The following explanation made Ladislaus understand that it turned out that Shylock did not want to give him any commercial convenience, but wanted Ladislaus to remain neutral in tomorrow's trial.

Antonio, the businessman who had all his horses confiscated, is one of Shylock's competitors. His business has not been going well recently and he owes Shylock a large sum of money. This time he is obviously unable to repay the debt.

According to the loan agreement, Antonio has to give Shylock a pound of flesh.

When the matter came to an end, Antonio refused to cut the flesh and went to the captured Venetian consul Gremani for arbitration, asking him to declare the loan treaty invalid.

Greimani, who is behind bars, certainly won't turn down an opportunity to show his influence.

"Since both of you have recognized Greimani's right to arbitrate, how can I intervene?"

It was not impossible to help a businessman kill his rival, but Ladislaus didn't want to do something too ugly. It was not okay for him to interfere with the acting Grand Duke's plan with such a small benefit.

"No, no, I am not asking you to help me. I just hope that you will not discriminate against me because of my beliefs and give me fair treatment."

Sherlock took off his very fine dark cloak, revealing a small round hat on his head.

It turns out he is a Jew.

Judaism is not tolerated by the Church of Europa, nor is it a branch of the Star and Moon Demons, because the ancient god of death they worship, Jergod, claims to be the original god older than Sirik the Dark Sun.

This attitude is, of course, very unpopular with other churches.

This nation is world-famous for being good at business, but because of their beliefs, they are greatly restricted in political life. In Shylock's view, Archbishop Ladislaus of Cyric is the person most likely to oppose his demands.

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Ladislaus naturally didn't care as long as he didn't interfere. After all, Antonio didn't pay tribute to him.

Since Shylock had given him a favor and only wanted to be neutral, Ladislas decided not to show his face tomorrow. He had a lot of things to do recently.

However, after sending Shylock away, Machiavelli told Ladislaus another part of the information: "This Mr. Shylock is probably not only a Jew, but as far as I know, he is also a knight..."

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Machiavelli also once headed the Florentine intelligence agency with an astonishing budget. He slowly shared with his current master a secret secret that his old employer paid for.

The next day, Ladislaus appeared on time at the arbitration meeting wearing the robe of the Archbishop of the Dark Sun.

The arbitration meeting was held in a large tent belonging to the Gremani consul. Although there were sufficient housing in the city of Milan, the acting archduke kept several important prisoners in the military camp.

Shylock seemed a little surprised, because the best attitude of a Dark Sun archbishop towards the Jews was to ignore them. According to common sense, if Ladislaus didn't want to cause trouble, he should just excuse himself.

Antonio looked very happy when he saw a figure with a purple ring of power arriving.

He was quite handsome, but like most wealthy people, he looked a bit drunk. However, Ladislaus discovered that this businessman, who seemed drunk too much, had very strong muscle lines on his arms.

The unexpected appearance of Ladislaus made the Gremanian consul sitting in the middle a little unhappy at first. The little power he looked down upon in the past now gave him great pleasure and dependence, and he really didn't want Ladislaus to

He came to cause trouble, but under the current situation, he did not have the confidence to offend a Habsburg.

This unhappiness soon dissipated, and Ladislaus saluted him with the courtesy to a consul, and stated that he was only expressing concern about the disputes between businessmen with whom he had cooperated recently, and had no intention of intervening.

He was convinced that Ladislaus was not here to cause trouble. The acting Grand Duke was willing to let him review the case just to maintain his authority and sell it at a good price.

After gaining face, the Gremani Archon began to speak. He first motioned to the crowd and asked Shylock to stand up.

He said to Sherlock who stood up in front of him: "I have read the testimonies and contracts between both of you. Sherlock, my friends and I all guessed that you are just pretending to be evil on purpose. In fact, you are a

A reasonable businessman will definitely show compassion at the last moment. Although you insist on punishing me as promised, you must cut off a pound of flesh from this unfortunate businessman. In fact, in front of me,

Maybe you are not only willing to give up this kind of punishment, but because you are moved by your conscience, you may even waive part of his debt. You see, the huge losses he has suffered recently are enough to bankrupt any businessman no matter how wealthy he is.

With the same heart, the orcs, who have never known sympathy, cannot but feel pity for his situation. Jew, we are all waiting for your kind and gentle answer."

The Archon's opening remarks shocked Shylock and Ladislaus to the extreme. Although the Woking Church has always denied it in publicity, everyone secretly said that His Majesty Woking despised conscience and valued contracts the most.

