Outside the chapel, the crowd had already gathered. A sudden news that spread shocked everyone. The nobles and soldiers were all shocked. Even those who had vaguely realized some truths in advance were also informed of the details of the incident. Then I was stunned—
In order to eradicate those nobles who once opposed him, to frame Duke Gawain? Sensational killing.
This is not a rumor, but has real evidence and witnesses—a secret letter that should have been destroyed was found, and several inner court servants who were unwilling to remain silent also stood up to testify against the king. Outside the chapel, a fat man The Earl of Bahrain waved a letter in his hand angrily: "This is a conspiracy! The king deceived Duke Cecil with false news, making the Duke mistakenly think that the Raven Mesa was captured by monsters, and the king killed hundreds of nobles and their knights , just because these people once opposed him!!"
The knights around the church became agitated, and the turmoil gradually evolved into louder and louder shouts. Some nobles in the inner court who were in shock and fear also quickly joined the wave of condemnation. Only a few people in the crowd remained strangely silent. , and a small group of nobles were stunned, as if they lost their position all of a sudden, as if they suddenly couldn't figure out what went wrong in this world.
More people were mobilized, and a betrayal anger began to spread through the crowd.
"The king we supported turned out to be a tyrant?!"
"He can kill a hundred nobles who oppose him today, and he can kill us tomorrow!!"
"He himself was crowned on blood! We should have known from the beginning!"
Someone in the crowd was yelling at the top of their lungs, at first it was only a small part of the people, but somehow it quickly infected almost the whole crowd, some people shouted for the king to come out of the church, and some people who felt betrayed were angry. Watching that door, if there was not the last guard guarding the church door, these people might even rush into the church.
Then, the door of the church was pushed open, and Wales Moen appeared in front of these people.
"The King is out!" "He's out..."
The crowd couldn't help taking a half step back in the commotion, but then rushed forward again, a noisy voice sounded from all directions, clamoring for the king to explain the contents of the letter, and the Earl of Bahrain stood at the front , waving the letter paper in his hand, and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Please explain all this—why did you write to Duke Cecil, saying that the Crow Mesa was captured by monsters?!"
The fat earl's face was flushed, and it seemed that every word he said was exhausting his whole body.
Wales looked at the Earl of Bahrain silently for a few seconds, and said clearly after the crowd around him became quiet: "I just cleared the kingdom of moths."
This was an admission in disguise, and the crowd immediately went into an uproar.
And when the uproar almost reached its peak, the crowd suddenly fell silent again.
A tall figure came out from the shadows inside the church, Gawain walked out of the gate, and stood beside Wales expressionlessly.
"Frankly speaking, since the day I walked out of the grave, I have met many people in this era. Some people try to be my opponents, some people think they are my opponents, some people are my allies, and some people think they are mine. Allies," Gawain glanced at the king next to him, "but only you, who are neither opponents nor allies, are the first ones so far who really surprised me, and even caught me off guard."
"Then it is my greatest honor," Welsh said softly with a slight smile, "then there is only one thing for you to do—condemn me."
No one could clearly hear the low-pitched conversation between Gawain and Wales, but everyone could see the exchange between the two, and a nobleman in a royal blue coat called out loudly: "Duke Cecil, you were killed by this The 'King' has deceived! He wants to do you wrong!"
Gawain glanced at the noble who shouted loudly, and said to Wales in a low voice: "This man is very loyal to you."
Then, before Wales could respond, he added: "Unfortunately, this stage you have arranged is not quite my style."
A trace of surprise finally appeared on Wales' face, but before he wanted to say anything, Gawain had already stepped forward and said to the gathered nobles and soldiers: "There is no need to doubt, I know what is on the Crow Mesa. "
The square in front of the chapel was suddenly quiet, and everyone forgot to speak out in astonishment. Some couldn't help but take a breath after a while, while others subconsciously turned their gazes around—
The soldiers and chariots of the Cecil Legion gathered around the open space, and those cold war machines were watching all of this indifferently, without sorrow or joy, and were well-disciplined.
"That letter is true, and so is my bombing of Raven Mesa, but before we discuss the justice of this matter, I have something for you to see."
As Gawain spoke, he stretched out his hand to the side. Only then did people notice that a short half-elf in black close-fitting leather armor had been standing there at some point—this astonishing concealment technique first made Chao Fan present The readers were surprised, and then they saw the half-elf handing a stack of paper with writing and patterns to Gao Wen's hand.
Gao Wen took the printout from Amber, first flipped through it casually, and then read: "Count Uriel, a direct nobleman from the royal family, the fief is located in the west of San Sunil, planned to defect on the day of last month, and once packed The properties of the twelve carriages, including three carriages and several war horses that were stolen by taking advantage of their position and should have been used as city defense supplies... After realizing the abnormal transfer of the Royal Knights, they urgently canceled the escape.
"Viscount Hodiker, an inner court nobleman, also planned to defect, and transferred a large amount of property belonging to the royal family by bribing the guards... Also because of the well-informed, he urgently canceled the escape, and then actively loyal to the new king, in order to cover up the criminals. sin.
"Viscount Barger and his brother tried to defect from the north city gate, so they did not hesitate to kill an upright knight who opposed the defection and tried to report to Silver Castle, and disguised him as a fall.
