Chapter 392: The Arrow from 8 years ago
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"Based on witness testimony, testimony and evidence.
This court can confirm that all the allegations against the defendant are false.
According to this, the verdict in this case is announced as follows, Baron Raven Ota Griffith -
Innocence! ”
Bang!
The wooden hammer fell, and the sound echoed in the court.
Pa, pa, pa...
Keynes XVI first started applauding, and then warm applause filled the entire court.
The guard untied Lei Wen's shackles and sent the storage ring back as it was.
Keynes XVI stood up:
"Today's trial allows us to witness the dignity of the imperial law.
Not only does it let us know that the empire has the Supreme Court who is indomitable and powerful and fairly enforces the law.
We also see Baron Leiwen's noble qualities of being brave to take responsibility and loyal to the country.
Barl Lei Wen, serve the country with a sincere heart. As the king, I must also let those who serve the country receive the rewards they deserve. "
"In 10 days, I will officially enthrone Baron Leiwen as Earl in the Royal High Court. "
"Lei Wen, please rest assured. ”
After saying that, he turned around and left from the dedicated passage.
"Abide by the order, Your Majesty!" Lei Wen stroked his hand and saluted respectfully.
Everyone present stood up and saluted, and after Keynes XVI left, they all stood up again.
The trial ended at this moment, and the original order disappeared.
The nobles in the hearing table began to discuss.
This trial is too bizarre and curious. The cause is sudden, the process is absurd, and the ending is beyond everyone's expectations.
Now that Lei Wen has been lifted out of guilt, His Majesty the King has personally promised the enthronement, which not only means that Lei Wen will soon become the earl, but also means that he has actually become His Majesty the King's confidant.
Everyone knows how much His Majesty the King likes this upstart.
Of course, many people want to come over to say hello and make friends.
Some people have already thought about how to send their women to Lei Wen. Baron Lei Wen has not reunited after he became a widow, which is a rare opportunity.
There is a fence between the hearing table and the defendant's dock as a distance, and it is impossible to enter directly.
Although the nobles are determined, they each have their own reserve and will not please them so bluntly.
But others will not take these rules and regulations into consideration.
"Brother!" Weiston was the first to climb over the trial table, rushed to Lei Wen, grabbed his wrist, and his lips squirmed:
"You are losing weight..."
Before he finished speaking, his voice was already choked.
The hyena followed closely, and her tower-like body almost smashed into the fence. He rushed to Lei Wen, but didn't know how to express his feelings, so he could only beat his chest with his right hand and gave an unpicky military salute.
Thor wanted to cross the fence but didn't dare. He wanted to go around from the side but was afraid of delaying time. Until he saw that Julia had started to move, he finally made up his mind and barely led Julia to Raven.
Before he was talking, Julia spoke in a hoarse voice: "Sir, let's go back."
She was the most nervous at the beginning of the trial, and she was the calmest now.
Leiwen was detained for 114 days, and they were nervous and afraid for 114 days.
I experienced such a trial today, and the constant emotional changes can be said to have exhausted everyone's energy.
Lei Wen could certainly see this. These people outside looked even more haggard than themselves who had been in prison for 114 days: "Okay, let's go back."
Walking out under the guards of everyone, noisy voices poured into your ears.
The nobles were bustling with people, and many wanted to come and visit, looking for various reasons and excuses, but they were rejected by Weiston and Julia, allowing Raven to enjoy some peace in the midst of the noise.
The wind blew.
The refreshing air flows in the warm afterglow of the sunset, making Lei Wen feel like he is filled with unprecedented ease.
His eyes were passing through the crowd, with a hint of longing in his eyes, but as he left Samur Palace, his eyes gradually returned to peace.
Still no sign of Lux was seen.
After testifying, Lux left the witness stand and never appeared again until the verdict was announced.
Hope she's fine.
"Baron Leiwen, Lord Leiwen!"
Sharply, Leiwen captured an unclear scream, which could be said to be very rude on such an occasion.
Turning around, Judela was huddled in the crowd, trying desperately to rush over, seemingly eager to explain something.
But Raven did not stop a little because of Judela's shouting, but just glanced at him, turned around and accelerated his pace.
