68. Shocking discovery
Sun Fei stepped into the square, looked carefully, and found that most of the people gathered in the square were ragged, yellow-skinned, and all of them were civilians from Chambord City.
"Look, His Majesty Alexander is really here......"
"Your Majesty, you want to uphold justice for us!"
"We will accuse the prison officials of indiscriminately arresting innocent ......"
"Your Majesty Alexander, my son has been arrested and imprisoned in the Iron Prison for offending the son of the previous herald Bazel, Gergil, please Your Majesty administer justice......"
The civilians fell to their knees and shouted with sorrowful expressions.
Sun Fei turned his head to look at Brooke, who hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't inform these poor people to gather here, nor did I say that you would come to the water prison this afternoon, strange, this ...... Why don't I let them go right away?"
Sun Fei shook his head with a smile and said, "It's okay, didn't I come today just to rectify the Iron Prison Water Prison? You send the soldiers to set up tables and chairs in the square, and let the warden Oleg bring out all the papers, and I will put the prison in order in front of all my subjects. โ
Brooke nodded and walked away.
Soon, the crowd in the small square was separated by the soldiers, a small umbrella shed was erected, stone tables and chairs were moved, and a large number of animal skins and silk cloths with the inscription of the Iron Prison Water Prison Ten Years of Judgment and Trial Process were moved up, piled up next to the umbrella shed like a hill, some animal skins may have been shelved for a long time, or even moldy, with small black spots, a musty smell came to the face.
"Great and noble Your Majesty Alexander, this is all the files of the last ten years, I have already let all the files be moved, and nothing is missing, my noble king, Oleg has not dared to neglect the slightest since he took charge of the iron prison and water prison for Chambord City......" [Sycophant] Oleg stood beside Sun Fei with a sneer, and the delicate white bird feather fan in his hand was extremely diligent and gently fanned the cool breeze for Sun Fei.
Sun Fei nodded slightly.
Oleg suddenly came to the outside of the umbrella shed happily like a fighting cock encouraged by his master's approval, and said loudly: "The great King Alexander is coming to the Iron Prison today, just to expose and correct the crimes that the careerist Bazel once committed against Chambord, rejoice, justice and light have come to the Iron Prison Water Prison, and any of you who has suffered the persecution and unfair treatment of that damned careerist Bazel can rest assured and boldly present to the great King Alexander, my king is wise and just, impartial, merciful and loving to the people... ... A righteous answer will certainly be given to all innocent people. โ
Oleg used at least a dozen or more ornate modifiers to praise Sun Fei, and after he finished spitting, the soldiers were allowed to maintain order, carefully separate the umbrella shelter from the crowd, and set up a small exit, before letting the civilians go to the umbrella shelter one by one to complain about their grievances.
Sun Fei nodded secretly.
Although this Oleg is timid and greedy for money, and the whole thing is a super sycophant, but he also has his own strengths, and he is more careful than an officer like Brooke, and he is also very handy in dealing with such a scene, and he is very set, such a person, if he uses it well, can be regarded as a good assistant.
"Your Majesty Alexander, please clear my name......"
An old man in ragged clothes was the first to come forward and kneel on the ground, his son had served as a servant in the house of the former herald Bazel, but because he accidentally broke a rough dog food wooden basin used by the dead fat pig Gergil to raise dogs, he was asked for 10 gold coins, and the old man was imprisoned in the iron prison for more than three months because he had no money to pay, and his son was imprisoned in the iron prison for more than three months, and his life and death were unknown.
Soon a jailer sent a file about the old man's son, Sun Fei skimmed it, and the above record was basically consistent with what the old man said, and with a stroke of the pen, he immediately released the old man's son, and also divided ten gold coins from the confiscated property of Bazel's mansion as compensation. The old man's son had suffered a lot of abuse in prison, but he was still healthy, and the two cried bitterly and hugged each other at the moment, kneeling down to thank Sun Fei for his justice and kindness......
Seeing this scene, the civilians around the onlookers were excited.
People kept coming to the umbrella shed to cry, mostly for small things, but because it involved Bazel and some nobles in the city, the commoners were abused by the powerful and sent to the iron prison and water prison, where they were tortured......
In just half an hour, Sun Fei had released more than 40 people from the iron prison and water prison, and all the poor people who had been wronged not only regained their freedom, but also received a certain amount of gold coins in compensation, one gold coin was equivalent to a poor family's income for about a year......
Sun Fei happily passed the addiction of being a judge.
However, as the trial progressed, there were many people in the crowd who came to the square with the mentality of watching the excitement, and when they saw such a scene, they couldn't help but stand up and complain about their grievances......
For a while, the crowd in the square was excited, and the scene was even a little out of control.
Sun Fei saw that the situation was not right, and the crowd that came after hearing the news had more and more trends, and immediately sweated on his forehead to temporarily stop the public trial that was pretending to be a style, and ordered a special person to record all the accusations in the case, and after sorting them out, they were handed over to the new herald Best for handling, believing that his old man would definitely be able to handle it.
Sun Fei himself swept all the files on the ground, basically it was not a difficult case, the sentence was very easy, more than two hours passed, sixty or seventy percent of the cells that were imprisoned in the iron prison and water prison were released, in fact, in a remote small city like Chambord City, the people are simple and simple, and basically there will be no earth-shattering crimes, most of them are nobles and powerful businessmen who oppress the poor, or disputes between the neighbors of the city, for Sun Fei who has crossed over, as long as he grasps it slightlyThe words 'fairness of the people' are basically not difficult at all.
After dealing with these things, all the poor people knelt on the ground and kowtowed excitedly, and in the midst of wave after wave of cheers shouting "Long live the king!" and "Long live His Majesty Alexander", Sun Fei and Brooke, Oleg and others entered the black stone castle of the iron prison and water prison.
