On July 7, 1793, William and Vivien had dinner at a roadside diner, and it was definitely a meaningful day for William.
At this moment, the small restaurant has been chartered, although before William and Vivien stepped into this small restaurant, there were still many diners in this small restaurant with a rather romantic and warm decoration, but after Vivian took a fancy to this restaurant and prepared to eat, the rest of the people who dined here naturally wanted to move their places for William and the others, which was the embodiment of power at this moment.
The owner of the small restaurant was terrified to present the restaurant's signature dishes to the two distinguished guests.
This restaurant is quite famous in Cologne, otherwise Vivien would not have heard of the name of this restaurant, but more importantly it is a couple's restaurant, and the food is served on a plate.
This innovation is undoubtedly sought after by a considerable number of young couples, and this small restaurant has become the first choice for couples in Cologne, of course, because although the power of the church has been greatly weakened, but as a bishopric territory, the religious atmosphere in Cologne is still quite strong.
So there aren't a lot of young people who can openly dine at this restaurant.
A large plate that was obviously out of proportion to the table was served, and the food on the plate was not very luxurious, but the shape of the food was very delicate, and there were even a few petals on the corners of the plate. ........................
After dinner, William sent Vivien to the side of the street at the entrance to the Emperor's palace in Cologne.
Then, at Vivian's request, William walked by Vivian's side, enjoying the fragrance of the girl next to her and the smell of love in the air.
The soldiers and maids who followed behind the two did not follow without opening their eyes.
Therefore, when they were about to reach the gate of the palace, only two people were strolling through the streets.
Suddenly, at this moment, only a loud sound of wheels was heard towards the gate of the palace, and Wilhelm looked back to see a carriage pulled by four horses storming the checkpoint composed of Prussian soldiers.
"Stop!"
Despite the loud shouting of the Prussian soldiers, the owner of the carriage apparently ignored the orders of the Prussian soldiers, and saw that he continued to rush towards the gate of the Emperor's palace without the slightest intention of slowing down.
William was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't care about what to say to Vivien, and hurriedly grabbed Vivian's hand and ran towards the gate of the palace.
At this moment, the two of them were still about a hundred meters away from the gate of the palace.
If William runs alone, then the distance of more than 100 meters does not take much time for William, but the key is that William is holding Vivian by the hand, how can he leave Vivian behind and escape alone.
The reason why William behaved like this was not because William was timid, but because when William was stunned, he heard the gunshots.
But apparently none of the shots stopped the carriage, and William felt bad.
After the carriage had broken through the Prussian soldiers' blockade, four or five rifles suddenly protruded from the window of the carriage, and the muzzles of these rifles were all aimed at Wilhelm.
The Cologne guards guarding the gate of the palace, who had already sensed that something was wrong, were also running towards William and the others, but just as these guards were about to arrive at William's side, they saw the carriage quickly pull into William's distance.
In the blink of an eye, when the carriage had reached a parallel position with William, only the sound of gunfire was heard from the carriage.
The weapon that had been aimed at William had been fired at this time.
"Bang, bang, bang!!"
The carriage did not slow down because the occupants fired at it, on the contrary, it maintained a high speed of progress, even when it was next to William.
And after the gunshots, they fled to the other side of the street.
William was shot, and two bullets hit William.
In an instant, blood poured out of William's chest, and William, who maintained his running posture, also fell to the ground!
Seeing William's fallen figure, the entire emperor's palace gate suddenly became a mess, and Horn, who had been not far away, suddenly contracted several times after seeing William's fallen figure.
Not only did William fall to the ground, but Vivien was not spared, the beautiful princess was hit in the back, and after William fell, Vivien also fell to William's side.
Later that day, the whole of Cologne was woken up from their sleep, only to see groups of Prussian troops appear in the streets of Cologne, and the area around the emperor's palace has become the main area of martial law for the Prussian army, the streets have been cleared by the Prussians, and all those families with carriages at home have been broken into the doors of the Prussian army, and those who are still roaming the streets so late have been arrested by these red-eyed soldiers and put in prison in the city of Cologne.
Originally, Maximilian wanted to protest against such radical actions of the Prussians, but Horne said coldly to him: "His Majesty was assassinated in the city of Cologne!
It is necessary to suspect that certain people in the city of Cologne were the same as those who carried out the assassination of His Majesty the King of our country!
