Chapter 51: Nancy, the capital of execution
“……”
No one in the crowd spoke.
Crowds, old people, women, children, everyone crowded into the square, thousands of empty alleys.
However, there is no look of excitement. All had heavy expressions on their faces. The ignorant little children were blinded by their mothers and prevented from seeing the cruel sight.
In the middle of the square, on the wooden platform, a young man in a black coat is smiling madly, his hands are spread widely, and he shows a movement similar to "expressing feelings" to the people gathered below.
He had white broken hair, and a deep expression on his face, which looked a little worried about the country and the people, until the black robe below the knee encased most of his body in black, except for the pale red scarf leaking from the neckline, and the horse's head decoration on his shoulders was slightly colored.
This man is no stranger to the French people.
Charles Henry Sanson.
He is the fourth-generation heir to a family of executioners that has been passed down from generation to generation in France.
On the eve of the French Revolution, he executed many people as the executioner of Louis XVI. It can be said that in Paris and the surrounding area, he is quite famous presence.
When mentioning him, we have to mention the efficient decapitation killing machine he brought.
It is not a conventional use of a sword to cut off human heads, but a specially developed decapitation machine [guillotine] for more efficient decapitation.
Tied up and pushed to the guillotine was a gagged woman, her face full of horror, tears of fear pouring out uncontrollably, along with saliva, soaking the strips of cloth that sealed her mouth.
"This woman! Stole the neighbor's cheese and, therefore, executed! ”
Sang Song, whose eyes were full of sadistic expressions, raised the corners of his mouth high, and his condescending posture was like a dictator.
"I ...... I didn't care...... I, I really don't care...... It's just a piece of cheese......"
In the crowd, an old woman covered her face with her hands and muttered in a low voice.
It seems that she is the [neighbor] who was stolen.
"She's a poor man, and she has three children, and she's just a piece of cheese......"
She explained to the people next to her, but the people next to her were all heavy-faced, and no one comforted her, let alone condemned the old woman.
"Good! It's time to execute! ”
He had no compassion at all, just looked at the sun, estimated the time, and gave the order.
However, there were no soldiers to help him.
He was only one man.
Himself, activated the guillotine.
It can be seen that this guillotine does not exist here in the conventional sense, but is equipment recruited by Sanson's magic.
There is no doubt that he is a servant.
I'm afraid that the weapon that came with him was not the strangely shaped decapitation sword in his hand, but the guillotine behind him.
Blood splattered, his black coat was stained with blood, splatters of blood stuck to his face and hair, and his smile was even crazier with crimson dye. There seemed to be a blood-red glow in his eyes, and he was looking happy with the joy of a fanatic.
"Today's execution ends. Thank you all for coming. See you tomorrow. ”
Saying this, Sanson bowed deeply to everyone present with a pleasant and fanatical expression, like a gentleman, and then left in the sight of the people, and the figure faded more and more as he walked, until finally, the whole person disappeared as if transparent.
"What's this called...... What else do we have to ...... Endure things until ......"
In the crowd, a mother who couldn't stand it squatted down and hugged the child in front of her, the child was only five or six years old, and it was the time of ignorance, and he still couldn't understand why his mother was crying.
"If only I could be thirty years younger...... Bastard...... Bastard ......"
The old man on crutches, trembling, also cursed in a low voice, just looking at his age, at least seventy years old, no one expected a seventy-year-old man on crutches to go to the battlefield to fight that kind of monster.
"It's okay...... No, isn't there...... Have you heard, in the northwest, there seem to be traveling knights, fighting evil dragons and sea monsters along the way......"
In the crowd, an old man who seemed to know something comforted the people around him, and no one around him dared to say anything, but there was an expression in his eyes, "Please come before we all die".
Here, is the city of Nancy, in the northeast of France.
This is a name that sounds very misleading, and when I heard it called [Nan] Xi, I thought it was in the south. Actually, it doesn't matter at all, this south is transliterated, not the meaning of south. Probably only a few countries in East Asia have this kind of misunderstanding.
Like Leon in the south, it is also dominated by the Dragon Legion.
However, it is not the Wyvern or the Sea Devil who dominates here, but the Servant.
A lone servant.
That's the executioner who smiles like a flower, that's the executioner who has no mercy, that's the executioner who fights evil with evil.
In a word, he is the executioner. This is his only specialty.
The people of the city, of course, will not agree.
So, when he first came, there were several armed raids.
However, the gap between the strength of humans and the strength of servants is too great, although Nancy, France has a numerical advantage, but Sanson's combat effectiveness is superior. In the ranks of servants, supermen who are stronger than Sansong abound, but for ordinary people, Sansong is already an enemy that cannot be surpassed.
After several armed conflicts, Sanson executed all the young men who opposed him.
Yes, in the scene just now, there are only old people, women and children.
Of course, Sanson was not a killer or a slayer, and he executed these rebels only because they resisted.
He thinks he is a man of considerable grace.
He made it a rule to execute one person every day. Of course, if there are special circumstances, there will also be multiple punishments. However, it doesn't stop.
To be honest, compared to the Southern Front, the Wyvern Legion led by Vlad III, this is a good place. After all, if only one person dies a day, there will only be 365 deaths a year.
In terms of the number of deaths, it was less than one percent of the casualties of the siege of Lyon.
That's why the people of Nancy are able to live here.
The man did not set up any special checks, and the gates were left open, allowing the people to escape from Nancy. In fact, as long as the people left the gates of Nancy, he would never hunt them down.
But even so, not too many people escaped, and that's why.
On the one hand, Sanson's execution was relatively gentle compared to other means of aggression.
There is no doubt that this is a terrifying execution table, but other places have long been turned into a more terrible place than the execution table, Abi Hell.
On the other hand, although there are no dragons and sea devils in the city, what are the outside of the city...... A hungry wyvern won't let go of these moving pieces of meat. Sang Song does not have the ability to command the Flying Dragon Sea Devil, nor does he have the courage, the executioner itself is a profession that obeys people's orders, and he can't do it if he is asked to command the army. He simply kept all the troops that had been given to him outside the city, and did not allow them to enter the city.
Sanson's intention was not to be too hasty to destroy France. He has his own goals and his own ideas. So, this rhythm is the best. Guarding the northeast by oneself, which is of little importance, can execute sinners one by one according to one's own ideas.
Return to your own residence, an ordinary aristocratic villa in Nancy.
That's where he took after executing and trying to rebel against his master.
Compared to places like the imperial palace, this kind of villa of middle-class nobles made him feel more at ease.
Wiping the decapitation sword in his hand, Sang Song murmured to it with a gentle face.
"Today's execution is also so sharp. It's not me. However, it is still a little insufficient, if the angle of the guillotine can be poured more about three degrees, will it be more efficient? After all...... It's going to cut off the head of the adult. The beautiful, gentle, and the embodiment of all the good words of the world...... That's the perfect execution for Marie-Antoinette. It has to be perfect. Yes...... My beautiful Highness the Queen, thank you to the Dragon Witch for giving me a second chance to execute Her Highness. This...... It will definitely bring her, an absolutely perfect execution! ”