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- ¡ª¡ªAt this time, dozens of heavily armed Llama soldiers had surrounded the two Xiaosheng, and the arena official loudly announced the verdict of the two.
Since Xiaosheng refused to kill the loser and openly defied the audience's wishes, he will be executed together with Mengtai.
This decision calmed the angry spectators in the stands, but some people still shouted: "Burn them, burn them."
At this moment, Princess Mary slowly stood up from her seat and waved to the Royal Jingwei behind her. One of the Jingwei hurriedly fetched an extra-large iron loudspeaker for her.
"Dear loyal citizens of the Llama Empire, I am your Princess Mary, please be quiet."
Through the loudspeaker, Mary's voice spread throughout the arena. She pointed at the niche: "Like you, I am very happy today"
Hearing the princess¡¯s voice, the llama people in the stands gradually became quiet.
Just listen to Mary continue: "Because I finally found that person, the person who saved my father and I from the assassins in the Empire Square."
There was another commotion in the venue. Everyone knew what happened in the Empire State Plaza yesterday.
It is said that the warrior disappeared after rescuing His Majesty the Emperor and the Princess. Didn¡¯t expect Her Majesty the Princess to find him so quickly?
Some of the Llama people felt a little strange and didn't understand why Princess Mary announced this at this time. There seemed to be no inevitable connection between finding the rescue warrior and executing the two dishonest gladiators.
"He is standing in the arena now!"
Mary said loudly: "The death penalty has just been pronounced. My loyal subjects, do you want to execute the brave man who once saved His Majesty the Emperor?"
Like a magnitude 7 earthquake that suddenly occurred, the entire arena shook. Everyone was dumbfounded, including the Luma soldiers who were preparing for execution and Meng Tai who was standing next to Xiaosheng.
Mrs. Meng asked in disbelief: "Brother, is it really you who saved His Majesty the Emperor?"
Xiaosheng smiled bitterly and nodded: "I never thought that this little girl's eyesight would be so good, and she could recognize me even from such a distance."
Mark Antony lost no time in standing up: "For such a warrior, I, the Emperor of the Llama Empire, am willing to award him the Medal of Valor, and at the same time pardon him and his opponents from the death penalty." There was silence in the arena, and the Llama people were silent for a while. I don¡¯t know whether I should support the emperor¡¯s decision.
Suddenly, a soft and sweet voice rang out: "Please wait a moment, my respected Emperor." The person who spoke was none other than Julian. He smiled and looked like a true gentleman: "My Majesty. , I object to you awarding him the Medal of Valor."
Julian, who is also one of the three giants of Llama, challenged the emperor in public, which surprised all the Llama people.
Mark Antony didn¡¯t expect that Julian would dare to contradict him in person, so he couldn¡¯t help but get angry and said: ¡°Tell me your reasons, Your Excellency.¡±
"According to the rules, the Medal of Warriors should be awarded by His Majesty the Emperor to the gladiator who performed best today." Julian said slowly.
"Although this warrior saved the life of His Majesty the Emperor yesterday, his performance today was very poor. He even openly challenged the rules of gladiatorial combat. If he gets the Medal of Warrior, it will be very unfair to other gladiators, you say Really? My lord."
Mark Anthony had nothing to say for a moment, so he could only nod and said: "Okay, then I will not award the Medal of Valor for the time being. Sir Julian, is this okay?"
Even as Julian, it was inappropriate to contradict the emperor in public like this. Everyone present thought that he was too bold.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor actually adopted his opinion.
Everyone thought that Julian should just give up, but unexpectedly he still refused to sit down and continued: "In addition, I also object to His Majesty the Emperor pardoning a gladiator who violated the rules of gladiatorial combat."
Mark Antony couldn¡¯t help but feel a little annoyed, and said coldly: ¡°Do you still object? Please tell me your reasons.¡±
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that Luoma has a complete legal system. In the Luoma Empire, you, the Emperor, cannot go beyond the law."
Julian said: "For gladiators who have violated the law and must be executed, they cannot be pardoned by His Majesty's word."
"I think you may have forgotten, Uncle Julian." Mary couldn't help but retorted: "The emperor of the empire has the power to pardon!"
