Gold is Justice

It was also at this time that they suddenly heard a loud shout from the front——

"Come on! Grab that city lord! Don't worry about the others! Just grab the city lord!"

Immediately, the soldiers heard the sound of charging again, and it seemed that many people were rushing towards this side!

The soldiers with transient blindness panicked. They hurriedly raised the elemental guns in their hands and fired in the direction of the sound.But the elemental guns in their hands can only be loaded with one bullet at a time, and they have to be reloaded in a hurry after firing a shot.In the case of poor visibility, reloading bullets has become a very difficult thing.

It was at this moment that a group of black shadows, relying on the cover of darkness, quietly walked into the middle of these soldiers.That is, at the moment when the city lord rubbed his eyes, hoping to recover his sight as soon as possible...

A sword was firmly on his throat.

"Everyone! Don't move! Your city lord has been captured by us! Everyone immediately put down their weapons and surrender!"

There was another shout from the mermaid army in the distance, and these soldiers were shocked, and almost instinctively turned their heads to look in the direction of the city lord behind.Of course, they soon saw that the object they were protecting was now held around the neck by a man with extremely long hair with a black sword, pulling him up and slowly backing away.

But this city lord is now so frightened that his legs are weak, his hands are trembling, and he can't say a word at all...

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At the dawn of the day, Ariel sat on the horse, with a smile on her face, and slowly entered Xiaoxi City surrounded by the team.

This city looks too small compared to Pelican City, and most of the city's buildings are made of wood, unlike Pelican City, which is a city made of stone and steel.

The streets looked messy and dirty, and even feces and urine that hadn't been cleaned up could be seen in some corners.Maybe it was because of the rain yesterday, everything on the street looked wet and mixed with mud, it seemed that this place was really just a dilapidated small city.

But even so, when Ariel raised her head and looked to the north of the city ahead, she saw a small castle carefully built of rocks and wood standing there.

Of course, this castle is not comparable to the Swan Castle next to Pelican City, but the height of almost five floors and a moat in front of it obviously separate the magnificence of this castle from the filth and mess in the city. distance.

Ariel raised her head and looked up at the castle.

Then, she turned her head and looked at the people hiding in those dilapidated wooden shacks, carefully waiting for an unknown fate.

And based on experience, she can also clearly see that some buildings are not purely used for the residents of the city.Those buildings look a little better... Of course, it just looks a little better on the facade.

After crossing the moat, Ariel came to the main entrance of the castle.

There are still a few pools of blood on the ground here, and there are still some corpses of city guards piled up in a small corner not far away.

Ariel exhaled slightly, turned her head, and asked the mermaid soldier next to her, "How many brothers have we lost?"

The mermaid soldier nodded slightly, and said, "Five people died, three were seriously injured, and twelve were slightly injured. Thirty-six enemies were killed, and almost 36 people surrendered."

Ariel nodded and continued: "Bury the brothers who died well. If they have family members, they must be given sufficient pensions. The injured brothers must be treated with the best medicine and the best doctor. "

The mermaid soldier nodded and ran out to make arrangements.

After entering the castle, there is a huge courtyard in front of you.

Now, the mermaid army has cleaned the courtyard.It's just that compared to the scenery in the courtyard and the bloody battle last night, Ariel is more interested in the scene in the middle of the courtyard.

In the middle of the courtyard, Suta, who has always been very gentle and steady, is now holding a horsewhip in his hand, almost desperately beating a fat man tied to a post.And the fat man had obviously passed out from the beating pain, and his body was even more bloodstained, motionless.

"Wake him up for me!"

Suta yelled loudly, and the two mermaid soldiers next to him immediately poured a bucket of water on the fat man's face.

The fat man's face caught cold, he shivered, and finally woke up again.But as soon as he woke up, he began to cry out in pain, while tears and snot rolled down one after another.

"I ask you! Where did you get my child! Tell me!"

At this time, Suta had completely lost her usual demeanor, only anger remained in her eyes, and the movements of her hands did not stop at all.The moment she asked the question, she swung her whip again, drawing a brand new bloodstain on the fat man's body.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I...I beg you...don't hit me! Woooo...I...I can say anything! But I...don't know! Woooooo...I am ...Five years ago... I just came here to be the city lord... Wuwuwu... I really don't know anything...!"

Suta gritted his teeth and whipped another whip with his backhand: "I don't know? I'll hit you until you know! You abducted my child. If you don't speak clearly today, I'll kill you piece by piece. tear off!!!"

Saying that, the whip in Suta's hand whipped up again and again.

