Volume IV The Reign of Chaos 181 The Trial of Tirio
There will always be villains in this world.
The so-called villain is the person who wants to you as long as he looks at you upset. Maybe it's slander, maybe it's slander, maybe it's ridicule or planting. The reason he's doing this to you isn't that you might have hurt him. And most of the time he just doesn't like you. If one day you do something that infringes on his interests or may infringe on his interests, then he will kill you.
And as a villain, its IQ is not necessarily low, but its measure must be small, and this kind of person is often very jealous, and at the same time he will have a strong sense of self-esteem. Anything he thought hurt his self-esteem or embarrassed him. Hold a grudge and keep it in your heart. If he is given the chance, he will most likely return it to you.
Villains are everywhere.
In fact, as long as there are people, as long as there are more than two, there may be so-called villains.
Actually, I think I'm quite a villain sometimes.
I also hold grudges, I get jealous, and sometimes I can't help but want to say bad things about others. We all know that trouble comes from the mouth, and illness comes from the mouth, but often I really can't control my mouth.
But people are often very contradictory individuals, and he will be really stingy with someone at some time, in a certain situation, very small people. But when dealing with some big events, especially social events, he will be extremely generous, and even say that he is willing to give everything he has.
Maybe this kind of person is not a villain, this is just an ordinary person. The real villain will not let his interests be harmed.
And for the man who ruined Tirio Ferdin's disgrace and left him homeless in the end...... If he hated the undead Scourge to the core, he almost took out all his hatred on them. Maybe it's because his family was killed by a natural disaster. He showed enough attention and hard work on this matter. But at the same time he did the same with the orcs, he had some righteous heart, he longed for those evils to be judged, and he was willing to do so.
I don't really understand the character of this kind of person, but in my eyes, is this kind of person a hypocrisy or ...... What about hypocrites? He is as cold as winter to his enemies, but he treats his companions around him as companions for the time being...... There were many times when he didn't have much of a sense of tolerance.
He was the one who had completely destroyed Tirio Fordin.
Tirio Fording is the second person I have ever met, besides Uther, of such noble character, who is wise, who knows what to advance and retreat, and who always has a sense of justice in his heart. He is kind enough, forgiving enough, and generous enough. You will feel very relieved to be friends with such people.
But people like him are framed.
As I told you, Tirio found an orc in his valley, and that orc could not be considered to be raised by him, but at best to shelter him.
But in the end, this matter was known by others.
These are the things he told me later. At that time, I was no longer what I used to be, but I was what I am now. I was technically an enemy of him, but he didn't execute me or judge me or do anything to me. In his eyes, I would still be his friend even if I became like that.
So he told me everything that had happened to him.
Didn't he and his son Tyran find the orc in the forest? But his men were either hung up or knocked unconscious, and the orcs did not kill them, and when they awoke they all fled home because they could not find Tirio.
As they prepared to assemble their army and search in the forest, they found that Tirio had returned safely with Tyran.
They were shocked, but Tirio never spoke of it again. If it's an ordinary person, that's it, okay? The big lord didn't say anything more, and their group of subordinates didn't need to say anything.
But there are those who have a heart.
It is good for this kind of person to do something for the country and the people, but what I am saying is that this kind of person is good on the basis of having a relatively correct ideological and value outlook on right and wrong.
But once such people's minds are crooked, their intentions will become the greatest disaster for others.
Tirio's innocent and lovely son, Tyran, told the man who wanted to find out.
The birdman stalked Tirio in order to get more information.
There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of those who have a heart. When someone with a heart puts his mind on something he believes in, his burst of wisdom is beyond imagination.
Tirio said he didn't notice it.
What do you think is the purpose of such a person? Not to mention what he did later, I can't think of any good and well-intentioned reasons to follow this matter. Don't say it's to protect him.
I asked Tirio how he was doing, and he said that he was almost ignored, he wasn't very talkative, he wasn't very active, but he never lagged behind, he didn't stand out but he wasn't that bad. It's just a characterless person.
A man who is not even a paladin, not even a good warrior, wants to protect a paladin who is countless times stronger than him? What about this reason?
The king was not dead at that time, so he reported the matter to the king. You know what...... Tirio said that there was not much in the man's accusation against him.
But the king was angry.
At that time, the prince was far away in Northrend, and the plague in the country was somehow suddenly brought under control. It was at this time that the king ordered Tirio to be arrested.
Tirio didn't resist, not even retort. He said he was strange at the time, and he didn't think about what he had done badly.
He said that when he was captured, the king's men convicted him of treason. An upright and noble paladin was convicted of treason for collaborating with the enemy!
Tirio was arrested like that, do you know why he didn't resist? As a vassal of a vassal of a prince, he is not a vassal directly under the kingdom, and he is the only one who can be captured obediently.
Under normal circumstances, when this kind of thing happens, the people who are arrested will definitely inform their feudal lords, and they will not obediently obey. But Tirio obeyed, for his captor was Uther!
This thing is done ...... It's really clever!
Uther went to arrest him, didn't it seem good to use the word catch? But that's it. It is to arrest him, not to ask, not to inquire, but to arrest him directly.
Uther was not the main person in charge at the time, he didn't know what was going on until he arrived in Hearth Valley, and Uther was shocked when the person in charge took out the verdict and arrest warrant.
