Paladin

When the two parted ways again, the sky had lightened slightly again, and through the shadows of trees and buildings beside the road, one could see the color of the first ray of dawn shining through.

Evan found the home of the blacksmith who made "furniture" for the cardinal. However, the blacksmith had been dead for many years. Burned to ashes, almost nothing remained.

The blacksmith's family has also moved away, and only his neighbors remember such a tiny bit of things.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible to obtain more evidence. Evan had no choice but to return to the mission area, but met a messenger who caught him off guard: "Your Excellency Paladin? His Excellency Bishop Spencer asked me to A word to you: Your Excellency Hugo's trial has been brought forward, and now they have started to parade in the streets."

Hugo's hands and feet were covered with iron chains.Escorting him was a whole team of cavalry wearing mail armor. Out of fear of the strength of the Inspector General of the Holy City, they were extremely cautious. Four heavy iron balls were strung together at the end of his iron chain.

According to the usual practice, this parade team will go around the inner city after starting from the prison, and then arrive at the Grand Court of Moa, where Hugo's chains will be removed and replaced with shackles, and the formal trial will begin.

Hugo was wearing a thin prison uniform with a slightly tired expression on his face. He walked steadily in the middle of the line. When he accidentally raised his head, he saw Evan standing on the roof on one side, his figure vaguely outlined by the dawn.

Evan put his right hand lightly on his left chest, bowed to salute him, and said with his mouth: We are thinking of a way, Colin.Justice will always be served.

Hugo closed his eyes, smiled and nodded.

Evan entrusted the messenger to find Hewett and give him a message. However, the mage's whereabouts may not be easily discovered. They were originally scheduled to meet again this afternoon, but they did not expect the trial to be brought forward.

Now one can only hope that Hewitt gets the news and arrives in time.

Evan mixed with the crowd and entered the Moa City Grand Court in advance.

At this time, preparations were underway for the trial, and several justices had begun to enter the high platform of the Grand Court.On both sides of them are the aristocratic district and the Holy See district.

In addition to this high platform, there are three rows of ordinary seats surrounding the middle of the field.

And in the middle are two judging seats facing the judges, with two lonely chairs placed - the Casa Empire does not yet have the profession of lawyers, and even the laws are a little rough, so a considerable number of auditoriums are needed. This also leads to the opinions of the people - or the moral level of the public will greatly affect the outcome of the trial.

Evan followed the crowd and sat in the middle of the ordinary seats. They were separated from the middle of the field by low tables one by one.He looked towards the high platform and saw seven or eight idle noble women sitting curiously on the noble seats, probably because the rare trial of the paladin aroused their curiosity; Absolutely, quite a lot of clergy came in, including Archbishop Kyle Spencer, as well as other bishops and deacons.

Not long after, Cardinal Lawson entered the arena, dressed in white civilian clothes, and the crowd rose to salute him as he took his seat.Lawson raised his hand casually to signal everyone to sit down, and then sat beside Kyle Spencer, talking peacefully with the people on both sides.

From the appearance alone, Evan couldn't tell that the cardinal would be the deranged prisoner, but most of the criminals who could hide for many years, of course, would not be easily spotted.

Not long after, Hugo was brought in. He put on a pair of lighter shackles and sat on the defendant's seat. On the plaintiff's seat was Ann's brother-in-law, who had half of his front tooth knocked out by Hewitt. Man, it is said that he is the one who reported Hugo.

After everyone entered the arena, the Grand Court was temporarily closed.This rule is to prove that a trial will never be influenced by the outside world, and must be an absolutely fair verdict.

The whispering of all the audience gradually stopped, someone in the judge's seat announced the time loudly, and then announced the start of Hugo's trial.

Their accusations against Hugo are: obscenity with the same sex, forcing their own subordinates to have improper relationships, and abusing their positions for personal gain.

After reading a lengthy charge, the judge asked: "Colin Hugo, what is your defense to these charges?"

Hugo was silent for a long time, and the judge asked again.

The sound of whispers began to come from the field again, like the tide of the sea, like fallen leaves.

Hugo looked around the auditorium, his gaze made everyone suddenly quiet for some reason, and after a while, Hugo closed his mouth tightly and laughed mockingly.

He sat down in the defendant's chair and bowed his head.

——Why don't you speak, why don't you justify?

Evan clenched his fist unconsciously. He never believed that Hugo would remain silent in the face of this accusation. This charge not only insulted his personality, but also insulted the entire Knights Templar.

