Pirate King: Unparalleled<

Frey arrived at the meeting hall surrounded by Harold, Tris and many guards. At this time, the nobles headed by "Earl Yorick" and "Earl Norris" had already sat down at the long table in the meeting hall. After waiting, they saw Frey and others arriving, and they all stood up and saluted Frey."

"See His Majesty the King."

Frey walked to the head of the long table and stood at the head. He looked at the nobles below and said with a smile: "Please sit down without courtesy."

"Thank you for your grace."

All the nobles who heard Frey's words thanked him in unison, and then sat down one by one.

Frey also sat down at the head of the long table, while Tris and Harold came to Frey's side and stood quietly.

Frey first glanced at the nobles under his hands, then he chuckled and said: "I called you all here today. Originally, there was only one thing I wanted to announce, but someone sent a message this morning. As a result, It becomes two different things.”

"Do any of you want to guess what two things I am going to announce?"

Norris stood up and saluted Frey with his fists in his arms and said: "I am so ignorant, please make it clear to your majesty."

Frey smiled and gestured for him to sit down, and then said: "Then I won't talk to you anymore, let me announce the first thing today."

"Harold".

"Your Majesty."

After hearing Frey's words, Harold quickly took two steps forward and came to the front of the nobles.

Frey pointed at Harold and said to the nobles: "I am going to upgrade Viscount Harold to the title of earl, non-hereditary, and let him serve as my minister of finance. Do you have any opinions?"

Earl Yorick quietly closed his eyes and meditated below, while Earl Norris frowned and didn't know what he was thinking of writing. Only the other little nobles were left looking at each other, not knowing what to say. What.

In the end, it was Earl Norris who broke the silence. He stood up again and bowed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have no objections to your decision. However, isn't Lord Brutt the Minister of Finance? If you appoint Harold as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will Lord Brut do?

Frey patted his head and pretended to have just remembered. He said: "Oh, by the way, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. I'm afraid you don't know yet. Lord Earl Brut was arrested a few days ago because of He has embezzled a huge amount of military expenditures and other financial expenditures from the Kingdom. He has been arrested and imprisoned. Currently, I have deprived him of his title of Earl and his official position of Minister of Finance. He is no longer the Earl of the Kingdom of Ferelden. , and is no longer my Chancellor of the Exchequer.”

After Frey finished saying this, he sat at the head of the table holding a glass of wine and looked at the nobles below with a smile.

Some of the nobles who heard Frey's words were shocked, while others pretended to have just received the news. They all condemned and spurned Brut, and some even knelt down on one knee. Asking Frey for orders, he wanted to have a fair duel between nobles with Brut who was imprisoned in prison, and give Brut a decent death.

After Norris cupped his hands to show that he had no other questions, he sat down directly and said nothing.

Frey clapped his hands and signaled the nobles below to calm down, then asked: "It seems that no one has any objections to my canonizing Harold as an earl."

Sitting quietly below with his eyes closed and concentrating, Earl Yorick, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his eyes. He stood up and looked at Frey. He bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, for your canonization Harold is the finance minister of the kingdom, and I have no objection to raising Viscount Harold’s title to earl. Isn’t it inappropriate?”

Frey was shocked when he heard Yorick's words, as if he had just seen him. He smiled and said: "It turns out that Lord Yorick, you are also here to attend the meeting today. I'm really sorry, I didn't notice it just now. your presence”.

Yorick was so choked by Frey's words that he almost lost his breath. He said calmly: "Your Majesty is serious. I just sat down quietly for a while with my eyes closed because my eyes were a little sore. Please don't do it." Blame it on me”.

When Frey heard Yorick's unsentimental words, he also said calmly: "It doesn't matter, Count Yorick, since your eyes feel uncomfortable, just continue to sit down and close your eyes to rest, so as not to cause your body to suffer from overexertion." If any illness occurs due to overwork, people will say that I am too incapable of caring about my subjects. Also, you just said that the proposal to promote Viscount Harold to earl is inappropriate, but I don’t think so.”

First of all, Harold himself is loyal to me. His father, Earl Smith Rossiter, who passed away early with the late king, has made countless contributions to this country, and Harold himself is also Very outstanding. Although he has not made any major achievements, he can still be considered as indispensable for guarding the safety of the royal capital. What do you think, dear "Lord Yorick"?

