King's Landing in France

Chapter 304 Mr. Ballas' Trip to Paris
Seeing that Ballas had made a decision, Josephine sighed, "Okay, but now you can't go alone, you have to find someone who has influence on Robespierre to go with you."

Ballas: "Didn't I say I wouldn't ask Andy Frost about it?"

"Besides him, there are other people who can have an impact on Robespierre, such as Saint-Just, or, or Mr. Fouche!"

Barras: "That old fox won't lend a helping hand so easily. Thank God he didn't fall into trouble. And it's too late to find him. It's more than a day's journey from here to Lyon. I'm leaving now. Paris, is your carriage in all right condition, is it usable?"

Josephine: "It can be used. Although the road is very fast, my carriage is of good quality and is maintained frequently. The axles and the like will not be broken because of this."

"That's great, let's go."

**
A day later, Paul Ballas stood in front of Robespierre's new apartment.

He saw a person who might be the landlady sprinkling water in front of the door, so he said hello, "Hi, my name is Paul Barras, and I'm here to see Mr. Robespierre."

The landlady raised her head: "Mr. Robespierre is not here today."

"I've been to the National Salvation Committee, he's not there, and Parliament isn't in session, and everyone tells me Mr. Robespierre should be drafting papers at home!"

The landlady hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want from him?"

Ballas: "There are very important matters concerning ... the fate of France!"

Originally he wanted to say that it was about my life and death, but he always felt that Robespierre would not care about this matter, so he changed his words.

The landlady considered it for a while, then nodded: "He is in his bedroom on the second floor, you go in."

Balas immediately strode into the house and went straight to the second floor.

As soon as he reached the second floor, Barras saw Robespierre arranging his clothes in front of the mirror, and seemed to be planning to go out.

Ballas immediately said in the tone of an old friend: "You can get dressed, I thought you didn't care about it all the time!"

Robespierre turned his head to look at Ballas, frowned slightly, but did not speak, but walked to the edge of the water table, picked up a cup to scoop a glass of water from the basin, picked up a toothbrush, dipped Put on tooth powder and start brushing your teeth——

Barras was irritated by Robespierre's obvious ignorance, but he tried his best to calm his mood and told Robespierre his intentions.

"Mr. Robespierre, there may be some rumors about me recently, I want to say that this is extremely wrong! My loyalty to the Republic is obvious to all, and I have also made great contributions to the Republic!
"I hope the National Salvation Committee can see through everything and return my innocence!
"My friend Mrs. Josephine Beauharnay has lost a letter to me. Some people may use it to make a fuss, but those are the distortions of people with a heart. I can explain everything in that letter. !"

Robespierre didn't even look at Barras, and continued to clean his teeth carefully.

Barras did not give up, and continued: "I demand to confront the person who reported me, and I will refute his allegations one by one!"

After brushing his teeth, Robespierre started rinsing his mouth, and raised his neck specially to let the water swirl in his mouth.

Ballas: "Mr. Robespierre! Please believe me, my loyalty to the Republic..."

Robespierre spat the water into the waste basin, then put down his glass and turned to look at Ballas.

He just watched and didn't speak.

Barras almost couldn't restrain his anger, and went up to slap Robespierre.

But he endured it.

Seeing that there was no result, Barras could only leave: "Okay, Mr. Robespierre, I will go to the National Salvation Committee to visit you again!"

With that, he turned and left the room.

On the first floor, Barras saw the landlady again.

The landlady: "The important matter concerning the fate of the republic is finished so soon?"

"No, M. Robespierre doesn't talk to me."

Landlady: "That's because it's his private time, and he only talks to people he thinks are nice. Obviously, he doesn't like you."

Ballas: "Can it still be like this?"

"Don't worry, he will talk to you during working hours."

"Because it's a last resort?" Ballas asked back, but immediately shook his head angrily, "Damn it, of course it's because of this."

It seems that there is no way to go directly to Robespierre, and Barras quickly went through the people who can still be found in his mind.

In the end, the two choices of Danton and Frost surfaced.

Ballas thought about it, and finally decided to put Frost last, because Frost has always shown that he doesn't care about the politics of Paris.

Ballas jumped into the carriage and said to the coachman, "Go to Danton."

Josephine's coachman naturally knew the addresses of all the nobles in Paris, so he waved his whip without saying a word, urging the horses to pull the cart forward.

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived in front of Dandong's house.

Danton lived in a rather luxurious manor, which was basically built by rural nobles in Paris before the Great Revolution. Now these manors have either been turned into barracks, or they have been occupied by people in power after the Great Revolution.

Seeing the manor where Danton lived, Ballas felt a little more confident immediately.

Because this shows that Dandong is a person who can enjoy himself.

He walked up the steps, and just about to knock on the door, the door opened, and Saint-Just came out from it, and turned back to talk to Danton.

Danton, who sent Saint-Just out, immediately showed a surprised expression when he saw Ballas: "Mr. Ballas, you have returned to Paris so soon? The summons from the National Salvation Committee was sent last night."

Barras was also shocked: "The National Salvation Committee summoned me?"

Generally, people who are summoned by the National Salvation Committee do not have a good end, and the guarantee is to go to the guillotine.

Danton: "Don't worry, I just want you to explain the content of the letter your lover sent you."

Barras thought that something happened to the letter, and he scolded all eighteen generations of the ancestors who intercepted the letter.

Barras: "But I just went to Mr. Robespierre and tried to explain it to him, but he acted like I didn't exist."

Danton: "That means he regards you as an enemy of the Republic. That person is a bit paranoid. Many people are enemies of the Republic in his view."

Saint-Just looked at Dandong with a strange look.

Danton continued: "Don't worry, Mr. Barras, you will be all right."

Saint-Just: "Well, you continue to chat, I will leave first."

Danton nodded: "Have a good trip. As for you, Mr. Barras, come in and sit for a while, and I'll tell you what's going on."

(End of this chapter)