"I'm against it!"

"The Holy Land can't afford a new round of war."

"Punish the madman Lothar who tore up the peace treaty!"

"Fart, Lord Earl, what's wrong with regaining lost ground? As for the alleged provocation of border conflicts?

It's just that the Earl is forced to fight back. ”

"Have you forgotten our purpose in coming to the Holy Land?

Isn't it our duty to fight the infidels to the end? ”

The noise caused the nobles in the hall to divide into two camps again.

The distinction is clear.

A closer look can show that in the Queen Mother's party, a considerable number of nobles have clearly chosen to support Lothar.

This made Raymond's face uncontrollably angry.

Lothar's expression didn't change in the slightest.

In the limelight, he went straight to Raymond's side.

"Isn't that too subjective, Lord Tiberias?"

Raymond frowned.

Before she could speak, Lothar continued:

"In my opinion, the issue should be whether to establish a Transjordanian border territory, not to discuss whether I am guilty or not."

In this situation, all of a sudden, the nobles seemed to have returned to the day when Lothar had just arrived in Jerusalem.

At that time, he was just an unknown landless knight, standing in front of a group of big people and talking eloquently.

But now, he was the tide maker in all of Jerusalem, replacing Renard as a great nobleman who could stand on the table with Regent Raymond.

"That's right, Your Royal Highness the Regent!"

Baron Gofrey stood at the front of the crowd and shouted, "We all know that at the last court meeting, the Count of Lothar was already guilty or not, and since he was found innocent at that time, why did he come out again now?" ”

"That's it!"

"It seems to me that there is no point in continuing to quarrel, and we might as well follow the glorious tradition of the Franks, and let Lord Raymond see the hearts of the people by a show of hands."

Lothar said in a deep voice.

Raymond looked at him with contempt, as if to say, who do you want to have more supporters than me?

"Okay."

He said coldly: "Colleagues, if anyone supports Count Lothar in establishing the Transjordanian frontier territory, raise your right hand. ”

Baron Gofrey and Baron Argonne were the first to raise their right hands.

Immediately after, some members of the Queen Mother's party, including Juyin of Lusignan, raised their right arms, and they were not necessarily willing to support Lothar, but they were even more reluctant to support Raymond.

Subsequently.

Some members of the Jue Party also raised their right hands, they were the friends Baron Gofrey mentioned yesterday, and they were all powerful nobles.

This part of the people led a group of nobles under their hands to raise their hands.

Raymond's face became more and more ugly, but fortunately, in the end, less than half of the people raised their hands.

He breathed a sigh of relief and snorted coldly, "Count Lothar, people's hearts are behind their backs, it's already clear at a glance, isn't it? ”

"Please wait."

A crisp and elegant female voice came from outside the hall.

"I also support the proposal of the Count of Lothar."

Princess Sibylla, wearing a golden jade tiara and an orange palace dress, came in full costume.

As soon as he entered the temple, he caused a sensation.

Many members of the Queen Mother's Party began to exchange words, and the regent Raymond was too strong, and the Queen Mother's Party did have the idea of wooing the Royal Party.

It was only because of Lothar's and Goldfrey's strict neutrality that they turned their attitude to the position of the royal knights left by Lothar in the kingdom.

"Lord Raymond, I am not here to vote in my capacity as the mother of the crown prince and the sister of His Majesty, but in the name of Ashkaron and Lord Jaffa, please don't mind."

Princess Sibylla looked apologetic, but her eyes were fixed on Raymond without evacuation.

Raymond looked up with some complicated expression, the empty throne, Your Majesty, is that what you mean?

Don't you see my efforts to stabilize the situation in the Holy Land?

Baldwin IV, as the nominal supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, could not go face to face with his vassals.

Instead, he should act as an arbiter, even if it is a topic raised by himself, he needs to come out under the guise of a courtier.

Because once the king himself was gone, the proposed issue was vetoed by Raymond.