He couldn't believe it, but the document signed by the king was clearly written. He knew that Tirio was not that kind of person, and he knew that Tirio would never do such a thing as collaborating with the enemy and treason, but the order issued by the king was there, and the reasons in it were clearly written...... Privately contacted the orcs, and the relationship was close, and the contact time was long but not reported in time, and he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and was arrested.
Uther knew that he had been used as a spear by the king! But he couldn't help it, the thought in his heart was to be framed. Tirio believed Uther, but Tirio had difficulty accepting the charge. He immediately protested, saying that he did not collaborate with the enemy and treason, but at this time the arrest warrants were all down, this kind of thing must not be nonsense.
And Tirio said that he knew what the collaborator was talking about, but he did not accept the charge of treason. It's just that it's useless to say anything now, it's too late to say anything......
What Uther told Tirio was that he would do everything in his power to protect him, and that the matter would be revealed.
At the time, Tirio said that he had thought about disobeying, but he chose to trust the brother in Uther's face.
These are his exact words, and he believes that this brother can also be regarded as a teacher and friend.
Uther meant to put on a show first, but no one expected that this appearance would make Tyrio and Uther end up with a good look.
Immediately after Tirio was controlled, he asked Tyran to take his family to ventilate and tell the orc Itrag to run. But in the end, it was not only Itreig who was arrested, but also the family.
Even if Tirio was innocent, he did not do anything to be sorry for the country, sorry for the king, sorry for the people...... I can't explain this behavior!
The informant had already told the king where the orcs were hiding, and some of the people who came this time came to arrest Tirio, and the other went directly to arrest the orcs, and by coincidence...... After capturing the orc, he loaded the family and Tyran, who had come to report the news.
The interrogation that followed left everyone tormented.
Uther was pushed apart. The king's envoy arrived the day after they arrived, and had come specifically for the matter.
Uther was out of use.
The abuse of orcs is absolutely unbearable if it is placed on a person's body. That's not an interrogation, it's a rush to kill it!
Of course, the interrogator wanted to hear that the orcs could speak the human language, and if the orcs spoke, then the interrogation would be more than half successful, and Tirio's charge of collaborating with the enemy would have been basically confirmed.
If you get any information from the orc's mouth, even a few words of Tirio's treason will basically be convicted.
But this orc ...... Very...... Tenacious.
It really holds the bottom line.
This orc is indeed rare...... Good...... Orcs!
Of course it understands human language, and of course it knows what humans want to ask and do. It's not what Itreig told me, it's not what Tirio told me, it's something I figured it out myself.
Because it was tortured to the end, it didn't speak!
It didn't say a word!
The king's people thought that the orcs would be the biggest and easiest breakthrough, so they first caught the orcs and started the interrogation. In a way, it also saved Tirio some face.
However, when the interrogator realized that there was no way to get what he wanted from the orc's mouth, he began to punish Tirio as well.
Uther lodged a solemn protest, but it was ineffective. Not only was it ineffective, but it also made the envoy stiff back. Tirio said that Uther would be able to see him at first, and told him how he had protested and how he had been beaten. Later, however, Uther was forbidden to visit Tirio on the grounds of avoiding suspicion.
Avoid arousing suspicion......
Ha!
The interrogation lasted more than a week, and Tirio was about to collapse. The orcs were repeatedly beaten to death. But neither of them ended up saying anything unfavorable to each other.
Seeing that the trick was about to fail, the envoy asked Uther to talk to him, hoping to find some clues. Uther, however, initially refused.
The envoy then told Uther that Uther agreed to his request, and he was once again used as a gunman.
Tirio said that he was also in a difficult situation, who did he save and who did not save in this situation? Now even he can't protect himself. So he chose silence again.
His attitude towards Uther was surprisingly cold and even scolding, and he wanted Uther to feel better, at least to be able to speak well to the envoy. So he pointed to Uther's nose for something unpleasant, until at last he was stunned by Uther's scolding.
And then Uther also failed.
The envoy did not approve of such an outcome, but he had no choice now.
You may wonder, if you just die like this, won't you just have to lie about sudden death?
Ha, if only it were that simple, if that were the case...... The king's calculus was completely broken, and the chain reaction would be reflected on him.
So he can't let Tirio die! Even the orc was interrogating while healing.
Seeing that everything was tried for half a month, they finally forged a confession and fabricated the fact that he collaborated with the enemy and treason.
You know Tirio, what do you think of this person?
This person is really not simple, he can't bear what ordinary people can't endure, and he can't bear ordinary people, or he is a hero.
But why did he beat him to the point where he could barely take care of himself? In fact, it is very simple, just so that he cannot retract his confession.
So the matter was closed, and the trial was not drawn east of the East Weddell River at all, let alone in Stratholme, but in the Valley of the Hearth.
Judge him in his land...... Isn't this kind of thing ironic?
But the reality is that it's not ironic! King Terenus meant it very clearly!
At that time, there were many people in the jury, and many people came. There are Tirio's friends, former comrades-in-arms, and some adults of Lordaeron, some nobles from the Hexi region, and even some nobles from the Hedong region have come!
Speaking of which, do you know what the king's intentions are?