704. On the Execution Ground 2
The square suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes almost fell on Surdak.
The town officials present looked at Surdak who raised a questioning voice in surprise, and their eyes were very complicated, and some even opened their mouths into an 'O' shape.
There were many people at the scene who were very unfamiliar with Surdak, and they didn't know how he would have the courage to stand up and defend the local aborigines of the town.
Many of the Aborigines were also talking to each other, trying to understand the brave man in front of them.
Surdak stood there and exhaled, looking at Mayor Marko with a calm face, and the smile on his face was clearly a hateful look of 'I'm here to stir up trouble'.
He was going to have breakfast, and then told Mayor Marco about Viru's hunt for wanted criminals outside the city.
I didn't expect that last night Mayor Marco actually thought about finding a few scapegoats, waiting for him to come forward this morning, everyone signed and drew together to confirm the charges of these scapegoats, and then send them to the execution ground to end the case.
I didn't think that the town of Dodan would rot like this, and dare to try these innocent aborigines in the square of the town, and no one came forward to stop it......
No wonder the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Langdon Regiment couldn't wait to lead his army away.
After Surdak finished speaking, he walked straight to Mayor Marco, who was half a head taller than Marko, but Mayor Marco had a beard on his face and sharp eyes, and his momentum was not lost to Surdak at all.
He glared at Surdak and suppressed his anger and said, "Commander Surdak has any disagreement that can be raised at the town council, don't waste our precious time now, since the majority agrees with this proposal, then I declare ......"
Surdak reached out and pressed Mayor Marko's shoulder, prescribing before he could give the order, "Mayor Marko, we need a fair trial. ”
Mayor Marco stared coldly at Surdak as he continued.
"If they are guilty, I am willing to wield my sword and cut off their heads." Surdak said.
He lowered his voice and said, "But I want to know what the crime they committed is, and I hope you don't just grab a few aborigines in the town...... Muddle through. ”
The last sentence he said was only heard very clearly by Mayor Marco and several officials around him.
At this moment, the officials all looked at Surdak with a shocked expression.
They cautiously glanced at Mayor Marko, fearing that the enraged Mayor Marco would even anger them, and they all quietly stepped back half a step back.
Surdak stared at Mayor Marko, not afraid of his fierce gaze that seemed to be about to be devoured, and said bluntly: "Mayor Marko, you must have some conclusive evidence that you escorted these natives of the town to the square and determined that they were the masterminds of the robbery?" ”
Mayor Marko's forehead bulged, and his face was gloomy, and he said: "Of course I have conclusive evidence, they are not only the towns' gatherers, but also secretly colluded with the nearby indigenous tribes to form a bandit group outside the town, specializing in robbing the town's adventure groups outside the town. ”
He clenched his fists, resisting the urge to smash his punch in Surdak's face, and continued:
"They listened to the information of the town's adventure group and sent it to the outside of the town in advance, so that they could set up an ambush in the forest outside the town."
"These gatherers, led by Aung San, have been sending information about the adventure group outside the town lately, and have been committing crimes outside the town in the past few months."
"We have enough evidence, including from the indigenous side of the tribe."
"In addition, just last night, the city guards also learned the whereabouts of Aung San, who only crossed the northern wall and returned to the town last night, and most of them have already confessed."
Then he turned to Lady Luna beside him and ordered, "Lady Luna, please take out the confessions of these natives and show them to Commander Surdak!" ”
Mrs. Luna hurriedly pulled out a folder in her arms and searched for the confession that had not dried dry.
Surdak glanced at the natives waiting to be tortured on the other side of the Punishment Stone, and instead of taking the confession in Mrs. Luna's hand, he said to Mayor Marco, "What would Mayor Marco think if I said that there were other people who looted the slave trade outside the city?" ”
Mayor Marco narrowed his eyes and said to Surdak, who was close at hand:
"Then I would like to ask Commander Surdak, what evidence do you have?"
