Roy stretched out his hand and pulled Arya into his arms, with a solemn expression:

"Hold on to me, there's going to be something big here, let's get out of here!"

"Hmm!" Arya grabs Roy and rushes out of the fireworks shop with him.

The boy's body was not strong, but his open arms at this time were the safest haven for the girl.

The two returned to the carriage, and the coachman stretched out his long neck to look in the direction of the fireworks shop, and said, "It's good to fight, I've long seen that the people in the dungeon are unhappy." ”

"Send her back." Roy picks Arya into the carriage, then tells the coachman to walk to the fireworks shop.

Arya grabbed Roy's hand and refused to let go: "If you want to go, I will go too." ”

Roy looked at Arya, then at the fireworks shop.

At this moment, a shrill whistle sounded at the end of the street, and a squad of Sidneyan defenders rushed towards it.

The army was dispatched, and the riot should be suppressed soon, and Roy had a little bottom in his mind, so he also got into the carriage.

"Then let's go and visit them later, and don't go over and make trouble now."

……

On December 28, 994 in the world calendar, there was a vicious armed crowd brawl in the three districts of Xiacheng District, and as of that night, there were 12 dead and more than 80 injured.

After the incident, the urban riot was characterized as a gang struggle between the dungeons and the urban area, and the defenders arrested more than 100 people present in one go before the riot was suppressed.

It was the worst riot in Siternia in a century, and it was destined to go down in the history books of Sidney, along with a plan that followed, as a milestone in the history of mankind.

The hour hand pointed to seven o'clock in the evening, on the highest floor of the Temple of Sidnia, and the lights in the temple chamber had not yet been extinguished.

"Squeak-"

Until the door of the council hall slowly opened from the inside out, more than a dozen people walked out from inside.

They are members of the council, and their other identity is the head of each temple family.

They are the true rulers of Sidney, and the council formed by them holds the fate of all mankind in Siddenia and even on the continent of Eden.

Most of the people in this group are a little old, or their temples are slightly white, or wrinkles are beginning to appear, and among this group of middle-aged people, there is a young man with black hair who stands out.

Klein Florence, heir to the House of Florence, participated in the Council of the Temple as a proposer.

And his proposal is the "satellite plan" that has been shelved by the council for more than 300 years.

Before the meeting began, he was not entirely confident that the proposal would pass, and the only thing that made him relieved was that his friend Vera Elland had promised him that the Ellan family would vote in favor of the proposal at the meeting.

As the representative of the "ruling", the Ellan family is also the head of the council, has the power to cast two votes, and has a high reputation in the council.

With its support, it may be possible to pass this plan in this parliament.

But Klein didn't expect it all to go so smoothly that it completely deviated from his intended trajectory.

Just an hour before the start of the temple meeting, the council received an alert: there was a massive riot in the city in the three districts of the lower city, and there were already casualties!

According to the investigation, the fuse of this riot was caused by the friction accumulated over the years between the residents of the underground city and the residents of the lower city.

The preservation of peace in Sidenia is the first priority of the Council, and no matter how turbulent the interests of the Temple families may be, they have a scale in their hearts when it comes to right and wrong.

The problem of the dungeon has indeed reached the point where it can no longer be delayed.

As a result, under the impetus of this emergency, the "satellite plan" for the purpose of relocating the residents of the underground city was finally successfully passed with a majority of votes in favor.

However, as the proponent of this plan, Klein had a gloomy face and appeared distraught.

"Your Excellency Tyrone, Ling Lang's performance in the meeting is really outstanding, I haven't even stepped through the door of the council hall at my age!"

At the end of the meeting, a middle-aged man with blond hair in a suit and leather shoes walked over and smiled at a middle-aged man next to Klein.

Tyrone Florence, the head of the Florentine family in "Moon Shadow", is 56 years old, middle-aged and has a son, and now his temples are a little gray.

