As the saying goes, the hands that take people are short, and the mouth that eats people is soft.

Count Werner received a huge fortune from Otto, and at this time, he naturally couldn't watch Otto perform alone, and he would definitely come out to help Otto and El talk.

In Werner's view, Otto really didn't need to play this play.

The Franconian nobles present have all received the benefits from your Otto, who will be too idle to report El.

Regarding the attack on the Prince of Jutland, even the Kingdom of Jutland has not investigated this matter clearly, everyone has nothing to do with those Vikings, who is bored to tell the truth, and offends Otto, who seems to have a promising future, for no reason.

Hearing Werner say this, the other Frankish nobles followed suit.

Everyone has also taken Otto's benefits, and in any case, we have to follow Werner's meaning.

"Yes, Baron El did a great job. I've long seen those Vikings unhappy, my grandfather died of wounds in battle with the Vikings, and Baron El is a bad breath for me. ”

"Those Vikings are not good people, they will be cut when they are cut, Count Otto rest assured, as long as we don't talk about this matter, no one will know that it was Baron El who did it."

Hearing everyone's statement, Otto was relieved, and it seemed that the money was really not given away in vain.

But is it just that you don't know about it to end it? So why do you have to work so hard to perform?

"You have a point, although we once had a grudge against the Vikings, now the two sides have always been safe and sound.

But Baron El, who was bewitched by the Saxon nobility, should have to give an explanation to the Vikings. ”

Suddenly, everyone in the room, including El, looked at Otto in surprise.

What does that mean? Ready not to admit yourself? Good guy, isn't it possible to become a pleasing Viking, and even his own brother is killed?

No, it was Werner who was the first to look back and realize the point of Otto's words.

Is the point to give an account to the Vikings? No, no, no, the point is to be bewitched by the Saxon aristocracy.

This means that what Otto wants is for those Saxon nobles to carry this black pot for El, so that the hatred of the Jutland king will be transferred to the Saxon nobles.

Werner had no affection for the Saxon nobles, and he had no problem with the Saxon nobles taking the blame for El, as long as Otto himself could do things well.

"Well, Count Otto has a point, everything is a good thing done by the Saxons, and has nothing to do with Baron El.

These Saxon nobles are also too lawless, not to mention whether to give an account to the Kingdom of Jutland, at least to give an account to the Duke. ”

"Count Werner is right." Otto immediately picked up the topic and nodded. Looking at El, he asked softly.

"El, how can you listen to the words of the Saxon nobles? Well, go back and think about who encouraged you to go against the Vikings in the first place. ”

"No..."El raised his head and looked at Otto, subconsciously wanting to deny it, but when he saw Otto's expression, he quickly realized that his brother was helping him find a scapegoat.

In that case, El just needs to cooperate.

"I... I can't remember... It seems that a few Saxon nobles were agitated, and they rushed to the Viking enclave with the Saxon soldiers, and I followed them in order to call them back. ”

"So... Actually, everything was done by those Saxons? Otto asked with a frown.

"Yes, many soldiers in the army can attest to the fact that the Saxons did it!" Elle nodded hurriedly.

"I see." Otto withdrew his gaze and looked at the other nobles in the room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you see it's so obvious.

These Saxon nobles, because of their long-standing conflict with the Vikings, deliberately encouraged my brother Baron El to lead an army against them.

After my brother Baron El refused, he still attacked the Viking gathering place with his own soldiers.

In order to avoid a conflict between the kingdom and the Vikings, Baron El hurriedly went to stop it, but he was still one step too late, causing the Vikings to suffer a lot of losses.

In order to reflect the kingdom and the Vikings' desire for peace, those Saxon nobles who took the lead in making trouble naturally had to be dealt with seriously! An explanation to the Duke and the Vikings.

What do you think? ”

Otto lightly threw the responsibility to the Saxon nobles, and asked everyone to express their position, that is, in the name of collective decision-making, to cut down a group of Saxon nobles together.

Originally, Otto didn't want to go against the Saxon aristocracy anymore, so it would be good for everyone to have a good relationship. After all, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them.

But on the contrary, his younger brother El made such a big thing, this kind of pot, even Otto himself, even the Duke of Franconia did not dare to carry it casually.

Just kidding, those Nordic barbarians are fiercer than one another, no matter what your identity is, you can grab it when you should rob it, you can cut it down, you don't dare to fight, only you can't beat it.

This group of people, in future literary and artistic works, is the prototype of the berserker.

For this kind of crazy warrior, Otto felt that it was better for everyone to be safe.

Since things have been done, someone has to take responsibility.

There is no way, there is only one more suffering for the Saxon aristocracy.

Anyway, the territory was also tossed and messed up before, and it wouldn't be a big deal if you carried one more pot.

What's more, the interior of the Saxon aristocracy is not monolithic.

Some nobles, even if they were dealt with by Otto, others would not stand up for them. This kind of person is an excellent backing object.

If you don't have the strength and connections, you can't speak when you're dead, is there anything more perfect than this?

"Count Otto, am I a fool?"

The Duke of Franconia looked at Otto with a smile and listened to Otto's report on the results of the investigation into the attack on the Prince of Jutland.

After Otto's careful investigation, everything was a conspiracy of the Saxon nobility, who wanted to deliberately provoke a war between the East Frankish kingdom and the Vikings in order to seek the independence of the Duchy of Saxony.

They first tricked the commander, Baron El, into leading his troops to raid the Viking enclave.

Fortunately, Baron El understood the righteousness and was not deceived.

Failing to deceive Baron El, these Saxon nobles took their own troops and acted on their own.

When Baron Elm found out that the situation was wrong, he hurriedly led his troops to bring these Saxon nobles back, but still caused a lot of damage to the Vikings.

Baron El then handed over these Saxon nobles to Count Otto, who imprisoned them for the Duke of Franconia.

But who knows, the Saxon aristocracy, who had nothing to do with this matter, actually chose to rob the prison, causing a riot in Bremen.

Many Saxon nobles suffered casualties in the riots, many of which have not been seen since then, and the city of Bremen has been damaged to some extent.

This kind of result is impossible for the Duke of Franconia to believe as long as he is in his right mind.

"Count Otto, are you a little too bold? Do you find the results credible? Do you think I'll believe such a retarded lie or will the Vikings believe it? ”

Facing the scrutinizing gaze of the Duke of Franconia, Otto was undaunted and his face remained as usual.

"I know Your Excellency doesn't believe it, but I can't help it, that's the case.

Whether the Duke believes it or not, I believe it anyway, and so do the priests and nobles in Bremen. ”