Chapter 42 Untitled
"Father, what's going on!" Kalechi ran to Paladin and squatted down. He looked at the serious injury on Paladin's arm and said with concern in his tone mixed with questioning. Paladin wailed in pain, glanced at the civilians standing at the door curiously watching, and immediately shouted aggrievedly:
"I was listening to the confession of the believers, and who knew he ran in. He said that this Nurba was his master. In order to prevent me from destroying the town under his control and enslavement, he deliberately planned the Prad family. His death was just to seize Prad's ironworks! This guy didn't get what he wanted. He became so angry that he asked me to kneel down, and then tried to kill me with the dagger in his arms! "Boom! Paladin spoke very loudly, so that the civilians outside could hear it. There was an uproar immediately, and everyone started to whisper.
Kalechi glared at Paladin fiercely, then turned to look at the wealthy businessman who had come back to his senses, and said with a sad face: "Grandi, you are also a well-known figure in Nurba. Unexpectedly, You would actually do something like this, harm Prad, whom you have known for more than ten years, and seek to take away his family property!"
"No, no! He lied! This priest lied! That's not what happened, he lied!" Grandi jumped up as if he had been beaten to death, with his face flushed, he argued hard and pointed at the two figures at the door. A mercenary he brought shouted: "They, they two saw what happened, it was not like this at all! Kalech, these two..."
Kalechi frowned. He was worried that this bastard would pour all the bitterness on himself, and immediately replied: "Yes, both of them are members of my escort team. But I don't know why they would Appear here! Tell me what you saw, and you must not lie and wrong others!" Kalechi glared fiercely, looking at the two mercenaries who were helpless and speechless. The wealthy businessman Grandi also looked at them very nervously, hoping to clarify the facts for him and kill Paladin, the bastard priest.
Paladin laughed very secretly, and suddenly said very calmly: "You two, as a guard, you also have your own family. You are responsible for Nurba's stability. I don't think you will wrong innocent people. "The subtext is that you two now have jobs, a wife, children, and a mother and daughter, so you don't have to live a life of licking the knife. If you dare to tell the truth, your family will definitely be destroyed!"
When the two mercenaries saw Paladin's warning eyes and those murderous words, they immediately trembled! They looked at each other and finally put family before conscience. They lowered their heads and said, "It was Grandy who wanted to kill Father Paladin. This is a fact."
"Lie! Why are you lying! Why!" Grandi shouted in panic, but was interrupted by Paladin who smiled faintly: "Grandi, in this sacred church, in the great Enos You don't even have the consciousness to repent in front of me!" "Grandy, you bastard! You actually did such a thing!"
"I have long seen that this damn fat man is definitely not a good person." "After all, evil prevails over good. The great Enos will let this dirty villain stand trial!" "Trial! Trial! Trial!" Paladin As soon as he finished speaking, the civilians were filled with righteous indignation, holding high the so-called banner of justice, and began to criticize with words and writings.
However, upon closer inspection, it is not so much that they hate Grandi because of his crime, but are happy that justice has been done. Rather, it would be better to say that these ignorant people living in the lower class are just gloating over the failure of the superior people who were originally superior. To put it bluntly, it’s just a narrow mentality that if I don’t live well, neither will you.
Paladin naturally disdained these ignorant and greedy civilians, but with a sanctimonious look on his face, he suddenly raised the cross placed on the altar and shouted righteously: "Seek to seize other people's property, privately kill other people's lives, and intend to murder the Holy See. Father! I am Paladin, Flamel. Today I will judge you according to the eternal law and on behalf of the supreme Enos!"
Paladin had just finished speaking when Kalechi whispered solemnly: "Paladin, he should be handed over to our guards and reported to Count Torch for normal handling." "Do you think a count wants to deal with these civilians? Just because he murdered another commoner, do you disturb him from having sex with the daughters of other nobles? Don't worry about Kalechi. I'm a noble too, I understand."
Paladin dealt with Kalechi in a low voice. When he saw Grandi's already ashen face, he immediately shouted while the iron was hot: "Get ready for the stake!" Boom! The civilians outside the house immediately burst into excited shouts. They had never seen a rack dedicated to executing heretics in their lives.
"You can't do this to me. I'm a businessman! Not a heretic! You can't use the same execution methods as heretics to treat me! I demand a reasonable and fair trial!" Holding the last glimmer of hope, Grandi finally became the lord of this town. , the hope of Earl Torch shouted loudly.
But who would have thought that Paladin shook his head with a sad look, stepped forward and gently pulled up Grandi's messy hair and said: "You broke into the church with the intention of murdering the legitimate priest of the Holy See. If you are not a blasphemer with heretical thoughts, you can still What is it? Poor Grandi, may you return to the embrace of God, may you repent of your sins."
Grandi immediately opened Paladin's hand in disgust, pointed at his nose and shouted: "You bastard, this devil in a god's robe! I will not let you go! No!" Paladin ignored Grandi at all. He was struggling desperately, gently rubbing his red hands with a smile on his face, and glanced at Kalechi slightly. The latter immediately understood, stepped forward, knocked Grandi down with a slap, and shouted loudly: "Grandi murdered others with the intention of assassinating the priest. Follow the priest's wishes and execute the burning!" After that, he turned around and looked at The subordinate next to him said: "Go, tie him up and take him to prison to stay there for a while."
The surrounding guards immediately swarmed over and took out hemp ropes to tie Grandy tightly. No matter how hard the latter struggled, it was to no avail. He screamed and was dragged out of the church by the guards. "I'm going to look for sticks! I have a lot of thick sticks at home!" "Torches, get some more torches!" "I just cut some wood today, so I'm going back to get it now!"
"Dad, let me help you too." Seeing Grandi being carried away, these civilians couldn't sit still. He gave a comforting roar to Paladin and immediately scattered back to prepare materials for the stake. Soon the building was empty. But at this moment, there was only a tearing sound. Kalechi saw Paladin calmly tearing off a strip of cloth from the corner of his robe, pouring some liquor on it, and then tightly binding the wound on his arm with the strip of cloth. A simple task of treating the wound is completed.
From the beginning to the end, Kalechi was looking at Paladin, whether it was the sharp pain of wiping the strong drink on the wound or the way he tied his arms. There was no expression on Paladin's face. As if this is a normal thing. At this moment, Kalechi seemed to feel that the fog surrounding Paladin not only did not lighten, but instead became thicker. Ordinary pampered nobles would treat their wounds themselves? Moreover, the severe pain caused by wiping it with strong alcohol will make people scream crazily when they experience it for the first time. Is this Paladin really just a noble who spent money to buy a priesthood? Why is it so different from the people I met before?
Paladin treated the wound and saw Kalechi looking at him in concentration. He immediately snorted in displeasure and said sarcastically: "What's wrong with the captain? Don't you believe in my ability? Stop looking and go to the prison to meet this unfortunate guy. I still have some things to do." At this point , a proud smile appeared on Paladin's face unconsciously, which only made Kalech feel a chill on the back of his neck.