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After hearing these words, King Heninggu, who had been sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and pierced Wuwan Ying with a sharp gaze.
As for the prince's younger brother Preben, an expression of great surprise and ecstasy flashed across his face at that moment. He suppressed this excitement, turned his head, looked at Wu Wanying with a mixed expression of surprise and encouragement, and said:
"Karasuma, Detective, what do you mean by that incident ten years ago? Could it be..."
Wu Wanying ignored him. She looked straight into He Ninggu's sharp eyes and said:
“Ten years ago, a tragedy occurred in a border village in the Kingdom of Andrew. Most of the villagers were killed in the tragedy, and the survivors were secretly imprisoned in the dungeon of the kingdom. Only Chief Barry, who was not in the kingdom at the time, was spared.
The kingdom's official record of this tragedy was that there was a rebel organization in the border village that opposed the royal rule, so the kingdom sent troops to suppress it.
But the fact is, there are no rebels in that border village, and those survivors who have been imprisoned in the dungeon for ten years are innocent. They are just victims of the development of the kingdom, poor people who have been tortured under the twisted mercy of His Majesty the King. Am I right? Your Majesty Heninggu?"
【You are absolutely right! 】
Preben looked at Wuhuan Ying with tears in his eyes.
Mary frowned slightly.
The Intelligence Department had indeed found some information about the tragedy in the border village when investigating this small kingdom, but what Wuhuan Ying just said was the first time she heard it.
When did this child know this?
"Did Barry tell you these?" Heningu retracted his gaze and asked weakly.
"The survivors in the dungeon told me when I sneaked into the dungeon." Wu Wanying appropriately blurred the details of what happened.
"Really……"
Heningu nodded slightly, "I knew that when Barry sought the truth from me, he swore not to reveal it to anyone. I always thought that he was a man who kept his promises..."
"Your Majesty the King..." After listening to Heninggu's words, Olei suddenly had a bad feeling.
He had only come to the palace to serve as a butler a few years ago, so he was not clear about what happened ten years ago. He just looked at the reactions of the people at the moment and vaguely felt that it was not a good thing, at least not for His Majesty the King.
Heningu raised his hand to stop him and continued in a weak voice:
"This matter is not complicated. After hiding it for so many years, I should give an explanation to the people. However, before that..."
Heninggu slowly turned his head, looked at Preben beside him with cloudy eyes, and asked in a calm tone:
"Preben, you have colluded with outsiders, right?"
His words were like thunder from a clear sky, causing cold sweat to break out on Preben's back.
"Brother Wang? What are you talking about?"
The situation was completely beyond his expectations. Preben's face turned pale, the fat on his face trembled, and he spoke stutteringly.
"My eyes are not blind yet." Heninggu looked at him calmly and continued:
"During this period, you have been leaving the palace from time to time. It seems that you have met many foreigners. Is that right?"
"Brother Wang..."
"Birun had already noticed what you did... By the way, was Birun's murder your plan?"
"not me……"
"And Freya and her sister, were they assassinated in Japan? Was that also your doing?"
"Well……"
Looking at the panicked Preben, Heninggu shook his head, retracted his gaze, and said quietly:
“Preben, the population of our kingdom is only over 200,000. Compared to big countries like Britain and the United States, Andrew is just an ordinary small city.
I am really curious, what did you promise to convince those foreigners to support your plan?"
Under Heninggu's series of questions, Preben, who originally thought he had the overall situation under control, now lowered his head deeply, with cold sweat on his face.
"Well, Brother Wang, I think you may have misunderstood..."
"Is it the ores?"
However, Heninggu ignored his explanation and continued talking to himself, his eyes sweeping over everyone.
【ore?】
Hearing this word, Karasuma Ying had a blank expression on her face, Mary frowned, and Hans at the door narrowed his eyes slightly.
"If this is true, then you and the people behind you may be disappointed..."
The tone was still calm, Heninggu said slowly:
"Because I had my people mine all the ore in that vein and destroyed it completely."
"what?!"
This time, Preben couldn't hold it anymore. He raised his head suddenly and looked at Heninggu in disbelief.
"Brother Wang?! You said that all the ores were destroyed?!"
"Are you surprised?"
