The helpers of the two Casa families and the people who didn't know the truth began to stir, but Gawain was not nervous or annoyed, he knew that if he made a rash statement, he would give someone a voice. So the self-proclaimed Grand Duke sat down on a high seat calmly and announced to everyone present:

"Contarini, why should I send troops to surround the tower where your family is located? I am afraid that you and the Gio family will continue to face each other in front of the sacred cathedral, but since you mentioned the law of the Church, the Grand Duke may consider it. Now Contarini speaks your accusations against the Gios. ”

"I sued my wife, Chise. Gio, who came from the most sinful and disgraceful family in the city, married in with the intention of coveting my property, but in the course of her married life she was incestuous and unchaste, and guilty of horrific bestiality, so I disown from this hateful woman, and demand that all the owners of the family of Gio go into self-exile, and ask the noble Grand Duke of the Empire to act on behalf of the Church in the city of Bari to respond to my accusations. Contarini said a lot of words in a fit of rage.

"You say that your wife covets your property, where is the foothold of the accusation?" Gawain asked.

"My wife has been married for seven years, and she has never had a child, and she would rather have sex with an animal than have a child with me who inherits the family property, and that's not enough!" It seems that Contarini's mood is at the height of his grief.

Even Gawain couldn't help laughing at the words, "I'd rather have sex with an animal than with me," and then he solemnly asked Anderodat next to him to sit next to him, and introduced, "This young priest is now acting as the patriarch of this church, and I will go through the details with him, and you must show respect to this agent of God." and obey his judgment. ”

Antore Dart, who was next to him, was very nervous, it was the first time he had faced such a scene, knowing that he had only just completed his studies of "spiritual silence" in the Calabrian monastery, so he listened to Gawain and the accused, and sweated through the papal books and laws in the winter, and finally stammered and announced. "If Mr. Contarini had accused his wife of such a crime, then the Chesser. Gio must be brought to the scene to receive divine judgment. ”

"Bring Chiser here!" Grand Duke Gawain commanded majestically.

About three minutes later, a beautiful noblewoman, also richly dressed and with black hair, with a drooping tassel tied at her belt and a round hat, was escorted by the soldiers through the crowd. At the foot of the steps of the church gate, she stood and saluted to the Grand Duke Gawain, who looked her in the eye for a few seconds before telling her what her husband had accused her of and of the Gio family, and asking the noblewoman named Chise to speak.

"My sinful husband's accusations are completely unfounded, and all of Barry knows that he is a mad and wicked fellow, and that he has never wanted to sleep with me. Except for the newlywed**, but the honorable Grand Duke. It was just for him to show his possession of my body, like a trafficker branding his own livestock. Contarini had a wide range of lovers outside, and his favorite of them was among the crowd, and he bore him three children, and now Contarini wanted his illegitimate son with his lover to inherit the family property, and tried to use this as an excuse to expel the Gio family. Monopoly on the power of the entire city, so I don't agree with her accusations. Qi Se talked eloquently.

The crowd suddenly chattered, and Gawain handed the two-handed battle axe to the military servant, touched his chin, and pretended to groan. Then he tilted his head and whispered to Anderodat next to him, "If a husband accuses his wife of such an immoral crime, then according to God's judgment, what procedure should be followed?" ”

So Anderodat was attached to the ear of the Grand Duke, and so on.

Then, Gawain tapped the armrest of the seat with his horse's head scepter, and the crowd immediately fell silent, and said to Chise, "Since Contarini accused you of the past, then you must accept the divine judgment." Then he cried out to Contarini, "You accuse your wife of bestiality, and what about the adulterer!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Contarini lowered his head, reluctant but reluctant to give up, and turned his mouth to the slave Nunu, who walked up to Gawain with the box in his hand and knelt down in front of him, and then opened the lid, Gawain glared and pinched out a few yellow animal hairs from it, "I found it on the bed of the former mistress, and it belonged to the hunting dog she raised." ”

"What does this mean?" Gawain was furious.

The servant did not hurry, and turned the lid of the box higher, "Here are the tools for aiding the beast, which were found in the chest of the former master, and both handmaidens can testify that she used it with the hounds. ”

This is simply amazing, Gawain pouted, and raised his eyebrows, hoping to see the thing more clearly, and then saw that the military servants and guards were looking into the box with their necks stretched out, and they coughed twice, and everyone retracted in displeasure.

"Well, since there is evidence, then according to the precedent of God's judgment, I declare that I have no remarks against Qi Se. Gio executes the 'Judgment of Fire and Iron'! After further consultation, Gawain made a decision.

On the spot, Contarini and his helpers laughed triumphantly and praised the Archduke's selflessness and justice, while the Gio family was furious, and then Gawain continued to raise his hand, "Since both sides have to rely on the Holy Spirit of St. Nicholas to arbitrate, they have to pay the fee of the divine judgment, Contarini, Chise, the accuser handed over six suels of silver, and the accused three su, in front of everyone, into the open purse at my feet." ”

Contarini stepped up with his head held high, put six silver coins into his purse under his seat, and bowed to the self-proclaimed Grand Duke before withdrawing.

Then Qi Se also took the three Su, but at the time of the handover, Gawain directly stretched out his big hand and pinched the precious wrist of the noble lady, "Directly hand over the money to me." And the noble lady saw the handsome and mighty duke, and also raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly a sense of amorous arose, as if she had a tacit understanding with Gawain's eyes, and then Gawain glanced at the crowd, told Qi Se to stand down, and continued to announce, "Originally, according to the requirements of the precedent, Qi Se. Gio had to step on nine fire-red ploughshares, because four were to prove his innocence and five to exonerate those accused of adulterers. However, because the suspected adulterer here is not a human being, Grand Duke Ben felt that it would be more appropriate to reduce it to seven ploughshares. ”

As he spoke, Andero Dart, who was on the edge of his seat, got up and reminded the Grand Duke a few words, and Gawain immediately pretended to bow his head and changed his tone, "Just now my assistant found such a rule from the precedent, if the wife is dissatisfied with the accusation, then she can send a fighter to fight against her husband or her husband's proxy fighter, and the winner will win the lawsuit." (To be continued......)