Daddy Dover crouched on the threshold of his house and looked at the clear sky, but his mood was not so bright. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

All the ordinary civilians living in Demalagu are actually not in such a good mood, because it is almost the end of the month.

Of course, the end of each month is the most difficult period of time, during this time, every family has to face many things and difficulties, and the biggest hurdle is food. The Imperial Treasury had subsidized the civilians of Demaragus as much as possible, and the Governor gave out free food per head every month to prevent people from starving to death. But even so, at the end of the month, almost every household is still hungry.

When you know the beginning of the month, it would be good to eat less.

At the end of every month, everyone thinks so, but when they get free food at the beginning of the month, they can't wait to eat to their heart's content. No way, everyone has been hungry for seven or eight days, and they all want to try the indescribable happiness of being filled again.

Only after May will things get better, when the temperature will gradually rise and the animals that have been hiding for the winter will come out of their burrows to breed, which is the best time to catch these prey. In just four months, not only can you eat meat, but you can also earn a little money to prepare supplies for the winter.

Daddy Dover's family also has two children, a boy and a girl, both of whom are at an age when they can't fill their stomachs, so he tightens his belt and eats less, and he also wants the children to eat more.

Two years ago, he also had an eldest son, who was very handsome and handsome, and he was a handsome guy praised by everyone in the block, and he was eighteen or nineteen years old, and he could find something to do to subsidize the family. It's a pity that in the blink of an eye, the person is gone, disappearing without a trace. He went to the garrison to report the case, and relatives and friends also went out to look for it, but in the end he did not find it. Some say that he was taken and eaten by hungry beasts, while others say that the devil crawled out from under the ice field and ate him.

The province of Demalagu wants to raise a child, and it takes more than just a little thing. In such a harsh environment, the growth of a child almost consumes a lot of the family's mind. You can't be frozen, you can't starve, you can't be taken away by wild beasts.

After running for half a year, every time he searched for a fruitless ending, Daddy Dover finally acquiesced to this fact - he lost his eldest son forever.

The cloudy eyes rolled slightly, and his gaze shifted from the clouds in the sky to the group of people who walked over. These people wore thick cotton clothes, thanks to the church, which was not only cheap, but also protected from the cold, benefiting many poor families. Especially after the cathedral of Demalagu was built last year, the church will send some food and clothing every now and then so that everyone can be grateful.

"You are Dover Daddy?", the leader is in his thirties, and with the eyes of Dover Dad who sees through the vicissitudes of the world, he can see a kind of unruly domineering in the eyes of this thirty-year-old. This kind of role is often difficult to entangle, he is an honest man, and he doesn't want to fight for anything.

Couldn't help but stand up, nodded, dusted off the dust and wrinkles on his body with a little restraint, and bent his waist slightly, as a civilian, it would not be wrong to be humble.

"It seems that you are Dover's father, I heard that you lost a son?", the tone of the person who came to speak was a little flamboyant, and the ugly thing to say was that he didn't know how high the sky was, how thick the ground was, and he didn't know that people were in this world, so they should be in awe.

But the moment his words came out, Father Buddha instantly tensed his body, and his eyes glowed green like coyotes in the wild night. He stepped forward, his hands stretched out as if grasping the man's arms, and what little sanity he had left saved him a little, halting all his movements. His voice trembled with excitement, and a sentence came out of his trembling lips, "You, have you seen my child?"

He couldn't wait to ask, bringing his own fantasies and self-deception, "Did he go to another country? How is his health now, when will he come back?"

No matter who it is, in the face of such a father, in the face of his heavy feelings for his children, there is no way to speak ill of him. The leader in his thirties frowned, his gaze swept over Daddy Dover's wrinkled and dusty hands, and pressed his own hand against the back of his hand. The astonishing heat, the trembling hands were as warm as a small stove, and he suddenly felt a little unbearable, "I'm sorry Daddy Dover, but I didn't bring good news. ”

"Your son, you may have been killed. ”

Daddy Dover's hopeful eyes suddenly became dead ash, as before, cloudy. He suddenly lowered his head, his shoulders shook twice, and a chapped laugh came out of his throat, "I'm also old and confused, what else are you thinking!", his eyes were a little moist when he raised his head, and although his expression seemed to be laughing, his body exuded a thick sadness, making his expression seem like crying.