Just when Evan got up and was about to rush into the field, suddenly a slender figure in a cloak fell one step ahead of him on the opposite seat.

"Because he has no excuse!" said the man. "I am a victim, and I have something to say, court!"

Evan recognized it—it was Ann's voice!

There was a commotion in the judge's bench, and he said after a while: "Add a seat for her... What's your name, and describe in detail how you were victimized."

Soon someone added a chair next to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff, Ann's brother-in-law, looked back in disbelief.

Ann unbuttoned her cloak and wore a black nun's attire. The whole person looked fragile. She slowly sat down beside her brother-in-law and said loudly, "My sister and I have been imprisoned and violated for 12 years!"

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the auditorium, and the ladies and wives in the noble seats put up fans to cover their faces one by one, to show their disgust when they heard the word "aggression".

After An finished speaking the earth-shattering words, she lowered her head and coughed. This inevitably made the bystanders a little anxious, and her brother-in-law also turned to look at her situation.

At this moment, a sudden change happened!

Ann threw herself into her brother-in-law's arms, her thin body was almost completely covered, and the audience couldn't see what she did, but soon they saw the blood...

The man's blood spurted out, and in just a few breaths, it gathered under his chair to form a pool of blood. He lowered his head in disbelief, and said angrily, "You..."

However, before he could finish speaking, An fiercely raised the thing in his hand—it was a sharpened stone knife, and with this knife, An pierced two holes in the man's chest, and then immediately slapped him hard at the throat. Stab hard!

The man couldn't say the next word at all. An was almost slamming on his neck fiercely. The force even knocked down the chair where the two were sitting. She was riding on him and kept smashing the murder weapon in her hand. .

An's face was covered in blood, and he kept smashing the man's neck until he gave up. At this time, the blood spurted from his aorta almost surged up half a meter high like a fountain, covering An's hair, face, and even the black nun's clothes. All dipped in dark red.

There were terrified screams at the scene, and the crowd was terrified. The judge shouted out of his wits: "Guards! Where are the guards!"

An stood up and threw the stone blade aside.

Even the guards felt weak, and no one dared to go up for a while, until the cardinal shouted decisively: "Take her under control!"

Several guards stepped forward to surround her, and after holding her back with a two-meter-long spear, Ann grabbed the end of the gun, poohed contemptuously, and said in a hoarse voice: "When he sold his wife to the devil , I should have known today would come! Hahahaha have fun!"

The judge managed to regain his normal voice and shouted: "If you dare to resist, you will be killed on the spot!"

The spears were pressed against Ann's waist and chest from all directions, and just as the guards were about to kill her on the spot, a white figure fell from the audience again.

He was extremely fast, almost like a pigeon flying down, and at the same time threw something out-only two bangs were heard, the tip of the guard's gun was knocked out, and one guard was even numb from the shock. Almost lost his grip on the gun.

Only then did they see clearly that it was an ordinary teacup in the auditorium that knocked the point of the gun crookedly.

This person is obviously Evan.

He stood still in the arena, and the first thing he did was to check the dead body of the man on the ground—it was impossible to recover, and when he died, his face was grim, obviously experiencing great fear.

The guards were terrified and overwhelmed by Evan's powerful aura. Even though he leaned over to check the corpse, no one took the opportunity to attack him.

Evan opened his hand to stop everyone from fighting together, and he never drew his weapon, which made people feel that he was not malicious, as if he was just here to maintain order in the field.

There was another cry from the audience, and the judge asked tremblingly, "Who are you?"

He took off his hood, revealing his disguised face through Hewitt, and said in a deep voice, "I am Evan Paladin, a paladin."

The surrounding area was silent for a long time, and the soldiers surrounding him almost held their breath. There were gradually low exclamations from the auditorium, and the voices rose and fell like sea tides.

The judge gradually felt relieved, and even the guards hesitantly retracted the point of their guns, thinking to themselves: Oh!A good-looking paladin... He will definitely not kill innocent people indiscriminately, he will maintain order here!We are out of danger...

On the noble seats, the ladies set up their fans and shook them quickly in a small range. For a moment, it seemed that various flowers on the branches were trembling and swaying, and all kinds of eyes behind the fan kept staring at Evan.

Evan pulled off the cloak on himself, covered the dead body, and sighed softly.

Ann recognized him, and whispered hoarsely, "It's you."

Evan nodded calmly, looking around, realizing that just because he identified himself seemed to reassure people.

But how ironic, isn't Colin Hugo, who is now in the dock and awaiting their trial, also a paladin?