It means that in Jerusalem, the king's voice is no longer as strong as Raymond's.

Even if this were true, the signals it emanated were extremely dangerous, both for Raymond and for Baldwin IV.

The former will be recognized as a powerful minister, a careerist, and his reputation will be ruined.

The latter will also be regarded as incompetent and degraded in majesty.

If events are allowed to unfold, there are only two possible outcomes.

First, Raymond took a risk, was forced to be helpless, and chose to use conspiracy to murder Baldwin IV and ascend the throne himself, because he was also the heir to the throne.

The second is that Raymond will leave Jerusalem and return to his own territory in order to show his innocence, and the kingdom will be divided again, and the crusader forces in the Holy Land will be reduced to a mess.

Lothar's face was as usual.

He has no problem with Raymond, and if he were Raymond, he would choose a more beneficial and safer approach for himself.

It's just the situation that pushed the two to opposing positions.

He was neither humble nor arrogant: "Lord Raymond, look at it now, people's hearts are back, and it is really clear at a glance." ”

Inside the temple.

Those who raised their hands to express their support for the establishment of the Transjordanian border region seemed to have passed the halfway point, and the royal party, the queen mother's party, and even some nobles of the Jue party all raised their right hands.

The so-called Jue Party, the Queen Mother's Party, is a loose political alliance, and it is normal for there to be a situation of inconsistency.

Even Count Raymond, after the fact, there is no way to pursue those members of the Lord Party who "betrayed" him, but to win them over to prevent them from really falling to Lothar's side.

Raymond said in a gloomy tone: "Then I declare that from this day onwards, the Earldom of Transjordan will be established as a frontier jurisdiction, and the Earl of the Transjordanian Border Region will be granted the right to freely declare war on the infidels." ”

In the midst of an uproar.

Raymond looked at Lothar and said in a cold voice: "Count Lothar, I hope you can remember what you said, instead of becoming a sinner who buried the kingdom like Raynald." ”

Lothar bowed solemnly: "I will, sir." ”

Raymond tried to suppress the anger in his heart, and continued: "Next, the third issue is whether to crack down on hoarding, rumors, and food prices. ”

…

The court council came to an end.

Lothar sent off the last of his fellow vassals to greet him, and the smile on his face faded, and he finally came to the opposite side of Raymond.

And as the leader of the royal party.

This position was originally Gofrey's, but after receiving the title of Count of Transjordan from Lothar, Baron Gofrey was somewhat inadequate.

Now, the agenda has been adopted.

As long as he is canonized by His Majesty the King tomorrow, he will be regarded as a serious frontier earl, that is, the so-called "vassal marquis".

Hopefully, the system will be changed at that time.

At this time, Lothar found the double-headed eagle crest in her pocket, and she was a little hot.

Take it out and turn it on.

Inside, Nisaya's voice rang out, "Lord Lothar, I found traces of a fiery dragon in an ancient book. ”

"This is the closest dragon creature to you, but I can't guarantee it's alive."

The tone on the other side was a little hesitant.

But Lothar was still grateful: "It doesn't matter, the information I found from the classics is indeed outdated, and I can verify it myself." ”

"Oh, by the way, what are the characteristics of this fire dragon?"

Nishaya said, "This is a tyrannical dragon of the fire dragon species, I have a copy of its illustrated book that describes its habits, you can come to me and get it, or I can send it." ”

"Fire dragon species, tyrannical dragon?"

Nisaya explained, "Yes, fire dragon and sea dragon are just generic terms. ”

"The tyrannical dragon is a wingless fire dragon, which often inhabits volcanoes, and the dragon breath it spits out, even among all fire dragon species, it can be ranked in the forefront."

"Okay, I'm at the gate of the palace now, and I happen to be going to see Your Majesty, if you have time, please wait for me at the old place where we last met."

Nisanya hurriedly said, "Okay, I happen to be free. ”