"Escape from God's grace and cheapen him." The prisoner snorted and climbed out of the pit before saying to the two-headed tiger, "Please execute!"

The tiger had been waiting impatiently, and rushed towards the unconscious prisoner with a big mouthful.

There was a thud, and blood splattered three feet.

The man woke up in severe pain, and when he screamed, a large piece of flesh had been bitten off his belly, and his abdominal cavity was opened.

Of course he struggled desperately, but the little strength of a human being was like a mayfly shaking a tree. The tiger held him down with one claw and devoured his internal organs.

The water is the most delicious and nutritious, and the liger eats in this order.

Not to be outdone, the other tiger joined the fight, but failed to grab a few bites of food, and broke the prisoner's thigh in a fit of rage.

For a while, the tiger roared and howled, and the noise was extraordinary. The foreign merchants who saw this kind of scene for the first time were all pale.

He Lingchuan finally knew where the stains in the sinking torture table came from.

The townsfolk stared intently, and the little girl craned her head down, trying to see better. But soon she complained, "Ah Dong is a liar, the pit is so deep that the blood can't be splashed at all!"

After just a dozen breaths, the prisoner was silent in the fight between the two tigers.

One was still munching on delicious food, and the other simply turned to look for the dead criminals who had hit the pillar.

Deliciousness can't be wasted, and that's the reward they have earned so hard.

The "click" sound made by sharp teeth gnawing on bones frightened many strangers.

At this time, the servant took a large black cloth, covered the whole torture table, and said to the people, "When the execution is over, let it all disperse." Both prisoners were dead, and the tigers did not want to be disturbed when they were eating, so the townspeople reluctantly dispersed.

Shi Congshui could also see cold sweat on his forehead, and asked He Lingchuan, "What's the matter, can you still drink the wine?"

He Lingchuan had seen strange monster cannibalism scenes, which were far more wively rash than this, but he saw that Shi Congshui swallowed his saliva, obviously his stomach was not very comfortable and he was still calm, so he stretched his waist: "No, I'm a little tired, I want to go back to the post station to rest."

Shi Congshui secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, okay, it's good to go to bed early today."

Passing by an alley, there was a burst of oil fragrance from the roadside stalls. He Lingchuan rumbled in his stomach and went over to buy a few baked cakes.

He had only just nibbled on the second cake when he saw an errand officer also turn the small alley, followed by a person, his eyes were red as if he had just cried, and he sniffed as he walked.

He Lingchuan paced over while nibbling on the cake, and stood on the edge of the wall.

With his ears, eavesdropping on conversations in the alley from here is a trivial matter.

But he first heard the clanging sound of the copper plates colliding, as if the messenger had checked it, and then said, "Okay, when the two tiger gentlemen finish eating, you will go and collect the corpses, well, half an hour at most."

The man thanked him again and again to save his son from sin.

The messenger hurriedly booed him, "Let's go, let's go, don't talk nonsense."

He Lingchuan also understood when he heard this, it turned out that the condemned prisoner suddenly hit the pillar, not because of the negligence of the officer, but because he accepted a bribe.

In addition, the condemned prisoner did not understand the world, or perhaps he had no money, so he could only die of "devouring punishment".

The two lives were gone, and the townspeople didn't care and continued to live their own lives.

He Lingchuan didn't go back for a while, just wandered around the town.

It was getting dark, and the lights were on, and the smell of fireworks was full.

In this town, monsters and humans live together, and they get along safely, and He Lingchuan also saw a cat demon with his paws to help him count money.

The townspeople were also very friendly to outsiders, and when they learned that He Lingchuan was a guest from the south, they enthusiastically showed him the way.

It seems that these people are just watching the lively hobby a little bit special.

A woman selling handicrafts smiled at him, "Lao Cai's wontons, the tenth from the left in the market, are the best wontons we have here. If you go now, his house shouldn't be closed yet. "By this time, the bazaar had already dispersed.

He Lingchuan thanked him, and saw that she was still selling masks on the stall, and there was a large row of flowers, and he just picked one up and said, "This is?"

"It's a puppet mask

。 In ten days there will be the Nu Dance Festival, and all of us here, both adults and children, must wear this to ward off evil spirits and avoid filth."

"This is the Ghost Head Mask?" The pattern of the mask is a fierce cyan ghost head, well, maybe a beast head?

Do you use ghosts to ward off ghosts?

"No, no." The woman laughed, "This is the green lady of the tea naphthalene god. It specializes in eating ghosts."

He Lingchuan remembered General Hong's mask, and his heart suddenly became playful, and he put two copper plates for her: "Then I want this."

It's very light in the hand, I don't know what kind of wood it is, and it's good to play with handicrafts.

At this time, a little girl ran over, and he remembered that the mother and daughter were also on the edge of the execution table.

This little girl's name is Ah Yan.

He asked Ah Yan, "Aren't you afraid to see the prisoners being punished?"

"Why be afraid?" Ah Jing's eyes were wide and clear, "The bad guys are not human, they are judged by divine grace. Only by being punished in this way can the sins of the body be washed away."

"Then you know what crime they committed?"

"They set fire to the granary. There will be a lot of people this summer because they are hungry. 「

At that moment, the two-headed tiger walked across the street and headed out of town.

They had washed their fur, but He Lingchuan could still smell the smell of blood on them. Pedestrians on the street should walk, they should talk, no one makes a fuss.

