Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 76 Annoying the Empire's End

"Then your family didn't come to redeem you?" Stannis still had a glimmer of hope, because no matter how late the taxes are, as long as they are paid in full, they will be written off and released, right?
"It's not that easy!" The old man next door sighed, and the lament really made those who heard it sad and those who saw it cry, "According to the laws of the empire, the tax arrears will be doubled one month late, and then increase in turn. Just because my son paid two months late, the tax has risen to a daunting figure, and my barren land is struggling to pay the normal tax every year. How can I redeem me if I have more? Come out, just like that, after so many years, my title was passed on to my son, and my son passed it on to my grandson, and I have been locked up here."

After the old man finished speaking, Stannis was already choked up. Since he drove the tax collector away last time, he was in arrears of taxes for one month, that is, 300 gold coins doubled to 600. As far as he knew, the treasury was empty. There is absolutely no money left to redeem him.

Do I want to be locked up in this little dark room where I can't see the sun for the rest of my life!Stannis didn't realize that he was already miserable enough, that he was far from bottoming out.

"Is there no one else in your family?" The old man asked again.

"No..." At this moment, Stannis' mind was blank.

"It's good if you don't have it, lest you always have hope in your heart that they will redeem you and go out. Only by dying this heart as soon as possible can you live for a long time."

There is still a long time to live, and instead of being locked in this small black room for a lifetime, Stannis would like to commit suicide now!But he still has hope for his three subordinates, they won't just abandon him so unfeelingly... Maybe...

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the small black room was opened, and a soldier walked in from the outside.

Stannis covered his eyes with his hands, and it took him a while to adapt to the sunlight that came in. At the same time, he realized that the person who came was the lieutenant of the Imperial Army who had come to grab him not long ago.

"Let's go!" Lieutenant Vlady ordered Stannis to his feet.

The latter swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his legs trembling, "Go...go...where?"

"On the road..."

The voice of the old man next door came faintly through the wall and into his ears.

Stannis was about to shed tears of disappointment, he didn't expect that the end of tax arrears would be so serious.

"Hurry up, the officer wants to see you!" The lieutenant frowned impatiently.

Stannis had no choice but to walk out of the small dark room with his feet hooked and shuffling. Only then did he realize that he was actually in a huge military camp.

Hundreds of white tents were lined up densely on the square in front of them, and there were teams patrolling back and forth among them from time to time. Stannis estimated that there were at least 1000 troops stationed here.

Different from the motley flag lords and motley troops dressed like mobs that appeared at the Sunset Pass last time, the army here showed the bearing of a regular army, with double-headed condor flags flying everywhere around the barracks, and the soldiers inside The soldiers' costumes and weapons are also very uniform, all of which are excellent half body armor and sharp swords and spears.

Stannis walked down the stairs, and looked back at the place where he was detained just now, and found that it was a row of tall wooden buildings, each cubicle was separated like a pigeon cage, and it looked more like a sauna from the outside. cubicle.

Soon, he was taken to the largest building in the military camp, a small reinforced villa.

They went up to the third floor and stopped in front of the central hall. Lieutenant Vlady knocked twice on the door and walked in.

Stannis, who followed closely, found himself in a room with a unique decoration. The decoration was very delicate, and it looked a bit... powdery?

But there was no one in the huge room at this time, so it couldn't be that the execution was going to be carried out here, right?

"Excuse me..." Stannis just wanted to ask, but the lieutenant gave him a vicious look, and immediately closed his mouth obediently.

"Wait here!" Lieutenant Vlady finished rudely, leaving him here alone.

Soon, he was the only one left in the room.

At first Stannis remained standing still, but no one showed up for a long time.

He began to turn his head, surveying the room, to see if he could pry open a window in the wall and jump out to escape.

But this is the third floor, and even if he could jump down, he would be thrown half to death, so Stannis gave up the big escape.

Still no one showed up.

He started pacing around the room as if no one was there, trying to find a secret passage, but this simple room didn't seem to hide any complicated hidden doors.

When he was sweating profusely, he suddenly heard the sound of someone singing through the wall, accompanied by the sound of water pouring down, like...like someone taking a bath?
It was only then that Stannis discovered that this room was connected to another room besides the door, and it seemed that someone was inside.

Although he was a little scared, he still knocked on the door to see if the people inside could find conscience and help him escape as the protagonist.

Before he could speak, the person in the bath spoke first.

"who is it?"

Stannis didn't answer, because he clearly heard a woman's voice.

　Chapter 79 is after Chapter 82, sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)