king of the castle

Chapter 379 The Barton Family's Dilemma

"Severely punish the thief!"

"Hang him!"

"Can't let Jenson Button go!"

The voices of the people became higher and higher, and even the nobles on the stage looked at the pale Patton with disgust. 【】A guy like him who snatches other people's credit will not be welcomed anywhere.After all, this kind of matter is related to the vital interests of other nobles, making Barton at this time like a mouse crossing the street, everyone shouting and beating.

Together with these calls for severe punishment of Barton, Alonso III's good mood was also affected. He frowned at the pale Barton, but mused without saying a word.

Barton currently only has one title of knight. Based on what he did in the war, it was enough to sentence him to hang for the fact that he forcibly placed the credit of other nobles on his own head.However, Barton is also the heir of the Barton family. If he is really ordered to be hanged, the Barton family will definitely take action.The kingdom whose situation has just improved can't stand such a situation, which is why Alonso III is so hesitant.

Alonso III is in a difficult situation here, and the Patton family over there is also having a hard time.Jenson Button's father, Button Sr., was very satisfied with the development of the matter. His son made the first contribution and married the Hamilton family. By then, his family would be the first family in the kingdom.Unexpectedly, things suddenly took a turn for the worse, and his son was not only deprived of credit, but even earned the reputation of a "credit stealer".

If this matter is exposed in a small area, the old Button may still excuse his son, as long as he makes a little concession in other areas, Jenson Button's future will not be greatly affected.However, now this scandal is revealed in front of the whole country. No matter how powerful the Barton family is, it is impossible to cover up this matter.In order to show his fairness to the public, Alonso III is likely to order Patton to be executed in public.

Thinking of this, Old Patton became anxious. In order to save his son's life, he couldn't care less about other matters, so he hurriedly walked to Alonso III and whispered: "Your Majesty, it is really shocking for a dog to do such a thing. Embarrassing, in order to apologize to the whole country, I... I am willing to resign from all positions in the kingdom and return to the fief for the rest of my life."

The concession made by the old Barton is not insignificant. Resigning from all positions in the kingdom is tantamount to giving up all the power in his hands. From then on, he is just an ordinary lord. His own efforts over the past few decades have even surpassed the Barton family. The accumulation of generations has disappeared at this moment.

Barton Sr.'s statement made Alonso III very satisfied.Since Vettel's downfall, the Barton family has taken the opportunity to fill the power vacuum left by him, faintly becoming the most powerful family in the kingdom.Now the old Barton offered to get out of the power circle of the kingdom, which saved Alonso III a lot of trouble.Of course, in return, Alonso III would naturally not take Jenson Button's life.

Alonso III raised his hand to signal the people in the audience to be quiet, and then announced loudly with a straight face: "Raikkonen, the noble expeditionary force, was corrupt and broke the law. He deliberately distorted the fact that Earl Roger Lee made the first contribution, and cut off his knighthood, and be hanged!"

Raikkonen never imagined that he would be punished so harshly as an accomplice.Just as he was about to defend himself, two members of the palace guard had already come up and dragged him down.At the moment before being dragged off the stage, Raikkonen happened to see the relieved expression on the old Barton, and finally realized that he had been sacrificed and became the biggest scapegoat in this incident of grabbing credit.

Seeing that a nobleman would sacrifice his life for this incident, the people became even more excited and cheered loudly for the "fair" Alonso III.Of course, Alonso III would not let go of this opportunity to completely overthrow the Barton family, and soon announced: "Jenson Button maliciously took the credit of other nobles, and now he will be stripped of his title of knight and deprived of his status as the heir of the Barton family." , and order the Barton family to hand over their seats in the Senate, give up all their positions in the king, and return to their territory to contemplate behind closed doors!"

Alonso III's punishment to the Patton family was not insignificant, but Jenson Button's life was saved at least, and the old Patton also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The kingdom's punishment only targeted the Barton family's power on the table, and had no effect on their hidden power.The old Patton knew that as long as he waited for a while, after the turmoil subsided, he would still have a chance to return to the power circle of the kingdom by using the hidden power of his family.As for his son, anyway, he also has the strength of a super magician, and it will not be a problem to get the title of knight again in a few years.At that time, the situation in the kingdom will definitely be very different from what it is now, and we will be able to find a way to regain his heir status.

In fact, all nobles understand this truth, and they didn't expect that this incident alone would completely bring down the old Barton family.But those civilians didn't understand these things. After hearing that the Barton family was punished so severely, many people cheered even louder, celebrating that fairness and justice had finally been declared.

