The Frost Maple Ridge military inspectors led by Sean Mountbatten reined in their horses and stopped beside a three-story stone brick building next to the town hall in Jiaoshi Town.

There were already several Frost Maple Ridge soldiers wearing armbands waiting at the door of the small stone building. They saluted, walked forward quickly, helped Sean Mountbatten off his horse, and then moved the group to

The reins of the military horse are fastened firmly to the hitching posts.

Corporal Finn also jumped off the horse behind Mountbatten.

He raised his head and observed the surrounding environment.

This three-story stone brick mansion standing next to the town hall of Jiaoshi Town is rumored to be the private residence of the former mayor of this Central Plains town - the mayor who has long been domineering in the town.

, his life was extremely corrupt, and he even kept a dozen elf slaves kidnapped from Yongri City in his own dungeon.

However, since the orcs invaded the west and the war swept across the Burning Crystal Canyon, the mayor hastily fled Jiaoshi Town with the gold and silver, and his whereabouts are unknown ever since. And the mansion he carefully built for himself was also destroyed in Jiaoshi Town.

After it was designated as a distribution center for grain and grass supplies, it was requisitioned as a supply warehouse by the Imperial Army with a stroke of a pen.

Now that Tumu Fort has fallen and the main forces in the direction of Burning Crystal Canyon have withdrawn to Jiaoshi Town, the entire town has become overcrowded. The streets and alleys are full of imperial soldiers wearing military uniforms and helmets; the few remaining in the town

The residents who had not yet fled were all packed into trucks and sent to the outskirts of Yongri City for resettlement.

Under such circumstances, the Imperial Army naturally could not allow such a gorgeous building located in the center of the town to continue to be used as a warehouse:

With the beginning of the vigorous "Military Inspection Purge Movement", the military inspection team formed by Shuangmangling here was regarded as the general headquarters - only the most suspected traitor suspects in the Imperial Army would be wearing armbands.

Military inspectors were transferred here, and then underwent secret interrogation procedures in a dungeon that were inhumane to outsiders.

This is not the first time Corporal Finn has come to this three-story stone building commonly known as the "Gulag Castle":

"It is very scary." Sean Mountbatten said solemnly, "Lord, this war is very different from the previous five human-orc wars... The Orcs of the East attach great importance to honor and hope to win on the battlefield.

A militant race that defeats its opponents head-on. In the past, they have never recruited traitors in the enemy camp on such a large scale to engage in intelligence warfare."

"Yes... it was in Black Creek Forest..." Corporal Finn said dejectedly, "Chief Inspector Mountbatten, I really think Captain Greenspan is a very good person..."

Sean Mountbatten didn't seem to want to waste time: he didn't stop in the porch, and after urging the guards to collect Finn's sword, he led him quickly towards the depths of the porch without hesitation.

The thin layer of thatch on the floor made a soft sound under Finn's feet.

After seeing Finn, Captain Greenspan, who was huddled in the corner with some sluggishness, didn't seem to be surprised at all. His lips trembled, then he shook his head slumpedly, facing his closest comrades, subordinates and little brothers, and revealed his

A bitter and dark smile.

"There are so many traitors in the imperial army!" Xia Houyan exclaimed, "It's terrible!"

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"Now, the evidence regarding Rick Greenspan's treason and surrender to the enemy has been collected." While walking down the stairs, Sean Mountbatten said calmly, "But we still need Rick Green.

So far, he has refused to utter a single word of Spann's confession. So, we hope you can have a good chat with him and convince him to tell him everything he knows - according to our investigation,

In the entire Central Military, only you and Rick Greenspan have the best relationship."

The figure of Captain Rick Greenspan emerged from the darkness.

"He saved your life?" Mountbatten raised his eyebrows, "During the war?"

The chief of staff of Frost Maple Ridge took out a bunch of keys from his waist, unlocked the iron gate of the cell, and nodded to Finn.

There was silence in the room, and for a moment, Fenn thought that Chief Inspector Mountbatten had made a mistake. There were no suspects undergoing "isolation review" in this cell;

Then, he realized he was wrong.

As early as early March, he accepted personal inquiries from the respected Duke Elliot Igor and Grand Duke Grimm Rosario here to find out the specific circumstances when Marquis Ryan Grant was killed; and then

, after he recovered from the injuries he suffered when escaping from the earthen fort, Finn came here for the second time and accepted follow-up interrogation by the military inspection team to prove his innocence.

The two of them walked deeper along the porch until they reached the end, then turned right and entered a spiral staircase leading underground.

Corporal Finn followed Chief Inspector Mountbatten in a panic. He gritted his teeth and thought about it again and again, but finally he was convinced and asked:

"Chief Inspector Mountbatten... do you really think that Captain Greenspan secretly defected to the Federation Orcs?"

After entering the interior of the "Gulag Castle", Finn suddenly felt a reassuring sense of familiarity:

The interior decoration of the "Frost Maple Ridge Military Inspectorate Headquarters" was no different from the last time he came here for trial:

After entering, there is a long porch extending deep into the building. The walls on both sides are painted spotless white with lime. The bronze gallery lights installed on the walls are not bright, but emit a slightly oppressive dim light.

The two of them walked down the stairs for about thirty or forty steps underground, and finally entered a narrow corridor with slippery walls and dim lights. On both sides of the corridor, there were many dark rooms connected.

From the look of the steel fence, Finn was convinced that this was the dungeon built by the mayor to imprison elven slaves.