Judra was even more anxious. In a panic, she didn't know whether her feet were tripping together or stepping on the corner of someone else's clothes, and fell to the ground with a thud. She accidentally pulled a woman's skirt while waving her palm. "Ah! Someone is rude!" After screaming, the lady fainted very soon and ladylike.
I just heard the story of hero saving beauty during the trial. The young nobles were worried about having nowhere to practice. When they heard this sentence, they were immediately burst into trouble and squeezed towards the scene!
The noble boys who came came were divided into two factions, one was responsible for punching and kicking the "rogues", and the other was responsible for rushing to support the lady. "I didn't mean it, it's all misunderstandings, misunderstandings!" Judela defended loudly.
But the defense was quickly drowned out by more sounds—the sound of punching and kicking and spitting.
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Lei Wen was not attracted by this little episode because there was a bigger scene waiting for Lei Wen.
Outside Samur Palace, the entire street was packed with people, more than when the trial began in the morning.
They shouted Raven's name and raised banners of various colors - "Baron Raven - the war hero of the empire!"
"Justice will not be late, justice will never be absent!"
"The calcined steel is more tough, and the smelted gold is more dazzling!" "Barley Leiwen, I want to give you so many children!" "To celebrate Baron Leiwen's escape from guilt, the whole store's products are 25% off!"
Seeing the word "relieving" posted on it, Leiwen frowned and pondered.
How to go back?
The streets were tightly blocked, and if they walked away, these people would definitely give way, but the problem was that Lei Wen didn't want to be watched all the way like a monkey.
"Rayvin, congratulations." Pier came over from somewhere and blinked at Rayvin: "What do you think of today's performance?"
This look is like it was not him who accused Rayvin in the witness stand today.
"It's so wonderful!" Lei Wen also smiled and didn't care at all: "No wonder you were appreciated by Your Majesty so much."
"To be honest, it's my fault. You shouldn't be so scared, but Your Majesty the King has his life, so you must not refuse to follow." Pier rubbed his hands:
"As apologize, why not get on my carriage, I'll take you back to the Emerald Hall?"
Levin agreed readily and boarded Pier's carriage.
The carriage separated the crowd and quickly left the busiest streets. Although there were still many people following behind, the team gradually became thinner.
The hyena who was following behind her horse spat: "Biler, this guy, is accusing the lord in court today, and now he is still posted. He is such a natural clown. No wonder he is so short!"
Thor quickly looked around and confirmed that no one heard it and spoke in a low voice:
"Don't talk nonsense. Pier is a celebrity in front of His Holiness. He offended him without any benefit. The adults didn't say anything. It's not your turn to curse people."
Hyna was still disdainful: "That's because the adults are well-cultivated. If it were me, he would definitely beat him up all over his face!"
"Then you learn more from the adults." Thor said: "You have been with the adults more than us, why can't you learn this mature way of doing things?"
When the two of them were about to stop, Wiston rode his horse and said, "Okay, I've been very tired during this period. Let's say a few words."
Thor turned his head away, and the hyena looked unwilling, but he still stopped.
The so-called danger shows loyalty and kindness. Since Lei Wen was imprisoned, Weisdon has basically been running around in all directions.
No matter how much prestige has been accumulated, at least in the eyes of Hyenas and others, Weisdon still has the most basic responsibility.
Visdon also knew that neither of them was convinced, and whispered: "Thor is right. This is the capital. It's not our turn to chew the root of his tongue behind his back."
"But Thor, you are not completely right. Who do you think your brother is? When have you ever seen him beat him to his teeth and swallow it in his stomach?"
"You can give Pier smiles, not because he knows that Pier is just a knife and a tool."
"Will you be angry with a tool?"
The hyena seemed to have realized something when she heard it, and her originally stern face smiled.
Thor looked at Weiston in disbelief and immediately lowered his head.
If Pierre is just a knife, then the real murderer is not...
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When the carriage stopped at the door of the Emerald Hall, the sun had already set into the horizon.
Raven jumped out of the carriage and walked into the gate, and Pier tactfully did not follow in.
It's strange. Although I couldn't eat well and couldn't drink well during this period of time, I really gained freedom. Lei Wen didn't have much desire to eat, and fatigue overwhelmed everything at this moment.
Please let people prepare bath water and new clothes, and Lei Wen sank himself into the bathtub.
