Paladin

There was silence in the venue, and Evan walked aside calmly, dragged two chairs, and put them back on the seats of the defendant and the plaintiff.

Then he sat next to Hugo in a leisurely manner, and said calmly: "In court, I request to present new evidence. But before that, I request to accuse new suspects."

Several judges looked at each other and spoke to each other in low voices.

Ann didn't have Evan's patience. He stood straight in the center of the field and said in a rough voice: "I don't care whether you agree or not. Cardinal Stephen Lawson! Do you have the guts to stand in front of me and look at me? !"

The crowd was in an uproar, and all the high-status priests sitting on the high platform looked sideways.The cardinal looked calm, stood up lightly, and replied in a calm voice: "I don't know what to say between me and a sinner who murdered without any sense of guilt."

He expressed his attitude immediately, and the audience voiced their approval one after another. They were all terrified by An's behavior.

An sneered and said: "This man on the ground betrayed his wife, threw me and my sister into hell with his own hands, and now he's collaborating with you to slander and frame Hugo, the Prosecutor of the Holy City! Shouldn't he die? Your Holy See's divine instruction Isn’t there a clause in it that says no perjury will be given!”

She was wearing a nun's costume, and when she said this, she was very ironic, and the audience was once again in an uproar.

Evan sat on the chair and said: "Your Excellency Lawson, I don't agree with killing on the spot, nor do I want to protect Ms. An, but I hope that a new trial will be held later regarding the deceased. Now it is The trial of Colin Hugo is in court, and we suspect that you have falsified evidence to frame him, what defense do you have?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was captured by an invisible aura, and the surroundings were silent. When he finished speaking slowly and slowly, needles could be heard in the court.

Lawson stood up and said with a mild smile: "Your accusation against me is groundless, and I could have ignored it. But I am willing to prove my innocence in court."

After he finished speaking, he walked slowly down from the high platform, walked to the plaintiff's seat, bypassed the blood on the floor, dragged a chair again, and sat down facing Evan.

Evan looked at the cardinal, and the other party also looked at him with scrutiny.The moment their eyes met, Evan saw a dark flash of prey in Lawson's eyes.

And An wiped her face casually, with the salty smell of blood still on the corners of her mouth. Facing Lawson, she seemed to think of her unbearable 12 years of life, and said with hatred: "Old bastard, you finally appeared on my doorstep again." In front of you! You tortured us again and again, tortured and killed my sister, killed innocent women and left them in the secret room like that... Now is the time for you to pay back!"

She was only a little bit close, and she was about to rush forward and tear the enemy in front of her; but at this moment, Evan shouted in a deep voice: "Ann."

He only said her name, without even saying a word, An was shocked suddenly, and was frightened in place for no reason, not daring to act impulsively.

She looked back, only to see the paladin sitting calmly beside the defendant's seat, with his hands clasped on his knees, his face was flat, but revealed an invisible majesty - it was this majesty that made him look different from the past. Gentleness is quite different.

He sat face to face with the cardinal without showing any disadvantage. Even the judges on the high platform were oppressed, and they dared not speak out to preside over the trial.

"You said that I slandered Mr. Hugo, so is there any evidence to prove his innocence, or is there any evidence to prove that I fabricated the evidence?" Lawson said suddenly.

"Your witness..." Evan glanced at the man who was covered with a cloak and died in a miserable state, "According to the testimony he reported earlier, it was nothing more than seeing His Excellency Hugo behaving intimately with others. Does this violate the law? "

"Although this does not violate the law, it violates his oath." Lawson said, "He once swore to God the Father to be chaste forever, but broke this oath in private. Isn't this an act of blasphemy?"

Evan immediately said: "How do you know that His Excellency Hugo broke the oath?! Apart from the vague so-called 'eyewitness' of this person, you have no evidence to prove that Hugo has a homosexual in private."

"It is precisely because of this that we gave His Excellency Hugo a chance to defend himself. However, he didn't say a word, isn't it because he pleaded guilty?" Lawson asked rhetorically.

Evan turned his head and saw Hugo raised his head and looked at himself.

Evan's eyes were full of questioning, and Hugo finally just shook his head - with a wry smile in his eyes.

The blood elf believed that he had his own reasons, so he said coldly, "Since neither party has conclusive evidence, they should be acquitted immediately."

Subtle whispers sounded in the court, and Evan said in a deep voice: "There is no doubt."

——A charge that cannot be conclusively judged should be regarded as not guilty.

Lawson also said indifferently: "In court, the only surviving witness has been killed by them in court. I have nothing to say."

The whispers became louder, and Evan was unmoved, and said: "Before taking the testimony of this witness, should we first investigate his innocence? Mr. Lawson, I am now in court for 'rape and murder', 'fornication' Sister Le', 'Public Interest' and 'Directing Perjury' - now it's your turn to defend yourself."

