Transcendent Ember

Chapter 141 Intensifying Contradictions

Ms. Vivienne did not find out anything famous in the interrogation. The Redbud family is just a small branch of the Holy Thorn family. Pedro himself is only a first-rank extraordinary, with only a baron title, which does not touch the core of the Holy Thorn family. secret, and no way of knowing the content of the prophecy.
Everyone couldn't help but be disappointed, until now, this is no longer a simple noble suicide case, but a major event involving changes in the entire world structure
The teachers of Yujing University gave up the mentality of helping, and began to face this matter with the mentality of those involved.

"It now appears that the thirteen nobles who initiated the closure of the city were all summoned by the Marquis of Bassatia. The Marquis of Bassatia should not have much to do with Joulton's death. He just wanted to take advantage of this incident. To achieve his goal of promoting the war, although we don't know how he intends to do it for the time being." Director Darcy analyzed.

"So what shall we do next?" Asked Teacher Liu Jun who had returned after a long time.

"Does it need to be said?" Ms. Vivian gritted her teeth, "Monitoring Basatia must not allow him to promote the goal of the war."

Teacher An Wen nodded: "It makes sense."

"Hehe." Zhang Jichuan smiled and said, "There is nothing wrong with Ms. Vivienne doing this. I think the Marquis of Basatia should know some inside information, otherwise how can he be sure that the death of Baron Joulton can help him achieve the purpose of promoting the war?" purpose? But
"Just because we found out about the wolfish ambitions of the Marquis of Basatia, we can't let him attract all our attention and ignore the original target. The cause of Baron Yorton's death must continue to be investigated!
"Well, I suggest that Ms. Vivienne is responsible for monitoring the Marquis of Basatia, trying to get some clues from him;
"Director, take Mr. Luo Jieni, Mr. Qiu Hong and the others to visit the Holy Thorn Family and see if you can find the content of the prophecy;
"Ms. Norris, you are responsible for keeping an eye out for the people in charge of the search in the city, and see if there is anyone else among them who is also looking for Baron Joulton's body;
"Mr. Xinyi and Mr. Rongrong, follow me to explore Melk Manor. If no one else is looking for Baron Joulton's body, then Mrs. Batty is very suspicious."

Director Darcy nodded: "Yes."

"Then let's go." Ms. Vivienne said hurriedly.

Basatia is over eighty years old, but from the outside, he is about forty at most.

Born in the military, he did not give up the habits he developed in the military just because he became a nobleman, nor did he give up the most common physical training just because he became a third-rank extraordinary.

On a dark and windy night this month, Basatia trained in the Martial Arts Hall for a full three hours——he was busy with military affairs during the day, so he really didn't have time to train.

After the physical training, he practiced meditation for another three hours.

It wasn't until dawn broke in the eastern sky that he woke up from meditation, and his whole body became full of energy, without the slightest fatigue from a night of sleepless nights.

After taking a sip of the coffee prepared by the maid, and holding the letter from the butler, Basatia came to the study alone, and touched the wall behind the bookshelf with the power of his soul.Immediately, many tadpole-like symbols appeared on the wall, flashing and flashing, very mysterious.

After passing the verification of the power of the soul, the wall was split into two, revealing a dark corridor, and at the end of the corridor was a secret room.

A gleam of pride flashed in Basatia's eyes, this secret room could not be opened except with his soul power as the key.Even if a high-grade extraordinary creature wants to break in, he can immediately get the induction and transfer the entire secret room.
This is a very safe secret room Basatia always thought so, until he walked into the secret room and saw a short lady with glasses.

Basatia's heart skipped a beat, his pupils shrank sharply, and he couldn't help blurting out: "How did you get in?"

"Don't get excited, Your Excellency the Marquis." The lady didn't irritate the Marquis at all. She kept smiling and bowed slightly, "Toman salutes you."

"I ask you, how did you get in?!" Basatia's eyes looked like they could kill people.

"Is this the secret room that Marquis is talking about?" Tomman calmly met Basatia's almost cannibalistic eyes, pointed to the drawings on the surrounding walls, and smiled, "There is no absolutely safe secret room in the world. There is no His Excellency the Marquis in the world, Tomman gives you a sincere suggestion, put away these planning plans that have condensed your life's hard work, and don't be discovered by others without knowing it."

If it was before that, Basatia would have scoffed when he heard this, but now
He just kept silent.

The air fell into silence. After more than ten seconds, Basatia said, "Thank you for reminding me, Ben Hou knows. Ben Hou asked you, what is your intention for letting Ben Hou intervene in Joulton's death? This is not the same as Ben Hou What does it matter to you?"

"It turns out that His Majesty the Marquis doesn't know Tomman's intentions, but he is still willing to follow Tomman's instructions." Tomman's face showed surprise and 'touch', as if he was about to cry, "Your Majesty's trust in others , it’s really impressive.”

Basatia watched her performance blankly, found the main seat and sat down until she finished speaking, then said coldly: "Is the performance enough?"

"Enough!" Tomman put away his emotion for a second, as if he had changed, "Thank you, Your Majesty Marquis, for your tolerance."

"Now, can you tell Ben Hou?"

"Of course." Tomman became very serious and said meticulously, "Your Excellency, if you want to start a war, there are three ways. First, there are enough interests to drive it. As long as the interests are sufficient, anyone has to tear off that layer Moral pretense, turning into a war madman.
"But obviously, the situation among countries is relatively stable now, and trade is becoming more and more prosperous. In particular, your Caesar Dynasty has always been a beneficiary in foreign trade. If you start a war at this time, not only will there be no considerable gains, I am afraid It will also ruin the jobs of many people. This road is obviously not feasible.
"Second, external conflicts. When the contradictions between two countries and forces reach the point of irreversibility, launching a war is inevitable. But it is clear that the Caesar Dynasty does not border most countries, and there is no direct conflict. The only The Nicholas Dynasty on the border is busy planning the Ancient Moon Kingdom, and their diplomacy with the Caesar Dynasty is also trying to be stable. This road is still not going to work.
"There is only a third way left, and that is internal contradictions!"

Basatia frowned: "Internal conflicts?"

"That's right, internal conflicts." Tomman looked affirmatively, looking at Basatia with burning eyes, "Your Excellency, when a country's internal conflicts reach a level that has to be released, in order to divert the conflicts, launching a war abroad is a inevitable choice
"Under the rule of His Majesty Yondu, the Caesar Dynasty has been peaceful for more than ten years, but you should know, Your Excellency, this does not mean that there are no conflicts within the Caesar Dynasty, but that these contradictions have been hidden and suppressed. That's all
"And the death of Baron Joulton was just a catalyst to break through and intensify these contradictions.
"Your Excellency the Marquis, if you want to upgrade 'Clausewitz's On War', you want to become a fourth-rank extraordinary, and you want to make further progress in your title, so take advantage of this opportunity."

After listening to it expressionlessly, Basatia suddenly asked, "Where did you hide Joulton's body?"

"Heh!" Tomman shook his head, with a trace of doubt on his face, "Your Excellency, the Marquis, has wrongly blamed me. Although I did plan to steal Joulton's body, it is obvious that someone has rushed ahead of me."

Basatia frowned: "It's not you? Who would it be?"

He raised the letter in his hand: "Last night, someone sneaked into the house of my allies. These are not your people?"

Tomman shook his head, and Basatia's expression suddenly became extremely dignified.
(End of this chapter)