The two-headed tiger walks down the street here, as if it is the daily life of this town.

He Lingchuan pointed at their backs: "You're not afraid of them, huh?"

"Don't be afraid!" Ah Yan took it for granted, "They don't hurt us, and I've ridden one."

"So powerful?"

He Lingchuan stood up and went to the market to eat a bowl of vegetable and meat wontons according to the woman's instructions, and it tasted surprisingly good.

When he returned to the post station, the door of Shi Congshan's guest room was closed and the lights were turned off.

Early the next morning, he went to find Shi Congshui to solve his doubts.

The second master of Shi has returned to normal today, pouring hot tea ceremony:

"'Punishment is tradition. The Northern Demon Kingdom stipulates that demon beasts cannot eat people at will, otherwise they will be arrested. But nature and instinct are indelible, and it is better to block than to slacken, so Bega made this law, and people are punished for committing crimes, and monsters are relieved of their cravings, and both are perfect."

Does that make sense? A guy from the new team on the side couldn't help but say, "Second master, this is too cruel, isn't it?"

Shi Er was talking nonsense, and he was so panicked. But on the surface, he still has to be calm and calm: "How can the purpose of punishment be achieved if the punishment does not cause the prisoner to suffer? What kind of corporal punishment do you say is not painful? Isn't Ling Chi ruthless, isn't he hanging, isn't he ruthless when he splits the corpses of five horses? 「

"But it's scary." The guy was puzzled, "Aren't the rest of the town scared when they see it?"

"It's the opposite." Shi Congshui waved his hand, "I also thought about it for a long time to figure it out. If there is a devouring punishment, the demon beasts will only eat the criminals, which will greatly increase the sense of security of the townspeople. 「

"As long as you're a good person, don't do bad things and don't break the law, the monsters won't eat you. Got it? "On the other hand, these ferocious demon beasts are also a sharp weapon to deter Xiaoxiao."

He Lingchuan remembered what the little girl said yesterday that she had also ridden an adult tiger.

Perhaps what ordinary people need most is "certainty" to live. The others are secondary, and they can live anyway.

He said lightly, "If a piece of law goes down, there really won't be any demon beast that dares to eat people casually?"

Human nature can't withstand temptation, let alone the nature of demon beasts?

He doesn't believe much in those things that are as good as ideals now.

"We're only here to do business." Shi Congshui smiled, "Why do you understand so clearly? But I've heard that there are occasional headless cases in various places."

"By the way, I walked around the town yesterday and found that there are actually three temples here, and in each of them there are people offering incense and worshipping, and I also saw that they worship the head of a raw sheep." He Lingchuan talked about last night's new discovery, and sighed a little, "In the place where I came, there may not be a temple in a town, and the worship of blood food is also strictly forbidden

Stop."

Isn't the He family unlucky because they were falsely accused of rewarding God?

"Oh yes, there are some countries that prohibit 'giving to the gods.'" Wu Jinsong happened to come back from outside, and when he heard He Lingchuan's words, he picked up by the way, "But in Bega, every family does this. If you go to any townsman's house now, there will be a shrine. Bow once a day in the morning and evening, and on the fifteenth day of the new year, you have to find a way to offer blood food."

He smiled again, "Bega is known to be a country of heavenly favors, favored and blessed by the gods. The wind and rain here are good every year, and there are few disasters and few disasters."

There was a hint of pride in his expression.

He Lingchuan came all the way with the caravan, and heard Shi Congshan say no less than several times that Bejia is the country of divine grace and the country of heavenly favor, and even the capital city Lingxu City is named after the honorific title of the Heavenly God Lingxu Holy Venerable.

The demon emperors and demon kings of Bega must also be appointed by the gods and baptized by the gods before they can take power and succeed to the throne.

It's been like this for five or six hundred years.

On the contrary, the Great Kite has taught its subjects from the beginning of the country, and the gods cannot be trusted.

I don't know which of these two approaches is more practical. He Lingchuan remembered that Zhu Erniang always sneered in the Devil's Nest Swamp and said that the gullibles will not end well.

It's really a cynical ex-fairy.

However, the Bejia Kingdom has lasted for nearly 600 years, and it is smiling at the vicissitudes of other small countries, changing its owners like a marquee.

What does this say?

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Three days after the resumption of the journey, the Shimen caravan arrived at Fufeng City, the capital of the Baoshu Kingdom.

To be able to walk so fast, on the one hand, the road is straight and wide, which is convenient for horse racing, and there are only two toll checkpoints on the road, and the toll is still quite low.

The commercial tax, chariot and horse tax collected by the whole Bega country is not high, but the infrastructure is very perfect, and the commercial order is complete, so the economy and trade are developed. He Lingchuan often found that the number of business travelers was greater than that of the townspeople.

When Bega was founded, there were sixteen demon kings, and the Treasure Tree King was one of them. However, with the passage of time, the number of demon kings increased and decreased, and once fell to twelve, until more than a hundred years ago, another king was added, so today's Bejia country has a total of one emperor and thirteen demon kings.

The thirteen demon kings all have a vast territory, or a vassal state, except for the minister of state and the prince appointed by Lingxu City, the rest of the personnel, laws, and taxes are autonomous, and they also have their own army, which is the so-called "country within a country".