"Haha, my beautiful niece, how could your Uncle Julian forget this?"
Julian said calmly: "If I remember correctly, His Majesty the Emperor can only directly pardon the Llama Empire."?Nobles and commoners, including gladiators, it seems. The law did not give your father this power, but it stipulated that gladiators who violated the rules of gladiatorial combat must be executed. Therefore, he must die. "
The Llama people in the stands started talking. Julian was right, but he was too disrespectful to the Emperor. How could the Emperor step down? Everyone immediately looked at the Senate box. In this case, the Senate should come forward.
Mary's godfather and chief of the Senate, Ann Caesar, stood up and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Julian is right, Your Majesty the Emperor." Mark smiled and nodded, knowing that his old friend must have A way to shut Julian's mouth. "But His Majesty the Emperor has the right to ask the Senate to amend the law." An. Caesar smiled like an old fox: "If His Majesty the Emperor makes a request, the Senate can study on the spot whether it is necessary to amend the law in order to decide how to treat this character. Fighter. After all, he once saved the life of His Majesty the Emperor."
"Okay then, I will bring it to the Senate for discussion now." Mark smiled and looked at Julian: "Your Excellency Julian, do you still have any objections?"
"Since the Senate has come forward, I have no objection." Julian said.
The final decision of the Senate fully reflects its characteristics of being nimble and good at playing both sides.
They did not simply decide whether Xiaosheng could be pardoned, but made a new rule. From now on, if a gladiator like Xiaosheng violates the rules of gladiatorial combat, if a noble begs for his life, the gladiator can meet certain conditions. , you can survive.
This condition is that the gladiator must continuously defeat three opponents selected by the arena officials. During the battle, he has the right to choose whether to kill the opponent.
Such a decision seems to be made just for a niche. Under normal circumstances, how could a noble beg for his life for a gladiator who violated the rules?
This is the art of making laws. The Senate's decision not only satisfies the emperor's requirements, but also does not allow other gladiators to exploit loopholes due to changes in the law.
As for the three opponents, judging from Xiaosheng's performance at the Empire Plaza that day, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat any three gladiators.
As for Mengtai, based on the principle of one wrong without double punishment in the Luoma Criminal Law, now that Xiaosheng refuses to kill him, Xiaosheng will bear any consequences, and he will not have to bear any responsibility.
Mark Antony was very satisfied with the result. He didn't have to worry about Xiaosheng at all. Firstly, the skill that Xiaosheng showed that day gave him great confidence. Secondly, as long as the officials in the arena are not pigs, they will naturally be valued by His Majesty the Emperor. Gladiators, arrange "a suitable opponent".
Anthony is now wondering whether, given Xiaosheng¡¯s performance that day, he should consider placing him in the Royal Guards.
"The position of captain of the Jingwei is already occupied. He is the deputy captain. It should be suitable for him." A smile appeared on Anthony's lips.
The officials of the gladiatorial arena worked hard to please His Majesty the Emperor in private. Not only did the gladiators selected have the worst fighting ability, but before they entered the arena, these gladiators were secretly instructed by him to just show off during the fight. good.
According to the regulations of the Senate, there is no need to kill the opponent in the upcoming battle. Xiaosheng will naturally not kill people for no reason. These gladiators who are on the field to replenish their numbers are happy and relaxed, and naturally they have no objections.
After two consecutive matches, Xiaosheng successfully knocked away the opponent's weapon, which was nothing exciting at all. Fortunately, all the Llamas in the stands knew that His Majesty the Emperor was determined to make this gladiator pass, so they did not dare to criticize him too much. The arena official was about to announce the name of the third gladiator when he suddenly heard a voice amplified by a loudspeaker: "Wait a minute." The speaker was Julian again.
"This is cheating."
Julian said coldly: "If the arena wants to curry favor with His Majesty the Emperor, it doesn't seem to have to be so obvious, right? This is deceiving all the audiences."
The Llama people in the stands were suffocated after watching two tasteless performances. But because they were afraid of Mark Antony¡¯s authority, no one dared to express dissatisfaction. Now that Julian had said what everyone wanted to say, they immediately started making noises and unanimously supported Julian.
Public anger is inevitable, and Mark has no choice but to say: "Julian, what do you want to do?"
