While the cell was still in a mess, Xiao Ji quickly returned to Li Yiheng's side. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 When there was light again in the info cell, Xiao Ji was standing in Li Yiheng's hand and winking at him, looking triumphant, and he was a proud little princess.

However, in the eyes of the priest next door, Li Yiheng was starting to tease Xiao Ji again.

Then there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a voice, "Quick, quick, bring the priest out." Then there was a rush of footsteps towards the priest's cell.

"What's wrong?" Li Yiheng grabbed the little cat that flew back and stuffed it back into his arms, looked at the priest and asked, "Why did you come to you again?"

The priest shrugged his shoulders in frustration and replied, "They thought I had summoned the Black Mist to stop the monster's attack. ”

"How do you know?" said Li Yiheng in surprise. The priest's meaning was obvious, he knew that Xiao Ji had just flown out to play a tune to summon the black mist, but how did the priest know?

Before Li Yiheng could answer his question, the guard had already walked to the door of the priest's cell, and while using a harpoon to cut the glue wire blocking the cell door, he said eagerly and respectfully, "Lord Priest, please, please." ”

The priest was not surprised by this sudden situation, stood up, shook the hem of his clothes, stroked the folds of his clothes, and walked out of the cell with his legs open.

Li Yiheng still didn't react to the situation in front of him, and looked at the priest outside with a frown. Walking out of the priest's cell, you have to pass through Li Yiheng's cell. The priest seemed to have done it on purpose, and he had been staring at Li Yiheng intently since he came out of his cell, and the meaning in his eyes was unclear, and he could see Li Yiheng for a while.

When passing by the door of Li Yiheng's prison, the priest stopped, turned to look at Li Yiheng, and said, "I should thank you." However, out of here, between you and me, there is only water and fire left. ”

With that, the priest turned and strode away. Li Yiheng looked at the departing figure of the priest, frowned and thought: Thank me, thank me, thank me, what? How could he conclude that he would definitely be able to go out?

In Eric's apartment, Eric was still asleep, and the city lord's wife put a bowl of fish soup on the bedside table with a faint hint of steam, and took away the bowl that was already cold. Looking at Eric's sleeping face, the city lord's wife was sad again.

As she said herself, her son knew for herself, if it wasn't for the city lord who did something that made Eric very embarrassed, how could Eric be like this?

Since childhood, Eric has been an obedient child, whether it is her or the city lord, and Eric himself will listen to it whether he wants it or not. Even if he has grievances in his heart, he has always suffered by himself, and he will not show a point in front of her mother.

When Eric was young, she thought it was a man's nature and didn't pay much attention to it. Isn't that what boys should be? strong and forbearing. But when Eric grew up, she realized she was wrong.

When he grew up, Eric was not just obedient, he didn't have his own ideas about many things, but chose one of the ideas of the city lord's wife and the city lord's at random. Even, it was not so much Eric's own choice, but rather the city lord's wife and the city lord's wife who took the initiative to give in.

Kafna's original thought of being a man's true colors was just an illusion. Without his own ideas, without his own opinions, everything depends on his parents to make decisions, whether it is entanglement or grievances, these are emotions that Eric has almost never had.

When Eric was thirteen years old, the Lord's wife forced him to move out of her apartment with the Lord, giving him an apartment of his own to live in and take care of by himself. At the same time, he told Eric that from now on, he would be in charge of his own affairs, and that she and the city lord would not plan anything for him.

At first, Eric was actually excited. He made drastic improvements to his apartment, but it didn't take long for the apartment to be messed up by him. After the initial freshness passed, looking at the messy apartment, Eric also had the idea of retreating, and told the city lord's wife that he wanted to move back in.

The city lord's wife did not agree to Eric's request, hired a butler for him, and solemnly warned the steward that he was only responsible for completing Eric's instructions, and could not make any decisions for Eric, no matter whether Eric's decision was right or wrong, he had to strictly implement it, and all the consequences and responsibilities were borne by Eric.

The Lord's wife did what she said she would, and since then she has not even allowed Eric to go back to her and the Lord's apartment, and if Eric is not willing to stay in his apartment, then go to the street. After two years of chaos and darkness, Eric gradually became self-reliant and grew into a qualified young master.

However, the qualified young master, just from Eric's ability, Eric's character is still not qualified enough.

Just like now, even if the city lord's decision is unwilling, he can still say it, isn't it? The city lord's wife will respect his will and will not let the city lord ignore his wishes.

The marriage between Eric and Carol is still only known to the city lord, Arrahan and Eric, and counting Li Yiheng, there are only four people in total who know, and even Carol, one of the parties to the marriage, does not know about it. But Eric, the person concerned, was reluctant to say it, and Arrahan and the city lord would not come to tell the city lord's wife that Li Yiheng was locked up in prison, which was even more impossible.

Putting down the tray in her hand, the city lord's wife tuck the quilt for Eric. Looking closer, Eric still had traces of tears on his face, and the city lord's wife had a sour nose and red eyes, and tears almost fell on Eric's face. The city lord's wife hurriedly raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and hurried away.

The door closed, and Eric, who was still asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.

On the conference square, a democratic meeting is taking place. The priest, who had been brought out of the prison, stood on the high platform where the prisoners were being escorted, and returned to his old appearance, looking coldly at the people below.

Because Furathu was attacked again, and when it was attacked, it was the black mist of the priests who stopped the water monster. So one of the themes of this conference was whether the priests should be released.

On this issue, the people of the city were basically divided into two factions, one faction naturally supported the release of the priests, and the other faction naturally did not support it.

