The next evening.

A carriage, escorted by twelve knights, left the Debs family mansion and drove slowly towards the mansion of Lord Merritt. Inside the carriage, Alice was the only one.

Alice sat quietly in the carriage, pursed her lips and clutched her dress nervously with one hand.

The carriage kept moving forward, and soon came to the door of the Duke Merritt's mansion.

"Miss Alice, it's here." The voice of the coachman was heard outside.

Alice couldn't help but feel shocked when she heard this, and her right hand couldn't help touching her waist, and the hardness of the dagger on her waist made Alice feel a little fixed in her heart.

Taking a deep breath, Alice pushed open the door and got out of the carriage.

……

Inside the living room of the Duke of Merritt's mansion.

Alice, who was wearing a long skirt on the lower body and a coat on the upper body, was also dressed tightly. With a few steps, Alice calmly walked into the living room, and Alice looked around, but the living room was empty.

"Huh?" Alice frowned.

At this time, a female waiter ran over and said respectfully, "Miss Alice, Lord Duke, he is in the study, and I invite Miss Alice to the study." ”

"Study?" Alice paused slightly.

However, under the urging of the waiter's gaze, Alice still took a step.

The study is remote and secluded. There are very few people here.

Walking to the door of the study, Alice saw a middle-aged man with blonde hair walking at his desk looking at some papers.

"This is Merritt?" The first time Alice saw Merritt, she felt that Meritt should be a very strong person.

Even when he sat at the desk, his waist was straight, and his eyes were so sharp.

"Lord Duke, Miss Alice has arrived."

The maid said respectfully.

Merritt only raised her head at this time, and immediately stood up excitedly when she saw Alice: "Haha, Miss Alice is here?"

I've been waiting for a long time, come, Miss Alice, please be seated. ”

With that, Merritt stood up and walked over to Alice.

Alice stepped into the study.

Alice looked around, and there was a bookshelf on the right side of the study, with dense books on it. On the left side of the study is a bed.

"Usually when I'm tired of reading books or dealing with government affairs, I'll rest here." Duke Merritt said with a smile as she walked to the door and closed the door to the study.

Alice couldn't help but be shocked to see that the door of the study was closed, and only Merrit and her were left inside.

"Lord Merritt, let's open the door to the study, I'm not used to too dark environments."

Alice said hurriedly.

It's a pity that now Alice is simply sending sheep into the tiger's mouth......

However, just as Merritt rushed towards Alice, a white shadow suddenly appeared, and Merritt was like a lit candle, melting little by little, and finally becoming a piece of nothingness......

The person who made the shot was none other than Bai Ge.

Fate is impermanent, and providence is like a knife.

For others, even the Light Pope Hatins, who has cultivated the Great Prophecy Technique, the fate is very difficult and obscure, and it is difficult to comprehend.

The only exception is Baige.

Every time he interferes with the fate trajectory of the original character, he can make him feel more about fate.

Although the time of this similar state of epiphany was extremely short, it added up to a lot, and Bai Ge was really close to becoming a god now, and he was really only one foot away from becoming a god.

Maybe one epiphany will become a god.

And the fusion of mysteries, the lower the strength, the easier.

Therefore, Bai Ge often tries to suppress his comprehension of the rules of fate.

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As early as a month ago, Qianrenxue had become a god.

It's just that Bai Ge deliberately asked Sister Xue'er to place the location in the Immortal Volcanic Islands in the South China Sea.

At the beginning, when Bai Ge and them came to "Panlong", they had Hongmeng bosses to help cover up, so even Beirut, the main god, only regarded Qian Ling Xue and Bai Ge as the aborigines of the Magnolia Continent.

The reason why Sister Xue'er ran to the Immortal Volcanic Islands in the South China Sea to become a god was to avoid Di Lin's perception.

Bai Ge didn't want Di Lin to discover that there were god-level powerhouses within the scope of the Holy Alliance, so he would give up the plan of "Day of Destruction", which would be really embarrassing.

……

On September 8, 9999 in the Magnolia calendar, in the city of Finlay, Heishui Fuzhong.

Blackwater Prison is the most famous and heavily guarded prison in the Kingdom of Finlay.

And Blackwater Mansion is the highest court in Finlay City to review cases.

