished talking?"

Gustav looked at Claude who was walking down, and then at Gutenberg who seemed to have no change in his expression behind him, and asked with some doubts.

"Yes, we've finished our chat. Although I have doubts about the truth of your brother's mouth for the time being, at least I know that he is not the kind of person who would endanger the empire."

Claude's expression has softened a lot, which made Gustav breathe a sigh of relief, at least he didn't make the other party think that his brother was a traitor.

"It's getting late, and Knight Claude has agreed to my request, so we should leave too."

Gutenberg bowed to Claude, and walked out of Claude's house with Gustav, who was clearly in doubt.

"By the way, Knight Claude, my brother very much hopes to fight side by side with you again in the future. So I hope you will not underestimate Gustav because of me."

The man suddenly turned his head and said to Claude, his words were sincere, and his posture was lower than when he was upstairs.

"When I evaluate a person, I always only look at what he has done, not what his relatives and friends have done."

Claude said calmly.

Gutenberg stopped talking, bowed slightly, and left with Gustav.

The moon was hanging high, and in the cold winter night, although the curfew during the New Year's Eve was temporarily lifted, except for careerists and those who stopped them, no one wanted to walk on the street at this time.

"Gustav, I have nothing to do here, you can go back to the dormitory of the Imperial Military University as soon as possible."

Gutenberg turned to his brother.

"Brother...what happened? Why did you have to go to Claude? Is it really only he who can do this?"

Gustav still couldn't hold back the questions in his heart. He had already asked these questions on the way here, but now he was still eager to get the answers.

"This matter is only a temporary secret, and you will know the truth soon, soon."

Gutenberg shook his head.

"Probably just these few days, you stay in the military university well, remember, don't run outside."

"Yes...is there any problem with the emperor?"

Gustav felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.

"Don't ask any more, Gustav, as I said, the answer will soon appear to you by itself, so stop torturing yourself with doubts. I have other things to do, so I won't tell you too much Let's talk—let me tell you one last thing."

Gutenberg lowered his head, and after being silent for a while, he obviously hesitated, but he spoke again.

"Knight Claude is a very good officer. If you choose to serve under his command in the future, just remember one thing - you do what he says, don't doubt, let alone speculate, Soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty, even if some orders seem unreasonable or even incomprehensible, you just do it."

Gustav was stunned. He had never heard his brother say such a thing to him. Every time the other party told him to be careful, he should not be taken advantage of by others, and think more about things. , have your own judgment.

But what he said to himself tonight was the exact opposite of what he had said before, as if he wanted to give up thinking and just go all out to be a soldier.

"Promise me, remember this sentence firmly, okay?"

Gutenberg and Gustav met each other's eyes, and finally, the younger brother nodded slowly.

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and he smiled gratifiedly.

Indeed, I had always hoped that my innocent younger brother would have more thoughts of his own, that he would consider himself and his family before doing things—but obviously, he was entrapped by such a habit, which led to today's situation.

As for that Knight Claude, Gutenberg only had complete fear and trembling for him, and even had an idea involuntarily——

Such a guy, who is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, is so lucky.

So don't let your younger brother repeat the same mistakes you made. With Claude's ability, it is meaningless to play tricks on him in front of him, or to keep your little Jiujiu. It will only make the other party take your important Sexuality continues to decrease, and eventually becomes a dispensable, sacrificial child who is allowed to be sacrificed.

He is really not optimistic about his brother's mind. In short, if Claude wants to use Gustav, he has no ability to resist at all, so it is better to lie down early, and don't play tricks, otherwise it will be true. will be played to death.

"Then I'm leaving, be careful yourself, it's cold, don't freeze."

Gutenberg tightened his coat, turned around, and walked along the dark street.

"...Brother, this time we are separated, shall we continue to be hostile for the sake of the family?"

Gustav's hesitant voice stopped Gutenberg's footsteps.

"Yes, carry on like this, Gustav."

The man turned his head and gave Gustav a relieved smile.

"But believe me, this is the last time, brother."

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Claude is on his way into the palace.

Although he didn't know why Gustav and Gutenberg were able to walk to his door so smoothly and knock on his door, there was no doubt that this matter was definitely under the surveillance of someone. Although he didn't know what the surveillance person wanted, of course Claude would choose not to leave a mouthful.

So he packed up immediately and set off for the palace, preparing to report the matter directly.

But soon he realized that something was wrong.

[Some people suddenly moved, they are all around this alleyway, presumably they are coming for you. 】

Claude stopped.

"This is sure, I will definitely go from here."

Of course, he couldn't gallop his horse and gallop in the city in the middle of the night, otherwise it would be easy to cause disturbances all over the city. If the big nobles got wind of it and ruined the emperor's plan, wouldn't he have pulled his hips at the end after all the foreshadowing?And the carriage is even more impossible, purely taking off his pants and farting.

So he went to the palace on foot, which meant that he would choose to take a short cut through a few small streets in the central city, arrive at the upper city, negotiate with the patrol team of the Fourth Guard Knights, and head to the palace.

The buildings in the upper city are sparse, and it is the territory of the Fourth Knights of the Guards. It is obviously not wise to do it there, and there may not be much time available. To kill Claude.

"What is the principle of this..."

Claude drew out his sword while wondering.

