Chapter 328: Nailing the old nobles on the pillar of shame (page 12)
"Quiet!" The cane hit the ground, making a muffled sound. The sound echoed in the Opéra Opéra, causing the whispers around it to gradually subside.
The day of trial finally arrived, and the nobles celebrated that they could finally make this devil pay the price he deserved. They felt that their pressure had an effect.
Safire stood on the interrogation platform with a calm face, quietly looking at the restless crowd below.
Although the audience kept silent, their expressions and postures showed that they were not calm. This scene was fully visible to several people from high places.
"It seems that it is the result of public opinion fermentation." Safire murmured softly.
More than a month of fermentation of public opinion and bombardment of saturated information blocked the spread of other news, which made people in Fontaine feel bored. They who initially sympathized with the victims subconsciously developed a rebellious mood.
This is the bad nature of people. They always think they are wise and will get tired of things they have seen thousands of times.
But the proud aristocratic men obviously didn't think so. They packaged themselves and the two old aristocratic families as victims, and believed from the bottom of their hearts that this was the fact.
"Everyone has arrived, and the trial of the Blood and Fire Case has officially begun." Seeing that the audience had become quiet, Navilette announced, "First of all, regarding the causes and consequences of the case, Ms. Safire, I would like to ask in advance , whether you have the ability to describe the case.
Do you need to appoint an attorney to tell the case for you? If a person is found not to have clear self-awareness and logical thinking ability, this will affect the final outcome of the trial. "
This is just a matter of telling her clearly that you can get away with it by pretending to be stupid.
This question caused the old nobles present to break into a cold sweat. They suddenly realized a problem, that is, they were thinking that Safire was a child and would be frightened by such a scene.
They completely forgot that once Safire showed incoherence and unclear logic during the trial, he would probably be deemed to be incompetent to bear criminal responsibility. This is almost a perfect excuse.
"Isn't this right? She...she killed someone? Can't we just let her go just because she is a child?" one audience member stammered.
Villette raised his eyes and looked at this man. He was an attendant of the old noble family. It seemed that he had been instructed by someone.
A trace of impatience flashed in Villette's eyes: "I'm asking Ms. Safire to ask the rest of the people to speak and pay attention to the occasion."
After saying that, he looked at Saffir again: "Please answer my question, Ms. Saffir, should you explain yourself or entrust an agent?"
"No need for entrustment." Safire smiled sarcastically at the ashen-faced old nobleman, "Now that I'm here, I don't need those despicable excuses to get away with it. I know what kind of crime I committed."
Her speech caused a lot of discussion in the audience below. Many people shook their heads in disapproval and thought she was stupid. She clearly could escape punishment but gave up this opportunity.
The most agitated person was Funina at the top. She stood up with a swoosh and shouted to Safir: "Why are you pretending to be a big boss? People wrote you in the newspaper and scolded you, and you still stood up and pretended. What kind of tough guy are you? Are you a tough guy?"
"Quiet!" The dull tapping sound of the cane sounded again, and Navilette warned, "Please pay attention to what you say, Ms. Funina."
"I...I..." Funina was interrupted and looked at Villette and Saphire in a daze.
Naviolet didn't look at her: "Now it's Ms. Safire's time to speak, please continue." He looked at Safire.
Safire nodded and thought for a while before saying: "I have read the public opinion circulating in Fontainebleau recently and... the Steam Bird newspaper. I am very happy that so many people are interested in this case. So thoughtful, but what I want to say is that I don’t know the full picture, so I won’t comment.
First of all, I want to correct one point, and that is about the remarks written in the newspaper that Mumang Palace protected me.
If I want to get away with it, I don’t need Mumanggong’s protection at all. I believe you can see that sometimes appearance is the biggest killer. Today I am standing here. If I want to escape punishment, I can pretend to be crazy and act stupid. No one can take advantage of it. How am I doing. But I didn't.
Because there are some things that need to be known to everyone. "
At this point, the audience began to whisper again, and the old nobles turned pale. They could already guess what Safire was going to say next, but they couldn't stop it.
Thinking of the public opinion in the past month, if there is a sudden explosion at this time, the destruction brought to them will be huge. The old aristocracy, which has no sense of existence, may face complete destruction.
"I did all this for my sister." As he said this, Safir pulled out a timid little girl from the door. "Her name is Lynette. A few months ago, she was adopted from the orphanage and entered the A wealthier family, and I was happy for her at that time.”
In fact, she didn't even know Linny and Linnette more than a month ago. This was just a lie, but now it is not important. What is important is that the old nobles are involved in human trafficking.
“However, what awaits her is not a happy life, but hell.
More than a month ago, that is, as you know, the day of the bloody incident, I went to visit her to see if she was happy in her new family, but what I saw was not that she was living in harmony with her adoptive parents. picture.
It was a scene of her being knocked unconscious and taken away from that family. The people who sent her away were her adoptive parents, one of the families you call the victims of the Blood Fire Case.
I followed them to another house and watched her being sent into a bedroom where a man was waiting.
I know very well what it means for a comatose little girl to be sent into a man's bedroom in the middle of the night. I believe everyone here also knows very well. I don't know how sinister people's hearts can be, but... at least it is sinister to this extent. , has exceeded my expectations. "Safir showed no timidity and explained everything.
The audience fell into silence. They had never heard of this incident, but the little girl standing behind Safire with tears in her eyes and her head lowered touched their heartstrings.
One audience member couldn't help but cursed: "We have never heard of this! Is the noble intending to deceive the public and avoid the important?"
"I have known about the affairs of those two families for a long time, but when I talked about it at that time, some people said that I was spreading rumors and wanted to send me here to face trial." Another person looked unhappy. road. This is the insider.
His words also aroused sporadic echoes. Obviously, there was more than one person who knew the truth. They had thought of telling everyone the truth before today, but the momentum of public opinion was too great for them to explain clearly.
Just when they felt aggrieved and helpless, Arecino asked someone to find them and negotiate with them to speak out together in this trial today.
There were more and more voices criticizing the nobles. Everyone seemed to have once again found an outlet for their emotions and began to vent their emotions to the nobles.
Looking at the scene in the audience, Safire curled his lips, cleared his throat and continued: "But this is not the main reason why I did all this."