Chapter 487: A Coincidental Encounter with Shirley
In addition to being shocked, the short and fat man and the tall man also understood why the federal side would attach so much importance to this case, and let the guards of various towns patrol 24 hours a day.
The aristocracy is a very special group, and within the human race where power is supreme, the nobility has a very special and honorable status. Now a large number of nobles have been killed, and there are more than a dozen in a row, which is an unprecedented event in the history of the human race.
Coates's conversation with his two friends basically fell into Ruan Chi's ears word for word, but he just listened to it with a gossip mentality.
Ruan Chi didn't dare to be interested in how many nobles had died in the human race and who the murderer was, but Jia Lan and An Peiqi, who were standing next to him, seemed to be much more interested than Ruan Chi.
From the moment the guard member named Coates spoke, Ampige used a mental power scan to scan his speech directly into his head.
"The aristocracy is all rubbish who has forgotten their ancestors, relying on the wealth and glory of their ancestors to make a fortune, and it is a good thing for such people to die." After listening to Coates's words, Jialan suddenly said something in a low voice.
Although this girl is often expressionless, when these words fall into Ruan Chi's ears, they have a bit of sarcasm and schadenfreude.
Although An Peiqi didn't say anything, it could be seen from her pinched white joints that she and Jialan were in the same mood.
Ruan Chi probably understood why they were so concerned about this matter, both women were slaves, and they were probably oppressed by the aristocracy in the past.
The Terrans are indeed a strange group, and in times of peace, they have an almost ruthless policy of domination over those of their own kind.
The Terran base is large. Large population. Strong fertility. Life span is short, and most of their pursuit of life is based on material things.
Although in the Third War of the Throne, the Terrans won the victory under the leadership of the Black Flag Army led by the Knight King Meseliban and also obtained the most fertile land in the Miracle Continent, but in the end, only a very small number of people could really share the fruits of victory.
The times have changed, and the descendants of these people have gradually formed the aristocratic class of the current human race, according to Jialan. These people are indeed relying on the wealth and glory of their ancestors, and doing all kinds of things to bully and dominate the market.
As for the common people, they basically had no ability to resist in front of the aristocracy, and even after the establishment of the Free Federation, this idea of superiority over the elite has been widely spread in the ruling class of the Terran race.
The aristocracy occupied a large amount or even all of the land, and the commoners paid a large amount of taxes to obtain the right to use the land in the hands of the nobles, and then saved a small amount of food and money through blood, sweat and toil.
However, most of these small amounts of food and money still need to be handed over. In the end, what really got it may be barely enough to make ends meet.
This relationship between the aristocracy and the commoners is pathological in an almost utter unfairness. However, this relationship of domination was in the eyes of both the nobility and the commoners.
It all seems to be "taken for granted".
Nobles can occupy 99% of the wealth in this world without labor, enter and exit mansions, ride horses, and hold beautiful women in their arms. On the contrary, commoners can only look at the faces of the nobles for a lifetime, how much they can eat, how much they can get, and they can only look at the mood of the nobles.
As for the slaves, it was not to mention that this group of people, who were even more inferior than the commoners, in the eyes of the aristocracy, were a group of low-priced goods that were inferior to livestock, nay, perhaps even worse than livestock.
Emaciated, disease-ridden slaves had no value in taking them out for trade, and the slave owners would throw them into dark dungeons, and when they died, the corpses would be used as fertilizer.
The slightly stronger slaves, most of whom were kept in captivity by the nobility, did the hardest and most tiring work on the plough like ordinary livestock, and the final result was probably half a piece of moldy bread.
If you are lucky enough to have some martial arts skills, you may be selected by the nobles to perform in some gladiatorial arenas, and you will succeed in winning the favor of the nobles, and you may be able to have a full meal. If you're unlucky, you can die in the brutal gladiatorial arena and end up as a pile of humanoid fertilizer.
The women of the slaves lived worse than the men of the slaves, and most of them were the slaves who were thin and sick.
With a little grace, they may be able to play the role of some handmaidens among the nobles, but the fate of such characters is generally tragic, because in the eyes of the nobles, these slave maids are nothing more than bed warmers. They don't have any status, and if they meet a master with special hobbies, they may be treated inhumanely.
In short, the social structure of the human race, that is, the aristocracy, the commoners and the slaves, a pyramid-like structure, the further down, the more miserable life becomes.
Although the Terrans have what they consider to be the most complete legal system in the entire Miracle Continent, the law is generally a joke in the face of the three mountains of power, profit, and money.
Besides, the people who make the law are the aristocrats, so how can the law make everyone equal?
Compared with other races, the social form of the human race is obviously somewhat deformed, and in this regard, even the muscular and simple-minded orcs in the north cannot be compared. People at least use their fists, speak with their own strength, and get what they need in a fair and just way.