” Looking at Horn's cold expression, Maximilian understood that it was obviously impossible for the Prussians to give in on this issue, and although William's assassination today instead of tomorrow was beyond Maximilian's expectations, Maximilian must have a ghost in his heart, and he was afraid that it would be bad if he was caught by the Prussians if he showed his flaws, so he did not continue to stop the Prussians' actions.
One might ask why the Prussians, fearing that Prussia would find clues, let the Prussians go all over the city.
You must know that sometimes the more you stop it, the more suspicious it will be, and if Maximilian resolutely prevents the Prussians from acting, then I am afraid that the object of Prussian suspicion will immediately become Maximilian.
William was housed in a palace in the middle of the palace, and Vivien was placed in the room next to William.
William's situation at the moment is not optimistic.
Two bullets hit William, one in the waist and the other in the chest.
Being able to shoot so accurately in a high-speed carriage, it is clear that these people are good hands.
Horn and Carlo stayed with William all night, but despite the doctor's efforts to stop the bleeding from William's wound and give him some medicine, William was still unable to wake up.
"Carlo, do you think we need to report the situation here to Brandenburg?"
To be honest, apart from such a big thing, Horn really has no bottom in his heart, as the head of the royal family.
Horn was the last line of defense guarding William's side, but now William was assassinated, which means that Horn has not fulfilled the responsibility that should have been borne by himself!
If this news had been reported back to Brandenburg, it is conceivable that Hoender would have suffered all the wrath of the entire Hohenzollern royal family and the Prussian government!
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Carlo, who was standing next to Horn, also had a tangled face, because William and Vivien were dating, so Carlo was not by William's side.
After all, no man will bring his brother-in-law with him when he is dating another woman.
Even if this brother-in-law's sister is just his mistress.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Carlo is also very knowledgeable these days and does not follow behind William, but now looking at William lying on the bed, Carlo feels as if all the strength in his body has been drained.
The medical officer had already diagnosed that if William's gunshot wound was so severe that the bullet would have almost hit his heart.
Whether William can live now can only depend on God's will, and because of the limitations of the times, the mortality rate of such serious injuries has even reached ninety percent.
Thinking that William would die, a cold sweat broke out on Carlo's body, and this cold sweat was not only for William but also for Carlo's own family.
Back last night when I was in front of William.
Carlo had already thought about what if William really died.
Then for the Hans family, it is no less than a bolt from the blue!
If William died, then the boy that Anna had born to William would surely become king of Prussia, there was no doubt at all, and William's brother Ludwig could not threaten the position of that child at all.
If you think about it, you can understand that the people who are now in charge of Prussia obviously do not want the Prussian crown to fall on Ludwig's head, after all, Wilhelm already has a successor, even if this successor is still young, but for those politicians this is not what they want to see the most.
If Wilhelm's children are allowed to ascend the throne, then their power can reach its peak at least a dozen years before the child is personally conquered, and if Ludwig is made king, then it is clear that the adult king is not so easy to be manipulated.
And if that child becomes the king of Prussia, Anna, who is a mother and a son, is bound to gain great power, and it is not impossible to even become the regent queen mother of Prussia, after all, in Europe, the temporary regent of the mother before the monarch is a minor has become an iron law.
It is foreseeable that once Anna achieves a high position, then Karina, Du Li and others, who are currently in the position of Anna's rivals, and their families will inevitably become the targets of Anna's killers.
Although Hans and Locks were well established in the Prussian intelligence and government departments, don't forget that the Prussian army was loyal only to the Hohenzollern royal family!
Even Hans and Locks could not have put their hands into the Prussian army.
"Your Excellency Hound, I think it is better not to inform the Brandenburg authorities for the time being, otherwise, if it causes the consternation of the people and the panic of the army, it will be a disaster for the whole of Prussia!
Don't forget that our country is still at war!
” The reason why Hornard asked Carlo if he would send the news back to Brandenburg is actually very simple, although Carlo is currently out of the Prussian intelligence service, and after arriving in Cologne, Carlo was personally appointed by William as the commander of the first regiment of the royal guard.
In terms of position, Carlo is Horn's subordinate, and Horn, as a superior, does not need to ask Horn, he only needs to make up his own mind.
After all, Hound was currently the top leader of the Prussian army in Cologne, except for William.
As William divided the royal intelligence into the national intelligence agency, the royal intelligence organization in Hornard's hands only monitored Prussia.
