Chapter 431 There aren't many fish in a clear fish pond, and sometimes they need to be stirred up artificially
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"I went somewhere else to get some air, and I felt uncomfortable and a little nauseous. Riley stopped talking, and finally her eyes stayed on her father's face for a few moments before turning away. Looking at his daughter's back, Riley's father could only vent his grievances and anger with a long sigh of despair.
This is already the best result, the nobleman who changed the fate of their family for the rest of their lives has been sentenced to death, and will soon be punished. Riley's father was an honest commoner, and there were only two things he could be proud of in his life, and none of them should be on him.
The first is to marry a virtuous wife, although the family is not rich, the wife has never complained, always cheerfully encouraged him, silently for the family to pay all their hard work and sweat. It was a woman who knew how to be grateful and satisfied, and it was also the greatest luck and blessing in his life. Often, people patted him on the shoulder with envy and envy, and praised a beautiful rose stuck in cow dung, but he always laughed when he heard it.
The praise of his wife is the greatest affirmation of his life.
The second is his daughter.
Many of the younger generation are lazy and hardworking, but his daughter is different. His daughter began to be sensible at a very young age, knowing that her family was not a wealthy family and never had any demands for material things. At the age of about nine, Riley began to help her mother with everything she could at home, such as cooking, doing laundry, etc., so that her mother could have a job outside the home to support the family.
By the time Riley was thirteen years old, she had already found a job outside her family behind her back, and the work was not easy, washing about one or two hundred clothes a day. If it weren't for Daddy Riley's discovery that her fingers had begun to deform a little, he probably wouldn't have noticed that his daughter was not going out to play in the morning and afternoon, but going out to work. This job brought Riley two hundred copper a day, six silver coins a month and a few scattered bounties, which was completely worthy of the last adult laborer.
As a father, he always wants to give the best to his children, but he knows that he is not capable of this. He took another part-time job outside the home with his family, just two extra silver coins a month.
He still remembers the surprise and smile on the faces of his wife and Riley when he took out a piece of sweet and delicious refined wheat bread with a rich milky aroma, which gave him unprecedented satisfaction. Perhaps in the eyes of those nobles, this kind of bread was only a meal for the lower people, but for this poor family, it was already a rare delicacy.
To this day, he can still recall the day when the three of them took small bites of refined wheat bread and commented on the "luxury" worth half a silver coin. Everyone's eyes showed reluctance, but their faces pretended not to care, and they said that this bread was not delicious at all.
He touched his belt, which was a calfskin belt with a beautiful leather head, worth five silver coins, which Riley had given him for his thirty-fifth birthday. On that day, this man who was not knocked down by life and poverty, and who became more and more courageous the more he fought, cried a lot.
His favorite thing to do is to dream about the future with his wife and his daughter. As the days passed, the family finally paid off the previous debts and had some savings. The change in food has gradually faded the malnourished dishes on their faces and replaced them with a healthy glow. They fantasize that one day they will save enough money to move out of the North City District and live in the East City District.
The conditions are much better, and it is said that there is a small school in the neighborhood, and the job opportunities and environment are better and more abundant.
However, all this was completely killed by the nobleman named Sebis.
The man's eyes were red, and when he remembered his daughter's expression that life was worse than death, his chest ached, he turned his back, raised his hand to wipe his tears, this man cried so helplessly, so helplessly.
Riley, who had left the room, slowly climbed the stairs and ladders to the top of the Supreme Court, looking at the bean-sized head at her feet and remembering what Wren had said in her ear.
He said, "The justice of this world is never gratuitous, and a man's death cannot awaken those who are asleep and numb, only blood and death can awaken them from their sleep." You can escape reality and go to a place where no one knows you to live anew, but you need to carry this so-called justice and torture in your heart. But you can also choose another way to end this, to use your life and soul to light the fire and awaken this society, this world. ”
"You only have one chance, to think of those indifferent people, to think of that hateful judge, to think about you and the situation you need to face. ”
"The nobles will make things difficult for you, the privileged will be hostile to you, and your life will be difficult, and it's all because of you. ”
"Your parents are still young, they can have one or more children, and their fate and their children's fate will change because of your choice. ”
"The decision is yours, I still say that, there is only one chance. ”
Riley was very hesitant in her heart, she was not sure if she should do what Wren said. She also knows what that leap means.
She thought of her father, she thought of her mother, and suddenly she felt so stupid. What if she died, what would happen to her father, what would happen to her mother? they still needed someone to take care of her, and the damage done to her by Sebis had brought the family to the brink of collapse, and if she was lost again, then there would be no hope for the family. She suddenly smiled and cheered herself up, so many hardships have been overcome, so why don't you live strongly?
Just as she was about to leave the roof, she unexpectedly overheard two uniformed men standing outside the window on the top floor.
"I think that little girl is quite pitiful, after all, she is innocent, and Sebis really deserves to die. ”
"Huh...... , do you really think so?", the flirtatious voice made Riley's footsteps pause, and she stood quietly outside the door leading to the top of the building. "Maybe the girl deliberately seduced Sebis, but it just didn't get the results she wanted. You haven't been to the city below, and you don't know that these girls do anything to get money and status. ”
"Wouldn't it? I don't think it's fake?!"