What the Archon said was very inconsistent with the consistent standards of the Woking Church.

Generally speaking, no matter how ridiculous the conditions are, as long as they are written in black and white and signed to sign the contract, Ms. Woking's spokesperson will definitely support the contract.

They never imagined that Antonio's wife Portia would be lying on the consul's bed last night.

Faced with this situation, Shylock was extremely angry. Although he didn't know the reason, his many years of business experience told him without a doubt that he had lost.

In fact, his bribe of two thousand talers last night was rejected by the consul, so he knew he was in trouble this time.

Antonio has always been cruel and mean, has no respect for Jewish beliefs, and often insults Shylock without any reason.

Shylock never quarreled with him, he just endured it silently, but for the sake of his faith, Shylock couldn't remain indifferent, he was just waiting for the opportunity.

A few months ago, an unexpected opportunity came. His only daughter fell in love with a friend of Antonio. This friend named Lorenzo was an extremist who discriminated against Jews like Antonio. He pursued Miss Shylock just because he was greedy for Shylock.

It's just wealth.

Shylock originally planned to pay him some money to get out of here, but this bad guy had already spent so much on Miss Shylock that he simply refused to disappear for just a few thousand taliles.

Then after several negotiations, Shylock saw that this friend's greed and shamelessness could be used to his advantage. He knew that Antonio's recent turnover was not working well, so he used a trick to get this person to pretend to elope with his daughter, and then let him instigate Antonio to marry him.

Borrow money.

The contract said, "If you cannot repay, you will have to cut off a pound of flesh as compensation."

Antonio was indeed deceived. He thought he had Miss Shylock in his hands and made up his mind to borrow the money without paying it back. Little did he know that his friend and Miss Shylock soon disappeared without a trace.

Antonio's arrogant and aggressive personality is not the material for business. Of course, he doesn't offer any money, so he only uses dirty methods to make a fortune through the horse business.

After failure, Shylock will come and demand the pound of flesh stipulated in the contract.

Although Shylock deeply hates Antonia, as a qualified businessman, he will certainly not force his debtor to death, which will cause great damage to his reputation.

This pound of flesh is just a reference to the contract. It actually refers to a symbiotic strange life passed down from Antonio's family, a psychic tendon. The psychic tendon can greatly enhance the user's strength for only a large amount of food as a price. It is a very powerful

Precious benign parasitic life.

Psychic tendons are all beings with thoughts and souls. This psionic tendon is called "a pound of flesh".

This thing is worth more to Charlotte than others. The contract says it is a pound of flesh just for the sake of confidentiality. This contract is guaranteed by the Woking Chamber of Commerce, so as long as the connotation of the contract is agreed upon, the superficial content can be used for the sake of confidentiality.

Different writing methods should be kept confidential.

However, although the Gremani consul knew very well that Antonio had a psychic tendon called a pound of flesh, he deliberately pretended to be confused so that Shylock could not get it as promised.

Faced with the absurd words of the consul, Shylock did not remain silent but defended himself righteously: "I have already told your highness what I mean. The majesty and glory of the Republic of Venice stem from the fairness and justice of the judiciary. I ask

You must act in accordance with the treaty."

At this time, several of Antonio's servants who were watching began to attack Shylock's cruelty, as if he really wanted Antonio's life.

Naturally, Shylock's servants also fought back.

Soon Antonio began to attack Shylock's faith, as if believing in Cyric or Woking was inherently more moral than a Jew.

Although he sneered at this statement, as the Archbishop of the Dark Sun, Ladislaus could not refute it.

Or the Gremani consul continued: "With such a lack of compassion, how can you expect others to show mercy to you in the future?"

Ladislaus tried his best not to sneer "haha", and he cursed in his heart: "Cao Nima, the consul of the Republic of Venice, the most cruel moneylender in Europe, actually talk about compassion without shame?"

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Of course, Shylock also knew the true face of the consul. He continued: "I have always abided by the law, so why should others show mercy to me? If you refuse my legitimate request, then to hell with your laws! The laws of Venice are equal to

It’s a piece of paper.”

The Gremani consul was furious. He had made his attitude clear. This pudgy businessman was still pestering him. I had swallowed up countless merchant ships with goods in the city of Venice. A mere psychic tendon cost only thirty to fifty thousand talers.

, Uncle Gremani just took it.

But now that he is behind bars, he still has to act in accordance with the law.

Fortunately, that little whore last night was so treacherous that he had already thought of a loophole in the contract.