"Let me choose this third person." Julian said: "I believe my choice will satisfy all the viewers."
Mark sneered: "Okay, it's up to you."
A llama soldier sent the list of gladiators in front of Julian, but Julian waved his hand and said: "Don't look at it, the person I want to choose is Wu Teli!"
Hearing this name, Mark couldn't help butHe frowned: "Wuteli?"
He knew this man, who was originally a confidant of Julian. Because of the huge amount of corruption, he was deprived of his nationality and became a gladiator.
When he was punished, he personally supervised the punishment because it involved the Julian family.
Julian was very cooperative in punishing Utili. Not only did he have no intention of shielding him, but it was precisely because of his strong advocacy that Utili was punished as a gladiator.
This man is famous for his bravery, and Mark can't help but feel a little worried about Xiaosheng.
As soon as Wu Teli entered the arena, the audience gave him warm applause. That was because he was a Llama. Although he had been deprived of his nationality due to his crimes, the Llama audience still regarded him as one of their own. people.
Julian nodded to Wu Teli and then turned his attention to Xiaosheng.
Wu Teli understood the situation clearly and knew that Julian wanted him to deal with the little man in front of him before doing business. He roared and raised the giant sword that was four feet long and one foot wide in his hand and struck Xiaosheng head-on.
Xiaosheng could not help but sneer in his heart when he saw that he just used his natural brute force to swing the sword and did not show his true ability. Mother, you know how to hide your strength, can¡¯t I?
At that moment, he held the sword with both hands and raised it fiercely, shouting: "Open it for me!" "Dang!"
The two swords intersected. As the name suggests, Wu Teli's strength was astonishing. Xiaosheng did not use Xuangang and Xingli, but only used his own strength to catch the sword. He was shocked and took two steps back before he could do it. Standing still, Wu Teli acted as if nothing had happened, his body motionless.
Xiaosheng looked at Wu Teli as if he were a monster. Although he didn't show his true skill with the sword just now, he still has blood. Even with his own brute strength, he wouldn't be defeated by this big man. He couldn't help feeling worried. He was dissatisfied and shouted: "Good sword, come again!"
This time, without waiting for Wu Teli to activate, Xiaosheng jumped up several feet, grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and struck three swords in a row, and the sword went straight to Wu Teli's head.
Wu Teli sneered, and the sword in his hand shot out like lightning. He blocked three of Xiaosheng's swords and then counterattacked five. Xiaosheng reluctantly took them, but he was already forced to take more than ten steps back.
Seeing that Wu Teli had the upper hand, the Luoma people applauded and cheered for him.
Wu Teli became more and more courageous as he fought. He held the hilt of the sword with both hands, pointed the sword outward, and spun like a windmill. Only the light of the sword was seen, but no figure was seen. It was like a mountain of swords, pushing towards Xiaosheng.
Xiaosheng laughed and stopped fighting with him. He also increased his speed and made a circle around Wu Teli. He pointed and drew with the long sword in his hand, drawing circles, and the silk sword light shone towards Wu Teli.
Wu Teli suddenly had an indescribable strange feeling. He felt that his strength was nowhere to be used. Every sword struck in the air. The opponent drew sword circles one by one. The sword in his hand actually became heavier and heavier, as if There are countless ropes invisible to the naked eye, binding his hands and feet, making him unable to let go.
"Xiaosheng's swordsmanship is derived from the Tai Chi he learned in his dream. He relies on strength to fight, avoiding the reality and turning to the weak. How can Wu Teli understand the secret of this? He only knows how to blindly use brute force, but he is bound by his own strength.
The audience in the stands saw Wu Teli turning faster and faster, but Xiaosheng did not dare to directly accept his attack, and could only dodge in all directions. They thought that Wu Teli would win soon, and immediately responded with bursts of warm applause, and at the same time kept Taunting the niche.
Before the applause stopped, Wu Teli suddenly turned around a few more times and fell to the ground. The Luoma people were dumbfounded and looked at each other for a moment, wondering why the situation on the field had such a sudden change. Why don't you show your true skills Xiaosheng stabbed Wu Teli in the heart with a sword to force him to reveal the truth.
