Chapter 130 The Hall Is Full of Gold and Jade, and People Are Starving Everywhere

"Oh my God! It's him! I've heard of him. He's a great, energetic young man. With you, his future is limitless. I must visit him later and give him Send some small gifts and wish him a speedy recovery."

In fact, Viscount Raymond had never heard of Knight Aaron at all. He must be the second son of an unknown nobleman.

"Haha, it's his honor. Then I'll thank the Viscount on Aaron's behalf. You are so charitable." Marquis Ashius didn't mind this at all, because Aaron's leg was really broken.

At 18 o'clock in the summer, the sun has not yet dimmed its dazzling light, and there is no sign of setting. The breeze brings a little refreshing coolness and the fresh smell of flowers and trees, and also blows away a trace of Raymond's smell.

Nature still takes good care of humans.

"I have heard about your recent experience, and I deeply sympathize with it. I will personally lead the troops to help you regain your assets. Personal wealth is inviolable. This is my duty as a Marquis. ." Yaxiu said seriously without mincing words.

He believed that Viscount Raymond had already guessed that he had learned about the other party's experience and purpose, so it was better to speak directly, so as not to appear so hypocritical.

Raymond's heart skipped a beat, and then he praised with an exaggerated expression: "Oh~ Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your integrity, bravery and selflessness. Your noble character is really a model for nobles and is worth learning from. But... it's just a group of witches. Why is there no need for the Marquis to go out in person? All you need to do is lend me a few knights and two hundred soldiers."

If Ash leads the army, then Raymond is afraid that he will not get that group of beautiful witches, and this reason is secondary.

If he cannot personally lead the troops in revenge, his reputation will be even worse.

"No, no, no, I am still going. I will personally bring them back to the church for trial, wash away their sins, and make them repent from the bottom of their hearts and deeply, knowing that what they did is wrong. Viscount Raymond, Don’t forget, I’m also a bishop.”

How could Ash not go? Although it is a little troublesome, it is also an honor and a good talk to personally lead the troops, uphold justice, and help the nobles next door regain their wealth from the evil witch.

Even though the honor is not great, and I heard that the other party only has more than 20 people, he doesn't mind it troublesome.

Moreover, he particularly disliked the Viscount in front of him. He believed that in the near future, the deeds of the "cowardly and useless stupid fat man" would spread among the nobles and become a joke after dinner. He did not mind making Viscount Raymond in the story become It sounds more cowardly and incompetent.

"This... well, haha, the Marquis is really meticulous in his work, so I'll trouble you."

Although his heart was full of resentment and he was very reluctant to let go of the witches, Raymond couldn't think of any excuse or reason to persuade the Marquis not to go. The fact that the other party agreed to send troops to help him regain his wealth was already a great honor to him, so It's better to agree first and think of a solution later.

"Haha, thank you Viscount for your understanding. You and I, please don't stand there stupidly at the door, please! In the afternoon, I heard from my subordinates at Aaron's house that you were here, and I specially ordered the servants to prepare a sumptuous dinner." Ashi Made a "please" gesture.

"Haha, thank you, Lord Marquis, for your concern. Please go ahead." Raymond laughed.

Ash was no longer polite and walked into his house first, followed closely by Raymond.

One of the knights under the Marquis brought Ash's beloved horse back to the stable, and there was no need to wait for his orders.

After having a sumptuous dinner and instructing the servants to send the drunken, fat Viscount to his residence, it was already getting late at night.

During this period, a very unpleasant thing happened. A rare big yellow-brown mouse came out of nowhere and ran into the house.

Of course, Raymond was very happy when he saw this. It turned out that there were mice in the Marquis Mansion. For the first time, he felt that the "thief" who stole food was so cute.

Late at night, the moon and stars are sparse.

An old housekeeper who was also personable, well-dressed and neatly dressed came to the study.

In the study, next to the oil lamp.

Ash was scrubbing his right hand vigorously, rubbing the hand that had shaken Raymond's hand.

"Do you understand clearly?" the Marquis asked without raising his head.

"I've asked clearly, sir." The old butler nodded and said slowly, "The knights under the Viscount also said the same thing. The black-robed witch didn't take action. She just glanced at them, and their hearts suddenly surged. Emotions such as regret and shame arose, and I knelt on the ground involuntarily, crying and repenting endlessly for the bad things I had done in the past."

The Marquis paused in washing his hands, frowned, raised his head and asked, "Is there such a thing? Have you ever heard of such a 'trick'?"

"I have never heard of it. It may be that some kind of psychedelic drug was used, plus some hints of movements." The old butler paused and said, "It is also possible that the Viscount and his subordinates conspired to deliberately exaggerate and use the witch's weird abilities. To show that they are not so embarrassed, timid and incompetent."

Ash nodded, looked at the oil lamp, said nothing, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The dark room was quiet for a while,

After a moment, Ash came to his senses and asked again: "Who is responsible for managing the hygiene of the restaurant? How could a mouse get in?"

"Lucy."

"You should know what to do, right?"

"I know, I've already ordered someone to deal with it."

