Violet Orchestra

Three days later, Domonochie Municipal Jail.

"It doesn't work, I can't help it." Violet sighed, waved his hands in iron shackles, and leaned on Elaine's shoulder helplessly, "Hodge is not here, there is no way to pick the lock and escape, The guards here don’t take hard and soft, they don’t even work with ecstasy, with this level of dedication, the king really should give them bonuses.”

"Not everyone will follow your example." Birkins shook his head, "Instead of trying to escape from prison in vain here, it's better to save some energy and think about how to face the next trial."

Three days ago, they were caught up by Domonoch's army, arrested and sent to the city closest to the town.Every city in this country has complete military facilities, which of course include such common designs as prisons and interrogation rooms. The officer who arrested them said proudly: "On the mainland, you will never find To a second country as efficient as Domonoch."

Facts have proved that they probably spent all their efficiency on arresting and interrogating the prisoners, and the guards had very little patience with the prisoners.They don't beat or scold the detainees, and they don't even come to conduct any interrogation. Their passive and indifferent attitude makes people feel that they will be forgotten in the cell for a lifetime.Violet and Elaine were locked together, Birkins was in the room opposite them, and Petra was on the other side. They were both within their respective field of vision, so there was no need to worry about anyone being interrogated in private, being subject to unfair treatment.

But this is based on a terrible foundation-Hodge was taken away alone. They didn't know where the cell where Hodge was held, or even if he was still alive, and could only exchange a few words between guards changing shifts.In the past two days, Violet tried various methods but failed to get the words out of the guards' mouths, let alone find a chance to escape. Domenoch's prison is worthy of its reputation, and it is indeed coming in. Easy to get out but hard to get out.

They didn't know where Hodge was taken. In fact, Hodge was the only one whose life was in danger. According to Domonoch's law, they were just "travelers of wanted criminals" and did not commit any crimes. For a serious crime, at most he would be released if he suffered a little or was fined a little money, but Hodge was different. He was arrested by Domenoch's army, and the meaning of this was completely different from theirs.

The charges on him are so thick that they can stun people, coupled with Domonoch's strict conviction and sentencing, this time he was caught within the border, if he can't escape again, what awaits him Only the guillotine.

For him, it was a matter of life and death.

"We still have to find a way to get Hodge out." Violet looked out the window to confirm that the guard on shift hadn't entered the door, and then hurriedly concluded this exchange, "The longer it takes, the more he will Dangerous, we can't waste any more time, maybe the trial will start soon, and then we won't have the chance to-"

His words came to an abrupt end, because the door creaked open, and the guard on duty came in, and first went around the cells to make sure that every prisoner was staying there obediently, and then he put on a straight face Go to your seat and sit down.

After the guards came in, the cell fell silent for an instant, and they didn't even make eye contact any more. This conversation, which took advantage of the loopholes, just ended without beginning or end.Violet and Elaine beside him looked at each other, feeling a little helpless.

For them, finding a way to escape from prison is the number one priority, but for Hodge, who is held in solitary confinement, it is not easy to save his life before going to the guillotine.

He suffered the most horrific torture, and all the punishments that Domenoch could and could not write in the code were passed on him. No one sympathized with him, and no one gave him treatment. He was handcuffed in a scarred On the cell wall, there is no chance to sit down and catch your breath.

"Aren't you going to plead guilty yet?" asked the officer in charge of the interrogation.

Hodge was silent, barely raised his eyelids and glanced at him.

He recognized the other party. Before he became a deserter, this officer was his subordinate, but now he is a death row prisoner who is about to be tried, and the other party stands in front of him with a high-ranking military rank. A laborious presiding judge role.This gap in status is a bit funny, but he has no strength to laugh about it.

"If you plead guilty now, maybe you can fight for it in the Grand Court..." The other party hesitated to speak, but then closed his mouth in the middle of the sentence, apparently feeling that these comforting words were not very credible, and they didn't say much Meaning, "To be honest, my bosses are arguing about who should get the credit for catching you, and they don't have time to control you, but they will always come, and they will tear you to pieces without mercy —if you plead guilty now, you may retain a little dignity."

A strict hierarchy based on military rank determines the rights and status of the Domonoches. Wanted criminals like Hodge are naturally a good bargaining chip for high-ranking officials to fight for power. In order to claim credit for the king, they will try their best to win the credit And he will definitely send Hodge to the guillotine-this is the condition negotiated by Domonoch and Dubonas.