"This one is even more powerful. Countess Hopkina who tried to defect, I even have a magical photo of her rushing to the north gate in a car—"
Gawain raised a page, which clearly showed an image of an aristocratic carriage with its insignia erased driving towards the city gate. In the image, a woman with a slender face was sticking her head out and looking nervously at the street, while the background behind the carriage was It is the northern wall of Saint-Sunil that everyone knows.
"I still have a lot of information here, a lot."
Gao Wen's voice woke up many stunned people in the square, and after waking up, almost everyone suddenly felt a downright chill spreading from the bottom of their hearts.
The Duke stared at everyone—even though he was far away in the south, his sight had already covered the capital in the north.
These materials, these words and pictures, the perspectives they present are unsettling, and the details they possess are frightening. For a moment, the nobles on the square even had an illusion—as if they were completely unobstructed. Living under Cecil's nose, every guest at the banquet, every guard under the porch, every pedestrian passing by the roadside, every corner, every moment, there is a pair of Cecil's The eyes are staring at myself.
But Gao Wen himself knew that he was far from achieving this. Although after more than two years of operation, the Military Intelligence Bureau has indeed set up many stations and spies in the city of Saint-Sunil, but his "monitoring" of the capital is still limited. Quite limited, but those nobles who tried to defect were really unlucky, or they only cared about the attention of Silver Fort, and ignored the civilians who could be seen everywhere on the roadside and the sight behind the windows on street corners and alleys. As a result, many of them were exposed. It's a tell-tale.
On the other hand, the information in his hands is also half-truth and half-false - but at this time, who cares
"At a time of national calamity, it is a serious act of treason to try to defect, take away military supplies, destroy the city defense layout, and even murder the defenders." It's just a matter of law enforcement."
This is Gao Wen's style - he was the one who ordered the bombardment of Crow Mesa, there is nothing to admit, he just wanted to eradicate those nobles, there is also nothing to admit, just like what he did in the southern border, in the traditional nobles In affairs, he neither devious nor pretentious.
After all, what exists between the order he promotes and the old aristocratic order is not a "deviation", but a tit-for-tat confrontation. Since it is destined to be incompatible from the beginning, it is better to be more direct.
After all, he doesn't need to "leave a way out" for himself in the old aristocratic group. Instead, he must be careful that if he cooperates with this scam today, this hypocrisy will become a stain in the eyes of the people one day in the future.
"I'm done," he said indifferently, "who wants to speak?"
There was silence in the church square, but this silence was not only caused by nervousness and fear, but also a kind of contradiction and entanglement that bothered everyone. Except for those soldiers and low-level knights who might have a relatively simple stand, those present who were slightly The nobles of the title are aware of the difficulty of this problem:
Traitors are extremely abominable, there is no doubt about it. Basically, those who stand here at this moment are those who have truly defended the capital and feel contemptuous of those fugitives. Things feel a certain degree of approval.
But Gawain Cecil's method made them feel uneasy again, and the burst of cannon fire made everyone deeply afraid.
The king has indeed eliminated the "worms" in the kingdom, but it is undeniable that the king has indeed used this method to eradicate dissidents. Regardless of whether Duke Cecil knows the truth on the Crow Terrace, the letter from the king is very important. It's real, and the motive is real...
The huge sense of contradiction and the almost absurd sense of division made everyone at a loss what to say for a while, it seemed that neither of them should support, but they had to support one...
This unbearable silence lasted for a whole few minutes before it was suddenly broken.
The people gathered in front of the chapel suddenly dispersed from both sides, and the elegant Duke Baldwin Franklin stood out wearing a duke cloak.
The duke held something inexplicable in the eyes of others—it was a metal plate made of mithril.
After seeing the metal plate, Gawain didn't show the slightest surprise on his face. He just turned his head slightly and glanced at Victoria next to him. He saw a trace of solemnity in the complicated gaze of the Northern Duchess, and then That trace of solemnity turned into relief again.
Baldwin Franklin came to Gawain and Wales with a mithril board. After exchanging a deep look with Wales, he turned around and looked at the crowd in the square:
"In any case, the king's act of eradicating dissidents by the hand of the Duke of Cecil is indisputable. His motives contain great selfishness and a terrible abuse of power. This indisputable fact proves one thing: Wales ?Moen is no longer suitable to be our king. He should step down and abdicate.
"Duke Cecil's bombardment of Crow Terrace is a thunderous means to eradicate traitors. He is far away from the center of power in the royal capital, and has no motive to eradicate those who disagree with his political views. Although this decision seems too cruel, it is in a state of national crisis. normal decision to make—that is my judgment."
Behind Gao Wen, Hu Po, whose figure was hidden from everyone's sight, muttered softly: "It's ridiculous..."
Gao Wen responded softly: "That's right, it's just ridiculous."
There are too many points for debate in Baldwin's words, as if deliberately magnifying the fault of one party, and deliberately ignoring the terrible behavior of the other party. It is obvious that Gao Wen really fired the gun, but in the end he wants everyone to ignore it. a little.
But the most absurd thing is that after Baldwin's voice fell, no one in the square refuted it.
There was a brief silence, and then they exchanged glances with each other, and in a silent tacit understanding, they nodded one by one.
Baldwin turned around and looked into Welsh's eyes: "Your Majesty, do you have any objections to this conclusion?"
Wells smiled in relief, and things were finally going the way he had planned.
"I have no opinion."
"Then, please abdicate the throne, Your Majesty."
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