Volume II, Chapter 46
"Okay, we all know that the previous officers of the Ninth Legion were all sent by the Divine Highness, and they were all good officers!" said the clerk excitedly, "even if there is anything wrong with them, it will have to be dealt with by the Divine Temple." I would like to remind His Excellency Cohen Al Al Aida that, whatever your considerations, your identity cannot determine the fate of these hundreds of officers. Please also make fair judgments to prevent this tragedy from happening!"
While the clerk was presenting, everyone sitting in the room was sitting precariously, bowing their heads in thought, but the young chief dispatcher of the Porta Empire was like an outsider, repairing the long nails on his little fingers.
There was silence.
"Your Excellency," said Winterhal first, "what do you think of this?"
"General, are you asking me?" the dispatcher rolled his eyelids, "It seems that this matter is not in my hands......
"Yes, Your Excellency," said Winterhar, somewhat helplessly, "but since you are here, let me tell you what you think!"
The dispatch officer twisted himself in the wooden chair to make himself sit more comfortably, and then looked over to me.
"Your Excellency Cohen Al Qaida," he said, "may I call you that?"
"Of course," I said, "Your Excellency," I say, "please." โ
"I have to thank you for saving my cousin, His Royal Highness the Prince of the Porta Empire, last time at the altar," he said, "you know, I can talk to this cousin of mine......"
I almost fell out of my chair and said I would think of him saying this now?
"You're welcome, Your Excellency," I replied with a smile. "Under the circumstances. I'm just doing my job. โ
"Yes! Yes," said the dispatcher. "I believe that His Excellency Cohen Al Qaida will definitely not do this without reason, this is his usual style, last time he slaughtered a magician on the battlefield......!
"I beg your pardon, dispatcher, that I did not wish to interrupt you," said the clerk, "but you were talking about the last time. โ
"Do you think I can dictate to a Blessed Knight?" said the dispatcher, "then I'll sue you now." I don't have a say much about it!"
I wanted to laugh when I heard it, this dispatcher was really good, and he said a lot of things...... The result is nothing to say.
"Sir Cohen Al Aida, I know you will not punish these officers for no reason," said the white-robed priest, "but in this matter you have to take into account the Templars, and in that respect you have punished so many Officers of the Templars at once...... The temple could not accept this reality. โ
Speaking from the heart, the words of this white-clothed priest are very reasonable.
"Sacrifice to your lords, it's not that I want to punish them. I said, "They forced me to do this." Can I tell you the specific reason later?"
"Okay. โ
I stretched out my hand and made a gesture of invitation to the deputy quartermaster, this should be the deputy of the left minister, why didn't the left minister come in person?
"Your Excellency, so I think so," said the quartermaster, "that you have gone a little too far in handling this matter...... Of course, you must have your own reasons, but in the eyes of the temple, these are good officers, and some of them have even just studied at the seminary......"
"I know what you mean," I nodded, "is anyone else talking?"
"If you don't object," said one of the generals, "as a general, I certainly understand your painstaking efforts to enforce military discipline, but by doing so, you will be perceived by outsiders as excluding dissidents. Do you think it is appropriate for such a thing to happen on the eve of the Great War of Gods and Demons?"
As I expected, someone gave me a hat.
Everyone expressed their opinions at the request of the clerk, and basically the dispatcher stopped talking, Winterhar remained strictly neutral, and the others supported the clerk.
"General Winterhal Rainey," I said, "is there any order from the military headquarters that I am not allowed to carry out?"
"Your Excellency, because of your status, the Ministry of War is not in a position to give you an order on this matter," replied Winterhall, "and I have only been ordered to take notes, and to bring with me a message from His Royal Highness." โ
"Please. โ
"The prince wants me to sue your Excellency," said Winterhar earnestly, "and your Excellency takes up his post with a guard of a thousand men, and eats up all the supplies of the various military stations along the way...... These things have already had a bad impact on you, so please cherish the reputation of the Blessed Knight. โ
"Understood," I said, standing up, "I already understand your opinions, and now it's my turn, right?"
"Yes," said Winterhal, without raising his head, "Your Excellency." โ
"Actually, I am going to say very simply," I said, "that in my opinion, an officer is an officer, and there is no distinction between a subordinate and a non-Divine Officer. If they do something stupid themselves, they have to pay for their stupidity!"
"I'm standing here now, I have three identities, as a governor of the Sibian Empire, I'm responsible to my emperor, I'm responsible to the Light Protoss as a blessed knight, and I'm responsible to the coalition as the commander of the Ninth Legion! Among my three identities, I have no obligation to be responsible for the temple!" My tone became heavy, "It's none of my business for His Highness to send officers, but they have to abide by my rules when they stay in my barracks, and this is not worth talking about!"
"Your Excellency the Divine Knight!" said the clerk, "please pay attention to your words, you just said that you are not responsible for the Temple?"
