The worst premonition came true. Simeone's father, Giovanni Colombo, was the business partner who caused his father to go bankrupt and commit suicide - Francesco Corleone!
"Your father and Giovanni Colombo were partners in the tea trading business. Dantès and Alonzo both worked on the tea ships until your father went bankrupt and Giovanni Colombo took the money to escape Avalon and return to his hometown.
Patrus, who changed his name and started a new business, still maintained close business ties with Dantès and Alonzo."
"In fact, he is the owner of the freighter 'Good Luck', so it is not difficult to understand why Dantès and Alonzo had to obey his command and assist him in buying and killing people."
"In other words, when I revealed my life experience to Captain Dantès, the news quickly reached the ears of Giovanni Colombo, sowing the seeds of my own disaster..." Musk clenched his fists.
"Brother Musk, Giovanni Colombo has done something wrong, and of course he is worried about retribution. The reason why this old guy deliberately wants to get rid of you is that he is afraid that you will seek revenge from him, and he is worried about his disgraceful past.
The exposure of his dark history has ruined the reputation he has worked so hard to build as a philanthropist over the years," Giuliano said sarcastically.
"Does Simone know the bad things his father did?" Lisa asked.
"I'm afraid I don't know." Paul took over. "Sir Colombo is very good at pretending. Even in front of his own son, he will not reveal the despicable things he has done in the past. In fact, if we publish the scandal he did in the newspaper,
, word spread throughout the streets of Patos, and the person who was most shocked was probably Simone Colombo."
"Haha, our innocent and kind little knight suddenly realizes that his father is a hypocritical liar. His belief may collapse on the spot, and his father will be ashamed of himself. It is not surprising that the relationship between father and son will eventually deteriorate to the point of rupture.
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"Paul, this kid, is quite smart!" Giuliano said with a gloating smile, "Brother Musk, if you want to take revenge on Giovanni Colombo, writing an article in the newspaper is a good idea. I can help you introduce it.
Friends from the newspaper, if you hype it up and stir up public opinion, the Colombo family will usher in social death!"
Musk remained silent.
According to the idea proposed by Paul and Giuliano, it is true that the enemy's reputation can be ruined and make him angry, but Simeone is innocent and he cannot bear to implicate this innocent and kind-hearted young man.
"I don't want to publicize this matter." Musk sighed and said to Paul and Giuliano, "Simone has helped me a lot and is also a good friend of Brother Umberto. No matter how bad his father is, he should not
It's up to him to bear the blame."
"Ahem... Speaking of Brother Umberto, there's something I don't know whether I should talk about." Giuliano hesitated.
"Hey! Don't talk about irrelevant things!"
Paul quickly winked at his cousin, telling him to keep his mouth shut.
However, his warning was too late.
"Is this true?" Lisa's voice trembled, and the magical halo of "Detecting Thoughts" flashed in her eyes, "Brother Umberto... is actually the eldest son of Giovanni Colombo... the same father of Simone
Half-brother?"
Paolo and Giuliano looked at each other and said nothing.
Under Lisa's repeated questioning, Paul reluctantly smiled: "That's what Alonzo said... Of course, it may not be true."
Lisa shook her head and sighed: "Don't lie to yourself. In fact, when I first saw Simone on Molasses Island, I felt familiar. In retrospect, his appearance, especially his eyes, was similar to Umberto's.
The eldest brother is at least 60-70% similar, which can only be explained by blood relationship."
Musk was speechless, with thousands of thoughts in his heart.
In fact, he had long realized that the friendship between Umberto and Simeone was unusual. Two people were born and grew up in completely different environments, with an age gap of ten years. Their life trajectories were like two parallel lines. How could they intersect?
Now all the confusion has been answered.
It turns out that the two of them are half-brothers.
"My dear, do you want to continue to investigate this matter?" Lisa looked at her fiancé sympathetically, "If you want to know the truth, I can use 'theosophy' to verify Alonzo's confession."
Musk hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded resolutely.
The grievances between father and son are related to the two generations, and he cannot be allowed to retreat and escape.
Lisa quickly arranged the altar, lit the incense burner, poured holy water, burned incense and prayed.
A minute later, she took out two gold coins from her pocket and whispered to her fiancé: "Next, you can ask three questions. I will use the coins to divine. According to the divine revelation, I can give a 'yes', 'no' or
'Unable to determine' three responses."
Musk nodded, and the first question he asked in front of the altar was: "My enemy Francisco Corleone is Sir Giovanni Colombo, Simeone's father?"
Lisa conveyed his question to the Sun God through meditation, and then tossed the coin in her hand.
With a jingling sound, two golden coins fell to the ground, bounced a few times, and finally came to rest with their heads up.
Divine will has given a hint, and the answer is yes.
Musk suppressed his confusion and then verified his second guess: "Brother Umberto...is actually the eldest son of Giovanni Colombo and Simone's brother?"
Lisa divined again, and the two coins still came up heads.
This is absolutely true.
Musk was in a daze for a long time. Under Lisa's urging, he asked the last and most difficult question for him:
"In order to avenge my father, should I swing my sword at Simone and Umberto's father?"
Ding Dong... Ding Dong!
Two coins hit the ground, one with heads up and the other with tails.
Do you want revenge?
God doesn't know either.
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Historical Materials of Judicial Duels:Queen's Eucalyptus
After judicial duels were established in Burgundian law, they gradually became popular in the Germanic countries.
A famous example is that in the middle of the 7th century AD, the Lombard noble Adaruf seduced Queen Gudboja but was rejected. He became angry and falsely accused the queen of treason. The king listened to her and ordered the queen to be imprisoned for three years.
Gudebojia was a Frankish princess. The Frankish king sent people to Lombard many times to negotiate for her release, but failed to do so.
In the end, the two countries agreed to use a duel to prove whether the queen was innocent or guilty. Adaruf was defeated in the duel, and Gudbojia was able to restore his reputation and status.
Queen's Eucalyptus Part 2:
In the 7th century AD, Queen Gundeberga of Lombardy was the wife of Alliovaldes and the former queen of Rosaris.
This queen was probably extraordinarily beautiful. Not only did the two kings fall in love with her, but a nobleman named Adarulf also courted her. As a result, Gundbolja gave her a good guy card.
This Adarulf was not an economical lamp, and when he failed in his courtship, he went to falsely accuse the queen of adultery.
Logically speaking, you have to provide solid evidence to accuse someone of adultery. Unfortunately, women's status was low at that time. Even if they were queens, if rumors of disloyalty reached the ears of the king, they would be punished without real evidence.
The queen was inexplicably thrown into prison by King Allio Valdes and was imprisoned for three years unjustly.
But Gundborja is no ordinary person, she is the princess of the Frankish Kingdom.
The queen's relative "Clreat the Great" sent an envoy to demand the release of the princess. Although Lombardy was a small country, it was very courageous and would not release her.
When diplomacy failed, the Frankish King's envoy had no choice but to use his ultimate trick to get the princess out of trouble: a judicial duel!
Just like Game of Thrones, judicial duels can be contested by attorneys.
The Queen's side sent out the warrior Pito (Pitto), who was extremely powerful in combat, to single out the accuser Adarulf.
The result is conceivable. How can an ordinary noble beat a professional player?
Gundborja was eventually acquitted and restored to her status as queen.
