The first thousand two hundred and seventy-two chapters
"Your Highness, there are more and more people outside the palace."
One of his men stood in front of Wesley and said.
"Have you found the person behind these people?" Wesley asked.
"We don't have any clue yet," the subordinate said.
Wesley frowned, walked to the window and looked out.
From here, you can directly see the gate, where thousands of people have gathered.
"Butler, prepare a statement." Wesley said.
The butler standing aside was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, what statement do you want to prepare?"
"Just say that I am willing to testify for Lin Zhiming, proving that he was in the palace when the crime occurred." Wesley said.
"Your Highness, I advise you not to make such a statement," the steward said.
"Why? Natalie already said that Lin Zhiming had been taking care of the children in the room with him at that time." Wesley frowned.
"Many people now suspect that we are the ones who ordered Lin Zhiming to kill, and some people say that we will exonerate Lin Zhiming. Once we really testify for Lin Zhiming, wouldn't it confirm what the other party said, and then not only
If Lin Zhiming is unlucky, we will be unlucky too," the steward said.
"But that's exactly what it is, isn't it? Even if there are conspiracy theories, they are untenable without evidence." Wesley said.
"Perhaps you can ignore conspiracy theories in normal times, but not now. My Prince, you will be crowned king tomorrow. If there is a crisis of trust at this time, it will be very detrimental to you and may even affect your view of the world.
Regarding the succession to the throne, Your Highness, I think it is best for you to distance yourself from your relationship with Lin Zhiming now, so that it will not affect your succession to the throne," the steward said.
"How to clear it up?" Wesley asked with a frown.
"Just say that you don't know anything about Lin Zhiming, and you can't be sure whether Lin Zhiming is the prisoner. That's enough. In this way, you don't think you are adding insult to injury to Lin Zhiming, right? After all, you are telling the truth." The housekeeper said.
"Although I am telling the truth, if I really say this, it will undoubtedly make Zhiming's situation more difficult. If I excuse him, at least some people will still believe what I say." Wesley said.
"But there will be more people who firmly believe that you are excusing him, which is very bad for you." said the steward.
"Have you forgotten who helped us when the motorcade was stopped by the marchers yesterday?" Wesley asked.
"Of course I won't forget this, but everything has its own priorities. You can repay Lin Zhiming's kindness later. The most important thing you need to do now is to inherit the throne safely and don't create unnecessary complications!" the housekeeper said seriously.
"An extraneous problem? Humph!" Wesley sneered and said, "As a prince of a country, if you have to look forward and backward even to testify for your friends, then what kind of prince am I? Send me a statement immediately, saying that I am willing to use the honor of the prince to
Come and vouch for Lin Zhiming, he will definitely not be the murderer!"
"Your Highness, you must not do this!" the butler said excitedly.
"Just do what I do. I don't want to hear you object to my decision again. Don't forget who is the master of this country!" Wesley said with a straight face.
The butler looked helpless and finally had no choice but to bow and leave.
However, the housekeeper did not draft a statement, but went to find Natalie.
"Your Majesty the Duke, this is what happened. Please help me persuade His Highness the Prince!" the housekeeper begged Natalie.
"Don't you know Lin Zhiming is my man?" Natalie said expressionlessly.
"I know this, but... you are also the Duke of Bauhinia. There are already signs of a crisis of trust in the royal family. Once His Highness the Prince issues a statement, it will inevitably bring a huge crisis of trust to the royal family..." the housekeeper said excitedly.
Natalie frowned when she heard the housekeeper's words.
As Lin Zhiming's woman, she naturally hopes that the prince can testify and exonerate Lin Zhiming.
But as the Duke of Bauhinia, she also knew that what the housekeeper said was right. It was best for Wesley not to do anything now, and the most important thing was to wait peacefully to inherit the throne.
"And the most important thing is that if His Highness the Prince stands up to testify for Mr. Lin, the effect may not be really good. Since Mr. Lin did not kill anyone, just wait for the police investigation. His Highness the Prince is so anxious to testify for Mr. Lin
, I’m afraid some thoughtful people will say that His Highness the Prince has a guilty conscience!” said the steward.
"Why do you think His Highness the Prince is so anxious to testify for his fate?" Natalie suddenly asked.
"This...maybe it's because of their friendship," the steward said.