In the Inquisition of Blackwater Mansion, a large number of nobles gathered today, and even His Majesty King Clyde came to the side to observe.

And Lin Lei naturally arrived today.

Bai Ge took advantage of Lin Lei's identity as an uncle to come to join in the fun and listen.

You know, without Lin Lei this time, although Alice didn't fall into Merritt's tiger's mouth, Kalan was really miserable.

In short, no longer humanoid.

"Lord Lin Lei." All the nobles greeted Lin Lei warmly.

"Lin Lei, come, sit here." Clyde, who was sitting in front of the auditorium, smiled and beckoned to Lin Lei. Lin Lei smiled at Clyde and walked over.

Ray and Clyde sat together.

Merritt, whose hair was combed and shiny, sat on the judge's seat, and her waist was even straighter.

It really gives people a sense of impartiality.

"You may be seated." Merritt nodded and smiled at the many nobles in the auditorium, and Merritt also showed a humble smile in the direction of Clyde and Lin Lei.

Many of the nobles in the auditorium fell silent, and the Debs family also had a dozen people here today, and the dozen or so people were sitting together nervously waiting for the trial to begin.

"Take Bernard." Merritt said directly.

After only a few moments, Bernard finally entered the courtroom with his shackles and chains under the escort of two sergeants.

Merritt glanced at an official next to her, who stood up very consciously and began to speak loudly: "Duke Paderson did a lot of things that betrayed the interests of the kingdom during his tenure as 'Chancellor of the Exchequer'.

Among them, it is suspected of smuggling water jade ore with the Debus family, the scale is so large, since the founding of our Finlay Kingdom, there has never been, only the smuggled water jade ore has been investigated and dealt with, the value has been nearly 50 million gold coins! ”

In fact, the Debs family's smuggling has just begun, saying that it is worth 50 million gold coins, and the Debs family has actually only spent millions of gold coins. It can be seen from this that the profits of smuggling are huge.

Unfortunately, this smuggling has just begun, because of Paderson's death, which caused this matter to leak.

The official continued: "After investigation, it was found that there were three people in charge of the smuggling, one of whom committed suicide by jumping into the river, and the other two were two brothers, Ransil and Ranmir. ”

With that, the officer sat down.

Merrit looked at Bernard, "Bernard, do you have anything to say?" ”

Bernard nodded: "Yes, my lord, first of all, the smuggler is not my Debs family.

Second, the Lancel brothers had long since been banished from my Debs family.

Third, the person who is really in charge of smuggling should be the person you call jumping into the river.

It has nothing to do with my Debs family. ”

Mei Liding smiled and said, "It's your third brother who is in charge of smuggling, and you still say it's okay?" ”

"Third brother? My third brother is still out on adventures, how can he preside over smuggling. Bernard still insists on that.

"Your third brother is on an adventure?" Merritt's face turned cold, "Then let me ask you, if your third brother is out on an adventure, then I will ask the Debs family to recall your third brother, why hasn't your third brother come back for so long?" ”

Bernard said confidently: "My third brother has traveled in other countries, and he may have traveled too far, and it is normal that he cannot be contacted for a year and a half. ”

Merritt looked at Bernard, smiled, and then said coldly, "Bring the three of them up." ”

"Cartterson?" Bernard wondered in his heart, who are these three Carterson?

In just a moment, three cowering youths walked up, and as soon as they entered, they immediately knelt down and said respectfully, "Meet your lordship." ”

The three young men were clearly the kind of civilians who had never seen the world.

Merritt said indifferently, "Cartson, you have made it clear what you found out in the first place. ”

"Yes, sir." The young man at the head said respectfully, "On June 28th, our three brothers were fishing on the river, but suddenly we found a richly dressed nobleman carrying a piece of dead wood floating along the river, this nobleman had blood on his body, and he was almost unconscious. ”

Hearing this, Bernard's face had changed a little.

"The day we hunted down the smuggling leader was June 28, and it happened that he also jumped into that river." Merrit looked at Bernard, "Bernard, can you plead guilty?" ”

"My third brother went out on a journey and adventure, and he definitely didn't preside over smuggling. My Debs family is also absolutely innocent. Bernard said with his head held high at this time.