Bass was standing next to him, but compared to the current agitation of the soufflé, the magic swordsman seemed completely indifferent to it.

He just silently watched his wife beat the man here, without even shaking his eyebrows.Afterwards, he saw Ariel who got off the horse, and after pondering for a moment, he stepped forward and grabbed Suta's hand that was about to be whipped.

"Honey! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!"

The hand was grabbed, and the anger in Suta's heart turned into grievance the moment she saw her husband.There were tears in her eyes, and then she cried out as if she couldn't control it at all. At the same time, she dropped the whip and threw herself into Bass's arms, crying loudly.

In this regard, Bass is still indifferent, and can only lower his head silently, watching his wife's distraught cry.

As for the fat city lord, it was obvious that he finally didn't have to be beaten anymore, so he was relieved.

Ariel turned her head and asked a mermaid soldier next to her, "How is the security and stability in the city?"

The soldier immediately saluted and responded: "Several team leaders are leading people to sort out all the situation in the city! They are also leading people to raid those strongholds that may hide kidnapped criminals. They have been raiding since dawn. It shouldn't take much How long will it take to solve it!"

Ariel let out a "hmm", and then turned her gaze to the fat man's side.She stepped forward, looked up and down at the fat city lord, and then said——

"Sir, do you know me?"

The dying fat city lord slowly opened his eyes. After seeing Ariel, he was obviously agitated, but this agitation affected the wounds on his body, causing his lips to twitch again in pain, and howled.

"Looks like you really know me."

Ariel smiled.

After a while, the fat city lord finally said with trembling lips, "Your Majesty's mistress... the Marquis... I once... once in the capital... saw you once... that time... that time... "

Ariel nodded and said, "Do you have anything to say about the arrival of our mermaid army?"

The fat city lord's face was ashen now. After hesitating for a while, he finally said: "Please...please forgive me...it hurts...I...I don't dare anymore..."

"Don't you dare? It's not enough just not to dare."

Ariel chuckled, then dragged a suitcase next to her and opened it.She pointed to the piles of contracts and mortgage documents inside, and said—"Before we came, you had so many documents hidden here. If we leave now, dare you say that you will not continue to do this What kind of thing? And I think you are quite interesting. When you want to escape, you don’t carry gold, silver and treasure with you, but you take all these contracts that control people’s lives. What? Do you think you can come back again? And then use these contracts to make everyone continue to obey you?"

The fat city lord stopped talking.

Ariel shook her head, closed the box of papers, and continued: "We're here, but you said you didn't dare. Before we came, how could you dare to do anything? You never thought about it, what if you don't dare?" Your child was also kidnapped today, how anxious are you?"

Regarding Ariel's current questioning, the fat city lord was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "My son...has...went to the next city...to be rescued...you...you better...let me go right away...otherwise ...Otherwise...you...will be finished...!"

Of course, Ariel would not be frightened by such a sentence, but she could also see that this man was still resisting because he still had the last protection in his mind.If you want him to confess honestly, you must completely break his resistance.

"Okay! Someone will come to rescue you, right? How many people? Is it more than a thousand? Less than ten thousand? It seems that I should mobilize my troops. I will immediately bring a team of [-] people over to see if I can welcome you. The arrival of the son? Presumably, the scene of the recognition of your father and son will be very dramatic."

Chapter 540 is no longer cold

Ariel was not simply bluffing.

After all, pure bluff is easy to see through.

At that moment, she turned her head, and immediately discussed with some soldiers beside her how to deal with the attack of the reinforcements. At the same time, she also began to discuss how to mobilize troops, how to form an encirclement around Xiaoxi City, and then wait for the reinforcements to come The reinforcements entered the pre-set pocket array by themselves.

While talking, Ariel even gradually drifted away from some small captains, completely as if she didn't want to take care of the city lord anymore.

Seeing that the woman who moved the entire Blue Bay Empire really targeted her son, the city lord panicked.He couldn't guarantee that the reinforcements his son could bring would really exceed [-], and he couldn't guarantee that they would be able to recapture Xiaoxi City from this scheming woman!

At that moment, he started to yell in a panic, even ignoring the pain in his body, he kept rubbing the rope wrapped around his body, trying to break free.

"No...don't! Please! Don't touch my son! Everything else is easy to say! Don't deal with my son! My son has been well protected by me! He is stupid! But he... he thinks he is very Clever! So please!"

Ariel pretended not to hear, and soon, she turned a corner with the soldiers and disappeared.

And Suta next to him walked up slowly holding the whip, and directly pressed the whip in his hand against the chin of the city lord, and said viciously: "If you want to save your son...tell me the truth!"