The noble princess and her shrewd father still hated the pendant after many years. Even though Hodge had been forced to return the pendant long ago, they still hated the thief, even He exchanged the land of ten towns with King Domenoch, requiring him to send Hodge to the guillotine, and send the head to Dubonas as a proof after execution.

They triumphantly issued a statement: We have paid such a high price for a small thief, I hope Domonoch will not break his promise.

This is a demonstration from the largest country. Of course, Domonoche didn't dare to refute anything. After learning about this, Hodge knew it well: this time he must die, otherwise Domonoche would have nothing to do. Tell Dubonas.

So he didn't plead guilty, at least this can add some trouble to those guys, and it's the right to be the last entertainment before he dies.As for the guillotine, it was a familiar place. He had been there once, and he was about to step on the bloodstained by countless people again, put his head under the guillotine, and waited for his own death.

He couldn't help but began to recall, what did he think the last time he went to the guillotine?

That was his craziest period. In a year, he stole more than 200 pendants, and spent almost every night in other people's homes, even taking pleasure in it.At that time, he didn't steal things for profit. The obsession with finding relics for his comrades occupied his brain. For this reason, he ran around like a lunatic who didn't need to rest, overdrawing his life. Hearing that anyone with a similar pendant would I tried my best to steal it, but when I found out it wasn't, I sent it back later.Because of this mischievous behavior, not only Domonoch was wanted by a country, but no one had ever caught him. He enjoyed this feeling so much that he became a little carried away later.

Then he was caught at Dubonas, and the angry king sent him back to Domonoch, demanding that he must be executed.

"How dare you steal something from Her Royal Highness's dressing box! That pendant is her most cherished accessory. You stole it, which is a blasphemy to Her Highness!"

Regarding this, he just sneered and said nonchalantly: "Didn't I return it? I just borrowed it to see it, and didn't wear it around my neck. What kind of blasphemy?"

The interrogating officer was so enraged that he didn't spend much time with him, and quickly sentenced him to death.Sitting in the cell, he felt that it was a pity that he could no longer continue to search for the pendant, so he told his story to the guards guarding him while he was bored waiting to die.

At that time, he was crazy and paranoid, convinced that he was innocent, but he had no choice but to vent his emotions in this way.But what he didn't expect was that the young soldier in charge of guarding was infected by his story, took a risk and didn't fasten the shackles on his hands, and decided to let him go by pretending to lose the key on the way to the guillotine.

He didn't understand this fact, and he didn't realize that the shackles on his wrists were not fastened in time. He didn't move his arms until he was sent to the guillotine, realizing that this was the last chance to escape from death.He removed a sharp piece of iron from the shackles, clamped it under his palm as a weapon, killed the executioner and his escort, and then escaped from the guillotine in full view.

The whole process was so smooth that even he couldn't believe it, but he didn't know until a long time later that it was because the young man who was in charge of guarding and escorting him paid off other colleagues along the way for him, and wanted to leave him an escape route .

However, he personally slit the opponent's throat with an iron sheet, watched the blood gushing out of the throat, and then left without looking back in front of the benefactor who could not call for help.That became the most well-known part of his criminal career, and became the capital of "Hodge the Bandit" like the two visits to Princess Dubonas' room, making him farther and farther down the road of wanted criminals.But no one knows how he escaped from the guillotine, just like no one knows that a few nights before the execution, a young man sat on the old wooden chair outside the cell, listening to him talk about the thieves who thought they were righteous Deeds, infected by his eyes and mood, and then did an irreversible thing.

He didn't remember when he met Birkins and Violet, only that he was poor and in no mood to steal to support himself, and he lay down on the corner of the street and lived on handouts.No one knew that he was Hodge the Thief, who was worth hundreds of gold coins. Only the passing poet stopped in front of him, looked at him for a long time, and then gently put down a bottle of ale.

"I think you need this."

He looked up at the hem of the other's clean and delicate robe, and saw the other's beautiful blue eyes and red hair.

"I have no money," he said.

"I didn't ask you to pay either," the poet shook his head, "This is for you, it's just the cheapest wine in the tavern."

He followed them away, and later revealed his identity and his story, when Violet asked him: "Do you want to be guillotined again? Do you want to die again?"

Hodge remembers answering him firmly: "No."

Someone traded his life for his, and he couldn't just waste it like that.

"Since you don't want to die, then live on, maybe you still have a chance to repay your kindness."