"Damn, the old fox is really not easy to fool. ”

When the king heard Marild's denial, he cursed in his heart, but he still looked angry on the surface: "What am I talking about, you know best in your heart, you really want me to poke you before you admit it!"

Although the plan was already very likely to be seen through by the old fox, the king was not willing to give it a try in the end, but it was a pity that such a great opportunity was finally unwilling.

But Marielde, who had seen through all this, could not be fooled, and said decisively: "I know best what you are talking about, king, I don't even know what you say, how can I be clear, and we have to pay attention to evidence in everything, you don't even have evidence, how can you convince me." ”

"Have you seen it through, damn old fox. ”

The king scolded even more in his heart, and finally seized such an opportunity, but in the end, he lost money and was recognized by the old fox, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy.

Seeing that the king stopped talking, Marield confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and the boulder in his heart also landed safely, and then said: "Since His Majesty the King can't produce evidence, then he deliberately slanders our church, so that there is no way to negotiate properly, should you give us an explanation, Your Majesty the King." ”

Even though she was unforgiving, Mary Rd took a step forward and asked.

"Marielde, are you sure you want the king to give you an explanation?" the king lowered his head, and the shadow obscured his face, so that Marield could not see the expression in the king's shadow, and the king's voice was as flat as water, as if it had been before.

This made Maryld subconsciously reply, "Yes." ”

But as soon as he spoke, he saw the king raise his head, and the strange and bright smile on his face, and suddenly felt that it was not good, but it was too late......

"Soldiers!" the king shouted.

"Yes!" replied the soldiers and the leaders of the heroic squads.

The corners of the king's mouth curled up and he shouted, "Tell them who you are!"

The soldiers did not hesitate, as if they had rehearsed millions of times, took back their weapons and shields, and then removed the helmets on their heads, and their faces filled with the smell of iron and blood were exposed to the air.

But looking at their faces, every nobleman, even the paladins, even Marield and the Pope were shocked.

"We are members of the Royal Guard's Blade Legion, a child of the Duchy of Sanliso, and a slave!"

Naturally, there were no flowers on those faces, but they all had the same feature, that is, the slave mark engraved on the left side of their face, which was proof that they had been slaves.

How could it be, how could the Royal Guard be made up of slaves.

This thought kept popping up in the minds of the people in the church line.

The king was pleased with their expressions, and continued: "Tell them, then, slaves, why you are slaves!"

The sergeants immediately shouted: "Because I can't pay the tax, I have to buy myself!"

Speaking of which, I have to mention the tax of the Duchy of Sanliso, which is not an annual agricultural tax, but a poll tax must be paid every month, and if you do not pay the poll tax, then you will not be able to draw water, and at the same time you must pay the believer's fee, the income tax, and all kinds of taxes.

And the amount of these taxes is not a percent, but according to a fixed amount of money, for those rich people naturally have nothing, but for ordinary people, there is not a lot of money a month, and they have to pay such and such taxes, naturally there are those who can't pay, and they can't pay and don't want to be starved to death, so what should I do, then I can only sell myself such a way out, by the way, twenty of the twenty-eight tax items are in the pocket of the church.

"Listen, Mary, how about my account, you can tell me why our Sanliso taxes are so heavy, I remember that at first there seemed to be only ten, eight of which were state taxes, and if I remember correctly, there seemed to be only two church taxes. Tell me, slaves, how much you pay in a year!"

And the soldiers, too, replied with great honesty and indignation: "Twenty-eight!"

When the king heard the number, his expression became even more natural and relaxed: "Twenty-eight, tsk, then we will now ask our bishop, Mary, to explain what is going on with the eighteen extra taxes, and whose pocket they end up into." ”

This time Marild was finally speechless, in front of these three thousand witnesses, he was speechless, taxes, that is already the foundation of contact with the country, and who would have thought that the royal guard, which represents the face of the royal family, would actually be trained by slaves, which is simply unbelievable like the inquisition of the church, which is organized by the brainwashing and training of orphans since childhood.

But the glittering gaze in the eyes of the sergeant, as well as the king and Gruss, told those present that this seemed to be a fantasy, and it was the truth.

When Grus saw that the king had lifted his hole cards, he finally stopped being silent, raised his heavy sword, and faced Maryrd: "Now what do you have to say, it is you fellows who have made this country what it is today, do you dare to say that you are not wrong?"

In the face of questioning, Vera, who was floating in the air, did not speak, biting her lower lip, even if she bit her lower lip to bleed, she didn't notice it, just looked at the slave marks on the faces of those royal guards with a shocked face, which represented a lifetime of insults, and those marks had penetrated deep into the skin, and it was difficult to get rid of them, and they were not forgeries at all.

The Holy Maiden, who had been living under the protection of the Church and had never really touched the dark side of the Church, had obviously been shocked, and the fact that she had been exposed this time was unbelievable.

But Mary was much more free and easy, and seeing that she couldn't deny it, she slapped those nobles and businessmen to death with a single hand, and then said: "Indeed, I can't deny this, those taxes do go into the pockets of the church, but so what, as I said before, I am only for the development of the church." ”

"The development of the church? ”

Seeing that Marield finally stopped quibbling, Grus also laughed, and his laughter was full of undisguised sarcasm.

But Marild simply ignored it: "You've said all that, and then what? Don't you still have to ask us to send troops? unless you want to break the net with me." ”