Chapter 540 The Depressed Third Prince

"Oh!" The spy leader hesitated for a moment, but then continued: "Your Majesty, it is said that Princess Catherine has not received supplies for more than two months. Seeing that the Burning Legion is about to come, if the supplies are not sent, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

The words of the spy leader seemed to have nothing to do with what happened just now, but when he heard it, he suddenly realized it! Obviously, the emperor misunderstood that the third prince wanted to use this despicable method to assassinate Catherine again, and wanted her to be completely defeated, and it would be better to die on the spot. Because only in this way can he eliminate his greatest threat on the road to the emperor. The reason for using secret theft is easy to explain, the purpose is to remove himself from this matter. In this way, even if Catherine is held accountable after the defeat, the third prince in charge of logistics can be said to be that he did not give the supplies, but he was stolen! Then he could turn the responsibility off.

After the emperor figured out this, endless anger ejaculated in his eyes, and immediately said, "Is there any other evidence? For example, those lost items!"

"Yes!" The spy leader hurriedly said, "Although we dare not investigate the situation in the Third Prince's Manor, our people received news that Stephen had received a batch of supplies sent to the front line. The number was very large, and he loaded hundreds of cars and set out from the imperial capital in a vast way. We quietly checked and the marks on those things showed that they were originally military supplies in the warehouse. And this batch of goods happened to be sent to him by the Third Prince!"

As the spy leader spoke, he wiped the cold sweat from his head and said to himself, "Your Highness, Third Prince, don't blame me for betraying you. Your Majesty is really pushing you too hard. If I don't find the real murderer, my family will be chopped off by the angry emperor? For the sake of my family, I can only tell the truth!"

After hearing the words of the spy leader, the emperor frowned immediately and said, "Since the third prince did not hesitate to steal the military warehouse in order to murder Catherine, why did he give the supplies to Catherine?"

"It is said that this fraud was revealed after Lord Stephen made the matter to the two sword saints. It seemed that Stephen little caught the third prince's handle and forced the third prince to agree to give him the support. He was even forced to ask the two sword saints to testify." The spy leader explained: "So, my subordinates thought that the third prince had to do it as a last resort!"

The emperor immediately said furiously: "What an idiot. As a prince, he can't do anything well. He should have been caught by a little kid! It's so shameless!"

The spy leader was amused and laughed and said to himself. Sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor was more towards his children! Of course, he did not dare to get involved in this matter, so after hearing this, he could only lower his head honestly and dare not reply a word.

Of course, the third prince was actually wronged. He was determined to defeat Catherine, but he stole so many supplies without any trouble. However, in the eyes of the emperor, the spy leader and others, the third prince not only had this ability, but also had the motivation to do so. He even had several criminal records. So under these series of coincidences, they misunderstood gorgeously.

After the emperor cursed, he seemed to realize that he had lost his composure. Then he quickly coughed twice and said, "So, is the third prince really doing the warehouse affairs?"

Although the spy leader was sure, how could he, who was smart, convicted the third prince directly? After all, he was the prince, and even if he was guilty, his majesty had the final say. So he immediately said cunningly: "Although the third prince has this strength, also has motivation, and some warehouse military supplies, we still cannot be so arbitrary to confirm that he did this!"

When the emperor heard this, he was so angry that he was so angry that he thought, "I have strength, motives, and even have stolen goods. He still said he was not sure? Isn't this shirk responsibility?" Fortunately, the emperor also knew the concerns of the spy leader. So he was too lazy to blame him, but just shook his head helplessly. Then he said, "Then according to you, should this case continue to be investigated or closed the case?"

Although the emperor seemed to be asking the chief of the spy, the chief of the spy had already heard his meaning from his majesty's tone. Now things are almost clear, and the emperor also asked whether to close the case, it was clearly just trying to protect the third prince!

The spy leader was not stupid either. Since the emperor showed this, he immediately followed: "Your Majesty, I think it's possible to rob a case. This matter is definitely the case that the officials in the warehouse colluded with each other and committed the crime. There is no need to further investigate!"

