During the following period of time, Archbishop Yaconelga sat steadily in his seat, like a corpse, numbly watching the next trial.
Looking at Howard, who was sitting high on the judge's bench, wearing a plain white robe, and Allen, who was wearing black and smiling on the plaintiff's bench, he suddenly felt that the reason why he was forced to participate in such a drama today was
The trial was not because he lost to Allen's plan, but because God wanted to punish him today.
Otherwise, how could this trap be so tight and difficult to escape? And why would his own crime be exactly one of the seven deadly sins in the "Light Canon"?
"The goddess wants me to die..." He sighed silently and sighed in his heart.
In order to prove that Archbishop Yaconelga was guilty of "laziness", Allen found Father Eliza of Alexandria as a witness.
The priest said that after Archbishop Nerga promulgated the tax collection decree, he never restricted the behavior of his subordinates. His subordinates collected taxes excessively, corruptly and perverted the law, and stuffed the hard-earned money of the common people into their own pockets, and the archbishop ignored it.
Ask, and there are no regulatory measures.
The archbishop didn't bother to refute this, and even numbly gave up the opportunity for cross-questioning.
The things Allen pointed out do indeed fit the term "lazy".
But in Archbishop Nelga's memory, whether it was the previous bishops of the Kingdom of Braden or the archbishops in charge of dioceses in other kingdoms, were they not so useless?
However, this round of trial caused quite a stir among the jury members.
Most of the members of the jury were civilians, and they had been deeply impressed by the rough and unreasonable Knights of the Church of Light who had suffered from church tax collection before.
They once thought that this was just something the knights did without permission.
The clergy headed by the archbishop are still the embodiment of virtue. They have been kept in the dark by the knights and do not know the evil deeds of the knights.
But today, Archbishop Yaknelga's attitude of bowing his head and admitting his mistake made them deeply feel that the Church of Light was completely rotten at the root!
The archbishop was not deceived by his subordinates, but rather ignored or even let it go on purpose!
And the girl Liz clenched her fists tightly.
The reason why her father became disabled is because when he went to attend the victory celebration of the Church of Light a few days ago, he tremblingly proposed to the priests in Hagia Sophia, "Since the Temple of Darkness has been destroyed, we can
"Should we charge a little tax?" The priests said "no" softly, and the fanatic believers around him regarded Liz's father as an ungodly heretic, punched, kicked, and trampled him wantonly.
Such a group is obviously crazy, stupid, and irrational.
The archbishop sitting in the dock is the root cause of all this.
From this moment on, the girl saw Archbishop Nerga no longer as a kind elder in white robes, but as a ferocious demon.
It's like a portrait of the evil god of darkness, with red skin, scars all over his body, bat wings, and sharp fangs.
There was scarlet blood around his mouth
That is the blood of the people, the blood of believers, and the blood of the entire Braden Kingdom.
…………
As for the square in Cohen Town, it had already completely fallen into madness.
When the people here heard that Archbishop Nerga was the source of the evil of excessive taxation, they all picked up rotten tomatoes, rotten eggs and stones, and smashed them against the light screen of the projector, smashed them on the walls, and smashed them on
It was on Archbishop Nerga’s head, nose, and snow-white priest’s robe.
Even the young Julian Federman was equally unceremonious.
Because of the tax policy proposed by Archbishop Nerga, he was almost forced to give you away by his parents who were struggling to make ends meet.
So at this moment, he was sitting on his father's shoulders, taking piece after piece of broken stone from his father's hand, and while cheering, he smashed it hard towards Archbishop Nerga's face on the light screen.
"Death to the devil!" Julian shouted in a clear childish voice.
"Go to hell, you bastard!" The crowd around them also shouted together, "Go to hell!"
For a moment, colorful parabolas appeared in the sky above the square.
The face of Archbishop Yaconelga printed on the light screen also became colorful, like a circus clown.
People were cursing, cheering, jumping, and boiling.
Usually, such lively scenes can only be seen during holiday celebrations.
But now, civilians across the country are excited.
They knew that as long as the demon Aknelga died, the taxes would disappear and they would be able to have enough to eat.
As for respect for clergy... Bah, who knows whether these clergy are the spokespersons of the goddess or the incarnations of vampire demons?
I'm afraid even the legendary God of Darkness who eats human flesh is nothing more than this!
…………
Allen then pointed out the two crimes of Archbishop Nerga: "greed" and "gluttony".
The reasons he gave were also within Archbishop Nerga’s expectations.
One is to collect unnecessary taxes, and the other is to embezzle donations from believers.
The only thing that surprised the Archbishop was that the witness Allen called turned out to be his father, William Earl of York, Lord of Kent!
In order to participate in this trial, Earl William came all the way from his territory to the capital!
To be honest, Archbishop Nerga still feels a certain amount of guilt towards Earl William.
For his son's desire to learn magic, Earl William not only prayed to the goddess devoutly and sleeplessly all night, but also donated 50,000 gold pounds to the church. This was a huge amount of money that could buy many properties in the capital!
But what about Archbishop Nerga himself?
He should have used the money to repair the Holy Light Array in the Northern Tribunal to increase the defense function of the trial.
But for his own personal gain, he used the money to make a luxurious triple crown and gave it as a gift to the Pope.
In the end, I only got three golden pieces of paper in exchange
It seemed precious, but in fact it pushed him into the abyss.
"This can be considered retribution..." Archbishop Nerga showed a sad smile on his face.
William Earl of York is a middle-aged man in his forties, with blond hair and blue eyes. He is tall, has a broad forehead and a hooked nose. He looks quite majestic and dignified.
But he looks nothing like Allen, who has black hair and blue eyes.
When they stood together, they didn't look like a biological father and son at all.
…………
ps: The third update requires monthly votes and recommended votes!