"I said it, why do you think I gave you three days," I smiled coldly, "I want you to die a little more clearly!"
As soon as these words came out, all the people froze, and none of them could have imagined that I would even kill the clerk.
"Your Excellency, did I hear me right?" said the white-clothed priest in surprise, "He's the clerk!
"Lord Priest, you know that I respect you very much," I humbly said to the white-clothed priest, "Can you please listen to my explanation?"
The white-clothed priest nodded a little blankly, he didn't know what to control the current situation.
"Guys, do you know what these officers were doing on my first day on duty?" I said, picking up a piece of paper on my desk, "this is an official document from the Judge Advocate General's Office, and I was amazed by what they did. I'm happy to share it with you. โ
"That night. I entered this barracks of 70,000 men with a thousand men through the main gate. All the way to the commander's tent, where we are now, no one was found! Why? It was because there were only two officers on duty at the seven camp gates, including the main gate, and both of them were drunk. "Seventy-four officers of the rank of lieutenant and twenty-six officers of the rank of colonel have women hidden in their tents, and nine officers are playing with boys...... They're just too busy!"
Of the more than 100 officers who did not return that night, thirty-nine from Brigadier General York Bauer down were prostitutes in the town, and twenty-four were forcibly seizing women. More than sixty people drank and gambled......" I read as I walked over to the quartermaster, "these are the good officers you just spoke of, good officers from the seminary! Do you still insist on this?"
"Your Excellency, these are all trivial," said the quartermaster, "and our officers are usually very good......
"You're usually good, no problem!" I smiled, "Judge Jack, could you please introduce us to what they usually do!"
"Yes sir!" Jack flipped through the official document in his hand with a "whoosh," "in the space of three days." The Judge Advocate General's Office of the Ninth Army handled more than 400 cases, including homicide, robbery, and rape...... Almost every serious crime was committed by a former military officer. If it is handled conscientiously in accordance with military law. Five deaths for all the officers was not enough. โ
"Impossible! How is this possible!" Hearing this, the clerk could no longer calm himself, and he shouted loudly, "This must have been fabricated by you, Your Excellency!
"What I said is the truth, and these officers sent by His Highness have confessed!
Jack replied unhurriedly, "I'm a military judge, it's my duty, say I fabricate you have to come up with evidence!"
"You must have made it up," cried the clerk, "I know that you did not hesitate to destroy the bodies of the officers in order to achieve your end......s! He also brutally cut off an officer's genitals!"
"There is no such thing," I said, with a straight face, "I promise!"
The clerk was stunned, "You ......"
"Clerk, let me remind you once again that anything you say must be proven," I said, "and if you can't find an officer whose genitals have been cut offโyou're guilty!"
"The officer who raped the bakery's daughter!" "The clerk didn't realize he had stepped into the trap, "is he still alive?"
I started laughing, and I laughed very happily. In the midst of my laughter, the clerk's face became more and more ugly.
"So you know he raped the bakery's daughter...... Hahaha!" I laughed and said, "yes, this officer is no longer there, his crimes have made me lose my mind, and I personally ordered his soul to be purified with divine flames. But you say that his body -- I can tell you clearly that his body is very complete. โ
I clapped my hands, and an ensign officer walked into the tent and placed the box in front of the clerk.
"He's in this box," I said, tilting my head, "and please take it." โ
Burn to a pile of ashes, you can recognize that that's a strange thing!
"Your Excellency promised me that you will not kill until I return!" cried the clerk, "Your Excellency, do not forget that you are a knight of the gods!"
"The Blessed Knight is also human," I said, "and the Blessed Knight must not lose his temper, nor can he lose his mind!"
"You...... You!"
The clerk pointed at me and had already begun to address me as "you".
"Maybe you think I'm not keeping my word, but that's just your opinion," I said, "and from this day onwards, you will no longer be a scribe, and your name will disappear from the temple rolls." To be precise, you've been looking for your own death since three days ago!"
"You have no right to do that!" said the clerk, "and all of you here will never let that happen. โ
"You're wrong, you'll agree," I said, sweeping my eyes over the people at the table, "after listening to me, of course." โ
"Guys, you must be wondering why I can't wait to execute these officers. I will tell you now that not only are they guilty of heinous crimes, but they also use them as merits to show off everywhere!" I have already thought of these words, "please think about it, if these hundreds of officers do not die. How much will the reputation of the temple and even the reputation of the gods be affected! What an impact this will have on the coalition forces!The temple and the Protoss will become the laughing stock of the entire Bith Continent!"
"Yes. I executed an officer in advance, and I'm going to execute hundreds of officers sent by the Divine Temple at a time with a brutal infamy!" I slapped the table and shouted, "Don't fucking reason with me, I understand all these things! I'm using my reputation to wipe the temple's ass right now! What about you people who keep talking about the temple gods? You are here to stop me today! Stop me from defending the reputation of the temple gods! What the hell do you want to do?"
