Flowers, Swords and France

A mess. ,

This was the first impression Charles had after entering Baron de Beauvin's study.

Yes, this impression is too strong.

The stalls were littered with broken pieces of porcelain and the remains of jewelry and ornaments. Those once extravagant decorations had now become a mess, and the entire study seemed to have become a ruin swept by a typhoon.

What is more shocking than this mess is the person standing inside.

The short and fat Baron de Beauvain was standing next to the bookshelf in the corner, looking coldly at Charles who had just walked in. His current mental state is extremely bad at first glance - his clothes are messy and torn in many places. He has obviously just vented his anger; his hair, which is usually neatly combed, is now extremely messy, covering his face. eyes.

Under the cover of hair, the originally very strange eyes are now looming like will-o'-the-wisps, and combined with the shadows, it makes people shudder.

After looking at each other for a moment, before Charles could speak, the big banker yelled loudly.

"You're here just in time! Call me your friend too! I want to interrogate him personally!"

Not only Charles, but also Laura behind him was slightly startled by this sudden and terrifying roar.

Seeing that no one answered, the baron seemed to become more anxious. He waved his hands to his daughter in various ways.

"Get out of here! I want to talk to him alone!"

After her father’s roar, Laura’s face became even paler, and she did not dare to speak, but nodded slightly. Then he exited the room and closed the door again.

At this time, Charles finally understood what Laura meant when she just said "His current mental state is a bit worrying...". She must have suffered enough at home these past two days.

It seems that no matter how ruthless and decisive a person is. It becomes difficult to control yourself when you are suffering from the pain of losing a child... Ciel sighed softly in his heart.

For a moment, he suddenly felt some pity for this man brought about by contempt.

But of course, his face was still very sad.

"Sir, please forgive me..."

"I called you here, not to tell you such boring nonsense! Call him over quickly!" The baron interrupted him impatiently and stared at him fiercely.

"But please calm down, sir?" Charles replied as calmly as possible. He didn't want to be angry with the current baron. "I came here just to tell you this - my friend Albert, with this The unfortunate incident has nothing to do with it.”

Then, he told the baron the exact reason and process of the quarrel between Albert and Maurice.

"And where was he that night?" asked the baron at once.

"He was playing cards with a few friends that night, but because he had a lot of business recently, he felt a little tired before midnight, and then... Then he ended the card game and took a carriage back to his house to rest... …”

"That is to say, except for his own people, there are no other witnesses?" Even in this case, the Baron's eyes were still sharp and keen, "Then how can you be sure that what he said is true?"

This question left Ciel speechless for a moment.

Indeed, Albert's most troublesome problem now. It was because his actions that night did not have enough witnesses to win the Baron's trust, so he was so anxious.

But nevertheless. Ciel still believed in his friend.

"You see, as I just said. This is just a common angry statement among young people in the social world. It does not mean that Albert really wants to be detrimental to your son..." He continued to persuade him. "Albert now has everything he should have, so what reason would he have to do such a stupid thing just for the sake of a momentary dispute of temper?"

A creepy and cold smile appeared on the baron's face.

"Is that all you're going to tell me?"

This is a little too much.

Ciel felt a little unhappy, but still maintained a pleasant expression.

"Sir, although I can understand your current mood, I cannot let you interrogate Albert at will. You are not a court and do not have this power. Only the judiciary has this power. Besides, he is also a public official now, and he is Supporters of Mr. President..."

"Judiciary...? Now you are still telling me such a joke? You leave such high-sounding words to your children, I want to see others! What happened to the president's supporters? I am also a supporter of the president!" Still The angry Baron didn't accept Charles's explanation at all, and then said, "Are you protecting him now? Or are you and him together? You did this together?!"