If there is no result in one day, then tomorrow is still full of hope, and no one knows when the handsome guy who loves to laugh and cheerful will suddenly pop out and give himself a huge surprise. But when the dust settled, all hope was gone. In fact, when the stupid guy couldn't find it, Dover's father already had an inexplicable feeling that his son must have been killed.

Now, when he heard the news, he felt a sense of relief deep down in his heart while grieving.

"I don't know why my son was killed?", Dover Papa used the word killed instead of being killed. In fact, the result of these two words is the same, which means that a life has come to an end, but the process is different. One is taken away from life by nature, and the other is robbed of the chance to live. Father Dover has lived his whole life and seen too many things, and his words can be seen as the cunning and wisdom of commoners, but more often than not, they are numb.

He didn't dare to use the word murder because he was afraid that these "well-wishers" in front of him might have something to do with his son's death. If a man is still alive, he may have to fight, but now that he is dead, he still has two living children, and he must think about himself and his other two children. Even if the other party said that his eldest son was killed by someone, he would bite to death, and that must be an accident.

The man in his thirties stiffened his expression, and he patted his face with a wry smile, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Norton." ”

Daddy couldn't control his emotions and exclaimed, Norton's name, even outside of Xiukusius, there are many rumors. Daddy Dover's face became a little ugly, and it shouldn't be a good thing for this kind of character to come to the door.

As if he had seen through Daddy Dover's thoughts, Norton shook his head slightly, "You don't have to worry, I'm here this time to get justice." He suddenly had a subtle reaction in his heart, and when the word justice came out of his mouth, there was an inexplicable funny. "Your son has been killed and buried in the frozen ground outside of Hucusius, and there is a great man willing to stand up for you, and this is your chance. ”

"Let me say something a little nasty, your child is dead, but the living are still alive. This is an opportunity that may not bring your son back to life, but at least it can change the status quo for you and your family. Norton glanced at the small courtyard behind Daddy Dover, poor and white, nothing.

Daddy Dover hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, no, people are already dead, what else do you say? Just let him rest in peace, this is my only wish now." Daddy Dover was reluctant to accept Norton's kindness, apparently believing it would hurt him and his children.

There is no such cautionary tale as shooting a bird in the head, but there is also a philosophical saying like "don't be the first prey to wake up from hibernation", and the first prey to wake up from hibernation, out of the cave, will inevitably become the prey pursued by many hunters.

Norton looked at him, staring into Daddy Dover's cloudy eyes, and then smiled freely, "I said, there is a big man in this matter, do you understand what the big man means? Whether you want to, or not, you have to follow the will of the big man." He patted Daddy Dover on the shoulder, and through him he saw a little girl in the yard who had poked her head out of the yard and looked at everyone outside the door curiously, "You don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children." Besides, we're not looking for you alone, we're looking for a lot of people. ”

This was the task assigned by the Earl of Wren, and Norton did not dare to relax in the slightest, and if polite persuasion did not work, then he would have to use his barbaric things to persuade Father Dover to cooperate.

Perhaps fearing Norton's former reputation, or perhaps his father's last struggle, he hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding his head. A simple gesture that gave him a heavy feeling, "If I can't refuse." ”

Norton took Daddy Dover directly to the garrison, and when Daddy Dover stepped into the garrison's office, he was shocked to find that in addition to himself, there were several other families here. The atmosphere was also very heavy, these people were families who had lost their children, and some even lost their only children. They glanced up at Daddy Dover, some acquaintances greeted him, and many more lowered their heads sadly, silently licking the wounds in their hearts.

Norton swaggered to the middle of the room, glanced at the file on the table, and said, "You should know each other and hear about each other. To put it bluntly, I brought you here today because there are big people who are willing to stand up for you, open their eyes for your dead children, and give you a chance to take revenge. He paused, his gaze swept over the faces of these parents who had lost their children one by one, "This is also the only chance in your life!"