I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Chapter 43

Enri's room was on the second floor of the inner castle. As soon as Faile came out, she saw a group of people gathered around her.

She stood by the guardrail on the second floor, and the attendants beside her quickly bent and stepped away.

She looked noble in her dress, with her golden hair hanging loose, and her blue eyes under her bangs were solemn and devoid of any emotion.

She was obedient and still wore a mask, but her words reached everyone's ears very clearly.

When Xu Siling saw Fei'er coming out, he let go. If Fei'er hadn't come, he was prepared to remove all the equipment from the guard.

As a guard of Raya Town, if he does not carry out the orders of the lord, then of course there is no need for the guard to stand down.

The guard came back from being knocked unconscious, and now found that a group of people saw him being subdued, and with the appearance of Fei'er, his face turned red and he was very embarrassed and angry.

He stood up, without even brushing off the dust on the robe with the Raya family crest, and hurriedly defended himself.

"Miss Raya, the executioner."

"To shut up."

The guard looked at Fei'er's blue eyes and was startled for a moment. His forehead was sweating and he lowered his head and did not dare to look again.

Fei'er looked at Xu Siling, who had a calm expression, and then looked at the attendant on the side.

"Come, tell me everything that just happened."

If it were in private, the attendant might actually say something nice to the guard and force the responsibility onto Xu Siling, the executioner.

Now in front of so many people, Miss Raya asked herself this, and he did not dare to conceal or tamper with anything, so he told everything.

Fei'er listened to the whole story with an expressionless face, and then realized that she had been in Enli's bedroom for a while, and this happened outside.

She glanced at everyone in the inner fort courtyard below, but did not look at the two people involved.

"Now, if there is anyone among you who doesn't want to drink this medicine, please stand up."

The sound was not loud, but everyone heard it clearly.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one moved.

"I don't like force. If you don't want to drink, I can accept it."

When the guard who was originally blushing and angry heard these words, he suddenly felt happy and raised his head, but...
"But if you don't drink this soup, just like Xu said, go find the law enforcement officer's assistant and take the initiative to relieve you of your duties!"

The guard's face turned pale again, as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.

Why did the other soldiers guarding the inner fort care so much? Someone immediately came to the big pot of soup to drink the soup.

The guard job was hard-won and the welfare benefits were good, especially since they all knew that other households in Raya Town were forced not to go out, which meant that most people would have no source of income these days.

They were the only ones whose work was not affected by the Black Death.

If you lose your job, you won't be rejected by your family when you go back.

The guard who was beaten by Xu Siling wanted to come over to drink the soup, but Fei'er stared at him with his eyes.

"What, now you want to drink?"

"Miss Raya. I am now."

"It's okay to drink, or you can continue to be a guard if you want." Fei'er didn't wait for the guard to be happy, "But you disobeyed my orders. Do you think my orders are not important enough for you to implement them seriously?"

"No." The guard suddenly started sweating.

"Jonas!"

Jonas is from Johns, and his position is the soldier commander of Raya Town. He is in charge of the protection, patrol and training of the soldiers guarding the entire Raya Town.

Jonas originally hid in the corner of the inner castle and refused to come forward, but now that his name was called by Mayfair, he had no choice but to walk to an obvious position in the courtyard of the inner castle and salute to Mayfair.

He is older, with round features and small eyes.

"Disobeying the orders of the nobles, what is the punishment according to the rules of your jurisdiction?"

The current Kingdom of France adopts a strict attitude towards crime and illegality, and believes that crime and illegality are a disruption of social order and a blasphemy against God's will.

Therefore, punitive measures tend to adopt punitive measures to deter and maintain social stability.

In addition, because the current judicial system is not perfect, the handling of many crimes and illegal activities depends on local legal customs and the rulings of local authorities.

To put it simply, the matter of 'disobeying the orders of the nobles' that Faile asked about, there is no such punishment in Jonas's daily management rules.
After all, everyone knows who is your boss and who is the boss of Raya Town.

Aren’t they just nobles and lords?
Isn't it natural for soldiers to obey the orders of nobles and lords? How could this punishment be deliberately set up when everyone knows about it?

After all, if you disobey the nobles' orders and the nobles ask you to die, you will die. There will be no punishment.

