Chapter 76 Blocking the Road

"When I go around here, it's the execution ground." Ashu Rufate said as he walked. "I suggest taking a walk. The execution ground... is really not suitable for you to visit."

In fact, Huajie is very close to the palace, but what the little girl wants is not just walking around this street, but visiting the entire block, so Ashu Rufate had to take her on a road, the execution ground in a corner of the city.

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

The execution ground in Eagle City is actually the same. In fact, there are only a few methods to execute prisoners now, such as gallows, stolen platforms, and guillotines. Of course, in recent years, judges have usually not sentenced prisoners to death, but tend to change to hard labor. The last time Ashrufate came to the execution ground, he saw only some old corpses hanging on the gallows.

However, the situation today seems to be different. Because the execution ground is crowded with people, and in front of the gallows, groups of soldiers lined up to maintain order. The corpses that Ashrufate had seen before had been cleaned up long ago, and the gallows were clean, and even the ropes were replaced with new ones.

Amid the crowd's craziness, a criminal was taken up.

It was a middle-aged man. From his skin and figure, it could be seen that this person was the kind of person who lived a pampered life. Of course, at this moment, he was pale, mechanical in his movements, and he couldn't help but tremble every time he took a step. If it weren't for the two soldiers beside him supporting him, then perhaps his legs and feet could not support his body at all. On the other side, the executioner with his upper body naked and black hooded on his head walked onto the shaped platform.

Just witnessing this scene, the little girl felt her feet weak.

A man dressed in an officer came to the front of the gallows and began to recite a document. However, because the distance was too far, the little girl could hardly hear it. She turned to look at Ash Rufate beside her, "Can you hear it?" she asked.

"Well, this criminal was originally an official in the city. The charge was for embezzlement and bribery, and the amount was huge." Ash Rufate replied. "The sentence against him was hanged, and his whole family would be reduced to slaves."

"Do you want to... kill someone?" To be honest, the little girl has seen murders several times now. But that kind of murder is a sudden act, unlike public execution, killing a person step by step. Of course, perhaps it's just that she is naturally afraid of such a scene, no matter how many times she sees it, she still feels frightened.

"Of course, otherwise why would he be taken to this execution ground?" Ash Rufate replied. "But I think it's a bit strange."

They are now on the edge of the execution ground, and Ashu Rufate puts the little girl on a mound so that she can clearly see the scene in the distance. He is standing next to the little girl. As mentioned earlier, there are many spectators at the execution ground at this time, and there are all kinds of people, so the two of them did not attract any additional attention.

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

"Why was the death penalty? Didn't it mean that we should try our best to work hard... now..." Ashu Rufate replied. He looked around and chose a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes not far away, and went up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Friend, please ask," Ashu Rufat asked. "Why has the city started to publicly execute again? I remember that it hasn't been..."

"Hey, you are ignorant." The other party replied disapprovingly. "In recent times, people have been hanged every day. More than one or two people have hanged them every day. They are basically corruption victims! Hey, our country has finally managed these borers! These corruption-free guys..."

Just as he was talking, the executioner had already prepared the knot and made a "ready" gesture to the audience. Seeing this action, a low cheer came from the crowd.

"It's just corruption on the surface." Another stranger came up next to him. He heard the conversation between Ashu Rufate and that person, so he said casually. "I heard that this was not caused by corruption at all. In fact, Duke Byron wanted to eliminate dissidents, so he just cleaned up the people of General Rafah's faction in the city in the name of rectifying corruption. The people on his own side would not be judged, let alone executed. When all the people of General Rafah's faction died, the entire city of Hawkstone was decided by Duke Byron."

"Purification? Who knows?" the previous one replied. "Anyway, the fights are all the more important, and it has nothing to do with us ordinary people. Let's just watch the fun!"

"How many people were hanged?" Ashu Rufate asked casually.

"There are quite a lot. But it should be the last batch."

"But if it's a purge...how did our Duke Byron know that the target of General Rafah? It sounds like these people are not very high in official positions."

"God knows, but if a person becomes the Regent, then it is possible that he knows nothing. He must have learned from some channel that General Rafa had hidden in the city of Hawks."

Ashu Rufat turned his head and looked at the little girl. The few people didn't deliberately lower their voices when they were talking just now, so the little girl heard it very clearly. She didn't say anything, but just bit her lip and turned her eyes to the punishment stage.

