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"The Siege of Baisong? What is that?"

Paimeng looked at Chang Ming in front of her in confusion. At this moment, she suddenly felt... this was the most confusing day in her life, no doubt about it.

Ying looked at Chang Ming with the same confusion. She had been in Fontaine for some time, but had never heard of such a thing.

If it is related to Baisong Town...why didn't Navia tell them when she first met them?

Or...is there some other hidden story behind this?

But if you think about it carefully, there is actually no problem. After all, the Thorn Rose Society was founded by Navia's father, and Chang Ming just said... the Siege of Baisong happened before he came to power.

——That is, a story that goes back much longer than five hundred years.

Thinking of this, the doubts in Ying's eyes decreased instead of increased, and even the once familiar Baisong Town was covered with an invisible white veil.

Looking at the two people with doubtful expressions, Chang Ming smiled slightly, looked at the boat heading towards them with the setting sun behind it, and then said:

"Come on, let's get on board first. On board... I will tell you about the history that made me determined to eliminate most of the nobles."

......

After finding a random seat on the boat and sitting down, Chang Ming did not start telling the story right away.

He tilted his head slightly, looked at the sunset in the distance, sighed softly, and said with a sense of vicissitudes that even Funina had never seen:

"Whether it's me or Villette, we always emphasize the word "justice" when doing things."

"As a regent, even if I face injustice... I also need to have a legitimate reason to not taint the justice of the Mo Mang Palace."

"As a judge, even if Villette knows that the person in front of him deserves death, he still needs the support of the law, otherwise he will not easily make a judgment."

"I protect the 'justice' of the Momen Palace in the eyes of the people, while Villette protects the 'justice' of the Fontaine Law."

"But when the water goddess Egolia was in power...the justice of the Momang Palace and the justice of the Fontaine Law were not the justice of the people, but the justice of the nobles."

"At that time, the gap between the rich and the poor in Fontaine was extremely wide, and the so-called justice was just a tool used by the nobles to maintain their status."

"Remember the Grey River? It's where you lived when you first came to Fontaine. It wasn't originally the base of the Rose of the Thorn Society, but... many oppressed people at the bottom of society."

"They were oppressed to the point where they could no longer live on the surface and could only live in the cold and damp Gray River. Under these circumstances, they naturally formed their own "order."

"The existence of the Gray River Order is ridiculous to the dignitaries of the Momang Palace, but they are short-sighted and do not think there is anything wrong with it, until... a pair of magicians with the name of chivalrous thieves step onto the highest stage of Fontaine."

Having said that, Chang Ming paused for a moment, and the images of the siblings Linnie and Linnette flashed through his mind, as if he was feeling a little emotional.

However, he did not express this emotion. Instead, he took a sip of tea and continued:

"They feel disgust, fear and horror when they see the magician who can change the world in broad daylight."

"What they like is a mouse that they can step on, and what they like is an obedient and elegant magician who can bring them pleasure, not an indignant thief."

"So, they used the excuse of 'moving out' to start clearing out the Grey River... and one of the amazing magicians died in the riot."

"The girl who lost her sister and her home also died in the riot, and the chivalrous thief named "Parsifal" reappeared in the world."

"But under the swords of the nobles, they still could not change their fate of being captured. They were taken by the nobles' lackeys to the desert of Xumi, where they were prepared to be exiled."

"As long as there is oppression, there will be resistance." This sentence is the first sentence written on the first page of the Fontaine modern history textbook. "

"While the people of Gray River were being escorted, they were rescued by the followers of Eduardo Baker, the leader of Gray River. Together with a group of bandits active in the Qiufen Mountain area, they occupied Baisong Town and demanded to negotiate with Fontaine."

"It's ridiculous that the nobles at that time dispatched ironclad ships and Shadow Hunters who were born to hunt monsters to suppress a rebellion caused by "rats" and bandits."

Chang Ming sneered, and then said loudly as if he was mocking those nobles in the past:

"Without these forces, the rebellious forces would gather in an instant, tearing them down from their noble positions and turning them into a pool of stinking flesh and blood."

"But history doesn't have so many ifs. The mayor and the leader of the Gray River who participated in the rebellion in Baisong Town were all killed in the battle, and Fontaine... once again returned to "peace." "

"This is... the Siege of Baisong, and it is also the main reason why I am determined to defeat and eliminate those nobles."

“Justice for Fontaine should be justice for the vast majority, not another form of privilege.”

"I used to not know why Egolia turned a blind eye to all this, but now I know..."

"At that time, she was racking her brains to think about how to break the curse of the prophecy, and had no intention of managing such matters."

Chang Ming said softly.

Paimeng scratched her little head. She could understand what Chang Ming meant, but...

Did he say anything about the relationship between this incident and the Narcissus Cross Society?

It seems not?

Thinking of this, Paimon shook his little finger and asked with some doubt:

"Uh... that... Chang Ming, but does this have anything to do with what you said about the Narcissus Cross Society and the attempt to awaken Erinus?"

Hearing this, Chang Ming nodded slightly, and then said:

"Many people died during the Siege of Baisong, and the children of those who died were sent to the Fontaine orphanage "Narcissus Cross Courtyard" at that time."

"Eduardo has a son named Jacob Baker, and the mayor of Baisong Town who participated in the Baisong Town Rebellion also has a son named..."

"Rene de Petrich."

“The gears of fate meshed successfully at this moment, and all coincidences became the cornerstone of the future at this moment.”

"These two children later became important members of the Narcissus Cross Society, and Jacob Beck, or Jacob Ingold... was the one who tried to awaken Erinus."

"If there hadn't been the Siege of Baisong...perhaps the two of them would never have met, and their fates might have taken a completely different direction."

Chang Ming shrugged slightly, looked at the small island that gradually appeared in his field of vision, and said softly:

"We are almost at Petric Town. Let's go. We can talk about the rest of the story next time."