Chapter 1339 Maria Su

Hearing Gabriel's question, El was slightly startled.

But his expression quickly recovered.

After raising his hand and scratching his head, El's mouth curled up slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Gabriel, you should still remember what my profession was before I became a marshal, right?"

"Of course I remember."

Gabriel said angrily.

"How long has it been since you became a marshal from first class quartermaster? How could I forget what you did before!"

"Yes, before I became a marshal, I was a quartermaster first class."

Speaking of this, the smile on El's face turned a bit bitter.

"Since I was a first-class quartermaster before, let me ask you - as a first-class quartermaster, what is the thing that I usually come into contact with the most?"

"The things I usually come into contact with the most..."

Gabriel muttered, thinking.

"It must be baggage. The job of the quartermaster is to manage the baggage. The thing you come into contact with the most is of course the baggage..."

Before Gabriel could finish speaking, his words suddenly stopped.

His eyes widened, and he cast a suspicious and shocked look at El.

"El...your money...shouldn't it be...?!"

El nodded.

"As you can imagine, I used my authority to resell military supplies in large quantities."

"In Ailianmuya, there are countless forces that dare to accept these military supplies. I don't have to worry about finding a seller."

"I resell military supplies and get money, and then I invest the money in the research and development of muskets."

"Whenever the rifle department's research and development funds are insufficient, I will sell a batch of military supplies."

Elle paused.

Putting on a self-deprecating tone, he continued:

"How ironic..."

"When I was still living in the slums, I hated those corrupt officials the most."

"In the end, I became the person I hated most before."

As soon as El finished speaking, Gabriel's roar suddenly sounded:

"El! Are you crazy?!"

Then, Gabriel seemed to notice that his voice seemed a bit too loud, so he quickly lowered his voice.

He continued to speak to El in a low tone:

"How dare you resell military supplies...!"

"And you've been reselling it for so many years...!"

"If someone finds out, even if you are a marshal now and the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front, you will definitely be beheaded...!"

Embezzling military supplies and reselling them—this is a serious crime among crimes.

The more military supplies someone embezzles and resells, the more severe the punishment will be.

El has been embezzling for so many years, and the amount of military supplies he has embezzled must have been astronomical.

If someone discovered El's misdeeds, apart from the death penalty, Gabriel really couldn't imagine what kind of punishment El would receive.

"Don't worry, Gabriel."

El smiled slightly.

"My books are done perfectly."

"Unless someone else makes great efforts to check, they will definitely not be able to find anything wrong with me."

Gabriel no longer knew what to say to his brother...

His own brother actually committed a crime that would definitely result in the death penalty...

The word "complex" is no longer enough to describe Gabriel's mood...

Gabriel raised his hand to cover his dizzy head.

"...I finally understand why your expression changed instantly when the palace guards came to see you a few days ago."

"It turns out that it was because you had a guilty conscience and thought the central government had found you guilty of corruption."

"Haha..." After Gabriel revealed the truth, El laughed awkwardly.

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The atmosphere in the room fell into a long silence.

Neither El nor Gabriel spoke anymore.

Both were silent.

Neither of them knew what to say now...

After an unknown amount of time,

Gabrielle sighed softly.

"El...what are you doing..."

"You're playing with fire now."

"Once someone discovers this bad deed of yours, your life and your life will be over."

"In order to develop muskets, you actually put your own future and destiny on the line..."

"El...is this really worth it..."

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"……have no idea."

El said softly.

"I don't know... what I'm doing..."

"Obviously I hate being in the limelight."

"I hate doing things that draw attention to myself."

"It should be impossible for me to touch something like this, where I risk my future, fate and life..."

“I’ve always done things like this, either passively or actively.”

"Doing this...thing I obviously hate the most..."

"I already……"

El cocked his head.

Looking at the unfamiliar and yet unfamiliar ceiling above my head.

"I no longer know what I am doing..."

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April 10, 298 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

Britannia Empire, Pendragon, Su Cheng's home.

Loud cries spread throughout every corner of the mansion.

"oops……"

Alyssa, who was closest to the source of the loud crying, smiled bitterly and walked quickly towards the source of the crying - a girl with black hair and blue eyes who was about 2 years old.

After picking up the girl, she comforted her while sighing helplessly:

"Did Theresa make Maria cry again..."

Alyssa's comforting movements were very skillful.

Soon, the girl in her arms - Maria Su stopped crying.

After Maria stopped crying, Carol came late.

Maria, whose eyes were still red in Alyssa's arms, and Theresa, who was standing not far away and looked at a loss - just from this picture, Carol deduced what happened.

"Teresa!"

Kerol put his hands on his waist and scolded Teresa, who was already 6 years old this year, in a serious tone:

"Why did you make your sister cry again?"

"I just pushed her accidentally just now..." Teresa lowered her head, "I didn't mean it... I'm sorry..."

Seeing that Teresa had realized her mistake, and according to her, she didn't mean to make Maria cry just now, so Carol's anger was mostly gone.

After sighing lightly, Carol changed to a much softer tone.

"Okay, it's good to know that you are wrong."

"Hurry up and apologize to your sister."

"Well..."

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Looking at Maria, who was smiling again and playing toys happily with her sister Teresa, Carol sighed again.

Sighed:

"Maria is such a gentle child... She was made to cry by her sister so many times, but she still likes her sister so much."