Become a martial girl

Chapter 523: Third Execution Ground
The iron door opened, and the creaking sound was like the groans of many dead here.Led by three heavily armored soldiers, Mengdie stepped into the prison.

Is it because the world is being shrouded in rain?The damp and musty smell in the cell is beyond words.After walking in, there is a spiral staircase leading down.In places without handrails, walking down these even mossy rock steps will really give people a feeling that they will fall at any time.

Mengdie closed her eyes and sat silently on the white wolf's back, letting the white wolf move slowly.She was thinking about what kind of posture she should use to face the person she was about to meet later.After all, I and that person had fought each other ten days ago, and I thought about killing each other.And the other party must have thought about taking his own life.

"Miss Mengdie, it's just ahead."

Mengdie opened her eyes, and opened a heavy prison door in front of her, looking inside into a long and narrow corridor.

"Thank you guys." Mengdie smiled and nodded to the soldiers.

"No trouble, no trouble!" Seeing Mengdie smiling at them, the soldiers quickly became humble.One of the soldiers hurriedly took the lead and walked in, raised the torch hanging on the side, and led the way forward.

The narrow corridor gradually widened, and at the end of the corridor appeared a steel gate with a width of three meters and a height of about four meters.Several soldiers took out several different keys from their pockets one after another, inserted them into the bolts on the big iron door, and turned them around...

The low sound of the iron door opening was deafening in this dungeon.Mengdie jumped off the white wolf's back and stood directly in front of the iron gate.With the opening of the door, a small altar first appeared in front of Mengdie.On that altar, there was a sword exuding silver light—the Sword of Silver Moon.And through the altar, you can see the person at the bottom of the cell... the prisoner.

The man's hands were handcuffed by huge iron chains, leaning against the wall facing the small altar.With his head down, he appeared to be dead.Mengdie nodded slightly and walked in.

"Miss Mengdie, please be careful."

"Understood, thank you."

The huge iron door closed again, completely blocking the fire outside.In this dark prison cell, only the sword on the altar emits a silver light like moonlight, which becomes the only illumination here.

"Miss Mengdie...?"

An old voice suddenly came from the corner of the cell.Mengdie took a closer look and saw that Uncle Du was here!Holding a broken bowl in his hand, he came out from the dark place in the corner.

"Dude? Why do you..."

"I'm here to take care of His Highness..."

Uncle Du put the bowl on a stone table beside the altar, looked at Mengdie, and forced a smile.

Mengdie glanced at Yinyue who was inserted into the altar next to her, and seemed a little confused.If the real king wanted to imprison Edward, why did he put the sword in the cell?And let Uncle Du come in to take care of him?Mengdie knew that with Edward's last sword that killed him that day, this cell would never be able to trap him.Could it be that that person didn't intend to imprison Edward?

Mengdie shook her head and put the question aside.She has always hated political struggles, so she can't understand what those politicians are thinking.Now, it's better to check on Edward's condition first.

After Mengdie comforted Uncle Du twice, she walked towards the shadow surrounded by iron chains.The man sat there slumped, the white bandages on his body had already become blood-stained and dirty.Before he got close, a strong stench came to his nostrils.

Is he already dead? !

This thought flashed through Mengdie's mind, and she immediately rushed forward to lift the man's shoulders.

"Edward? Are you okay?! Edward! Edward... Hua???"

Oh my god, it was only ten short days without seeing each other, but Edward in front of him seemed to have been gone for ten years!His cheeks were deeply sunken, his eyes were cloudy and dull, and his dirty beard made him look like a middle-aged man!

Mengdie shook Edward desperately, but this friend didn't respond at all.He just sat there blankly, like a puppet with a broken thread.His body was covered with lice and bedbugs, and there were many bugs biting the rotten wound.But all of this didn't seem to matter to him.Even his life is so insignificant.

Mengdie stretched out her hand to test Edward's breath... That faint breath seemed to indicate that this man was still alive.Mengdie shook her head, stood up immediately, took out a small package from her arms, opened it, and took out a small paper package.

"You bastard, open your mouth!"

Mengdie pinched Edward's chin and forced his mouth open.She poured all the medicinal powder prepared by Aiya into this guy's mouth.Since the little crystal grass stored by Yinyue had been eaten up by Mengdie in the first battle that day, Mengdie really couldn't guarantee the effect of these medicinal powders.

Saliva flowed down the corner of Edward's mouth.He looked like a dementia, no response.Just when Mengdie confirmed whether all the powder in Edward's mouth had been swallowed by him, suddenly!A strong stench emanated from Edward's ass.