Surdak turned back to Viru and Andrew behind him and said:
"Bring the box and open it for the mayor to see."
As an indigenous warrior of the Nanai tribe on the maca plane, Andrew is most disgusted with this kind of thing that imperial immigrants discriminate against the aborigines of the plane, although this kind of thing often happens in the maca plane, but after all, it is not so blatant.
Andrew opened the lid of the bloodstained box, revealing skulls soaked in pale green sap.
Each head was hideous, and soaked in the sap of a green embalming tree, making it look disgusting.
The sap has a pungent, spicy flavor that makes the officials of the surrounding towns cover their mouths and noses.
Mayor Marco didn't expect Surdak to carry out a box of human heads, he frowned and asked coldly:
"Who are these heads......?"
Surdak took out a stack of parchment wanted notices from his bosom, paid attention to the square table next to him, and then, not caring about the sticky sap, reached out and took out the heads of the people soaked in them, corresponding to these wanted notices on the table, and the sap and blood stained the table.
Surdak reached out and wiped the sap off the skull's face before he said:
"These are all wanted criminals requested by the Wilkes City Guard Battalion and the Magic Guild Enforcement Corps, and these parchment notices in my hand have their crimes and magical portraits written on them, and of course some physical characteristics are also noted, so as to avoid identifying the wrong person during the arrest process."
The officials of the surrounding towns couldn't help but retch when they saw such a disgusting scene, and in the spicy and pungent smell.
Surdak had a cold face and asked the crowd around him, "Is the head of the town's adventure union here?" ”
He guessed that there must be people from the Adventure Guild and Trading House coming to see the excitement, and sure enough, a middle-aged swordsman wearing a delicate demonic pattern leather armor squeezed out of the crowd.
The middle-aged swordsman put his hand on his right shoulder and saluted Surdak respectfully before saying, "Commander, I am always willing to serve you, I don't know what you command?" ”
Surdak stood in front of the square table, pointed to the wanted notice on the table, and said:
"You don't know about it, do you? I think this kind of parchment wanted notice should have a copy on your guild's notice board. ”
The middle-aged swordsman put on a helpless expression, and said with a smile: "Lord Commander, Dodan Town is located on the remote border line, and the information here is relatively closed, and a lot of news about Wilkes City cannot be delivered in time. ”
Facing the row of heads on the table, his expression was very calm.
"So...... That's why you dare to allow them to haunt the Adventure Guild as adventurers? Surdak asked.
The middle-aged swordsman said with an innocent expression: "Lord Commander, where does this start! You said they appeared in the Adventure Guild, but I can't know everyone who comes to the Adventure Guild, for me, they are all fresh faces! ”
Surdak snorted coldly, threw the head back into the box, and let Andrew carry it away.
He found a handkerchief and wiped the thick sap on his hands, and said unhurriedly to Mayor Marco:
"It was this group of people who ransacked an adventurous group in the forest outside the town, they were ready to kill the slaves and leave the town of Dodan with supplies, unfortunately they met our cavalry battalion squad last night, these wanted criminals were all killed by our people, and the corpses are still hanging in the forest, I think there should be no large carnivorous beasts in the forest outside the town, those corpses should not be in one. They were eaten by the wild beasts of the forest at night, and now it's too late to collect the corpses, and you may still be able to find the lost loot at the scene, and I think the loot at the scene is the best proof of their looting of the adventure party. ”
Mayor Marco stared at Surdak and said in surprise:
"You found them? Where are they? ”
Surdak looked at Aung San, a native of Aung San, who was trapped on the side of the Punishment Stone, and said:
"You can ask the gatherer named Aung San to take you, he is more familiar with the forest outside the town, our cavalry battalion has just arrived, if you let us lead the way, you might get lost in the woods outside the town......"
Mayor Marko's face was cloudy, but he gave Hans, the captain of the city's guards, a look and asked him to bring Aung San here.
