Chapter 43: Making a Stumbling Block

Ann Li's room was on the second floor of the inner fort, and as soon as Phil came out, she saw a group of people gathered around.

She stood by the guardrail on the second floor, and the attendants around her hurriedly bent down and retreated.

She looked noble in a dress, her blonde hair was scattered, and her azure eyes under her bangs were full of solemnity, without any emotion.

Obedient, she still wears a mask, but her words are so clear that they reach everyone's ears.

Xu Siling saw Fei'er come out, so he let go, if Fei'er didn't come, he was going to unload the equipment on the guard's body.

As a guard in Raya Town, he didn't carry out the lord's orders, so naturally there was no need for this guard to go down.

The guard came back from being stunned, and now found a group of people who saw him subdued, and Phil's appearance, his face was flushed and he was very ashamed.

He got up, and without even papping the dust on the robe with the heraldic coat of arms of the Raya family, he hurriedly defended.

"Miss Raya, this executioner..."

"Shut up."

The guard looked at Fei'er's blue eyes, and was suddenly startled, sweating on his forehead and looking down again.

Fei'er looked at Xu Siling, who had no waves on her face, and then looked at the attendant on the side.

"Come, tell me everything that just happened."

If it was private, the attendant might really say something nice for the guards and forcibly throw the blame on Xu Siling, the executioner.

Now in front of so many people, Miss Raya asked herself this, he didn't dare to hide or tamper with anything, and said it all.

Phil listened to the whole thing with a blank face, and realized that she had been in Ann Li's bedroom for a while, and this had happened outside.

She glanced at all the people in the courtyard of the inner fort below, but did not look at the two people involved.

"Now if there is anyone among you who doesn't want to drink this potion, stand up."

The sound was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one moves.

"I don't like coercion, and if I don't want to drink, I can accept it."

When the originally blushing and angry guard heard this, he immediately raised his head with joy in his heart, but...

"But if you don't drink this decoction, as Xu said, go to the assistant of the law enforcement officer and take the initiative to remove your position!"

The guard's face turned pale as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.

Where did the other guards of the inner fort care so much, and immediately someone gathered in front of the big pot of soup medicine to drink the soup medicine.

The security work was hard-won, and the benefits were good, especially since they all knew that the rest of the households in Raya Town were forced to not leave their homes, which meant that most of them would have no source of income these days.

They were the only ones who were not affected by the Black Death.

If you still lose your job, you must not be disgusted by your family when you go back.

The guard who was beaten by Xu Siling saw that he was about to go up to drink the decoction, but he was stared at by Fei'er with his eyes.

"What, now you want to drink?"

"Miss Raya... I'm now..."

"It's okay to drink, and it's okay if you want to continue to be a guard." Fei'er didn't wait for the guards to be happy, "But you disobey my orders, do you think my orders are not important enough for you to carry them out seriously?" ”

"No," the guard sweated profusely.

"Jonas!"

Jonas is a man of Johns, and his position is the commander of the soldiers of Raya Town, and he is in charge of the protection, patrol, and training of the guards of the entire Raya Town.

Jonas was hiding in the corner of the inner castle and didn't want to come out, but now he was named by Fei'er, so he had no choice but to go to a prominent position in the courtyard of the inner castle and salute Fei'er.

He is older, with twisted facial features and small eyes.

"What is the punishment for disobeying the orders of the nobles in the rules of your jurisdiction?"

The current Kingdom of France has adopted a strict attitude towards crime and lawlessness, and all believe that crime and lawlessness are a destruction of social order and a blasphemy of God's will.

As a result, punitive measures tend to be punitive in order to demonstrate deterrence and maintain social stability.

In addition, due to the imperfection of the current judicial system, the handling of many crimes and illegal acts depends on local legal practices and the rulings of local authorities.

To put it simply, the matter of 'disobeying the orders of the nobles' that Phil asked, in Jonas's daily management rules, there is no such punishment provision...

After all, everyone understands who is your boss and who is the heaven of Raya Town.

Aren't they nobles and lords?

Isn't it natural for soldiers to obey the orders of nobles and lords, and since everyone knows about it, how can this punishment be deliberately established.

After all, if you disobey the orders of the nobles, and the nobles let you die, you have to die, where is the punishment.

Jonas thought left and right, the punishment of the guards must be there, just to say whether it is bigger or smaller.

