Chapter 293 Toxin 3
"Dead?" Prince Arthur repeated these two words, but there was no anger on his face, but rather a look of deep thought.
"He didn't return during the Second World Purge, so it's impossible to tell whether his death was unlucky or man-made," said Adjutant Chen.
This guard was the suspect who smeared the poison under Prince Arthur's desk. It was hard to believe that an eighth-level warrior died in the Great Purge just because of bad luck.
The members of the Prince's Guard were not under the command of Adjutant Chen; the original captain was Fu Yijia.
After the first Great Purge of the Japanese Empire, when Fu Yijia became the Venerable, Zhang Shensang became the captain of the Prince's Guard.
The suspect is a member of the prince's guard.
"Master Fu was not poisoned, so this incident must have happened after I became the team leader. It was my fault." Zhang Shenshang bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Fu Yijia was too capable and had served as the captain of the Prince's Guard for a long time. After he left, he no longer interfered in the affairs of the Prince's Guard, so Zhang Shen took over very smoothly.
Zhang Shenshang had just become the captain, and in such a turbulent situation, although on the surface the other guards obeyed him, the fact that something like this could happen proved that he did not have enough control over the guard team.
If he hadn't been poisoned too, he would have been a suspect as well.
"It is indeed your fault for failing in this matter. You will have to bear the punishment you deserve. But I will not remove you from your position for now. If you do it again, the punishment will be doubled," said Prince Arthur.
According to usual practice, even if Zhang Shenshang is not expelled from the Prince's Guard, he will be removed from his position as captain.
But after careful consideration, Prince Arthur decided to let him make amends for his crime, because among the current members of the guard, Zhang Shenshang was the one he trusted the most.
"Yes!" Zhang Shenshang agreed vigorously. Although he could not avoid being punished, he was willing to accept any punishment as long as Prince Arthur did not demote him.
After asking Zhang Shenshang to guard the door, Prince Arthur looked at Adjutant Chen and asked, "How is the investigation of the other guards going?"
"I have investigated the remaining eight guards, and none of them are suspicious," said Adjutant Chen.
Adjutant Chen also praised Prince Arthur for insisting on wanting Zhang Shenshang.
Zhang Shensang had been hanging out with Prince Arthur since he was a child, so he knew his family background best.
Before deciding to let Zhang Shenshang serve as the new captain of the Prince's Guard, Adjutant Chen had someone carefully screen him and his family, and only announced his appointment after confirming that there were no problems.
If Captain Zhang Shenshang is removed because of this incident, others are not as prestigious as him, and their backgrounds are not as clean as his family, so they are more likely to get into trouble.
"I haven't found any information yet." Prince Arthur asked.
"Before the Great Purge of the Second World, this guard had contact with Prince Yadi's people, but Prince Yadi's people also died in the Great Purge of the Second World. Without the first contact person, the subsequent investigation will take some time." Adjutant Chen said with a frown.
Their suspect was Prince Yali, but the available evidence pointed to Prince Yadi.
Prince Yadi had died in the Second World Purge, and the two suspects also died in the Second World Purge, and the investigation was in a dilemma.
"It is impossible for Prince Yadi to have the ability to do things so flawlessly. If it weren't for Miss Mai Dongzi's carefulness and ability, we don't know when we would have discovered this." Adjutant Chen said.
The worst thing is that according to the predictions of those who have been reborn, the third Great Purge will happen again in a dozen years, and no one knows what harm these toxins will do to the human body.
After the incident of King Guga, Prince Arthur was able to control the situation and make all departments obey him because King Guga had already delegated power to him.
If Prince Arthur ended the matter so abruptly, the Nerazzurri Empire would surely be in chaos. Prince Ali's prestige among the people of the Nerazzurri was not even one-tenth of Prince Arthur's, and he could not bear the responsibility at all.
So the more Adjutant Chen thought about this matter, the more scared he became. Little Lucy was their savior.
In the past, he thought that their highness had too "unique" tastes, not liking those big beauties, but instead liking a girl who had just come of age and was not in good health.
Looking back now, I realize how good their highness's vision is.
"There's one thing you may not know, and I didn't know it before either. My father told me not long before the incident that he suspected that the person Queen Du really wanted to cultivate was not Yadi but Yali, and that Yadi was the shield they pushed to the table." Prince Arthur said.
Although Adjutant Chen was surprised, he did not disbelieve it. The fact that King Guga could say such words to Prince Arthur meant that he was not only suspicious, but also had certain evidence, otherwise he would never say it. This was like asking the eldest son to be on guard against the third son.
"Prince Yali is indeed more evil than Prince Yadi, and the relationship between the two brothers is not good. They also fight fiercely in private. Every time the two brothers fight, Queen Du will definitely protect Prince Yadi. It is obvious that she is partial to Prince Yadi. I didn't expect that this was just a trick. In this way, Prince Yadi is really pitiful." Adjutant Chen said.
Adjutant Chen was Prince Arthur's most trusted deputy. In addition, he was the nephew of the former queen, so King Gouga did not take him seriously. Therefore, he often went to the backyard of the palace and was very clear about the relationship between the family members.
"After Queen Du and Yadi were imprisoned, their bodies fell into Yali's hands smoothly, which aroused my father's suspicion." Prince Arthur said.
In fact, Prince Arthur had this suspicion earlier than King Gouga, but he also had no evidence. And because of his identity, he couldn't be the first to say it if King Gouga didn't find out.
"So, on the surface it seems that this game was arranged by Prince Yadi, but in fact it was Prince Yali who was manipulating it behind the scenes." Adjutant Chen concluded.
Prince Arthur nodded and said, "Investigate carefully. Although Ali is the most suspicious, you should also be careful that someone else is doing this in Ali's name."
Originally, after Queen Du and Prince Yadi were brought down, everyone on Prince Arthur's side breathed a sigh of relief.
The mother and son who always relied on their status as queen to bring Prince Arthur down are gone. Those around Prince Arthur can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After King Guga passed away, although everyone was very sad, the people of Prince Arthur's faction were actually secretly happy in their hearts, because there was no doubt that Prince Arthur would ascend to the throne.
But they didn't expect that before they could be happy for a few days, another Prince Yari appeared. What was even more terrifying was that this prince's ability made Prince Arthur fall for it, and he slapped all of them hard.
Judging from this incident, Prince Ali is an opponent who is very deep and has great endurance.
You have to know that Prince Yali is only ten years old. Apart from anything else, his forbearance can show that he is very sinister.
Prince Yali is definitely more difficult to deal with than Prince Yadi, who has a bad temper and is not good at hiding things.