Chapter 542: Execution (Please share your feelings)
Chapter 543: Execution (please give me a compliment)
As Joseph whispered like a devil, tax farmers such as Ford trembled all over, and the hair on their backs stood up.
However, Joseph continued: "I heard that after the skinless meat ball drilled out from the ground, it usually survived and could even run around in pain on the ground."
"Please, please stop..." Morel was so scared by the torture that he closed his eyes and begged in a trembling voice.
Joseph nodded, and seeing that several people were relieved, he suddenly patted his forehead: "Oh, I almost forgot, they said there is one last step, which is to pour a bucket of boiling water on the meat ball!"
"Ah——" Morel was so scared that he fell to the ground, and there were water stains on his crotch.
The other people also looked like their souls were about to leave their bodies, or they were stroking their chests and vomiting.
Of course, the stuff Joseph said was not heard from the Intelligence Bureau - at most they would do "tricks" such as smashing fingers and piercing calves with wooden spikes.
This is the best of the best in "The Deer and the Cauldron" who was "selected" from thousands of years of torture. It can definitely make people feel like they are in an endless purgatory after just one listen, and experience the despair and fear from the depths of their souls.
Joseph saw that everyone had entered the state, and immediately said sternly: "If you think you are tight-lipped enough to keep the secrets of those ill-gotten gains, you can give it a try."
No one answered, most of them were still wiping cold sweats or fighting against the feeling of churning in their stomachs.
Finally, Ford barely recovered and said very unwillingly: "If you force me like this, I will commit suicide! No one will have a good life!"
Joseph raised his eyelids and said slowly: "If you pay the fine and accept the court's trial, I can allow your descendants to inherit the title and the remaining property.
"Your family and your surname will continue to exist. "
Seeing that they were still silent, he continued, "Oh, by the way, except for Borore who ordered the attack and killing of the tax collector, Barro and De Cantler who instigated the caravan to disrupt the country's trade, and Antonel and others whose tax farming was involved in many murders, the others, especially those with fewer criminal records, may not be sentenced to death by the High Court. "
Exert extreme pressure, then give a little hope, and divide as much as possible. This is always the best strategy to deal with opponents who resist in groups.
Morel quickly compared them, and surprise flashed in his eyes. He obviously belonged to the last type of people mentioned by the crown prince.
Since he can save his life, why should he be tied to a dying guy like Borore?
He has a fortune of more than 14 million. After paying the fine and deducting various recent expenses, he should be able to leave 2 million for his family and children.
Maybe after a few years in prison, he can be bailed out.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, took two steps forward with his cold legs, and said with his head down: "Your Highness, I am willing to pay the fine. Please keep your promise..."
Joseph nodded: "You made the right decision. This is the attitude a penitent should have. "
Fold looked at Morel in despair, and he was a little envious. He was the president of the General Association of Tax Farmers, and he was in charge of many things in the confrontation with the government this time, so it was natural that he could not get a light sentence.
But he hesitated for a long time, and finally he could only accept the prince's solution.
He knew very well that the prince had just said that his family and descendants could inherit the title and property, but this was actually the opposite.
Even if he was sentenced to death by the court, at least these could be guaranteed.
Morel and others had already compromised, and even if he wanted to continue to resist, he had no hope of winning. What's more, it would give him the possibility of "experiencing" the terrifying mercury peeling - he swore that no matter what he was asked to do, he would never want to have anything to do with this thing!
Soon, the participants in the talks The other two tax farmers who were sentenced also accepted Joseph's proposal. As if all their strength had been drained, they left the Tuileries Palace with a dull look and went to convey the negotiation results to other tax farmers.
Just as Fold and others went out, two carriages drove out of the Dutch Embassy in France.
The intelligence agent who was monitoring at the front door of the embassy looked at the tax bureau investigator under the tree opposite, gestured to each other, and the tax bureau people rode on horseback to chase them.
They were monitoring Hope here.
The Dutch banker was obviously worried that he would be arrested by the tax bureau - the recent deaths of those tax farmers and their men really scared him - so he hid in the Dutch Embassy a week ago.
Suddenly, the tax bureau heard someone from the embassy shouting: "Mr. Weisshof, have a good trip. Remember to tell my wife that I am fine in Paris. "
The investigator turned around and saw Hope standing in front of the window on the second floor of the embassy, waving at the two carriages.
Someone in the carriage also leaned out and waved back.
However, the investigator still followed the two carriages cautiously on horseback, and that night, after the people in the carriages checked into the hotel, he carefully observed the group of people in secret - for diplomats, they had no right to stop the car directly for inspection, so they could only use this method.
They were all people from the embassy, and they didn't see Hope. Yes, he should still be in the embassy.
So, the two investigators rushed back to Paris overnight and continued to squat in the embassy.
What the two did not expect was that just half an hour after they left, the Dutch diplomats slipped out and used tools to remove the roof of the carriage. Hope immediately stuck his head out from the mezzanine.
In another car, Van Kewich also complained and jumped off the roof, but because his legs had been curled up, they had already become numb, and he immediately fell heavily to the ground.
The next morning, the two disguised themselves and mixed into a caravan. Two days later, they boarded a ship on the Picardy coast and headed for the nearest British port...
More than half a month later.
The Paris High Court made a verdict on the big tax farmer Borore - murdering tax officials, murdering five other civilians, kidnapping, smuggling and other 16 charges, sentenced him to death by beheading, and added a huge fine of 10 million francs.
Although a large number of tax farmers had been tried before, and even "headless", their influence was far less than that of Borore.
He was a well-known loan shark who controlled more than one-third of the loan shark market in northwestern France and was extremely influential in the political and business circles.
However, this time he was sentenced to death!
At the same time, the court's verdict also disclosed a large number of his crimes. Even because of his downfall, the largest smuggling gang in northwestern France was dug out.