"If this is really the case, then you underestimate our Prince." Natalie said with a twinkle in her eye, "Knowing your destiny does not kill anyone. This is something I can be 100% sure of. With the ability to know your destiny,
In the absence of sufficient evidence, no one can convict him. It will be a matter of time before he is released, and His Highness the Prince is so willing to testify for him. If Zhi Ming finds out in the future, his friendship with the Prince will also be destroyed.
It has become deeper and stronger. As long as His Highness the Prince has a friend like Zhiming, no one can shake his status. You think the prince is acting out of impulse, but you don’t know that the prince just wants to confirm a favor before Zhiming escapes.
A favor from the strongest man in the world.”
The butler was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Your Majesty, is Lin Zhiming's favor more important than the safe succession to the throne?"
"What if I say yes?" Natalie asked.
The housekeeper was completely stunned.
All his starting points were to let the prince inherit the throne safely, but he did not expect that in Natalie's eyes, the status of the king of the rotten country was not as good as Lin Zhiming's favor.
He knew that Lin Zhiming was powerful, but he didn't know that Lin Zhiming could be so powerful.
"Go and make a statement, otherwise if you wait until Zhi Ming comes out, the statement will be meaningless. It is the icing on the cake, not as good as giving help in the snow." Natalie said.
"I understand!" The housekeeper nodded. Although he was still a little confused, he turned around to help Wesley draft a statement.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a royal statement from the royal family appeared in front of the public.
In the statement, Prince Wesley stated that he was willing to use his reputation to guarantee Lin Zhiming, ensuring that he would not be the murderer of those eighteen people.
The appearance of such a statement immediately caused an uproar as the housekeeper expected.
In the early hours of the morning, some conspiracy theorists said that the mastermind behind this incident was Prince Wesley, and Prince Wesley would definitely stand up to vouch for Lin Zhiming. As a result, now that Prince Wesley has really come out to vouch for Lin Zhiming, that means
This means that what the conspiracy theorists said is correct, Prince Wesley is the mastermind behind this incident!
With such speculation, the anger of many people was instantly ignited.
More people took to the streets. This time they not only wanted to punish Lin Zhiming, they also wanted to punish Prince Wesley!
At this time, the group of people who had launched the anti-aristocratic movement more than half a year ago jumped out. They once again raised the banner of anti-aristocratic and anti-royalty, and quickly attracted a large number of people who did not know the truth.
The entire capital of the Corrupt Kingdom, and even the entire territory, has a faint tendency to fall into turmoil again.
At this time, Lin Zhiming was sitting in the interrogation room of the police station.
After interrogating for most of the night, the police did not get anything useful.
Lin Zhiming looked at the policeman in front of him and said, "You don't have to waste your time. It's useless for you to ask about things I didn't do."
"Mr. Lin, this is just our routine. In fact, we also believe that you will not be the murderer. After all, for you, you have too many ways to let those eighteen people die quietly, instead of using this method to let them die quietly."
The way people immediately suspect you." A policeman said.
"Since you think so, can you let me go?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"We think it's useless, but the people think so too!" a policeman said helplessly.
"It doesn't matter what they think without evidence." Lin Zhiming shrugged.
"In fact, it is meaningless now whether you did it or not. If the people think you did it, then you did it. Even if we release you in the end and tell the public that you are innocent, the public will only
It will be thought that we were pressured by the royal family to acquit you," the policeman said.
"Hey!" Lin Zhiming sighed.
In fact, what he is most afraid of is this situation. When a certain matter involves the powerful class, and people have preconceived opinions, then the truth of the matter has no meaning, because no matter what the truth is, as long as it is different from people's preconceived opinions
, people will say that the powerful have tampered with the truth.
Just like there was a case many years ago, a passerby was hit and killed by a car. The person who hit and killed the passerby was just a rich second generation with a small amount of money. He was driving too fast and did not have time to brake. As a result, someone said this
The rich second generation was killed by a drunk driver, and his father was a leader in the government. Although the police later gave public evidence to prove that this was an ordinary traffic accident, people had preconceptions that there was someone behind this rich second generation, and all those so-called
In people's eyes, the evidence is just fabricated by the people behind the rich second generation in order to cover up the truth.
Class contradictions in this world are best exploited. Once exploited well, the brainless people will easily become excited and become weapons in the hands of conspirators. They can attack wherever they want, and those brainless people will still be complacent.
, thinking that he is a fighter for justice, but little does he know that the brains of people like his combined are not as heavy as a piece of shit.
Lin Zhiming sighed. Although the truth has not been exposed yet, he knew that he did not have much chance of making a comeback in this matter.