Section 76 blocks the way

"Go around here, and it's the execution ground. Ashrufat said as he walked. "I suggest a detour, the execution ground...... It's really not suitable for you to visit. ”

In fact, Flower Street is very close to the royal palace, but the little girl wants not to just walk this street, but to visit the whole block, so Ashrufat must take her around a road, the execution ground in a corner of the city.

"No, I'm going to see it. The little girl said resolutely.

That's actually what happened to the execution ground in Eagle Falcon City. In fact, there are only a few ways to execute prisoners today, such as gallows, burning, and guillotine. Of course, in recent years, judges have generally moved away from sentencing prisoners to death, preferring instead to hard labor. The last time Ashrufat came to the execution ground, all he saw was the old corpses hanging from the gallows.

Today, however, the situation does not seem to be the same. Because the execution ground was actually crowded here, in front of the gallows, groups of soldiers lined up to maintain order, and the corpses that Ashrufat had seen before had long been cleaned up, and the gallows were cleaned, and even the ropes had been replaced with new ones.

In the midst of the frenzied gaze of the crowd, a criminal was escorted up.

It was a middle-aged man. From his skin and figure, you can tell that this man is the kind of person who lives a pampered life. Of course, at this moment, he was pale, mechanical, and couldn't help but shudder with every step. If it weren't for the two soldiers around him to support him, then maybe his legs and feet wouldn't be able to support his body at all. On the other side, the executioner, shirtless and with a black hood over his head, stepped onto the stage.

Just by witnessing this scene, the little girl felt that her feet were a little weak.

A man dressed as an officer came to the front of the gallows and began to read a document. But because the distance is too far, the little girl can hardly hear. She turned her head to look at Ashrufat beside her, "Can you hear me?" she asked.

"Well, this criminal was originally an official in the city, and he was charged with embezzlement and bribery, and the amount was huge. Ashrufat replied. "The sentence against him was hanging, and besides, his whole family was to be reduced to slavery. ”

"To ...... "To be honest, the little girl has seen murder several times now. But that kind of killing is a sudden act, unlike a public execution, which kills a person step by step. Of course, maybe it's just that she's naturally afraid of this kind of scene, no matter how many times she sees it, she still feels scared.

"Of course, otherwise how could I have been escorted to this execution ground. Ashrufat replied. "But I think it's a little weird. ”

They were now at the edge of the execution ground, and Ashrufat had placed the little girl on a mound so that she could see the scene in the distance. And he stood beside the little girl. As mentioned earlier, there were a large number of spectators at the execution site at this time, and there were all kinds of people, so the two of them did not attract additional attention at all.

"What's strange?" the little girl asked.

"Why should the death penalty be imposed? Doesn't it mean that everyone is trying to go to hard labor now...... Come close......" replied Ashrufat. He looked left and right, chose a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes not far away, went up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Friend, excuse me," Ashrufat asked. "Why did the city start public executions again, I remember not ...... for a long time"

"Hey, you're lonely. The other party replied disappreciatively. "Recently, I've been hanging people every day. There are more than one or two hanged every day. Hey, our country has finally dealt with these moths! These corrupt people ...... the law."

As he spoke, the executioner had already prepared the knots and made a "ready" gesture to the audience. Seeing this action, there was a low cheer from the crowd.

"It's just ostensibly corruption. Another stranger came up to him. He overheard the conversation between Ashrufat and the man, so he said casually. "I've heard it's not corruption at all. In fact, Duke Byron wanted to eliminate dissidents, so in the name of rectifying corruption, he purged General Rafa's faction in the city. And the people on his own side, no matter how much they embezzle, will not be judged, let alone executed. When these people from General Rafa's faction are dead, the entire Eagle Falcon City will be up to Duke Byron. ”

"Cleansing? The previous one replied. "Anyway, the fighting on the top has nothing to do with us ordinary people. Let's just have a good time!"

"How many people have been hanged?" Ashrufat asked casually.

"Quite a lot. But it should also be the last batch. ”

"But if it's cleaning...... How did our Duke of Byron know that the target was General Rafa's people? It sounds like none of these people have very high official positions. ”

"God knows, but if a man becomes a regent, then it is possible that he knows whatever he wants. It must have been learned from some source that General Rafa had hidden the secret nail in Eagle Falcon City. ”

Eshurufat turned his head and looked at the little girl. The few people didn't deliberately lower their voices when they spoke just now, so the little girl heard it clearly. She didn't say anything, just bit her lip and turned her gaze to the torture table.

The executioner put the noose around the prisoner's neck. The prisoner shuddered, closed his eyes, and waited for the last moment of his life to come. With the collapse of the plank under his feet, his body sank violently, and under the effect of his weight, the noose around his neck directly ripped off his neck bone.

