"Maybe!" A slightly older boy next to the young nobleman sneered, laughing at the aristocratic boy's innocence.

"He will definitely be punished as he deserves, and His Majesty will never bend the law for personal gain!" The young aristocratic boy said silently in his heart.

When Cagene was brought to court, he was no longer as frightened as he had been at the beginning, but looked at William and everyone with a look of resentment.

William had not yet received a reply from his uncle, after all, it was a thousand kilometers away from the Grand Duchy of Ksla, and it was impossible to complete the round trip without more than two months.

The outcome of this trial had already been decided, William did not intend to pardon his cousin, and he would never allow the laws he had made to become a piece of waste.

William sat with his vassals and courtiers with a number of important figures, and at William's behest, Kenos rang the gavel on the judgment seat.

His voice echoed through the kingdom's highest court: "Jin is the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Lorik, William. In the name of His Majesty King Wallace, based on the code of the Kingdom of Lorik established by King William, the tax collector Kajien is on trial on suspicion of bribery and extortion, as well as rape and mass murder! ”

His voice was so loud that it was amplified under the dome of the Great Courtroom, echoing throughout the courtroom, and everyone could hear it clearly.

A sense of divine power rose in everyone's hearts, and the atmosphere in the entire courtroom was serious, and everyone was listening attentively.

"The accused, the former tax card officer of the Kingdom of Lorik, William. King Wallace's cousin, Sir Calgine! ”

"Prosecution, the royal family of the Kingdom of Lorik!"

From the judgment chair, Kenos began to read out the identities of both parties, and of course, although he also read out the royal family of the Kingdom of Lorik, in fact, Cajen was the only one here.

In the past few days, the vassals of Gui William began to rush to the royal capital one after another, and some of them had already arrived in Denlenburg.

This incident was not only a simple corruption incident, but also a rivalry between William's canonized blood vassals and William's old vassals.

Although the old vassals are strong, after all, the relationship is not as close as William's blood nobles, although the blood nobles are close to William, but they are not as powerful as the old nobles, and they can only rely on William's majesty to maintain their dignity for a period of time.

After this trial, if Kajin is acquitted, then the blood nobles will suddenly be in a big mood, but on the other hand, which powerful old vassals will definitely have a grudge.

They will think that even if they and others have made great contributions to William, they are not as good as those nobles who have not made an inch of merit but are related to William.

And if Cajen is found guilty, then the blood nobles will definitely be a little disappointed with William, while the old vassals will be satisfied with William's official law enforcement and pay more attention to the law code of the Kingdom of Lorik.

Loyalty to William and the overt and covert rivalries with blood nobles will also be weakened slightly.

But if Kajin hadn't been convicted, his vassals would have at least thought that the kingdom's code was a piece of paper that no one would follow, if not dissatisfied.

And if William were to be punished for breaking the law by non-blood nobles, it would definitely make all non-blood nobles dissatisfied and think that they had received unequal treatment.

Even if they don't resent William, they will be terrified, and they will think that they are not as important in William's heart as the blood nobles, who may become more rampant and damage the stability within the kingdom.

William saw the drawbacks of this matter from the beginning, but if it was not dealt with, if the matter of Canonon was known and used by some people with intentions, it would definitely be a fatal blow to the commercial development of the Kingdom of Lorik.

Therefore, even if William fights between the two aristocratic factions, he must absolutely clean up this cancer completely.

This time William would not compromise, and he intended to carry out the punishment in full accordance with the kingdom's legal code.

Even if the blood nobles are dissatisfied with themselves, it is necessary to maintain the authority of the kingdom's legal code.

What's more, this matter does not involve the core interests between the two factions, and it takes some means to make the whole thing downplayed.

But William had spread the word of corruption and its deadly effects throughout the kingdom, and the whole country knew about it.

If there is no reasonable disposal plan in the future, it will definitely make the residents of the newly unified Lorik Kingdom have some bad ideas.

The merchants were also paying attention to this matter, and if Kajin had not been convicted, the merchants would have been very unhappy.

The local merchants of the Lorik Kingdom are relatively good, but the foreign merchants will definitely gradually become the Lorik Kingdom.

They couldn't even guarantee their own safety and interests, so why did they come to the Kingdom of Lorik to do business?

What's more, if other relatives who are related to William and do not hold official positions with knighthoods see the situation at this time, will they also fire Cajin?

Therefore, William, after weighing the pros and cons, has already decided the life and death of Kajin.

However, this incident still caused an uproar among William's vassals, and the blood nobles found a high-sounding reason, how could His Majesty's blood relatives be comparable to those Jianmin?

This William really can't refute this, this era is indeed about these, although everyone must abide by the kingdom code, but if the nobles break the law, William still has a policy of relief.

What's more, Canonon and William have the same blood flowing in their bodies, if he says such brainless words as equality for all, he will not only lose the support of all nobles, but also tarnish his own noble bloodline, and he is also weakening his own ruling power.

If a king does not even recognize his own blood as noble, how can he think that the blood of other nobles is noble? This kind of thinking would definitely disappoint the nobles who valued the blood the most, and thus stop supporting William.

When the time comes, I'm afraid that Norwen and Urimu, even Wella and even his sons, will be dissatisfied with him.

So at this point, he can't argue, if nothing else, William's blood relatives and nobles are directly invincible.

However, Norwen and Urimu were instructed by William to start elsewhere.

For example, the emphasis on the authority of the kingdom's legal code and the harm that such actions do to the kingdom are all effective political arguments to counter the theory of blood.

Some clever blood nobles wisely shut their mouths when they learned that Urimu and Norwin were against them.