Chapter 310 Public Trial Conference

Drizzt stepped onto the trial stand and looked coldly at Matron Baenre, an old woman who was very familiar with her. It was this woman who single-handedly orchestrated the downfall of House Do'Urden.

Countless members of House Do'Urden died at her hands, and she personally dug out their hearts and sacrificed them to the goddess Lolth.

The hatred of country and family combined into one body, Drizzt wished he could take out his gun and shoot her dead.

When Matron Baenre heard the footsteps approaching, she looked up blankly and recognized Drizzt at the same glance.

"The third son of the Do'Urden family, I knew it was you..."

The host's voice actually said with excitement: "I know that sooner or later you will return to the Underdark to avenge me, the Baenre family, and Menzoberranzan! Kill me, I have lived for six hundred years. I have lived enough! Somehow, I know that I will die in your hands!"

Drizzt looked at her indifferently. This snake-like old woman seemed to have awakened from hibernation. Her face was ashen and lifeless just now, but she became energetic when she saw him.

After thinking for a moment, Drizzt figured out why this woman was so excited.

She refused to accept the fact that the dark elf army was defeated by slaves, and she refused to accept the reality that she would be judged by a group of slaves as humble as maggots. She was still living in a dream. In her dream world, even if she failed and died miserably, He will only be attacked by the hero, die in a revenge action of the adventure group formed by the hero, and become a part of the epic legend, even the villain's part.

Matron Baenre would rather believe that she was killed by a hero, the son of an enemy, a destiny darling blessed by the gods, an anti-hero of the evil camp, a victim and martyr of Rose's counterattack, rather than believe that She had spent her whole life wallowing in a cesspool in vain, nothing more than the king of maggots hiding in the ground and eating the waste of the gods.

Thinking about it this way, Drizzt's hatred for her weakened, and the heroic judgment of revenge was more like the ridiculous dance of the puppets of the gods.

In the original plot, Mother Baenre was killed by Drizzt's sword, and Drizzt avenged her friend Wulfgar.

"Make no mistake, this is not a revenge, and I will not kill you." Drizzt said calmly: "The protagonist today is not me. You will be judged by the people and executed by the people. You are looking forward to an epic A similar battle between good and evil? Expect a revengeful hero who endures humiliation to kill you? You won’t get it, because you don’t deserve it, you and your lackeys.”

Drizzt waved to the audience and called Jack the dockworker. Jack is now Drizzt's right-hand man and secretary.

"Comrade Jack, please read the "New People's Code of Faerun" so that both criminals and accusers can understand our laws and try according to the law. We must keep records of the court hearings, improve every step of the trial procedures, and leave rigorous files for future generations. Check it out.”

Jack walked up to the stage holding a thick tome and solemnly opened the code. Before reading, he said to the people gathered in the audience: "Don't be anxious, everyone. There are many clauses and it will take a long time to read." , but I hope everyone must listen carefully. When we try a criminal, the procedure will be very rigorous, the reasons will be sufficient, evidence, witnesses, and testimonies are all indispensable. The legal principles and public sentiment must be solid, so we can proudly say that we will not unjustly accuse a good person. , will not let a bad person go."

After explaining, he read the code loudly, explaining every article and paragraph clearly. He also spent a lot of time explaining the law to the people and telling them why the judgment was made in this way.

In fact, the public may not remember this explanation and preaching. Except for a few human and elf slaves, the newly freed slaves in the audience, most of the dwarves, kobolds, goblins and bugbears have almost zero cultural literacy. I have never read a book, and I can’t even write my own name.

But preaching the law before the trial is to emphasize the seriousness of the law. As long as the people can understand that the law for Red believers is not a child's play, and they must respect the law, that is enough.

As for whether the people can know the law and understand it, long-term legal popularization work will be needed in the future to produce results.

The lengthy lecture lasted for more than three hours, which was a torment for both the interrogators and the people. However, he worked so seriously and completed the lecture meticulously. Jack took out the paper made of giant mushroom fiber and began to record the people's accusations one by one. , for each accusation, present prepared evidence.