The warm water flowed through the chest and abdomen, making Lei Wen wrapped in warmth, and the muscles on his body relaxed, as if he was returning to his mother's amniotic fluid.
The sweet angel's tears flowed into his throat, and his spirit became more and more relaxed.
This is a good time to take a nap.
But Lei Wen stared firmly at the half sun that was about to sink into the earth and was like salted egg yolk outside the window, reluctant to let it leave its own field of view.
The 114 days of no sight of the sun makes him extremely nostalgic for the sunshine at this moment.
The sun gradually disappeared, and the magic lights in the house were on. Although it was a bit dazzling, it could also make Lei Wen feel a sense of peace.
It was not until the fingers became wrinkled that Lei Wen got up from the bathtub, wiped his body with a bath towel, opened the window, sat in front of the bed, and let the slightly cold wind blow dry the wet hair.
But the skin began to leach sweat again.
Another bottle of angel tears was opened, and Lei Wen drank a big mouth to his mouth, but he still couldn't suppress his pounding heart.
"Fuck it..."
Now Lei Wen knew what fear was.
The feeling of life being fucked by human hands is really fucking bad.
Version Keynes XVI really wanted to kill himself...
As it was not Morenzo, it was backfired...
Version Lax did not stand on his side...
Nothing was missing, and now, his head would probably be hanging on the top of the city of Sinagal!
The capital cannot come again.
Unless Lei Wen can guarantee that he has the ability and freedom to enter and exit at will.
After being banned, go home immediately!
Looking his head up, he drank all the second bottle of angels' tears, and was about to open the third bottle, but suddenly he remembered the sound of knocking on the door.
Irritability arose from Lei Wen's heart:
"Didn't I say that I'll have a good rest tonight, no one will see you!"
The knock on the door disappeared.
That night, Lei Wen drank six or seven bottles of angel tears, and then fell asleep under the dual effects of fatigue and alcohol.
When you open your eyes again, the sun is still hanging in the sky.
In a trance, I actually slept for almost 20 hours!
Gululu...
The gastrointestinal motility was like thunder, and a feeling of hunger emptiness hit my heart. Lei Wen grabbed his clothes and put them on, ready to get something to eat. As soon as the door was opened, I saw someone kneeling not far from the door.
The clothes were wrinkled, covered with shoe prints and dirty things. They were leaning on the ground with both hands, which looked a little swollen. Everyone could tell that they had been kneeling for a long time.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the man raised his head and showed a face that was at least 60 years old.
Lei Wen raised his eyebrows.
It turned out to be the old neighbor, the lord of the Iron Loft Corner, and one of the witnesses accusing Raven in court yesterday, Baron Judela.
I haven't seen you for a day, why are you so old?
May people...
It's so uncomfortable!
"Thunder..." Judela's throat couldn't help but feel a little dry after not drinking water for a long time.
Before he finished speaking, Lei Wen seemed to have not seen it and turned around and headed straight for the hall.
Since Lei Wen was imprisoned, all the attendants in the Jade Palace had been replaced by Lei Wen's own people. The clerk Hu Xia worked as a temporary housekeeper part-time. He knew that Lei Wen had slept for a long time and had already prepared the food, just waiting for Lei Wen to wake up.
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Lei Wen was in place here, and Hu Xia snapped his fingers:
"Serve the food!"
This meal can be said to be the most enjoyable meal Lei Wen has ever eaten in his life.
No matter what, everyone will accept it. Meat, bread, seafood paella, and all kinds of delicacies will be immediately wiped out as long as they are served in front of Lei Wen.
The eating movement is very elegant.
Hu Xia, who was reporting on the work, was stunned and forgot to speak!
"Tell me." Lei Wen glanced at him, stuffed a sausage into his mouth and chewed it and swallowed it: "Old Gordon would not be as shocked as you." "Yes, my lord!" Hu Xia continued to report.
The general content is the detailed funding rules spent by Weiston on multiple activities after Lei Wen was imprisoned, as well as the changes in the Eagle Leader over the past period.
Lei Wen frowned: "Wait, the previous message, make it clearer."
Hu Xia swallowed and said, "...Simon Knight, on January 5, 1202, disappeared."
"Is Simon missing?" Lei Wen put down the fork in his hand and wiped his mouth with a dining cloth: "Is there any news in the future?"
