Chapter 165 We are not cowards!(1/2)
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There are basically a customary rule in cities in other countries, that is, to place the signs at the center of the city. There are many meanings in doing so. Some are simply worshipping, and then put a statue of the God of Light. Some are to highlight the characteristics of the city and place some unique items here. Some are directly built here by the lord's mansion, which is called the town city...
There is no doubt that the red sculpture in the central square of Riva City is the symbol of the city. It was built by the first aristocrats who came here. Their significance is probably to eat meat and not forget to kill pigs or other things.
As for the people in the city, of course, they had no good impression of this guy who made them poor. But even if they didn't agree, when they saw it shattered all over the ground, everyone's mind was stunned.
Sadness? Anger? This is not a question of ecstasy? Excitement? This is not enough... the people are just a little bit of melancholy and deeply shocked.
I feel sad because this thing has been standing for more than a hundred years, but I can't see it when I look up and see it. When it suddenly breaks, I will certainly feel a little uncomfortable.
It would be better to understand if you were shocked. This thing is a sign of Riva City, and it was built by the nobles. There was even a wooden sign that was forbidden to climb or touch next to it. But now, it was actually smashed by this group of bold people!
Just as everyone in the square was dying, more than a dozen people came over carrying a stack of wooden boards.
Bang, bang, bang...
Smooth movements, rapid speed. In just a moment, a simple small platform was built on the red gravel.
At this time, the onlookers finally came to their senses.
"You you you, you, you are..." a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman opened his mouth and stammered.
One of these people, an ordinary-looking young man probably heard it, turned his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled: "We are from the Riva City Urban Management Bureau, referred to as the Urban Management Bureau. Today I received a report from the citizens that this thing that is not very popular is an illegal construction. Now it will be demolished!"
"City, Urban Management Bureau?" The middle-aged man was stunned. Is there such a unit? Why haven't I heard of it...
"No matter what kind of bureau you are, I can say very responsibly that you are having a big deal!" A man dressed as an aristocratic butler shook his head and said in a pity. Of course, he knew the importance of this sculpture. He had never heard of the bureau in front of him. It should be a newly established. In this way, these novices may have been humiliated! Alas, it's so pitiful...
"It's a big deal? Haha, we're not afraid!" The young man raised his head and looked arrogant, "We are temporary workers!"
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The two people with inexplicable faces were left behind, and these suddenly appeared quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Then, the onlookers who had not yet fully come to their senses made a comment and a girl in white robe climbed up the steps on the right side of the platform.
Perhaps it was shocked by the destruction of the statue before, or perhaps it was infected by the solemn expression of the girl in the rain in front of her... Everyone did not make any sound, just watched her step onto the platform and walked towards the most central position step by step.
Take a deep breath, bow, stand upright, nod
"Hello everyone, I am Joshia, from the Gray Army!"
Wow...
It was like a level ten storm suddenly came. The buzzing discussion sounded instantly, and then it spread throughout the square at an extremely fast speed.
The Grey Clothes Army... is naturally familiar to everyone, especially in the past few days, covered with a large amount of publicity paper. But after all, in the hearts of most people, this is just a noun. They did not expect that there would be such a day. They really saw the Grey Clothes Army personnel at a distance of only a few meters.
This feeling...is like reading too many novels about Dragon Quest, and then one day, the legendary dragon really appeared in front of you!
Shocked, astonished, illusory...
Just before everyone could clear their emotions, Joshia on the stage spoke again,
"My purpose is very simple, just to let everyone see what the grey-clothed mob in the official propaganda looks like, huh... I'm sorry, I'm not angry enough. In fact, there are many such adjectives. I doubt that those editors will be very distressed now because they have indeed used up all the words they can think of!"
Spreading his hands, Joshia showed an expression of distress.
...A dull laughter came from all around.
Everyone's faces were a little complicated at this time. This was the first time they faced the legendary gray-clothed military personnel.
Mob robber? Just the girl in front of her who has a dull face and looks like an orchid in the drizzle? Don’t joke...
"Then, I want to say something angry!" Taking advantage of the ease of the atmosphere, Joshia pursed her lips, "We have been to Riva City for four days and have done nothing except for sending leaflets. But just last night, here, our five companions were arrested and left us forever... I don't know why, is it because we mob bandits have done something to attack the city recently? No..."
After pausing, Joshia said excitedly: "We just said things we shouldn't say! We just said the nobles were greedy, seized wealth that did not belong to them, and trampled on other people's lives at will... We just said that the common people were poor and embarrassed, worked hard all their lives but could not exchange for hunger bread, and could not afford to buy the toys they wanted for their children... We all said the most true facts, but they were the most ruthless revenge!"
A storm of words poured out, hitting the deepest part of everyone's hearts, causing ripples.
A small commotion began in the square, and most of the poor wearing coarse cloth patches showed angry expressions on their faces. Of course, they knew that what the girls on the stage were saying was the truth, because they were suffering from this.
Just then,
"Who knows whether what you said is true or false? Maybe you made up these."
"Aren't the things you said in the newspapers doing?"
"Don't listen to her nonsense, five people died? Humph, do you think so?"
"It's worth dying, the gray-clothed rioters..."
“…”
There were only one or two sounds at first, and then questioned, and insulted voices kept popping up from the crowd.
Joshia was stunned and instantly found a person who was talking. He was a short and fat middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes. He was either a wealthy businessman or a nobleman who sent him to purchase ore...