Merrit sneered and said, "Take Kante? Debs came up. ”

And as soon as you hear 'Kante? The name 'Debus', Bernard and the members of the Debs family in the auditorium, their faces suddenly "brushed" and turned pale.

"This Kante? Debs should be the third eldest of the Debs family. ”

Clyde said with a soft smile to Lin Lei next to him, and Lin Lei also nodded with him.

Ray and Clyde just watched as things happened, while the Debs clan was horrified.

Many of the Debs family members in the auditorium trembled nervously.

"Bang!"

The clash of chains rang out, and a pale, emaciated middle-aged man with blond hair stepped into the courtroom, escorted by two sergeants. The eyes of the entire courtroom were on him, including Bernard, Karan, Nimitz, and others.

Seeing the middle-aged blonde man appear, Bernard let out a low sigh and closed his eyes.

"Sure enough, it's the third eldest of the Debs family, Kante!" There was a discussion in the auditorium, as the third eldest of the Debs family, most of the nobles in Finlay City also knew Kante? Debs's.

At this point, it was useless for the Debs family to quibble.

Merritt, who was seated in the judge's seat, looked at Clyde, who nodded slightly.

"Bernard."

Merrit looked at Bernard, "Is there anything else you have to say so far?" ”

Bernard didn't look at Merritt, but turned to his third brother 'Kanter' and stared at Kante with burning eyes.

N'Golo Kante also stared at his brother 'Bernard', and the two brothers stared at each other.

"Third child, why are you doing this?" There was disbelief in Bernard's eyes, and his whole body trembled with pain and anger.

"I'm sorry." Kante said softly.

Bernard smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said solemnly: "You are not sorry for me, but sorry for the entire Debs family."

Over the years, my Debs family has gone through many generations of hard work of our ancestors to achieve what we are today.

And yet you, you ......" Bernard was speechless in pain.

"Bang!"

Kante fell to his knees in the courtroom, two lines of tears streaming down his face.

"Big brother, I'm damn !!"

The hand with the chain slapped his face, and he cried bitterly: "Big brother, I'm sorry, it's my fault."

It was because I was not greedy enough, and I was not satisfied with the little power and wealth I had in the family, so I embezzled the family's money for smuggling.

It's my fault, big brother, it's all my fault! ”

This scene stunned everyone in the auditorium.

Lin Lei and Clyde were also quite surprised, and even Merritt in the position of the presiding judge frowned.

"It's got to this point."

Bernard raised his head and said, holding back his tears, and the whole person looked so gloomy, "Third child, it can't be said whose fault it is now." What you've done has plunged our entire family into an unprecedented crisis.

Am I Bernard? Debs, as the patriarch of this generation of the family, even if he dies, he can't face the ancestors of the generations. ”

As he spoke, Bernard's tears still fell.

Bernard suddenly looked at Clyde, knelt down directly in the direction of Clyde, and said in pain: "Your Majesty, it is the misfortune of my Debs family to have such a villain who betrayed the kingdom.

I, Bernard, as the patriarch, cannot escape the blame.

I, Bernard, am willing to die so that Your Majesty can save our Debs family.

After all, the vast majority of our family members are innocent! ”

Clyde looked at Bernard.

Then he looked at Merritt and nodded slightly at herrit.

Merritt knew what Clyde meant, and immediately said aloud: "Now adjourn the court, fifteen minutes later, the final verdict will be announced!" ”

……

All the nobles who were watching had to leave the courtroom one by one, and could not re-enter the courtroom until fifteen minutes had passed. Now the situation is clear, and it is entirely up to Clyde to decide how to punish the Debs family for the crime of suspected smuggling.

Such a serious crime of smuggling can completely implicate the entire family by an individual. Even if the Debs family is destroyed, it is reasonable.

Of course, Clyde can also be a little more humane, just punish the Debs family, at least let the Debs family preserve.

The outcome is up to Clyde to decide.

Although Clyde is a weak chicken who has been forcibly promoted to the ninth level, he is still the king of the Finlay Kingdom, so he can decide the fate of tens of millions of ordinary people with a single word.

The so-called fate, for the weak, is determined by the strong.

The stronger the strength, the smaller the constraints of fate.

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