Lord Highlander

  Chapter 714 703. On the execution ground

  The three Aung San brothers lay down on the roof and chatted for a short time, and found that the stars in the night sky receded and the sky turned pale.

  The wife ran out of the house and shouted to her husband on the roof: "Aung San, Randy woke up..."

   Aung San sat up from the roof tiles, and jumped off the roof regardless of the dew on his body. He walked into the room first and saw his son sitting up from the bed. Although he looked a little weak, he was very energetic.

"dad!"

  Sitting on the bed and yelling, Aung San felt his whole heart warm. It seems that the commander did not lie to him.

   This was the first time that Aung San felt that the people of the Green Empire were not too difficult to get along with. From the bottom of his heart, he felt a sense of gratitude to the commander of the garrison camp.

  He walked over quickly and hugged his son in his arms.

  The wife brought back a clay pot of water from behind and fed it to his son.

   Aung San stroked the son's head and said to him: "Sleep, sleep again, and everything will be fine when you wake up."

  …

  He thought that in the forest yesterday, the officer didn't shoot him with an arrow, so he left the forest in a panic, and returned directly to Dodan along a path outside the city.

  It was already night when he arrived in Dodan Town, and when he climbed over the north city wall, he met the officer standing behind him again...

   "Are you a resident of Dodan Town?" the officer asked him, the calm voice made him tremble unconsciously.

   "I am a collector in the forest." Aung San patted the wicker basket on his waist and answered honestly.

  The officer nodded, stepped out of the darkness, and asked him, "Do you usually enter the city like this?"

Aung San's heart brightened, and he forced a smile: "When you come back late, you will climb the wall like this, or you will have to freeze outside the city all night. Our north wall is usually used to resist the monsters in the Invercargill forest. , I don’t really mind if someone climbs the wall.”

  When he said these words, Aung San's calves were shaking.

   But what surprised him later was that the officer and him actually climbed over the 40-meter-high north city wall by relying on the climbing rope.

  As soon as he climbed to the top of the city, Aung San saw his younger brother Tula wearing the armor of the city defense army, waiting there anxiously.

   "What happened?" Aung San realized that something unresolvable might have happened at home, otherwise Latu would not have been waiting for him on the city wall in such a panic, and he didn't say that he would definitely come back to town tonight.

  Second brother Latu said to Aung San with a guilty expression on his face: "Randy is sick and has been in a coma for several days. Everyone is waiting for you to come back to make up your mind."

   Aung San's heart sank, and he took Latu down the city wall quickly, and said as he walked, "Go, go home and have a look. How could Randy be sick? Wasn't he still fine when I left?"

These city guards all knew Aung San. When they saw Aung San passing by, they greeted him kindly. Aung San barely responded with a smile. , looking just like his companions, the three walked down the city wall silently.

Aung San went back home, and the officer followed him all the time. Only when he saw the yard of his house, his son lying in bed and the wives in a mess, did Aung San feel that the Only then did the coldness in the officer's eyes subside.

When the wives saw that Aung San came back from outside the town, they seemed to have a backbone. They reviewed, cried, and begged in front of Aung San, asking him to find a way to save Randy, but what Aung San could do, he thought of wicker The silver-leaf grass in the basket, I heard that this herb has always been the main medicine for making primary healing potions, why don't you try this magical herb?

   At this moment, Aung San heard the officer say to him: "Hold your child and follow me, I can help you..."

  …

   ‘Tuk Tuk Tuk’

Aung San's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. Someone was knocking on the door outside the yard. Aung San felt cold and told his wife: "You are in the house, no matter what happened outside, don't come out. I will go out and have a look. "

  The wooden courtyard door was kicked open from the outside, and it crashed into the courtyard, shattering into several pieces of wood.

  Several heavily armed city guards broke in from the outside, holding spears in their hands, aiming at the three brothers Aung San and Latu in the courtyard.

  Latu saw clearly that it was the fellow soldiers of the city defense team rushing into his house with weapons in hand, and immediately raised his eyes and yelled at them in a low voice: "Why are you crazy, come to my house and kick the door?"