The annoying voice sounded again, "You are not a party, how do you know that it is not a fake? Sebis is a golden nobleman, if he wants to play with a woman, he only needs to hook his fingers, what kind of woman can't play? Do you have to go to ** a country girl who can't even talk about beauty? Don't you know, these girls only take a bath once every ten days and half a month, and there is a bad smell all over their bodies, if she doesn't take the initiative to seduce Sebis, how can Sebis look down on this kind of girl?"
"There's a bit of truth to what you say. ”
"That's right, the thing is that I'm afraid of analysis, one is high, the other is in the quagmire, even if the big guy wants to **, he will find a similar one. This kind of girl, it must be that their family is too greedy and wants too much money, and the lion opened his mouth to anger Sebis, and then something happened that we don't know about it, and it came to this point. So, you can't just look at the surface of everything. At the end of the voice, he added, "If you have this mind to blackmail a nobleman, it is better to go out and sell it, at least people eat by their ability." ”
For the first time!
For the first time, Riley felt a rushing rage in her chest about to tear her chest and burst out to burn everything, and the smile on her face stiffened and retracted. She felt a wave of vertigo, what was wrong with the world? Why did people question her so much as a victim? Could it be that identity and status mean everything? Why did she do this to her? What did she do wrong?
Her eyes were red again, and she walked to the edge of the roof again, where a crowd of people were huddled together, and she could faintly hear that Vito was coming out. She watched a disgusting figure appear in sight, surrounded by everyone, for an interview.
In a moment, she suddenly understood.
In fact, since that night, she and her family have been destroyed. All that is left is the illusion of self-deception, because of her reason a nobleman is judged, she and her family will become the object of disgust of the nobles, and even for a long time to come, someone will target them.
Yes, it's over.
All the dreams and hopes that were cherished were over that night, the moment she was pulled into the alley by Sebis.
Her body gradually tilted, she smiled and closed her eyes, she wanted to use her death to wash away the stains on her body and people's discriminatory gaze, she wanted to use her death to wake up the society and people who pretended to be asleep, she wanted to shake the world, even if it was only slightly.
In a short three seconds, with a bang, it fell from a height of more than thirty meters, and the girl's body was like minced meat packed together in sackcloth, blood splattered, and her limbs twisted into strange angles. After a brief ten seconds, her consciousness descended into eternal darkness. But in those short ten seconds, she saw Vito with a shocked face, and saw reporters who were excited like seeing bones, and she wanted to leave this world with a smile, but unfortunately, she couldn't.
Vito's right cheek was hot and damp, and he subconsciously stuck out his tongue and rolled a drop of water on his lips into his mouth, the fishy sweet taste made him shiver. His eyes widened, and he looked in horror at the girl who was less than three meters away from him. Blood gradually joined around her body, and the muscles lost their strength after death, emitting a stench. He touched his cheek, shuddered, rudely pushed away the crowd, and walked briskly to his carriage, he was going to leave this damn place!
Journalists followed, constantly running to Vito with some of the more caustic questions.
After a few moments, Wren walked out of the courthouse door with a smile, and as he reached the steps, he glanced at the man who was kneeling on the ground holding the girl and wept bitterly, and the bright blood on the ground, and was silent for a moment, and walked straight down the steps.
"Lord Wren, what do you think of such a trial?"
"Count Rennes, do you think there is a problem with His Excellency Vito's attitude and position in court?"
"What do you think the impact of this girl's death will have on the new laws and charter?"
......
Wren raised his hand and pressed it, and the reporters suddenly fell silent, Wren tidied up his dress, with a mature and gentlemanly smile, and said slowly in a deep magnetic voice: "I respect the final verdict, this is the first battle since the judicial reform, and it is also the most beautiful first battle." In the face of the law, everyone is finally equal, isn't this the sacredness that we have tirelessly pursued?"
"I can only say that I feel sorry for Riley, this is a cheerful and strong girl, but in the face of the deliberate humiliation of some people, she chose to use this way to prove her purity and purity. I felt both sad and angry, this kind of thing shouldn't have happened to such a girl......"
"Are you saying that Vito's humiliation of Riley was the main factor in Riley's suicide?"
Wren glanced at the man and shook his head, "I've never said that, all right, gentlemen, get out of the way." ”
Jasmine, who couldn't help but say something, pushed aside the crowd, and Wren walked gracefully, walked through the officialdom, got into the carriage, and disappeared on the road.
The reporters' eyes were shining with excitement, he really didn't say it so explicitly, but he expressed his accusation against Vito in a cryptic way, which is big news!
Think about how exciting it is that two golden nobles may have to go to war for the suicide of a young girl, or at least attack each other in public opinion. Some reporters hurried away, thinking about how to write an impassioned article that would catalyze the event, while others only noticed the suicide girl and her father.
Sometimes the world is so pale, so ridiculous.
People who really need relationships, but not many people pay attention, maybe the value of these people is too low to attract the attention of others.
Soon, a dilapidated carriage stopped at the foot of the steps, and two middle-aged men with slightly pale faces and gloomy faces walked away with a sack to the man's side. One of them kicked the man in the thigh, "I said, are you crying? Let's put things away when we're crying, we can't always put them here, the impact is not good." ”
The man's empty eyes looked at the two of them, his lips moved, and he couldn't say a word.
Riley was eventually buried in the countryside outside the city, and the cemetery in the imperial capital was not cheap, even the locals could not necessarily afford it, let alone a poor family?
People die every day, and these people die without shock, but Riley is different, her death will become a powerful weapon in the hands of some people to attack others.