under the field

Scarlett

Today's weather should be the best before winter, especially when you are standing on the high platform of the execution ground.I had to squint my eyes, at least I didn't feel sorry for the scorching sun.

Thanks to me being a heavyweight prisoner, they specially separated me from other prisoners in different prison cars, and completed my first sightseeing in the imperial city.

The wooden cage-like car pushed towards the direction of the execution ground. "Hastin girl! Hasdin girl!" shouted the guard guarding the prison wagon from the horse in front, "Hasdin girl, traitor!"

The citizens blocked the road leading to the execution ground. They put down their work and stopped the hay cart.They were looking at the girl who was about to be taken to the execution ground.A series of silent eyes stared at me, as if the car carried another expected failure and another illusory hope of falling.

The reason why they built the execution ground for traitors in the center of the town was for everyone to see that this was the end of fighting against the royal family.They are telling the people in this way that this is a naked and hopeless struggle.

The necks of the rebels will be broken by the ropes, their blood will be spilled on the stage and seeped into the soil, and the last pair of wide eyes before their death will tell all the audience that the matter is just a meaningless game in the end. resistance.

On the last section of the car running to the execution ground, an old man was standing in the front row. She had gray hair and was wearing the simplest gray cloth clothes.She put her palms on her heart, just like the pair of eyes staring at me.She was praying, and there was pity, sympathy, and hopelessness in her eyes.

But I still face the next thing calmly.

Someone dragged me out of the car without stopping for a moment, and took me step by step to the high platform in the middle of the crowd.

The people in the audience were silent, they didn't make any sound, they didn't dare to say anything.

There was a child standing under the stage. The woman found him, took him away, and held him in her arms.

Remember to cover his eyes later, I asked in my heart.

Reggie stood by my side at the last moment, he kissed my temples, put his despicable lips against my ear and said, "This is your choice, Miss Hastings, although I really miss you."

"Anylastwords?" He put the rope around my neck, felt like a grass snake gray thread, and even retreated thoughtfully, announcing to the people below: "We reserve the right to make last words for all dying people. Let us hear, fiancée of traitor Jacob Corin, final words."

I started to look at them, my hands tied behind my back, but I kept my back straight, "I'm Scarlett Hastings."

To meet one after another fiery eyes staring at me. "I'm sure you guys know what Jacob's doing, we've never been afraid of what we're doing..."

"We even believe that everything we do will have its due end." They listened to me in silence, letting my voice echo over the peaceful sky of the execution ground.

I paused for a moment and continued, "A few days ago, they threatened my fiancé with my family's life and forced him to surrender. They should have successfully wiped out the Duke of Sandland..."

"They imprisoned him, they tortured him, they clipped his nails, they burned his body with fire..."

I recalled seeing Colin in the Holy Hospital, my voice was gradually trembling, "They scraped off his flesh with a knife... the moment I saw him, I couldn't even recognize him..." My eyes repeated After looking at every face below, some of the women among them began to cover their mouths and moved silently, while the men silently watched me on the platform.

"He was very fragile, but he still stood up resolutely. He returned to Jacob and immediately took Sander's head." The solemnity below made people think that the execution ground was empty, but it happened They were all focused together, just listening quietly. "This is just the beginning..." I said.

"He was fighting for his family. Many families who helped him have become victims of the corrupt regime. All the Jacob men I know were once like you, the most ordinary men in the market. .Some of them have their own wives and daughters, some have left their homes, and most of them have their homes already destroyed... If they were not unwilling to be bullied, how could they start to resist?"

"The fall of any rebel will not be the end, this is a new beginning. Kennedy III's daughter Princess Selena is still alive, she is now with Jacob, we still have not given up the struggle..." I watched The face of a child, "We are trying to secure a future for our children..."

I turned my eyes to the far sky, and I could still see the tower and stone staircase that Colin said.

"Finally, Jacob is not a rebel..." I returned my gaze to the audience and said word by word: "We are rebels."

After I finished speaking, they remained silent, but I knew that they were not indifferent, because some people were crying for my upcoming end.

"It's such a wonderful speech." Reggie clapped his hands and came back to me. He looked at me with eyes full of pity, and put the hair that fell on my face behind my ears, and said, "We usually put it Understanding the dying struggle of an adult."

I looked at him: "Reggie Emont, do you know how Jacob's people describe you?" I said to his sad face close at hand: "You are indeed a son of a bitch Pervert, not only that, but you are the most cunning and filthy traitorous minister around Sadishi." I can still remember all kinds of evaluations of Jacob's people about him.

He didn't get angry, he just stroked the hair on my back lightly, once and again, looked at me with pity, and then said softly: "I will let your Colin accompany you soon."

I looked at the saddest face and told him, "He's going to cut your head off before then... and then your blood will be cold again, you won't be able to breathe, your limbs won't Move again, and your soul will go to hell."

His expression didn't loosen at all, even his eyelids looked down lazily at me, he had already stopped to comb my hair, and he was close to my ear for the last time. "Go slowly."

Then, he turned to all the people in front of the stage, and walked back to the platform next to him, "Today is the day when the rebel girl Hasdin was hanged. I hope everyone present can remember that no matter you are young or not, you are beautiful Or not, as long as you choose to fight against the queen, this will be your fate."