   "I let them kick it!" A knight walked in from the gate of the crowd, walked up to the front of these city guards, and stared at Aung San and Latu with a serious face.

  Latu was slightly stunned, with an unbelievable expression on his face, and shouted: "Captain..."

   Obviously everyone was still gambling together yesterday, but they didn't expect to bring someone to smash the door after just one night.

  The captain of the city defense army had a sullen face, and scolded: "Latu, you are no longer a soldier of the city defense army, come here, and tie up both of their brothers."

Latu didn't understand what happened. He saw people rushing up and wanted to resist, but Aung San grabbed his arm. The family members hid in the house behind them. The consequences of resistance would be a drag on the family, so the two brothers did not He resisted and was captured.

  The youngest brother wanted to step forward to stop him, but Aung San called him back.

  The captain of the city defense guard saw that Aung San was so responsible, his gloomy face eased a little, and he ordered his soldiers to **** the two back to the town hall.

   On the way, he asked Aung San: "Last night, you brought a new face and climbed over the city wall and entered Dodan Town?"

   "Well, I went out of the city and came back late. I didn't want to spend the night outside, so I climbed over the city wall and returned to the town." Aung San said.

  He heard that the captain of the city defense team wanted to investigate Vilu, and thought that Viru had almost killed the members of the entire adventure group, so of course he would not answer truthfully.

The captain of the city defense team whispered to Aung San: "Who is that person with you? Think about what you did outside the city yesterday. You can think about it on the way to the town hall. When you meet the mayor, don’t just say nothing. Aung San, we all live in the town and we all know each other so well, you’d better be acquainted, and don’t make things difficult for the brothers.”

He didn't continue to ask, so he brought Aung San and Latu to the town hall. Under the steps outside the town hall, he actually caught some other collectors in the town. These people usually live in the Invercargill Forest of Warcraft Collecting all kinds of mountain products and herbs, everyone is familiar with each other. Aung San felt completely relieved when he saw them.

How can this be to investigate what happened yesterday? The mayor of the town sent people to arrest these collectors. It is likely that an agreement has been reached with the business group. The robbery was quickly settled.

  He glanced at his younger brother Latu who was trapped like a zongzi beside him, with a look of apology in his eyes.

  Latu was not a stupid aborigine either. He guessed Mayor Marko's true intentions all at once, and when he was frightened and angry, he could only stand honestly beside Aung San without saying a word.

  In the morning of the small town, the sun shines into the yard, and many people are already surrounded on the street.

  Mayor Marco was standing on the steps at the entrance of the town hall at this time. He walked up to Aung San and asked with a gloomy face:

   "I heard that you left the city yesterday and came back at night?"

   "Yes, Lord Mayor." Aung San knelt under the steps, his hands were tied with ropes, and he hunched over and replied.

   "What did you do outside the city?" Marco walked down the steps and stood in front of Aung San, stepping on Aung San's shoulder with a foot in a boot.

   Aung San was trampled to the ground by Mayor Marko, with his face pressed against the ground, and he reluctantly argued:

   "Lord Mayor, I just collected some mountain goods in the forest outside the city!"

The mayor of Marko scolded angrily: "You are lying, it is you collectors who colluded with the natives and robbers in the villages outside to loot the adventure group in the town, come here, **** them to the punishment stone in the square, and wait for the town When the last few officials arrived at the square, they were executed on the spot."

  Afterwards, without giving these aboriginal collectors a chance to defend themselves, a group of guards rushed forward and tied cloth strips around the mouths of all the collectors to silence them collectively.

The collectors headed by Aung San were escorted by the city guards to a square not too far from the town hall. There was a punishment stone on this square, which was usually used to punish prisoners and thieves. Thieves were usually sentenced to flogging Some women who commit crimes will be tied to the punishment stone and will not eat, drink or bask in the sun, and some women will not be able to bear this humiliation, so they will slam their heads on the punishment stone to death.

   Over time, the entire punishment stone is reddish brown.

  Seeing the mayor and town officials sitting on the edge of the square, the city guard standing behind Aung San had the opportunity to whisper to him:

   "The mayor wants to kill a few people to clear up the matter. Boss Aung San, brothers can't help you with this matter. You can only wait until the execution, so that you won't suffer too much."

