Chapter 79 (1/2)

The carriage drove slowly through the city gate. Facing it was a row of gallows, on which hung several corpses, some of them even with incomplete limbs, with a wooden card with a crime written on their chest.

Rolle also did not expect that such a primitive, barbaric and cruel ”tradition” would still be maintained here. He could not help frowning and whispering:

”Are these people from the resistance?”

”No...”

Jeanne shook her head and explained:

”They are just civilians who can't afford to pay taxes...”

”For the present principality, resistance organizations are nothing. Only non payment of taxes is a capital crime.”

Luo Er was a little stunned. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

”Do you want to get out of the car for a walk? Can I show you the real principality of Maud?”

Jeanne followed the proposal.

Rolle hesitated and nodded.

So they jumped out of the carriage and walked side by side in the street.

Compared with the sweet frost City, the area of Gaoshan castle is much larger and there are many more people on the street, but most of them are skinny, ragged and dirty. They can't tell whether they are refugees or not.

There were few shops on the street. Most people squatted on the street at will with numbness in their eyes and silently looked at rolle and Jeanne.

Some people threw greedy eyes at Jeanne, but after seeing rolle nearby, they quickly turned away and whispered a few dirty words.

Sewage and all kinds of garbage flow across the street, full of a disgusting smell.

Some skinny children deliberately bumped into rolle and wanted to take the opportunity to touch the money in his pocket.

Rolle dodged quickly and let him pass.

Before they walked out of the street, they met five ”small” thieves who touched porcelain in the map.

One of them was unlucky. He was just seen by a patrolling soldier. He flew up and stole the ”little” into the nearby garbage pile. He turned back and showed a flattering smile to rolle and muttered something.

”He said, you can hire him as a guard, so that no one in the city dares to harass you.”

Jeanne translated nearby.

”Refuse for me.”

Rolle replied.

Jean Na said a few words to the soldier in local dialect. The other party didn't show any dissatisfaction. Instead, she bowed respectfully and let him go aside.

”You may not believe that this is the second largest city in the whole fertile valley.”

Jeanne, as a guest guide, continued to introduce:

”It was once prosperous and brilliant. It is a beautiful place everyone yearned for, but now it is not as good as the sweet frost town in those days...”

Rolle originally thought that the sweet cream city was bad enough and backward, but at least it was relatively clean and tidy on the whole. There were normal shops on the street, schools to provide education, public security was also good, and there were no such private soldiers on the street.

Unexpectedly, this so-called second largest city is so unbearable.

They then strolled a street and happened to witness a case of wounding people by riding a horse.

The rider was a well-dressed fat man. What was knocked down was a middle-aged woman carrying sacks. She was like a porter. She was lying on the ground, coughing blood and was obviously hurt to her internal organs.

Soon there were soldiers on patrol, but instead of arresting the murderer, they roughly kicked the woman and told her to get away quickly and don't occupy the road.

The woman got up trembling, coughing violently and dragging the sack stained with blood on the ground.

The fat man rode his horse and left arrogantly under the escort of the soldiers.

”That man is from the United Kingdom.”

Jeanne said again.