Chapter 187: Public Trial in the Sun (I)
"Just now, standing downstairs in your office, I told you that Aragorn Liang, the lord of the Golden Warehouse, had come to surrender to the Imperial Inspectorate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Chergus, in the presence of your uncle, under the radiance of the god of light, you say, am I right?"
Chirgus had the guts to lie to anyone, but he didn't think it was necessary, so he nodded and said, "That's right." ”
Actually, I told your Inspector and General Sharin in Jincang. Since we are surrendering, we will use this as a court, in front of everyone in the imperial capital, to hold a public trial of the crimes I committed, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Prince and Prince Cergus think it is okay?"
Seeing that Prince Conrad did not answer, he looked at the more and more onlookers who were gathering, and said boldly: "Since the Baron of Aragon asks, of course the Imperial Inspectorate is willing to go to trial, so that the citizens will not know the truth and spread rumors everywhere." ”
Liang Ke didn't go to watch this clown's performance at all, he saw that Prince Conrad neither nodded nor objected, sat on the bare cornerstone behind him, and said calmly: "Please start!"
There were two holy steps sitting behind him, Cergus was a little bolder, he also wanted to learn from Liang Ke's appearance to find a place to sit down and comfortable theory, but there was no stone to sit on left and right, and he didn't dare to get too close to Liang Ke, so he could only stand in place with his hands crossed.
"Ahh......h Admit it?"
Liang Ke crossed Erlang's legs, put his hands on his knees, and said leisurely: "What you said is too general, how can I confess my guilt? Who is it? At what time? In what way, and what are the contents of the report? How did you verify it, who are the human witnesses? Where is the physical evidence? I can't say any of this, and I don't know if the Imperial Inspectorate usually handles the case like this, or if it is just so hasty with me Aragorn. ”
Cergus had a bad start, he was robbed so white that he couldn't speak, he never tried the case in person, he was all done by his subordinates and then brought it to him for approval, he just needed to sign his name, so he held his face purple, and finally could only snort coldly, and said strongly: "Now I am asking you, why are you asking me instead?"
Liang Ke didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he shook his head lazily and said, "Your Highness can't tell me clearly, how can I confess?"
"Okay, I'm not afraid of your denial, in front of everyone, you dare to say that those demons have nothing to do with you? And that big man, who is he?"
Liang Ke pursed his lips, raised his voice and replied loudly: "Of course they have something to do with me, that big man is called Braggett, the minotaur warrior of the orc, is my personal guard, and the troll warrior is my personal attendant, they protect my safety, this has never been a secret, everyone knows it in Jincang." What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Liang Ke answered calmly, Chergus showed a triumphant smile on his face, and said with a smile: "It's good to admit it, aren't these evidence of your collusion with the enemy country?"
Liang Ke laughed after hearing this.
"Hahahaha! Your Royal Highness the Prince, even if you want to send me to prison, you must come up with some evidence that can convince the public, don't say whether it is illegal for me to tolerate foreign races, Your Highness! As far as I know, there is more than one Catwoman concubine in your family, and when you get up in the morning, you are willing to get up from the warm bed by the screams of the time demon, will His Royal Highness the Prince also collaborate with the enemy and commit treason?"
There is a strange phenomenon in the aristocratic circle of the empire, almost all nobles with a certain strength have a few alien races in their homes as pets, in order to show off their identity, even if it is the dirtiest skunk slave. It's like owning a Brown graffiti, it's a sight to behold.
Jincang's guards are not vegetarians, if they want to ensure the safety of the territory, they must start to arrange the defense system from the inside and outside, the "astrolabe" created by Kekeba is an agency specifically responsible for collecting intelligence, and obvious hostile forces like Cergus are of course the objects of their attention, so what Liang Ke said is completely true, if necessary, he can even accurately say the favorite position of Prince Cergus's bed.
Since this is an open secret, of course His Royal Highness Chirgus did not intend to use this as proof, he snorted coldly, and said gloomily: "The little hobbies of the nobles cannot be compared with your Excellency's, we are at best multiple playmates, and you, Your Excellency the Baron of the Empire, not only do you have more than a dozen troll guards, but there are actually more than a thousand trolls living under your protection in your territory, and ......"
Cergus looked at Conrad's calm side face and continued, "Isn't it evidence of treason that you once commanded your troll guards to slaughter an entire team of Imperial Security officers and soldiers in Turingshire?"
It's good that Cergus didn't mention it, but mentioning it brought back Liang Ke's painful memories of Cis, and he stood up with angry eyes, exuding a biting chill all over his body, making the frost dragons around him shiver.
"Your Royal Highness, will you only take quotes out of context shamelessly?" Liang Ke stared at His Royal Highness the Prince's eyes and scolded.
"I, Aragorn, will admit that I killed those people, and that they died innocently. As an official of the empire, with a high salary of civilian taxes, but colluding with foreign merchants to rob his compatriots, my wife and neighbors died tragically at their hands, such behavior is the real traitor. ”
"Even if they are guilty, then you can't kill them indiscriminately, you can only hand them over to the court for trial?"
