Chapter 337: Whose neck is the noose around?

"If hanging those ignorant people can correct all mistakes, then this world will be too kind." Gawain heard Luo Penni's words and couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "They are just being abused by others. They are just accomplices who instigated or received benefits."

"But they are more hateful than the principal criminals," Luo Penny Grant said coldly, "My husband went against tradition and rules for them, and let those people go. People who could only wallow in the mud all their lives had a chance to live a decent life, but they were deceived by a little lie or bribed with a little money, and turned into a mob to rob the castle of property. Come and attack their lord!"

Amber heard this and finally couldn't bear it anymore. She looked at Gawain and Luo Penni dumbfounded: "Wait a minute, you mean, back then. Most of the mob that attacked the castle were actually people who were helped by Viscount Roman?"

"Of course, this is what I inferred based on your investigation results," Gawain nodded. And it is similar to what I expected at the beginning. After knowing the specific actions of Viscount Roman and the subsequent mob attack on the castle, I knew that this would definitely happen."

Luo Penni was surprised. Looking at Gawain, she had calmed down a little from the excitement of reviving old wounds. She couldn't help but begin to wonder what Gawain's real purpose was today: "Why did you say that?"

Gawain didn't Directly answering Baroness Luo Penni's question, she asked a new question: "Want to know why your husband failed?"

Luo Penni was startled, and slowly took a deep breath, she thought Regain control of the topic: "Why should I discuss these past things with you?"

"If you could understand the laws currently being implemented in Cecil, you probably wouldn't have This is a problem," Amber next to him said, "Cecil Territory... is currently gradually emancipating serfs and slaves, and land distribution is also proceeding simultaneously..."

"My husband is already here This failed once. I didn't expect that someone else would do the same thing." Luo Penny Grant stared at Gawain, "Now you have learned what happened here a few years ago, so it's best to stop in time. , This kind of deviant act..."

"This kind of deviant act is not wrong in itself. Your husband's failure lies in the fact that he did three other things wrong." Gawain shook his head and interrupted directly Luo Penni's words, "First, his steps are too big, second, his fists are not strong, and third, he keeps the people ignorant." As he spoke, he turned to the wall behind the desk. , looking at Viscount Romain Gulen smiling faintly in the oil painting on the wall.

"He is a pioneer, a pioneer who is determined to reform, but like many pioneers, he made serious mistakes. He tried to correct the mistakes in the current Ansu system and let the people's power was released, but without reasonable planning, he directly put all reforms together, but did not think about the mutual influence and interaction between these decrees, and did not think about the gradual nature of social transformation, so his reforms would make the order a mess - if I am not wrong, those serfs and slaves who were suddenly freed were There was confusion at the initial stage because they had neither land nor property so your husband had to carry out the land allotment without preparation and this led to even greater confusion.

"Secondly, he did not have enough strength to resist the rebounding forces. He did not first secure an armed force of his own, nor did he carefully consider the harm to the interests of the traditional nobles who were influenced by him. How much resistance would follow

"Finally, and most fatally, he did not tell those who gained freedom and land, the 'why' of it all. '"

Gawain stopped here and turned his head to Luo Penni Grant: "The arrogance of the nobles still restricted his vision, so he didn't take a closer look at the lowest commoners. He understood the thoughts, insights, and logic of those people, but took it for granted that those people would understand this great cause as he did. His original intention of handing over land and many rights to the people was to let the people live a good life, but in From the perspective of the people at the bottom, this is just another 'charity' by the superior nobles - if the lord can give alms, others can also give alms, and if the lord's benefits can be taken, others can also take the benefits. "

Luo Penni murmured to herself: "...How can they think like this..."

"Why can't they think like this? Isn’t this how it has been for hundreds of years? Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from the nobles. The untouchables don't need to think, they just need to bear it silently. This is how the society ruled by the nobles has taught them for hundreds of years." Gawain snorted softly, "So I'm sure , when they were bewitched and stormed the castle, they would not feel the slightest sense of guilt - but when the reckoning is carried out afterwards and you send them to the gallows, they will not feel at all unjust! ”

The study became quiet. For a long time, Luo Penni, Gawain, and Amber did not speak.