He spoke, with a movement of his head.

"To disobey the orders of the nobles is to blaspheme Miss Raya's identity, and he deserves to die."

The guard was suddenly frightened, he just didn't want to drink that bowl of soup and medicine, how could he die if he worked hard to make a god?

Not only the guards, but everyone else stopped and raised their eyes, wanting to see what Fei'er decided.

Fei'er looked at Jonas's eyes narrowed slightly, and before she could speak, Xu Siling, who had been beside her and was not ready to speak, spoke instead.

"The guard's original intention was not to disobey Miss Raya's orders, he just wanted to be in a bad mood and didn't want to drink for the time being. So the punishment is too much. ”

The guard turned his head to look at Xu Siling, why did this guy still help him speak?

Jonas glanced at Xu Siling and snorted: "Why, do you think Miss Raya's identity is not noble enough, and everyone can be disobedient and blasphemous at will?" ”

"You think your guards are trying to desecrate Miss Raya's identity? Do you want him to die so much. ”

Jonas didn't reply, just looked at Xu Siling with cruel eyes.

"That Xu, you are the executioner, and you have a lot of experience in punishing this area, how do you think you should punish this guard."

"His original intention was not to disobey your orders, but he had some bad friction with me, but it is true that he did not carry out your orders. I propose thirty lashes with a whip, which is sufficient. ”

Thirty lashes of the whip looked good, but thirty strokes were enough to keep a whole person in bed for days.

The guards have accepted their fate, and it is better to get thirty lashes than to lose their lives and lose their jobs.

Xu Siling continued: "But I hope to punish him with five lashes first, and the remaining twenty-five lashes, and then carry out the punishment after the epidemic prevention work in Laya Town is stable and the people resume production work." ”

Fei'er couldn't help but nod when she heard this: "That's right, the epidemic prevention work in Raya Town is the most important thing now, and the lack of manpower is a problem." Then according to what Xu said, if there are other outstanding points in your work during the epidemic prevention work, I can also waive the remaining twenty-five whips. Do you hear me, my guard? ”

The guard was relieved and immediately knelt down on one knee.

"Thank you, Miss Raya!"

Fei'er looked at Xu Siling: "Xu, after drinking the decoction, come to me." ”

With that, he turned and left.

After Fei'er left, after Jonas drank the decoction, he took a deep look at Xu Siling and entered the inner layer of the inner castle.

With the disappearance of the two, the pressure on everyone in the inner fort was reduced by half.

"Miss Raya is still kind."

"That's not it, if I am a nobleman and someone dares to disobey me, I will not cut off his pig's head!"

Everyone was happy with Fei'er's forgiveness, at least knowing that the lord they served was not a ruthless person.

It's better to be in time than to be in time.

Under the guard's grateful gaze, the executioner Xu Siling asked someone for a whip, and he didn't even need the guard to take off his armor, and just snapped a few times to finish the matter.

Although the guards were grateful, they didn't dare to speak for the sake of face, so Henry chatted with Xu Siling instead of him.

This is also a release of the previous suspicion.

After chatting with Henry for a while, he also turned his head into the inner layer to look for Fei'er.

The guard watched Xu Siling leave and touched his numb back.

"It hurts."

Henry sighed helplessly: "It's good to know that it hurts, don't really be beheaded, I don't even know the pain, I don't know what to say about you, what to do to provoke Xu, he is now the retinue of the Raya family, you look down on people as an executioner, and people still look down on you." ”

"Got it... I just didn't expect him to speak for me. ”

"Xu is originally very talkative, but you have never been in contact with him."

Everyone knows that Xu Siling is an entourage of the Raya family, but they didn't expect him to be so reused by Miss Raya, and he can change Miss Raya's decision in just a few words.

Otherwise, they all thought that Miss Raya really wanted to cut off the guard's head.

Raya Town knows Xu Siling the best, that is naturally Henry, everyone surrounded Henry, Henry's chatbox immediately opened, and some of Xu Siling's things were taken out to chat.

...

The bedroom of Johns in the Inner Castle.

The bedrooms are better decorated and bigger than Phil's.

John was lying in bed, looking very mentally poor, but being able to get up and lean on the bed alone showed that his body was slowly improving.

He was wearing a thin pajamas, the hair on his chin was messy, and his mouth was spurted, as if he was reminiscing about the decoction he had just drunk.