The executioner put the noose on the prisoner's neck. The prisoner trembled, closed his eyes, and waited for the last moment of his life to arrive. As the wooden board under his feet collapsed, his body suddenly sank. Under the influence of his weight, the noose on his neck directly pulled his neck bone.

A burst of cheers broke out in the crowd. Then the officer came to the gallows again and began to recite the next document, while another prisoner had been pushed forward.

"I don't want to watch it, let's go!" said the little girl. When she jumped off the mound, she felt a dizzy feeling and almost fell down. Fortunately, Ash Rufate hugged her.

"This kind of execution and murder...is still a little exciting for you." Ashu Rufat said softly. He helped her and the two left the execution ground together. Of course, because there were so many spectators, their departure and arrival did not attract anyone's attention.

Ashu Rufate noticed that several children who looked like wagging clothes gathered not far away. They looked nervously at Ashu Rufate and the little girl, but did not move any movement.

Perhaps it was because the stimulation caused by the murder was too strong, so the little girl almost didn't say anything on the way to the next tour. Ashu Rufate followed the "Z" line and took her around the entire block. To be honest, the entire Huabian, except for that street, had no highlights at all. In other words, small houses formed a block, mixed with some small shops and hawkers selling along the street. The only difference is that there are many high-rise buildings here, mostly some apartments for rent (Heshu Rufate himself lives in such a place).

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

It was getting late, and some women standing by the street had sparsely appeared on Hua Street. All the shops along the street were open, but there were few pedestrians coming and going, and those men who came to have fun basically did not appear. For Hua Street, it is just a prelude time, and the real scenes are far from being staged.

Having said that, although the little girl is young, she has already roughly understood what she is doing here. Because she has not asked any ridiculous questions along the way, she just walked by the street silently, looking at the women wearing heavy makeup and standing on the street from time to time.

"Can I clean up all the shops and women here one day?" Halfway through, the little girl suddenly asked Ash Rufate this question.

"Of course," Ash Rufate replied. "But that doesn't make much sense."

"Why is there no meaning? Isn't the king's will supreme? This is what you told me last time."

"This... I can give an example. A general can order his soldiers to charge towards the enemy, but can he order his soldiers not to feel hungry?"

"Hunger is human instinct, and that is insurmountable."

"Yes, it is a law for people to feel hungry," Ashurufate said of this topic, showing a self-deprecating expression. "No one, even the king, cannot change the law. Why does this 'flower street' appear here? This itself is not the result of someone's deliberate planning, but the inevitable result created by a law - a law you have not yet understood. A king must learn the law, use the law, rather than confront the law. Because it cannot be changed by relying on the will of man."

The little girl was silent again. They continued to walk forward, but saw five or six men ahead coming towards this side. They occupied the middle of the road, with great momentum, and the people on the street were all trying to avoid it. This was not a strange thing, but when Ash Rufate led the little girl to avoid it, he unexpectedly came for them.

The five people stopped and stood in a row, blocking Ashrufate and the little girl.

"You guys, stop!" the young man in the lead said loudly to Ash Rufate.

Ashu Rufate had to stop and look at the five men in front of him. The leader looked very familiar. After a few seconds, he realized that this young man looked very similar to Duke Byron. It should be said that this one was completely the young version of Duke Byron. The young man carried a sword on his body, and the other four around him were fully armed, and even the soft armor he wore was exposed in the collar of his clothes. Not to mention anything else, just dressing up like this, you know that this group of people must not be ordinary people. Because except for the noble area, carrying weapons in other neighborhoods will definitely attract the attention of the security patrol.

This... should be the little Byron who only heard of his name but had not seen him. Ashu Rufate's eyes moved away from the young man and looked at the other four - these four were either guards or bodyguards, because they revealed a clear and powerful smell. His eyes returned to Byron again. From the little Byron's eyes, Ashu Rufate saw the turbid gaze made up of greed, surprise and lust.

The little girl wrapped her face with a scarf, but after all, the sudden incident was happening, and others had long seen her face clearly, and her actions were a bit hindsighted.

"Is there anything wrong?" Ashu Rufate asked in front of the little girl.

"What a courage!" Little Byron looked around. As mentioned earlier, there were few pedestrians at this time, and a few people looked at them from afar and did not dare to come close. "He actually abducted children."

Ashu Rufate immediately understood that this matter might not be good. Little Byron was not a knight who saw the wrongdoing. He probably already knew the identities of Ashu Rufate and the little girl. Of course, Ashu Rufate could not guess why the other party said that. Doesn’t the other party understand that? On the surface, the queen is a treasure, but in fact she is a hot potato?
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