'But although this Portia is treacherous, this proposal does seem to be for the sake of my authority. After all, I made her so happy last night.' If he could hear other people's voices, Ladislaus would definitely respond to this.

The woman was filled with admiration that such an old fox as Consul Gremani actually trusted her.

"Since you ask for it, I can't help it. After all, the spirit of contract is the foundation of the Republic of Venice. So, you go and cut your flesh."

Shylock did not expect that the Gremani consul suddenly backed down again. He was originally hesitating whether to contact the acting Archduke Ferdinand again.

Although the acting Grand Duke has a reputation of being fair and selfless, he doesn't know whether he will support himself in this kind of thing, not to mention that if he does this, it will be difficult for the consul to do business if he returns to Venice. Although Xia Xia

Locke was not without his feet, but he could not easily make up his mind to offend a consul.

Now that he can get his wish, the damage to the relationship can be undone. Sherlock asked himself that he had a background and had nothing to fear.

He took out his knife and was about to cut the meat.

At this time, Ladislaus noticed that Antonio suddenly had a smug smile on his face.

"One pound of flesh." The Gremani consul once again called out to Shylock, who was about to strike. "Not a pound more, not a pound less, and not a drop of Antonio's blood."

Looking at the dumbfounded Shylock, the Gremani consul also showed a proud smile.

"Go ahead, Jew, what are you waiting for?" Antonio shouted.

Sherlock lowered his knife. The psychic tendon was very delicately connected to the host. In order to remove it, several blood vessels had to be cut. Even if the most experienced hospital knight came here, he could not remove it without losing a drop of blood.

This treasure.

He sighed: "I lost."

Shylock asked himself that he was missing a move. Although the opponent was shameless, collusion between government and business has always been the secret of business competition, so he gave up and left.

However, Antonio wanted more than just the forgiveness of debts by dedicating his wife to the consul.

He said in the most bitter tone: "Wait a minute, Jew, keep your money before leaving. The laws of the Republic of Venice stipulate that whenever a heretic attempts to murder any citizen by direct or indirect means, he must find out if there is any evidence

, half of his property should belong to the injured party, and the remaining half

The number will be confiscated into the public treasury, and the criminal's life will be at the disposal of His Highness the Archon, and no one else will interfere. You happen to fall into this situation now, because based on the development of the facts, it is enough to prove that you did use direct and indirect means to endanger the defendant's life.

Now do you still dare to say that you don’t need mercy?”

This bad guy praised in his heart at the same time, my wife is so smart.

'And she has made such a big sacrifice for herself. I must repay her well when I go back.'

When Antonio was thanking his wife for cuckolding him, Machiavelli, who had been staring at his arm for a long time, suddenly understood something and whispered a few words into Ladislaus's ear.

Shylock turned his eyes desperately to the Gremani consul.

"Look at the spirit of our Woking believers. Although you didn't speak to me, I automatically pardoned your death penalty. Half of your property was assigned to Antonio, and the other half was not included in the treasury. If you can sincerely repent, you may be able to reduce the penalty.

You get a lighter fine."

"Yes, yes, I sincerely regret it." As Shylock said, he knelt down and took a few steps to climb to the front of the Gremani consul.

The Gremani consul showed a satisfied smile. It wouldn't hurt to temporarily bypass this short fat man and show his kindness. It would help restore the prestige he had lost due to being captured. There are naturally thousands of ways to avoid future troubles when he returns to Venice.

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Just when everyone was thinking about it, a soft female voice suddenly sounded: "Be careful!"

How could Shylock not know that the Gremani consul had dealt with him so cruelly? Even if he knew his background, he would definitely eradicate him.

While kneeling on the ground, he cast a magic spell.

The people in the tent suddenly fell into fear and became restless.

Of course Ladislaus was not captured by a mere "fear spell".

But he had no intention of stopping Sherlock, who suddenly pulled out the soft sword from his waist and cut open the tent.

Except for Ladislaus, a woman standing behind Antonio did not fall into inexplicable fear. She drew her bow and arrow and shot at Shylock.

ps: This book will be on the shelves tomorrow. Due to the layout of this book, I will not publish a single chapter review, but please allow me to express a few words from my heart. Along the way, I finally got here, although the results are not comparable.

Okay, but it finally provided some friends with a little fun. I also found a book that I could read. I also found a book that I could read. They will like my book. After thinking about it, they will understand that I really can’t find it.

After reading the book, I started doing it myself.

In the high mountains and flowing water, it is difficult to find a close friend.

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