"Yeah!" When the emperor heard this, he nodded immediately with satisfaction and said, "It's right, just do it."

"Yes!" the spy leader nodded quickly and agreed.

"In addition, go and bring a word to the third prince!" The emperor suddenly said coldly: "I don't care what method he uses. In short, the supplies in the military warehouse must be replenished within three months. If there are a little less, or there are some rags to fill in, I will not recognize him as his son!"

After saying that, the angry emperor turned his head and left, leaving only the secret spy leader trembling on the ground.

It is conceivable that when the spy leader brought this to the third prince, he was so sad and angry. In his opinion, even though he was just a thief in trouble, why should he put all the blame on him? Why should he find a way to make up for the gap of millions? Such a large number would not be enough to sell him as a prince?

However, he seemed to have forgotten that as the top supervisor of the military warehouse, the stolen warehouse was his responsibility, and he even forgot that 30% of the gap in his warehouse was eaten by himself, and 200% of the other 30% were divided by his subordinates. So strictly speaking, he should have paid for these things.

As for the gap that Lao Xie took away, it is actually not enough interest. You should know that the materials in the warehouse are not static. In fact, most things have to be rotated almost every year, and things that consume a lot of food are replaced in half a year. So in the years when the third prince controlled the warehouse, the accumulated corruption of the goods he had already filled two military warehouses. Now the emperor just asked him to pay one, which was a very generous thing.

Although the third prince was dissatisfied with the emperor's orders, he knew that the mistake he made was too big this time, and the emperor was obviously furious, and there were a group of ministers who helped him in the fire. If the emperor did not teach him a lesson, he would probably not be able to convince the public. So the third prince could only swallow his teeth and accept the huge sum of money in the end.

Of course, even if he is a prince and has embezzled the materials for so many years, it is impossible to spend so much money in one go. After all, he has to spend money over the years. In order to consolidate his position, it takes a lot of money to buy a great noble or cultivate a confidant. In addition, he is also a person who likes luxury, so the expenses are naturally huge. Therefore, the money he embezzled has been almost spent. Even if he has a little savings, it is obviously impossible to make up such a big hole.

So in desperation, he could only make up his mind to kill his subordinates. Stanford and the managers of all the warehouses did not run away, and all the families were confiscated and exterminated their families. Although they were all small nobles, each family had a size of more than a dozen people, which combined for hundreds of them! After all the beheads, the entire imperial capital seemed to be filled with a strong smell of blood.

Although these little nobles have not had high titles, they have been in the position of a fat warehouse manager for several years, so their family assets are still very rich. The money collected by more than a dozen nobles actually exceeded one million, and they were about to fill the gap in the warehouse, which also made the third prince breathe a sigh of relief.

However, although the third prince was relieved, his reputation in the aristocratic circle was also severely hit. The slightly upright nobles looked down on him for deducting the front-line military supplies and embezzling the greedy actions of Guangjun Sui warehouses; while the despicable nobles were frightened by the third prince's crazy killing of his subordinates, so they stayed away from him, fearing that they would end up raiding their families after they became involved in the third prince. Therefore, the poor third prince became the most unpopular figure in the imperial capital aristocratic circle for a time.

Although everyone was still smiling in front of him on the surface and could not express any humility, the third prince could clearly feel a sense of alienation, which naturally moved him very annoyed. But he knew that he was in the wrong, so he had no choice but to suppress his anger and take the initiative to show kindness to others, hoping to win everyone's trust through his own efforts!

Not to mention how the third prince compromised and pleased the nobles in the imperial capital. Just saying that Lao Xie was in a great mood after obtaining military supplies. This time, he not only took revenge on the third prince and gave Catherine a sigh of anger, but also made a lot of money. Half of the supplies in the imperial capital's military supplies warehouse were enough to support Catherine's army to deal with the attack of the Burning Legion. The things extorted from the third prince were even more icing on the cake. At least for a period of time in the future, Lao Xie and Catherine no longer had to worry about logistics. Moreover, Lao Xie cleverly eliminated the pressure from the country, so that Catherine had no worries and could devote all her energy to the war.
Chapter completed!