Chapter VI Repayment of Debts and Debts
The crowd froze for a moment, then surged again.
Instigated by the elders, some voices attacking the mother and son of Snow Marks began to be heard. Everyone had a common enemy again, and they suddenly felt much more at ease, and the suspicions just now were put aside.
The rugged man known as the blacksmith seemed to be swayed by the Elder's words, and he looked at the small window of the firewood room, as if to get an answer from her.
The coughing sound in the firewood room became louder, and Snow Scar's mother's voice stopped for a while, as if she had something to say, but she couldn't say it.
The blacksmith was so anxious that he couldn't help but sigh fiercely, smashed the hammer in his hand to the ground, turned his head, and stopped talking.
"Murder pays for life!" At this moment, a family member of the deceased let out such an angry roar. As if a slogan, the villagers gradually began to shout in unison, pointing the finger at Snow Scar's mother.
Gradually, the crowd surged like waves. The voices grew from small to loud until everyone was shouting this sentence, everyone was encouraged by their own voices and the voices of others, and everyone felt as if there was an invisible force that brought people together, and this was the power of the collective, which was an unstoppable force, invincible and invincible!
For a while, the crowd in the square was excited, and the snow mark mother in the cell had become the target of everyone, and she was speechless.
Stones and peels were thrown at the small window of the firewood room.
At this moment, a burly figure crossed his arms in front of the small window of the firewood room, blocking the peels and stones. The stone struck him on the head as if it were an iron plate, and he did not care. Look straight ahead, your face sinking like water.
It was none other than the hunter leader Golon.
Seeing that Goron stood up for Snow Mark's mother, the villagers all stopped, and they were puzzled for a while.
Over the years, the hunters and the villagers have formed two collectives, and the hunters have a somewhat policemanlike role in the village.
The hunters are excellent hunters trained from childhood, this group has its own unique culture, and most of the hunters are also somewhat withdrawn, and their language skills are generally weak, as if all irrelevant emotions and skills have been abandoned for the sake of hunting.
This is especially true of the chieftain, Golon, who almost never speaks, and the villagers even thought he was mute at one point.
The hunter killed by Snowmark is his men, and after losing so many of his men in this operation, according to the villagers, he should be the one who hates Snowmark's mother the most. But what does he mean by standing in front of Mother Snow Marks now?
The Great Elder was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes! We cannot abuse lynching, we are democratic and have the rule of law." Take good care of Xue Ziqing!"
Seeing that Goron had made no other moves, the Great Elder relieved his heart, as if victorious, and he gave orders to the two guards behind him:
"You watch me closely, don't let her run away. Then he gave the blacksmith a fierce look, as if to say: Don't act rashly.
The enthusiasm of the masses was rekindled.
Amid the deafening shouts, the elder straightened his back, as if solving a big problem.
"Second uncle, I'm hungry ......"
An inopportune voice came from behind him.
The elder turned around and saw that it was one of the two guards behind him, his nephew Gu Bao.
Gollum is a strong man who works in the village hunter team, but is not reused because he has always been lazy and lazy. Because the Hunter Captain Dumb Bagoron is a tough guy who doesn't give face to the Elder and insists on kicking Goo Bao out of the Hunter team, the Elder can only take him as a personal bodyguard.
At this time, he was standing behind him, and just when the elder gave the order to watch Xue Zhen's mother, this guy actually came up with such a sentence.
"You bastard! What are you talking about! Go, eat when you're done!" the elder kicked Goo Po in the ass, kicking him off the platform.
Gu Bao was kicked off the high platform, smashed his mouth, and walked towards the firewood room with another guard.
At this time, several family members of the deceased suddenly rushed to the edge of the high platform and cried to the elders: "Elder, kill to pay for your life!
The elder was stunned: "I will also send hunters to catch snow marks, you can rest assured......"
"Snow Scar has fled into the mountains, and this son has such magical powers, how can he catch him? If we can't catch him forever, won't our family's revenge be avenged?"
The elder was very unhappy when he was questioned in this way. He was anxious to get rid of these pestering villagers, so he said loudly: "Snow marks will definitely be caught, and I will definitely give you a fair ......"
But he was interrupted before he could finish his sentence.
"Kill to pay for your life! If you can't catch the snow marks, you will shoot your mother!" an angry family member shouted to the elder with blood-red eyes.
"Since Snow Mark is the son of a demon, he must have an affair with a demon as well!"
"But this ......" the elder seemed to be shocked by his thoughts, and was stunned. He thought that locking up Mother Snowmark and continuing to hunt down Snowmark would solve the problem, but he underestimated the anger and hatred of the villagers.
"The son and the mother pay the debt!"
Just then the crowd got a new slogan and began to shout loudly again.
The cries of the crowd created a kind of pressure, making the weak elders even more thin.
Amid the deafening shouts of the crowd, the elder hesitated.
He didn't mean to do that, but the situation is getting a little out of hand.
He looked back at the room behind him, and from the open door, he saw two old men nodding to him in the faint candlelight inside. Those were the other two elders of the Council of Elders. The major events in the village are all decided by the three of them.
The Great Elder was a little surprised to receive such a simple agreement from the other two Elders.
But the situation at this time made the Great Elder a little unable to think.
In the midst of the crowd's shouts, the elder was also a little fluttering, and the rhythmic shouts made his old heart throb as when he was young. The overfilling of blood made his brain a little numb. Gradually, there was only one thought in his mind:
If he goes against the will of the people at this time, then the prestige that he has built up with great difficulty will be greatly damaged.
As if an invisible force controlled his mouth, he shouted with a slight trembling: "Three days later, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Xue Ziqing will be executed!"
"Elder wise!" the crowd cheered.
The families of the deceased knelt at the elders' feet and wept with joy.
The elder sat down in the gorgeous and noble rattan chair as if he had been drained by the decision just now, his thin body sunk deep into the rattan chair, as if he was heavily wrapped and entangled by vines.
The cries of the crowd were deafening and enduring. In this celebratory atmosphere, only the hunter leader Goron frowned, looking at the dark and deep doorway of the Hall of Elders.