147. Broken dreams
"Do you know your sin?" The middle-aged man holding the scepter and wearing a red top hat said in a voice, his face was thin and wrinkled, but full of perseverance, and his eyes were fixed on Brad who was standing on the judgment seat. On this trip, he was the presiding officer of this trial.
"I'm not guilty!" Brad said. Of course he couldn't have confessed, he wasn't guilty.
"If you follow the military rules and report what you did in that village, then your comrades-in-arms don't need to be sacrificed, their sacrifice is in vain and meaningless." The middle-aged man counted Brad's crimes, "I think you know better than me how many outstanding sergeants are among these soldiers who died for no reason, but they lost the bright future they should have because of your negligence. They had successfully destroyed the demons, but as a result, they could not even find their corpses. ”
"Then, young knight and sergeant, come and tell me whether you are guilty or not."
"This is war! Do you know what war is, Lord Bishop, and if anyone can be sure that he will be victorious? ”
"I know what war is, kid, you weren't here when I went to war."
"They are excellent sergeants, I beg to differ, do you know what they were doing before the demons struck? They're drinking! Brad's face was already red with anger, he didn't care about the faces of the families present, and used these red fruit facts to tell them the truth of the matter, "This is war, Lord Bishop, can you imagine how a group of drunken people swung their swords against demons?" ”
"We'll judge the rules they broke later, and now we're explaining your problem, knight, please don't shift your blame to those who have already died. You really didn't report it to the barracks, and you did get revenge from a group of demons, and many people suffered from that revenge. The middle-aged man kept his eyes on Brad, his eyes were not very colorful, but his language was clearly directed at Brad, not only because of the ascetic tradition, but also in other ways.
"Now I would like to ask the personnel on both sides to give their opinion on the young knight."
"I don't think he's guilty, Lord Bishop." Brev stood up, and after a day's rest, his spirits finally recovered a lot, and next to him sat his wife, who was Brad's mother, and Brev asked the attendant to hand a document to the middle-aged man on the judgment seat, "This is a report on the innocent villagers who died in that village at that time and the demons that were destroyed by Brad, and the number of demons above gave enough military merit for Braid to become a captain, and the captain can have some immunity." ”
"Even if he had immunity, he was guilty." A red-haired man stood up, "And he didn't report to the army at all, so even if these demons were killed by him, then they can't be counted as military merits, he is still just a soldier." ”
"But the military department has already recognized this military merit. Brad is promoted to Captain, and he has immunity from a Captain. ”
"However, immunity depends on the votes of the members of the jury, doesn't it?" The red-haired man sat down with a smile.
The middle-aged man in the top bench asked the lawmakers to vote on whether Brad could exercise his immunity. There weren't many people who voted for it at first, only a few of them, those were all friendly families with Brad's family, and there were also a few people from aristocratic families who voted for it, and the power of the Relatives family was more numerous in Endor City, although Truss weakened them slightly, but overall they were still a lot more than the Prince's faction.
When the vote was halfway through, the majority of votes were in favor, because there were many people from the aristocratic faction who voted for it, here I have to talk about Yang Xiang's efforts, after obtaining Brev's information, Yang Xiang visited many families before the trial began, of course, they ate a lot behind closed doors, but the families who were willing to let Yang Xiang meet were basically negotiated, for these families, interests are the most important thing, as long as they get benefits, they don't care whether Brad is really guilty or not.
However, there are still more people in the family who have not voted, and these people are still undecided, and it seems that the conditions that Yang Xiang has given them cannot be decided immediately.
In the end, Brad watched the result of the vote in despair, and the veto won the vote by a slight margin, which showed that Braid had no way to exercise the immunity he had just obtained, and without immunity, if found guilty, everything would be irretrievable.
Brev already wants to curse, these guys who have taken advantage and turned their faces!
"Well, we already know the outcome of the vote, and the councillors don't think you can use your newly acquired immunity here." The middle-aged man's voice sounded again, and the cross scepter in his hand began to shine, "Alright, it's time for the Last Judgment, and God will give you the fairest judgment, young knight, look at the scepter in my hand and tell me what you see in your eyes." ”
"Nothing...... Brad said involuntarily, it was not his will at all.
"He who does not have mercy in his eyes does not feel the forgiveness of the Father, and the judgment of the Father is obvious." The middle-aged man raised his voice a little, "You are sentenced, guilty!" ”
The word guilty came into Brad's mind, and the will that supported him collapsed, and his mother in the family seat on the side also fainted, and his grandfather did not appear, he originally thought that his grandfather would do something for him, but he was still abandoned, maybe he didn't get any benefit from him, maybe it was some reason he didn't know, but who cares, he was going to die anyway.
The outcome of the judgment was irreversible, and it represented the will of God the Father, which not even Emperor Arthur could disobey, let alone a down-and-out knight like him.
Braid is sent back to the prison camp again, and the Evil Soldiers surround Brad again, but this time Brad ignores them, he doesn't want to pay attention to them, he needs to spend the last days of his life in peace.
He held the spear in his hand, "Praiser, Praiser, will you sing for me, but it is useless to praise, I am not a hero, I am just a knight who does not follow the rules." ”