"Your Majesty, what he did violated the laws established by Your Majesty. Of course, he will be punished according to Your Majesty's laws!" Meng Han knew clearly that His Majesty the Grand Duke was trying to sell himself out, but he still patted the Grand Duke gently or not seriously.
Your Majesty's flattery, it is up to the Grand Duke to decide how to deal with it.
At this moment, Meng Han has completely understood why His Majesty the Grand Duke summoned him at this time. It must be the news spread by Francis to the outside world. Everyone knows that if Meng Han dies, no one will get the silk industry. From then on,
Judging from the last quarry incident, this incident is very likely. Therefore, all the previous killing moves against Meng Han immediately turned into blind moves at this moment.
As far as His Majesty the Grand Duke is concerned, regardless of whether he is behind the conspiracy or not, if Meng Han is alive, although he cannot collect taxes from Meng Han, he can still collect taxes from other aspects of circulation. Also,
Yes, Meng Han is about to auction off half of his silk industry. So, as long as the silk industry is still there, the principality can collect at least half of the taxes. But if Meng Han dies, there will be nothing.
Even if it is for remedy, His Majesty the Grand Duke must keep Meng Han alive. And if Meng Han wants to live, he must let the rumors disappear so that the elves will not come to his door. Of course, since there are rumors, there needs to be
A poor guy takes the blame for this. Unfortunately, the Great Magician Cozmo, as a guy who had a rift with Meng Han, became the best scapegoat for this incident.
"Deliberately spreading rumors to damage your lordship's reputation, and possibly putting your lordship in danger, and in a sacred ritual such as a magic trial, using an evil curse core to deliberately harm your lordship." Of course, His Majesty the Grand Duke will take action at this moment.
He showed an attitude, so he immediately announced Cozmo's crime without hesitation: "I sentence Mr. Cozmo to be hanged immediately. Mr. Cozmo's family property will be confiscated and used to compensate Lord Antonio.
The harm suffered.”
"You, you can't!" Archmage Cozmo finally understood what kind of situation he was facing, and immediately panicked. Originally, he thought it was just Meng Han taking the opportunity to retaliate, but, with his identity as a great mage,
He can still escape this disaster. As long as the limelight is over, he can retaliate against Meng Han again. Unexpectedly, in front of His Majesty the Grand Duke, what he is waiting for is to be hanged: "I am a great magician, you can't do this to me."
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"I will inform the Magician's Guild of your crime." His Majesty the Grand Duke doesn't care whether Cozmo is a great magician or a magister at this moment. He is useless anyway. To give Meng Han an explanation, he needs someone who can explain it.
Big shot. Fortunately, the great magician Cozmo is very important, and his identity as a great magician can just make Meng Han powerful.
With a wave of His Majesty's hand, several wolf-like guards took the great magician Cozmo and left the hall. Under the method of the court magician, Cozmo's magic power had long been sealed, and at this moment it was even stronger than that of an ordinary person.
Why not, who can defeat these strong guards?
While His Majesty the Grand Duke was talking, he led Meng Han through the hall, up the stairs, to the upper floor, through a hall, and then walked to a balcony. Standing on the balcony, you could just see the huge tower in the square of the castle.
The gallows. At this moment, Archmage Cozmo was held hostage by two guards, one on the left and one on the right, standing under the gallows.
The other side seemed to be still waiting for His Majesty the Grand Duke's order. His Majesty the Grand Duke made a gesture to the other side. Immediately, an executioner immediately put a black cloth hood on Cosmo's head and a noose around his neck.
The tightly bound Archmage Cozmo kept twisting and struggling in vain, but still could not get rid of the noose around his neck.
Click, the executioner pulled the wooden handle, and the wooden board under his feet suddenly bounced away. Cozmo's body fell heavily, and then he was hung up by the noose around his neck in the air. The violent movement directly broke Cozmo's body.
The snapping sound of Cozmo's neck being broken could be heard even from such a distance between Meng Han and His Majesty the Grand Duke.
"What a pity, a great magician!" Meng Han looked at the situation in front of him and blurted out this sentence.
"Magicians are necessary, little Antonio." His Majesty the Grand Duke heard Meng Han's voice nearby, turned around and said with a smile: "But not every magician is necessary. The results of the magic trial,
It doesn’t give you absolutely transcendent status.”
If this were said by an unrelated person, or in another situation, Meng Han would definitely kick the person who said this into a big fight. However, at this moment, a great magician had just been sent to the gallows.
His neck was strangled in front of him, and the person speaking was His Majesty the Grand Duke who announced the execution of the hanging. Meng Han suddenly understood that perhaps, what His Majesty the Grand Duke said was not wrong.