The blood surged up instantly, and Joshia pointed at the other party angrily: "You said this was compiled. Have you ever investigated it? Have you ever asked the people around us where we live? If you say so, why do you determine that the content in the newspaper is not compiled, but we did it?"
"Arguing, maybe those people have been bribed by you!" The short and fat middle-aged man who was pointed out was stunned and then fought back. Of course, what he said was just nonsense. Joshia and the others have only been here for a few days. How could he buy people from a street?
But this is not important, what is important is his identity as an ore merchant. As a vested stake in the mine vein, he certainly would not allow the gray-clothed army to incite the miners to rebel.
"That's right, this bitch is obviously spreading rumors here. Don't be fooled."
"The Grey Clothes Army is a mob. I once had a batch of goods that were robbed by them, and all the people were killed..." Needless to say, this is of course made. Everyone was killed. How did he know that it was made by the Grey Clothes Army... Of course, no one will consider this now. There is no need to make a seamless reason to throw dirty water, just say it!
This person's words seemed to inspire some people, and all kinds of news of being "innocently murdered" were suddenly heard. Time, place... it was very slight and eye-catching.
Such words also caused some people who were originally angry to start to shake... There is no need to doubt that this is the fact!
The people will not be convinced, and there is a factor of doubt in human nature. The people are also very likely to be convinced because the habit of blind obedience is really huge.
This statement is not contradictory, and history is constantly proving these two points.
The most important thing at this time is the situation. When the people watched someone around me crying and detailed the charges of the gray-clothed army, they naturally couldn't help but believe it. And Joshia's hoarse defense had long been drowned...
The balance is constantly tilting. At this time,
I don’t know where I was the first to throw it out, the vegetables, potatoes, shoes... and they all smashed them to the platform.
Joshia stood on the platform without any intention of dodging.
...
Not far away, at the top of the bell tower.
Bang! David punched the wall with a punch. He turned his head, his eyes red: "Boss, I'll take someone to kill these nonsense gangs."
Tang En's face was cold and silent. Looking at the thin figure who seemed to be abandoned by the whole world, he shook his head: "We have something else to do."
Tang En initially disagreed with Joshia's proposal last night. This was too risky and may not be effective. However, the former broke out with unprecedented stubbornness and decided to do so. The two even quarreled...
Squinted, Tang En breathed a long sigh and turned his head to look into the distance. Joshia, the method was chosen by himself, I just hope you can persist...
...
Sneak—A voice suddenly came out on the stage.
The sound was really light, so slight that some people who were about to rush to the stage didn't hear it, but the square fell into a dead silence at this moment.
Everyone felt a blue light flash in front of their eyes, and then an oval cover appeared on the girl.
Demon, magic shield...
I have never eaten pork and always watched Pig Run. In everyone's impression, the magicians are mysterious and noble. They do not often appear in front of others and cover their faces with long robes all day long. But even children know that the mysterious magicians have a skill that can protect themselves - the magic shield!
She is a magician? Are we smashing a magician?
Everyone kept their movements just now, their panic thinking amplified by the magician's chilling and strange attack method.
Waving his cane, Joshia removed the magic shield and ignored the messy things on his body. He spoke calmly,
"Last night someone told me that my plan would not be successful because the people were foolish and I had a fight with him...but now, I agree with his point of view!"
"Yes, you are not only stupid, but also stupid. Cowards and cowards... You only know how to accept things, you only know how to hide and scold injustice. But you never dare to open your mouth and shout, stand up and start resisting! I look at it, no, you guys."
As he said word by word, Joshia looked at the crowds around him who were gradually getting turbulent, and smiled mockingly: "What, are you angry? Haha, it's a pity that you only know how angry! You know the injustice of reality. You hope someone can come forward to solve all this, but you also hope that this person is not yourself, right? Haha, it seems that I just said wrong. You are not stupid, but on the contrary, they are very smart. Well, a ridiculous clever..."
I believe that if Tang En was on the scene, he would definitely rub his eyes. Joshia's personality is not lacking in gentleness, stubbornness, and persistence... but she has never been like this now, like a calm and slandered, sarcastic, ridiculed, and disdainful...
However, such seemingly self-deprecating remarks have received some unidentified effects. The people around them have breathed heavily and their fists are tightened secretly... Of course, I don’t know who they are going to beat.
"Oh, I almost forgot you!" Joshia glanced at the people who rushed to the steps and curled her lips, "Rich businessman? Aristocrats? Aristocrats? You know it's you when you guess!"
"Do you know why I must smash that red sculpture? Because it is like you, every pore is stained with dirty things. You squeeze every thread of flesh and blood of the poor to enrich yourself. In the end, even the external color turns blood-red... Of course, no matter how much you soak, it cannot change your black heart."
"I am a magician, not a wizard. But I still curse you, curse the dead souls in your arms, and entangle you for generations. Until your juniors, juniors..."
Speaking of this, Joshia paused and looked at the edge of the square with a frown.
Because of the height of the platform, she saw about seventy or eighty guards in neatly armor pushing away the crowd and walking towards this side. A little further away, there were several noble carriages parked on the side of the road, with several people pointing at her.
Suddenly, the crowd began to get confused.
The dozens of guards were divided into two teams, one still heading towards the center, but the other began to use scabbards and whips to disperse the gathering crowd.
Tang En on the bell tower also saw this scene and couldn't help but lit up his eyes: "Haha, the opportunity is here! Which idiot is this? I want to thank his eight generations of ancestors."
Don’t underestimate the energy of small people, and don’t underestimate the power of small events.
Bovis has a deep understanding of the former, and the latter's distant nobles will still remember them vividly.
To be continued...