No one spoke, and no one was powerless to argue with me in such a situation.
"That's what I decided," I said, "is there anything else you have to say?"
"Your Excellency, I understand your situation. The quartermaster said, "Is it possible to reduce the number of officers who are executed?"
After all, it was not easy for the temple to cultivate them. โ
"Yes, you are responsible for the accident!" I looked at him coldly, "Do you know why the quartermaster didn't come himself, because he knows that this is the only way to do this, stupid!"
The quartermaster was silent, and he didn't even care if I scolded him.
"Your Excellency," the white-clothed priest smiled at me, "can I say a word?"
"Of course, please say it. โ
"Your Excellency. I've known you for a long time today, and I know you're in a difficult situation right now, and I shouldn't have opened up to you. "But I can ask you personally, at least to spare the life of York Bauer, for he is my nephew." โ
"Don't say that, Lord Priest," I nodded, "if you can keep him silent, I'll promise you." โ
"Thank you, Your Excellency," said the white-clothed priest gratefully, "I have no other requests. โ
I think it's almost time, "So, you don't have any comments to make, do you?"
"Judge!" Seeing that they were no longer talking, I turned to Jack and said, "You can arrest the clerk." โ
"No! no!" the clerk then remembered that I had just said that he wanted his life, and got up from his seat in a panic, "what am I guilty of?"
Several soldiers have already captured him.
"Clerk, listen up," Jack walked up to him, "I am Lieutenant Colonel Jack, the Judge of the Ninth Legion, and because you have disobeyed the orders of your superiors and conspired to destroy the reputation of the Temple, the facts are sufficient and irrefutable, and I now declare you arrested. โ
"No! I'm not guilty......"
Helt, on one side, walked up and punched his jaw so hard that he couldn't scream anymore.
The people who came with him shook their heads, who would have thought that the clerk who had just been in high spirits was now a lamb to the slaughter?
"Your Excellency, then this matter is over," Winterhar gathered away his official papers, "and we will go back to the military headquarters." โ
"I'm really sorry for you," I said, smiling, "and that's how it is to deal with this kind of business, and the atmosphere is very bad." โ
Winterhall looked at me, but didn't speak.
"By the way, Judge Soldier," I said to Jack, "go and bring York Bauer and hand him over to the Lord Priest." โ
"Yes!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency," the white-clothed priest came up to me and whispered to me, "by the way, Your Excellency, you can indicate it on the official document...... Did these officers die in an accident? In that case, the temple would have felt better. โ
"Of course," I said aloud, "please, I won't leave you to see the execution, it's a very bloody scene." โ
I really owe it thanks to the title of "Blessed Knight" for being able to pass the level like this, they can't press me with orders, and I will not have any problem with the big hat of the Protoss reputation to button them up.
In the eyes of more than 300 officers, six people left through the main entrance, and the clerk was also bound hand and foot, and many officers standing under the gallows began to weep, at first they sobbed quietly, and soon developed into loud crying.
"Jack," I whispered, "execution." โ
Hundreds of gallows were being carried at the same time, and the ropes were tightened on the winches with a terrible sound, and the faces of the people below began to twist......
"Let's go," I said, turning away, though I had prepared for such a scenario, but still feeling a little disgusted, "they brought it on themselves. โ
"By the way, Boss," Jack whispered, "does the official document really have to say that they died in an accident?"
"Yes, so that the face of the temple will be preserved," I said, "and if you think about it, you can have any accident." โ
"Does choking on food count?"
"Count!"
"Then it's okay to choke to death by drinking soup?"
"Yes. โ
"That'sโ"
"Okay, I understand you're trying to amuse me," I patted Jack on the shoulder, "I'm fine, I'll be fine in a moment." Now let's go to the tent and get down to business. โ
"Sit down," I beckoned to my brothers and Carlos as I entered the tent, "have you been busy these days?"
"It's busy, but it's not bad," Jack sat down with a grin, "especially now that I'm done, and I'm so relaxed!"
Everyone laughed.
"But sir, I don't understand anything," said Carlos, "why would you give York Bauer back to the Priest, just because he was the nephew of the Priest?"
"It's going to be that simple, it doesn't really matter if York Bauer is a sacrificial nephew or not," I sighed, "the problem is that I have to give these adults a face." People came to lie down with their eyes, but they were so touched by your nose that you said a few words...... Where are you putting people's faces?"
"But there's no need to give them back the highest rank," Moya said, "and that guy is a scoundrel." โ
"My Wing Commander, it is profitable for us to exchange a brigadier general for a clerk," I laughed, "our most fundamental purpose is to control the Ninth Legion, and to kill some officers is to establish our prestige in front of the soldiers, and it doesn't matter if we kill one or two less." (To be continued......)