Robert asked in disbelief: "You commit such a serious crime, but the result is just hanging? When did the laws of the White Tower become so loose?"
"We don't want to either. There's nothing we can do about it."
The red-robed wizard standing in front of him spread his hands helplessly.
...He is definitely hiding something on purpose.
Robert narrowed his eyes.
This person's name is Naxi, a family wizard who was born and raised in the White Tower. This person was once Robert's senior and one of Robert's friends. After graduating three years ago, he was assigned to work in the Archives Department
, responsible for sorting and summarizing the information sent by the Waste Bureau and the Public Security Bureau, and then handing it over to different leaders.
Basically, all information related to criminals and wanted persons will go through Naxi once. If Robert wants to get some official information that has not been disclosed yet, going to Naxi is the safest way.
Robert heard from his classmates that news about Orlando's execution would be announced in the near future, so he eagerly went to Naxi to get inside information.
After all, if you just "don't disclose it yet", the level of confidentiality is actually not that high.
But even if the level of confidentiality is not very high, Robert, who has often met Naxi in private since a long time ago, has been on the waste bureau's blacklist and has been investigated very carefully by the waste bureau. Otherwise, Robert Titan's spy
It will probably take some time for his identity to be revealed.
"Anyway, that's what it's all about... If nothing happens, I'll leave first?"
Naxi flashed his red robe, proving that he was busy with important matters and had no time to linger.
In fact, it was precisely because he knew Robert's identity that Naxi did not want to have contact with Robert.
Naxi naturally knew what kind of embarrassing identity he had. It was precisely because his family was very innocent that Naxi got such a job. But even so, after Robert's true identity was investigated, he was still arrested by the Waste Bureau.
Monitored secretly for a period of time.
However, not having contact with Robert was not because Naxi was afraid of getting angry.
He really thought about Robert and found ways to avoid contact with Robert.
Naxi knew very well that the reason why Robert was fine for the time being was because of his status as the Titan Prince. Because the information Robert had obtained from the White Tower so far had not touched the real taboos, he believed that the information was not worth offending Bai from the Titan Empire.
Only then would the tower turn a blind eye to him.
But the day Robert came into contact with the real secret from Naxi was the day he died.
Naxi knew very well that if Robert continued to have contact with him, sooner or later something like this would really happen.
But he didn't expect that he couldn't hide it from his old friend.
According to Robert's understanding of Naxi, whenever Naxi wanted to hide something, he would spread his hands unnaturally.
"Wait a minute, Naxi."
Robert softly stopped the red-robed wizard who was about to leave: "This matter is really important to me... Can you tell me why Orlando cannot be sentenced to death."
"Are you serious, Robert?"
Naxi turned around helplessly.
"Let me beg you..."
Robert lowered his head and pleaded with Naxi in a hoarse voice: "This issue is really important to me, please tell me."
Naxi looked at Robert's haggard face and couldn't help but be startled.
Until now, he had never seen Robert look so tired.
After hesitating for a moment, he spoke to Robert.
"The reason is... we have no evidence."
"Because they have no evidence."
Roland chuckled and explained to Esther: "At this time, if you directly announce that I will be sentenced to death at the beginning, it will only make those meddlesome people think that the White Tower senior management is trying to cover up - they will only
I believe that the senior officials of the White Tower have indeed obtained Orlando's wealth. That's why they want to use Orlando's execution as a cover to appease the anger of the wizards."
"In this case, if the White Tower does not give me a more 'merciful' execution, but insists on the death penalty, they will only think that the senior officials of the White Tower are guilty, and the truth is just as they guessed."
"On the contrary, if it were announced at the beginning that I would be hanged, people would also be dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction with the White Tower senior officials has already taken root in their hearts, but they have never noticed it. Now, as long as they find a
They should be vented in the appropriate place—for example, me."
"People are always like this. The more angry, dissatisfied, and hateful they are, the more they like to oppose and refute. The pleasure brought by the inflated vanity brought by opposing authority and refuting the truth is enough to make them forget the previous unhappiness.
.Only by establishing one's authority in this way can they feel that they are alive."
