The Debus family paid a heavy price for the smuggling of aquamarine. Bernard specifically let his third brother be in charge of this matter, and Lancelot brothers were his right-hand man.

  Lin Lei stood silently in the conference hall, with Shadow Mouse Bebe standing on his shoulder.

  One person and one monster were just like being out of the world, quietly watching all this happen. Even when seeing 'Bernard' throw over a pleading gaze, Lin Lei didn't have any reaction at all.

  A moment later, the sound of clashing chains echoed, and two blond burly men walked in under the escort of the palace guards and stepped into the conference hall. Both men were wearing shackles and chains. Just by looking at the thickness of the shackles and chains, it felt like they weighed at least one or two hundred kilograms.

  This heavy-duty lock is meant for locking up a warrior of such immense strength.

  "Head of the clan."

  The two blond men stepped into the council chamber, and especially seeing Bernard's face on his knees, a strange smile appeared on their faces. The two of them actually bowed to Bernard and shouted.

  Lin Lei standing beside him understood.

  It's likely that these Lancelot brothers are the two masterminds behind the smuggling operation. Moreover, they should have a close relationship with the Debus family.

  "The Debus family is in danger." Lin Lei just stood quietly by.

  Bernard looked at the two blond men and asked in puzzlement, "Huh? Lancel and Lamir, how did you two brothers end up being detained by His Majesty? Didn't I give you 100,000 gold coins a few months ago to live a good life?"

  The two blond and burly men were taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

  "Tribe leader, are you joking?" Lancel said with a smile.

  Lanmi'er beside him sneered and said: "Tribe leader, how about it? At this time you still want to quibble? Forget it, just admit your guilt."

  Bernard's face revealed an angry expression, he stood up abruptly and glared at Lancel and Lamorak: "Lancel, Lamorak, you two are the ones our Debus family has cultivated since childhood. How I treated you two, you also have a number in your hearts."

  "Yes, you've been good to us, but our brother has also risked his life for the Debuse family all these years." Lancelot sneered.

  Bernard's anger grew, and he stretched out his right hand, shaking his index finger at Lancel and the other: "You two, you are really ungrateful, yes, you have been serving the Debus family for many years, but all these years you have been embezzling, taking the family's wealth into your own hands. Half a year ago, when the incident occurred, I spared your lives because of your long service, and gave you 100,000 gold coins to let you go back and live a good life. But, but you... you not only don't show gratitude, now you're participating in smuggling, got caught, and instead come to slander the Debus family!"

  Lancel and Lamiel were stunned, staring blankly at Bernard.

  "Are we corrupt? You, you give us 100,000 gold coins?" Lancel and Lamir were perplexed.

  Bernard, however, grew more and more indignant, suddenly turning his head to face Clyde, kneeling down and crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, these two people are simply wolves that cannot be fed. When they were young, I saw them lonely and pitiful, adopted them. Later, they were entrusted with important tasks, but they put the family's wealth in their own pockets. Even after the incident, I spared their lives out of many years of kindness, gave them 100,000 gold coins and sent them away, which was already a great kindness. But what about them now? They actually slander my family and want to destroy the Debus family! How ruthless, Your Majesty, I am heartbroken, I am heartbroken!!!

  At this moment, Bernard was crying bitterly, but it made the noble lords in the conference hall suspect whether Lancel really slandered Bernard.

  "Bernard, you...you..." Lancel and Lamir, two brothers, were so angry that their faces turned bright red, but they couldn't get a word out.

  The two brothers sacrificed so much for the Debussy family.

  They were even willing to engage in smuggling, and it was precisely because the two brothers were not afraid of death. This time, if it weren't for the great benefits given by Clyde, they wouldn't have betrayed the Debus family either.

  But what Bernard said is simply not true!

  "Oh? Is that so?" Clyde glanced at Bernard.

  Clyde also realized that this Bernard was probably prepared, otherwise he wouldn't have fabricated such a lie. He's probably gone to investigate and couldn't find any flaws.

  "Hmph, what a pity that Bernard's third brother jumped into the river and even his body can't be found. Otherwise, if they caught his third brother, Bernard would have nothing to say." Clyde also had some resentment in his heart.

  Smuggling aquamarine gemstones.

  The Aquamarine Vein is a property of the Kingdom of Finlay and also belongs to Clyde.

  Smuggling aquamarine is stealing from Clyde's property. Clyde would naturally hate that.

  Just now Bernarr's third brother jumped into the surging river and killed himself, while for Lancel and Lamorak's betrayal, the De Vries family seemed to have been prepared.

  "Bernard, I won't wrong a good man," Clyde said solemnly.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty," Bernard said, his face still streaked with tears.

  Clyde's voice suddenly turned cold: "But I won't let anyone who betrays the kingdom's interests go. According to what I know, it seems that your third brother is in charge of smuggling this time."

  "Third brother?" Bernard looked at Clyde in puzzlement.

  Clyde glared at Bernard: "What, you have something to say?"

  Bernard's face was stifled: "Of course, there is something to say, Your Majesty. I really don't know why you said that, but my third brother has already left the Kingdom of Fenley a year ago to travel and adventure in various countries. There were even letters sent back just a few days ago."

  Clyde's eyes turned cold.

  His men reported that when they captured Bernard III, he was severely injured and jumped directly into the surging river, without even leaving a shadow.

  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must uphold justice."

  Bernard glared at Lancel and Lamorak beside him: "You mustn't let these two little men chill the heart of a family loyal to the kingdom."

