Veronica sat near the window, curiously watching the view outside the window to the sound of the roar of the train.

Sitting next to her was her maid Irene, but judging by her clothes and demeanor, she looked more like Veronica's sister.

Outside the window, there is green all over the place, with red and purple dotted among them.

Veronica said excitedly:

"What's that? so pretty!"

Erin doted and said:

"It's the orchard, Miss. ”

It's just an ordinary orchard, but for the activity area is limited to the family mansion, Aaron University, and Veronica in the eerie tower, the scenes outside the window are the first time in her life.

This is also the reason why they spent an extra amount of money to buy a regular ticket after they chartered the entire luxury car, that is, Veronica wanted to see more different people outside.

When Herwin changed her life, she was free, but Veronica didn't immediately run around.

In fact, she prefers to stay in a dark and damp corner rather than the blazing sun in the sky.

The life she had in the past did not disgust her or want to stay away from the gloom, but made her feel more attached to the place where she lived.

Staying in the darkness and shadows, she will feel more and more at ease.

The dead do not envy the light.

At this point, she didn't know what she was after, she knew a lot, but she didn't want anything, there was nothing in this world that could stimulate her senses except freedom.

Fresh air, fragrant flowers, sweet fruits, these things are at your fingertips, but they are not so tempting.

She was still accompanied by books written by Hervin.

It's not what is written in the book that matters, it's the author of the book.

She vaguely felt that there was a thread from the sky, connecting her with the vast starry sky.

But for some reason, she felt that the end of the thread was Hervendelenge.

Nothing is a coincidence, I saw and liked his work, the two met, he stretched out his hand to himself buried in the sludge, all this is not a coincidence.

It's fate.

She is destined to meet, know Herwin, and have many intersections with him.

At the beginning, this was destined to happen.

Although she didn't know what Herwin represented to her and what it would bring her, she knew that she had to find him first, and like a pious hermit who followed in the footsteps of the sages, she had to follow Hervin forward.

Then find the truth of it all.

"Miss, miss. A deep, deep male voice brought Veronica back to reality.

The seats in the gentleman's box were two sofas facing each other, with Veronica and Irene sitting on one couch and two of them across from each other, but the two rows of sofas were spaced far apart by a small table.

Veronica was accosted by a middle-aged man on the other side, dressed in decent clothes and looking gentlemanly and polite, but with a hungry wolf's cruelty in his eyes.

If you don't pay attention to observation, ordinary people will never notice the incongruity between the man's eyes and his appearance.

The other man sitting next to him was much more rude, his expression seemed to be a little cramped, and his face had a scar like a ravine, hideous and vicious, in short, in this carriage, he could not help but look a little out of place.

The man who spoke explained to Veronica:

"My name is Dech, and this is my country cousin Ather, and though he may seem rude, he is not a bad man, and he has good skills, do you see the scar on his face? ”

Veronica nodded slightly, but didn't say anything.

The man continued:

"Misses, are you going to Wharton, too? I've heard that there are opportunities everywhere, and unlike Aaron, even people who are not so smart can make a name for themselves. ”

Erin said for Veronica, who was reluctant to speak:

"We're going to Wharton to find someone, and Miss has someone she wants to meet, and she's on Wharton right now. ”

Deqi nodded:

"Is this young lady going to find her sweetheart?"

Veronica finally spoke:

"No, it's someone who is very important to me. ”

Deqi says:

"I can understand that not only love, but also many feelings are very important to a person, such as spiritual leader, mentor of life, so who is this beautiful young lady going to meet?"

Erin tactfully expressed her reluctance to talk more:

"Just a friend, Mr. Decch, what are you doing at Wharton?"

Deqi explained with a smile:

"What else can it be for, money, we don't want the ladies to be aristocrats, we can only make money with our own hands, if it weren't for the livelihood, we wouldn't have to run so much. ”

Erin smiled and asked:

"Mr. Deitch has already sat in the gentleman's suitcase, and has actually walked in front of many people. ”

Deci reached out and touched the brown Motaco felt hat on his legs, revealing a reminiscing look:

"I'm just having the luxury of seeing the world with my cousin today, and people like us will never be able to afford to buy a manor, and even if they do, they will only work for the capitalists and aristocrats. ”

Decie smiled gentlemanly:

"I'm sorry, I'm not talking about the two ladies, it's just that your class is indeed squeezing the class we live in, and even longer ago, maybe we could have earned enough money to change our fate by our own efforts, but with the changes over the years, the nobles and the rich have tightened their grip on money.

"The big capitalists, who create a thousand pounds of value, do not pay the value of ten pounds as wages, because they can replace the so-called workers at any time, and they have a way of dealing with even the indispensable technicians.

"Because a company can still operate normally without a skilled worker, but a skilled worker cannot live normally without wages.

"Ladies, do you know what makes it impossible for them to live a normal life after losing their jobs?"

Deqi looked at the two ladies with encouraging eyes.

Veronica ignored him and just looked out the window.

Erin asked rhetorically:

"What is it?"

Deqi says:

"It's taxes, it's taxes, I'm a tax-free, because now our parliament collects the taxes, but they don't use them in the lives of ordinary people.

"It's all in the pockets of the nobles.

"Aristocrats, high-ranking officials, capitalists, they all hold hands together, exploiters us ordinary people, so I am a staunch non-taxist, I think that if this country does not collect taxes, or only symbolically collects a little tax, it will make her run faster and better. ”

Erin frowned and retorted:

"But how does the state form an army?"

