Black Iron Crown

There was no expression on Reiner's face. He calmly looked at Viplin, who had lost his strength and knelt down below, and announced loudly: "Vipling Merland! You have violated the corruption of Fort Moland. Sin! The amount of embezzlement is huge, logically speaking you should be executed, but the noble blood of Merlande flows in your body, and you will be sentenced to fifty lashes! Execute now!"

As soon as these words were said, the members of the Moreland family on the jury bench finally breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, as long as he was not executed, there was room for everything to change.

After announcing the verdict against Viplin, Leiner looked towards the jury side calmly.

I saw that not only the members of the Moreland family were relieved, but even the knights who didn't care much about this matter were all smiling.

"The Lord Baron is indeed tolerant and kind to his own people!"

At the same time, the knight with a quick mind quickly understood Reiner's intentions, and whispered to his colleagues beside him: "My lord Baron did this as a last resort, if it wasn't for him to let everyone see the corruption If corruption is reduced in the end, it must be a bad idea! He is still partial to us and his family!"

The other knight also nodded approvingly, with a satisfied smile on his face, he said: "This is the baron's relative, so he will deal with it like this. If a commoner commits such a thing, I guess the baron will treat him like this." Peel off all the skin!"

After word of mouth passed down by the knights, the members of the Merland family also heard a general idea, and understood the good intentions of the baron, and their emotions were not as excited as before, and they no longer complained about Reiner.

Looking at the jury seat that gradually calmed down, Leiner retracted the long sword into its sheath, continued to maintain his majesty and sat back in his seat, and continued to act as his clay and wood sculpture.

In fact, at the beginning, Reiner really planned to sentence the corrupt Veppling to death to make an example of others.

But in the end, he still spared Vipplen's life, and Sir Cord, the members of the Moreland family, and the knights played a very important role in this.

If only some members of the Moreland family objected, then Leiner could still be ruthless, but they were not the only ones who opposed it, and even the knights began to be dissatisfied with the residents who shouted.

In this case, Reiner had to think about what kind of turmoil would be caused if he really executed Viplin.

The knights are one of the powerful fighting forces that he relies on on the battlefield, and the relatives of the Merland family,

They are also an important foundation to support Reiner's rule, and most of the structure of their family is like this.

The men in the family worked under Reiner's command, either as tax collectors, as mine supervisors, or as guards in the castle, and some were in charge of the mills of the Moreland family in various villages.

Apart from the fact that some of the entourages around Reiner were the heirs of knights, and some were sent to Reiner's side at a huge cost, nearly half of them were the children of members of the Moreland family.

It can be said that Reiner's ruling foundation is composed of the knight class, family members, and yeoman farmers.

Once Vipperin was executed, the members of the Merland family would not say anything, and the knights would be the first to die.

After all, they are relatives of your own family, you can kill a killer, let alone me, a courtier who has sworn to follow you, no, you have to weigh whether you will treat me like this in the future.

Isn't the seed of distrust planted in my heart? It was like a time bomb that exploded when it said no, turning the entire Fort Moreland upside down.

Although there will be no major disturbances if there are systematic arms, it is self-evident what kind of things will be caused by discord.

After thinking about this, Leiner decisively chose to give up his previous thoughts and changed the death penalty to flogging. Although the deterrent effect is much smaller, it can prevent the territory from being turbulent. Why not do it?

The big deal is that in the future, the Hand of Night led by Logan will be regularly supervised in the territory. Reiner does not believe that under the noses of these spies, anyone can embezzle and accept bribes with great fanfare.

An executioner wearing an armed uniform strode up behind Vippin with a whip in his hand, and roughly took off his shirt to expose his back to the air.

Stretched the whip with both hands and stretched his muscles and bones. As a hereditary executioner, he is already the fourth generation in their family to undertake this job. He is not only proficient in various businesses such as beheading, but also high-end techniques such as hanging. He is also proficient in everything, of course, the most proficient method belongs to this whip.

After all, there are not many businesses like beheading, only three or four times a year. As the saying goes, true knowledge comes from practice. If you don't practice your skills often, it is definitely not very good, but there are many people who will be whipped every year, so his skill of whipping people It can be said that he is very proficient, skin pain does not hurt, flesh pain is different, he is extremely proficient in trauma and internal injury.

I saw that he mobilized all the strength in his body, and the whip in his hand was very obedient, like a living black long snake, and it suddenly turned into a whipping on Viplin's back. The sound was very loud, at least people within 100 meters All can be heard.

Almost in an instant, a red mark appeared on Viplin's back, and at the same time, he let out a shrill scream, as if he had endured the most terrifying statistics in the world , Let everyone feel sympathy after hearing it.

But at the same time, earth-shattering cheers erupted among the residents. How exciting it is that these proud tax collectors have finally been punished by the baron.

Hearing the cheers, the executioner looked very proud. Showing off his ancestral skills and making others cheer was his favorite thing to do.

He took a look at the baron, hoping to satisfy him, but unexpectedly, this look made his heart feel as if he had fallen into a cold ice cave, and he felt a chill from his heart to his back.

Because the baron, who couldn't see any expression on his face, was looking at him with cold eyes at this moment. Although other people couldn't see anything unusual, he himself, as the most intuitive experiencer, could feel it.

Pretending to be inadvertent, he turned his eyes to the jury seat again, and saw that the members of the Moreland family were gnashing their teeth and staring at him with hatred, and the anger in their eyes was almost condensed into substance.

No need to think too much, he knew that if he continued like this, he would definitely die without a place to bury him. Even if the Lord Baron didn't move him, the group of people from the Moreland family would find a reason to kill him, or let him The death is unclear.