Chapter 7 The Beginning and the End
Li Yiheng turned his head to look at the guards on the other side, and found that the guards were indeed looking at him with very grateful eyes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"So, did you negotiate it?" asked Li Yiheng, looking at the rope tied to his body.
Raga nodded slightly, "Yes." Gaj, we will definitely find a way to save you. ”
"Save me first, can you tell me what's going on?" Li Yiheng wasn't worried about what would happen to him at all, and it wasn't a problem to get out with his strength. He was only concerned about the cause and effect of the whole thing now, and took advantage of the opportunity to understand it best, "Why did you sacrifice those babies to that water monster?
Raga moved a little closer to Li Yi again without a trace, and Raga over there also followed Raga to move a little closer to Li Yi, and the two of them talked about the truth of the matter one by one.
It turned out that the island where the Raga and their lives was an island that drifted on the sea all year round. More than three months ago, they drifted here and found that the characteristics of the ocean currents and monsoons were very obvious, which was very conducive to their daily life, and it happened that the daily necessities they had accumulated before had been used up, so they laid down their anchor here and wanted to stay here for a longer time.
All along, there is a water monster that harasses their lives. When the water monster attacks, it not only destroys the city's buildings, but also takes away a lot of its citizens. The captives were never rescued, not even those who had gone to save them.
Later, the former priest died and was succeeded by his eldest disciple. He first designed a glass cover that shone over the city to stop the attack of the water monster. Later, he found out those black mist giant babies outside the island, which were also able to block the attack of the water monster and save everyone from being harassed by the water monster.
Because of these things, the priest was worshipped and listened to him. The priest told everyone that if they wanted the water monsters not to be harassed, they had to pay tribute to the water monsters, and the best way to pay tribute to the water monsters was the newborn baby.
At first, everyone did not agree to this method, but after that, the water monster attacked several times very violently, and even killed many people. The lord of the castle held a democratic vote, and the final result of the vote was that everyone agreed to sacrifice babies to the water monster in exchange for the lives of most of the people.
Eric, the son of the city lord, disagreed with his father's approach and was locked up by the city lord, but the city lord was such a son, so he was released after a few days.
As a result, the first thing Eric did when he came out was to overturn the previous vote, and he didn't believe that the people here were so cruel. So there is today's event, and it is just in time to sacrifice the second batch of babies to the water monster.
The conference continued with the unfinished part of the meeting, and the roll call ended, and sure enough, a large part of the people voted against the matter. According to the original democratic voting agreement, the minority obeyed the majority, and the final result of the vote was that the babies did not have to be sacrificed to the water monsters.
On the high platform, the city lord watched the final voting results for a while. The priest on the side noticed the city lord's mood and said lightly, "If you can't send the baby out today, the water monster will be angry." ”
The city lord tore up the vote count in his hand, pointed to the crowd below and shouted, "Arrest all those who voted against me!"
The guards looked at each other, but in the end they did not dare to disobey the orders of the city lord, and arrested a few people who voted against it.
With so many people in the square, and a secret ballot, how could it be known who voted for and who voted against. But there are always a few unlucky people who were seen by the people on the high platform and wrote something on the ballot, so the few people closest to the high platform who did vote against it were arrested.
These people were escorted to the high platform where Li Yiheng was, and they were also tied to the pillar.
It wasn't long before two more babies were brought. There was a commotion in the crowd, and two young women fainted.
The lord of the castle looked at the newly brought baby and asked the priest again what he meant, "Priest, ...... you see?"
The priest waved his hand again to interrupt the city lord's words, "It's not too early, let's start." ”
The city lord nodded, and as he answered, he ordered the guards to hurry up and sacrifice again.
Li Yiheng looked at the city lord on the high platform and the priests beside him. The lord of the city is a decent and somewhat unassertive person, a standard bureaucrat who does not seek merit but no fault. And that priest made Li Yiheng feel very uncomfortable, and he couldn't say where he was uncomfortable. Although people like this are generally more mysterious, Li Yiheng intuitively feels that this priest is not a good person.
Seeing that those babies were about to be sent out, Li Yi crossed his heart, opened the umbrella blade and cut the rope that tied him, jumped off the high platform in a few quick steps, and rushed towards the guards holding the baby.
"Let's work with the Gajers to save these children!"
I don't know where I remembered such a shout, the square was suddenly chaotic, the guards holding the baby were attacked by the surrounding people, the baby in the hand did not know who was snatched away, all kinds of weapons waved from all directions smashed on the head of the guard, the guard only cared about the head of the mouse, and no longer had the heart to care where the baby in his hand went.
