Chapter 299 Arrest
"Sir, many nobles have come to the manor recently and are having a party inside."

"My lord, be careful, there are many knights inside."

Before Misty could question the two surrendered guards, they took the initiative to tell her everything they knew.

Although what he said were things Misty already knew.

Although Feng En reported the problem and made inquiries, he also sent people to monitor and search silently, and kept a close eye on the nobles involved in the case.

Take the manor in front of them as an example. Both Feng En and Misty knew exactly who had come and how many people had come.

Misty waved her hand, and two city defense soldiers came forward and tied up the guard.

Then, Misty kicked open the door of the manor and walked in carelessly with the city defense forces.

Since it was Misty who had carried out the cleaning work of the manor before, she was very skilled this time and went straight to the core location of the manor.

Along the way, anyone who met Misty surrendered without hesitation, even some nobles, knights, or servants who were invited. They surrendered immediately and cut ties with the owner of the manor, repeatedly declaring that they knew nothing.

Although I don’t know what happened, I’ll just vote first.

Anyone who is not a fool knows that the War Council has already established a firm foothold. Unless the Allied Forces or the Green Tide launch a full-scale invasion and attack, the War Council will definitely not collapse. Therefore, unless one is a fool, no one will dare to confront the War Council.

Don't be fooled by their current glory. If they had not followed the Border Area Faction in the past and escaped the civil war and the Great Purge, they would have been purged in the last Great Purge.

Moreover, it is the same for them now. If they are obedient, they can still maintain their glory. However, if they provoke the War Committee and let them really end up, then their outcome will definitely not be good.

You have to know that their superiors, or the people they rely on, are members of the War Committee. What can they use to fight the committee?

Therefore, it is okay to disgust local officials occasionally and gain more benefits, but no one really has the courage to go against local officials.

Therefore, wherever Misty went, no one dared to resist.

Misty did not make things difficult for the surrendered noble knights. She just asked them to stay in the manor and not leave, otherwise the city defense troops outside would not be as easy to talk to as she was.

After hearing Misty's words, some nobles and knights who were quick-witted also reacted.

Recalling the letter from the manor owner inviting them, saying there was something important to discuss, the news of the recent village fight, and the murderous look of Misty and the city defense troops.

They guessed that something was probably happening to the owner of the manor.

Several noble knights who guessed the true intention looked at each other, and they all had the same idea in their hearts.

No, is there really a fool who dares to go against the War Committee? Where does he get the courage?

Since Misty did not restrict their activities within the manor, several noble knights followed curiously.

In the hall of the manor, as the banquet began, one noble knight after another walked into the banquet hall, clinking glasses and greeting each other.

As more and more people came, the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more lively, and this liveliness reached its peak after the owner of the manor appeared.

"Everyone, I have something to say to you."

The owner of the manor stood on a main stage and spoke to everyone at the banquet.

After hearing the words of the manor owner, everyone at the banquet also gave face and slowly quieted down.

Seeing this, he nodded with satisfaction, raised his glass and said.

"I believe that you are all decent people, honorable Donnar people. We have a glorious history of thousands of years. Donnar people are a nation with the longest heritage, the deepest history, and the richest cultural accumulation."

As soon as he finished speaking, voices of praise were heard from the corner of the banquet.

"well said."

Amid the praises coming from all around, the people at the banquet were somewhat disapproving and felt that this old-fashioned method was meaningless.

You are a thousand-year-old fox, and you are trying to use such old-fashioned tricks on me? You can't even fool young people.

Although they thought so, they still cooperated and said words of praise.

After all, we still have to give the host of the banquet some face.

Anyway, it won’t hurt to say a few words.

Listening to the praises from the audience, the host of the banquet also showed a satisfied smile. He stretched out his hand and signaled for silence.

Everyone also quieted down and cooperated with him casually.

After calming down, his expression changed from smiling to somewhat gloomy, and he spoke in a sad tone.

"But our great nation has now fallen to its current state."

Below the banquet, a knight poked his friend beside him and said with some surprise.

"Are you going to say something bad about Green Tide? Are you calling everyone here just for this?"

"Who knows?"

My friend relaxed his shoulders.

As the two chatted, he continued talking.

"A spellcaster, a Sinar, can now dominate us? This is a shame for our entire nation!"

As the host of the banquet finished speaking, the entire banquet fell completely silent.

Everyone at the banquet looked at him as if he were a dead man.

Are you talking about Chairman Roland? You know that he is recognized as the chairman by all the committee members, right?
No, buddy, are you crazy? Do you know what you are talking about? Who do you think you are to question Roland's position?
Do you know who planned and prepared the previous purge? How many nine clans do you have?
Several nobles at the banquet door looked around and did not find that the banquet host had arranged any soldiers to control the gate. They looked at each other and moved towards the door tacitly.

