Chapter 40: His Guilt Deserves Punishment!
The icy water slowly slid down the rock wall, eventually accumulating in a sharp corner. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info I don't know how long it took, but finally reached a tipping point, and could no longer bear its weight, dripping from the rock wall.
Just as it was about to fall to the ground, a hand stopped it halfway. The droplets of water shattered into countless petals in the palm of the hand.
Da!
Chris trembled slightly, quietly looking at the broken water droplets in his palm, and did not move.
Squeak~Squeak! The heavy iron door slowly opened, and there was a series of annoying metal grinding sounds.
A footstep came from a distance, and soon came to Chris.
"Why is the Duke interested in coming to see me?" Chris didn't raise his head, just looked at his palm and said.
Alan looked at Chris who was sitting in the cell, showing a hint of contempt, and snorted softly, "I'll ask you if you have any last words." ”
"Hehe, it's a great honor that the Duke would deign to come and ask me about my last words. But at this point, I know what happened to me. Please come according to the rules, Lord Duke. “
Alan frowned and looked at Chris, who had already accepted his fate, and was silent for a while before saying, "Nian You used to help me, I can give you a chance." ”
"Oh?" Chris looked up. His already rough face was now stained with a lot of smudges, and it had become pitch black.
"As long as you write a letter of persuasion and ask your family to give up resistance, I can kill you alone and let your family go." Alan said the conditions.
"I see." Chris nodded, but instead of replying to Alan immediately, he asked a question. "Lord Duke, allow me to ask a question."
"You say."
"Lord Duke, you are the sole heir of the Duke of Ouranos, the lord of the Dukedom of Essis, and one of the four dukes of the Kingdom of Ammusi. Outside there is the full support of the Duke of Lawrence, and inside there is the strength of General Guy and Sir Zeno. The future is bright. I don't understand why you have to go against the nobility? You yourself are part of the aristocracy, so why dig your own grave? ”
Alan listened quietly to Chris's question, but this time he didn't have the patience to explain his thoughts again, and his answer was simple.
"You're right, but I don't like it."
Chris was stunned and fell silent. Alan didn't speak either, and in the gloomy dungeon, the shadows of the two people swayed slightly under the beating flames of the torches.
After a long time, Chris exhaled and said, "I still don't understand what Lord Duke thinks. But, at least I didn't die at the hands of a foolish man, and it didn't tarnish my honor. ”
Chris raised his right hand and slowly removed a ring from the top of his right index finger. After rubbing the ring slightly, Chris handed it to Alan.
Alan took a look, nodded, said no more, and turned to leave. Leaving Chris alone in the dungeon for the last days of his life.
Soon after, a group of rebel territories, led by Chris's Vilnius Territory, surrendered under Guy's forces.
The rebellion led by Chris has finally come to an end.
The only regret is that the Chamber of Commerce and the representative Griffin, who participated in the rebellion, escaped long before Alan captured them. However, Alan still made a small fortune from the assets they left behind.
In May 190 of the Holy Light Calendar, winter has left, and summer has not yet arrived. So the weather is really cool.
Although only half a month has passed since the war, thanks to the vigorous reconstruction of the Essis government, the citizens quickly resumed their daily routines. Merchants who had fled the war also returned. Especially when the original Essis Chamber of Commerce was banned for colluding with Chris, the fat left behind was even more targeted by other chambers of commerce. This is also much less resistance to the establishment of the General Chamber of Commerce.
The city of Essis is particularly lively today. Early in the morning, at a junction between the inner city and the outer city, in a place called "Noon Gate", the Duke of Ouranos will personally pronounce the sentence of a group of people led by Chris.
For Chris, the main culprit of the war, if it were elsewhere, people would gloat at the execution of the big man because of a power struggle, and then say a cool word or two to make fun of it. But in Essis, it was different, everyone hated him. Because the Essis understood in the war that a nobleman like Chris could not give them a better life like Alan.
The only thing Chris can do is destroy and kill. How can people not hate such people who almost destroyed the hope of survival of the citizens?
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The Duke is here! “
Soon, when the dew had just evaporated by the sun, Allen's men and horses had arrived at the noon gate under the escort of the guards.
The so-called noon gate is actually an open field, and then in the middle of the open land, two high platforms were built one after the other. The former was the place where the prisoners were executed, while the latter was reserved for the prison officials.
Alan took Zeno and Guy and slowly walked up to the prison beheading platform under the gaze of everyone, Eren was in the center, Zeno was sitting on his right hand, and Guy was sitting on his left hand. After the three of them sat down, the guards took Chris and the others to the execution platform.
As soon as Chris and the others appeared, they immediately caused a commotion in the crowd. Countless people screamed and cursed desperately, and rotten eggs from vegetable leaves rained down on them. And, of course, lots of black bread that was as hard as a stone.
smashed the prisoners one by one until their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and their heads were full of bags.
When everything was ready, Joseph walked up to the execution table and slowly spread out a piece of paper on which the names, identities, families, and crimes of all the prisoners were recorded.
After Joseph had read all of this, Joseph said solemnly: "Baron Rog-Chris, Baron de Vilnius. For colluding with the nobles and launching a rebellion, he was now sentenced to death! Immediate execution, no appeal! His family stripped him of his noble titles and expelled Essis! The rest of the people were punished as accomplices and sentenced to beheading! ”
"Lord Duke! Spare your life! ”
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! ”
Many prisoners finally broke down at this moment, some were crying, some were begging for mercy, some were scolding, and some were silent.
However, under the strict guard of the guards, it did not set off any big waves, but just added some after-dinner jokes to the citizens.
Chris looked at the sky, the sun is a bit dazzling today!
Execute!
The loud roar exploded in everyone's heart like piercing the clouds and cracking stones!
The guillotine swinged, and the head fell to the ground.
Even if he has been on the battlefield for decades and has been covered with countless wounds, he can't resist this simple knife. (To be continued.) )