Different from the previous two times, the former mayor's mansion, which stands in the center of Jiaoshi Town, seems to have recently undergone a round of repairs and decorations: the bluestone bricks on its exterior wall seem to have been carefully polished and cleaned.

Instead of the usual gray and dirty look, it looked neat and smooth; four long black and gold goshawk stripes hung from the roof of the "Gulag Castle", hanging straight to the ground, giving the entire

The building adds a solemn and solemn unique temperament.

Faced with this dangerous question, Sean Mountbatten wisely remained silent.

"Rick Greenspan confessed." Sean Mountbatten reported solemnly, holding the folder. "He admitted his crime of colluding with the Federation Orcs and betraying the deployment of the Imperial Army to the enemy."

"I can only say that the strategy you proposed of 'let friends and relatives come over to talk' is very effective." Sean Mountbatten shrugged. "As soon as Greenspan saw his closest brother in the military, he simply chatted

After a few words, I confessed..."

"A total of four hundred and twenty-three people." Sean Mountbatten obviously knew these statistics well and reported almost without hesitation. "Among them, forty-two were guilty of tipping off the federal army, and thirty were guilty of informing the federal army."

One person's crime was to secretly engage in sabotage, fifty-six people's crime was to encourage flight and mutiny, and the remaining 294 people's crime was to viciously attack the great Frost Maple in private discussions or public speeches.

Lord Duke Ling."

"War, war does make people different, doesn't it?"

"Does this Rick Greenspan deal with this too?" Sean Mountbatten asked tentatively, "If you still remember, he came to find trouble for us before, and was severely injured by Pavol and the others -

-It is precisely for this reason that Rick Greenspan has always had a grudge against you and the empire, so he secretly betrayed and joined the orcs..."

"The evidence shows this." Frost Maple Ridge's Chief of Staff slowed down a little, "We found secret messages between him and the Federation in his tent, and according to reports from people living around Greenspan,

Since his injury improved, he often left the military camp alone, with unknown destinations, and did not return until much later...Corporal Finn, do you think Rick Greenspan is innocent?"

Finn swallowed, then stepped into the darkness of the cell.

Corporal Finn reluctantly agreed, but he still didn't believe Captain Greenspan was a traitor.

Because in the depths of the darkness, two star-like lights lit up - those were human eyes.

And the color of those eyes will be unforgettable to Finn until his death.

Sean Mountbatten said "Huh", and then whispered as if mumbling to himself:

This "Gulag Castle" in Jiaoshi Town will undoubtedly become another ironclad proof of the Igor family's decoration fanaticism.

If an ignorant outsider arrived here, they would probably not be able to regard this small building that looks like a clerical bureaucracy as a trial court that controls the fate of thousands of imperial soldiers.

Corporal Finn opened his mouth slightly and was startled, then shook his head and said:

"I...I don't know...I just hope that Captain Greenspan is innocent...he...he saved my life..."

He raised his eyes from the book, tilted his head and said:

The light in the cell was very dim, with only the oil lamp on the corridor providing a little dim light.

"What's the point?" Xia Houyan looked at Sean Mountbatten inexplicably, "Am I going to let him die just because he has offended me? Is this lord such a grudge-y and petty person?!"

Xia Houyan was leaning on the lounge chair with a contented face, reading the famous autobiography "Swinging the Sword in the Name of the Holy God" by Count Olaf, the "Light of the Empire".

Therefore, this is now his third visit to the "Gulag Castle".

Xia Houyan nodded:

In the corridor, there were several Frost Maple Ridge soldiers standing guard. Mountbatten briefly greeted them and led Finn forward without any hindrance until he reached the door of a cell near the end.

Step down.

He knew the meaning behind that smile.

"So fast? I thought we had to wait until Master Lowry sobered up before we could make any progress..."

It is widely rumored that Duke Elliot Igor's subordinates have a unique habit of decorating their residence wherever they go to make it in line with the aesthetic taste of the Igor family - the Soul-Splitting Land

This is the case with the occupied Blood Temple, and the same is true with the Elm Castle on the edge of the northern canyon.

"Okay, I will be responsible for properly arranging this Rick Greenspan." Sean Mountbatten shrugged and saluted the lord with a military salute.

"All in all, no matter what good deeds you have done, I won't kill him!" Xia Houyan waved his hands impatiently, "If you really want him to learn a lesson, the most you can do is arrange for him to write about farming in another world in Dongbingku.

Okay—for this type of novel, nine out of ten books are money-losing rushers. Copying the words is definitely a kind of mental torture for the writer..."

Xia Houyan bit his nails and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked:

"Sean, have you counted how many spies we have caught who have betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy since the launch of the 'Military Inspection and Purge Campaign'?"

"Welcome to the Frost Maple Ridge Military Inspectorate General Headquarters." Sean Mountbatten smiled faintly at Finn, then reached out to push open the heavy mahogany carved double-leaf door and led him into the "Gulag Castle"

"The porch.

Many military inspectors wearing military caps and armbands were hurriedly walking through the hallway with stacks of brown paper document bags under their arms. The sound of their large leather shoes and footsteps on the mahogany floor echoed in the air.

It echoed endlessly in the not-so-large space.

"Alas, asking relatives and friends to persuade you is really the most inefficient interrogation method in the world..." Mountbatten sighed angrily, "But in order to save time, we still have to find you - we are the only one in Frost Maple Ridge.
To be continued...