Chapter 13 Secret exposure

The night is as dark as ink.

The sound of the carriage sounded on the street outside the quiet palace. Lin Lei was sitting alone in the carriage, and the shadow mouse Beibei was also lying on his lap. Next to the carriage were more than a dozen knights riding horses, and the head was even a palace waiter who was instructed.

Inside the carriage.

Lin Lei frowned: "It's too late now, but Clyde suddenly summoned me to go. What are you going to do?" The so-called heart is not in a ghost, so naturally open and honest.

But Lin Lei killed Paderson, and Lin Lei knew very well that it was Clyde who instructed Paderson to send someone to capture his mother. It was Clyde who said that he still had a great revenge on this Clyde.

Lin Lei naturally had to be careful about Clyde.

"I heard that two days ago, Clyde had captured the butler of the Duke's mansion and began to investigate what happened to Paderson. Paderson told me that he did not tell anyone to see me. But is this credible?" Lin Lei was unsure.

Maybe the housekeeper knew about Paderson meeting Lin Lei.

If the butler of the Duke's mansion told Clyde the news, Linley would naturally be at the forefront.

"Linley, don't worry."

Delincowater floated beside Linley, comforting Linley and said, "Linley, even if the butler of the Duke's mansion knew that Paderson saw you, it would be fine."

"It's okay?" Lin Lei looked at Delinkowater in confusion.

Delincowater nodded confidently and said, "That's certainly, even if Clyde speculates that you killed Paderson, he won't say it explicitly."

"Because... Clyde, I don't know why you killed Paderson." Delincowater's face was full of confidence.

Lin Lei was stunned. Even though he didn't know the reason for killing Paderson, he killed Paderson after all.

"It's very simple. Judging from the conversation you had with Paderson in the secret room that day, Paderson and Clyde had not had a good relationship. During his time as the "Certificate Secretary", he was corruption. Clyde probably didn't have much affection for Paderson. Another thing... Clyde didn't know that you had a deep hatred with him. So he would not deal with you for no reason. Because to punish you or kill you, you must have the consent of the Holy See of the Light." A trace of disdain flashed in Delincowater's eyes.

"Hmph, then Clyde is also considered the king? The Holy See of Light has the right to dismiss him. And you are the Holy See of Light that the Holy See of Light. Do he dare to deal with you at will?" Delinkowater said comfortingly.

Lin Lei nodded.

He understands this truth.

But……

Lin Lei really doesn't want to make Clyde wary of him. Once he becomes wary, how can he investigate his mother's affairs and how can he take revenge for his mother's original affairs?

"Open the door quickly, it's me." The sharp voice of the palace waiter rang out.

Lin Lei knew as soon as he heard this, he had entered the palace gate of the palace at this moment.

In the dark night, the palace, which covers a vast area, quietly entrenches on the earth like a giant beast. Carriages entered the palace one after another in just half an hour.

Among them were the carriages that picked Linley, the carriages that picked Bernard, and the carriages that picked other nobles.

In the chamber of the palace.

In addition to the two guards at the entrance of the chamber, the chamber is full of nobles with relatively high status in Finlay City, with a total of eight. They are Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, Lin Lei, the first magician of the palace, the left minister of Bernard, and the inspector Hampton...

"Linley, you are here." Duke Bernard greeted warmly.

Several nobles who had already arrived came to say hello immediately. Lin Lei couldn't help but feel as if he saw these nobles. It seemed that he was not just looking for him alone.

"My sirs, do you know whether you know His Majesty the King, what are you doing for us this time?" Lin Lei asked immediately.

Duke Bernard, as the left prime minister, knows a lot of information.

"This time we are summoned to the death of Duke Paderson." Duke Bernard replied affectionately with a smile.

Bernard next to him immediately asked: "Duke Duke, Duke Paderson is missing. What did he do to me? I don't hold any important position in the palace?"

"Today, Your Majesty did not summon important officials, but investigated the matter. Otherwise, why did I come? Why didn't the right prime minister come? Why did only one supervisor come?" Duke Bernard could see clearly.

Bernard nodded.

But Bernard still felt a little confused.

Since Paderson disappeared, Bernard has been worried in his heart that the Debs family and Paderson would smuggle water jade ore together would be leaked. If this matter is leaked, then the Debs family would be really finished.

"Your Majesty, come--"

Suddenly, the sharp voice of the palace waiter sounded. From the side door of the conference hall, Clyde walked directly to the seat and sat down.

"Meet Your Majesty."

The eight nobles on the field bowed and shouted at the same time.

Clyde glanced at the eight nobles in front of him and nodded calmly: "It's almost late at night now. I didn't want to disturb you, but the disappearance of my second brother, Duke Paderson, is too important. I have to invite you to gather here."

"Duke Paderson is missing. I wonder why His Majesty summoned us?" Lin Lei asked directly.

Among the eight people below, I'm afraid only Lin Lei dares to speak to Clyde. Because others look at Clyde's face, Lin Lei actually belongs to the Holy See of the Light, and is just named in the Kingdom of Finlay.