"Me? Enough! Why would I do such a thing? We are current collaborators. Will killing your son do me any good? The reason why I defend Albert is because he is my friend. I must Protect him from malicious slander and unfounded suspicion!" Ciel did not feel the other party's terrible suspicion! Even if he didn't feel any fear, his tone couldn't help but become tougher, "If our judicial agencies really investigate and find out what's wrong with him, I have nothing to say; but just because of your arbitrary suspicion, I want to He has become another victim, I am sorry, I absolutely cannot agree! I will do everything in my power to protect him!”

The baron's eyes widened, and he was obviously furious. "Well, now that you are rich, do you think you can do whatever you want? You can ignore me? Let me tell you, even if you are a big shot now, as long as I use all my strength, I can still defeat you! Do you want to try?!"

"I know your ability and I believe you can do it, but so what?!" Charles also got angry and roared at the big banker who could change the situation. "I am not easy to bully. I will not sit and wait for death. When the time comes, we will have a good fight! Besides, even if you use all your strength to defeat me, do you think I will admit defeat? Can you kill me?! No, you know that you can't do it now! And I am still very young, I still have plenty of time. Even if it takes twenty or thirty years, I can wait. I can climb up from the bottom of the valley and get everything I am destined to get! Then, what can you do to me at that time? Now, tell me, do you want to ruin our solid cooperation because of unfounded and arbitrary suspicion, or do you want us to sit down and talk about how to continue the cooperation? Tell me, are you old and confused now? Are you unable to climb up because of the death of your son? Then I really underestimated you, it turns out that it is just like this! "

In the messy study, the two people looked at each other, their faces were very ugly, and there seemed to be lightning and thunder in their sight. The room was frighteningly silent, leaving only the uncontrollable panting of the two people due to emotional excitement.

I don’t know how long they stared at each other, and the panting of the two people slowly calmed down.

"In other words, do you dare to use yourself to guarantee that person?" The baron stared at him and asked gloomily, "If the facts prove that you are wrong, do you know what price you should pay?"

The original text is available in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

"Yes, I am willing to vouch for him. He is my best friend, and I absolutely trust him because I know him too well." Charles answered firmly, without any hesitation.

"Okay, then go back and tell him that I don't need to look for him now, but he can't leave Paris recently, otherwise he knows the consequences!"

"Thank you for trusting me this time, I will tell him." Charles finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew how to deal with this big banker - only this unflinching response could make him know how to be cautious.

And everything developed as he hoped.

"Believe you? No, I don't believe anyone now!" The baron frowned tightly, "To tell you the truth, I doubt everyone now, except those who are most suspicious, including you and my daughter, I doubt them all!"

"I can understand that suspicion is one of the best qualities of a banker, and I can certainly be within your scope of suspicion." Charles shrugged slightly, "But you don't have to doubt your daughter, because she stayed with my sister that night, and my sister said that they talked all night long..."

"That's hard to say, maybe they colluded to deceive us?" The baron sneered and replied.

"You're going too far! Why do you doubt my sister? What reason does she have to perjure your daughter? Does it mean anything to her?" Hearing the other party say this, Charles couldn't help but get angry again, "Suspecting my friend and my sister at the same time, you might as well just say that I committed the crime myself!"

Seeing Charles's rebuttal, the baron knew that he had said too much, so he stopped entangled here.

"I'm just suspicious. After all, anyone could be involved, right?"

"Then there's no need to involve my sister?" Seeing that the other party's tone softened, Charles also slowed down his attitude, and then he looked at the other party with some suspicion, "So, who are the 'most suspicious people' you just mentioned?"

The expression on the baron's face suddenly disappeared.

Everything returned to silence.

After this silence lasted for a long time, the baron finally spoke again.

"Mr. Treville, let's continue to cooperate." He took a deep breath, then looked up at Charles, "Do you dare to do a big deal with me!"

"What do you mean?" Charles suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Let's work together to bring down those Jews! I want these bastards to lose their entire families!" The baron's face suddenly became distorted, "When the time comes, we will share the proceeds equally!" (To be continued..)