In the center of the square, a man was tied to a wooden frame, with a cloth towel in his mouth and a wooden sole, and he was surrounded by people who watched him burn at the stake, men, women, old people, and children.

"Manny Rosas Dunphy."

The middle-aged man walked to the wooden frame with a torch in his hand, and in front of everyone, he talked about the man's guilt: "I owe Lord Field fifteen silver coins, and when the return deadline comes, he will not repay Lord Field's silver coins, and he will murder Lord Field!" ”

The crowd gasped in surprise.

"Murder Lord Field?"

Immediately afterward, someone scolded: "Murderer! It should be burned at the stake! Burn him! ”

"Those who do not keep their promises will be despised by God!"

The middle-aged man put the torch in the four corners of the wooden frame, sprinkled oil in the corner, and it was lit at one point, and suddenly, the fire was flourishing.

The middle-aged man threw the torch and stepped back.

At this moment, Rodriguez squeezed out of the crowd, he hit the side of the middle-aged man, rushed to the wooden frame, Rodriguez swung his sword, and cut at the stake that trapped Manny, as soon as the rope fell, Manny sat on the ground with his legs limp, Rodriguez immediately set him up and took him out of the fire.

Rodriguez ripped the cloth towel from Manny's mouth and asked, "Uncle, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." Manny grabbed Rodriguez's arm and supported him to his feet, he limped towards the middle-aged man who was lifted from the ground: "I, Manny Rosas Dunphy, do owe the Caveyero family silver, but that's five silver coins, not fifteen, and I didn't murder Field!" ”

"Hah! Method in my madness! The middle-aged man called out to the two attendants, pointed at them, and said, "They saw with their own eyes that you spoke rudely to Lord Field and pushed him down the steps, and he is still unconscious!" ”

"They're your people, of course they say what you want!" Rodriguez said.

"They are Lord Field's retinue, not mine, Lord Field is a well-known good man in the city, are you questioning Lord Field's noble character? Either way, if Manny doesn't pay it back, we can be hanged! ”

Rodriguez didn't look at the middle-aged man, he shouted to the palace guards on the high platform behind the crowd: "We apply for a fair trial!" ”

The royal palace is directly behind the square.

The middle-aged man approached Rodriguez and snorted coldly, "Fair trial? Rodriguez, are you going against the Caveyero family? ”

"We ask for a fair trial!" Rodriguez looked at the guard and said aloud again.

Manny took his hand and said in his ear: "Rod, we can't fight them, the Caveyero family is a nobleman, and the king will favor the Caveyero family!" ”

"Uncle, I know the result of our application for a fair trial, but don't forget the duel, I will duel for you!"

The middle-aged man didn't want them to say more, and waved his hand to let people separate them.

"Self-defeating guys! Take Manny away and hand it over to Wang Jun! ”

"It's good to get rid of your uncle and nephew at once, Rodriguez, we'll see you tomorrow!"

Manny was dragged away, and Rodriguez looked at his uncle's figure until he was gone.

The surrounding crowd dispersed, and only Rodriguez and Ye Qing were left in the square.

Through the dialogue between Rodriguez and the middle-aged man, Ye Qing and Hu Yingfeng both roughly understood what was going on, Rodriguez's uncle Manny owed the Caveyero family money, but the Caveyero family transferred the account to Field, Field is a well-known good man in the city, Manny pushed him down the stairs in one fell swoop, he will definitely be resented by many people, as for the debt, it has risen from 5 silver coins to 15 silver coins, which is also a means for them, Manny can't even pay back 5 silver coins, let alone 15 silver coins.

And to say that Manny pushed Field down the ladder should be regarded as a personal revenge, after all, there is no wind and no waves.

Manny has a feud with the Carvaliero family.

Rodriguez turned around and walked towards Ye Qing and the others.

Shi Yin suddenly asked, "What is a fair trial?" ”

"Only the king's soldiers can be hanged, theft, robbery, murder, rape, will be hanged by the soldiers, and if the offender refuses, he can apply to the king for a fair trial, and the king will send someone to investigate the matter and try the offender." Rodriguez snorted and spat on the ground: "All laws are for the royal family and nobles, and the Caveyero family is the oldest nobles in the city, and the king will definitely favor them!" ”

"And what is a duel again?"

"If you don't accept the king's judgment, you can have two choices, one is to throw it to the sea outside the Nolan continent, my uncle was injured in his early years, and throw him into the sea, no different from death, and the other is a duel, the king will send a samurai, and we will fight to the death tomorrow! If I win, the king will let my uncle go, the Caveyero family will no longer be able to pursue the matter, and the king will not turn his back on the rules of the previous king! ”

"If you lose?"

"If there is no if, I will win." Rodriguez clenched his fists and continued, "Let's go, let's go back first." ”

Before a few people walked out of the square, someone ran and shouted: "Rod! Oh, is that you, Rod? ”

A woman ran to Rodriguez, and when he saw the comer, he immediately ran over and hugged her: "Aunt Dia, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine, Rod, I heard that you are back, so I hurried to the square, you go with me to see your mother first, she is in a bad condition."

Rodriguez's mother has been in poor health lately, and they can't afford to save Manny, so Dia has to hide the news that Manny has been burned at the stake tonight.

Dia sent Rodriguez's mother to live with her mother, but she still learned the news early this morning, vomited blood twice, and was almost dead when people saw it.

Dia knew she would want to see her son before she took her last breath.

When Rodriguez met his mother, Maria, she was skinny.

He knelt beside her bed, held her hand tightly, and said softly, "Mother, I'm Rod." ”

"Rod, let me touch you."

Maria couldn't see anymore, she could only touch his face with both hands: "Rod, you must save your uncle, those guys in Cavalelo framed your uncle, everything, it's my fault, if I wasn't so sick, your uncle wouldn't have borrowed money from them!" ”

"Mother, uncle will be fine, and you will be fine."

Maria sniffed, and she pulled out a hand to wipe the corner of her eye, but there were no tears to wipe there.

"Take me back, my child, let's go home."

Dia said, "Maria, isn't it good here, why are you leaving?" ”

"Dear Deya, thank you for everything you have done for me, I don't want to die here, bring you bad luck, you are not easy."

"Maria......

"Don't say it, let's go."

On the way home, Maria leaned into her son's arms, her voice staccato and choppy: "Rod, I have been proud of both of you all my life, your father, and you, the child, continue to follow your dreams, and I will watch you in heaven until you realize your dreams." ”

"Mother's ......"

Suddenly, Mary's hand slipped down.

Rodriguez stopped, not daring to speak, tears in his eyes could not help but drip down his mother's cheeks.

Seeing this, Ye Qing walked up to him and said softly, "She just fell into a coma. ”

"Yes, Mother is just asleep." Rodriguez nodded, and more tears appeared on Maria's face.

"Mother is tired, I want to take her back." He hugged his mother and looked at Hu Yingfeng: "Hu, at the third gate of the alley, there is a doctor, please go and invite him to Rosas's house." ”

Ye Qing said: "You don't need to find a doctor. ”