"We know that Boss Aung San and you went back to town with you last night. If you can confess to the person who went back to town with you, maybe you will put the blame on that person, and it will be enough by then. Get Boss Aung San and Brother Latu off." The city guard continued to whisper.

Aung San knew that he wanted to know about Viru's information, so he immediately puffed up his chest, stared coldly at the city guard, and said, "Last night, I was the only one who climbed the wall and returned to the town. Latour, there is no one else at all."

The city defense guard could only nod slightly, and sighed, "Well, everyone says that you, Aung San, are the boss of the collectors in the town, and you really deserve the title of 'boss'. Since you said so, then last night The brothers who were on duty on the city wall did not see any strangers."

Aung San glanced at the city guard again, hesitated before saying, "If Latu and I die here, I will trouble you to tell my younger brother to leave Dodan Town with his whole family as soon as possible. Go to Wilkes City to ask for a living, and never come back, and don't think about revenge for the two of us."

  The city defense guard promised in a low voice: "Boss Aung San, don't worry, the news will definitely be brought to you."

  …

Mayor Marko sat on a chair at the edge of the square with a gloomy face. The slave trade business was messed up. He hadn't closed his eyes for the past two days. All signs indicated that it was the group of fugitives under the business group who moved it. Hands and feet, but he led people to search outside the city for a day and a night, but found no evidence.

  In order to prevent this matter from expanding its influence, he had to swallow his breath and hastily settled the matter.

Only a few officials in the town have arrived, including the captain of the city defense brigade, the tax officer of Dodan Town, the clerk of the population inspection of Dodan Town, etc., and only the new Dodan Town Garrison Commander Suldak Before arriving at the square, Mayor Marko glanced impatiently at Mrs. Luna beside him.

  Madam Luna could barely squeeze out a smiling face and looked towards the garrison camp.

  The garrison commander, Lord Suldak, just walked out of the camp and walked towards the square along the dirt road.

When Suldak walked to the square, Suldak did not go to join the officials in the town first, but walked to the penalty stone, and saw a group of aboriginals kneeling on the spot with their hands, feet and mouths bound. It looked like a criminal waiting to be executed.

He didn't expect that the mayor Marco said that "the members of the bandit group will be tried tomorrow at the town hall" actually found such a group of scapegoats. If Viru didn't happen to know the inside story, maybe he would have been suppressed for this matter. These officials were kept in the dark.

  Suldak walked slowly to the place where the town officials gathered.

The mayor of Marko gave Suldak a cold look, and shouted at the secretary Mrs. Luna: "When the notice is delivered in the future, try to be as early as possible, and clearly state the time of the meeting. Who is not in charge?" There are a lot of things, it is impossible to wait for some people to be late..."

  Madam Luna blushed, and replied in a low voice: "Understood, Lord Mayor."

The mayor of Marko waved his hand impatiently, without even looking at Suldak, he said to the town officials: "Okay, since everyone's time is very limited, I will make a routine notification about this matter , and then everyone voted with a show of hands."

  Mayor Marco paused for a moment, his cold eyes swept across the faces of the town officials, and then he said:

"Those people in the square ransacked an adventure group outside the city the day before yesterday, and now the city guards in the town have arrested them. Now Dodan Town is in a critical period. My idea is to execute them on the spot. I agree. No need to raise your hand..."

  The group of town officials all lowered their heads, looking at their toes, and the scene was extremely quiet for a while.

Mayor Marko's eyes widened, and he cursed at the town officials in front of him: "Why don't you people speak, are you all dumb? People who know you know that you agree with my decision. Outsiders see you like this , I thought your silence was a silent resistance..."

  The tax officer of the small town quickly put out a smiling face that was uglier than crying, and said to Mayor Marko: "Mayor, we all agree that if there is no one else, I will go to sort out the tax accounts, mayor..."

  Mayor Marco's face paled slightly, and he nodded slightly.

"I disagree!"

  Suldak stood among these people, raised his hand and said loudly.

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  (end of this chapter)