Chapter 169 A shocking case (please vote for me)

Joseph's forehead was full of black lines, thinking that this was some weird hobby of yours, so he had to persuade him: "Look, I have serious business to do when I go to Lorraine this time, and I can't spare the time to take you to see the coal mines.

Clementine took his hand and shook it, pouting: "Please, take me there——"

"But……"

The little Loli suddenly took half a step back, pointed at her white and tender neck, and said aggrievedly: "I listened to you and returned the 'Wish of the Stars'. That is my favorite necklace!" Shouldn't you make it up to me a little bit? Okay——"

Joseph couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

A few days ago, he saw the "Wish of the Stars" worn by the little Lolita, and after asking curiously, he found out that his prodigal old lady had spent nearly 700,000 livres, plus 560,000 from his cousin, to buy a "big swindler" " necklace.

He immediately told the little Loli that he had never worn this necklace before and asked her to retreat immediately.

Clementine was also very clever. After realizing that she had been deceived, she went to find the jeweler, acted coquettishly and cheated, and finally paid the other party 20,000 livres and returned the necklace.

In fact, the jeweler was not at a loss - the "Wish of the Star" was fought over by two princesses, and it was finally bought for more than one million livres. It is already known to everyone. It was considered a reputation, and it would be easy to sell it at a high price in the future. .

In the end, Joseph couldn't stand Clementine's teasing and had to agree to take her to Lorraine, thinking that he would just thank her for helping the queen save a huge sum of 700,000 livres.

Noon the next day.

Clementine turned to look at the three carriages she had prepared all night - they were filled with her various cosmetics, clothes, kitchen utensils, toys, cat food, etc., and reluctantly asked the king again Prince: "Cousin, are you really not allowed to take me with you?"

Joseph held his forehead: "Either take the carriage or take you, choose one."

"Oh..." The little Loli immediately winked at the maid obediently and asked her to take someone to move a dozen suitcases onto Joseph's luggage cart.

The convoy started and headed northeast.

Soon, Joseph discovered that taking Clementine with him seemed to be a good decision.

This little girl plays tricks and makes fun of herself, taking away the boredom and dullness of the journey. Moreover, although she was young, she was quite familiar with the aristocratic families of the European continent, and even taught Joseph a lot of knowledge in this area. I think she must have been memorizing these contents since she was a child.

Well, except for the fact that the carriage following behind would cast resentful glances from time to time, which made Joseph's back feel sore, everything was fine.

That was Perna's jealousy.

She originally thought she would go on a "travel" with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like she did in Bordeaux last time, so she followed him as a personal doctor. But I didn’t expect that this time there was a little lolita “stealing business”. She couldn’t even ride in the same carriage with the crown prince...

Along the way, Joseph could already see signs of drought everywhere.

Some small rivers have dried up, leaving many farmlands with a withered yellow color.

Farmers everywhere were driving water trucks or carrying water on their shoulders, carrying water little by little to the edges of the fields to alleviate the drought.

However, France is currently mainly engaged in rough planting, relying on the vast land and sparse population, so that the harvest is poor. At this time, the amount of cultivated land that needs to be irrigated is unbearable.

Joseph knew that time was getting closer.

Fortunately, most of the grain storage depots in various places have been built before. Before the dry season, a large amount of grain purchased from overseas was transported to major cities by water.

Especially in Paris, two very large grain depots were built. The grain stored in them alone is enough to feed Paris citizens for four to five months.

Joseph silently said in his heart: I hope I can survive that fateful moment next year, and then I will have the opportunity to rebuild the glorious France.

Four days later.

Joseph's motorcade stopped at Kalona's estate. It wasn't until the crown prince's guards dispersed their alert that Carlona learned that a big shot was coming, and hurriedly led his family servants to welcome him out of the off-white villa.

After some routine courtesy, Joseph followed Kalona into the room and immediately signaled: "I need to talk to you alone."

"Please follow me."

Kalona took him to a small study room, turned around and closed the door, and then respectfully said: "Your Highness, please sit down."

"Please sit down, too." Joseph dispensed with all politeness and got straight to the point, "I need information about Necker, the kind that can put him in jail.

"You are a very trusted veteran of the royal family. I hope you can trust me too."

Carlona put on a troubled expression: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you may have heard some rumors. I really didn't..."

Joseph didn't want to watch him act, so he immediately interrupted him and said, "You can make conditions. How can I be willing to give you what I want?"

"This... you misunderstood..."

Seeing that he was still constipated, Joseph directly showed his chips: "If I can help you return to Paris, can I gain your trust?"

Kalona's eyes suddenly shone with surprise. He had long been fed up with this poor place in Thule. He originally thought he would die here in his life, but he didn't expect to see hope again at this time.

He nodded almost reflexively, but before he could say a word, he immediately froze again.

"I...Your Highness, I really want to go back, but I don't have the things you mentioned..."

Joseph narrowed his eyes slightly. If he was unwilling to exchange such a huge benefit, then there could only be another possibility.

Kalona has something in his heart, so he doesn't dare to expose Necker!

Joseph's voice turned cold: "Viscount Carlona, ​​did you hear about the murder of Mr. Evans from the Impartial Investigation Department a few days ago?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I heard."

"Well, Evans and Mara only came to your place that day and asked the same questions as me, right?"

Kalona trembled all over. It seemed that it was no accident that the crown prince came to find him just after the man died!

He nodded and said, "That's true."

"Well, so you are the most suspected person in the murder case." Joseph glanced sideways at Kalona and said coldly, "To tell you the truth, this matter is very serious. All members of the Impartial Investigation Department have been mobilized. I'll be here two days late and then I'll start a full investigation on you.

"Oh, by the way, there are also secret police. They will also be involved in the investigation."

Kalona was shocked: "Why were the secret police alerted?!"

Joseph said in his heart, of course it's because I said hello to Robert to put a little pressure on you.

"Because the deceased Evans was a very important investigator. The cases he handled were extremely involved and he had some important clues. And his death almost interrupted the investigation of this case."

Kalona quietly wiped away the cold sweat. He immediately thought that Evans should be in Channeker, so it was reasonable for the Crown Prince to say that this case was "extremely involved" - how could there be fewer people involved in Necker's case?

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