I closed my eyes and felt the ropes being pulled tight, the tightness felt like it was going to destroy my skull and soul, but I would never surrender.

"You are really hypocritical as always." Someone in the crowd suddenly said this, I opened my eyes, and if I felt something, I bumped into the green eyes below, I couldn't believe it, she actually came in person!

"Who's talking?" Reggie looked down.

Selena stood up from the crowd, with green eyes and a smile, "Your ancestor."

Reggie saw the person coming, and the words came out through his teeth, "You little bastard."

As soon as the words fell, someone suddenly pulled back the curtain covering the grass cart parked beside the execution platform, revealing a large fort that had been prepared in advance, and someone who had been hiding in the crowd ran over and lit the torch. Put it close to the gun mount, the smoke ignited, and the gunfire immediately hit the platform with the most guards...

The crowd started to fall into chaos and screamed, and in a blink of an eye someone rushed to the platform, "Shay!" I looked at him in surprise, he was holding his sword, and before he even had time to respond, he started fighting with the rushing people. The guards fought.

The cannon ignited again and smashed in the direction of another group of guards. There was a loud noise immediately, and people began to flee in all directions.

I saw familiar faces mixed in with the scene, attacking the guards in uniform who were trying to suppress the scene.Nigel laughed arrogantly and rushed to the front. He triumphantly and easily cut down guards holding swords one after another.

The guard attacked Shay from behind, "Be careful!" I reminded, and I saw Shay lowered his head deftly, avoiding the sharp knife of the comer.At this time, Selena also climbed onto the platform, looked at me and said, "You are so ugly."

"Why did you come in person?" I asked. "You can't let anyone fall into their hands again."

She gave me a sideways look, "You thought I was you?" She started to look around my body, "I'm willing to fight for my friends...Damn it, what the hell is going on with this thing?" She started pulling on the rope , a guard rushed towards her.

Otis arrived in time, and he cut down the guard who was about to attack Selena from behind, "My God, Scar!", he stared at me and exclaimed.Shay was busy with the guards rushing up to the scaffold, and I was almost pushed down, and my heart was in my throat.

There was already chaos under the execution platform, and several Jacob's men began to fight with the guards at the scene.Cannons and gunpowder smoke were mixed together, only the guards were constantly shouting the summoning password.

"We are already outside the city gate and ready to leave!" Carl ran up to the execution platform, and seeing that my neck was still in the rope, he cursed the three Otis who were busy dealing with the guards in the distance: "You don't have anyone Cut the rope?" Before it was too late, a guard quickly pushed the mechanism, and I felt the wooden board under my feet be pulled away instantly, the noose around my neck was tightened immediately, and my body immediately fell vertically...

"Gotyou!" Someone followed me from the bottom, he hugged my legs tightly and supported me up, so that the rope did not strangle my neck. "I swore before God and the stone matrix altar, I will always protect this woman in front of me." Seeing my surprised look, he had a smile in his eyes.

Carl leaned over the board and looked down, and told Colin: "Don't let go, I'll cut the rope right away! But he had to separate himself to deal with the guards who attacked at any time.

Colin held my leg securely, and even though the rope above was shaking violently against it, I didn't have to worry about my neck being snapped.It was a weird position, I couldn't free my arms to hug him, and he was looking down at me, "Don't worry, Miss Hastings, you'll be fine," he told me.

"Give way!" Jamie shouted in the distance, and Bolt next to him brought the fire close to the cannon again. Carl and others above him had already fled tacitly, before the cannon hit the next second. He deftly jumped off the platform.

Violent shaking came again, the execution platform finally collapsed, the wooden plank above fell down, with thick billowing smoke, the people below still did not let go of me.

I opened my eyes and lay on top of him safely, his hand was still covering the back of my head, I looked at him underneath, "Are you okay?" He finally let go of his hand and took out a knife, cutting me right away. A cord around the neck and a bondage at the wrist.

The moment my wrist was free, I hugged him, and he did the same. He buried my head tightly on his shoulder, and I heard him whispering to himself, "God...you're okay... ..."

"This is not the time for fucking love!" Carl yelled at us, running from behind.

Colin pulled me to stand up, and everyone rushed to the city gate together.Jacob's horse stopped outside, and Colin carried me to Angus. He turned his head again to confirm that everyone had assembled successfully. After giving a password, all horses and horses drove away to the city gate.

A group of royal guards came from behind, and they had already got on their horses. They chased us like a dense cloud from the ruined execution ground, and shot us unceremoniously.

Selena's horse was hit and she fell.Otis jumped off the horse and carried her up, but this episode has shortened the distance between the team and the pursuers.

"I'm going to delay them!" Shea turned around after saying a word, "Shay!" I called him, but he resolutely ran back without looking back.

"Damn! Why do one or two always like to rush ahead!?" Carl cursed, and he was about to follow when Nigel stood in front of him, "You all go back to Wellsburg Go, let me bring that brat back!" He scolded his children like a serious parent, glaring at us angrily: "Aren't you leaving? Are you waiting for someone to break into your Wellsburg?"

Carl could only turn back silently, leading the way alongside Jamie.I turned my head and saw the back of Nigel leading the men and horses running towards Shay, his heart was beating like a drum.

Above is Colin's tight jaw, no one spoke anymore, we followed Nigel's words and rushed all the way forward, we must first return to Wellsburg, and wait for the rest of the people to return safely.