Chapter 689 Fake court (2)

Chapter 689 Fake court (2)

After General Gardner was brought in, there were many voices that started talking.

Though the ones that could attend this trial were all those with status, that didn't stop them from gossiping about this.

In the end, humans love gossip like this.

As for what they gossiped about...

"Do you know what this trial is about?"

"I heard that it was on the count of treason, but wasn't General Gardner on the front lines defending our kingdom?"

"Right, I just can't imagine someone like him betraying our kingdom."

They were mostly in support of General Gardner. It seemed like most people here were confused why this trial was even being held.

General Gardner looked even more confident when he heard this.

When even the crowd was with him, he just felt like he couldn't lose.

But there was a part of him that was confused about why this was all happening in the first place.

Logically speaking, even if the fourth prince had acted arbitrarily, it shouldn't have been possible for him to arrest him like this. After all, no matter how one looked at it, General Gardner was a senior official of the kingdom.

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Before General Gardner could finish that thought, someone suddenly said, "All rise for his majesty!"

When this was said, everyone turned in the direction the voice came from.

This person was clearly the prosecutor with the way that they were sitting.

This person brought out some papers and read, "General Gardner is accused of committing treason and bringing hard to our kingdom. That is why we are holding a trial for the general today."

The defense attorney gave a snort as he said, "But we still haven't heard what the charges are."

The prosecutor wasn't in a rush as he casually said, "General Gardner is being accused of hurting the kingdom by executing all of the troops from the Beirut Kingdom army instead of capturing them. He will be punished as per the severity of his war crimes."

"Huh?" General Gardner couldn't help revealing a shocked and confused look when he heard this.

After all, he never would have expected these charges to be placed on him since in the first place, he wasn't even the one that had killed all of those enemies. He had only been the one that took credit for this, he hadn't actually done anything to kill them.

In fact, he wouldn't have even been able to stop the Beirut Kingdom army if it wasn't for Duke Zwein showing up with the wyverns.

In the first place, he might have even been killed by them since he had fallen for the Beirut Kingdom's trap.

But now he was being put on trial for taking this credit...

It didn't really seem worth it.

General Gardner slapped his hand on the table and said, "I'm being punished for doing my job? You're saying that I shouldn't have stopped the enemy and allowed them to invade our kingdom?"

The prosecutor didn't argue this and just said, "Instead of capturing the enemies like he should have, he executed all of the prisoners of war that he captured, which further damaged our relationship with the Beirut Kingdom. As such, it will create a lasting scar between our two kingdoms. If this isn't considered treason, then what is?"

The defense attorney was stunned when he heard this before slapping his hand on the table and saying, "So you're saying that we should have captured and fed all of those enemies that tried to invade our kingdom? Do you know how much of a burden this would have been on our kingdom?"

"When we can capture, we should capture." The prosecutor said in a calm voice.

The defense attorney narrowed his eyes to look at the prosecutor before turning to the king to say, "Your majesty, please don't be fooled by the words of others. This is clearly slander against the general!"