Jonas thought about it and realized that there must be punishment for the guards, but it could be bigger or smaller.

His head moved and he spoke.

"Disobeying the orders of the nobles is blaspheming Miss Raya's identity. He deserves to die."

The guard was immediately frightened. He just didn't want to drink the bowl of soup. How could he die because of his stupidity?

Not only the guards, but also everyone else stopped and raised their eyes, wanting to see what Fei'er decided.

Fei'er's eyes narrowed slightly when she looked at Jonas. Before she could speak, Xu Siling, who had been beside her and was not ready to speak, spoke instead.

"The guard's original intention was not to disobey Miss Raya's order. He just wanted to be in a bad mood and didn't want to drink for the time being. So this punishment is too great."

The guard turned to look at Xu Siling in shock. Why did this guy still speak for him?

Jonas looked at Xu Siling and snorted: "Why, do you think Miss Raya's status is not noble enough that anyone can disobey and blaspheme at will?"

"You think your guard wants to blaspheme Miss Raya's identity? Do you want him to die so much?"

Jonas didn't reply, but looked at Xu Siling with cruel eyes.

"Well Xu, you are the executioner and you have a lot of experience in punishment. How do you think this guard should be punished?"

"His original intention was not to disobey your order. He just had some bad friction with me, but it is true that he failed to carry out your order. I recommend punishing him with thirty lashes of a whip, which is enough."

Thirty lashes with the whip may seem fine, but thirty lashes are enough to keep a person in bed for days.

The guard had resigned himself to his fate, and it was better to receive thirty lashes than to lose his life and his job.

Xu Siling continued: "But I hope to punish him with five lashes first, and the remaining 25 lashes will be carried out after the epidemic prevention work in Raya Town is stable and the people resume production and work."

Fei'er couldn't help but nod after hearing this: "You're right, the epidemic prevention work in Raya Town is the most important now, and the lack of manpower is a problem. Then follow what Xu said, if during the epidemic prevention work, you have other outstanding achievements in your work that are worthy of reward Where, I can also dispense with the remaining 25 lashes. Do you hear me, my guard?"

The guard was relieved and immediately knelt down on one knee.

"Thank you Miss Raya!"

Fei'er looked at Xu Siling: "Xu, after you finish drinking the decoction, come to visit me." After that, she turned and left.

After Fei'er left, Jonas drank the decoction and took a deep look at Xu Siling as he entered the inner castle.

The disappearance of the two people reduced most of the pressure on everyone in the inner castle.

"Miss Raya is still kind."

"No, if I am a noble and someone dares to disobey me, I will not chop off his pig head!"

Everyone was very happy with Mayfair's forgiveness, at least they knew that the lord they served was not a cruel person.

It's better to catch up early than to be smart.

Under the grateful gaze of the guard, the executioner Xu Siling asked for a whip. He didn't even need the guard to take off his armor, and he just cracked it a few times and was done.

Although the guard was grateful, he did not dare to come forward to speak due to his face, so Henry chatted with Xu Siling on his behalf.

This can be regarded as settling the old feud.

After chatting with Henry for a while, he turned around and went inside to look for Mayfair.

The guard watched Xu Siling leave and touched his numb back.

"It still hurts."

Henry sighed helplessly: "As long as you know the pain, don't really be beheaded. I don't even know the pain, and I don't know what to say about you. What's the point of messing with Xu? He's a follower of the Raya family now. You look down on him." You are an executioner, and people still look down upon you."

"I knew it, but I didn't expect him to speak for me."

"Xu is very easy to talk to, but you have never been in contact with him."

Everyone knew that Xu Siling was a follower of the Raya family, but they didn't expect that he was so important to Miss Raya that he could change Miss Raya's decision with just a few words.

Otherwise, they all thought just now that Miss Raya really wanted to chop off the guard's head.

The person who knew Xu Siling the most in Raya Town was naturally Henry. Everyone gathered around Henry, and Henry immediately started chatting about some things about Xu Siling.

John's bedroom in the inner castle.

The bedroom was better decorated and larger than Mayfair's.

Mr. John was lying on the bed, and his mental state was very poor, but he was able to get up and lean on the bed alone, which meant that his health was slowly improving.