A group of merchants in gorgeous costumes in the crowd, their faces were very ugly at this time, although they tried their best to hide and wanted to maintain their original composure at all times, but not all of them were so well-cultivated, they did not stay in the square for long, and left in a hurry.
Aung San was brought here by the city guards, and he did not dare to see Surdak and Viru for fear that they would also get into trouble.
But he heard Surdak call out his name accurately: "Aung San, I want you to take the town chief to the scene to have a look, and get those stolen goods back casually, do you remember the way?" ”
Aung San hesitated a little, but he reacted quickly and nodded vigorously.
Mayor Marco waved his hand grimly, and asked Captain Hans to untie the strips of cloth and rope that had sealed his mouth.
"Lord Commander!"
Aung San prostrates at the foot of Surdak.
"You go and show the way for the mayor, by the way, don't forget to ask them for a bounty, and go back quickly, don't delay leading our patrol, after all, we are new to the town and are not familiar with the environment around the town."
Surdak reached out and grabbed Aung San's shoulder, lifted him up from the ground, and said in a relaxed tone.
At this time, among the several guards standing behind Hans, the captain of the city guard, one recognized Viru, pointed to Viru behind Surdak, and whispered to Captain Hans: "That person is the one who entered the city with Aung San last night......
Captain Hans could only glance at Surdak in great depression, and he was quite angry with him.
'Everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, why can't you breathe in advance ...... this kind of thing?' ’
The people around the square who watched the excitement also saw some clues, although they were a little farther away and did not know the specific details, but they could tell that this Surdak commander was actually standing up for the aborigines of Dodan Town this time.
At this moment, there are people in the crowd who are happy and some are worried......
……
Surdak did not go out of the northern city wall with the search party organized by Mayor Marko, but Aung San, a native of the town, became the guide.
The aboriginal gatherers in front of the punishment stone were also released on the spot, and some aboriginal cheers immediately appeared in the square, and the sound was like a tide for a while.
Surdak, along with Viru and Andrew, will return to the garrison camp, and wherever they go, the townspeople will immediately get out of the way.
A group of cavalrymen in the garrison camp were doing morning exercises in the courtyard, and they were currently hurrying to practice riding. Under the teaching, the cavalrymen's riding skills improved considerably.
Surdak had already written to the elders of Watts, hoping that he would send some more men to Dodan if he could.
"You've completely offended Mayor Marco this time." Andrew smiled 'hehe' and said to Surdak.
Surdak shrugged his shoulders, kicked a piece of rubble on the side of the road, and said, "Otherwise, what else can we do with them and turn the town of Dodan into a miasma?" I just think the town can be saved. ”
"Besides, I still need to use Dodan Town as a base to continue to expand my territory to the north, and it is impossible to let the town continue to be chaotic." Surdak said.
Viru looked at Surdak and said, "You are confident in this beast tide." ”
Surdak said confidently: "What is there to worry about, don't you think that this time the Marquis of Luthor sent the Great Swordsman of Chester to Wilkes to take up the town, isn't it just to deal with this beast tide?" ”
He thought that if the beasts in the forest formed a tide, he would take out the gunpowder that had blown through the rock formations of the river and blow them all into the sky.
Surdak analyzed: "Marquis Luthor didn't mention this matter to me, but he arranged for our cavalry battalion to resist from the front, probably to see the defensive ability of the cavalry battalion. ”
Andrew habitually reached out and pressed on the handle of the axe, and said with some excitement: "We still have some time to prepare in advance, the more dangerous it is, the greater the harvest, this time I want to go to Invercargill Warcraft Forest to see." ”
"Let's go, I originally wanted to hunt in the Warcraft Forest, but I didn't expect to be delayed for three days by this matter!" Viru continued.
After saying that, he changed direction and walked along a fork in the road towards the gate of the northern city wall.
Surdak patted Andriy on the shoulder and said with a smile: "By the way, at noon, I made an appointment to look at the house with the owner of the tailor shop, and the matter of patrolling the border line will be handed over to you first......"