I Am the Crown Prince in France

Joseph calculated the time and found that there was only one month left before the tax bill was passed and the deadline for registration was passed. To overthrow the president of the High Court in such a short period of time, we can only use some unconventional means.

When he mentioned "unconventional means", he immediately thought of the Police Intelligence Department, so he signaled to Eman: "Please send someone to ask for Fouche..."

He suddenly remembered that he had to go to the police academy to attend the tactical command class today: "No, prepare a car. I will go there myself."

Three carriages drove out of the Palace of Versailles and entered Paris a few hours later.

As soon as the car passed the Seine River, Joseph saw from a distance a large wooden sign more than two people high on the east side of the bridge with a huge oil painting on it.

In the painting, a graceful lady in full dress is holding a small glass bottle, sitting in a warm and elegant home, with a happy and satisfied expression on her face.

At the top of the painting is a row of huge words - No gifts for Christmas this year, only ladies!

There is also a row of small words below - Guifeile Health Solution's big Christmas offer, a free exquisite gift box.

The car walked a little further, and there were two young people on the side of the road, dressed in fancy clothes, waving flyers and shouting loudly: "Buy Paris Angel cosmetics, and you will receive a 20% discount coupon for Guifele health care liquid when you spend 50 livres or more."

Joseph nodded secretly in his mind. Manager Brent was indeed worthy of his salary. Although the marketing idea was given to him by himself, as a person from the 18th century, he was definitely a business genius for being able to understand it so thoroughly and put it into practice.

You can consider giving him more bonuses.

Not long after, the carriage drove into the police information office.

Joseph went straight into the office and said to Fouché: "What can we use to arrest Vezinier?"

The intelligence chief obviously knew it by heart and said without thinking: "In his first year as a judge in Paris, he took bribes and awarded the inheritance of the Antoine brothers to their uncle.

"The following year, in a case where a nobleman's carriage hit a person, the person who was hit was found to have intentionally frightened the horse, and was only compensated 50 livres. It should have been paid.

"In the same year, in the Camille home invasion murder case, the evidence against the murderer disappeared from the court evidence room, and the murderer was acquitted. It is said that the murderer's uncle gave the judge 8,000 livres.

"Two years later, the Saddle Street murder case, the murderer's nobleman bribed..."

He spoke for a long time, and Joseph frowned. Since he became a judge, this Vezinier has almost been accepting bribes and creating unjust cases, and has never stopped.

Joseph interrupted Fouche: "So, I can send someone to arrest him now?"

"This..." Fouche shook his head, "I'm afraid not."

"Why? What he did is enough to hang him ten times!"

Fouche said awkwardly: "These cases have at best some scattered records, or simply what Mr. Marat told me. No conclusive evidence has been found yet."

Joseph couldn't help frowning when he heard this, but he was relieved immediately - Vezinier himself was a lawyer and would definitely pay great attention to destroying evidence.

He extended his hand to Fouche and said: "Bring me this guy's information and see if there is anything I can use."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Soon, a stack of documents nearly half a meter thick was placed on the table in front of Joseph. It was obvious that the Police Intelligence Department had been working very hard recently.

Joseph picked up the top document and opened it. The basic information about Vezinier was recorded in it:

"Henri-François Migne de Vézinier, 56 years old, 5 feet tall, weight...

"At the age of 33, he inherited the position of his father, who was a judge in Grenoble, and was elected as a local judge."

Today's judges are so miraculous that they can perfectly combine the hereditary system with the electoral system, and elect the positions inherited from their fathers.

"Six years later, he was transferred to the Paris High Court. At the age of 51, he passed the election and became the President of the High Court...

"personal property……

"interest……

"Favorite food...

"Frequently visited places..."

Almost everything is listed in detail. It can be said that it is impossible for Vezinier's parents and wife to understand him so well.

Joseph picked up the next document, this one was the social relations of the president of the court:

"Political allies: Duke Aiguillon, Count Serurier...

"Political opponents...

“Close friend: Dacière, judge of the Paris High Court, 49 years old…

"Vareyere, Assistant to the Municipal Commissioner of Caen, 51 years old...

"...

"normal friend……

"enemy……"

The following documents are about the situation of Vezinier's home, including the layout of his house, details of the coachman, gardener, cook, maid, etc.

What surprised Joseph the most was that there was a special note on this document: Vezinier's two living room maids had been "taken care of" by the young men sent by Fouche.

Now these two girls simply obey their handsome, romantic and wealthy boyfriends. One could even find out from them how many times Vezinier yawned every day.

Joseph held his forehead and smiled bitterly. Fouche was simply a little crazy. In order to get some information, he would not hesitate to go to the little girl from Huohuo...

He put down the documents in his hand and picked up a large pile of letter paper, and found that these were all Vezinier's personal letters in recent years.

Fouche took the credit and said: "Your Highness, half of these were provided by the Black Room, and the rest were copied directly in Vezinier's study."

The "black room" he was talking about was the postal spy of the secret police, who was responsible for "checking" all kinds of letters. It was the most efficient department of the secret police. However, the black room is still no match for Fouche's "maid" tactics. They must have obtained the letters in the study.

Joseph asked, "Is there any usable evidence in these letters?"

Fouche shook his head: "Everything that could be used to prove him should have been destroyed."

Joseph had no choice but to open the last document, which was also the one with the most content, recording information on all the cases handled by Vezinier.

Fouche added: "Your Highness, these are taken directly from the High Court archives and are absolutely reliable."

Joseph nodded and started flipping through.

The first one is a property division case, and the trial is coming to an end.

The second case was a case of rape and murder, and the trial only started more than ten days ago.

The case is probably that a young nobleman named Runache suddenly became lustful and kidnapped a 15-year-old civilian girl into his oil painting shop and raped her.

During this period, the girl's 9-year-old brother followed the traces and came to the door and shouted for help.

In desperation, Lunache dragged the boy into the house and killed him. Later, he was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he killed the girl and threw her body into the Seine River.

Because several belongings of the deceased were found in Runacher's shop, and a neighbor saw the boy entering the oil painting shop, Runacher was quickly arrested and prosecuted.

Joseph couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for the two siblings. According to case file records, the case has been tried once, but a verdict has not yet been pronounced.

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