Chapter 20: Secrets
The edifice of the Blue Flag Empire can be said to be rotten from head to toe, and the reason why she finally collapsed was not only the mediocre Emperor Siconfu at the top, but also the greedy nobles who drank the blood of the people, but also the ruins of this edifice.
βThe Autobiography of Terry, Vol. 7
The venue of the public trial was set up in front of the hall of the bandits' lair, and a row of bandits who were tied up with flowers all knelt on the steps at the entrance of the hall in despair
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All the liberated coolies stood under the eaves not far away, and although there was a row of chairs behind them, none of them sit, even if some of them were in pain and could not stand, they stood up in pain with the help of others.
A pair of angry eyes stared at these vicious bandits, especially those women in military coats, although their eyes were no longer so empty and helpless, but they were replaced by a hateful gaze of "devouring people".
The bandits had to be killed, that was the consensus of all present, and after a night of interrogation, as well as accusations from the coolies and the women, none of the surviving bandits were innocent.
On the rostrum, Sean stood in the middle, holding a stack of papers in his hand, and was reading out the crimes of these bandits, one by one, so that the soldiers holding these bandits were filled with righteous indignation, and the hands holding the rifles were exposed.
The trial was still going on, but the angry people did not notice that two people were not present.
One is Terry, and the other is the bandit in charge. As for the whereabouts of the two people, of course Sean knows, but this is a secret, so since everyone has not found out, Sean is of course willing to pretend to be confused.
And just as Sean was reading the verdict, about two kilometers away from the bandits' lair, in a dense forest, between the dense weeds and vines, a hidden path loomed through it, and the two figures walked slowly on this hidden path one after the other.
"Little sir, why are you different from them?"
Although Terry is also wearing the uniform of an Imperial soldier, he does not have any rank on his shoulders, plus a black bulletproof vest that is worn on the outside, and Garand in his hand, which is different from Miller's rifle, makes him look special.
"Don't talk, lead the way."
Ignoring the second master's lack of words, Terry hit the back of the top two with a gun, signaling him to hurry up.
"Little sir, would you like to take a break? I can't walk on these two legs. β
At this time, the second master did not lie, it is estimated that he has been in close contact with the night pearl for a long time, and the strong radiation has already destroyed the cells in his body, coupled with indulgence, he usually acts as a prestige in the fort, and he doesn't feel that someone is waiting for everything, but today he has walked two kilometers in a row on the difficult dense forest path, and a pair of legs have long been like lead.
"Well deserved! Just rest for five minutes. β
Seeing the second master doesn't seem like a lie, Terry also understands why the second master is so weak, but he can't explain it at all, if it weren't for the secret of the second master, Terry would have killed the bandit's chief evil with one shot.
As for the secrets held by the second master, yesterday when Terry heard the second master's muttering, he and Sean interrogated the second master alone.
In order to save his life, this cunning second-in-command can only tell the secret like pouring beans.
In the confession of the second leader, it turned out that the second leader not only colluded with these horse bandits, but also colluded deeply with some nobles of the Blue Flag Empire, and the Miller-style cavalry spears equipped by these bandits were provided by those nobles.
Second, they are the masters who pay naturally the pearl of the night found over the years. Of course, those Night Pearls are not only exchanged for these weapons, but also for huge wealth, and at this moment, the destination of Terry and the second master is where these riches are buried.
"Thank you, little sir! What a good person you are, sir. β
As soon as he heard that Terry had allowed him to rest, the second master felt like he had been pardoned, and while thanking him a thousand times, he found a stone and sat down.
It's a pity that Terry doesn't pay attention to him at all, still with a stinky face, pointing a gun at him.
"Little sir, don't worry, you just let me run now, and I can't run!"
Seeing that Terry ignored himself, the second master was not discouraged, and continued with a shy face.
"The hometown of the little chief, I don't know who it is? I see that you have a very high status in this team, I wonder if you can ask the little chief a question? β
The second master rubbed his sore feet while continuing to get close to Terry, but unfortunately Terry looked at him as if he were looking at a dead man.
"Ahem, little sir, you don't have to be so serious, maybe we will still be a family in the future!"
"Little sir, I don't know how much you have in a month?"
"Little sir, I think you're a good man! I always felt like we were a good match. β
"Little sir, in fact, that wealth is not much, but it is not too much, and if we take it back, it will not be much in the hands of the little chief."
"If the little chief is willing, there is no one else now, just the two of us, or the two of us will add two to five, no... No, it's the little sir, you account for eighty percent...... Then we take these treasures with us, wherever we ....... β
"Okay, when the time comes, you can shut up, if you don't leave, I'll kill you on the spot, anyway, like you said, it's not much to take back and distribute it to me, so don't do it."
Of course, Terry heard the temptation of the second master, but if Terry was that kind of person, he would not resolutely give up the vein of the Night Pearl that he would get his hands on, after all, the Night Pearl is fatal to others, but Terry, who has a "harmful ray absorber", can ignore these injuries at all.
"Ahh Don't shoot, sir! I'll just do what you say. β
Seeing that Terry really raised his rifle and aimed it at him, especially Terry's dead-looking eyes, the second master had no doubt that as long as he hesitated, this taciturn Imperial soldier with a very special identity would not hesitate to pull the trigger.
For the rest of the journey, the second master, who may have given up on Terry, stopped talking, and after two hours of stop-and-go walking, the two finally came to a huge tree.
It was a giant tree 100 meters tall, and Terry couldn't understand what kind of tree it was, but he felt that this tree was much taller than the others.
"Here we are, sir, and the belongings are hidden in the hollow of this tree."
At this time, the second master, who was already exhausted, leaned limply against the root of the tree, pointed to the giant tree about five or six meters high and said.
"Don't talk nonsense, go up and take it down."
Terry still ordered with a blank face, of course he couldn't climb up the tree to get it himself, after all, in this dense forest environment, it would be difficult for this guy to shoot at him as long as he casually drilled into the woods.
"Little sir, don't worry, you don't have to go up."
Although his own tricks were discovered, the face of the second master did not change at all, and while laughing and explaining, he groped on the giant tree covered with vines.
Soon, the second leader of the bandits pulled out a dyed hemp rope from the many vines.
The hemp rope is also decorated with many false leaves, plus the moss covers, if you don't look closely, it is really difficult to distinguish from the many vines.
I saw the second master pull the hemp rope hard, only to hear an ugly friction sound coming from his head.
Hearing the voice, Terry quickly looked up and couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of this mechanism's design!
I saw an iron box about a cubic meter, slowly squeezing the hidden vines from the belly of the big tree, and then slowly descending under the pull of an iron cable.
When the iron box slowly fell on the root of the tree, under the forced gaze of Terry's gun, the second master opened the iron box with a bitter face.
When the lid of the iron box is opened, the insane reflection of gold shines through the chest.
Gold coins, yellow gold coins, gold coins with the portrait of Emperor Miller were scattered at the bottom of the box.
"Why is there only so little?"
Although Terry knew that this kind of gold coin was worth a lot of money, but at this point, it should not be like the huge wealth that the second master said.