Benito was indeed a smart man, or he spent more time in the army than Martin, his heart was darker than Martin, and he knew how to greet his superiors better. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Wren just gave him a little hint, and he understood in an instant how to deal with such a tragedy.

Yes, it's a tragedy, isn't it?

The fact that the highest governor of a province, the governor appointed by Her Majesty the Empress of the Empire, was actually killed by a group of people with "ulterior motives", which is simply a challenge to the bottom line of the empire. If we don't deal with it strictly and quickly, how can we maintain the stability of Demalagus, and how can we keep the situation in the empire unchanged?

So in the face of the thugs, Benito has sharpened the butcher's knife and waited for the moment when it was unsheathed.

When the garrison and the city guards surrounded the governor's palace and rushed into the study on the third floor, the captain of the guard trembled when he saw Gahel and his wife lying in a pool of blood. Only then did he feel that the money bag hidden in his chest was not only unimaginably heavy, but also hot like a red-hot soldering iron! His eyelids kept beating, and he raised his hand and pressed it again and again, but he couldn't stop the beating of his eyelids in the slightest.

Now, something big has happened!

Not to mention a bag of silver coins, even a box of gold coins, he couldn't cover it.

The Doge and his wife were stabbed to death in their own study, which had never happened since Orlando I, and the whole empire was to be shaken!

However, at this moment, Benito drew the long sword at his waist, and all the city defenders drew their weapons.

Norton's smile had just bloomed, and it was completely frozen.

Because Benito's sword was on Norton's neck. The sharp edge had already cut through the skin on his neck, and the blood squeezed out by a blood line slowly slid down the blade of the sharp long sword in Benito's hand.

Benito's face was gloomy, and he shouted mockingly, "Disarm all the guards and these ruffians!"

Before the guards could react, they raised their hands one after another, watching as the long swords and standard sticks at their waists were untied and thrown to the ground. The families of the victims were also stunned, looking blankly at these guards and city guards who were originally coming to suppress them, and stood aside indifferently.

"Lord Benito...... , is there a mistake?", the smile on Norton's face was more sad than crying, he shy at this ugly smile, and said thoughtfully: "I also follow the ......"

The rest of the words didn't come out, Benito moved the long sword in his hand a little, and the other hand clenched into a fist, and punched Norton in the face. As a squadron leader, he is a fourth-level knight, and his strength and skill are far beyond that of ordinary people like Norton. This punch not only broke Norton's nose bone, but also knocked out his front teeth. Fishy sweet blood exploded in his mouth, mixed with spittle and slid into his throat.

He coughed violently a few times, and tears were coughed up, of course, it was also possible that the bridge of his nose was broken and irritated.

He didn't dare to speak anymore, because he saw a strong killing intent in Benito's eyes. He knew very well that if he dared to say another word without permission, the longsword would slice his neck and take his life.

"Who assassinated Count Gacher?", Benito asked, glancing at the crowd. People's eyes flickered faintly, of course they knew who it was, but in their hearts, there was also an inexplicable pleasure. The culprit is dead, and he paid with his life for his killing and brutality, and these people are willing to give their lives and sacrifices to defend the one who has fulfilled their wishes.

But the next moment, Benito's second sentence disintegrated their thoughts, "According to the intelligence we investigated, someone instigated this matter behind it, and the instigator was Norton." ”

"Norton had long held a grudge against Earl Gahel for not having any tolerance for him and his power, and for destroying his purpose of bullying the market. Count Gahel let him go again and again, but he did not have the slightest remorse, but hated Count Gahel to the marrow. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he let his men blend in with you, and took the lead in attacking the Doge's Palace and assassinating the Doge, but we were too late. ”

"He's going to use you to pay for his deeds. You may not say it, but you will die meaninglessly because of his selfishness, but he will live and enjoy the fruits of victory that have been watered at the cost of your lives. ”

People's hearts, this thing is not only difficult to guess, but also very selfish. If a moment ago they were going to defend this secret to the death, willing to come forward, then after Benito's words, their gaze became indescribable. Anger, hatred, disgust, contempt...... , they wavered almost without any consideration and switched sides.