Li Yiheng saw that those children were rescued, and he no longer worried, now that he knew the whole thing, he didn't need to stay here anymore. Moreover, if he, the Gajie person, is not arrested, presumably the city lord has no other mind to do anything else, so he might as well escape.
Li Yiheng turned over and jumped away a few times, drowning in the crowd. Xiao Ji jumped out of the water and followed Li Yiheng sideways.
At this time, the square has become a pot of porridge, and naturally no one has the heart to care about Li Yiheng's whereabouts.
The lord of the city stood on the high platform and shouted angrily, "It's the other way around, it's really the other way around......
The priest looked at the commotion in the audience, and without saying a word, he turned and got off the high platform. The lord of the castle noticed the priest leaving and hurried to follow.
Eric looked at the priests and city lords who had left one after another, and raised the corners of his mouth in pleasure. It seems that the phrase "everyone will save these children with the Gajers" is quite useful.
Looking at the noisy crowd in the audience, Eric reached out to put his forehead on his forehead, "This is the end of today's meeting. Let's all disperse. ”
The noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and that's it?
The platform was empty, and the people who had been tied up were long gone. But in today's situation, even if the city lord wants to investigate something, he can't hold it accountable, and who can predict that he will take advantage of the chaos to make trouble? Moreover, if the law does not hold the people accountable, who will be held accountable?
Several families who were about to be sacrificed held their children and bowed and thanked in the direction where Eric left, and bowed and thanked the place where they saw Li Yiheng before, and then, before the tears on their faces dried, they hugged the child and cried again.
The noisy square soon fell silent, and only a few people in charge of cleaning were left to clean some of the garbage in the square. Soon after, the people who cleaned up the garbage also left. The great square fell silent, as if the farcical meeting had never taken place.
Li Yiheng kept shuttling through the alleys, returning to the place where he had delivered the children to Sunita. Looking left and right, a yard that has been abandoned for a long time, there are no people around, and a few tall trees, it feels a little eerie, no wonder Sunita said that no one wants to come to this place.
However, Li Yiheng is not picky, he only needs a place where no one comes and will not be found by others, and he can settle down and rest and sleep.
At night, when Li Yiheng was still asleep, Xiao Ji jumped on his head and pecked him lightly twice on the nose. Li Yiheng didn't dare to fall asleep, and Xiao Ji was woken up after pecking twice. There was a sound of footsteps outside, and Li Yiheng quietly leaned on the crack of the door that was topped by him and looked out.
On the ground, two shadows, one in front and one behind, moved slowly, as if they were still talking about something. Li Yiheng vaguely heard the words "Sunita", "child", "Gajieren" and so on, could it be that he came to find himself? But looking at the shadow, it is obviously not Sunita, who could it be?
Li Yi squatted horizontally behind the door and quietly opened the door a little wider, carefully identified the two figures, and at the same time took out the umbrella blade and set up a posture, if there was danger, it was better to do it as soon as possible.
The two shadows slowly moved towards where Li Yiheng was, and one of them reached out to push the door.
Li Yiheng still didn't recognize these two figures, and immediately raised the umbrella blade in his hand and pointed at the person who was about to push the door, "Who?"
"Don't be afraid, Gaj, I'm Eric, the son of the lord of the city. Eric stepped forward, took off his hood to show his face, and continued, "This is my personal guard, Ramiel, who is the husband of Sunita's sister Kamina. ”
Li Yiheng looked at the person who was pointed at by his umbrella blade, Ramiel?
Ramil also took off the hood on his head, avoided the umbrella blade and bowed deeply to Li Yiheng, "I didn't have time to thank you during the day, thank you for saving my child." ”
Li Yiheng withdrew his umbrella blade and stopped pointing at Eric and Lamir, and asked, "What are you looking for me for?"
"Can you go in and talk?" Eric, gesturing to the room behind Li Yiheng.
Li Yiheng hesitated and nodded, "Yes." ”
For fear of attracting the guards, the three of them sat down in the dark, and by the little light that came in through the window, Ramil took out a small bag from behind him, and opened it to see some food, "This is some food made by my wife herself, she wants me to bring it to you." ”
To be honest, since he came in, Li Yiheng really didn't drink a sip of water or eat, and he tossed all day, and he was really hungry. However, he can't fully trust Ramil and Eric now, who knows if Eric, the son of the city lord, has come to arrest him.
"Thank you, I'm not hungry. Li Yiheng didn't take the small burden handed over by Ramiel and refused.
Ramil was slightly stunned, and rewrapped the burden and put it aside, "Then wait until you're hungry before eating." ”
Eric seemed to understand what Li Yiheng meant, and he didn't break it, and asked, "Gajie, what is your name?"
Li Yiheng was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he was called a Jiajie person all day, what does a Jiajie person mean?