As for the intelligence tasks outside Prussia, all the tasks were entrusted to the Prussian intelligence department under Hans.
In recent years, the Ministry of Intelligence, which has received considerable attention from William, has set up intelligence subdivisions in more than ninety cities throughout Europe, although William did not say it to Horn, but it is obvious that there must be a branch of the Ministry of Intelligence in Cologne, and in this way Carlo is quite important.
If information was to be sent back to Brandenburg that William had been seriously wounded, then it was obvious that the quickest way was to use the channels of the branch of the Prussian Ministry of Intelligence in the city to send a message to Brandenburg, and if not to Brandenburg, then Hond would have to get Carlo's approval, otherwise it would be useless for Hound to agree.
After all, if Carlo wanted to send the news back to Brandenburg, he could have done so through the channels of the Ministry of Intelligence without Horn's consent.
Hearing Carlo's words, Horn's heart breathed a sigh of relief, Horn really didn't want to send the news back to Brandenburg, because once Brandenburg learned that William was seriously injured and unconscious, then the first unlucky person would definitely be him Hornder.
It would be if William could wake up, if William had been unconscious or even if he had returned to the sky.
Then he, Hornard, is definitely the one to be dealt with severely!
So Horn hopes that it can drag on for two days, if William can wake up in these two days, then God bless him Horn and Prussia, if William does not wake up, then he Horn has to accept his fate!
But before that, Horn has a very important task.
That is to catch the real murderer of William and the mastermind behind it, thinking that it is this damn assassination that may even change his fate, Horn becomes gritted his teeth, he wants to break the murderer into pieces!
Looking at the hideous expression on Horn's face, Carlo was actually quite sympathetic to Hornde.
If William is really unlucky.
Then Hound is definitely the first person responsible, and the whole of Prussia will definitely not let Hound go.
Not only Hound himself, but even his family will be the object of Prussian wrath!
"Carlo, I need you to communicate with the intelligence agencies in Cologne, and I need them to help me find the murderer of His Majesty!"
After a night of searching, the Prussians found no clues other than the unidentified carriage, which made Hound anxious and had to ask Carlo for help.
The power of the royal family depended on the king behind him, and now that William was unconscious, Horn had to turn to the son of the head of Prussian intelligence.
"Your Excellency Horn, I have made contact with the intelligence officers in the city, and I also ask them to do their best to find the murderer, please rest assured!"
Hearing Carlo's answer, Horn nodded with satisfaction and then added: "In that case, then I'll hand it over to you first, and I'll take someone to conduct a careful search!"
Without waiting for Carlo's answer, Horn hurried out.
On July 8, 1794, the whole of Cologne was not peaceful, the whole Cologne was already under martial law, and countless Prussian soldiers patrolled the streets of Cologne, large and small, but those who were suspicious were all arrested by the Prussian army and escorted to the prison for torture.
Thousands of Prussian soldiers went from house to house along the streets of Cologne to check the household registration information provided by the Cologne government, and those who did not have a Cologne household registration were treated in the same way as those with suspicious whereabouts and were arrested and put in prison.
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In addition, the gates of Cologne are not allowed to enter or exit, and in fact this order has been given by Hound since last night.
And Maximilian didn't know what the purpose was, but he also sent all his forces to assist the Prussians in searching for the suspect, and all the exits from Cologne were blocked, and all the people guarding the exits were Prussians.
Freed, Count of Schwarzburg, stood at the window and looked at the Prussian soldiers walking through the streets, his face full of smiles "Palaud, you really didn't disappoint me!
This time the arrangement is good, to be able to plan such an assassination in such a short period of time, your ability really makes me feel very trusted!
By the way, Palaud, have those people been disposed of?
” After standing at the window for a while, Freed gracefully walked over to the edge of the sofa and sat down, and then asked Palaud.
Hearing Fred's question, Palaud hurriedly said; "Your Highness, I have already disposed of those people, according to your orders, all these people have been thrown into a hidden ditch, I think even if the Prussians find the bodies of these people, there will be no clue!"
As the No. 1 Eagle Dog under Fred, it is not the first time that Palaud has done this kind of thing, and he is familiar with it, but in his heart, he still feels a little pity for the elites of the Schwarzburg army.
In order to accomplish this task, Palaud personally selected six people from the Schwarzburg army outside Cologne, and these six people can be said to be the elite of the army, each of whom is an excellent soldier and sharpshooter.