With Ou Lei's support, Heninggu slowly moved his body and sat down beside the bed. His cloudy eyes looked dimly at the people in the room with different expressions.
"A man is innocent unless he possesses a treasure. This is a very philosophical saying I heard in Huaxia before.
When an ordinary person obtains a treasure that is beyond his ability, his existence itself becomes a sin.
Preben, Andrew is very weak. We have no tanks, no battleships, and no modern fighter planes. Our national army has only 3,000 people. With such a weak national strength, Andrew has no say at all when facing those truly powerful countries in the world.
In today's international community, it is precisely because we are weak and because we have no place that can be plundered by powerful countries that Andrew can exist in this world in a relatively independent manner.
Preben, do you know how great a disaster it would bring to our weak country if the news of those minerals were leaked?
You...are using Andrew's peace and stability to satisfy your own ambitions!"
Heningu's still weak tone contained suppressed anger.
Preben subconsciously knelt on the ground, lowered his head, trembling all over and unable to utter a word.
At the dormitory door, Hans suddenly turned around and left.
In the room, Mary, who noticed his actions first, followed him and left the dormitory.
"I just received some unexpected information."
In the corridor, Hans was wearing headphones and walking quickly.
"Well, I think we should hold off on our actions until we can at least confirm the authenticity of this matter..."
"Click."
There was a sudden noise behind him, and Hans stopped quickly. A cold object pressed against the back of his head.
"Put your hands up and don't make any unnecessary movements."
Behind him, Mary held a gun in one hand and said coldly.
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Chapter 243 Where is he? !
"Put your hands up and don't make any unnecessary movements."
In the silent corridor, Mary held the gun in one hand and pressed it against the back of Hans' head.
“玛丽小姐？”
Hans obviously recognized her voice. He slowly raised his hand, turned his back to Mary, and spoke in a puzzled tone.
"What's going on? Is there some misunderstanding between us? Why are you pointing a gun at me?"
"It will be clear immediately if this is a misunderstanding. Open the door and go into the room."
Mary gestured to the room next to the two of them in the corridor, her tone cold.
"Uh, Miss Mary, I think I need to remind you that according to the laws of the kingdom, it is forbidden to carry guns in the palace..."
"You are really responsible, Captain Hans."
Under Mary's threat, Hans raised his hand and opened the door. It seemed to be the bedroom of a nobleman, and the room was empty.
Forcing Hans to go in, Mary closed the door and locked it.
Hearing the door closing behind him, Hans, still holding his hands up, asked, "Ms. Mary, can you explain why you did this now?
If there is no reasonable explanation, the guards will pursue you to the end, even if you are a hero of the kingdom."
"Have you had enough of acting?"
Faced with Hans' threatening words, Mary interrupted him impatiently. She put away the gun, and there was a hint of depression and disappointment in her cold tone.
"Baihe, I never thought you would become what you are now, I really never thought...
Until today, I have been trying to convince myself that this is just a possibility, just my personal guess, and the real situation may not be like this. Even after seeing the child Xiaoying, I was still trying to find reasons to explain for you.
Now it seems that I was just deceiving myself. You have already become a member of that organization, right? "
Hearing her sudden long conversation, Hans remained silent and did not answer, while Mary put down the gun.
"How long ago was this? Three years ago? Ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
Or have you already joined that organization since we first met?"
“玛丽小姐… … ”
Hans turned around, looked at her with a rather helpless expression, and said:
"You've been saying something I don't understand since just now. I really don't know how to answer..."
Mary looked at him expressionlessly for a long time, then she sighed softly, her tone sounding a little tired.
"What is the purpose of your organization this time? Is it the minerals that His Majesty the King just mentioned?"
The intelligence department only intercepted the information that the organization would plan a coup in this small kingdom, but did not know the specific reasons why the organization did so.
It was the first time that Mary heard the story of the border village told by Wu Wanying or the minerals mentioned by He Ninggu.
Although it is not clear what is special about those minerals, Mary's keen intuition makes her realize that obtaining those minerals may be the real purpose of organizing this operation.
However, according to the previous conversation between Heninggu and Preben, these special minerals seemed to have been secretly destroyed by the old king?
"Minerals? Miss Mary, do you mean what His Majesty just mentioned?"