Hu Xia said, "The last time the eagle received a letter was 8 days ago. The time was sent on February 24, and there was no new information."
A gloom flowed through Lei Wen's eyes.
Simon did not disappear early or late, but disappeared after being arrested. It was probably because someone around the eagle leader had something that should not have moved.
"Hu Xia, please immediately ask the hyena to take people to the manor outside the city and bring prisoner No. 1 to me."
"Yes, my lord!"
After dinner, Lei Wen wiped his mouth and returned to his room.
Judra still kneeled at the door.
"Get in." Lei Wen said.
Judela followed Lei Wen, rolled and crawled into the door, and then crawled on the ground, without daring to raise his head!
"Judra." Lei Wen sat on the chair, opened a bottle of wine for himself, poured it into a cup and savored it slowly: "How long have we known each other?"
"9 years, Lord Lei Wen."
"9 years..." Lei Wen chuckled: "9 years, even a dog, it's time to find out the temper of his owner."
"I'm a little curious. Who gave you the courage to treat me like this?"
Judela shook like a sieve: "Mr. Lei Wen, it's not that I want to frame you, it's Anthony, it's that old guy Anthony forced me to do it!"
"He is a marquis and a governor, and I can't disobey his orders."
"At the beginning, I also wanted to resist, and I thought of various ways, pretending to be sick and self-harm, but I just didn't want to come and accuse you, but he threatened me with my son."
"Mr. Lei Wen, I have a son dead, I can't die another one!"
"Please, please forgive me this time... Otherwise..."
Judela is in her early 40s this year, but now she is so old that she is unreasonable because of fear and fatigue.
The eyes are deep and wrinkles are piled up, and the hair is even gray.
Now, while crying and begging for mercy, my eyes still kept looking at Lei Wen. He didn't look like a nobleman, but like a lonely old man.
But Lei Wen did not show any sympathy: "Otherwise, what will you do? Let's finish your words?"
"Can't you kneel here?"
Jude Ra was stunned and didn't know how to show it.
How did Lei Wen say his words! ?
"Judra, I always think you are a smart person, but I still think this is the case now." Lei Wen said lightly:
"But you are smart, you shouldn't think everyone is a fool."
"I said you are brave, not that you dare to accuse me, but that you dare to kneel at my door!"
"This kneeling is not for me, but for other nobles."
"If the news spreads, I forgive you, that is, your sincerity touches me, and I also have a reputation for being generous; if I refuse to forgive you, that is, I am narrow-minded and proud and complacent, and I can't blame you."
"You want me to do this multiple-choice question, right?"
Judra's originally sad expression calmed down.
He came here with this idea.
This is the capital, and Lei Wen cannot kill him as soon as he was released.
As long as you don’t die and give a little shame, you will expose this matter. That is a great thing for him.
"Lord Leiwen is really smart." Judela looked directly at Leiwen and said, "So, which road do you want to take?"
Levin smiled, "I have given you a chance."
This sentence sounded a bit inexplicable to Judela.
Lei Wen tapped the table lightly.
A man walked in.
When he turned around, Judela felt his muscles tense all over his body, and a chill rushed straight from the back of his spine and exploded in his head!
The person who appeared in front of Judera had a messy hair dragged to his knees, his beard as thick as a horse's mane, and his body was even more hunched.
But Judela recognized the man's identity at a glance.
The blood relative of his mother and his brother, after failing to fight for title at the funeral, escaped with force and failure to fight for title, was missing for eight years - Mark! "What, what, how could it be you!?"
Killing his own father was Judela's long-lasting nightmare.
And the most powerful witness is Mark.
Since Mark escaped from the funeral, Judela has never given up on pursuing his younger brother, but this person seems to have evaporated from the world and has never appeared again.
At the beginning of his disappearance, Judela often couldn't sleep all night, and always dreamed that this brother came back to reveal what he had done and turned his title into a bubble.
As time passed, Judela had slowly forgotten it, but he did not expect that he had been held in his hands by Lei Wen for the past 8 years.
And it was brought to the royal capital!
The sharp arrow shot 8 years ago hit his forehead at this moment!
Cold sweat flowed uncontrollably from Judela's forehead, and the foundation deliberately dressed up as old as a painter was washed down and flowed into his lips, bitter and salty.