From the beginning, I have been pursuing the change in identity brought about by the magician. Now I see this scene and realize that even the magician is a pawn that can be sacrificed at any time to these high-ranking upper-class figures. So, that magic
The result of the trial, as His Majesty the Grand Duke said, is no longer that important.
"Little Antonio, you always bring surprises to me." Even His Majesty the Grand Duke was not willing to face a corpse from a distance. He took Meng Han back to the hall upstairs, and the servants served exquisite refreshments.
, His Majesty the Grand Duke began to speak again: "You always surprise many people with your new-style bathroom and exquisite silk."
"Your Majesty likes it. It's my honor." Watching Cozmo die in front of him, Meng Han was very happy. However, facing His Majesty the Grand Duke, he became more and more cautious. This fat old man was not as expected as he imagined.
So kind in it.
"Are the raw materials of silk really taken from the elves?" After Meng Han finished his answer, His Majesty the Grand Duke was quiet for a while and suddenly asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Meng Han replied honestly.
"So, you have business dealings with the elves?" His Majesty the Grand Duke asked again: "Your magic was also taught by people around the Elf Queen?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Meng Han had no other nonsense except an affirmative answer. Of course, what he said was the truth and he was not guilty at all.
"Why is the Elf Queen so tolerant of you?" His Majesty the Grand Duke stared at Meng Han and asked with interest. While speaking, he looked closely at Meng Han's face, as if he wanted to find something out of his expression.
What.
"Your Majesty, I can solve the twin curse." Meng Han's face did not change much. His strong mental power allowed him to remain calm when facing an elf sword master, and he could also face the Grand Duke who was talking, laughing and killing people.
Remain calm in front of him: "You must know that even the arrogant and powerful elves will inevitably have twins."
Even if Meng Han didn't need to explain this reason, everyone could actually come to a conclusion through careful guessing. His Majesty the Grand Duke had made similar reasoning about this before. His Majesty the Grand Duke was not surprised by Meng Han's answer.
"Antonio!" His Majesty the Grand Duke fell silent after being gentle. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and asked Meng Han seriously: "Tell me, can you let the Elf Queen meet with me? Well, or let me
You can also go and see her."
"Your Majesty!" Meng Han looked embarrassed: "I have only met Her Majesty the Queen once, and she was held hostage by a few elf masters. Even for elves, it is very difficult to see the Elf Queen." Although there is no such thing.
Rejecting it directly, however, has already declared the impossibility of His Majesty the Grand Duke's request.
"So, Antonio!" His Majesty the Grand Duke didn't seem to have any extravagant expectations for such an answer. Meng Han was in trouble, and he expected it, so he immediately changed his request: "Is it possible for the elves and the principality to maintain the same relationship?
A good relationship?”
"Better than now?" Meng Han didn't understand how good this good relationship meant, so he asked cautiously.
"As long as other people think that the relationship between the elves and the principality is very good, it is okay, even if it is misleading." His Majesty the Grand Duke looked at Meng Han with hope, waiting for his nod.
"Your Majesty!" Meng Han thought for a while and then returned: "If the elves know that elf slaves appeared at the auction of the Stone Castle, I don't think there will be such a possibility." This is just.
A relatively conservative statement, in fact, His Majesty the Grand Duke himself knows that if the elves know about the slaves, not to mention maintaining a good relationship, and the elves not directly attacking the principality, it is already a good attitude.
"It's not enough to succeed, but it's easy to fail!" His Majesty the Grand Duke cursed fiercely. Obviously, he should know who was tampering with the auction, otherwise, he would not have cursed like this.
Meng Han had been carefully paying attention to His Majesty the Grand Duke's performance. Hearing his curse, he couldn't help but ponder secretly. The matter of the elf slaves may not have been arranged by His Majesty the Grand Duke, but the people around His Majesty the Grand Duke definitely cannot escape.
No relation. It is even very possible that he is one of His Royal Highnesses.
The mastermind behind the scenes must have wanted to take the opportunity to kill Meng Han and even drag a lot of people into the water. Even if Meng Han didn't buy the elf slaves at that time, maybe those two slaves would appear next to Meng Han, and
Rumors will definitely appear. Those people want Meng Han to die in order to take over his estate.
It is estimated that His Majesty the Grand Duke is waiting and watching. After learning that Meng Han's property cannot be annexed, he will use this method to save Meng Han. The great magician Cozmo was really unjust and hit the point of the gun. Before, Meng Han also
He suspected that it was Cozmo, but now, Meng Han was certain that it was definitely not a rumor spread by this guy Cozmo. Poor Cozmo was just used as a scapegoat by these real big shots.