Boom!
In the council hall of Lion's Roar Castle, there was another coffin.
The guard who carried the coffin reported loudly: "Master Joyce, we found this corpse in the room of the butler Drinden."
Viscount Walra went up to check it out, and said in a sad voice, "That's right, it's indeed my father's body!"
"Framing! This is framing!" Joyce screamed, his face was full of anger and fear, "You guys planted it on the butler!"
Looking at Joyce who lost his composure, Colin smiled slightly and said, "Master Joyce, you can't slander an upright knight out of thin air."
Knight Louis immediately stood up and questioned: "If Steward Delinden really conspired to kill Earl Uman, why did he deliberately hide the other's body in his room?"
Colin seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and explained calmly: "Because he wants to find something from Earl Uman."
"what?"
"The will of the Duke of St. Hilde!"
"will?!"
For a moment, everyone screamed in shock.
Cavalier Louis also looked at Colin in amazement, various thoughts flashed through his mind, and he dared not speak for a moment.
"The Duke of St. Hilde left a will?" Adjani seemed to know the existence of this will for the first time, staring at Colin without blinking her beautiful eyes.
"Of course." Colin pointed to Viscount Walra, motioning for him to explain.
Viscount Walra immediately took out a roll of parchment and said in a deep voice:
"I just found this will from my father's room, and it was this will that caused my father to be murdered!"
With that said, Viscount Walras handed over the will to Ajani, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency the Archbishop, I invite you to read the will of the Duke."
Ajani took the sheepskin scroll, and on the surface it was calm, but in fact, a turbulent sea had already set off in her heart.
Even though she hasn't read the contents of the will, she can already guess what is written in it.
Seeing Colin and Valla's confident appearance, this will must make Vera the heir!
Moreover, the performance of Colin and Walra singing together just now made Adjani realize a cruel fact——
The Uman family has already sided with Vera!
This is the deadliest!
The defection of the Uman family meant that the Joyce family completely lost control of Winter City.
There is also the Golden Lion Army loyal to Vera outside the city. Under such circumstances, even if the city defense army is still in the hands of Joyce's department, it will not be able to cause any disturbance.
That's why Colin dared to kill Steward Durinden in public, and recklessly framed him.
Mastering absolute strength also mastered the right to speak.
It is as if a country can say that another country has weapons of mass destruction by holding a tube of washing powder.
What matters is not the authenticity of the evidence, but whether you have the strength to silence those who doubt it.
Now, Ke Lin has such strength.
Adjani's heart was heavy, and she knew that she had to make a new choice.
I saw her slowly unfolding the parchment, and in the eyes of everyone expecting, she lightly parted her red lips and read aloud:
"I, Siris St. Hilde, in the name of the seventeenth Duke of the North, canonized Vera St. Hilde as the Marquess of the North. After my death, she will inherit the title of Duke of the North and rule the The authority in the north, inherit the glory of Saint Hilde... "
"Impossible! This is impossible!" Joyce's sharp and immature voice sounded again.
There is no more ostentatious teenage success in it, and it is replaced by endless fear and anger.
"I don't believe it! I am my father's number one heir! How could my father let Vera inherit the duke position? Show me, show me!"
Joyce held out a trembling hand and demanded to see the will for himself.
But Adjani ignored his request, but said indifferently: "This is indeed the handwriting of the Duke of St. Hilde, and the badge is no problem."
This means that the church has recognized the validity of this will!
Colin smiled slightly. This beautiful archbishop is very skilled at adapting to the wind.
However, the other party's knowledge of current affairs also saved him a lot of trouble.
"Give it to me, I want to see it!" Joyce still yelled reluctantly.
However, Adjani didn't seem to hear his request at all, and handed over the will to Viscount Valla after collecting it.
Viscount Valla ignored Joyce and kept the will close to him.
Joyce was completely ignored.
"You...you..." The little boy's face flushed red, his body began to tremble, and his eyes were filled with unbelievable fear.