  "Bernard, you...you..." Lancel and Lamir were so out of breath they didn't know what to say.

  Clyde stood up abruptly, coldly staring at Bernard: "I said, I won't wrong a good man, nor will I let off someone who betrays the kingdom's interests. Based on the evidence I've obtained, at least your Debus family has suspicions of betraying the kingdom, come in——"

  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am loyal to the kingdom!"

  At this moment, two palace guards rushed in from outside the council hall.

  "Bernard." Clyde smiled at Bernard.

  Bernard looked up at Clyde with an expectant expression, like a child looking at his parents.

  "Whether your family is loyal or not needs evidence to prove it. I'm giving you a chance, at least for now, I won't annihilate your entire clan directly."

  Bernard let out a silent sigh of relief; his greatest fear was that the Debus family would be directly exterminated.

  "It was fortunate that on that day, in the secret room, I discovered the traces of cremation. It allowed me to be prepared." Bernard had been preparing since then, and even made a few preparations.

  "Bring in Bernard and the Debus heir, throw them into the Blackwater Dungeon. As for the Debus family's smuggling case, let Right Minister Merite handle it." Clyde ordered.

  The palace guards immediately took Bernard away.

  "Your Majesty, I believe Your Majesty is wise." Bernard shouted as he was dragged away.

  That night, Green Leaf Road was completely bustling.

  The sound of horseshoes and shouting continued to echo, as a cavalry of hundreds directly surrounded the Debus family mansion, causing panic among the people inside.

  "What are you doing?! Do you know where this is?!" Carl's second grandfather, Bernard's second uncle, immediately rebuked the palace guards.

  The leading knight coldly said: "Your Majesty's order, you dare to block?"

  The Second Master raised his head and said: "The emperor's order? Who knows if you're not faking the emperor's decree. Say, what are you here for?"

  "Second Grandfather, what's going on outside?"

  At this time, many members of the Debus family rushed over.

  Even Alice and Lorraine both put on their clothes and came over, in the Yulan continent, after getting engaged, the woman would generally live with the man, but usually they had to wait until the formal wedding before the couple could share a room.

  Of course... living together before marriage is also possible, it depends on the willingness of both men and women.

  "Alice, sister, what's going on outside?" Roline pulled Alice's hand.

  Alice was also somewhat perplexed: "I'm not clear."

  The entire Debus family, hundreds of people inside and outside the front yard, most with puzzled faces. Only a handful of core members who knew about the family's smuggling operation felt a surge of terror in their hearts.

  The Debus family's smuggling operation this time was on a very large scale.

  The amount of gold coins used is in the tens of millions. Once successful, the profit will be in the hundreds of billions of gold coins. According to the Debus family's idea, one successful transaction is enough to make a fortune.

  I didn't expect it to go wrong this time.

  "Kalan big brother, what happened?" Roline also asked Kalan.

  Kala also shook her head indicating she didn't know.

  A troop of knights from the palace had gathered outside, and the captain of the leading knight squad saw that so many people had gathered, took out a token from his bosom, and shouted loudly: "By order of His Majesty, the Debos family is suspected of smuggling water jade ore. Now, take the head of the Debos family and the heir into the Blackwater Prison."

  At this moment, the faces of a group of Debus family members changed.

  Especially several people in the core of the Kalan family were pale, while Ailis, Rolin and other collateral members of the family felt confused and stunned.

  Several guards directly seized Kalan.

  "Take it away!"

  The captain of the Knights' squad drank directly.

  Kalain felt his legs go weak at this moment, and he simply let the guards push him towards the door. But when they reached the entrance, Kalain suddenly woke up with a start, turned around and anxiously shouted: "Second Master, Elise, you must save me, you must save me."

  No matter how loudly Kala shouted, the palace guards were unmoved and pushed him onto the prison cart.

  Alice, Lorraine and the entire Debus family could only watch as Kalan was taken away, powerless to do anything. Their family had power, but how could they contend with His Majesty the King?

  On the second day in the afternoon, the news that the Debus family was suspected of smuggling aquamarine spread quickly through the noble circle of Finlay City, and most of the nobles in Finlay City paid attention to this matter.

  And this smuggling case was personally examined by Duke Merit, the Right Minister of the Kingdom.

  The Duke of Marlborough's mansion.

  Duke Merit is over seventy years old, but he's a formidable warrior. Judging by his appearance alone, he looks like a middle-aged man with short golden hair that stands upright and shines brightly.

  At this moment, Merit was sitting in a chair, casually glancing at the visitor from the Debus family sitting next to him - Kalan's second grandfather 'Nimitz'.

  Nimitz still has a strong influence in the Debus family. Carla was also trained by Nimitz himself.

  "Lord Meriet, our family is absolutely innocent. I hope you can give the Debus family a fair judgment."

  Nimitz said, taking out a book from beside him: "Lord Merritt, I know you like collecting Bibles. This one is a version issued by the Church of Light over 3,000 years ago and is relatively rare."

  "Oh, the Bible?"

  Merritt casually took it over, but when she flipped through it, Merritt suddenly found a card mixed in - the Magic Crystal Card issued by the Four Nations Golden Bank!

  Merritt had a hint of a smile on her face.

  Nimitz carefully observed Merritt's expression, Merritt closed the Bible and put it aside, then smiled: "Nimitz, you should know that apart from the Bible, I also like stone carvings. The previous 'Dream Awakening' stone carving was particularly liked by me. At your family's engagement ceremony, I saw Alice, oh, Alice is exactly the same as the stone carving! I wonder... can I have a private conversation with Alice?"

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