Walter never expected that the old woman who was accidentally killed that day also had a niece, and this niece was actually the one who was wrongly accused of being a witch not long ago.
When Abigail found him at home, Walter was so frightened that he almost fell down the stairs.
This gentleman's family is not as wealthy as Abigail imagined, and there are only two servants at home. Apart from an old maid, the only one is his housekeeper, and it was this housekeeper who was driving the car on the day of the incident.
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Walter was brooding about the accident that night, and his heart was full of guilt. Although the woman in front of him was menacing, he still invited her into the room, sat in front of the fireplace, called the housekeeper to come over, and made it clear to Abigail.
The situation on the day of the incident.
"Ms. Hermann, I'm sorry for what happened to you, and at the same time I deeply blame myself. This is not the result we expected to see."
After Mr. Walter finished speaking, his whole body was wrapped in a dark color, proving that he was indeed depressed and worried.
Through the context, Abigail judged that he was not lying.
The butler standing behind him added with a trembling voice: "This... this has nothing to do with Mr. Walter. That time... I was driving the carriage because I wanted to get around the protesting crowd quickly, so I went faster...
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Abigail sat on the sofa, staring at the sparks in the fireplace. She didn't speak, and the whole room seemed to be filled with coldness.
The butler glanced at his master, who slapped him with his elbow, and immediately continued: "At that time... the lady suddenly rushed from the side of the street onto the road... It was too late for me to hold the horse's head, God.
Ah! What a terrible scene, I feel scared just thinking about it."
Abigail suddenly raised her head and stared into the butler's eyes, as if she wanted to see through him.
The color on the butler's head blends and changes between dark and purple. His heart is full of complexity and fear, which is consistent with his performance.
"Please... please believe me. I have no enmity with that lady. This is not what I want to happen."
"What was my aunt doing?"
Abigail made a harsh sound with her injured throat, which sounded strange and awkward to the housekeeper's ears.
"Actually, I'm not sure, but she was not in a normal state at the time... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult her, it's just Miss Herman... You have to believe me, your aunt will not rush into the middle of the road for no reason.
"." Mr. Walter's face was full of anxiety.
Abigail’s fists were clenched tightly: “It happened in front of Judge Wendell’s house, right?”
"Um...are you talking about Mr. Wendell from Yotun High Court?" Walter scratched his forehead, "It should be so. I heard someone said that he lived on that street, but now that street
It’s all in ruins.”
"ruins?"
"You should have also seen the vision on January 9th. Huge tree branches fell from the sky and destroyed the entire street where Judge Wendell lived. Now only a piece of ruins is left."
"Do you know where Judge Wendell lives now?" Abigail stood up holding on to the sofa.
Walter pursed his lips and shook his head.
Finally, Abigail left his house and decided to take a look for herself.
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While the sun was not setting, she rushed to the place where her aunt's accident occurred as quickly as possible.
As expected, the entire street there was destroyed, and huge tree branches lay horizontally on the dilapidated houses, like a hill pressing down on the city.
There are hills like this all over Yotun, and the government is now unable to clean them up.
It was completely impossible to distinguish between roads and rooms. The destroyed building materials were mixed together and scattered around. The terrain had been completely destroyed.
Judge Wendell must still be alive, because he was right in front of Abigail on the execution day and was not hit by falling objects, successfully surviving.
Before her death, Aunt Rachel told Abigail that she would visit Wendell and plead with him to let her niece go.
Unexpectedly, something happened that night, and he died in front of Wendell's house.
What did the other party do to her aunt? Abigail must find out!
It’s just that she doesn’t know where Wendell has hidden now. People from the Inspection Bureau will never reveal relevant clues to her. She can only rely on Abigail to find out on her own.
Recently, because of the passage of the new tax bill, the security of Yodon has begun to collapse, and the manpower of the police station is simply unable to control the gradually accumulating public dissatisfaction.
In the evening, Abigail still had not found out the whereabouts of Judge Wendell. She was still worried about the attack that night, so she decided to go back to the rental house first.
But at this moment, some phenomena happened in the city that surprised Abigail.
I saw some "patrol teams" with white cloth strips on their arms, openly breaking into houses on the street, kicking out all the people inside, and then brazenly robbing their houses.
At first, Abigail thought it was a group of rioters taking advantage of the city-wide protests to commit violence against vulnerable people.
She had no ability to deal with this kind of thing, so she prepared to go around it, but she saw that many local Bain people were applauding the actions of this group of thugs, and were also watching the owner of the house who was kicked out.
The owner of the house cried and begged the "inspection team" to stop, but was beaten severely.
From their curse words, Abigail understood the whole story.
It turns out that this group of "patrol team"-looking guys is a "law enforcement team" newly established by the Youton City Government.
The owner of the robbed house was not from Bain, but a Nippur who ran a shop in Yotun...
The homeland of the Nippur people is on the red earth, but like the Sepuji people, they lost their country. Their homeland was full of Sarson city-states, and the remaining Nippur people could only rely on other countries to survive.
In the Grebein Empire of the Bain people, such outsiders must have no dignity. Even if they are extremely hardworking and intelligent, they have created huge amounts of tax revenue for the empire in the past.
They are good at business and trade, love work far more than the lazy Bain people, and have accumulated a lot of wealth with their hands.
Because of this, in this special period, they have become the targets of imperial nationalists.
Abigail didn't know what kind of extreme thoughts would lead the Yotun City Government to establish such an extreme "law enforcement team."
They claimed that the predicament facing the empire was caused by these unkind Nippur people. Now that the country's finances are tight, it needs to compensate the northern countries with a large amount of money. These Nippur people not only did not help the empire during the crisis, but also maliciously hoarded money.
He exploited the labor of the Bain people, took away the empire's money, and waited for an opportunity to flee overseas, showing no gratitude at all.
"Everything in your home is now owned by Queen Victoria. This is a mandatory measure. I advise you not to do stupid things!" The leader of the search team looked down at the owner who was kneeling on the ground arrogantly.
The other party was still wearing pajamas, with despair in his eyes: "You are devils! Robbers! I must go to the court to complain!"
The leader sneered: "We were ordered by the Yotun City Hall. People of Nippur, the land under your feet belongs to the empire. Your ability to survive in this country is also a gift from the empire. But you do not regard yourself as a citizen of the empire. You are despicable and selfish. Now