Those who support it believe that although the priest did something wrong, he was also trying to protect Phatu. Since those dead children have passed away, no matter what they do, they can't be resurrected. As long as there is no need to sacrifice babies in the future, and the priests no longer use babies to refine secret medicines, the priests should still be released. After all, only he can control those black mist to confuse the water monsters, like this time, if it wasn't for the priest who summoned the black fog at the critical moment, then Furatu would probably be completely destroyed by the water monsters this time.

The disobedient faction believes that the priest should not be released, and if the priest is not punished in any way and is released, how can he be worthy of those babies who died in vain? If he is afraid of the water monster attacking the city, then move the city, leave this sea area, leave the attack range of the water monster, and naturally no longer need to be afraid of the water monster attacking the city.

Both sides hold their own words, and neither is willing to budge. Moreover, if it is not agreed to let the priests out, then another question arises, does Uratu need to move the city?

There was a commotion in the square, and the city lord had a headache when he looked at the noisy city-citizens below. Looking up at the priest not far away, the priest looked at the citizens with a cold face, as if the issues they were discussing had nothing to do with him.

In the end, the city lord was really troubled by the noise, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone be quiet first." Listen to me. Now, there are only two opinions, let it go or not, it's not a matter of arguing like this, let's vote. ”

The guards handed out the ballots that had been prepared to the townspeople, and soon after, another guard came to collect the votes from the townspeople.

The ballot papers were packed in large boxes, and as the guards walked under the high platform with the boxes, the priest glanced at the ballot papers in the boxes, smiled disdainfully at the corners of his mouth, and looked out of the corner of his eyes out of the square.

Outside the square, Lezi was patrolling with his guards.

"Put. ”

"Don't let go. ”

"Put. ”

"Put. ”

"Don't let go. ”

"Put. ”

......

The guards took out the ballot papers from the cardboard boxes and counted them on the spot, while another guard counted the votes on the side. Judging from the process of counting votes, it is not clear whether there are more people who support it or more people who support it.

As the vote draws to a close, the number of votes for both opinions is almost the same. In the end, the "not letting go" narrowly won by one vote, and the priest would not be released.

"Now, I declare the result of the vote," the lord of the castle received the results of the vote count from the guards, "and there are ...... in favor of releasing the priests."

"Wait a minute, please. The guards who had been counting the votes interrupted the lord and presented one of the ballots in his hand, "I'm sorry, but there is one vote left in the box, and this one vote is in favor of releasing the priests." ”

There is one more vote in favor of releasing the priests, that is, there are now as many votes in favor of releasing as there are no votes for releasing the priest, what should I do?

The guard then counted the total number of votes, "A total of 1,001 ballots were distributed, and now there are 1,000 ballot papers. ”

That means that there is still one ballot left that has not been recovered.

"Whose ballot paper hasn't been handed back?" the guard asked, turning to the townspeople, "please stand up to those who haven't handed in their ballots." ”

The citizens looked at each other and said that they had handed over the tickets in their hands and did not stay.

Since everyone said that the ballot was handed in, where did the missing vote go? Is it an abstention?

Some people abstained, although there was only one vote, but now this one vote has a direct impact on the result, and it is very important. The guards looked at the lord of the castle and asked what he meant.

"Find, find immediately. The city lord was also shocked by the news. The loss of votes, which has never happened in Phatu, has happened when it happens, not only a vote is lost, but it is not just a vote that is affected.

In order to ensure the final result of the vote, the total number of votes will be the base number, and the loss of one vote will make the total number of votes even. If the result of the vote is unanimous, then the result is invalid.

And, most importantly, in Urati, even the abstaining votes are withdrawn and can never be lost for no reason.

Regardless of whether the vote that disappeared was abstained or not, the vote was indeed lost.

What does this disappearing ballot mean? Is it for the release of the priest or not? What does it mean that this has never happened before?

The city lord turned his gaze to the priest not far away, the priest still bowed his head, and there was no change, all of this seemed to have nothing to do with him. But does it really have nothing to do with him?

Soon, the guards who went to look for the ballots returned, "City Lord, the lost ballots were not found." ”

The city lord choked for a while, such a thing happened under his nose, isn't this a clear slap in the face? It's just that this matter can't be solved for a while, since the votes are unanimous now, let's discuss the possible consequences of the two situations.

If the priest is released, then it is very simple, take back all the privileges of the priest, leave him only the black mist in his hands, and strictly limit the use of the black mist, which can be used for nothing other than to defend the Uratu.

There is another thing that others don't know, the priest's handle in the hands of the city lord, and for this handle, the priest does not dare to act rashly. However, if the priest is released in this way, who will deal with the Jajites in the cell?

If you don't release the priests, then what will you do next time the water monster attacks? Do you really want to move the city? I chose to stay here at the beginning, on the one hand, because there are no living materials, and on the other hand, because of the abundant resources here, the undercurrents and currents on the bottom of the sea bring all kinds of different marine creatures to meet the living needs of the people in the city.

In the past, the people of Furatu had to dive into the sea from the lake in the middle of the island to catch food, and many people had to fish every day to meet the daily food needs of the whole city. Not only is it hard, but it is also dangerous, and the townspeople are often attacked by various predatory fish in the seawater.

Now, all you need to do is make a plastic net where the lake in the middle of the island is connected to the seawater, and every day a variety of fish brought by the undercurrent will stick to the plastic net. The townspeople no longer had to go down into the sea to fish, but only had to take the caught fish out of the plastic nets.

Most of those who supported the release of the priests were reluctant to move the city. In fact, the city lord was also very reluctant, in the past, he used to care about whether the city's people had caught enough for the next meal, but now he only needs to think about what fish to eat for the next meal.

In this way, of course, it is better to release the priests, and there is no need to move the city.

But is this the will of all?