"Miss Cynthia, is there anything to do with me?" In the midst of the noise, Nick led Maya and Nacian Shi Shiran over.

"Please let me go back." Cynthia shocked everyone as soon as she spoke.

Red couldn't help but want to remind her: "This is a prison, it's not like you can go back if you want to." ”

"Go back?" Nacian asked, somewhat incredulous, "You mean, a trip home?" Apparently he didn't quite understand why Cynthia would have the audacity to make such a request.

"Yes." Nick replied.

Nacian felt his consciousness a little blurred, "General Nick, she said she was going out ......"

"I hear you." Nick's face was unpleasant, "The princess once said before leaving: it is naturally necessary to educate behind closed doors, but if there is a chance, it should be good to let them go out for a walk and take a look once in a while." ”

Nacian's jaw nearly fell to the ground.

Nick suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, "By the way, the timing is about the same, and the good inmates can be allowed to go home to visit their relatives - of course, this trip has to be supervised." ”

As soon as the news broke, the courtyard was almost boiling. Captain Bard and Nacian hurriedly moved the table and registered the information of those who wanted to go home to visit their relatives.

The people who came to sign up were three layers inside and three layers outside, and they were tightly surrounded, and there were many people talking and making noise, as if they had been sucked clean of the oxygen around them, which made Bard and Nacian dizzy.

However, there are also people who are not interested in it in the slightest, such as the Black Mamba who stands in front of the bulletin board and reads the newspaper intently.

"General Leila, you seem to be a little upset?" Maya stepped forward and asked.

"What can there be to be upset about." Black Mamba glanced at the bustling crowd over there, and there was a slight loneliness in his eyes, "I just happen to have no relatives." ”

Maya just wanted to comfort her when she saw Nick slap Black Mamba on the shoulder, "Little Black Snake, don't be so sad, I have prepared a special event for you too." ”

Little black snake?

Maya looked at her dad vigilantly and muttered to herself: "You two still have such a strange nickname?!"

Remembering the rumored affair that Nick had had with Miss Jenny, known as "Rattlesnake", when he was young, she couldn't help but wonder if the woman in front of her had feelings beyond friendship with her father.

"Sir Nick, it's not a good time to make such a joke now." The Black Mamba turned, "You should always take care of your daughter's emotions. ”

Nick glanced at Maya, "What emotions can she have, is it because you don't want to be her godmother and hate you?" ”

"What? Godmother? Maya couldn't help but interject.

Black Mamba snorted helplessly, "What 'godmother', in Yalina's words, you just want to find someone strict enough to discipline your daughter for you." ”

Yalina was Maya's mother, a graceful and virtuous peasant woman. Likes to knit and bake at home.,It's the kind of coward who will make a fuss about a little bug.。 In Maya's mind, her mother seemed to be the biggest obstacle to her learning swordsmanship.

Nick happily admitted: "That's true, but you can't scare Alina like that." ”

"How did she scare Mommy?" Maya asked.

"I didn't 'scare' her." Black Mamba denied it, "I just took her to the bath, stripped naked and showed her the scars on my body." If you want your daughter to learn martial arts, she should let her mother know what the price is. ”

Maya could tell even with her knees that the scars on Black Mamba's body must be criss-crossed with terrible appearances. Only now did she understand why her mother kept persuading her not to learn martial arts, only hoping that she would become an ordinary girl.

"Forget it, forget it." Nick waved his hand, driving away the memories of the past, "The past things, let them pass...... Let's talk about what's next. ”

The Black Mamba looked at Nick with a playful expression, "Chief Nick has come up with some strange ideas, you might as well tell me about it." ”

Nick pinched his fingers and calculated, "It's been almost three months since this prison opened, and I'm almost getting bored, otherwise we will organize some people who don't want to go home to visit their relatives and go out for a walk together." ”

The Black Mamba sighed, "I thought it was something interesting, but I just went out and saw it, I've seen enough of this desert." ”

"Are you sure it's still a desert?" Nick squinted at her.

……

A few days later, several caravans with a capacity of more than a dozen people were brought to the prison gates. Nick was also very kind to prepare new clothes for the prisoners who did not have the opportunity to visit their families.

I have to admit that Nick's aesthetic is still quite good, the men's robes are gentle and elegant, and the women's long skirts are virtuous and dignified. The only one who was unhappy with this was the Black Mamba, as a woman who had never worn a dress much in her life, she always felt that something was wrong.

"Dressed like this, I don't seem to be able to walk anymore." She grumbled quietly.

But complaining aside, she moved her steps and got into the caravan with the others.

"Let's go." Nick shouted, and the alpacas hissed together. The caravan swayed a few times and then drove straight out.

Outside the prison, the dilapidated road has been smoothed out at some point, and street trees and kerosene street lamps have been planted on both sides.