It was not until a few minutes later that the Baroness broke the silence. : "So, you came here just to talk to me about this? In order for me to understand how a disaster that broke out a few years ago happened? "

Gawain smiled faintly and shook his head slightly: "I just came to see a friend I have never met. ”

He was referring to Patty, but Luo Penni Grant would obviously understand him as Viscount Roman, but this is not important.

Gawain turned around again and took it seriously. Really looking at the smiling Viscount Roman Grant in the portrait.

As he thought before, the world does not revolve around him.

That reform failed. Due to lack of experience, limited vision, and ideological constraints, Roman Gulen’s New Deal failed in just a few years, and he himself was also branded with many negative consequences. His brand has become a typical example of being cursed by the devil. If the aristocratic system had not been trying to maintain its own face, Viscount Roman's fate would have been even worse - and his short-lived reform had become a romantic utopian reform. No one can understand his solo, and no one is even willing to record it.

But pioneers do exist after all. Before he raised his coffin, there was indeed such a pioneer.

That’s why Gawain came here and talked so much to Luo Penni Grant.

His original purpose was just to confirm the existence of Patty Grant and to confirm whether this land was also contaminated by the Eternal Sleeper. However, in Amber, he investigated the events that happened in Grant's Territory many years ago. After that, he changed his plan temporarily.

He withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly to Dame Luo Penni: "Madam, if you really want to hang the murderers who killed your husband, then you should put the noose away and wait until the right time. Put it around the neck of the right person."

Lady Luo Penni looked into Gawain's eyes quietly: "But I'm afraid I don't have such a noose."

Gao Wenhe. She looked at each other for a moment, then raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "That's just right, I have it."

Then he did not wait for Luo Penni's answer, but continued: "Can I go see Patty?"

"Of course," Luo Penni Grant nodded, "She has always admired you."

"Then I can't keep my little admirer waiting too long," Gawain laughed and said, "Take me there."

Under the guidance of the Baroness, Gawain and Amber came to the door of the little girl Patty's room.

“Her spirits have not been very good in the past few days, but she has suddenly gotten better in the past few days,” Luo Penni said as she stepped forward to open the door. “She probably heard the news that you were coming, so she was very happy. Be happy... When my husband was still alive, he often told Patty stories about you."

The wooden door decorated with yellow and white tassels was pushed open, and Gawain walked into the room. , he saw Patty's chair in the center of the room, and the little girl was looking out the window in trance - through a very large crystal window, she was looking at the starry sky outside the castle.

This house has many very large windows. The wall of the castle has obviously been greatly modified in this part - near the roof, Gawain even saw a very large window in the traditional castle. The rare skylight allows the midday sun to easily fill the room.

"The doctor said she needs to get more sun - the magic contained in the sun can relieve the itching and pain of her skin." Luo Penni said softly.

Gawain remembered what Patty had said to him in the City of Dreams: She needed to enter the dream world in order to sleep.Good, because she was itchy and sore.

There is no sunlight at night.

At this time, Patty finally heard the movement at the door. The little girl's head shook and turned towards the door, then a bright smile burst out on her face: "Uncle Gawain!"

Luo Penni walked forward quickly, turned Patty's chair around, and corrected: "It's Duke Gawain."

"The same goes for calling me uncle, so I still feel young all of a sudden. He is more than seven hundred years old." Gawain smiled and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care. Then he came to Patty and said, "Look, just as promised, I came to see you."

The little girl blinked happily: "Yeah!"

Then she asked curiously: "Uncle, are you really resurrected? I heard the maid said that the founder of the country The great hero has risen from the grave..."

Gawain turned his head, glanced at Amber with a half-smile, and then nodded to Patty: "Of course."

"You can really be resurrected!" Patty looked surprised, "Can dad also do it? Dad loves telling your stories! He must also want to see you..."

In Gawain At the edge of his vision, Luo Penny Grant's fingers gripping the back of the chair suddenly turned white from exertion.

"I don't know if your father can come back like me, but all of us will meet somewhere one day," Gawain gently pressed Patty's hair, " If he knew you were meeting me so early, he would definitely be envious of you."