"That's good. Her body must be disposed of properly. Don't let me see it or dirty my eyes."

"yes."

Marquis Asher maybe

He seems to be kinder, kinder, more upright, and braver than Viscount Raymond... His reputation is indeed better, but as Raymond sees it, this Marquis is definitely crueler than him.

After all, there were no beggars in his territory.

In other words, not even a beggar can survive.

And why did the second son, Aaron Knight, have his leg broken?

In the current society with low productivity and ignorant and backward civilization, the manpower, material resources, and financial resources required to keep your own house, or even your own city, clean and tidy... are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Just the amount of water consumed every day is an astronomical figure.

The city of Reinna is indeed filled with "devils", but there is only one "devil". However, this one person makes the city full of "devils".

Ash didn't care about the life of the maid named "Lucy", nor was he afraid of being known. The death of a maid in such a huge Marquis Mansion was perfectly normal and would not have any impact on his reputation.

Moreover, there could be many reasons why the maid should die. For example, she poisoned the dinner and wanted to poison the Viscount and the Marquis.

If you want to accuse someone, why bother? I believe that the experienced housekeeper will handle this matter well.

In Ash's opinion, the maid deserved to die because she didn't do her job well and let the mouse sneak in, causing him to lose face in front of the disgusting Raymond pig.

In this world bubble, only the lives of nobles matter, because only nobles are human beings and have human rights.

Therefore, even though Ash hates Viscount Raymond and wishes Raymond would die, for the sake of his selfless and noble reputation, when the Viscount shamelessly comes to ask for help, he will endure his disgust to entertain him and send troops to help. other side.

If Raymond were a civilian, he might not even be able to get in front of Ya Xiu, and Ya Xiu wouldn't be able to choose to help him.

Therefore, even if the mistake made by the Lucy maid was not big, if he wanted the other party to die, the other party must die, because no one would focus on a little maid, let alone seek justice for her.

The oil lamp in the study burned steadily, and the two people in the room looked very gentlemanly, but the shadows on the wall were stretched thin and impersonal.

After a moment of silence, the Marquis, who was still scrubbing his right hand, seemed to have thought of something, and said again: "Send someone to collect some evidence of that stupid pig's previous crimes. Maybe it can be used in the future."

"yes."

The gentle old butler bowed and left the study, not forgetting to close the door.

…

The next afternoon,

Viscounty of Tournel, beside the beautiful Saugaville River.

Kiana, Bianca and Raiden Mei were leading the civilians in the nearby village to fish.

Ever since the girls saw the daily life of civilians and slaves, they began to miss tea, food, and sleepless nights, even the heartless Kiana was like this.

There is no way, people's life is really miserable. Most people nowadays, people with conscience, can't bear it when they see it, and they may try to do whatever they can.

"Flowers" living in a comfortable environment may not be able to imagine this kind of life full of darkness, hunger, disease, numbness, no hope, and no future.

As an example:

According to Rita, more than half of the aristocratic children in this world died in infancy. There are no relevant written statistics on the death rate of civilians and slave children, but it is definitely worse.

This is only the mortality rate of aristocratic children. There is no statistics on the number of women who died due to dystocia.

There are many reasons for this phenomenon, including low medical standards, poor sanitary conditions, malnutrition caused by low living standards, premature childbirth, frequent wars, diseases and plagues, natural disasters, being beaten to death, etc. .

However, although they are heartbroken and intolerable, the girls do not know what they should do or what is right. Kiana thought hard for a few days, and finally decided to go down to the river to fish and improve the food for the civilians first.

We all know that "it is better to teach a man how to fish than to teach him a fish." However, with their current conditions and abilities, they are still unable to "teach a man how to fish", so they have to give them the "fish" first.

I can help you a little! Anyway, they had nothing to do. Rita had not yet finished deciphering the text, and the related plans had not yet begun.

It's a pity that Kiana's good intentions were regarded as "donkey liver and lung".

It was said that they were leading the villagers to fish, but in fact, there were only a few villagers around the three of Kiana. Not counting them, there were only 6 people in total, and they were all skinny, trembling, with dry skin due to excessive People who are tanned due to hard work, but are about to starve to death, cannot survive, have no wives, children and offspring, and are desperate for the future life.

As long as they could survive, the villagers did not dare to follow them to fish, not because they were afraid of the water, but because they were afraid that Viscount Raymond would be blamed.

Everything in the territory is the private property of the Viscount, including the fish in the river. Anyone who catches and eats without permission will be beaten to death if caught.

Because this kind of behavior is invading the owner's property, even if in Raymond's opinion, a fish is not valuable at all, it is dispensable to him, and he can do without it.

However, whether you want it yourself and whether others invade it are two different things.

If you are unlucky and something goes wrong with the Viscount, it doesn't matter if you are beaten to death for stealing fish. The family members may also be labeled as "treacherous people", and maybe even the common people will be killed by future generations.

If you can't do it anymore, you will become a slave who will never be able to get ahead or turn over.

The quality of life of civilians is much better than that of slaves. At the very least, they are human beings in name, have human rights, and are free.