"Who will judge, is it your Highness Chirgus?" Liang Ke asked contemptuously.
Cergus understood that Liang Ke had mastered the righteousness in this matter, and if he continued to entangle, there would be no good results, and if he didn't get it right, it would also cause the common people present to have the same hatred and hatred for the nobles, so he quickly changed the topic.
"What did the troll warrior say?"
"If you don't say it, I still want to ask His Royal Highness the Prince. When the two races of man and demon fought in a big war, the demon clan was defeated and retreated into the abyss, leaving more than 2,000 orphans and widows of the demon clan, who were cowering in the Goga forest, why can they survive until today?"
"This ...... This shows that human beings are merciful. ”
"You are right, mercy! It is the virtue that this god has given us to forgive the invaders and allow them to live in our land. However, the demons are not good at farming, nor can they raise animals, and for many years they have survived only on the most primitive raids, and in the light of the gods, even if they are bad, our ancestors did not send armies to erase these poor outcasts. These facts show that our rules have accepted these aliens as if they were our own kind.
On an occasional occasion, I found these poor people, I helped them to create wealth, taught them some necessary knowledge, and the straightforward demons accepted me, so we became friends, and some of them were willing to follow in my footsteps, go to the outside world, and experience the grace created by the gods. Aragorn has never claimed a reward from the Empire for this merit, but, as a prince, you have to admit that I have eliminated a hidden danger for the Empire's frontiers, at least, the caravans that travel to and from the Goga Forest no longer have to worry about the safety of the trade routes, and they can bring more cotton and linen and rubber to the Empire every year. ”
Liang Ke said reasonably, and the residents of the imperial capital knew very well in their hearts that what Liang Ke said was the truth, but he couldn't applaud loudly in the face of His Royal Highness the famous Third Prince, but it was common to secretly applaud in his heart.
Cergus didn't expect that having the Demon Guards not only did not make Liang Ke capsize, but instead became an excuse for Liang Ke to invite credit, where did His Royal Highness the proud prince admit defeat so easily, he decided to carry this topic to the end.
"Even if your demon guard is legitimate, but in the war with the demons, the captain of your personal guard, that troll named Pidero, once met with the invading enemy alone, and then the two of you went to the demon clan's lair, and now you are back unscathed, do you dare to say that there is no unknown deal between him and you, and those demons?"
"Hahaha!"
Liang Ke looked up to the sky and laughed, then suddenly closed his voice, squinted his eyes and said: "Your Royal Highness, who has relatives in the house is not hospitable, as a fellow clan, it is probably inappropriate for Pidero to entertain those demons in our land, he went to danger alone, just to persuade those relatives not to repeat the mistakes of the past." However, it is clear that his eloquence is not as good as that of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the stubborn demon still fights with me. Fortunately, my eloquence is stronger than that of His Royal Highness the Prince, a trip to the Demon Capital has resolved the existential crisis of the Demon, the Devil has made a written promise that he will never invade, I have sent someone to send the document to the military department, I believe that it will not be long before His Royal Highness the Prince will be able to see the transcript, this time, Aragorn may really ask the royal family for some rewards. ”
The more Cergus listened, the more angry he became, and he originally wanted to kill the enemy with one move, but he didn't expect to become more and more passive, and finally gave the opponent a chance to publicly announce his exploits. He didn't know what he was wrong with, but Prince Conrad, who was silently listening to the correct answers of the two people, could see that his nephew was still too young, compared with Aragon, his city was too shallow, and if he wanted to kill such an opponent, he must have strong evidence, but unfortunately, he was in a hurry, and only understood some processes, but did not grasp the results, but these real results are the most favorable evidence of Aragorn's merits.
The impetuous Third Prince, His Royal Highness, saw that the charge of collaborating with the enemy demon clan was no longer established, and hurriedly looked for other problems to continue firing at Liang Ke.
"Whether there is merit or not, the military department will naturally judge, but as the lord of the empire, you adjust the tax rate privately, is this true?"
Liang Ke debated with him for a long time, his mouth was dry, and he was leaning on Sanduo to drink water, when he heard Cergus's questioning, he almost choked on a mouthful of water into his lungs, Liang Ke leaned over and coughed a few times, and then raised his eyebrows and looked at Chergus like an idiot, and asked suspiciously: "I don't know which decree His Royal Highness said I was guilty of adjusting the tax rate on the territory." ”
"Garente I's Magna Carta, Article 78, a flat rate of taxation shall be imposed within the empire, and all cities and counties shall be taxed at a uniform rate established by the Department of Finance and Taxation, and the full amount shall be paid to the central government, otherwise the title of lord shall be exempted, and the main person shall be hanged. ”
This article was written by Sandos in Liang Ke's indictment, Cergus has an amazing memory, he read it carefully and remembered it quite solidly, so Liang Ke asked, he opened his mouth and answered, and he didn't even memorize a word wrong. Chirgus stared at Liang Ke with a sneer, and said in his heart, "Look at how you deny it this time."