The crowd erupted in cheers. Then the officer came to the gallows again and began to read the next document, while the other prisoner had been pushed forward.

"I don't want to look at it, let's go!" said the little girl. As she jumped off the mound, she felt a drowsiness, and she almost fell, but Ashrufat hugged her.

"This kind of execution kills...... It's still a little bit exciting for you. Ashrufat said softly. He helped her up, and the two of them left the execution ground together. Of course, because there were so many spectators, their departure went as well as their arrival, and they did not attract anyone's attention.

Ashrufat noticed a few children in shabby clothes who looked like street children gathered not far away. They looked nervously at Ashrufat and the little girl, but they didn't make any moves.

Maybe the excitement caused by watching the killing was too strong, so the little girl barely spoke on the next tour. Ashrufat followed a "Z" shape and took her around the entire neighborhood. To be honest, the entire flower block, except for that street, is not much to see at all. That is, small houses make up a block, interspersed with small shops and hawkers along the street. The only difference is that there are quite a few high-rise buildings here, most of which are apartments for rent (Ashrufat himself lives in such a place).

They walked back to Flower Street. Flower Street is a relatively wide street, but there are also more than enough alleys, forks and alleys. The little girl had been lost on this street before.

It's not early, and there are already some women standing on the side of the street on the flower street, and the entire storefront along the street is already open, but there are very few pedestrians coming and going, and the men who come to have fun basically do not appear. For Flower Street, it is only a prologue time, and the real drama is far from being staged.

Having said that, don't look at the little girl's young age, in fact, she already has a general understanding of what she is doing here. Because she didn't ask any ridiculous questions all the way, she just walked silently on the side of the street, and from time to time glanced at the women who were wearing heavy makeup and standing on the street with nothing to do for the time being.

"Can I one day clean up all these shops and women here?" said the little girl, who was halfway through, suddenly asked Ashrufat this question.

"Absolutely. Ashrufat replied. "But it doesn't make much sense. ”

"Is there no point in what the king's will is not supreme? ”

"This ...... I can use an analogy. A general can command his soldiers to charge at the enemy, but can he order his soldiers not to feel hungry?"

"Hunger is a human instinct, and it can't be overcome. ”

"Yes, it's a rule that people feel hungry," Ashrufat said with a self-deprecating expression as he said the subject. "No one, not even the king, can change the law. The same is true for this 'flower street'. This in itself is not the result of a deliberate plot by someone, but an inevitable consequence of a law—a law that you have not yet understood. A king learns the law, uses the law, not fights against it. Because that is not something that can be changed by human will. ”

The little girl was silent again. As they continued to walk, they saw five or six men approaching in front of them, and they were in the middle of the road, and the people in the street were out of the way. This was not an unusual thing, but when Ashrufat took the little girl to the side to avoid it, he didn't expect that the other party was coming at them.

The five men stopped and stood in a row, standing in front of Ashrufat and the little girl.

"Stand still!" the young man in the lead shouted at Ashrufat.

Ashrufat had to stop and look at the five men in front of him. The one in the lead was very familiar, and after a few seconds he realized that the young man looked very much like Duke Byron. It should be said that this one is completely the younger version of Duke Byron. The young man carried a saber on his body, and the other four around him were even more armed, and even the soft armor worn inside was even exposed from the collar of his clothes. Not to mention anything else, just by dressing up like this, you know that this group of people is definitely not ordinary people. Because with the exception of the aristocratic quarter, carrying weapons in other neighborhoods will definitely attract the attention of the security patrols.

This one...... It should be the little Byron who only heard his name, but did not see him. Eshurufat's gaze turned away from the young man, and he looked at the other four, who were either guards or bodyguards, for they had a clear smell of fierceness and sophistication. His gaze returned to little Byron again. In Byron's eyes as a child, Ashruphat saw a cloudy gaze of greed, surprise, and lust.

The little girl wrapped half of her face with a scarf, but after all, it happened suddenly, and others had already seen her face clearly, so her action was a bit of an afterthought.

"Is there anything wrong?" asked Ashrufat, standing in front of the little girl.

"What a dare!" said little Byron, peeking around. As mentioned earlier, there are few pedestrians at this time, and the few people are looking at it from a distance and dare not approach it. "Actually abducting and selling children. ”

Ashruphat immediately understood that this could not be good. Little Byron is not a chivalrous man who sees unevenness in the road, he is afraid that he has already known the identity of Ashrufat and the little girl. Of course, Ashrufat couldn't guess what the other party was saying for a while, didn't the other party understand, on the surface the queen is a treasure, but in fact she is a hot potato?