However, such a thing can never be achieved in the Terrans.
Jialan and An Peiqi are obviously the group of people who are struggling under the oppression of human society, and they are also full of hatred for the nobility because they have experienced various unfair treatments.
When they left the tavern, the mood of the two girls didn't seem to have calmed down, and Ruan Chi didn't want to ask anything, so he walked in front alone.
Just when Ruan Chi was about to go back to Dream Town, he encountered a group of cavalry halfway, and they seemed to be in a hurry, shouting at the crowd along the way to give way to pedestrians on the road.
Ruan Chi happened to be standing in the middle of the road at this time, but the cavalry had already rushed over, led by a young man wearing blue armor, blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
The young man didn't seem to see Ruan Chi standing in the middle of the road, and rushed forward while accelerating, if Ruan Chi didn't get out of the way, he would definitely hit the ground.
Suddenly, a child was playing next to him. Accidentally lost the ball in his hand. The ball rolled to Ruan Chi's feet. The child came up with a rattling laugh, completely unaware of the danger.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
The young man riding the horse shouted louder and louder, but he still had no intention of stopping, the war horse under his crotch was taller than an adult, and he was covered with heavy iron armor, and every step he took. The ground will shake a little.
If he was hit like this, Ruan Chi would not say anything, the child was estimated to die tragically under the iron hooves of the war horse, and the mother who found the child running out of the road was immediately frightened when she saw this scene, and some timid passers-by closed their eyes directly, unable to bear to see the child's tragic death.
There are still two meters, and the young man riding a war horse is only two meters away from the child, and this distance can be crossed in only half a second.
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound, but to everyone's consternation. It wasn't the kid who was knocked off, it was the young knight.
Yes. The young man, along with the majestic horse under his crotch, was knocked away, and the man and the horse crashed into the knights who were following him like a parabola.
Because those knights couldn't brake, they collided with the young man, and the huge impact force knocked them hard, and for a while, the screams and broken bones were endless.
When everyone came back to their senses, Ruan Chi was already squatting in front of the child, pinching his chubby face and smiling: "Little ghost, it's very dangerous to play on the road." ”
The child didn't realize that he had just walked in front of the ghost gate, and picked up the ball and laughed even more cheerfully at Ruan Chi, until the child's mother ran over and picked him up.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my child." The mother bent down to apologize to Ruan Chi.
"Don't tell me, she's the one who saved your child." Ruan Chi pointed to Jialan who was standing in front and smiled.
It turned out that just at the last moment, Jialan rushed to the young knight and kicked him and the war horse under his crotch with one kick, which was the scene just now.
Hearing Ruan Chi's words, Jialan was slightly stunned, and said lightly to the mother: "Take your child away, it's very dangerous here." ”
"Thank you, thank you, little girl." The mother spoke again with gratitude before turning away with her child.
The onlookers were surprised and applauded when they saw that it was a young girl who didn't look very old who rescued people.
However, at this time, a rough voice stopped everyone's applause.
"Bastard, who attacked Young Master Ben?"
I saw that the young knight who was kicked by Jialan had already gotten up from the ground at this time, although he was not injured much, but because of the heavy fall on the ground, his nose was bruised and his forehead was swollen, and he looked like a wolf, which was far from the heroic posture of riding a horse galloping on the street just now.
Seeing the other party's dress, as well as the appearance of the arrogant trek on the street just now, it is not difficult to guess that the other party's identity is a nobleman, and those who applauded Jialan just now immediately quieted down, and some even took a few steps back, as if they were worried about getting into trouble with something they shouldn't have provoked.
Aristocrats are the objects that commoners cannot afford to offend.
"Boy, did you attack Young Master Ben just now?"
Although Jialan was standing in front, the young knight's gaze fell on Ruan Chi, after all, compared to a delicate girl, the young knight thought that the black-haired boy behind the girl was more likely.
Hearing the young knight speak to him, Ruan Chi felt like he was being shot while lying down, and said with his forehead raised: "Did you see me attacking you in front of your eyes?" ”
"I see with both eyes." The young knight gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, do you know who Young Master Ben is?" Don't say anything about blocking Young Master Ben's way, and dare to attack Young Master Ben? ”
"Of course I know who you are, you're Young Master Goldman, right?" Ruan Chi glanced at the name on the young knight's head, and then said lightly.
"......" Goldman didn't expect Ruan Chi to call out his name, he was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but he remembered another voice behind him.
"Ruan Chi, why are you in such a place?"
Hearing someone call his name, Ruan Chi followed the prestige, only to see a heroic young woman walking towards him.
Seeing Ruan Chi looking like she didn't quite recognize herself, the young woman raised her forehead and said, "It's me, Shirley. Osmartin, captain of the Fortinchel City Guard. (To be continued......)