She was in the midst of a national coup.
If Karasumaying had only a little doubt about this two days ago, she was completely certain of one thing during the investigation of Barry's murder today.
Moreover, this carefully planned coup had already begun before the detectives came to this kingdom. It can even be said that the royal commission invitations themselves were the product of this premeditated coup.
This country can be roughly divided into two factions, namely the king's faction and the king's brother's faction.
The beginning of this coup came from the mysteriously stolen blue gem.
According to Barry, the theft of the blue sapphire was related to Princess Freya, so Karasumaying was not entirely sure whether it was a real accident or a trap set by the king's brother Preben.
But in short, the disappearance of the blue sapphire did give Wang Di's faction an excellent opportunity to take action.
Preburn, the supervisor of the country, naturally blamed the theft of this royal treasure on the head of the guard commander Biluen who was responsible for the security of the palace.
While he tried his best to incite and maximize the negative impact of this incident, he continued to put pressure on Biluen, and even issued a fatal order to Biluen that the blue sapphire must be recovered within a month.
The purpose of Preben's doing this is simple. Biluen is King Heningu's man.
As the top officer of the Guard, Biluen was originally a chess piece sent by Heninggu in the name of "assistant" to monitor and balance Preben.
The Kingdom of Andrew has three armed forces, namely the Guard, the Kingdom Police and the National Defense Force.
Among them, the Royal Police and the National Defense Force are not allowed to approach the palace at will without royal orders. Only their highest officers have the authority to enter and exit the palace.
As for the last guard, their existence itself is to serve the royal family. Guarding the palace is their duty, so they are the only armed force that can be permanently stationed in the palace.
If Preburn wants to launch a coup, he must find a way to get rid of Biluen, the highest commander of the Guard, otherwise no matter what he does, it will be in vain.
Biluen obviously knew this. After noticing Preburn's intentions, he had no intention of sitting still and waiting for death.
Under Preburn's pressure, Biluen directly sent out a large number of invitations to the detective community throughout Europe in the name of the royal family, gathered these invited detectives to the palace, and commissioned them with generous rewards. They found the blue sapphire for the royal family.
This move of Birun completely angered Preburn, causing him to abandon conventional political methods and instead choose to use a simpler and faster assassination method to get rid of Birun.
So on the day when the detectives gathered in the palace annex, Biluen was killed.
Gunnar, the former guard captain who murdered him, must have secretly defected to Preburn's Wangdi faction.
In Preburn's own plan, Biluen's death would be blamed on the unlucky escaped convict in the dungeon, and Gunnar, who murdered Biluen, would be quickly promoted after the incident and become the new commander of the guard.
As for Barry, Karasumaying speculated that he should have a cooperative relationship with Preburn, but judging from his subsequent actions, Barry was not a real member of the Wangdi faction.
The plan to completely eradicate Biluen was finalized, but what no one expected was that Mary had a hand in this plan. She quickly detected the case at an extremely fast speed and dug out Gunnar, the real murderer. Completely disrupting Preben and others' plans.
Therefore, in order to prevent everyone from continuing to pursue the case, Gunnar decisively chose to commit suicide after his identity was exposed.
After this incident, Preburn did not make any dangerous move towards Mary who disrupted his plan, but instead tried to extend an olive branch to her.
The reason why he did this was because of many concerns.
A foreign detective who was invited here had just solved a major murder case of an important minister of the kingdom, and ended up dying in the palace for no apparent reason. Anyone with a sound mind would be able to guess the reason behind this. Some.
If word spreads, it will bring bad reputation to the royal family.
What's even more troublesome is that if the detectives accidentally make a big fuss, they might even bring the British government here, and things will be in complete trouble. After all, the British are known to the world as a troublemaker.
In short, although Preben's purpose was not completely achieved in this plan, at least the most important Biluen was dead.
Mary, who solved the case, was rewarded, the post of guard commander was temporarily put on hold, and Gunnar's captaincy was taken over by Hans.
Here, Karasumaying had reason to suspect that the newly promoted Captain Hans was probably someone who had defected to Preburn.
After solving the thorny problem of the Guard to a certain extent, Preburn couldn't wait to start his next plan.
It's called planning, but it's actually very simple.
Because King Heningu, the holy king of the Kingdom of Andrew, has a very fatal weakness, which is the tragedy in the border village ten years ago.
There are still many survivors of that tragedy, and one of them even became the top commander of the kingdom's police, Barley.
Barry has been working hard to reveal the truth about the tragedy and save his relatives and friends in the village who are still imprisoned in the dungeon.
But for some unknown reason, even though he now knew all the truth, he did not choose to announce the truth himself, but chose to cooperate with Preburn.
The cooperation model between the two people may be that Barley will provide convenience for Preburn's coup. In exchange, Preburn will help Barley expose the tragedy of the Border Village that year and release the survivors in the dungeon.
There is no doubt that Barry is a person who attaches great importance to commitments. In order to help Preburn and to find out the truth, he chose the most direct method.
He committed suicide in the king's chamber. Regardless of whether his method of framing the king was successful or not, for Heningu, his move was the most fatal attack.
If the method of framing the blame is successful, Heningu becomes the murderer of Barry. Prince Preben will use the border village tragedy as an excuse to launch a coup with "just cause" while Princess Freya is away in Japan. Ning Gu, directly inherited the throne.
By the time Freya received the news and hurriedly returned from Japan, everything was a foregone conclusion.
If it fails, it will also raise another important doubt. As an important minister of the kingdom, what is the reason for Bali to commit suicide to blame his king?
As for Barry's motive, Preburn will definitely dig it out no matter who blocks it.
Because only in this way can he use public opinion to build momentum, legitimately depose Heningu, legitimately squeeze out Princess Freya, and sit on the throne himself.
Preburn could actually choose to reveal the matter himself, but the reason why he didn't do so may be because he wanted to be "cleaner."
After all, it happened ten years ago. He himself was also an insider of the border village massacre. He had never said anything before, but now he suddenly said it. Anyone with a discerning eye knew what he wanted to do.
So he needs Barry's help. Only when the survivor of the border village dies unexpectedly and the original incident is accidentally revealed can he have better room to operate.
Only in this way can he be shaped into a people-loving brother who has always been dissatisfied with the original tragedy and wanted to speak out for the people, but was forced by Heningu's power and could only endure it secretly and wait for an opportunity.
As for Karasuma Ying, she doesn’t care about the country’s internal struggles.
From that special cell to what Barry said to her yesterday, Karasumaying didn't know why Barry chose her, but since the one-eyed old man trusted her so much, she didn't want to betray this trust.
She is really not good at dealing with this kind of people...
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(End of chapter)
