After receiving the king's order, Aldo followed Jiang Fei's instructions and did not rush to pass it down. He deliberately delayed it for two days until the third day, which was the deadline for the slaves to arrive at Malar, before he passed the order down.
This way, when the slaves received the order, they would not be able to reach Malar on time even if they rushed to their deaths!
Not only that, Aldo also followed Jiang Fei's instructions and kept himself clean. From the beginning to the end, he did not mention a word about himself. He even secretly spread the news that this decree was issued by a few favored and trusted concubines. The Prime Minister, Aldo, had written many petitions to persuade the old Emperor, but the old Emperor's new concubines did not take Aldo's advice and continued to issue the decree.
One had to know that rumors spread much faster than the law. Before the "all who fail to arrive on time will be executed" decree was passed down to the lower-level officials, everyone in Malar knew that Aldo had tried to stop the emperor from issuing the order, but he had failed.
"Well done!" Jiang Fei was overjoyed after listening to Aldo's story.
"What are we going to do next?" Aldo was also very excited. After all, the temptation of the emperor's throne had already made him crazy.
"Next, continue to build momentum in Malar. Leave the rest to us!" Jiang Fei smiled, then prepared to leave with Bella and the other girls.
"Then, I will have to trouble you, sir. If I can really become the emperor, no matter what you want, I will definitely fulfill it!" Aldo said respectfully.
"Hoho, it's nothing. I congratulate you in advance, Your Majesty!" Jiang Fei smiled slightly. He did not care about Aldo's promise. Moreover, the promises of people like Aldo were the most meaningless. These people were the classic example of people who would burn bridges after crossing the river. If he really succeeded in usurping the throne, the first thing he would do would be to get rid of Jiang Fei and the others.
For people like Aldo who had come from the bottom of society and succeeded in becoming the emperor, the first thing they would think about was not how to reward those who had helped them, but how to stabilize their position. They would get rid of all the people who had helped them, because these people were more capable than they were. They were afraid that these people would rebel against them after helping them.
However, this was meaningless to Jiang Fei. Firstly, Jiang Fei did not want to stay on Norton. Secondly, he did not plan to help Aldo become the emperor. What he needed was to completely mess up Norton. When the time came, there would be warlords everywhere. That way, no one would care about the 'players', and no one would give them precious people!
At that time, the players would still have another option, which was to help one of the feudal lords to reunify Norton. However, that would be a time-consuming and laborious task. After all, destruction was always easier than reconstruction. Jiang Fei would only be messing with the planet, but the 'players' would have to restore order to the planet. Only then would the new ruler be able to reward them with more people.
Even if the 'players' could do this, it would take a lot of time. This was enough for Jiang Fei. A quest that could delay the players for a few years or even a decade was definitely worth it!
After saying goodbye to Aldo, Jiang Fei and the others left Mara City. They followed the messenger and walked in the direction where the slaves had come from.
Jiang Fei and the others walked for more than a day. When Jiang Fei and the others saw the slaves, they had already delayed their arrival date.
"The imperial edict has arrived!" With a shout from the messenger, the soldiers and the slaves all knelt down.
"The imperial edict …" Then, the messenger began to read the edict loudly. The content could be summed up in four words: Those who failed to arrive on time would be executed!
"This …"
"How can this be?"
"We were delayed because the road was washed away by the storm!"
"Sir! This is not something we want to do! "
"What should we do?"
…
In an instant, the slaves panicked. According to the new law, they would all be executed after arriving at Mara!
"Shut up! If you dare to shout again, I will kill you immediately! "The officer who was escorting the slaves shouted. At the same time, he lashed the whip in his hand like a slave who was complaining.
Smack! The whip landed directly on the man's face.
"Ah!" The slave screamed, but he did not dare to make another sound. Because they had been slaves for a long time, their courage had almost been worn out. The result of being beaten and scolded for a long time was that they had forgotten to resist.
Seeing that the slaves did not dare to make a sound, the messenger said with a haughty expression, "This is the imperial edict issued by the emperor. Even the prime minister could not change the edict. What can I do? Hurry up and go to Mara to die! "
The messenger was obviously Aldo's man. This time, he did not forget to lighten the relationship between Aldo and the old emperor.
"…" The slaves looked at each other. Most of their eyes were only left with numbness, but Jiang Fei keenly saw the anger and unwillingness in a few people's eyes!
"Seems like these slaves can still be saved." Jiang Fei nodded. If they were all numb, Jiang Fei would really be dumbfounded.
Jiang Fei remembered those people with anger and unwillingness in their eyes, but he did not show himself. He continued to observe in the dark. It was not until the camping time that Jiang Fei went to the slave camp alone.
As Jiang Fei came with the messenger, the soldiers guarding the slaves recognized him. They knew that he was with the messenger, so they did not dare to stop him.
After arriving at the camp, Jiang Fei scanned the area with his Psychic Power and immediately found the slaves that he had noticed. Although the quest had restricted him from using his power, he could still cheat by scanning them. No one would be able to discover him.
After finding the location of these people, Jiang Fei went straight to their vicinity. Although it was a slave camp, slaves often had no human rights. They did not have tents to live in at all. They only had a few pieces of patched rags and a shack made of branches.
These people living in shacks were already considered good conditions. Most slaves slept directly on the ground. Previously, it was raining heavily in the south, and many slaves had died because of the rain. There were 1,200,000 slaves when they set off, but now there were only about 800,000 left. A total of 400,000 slaves had died on the road.
"No wonder these slaves did not react much after hearing about the death sentence. Maybe death is a kind of release for them!" Jiang Fei sighed in his heart.
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