Seeing that the long sword was about to pierce Wu Teli's heart, he suddenly heard him roar, and his whole body suddenly flew up from the ground, flying up to a height of four or five meters. His face also turned green, and the sword in his hand The tip of the giant sword also emitted several feet of green light, which stretched and contracted in the sunlight, looking extremely weird. Seeing the green light on his sword, Xiaosheng smiled secretly, it turns out that you and that assassin are in the same group, mother, I am eager for you to come, why don't I suck you dry this time? Wu Teli turned around in the air and shot at Xiaosheng from head to foot, his giant sword piercing the center of Xiaosheng's head.
Xiaosheng laughed and floated up. He dodged the fatal sword first, then stretched out his sword quickly and caught the blade of Wu Teli's giant sword. He winked at Wu Teli and said, "I'll suck you dry." !¡±
Under the operation of Zifu Xuandan, Wu Teli felt that the true energy in his body was being sucked away by Xiaosheng. This surprise was no small matter. He suddenly remembered that person's warning to him. Knowing that his nemesis was coming, he hurriedly let go and threw his sword. He turned around in the air and threw himself towards the stands.
Julian was also nervous. Wu Teli was the assassin he deliberately arranged in the gladiators, and he was planning to kill him on National Day.God unexpectedly assassinated Mark.
Just now he asked Wu Teli to fight. He thought that with Wu Teli's special ability, he could easily take care of Xiaosheng, and it would not be too late to kill Mark. Who would have thought that Wu Teli kicked the iron plate squarely and encountered his nemesis.
In order to assassinate Mark, he successively arranged two assassins. One was the black-clothed assassin who was defeated by Xiaosheng on the float that day, and the other was Wu Teli. The plan that he thought was foolproof turned out to be full of twists and turns.
Fortunately, Wu Teli reacted quickly. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately abandoned Xiaosheng and rushed towards Mark and his daughter in the box. Julian was relieved. As long as Wu Teli could rush to the box, with those royal elite guards, Still can't stop him.
As soon as Wu Teli rushed into the stands, the royal guards around Mark were immediately alert. Half of them surrounded the emperor and the princess, and the other half blocked the rushing Wu Teli.
How could Wu Teli take these royal elite guards into his eyes? With a sneer, his palms flew like lightning, and a series of green shadows flashed by. All ten Royal Jingwei were knocked away and landed heavily in the arena below. They were shattered by him before they landed. The heart pulse became a corpse.
The other ten Royal Jingwei were about to risk their lives and step forward to intercept them. Suddenly, their vision blurred and they discovered that the gladiator who had been fighting fiercely with Wu Teli in the field had appeared in front of them at some point. These Jingwei looked at Xiaosheng and then at Looking at the guardrail and net wall that were as high as three people below, my brain was a little short-circuited for a moment, and I couldn't figure out how this person ran up.
If it had been before the fight with Wu Teli, Xiaosheng really wouldn't have been able to fly up to him. It's just that he absorbed a lot of energy from Wu Teli just now, which restored a lot of his own skills. Although he can't fly now, it is easy to jump over the guardrail that is several people high. Xiaosheng smiled slightly: "You go and protect His Majesty the Emperor and Her Royal Highness the Princess. This big guy belongs to me."
When Wu Teli saw Xiaosheng chasing after him, he immediately panicked. He was not afraid of anything, and the one he was most afraid of at the moment was Xiaosheng. He immediately turned around and ran away towards the crowd. Xiaosheng wanted to chase him, but the crowd was too dense and everyone was in panic at the moment. If he made a move in the crowd, he would inevitably injure others. Although he didn't like the Llama people, he was still unwilling to kill them with his own hands, so he had no choice but not to pursue them. Before finishing the thought, there was a sudden scream, and the sound sounded like it was coming from Wu Teli. Then a corpse fell from the sky and fell to the center of the arena with a bang. Who else could it be if it wasn't Wu Teli?
Xiaosheng sneered secretly, killing people and silencing them? Or is it because the special forces of the punishment house are not doing their job well? The guy who can kill Wu Teli in such a short period of time is not an ordinary guy. I never thought that there is such a master in this world, mother!
