Although we have never met you, it seems to us that our fates are closely intertwined.
Francois, the current president of the Republic of Bressey, is planning to restore the monarchy and become the emperor of the republic. You must be very aware of this matter. Perhaps you will think that we, as important members of Francois's direct troops, will give strong support
Francois restored the monarchy and gained countless benefits, but we believe that one day, our situation will fall into an abyss.
It can be seen from the fact that Mr. President ignored the protests of Your Excellency and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey, vigorously supported Mullen Joseph, who has a civilian background, to take office, and helped him strengthen his control over the independent mixing division, that he is equally vigilant towards us.
Hostile...
...Based on the consideration of many factors and the understanding of Mr. President's behavior, if he really restores the imperial system and becomes the emperor of Bressey, it is foreseeable what kind of impact we will face.
We hope to meet with you at 51 Heller Street in the West District at ten o'clock tonight to discuss the future of us and the family behind us...
Wright Benson, Oriel Jeffrey]
The former Speaker of Parliament, Wilbur Flynn, was in the mansion, looking at this letter sent secretly by a servant, and remained silent in the study alone for a long time.
He knew that Benson and Jeffrey were the two regimental commanders of the independent mixed division currently stationed in Lezeinli, and each had an elite light infantry regiment.
In fact, as early as when Pisel led the independent mixed division and first stationed in Lezein, he discussed with everyone in the parliament whether he could instigate these people to rebel and dismantle Francois's military power so that he could fight in the subsequent struggle.
It was a sure win, but considering that this was François' direct line of troops, since they were willing to be transferred back, they must be well prepared to deal with the rebellion instigated by the parliamentary faction, so in the end they had to give up this idea.
Later, members of the Parliamentarian faction were assassinated by forces calling themselves the Equality Society. François naturally dispatched the Guard Corps to take over the defense of each of the Parliamentarian faction's mansions, restricting the Parliamentary faction's movements.
From then on, as the respected Speaker of Parliament, Wilbur Flynn could not sleep almost every night, worrying about their future.
However, the parliamentary faction was disbanded early, deprived of power and unable to legally intervene in Francois's restoration of the monarchy. In addition, without the support of the armed forces, faced with the control of the independent mixed division and the Lezein Guard Corps
Francois was completely helpless.
Moreover, during this period, more and more people from the parliamentary faction switched to Francois.
He himself was also communicating with many parties, even contacting the Equality Society in an attempt to form an alliance. However, he was discouraged after running into obstacles at every turn. He stopped struggling too much and waited for Francois to become emperor to try his best to protect himself.
This letter gave him hope of defeating the presidential faction.
If we can really win over Colonel Benson and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey, it will be equivalent to winning over two light infantry regiments. With these two light infantry regiments, even if they are at odds, they will still have a lot of trouble with Francois.
odds of winning.
The question is, can things really be that simple?
Flynn was instinctively suspicious of the letter, worried that there might be some trap in it.
In the letter, Benson and Jeffrey explained the reasons why they wanted to cooperate with the parliamentary faction. They felt dissatisfied and neglected by Francois for not promoting themselves and instead supporting civilians to rise to power, so in order to avoid being treated as a target in the future.
The chess piece was abandoned and he chose to support the parliamentary faction.
This reason is neither sufficient nor sufficient.
Francois's behavior worries them, but it is extremely risky to defect to the parliamentary faction at this time. Will they really decide to overthrow Francois because of this?
If it is to deceive oneself, what is the purpose?
Now that the parliamentary faction is at a disadvantage, the possibility of reversing the situation is so small that it can be ignored. Wouldn't it be too much to lure them into action?
Or maybe Francois was worried about what other trump cards the parliamentary faction had, and deliberately arranged for Benson and Jeffrey to defect to him, hoping to find out the truth?
There are too many possibilities for this invitation. The worst thing is that Fulin has no way to verify whether it is true or false. The only thing he can do is to either stand still or trust these two people.
"Well..." Fulin put the letter away and weighed the pros and cons with his eyes closed.
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Pingdong Association main station, conference room
"No. 51 Heller Street has been booked for them, and letters from both sides have been sent. Wilbur Flynn doesn't know what's going on at the moment, but on the Corps side, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey rushed immediately after receiving the letter.
