Episode 6: The Road to Revenge Chapter 22: Huge Fines
“This Cantor Debus, should be the oldest of the Debus family.”
Clyde chuckled softly at the nearby Linley, who nodded along. While Linley and Clyde and the others were just watching things happen, the clansmen of the Debus family felt horrified.
Quite a few of the group of Debus Clan clansmen in that gallery trembled nervously.
“Clang!”
The sound of chains crashing rang out, and under the escort of two sergeants, a pale, thin, blonde-haired middle-aged man stepped into the courtroom. The gazes of the entire court gathered towards him, including Bernard, Karan, Nimitz and the others.
Seeing the blonde middle-aged man appear, Bernard let out a low sigh and closed his eyes.
“Sure enough, it’s the oldest of the Debus family, Canter!”
A murmur came from the gallery, as the Debus family’s oldest three, most of the nobles in Finlay City knew Canter Debus.
At this point, it was useless for the Debus family to weasel their way out of this.
Melitte, who was sitting on the main seat of the trial, looked towards Clyde, who nodded slightly.
“Bernard.”
Merit looked at Bernard, “By now, do you have anything to say?”
Bernard, however, did not look at Merit, but instead turned his head to his third brother ‘Canter’ and stared at Canter with a burning gaze. Canter similarly stared at his brother ‘Bernard’, and the two brothers just stared at each other.
“Oldest, why are you doing this?”
There was disbelief in Bernard’s eyes, and his whole body shook with pain and anger.
“I’m sorry.”
Canter said softly.
Bernard smiled bitterly, shook his head, and solemnly said, “You’re not sorry for me, but you’re sorry for the entire Debus family. My Debus family has been around for so many years. Through how many generations of forefathers’ hard work and management, only today’s achievements. However you, you ……”
Bernard was unable to speak in agony.
“Bang!”
Canter knelt down heavily in the court of judgment, two lines of tears flowing out.
“Big brother, I deserve to die!”
The hand with the chains smacked hard on his face, crying out in pain, “Big brother, I’m sorry, it’s my fault. It’s my greed, it’s me who wasn’t satisfied with the little power and wealth I had in the family. That’s why I misappropriated the family’s money to smuggle. It’s my fault, big brother. It’s all my fault!”
This scene caused the people in the gallery to be stunned.
Linley and Clyde also raised their eyebrows. Even Merit, who was on the main seat of the trial, frowned.
“Things have come to this.”
Bernard tilted his head and said, forcing back tears to keep them from flowing, his entire person looking so sullen, “Oldest, it’s no longer possible to talk about whose fault it is. What you have done has plunged our entire family into the middle of an unprecedented crisis, I, Bernard Debus. As the family’s earthly patriarch of this generation. Even if I die, I will not be able to face the generations of ancestors.”
Saying that. Bernard’s tears were still slipping down.
Bernard suddenly looked towards Clyde, knelt down directly in Clyde’s direction, and said in agonizing tears, “Your Majesty. It is my Debus family’s misfortune to have such a villain who betrayed the kingdom. As the patriarch, I, Bernard, cannot get rid of the blame. I, Bernard, am willing to die in order for Your Majesty to preserve our Debus family. After all, the vast majority of our family is innocent!”
Clyde looked at Bernard.
Then he looked at Merit and nodded slightly to Merit.
Merit knew what Clyde meant, and immediately said aloud, “The court is now adjourned, and after fifteen minutes, the final pronouncement will be made!” …… All the nobles who were listening had to leave the courtroom one by one, and could only re-enter the courtroom after fifteen minutes. Now the situation was already clear, the Debus family was suspected of smuggling this crime, in the end how to sentence, completely decided by Clyde.
Such a big crime of smuggling could completely implicate the entire family by an individual. Even if the Debus family was exterminated, it was still reasonable.
Of course, Clyde could also be a bit more humane and just punish the Debus family for a bit, or at least let the Debus family be preserved.
How it turned out, everything was up to Clyde.
Outside the trial court, Duke Bernard was with Linley, talking to each other.
“Linley, did you see that? This Debus family’s first-born son is really good. That Canter, who was actually caught some days ago, that Canter he didn’t commit suicide either, and waited until he was in the trial court to perform this scene out.”
Duke Bernard said with a smile.
Linley also nodded in agreement.
“If that Canter had committed suicide, I’m afraid that the Debus family situation would have been even more passive.”
Linley said with a smile.
If Canter committed suicide, then with Canter’s corpse, it could be shown that the Debus family was suspected of smuggling. And while the Debus family hadn’t been able to defend themselves, now Canter himself had admitted that he was the one who had messed up. This has given the Debus family a ray of hope. Of course, whether it was life or not ultimately depended on His Majesty Clyde.
“Kill, kill them all.”
Bebe, who was on Linley’s shoulder, grimaced, and even said to Linley in a soul transmission, “This Debus family, it’s too good at acting. I, Bebe, can’t even stand watching it.”
Linley couldn’t help but laugh at that.
“Creaking the doors of the courtroom opened, fifteen minutes had arrived, so the nobles outside filed inside, and one by one, they peacefully took their seats in the gallery again. Just now, during the adjournment of the court, only His Majesty Clyde, Merit and a few others had stayed in the courtroom.
“Linley, guess, how did I sentence the punishment?”
Clyde smiled at Linley.
“I can’t guess.”
Linley replied dryly.
Clyde smiled mysteriously.
“Stand up!”