Luoma is worthy of being a country founded on war. The citizens are used to wars and bloodshed. When such a serious thing happened, there was only a slight commotion in the arena, which quickly calmed down.
The Luoma people all looked at Xiaosheng with surprise. At this time, Xiaosheng had accepted Mark and Mary's invitation and sat in the emperor's box. The Llama people had never seen a gladiator enjoy such treatment, and they were all guessing what kind of reward His Majesty the Emperor would give him.
Since Mark did not bring the edict officer, the task of reading out the edict was left to the arena officials.
The official took Mark¡¯s temporary imperial edict and read it several times to make sure he had read it correctly before reading it aloud.
The more the Luoma people listened, the more surprised they became, and they let out waves of exclamation.
Not only did His Majesty the Emperor grant this gladiator freedom, award him with the Medal of Valor, and gift him a large area of ??land and slaves, but he also appointed him as the deputy captain of the Royal Elite Guards for the first time?
That is the Royal Elite Guard, where the most elite warriors in the entire Luoma Empire are gathered, and without exception, these warriors are from noble families and are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Luoma Empire. This is an army composed entirely of nobles. .
"Is His Majesty the Emperor confused?" Actually appointed a former gladiator as the deputy captain of the Royal Guards? This is simply a big joke. No matter his origin, bloodline, height, or appearance, this gladiator does not match any of them!
These tall Luoma people have their own unique aesthetics. In their eyes, Xiaosheng is simply an ugly and short guy. If such a person joins the Royal Guards, it will be an insult to all Luoma people! "I disagree!"
"Me too, how can a gladiator enter the Royal Guards? Please change your mind, Your Majesty." The nobles expressed their opposition, even if it meant offending the emperor. "I don't agree either, Your Majesty." Xiaosheng stood up and said. His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard in the ears of every Luoma person: "I prefer a leisurely and peaceful life, but I don't want to do anything. Your vice-captain. So I agree to accept your fiefdom and the honor you give me, but I refuse to enterThere is no need for slaves to join the Royal Guards. "
Originally, Xiaosheng did not care about land and honor. In his opinion, everything that existed in this world was ultimately illusory to him. It was only when he thought that Mengtai and the people in Camai Village who had lost their homes needed a piece of land that they Accepted Mark's fiefdom.
Seeing Xiaosheng express his position, the nobles felt their anger calmed down a bit. This humble gladiator finally had self-awareness and did not dare to offend the noble nobles. However, they did not know that Xiaosheng was too lazy to participate in the affairs of this world.
Now he just wants to find a quiet place, recover his skills as soon as possible, and then explore the secrets of the sacred mountains of Lot-Garonne Province in order to find clues to leave the world in the picture.
Mary looked at Xiaosheng with some anger and said softly: "Can you think about it again? Imy father and I need your help very much."
Xiaosheng thought, let¡¯s forget it? I still have a lot of worries of my own, so how can I have time to care about your affairs? Didn't I save you last time because I was obsessed with sex and causing trouble for myself? Even if you are 10,000 times more beautiful, you are just a beauty on paper to me, and I cannot marry you back home. Besides, my little Zi Ling is more beautiful than you
Hehe, this is what I call "sitting pregnant without chaos", his mother's, this word is not bad, I didn't expect that after I understood the breath of the universe, I could actually express it in a coherent manner, not bad, not bad.
He shook his head and said: "Didn't you see those nobles were so anxious that they were about to hang themselves? I'm not stupid, and I don't want to provoke them. Let's forget it. What's so great about the captain of the Jingwei? Besides, he's still a deputy."
"You don't have to worry about those nobles. Even if they scream fiercely, nothing can be done." Mary said.
"Even if there weren't those nobles, I wouldn't do it." Xiaosheng patted his butt and said, "If there's nothing else, I'd have to go back to my fiefdom. By the way, His Majesty the Emperor, you just promised me that you would let those nobles go." Gladiator, if you can, please tell that official, I'm going to take my friends away." He said with a leap, and jumped off the stand.
Mark Anthony looked at Xiaosheng¡¯s back and couldn¡¯t help but shook his head. This was the first time he saw a person like Xiaosheng who was unwilling to take an official position, and he became more determined to recruit Xiaosheng.
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