Went to talk to Colonel Benson." Charles reported the movements of all forces.
"What about other arrangements?" Boyne asked Charles and Morais.
One of the two men was responsible for leaking the news of Speaker Fulin's trip, and the other was responsible for assassinating the two officers who knew the secret of the Equality Society's propaganda in the Corps camp.
"Everything is arranged."
"Same."
"There is no risk to Benson and Jeffrey. If they don't talk well, they can arrest Fulin directly. They say they met him secretly to lure the snake out of the hole. But for Fulin, this is
is his only choice, so these two
All parties will come forward. Charles, you must ensure that the guard regiment deployed near Fulin's residence can notice his movements. Morais, you must ensure that the assassination of the two officers is completed on time at ten o'clock." Boyin solemnly said.
The ground said to the two of them.
Neither of these two links can go wrong, otherwise the plan will fall short.
"clear."
Charles and Morais said in unison.
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9:30 pm
1st Cavalry Regiment Camp, Joseph's Office
"Both Captain David and Lieutenant Bunir have been transferred to Bruce Street to take charge of today's night training." Joseph stared at the clock and said.
"Do they have no objections? After all, we just agreed yesterday that they will continue to explore the infiltration of the Equality Society." Adel asked as he lay slumped on the sofa.
Joseph's face was expressionless, as if he was a little worried about the operation tonight: "Of course, I told them that the night training was deliberately transferred away from them to make the people of the Equality Association in the camp relax their vigilance. There will be further work arrangements when they come back from the night training.
, and they readily accepted it.”
"That's good, they won't be able to come back tonight."
"Are you sure this can be done?"
"Not sure, but even if it doesn't work, it won't involve you. We can just make other attempts." Adel is not nervous. The Equality Association has made full preparations for this plan. No matter what the final result is, it will be fine.
Bearing it, "Don't think too much, sleep peacefully, tomorrow things may change among independent editors."
"Um……"
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At the same time, Fulin's mansion
It was getting late, and most of the lights in the mansion's rooms were out. Fulin's sleep schedule remained unchanged at nine o'clock, so the darkness in his bedroom did not alert the guards who were responsible for both guarding and monitoring the mansion.
On the surface, Lawrence was a guard soldier monitoring Fulin, but secretly he was a comrade of the Intelligence Department of the Equality Society. In the morning, he received an order from the Minister of Intelligence, Charles, and at night he kept staring at the Guards. He had already learned about it but pretended not to have done so.
An inconspicuous secret door was discovered in Fulin's mansion, waiting for Fulin to secretly leave the mansion.
At half past nine, a dark figure flashed past the secret door, leaning against the wall and walking toward the end of the street.
It’s HUF!
Lawrence suppressed his excitement and called the drowsy guard captain beside him: "Captain, Speaker Fulin is here!"
"What?!" The captain of the guard immediately woke up after hearing this. He looked in the direction Lawrence was pointing, and sure enough he found a looming black shadow moving away, "Is that Speaker Fulin?"
Guqian
At such a long distance, most of the street lights had not been repaired, so it was difficult for the guard captain to determine the identity of the black figure.
"Yes, I saw with my own eyes that Speaker Fulin came out of the secret door we were monitoring!" Lawrence said.
"The opportunity to perform meritorious deeds has come. Come on, let's follow!" The captain of the guard reacted quickly and immediately followed him quietly with Lawrence and two other guards.
In the mansion, Fulin saw all this clearly from the window of the study.
"Ha." He snorted coldly, turned around and walked out of the study.
A few minutes later, Fulin came out of the secret door and rushed towards Heller Street.
He was not sure whether the guards knew that there was a secret door in his mansion, so he deliberately sent a crony to go out through the secret door and leave in the opposite direction for a test. Fortunately, there was such a test, which led the guards who were monitoring him to another direction.
, creating an opportunity for him to go to 51 Heller Street.
On the other side, Lawrence followed the captain of the guard and felt more and more something was wrong.
The information that Minister Charles gave him was that Speaker Flynn would secretly leave the mansion in the evening and go to No. 51 Heller Street. But now Speaker Flynn is getting farther and farther away from Heller Street and has no intention of turning around.
The information should be correct.
So whether...
The dark figure in front of me is not Speaker Fulin?!