This young child experienced the bitterness of the world's coldness prematurely.
But the people present at this time don't have time to care about the mental health of a kid, especially after the kid has lost the aura of the duke's heir.
Viscount Valla continued to explain: "Father once told me that when he first arrived in Winter City three days ago, Steward Drinden approached him and showed him the will.
However, at that time, the housekeeper took out this will not to obey it, but to completely destroy it and support Master Joyce to the throne!
Therefore, the father pretended to help the housekeeper destroy the will, but in fact he secretly dropped the bag and hid the real will secretly.
Louis Cavalier was there at the time, and he can testify. "
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Knight Louis.
At this time, Louis also understood that the general situation was over, and the rebellion of the Uman family had made Joyce's succession impossible.
What's more, the will was not destroyed.
At this moment, Knight Louis even wondered whether Earl Uman had been playing Infernal Affairs all along.
Has the Uman family always supported Vera
Have you been tricked from start to finish
Cavalier Louis fell into deep panic and bewilderment. Facing Walra's questioning, he hesitated for a moment, but nodded, acknowledging the authenticity of the matter.
With the approval of Knight Louis, Viscount Walra was even more confident, and continued:
"The moment my father saw the Duke's will, he had already decided to support Miss Vera. However, at that time, Steward Drinden insisted on supporting Master Joyce to the throne, and claimed that he had united all forces in the city to force Father join them.
In desperation, the father had no choice but to pretend to agree first.
But when Viscount Angelet entered the city on behalf of Miss Vera, his father immediately formed an alliance with him, intending to lead the family army out of the city to fight against the rebels with the Golden Lions!
However, such behavior was regarded as a betrayal by Steward Drinden, so he secretly contacted the dwarves and arranged for an assassin to brutally kill his father.
After killing his father, Durinden wanted to find out the will from his father, which allowed the assassin to leave his father's body and leave Lion's Roar Castle with only his father's head to return to his command.
But what they didn't know was that his father had been hiding the will in his room. "
After listening to Viscount Walra's story, everyone present fell silent for a while.
It seems that there is a reasonable explanation for everything about the death of Earl Uman, but whether the explanation is the truth is actually not that important.
They all understood that the story Viscount Valla just told was just a high-sounding excuse, and what really worked was Vera's crushing military strength.
Therefore, when Viscount Valla decided to fall to Vera's family, the situation in Winter City was already doomed.
Butler Delinden must be a traitor, not because of the "truth" that Viscount Valla just said, but because of the Uman family's army and the Golden Lion Legion outside the city.
Colin coughed lightly, and said righteously: "Dlinden colluded with the rebels and murdered Earl Uman, he deserves to be punished!
Do you have any other comments? "
His eyes swept over the faces of everyone present.
Joyce was already dumbfounded under such a huge blow. He stood there motionless as if he had lost his soul.
Louis Knight had lowered his head a long time ago, and now he was only thinking about how to save his life.
Chester Cavaliers was always neutral, and he remained silent at this moment.
As for Archbishop Ajani, after catching Colin's gaze, she smiled brightly, nodded and said:
"Drinden really deserved what he deserved, Viscount Angelet, I fully agree with your actions!"
Colin also smiled with satisfaction: "It is my honor to be recognized by you, Archbishop. However, I still hope that you can find someone to repair the church, so that the tragedy of Knight Thomas will not happen again."
The meaning of these words is to confirm that Thomas was indeed killed by the collapsed church, which is Colin's return for Adjani's change of position.
Adjani also heard what Ke Lin meant, and the smile on her face suddenly became brighter.
Ke Lin's behavior of reciprocating favors made her understand that this is a partner who is willing to cooperate.
In this case, it is not unacceptable for Wei Wei to become the Duke.
"Please rest assured, Viscount Angelet, we will definitely re-strengthen the church and never allow similar accidents to happen again.
Now, let's welcome Miss Vera into Winter City as soon as possible. "
"As you wish!"
(end of this chapter)