Chapter 91 Unable to Prove

Joseph calculated the time and found that there was only one month left before the tax bill was registered. To bring down the president of the High Court in such a short time, he had to use some unconventional means.

When he mentioned "unconventional means", he immediately thought of the police department, so he signaled to Emman: "Please send someone to invite Fouché..."

He suddenly remembered that he had to go to the police academy to attend a tactical command class today: "No, prepare the car, I will go there myself."

Three carriages drove out of the Palace of Versailles one after another and entered the city of Paris a few hours later.

As soon as the car crossed the Seine, Joseph saw from a distance that a large wooden sign more than two people high was erected at the east end of the bridge, with a huge oil painting on it.

In the painting, a graceful lady in a gorgeous dress was holding a small glass bottle, sitting in a warm and elegant home, with a happy and satisfied expression on her face.

At the top of the painting was a row of huge words-No gifts this Christmas, only Guifule!

There was also a row of small words below-Guifule health liquid Christmas sale, free exquisite gift boxes.

The car drove a little further, and two young men dressed in fancy clothes on the roadside waved flyers and shouted loudly: "Buy Paris Angel cosmetics, and get a 20% discount coupon for Guifu Le health liquid for more than 50 livres."

Joseph nodded secretly in his heart. Manager Brent really deserved his salary. Although the marketing idea was given by himself, as a man in the 18th century, he could understand it so thoroughly and put it into practice. He is definitely a genius in business.

You can consider giving him more bonuses.

Not long after, the carriage drove into the police intelligence department.

Joseph went straight into the office and said to Fouché: "What can we use to catch Vezinier?"

The intelligence chief had obviously memorized it by heart, and said without thinking: "In his first year as a judge in Paris, he accepted bribes to award the inheritance of the Antoine brothers to their uncle.

"The following year, in a case of a noble carriage hitting someone, the person who was hit was sentenced to deliberately startle the horse and only compensated 50 livres. He should have received money.

"In the same year, in the Camille burglary murder case, the evidence against the murderer disappeared from the court evidence room, and the murderer was acquitted. It is said that the murderer's uncle gave the judge 8,000 livres.

"Two years later, in the Saddle Street murder case, the murderer's noble bribed..."

He talked for a long time, and Joseph frowned. Since becoming a judge, this Vesinier has almost always been accepting bribes and making false cases, and he has never stopped.

Joseph interrupted Fouche and said, "So, I can send someone to arrest him now?"

"This..." Fouche shook his head, "I'm afraid not."

"Why? What he did is enough to be hanged ten times!"

Fouche said embarrassedly: "These cases have some sporadic records at most, or simply Mr. Marat told me, and no conclusive evidence has been found yet. "

Joseph couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, but he was relieved immediately - Vesinier himself was a legal expert, and he would definitely be very careful to destroy the evidence.

He stretched out his hand to Fouché and said, "Give me the information of this guy and see if there is anything I can use."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Soon, a pile of documents nearly half a meter thick was placed on the table in front of Joseph. It was obvious that the police intelligence department had been working very hard recently.

Joseph picked up the top document and opened it, which recorded Vesinier's basic information:

"Henri François Migne de Vesinier, 56 years old, height 5 feet, weight...

"At the age of 33, he inherited the position of his father, who was a judge in Grenoble, and was elected as a local judge."

The judges nowadays are so magical that they can perfectly combine the hereditary system with the electoral system to elect positions inherited from their fathers.

"Transferred to the Paris High Court six years later. At the age of 51, he was elected as the president of the High Court...

"Personal property...

"Interests...

"Favorite food...

"Places often visited..."

Almost everything was listed in detail. It can be said that neither Vesinier's parents nor his wife knew him so well.

Joseph picked up the next document, which was the social relationship of the president of the court:

"Political allies: Duke of Aiguillon, Count Sérurier...

"Political opponents...

"Close friends: Dassière, judge of the Paris High Court, 49 years old...

"Varreyer, assistant to the municipal commissioner of Caen, 51 years old...

"...

"Ordinary friends...

"Enemy..."

The next document was the situation of Vesinier's home, including the layout of his house, detailed information on the coachman, gardener, cook, maid, etc.

What surprised Joseph most was that this document also specifically noted that Vesinier's two living room maids had been "taken care of" by the young man sent by Fouché.

Now the two girls are completely obedient to their handsome, romantic and rich boyfriends. Even how many times Vesinier yawns every day can be found out from them.

Joseph smiled bitterly, Fouché is simply a little crazy, he would not hesitate to torture the girls to get some information...

He put down the documents in his hand, picked up a pile of letter paper, and found that these were all private letters from Vesinier in recent years.

Fouché took credit and said: "Your Highness, half of these were provided by the Black Room, and the rest were directly copied in Vesinier's study."

The "black room" he mentioned is the postal spy of the secret police, responsible for "checking" various letters, and is the most efficient department in the secret police. However, the black room is still no match for Fouche's "maid" tactics. The letters in the study should have been obtained by them.

Joseph asked: "Is there any usable evidence in these letters?"

Fouche shook his head: "All that can be used to incriminate him should have been destroyed."

Joseph reluctantly turned to the last document, which is also the one with the most content, recording all the case information handled by Vezinier.

Fouche said again: "Your Highness, these are all "taken" directly from the files of the High Court, absolutely reliable."

Joseph nodded and began to read.

The first one is a property division case, and the trial is nearing its end.

The second one is a murder case, which was only started more than ten days ago.

The case is probably about a small noble named Runache, who suddenly became lustful and kidnapped a 15-year-old civilian girl into his own oil painting shop and raped her.

During this period, the girl's 9-year-old brother followed the traces and came to the door and shouted for help.

In desperation, Runacher dragged the boy into the house and killed him. Later, fearing that the matter would be exposed, he killed the girl and threw her body into the Seine.

Since several relics of the deceased were found in Runacher's shop, and a neighbor saw the boy entering the oil painting shop, Runacher was quickly arrested and prosecuted.

Joseph couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for the siblings. According to the case file records, the case has been heard in court once, but no verdict has been announced yet.

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