The Empror's Trap-Chapter 103: Ch : Arrest and Detainment

The command in Lina’s hand was not personally issued by Kenji. In fact, Kenji had no idea about this matter. The reason she could enter the Murong residence with a document bearing Kenji’s seal was that Kenji had previously given her and Siyue blank documents pre-stamped with his seal.

Once there was a need, they could simply fill in the content. This seemingly absurd action contained a great deal of trust in his sister and his guard. Siyue and Lina did indeed live up to this trust. Faced with the issue of the Murong residence, Siyue decisively chose to verify the matter with the Chancellor and General Balinos. After obtaining the Chancellor’s signature, she used Kenji’s blank document to fill in the content and then began a thorough investigation of the Murong residence.

Obviously, Linas Murong of the Murong residence was extremely angry about this thorough investigation.

"Do you have the Her Majesty’s authorization? Who ordered you to investigate!?" Watching the soldiers rummaging through his home, the Armory Director Linas stomped his feet and accused them. His home was being turned upside down by these soldiers, which affected his wife and children. Under such circumstances, he could no longer bear it.

"Her Majesty is currently on a visit to the Vishi Empire and cannot handle domestic affairs," Lina said, directing several soldiers to carefully search under the floorboards. "In that case, what crime should you be charged with for trespassing on private property and ransacking my home?!"

"Mr. Murong, you’d better think carefully before you speak," Lina replied with a smile. "Before Her Majesty left, she entrusted the Chancellor to manage the court affairs. What I have here is the Chancellor’s handwritten authorization, along with my master’s seal. Among the three highest officials, two have already agreed. You wouldn’t want to go against their wishes, would you?"

"You... Since that’s the case, I can’t argue with you, but you need to tell me what exactly you are looking for!?"

"According to the investigation by duke Anos’s residence, the Camelot Armory Director Linas Murong and his son Clasus Murong have been suspected of privately storing armor, illegally selling weapons, and communicating with foreign enemies. Hence, a thorough investigation is being conducted. I think I’ve made it quite clear, Armory Director."

After saying this, Lina no longer looked at the ashen face of the Armory Director and instead surveyed the deep and large courtyard of the Murong family. Based on her young lady’s judgment, it was highly likely that the Murong family was already colluding with external forces. However, what role the Murong family played in this part of the scheme was not clear to Siyue. She could only make sense of the general outline she understood and then send someone to deliver it to the Chancellor’s residence. As for what results the Chancellor could achieve with this information, that was not her concern.

Lina came here to carry out the order to thoroughly investigate the Murong residence. Although the Armory Director’s official rank was not yet at the level of the Nine Ministers, his importance was self-evident. He was in charge of the manufacturing, storage, and distribution of Camelot’s weapons and equipment. Almost all weapons and armor used on the battlefield in Camelot had to go through his hands. And now, it was discovered that he most likely had been privately storing armor. Once verified, he would most likely be sentenced to death.

The reason Siyue was so quick to thoroughly investigate this case was that she found through multiple screenings that a considerable amount of armor had been misappropriated from the Armory Director’s hands and was being diverted to the coastal Luhai city in the east. Luhai had the most prominent coastline of the empire and was an important city for defending against enemies coming from the sea. It was situated by the mountains and the sea, making it easy to defend and hard to attack. Of course, while Luhai was a stronghold against enemies, it was also one of the excellent port cities. Foreign ships entering Camelot would almost always choose this excellent harbor for docking and resupply. It was common to see foreigners there. And now, Luhai suddenly had a significant shortage of weapons and armor. Large quantities of weapons were being urgently allocated, yet her brother was unaware of this allocation. Given the importance of Luhai, Siyue immediately demanded a thorough investigation.

While Lina was dealing with Linas, she also supervised the soldiers’ search. These soldiers were not new to such tasks and were very familiar with the process. "You don’t have her majesty’s authorization; this is a rebellion! Her majesty hasn’t said anything, so who are you to..."

"Duke Anos has the Emperor’s seal and can temporarily act on behalf of the Emperor. I wonder if you have any objections, Mr. Murong? Are you saying that the Emperor’s jade seal is useless?"

Lina slightly raised the corner of her mouth and walked gracefully into Linas’s study. At that moment, several soldiers were rummaging through the room. Upon seeing Lina enter, they immediately stood up straight. "Did you find anything?"

"Report, nothing yet!"

Upon receiving the soldiers’ reply, Lina’s face showed no change. She walked over to Linas’s chair and sat down, looking around. Such a rude action made the Murong family’s servants almost want to take action, but seeing the fully armed soldiers, everyone chose to hold back. They had no choice but to endure it.

Lina looked up and thoughtfully surveyed the entire room. She did not know Mr. Murong’s usual habits, but she knew her master’s habits. He would not keep important documents in the bedroom or living room, nor would he specifically find a warehouse to store them. Instead, he would make a hidden compartment in the study. She did not know if Linas had any similarities with her master, but it was certain that important things would be kept in the study. Lina stood up, glanced at the Armory Director, and then took a soldier’s spear beside her to poke the ceiling of the study. With her magical detection, she clearly felt that Linas’s heartbeat had quickened. "Tear open the ceiling," she ordered.

Linas watched helplessly as the soldiers set up a ladder and removed the ceiling. A small cabinet appeared in the gap between the ceiling and the roof. Lina looked at his now pale face. She no longer needed to give an order; her soldiers had already pried open the cabinet, and several pieces of paper appeared inside.

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"Ma’am, we found these."

The soldiers carefully took out the papers and placed them in front of Lina. Lina stared at the words on the paper:

"Suburb, tree 17, left, Li family’s large tomb. 105. North camp, tree 51, right, old ice kiln. 400."

Lina stared at the words on the paper, then sneered and tucked it into her pocket. She did not understand it. However, it did not matter if she did not understand. She could leave these matters to her young miss to handle. Siyue would definitely make sense of it. Her master had said that this was her specialty. "Take Mr. Murong to the jail for a few days. I’m afraid this matter won’t be resolved anytime soon."

At her command, despite the angry shouts from the Murong family, Linas and his family were all arrested. He shouted countless times, but he never saw the Emperor’s edict. The one who arrested him was merely a guard of Duke Anos standing before him.