Levin... Did he expect this trip to not go smoothly, so he brought Mark too?
But, how could there be such a person? How could there be someone who can make arrangements? It will last for 8 years! ?
Raven seemed to see through Judela's doubts:
"Just raise someone, but I can't defeat me." "Speaking of it, Baron Judela, do you still want to kneel down?" Judela's body fell to the ground with a snap.
When Raven was still a baron, Mark's existence was a great deterrent, let alone, Raven is about to become an earl!
But now, Raven's crimes have been eliminated, so he can take Mark directly to testify and accused Judela of killing his father.
And Judela had no room for resistance!
Who would go against a new star who had no value for him, a baron who had no use, who had a new value into the imperial political stage?
Not to mention, he really killed his father!
"Sir Leiwen, please, please let me go, I am willing to do anything for you!"
"Oh, don't be so excited." Leiwen spread his hands and said, "Baron Judela, you are generous and give me two ways to go. Then I am more generous, I will give you three ways."
"First, I will send someone immediately to take Mark to the aristocratic Council to charge the accusation. I estimate that it will take 1 or 2 months to open the court. Baron Judela, be prepared in advance and go to fight this lawsuit."
"Second, I will take you out of the city now, and then kill you outside the city. I will say that you lost control of the witness when you saw the witness and wanted to kill someone to silence him, but my guards killed him on the spot."
"Third..."
"I choose the third one, I choose the third one!" Judela said repeatedly.
Lei Wen said: "Oh? I haven't said the third one yet."
"No matter what you say, I agree!" Judela bit her lip:
"I just want you to let my son go!"
"Very good." Raven nodded: "I said so earlier, why bother to this point?"
"Judra, I want you to immediately make a contract to declare your title and territory to your younger brother Mark. I can guarantee that Mark will never attack your son."
"And you must be incognito and start today to become the most ordinary member of the Eagle Army. Without my permission, you cannot take the initiative to reveal your identity, and you cannot step into the iron furnace leader half a step."
"Can you agree to this condition?"
Judra had no intention of resisting at this time and nodded in a wooden manner:
"Thank you, Lord Lei Wen, for your magnanimity..."
After saying that, he got up, picked up the paper and pen, wrote a document clearly, signed and printed his own seal himself.
"Mark, thank you brother, why don't you hurry up." Raven threw it to Mark.
"Thank you, brother!" There was an unconcealed resentment in Mark's eyes.
How is it possible to be imprisoned by Lei Wen for 8 years?
But he didn't hate Lei Wen, and he couldn't, let alone hate Lei Wen. Of course, he could only hate his brother.
Judra was speechless.
He could not imagine what kind of inhuman treatment his daughter, his wife, would suffer from Mark's hands.
But at least, his son can still survive and the title may return to his hands.
Looking at Mark's excited and violent expression, Judela sighed in her heart.
This is the price of his father killing him back then.
And he also saw the purpose of Lei Wen's arrangement.
Mark was kept in captivity for 8 years and was already deposed. He inherited the Iron Loft Collar and would only become Raven's puppet. From today on, the Iron Loft Collar can be said to have been incorporated into the territory of the Griffith family in a practical sense.
Moreover, Raven retains Judela's son and lets Judela serve under his command, which is itself a check and balance against Mark.
Whenever Mark has a slight distortion, Lei Wen can replace him at any time.
Did... Did the moment Lei Wen imprisoned Mark 8 years ago, he thought of this day?
"Go, Baron Judera." Raven stretched out his hand and waved his lips: "I mean, soldier, Walton!"
Judela lowered his head and stepped back.
The news of Judela's "missing" did not cause much splash, after all, he was just an irrelevant border baron.
The most popular topic is the upcoming enthronement ceremony.
The empire has not been enthroned by the real power for nearly 400 years. Everyone is looking forward to what kind of grand scene it will be.
During this period, Lei Wen was mainly resting and recuperating.
In addition to exercising and getting familiar with magic every day, he also cultivates feelings with the black cat Sikret and the horned eagle beast.
He was also inquiring about Lux's news from many parties, but Lux was like evaporating from the world, and no useful news leaked out.
The connection with the eagle collar is also intensifying.
Until April 10th.
The enthronement ceremony was officially held in the Royal High Court.
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(This chapter ends)