Of course, only in name.

Although the Viscount was driven away by these beautiful girls, the villagers knew that he was not dead and would come back for revenge, so no one dared to come fishing.

Anyone who gets close to them will surely end badly.

Many villagers even maliciously speculated that these girls might be devils in human skin, specifically using seemingly benign behaviors to harm their lives.

If it wasn't the devil, why would it be so beautiful? Even more beautiful than the eldest ladies of the nobility.

If it weren't for the devil, how could he possibly defeat the Viscount with his tiny arms and legs? The Lord Viscount's castle is very grand and strong.

If they are not devils, why should we show kindness to them? They are not familiar with them.

Why is it good to us? It must be harming us!

Yes, that’s right! Absolutely!

On the surface, it's a good intention, but secretly, it's just to kill someone! The priest once said that evil devils like to harvest people's lives to taste.

There were not just one or two civilians and slaves who had similar thoughts, but a lot of them. They followed everyone's advice, and it could even be said that it was all of them, including the six people who were fishing with Kiana and the others.

Why do people in this parallel world think like this?

Because they don’t understand what “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness” mean. They don’t understand what resistance and struggle are. They have never seen the glory of human nature, and they have never heard of heroes who are civilians or slaves. Deeds are nothing but ignorance and ignorance.

Because the nobles have never looked at them, no one treats them well, no one will treat them as human beings, they are just the property of the lord, so they will not treat themselves as human beings, even if they say that they are civilians, He is a human being and says he has personal freedom.

It is also because, since birth, they have always lived in dire straits, and they are not aware of it. They do not know, cannot imagine, and have never experienced a better, brighter, and more hopeful life.

A person with a good reputation may not be a good person. He may be a "devil" secretly. And a person who is mistaken for a "devil" due to biased listening and partial belief may be a truly good person.

People are always so blindly obedient and superficial, with inherent prejudices that cannot be changed.

Under the scorching sun, the broad Saugaville River is clear and rippling, like a transparent gauze winding on the rural land. The source and end cannot be seen at a glance. The river has both wild and demure characters at the same time. The water looks fast in some places and calm in other places.

The originally clear and clear river water became a little turbid due to the fishing behavior of the three of Kiana.

After fishing, Bianca, with her hair tied into a single ponytail, sat on a simple "boat" in the center of the river. She was wearing a waterproof combat uniform, but she had her arms and trouser legs rolled up, her feet were bare, and she was holding Holding a harpoon made of soul steel that could be transformed at will, he slapped the water with the harpoon in boredom, silently looking at Miss Kiana who ran to the river bank not far away.

They didn't let the six villagers, who looked weak and were about to starve to death, go fishing in the water. What if they drowned?

They are not really stupid, and they can probably guess how the villagers view them.

Therefore, Bianca actually felt very uncomfortable and a little confused.

What are they doing this for?

Sure enough, when it comes to mentality, it depends on the eldest lady!

Kiana is still so lively and enthusiastic. Even though she knows that she may be regarded as a devil that everyone fears, she still doesn't mind and takes the trouble to teach the villagers how to cook fish soup and how to eat fish. This free and easy attitude His mentality made Bianca a little envious.

This kind of mentality is not about pandering, not being a "holy lady", nor is it pitying the other person, but it is really not caring about what others think of you.

Stupid people can say whatever they want and think whatever they want, it has nothing to do with me.

What Kiana wants to do and what she wants to do has nothing to do with other people's opinions of her, goodwill or malice.

Kind of like... heartless?

Not at all.

Due to the language barrier and difficulty in communication, Miss Kiana's every move looked a bit silly.

She is trying to tell people to eat less and eat slower.

Because for people who are about to starve to death, all the organs in the body are in a relatively fragile state. If you eat too much and too oily food at one time, the food will stimulate sudden changes in the hormone organs in the body. The body will not be able to adapt and will die faster. .

They are there to save people, not to kill them.

They are not stupid and will not blindly let things like "good intentions end up with bad things" happen.

Of course, Miss Kiana's behavior may not be understood by the six villagers.

Bianca could guess what they were thinking at the moment:

Why are we allowed to eat but not allowed to eat more?

Sure enough, even in the eyes of the devil, we are not worthy of drinking fish soup.

Sure enough, they are seeking our lives and inducing the corruption of our souls!

For the devil, is life with a corrupted soul more delicious? Is it more delicious than fish soup?

The breeze blows on the face, the waves are sparkling, and the river water gradually turns back to its clear appearance. Just the opposite of human beings. After human beings grow up, they become clear.

It's hard to go back to the way it was before, unless it never changed.

Bianca put her feet into the river water, which was a little cold.

"Mei Yi, tell me... are the people in this world living in such misery because they don't have Honkai Energy?"

Mei Yi pondered for a while and shook her head: "I think it's because of...ignorance and...the lack of a few...real wise men and heroes."

It is normal for those who have changed the world not to be understood by the people at that time.

But it is precisely because they didn't care, or in other words, they withstood the pressure and kept moving forward that they were able to change the world and become heroes in the minds of future generations.