Deqi smiled:

"My suggestion is to let the aristocracy, the high-ranking officials, and the capitalists pay for it, and not tax the poor, but double the tax on the rich, I know it's not fair, and it sounds unrealistic, but anyway, they have embezzled so much money, it is better to spit it out. ”

Erin found his words a little strange:

And even if they do have corruption and can find out all of it, one day, the money will be spent. ”

Deqi held out a finger:

"I have an idea.

"Actually, I also know that the previous idea can't really be implemented, but it's just a thought, after all, this world is still controlled by powerful people, and nobles, high-ranking officials, capitalists, they are the embodiment of the most powerful power in this world.

"Whether it's guns, armies, or something more weird, they're in their hands.

"So I have a less mature idea, which is that let's change the existing tax rate model, reduce the exploitation of ordinary people, increase the taxation of the rich, and what kind of high contributor tax cut bill must be outlawed, neither the aristocracy nor the capitalists can pay such a small tax.

"And we need to separate the process of paying taxes from these people, and we need to have multiple organizations collect taxes, and the House of Lords needs to be checked so that the tax bill is reasonable and not coveted by these people. ”

Erin's reaction when she heard Dicki's statement was that it was impossible, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make some sense, and when she thought about it deeply, she found that it seemed that this statement still didn't work.

Deqi smiled slightly:

"Indeed, this is just a ridiculous delusion, after all, unless there is a ruler who cares about the people and has absolute authority, there is no such thing as this, in fact, I don't want them to follow my crude ideas, I just hope that one day, they will be able to treat the people fairly, no, they should promote the interests of the poor.

After all, the vast majority of poor people are poor not because they don't work hard, but because they don't have a good background. ”

Deqi shook his head slowly:

But unless King Arthur is resurrected, this is almost impossible. ”

Click.

The Motaco felt hat on Decci's lap trembled slightly.

Erin nodded:

"Actually, I can understand that, although I don't agree with some of your opinions, even I do know that the lives of the people at the bottom are not easy. ”

Deqi showed a slightly exaggerated expression of surprise, but his eyes were very sincere:

"Would a noble lady like you feel it?"

Erin says:

"Actually, I'm not a nobleman, I'm just an ordinary maid, but the young lady is very good to me......"

Veronica interrupted:

"Erin is my sister and my loved one. ”

Deqi was a little surprised, not because of Erin's identity, but Veronica's words:

"Dear, miss, I have never seen a young lady like you, in my opinion, the environment in which the nobles have lived since childhood has always told them that there is a gap between people's identities. ”

Veronica says:

"My family is special, I didn't learn this when I was a child, they only taught me one thing.

"That's obedience. ”

Deitch frowned, even he felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Veronica's family.

If anyone else had said such things, Deqi would have thought that these noble ladies had not seen the hardships of time, that the rebellious period had come, and that some minor troubles were just great sorrows.

But from Veronica, along with a faint sense of melancholy in her, Deqi inexplicably felt that what she said was true, her sadness was heavy, and her soul was thorough.

Erin suddenly felt that something was wrong:

"Wait, the train seems to have slowed down. ”

Deqi glanced at his companion beside him, then turned to Veronica:

"I also feel that something is wrong, I'll go ahead and take a look, Ethher, you take a good look at the two ladies, don't let them get hurt. ”

Decie picked up his felt hat and put it on, turning and walking to the front of the train.

With the creaking sound, several people could clearly feel that the train was slowing down.

Veronica leaned against the window with a calm face.

Ethel's expression was calm, his eyes drooping, as if waiting for something.

The train stopped.

Bang! Bang!

Gunshots rang out.

There were a few screams from the carriage in front.

Veronica looked at the front door.

There were screams all the time, and the sound of beatings, occasional bursts of gunshots, and helpless cries.

Aether spoke:

"Don't worry, I'm here, you'll be fine.

"Deitch has been my mentor, and one of the things he has taught me is not to do anything to women and children who are not capable of resisting. ”

The front compartment door was opened, and several masked gangsters broke in:

"Get down on my stomach and hand over your valuables. ”

The woman next to her let out a scream that pierced her eardrums, and one of the bandits rushed straight at her, striking her with the butt of a rifle in the back of the head.

Ether took the lead in holding his head in his hands:

"Lower your head, they kill without blinking. ”

Erin hurriedly pulled her young lady to bow her head and was silent.

The bandits vaguely surrounded one of them in the middle, and if he was not mistaken, he was the leader of the bandits.

Veronica glanced at him.

The leader of the gangsters wears a brown motaco felt hat and a black scarf over his face.

He walked straight up to Veronica and Irene:

"Stand up, Miss Veronica Gawain Pendragon, Miss Irene, and this gentleman, I will not harm you as long as you are obedient. ”

Ether was the first to stand.

Veronica followed closely behind, and Erin stood up when she saw the young lady get up.

bandit says:

"Now walk towards the car you have packed, and don't make a small move, or I'll shoot you in the head." ”

Ether walked straight to the front, though he shouldn't have known where his destination was.

Veronica followed Aether, with Erin walking last.

Erin scolded in a low voice:

"Mr. Deci, what you are doing now is not a gentleman. ”

Deqi says:

"As I told you, I am a non-taxist, and I have said that the way I carry out my ideas is to find the nobles and the rich who have embezzled their ill-gotten gains, and then take back from them the money that belongs to the people.

"I can only get some of it back, but I have more or less fulfilled what I said, didn't I?"