"I understand following Gutenberg, and I can understand shooting people he's seen—but why are they so sure that Gutenberg will go to me? Ambushing me in advance on the way I must go to the palace? This is a bit unpredictable a bit."

[This means that they are very familiar with you, know where you live, and know the nearby terrain, otherwise it is impossible? 】

"Only this explains..."

Claude looked gloomy.

He is exposed!

And he doesn't even know why he's exposed!

Although it shouldn't be possible for the other party to know what he was planning, it was obvious that someone had already seen his traces before he justifiably walked on the political stage of God's Capital.

[Whose person will it be?Great noble?Imperial Intelligence? 】

"I don't know, let's go out and talk about it first."

Claude really wanted to catch a few survivors and torture him himself—but firstly, it didn’t suit his personality, and secondly, these guys who were assassinated in the streets of the imperial capital were probably all dead men and abandoned children thrown out, so it was very difficult. Ask something.

He suddenly flashed a cold light in the darkness, and knocked two crossbow arrows away with his long sword.

The strength of the opponent was unexpectedly weak, and they only prepared a few strong crossbows, obviously not knowing their true combat power.

Claude does have the ability to kill them all, but he really can't figure out who arranged this matter. He can only make a choice that a normal person would make in the face of an attack-fleeing.

Soon, the opponent realized that he could not catch up with Claude, and immediately chose to retreat.

This made Claude even more strange. The other party was obviously not very determined to assassinate him, it was more like a routine.

"It feels like... they are ordered to intercept everyone who goes to the palace from here, but if they miss one, they must retreat immediately."

Claude held the sword in his hand with a solemn expression, he was a little confused about the other party's intentions.

But one thing he can be sure of is that the assassination this time was definitely not something that a so-called idiot came up with in a snap of his brain. Someone definitely made a careful layout and carefully designed an ambush pocket specially prepared for him.

And Cloud couldn't even find any suspects.

"It can't be a big nobleman. If the other party wants to silence him, he can just kill Gutenberg. Why did he wait for him to find me, chat for a long time, and wait until I went to the palace before assassinating him? And it's still a must for me. An ambush on the road?"

"If the great nobles can have this execution ability and IQ, they won't be able to do a coup d'etat so carelessly."

[Imperial Intelligence Bureau and the Emperor?There's no reason, the emperor now favors you a lot, entrusts you with a heavy responsibility, and even married a princess.It doesn't make sense for him to design this, what is he trying to test you for? 】

"Apart from these two, the rest is the Merchant Alliance and The Church."

Claude frowned.

"These two, no matter who arranged this matter for me, the problem is very serious-this means that I must have exposed a flaw in some link and was noticed, which means..."

【What you said before, the situation that you are all in the dark is becoming unfavorable. 】

"Yes, this feeling of fighting against the darkness is really bad."

Claude narrowed his eyes.

"It can even be said that I hope that this assassination is arranged by the Theocracy. After all, the only intersection is with Julien. The layout has been noticed by the Chamber of Commerce!"

Learn from Me: Chapter 214 Chapter 190 Eight Coping

This assassination that ended without a cause had no results, and Claude doesn't have the extra time and ability to investigate now.

He reached the Upper Town and, escorted by a patrol of the [-]th Knight Guards, entered the palace.

The waiter led Claude forward in the orderly palace. This was the first time that he was not meeting the emperor in the Roman palace.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the Ninth Guards Knights, Colonel Claude Kaos, please see me."

After the roll call, Claude walked into the emperor's study.

Obviously, His Majesty is not ready to rest yet, he is still wearing the luxurious emperor robes, sitting behind the desk.

"Mr. Claude, it's so late, you came to see me, what happened?"

Claude made a military salute.

"Your Majesty, someone came to me tonight. It was Gutenberg Barr, the original head of the Barr Chamber of Commerce under His Highness Augustus."

Hearing a somewhat familiar name, the emperor paused his hand and concentrated a little,

"He is the elder brother of Knight Gustav, and it was through Knight Gustav that I found my residence. Mr. Gutenberg said that he hoped that I could warn His Majesty that the great nobleman and Augustus Your Highness Du is planning to force the palace to rebel—I don’t know if this is true or not, so I can only report to His Majesty.”

Claude's voice was quite steady, as if he was only describing the facts objectively, but in terms of actual content, this behavior could almost be called reckless - because others could already accuse him of framing the Augustus conspiracy. reversed.

However, he was very sure that this was not a frame, but a fact, and the emperor might not be ignorant of the truth.

So there is no need to worry about any official report, this is a nomination certificate-a nomination certificate that is only loyal to the emperor, telling the emperor that he is just a person who reports all the facts, and will not mix his own thoughts and ideas in it.

This is what intelligence agencies need to do most.

As Claude expected, the emperor just nodded, as if what he reported was just an ordinary matter, and the so-called son's rebellion didn't seem to attract his attention at all.

"I know, this matter has not been completely determined, which is why I allow you to act cheaply - those big nobles must be eager to jump over the wall, but I don't know yet, whether my son will be so stupid .”

However, the low voice obviously showed that the old man was not as indifferent as he appeared on the display.

Claude's heart moved, and Augustus's rebellion was almost a certainty. In this case, the emperor seemed to be waiting, waiting for the other party to really take up the sword and stand opposite him.