He was wearing a thin pajamas, the hair on his chin was messy, and his mouth clicked, as if he was recalling the soup he just drank.

The taste is still there, it's bitter, astringent and sour, it's really unpleasant to drink.

Jonas stood very straight beside the bed. He had ugly features and small eyes.

"Jonas." Johns coughed a few times, "What was the noise outside just now? I can hear it in the bedroom."

Jonas then told everything that happened outside.

Johns couldn't help but frown after hearing this, as if he was thinking about something.

"Sir John, your body has improved a lot under the executioner's decoction. Why don't you get up and go out to take over the reins and return to Raya Town?" Jonas leaned over and asked, "Isn't it right to let Miss Raya go through such a mess? Great."

"Sooner or later, Raya Town will belong to Mayfair, I'm just taking care of it."

Jonas looked disbelieving, and Johns grinned, showing some big yellow teeth.

"Jonas, I know what you are thinking." Johns said slowly, "Yes, I have been in charge of Raya Town for so long. As long as I get up and go out, I want to take over Raya Town even if I don't want to." , she can't stop it. She's still young, just like what happened just now, if it were my order, no one would hesitate to execute it."

"You hinted at letting Feier kill the guard. I understand very well that you just want to put Feier on the fire."

"In this sensitive period, under Mayfair's successive orders, the people of Raya Town have stopped production. Executing a guard at will will indeed have a great impact on the difficulty of her management of Raya Town."

"But have you ever thought about why Faile called you out by name and asked you how to punish that guard?"

Jonas was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

"Fei'er wants you to plead for the guard, and then she will come down the steps. In this way, you can win the favor of the guard and this matter can pass peacefully."

John chuckled and shook his head: "Especially because you, as my representative, obey Mayfair's orders like this, these guards and soldiers will naturally listen to Mayfair's words subconsciously in the future."

"And it's ridiculous that you didn't do that. Instead, you wanted to put Feier in a dilemma. You're so stupid."

Jonas's expression did not change, and he quickly said: "I am doing this all for Lord John. Your taking over Raya Town is what the people of Raya Town want, and no one disbelieves in you."

"But you crossed the line! Ahem."

Johns made a little loud noise and suddenly started coughing.

"What you do will only make Fei'er think that I instigated you to do this! I instigated you to stumble her!"

Jonas said, "Then Lord John doesn't want to take over Raya Town anymore?"

"Even if I want to, it's not now...!" Johns looked at Jonas fiercely, "I'm taking over Raya Town now. Are you sure you can control everything and do a good job in preventing the Black Death? You make sure I take over Will Raya Town fall into a dead city?!"

"Isn't there an executioner?"

But when it came to this, Jonas realized it later.

"I can't tell who is right between Po Ke and Xu. But at least Xu can save my life and the lives of most people in Raya Town. Then he is an extremely important person in the town at this juncture. . Now think about it, when you were stumbling upon Feier, who helped her out?"

Jonas subconsciously said: "It's the executioner Xu"

"Xu is already a follower of the Raya family. Do you think he will help me if I forcefully take over Raya Town? Or do you still think that Bo Ke, who is handcuffed on the Xingtai in the center of Raya Town, can help me? "

John's eyebrows were trembling: "My knight Finney is missing, and there is no news until now. Today I heard that the law enforcement officer is also missing."

"Sir John, Finney's disappearance is still under investigation. It may not be related to Mayfair. As for the law enforcement officer who may be the Black Death, it is not necessarily that he was scared away."

"Are you a stupid pig? If the law enforcement officer wants to run away, he will leave all his family members in Raya Town?"

Johns sighed: "It would be best if these two things have nothing to do with Mayfair. If they are related to the series of orders and arrangements that Mayfair took over Raya Town, I think."

"What do you think?"

"too fast."

It was too fast indeed.

From the two people contracting the Black Death, to the disappearance of law enforcement officers, to the people all returning home to self-isolate and stop production work, diluting alcohol disinfection work arrangements, regional divisions, etc.
Too fast, too perfect.

Although Johns didn't know whether these arrangements were correct, at least each of these quick orders had a purpose behind them.

The scary thing is that, as the top manager of Raya Town, he couldn't figure it out.
[PS: From now on, the two chapters will be combined into one chapter, and every day it is released will also be one chapter. 】

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