Chapter 1261 Irreversible War (Third update, please subscribe)
"Jerusalem! What have you done in Jerusalem!"
The sudden questioning made Lawrence stunned.
In an instant, his face turned pale, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, although he seemed to be calm. But he still spoke stubbornly.
"Sir, what did you say? I don't understand you!"
What else can I do now except pretend to be confused?
"not understand!"
Throwing the map in front of him, Feng Jinglun continued to question.
"You said you traveled around the Middle East, but it was just for travel because you were interested in the history and culture of the Middle East. But, tell me, why didn't you go to Jerusalem?"
On the map, Feng Jinglun marked city after city with a red pen, but Jerusalem was the only one missing!
"Anyone interested in the history of the Middle East would definitely go to Jerusalem, but you didn't go there, Lawrence. You must have been there. What did you... do there?"
Staring at Lawrence, Feng Jinglun asked directly!
"The assassination in Jerusalem—you did it! That's why you don't mention that place, right!"
Like a thunderbolt, his question immediately exposed the deepest secret in Lawrence's heart.
"It's over. Yes, it's over. I'm done,"
After the secret was exposed, Lawrence became anxious and uneasy. He looked at the other party in astonishment. He, he... knew!
It's all over!
"Hodam. I think, I think I love him. I love him, Hodam. I really love him..."
Lawrence said to himself.
"I, I once said that I would give him a free world, but, but I failed..."
Now, what is Lawrence's only regret? It is that he could not fulfill his promise to his lover.
“Damn it!”
Grabbing his collar, Feng Jinglun questioned loudly.
"You did it! You planned it, right?"
…
Emperor Zhu carefully and slowly pushed away the file containing Lawrence's interrogation record, slowly stood up from the table, and paced around the office. Then he walked silently to the table, took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table, lit a cigar, and then walked to the window, staring out of the window, and then he fell into thought.
The mystery that has been bothering everyone has finally been solved!
But after this mystery was solved, new problems arose.
Now, what choice do you need to make?
After turning around, Emperor Zhu looked at Qian Zizhuang and Malu. The two intelligence chiefs of the empire were here. Because the matter was of great importance, neither the Investigation Department nor the Security Bureau could handle it, so the two of them came together to report. This was the first time in the history of the empire.
The end of Shengde’s eighteenth year!
This day may seem peaceful, but in fact the empire may very likely be heading for war tomorrow.
Staring out the window, Emperor Zhu took a few puffs of his cigar. After thinking silently for a while, he walked to the table again, nodded at the file, and asked:
"Well, can this be confirmed?"
"We have repeatedly interrogated him through various means. At the same time, the Investigation Department has sent its best agents to Jerusalem and London to look for relevant evidence. This matter is unusual, so we must verify its reliability from multiple sources."
Qian Zizhuang answered cautiously.
This matter is so unusual that it may even lead to a war between two countries, not just two countries, but even a war between the "Central Powers" and the "Allied Powers".
"It requires verification from multiple parties. Confessions alone are not enough. We need other evidence. We must send the most reliable people to investigate this matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we are sending the most reliable agents. They will collect as much intelligence as possible."
Emperor Zhu nodded, took another puff of his cigar, then took the file in front of him and glanced through it again:
"From mid-October, I began to contact the chiefs of various parts of the Arab world, and encouraged them to resist the French invasion by providing them with weapons... The Arabs' resistance was simply vulnerable in front of the modern French army. In order to weaken the French as much as possible, in February 1877, I held a secret meeting with Major Weinberg in Jerusalem. At the meeting, we made a decision - to use the Arabs to destroy the French entry ceremony through bombing attacks... Considering the damage caused by the explosion, it may cause a large number of French nobles and even the emperor to be killed or injured. The French will definitely make a large-scale report. Every time they kill a person, it means pushing a Arab family to the opposite side of them. In the future, the Middle East is likely to fall into a long-term guerrilla war like Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, and eventually it will exhaust France's power and wealth..."
It has to be said that Lawrence was a genius in planning secret operations. He confessed everything, from how he recruited those Muslims to provide them with explosives through covert channels, and he even personally inspected the route.
And just as he predicted, in the following ten years... that is, until now, France has not yet come out of the shadow of the emperor's assassination. In the first few years, out of revenge, they forced the Muslims to convert again and again, requiring them to convert to Catholicism. In the face of the Muslims' resistance, they directly used Gatling to teach them how to be human. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims who refused to convert were driven into the desert by them - there was no water, no food. In the end, those people died in the desert.
"Under every desert in Arabia, there are as many Arabians buried as the sands."
In order to ensure that no one escaped, the French even sent airships to drop poison into the water sources of desert oases. Finally, with the help of modern technology, the French successfully converted the people in the ruled areas to Catholicism. Of course, this was at the cost of a 30% reduction in the population - many families had only a few adult men left.
The protracted retaliation almost exhausted France's wealth. It was to help them that Emperor Zhu opened the golden finger and mined Mesopotamian oil. It was with the local oil that France survived the economic crisis and was able to fight the war to the end.
If it weren't for the huge profits from oil, France would probably have fallen into financial collapse due to the heavy burden. By then, it would not only be the finances that collapsed, but even the Second French Empire.
Lawrence's plan almost succeeded!
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel a little scared... It was almost there! The British conspiracy would succeed!
Emperor Zhu walked around the office in silence for a long time, then stood in front of his two intelligence chiefs. Finally, he once again examined the file in front of him, which explained everything.
It solved a mystery that had plagued him for years, but it also brought him a new problem - how to tell Eugenie and Judy all this.
More importantly, what happens after they learn this?
One thing is certain, war...war will definitely break out!
The French will surely answer with war!
(End of this chapter)
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