Chapter 815: Fate (II)
The next day, outside the Flavi Palace, in the square of Augustus, Xingtai was ready, and the messengers in charge of the messenger spread the news of the imminent public execution throughout the streets of Constantinople.
The citizens of Constantinople gathered in the Forum of Augustus, and their eyes were full of doubts: what kind of guy was worthy of being publicly executed in front of the Romans!
On the platform, Malenius was dressed in military uniform, and next to him stood a barbarian with a golden beard, and in his hand was an iron sword as tall as half a man.
In order to prove that his weapon was powerful enough to make the execution look clean and neat, the barbarian even put the iron sword in his hand on his arm, and kept polishing the whetstone with his right hand, deliberately issuing "Brush! Brush! brush" sound.
This momentum was enough to frighten the children to hide in their parents' arms and cry loudly, and the citizens looked at the executioner's gaze with horror, and they were glad that such a punishment was not directed against them, and at the same time wondered which unlucky ghost was going to face this unlucky ghost.
On the opposite side of the Augustus Square, in front of the gates of the Flavi Palace, there were heavily armed soldiers who guarded the end of the high steps, as there were three seats in front of the Flavi Palace.
As a "victim" of the Purple Room, how could such a scene be missed?
Three seats, each with Luga, Tenaia on the left and Lickinia on the right.
The expressions of the three people were the same solemn, and as "victims", the three of them did not have any joyful expressions at all. The dignified appearance makes such a punishment not like a happy thing, but a farewell.
Luga turned his head to look at Licina, and the expression on Liekinia's face was not only solemn, but also painful.
She looked at the gallows and couldn't help but shudder, I don't know if it was because of the cold temperature or something else, Likinia was shivering, she was still struggling to support herself, even if she was dressed thick enough!
"Romans!"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Malenius raised his right hand at the citizens of Constantinople in front of him and shouted loudly, attracting the attention of everyone present. "Now we must make it clear to all that a traitor, on the occasion of the great Barcellus's departure, a man of unknown deeds stood up, yes, yes, he was an enemy of Rome, an enemy of Flavies, who had murdered his courtiers loyal to Flavies, in a vain attempt to divide and shake the rule of Flavies."
As Malenius said this, the citizens of Constantinople in the audience could not help but let out an exclamation, and their eyes widened to see who had the audacity to rebel against the reign of the Flaviis dynasty.
Of course, the traitor was slowly brought in front of everyone, and at this time, only everyone couldn't help but let out an exclamation, of course, who would have thought that this evil traitor would be such a weak, fair-faced young man.
John. Antioch was carried to Xingtai by two soldiers, this emaciated fellow, completely incapacitated, like a puppet, let the soldiers escorting him be dragged up to Xingtai.
Luga turned her head to look at Likinia again, and Likinia trembled even more, her breathing became more and more rapid, and the panic in her heart made her bloodless lips tremble.
John was lifted up and forcibly stood beside Malenius. Malenius looked back at John, the expression on his face extremely complicated, and John hung his head all the time without saying a word at his bare feet, covered in wounds and blood.
Unable to bear it, Malenius turned to look at the Palazzo Flavi behind him, and met Luga, who was sitting there.
Luga was still expressionless, only to see that he found Malenius's look, he understood what this meant, Luga nodded slightly, such a slight movement quickly made Malenius see clearly, Malenius also nodded in response, and then turned around.
"Check it out! Check it out! ”
Marinanius gritted his teeth, grabbed John's greasy and messy hair and jerked him up, revealing John's pale and bloodless face to the public. Then he turned his head sharply and pointed at John, and shouted at all the citizens present: "Behold, the appearance of this traitor, remember him!" Remember him! He killed countless loyalty, even the high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard! He deserved to die, he deserved to be cursed and sent to hell, to be cut into hundreds of pieces! ”
"Traitor! Traitor! ”
At the instigation of Malenius, the townspeople raised their right hands and pointed at John. Antioch roared loudly, they didn't want to see this guy alive anymore.
The townspeople cursed angrily and even begged the executioners to hurry up and swing their swords. Antiochus's "sinful" life.
The anger of the people was aroused, and the citizens shouted and demanded that the traitor be killed, although they did not know what had happened.
The surrounding area was filled with people's roars, and the deafening sound was unbearable, but as a "victim", Purple Room had to witness the whole thing with his own eyes in order to relieve his hatred!
Luga turned her head sideways to look at Licinia again, her eyes fixed on the torture table in the distance, her face was pale, and her whole body was trembling terribly, and it was not difficult to see that she was already restless.
Seeing Likinia look so embarrassed, Luga didn't say anything, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, Luga turned around and continued to watch the execution.
"Kill him! Kill him......"
The roars of the citizens were incessant, and John, who was pulled by Malenius' hair, had to face the roaring citizens head-on, and he closed his eyes slightly, unable to bear to look at the anger.
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?" Malenius turned around and grabbed John with his other hand. Antioch's neck.
"I have a clear conscience, old friend!"
John said slowly, too weak to breathe, and he opened his eyes slightly, and looked at Malenius with his peripheral vision.
Malenius's expression was as mixed as his heart, and gradually, as he grasped John's hand, he trembled, gritted his teeth, and tried with all his might to restrain the pain in his heart.
"Damn it!"
Malenius pinned John to the guillotine and raised his head and nodded at the executioner.
The stout barbarian was a clever man, and when he saw Malenius' permission, he clutched his iron sword and came to John's side.
The barbarian weighed his iron sword and his eyes were fixed on John. The back of Antioch's neck, ready to deal with the problem as quickly as possible.
Perhaps unable to control the guilt in his heart any longer, Malenius let go of his hand and ran down the guillotine like a deserter.
"Long live Rome......"
"Click!"
The voice abruptly stopped, John's last roar, a roar he uttered with the little strength he had left in his life, and in an instant it weighed down the thousands of spectators in the Place Augustus.
Malenius also paused, his eyes widened and he stood there bewildered.
"Oh my God!"
At the moment of John's decapitation, Tenaia in the stands violently covered her mouth, she had never seen such a scene before, her eyes were full of fear.
Luga, who had already seen too much death, did not expect that at the moment when John was decapitated, his whole body twitched as if he had been electrocuted, he tried his best to control his breathing, reached out and kept smoothing his chest, his breathing became more and more rapid, and his heart was pounding, which was a pain that had never been before.
"Nope! No! No! Likinia shook her head desperately, she couldn't take it anymore, only to see her bounce up from her seat, cover her mouth, and run away.
The guards wanted to go and bring Likinia back first, but Luga shouted, "Let her go!" Luga waved his hand, then looked at the gallows.
There was silence all around, and everyone stared blankly at the guillotine, the old black stake was stained with new blood, and a young, wronged life was gone.
"Oh my God, look at what we've done." Luga shook her head slightly, her lips trembling and whispering.