King Ferdinand was still tapping his fingers on the armrest of his chair, but his fierce gaze was fixed on Count Church and Viscount Hozia.

After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Do you two have anything to defend?"

In the face of questioning, the two behaved differently.

Earl Church hung his head in resignation, while Viscount Hozia hurriedly shouted: "This is a trumped-up accusation, I did not hire a mercenary to murder Marquis Bowen. ”

The Marquis of Trolope looked at the other party, held up the letter in his hand and said, "Framed, you mean that our intelligence department is framing you?"

Hearing this, Viscount Hozia hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, I mean ......"

Before he could explain, the Marquis of Troope interrupted again: "If you think this is a false accusation, please explain the origin of these letters, which were found in your house." ”

Viscount Hozia said, "How is this possible?"

The Marquis of Trollope shrugged: "If you feel that this evidence is inadmissible, I have more direct evidence that you have something to do with it. ”

Cold sweat broke out on Viscount Hozia's forehead, he knew that he had been planted this time, and he had become a victim of the power struggle, and there was absolutely no possibility of getting by.

However, the instinct to survive still cheered him up, and he said sharply: "If there is evidence, bring it." ”

The Marquis of Lytton, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Marquis of Trollope, if there is evidence, submit it at one time, don't engage in this little trick of pressing step by step, after all, everyone's time is very precious." ”

He glanced at his colleagues around him and said with a smile: "All of you here are important ministers of the kingdom, and your eyes are bright, if this is the case, we will never shield any criminals,"

As he spoke, he glanced at Earl Mackinto and Baron Layton casually, and the smile on his face grew.

The Earl of Leiden's gaze met the Marquis of Lyton, and he snorted discontentedly, his fingers tapping restlessly on the table, as if he had something on his mind.

Count Mackinto smiled kindly at each other, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Seeing this, Renard touched his chin thoughtfully, and then showed a clear expression, it seems that both sides want to make this matter an iron case as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble.

Count Church stood under the throne and couldn't help but smile sarcastically as he looked at Viscount Hozia, who was about to die.

Viscount Hozia searched the crowd for someone who could help him, and anyone could see the urgency and attachment to life.

However, no one can help him, after all, his end is already predestined.

Viscount Hozia looked at Count Mackinto with a pleading gaze, but the other party turned a blind eye, and finally simply closed his eyes and recuperated, as if nothing had anything to do with him.

He looked at Baron Leiden again, and when he met his gaze, he immediately turned his head and began to talk to Count Fowler beside him.

Viscount Hozia couldn't help but look miserable, it was true that the attack on the mission had something to do with him, but he was only in charge of contacting the mercenaries, and the specific plans were all made by others.

Now let him be this scapegoat, how can he be willing.

Besides, there is a lot of involvement behind this matter, if he really carries it himself, I am afraid that even the family behind him will be implicated.

Just as he was looking around for a lifeline, King Ferdinand spoke: "The Marquis of Lytton is right, time is precious, so please ask the Marquis of Trolope to provide all the evidence." ”

Immediately afterward, his tone suddenly became stern: "What I want is the most direct and conclusive evidence, if you don't have any real evidence, I will punish you for slandering the important ministers of the kingdom." ”

The Marquis of Trollope had a confident smile on his face: "Direct and conclusive evidence?

He clapped his hands as if he were making a code.

Two minutes later, just as the magnates were puzzled, four Praetorian Guards walked in with two prisoners.

The Marquis of Trolope looked at Viscount Hozia and asked with a smile, "You should know these two people, right?"

When Viscount Hozia saw the faces of the two prisoners, he was suddenly struck by lightning: "You guys...... You're not ......"

The Marquis of Trollope interrupted with a wave of his hand: "I'm sorry, they didn't die, your plan to kill people has failed." ”

As he spoke, he looked at King Ferdinand: "Your Majesty, these two people are the people who directly participated in the attack on the mission, they are actually the cronies of Viscount Hozia, who used the identity of mercenaries as a cover to assassinate Marquis Bowen. ”

After the assassination failed, Viscount Hozia was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he had the intention of killing people, but fortunately, these two people were thoughtful and escaped by faking their deaths, and then reported to the Kingdom Intelligence Department. ”

In addition to these two men, the Ministry of Intelligence also arrested more than 30 mercenaries involved in the attack, and according to some people, it was indeed Viscount Khozia who paid them to attack the mission. ”

And according to their confessions, the cooperation between the two sides is not once or twice, Viscount Hozia often provides them with information about caravans, let them disguise themselves as bandits and robbers to rob, and the property obtained is handled by Viscount Hozia, and the account is divided between four and six. ”

Ferdinand nodded when he heard this, and spoke again: "Human evidence is not enough, in addition to these letters, is there any physical evidence?"

The Marquis of Trolope gave him an undeniable expression, he clapped his hands again, and then the six guards carried three large wooden boxes into the council chamber.

The box seemed to carry a lot of weight, as the guard's steady, slow pace illustrated.

The Praetorian Guards carried the chest to the bottom of the throne, gently placed it on the floor, and opened it.

The Marquis of Trollope pointed to the box with a serious expression and said, "Your Majesty, what is in front of you now is the evidence. ”

Renard wanted to know what the evidence was, but he couldn't turn his eyes and couldn't see the contents of the box.

The Marquis of Trolope was quick to explain: "This contains the stolen goods obtained by Viscount Hozia in collusion with the mercenaries, totaling 7,964 gold coins and 23,798 silver coins. ”

In addition, there were a number of various curiosities, two thousand four hundred alloy coins, and six account books and transaction records written by the Viscount of Hozia himself. ”

Although he named the money as business income, the fact that it was the proceeds of robbery could not be erased. ”

"Imagine that he, a court nobleman without a fief, does not have much land and property, if it is not for robbery, how can he gather so much wealth?"

Hearing this, the surrounding nobles couldn't help but be in an uproar, and then nodded their heads in accord.

Reynard felt that something was wrong, and then he noticed that the breathing of Earl Mackinto, who was beside him, was gradually getting heavier.

He turned his head to see the fleeting anger in the other's eyes.