What he said is so funny, hurry up and smooth it over.

The host of the banquet who was speaking on the main stage did not notice the subtle change in the atmosphere of the banquet. On the contrary, he was completely immersed in it, speaking madly, swearing, and waving his hands constantly.

In the end, he made a decision.

“Only by allowing a great leader of Donnar origin to take sole control of power can the will of the [Common Pact] be truly implemented and the committee be guaranteed to never fade.”

As for who this great leader he was talking about was, of course it was himself.

As he finished speaking, the people he arranged at the banquet immediately stood up, applauded, cheered and praised.

However, unlike before, this time, everyone at the banquet cooperated with his performance.

If you really cooperate this time, you will really lose weight, maybe even the weight on your neck.

Want to imitate Roland's coup? Do you have that ability? Forget about you. Even if everyone present supports the coup, the War Committee will probably beat everyone to death with one punch.

We are living a good life, who would be crazy enough to go and die with you?

Therefore, during the entire banquet, only a few people he arranged did this. Moreover, in the absence of anyone's cooperation, the people he arranged also stopped their exaggerated movements awkwardly amid the silence of the people around them.

On the main stage, the host of the banquet was opening his arms with a confident look on his face, ready to greet the cheers from the audience.

Unfortunately, the cheers he expected did not come, and the eerie silence made him look a bit like a clown.

Looking at the banquet host on the stage, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

The entire banquet fell into an eerie silence.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

A round of applause broke the silence, and Misty walked into the banquet hall clapping.

After hearing the applause, the host of the party looked in Misty's direction with excitement.

"I thought I was here to investigate a case, but I didn't expect that I was here to quell a rebellion."

Misty said in a relaxed tone as she looked at him on the main stage.

As she spoke, the city defense troops filed out from behind her.

After the city defense army quickly took control of the entire banquet hall, Misty looked at everyone at the banquet and said calmly, "Have you all participated in the rebellion?"

"No, no, no, how could that be possible? You are such a joker."

"No, absolutely not. This is just his own opinion. It has nothing to do with us. It has nothing to do with us."

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After hearing what Misty said, all the guests at the party quickly distanced themselves from the host of the party.

Hearing these words, Misty nodded and said.

"Then, everyone, stay where you are and don't move."

After saying that, Misty didn't care about the guests' performance and looked directly at the host of the banquet on the main stage.

Then, the figure flashed and the whole person disappeared.

Before the host of the party could react, Misty appeared behind him and calmly stabbed his heart with a sharp blade.

As a stream of elements flowed into his body along the sharp blade, the power that he had just mobilized in his body was quickly sealed, and at the same time, intense pain instantly filled his whole body.

The moment the sharp blade pierced him, he let out a cry of pain.

However, Misty ignored his screams, and while pulling out the blade, she quickly and violently broke his limbs with her other hand.

Under the severe pain, this noble who was not suffering naturally did not have the willpower to resist, let alone fight against the seal that was forming in his body.

Therefore, he collapsed to the ground with a tragic wail, and the power in his body was completely sealed by Misty.

Misty ignored his wailing, holding the blood-stained blade, she calmly glanced at everyone at the party and spoke in a calm tone.

“The committee will not wrongly accuse every good person, but it will not let any enemy go either.”

"So, everyone, please follow me."

Although everyone at the banquet was not very happy, they did not dare to really confront the committee.

Although Misty led the city defense forces and could not stop everyone at the banquet, Misty and the city defense forces represented the will of the War Committee.

If the War Committee is provoked, the ones who will talk to them will not be regular troops like the city defense forces, but the legion soldiers of the military.

Misty and the city defense forces would try to reason with them, but the legionnaires from the military would never reason with them.

During the Great Purge, regardless of whether there was a reason or not, the legion soldiers would just kill people and cause blood to flow everywhere.

Thinking of this, although everyone was not happy, they still agreed to Misty's request with a dark face.

Since everyone was relatively cooperative, they were treated relatively well and were able to follow Misty on their own, retaining a modicum of dignity.

As for the family members of the manor owner, their treatment was not so good.

Since the manor owner's public remarks were heard by everyone, he was directly labeled a rebel by Misty, and his family was also identified as suspicious.

Therefore, all members of the entire family were arrested by Misty's order.

Moreover, since the cause involved an attempt to overthrow the rule of the War Council, family members who refused to be arrested or even resisted were allowed to be beheaded.

However, most family members are relatively rational, and the few who are not so rational can calm down after seeing blood.