"Linley, I just want to find out the facts." Clyde smiled slightly, and then said loudly, "Come Lody, the butler of the Duke's mansion."

Lodi? The housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion?

Linley and Bernard of the Debs family were both shocked.

The entire chamber was quiet, and everyone was waiting for Lodi to be escorted over. Lin Lei stood aside, and Shadow Mouse Beibei was on Lin Lei's shoulders.

In just a moment—

The middle-aged man with long green hair walked in under the escort of the palace guards. The middle-aged man had a haggard face, a little messy hair, and looked a little down.

However, Bernard recognized at a glance that this man was Lodi, the butler of the Duke's mansion, who had been looking for him some time ago.

"Lodi, tell me the matter honestly again." Clyde shouted directly to Lodi.

This Lodi had obviously explained to Clyde, and obviously he only let Lin Lei and others hear it. Lodi replied very honestly: "Your Majesty, on June 18th, the Debs family held an engagement banquet, and the Duke went to attend the engagement banquet. After the engagement banquet, the Duke never came back."

"Lodi, stand aside first." Clyde said coldly.

"Yes, your Majesty." Lodi seemed a little frightened and hurriedly stood in the corner.

Clyde's eyes swept to the eight nobles below.

"According to the information I have investigated, you were the last few people who left on the night of the engagement banquet of the Debs family. I want to ask, have you ever seen Paderson?" Clyde asked very simply.

"Just just ended, Paderson left first." said the left prime minister, "Berner".

Lin Lei nodded, "I also saw Paderson and left very early."

The other people either didn't see them, or Paderson left early.

Hearing everyone say this, Clyde nodded with a smile, but looked at Lodi next to him: "Lodi, continue talking."

"Yes." Lody said again, "Before Duke Paderson went to the Debs family residence, he told me that he would meet someone who was very important to him this time, but this matter was very important and could not be known to others. So he ordered me to arrange a puppet to return to the Duke's residence as a fake Duke. 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." Lody added.

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

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Bernard hurriedly said, "This has nothing to do with me. Lord Duke told me that he wanted to meet someone, so he asked me to arrange a secret place. I have to arrange it."

"Bernard, don't worry, I won't be wronged by someone." Clyde said with a smile.

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

Clyde looked at Linley and the others: "Paderson wants to meet someone, so he should have a certain identity. Who will he meet? I think it is very likely that he was a guest who left late that day."

Lin Lei was shocked.

Duke Bernard, Earl of Juno, Marquis Hampton and others all looked at Clyde in surprise. They had some guesses why His Majesty the King invited them over.

It turns out that His Majesty the King doubts them!

"Your Majesty, we have not met him." Duke Bernard, Hampton and others said hurriedly.

Clyde smiled and said, "I'm just suspicious. You didn't worry about anything you did. Look, among you, Lin Lei is the most calm."

Lin Lei smiled indifferently and did not speak out.

Clyde glanced at the group of people and sneered in his heart: "I'm too lazy to care about who Paderson was lost. Instead, I want to thank that person for giving me the best chance to destroy the secret relationship network that Paderson established."

Paderson has been in the position of Minister of Finance for many years. He has established an extremely dense network of relationships and has great influence. Clyde dared not Chapaderson at will, for fear of causing turmoil in the entire kingdom.

This is also the reason why the Debs family and Paderson worked together.

And now Paderson is missing and the leader is gone.

Clyde used thunder methods and ordered his subordinates to quickly resolve Paderson's wings and directly destroyed Paderson's network of relationships that Paderson had been operating for many years.

Without Paderson's arrangement, the group of people who were stumbling with him naturally had a mess to resist and could not resist Clyde's methods at all.

Clyde looked at Lin Lei and others and said with a smile: "I have to investigate the disappearance of my second brother Paderson, but what surprised me the most was that I found a lot of things. Especially Lody, he told a lot of secrets."

Lin Lei couldn't help but look at Lodi.

"Ludy, tell them." Clyde looked at Lody with a smile.

At this moment, Clyde was proud and a brother died was nothing to Clyde. What’s important is that he finally took full control of the power of the entire kingdom again.

Lody said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Duke Paderson attended the engagement banquet of the Debs family that day. The reason why he met the mysterious man was to establish a relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce. So... the person he met must have a close relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce."

"Dawson Chamber of Commerce?"

Lin Lei felt his heart twitching violently.

"Do you want to know why my second brother has to get in touch with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce?" Clyde smiled and looked at everyone below, "Lodi, continue talking."

"Yes." Lody was obviously completely convinced by Clyde. He said whatever he wanted. "Duke Paderson has done a lot of things that betray the interests of the kingdom over the years, just to satisfy his personal desires. Especially in the past few months, he started smuggling water jade ore with the Debs family on a large scale. This is the largest water jade ore smuggling in the history of the Kingdom of Finlay."

"Bang!"

Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, knelt down and said quickly, "Your Majesty, it's unfair. Our Debs family has always followed the rules in business and has never done anything to betray the national interests. Our Debs family is unfair."

"Unfortunate?" Clyde glanced at Bernard coldly.

"Bring the Lancier brothers up." The Debs family shouted outside.
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