367. Execution ground
In the afternoon, the city of Hailanza was overcast, the sky was full of snowflakes, the northwest wind blowing from the direction of Paglos Mountain was not very strong, the north wind carried the broken snow and quickly filled all the corners and crevices of the city, but the flat squares and clean streets were free of any snow, and the prisoner carts drove from the guard barracks all the way west into the Xicheng Square, which has always been the place where the condemned prisoners were executed.
This time to execute Baron Grenfell, the guard battalion dispatched almost all the knights, nearly two hundred and fifty knights escorted the prisoner cart slowly through half of the city, as a member of the guard battalion support squadron, Surdak was responsible for the security of the periphery of Xicheng Square with the support squadron.
Just after noon, the execution ground in Xicheng Square was already crowded with people, for the residents of the city of Highlandza, the execution of death row prisoners is every year, but the execution of a nobleman is a very rare thing, the provisions of the Grimm Empire's noble code clearly note that you can donate all your property to atone for your crimes, if it is not for the heinous crimes committed by Baron Grenfell, even if it is killed, at most it is banished to the barren and sinister plane of incomplete occupation to open up territory.
However, Baron Grenfell's crimes involve the Dark Arts Order, and he is also the mastermind behind the bandit group of Highlandsa City, and the bandit group that has bloodied the three noble manors has completely angered the nobles of Haylanza City, so Baron Grenfell will not be banished, but through the decision of the Highlandsa Council, he will apply to the Chamber of Deputies of Bednar Province for the execution of Baron Grenfell.
The verdict was sent back to the city of Highlandsa yesterday, and Bernard. Archon Christie signed the consent to the immediate execution this morning.
The culprit who had terrified the residents of Hailansa for more than half a year was finally about to be beheaded, and the citizens who heard the news poured into the streets, although the weather was cold and the sky was full of snowflakes, but the citizens gathered in Xicheng Square actually surrounded all the nearby streets.
Surdak rode on the Gubolai horse and saw the Bird tax collector huddled in the crowd and waved at him from a distance, but he didn't seem to see him.
Darcy. Christie and a group of aristocratic ladies stood on the terrace at the top of a three-story attic in Westside Square, a baroque building with elaborate reliefs carved into the fence around the terrace, and a tarpaulin roof at the top of the terrace to protect him from the wind and snow. Miss Christie's eyes met, Darcy. Christie stood among her female companions and waved at him imperceptibly.
Miss Hoyle stood among the noble ladies, and although there were many female companions around her, it felt as if she were standing there alone, and her eyes were always looking in the direction of the guard barracks, and probably no one was looking forward to this moment more than her!
She was dressed in a thick leather coat, with a fine hat on her head, the brim of which covered the upper half of her face, and her hands on the stone balustrade at the edge of the terrace, and in the relief of the balustrade in front of her was a Knight of Judgment, holding a Crusader sword in his hand and slashing at the head of the demon that had been demonic.
The cold wind blew, and her body kept shaking......
Darcy. Christie tried to pull her back into the room, but Miss Hoyle stubbornly refused to go back. Christie had no choice but to ask the maid to fetch another cloak.
Worried that the members of the Black Magic Retreat would cause chaos in the execution ground, in addition to arranging a large number of guards and camp knights in Xicheng Square, hundreds of longbow shooters were also arranged on the roofs of the buildings around the square, in addition, there were also some magicians from the Magic Union Law Enforcement Regiment, they wore very conspicuous black robes, and they were hidden in all corners of the square.
However, the taste of flying in the air on a snowy day on a magic handle makes people shudder when they think about it.
Surdak was in charge of security on the northern edge of the West City Square, and he was particularly conspicuous in the crowd with his guard-battalion full-cover armor and riding a Guborian horse, and he kept looking around the crowd and noticed that the Bird tax collector looked at the group of noble ladies upstairs far more often than at the center of the square.
It didn't take long for the crowd at the corner of the street to start a commotion and retreat, a group of guards battalion knights opened the way in front, Grenfell was tied to the cross of a prisoner cart, slowly driving slowly from the direction of the guard camp, he was wrapped around several chains, Captain Sauron led the six knights of the guard battalion to ride in front of the prisoner cart, and there were still four knights standing at the four corners of the prisoner cart, and they slowly entered the West Side Square.
The agitated citizens kept throwing cinders and stones out of their hands against the flying snowflakes, and the rain fell on Baron Grenfell's body, perhaps it was the cold wind that froze his body, and so many stones fell on his body without any reaction.
In the center of the square stood a tall stone platform, on which an executioner in leather armor stood a long-handled axe, the blade of which was sharpened, and a large wooden basin with blood, into which fine snowflakes fell.
Almost without any pause, the prisoner cart approached the platform, where Baron Grenfell was crossed by two knights, the other two knights unchained to the wooden cross, and the four knights carried Baron Grenfell to the platform and tied him to a wooden frame.
At this time, the crowd in Xicheng Square began to gather around the center of the square, and everyone wanted to take a closer look at the beheading scene, and there was a commotion in the crowd.
There were shouts from the knights of the guard battalion all around, and the commotion was quickly quelled by the knights of the guard battalion, and the executioner waited for the order of the captain of Sauron, and the captain of Sauron rode on horseback as steady as Mount Tai, until two melodious bells rang from the bell tower, and the captain of Sauron ordered the executioner on the stage: "Execution!" ”
It's like chopping a cabbage in a vegetable patch, and the axe falls in hand, and Baron Grenfell's head rolls to the side, blood gushing out.
The moment Baron Grenfell was beheaded, the snow fell even heavier.
The dark red knight that the knights of the guard battalion feared the most did not appear, and there was no large gang of bandits lurking in the crowd.
The dark mages that the Wizarding Guild Law Enforcement Corps feared most were also gone, and there wasn't even a single person in the square who collected Baron Grenfell's body.
At this moment, the square became extremely quiet, and as Baron Grenfell took his head, the onlookers cheered like a tide......
Surdak looked up at the terrace of the ornate building, where the ladies of the nobility had begun to leave, and Miss Hoyle was also in Darcy. With Christie's support, she left at the back of the crowd with tears in her eyes.
Surdak had a strong feeling that Sameya was in the crowd in the square, and at the moment of the execution, her eyes with great resentment stared at him from afar, but when he reacted and looked down the crowd, the petite figure disappeared into the crowd again.