After entering the stone fort, Sun Fei found that this prison is really worthy of its name as an iron prison water prison, because the stone fort exposed in the square is just a place where the guards live and live, and the real cells are actually underground, and a deep tunnel was dug out of this stone mountain by life, leading to the underground.
The corridor is about three meters high and two meters wide, and it descends step by step down the stone steps.
The light soon darkened, and after about three or four hundred meters underground, the tunnel finally became gentle, and instead of leading to the ground, it was dug out in parallel. On the stone walls on both sides of the road, many stone lattices of different sizes are artificially chiseled, and charcoal braziers are placed on them, and the light of the fire is not fixed, illuminating the whole passage dark and deep, and filling the heart with a palpitating atmosphere.
The more Sun Fei walked, the more frightened he became.
Because he was amazed to find that the belly of the whole stone mountain seemed to be completely hollowed out, and the whole prison did not use a single brick and tile, and the whole was dug out of the stone mountain by people, just like an underground labyrinth, after walking more than 1,000 meters and passing through more than 20 iron gates, there was a murmuring sound of water in his ears, and the corridor gradually became open, and there were many stone houses on both sides, which were sealed with steel fences, and these stone houses were paved with some damp dry grass, and there were simple stone beds and stone chairs, which were used to hold prisonersใ
However, due to Sun Fei's amnesty of prisoners, the rectification of prisons, and the release of many innocent civilians who were imprisoned, most of the stone houses were empty at this time. There are still some prisoners in the stone house who have not been wronged, but have indeed committed theft, brawls and other crimes......
Further down, the corridor became wider and wider, almost like a hall.
The sound of gurgling water is becoming more and more pronounced.
Finally, after advancing more than 500 meters, there was an underground river on one side of the road, the cold and biting river water flowed loudly, some stone houses were directly excavated on the stone wall of the river, the river flooded the ground, and only by sitting on the stone bed could you avoid being soaked by water, which was the so-called 'water prison'.
Sun Fei was completely shocked at this time.
The scale of this iron prison water prison is far beyond his previous imagination, even if it is the modern construction methods of the 21st century in the previous life, if he wants to dig such a huge labyrinth in the belly of Shishan Mountain, I am afraid it will take more than ten or twenty years, exhausting countless financial, manpower and material resources...... Is it too shocking to imagine, who excavated such a huge grotto?
As if seeing Sun Fei's doubts, the warden Oleg followed behind him and introduced with a sneer: "Your Majesty, in fact, this prison was not built by Chambord City itself...... According to the royal documents, it was more than a hundred years ago that a commoner who went up to the mountain to hunt accidentally discovered this underground cave, and then the royal family knew about it, and immediately ordered the blockade of this place, and later, after the exploration and gradual improvement of the kings of Chambord City, it became an impregnable prison, for more than 60 years, no prisoner has ever been able to escape from here, it is said that your father King Alexander once imprisoned a very terrible master here, but the master died and did not escape from the prison......โ
I see.
Listening to the introduction of the warden Oleg, Sun Fei suddenly realized and nodded secretly.
This statement makes sense, such a huge underground grotto is not at all what the current national strength of Chambord City can excavate, even if Chambord City was once a fourth-class vassal country with a slight status, and it is impossible to dig such a huge and terrifying underground grotto after a hundred years and ten years.
"Do you know who dug this grotto?" asked Sun Fei.
"No one can say clearly, there are no clues left in the grotto, except for these simple stone houses and corridors, not even some murals or statues of gods have been left, when I first came in, I didn't find any words or other supplies in the grotto, it seems that this place was excavated by someone, and abandoned for some mysterious reason, some people suspected that this is the masterpiece of God!" Oleg said quickly.
"A masterpiece of God?"
"Yes, except for the supreme and omnipotent god, it is very difficult for human beings to dig out such a huge underground labyrinth in the hard stone of the belly of the rocky mountain...... Of course, some people say that this grotto may have been the work of the dwarves in the cave, but even the dwarves have disappeared for four or five hundred years......"
As Oleg was talking, Sun Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, and his vision suddenly became wider, only to see a hall with an internal space that was only a few hundred meters high suddenly appearing in front, dense braziers all over the stone walls and above the hall, looking up at it, it was like a sky full of stars shining in the dark night sky, beautiful.
The stone wall of the hall was carved out of layers of stairs, winding up, the stone wall more than 100 meters high was divided into ten floors, and each layer was dug with dense stone houses, giving Sun Fei the feeling that he suddenly came to the interior of a 100-meter skyscraper in his previous life between time and space transformation, which was extremely shocking.
No words can describe the shock in Sun Fei's heart at this time.
"Your Majesty, this is where some serious criminals are held, the black-clothed mage you brought back and the body of the silver-masked man are all held here, and the former captain of the King's Guard, Peter Cech, who you are arraigning this time, is also being held here on charges of treason. โ
Oleg cautiously introduced.
Sun Fei nodded and said, "Well, very good, Oleg, you send someone to bring him with Master Brooke, and I want to meet him." โ
Oleg quickly called over two jailers, gave them an order, and led Brooke up the stone stairs, and soon disappeared into the passage on the stone wall. Cech is a repeat offender and has been held on the seventh floor for some time.
Sun Fei took the opportunity to carefully read the layout of the entire super hall, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and even he himself wanted to attribute such a building to a miracle, it was incredible, it was simply a miracle, the ten Mogao Grottoes in the previous life combined, the scale could not compare to such a maze.
Suddenly, Sun Fei's eyes fell on a black steel gate more than twenty meters high on the stone wall in the distance, which was carved with mysterious patterns, and it looked a little familiar.
"What is that gate for?" asked Sun Fei.
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