Soon, Misty and the city defense forces, along with a group of dejected criminals whose powers had been sealed, left the manor with a group of nobles with gloomy faces.

In addition to the manor where Misty personally came to arrest the criminals, a large number of city defense forces also went to various places and brought back all the family members involved in the case.

Because the number of people arrested this time was large, and among them a large number were nobles and knights from the commissioner provinces.

Although Feng En only arrested people involved in the village fight and the conspiracy to overthrow Roland this time, he had no choice but to watch the nobles and knights accept it helplessly and wait for trial.

The nobles and knights from other commissioner provinces began to panic.

It hasn't been long since the bloody purge, and everyone still remembers it.

You just put away your butcher knife not long ago, and you’re already taking it out again?

Moreover, is it aimed at them this time?

In the spirit of "the death of the rabbit makes the fox mourn", even the nobles and knights in the commissioner's province who were not involved in these messes were jumping up and down, trying to interfere with the trial held by Feng En.

However, sometimes you don’t know whether you are capable or not until you take action.

The lower-class civilians who were bought off by the War Council with development dividends and no longer had to worry about their own survival for the first time were completely ignored.

If they were a family that had been operating in the local area for hundreds or thousands of years, they might be able to influence the lower-class civilians. However, Roland included a large amount of territory into the trap of the Commissioner Province, causing them to flee to an unfamiliar new land.

For the common people, the nobles and knights, who had only been here for a few years and whom they had never met, did not have as much authority as the officials of the war committee.

Isn't it nice to work for the committee? Why mess with these lunatics?

Some of the civilians who were won over even took the initiative to find local officials and report their actions.

The middle and upper levels of society who have also benefited greatly from the development dividends of the War Commission are too lazy to pay attention to them. Now all the promotion channels of the War Commission are wide open, and there are so many vacancies in so many positions. Anyone with a little bit of brains is working desperately.

For them, the better the War Committee develops, the more beneficial it will be to them. Moreover, although there are still many positions on the War Committee, if the local nobles and knights from the border areas can be cleansed out, they will have more options.

So, they wished all the nobles and knights would die, so why would they help them?

Moreover, the War Committee is subject to political review. If they dare to collude with nobles and knights, they will be kicked out of the War Committee immediately.

They couldn't fool Roland's magic spot check. Unless they were crazy, they would gamble with their own future.

As for the senior members, the Executive Committee ignored them. After all, they were the ones who gave the orders, so there was no way they would go against their own faces.

The other committee members ignored them. Compared to the period when the resistance army was constantly weakening, the war committee was developing at an astonishing speed and had conquered all the committee members who were eager to take revenge on the Green Tide.

Roland and the executive committee, who created all this, also received recognition from all members.

Not to mention the nobles and knights with whom they were not familiar, even the plea from some members of the committee's families was useless. The more moderate committee members directly placed the family members under house arrest, while the more radical committee members directly expelled them from the family and took the initiative to take them to the executive committee.

The local nobles and knights were jumping up and down, but they were not as powerful as they thought.

The power they thought was all castles in the air. Before their end, they might be able to scare others, but now, when no one is willing to pay attention to or support them, the reality that they are just paper tigers has been exposed.

After realizing this, the local nobles and knights really panicked.

Their voluntary exposure made the War Council realize that purging them would not cause the chaos they expected, and would be easy.

Moreover, the most fatal point is that although the nobles and knights' jumping up and down won support, it successfully made the trial presided over by Feng En attract the attention of most of the war committee.

This was the first major case after the promulgation of the Golden Rule, involving more than a thousand people and involving local separatism, rural fighting, and conspiracy to revolt.

With the noble knights jumping up and down and the Executive Committee fanning the flames, this trial that has attracted the attention of countless people has become increasingly important. It may determine the future legal landscape of the War Council.

Therefore, at the center of this storm, Feng En was also under tremendous pressure.

Originally, Feng En was just planning to take a casual look at the [Golden Law], simply wanting to find an excuse to deal with the dishonest noble knights in his jurisdiction.

But now, Feng En doesn't dare to be so casual.

The ensuing trial attracted the attention of many people on the War Council, and Feng En had to proceed with caution and not make any mistakes.

If he performs well, he may be promoted, but if he performs poorly, even if he is not demoted, he will not be able to get promoted in the next few years.

If you perform badly, you might not even be able to keep your position.

While there was still time, he turned down most of the government affairs and concentrated all his energy on studying and pondering every provision of the Golden Law.

He didn't ask to perform well in the next trial, he just asked to do things according to the rules and not make any mistakes.

(End of this chapter)