big devil holmes

Chapter 252 Inheritance Ceremony

No matter how small the meat is, people will eat it, and no matter how small the page is, people will read it. Those who feel that the years of the empire are peaceful may just glance at this report that has no practical significance, then smile and turn the page past.

But eventually someone will stare at the text and read it letter by letter.

So, no matter what, the above line will be seen by people, and then they will be shocked, and even think that they have bought the wrong newspaper, and then see the small print logo of "Holy Magazine" that no one dares to counterfeit Finally, trembling, I couldn't even hold the newspaper firmly, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.

Ancient Roman city.
The date of the Inheritance Ceremony is not absolute, but in most cases it is once every five years. On this day, the entire ancient Roman area is rarely open to the outside world. The Council of Elders system adheres to the principle of absolute openness, allowing all citizens of the empire to enter the city , journalists, supporters, senior officials of the Holy See, competitors from other factions, etc., in short, if you don’t carry weapons, and don’t try to sell reactionary small picture books in a sneaky stall in the city, then you can come in.

In the elder council hall, the broad stone pillars topped the simple dome. The buildings in this area can be traced back thousands of years before the opening of the holy calendar. Under the sun at noon, everything looks so majestic and sacred, but the silence in the building is So turbulent.The elders on the high platform of the parliament used a magnifying glass to compare how many unusual things happened in the empire during this term, whether the tax revenue has increased, whether the death rate on the front line has decreased, and whether the newborns in the hospital have returned. A few percentage points more, and even the cheating rate among the nobles will be included in the judging criteria.

In fact, according to the usual data, Augustine the Great has still led the empire to grow steadily in these years, step by step, solidly. This should be regarded as a race's favorite and safest pace of progress. So in the eyes of these elders, he still seems to be the best candidate to be the next emperor.

But this year, too many things happened, especially the wild demon control conjecture was confirmed, which made these elder council members have to be more cautious. There are 137 members in the entire council, and it seems that every vote has to be discussed for a long time.

Under the high platform of the parliament, there were two people sitting quietly, one of them was wearing the simplest set of bachelor's robes, he was not young, but he was still energetic, but his hairline was a bit high, and he had initially reached the edge of 'balding' At this time, he was looking at a button on his robe calmly, pinching it with his hands and rotating it continuously, like a student slipping away in class.

On the contrary, a well-built secretary in a suit behind him seemed a little nervous.

And not far away, an old man was sitting in a wheelchair. He was wearing a simple and light pajamas. A nurse looked at the medicine in the bottle from time to time, and asked softly if the old man was not feeling well, but most of the responses she got were smiles and shaking her head.

This is the main venue of the inheritance ceremony. In that magnificent building, it is like a silent teahouse. Two guests who met by chance walked into it and sat quietly, waiting for the storm to leave or a bigger storm. advent.

On the contrary, outside the venue, a large number of supporters of Augustine the Great set off a burst of shouting from time to time, holding up slogans such as [Empire = Augustine the Great], waiting for the final result of the parliament, waiting for the great emperor to be able to Like every succession ceremony in the past, he came to the door of the parliament hall tiredly, waved to his people, and told everyone that he was fine, and the empire was fine, and would even get better and better.

And at this moment, amidst these shouts, several carriages came to the side of the Council of Elders.Then several people in robes intertwined with gold and dark blue got out of the carriage and walked straight to the main building of the Council of Elders.

When the security personnel of the parliament saw these people, they could tell from their clothes that these people came from the court, the highest judicial institution in the entire empire, and after carefully checking the credentials of these people, it took a long time After the exchange, the security personnel can only let them go.

Looking at the backs of those people, one of them recalled the newspaper he read yesterday morning, and thought of what these people said just now, his pupils shrank suddenly, probably because he realized a certain possibility of incomparable horror, and couldn't help shaking his head. A shudder.

Among the surrounding crowd, many people also saw the members of the Tribunal entering the Council of Elders Hall. Suddenly, some rumors began to spread, and waves of minor commotions were set off.

It's just that no one noticed that at the front of the crowd, an elderly woman was trying her best to open her eyes covered with morning mist, trembling slightly, looking in the direction of the building gate in front of her.

When people reach their 80s and [-]s, it seems difficult to tell their age from their appearance. The haggard skin, wrinkles and age spots have spread all over their bodies. As time goes by, it is difficult to add any other changes. .

How did such an old man get to the front of the crowd?
Nobody knows.

What's more, no one knew that she had been living alone for almost half a year in a daze.

A few months ago, his son and daughter-in-law took their newborn granddaughter on a steam train to London, because Lord Nightingale had just arrived in London at that time, and her granddaughter suffered from congenital hearing impairment. , they want to try their luck.

But unexpectedly, what was waiting in the end was the news that the family had no bones left.

From that day on, the old lady was left alone in the originally busy home. In this way, she lived alone at home for more than half a year. She was a little old and couldn't remember things, so Sometimes, she will cook two dishes as she has been used to for many years, and then slowly put a few sets of tableware on the table, and suddenly, she remembered that there is no one else in this family anymore. , this kind of grief hit her again, making her hunched over, pain piercing her bones.

But just yesterday morning, after she saw the report about the London airship accident in the newspaper, she, who had lived frugally all her life, resolutely spent three times the normal fare on the bus to Gu The fastest train in Rome, France.

She didn't even know why she came here.
But she still came, and relying on her seventy-eighty-year-old body, she squeezed to the end of the queue like crazy and looked at the solemn building.

Of course, until just now, she still didn't know why she did this, she just seemed to think that if the emperor was really the murderer, then she should take a look at him for her child, and keep that same haggard face in her heart , and then deeply curse the other party.

Cursing in front of the person is probably better than cursing in front of a photo.

And just now, she seemed to have seen some adults in court attire walking into the building
After another two hours, he saw an old man in a wheelchair pushed out, surrounded by court personnel, and walked towards the car next to the parliament.

At this moment, the crowd was excited!
During his 60-year imperial career, it is impossible to calculate how many supporters Emperor Augustine had in the world. The news in yesterday’s newspaper seemed to have offended the minds of these supporters. At this moment, the great Emperor The king actually walked out of the Council of Elders hall surrounded by members of the Tribunal. No, he was held hostage?
At the inheritance ceremony? !
No one could allow this kind of thing to happen, so the crowd became angry and boiled, and some radicals began to rush at the security personnel, swearing and screaming, and it was in chaos.

Under this situation, naturally no one would pay attention to the old woman. She was already prostrate on the ground. I don't know if it evoked the saddest memory in my heart, or if I felt that the Holy Light finally answered my prayers all night long. , in short, she curled up, heartbroken, and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)