News of the birth of Special Shulot's eldest daughter, Light Snake, quickly spread among the upper echelons of the Seaside Land, especially among the Totonak elite. Although this news has not been officially circulated, it certainly cannot be hidden from the alliance. As for Shulot, he didn't want to hide it.
Because this newly born God-blessed child, after being deified through the legends of the priests, is the powerful legal system for the kingdom to control the seaside land, and is also one of the most powerful supports to stabilize the hearts of all tribes!
"The kingdom wants to control this thousand-mile eastern seashore...and now, the kingdom has firmly controlled it!"
This is the political voice that Shulot needs to express. The control of the seaside land and the access to the east are his bottom line. After two days of discussions with Yitui, the chief priest of the seaside, he finally met with the Mayan businessman Tikalo, who was thinking wildly and having trouble sleeping and eating, in the temple of the main god.
"Your Highness! Your most loyal servant, with the good news from afar, I sincerely send you..."
With an expressionless face, Shulot walked into the side hall of the temple. He just gave Ti Carlo a cold look and gave the order to the captain of the guard without mercy.
"Ekart! Tikalo deceived the kingdom and designed the exploration fleet... Give him sixty lashes! Right in front of the statue of the main god! No matter life or death!"
Hearing the last sentence, "It doesn't matter whether he lives or lives," the captain of the guard, Eckardt, raised his brows and immediately had an idea in his mind. He took the execution whip, which was covered with cold salt water, and strode towards the terrified Mayan businessman Tikalo.
"Ah! Ah this! Your Highness! I...I didn't, I'm not..."
"Pah! Pah!..."
"Ah!...O Lord God!..."
"Pah! Pah!..."
"Ah!...O Serpent God!..."
Two red-haired warriors, one on the left and one on the right, took off Ti Carlo's robe and pressed him on the cold bluestone. Then, with a stern look on his face, the captain of the guard, Eckardt, stretched out his arms, turned his body sideways, used his feet as a pivot, and swung his long whip vigorously, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air! His movements are extremely skillful and his position control is also very precise. He avoided the back and waist that could kill someone, and hit Ti Carlo's butt and legs hard, leaving bloody marks instantly.
"Crack! Ten lashes!"
"ah!"
Every time the heavy whip was struck, the Mayan merchant Tikalo burst into hysterical screams! The leather whip dipped in salt water could only hit him about ten times before his skin was torn and his whole body was shaking in pain. After the severe whipping, when the wound encountered salt water, there was another burning pain, as if it was burning!
"Ah! Don't fight! Don't fight!...Your Highness! Please! Please!...O Serpent God!"
The Mayan businessman Tikalo struggled fiercely, like a fish on the chopping board, but was firmly held down by the strong warriors. He had never suffered such a painful punishment, even in the dungeon of Priest Papu, the other party deliberately spared his life. At this moment, facing the "merciless" whipping by the captain of the guard, thinking of His Highness's cold expression, his wise head was filled with pain and fear, and he even howled in Mayan language with unknown meaning.
"Ah! Heavenly Snake!... Ancestor!... Grandfather!... Father!... I, I'm going to see you! Ah!..."
"Crack! Crack!...Thirty lashes!"
"Well…"
Eckart, the captain of the guard, moved steadily, one whip after another. He listened to Ti Carlo's screams, each one hoarse and weaker than the other, and his hands quietly loosened some strength. And where the whip fell, there was almost no good piece of flesh, and there were all scars that were hideous and terrifying, even bleeding!
"Snapped!"
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The long whip fell and blood splashed everywhere. From a distance, Ti Carlo was covered in blood and motionless, lying on the bluestone slab of the temple, as if he was a sacrifice being sacrificed.
"The last ten lashes!"
In fact, the whipping of Eckart, the captain of the guard, was very skillful and was one of the ways of self-torture for the ascetic priests. Such scars are extremely painful and scary to look at, but they are just skin injuries and cannot be life-threatening. And with the strength of the captain of the guard, if he really wanted to beat him to death, he only needed to hit the vital part of his back for about ten times, and he would be able to injure Tikalo's internal organs and kill him on the spot!
"Pah! Pah!..."
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"Witness the Lord God! Master, the sixty lashes have been used!..."
The captain of the guard, Eckart, put away the bloody whip, turned around and lowered his head to resume his life. Shulot looked at Ti Carlo who was so angry that he could no longer scream, and nodded slightly. Such a profound shock should make this cunning Mayan businessman remember it for the rest of his life!
"Tikallo, do you plead guilty?"
".Your Highness...I...I...confess...sin...confess!...Lord God...witness..."
"Um."
Shulot looked calm, staring at Tikalo's tear-filled eyes, looking at his old face with a lot of snot and tears, and then looking at the blood stains and whip marks on the other person's body. After a while, he knelt down, touched Ti Carlo's divine bald head, and warned him sternly.
"The Lord God witnesses! Tikalo, you have accepted your guilt. And the merciful Lord God is willing to give you one last chance!..."
"And if you dare to deceive the kingdom again and make some secret plans...I will personally sacrifice you to the Lord God on the altar!..."
"Ti Carlo, do you remember?"
"Ah! I...I...remembered...Your Highness...my...King..."
Tikalo trembled all over and looked up at the expressionless king, with deep-seated fear in his eyes. At this moment, the innocent shadow of young Shulot had completely disappeared from his heart. And all that is left is a cold and ruthless king who can't see his intentions and can kill him at any time!
"Um."
Shulot stood up and then gave instructions to the two guards behind him.
"God bless you! Use my wound medicine to treat his wounds!"
"Yes! Your Highness!..."
After giving all these instructions, Shulot turned around and was about to leave the courtyard. When he saw the king about to leave, Ti Carlo, although he was in pain and couldn't move, still struggled to shout out.
"Your Highness...Your Highness!...Witness the Lord God! I have...vital...news to...report to you!..."
"Huh? Say it!"
"The... naval commander of Hidden Snake Holy City... Papu! Priest Papu! He wants to take... the fleet and the shipwright... to surrender to you... personally!..."
"The naval commander of Hidden Snake City? The guy who attacked the exploration fleet and captured you?"
Hearing this, Shulot frowned. He walked up to Ti Carlo again, knelt down, looked into his eyes, and asked.
"You mean shipwright? What shipwright? The Mayan royal shipwright you lost?..."
"…Yes."
Mayan businessman Tikalo trembled. He carefully glanced at His Highness's calm face and replied in a low voice.
"Priest Papu... captured me and released me... He wanted to bring... a fleet of two thousand men, seven galleys, a large number of shipwrights and all the big timber... to surrender to you personally..."
"He promised to prevent... the escape of the chief priest and the descendants of the Hidden Serpent Holy City. He was willing to lead the kingdom's legions into the fortified Hidden Serpent City..."
"And his only condition is to surrender to you personally and continue to serve you to conquer the Mayan land in the east!..."
(End of chapter)