He shook his head and said helplessly: "Your Excellency Leon, this kid of my family is so ambitious, and he made a big mistake not long ago, don't keep praising him, he is used to not knowing who he is." ”

"Everywhere, this courage to speak eloquently in parliament alone deserves my praise."

Leon looked at Klein and said approvingly, "I still have a lot of questions about the satellite program, Klein, why don't you have a meal with me and answer my questions?" ”

Klein looked at Tyrone, who nodded and patted him on the shoulder, "Go ahead, behave well." ”

Manifestation? What to show, how to fight for the interests of the family, and to make meritorious contributions?

Crane lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly with mixed meanings.

The carriage of the Paladine family had been waiting for a long time at the gate of the temple, and when they returned to the Palatine mansion, Leon and Klein were seated one after another, and a table of fine food and wine was in front of them.

"What, what's on your mind?"

Leon raised his glass, "Speaking of which, in the case of the Christian family, I also accepted your favor once, if you have something to worry about, it is better to let my uncle and I help you with your staff." ”

Klein touched his wine glass with him, took a small sip symbolically on his lips, and sighed: "People are not as good as heaven, and I am beginning to regret proposing the satellite plan at the meeting today." ”

"Oh? Here's why. Isn't it a godsend that the sudden riots in the city have forced everyone to take your proposal seriously, and the solution to the dungeon problem is imminent? ”

Klein shook his head: "Lord Leon, you should understand that the original intention of the satellite project is to allow the dungeon residents to carve out their own homes in the wilderness and live a better life without having to live in the darkness of the earth.

"But to carry out this plan at the point of riot in the city, in the eyes of outsiders, it is as if our temple is biased in favor of the inhabitants of the city, crowding out the dungeon dwellers, and driving them into the wilderness.

"The difference between starting from "helping dungeon dwellers build new homes" to "driving dungeon dwellers out of Sidney" is too great."

"You're thinking too much." Leon said calmly, "No matter what others think, what we have to do is still to implement the satellite program, and this will not change, and in the end it will just be the same way." ”

"Lord Leon, this is not the same path."

Crane stood up, walked to the window, and gazed at the ancient city.

"What unites all of humanity to build this Sidney? It is unity, a sense of belonging, and the desire of the people. With this, we fended off the demons and finally reached the foot of the World Tree.

"Sidenia does not represent territory and wealth, it is the embodiment of human faith and will.

"But now, the riots in the city have ignited the spark of conflict between people, and the hearts of the people are scattered, if they leave Siternia with misunderstanding and resentment towards the people of the city, do you think they will still have a sense of belonging to Siternia in the future? Will they still obey Sidnia's arrangement?

"Sidnia, on the other hand, will never allow the satellite city to get out of its control.

"When the inhabitants of the underground cities bring prejudice and hatred to the satellite cities, it will not only be the conflict between the residents of the city and the dungeon, but the war between Sidenia and the satellite cities."

Klein bites the word "war" very clearly.

"Really? I don't think so. Leon sat still seated, sipping his glass of wine.

"Do you think the foundation of Sidenia is the common people? Wrong, it's the inheritor. ”

His eyes sharpened, "With us, the satellite city will always be a satellite city, we can support it, we can also destroy it, in the face of absolute power, all misunderstandings will be solved." ”

"It's like the former Ellan family, if it were a little stronger, maybe Sidenia would still be an absolute monarchy now, how could there be any freedom and equality?"

Crane turned his head abruptly: "Lord Leon, do you know why the conflict between the dungeon residents and the city dwellers in the past three hundred years has broken out at this time?" ”

Of course you should know, because you are behind this riot.

In order to win the election of the Knights, in order to bring out the pathos of the Christian family, in order to promote the indomitable and heroic spirit of the Holy Knights, and to elevate the status of the Holy Knights in the hearts of the masses.

It is bound to require a kind of holy knight who is evil and light to contend with.

And for this villain, Leon chooses to let the dungeon pay.

