After Kerry was beheaded and executed, there was a chorus of applause. Many people found it difficult to express their hatred. They crowded up and kicked the head that rolled down the execution platform. They cursed in the most vicious words and even threatened to kill this dog official.

His relatives were killed together.

Kerry's body fell alone in front of the guillotine, trembling from time to time. As for the story behind it, no one cared about it because of the angry group emotions.

"Silence! In addition to the fire in the granary, there is another thing that happened at the Dragon Fire Festival. I think everyone knows it." Gomai shouted to suppress the noise of the crowd. He pointed to the guards and said profoundly, "Bring that person up.

"

Under the spotlight of everyone, a dirty beggar was brought up by the guards. Although he pretended to be calm, judging from his weak legs and wandering eyes, he was very nervous now.

This is not surprising. Even if they have long since considered death and are ready to sacrifice themselves for others, there are only a few people who can truly remain calm before the guillotine.

Gome pointed at the beggar and said seriously to everyone: "This man broke into the Qingjiang dike on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, kidnapped the unsuspecting dike supervisor, opened the gate and released the flood, and flooded most of the northern city. How should he be punished?"

Disposal?"

Everyone was still immersed in the excitement of Kerry being beheaded, and they immediately shouted without thinking: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill???" Gomer showed a look of astonishment, and quickly reached out to hold the beggar's hand, brought him to the stage, and said righteously, "This is a hero!"

"He held the dam supervisor hostage and released the flood privately. This should have been a capital crime, but his original intention was to use the water from the Qingjiang River to relieve the fire in the granary! Although he failed in the end, what a brave move it was?!"

"He is saving you! He is also saving Danyu City! Death? No! This is by no means a destination that a hero should have. He should be respected by all of us!"

Gome held the beggar's wrist, raised one of his arms into the air, and shouted loudly, "In the name of the governor of Danyu City, I exempt him from the crime of opening the flood gate and reward him with 100 silver moons as a reward."

Commendation!”

At this moment, the people were stupid, and the beggars were also stupid.

The beggar originally thought that his life was over. He could bear the death penalty for Maban before he died. It didn't matter if he died early and was reincarnated early. Anyway, he had no hope of begging for food every day. If he could keep an upright official, his life was not in vain.

But who would have thought that Gomer would exempt him from the crime of opening a floodgate and even give him an undreamed-of wealth.

When the beggar dumbly accepted the bag of silver moon handed over by the guard, some of the people in the audience were sour and some were jealous, wishing that he would be the one to open the gate to release the flood that night.

Of course, more people spontaneously respected him, not only respecting the brave beggar, but also respecting Gomer, the selfless but reasonable consul who did not let bad people go or wronged good people.

At this moment, Gomer's image became extremely majestic in the hearts of the people, and gradually, cheers came one after another:

"Lord Gome! You are a respectable consul! How lucky Danyu City is to have you!"

"We have no regrets about being your people, and we will always follow you! No matter what happens, we will support you!"

"Lord Gome knows everything and will definitely lead us through this crisis!"

With a smile on his face, Gomer raised his hands and said calmly: "Thank you very much for your support. This is just my responsibility as a consul. There is nothing to brag about. That's it for today's gathering. Everyone

You can go your separate ways."

"Sir! Please wait a moment, I have another question!" A civilian squeezed to the front and asked worriedly, "None of our families have any surplus food now. There was some high-priced food in the market a few days ago. Now it is

Even if you pay a high price, you can’t buy it anymore. Everyone is waiting for the wheat in Danyu Plain to save their lives this season, but the royal family ordered us to pull out the wheat stalks and plant blood essence grass instead. What are you going to do?"

Gome signaled not to panic and said with a smile: "Please believe that our kingdom and the royal family will give everyone a satisfactory explanation for this matter."

After the rally, Gomer rushed back to the ruling residence in a carriage. He smiled all the way and responded politely to the civilians who saluted him.

But as soon as he arrived at the executive mansion and was cut off from the outside world, his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, as if he was about to drip water.

Lin Gengsen and Gomei almost walked in front and back. Lin Gengsen's face was wrinkled with anxiety. He reached out and pushed Gomei: "Old Mai, what are you doing? Why don't you execute the beggar who released the flood? You actually gave it back to him.

Commendation? Are you crazy?!"

Gome scolded back: "You are the one who didn't understand the situation! As a little beggar, do you think he can think of a way to release floods and put out fires? Even if he can think of it, he has the ability to sneak into the dam and kidnap the supervisor? That's not bad at all.

The amount of flood released only flooded Beicheng? That is a beggar who lives and wastes food! Who do you think he is?"

Lin Gengsen was a little confused: "Then what exactly is going on with the Qingjiang dam flood discharge?"

Gome sighed heavily and said in a deep voice: "I have already cross-examined it clearly. The person who went to the dam that day was also Maban. The idea of ​​releasing floods to put out the fire should have been Maban's idea, but the person who opened the gate was the beggar.

There are only his finger and palm prints on the control lever, so this is a scapegoat who is deliberately taking the blame for Pockmarked."

Lin Gengsen asked inexplicably: "He wants to die, can you just let him die? Why should you commend him?"

Gome was so angry that he paced back and forth, his face turned red: "My old friend, you still haven't understood that flood discharge is no longer important! No one will care! The key point now is the Danyu Plain.

!”

"With A Bao's death, our plan of purchasing instead of farming cannot be implemented. Although the millions of tons of grain are still in the hands of boss Du Mingwei, he can no longer get them out!"

"In the eyes of the outside world, the grain has been completely burned by the fire. If we suddenly take out the grain again, everyone will know that we colluded with Du Mingwei and deliberately planned the fire in the granary."

"So, now we have no way out, do you understand? If in order to protect the people, we don't pull out the wheat stalks in Danyu Plain, and don't implement the decree to plant blood essence grass instead, we will not be able to deliver our work to the superiors, and we will be dead."

"If we implement the government order and pull up the wheat stalks in Danyu Plain, more than 6 million civilians in Danyu City will have no food to eat. When famine breaks out and a civil uprising breaks out, the two of us will either be caught and hanged by the hungry people, or we will be used as slaves to the royal family.

The scapegoat is brought out and executed."

"Our advance and retreat are all dead ends, do you understand?!"

Lin Gengsen should have been mentally prepared for this, so he didn't appear too shocked, and just asked silently: "Does what you said have anything to do with commending beggars?"

"It does matter, because in addition to the two roads just mentioned, there is another way to go, but it is extremely dangerous. It is not about advancing or retreating, but we have to open up ourselves." Gomer clenched his fists, his eyes incomparable.

Hot, said the second half of the sentence with great emphasis
Chapter completed!