He... urinated...? !

"Miss Mengdie, please let me go..."

The strong stench made the white wolf with a sensitive nose run to the opposite side of the cell. Mengdie looked at Edward in front of him at a loss, until Dubo came over.

The former comrade-in-arms is now like a vegetable.He didn't move at all, completely unresponsive to the filth in his pants.Dubo began to take off Edward's trousers, enduring the stench to clean up the filth. Mengdie really couldn't stand the situation.

"I'm here to help."

"Ah! But, Miss Mengdie, you..."

"Don't talk so much nonsense. Edward is my friend, and it's right to do this for a friend!"

Before Du Bo came to persuade her, Mengdie had already picked up a piece of cloth and wrung it dry in the bucket next to her, and began to clean up Edward's filth.With her help, it is obviously much faster than letting Uncle Du, who is already old and frail, do it alone.Uncle Du looked at Mengdie with grateful eyes, and couldn't help sobbing secretly.

"Miss Mengdie...I'm sorry..."

After cleaning up and helping Edward wash the dirty pair of trousers, Mengdie wiped the sweat from her head and said, "Maybe I should be the one who should say sorry. I also have a great responsibility for causing this situation. Originally, the person imprisoned here should be me. If I killed the former king, I believe that although Edward will be very painful, he will definitely not become what he is now."

It is useless to say any more now.Du Bo wiped away his tears, and put on another pair of pants that were more or less clean for Edward.Mengdie raised her head and circled around the cell, finally, she walked in front of the Silver Moon Sword.

She looked at the silver moon, as if admiring its light.But suddenly!She stretched out her hand to hold Yinyue's sword hilt and pulled it out vigorously!The sword was immediately pulled out of the altar.

"Well, what a good sword. It was the sword that day, and it almost took my life."

Mengdie caressed Yinyue, but she turned around suddenly, and threw Yinyue at Edward fiercely!
"Ah! Little Mengdie..."

"Crack -----!!!"

The blade plunged into the rocky wall, cutting off a few strands of withered blond hair.The distance between the blade and Edward's head was less than two centimeters, but he didn't have any intention of dodging. He still stared blankly at the world with those cloudy eyes.

"Edward, I'm a soldier and a soldier, so I won't say anything sad. I just want to tell you that this place will never be your end. We still have many tasks to complete, and your This country needs your protection. In less than 20 days, it will be the day when you will be sentenced? Before that, I will wait. Wait for the moment you pull out this sword."

Edward didn't respond at all, and he didn't know if he heard Mengdie's words.But Mengdie didn't care, and continued to say——

"I won't say what I would do if you didn't pull it out, because I believe in you and will definitely pull it out. Don't forget, the undead army is still attacking the Luwell Empire, and those dead people will soon sweep the entire continent , including this country you love, this country your father left you. If you refuse to draw your sword before then, instead of waiting for the undead army to come before the silver moon and draw your sword in haste, then you It's really over."

After speaking, Mengdie turned around immediately.On the way to the iron gate, she glanced again at Edward, who was like a vegetable, and closed her eyes.

(Comrades...I believe in you. I believe that you will definitely swing the sword that defeated me that day again. So...please don't let me down. Stand up...you must...stand up what.)
The door opens and closes again.Mengdie's figure disappeared outside the cell, and the sound of footsteps gradually disappeared.Inside the prison cell, only the sword was still trembling slightly. Is the radiance symbolizing the dark light of the dead...or the light that illuminates the future path?
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In the next few days, after Mengdie and Aiya learned how to grind crystal grass, they rode white wolves to Lake Missouriwa to pick crystal grass.The ethereal surface of the lake looked extremely quiet, and the rainwater hit the water surface, making countless ripples.The opposite side of the lake is too far away to see the specific situation, but thinking about it carefully, the Luwell Empire should not have been defeated yet.

Grind and save the crystal grass on the spot, and then hurried back on the white wolf, it was already the evening of the seventh day after Mengdie woke up.The original 20-day journey was considered fast within seven days, but for Edward, who was seriously injured and had not received effective treatment, it was by no means too fast.

This time, Mengdie picked a lot of crystal grass. She visited Edward in the cell every day and gave those herbs to Du Bo.In addition, Sasha and Xio often accompanied Mengdie to visit that friend, bringing some clothes and food.But no matter how many times they came to visit, the Edward they saw was always the same, and he didn't respond to anyone, like a vegetative state.

