Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 607 [Chapter of the Game of Death] 57: The Justus Family ([-])

"According to the available historical records, the real family history of the Justus family was about 100 years ago, when the wars in the empire intensified, and it was also the most chaotic period before Yanan Town was about to establish a municipal administrative unit. a period of time."

Chen Yan once saw the past described by Great William from the memory of Raz in the attic of the apartment, but he only stood at Raz’s perspective, looking out from the apartment, and did not have an overall understanding of the entire era .

Now that Great William is talking about this period of history, Chen Yan can use the facts in Raz's memory and Great William's narrative to corroborate each other, so as to obtain a relatively more authentic appearance of that period of history.

(It’s not that Chen Yan doesn’t believe in Great William, and there’s no need to disbelieve in Great William. It’s just that anyone’s narration of history will inevitably bring personal subjective emotions. Chen Yan compared the past described by Raz and Great William. The resulting history can be more realistic and objective.)
"The Justus family really entered the historical stage of Yanan City when the war was about to burn to Yanan. At that time, there was a group of tens of thousands of people on the border between Wardfalk State and Holest State. The rebellious soldiers, and the location of Yanan City is the most suitable place for the rebellious soldiers to plunder——

It's not as cold here as it is in the north, and the aquatic plants are also abundant, and it's basically the Great Plains, where a large number of farmers and breeders gather here. Even under the influence of the war, they barely maintain a fairly good livelihood.

The empire was in chaos at that time. The emperor wanted to deal with the chants, and sacrificed a powerful army of the chants in the power struggle, so that the northern border had no available soldiers for a while. 【Note 1】

At that time, Yanan was just an insignificant small town, and it was not worth sending troops to garrison, so it was directly abandoned by the emperor.

The emperor gave up on Yanan, but the people living in Yanan couldn’t just give up like this. Decades of war made them deeply aware of the horror of rebellion. The consequences of the rebellious soldiers coming to Yanan.

Thieves pass like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate. 【Note 2】

In order to resist the coming deserters, the gentry in Yanan Town urgently organized and set up defense guards and established many guard posts.

It is said to be a defensive military guard, but in fact it is a large violent organization organized by a group of local gentry elected sheriffs and various gangs.

Their main task is to hunt down the rebels around Yanan Town, and protect the people within Yanan Town from the rebellion.

Due to the large scale of this group of rebels, almost all the young and middle-aged people in Yanan Town have joined the defense guards. At the moment of life and death, all kinds of gangs can only temporarily put aside their grievances and jointly fight against foreign enemies.

And Klein Justus's great-great-grandfather, Heit Justus, also began to emerge at this time. 【Note 3】

Heite Justus, before entering the Defense Guard, inherited his father's behest and became the Sheriff of Yharnam Town.

Perhaps it was because of his father's death at the hands of the rebels, Heite Justus was jealous of the rebels, and he never showed mercy to the rebels, and even... his methods were particularly ruthless. "

Great William paused here.

"I was lucky enough to learn from a centenarian that Heite Justus's methods were cruel and almost tyrannical. Such behavior is very frightening no matter what era it is - people are afraid of violence from the bottom of their hearts. Not to mention the violence bordering on madness.

Heite Justus was originally a police officer in the town. He brought a few brothers with him when he entered the defensive guards. They were unscrupulous and much more vicious than the gangsters, and they quickly gained a reputation.

Violence is the most awe-inspiring thing in any age.

Later, the situation became worse and worse, and the rebels fled to burn, kill and loot around Yanan Town. Heite Justus and his brothers were also jealous. He relied on his military achievements and luck to survive the battlefield. Go up step by step until you become one of the commanders of the defense guards.

That was the most powerful moment in the history of the Justus family.

At that time, the internal structure of the defensive guards was very complicated. As I said before, there were farmers in Yanan Town and the surrounding areas, most of the gangs who were forcibly changed by the rebels, the police station that was originally on the opposite side of the gang, and some The private armed forces of the gentry, there are various cults of different beliefs...

These people with different positions were forcibly twisted together because of the war, and conflicts broke out repeatedly during the war. If it wasn't because of too much external trouble, the defense guards would have broken down long ago.

During the continuation of the war, Heite Justus not only had a group of loyal brothers, but also made great military exploits, but because his methods were too cruel and his personality was too rigid, he offended quite a few people .

At that time, although other forces resented him, they were also afraid of him. These people were usually brave and ruthless, but they only bullied honest people. Can rely on someone like Heite Justus who is not afraid of death to charge the front line.

Therefore, Hite's ferocity not only makes everyone fear, but also makes everyone feel a sense of security - it is very impressive to have such a smart, cruel, strong and desperate commander to organize a war that is beneficial to them Peace of mind.

The reason why Hite was able to become the commander of the defense guard later was not only his own excellent quality, but also the internal environment. There was a very dirty struggle for power, but due to external reasons, everyone restrained each other, and the contradictions accumulated day after day.

It is precisely because of the mutual checks and balances of other forces that a person with no background like Heite Justus was able to accumulate his own power and contacts under such circumstances. He had a history with some soldiers and even some gang members. Some of these people had a long-term relationship with the Justus family in the future.

On the other hand, Heite Justus learned a lot about the secrets of Yanan Town through the exchange of information with people of the same status as himself. The dark side of this town of tens of thousands of people is so complicated that he can hardly imagine— ——It was at this time that the Justus family came into contact with the dark side of Yanan Town.

The specific situation can no longer be verified, because there is no relevant literature left, and the stories passed down by word of mouth are too outrageous and have no reference value.

In short, the war did not last long because the rebellious soldiers had no one to guide them.

In the fifth year after the start of the war, the defense guards had almost wiped out all the rebels around Yanan Town. Even if there was an occasional bandit, they would soon be wiped out by the defense guards who already had war experience.

The external pressure gradually disappears, and the internal pressure gradually begins to stand out.

As I said before, there was almost no one in Yanan Town at that time who did not belong to gangs - big and small circles, as long as there are people, there will be people forming groups, there will be grievances, and there will be rivers and lakes.

And hatred and killing will surely breed more hatred and killing.

Hatred is something that will be passed down from generation to generation, and the children and grandchildren are endless. "

　【Note 1】

　　In this world, a hundred years ago, the feudal imperial power representing advanced productivity defeated the conservative ancient theocracy (Laz's memory chapter).

　　A hundred years later, it is the era when most of the stories in this article take place as you can see. The technological theocracy, which represents more advanced productivity, defeated the feudal imperial power——

　　A large number of scientists supported by the choral group opened the industrial age (scientists represented by Watt and Newton), and theology and science blended with each other, so the head of the choral group was able to lift the emperor.

　　The theoretical basis for the formation of this world:

　　The development of things is spiraling up and advancing in waves. Although the road is tortuous, the future is bright.

　　New things must defeat old things, and production relations that can represent more advanced productive forces must replace outdated production relations.

　　——This is the objective rule according to which the world was born and deduced.

　　【Note 2】

　　Comb (shu): A tool for combing hair, with sparse teeth.

　　Grate (bi): A combing tool for removing lice in the hair, with dense teeth.

　　In the old days, thieves and bandits plundered the people as if they had been combed with a comb, and there were still survivors afterwards;

　　Soldiers looting the people is like using a bamboo grate to plunder them, and then they rob them all.

　　This sentence means that in the old days, soldiers harmed the people more than thieves.

　　【Note 3】

　　Hate is Hate, not Hit. Hate Justus deeply hated the rebellious soldiers who killed his father (the end of the chapter related to Raz's memory), so he achieved the glory of his life and ruined his life because of it .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)