Three-headed shapeshifters sneaked into the city of Menzoberranzan with dimensional bags. Every time they entered the city, the dimensional bags were filled with food and medicine, and when they left, they were filled with incriminating evidence collected by slaves.

All the crimes committed by the dark elves against the slaves will not be forgotten, nor will they be ignored. They are all remembered in the hearts of the people, waiting for liquidation. It is not difficult to collect evidence, because the dark elves never thought that they would have The day the slaves were brought to court, they never knew how to cover up their crimes.

The court even gave Mistress Banrui time to defend herself. What else could Mistress Banrui have to defend herself?

She just sneered and remained silent, or yelled a few words that a despicable creature was not qualified to judge me!

In the end, Jack pronounced that Mistress Banre was guilty. She had committed "crimes against humanity", "murder", "injury causing death", "misappropriation", "infringement of personal rights" and "poisoning" in the People's Code. "Abetment crime", "fraud crime", "rape crime", "crime against humanity", "crime of invasion of other countries"...

Almost covers most of the crimes in the code.

Jack loudly said: "I declare that the defendant is found guilty. According to Articles 6, 12, 20, 36 of the New Faerun People's Code... 120 According to the provisions of the seven articles, the verdict is as follows: several crimes shall be punished concurrently, and Mistress Ban Rui shall be sentenced to death and executed immediately!”

After hearing the death sentence, Mistress Ban Rui laughed out loud. She laughed loudly and said: "It's finally over. You have made a simple thing extremely complicated! All you need to do to kill me is to chop with a knife. Come here, it will be over in one second, you have wasted five hours!"

Drizzt sneered: "At least everyone was not bored. I think the crowd enjoyed every second of your trial."

Drizzt was right. Maybe the slaves didn't understand the law, but they enjoyed the process of accusing Mother Baenre, as if they were releasing the pain and depression they had suppressed for a long time.

"oh--"

When the death sentence was handed down, more than 20,000 slaves couldn't help but cheer loudly.

"How are you going to kill me?" Mistress Baenre said in a mocking tone: "Is it as complicated as trying me? Cutting off my flesh one by one for several hours?"

Drizzt shook his head and said: "We Red believers usually execute prisoners by shooting. The process is quick and not complicated."

Two gray dwarf guerrillas walked onto the stage, lifted up Matron Baenre, and dragged her to the execution ground aside. Drizzt walked to a position thirty steps away from her.

"In the end, is it up to you?" Madam Ban Rui was tied to the execution column, still curling her lips contemptuously and said: "I don't understand the meaning of the trial just now, why don't you kill me directly from the beginning? .”

Drizzt said: "You misunderstood, I am the prison officer, not the executioner."

After that, Drizzt shouted to the slaves: "I need a volunteer..."

Suddenly, Ru Lin's arms were raised, and the slaves all wanted to kill Mistress Banrui with their own hands, and they all recommended themselves as volunteers to shoot Mistress Banrui.

Everyone was vying to be the first, and it was really difficult to choose this volunteer for a while.

Drizzt did not expect such a situation to occur, and hesitated not knowing what to do. Luo Feng laughed, leaned close to him and said: "Dizzt, let the people vent their anger this time. It will not be an example next time. It doesn’t matter if you choose a few more volunteers.”

"How many more should you choose?" Drizzt said with a wry smile: "There are thousands of people competing here, so it's not easy to choose more than one!"

Luo Feng smiled meaningfully: "Before the war, I arranged for the arsenal to work overtime to produce bullets. Do you think they are for war? To catch these maggots parasitic on the people, do you still need red soldiers to go into battle with guns and shed their blood? I'm afraid there won't be enough bullets to kill these criminals."

Drizzt couldn't help but be stunned.

"We can't have too many volunteers. We can select as many people as we have guns. We all shoot at the same time and kill with one shot. Let's celebrate the victory and set off firecrackers."

Drizzt said in shock: "Thousands of people shot at the same time? Will she be beaten to a pulp?"

Luo Feng shrugged and said: "If you execute a scumbag, of course you have to beat him into a scumbag..."