Fast Travel: I Don't Want to Save the World

Chapter 166 The Era of Great Navigation ([-])
In the center of the square, a man was tied to a wooden frame, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth, and wood on the soles of his feet. He was surrounded by people watching his burning, including men, women, old people, and children.

"Manny Rosas Dunphy."

Holding a torch in his hand, the middle-aged man walked to the wooden frame. In front of everyone, he talked about the man's guilt: "I owe Mr. Field fifteen silver coins, and he will not pay Mr. Field back when the deadline is due." silver coins, and murder Lord Field!"

Gasps of surprise sounded from the crowd.

"Murder Lord Field?"

Immediately afterwards, someone cursed: "Murderer! He should be burned! Burn him to death!"

"Those who do not keep their promises will be despised by God!"

The middle-aged man put the torches on the four corners of the wooden frame. Oil was sprinkled on the corners, and it was lit at one point. Suddenly, the flames blazed brightly.

The middle-aged man threw the torch and stepped back.

At this moment, Rodriguez squeezed out from the crowd. He bumped into the side of the middle-aged man and rushed towards the wooden frame. Rodriguez swung his sword and slashed at the wooden stake that trapped Manny. As soon as the rope fell , Manny sat on the ground with his legs limp, and Rodriguez immediately picked him up and led him out of the flames.

Rodriguez tore off the cloth from Manny's mouth and asked, "Uncle, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Manny took Rodriguez's arm and supported him to stand up. He limped towards the middle-aged man who was lifted from the ground: "I, Manny Rosas Dunphy, really I owe silver to the Caballero family, but that's five silver coins, not fifteen, and I didn't murder Field!"

"Ha! Pretend to be crazy!" The middle-aged man called out two followers, pointed at them and said, "They saw you insult Mr. Field and push him down the steps. He is still unconscious!"

"They are your people, of course they say what you want!" Rodriguez said.

"They are Lord Field's entourage, not mine. Lord Field is a well-known good man in the city. Are you questioning Lord Field's noble character? Anyway, if Manny doesn't pay back the silver coins he owes, we can punish him." Hanging!"

Rodriguez didn't look at the middle-aged man, he said loudly to the palace guards on the high platform behind the crowd: "We apply for a fair trial!"

The Royal Palace is directly behind the square.

The middle-aged man approached Rodriguez, snorted coldly and said, "Fair trial? Rodriguez, are you going to fight against the Caballero family?"

"We apply for a fair trial!" Rodriguez looked at the guards and said loudly again.

Manny took his hand and whispered in his ear: "Rod, we can't fight them, the Caballeros are nobles, and the king will favor the Caballeros!"

"Uncle, I know the result of our application for a fair trial, but don't forget to duel, I will fight for you!"

The middle-aged man didn't want them to say anything more, so he waved his hand and asked people to separate them.

"The guy who overestimated himself! Take Manny away and give it to Wang Jun!"

"It's great that I can get rid of both of you uncle and nephew at once, Rodriguez, see you tomorrow!"

Manny was dragged away, and Rodriguez watched his uncle until he disappeared.

The surrounding crowd dispersed, only Rodriguez and Ye Qing were left in the square.

Through Rodriguez's conversation with the middle-aged man, both Ye Qing and Hu Yingfeng roughly understood what happened. Rodriguez's uncle Manny owed money to the Caballero family, but the Caballero family transferred the debt to Field was a well-known philanthropist in the city. Manny pushed him down the steps, which would definitely make many people angry. As for the debt, it was also a method for them to increase the debt from 5 silver coins to 15 silver coins. Manny couldn't even afford to pay back 5 silver coins, let alone 15 silver coins.

And saying that Manny pushed Field off the ladder should be regarded as a kind of personal revenge. After all, there is no wave without wind.

Manny has a feud with the Caballero family.

Rodriguez turned around and walked towards Ye Qing and the others.

Shi Yin suddenly asked: "What is a fair trial?"

"Only the king's soldiers can hang people. Theft, robbery, murder, and rape will all be hanged by the soldiers. If the offender refuses to obey, he can apply to the king for a fair trial. The king will send someone to investigate the matter and try the offender." Rodriguez snorted and spit on the ground: "All laws are for the royal family and nobles. The Caballero family is the oldest noble in the city, and the king will definitely favor them!"

"Then what is a duel?"

"If you refuse to accept the king's trial, you have two choices. One is to throw him into the sea outside the Norland continent. Uncle was injured in his early years. Throwing him into the sea is no different from death. The other is to fight. The king will send a Warrior, we will fight to the death tomorrow! If I win, the king will release my uncle, the Caballero family can no longer pursue this matter, and the king will not betray the former king's rules!"

"What if you lose?"

"If there is no if, I will definitely win." Rodriguez clenched his fists and continued: "Let's go, let's go back first."

Before the few people walked out of the square, someone ran and shouted: "Rods! Oh, is that you, Rhodes?"

A woman ran towards Rodriguez. He saw the person clearly and immediately ran over and hugged her: "Aunt Dia, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Rod. I heard you were back, so I came to the square quickly. You come with me to see your mother first. She's in a very bad condition."

Rodriguez's mother has been in poor health recently, and they couldn't afford to save Manny, so Dia had to conceal the news that Manny was burned tonight.

Dia sent Rodriguez's mother to live with her natal family. For some reason, she still learned the news early this morning. She vomited blood twice, and she was about to die.

Dia knew that before she breathed her last, she wanted to see her son.

When Rodriguez met his mother, Maria, she was skinny and skinny.

He knelt beside her bed, held her hand tightly, and said softly: "Mother, I am Rhodes."

"Rod, let me touch you."

Maria could no longer see, she could only touch his face with both hands: "Rod, you must save your uncle, those guys from Caballero framed your uncle, everything is my fault, if it wasn't for me If you're so sick, your uncle won't ask them to borrow money!"

"Mother, uncle will be fine, and you will be fine too."

Maria sniffed and took out a hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, but there were no tears to wipe away.

"My child, take me back, let's go home."

Dia said: "Maria, isn't it good here, why are you leaving?"

"Dear Diya, thank you for everything you have done for me. I don't want to die here and bring you bad luck. It's not easy for you."

"Maria..."

"Stop talking, let's go."

On the way home, Maria leaned into her son's arms, her voice intermittent: "Rod, I have been proud of both of you all my life, your father, and you, son, continue to follow your dreams, I will watch from the sky You, until you achieve your dreams."

"Mother……"

Suddenly, Maria's hand slipped down.

Rodriguez stopped, not daring to speak, and the tears in his eyes dripped down his mother's cheeks.

Seeing this, Ye Qing walked to his side and said softly: "She just fell into a coma."

"Yes, mother is just asleep." Rodriguez nodded, and more tears fell on Maria's face.

"Mom is tired, I want to take mother back." He hugged his mother and looked at Hu Yingfeng: "Hu, there is a doctor staying at the third door of the alley, please go and ask him to come to Rosas's house .”

Ye Qing said: "There is no need to find a doctor."

(End of this chapter)