The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Baron, spare me! You can't treat me like this!"

"My lord, Sir Jacques forced me to do this. I am innocent! I had no choice but to do it!"

"Master, I am your most loyal servant! Everything I do is for your sake!"

"Have you forgotten that I gave you a gift yesterday? You said it was your favorite gift!"

"We even drank together! And you said Corbitt was your best friend!"

Mayor Corbett was brought up by two members of the guard. As soon as he saw Soran, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed for mercy, tears streaming down his face.

The voice was hysterical and heart-wrenching. Anyone who heard it felt sad and anyone who saw it cried!

He wanted to kneel down and crawl towards Soran, grab Soran's trouser legs and beg for mercy, but was stopped by two guards with swords.

So he could only cry on the spot, kneeling down and wailing to Sauron.

Soran just watched his performance quietly, oblivious and silent.

In the end, he got tired of watching and listening, and finally said, "Come on, Corbett, that's enough!"

"I know exactly what kind of person you are and what you have done. There is no need for you to act so hypocritical and pathetic here!"

Soran tilted his mouth and looked at Corbitt with disdain, completely unmoved.

"Besides, the gift you gave me yesterday was originally mine. Don't think I don't know that when you gave the tax to Sir Jacques, you secretly intercepted a portion of it and put it in your own pocket."

"Am I right?"

After saying that, Soran threw a book to Corbitt.

That was the tax account book that Kobitt made himself, which recorded every tax record clearly.

The total amount of tax collected in the end was two or three hundred gold coins less than the amount that Cobit paid to Sir Jacques.

It's obvious that he must have kept it for himself.

"My Lord Baron, it's unfair. Sir Jacques forced me to do this. I had no choice!" Corbitt continued to cry out for justice and put all the blame on Sir Jacques.

At the same time, he did not forget to justify his embezzlement: "Besides, I intercepted those gold coins to keep them temporarily for the Baron. I will return them to the Baron when he arrives in the territory to take office!"

"Your loyal servant is trying to reduce your losses, my lord?"

"Oh, really?" Soran asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes, sir, that's right. How could your loyal servant embezzle your property? You are wronging me!" Cobit knew that he was in trouble this time. If he didn't die, he would at least be skinned alive.

But suddenly he saw that Soran's face was a little shaken, so he cleverly thought that things could still turn around, so he frantically defended himself.

But what he didn't know was that Sauron had already got him in his grasp.

"Then why didn't you give it back to me when you came to visit me yesterday?" Soran continued to ask.

"Master, didn't I come to give you a gift yesterday? There are a thousand gold coins in it! More than what I kept for you!" Cobit hurriedly mentioned the gift he gave to Soran yesterday.

He thought of the greedy look in Soran's eyes when he saw the box of gold coins yesterday. Perhaps Soran would let him go for the sake of the gift.

"Hahahaha! Corbett, you are so ridiculous! You actually used my property to give me a gift."

"You know you are deceiving me! Do you know what will happen if you deceive the nobles?" Soran suddenly sneered, his tone sounding extremely angry.

"No, no, Baron, please spare me, how could I do this! How dare I lie to you!" Kobitt's heart suddenly jumped, and the hope that had just ignited was instantly extinguished. He could only continue to beg.

But at the same time, his mind was working frantically, thinking about whether there was a good opportunity to defend himself and exonerate himself.

He doesn't want to die!

Then he seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said loudly: "Baron, Corbett forgot! Corbett forgot!"

"Corbitt forgot to deliver it to you, my Lord! The gold coins in the box yesterday were indeed a gift from Corbitt to you, my Lord!"

"As for the gold coins that I kept for you, they are still in my house, in another box!"

At this point, Kopit kowtowed even faster and begged, "Sir, please, let me go back, I will get it for you now, I will bring it to you now, please, spare your servant!"

Seeing this, Sauron suddenly felt a sense of success in his heart.

Because what he wanted was what Corbett said.

"Are you sure?" Soran asked with dignity on his face.

"Yes, yes, I'm absolutely sure! I'll go home and get it for you now, and bring it to you right away!" Kobitt kowtowed and begged loudly.

"Okay, Henry, follow him back and take back all my property!" Soran ordered Henry to take him away.

"Yes, sir!" Henry stepped forward to receive the order.

Then he exchanged glances with Soran, revealing a look of understanding.

Soran nodded and let him take Corbitt away.

After arresting Corbett this morning, Soran ordered Henry to search Corbett's mayor's mansion.

But until now, Henry had searched the mayor's mansion inside and out, and was just short of digging three feet underground.

But apart from some scattered copper and silver coins, no trace of any large amount of gold coins was found.

The mayor's mansion was a nice house, so Sauron naturally couldn't let him dig deep into the ground and destroy the building.

He will need it again in the future!

So when he woke up today, he thought of using this method to deceive Kobit and make him hand over the money obediently.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to let Corbitt go. Soran must have someone to establish his authority.

That Sir Jacques cannot be moved.

No matter how you look at it, he is still His Royal Highness's man, regardless of whether His Royal Highness knows of his existence or not, but when you beat a dog, you really have to look at its owner.

Besides, a knight is, after all, a nobleman of some importance.

According to the unspoken rules of the upper aristocratic society, fights between nobles generally do not involve the lives of both parties unless they have no other choice.

This is actually equivalent to a disguised protection of the lives of the nobles.

If Soran had killed Sir Jacques directly, it would have been great, but his reputation in the aristocratic circle would have been ruined.

In that case, there may be few people who hold a grudge against him. After all, it is none of their business and they just ignore it. This is the attitude of most people.

But there will definitely not be many people who will choose to work with him in the future.

Because no one is willing to cooperate with someone who doesn't follow the rules.

So even though Sir Jacques did something that necessitated his death, he could not die, or could not be killed by Soran.

And the cruel and treacherous security captain Benny might be a good candidate to establish his authority.

But he ran away, and it would not be easy to catch him back.

Therefore, we had no choice but to take action against Corbitt.

Even if it's bad luck for him!