Lord of Lowland

Chapter 335 On Crime
Of course, these excuses of Cecil are undoubtedly time-delaying trash talk. During this period, Cecil was thinking quickly. It is the core party.Why is it on this list?Who wants to harm me?
The first person to be suspected is the priest Clifford. There is no doubt that this guy must hate himself to the core. Judging from what Acria just said, Clifford at least led the trial of Alonso. In other words, Alonso was overthrown by Clifford at the level of the temple.If it's Clifford, then it's quite normal for him to hug the big rabbit and hack himself along the way.The great priest's resentment towards Cecil is completely conceivable.The current great priest is obviously appointed by him, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is his puppet.It's not a matter of minutes to clean up yourself.

Secondly, what about the king?The king has every reason to take action against himself. Since the peace agreement with the orc kingdom, the king has begun to implement the agency system in the territory that was originally enfeoffed.The 10 baronies entrusted to the province of Samara have become a worry for the kingdom.In order to gain the king's support, the second prince quickly implemented the agency system in the territories of the two baron lords who relied on him. However, the other eight baron territories were still resisting the king's will, especially his own territory, because there were With its own gold coin investment, talent introduction and policies, it became more prosperous and might even become the commercial center of Samara Province, directly competing with the territory directly under the king, which the king could not tolerate no matter what.

When he thought that he was offending the temple and the king at the same time, Cecil didn't realize it. He couldn't help but sweat on his forehead when he thought of it. Unexpectedly, the big tree fell down like this.Now that the temple and the kingdom are converging together to create pressure on him, he is really going to die now.

Sure enough, the High Priest of Acria did not accept his excuse at all: "Baron Cecil, the evidence that you and Alonso colluded is already very conclusive. We have enough evidence to prove that you two and the blasphemous sect." All have a great relationship, and Alonso's number one lackey Collins is also your teacher. You also have a very close relationship with Sandro, the necromancer of the blasphemous sect. Everything proves that you have completely betrayed the God of Dawn and the The kingdom has sided with the blasphemous sect, what else can you explain?"

Cecil laughed inwardly when he heard this, and he did his homework well. It is true that Priest Alonso and the blasphemous sect are unclear, and it is also true that he has performed missions with Sandro many times. It's not surprising that he became Alonso's running dog. The tutor was killed by Clifford and his whole family was protected by Alonso. Yes, but don't let anything happen.

"Things are not as you imagined. When I cooperated with Sandro, I didn't know that he was a member of the blasphemy sect, and we both got what we needed. I didn't do anything to harm the interests of the temple and the kingdom. " Cecil explained hastily.

This explanation is true, but it is not strong. In fact, Cecil absolutely believes that Clifford's friendship with those necromancers and blasphemous sects is no less than that of himself and Alonso. In fact, the descendant of the Devil's Gate It was the idea given to him by the blasphemous sect.In fact, for the sake of survival and profit, it is an unspoken rule that everyone knows that there is a certain degree of cooperation between the light camp and the dark camp, but this kind of thing cannot be discussed on the table. Unreasonable.

This matter depends on who has the right to speak. Now it is the other party who has the right to speak, and the other party has the right to bring your so-called sins to the table and make you speechless.Cecil is now in this unfavorable situation. The other party is standing in a high position, catching up on your shortcomings, and justifiably suppressing you. You really have nothing to do.

"Baron Cecil, what you said is enough to admit your collusion with the blasphemous sect. As for saying that you did not do anything to the temple and the kingdom, it is also nonsense. How much the blasphemy sect has caused us humans for thousands of years Their disrespect to the gods has made the gods very dissatisfied, and you cooperate with them to benefit them, which in itself is the greatest blasphemy against the interests of the kingdom and the temple." Acria said eloquently.

What he said made sense. Even Cecil thought there was nothing wrong with what he said. It seemed that at this point, it was useless for him to say anything. The next step was probably that they would arrest him.

How did you know that Acria didn't mean to arrest him, but instead gave him a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds: "However, both the great priest of the temple and the king of the kingdom are magnanimous people, although you have committed an absolutely unforgivable crime. crimes, but they are still willing to give you a chance to rehabilitate, it depends on whether you can seize this opportunity."

Acria's words didn't excite Cecil at all. He could figure out what conditions Clifford could offer him with his toes, and the king could roughly guess his own conditions, so Cecil didn't have much confidence in this kind of leniency.

"The first thing is that Baron Cecil must agree to cut your territory, and you must hand over half of the manor in your territory as a punishment for this incident. At the same time, you must also hand over the City of Bone Tooth. Secondly, you The rest of the territory will be controlled by the king's deputy. Baron Cecil just needs to be a carefree nobleman in the city of Issara with peace of mind. Wouldn't it be a good thing to live a leisurely and decent life every day? Maybe What happened to you this time was a blessing in disguise." Speaking of this, Akria actually showed a smile on his old face.

This condition did not surprise Cecil, and he went on to say: "I accept this condition." There are two reasons why Cecil accepted it. The first is that if he does not accept it, the kingdom will arrest him. The second is that he believes that the words of the great priest of Acria have not been finished. He only proposed the conditions for the kingdom to pardon him, but he has not yet proposed the conditions for the temple to pardon him, and Cecil knows very well What are the conditions of the temple, and he knows more clearly that he will never accept the conditions of the temple. Since the negotiation is going to collapse in the end, Cecil simply agrees to the other party first and sees how the other party will make ends meet.

(End of this chapter)