Merit stood up and said solemnly, at once the entire courtroom stood up, Merit held her head high and said aloud in a solemn voice, “This court declares the sentence: member of the Debus family ‘Cantor Debus’ has openly engaged in a large-scale smuggling of Water Jade Ore, and the amount is extremely large. He is sentenced to death by hanging, to be carried out on October 11th.
“This smuggling of water jade ore is worth nearly forty million gold coins, then the Debus family is sentenced to double the fine to eighty million gold coins, and Bernard Debus. Released in court. Sentencing is complete” Once Merit’s words came out, Bernard, Nimitz, Karan and a group of other Debus family people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they were all helpless in their hearts at the same time.
Eighty million gold coins!
What a horrible number!
The entire Debus family’s property was only around 100 million gold coins. This is still plus all the fixed assets. And this time, to pay the huge fine, they would definitely have to sell many of their fixed assets. This kind of large-scale selling would definitely encounter the other party’s cut price.
The fixed assets totaled nearly eighty million gold coins, but whether or not they could be sold for eighty million gold coins in the end, the likelihood of that was too low.
“Linley, how’s it going?”
Clyde looked towards Linley.
Linley smiled and nodded, “Admirable, admirable.”
And if the fine was awarded too high. I’m afraid that the Debus family would not be willing to pay the fine even if they spared the deaths of their clansmen.
This 80 million gold coins, not too much, not too little, just right.
“Father.”
Karan and a few others immediately came to help Bernard up.
Bernard, however, looked towards his third brother ‘Canter Debus’, Canter’s face was dark at the moment, and he just nodded with Bernard. Ever since the smuggling matter came to light, Canter knew that he was bound to die. And now he died for the family. In the future, the family was afraid that they would still treat his son and his wife well.
Bernard also nodded to Canter.
Two brothers. Understood what was in each other’s hearts just by looking at them.
“Let’s, go back.”
Bernard said with a sigh.
After this one incident. The Debus family was greatly injured, and it was good to have one achievement of economic strength left. Since then …… the Debus family has declined from the level of the top magnates of the Finlay Kingdom. It can only be regarded as a generally more affluent family.
In the middle of Lin Lei’s mansion, the spring garden.
Linley was sitting on a chair, quietly fuming alone.
“Linley, what are you thinking about?”
Derinkelwalt emerged from the Ring of Coiled Dragons.
Linley glanced at Delinquent Corvette and sighed, “After watching the trial in the Debus family case ground today, I suddenly thought of my family. My family originally crossed the Yulan Continent, and now, generations have died, my father is dead, and my mother doesn’t know if she’s alive or dead. Little Walton is now in the O’Brien Empire, and now in the entirety of the Holy Alliance, I’m the one who has no family.”
Linley had a very strong sense of loneliness.
Both of his parents were gone, and he was now carrying out something that couldn’t see the light of day – revenge!
On the road to revenge, Linley’s heartstrings were taut every single day, not daring to relax one iota.
Derinkelwalt looked at Lin Lei, the heart has a trace of pain, do not see Lin Lei on the surface has matured, and those who deal with the big nobles is not the slightest bit of stage fright. But …… Lin Lei is also only seventeen years old, only just out of the Magic Academy soon ah.
“Linley, relax. Don’t burden yourself too much, you have plenty of time.”
Derinkelwalt comforted.
Linley looked towards Derin Corvette, on this lonely road, fortunately accompanied by Grandpa Derin, and the playful and mischievous Bebe.
“Grandpa Delin, thank you.”
Linley said gratefully.
Derin Corvette smiled.
“I really wanted to find out about Mother Earth earlier, and kill that Clyde earlier.”
Not to mention why Clyde had taken his mother captive in the first place, but just letting his mother be separated from his family for over ten years had ultimately led to his father’s death. This alone was enough to sentence him to death.
“I also don’t know when that King of Slayers, ‘Hisser’, is going to send over that poison prescription.”
Linley’s heart was somewhat anxious. …… Linley looked forward to the arrival of the King of Killers ‘Hisser’ every day, but day after day, Hisser hadn’t come. In the blink of an eye, it was already October. For nearly a month, the Kingdom of Finlay had been fairly calm. The main thing was that the Debus family was selling off the family’s properties on a large scale.
Many families took the opportunity to cut down the price, but the value of the Debus family’s fixed assets was indeed quite high, and there were also many families in demand. So the selling price wasn’t too low. The fixed assets that were originally calculated to have eighty million gold coins were eventually sold for over seventy million gold coins.
After paying a fine of eighty million gold coins, the Debus family had finally escaped the catastrophe.
But after this time, the Debus family’s wealth nearly shrunk by 90%. …… On this day, October 10th, tomorrow will be the day of Canter’s hanging. On this day Linley was cultivating in the middle of the spring garden as usual.
“Lord Linley, Lord Hisser is here!”
The maid immediately shouted loudly outside.
Linley had instructed that once Hisser arrived, he needed to be told immediately.
“Hisser has come?”
Linley immediately set his coat and rushed directly towards the outside of the spring garden. With Linley’s speed, in less than ten seconds, Linley arrived outside the living room. And at the moment, Cissé, who was still wearing loose robes, was crossing his legs and drinking tea in the living room.
“Mr. Hisser.”
Linley shouted from afar, and in three or two steps, Linley entered the living room.
As soon as Hisser saw Linley arrive, he couldn’t help but let his eyes light up and immediately stood up, “Master Linley, I’m so sorry, I didn’t come over until today.”
With that, Hise took out an envelope from his arms, “Linley, this is the prescription I was talking about, here you go.”