In the past month, he has spared no effort to encourage the newspaper to publicize the darkness and squalor of the dungeon to the public, so as to hype up the glorious deeds of the Holy Knight Arya against the crimes of the dungeon.

This made most urban residents more and more prejudiced against the dungeon dwellers, and finally reached a critical point on the eve of the New Year.

What is happening now is far from what Klein wanted.

He helped the Christian family to rehabilitate, on the one hand, out of adherence to justice and rebellion against the family's dirty affairs, and on the other hand, he also wanted to make the council face up to the problem of the dungeon and restart the "satellite project".

That's all.

He never thought it would lead to a dungeon-to-city pit against the city.

"You think too highly of me, the contradiction between the dungeon and the city has been a long time, and it is not something you and I can control."

Leon said lightly, "I'm very grateful to you for helping me, but the grievances of the Christian family mean that the temple has made a wrong judgment, and the temple also needs a step down, and it may be inevitable that things will ferment to this point." ”

Klein smiled sarcastically, "This step...... Is it to smear all the dungeon dwellers as criminals who do all kinds of evil and have the audacity to do everything?

"Then, we can say with peace of mind: Look, it's not that we made a mistake, but blame the gangsters for being too vicious and cunning?"

"Crane!" Leon reminded by tapping his knuckles on the table.

"I'm sorry, I lost my words." Klein was silent for a moment, then turned around, "So, Lord Leon, what is the matter with you looking for me this time?" ”

"I know your father, His Excellency Tyrone, who is a very good judge of the situation and extremely calm."

Leon looked back at Klein, "You can convince Ling Zun to help you propose a satellite plan at the meeting, presumably, the Florentine family has launched a series of actions to make themselves dominant in the satellite plan." ”

This is the main scene of this dinner, in which the two families will share the big cake of the satellite city.

Klein lowered his eyes: "Wouldn't it be better for you to discuss this kind of important matter directly with my father?" I've just stepped down from office, and I'm now just a student at the Inheritor Academy. ”

"Even if you have been removed from the Night's Watch, you are Tyrone's only son, and you will continue to inherit the Florentine family business in the future."

Leon chuckled, "Ling Zun is cultivating you. In the afternoon, he asked you to appear in the council chamber and entrust you with the entire satellite project, just to see if you have the courage to become the next head of the family. ”

"You should have a lot of things you want to do, right? I can help you, and I will help you prove to Lingzun that you will become a qualified head of the family. ”

He stood up and held out his hand to Klein, "The change in Sidney is today, and the Paladine family will decide to advance and retreat with the Florentine family." ”

……

Early the next morning, the West Ternia Morning News published the news of yesterday's riots in the city.

After breakfast, Roy put down the newspaper and drove to Downtown with Arya.

After visiting the funeral home and finding the door closed, they returned to the place where the riot had occurred yesterday.

Yesterday the defenders raised a red line in this area, and it was not until this morning that the blockade was lifted.

The street in front of the Mercenary Guild was still a mess, littered with all kinds of garbage, broken chairs, broken bowls, and even broken weapons......

It is enough to see how crazy yesterday's riots were.

Roy walked forward slowly, the fireworks shop was still open, but the sign at the door was split in half and fell to the ground, and the remains of the fireworks salute were scattered everywhere, and I don't know which mob smashed them all.

The blue-haired girl was holding a broom and bowing her head to clean up the mess in the house, and when she heard the footsteps, she shook her shoulders like a frightened bird, and quickly raised her head, looking in the direction of the doorway with alarm.

Yesterday's enthusiastic and lively look was gone, replaced by a wary look and a haggard face, but fortunately, no visible scars were found on his body.

"Your name is Nightingale, isn't you?"

Roy stopped and said, "I'm friends of Bob and Biting Wolf, and I talked to Bob here yesterday, remember?" ”

The girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"So, can you tell me where they went? I just went to the funeral home and didn't see them, and I'm worried about them. ”

"They ......," the girl bit her lip, "they were captured by the defenders." ”