I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 251 The boomerang of the meeting of dignitaries

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The butler of Duke Dulfo's manor looked at Scarface with an arrogant expression, "Your Excellency, the Duke never knows anything about food reserves!

"This is the Duke's territory. You'd better leave quickly before the army comes and arrests you all!"

The police intelligence agent on the side immediately turned to the people and shouted:

"Did everyone hear this? They are guilty of thieves and are threatening to send the army to arrest us!"

More than a thousand demonstrators suddenly burst into roars:

"This noble's lackey, beat him!"

"Don't talk nonsense to him, go in and get our food!"

"Everyone rush in!"

The housekeeper was startled by the momentum. He only had ten guns here. If the rioters surged up, it would be impossible for the manor's guards to stop them.

He hid his slightly trembling hands behind his back and shouted in a sullen voice:

"You dare to threaten the nobles. This is a serious crime!"

A gang member mixed in the crowd hit the housekeeper with a clod of soil:

"Those who steal food are criminals!"

The others were prompted, and all kinds of stones and garbage immediately flew over, almost drowning the few guards at the door of the housekeeper's manor.

The housekeeper retreated to the gate and said to the guards in fear:

"Pick up your guns. If anyone takes one step forward, shoot them to death!"

The police intelligence agent in charge of the Nice area signaled people to stop attacking and looked at the housekeeper with a pleasant look:

"Look, everyone says that the Duke transported the grain reserves. If you can let us enter the manor to check, maybe we can prove the Duke's innocence."

Scarface and his younger brothers also shouted:

"Yes! Enter the manor to check!"

"Prove your innocence!"

According to the "boss" regulations, as long as you enter the manor, you will receive a bonus of 20 livres.

The housekeeper saw that the rioters were eager to climb over the wall. He hesitated for a moment and finally nodded helplessly:

"You can take a look if you want. I told you there are no food reserves here. But only three people can come here at most."

Scarface immediately said loudly:

"No! It's impossible for three people to investigate such a large manor. It would take at least twenty people!"

"Yes, only three people will be bribed!"

"It takes thirty people. I'm going to check it out!"

Finally, under the threat of everyone, the manor's butler entered the manor with 20 people including Scarface and police intelligence agents.

The police intelligence agent first pretended to look in several cellars, and quickly identified a stove for burning garbage, and motioned to Scarface with his eyes.

The latter immediately ran to the stove according to the "script", picked up a rag from the grass behind, and shouted:

"Isn't this a grain bag from the grain reserve?"

The people who entered the manor immediately gathered around. When they saw the half-burned cloth bag, they could no longer hold back:

"It's them who stole the food reserves!"

"This is the proof!"

"These damn guys still say no!"

Under the astonished gaze of the butler, Scarface ran back to the entrance of the manor and threw the "evidence" to the demonstrators:

"Look what we found?!"

Of course, this thing was left in the manor last night by a police intelligence agent. There are two other similar "evidences".

Scarface waved vigorously to the crowd:

"What are you waiting for? Get our food back!"

His younger brother immediately stepped forward to overwhelm the guards with familiarity - this trick was taught to them by the spies of the Duke of Orleans.

The angry demonstrators suddenly burst into the manor with their eyes bloodshot and screaming.

Everyone in the manor was trembling with fear, hiding in corners and not daring to stop him.

Scarface led everyone to a cellar, opened the door several times, and signaled inside:

"Our food is right here!"

Similar situations played out across the estate. The thousands of people quickly dug out tens of thousands of bushels of grain from the manor's cellars or warehouses, and naturally believed that these were stolen grain reserves.

Later, someone else found other evidence, such as half-torn grain storage receipts, which further confirmed Duke Dulfo's behavior of stealing grain.

The old man looked at the mountains of grain in front of him, covered his face, and cried out:

"If we had this food, my wife wouldn't have died of hunger..."

The others were immediately reminded of their painful memories, and cursed Duke Dulfo loudly.

Scarface continued his mission and pointed to the luxurious villa in the middle of the manor:

"The things there were all bought with money from selling the grain reserves, and we have the right to take them!"

Someone immediately echoed loudly:

"Yes! My sister should be compensated for her death!"

"And my father!"

"And my twin boys!"

The overwhelming crowd rushed into the villa and swept away all valuable and worthless things almost instantly. In the end, even the doors, windows and roof were torn down. Take what you can and smash what you can't.

It was not until near dusk that the revengeful people left the manor one after another.

Although the army stationed in Nice received more than a dozen groups of people sent by the manor for help, they never dispatched a single soldier. All their battalion commanders and above were at the Palace of Versailles to meet with the king and had not yet returned. No junior officer dared to mobilize hundreds of soldiers at will. What's more, the people in the army also heard about Duke Dulfo stealing the grain reserves. Many of them had relatives who had died in the previous famine. If it weren't for military discipline, they would even want to follow them to destroy the manor.

The next day, the angry crowd came to Duke Dulfo's manor again and heard a man with a scar on his face shouting:

"Duke Dulfo also has a villa in Villefa Town, we can't just let him go!"

People immediately responded with roars:

"That's right! Go to Wilfa Town!"

"Avenge our loved ones!"

"This devil must pay!"

More demonstrators than yesterday rushed to the town of Welefa...

Hate-fueled riots have swept across western and southern France, with situations similar to those in Nice seen everywhere.

In Montauban, the three villas of the Duke of Mouchy were burned to ashes by angry citizens...

In Auch, after people smashed up the villa of the Duke of Brissac, they shaved all the men and women there to vent their anger...

The worst thing was that some nobles, such as Count Dimonceau and Duke Noyers, who happened to return to their hometowns in the south to escape the cold, were directly caught by the mob and beaten to death at home. Some people were even killed by the angry crowd...

The nobles in these dignitary meetings probably never thought that the starving people they created through their elaborate conspiracy would one day turn into "monsters" and come back to devour them all!

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Northern Brittany.

Amor.

Fouche's eyes were full of excitement and madness. He stared at the bare tree trunks outside the car window and kept muttering in a low voice:

"Don't run away...Yes, you are right here, waiting for me..."

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a small house in the northern suburbs of Amor.

The police intelligence officer responsible for greeting him came forward and opened the car door diligently, and heard Fouche's impatient voice:

"Is he still there?"

The official hurriedly moved forward and lowered his voice:

"Yes, sir. The Duke of Orleans has been at that manor in recent days..."