Douluo's Golden Saint Cloth

Lodi? Butler of the Duke's Palace?

Lin Lei and Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, were both a little shocked.

There was silence in the entire meeting hall, everyone was waiting quietly for Lodi to be escorted over.

After a moment, a middle-aged man with long green hair walked in under the escort of palace guards. This middle-aged man had a haggard face, his hair was a little messy, and he looked a little downcast.

However, Bernard recognized at a glance that this person was Lodi, the butler of the Duke's Palace who had come to see him some time ago.

"Lodi, tell me the truth again." Clyde asked Lodi directly.

This Lodi had obviously already explained it to Clyde, and obviously he was just telling Lin Lei and others to hear it.

Lodi replied very honestly: "Your Majesty, on June 18, the Duke was invited to attend the engagement banquet held by the Debs family. After that, the Duke never came back."

"Lodi, please stand aside for now." Clyde said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Luo Di looked a little frightened and hurriedly stood aside.

Clyde glanced at the eight nobles below.

"According to the information I found, you were the last few people to leave on the night of the Debs family's engagement party.

I want to ask, have you ever seen Paterson?"

Clyde's problem is simple.

"The banquet had just ended, and Paterson was the first to leave."

Left Chancellor Bernard replied without thinking.

Linley also nodded: "I also saw that Paterson left very early."

Several other people either said they hadn't seen him or that Paterson had left early.

Hearing what everyone said, Clyde smiled and nodded, looking at Lodi next to him: "Lodi, keep talking."

"Yes." Lodi continued, "Duke Paterson told me before he went to the Debs family mansion that he was going to meet someone very important to him this time, but this matter was very important.

It cannot be known to others.

So he ordered me to arrange a puppet to pretend to be the Duke and return to the Duke's Mansion.

In fact, the Duke is still in the Debs family."

"The Duke also said that the Debs family will arrange a secret place for him to meet people."

Lodi added another sentence.

This sentence immediately made Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, turn pale.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Bernard said quickly, "This has nothing to do with me. The Duke told me that he wanted to meet someone, so he asked me to arrange a private place. I had to arrange it."

"Bernard, don't worry, I won't wrongly accuse anyone." Clyde said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bernard immediately stepped aside, but his face was a little pale.

Clyde looked at Linley and others: "Paterson wants to meet someone. This person should naturally have some status. Who will he meet?

I think it’s probably a guest who left late that day.”

Lin Lei was shocked.

Duke Bernard, Earl Juno, Marquis Hampton and others all looked at Clyde in surprise.

They somewhat guessed why His Majesty the King invited them over.

"Your Majesty, we did not meet with Duke Paterson."

Duke Bernard, Hampton and others said one after another.

Clyde smiled and said: "I'm just suspicious, you haven't done anything wrong, what are you worried about?

Look, among this group of you, Lin Lei is the calmest."

Lin Lei smiled lightly and said nothing.

Uncle Bai Ge is right, strength comes first!

Clyde glanced at this group of people and sneered in his heart: "I don't care who disappeared Paterson.

Instead, I want to thank that person for giving me the best opportunity to destroy the secretive network that Paterson had built."

As Clyde's younger brother, Duke Paterson has served as Minister of Finance for many years and has established an extremely dense network of relationships, exerting great influence on the Kingdom of Finlay.

Many years ago, the Debs family assassinated a palace minister for family interests.

And this palace minister happened to be Clyde's money bag.

If this is exposed, the Debs family will be doomed.

The Debs family had such a clue in the hands of Duke Paterson, so they had to provide funds and manpower for Paterson to smuggle jade ore.

As for the profit sharing of smuggling, that is secondary.

After all, unlike the original work, the Debs family has not been suppressed by the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.

Logically speaking, there is no need to risk having your home confiscated and your family exterminated to do such a thing.

However, without Alice, the causes planted by the Debs family in the past have brought them the same results and fate.

Bai Ge, who had seen all this in secret, had a better understanding of the rules of fate, and was one step closer to becoming a god.

Destiny is high above, no matter heaven, earth, people, gods, ghosts, they are all in it, and they have their own trajectory in the dark.

But this trajectory is not impossible to break.

The most direct thing is that with the emergence of a strong man from the Holy Realm in the Debs family, everything will be solved.

Just like the original four ultimate warriors of the first generation, Baruch and others, they were just mediocre ordinary people who were destined to die at the end of their lives and return to dust from dust to dust.

As a result, the god-level boss Beirut took action, and their fate changed as a result.

Weak people can only be at the mercy of others throughout their lives...

Destiny...is truly fickle and obscure.

Bai Ge, who was paying attention to all this, sighed secretly.

Clyde looked at Lin Lei and the others, and said with a smile: "I had to investigate the disappearance of my second brother Paterson. However, what surprised me most was that I found out a lot of things.

Especially Lodi, he told a lot of secrets."

There was silence.

"Lodi, tell them." Clyde looked at Lodi with a smile.

At this moment, Clyde was very satisfied. The death of a brother was nothing to Clyde.

The important thing is... he finally has complete control over the entire kingdom.

Lodi said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the reason why Duke Paterson went to the Debs family's engagement party that day was to meet the mysterious man and establish a relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.

So... the person he met must be closely related to the Dawson Chamber of Commerce."

"Do you want to know why my second brother wants to have a relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce?" Clyde looked at the people below with a smile, "Lodi, keep talking."

"Yes." Lodi was obviously completely convinced by Clyde, so he said something, "Duke Paterson has done many things that betrayed the interests of the kingdom over the years, just to satisfy his personal desires. Especially...

In the past few months, we also started smuggling jade ore on a large scale with the Debs family. This is the largest smuggling of jade ore in the history of our Kingdom of Finlay."

"Bang!"

Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, knelt down and said quickly, "Your Majesty, you are unjust.

Our Debs family has always followed the rules in doing business and has never done anything that betrays the interests of the country.

Our Debs family has been wronged."

"Unjustly accused?" Clyde glanced at Bernard coldly.

"Bring Brother Landseer up." The Debs family shouted outside.

Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, lost all color in his face when he heard the name 'Landseer'.

…

"Someone is here to take Bernard and the heirs of the Debs family to Blackwater Prison.

As for the smuggling case of the Debs family, let the Right Minister Merritt investigate it."

Clyde gave the order coldly.

Immediately, the palace guards took Bernard down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is aware of this."

As Bernard was being escorted out, he shouted to Clyde.

…

That night, Luye Road became completely noisy.

The sound of horse hoofbeats and scoldings continued, and a team of hundreds of knights directly surrounded the Debs family mansion, causing everyone within the Debs family to panic.

"What are you doing, what are you doing! Do you know where this place is?"

Kallan's second grandfather, Bernard's second uncle, immediately scolded the palace guards.

One of the leading knights said coldly: "How dare you block His Majesty's order?"

But the second grandfather raised his head and said: "Your Majesty's order? Who knows if you are pretending to pass on His Majesty's order and say, what are you here for?"

"Second Grandpa, what's going on outside?"

At this time, many people from the Debs family came over.

Hundreds of people from the entire Debs family, both inside and outside, flocked to the front yard, and most of them had confusion on their faces.

Only the core few people who knew about the family's smuggling were frightened.

The Debs family's smuggling was on a very large scale.

The gold coins used alone amounted to tens of millions.

Once successful, the profit will be hundreds of millions of gold coins.

According to the Debs family's thinking, making money once is enough.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong this time.

The team of knights from the palace had already assembled outside. Seeing so many people gathered, the leader of the knight squadron took out a token from his arms and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. The Debs family is suspected of smuggling jade ore.

, now, I am ordered to arrest the Debs family patriarch and heirs into Blackwater Prison."

Suddenly, the faces of the Debs family changed.

In particular, Kalan and other members of the family's core family turned pale, while Alice, Rowling and the family members were all confused and stunned.

Several guards captured Kalan directly.

"take away!"

The knight squadron leader shouted directly.

Kalan felt that his legs were weak at this moment, and he just let the guards escort him and walked out the door.

But when he reached the door, Kalan suddenly woke up, turned around and shouted anxiously: "Second Grandpa, Alice, you must save me, you must save me."

No matter how much Kalan shouted, the palace guards still mercilessly escorted him to the prison car.

Alice, Rowling, and the entire Debs family could only watch Kalan being taken away, but they were unable to do anything. Their family was powerful, but how could they compete with His Majesty the King?

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The next morning, the news that the Debs family was suspected of smuggling jade ore quickly spread throughout the aristocratic circles of Finlay City, and most of the nobles in Finlay City paid attention to this matter.

This smuggling case was personally examined by the Kingdom's right minister, Duke Merritt.

Duke Merritt's residence.

Duke Merritt is already over seventy years old, but he is a relatively powerful warrior. His appearance looks like that of a middle-aged man, and his short blond hair is standing straight and shiny.

At this moment, Merritt was sitting on a chair, casually glancing at the member of the Debs family sitting next to her - Kallan's second grandfather, 'Nimitz'.

Nimitz still has a strong influence in the Debs family. Kallan was also taught by Nimitz.

"Sir Merritt, our family is absolutely unjust. I hope you can give justice to our Debs family."

Nimitz said, taking out a book from the side: "Sir Merritt, I know you like to collect Bibles. The one I have is an edition issued by the Holy See of Light more than 3,000 years ago. It is still relatively rare."

"Oh, the Bible?"

Merritt took it casually, but when she turned it over, Merritt suddenly discovered that there was a card in it, a magic crystal card issued by Shikoku Financial Bank!

Merritt had a smile on her face.

Nimitz carefully observed Merritt's expression. Merritt closed the Bible, put it aside, and then smiled: "Nimitz, you should know that besides the Bible, you also like beautiful women.

I saw Alice at your family's engagement ceremony, and I wonder...can you let me talk to Alice alone?"

Talk to Alice alone? If the Debs family is suspected of smuggling, what's the use of talking to Alice? It's obvious that Merritt has bad intentions. Nimitz has also experienced storms, so naturally he has a clear mind.

of.

Nimitz couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at Merritt.

But Merritt was lying comfortably on the chair, even closing her eyes to rest, without even looking at Nimitz. Merritt's attitude was very clear - if you want your family to clear their grievances, let Alice do it.

Talk to me.

Nimitz pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Mr. Merritt wants to talk to Alice? OK, I will go back and talk to Alice."

Merritt, who had been closing her eyes to rest her mind, heard this and couldn't help but open her eyes and looked at Nimitz beside her with a smile: "Haha, Nimitz please go back first.

As long as Alice talks to me alone, I think I will get to know your Debs family better."

Nimitz immediately stood up, bowed and said, "Mr. Merritt, I will take my leave first. We, the Debs family, will leave it to you."

Merritt nodded slightly.

Nimitz immediately retreated.

Merritt is the Right Chancellor of the Kingdom of Finlay and was named a Duke.

His status is so respected that in the Finlay Kingdom, those with higher status than him can be counted on one hand.

What kind of woman has never seen a man like him?

Merritt does like women, and although he is now in his seventies, compared to the lifespan of a powerful warrior of two to three hundred years, he is only in his seventies now, which is when he is the most energetic and energetic.

Merritt has twelve wives publicly. However, there is a more popular view among the nobles——

The wife at home is not as good as the lover outside, and the lover outside is not as good as the one you can't get.

What you can't get is the best.