The 20 days passed quickly.The rain in the sky is still falling.In this long time without sunshine, Edward was finally escorted out of the death row.However, this does not mean that he will be released, but that he will be tried.

wow... wow...

The heavy iron chains locked the former prince, and with every blunt step of his, there was a muffled metallic clang.

Under the effect of the crystal grass, the wound on his body finally healed by [-] to [-]%.He was wearing a cloak that Hugh brought him, and the clothes and pants belonged to Sisko.But in this weather, his clothes are still too thin...

The road leading to the central square was lined with people.There are men, there are women, there are old people, and there are children.The civilians of the entire Yinyue gathered here, watching their prince, under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, heading for the central square step by step...

"Mom? Is Prince Edward a bad guy? But, the prince was kind to us before?"

"Shh...don't talk."

Children's words are always the truest.Although the child's mother immediately covered his mouth, this question immediately spread in everyone's heart...

Yeah, Edward is not a bad guy.In other words, the trial itself was not that important to his harm.People may care about the outcome of this trial, but what people are more concerned about is the plight their prince is facing now——

The plight of killing his father himself.

Edward moved forward like a puppet.The sword that day had turned into a cage, imprisoning him to death.This cage is more terrifying and hopeless than the death row...

central square.

Edward was escorted into the execution ground that day, and two soldiers escorted him and made him kneel down.Edward's knees hit the hard ground, his head was lowered, and he seemed to be dead.

"When--when--when--"

In the silence of the rain, the bell of noon finally struck.Since the high platform where the old king sat was destroyed by Mengdie, the new king who came here really sat down on a chair brought by his entourage, facing Edward in front of him.Since Mengdie and the others were the heroes of the last crusade against the old king, and Aiya is the head of the Royal Knights, they are now standing on the front of the square with the real king, facing Edward.

"when--------!"

The last ringing of twelve o'clock was so long.With the gradual silence of the bell, the entire square also slowly fell silent.The drizzle enveloped Edward in the square, and also enveloped the Dubo who was kneeling with the Silver Moon Sword behind his back.

"Edward Lanxi de Moore. Do you have anything to distinguish from the guilt of my brother who killed the former king with his own hands a month ago?"

Wearing a crown and a large red satin cloak, Zhen sat on a simple throne and looked at Edward.

"……………………"

Edward didn't answer in the slightest.

"Let me ask again, Edward Lanxi Demoore. Do you think that when you killed the former king that day, was it out of your sincerity or out of accident?"

“………………………………”

The answer, really, was a longer silence.

"Say it... the trash prince, hurry up and talk!" Nia clasped her hands together, looking very nervous.

Shin also seemed irritated by Edward's silence.He slammed the armrest of the throne, and said loudly: "I will ask you one last time, Edward Lanxi Demoor. The whole of Silver Moon can testify that you killed your father with your own hands. But I miss you My father just died, and Yinyue has been affected by the strong smell of blood during this time. I can let you live, but if you still don’t say anything, then I can only let you stay with your father gone."

The truth is so categorical, judging from the tone of his voice, he seems to intend to let Edward go?Mengdie was shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, she immediately figured out the key point.

Edward was not a bad prince.Although he does not have the ability to govern, he is very sincere when dealing with civilians.Coupled with the outstanding performance of leading the army against the invasion of the Luwell Empire before, his popularity among the people is very high!Although it is justifiable to kill Edward now, but for him, killing him is better to stabilize his hard-won throne than to spare his life.

But his plan came to an impasse amidst Edward's silence.

The fact that Edward himself thrust the sword into the old king's body has been seen by thousands.If he was released without trial at this time, what would the surrounding nobles with ulterior motives do?Those nobles can use the fact that "Edward colluded with the truth and conspired to kill his father" to launch a rebellion.Especially in this period, many nobles have been massacred by the old king, and dissatisfaction with Yinyue may erupt at any time.Therefore, even if it is a little bit of reason, it must not be occupied by those nobles!
However, after repeated shouting and asking, all that was returned was Edward's silence.He wanted to die... the more he was asked, the more he wanted to die.It's true, he killed his father with his own hands...Killed that...his most respected, loved, and only...father...

"Okay. Since you won't say anything, I'll pass the sentence."

From twelve o'clock to two o'clock, Edward remained silent.In desperation, Zhen finally waved his hand and announced the verdict.

"Edward Lanxi de Moore. Because of killing the former king, he committed two crimes of regicide and patricide. He has completely confessed to his crimes without any excuse. Therefore, according to the law of Silver Moon, he will be punished Hanging, immediately."

(End of this chapter)