Yorick felt angry when he heard Frey's seemingly caring words, but in fact he was secretly sarcastic. But how could he, who had lived for so many years, show such a little bit of unhappiness on his face? He replied calmly: "Since your Majesty has said so, I have nothing to say. Everything will be done according to your Majesty's will."

Frey looked at the many nobles below and asked again, do you have any other opinions about me appointing Viscount Harold as the Kingdom's Finance Minister and promoting his Viscount title to an earl?

Frey looked around for a week, and the nobles below did not make a sound. Frey smiled and said: "Since no one has any objections, our Lord Viscount Harold has been officially promoted from viscount to earl, and will serve as Ferro As the Finance Minister of the Kingdom, let us congratulate him with warm applause."

As soon as he finished speaking, Frey took the lead in applauding. The little nobles below looked at each other, and then they also applauded one after another. The scene was very lively.

After the applause subsided, Frey motioned for him to come forward and say a few words on taking office. Harold took a few steps forward and came to the front of the nobles. He put his hand into a fist and put it to his mouth and coughed lightly, clearing his mind. After clearing his throat, he said: "First of all, I would like to express my great gratitude to His Majesty the King for trusting me to serve as the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom."

Harold turned around and saluted Frey. Frey smiled and gestured for him to continue speaking. Harold continued to say seriously: "I condemn and despise the corruption of the former finance minister Brut. For a nobleman who holds a high position in the kingdom with a salary from the kingdom, but does not do anything befitting his status, he deserves death. I, Harold, hereby swear that I will never let down your majesty’s expectations and will do my best. I will try my best and give everything I have for this country. If I violate it, I should be hanged in front of thousands of people."

After Harold finished speaking, he bowed his hands to everyone, and then returned behind Frey.

Frey waved his hand and chuckled: "Since the first thing today has been announced and resolved, let's announce the second thing."

"I just mentioned that Brut was imprisoned for corruption, right? Well, he was imprisoned in the underground prison of the trial center in the capital. Just the day before yesterday, I took General Tris and Harold with me. Oh no, Now it should be Earl Harold who has come to the trial court to interrogate Brut."

At first, Brut did not give in. It was not until our dedicated warden Mr. Azik tortured him for a day and a night that he was willing to confess. He only made a request, which was that if I was willing to let him go and not kill him, he was willing to confess. Only after hearing his words would he tell me the whole story of the embezzlement of military expenditures, and hand over a list of nobles suspected of being involved in the embezzlement of military expenditures.

I agreed, and gave him two days to slowly write out the list, and then arranged for Warden Azik to move him to a clean and comfortable room, and entertain him with good wine and food every day. I hope he Write that list out early.

Frey glanced at the nobles and said in a cold voice: "Guess what happened next?"

Before the nobles below could speak, Frey continued to talk to himself: "Just this morning, someone told me that Brut was assassinated, along with the guards guarding him and our loyal warden Az. Grams, all became the souls of that assassin. The assassin not only killed people, but also chopped off their heads and took them away. He even left several big characters of Xue Linlin on the wall as a demonstration." .

"White Rhino Pirates, Ibamilyu".

"My loyal nobles of the kingdom, can any of you tell me why Brut was assassinated, and the person who assassinated him was actually the White Rhino Pirates, a criminal gang that he couldn't even fight with? "what he did"

"Frey looked at the nobles below and said coldly."

"The nobles below looked at each other and talked about each other."

After a while, the discussion subsided, and Yorick said calmly below: "Could it be that Brut and the White Rhino Pirates had colluded in the first place, and in the end, the White Rhino Pirates... The thieves were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they sent people to assassinate Brut. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Frey pretended to be serious and thought for a while and said: "It seems to make sense, but even if Brut and the White Rhino Pirates colluded, the revelation did not seem to have a particularly big impact on them. There is no need to assassinate him with such fanfare and leave such words of protest."

Yorick shrugged and said, "Then I don't know, Your Majesty."

Frey looked at the other nobles below and asked, "Does any of you have a better answer?"

After waiting for a long time, no one was willing to answer, so Frey gently pushed the chair away, stood up and said calmly: "Since you don't have any clues, there is no need to force you. Let's stop here today and let the meeting end."

"Farewell to Your Majesty."

Frey turned around and left the conference room with Tris, Harold and many guards.