The taste is still there, bitter, astringent and sour, it's really unpleasant.

Jonas stood up straight next to the bed, his features were not good-looking, and his eyes were small.

"Jonas." Johns coughed lightly, "I can hear the noise outside just now, I can hear it in the bedroom." ”

Jonas then told everything that was happening outside.

Johns frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"Master Johns, your health has improved a lot under the executioner's potion, why don't you get up and go out and take over the town of Raya?" Jonas leaned over and asked, "Let Miss Raya toss around like this... Isn't it not very good. ”

"Sooner or later, Raya Town will be Fei'er's, and I'll just take care of it."

Jonas's face was full of disbelief, and Johns grinned, revealing a few big yellow teeth.

"Jonas, I know what you're thinking." Johns said slowly, "That's right, I've been in charge of Raya Town for so long, as long as I get up and go out, even if Phil doesn't want to, I want to take over Raya Town, she can't stop it." She was still young, as if it had just happened, and if it was my order, no one would hesitate to carry it out. ”

"You hinted that Fei'er should kill the guard, and I understand very well that you just want to roast Fei'er on the fire."

"During this sensitive period, under Fei'er's successive orders, the people of Raya Town have stopped their lives and executed a guard at will, which has indeed had a great impact on the difficulty of her management of Raya Town."

"But have you ever wondered why Fei'er called you out by name and asked how you would discipline that guard?"

Jonas was stunned and shook his head.

"Fei'er wants you to intercede for the guard, and then she will come down the steps, so that you can get the favor of the guard, and this matter can pass plainly."

Johns chuckled and shook his head: "Especially since you, as my representative, obey Fei'er's orders so much, these guards and soldiers will naturally subconsciously listen to Fei'er's words in the future." ”

"And you ridiculously didn't do it, but still wanted to put Fei'er in a dilemma, you are so stupid."

Jonas's face did not change, and he hurriedly said: "I am doing this for the sake of Lord Johns, my lord, you have taken over Raya Town, and the people of Raya Town are expected to return, and no one is convinced of you." ”

"But you've crossed the line! Ahem..."

Johns let out a loud sigh and immediately coughed.

"If you do this, it will only make Fei'er think that I instructed you to do this! I instructed you to stumble on her! ”

Jonas said, "Then Master Johns doesn't want to take over the town of Raya again?" ”

"Even if I wanted to, not now...!" Johns looked at Jonas viciously, "I'm taking over Raya Town now, are you sure you can control everything and do a good job of preventing the Black Death?" You're going to make sure that the town of Raya that I took over won't fall into a dead city?! ”

"Isn't there still an executioner..."

However, when it came to this, Jonas realized it later.

"I can't see who is right between Poke and Xu. But at least, if Xu can save my life, and can save the lives of most of the people of Raya Town, then he is an extremely important person in the town at this juncture. Think about it now, when you stumbled Fei'er, who helped Fei'er break the siege? ”

Jonas subconsciously: "It's the executioner Xu..."

"Xu is already an entourage of the Raya family, do you think he will help me if I forcibly take over Raya Town? Or do you still think that Pock, who is chained to the Xingtai in the middle of Raya Town, can help me? ”

Johns' eyebrows trembled: "My knight Finney is gone, and there is no news until now." Today I heard that the sheriff is gone..."

"Master Johns, Finney's disappearance is still under investigation, and it may not have anything to do with Phil. As for the magistrate... It could have been the Black Death, and it wasn't necessarily that it scared him away. ”

"Are you a stupid pig? If the sheriff wants to run away, will he leave all his family in Laya Town? ”

Johns sighed: "It's best if these two things have nothing to do with Phil, if they have nothing to do with Phil, if they do... Thinking about the series of orders and arrangements for Phil to take over the town of Raya this time, I think..."

"What do you think?"

"It's too fast."

It's too fast, indeed.

From the two suffering from the Black Death, to the disappearance of the magistrate, to the people all returning to their homes to self-isolate and stop production work, diluting alcohol to sanitize work arrangements, regional divisions, etc...

It's too fast, and it's too perfect.

Although Johns didn't know if these arrangements were right, at least each order so quickly had a purpose behind it.

The terrible thing is that he used to be the highest administrator of Raya Town, and he can't figure it out...

[PS: In the future, 2 chapters will be 1 chapter, and it will be 1 chapter on the shelves. 】