As the caravan rolled into the ruined capital, the prisoners were surprised to find that the city in front of them was so familiar and yet unfamiliar.

During the reign of the Sands, the city was in a dilapidated state. The streets are narrow, the houses are dilapidated, and people live in poverty and misery. The gap between the rich and the poor was huge, the nobles lived a luxurious life, while the common people did not even have enough to eat.

The caravan first led them to the Imperial City, the main square they were most familiar with, the center of the whole city, where people gathered to discuss all kinds of gossip and current affairs, and it seemed peaceful.

It's just that on the last day of every month, it becomes a place of fear and despair.

At that time, the royal family would perform various brutal punishment ceremonies in this square to intimidate the common people. Those convicted by the aristocracy – mostly innocent – were subjected to whipping, branding, and tongue-cutting torture, wailing and wailing.

Now the square has been renovated, and the former execution ground has been transformed into a lively market. Amid the cries of the hawkers, the bustling crowd is like a stream. The Black Mamba couldn't help but say to himself, "Did there be so many residents in the ruined capital before?" ”

The dilapidated houses on the periphery of the square have been demolished and rebuilt, the streets have been re-planned, and rows of beautiful little high-rises have been neatly arranged.

And what shocked them even more was the Imperial Palace, which symbolized the supreme power of the Wild Sand Empire, and fled like a long leg. Faced with the vanity of the palace, the prisoners immediately caused an uproar and asked Nick what was going on.

"Don't laugh, the general thinks that house is too impractical." Nick calmly explained, "More than 300 steps, 500 meters deep hall, just to make the person sitting on the throne look majestic, very imposing, as if he is very powerful. However, this behavior simply does not make sense. ”

He smiled quietly: "After all, only the weak will try their best to prove their majesty with this kind of magnificent building, and the real strong man standing there is the embodiment of majesty." ”

Black Mamba's mind didn't turn for a moment, "Yes...... Is that ......."

"You see, how much it is worth to demolish this palace." Nick pointed to the houses on the street, "You might not expect that the stone bricks removed from the palace actually built a small half of the ruined capital. The bloody royal family looted a warehouse full of grain and daily necessities, and it took two days to distribute them all. ”

The Black Mamba looked in the direction of the original imperial city, and now there were only a few small palaces left alone, "What are those remaining buildings for?" ”

"Schools and libraries." "Some of the other royal collections are really good, and now they are all in a place called a 'museum' for the public to see. ”

Black Mamba couldn't help but complain, "I can't see that the expressionless general still has such a mind." ”

"That's mostly the princess's idea." Nick suddenly laughed, "The princess also wanted to keep the animals in the royal garden in captivity and make a place called the 'zoo' for the public to see the exotic beasts. Unexpectedly, the breeders withheld the feed, and the animals in the garden were sick and died, so it was not done. ”

The Black Mamba watched the people around him, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces. As the children ran and frolicked in the square, while the old people sat on the benches and chatted leisurely, she couldn't help but sigh quietly: "I never thought that waste could become like this." ”

"Then it's even more time to go out and see, in my opinion, the name 'Waste Capital' is no longer worthy of this city." Nick said, and took them into the caravan and headed to the next stop.

The carriage was rolling, and while driving, someone suddenly became alert and asked loudly, "General Nick, where are we going?" ”

Apparently he had discovered that this was the place leading to the "Skinning Hut" outside the city, which was originally the place where the intelligence agencies of the Wild Sand Empire tortured prisoners, and gathered all the most cruel, perverted, and vicious torture instruments of the Wild Sand Empire.

Nick raised his eyebrows, "The Red Pavilion has even demolished the palace, and the place you are afraid of will still be kept for you?" Mona Scholar chose the place, and now it's a factory. ”

"Mona? The crazy woman who wanted to make clothes out of tree bark? Someone scoffed.

Nick coughed, "Don't be so anxious to deny people, you're wearing this piece of fabric made from that factory." ”

The man choked up and didn't speak for a long time.

As the caravan stopped steadily at the door, a white and chubby middle-aged woman greeted her warmly, "Nick...... It's been a long time since I've seen you, I miss you so much......"

"Mrs. Mona!" Nick greeted her with the same enthusiasm, "Oh my God, how did you get so fat now?" ”

"Oh, hehe," the scholar Mona laughed happily, her jaws trembling, "There are so many kinds of snacks in the Red Pavilion that I can't stop eating at all." Besides, does a married woman like me need to pay attention to any body shape? Good food is the real joy. ”

Nick laughed dryly, "Then you have to be careful that the old scholar at home who studies the calendar dislikes you one day." ”

"it." Mona waved her hand in disgust, "That guy is too fat to bend over now, and it's good that I don't dislike him." ”