If you say that the only person who is unhappy now is Barton and his son.Seeing the people in the audience cheering for the punishment of their family, all the nobles on the stage showed unfathomable smiles, even though the old Patton City was very deep, they couldn't help feeling a tightness in their chests.He walked to his son with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Why are you still here? Haven't you been ugly enough? Come back with me!"

Patton, who knew that he had ruined a major event, did not dare to go against his father's wishes, and followed the old Patton silently to the stage.When passing by Roger, although Button didn't say a word, his eyes full of resentment clearly showed how much he hated Roger.At this time, Barton had already made up his mind. As long as he still had breath, he would never let Roger go.

"His mother's, look at this kid's eyes, he hates his brother to the bone!" Roger noticed Barton's gaze, and couldn't help but cursed inwardly.

Thinking of the cruel revenge that Barton and his family will launch against him in the future, Roger's brain suddenly became hot at this moment, and he thought viciously in his heart: "Grandma, it's better to act first, and you will suffer later! Now that we have reached this point, absolutely You can't let this kid go so easily!"

As soon as this idea came to Roger's mind, he immediately ran to the magic amplifier and shouted loudly: "Jenson Button, don't go!"

Roger was the one at the center of this vortex, and his shout immediately made the whole scene quiet. Everyone, including Alonso III, stared at Roger, wanting to know what he was planning to do.

In a suffocating silence, Roger said word by word: "Jenson Button, you have stolen my credit and damaged my reputation. As an honorable nobleman in the kingdom, I, Roger Lee, express my sincere respect to you Propose a duel before the gods!"

The word "duel before the gods" seemed to have magical powers, making everyone's expressions excited.Not only the people were all crazy, but even many nobles on the stage applauded loudly.This is going to be held in the Church of the Supreme God, and it is called an absolutely fair duel.Just because Roger has the courage to make such a request is worthy of being a hero who has made great contributions in the war.

In fact, this is not the first time that Roger has had a duel with others before the gods.It's just that the last time it was not brought up in front of as many people as this time, and the opponent of the duel was not as famous as Barton, so it didn't cause any sensation.But this time it was completely different, and his suggestion was immediately supported by the vast majority of people.

Of course, there are a few people who are worried about Roger, and Anna is undoubtedly one of them.Barton is now a super magician, which is equivalent to the strength of a silver-level powerhouse.It is very dangerous to have a duel with such a dangerous opponent.Although Anna knew that Roger also had the strength of a silver senior, she still couldn't help but feel uneasy for her lover.

On the contrary, after Barton heard Roger's words, a cruel grin appeared on the corner of his mouth.He didn't have a chance to take revenge on Roger, but he didn't expect that the other party would come to his door.You must know that in order to ensure fairness, both parties must go through the inspection of the church priests before the duel in front of the gods, and they cannot carry any magic items.Barton didn't know that Roger already had the strength of silver. When he came to Roger, he wanted to have a duel with himself as a super magician, which was no different from sending him to death.

Barton originally wanted to put Roger to death. Since the other party proposed to have a duel in front of the gods, he would never let go of this opportunity. At this moment, he immediately strode to the magic amplifier and said loudly: "Okay, I accept it." Your challenge!"

Even Alonso III could not interfere with the duel before the gods, so Roger and Patton each appointed witnesses, and made an appointment to have a duel before the gods in the Cathedral of the Supreme God outside the city three days later, and then the celebration ceremony was full of joy and joy. The exciting atmosphere is over.

Roger's deeds soon spread throughout the entire city of Mandos, and I believe it won't take long for the entire kingdom to know about his deeds.What everyone is most concerned about now is the result of the duel in front of the gods in three days. Many people are betting on who will win and who will win, and even many nobles will participate in it.Although the vast majority of people are very fond of Roger, but they are even more fond of Button will win.After all, Barton is already a super magician, and few people know Roger's true strength. Everyone thinks that he is just a bronze-level powerhouse.

And Roger himself didn't take the duel to heart.After the celebration ceremony, he first went to the palace to meet the king, then went to the Duke's Mansion to chat with the Duke of Hamilton for a while, and finally returned to the Dragon's Nest Hotel to stay.

Roger took a good bath in the hotel, waiting for Anna to find him.However, the Duke's daughter hadn't arrived yet, but the castle hub suddenly shouted excitedly in his head: "What did I find again?!"