If this person is not Speaker Fulin, then they have obviously fallen into a trap! Speaker Fulin is probably just going out now and is rushing towards Heller Street!
what to do?!
Will the plan fail because I didn’t observe carefully?
Lawrence's mind was racing.
If he wants to save the plan, he must first let the captain of the guard know that he is following the wrong person, so that he may have a chance to go back and track down Speaker Fulin's movements.
But because the captain of the guard was so sure of his words just now, he had no doubts about the identity of the black shadow. How could he let them discover the identity of the other party?
Is it really necessary to stay with him for one night? If we stay with him for one night, everything will be too late.
"Ahem!" Lawrence made up his mind and coughed loudly.
"Shh!" The captain of the guard looked full of hatred and quickly covered Lawrence's mouth.
But it was too late. After hearing the sound, the dark shadow following them quickened their pace and turned into the alley.
"Trash! Chase me! Arrest Speaker Fulin!" The captain of the guard did not bother to scold Lawrence, stopped hiding, and hurriedly chased after him with his men.
Facing the pursuit of the guards, the black shadow looked panicked, and it didn't take long before he was blocked in a blind corner.
The captain of the guard looked at the clear face of the black shadow, and his heart skipped a beat: "You are not Speaker Fulin!"
"I'm not!" the servant who was caught said timidly.
"Where is Speaker Fulin?!" the guard captain glared at Lawrence and then interrogated the servant.
"Fu, Mr. Fulin... is taking a rest..."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"I came out to buy medicine..." The servant was too frightened to look directly at the guard captain.
The captain of the guard saw through the servant's lie at a glance: "Why do you go out of the secret door to buy medicine? Why don't you tell us directly! Why can't you buy medicine at such a drugstore?!"
"Because, because, yes, my son is sick... A, a servant's request will not be ignored by you, so I, I just secretly went out to buy medicine... The ones I just passed by...
Those pharmacies are closed, I, I'm still looking..." The servant tried to argue.
"Nonsense!" Intuition told the captain of the guard that things were not that simple. "If you don't tell your true purpose, you will only end up dead!"
The servant placed all his hopes on Fulin, who he served faithfully, and insisted on his statement: "I really came out to buy medicine!"
Lawrence looked like he had made up for his mistakes, and helped the captain of the guard analyze: "Captain, Speaker Fulin most likely used him to attract our attention, use him to lure us away, and then go out on his own! We should go back and track down Fulin immediately.
The whereabouts of the Speaker!”
"I will give you one last chance. If you don't tell the truth, until we find out, you and your son will not be able to break away from the relationship!" The captain of the guard asked the servant again, fearing that this was a misunderstanding.
"I...I..." The servant hesitated.
There is no need to ask for the result anymore. The servant's behavior alone is enough to show that they must be plotting something.
He is responsible for the defense and surveillance of Fulin's mansion. If Fulin does something under his nose, he may not be able to save his head.
The captain of the guard made a decisive decision: "Morey, Nat, take him back! Lawrence, follow me and go back first!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
The captain of the guard and Lawrence rushed back to Fulin's mansion first.
Ten minutes later, they returned to the area around the mansion. The captain of the guard questioned the remaining guards and was relieved to learn that no one came out from the secret door.
As long as Fulin doesn't come out from them, nothing should happen.
"Huh...keep on alert, keep an eye on me!" The guard captain no longer dared to doze off.
Lawrence feels it's not that simple.
How could Fulin not go out after creating an opportunity? This is inconsistent with the intelligence.
He knew the group of guards he was working with very well, and maybe they didn't keep a close eye on them after they left, so they didn't even know that Fulin had escaped.
In order to ensure that the plan was foolproof, Lawrence boldly said before the guards dispersed according to the order of the captain of the guard: "Are you sure you saw clearly?! Are you sure Speaker Fulin didn't go out?! If because of your negligence, let Fulin
Speaker Lin escaped successfully, everyone will lose their heads!"
The captain of the guard suddenly felt a little worried about these usually lazy men, and looked at each person seriously and asked: "After we left, was there anyone watching the secret door?!"
"Yes..." a voice came from the guard.
"Whoever is responsible for watching the secret door should stand up." The captain of the guard wanted to put it on the head of a single guard.
No one came forward this time.
"Damn it!" the guard captain kicked the nearest guard, "a bunch of trash!"