flstandardbreds Chapter 318 Sentenced to be burned at the stake and executed immediately.
Chapter 318 Sentenced to be burned at the stake and executed immediately.
Just now, he was talking to Master Bai, but to outsiders, it sounded like Master Bai had confessed to the crime of torturing and killing the three masters of Dianhai, and said that the reason for closing the arena was to find the mole and was worried that the matter would be exposed.
Everything aligned perfectly with the centurion's guess, and it all seemed so logical to everyone.
This was the first time the city lord had used his talent in public, and everyone was absolutely certain of it.
Bai Ye, preoccupied with his daughter, had no energy to discern the reactions of the others.
Or rather, at the moment she closed the arena and became an enemy of everyone, whatever the reactions of the crowd were, it was all normal.
At this moment, she desperately wanted to find her daughter, then leave this place with her, and return to the Central Continent to report everything. Then she would have her own chance to come back and fight her way back!
For this belief, she didn't care even if she was paraded through the streets in a torture cart, even if she had to endure the filth thrown at her by these lowly orcs, even if her mask was ripped off and she was completely exposed to the public, as long as she could find her daughter!
Even as Bai Ye was being escorted onto the vehicle, the city lord remained vigilant. Having dealt with the arena for many years, he knew their methods all too well; "unpredictable" was the most fitting description.
Now, on the surface, the other party has become a prisoner, but in reality, I just took advantage of the information gap and successfully stirred up public sentiment. In addition, the other party was concerned about Bai Qianqian, so he fell into the trap.
He followed the prison van at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, and followed her into the room.
From inside the house came her terrified screams, "Where's Qianqian? Where's Qianqian?"
"What 'Qianqian' nonsense, old woman, I advise you to behave yourself. As long as you sign and put your fingerprint on this confession, this matter will be over, and we won't make things difficult for you. The subsequent procedures are no longer my concern. But if you insist on acting tough, don't blame me for being impolite!" This was the voice of the new centurion, still full of energy, mixed with the sound of two heavy fists colliding and the old woman's painful wails.
The city lord curled his lips. This was the only way to deal with Master Bai. He should just kill him outright. Then there would be no need to try the case anymore. That would be the end of it.
"You're playing me... There's no trace of Qianqian here at all!" At this moment, Master Bai suddenly realized that this was clearly a trick by the city lord to deceive her, bringing her here to identify some crime scene and to frame her with some fabricated crimes!
"Yes, of course! As long as you sign and put your fingerprint on it, I'll tell you right away!" The city lord appeared just in time, before Master Bai could lose his temper.
This time, since everyone was on their side, the city lord did not use his innate skill.
The centurion was somewhat surprised, wondering if this was an attempt to induce a confession.
But then I thought, the arena has existed for hundreds of years and has harmed many people. Even if she didn't kill these three people, she deserves to die for her crimes over the years!
As for this case, their city lord has been personally overseeing it for so many days, but there hasn't been much progress. Now that they finally have a scapegoat, why not take it?
Furthermore, he was the one who proposed that initial inference, and he obtained the position of centurion based on it. If it is overturned, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain, and he would have to go back to being a common soldier?
It sounds complicated, but it only took him a moment to figure it out. Without the city lord urging him, he took out the document, pried open Bai Ye's hand, and forced it onto the document.
Poor Bai struggled desperately, but not only did he fail to break free, he also got a cut on his finger.
After doing all this, the centurion excitedly carried the document out and announced to the crowd of onlookers, "The sinner, Lady Bai, the arena owner, has murdered three people and has now confessed to her crime. According to the laws of Yunyao City, she is sentenced to be burned at the stake, to be carried out immediately!"
In fact, even when she was forced to sign and put her fingerprint on the document, Bai Ye still thought, "It's just three lives, what's the big deal? Could it be more than the number of people I killed in the arena?" She accepted it, but she never expected that the other party would go to such extremes and actually want to burn her to death!
And she was burned to death immediately, leaving her no chance whatsoever!
"Kunhai, are you really going to go this far? Aren't you afraid the Central Continent will come after you?" She was being pulled and struggled, roaring angrily.
"A life for a life, that is the way of Heaven!" the city lord said calmly.
"Heaven's Way? What a fine Heaven's Way! My Bai family has been running the arena on their behalf for generations, and countless people have died at our hands. Why didn't you act as Heaven's representative before? What are you pretending for now?"
However, all of this was pointless and useless. She persisted in asking, "Where exactly did you hide Qianqian?"
"Want to know? You'll have to ask them." He pointed to the three people on the bed. "Unfortunately, they're all dead, and now nobody knows where your daughter is."
"What do you mean? What exactly do you mean?"
The truth of the world is a mix of truth and falsehood. Just when Bai Ye thought that the other party had been deceiving her from beginning to end and was about to fight back, a sudden remark made her doubt again.
Perhaps he wasn't lying to her; Qianqian really was here!
She frantically searched, even jumping onto the three people's beds to grope the bodies of the three dead, trying to find any trace of her daughter.
When the centurion returned with his men, this was the scene he saw, and he was immediately stunned.
"Master Bai is a real freak; even though the person is completely dead, he still won't let him go!"
At that moment, he noticed that his city lord was holding a water ball, and the scene of Master Bai jumping onto the bed and messing with the three corpses was projected into the water ball.
"This..." Isn't this the projection technique that came from the Central Continent?
After recording the video, the water balloon will be transported to the designated location using water as a medium.
Whom does the city lord intend to send this recorded scene to?
He dared not ask, nor did he understand why Master Bai was acting so mad at this moment. He didn't even dare to urge him, and just stood silently in place, waiting for it all to end.
Whether it was too difficult to maintain the water sphere recording or only needed to record this segment, the city lord quickly put the water sphere away.
He ordered, "Please, Master Bai, set off!"
At a command, the guards swarmed forward and pinned Master Bai to the ground once again.
Unlike the first time when only the hands were bound, this time they were tied up very tightly, turning the person into a dumpling, and even stuffing something into their mouth to seal it completely.
Not only that, the guards also brought large chunks of lard and roughly smeared them on Bai Ye's face, head, and body. They even stuffed large chunks of lard into the nooks and crannies covered by hair, as if afraid that they wouldn't burn completely.
As they applied the ointment, the guards chanted, "Master Bai, don't blame us. We're just trying to spare you suffering and let you die sooner so you can be reborn, right? Once you get to the underworld, just sincerely confess your sins and endure the eighteen levels of hell. Who knows, you might even have a chance to be reincarnated thousands of years later!"