You dare to forgive him for saying that I owe him a debt of loyalty.
Speak, sir, speak boldly, said the king. It seems that you have told us the bad news alone. What remedy have you helped us find now?
Beauvillefort said that the traitor was hated in the south, and if he wanted to take risks there, it would be easy for us to mobilize the people in Languedoc and Provence to rise up against him.
Of course, said the minister. It’s just along Gapsie stron.
He is advancing Louis X. So he is advancing to Paris?
When the police minister stopped talking, this suspicion was a kind of acquiescence.
What about Toffee province, sir? The king asked Villefort. Do you think we might do the same as in Provence province?
I’m sorry to have to tell you a harsh fact. The people in Tuofei are far from Provence or languedoc. Those mountain people are all Napoleonic.
So Louis X muttered that his information was accurate. How many people did he bring?
I don’t know. The minister of police said
What, you don’t know that you didn’t inquire about this news? Yeah, it’s nothing, he said with a wry smile
There is no way to know that the express has arrived and the thief has taken the route.
How did you get this express?
The minister bowed his head and blushed. He murmured that the express was sent by the delivery relay.
Louis X took a step forward and folded his arms like Napoleon. Oh, so the Seven-Power Allied Forces overthrew that man. After twenty-five years of death, I was miraculously sent to my father’s throne. During these twenty-five years, I studied, explored and analyzed the people’s things in my country. Now, when my Ministry’s wish was about to come true, my hand exploded and I was blown to pieces.
This is a doom. The minister said lightly that he felt that such a pressure, no matter how insignificant, could crush a person.
Then our enemies attacked us and said nothing wrong. Nothing will be forgotten. I am also abandoned by the country like him. That’s a comfort to me. Since everyone recommended me to respect them, everyone should love me more than themselves. It’s because of my honor or disgrace, that is, before I succeed to the throne, they will be one after I abdicate. I will die because of their ignorance. Oh, yes, sir, you are right. This is doom.
In all this cynicism, the minister has been bowing and afraid to look up. Duke Blakester kept wiping his head and sweating. Villefort was secretly pleased because he felt that he was becoming more and more important.
Louis, the king of national subjugation, also said that he knew the news of national subjugation from the express only after he saw that the king was going to die in rolling in the deep. Oh, I would rather step on the guillotine of my brother Louis XVI than be driven away from the stairs of Tuileries in such an ugly way. What do you know about his strength in France? This is what you should know.
The minister mumbled "yes"
Come here, M. de Villefort, the king said to the young man again, holding his breath and listening to a talk about the fate of a king to tell the minister that he doesn’t know everything, but others can know it in advance
The man covered the eyes and ears of heaven and man with one hand, and no one could know the plan in advance
France knows what a great word it is. Unfortunately, I already know it. God is a great word, sir. A minister has a huge machine in his hand. The police spy on the secret activities of 1.5 million francs. It is said that the situation is 100 miles away from France. Do you know the truth? Then look at this. A gentleman here doesn’t have these conditions. He is a judge, but he knows more than you. If he directs the express agency like you, he could have helped me keep this crown.
The police minister’s eyes turned to Villefort, and he bowed his head with hatred and humility with victory.
I’m not talking about you, Bob lacasse, Louis X continued, because you haven’t found anything, but at least you have reached Zeng Jian. You suspect that if you change people, you will think that M. Villefort’s discovery is important or that he just wants to be rewarded for greed.
These words were directed at the minister of police, who made that remark with great confidence an hour ago. Villefort was very white. The king’s intention in his speech might have been intoxicated by this praise, but he was afraid that he would become the sworn enemy of the minister of police. He saw that the minister’s failure was irreversible.
It is also true that this minister could not expose Napoleon’s secret when he was in power, but he might expose his secret when he was dying. Because he wanted to ask Dantè s, everything was in vain, and Villefort had to help him instead.
Villefort said that the situation was changing rapidly enough to set off a storm for the emperor to stop it. I wish the minister a foresight. I was purely accidental. I just seized this accidental opportunity like a loyal servant. Don’t flatter me, otherwise I’m afraid I will have another chance to attach your kindness in the future.
The police minister cast a grateful glance at the young man, Villefort. His plan has been successful, that is to say, he has neither damaged the king’s passion nor made a new friend, and he may be relied on if necessary.
That’s all right, the king added. Gentlemen, he turned to the Duke of lacasse and said, I have nothing to talk about with you. You can retire. The rest must be done by the War Department.
Fortunately, Bob lacasse said that we could be trusted, and the reports confirmed that they were loyal.
Sir, stop reporting to me. I know how much I can trust them now, but speaking of reporting to Baron’s Court, do you know the news of St. Jacques’ incident?
Villefort couldn’t help exclaiming at the St. Jacques Street incident, and then quickly changed his tone and said, you trust me. I am loyal to you. I forgot not my respect for you, but my manners for a moment.
Make yourself at home, sir, replied the king. You have a question today.
The minister of police replied, I just came to report the latest news in this field. It happened that my attention was focused on that terrible event, and now I’m afraid I won’t be interested anymore.