When this series of crimes came out of his mouth, there were gasps all around him.

Lawson chuckled mockingly, and said, "I don't have to justify myself for such ridiculous accusations. Paladin, what evidence do you have to support your accusations?"

"Ann," Evan asked in a low voice, looking at the nun, "Now is the time, are you still willing to reveal your past? You need to know that I will never force you, and I hope you understand to do so The pressure you will be subjected to afterward - I will do my best to protect you from that pressure."

Ann standing by her side didn't hesitate at all, she didn't even finish listening to the words, she already tore off her nun's clothes from her waist, her movements were extremely neat, and she quickly tore off the blood-soaked black nun's clothes More than half—there were exclamations of exclamation from the auditorium.

An didn't seem to know that her actions were shocking to the world. After she exposed her underwear, she pulled back her belt - at that moment, her slender figure, which was almost deformed, was immediately exposed to everyone's sight.Ann said word by word, "That's what this bastard did to us!"

The exclamation couldn't stop like a wave. Some civilians shouted, "How can you work with such thin words?"; but a woman in the noble district screamed softly, "Oh my god, I'm going crazy with jealousy...".

There was a mocking and contemptuous smile on the corner of Ann's mouth. She faced the cardinal with a steady and sharp voice, describing one by one: describing how she and her sister were sold to Lawson by the family; How Lawson's captive women were tortured; also recounts the death of everyone she can remember.

She alone described the death in great detail, and every woman's death from suicide or suffering from illness was undisguised and presented in front of everyone with blood dripping.

All other sounds gradually died down.

In the silence, An revealed the words she had prepared for nearly ten years one by one. It felt like destroying her entire filthy life herself. After she finished speaking, there was a moment of relief, and another moment of hell.

Evan stared closely at the cardinal. He saw that the latter's face was a little stunned at first, then gradually calmed down, and now his face is flat.

After Ann finished speaking, Lawson said indifferently: "I think this lady's spirit is not normal. After all, she just killed an important witness in court. I request to verify her mental state, and then obtain evidence for what she said. talk."

After his words fell, Evan said: "I want to present physical evidence! What Ann said, including iron hoops and other iron tools, is true. It is in a hut in the Molov fruit forest area outside the city... "

"Ridiculous! Just a few insane accusations made by a crazy woman, and a few props brought from nowhere? This has nothing to do with me!" Lawson stood up and said coldly.

"What if there is still a son you had with one of the victims?" Evan said.

Lawson's words froze, and his pupils shrank suddenly.There were only a few wrinkles on his well-maintained face, and he was trembling imperceptibly at this moment.

They heard the shocking voices in the court, and even the bishops who sat firmly on the high platform began to whisper.These sounds completely surrounded the middle of the venue like sea water.

Evan also stood up and stood face to face with Lawson, confronting each other: "I will present the physical evidence first, explain each of them, and then bring the final witness."

Lawson suddenly said: "You are delaying time! Are you and your accomplice trying to bribe someone outside? All this is a premeditated slander!"

The court was boiling like a frying pan, and almost everyone was deeply shocked by this appalling trial.

Just at this moment, the blocked gate of the courthouse suddenly made a heavy noise, and the iron chains on it shook—at last the gate was smashed open with a bang.

Two figures walked in slowly from outside the door.

Hewitt was still wearing a decent dress, with a cane in his hand. When he entered the door, he took a look at the scene in the courtroom, and at the same time said coldly: "Which idiot stipulated that the venue should be closed after the court session? It's so stupid. "

The sudden change caught most people off guard again, and they watched the two uninvited guests walk down calmly in a daze.

Lawson scolded: "You are simply contempt of the court and the law here!"

"Exactly, I really like the feeling of being a villain. I don't care if you are condemned justly, as long as you are ruined and obediently receive your own death, that's enough." Hewitt replied indifferently.

He took another person who was tightly wrapped in a cloak behind him, walked to Evan's side, glanced casually at the pool of blood and dead bodies at his feet, then looked at the calm expression of the cardinal, and said lightly: "It seems that I'm coming It's time."

Evan turned his head slightly and asked, "Have you found the son that Leliana gave birth to?"

Hugh nodded.

Everyone looked at the person behind Hewitt.

This man stood in the center of everyone's attention, his chest rose and fell violently, and anyone could see the intense struggle in his heart.

After a while, he finally stretched out his hand, took off the hood, and said hoarsely: "I am... the son of the cardinal. I... knew from an early age that my mother was unwilling to give birth to me, and it was my father... who forced me her."

As soon as his words came out, Evan's pupils shrank suddenly.

This voice belongs to Cecis.