Working Prophet

Edward II looked at the man coming out of the crowd.

He is not tall, has small triangular ears and obvious dark circles under his eyes, as if he has not slept for days and nights, but he seems to be in good spirits and has a pair of very small eyes. Flexible, always turning.

"Who are you?"

"I am... Baron, from the Piper family. People who know me in Lionheart Castle call me Little Ear." The visitor saluted respectfully as he spoke.

"The Piper family, whose vassal is that?"

"No, we don't work for any family because we are no longer nobles."

Little Ear said, "Your ancestors defeated my ancestors, occupied our land, and rewarded it to their vassals, but we descendants do not resent you and your family.

"Your ancestors won the throne back then, and that was more than nine hundred years ago. We also found a new way to make a living. Now I make a living in Lionheart Castle by collecting and selling other people's secrets. .”

"Oh, so you're a nasty tipster."

"You can also say that," Little Ear smiled, "But I have always been proud of my craftsmanship. I may be the best intelligence dealer in the entire Lionheart Castle, and my customers are very satisfied with me."

"And now you are accusing Sir Ilea and Brian of having a financial transaction before the competition. What, did Ilea pay Brian to lose to him?"

"On the contrary, Lord Brian paid for Sir Ilea to defeat him."

As soon as Little Ear's words came out, everyone present was stunned. After a moment, the sound of shouting and cursing started, because Little Ear's words sounded so ridiculous.

Crow no longer pretended to be unconscious at this time, and began to curse together, "Are you lying? Do you think I am a fool and spend money to buy my own loss?!"

Little Ear, however, was not panicked at all and was still smiling.

"Of course you are not a fool, but you also know that Sir Ilea is amazing in martial arts. You cannot defeat her, and you are worried that you will die in her hands like other opponents, or be disabled in some way.

"But because you were concerned about your family's reputation and couldn't admit defeat immediately, you came up with this method and paid Sir Ilea to show mercy to you."

After finishing speaking, Little Ear turned back and said to other spectators, "You have also seen that Sir Ilea used that small pipe in the previous four games, but she did not use it in this competition. Isn't it strange? ?”

After being reminded like this, the crowd of onlookers began to waver. The shouts and curses became much quieter, and more and more people cast suspicious eyes on the female lord.

But Miss Rabbit didn't defend herself. She just stood there with her arms folded and looked at Little Ear coldly.

On the contrary, Crow became more and more panicked. He guessed that there might be a conspiracy behind the thin man's willingness to pay for his safety, but he thought that the conspiracy was only against Ilea.

He felt that since he had a family behind him, the other side would not provoke him, but he did not expect that the person behind the thin man would be so ruthless. Did he not hesitate to destroy him as well?

Crow regretted now that he should not have listened to the thin man and gave money to Ilea.

Edward II snorted coldly, "Interesting, don't you make a living by selling information, but I didn't spend any money to buy information from you, so why did you reveal this secret?

"Ilea won't say anything. She is not from the royal capital, but aren't you afraid that the family behind Brian will cause trouble for you?"

"Even intelligence dealers have a sense of justice." Little Ear said righteously, "I don't want the championship to end up with a dishonest person, and this is Lionheart Castle, your city.

"I believe that you will protect me when I expose the dirty side of those nobles."

What he said was very good. He not only praised Edward II, but also found a strong backer for himself. From now on, he can sit back and relax in the royal capital.

Based on Little Ear's understanding of Edward II, even if the latter didn't like him very much, in order to ensure the majesty of the monarch, he would not allow him to encounter any accidents in the future.

Who knew that when Edward II heard this, he just looked at him with amusement, "Where did your news come from?"

Little Ear was startled. Unexpectedly, the emperor's immediate concern was not the private transaction between Ilea and Crow, but his source of information.

After a moment, he continued, "The most important thing in our line of work is to have credibility and abide by the rules, and according to the rules, I can't tell you where the news comes from."

Little Ear then added, "But I can guarantee the authenticity of the news. If you don't believe it, you can search the packages of Sir Ilea and her followers. I believe you can find the money. I can even tell you the money." The number is..."

"It's four thousand golden lions." Edward II finished his words for him.

"Have you... known?" Little Ear felt a bad feeling in his heart. The development of things was obviously different from what he imagined.

The emperor did not answer his question, but asked, "Do you know the consequences of common people slandering nobles?"

The bad feeling in Little Ear's heart became stronger and stronger, and he forced out a smile, "If I remember correctly, I think I'm going to be whipped."

"That's right, one hundred lashes can be carried out by the person being slandered personally or by a designated person." Du Lun, the captain of the guard, said expressionlessly.

"Take out the things." Edward II then ordered.

So Du Lun asked someone to bring out a small box. After opening it, it contained ten bags of gold coins and an IOU.

"Sir Ilea told me this before the competition started." The emperor said calmly.

"My captain of the royal guard and the priest of Cornelia can all testify to this. Ilea also said that someone wanted to frame her, so I asked her to take the opportunity to see who planned to do this. No, you can do it yourself. Delivered to the door."

Little Ear was completely dumbfounded when he heard this, and then Ilea, who was listening to the side, turned around and asked, "Which of you can help me?"

"I'll do it," Thomas volunteered. "I can kill him with just forty lashes."

"Then you can't do it, you still have to practice." Gray Mane shook his head, "I can do it with less than thirty lashes."

"Twenty lashes." Orwell, the wandering knight, also joined the fight. "When it comes to execution, there is no place in the empire like the Falling Star Islands. I have traveled there and learned from the best executioners on the island. Twenty lashes is enough."

Little Ear's face was frightened and turned pale. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, maybe Sir Ilea confessed to you in advance, but it is also true that she acted with Sir Brian in the competition. This violates the competition. Principles of impartiality of the General Assembly.”

"You are wrong." The female lord smiled slightly, "There are people acting, but only Brian himself is acting. I am not acting. It is just a normal fight. It is just because the opponent is too weak and does not use the hand of judgment. That's all."

"Huh?" Little Ear was stunned again. He recalled the battle just now and found that Ilea really didn't act with the crow, but just stood there and watched the crow wander around and test it out on its own.

As soon as her opponent got close, she immediately summoned thunder to greet the crow, and she did so several times until she completely stunned the crow.