The city lord is so anxious that he is about to cry. He even wished he could get a few more whips on his body, and hoped that this army would not attack his son. Of course, he also fully complied with Suta's request: "Okay, okay! I I'm telling the truth! I'll tell you everything you want to know! Just please don't touch my son!"

Hearing this, Suta gritted his teeth and said, "How do you usually abduct and sell children...especially those children who are abducted when they are about one year old, how do you deal with them? Tell me!"

The city lord is completely panicked now, and he simply answers whatever he asks: "A one-year-old child... a one-year-old child... ah! A young child! I have to ask my subordinates how to do these things! But... ...Basically, they are sold at the same time! Boys can be sold for a good price...More people pay high prices...Girls are sold cheaper, and almost no one accepts girls who are about one year old!"

Suta: "What else? Where did you sell it?!"

The lord of the city mourned: "There are people everywhere... people buy it everywhere! We... we basically take orders to do business... After all, only after we have customers... my subordinates can make goods...! Then after getting the goods, I will send them to the customer... If the customer... If the customer is not satisfied with the final inspection..."

Hearing this, Suta was a little nervous for a while, and immediately asked: "If you are not satisfied, what will you do!"

The city lord also saw that Suta's eyes were wrong, and quickly changed his words: "If you are not satisfied! We will keep the child! Then sell it to the next customer! This lady... I beg you... I beg you first Go talk to that Marquis lady, okay? Let her spare my son...at least...at least let me send a letter to my son! I will make my son surrender and never come to Xiaoxi City !is it good?"

Suta snorted, intending to press on.

But at this moment, Bass on the side saw two mermaid soldiers running past the square in a hurry. He glanced at his wife who was questioning him, and then came to the two soldiers in a flash. Behind the soldier, he asked, "What's the matter? So anxious."

The two soldiers were taken aback, and when they turned their heads to see that it was Song of the Mermaid, they breathed a sigh of relief.Right now, Ariel in the distance is talking to the captains, and it seems that there is nothing free.And Bass is undoubtedly a person with strong individual combat ability here and a member of the guild.Immediately, the two soldiers saluted Bass.

Seeing the two soldiers salute to him, Bass was a little surprised, and returned the salute dryly.At this moment, the soldiers said, "Mr. Bass Macaroon, we have something to report to you."

After speaking, the two soldiers told Bass what they found in the city. Bass was taken aback, and then he and the two soldiers left the castle and went to a depression outside the city.

Here, more than a dozen soldiers of the mermaid army stood inside and out.And when these soldiers saw Bass coming, they gave way one after another, allowing the member of Song of the Mermaid to enter the depression and see the situation inside clearly.

Although I have heard about it before, when Bass really stood on the edge of the depression and looked at the situation inside, the scene in front of him deeply touched the man who should have been washed away from all his emotions.

Now, it is already June.

The slightly hot temperature makes the air filled with a rancid smell with a little sweet and sour taste.

The faces of the soldiers were all covered with cloth, but even so, it still couldn't cover up the strong smell, nor could it make people ignore everything here.

bone……

Big and small, all kinds of bones, bones that have completely turned into dry bones, bones with flesh attached, bones with obvious cracks, and even very young bones...

From the meat that hadn't completely rotted, Bass could clearly see that most of it was the bones of women and children.The slightly older corpses were thrown here with their hands tied behind their backs without exception.If the age is too young, it will be thrown here like garbage.

While Buzz watched all this silently, the soldier on the side said softly: "Those bastards recruited, saying that they basically deal with it once in the first half of the year... If there is no product sold within half a year, and there is nothing If it's useful, let's deal with it like this... The so-called useless basically means that the woman is already sick and unable to receive customers, the child is too weak or disabled by beating, etc..."

In this regard, Bass nodded slightly, and continued to stare at the bones in the pit.

After a while, his thoughts suddenly returned to the square just now, and fell on his nominal wife—Suta.

If she was allowed to see this mass grave, what would she think?

For seven years, she has been obsessed with finding her son, will she have a nervous breakdown?Will there be some scary emotions?

Thinking of this, Bass suddenly realized that he actually started to care about that woman?

Those memories of living with Suta, training with her, being taken care of by her, and then embarking on the road to find her son that should have been buried deep in the memory...

None of this was forgotten, just buried.But now, these memories, like seeds buried deep in the ground, sprouted in full, and began to emerge again from the depths of the memories that had been washed into eternal frozen soil by the potion...

Along the way, Bass has no idea of ​​good or bad feelings about Suta.