Chapter 70: Silence breeds explosions
An hour later, the four nobles who had been put in prison by Gu Xuan, dressed in the luxurious clothes they had been arrested that day, walked out of the dark passage on the other side.
Not only were they not tied to the bracelets, but they even put on ugly faces and glared at Gu Xuan arrogantly. As if they were not the defendant's prisoners, Gu Xuan was.
"Huh!" Gu Xuan sneered loudly, "May I ask the short and fat presiding judge, can you start the trial?" ”
Humpty Dumpty was stunned for a moment before he realized that Gu Xuan was talking about him, and slapped the surface of the podium angrily. Just as he was about to say something, there was a hilarious laugh from the poor people around him, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Since this Humpty Dumpty will definitely favor the aristocracy, it is better to tear his face directly!
After a while, Humpty Dumpty's voice subsided and swore an oath, "The trial begins!" ”
"I accuse these four nobles of illegally trafficking, kidnapping and abducting poor people, and mistreating them in a horrific manner." The plaintiff spoke first, and Gu Xuan took out the evidence he was carrying while making accusations.
The staff on Gu Xuan's side came over and put the evidence on Humpty Dumpty's podium. He flipped through it casually, but his eyes didn't aim at the content at all, so he directly asked the four nobles who were accused:
"May I ask the four nobles, do you have any justification for this accusation?"
The four nobles sneered, and finally asked Buck, as their representative, to stand up and look contemptuously at the poor people around them and say loudly, "This is a frame-up!" Framed! ”
Before he could finish his words, all the poor people around him stood up in anger and scolded Buck at the head.
Even when the Humpty Dumpty Judge pounded the table in a rage, he couldn't stop them with authority. These poor people, who usually cower at the authority of the aristocracy, seem to have found an outlet at this moment, wantonly venting the anger of being oppressed.
At this time, Buck unhurriedly took out the slave certificate, raised it above his head and immediately made the surrounding voices pause, and he said loudly: "I have the slave certificate, I have the ownership of the slave." Even if I did mistreat them, it was within my power, not to mention that I didn't do anything that wasn't in line with aristocratic behavior. ”
"As for kidnapping, that's even more nonsense."
"Gu Xuan, do you have anything to say?" Humpty Dumpty asked Gu Xuan in a flirtatious voice. Even if Gu Xuan's evidence did contain the means of the four people to illegally trade slaves, the nobles had already helped the four nobles wipe their butts in the past few days.
Gu Xuan stood with his arms crossed, without a trace of panic, and slowly spoke: "Witness! ”
Two figures walked out of the dark passage on Gu Xuan's side, one was an old man on crutches, and the other was Hill.
The old man waved his hand to stop Hill from following, and walked unwavering towards the witness stand. The masses, who were already stagnant in their words, became more and more silent. Powerlessness can lead to deep silence, but at the same time silence can breed explosions.
The eyes of everyone in the audience were focused on the old man, some of them were the expectant eyes of the poor, some were the surprised eyes of those who knew well, and some were the disdainful eyes of the nobles.
But the old man still firmly "moved" to the witness stand step by step, and he wanted to accuse him as a witness, which was equivalent to giving all the nobles a slap in the face. What courage it takes for a civilian!
Finally, the old man seemed to use all his strength to get to the witness stand. Everyone was still immersed in the rustle of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the ground, as if they were screaming angrily and mourning.
"When I was younger, I was running around because of poverty." The old man slowly raised his head and looked around with cloudy, bloodshot eyes. Everyone held their breath, especially the poor, because the first words of the old people were a portrayal of their lives!
"I am fortunate to be old enough to get a daughter and raise her for more than 20 years!" At this time, the old man's eyes finally fixed on the four nobles in front of him. The uneasiness immediately spread like vines to the four nobles, and even the muscles of their faces twitched unconsciously due to tension.
"On one occasion I went out to work and when I came back I learned that my daughter had been taken by four thieves." The old man's voice suddenly increased, and he glared at Buck angrily: "My daughter was captured by your lackey, and then her life and death are unknown. ”
"I reported the case, but I was lost in the sea, and I didn't get a reply at all." The old man's eyes were fixed on the presiding judge Humpty Dumpty, as if he was denouncing someone like him who was an official. This made Humpty Dumpty's head bow heavily, and this sharp gaze made him feel frightened, and a dense layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"I went to the door to inquire, but I was beaten and dying. If it weren't for the unwilling breath, he would have died on the streets. The old man's gaze turned to Buck again.
The old man's answer is: silence breeds explosions.
The only belief that sustains the old man's life is that one day, he will see these damned nobles brought to justice.
He wiped his face with both hands, wiped the beads of sweat off his face, and used the last shred of strength to burst out with a roar: "Finally, in the villa where the scene was cordoned off, I finally found my daughter...... Corpses! ”
"You ghosts in human skins deserve the punishment you deserve on the judgment seat!" Although the old man's voice was not loud, it resounded throughout the execution ground of the imperial capital and the entire empire.
The entire imperial capital execution ground was silent and silent. But at the same time, all the paupers stood up in unison, their eyes did not have any fear of the nobles before, and they all stared at Buck and the other four nobles with angry eyes.
Unlike scolding Buck before, they could only speak as fast as they could. But they also know that they don't dare to explode a deeper level of anger in their hearts except words.
Because they don't dare! The word aristocracy is a behemoth who is powerless to resist, who knows if these nobles will target and suppress them afterwards?
But at this moment, they were silent, driven by the old man's language, demeanor and emotions. Because he is so real, real as the life of each of them.
Young people who have worked hard to survive poverty, and finally have some savings to consider getting married and having children in middle age, and finally in their later years, they only hope that their offspring can live better and enjoy the joy of family life with their children.
But I just hope for such a simple and ordinary happiness, but I can't do it! Just like this old man with a sad fate, this is also the happiness that belongs to their poor people! But it was so easily destroyed by these nobles who were inferior to beasts.
Boom! Syllable! Rumble!
At this moment, all the people exploded like old people! They were desperate and did not care whether they would be retaliated against by the nobles. They just wanted to take what they were on their bodies and smash them fiercely, desperately, at the four nobles, including Buck.
Look at the objects that keep flying by in your ears, there are ordinary copper coins, ordinary gravel, ordinary shoes, and so on. Everything that could be thrown out poured out was poured out and thrown at them.
Finally, Buck was scared. The eyes of all of them were like deadly fiery snakes approaching them, making them dare to crouch with their heads in their hands. There is no trace of the proud look when he first appeared. The trembling and whitened faces, and the constant whistling of the wind around them, broke down the defense line in their hearts, and the fear of collapse rose!
This is also the first time that as nobles, they have felt the power of the poor!