At the most essential level, regardless of whether the assassin of Gahel was instructed by Norton, or whether Gahel's death was due to the contradictions and conflicts between him and Norton, Gahel is essentially dead. Whatever the cause, he died anyway. Whether the cause of death was Norton or because of the families of the victims, the results were the same, and the results were the same. That being the case, there should be no wavering in the slightest.

But they wavered, they didn't want to take on that responsibility for Norton, and it was also possible that Benito had found them a step down the line.

So they mercilessly and silently let go, and the guy who had stabbed the short sword into Gahel's chest was pale and trembling and expelled by the crowd. His teeth were clenched, and he almost couldn't stand with beads of sweat the size of a bean.

One of the city guards pulled him out of the crowd, and he fell to the ground like a dead dog. He looked at Norton with pleading eyes, which was completely different from what he had said before, but there was almost no difference between Norton's eyes and his eyes.

He was dragged out by the city guards.

"Who instructed you to assassinate Governor Gahel?", Benito squinted at him condescendingly, and the man shuddered violently, and immediately tilted his head to Norton.

He pointed at Norton, and at this moment, what brotherly righteousness, what oath, between survival and destruction, all came to naught, "It's him, it's him, it's him who told me to secretly kill the governor, and his weapon is also what he gave me!"

Countless eyes converged on Norton's body, Norton covered his mouth and nose, his face was extremely ugly, and the white was blue and gray. He was also trembling, partly because of the script that was out of control, and on the other hand, he was also angry.

His eyes looked like he was about to eat people, and the man on the ground suddenly came to his senses, and he realized at this time that he and Norton were all abandoned pawns. As if in order to induce the queen on the opponent's chessboard to appear, they were tied to the pawn pieces and deliberately sent to the opponent's knight's mouth, and their results were already predictable. However, in order to survive, he still has to do everything possible to throw more charges at Norton.

"It was his plan from the beginning, he held a grudge against the Doge, and he had always said that if he was given the chance, he would kill Gahel, and the people of Xiukusius knew it, and everyone knew what he said. He rolled over and crawled to Benito's side and hugged his calf, "My lord, I was threatened and coerced. Norton says he's going to kill my whole family ...... if I don't do what he says. ”

In the face of life and death, climbing has become the only way out, and it is also the most effective way out. It's never as easy to bear as betrayal, even if nothing changes in the end.

At this moment, the "truth is revealed", and the families of the victims who feel that they are being used are glaring angrily, as if they want to tear Norton to shreds. But at this moment, they all seemed to collectively forget the relief and relief in their hearts when Gahel died. They also forgot that the Assassin had assassinated Count Gahel alone, and that his wife had been killed by the combined efforts of the others. They put all the blame on the Assassin and Norton, innocent like a child as simple as a blank slate.

"Despicable!", Benito tilted his head to look at the captain of the guard, "Why didn't you rush over immediately after receiving the rescue message from the Doge's Palace? According to the distance between the Sheriff's Office and the Doge's Palace, you have enough time to prevent this tragedy from happening!"

In the face of Benito's questioning, the captain of the guard looked at Norton with hatred in his eyes, if this guy hadn't stopped him, they would have been here at least seven minutes early. Seven minutes was enough to salvage the situation, at least to ensure the safety of the Governor and his wife. But it was these seven minutes that pushed everything to the edge of an irretrievable cliff, and he faced an abyss.

So he also happily put all the blame on Norton, he took out the heavy money bag from his arms and threw it on the ground. More than a dozen silver coins burst out of the cracked purse, rolling on the ground for a while and then motionless, people's eyes turning with the silver coins.

"Norton gave me a bag of money to divide it among the other brothers, and asked me to wait a few minutes before coming to the Doge's Palace. I refused, and he threatened me with my life. He used to be a big man, and there were too many people under him to count, so I didn't dare to mess around, so I had to wait for two or three minutes, and then immediately rushed over with my brothers. But what I didn't expect was that it was still a step late. ”

Norton's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he could say such a thing, and he immediately wanted to refute it, to tell the truth, but Benito didn't give him a chance. Benito raised his wrist and pierced Norton's mouth with the spike on the back of the hilt, and his tongue was torn off guard. He howled in pain, squatted on the ground with his hands in his hands, shouting and screaming.