Roland leaned forward and asked Esther to put on a black blindfold, and said briskly in a pleasant tone: "——But, this only proves their superficiality and stupidity."
"Don't they want to object? Then I will give them room to object -"
Esther tied the black blindfold on the back of Roland's head and asked with a chuckle: "Then have you considered Robert's idea?"
Unusually, Roland suddenly fell silent.
In the small basement, the only sound for a while was the sound of Esther arranging Roland's clothes.
After about a minute, Roland finally spoke: "Esther, let me tell you a joke."
"oh?"
"Once upon a time, there was a rich man who used a cart to transport a lot of treasures. But while he was in the forest, the cart suddenly broke down. At this time, a hunter and a dog happened to pass by."
Roland whispered: "So, the rich man asked the hunter to temporarily look after the cart, and the hunter agreed. The rich man went to find a replacement cart, while the hunter guarded the treasure."
"Until evening, the hunter still hadn't come back. The hunter began to worry about his old mother who was alone at home, so he asked the dog to watch the car while he went home to take care of his old mother."
"When the rich man came back, he saw that the hunter's dog had been watching the cart, so the rich man let the dog take back a silver coin as a reward for the hunter."
"Then the dog ran home and handed the silver coins to his master."
At this point, Roland stopped suddenly, turned his head slightly, and looked at Esther with a half-smile through the black cloth covering his eyes: "Guess what happened next?"
"If we follow the normal development of the story, it should be the hunter who touched the dog's head and then cooked it a delicious meal," Esther tilted her head and analyzed with interest, "But since you asked me
If so, it definitely can’t be that simple.”
"If I were to make up a story, the next step would be like this -"
Esther thought for a moment and then continued: "The hunter looked at the silver coins handed over by the dog, and suddenly he felt a little greedy in his heart."
"'Since I can give you a silver coin, I should also be able to give you a gold coin.' The hunter thought so and asked the dog to go to the rich man again to ask for money. The rich man thought about it and then
I readily agreed."
"When the dog got the gold coins back, the hunter hid the gold coins carefully and tied a cloth bag to the dog."
"'You ask the man to fill the bag with gold coins, or you won't come back.' Saying this, the hunter let the dog out again and asked the dog to find the rich man."
"Faced with such an unreasonable request, the rich man naturally refused. So the dog stuck around the rich man and never went back. In this way, the man and the dog who were escorting the treasure experienced a lot together and developed feelings for each other.
.”
"'Do you want to go back?' Faced with the rich man's question, the dog finally chose to return to his owner. So the rich man followed the hunter's words, filled the dog's bag with gold coins, and let the dog take it with him.
Return to the master with the gold coins."
When Esther said this, a certain light flashed inexplicably in his eyes.
However, his voice did not change at all.
After a short pause, Esther continued: "But the gold coins are really too heavy. The dog accidentally fell into the trap set by the hunter, and managed to climb out with the gold coin bag, but its legs
He is also lame, has injuries on his body, and the bag containing the money is leaking."
"...Ester?"
"The dog just dragged the bag with holes in it and limped towards the hunter's home. As it walked forward step by step, the gold coins gradually slipped out of the bag."
Ignoring Roland's questions at all, Esther just continued to read: "In the end, the dog did not return to the hunter's home, but died on the road."
"...Is it over? Esther?"
"It would be best if it ends."
Esther shook her head, and the smile on her face gradually deformed, eventually becoming as pale and dry as a mask.
For a moment, he was glad that he put a blindfold on Roland so that Roland could not clearly see his expression at the moment.
After a short pause, Esther said quietly: "One day after that, one day after that, the hunter went out to hunt after the rain."
"Then, the hunter found a familiar bag with a hole in it on a certain corpse that had turned into white bones. Inside was a few dirty gold coins."
"The hunter was so happy when he saw that he could find money when he went hunting. However, he had completely forgotten about such a trivial matter as losing a dog a few years ago."
"The hunter thinks that since there is a hole in the bag, it means there must be gold coins nearby."
"Easily, the hunter found a few gold coins near the bag, and he soon discovered that there were gold coins not far away from the gold coins, and all the gold coins were pointing to the same place."
"So, the hunter just followed the gold coins and found them all the way back." (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net