Sur ma peau

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Maximilian Robespierre is in the reception room of the mansion. Due to the assassination that broke out in the Palace of Justice yesterday, the parliament was suspended for one day today. The Palace of Justice, the scene of the first case, was temporarily blocked. Black troopers come and go on the streets, looking for suspicious characters and clues.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the people he was waiting for arrived late.

"Are you here to ask a crime?" Facing his former classmates, Robespierre asked calmly.Since he left a living mouth in the hands of the other party, there is really no secret that cannot be revealed.

The Palace of Justice is shared by the parliament and the court. Some members will not go out to eat in the restaurant outside at noon, but have food boxes delivered by their servants and enjoy them in the lounge on the second floor. Robespierre is no exception. Yesterday he chose I got a seat by the window and could enjoy some sunshine in late autumn. The moderate and radical councilors downstairs, because of a little friction, caused a crowd to fight, and the old grudges burst out together. Abandoning etiquette and upbringing, like a rogue on the street, using hands and feet, tearing and scratching, the farce of hundreds of people, a miasma of smoke.The Gendarmerie Corps on duty came to persuade them to fight, but they were also involved in the crowd and could not escape.

In the past few months, the merchants who drove up the price of goods in chaos were guys who abandoned their conscience. They spent money to hire a team of mercenaries who only valued money but did not have honor and morality. Cited, sneaked into the front yard as an assassin.It is no secret that His Royal Highness and his gay lover meet there every day recently for lunch.

So everything happened as a matter of course.Minos was able to find him here, because he really lived up to his title as a griffin, and his intuition was as precise and keen as a beast.However, Robespierre was not involved in this matter from beginning to end, even if he knew where the source was, it would be an undocumented crime.

"No, a private meeting," Minos said, taking off his court robe and hanging it on a hanger in the hall.The conflict between industry, commerce and bankers has always been the main body of civil cases in the courts. Minos was not surprised that Robespierre would win their support. Several price increases were suppressed by the administration, and the merchants naturally hated the royal family. abnormal.

Money occupies half of the criminal cases. Some people will abandon the bottom line of life for the sake of profit.

There are also some people who dare to trample on the law for the sake of power.

"Why didn't you let him stay in the Bastille?" Robespierre asked.

They all knew who the "he" was referring to.

French rose.

The sword of royal power hanging over the head of freedom and democracy has the most potential to become the next Sun King, Yabo Fika who will bring the absolute monarchy back to its peak.

Those people at the bottom do not believe in the king, curse the queen from Austria, and only treat the rose of France, abandoning all principles, and even because of the news that Count Ploin was imprisoned that Necker casually mentioned on the streets of Paris, they spontaneously Organized to storm the Bastille.

O people, small and ignorant, but mighty.

"He is not guilty," said Minos.Not entirely because of this reason. At that time, he originally planned to save one life for another, but in the end he gave up the decision, because he couldn't restrain himself from being attracted, not only because of his beautiful appearance, but also because of his relationship with him. The determination and perseverance I saw, the contradictory soul yearning for freedom and willing to sacrifice.

One wrong step, the deeper the sinking.We can only hold on to our position with all our strength and never give up an inch, so as not to be completely defeated.

"There is no innocence in politics, only suitable and inappropriate. No matter how perfect a person is, in an inappropriate position, they are all mistakes." Speaking of it, Robespierre still admires people like Japafika, calmly With skills, even in the bloody and dark battlefield of politics, he can still maintain kindness, but his identity and blood are obstacles to change.Because of his existence, the royalists gained the upper hand. This is an undeniable fact. "If he takes the position of king, he will inevitably not become the second sun king. The absolute monarchy cannot promote the progress of the country and needs to be eliminated."

If the king hadn't handed over the position of crown prince to Jabofika, maybe they could live in peace.A country with a constitutional monarchy cannot have a king who is too powerful.

"I would like to ask you, which side are you loyal to now?" Robespierre finally asked, in his position yesterday, the score was clear, if there was no troublesome pull from Minos, it would have been a success action.

"I never betrayed my position," Minos said.

Liberty, equality, supremacy of law.People enjoy the freedom to engage in all activities within the scope permitted by law, and everyone is equal before the law.

But everything must be under the premise that France can maintain its own sovereignty.

It is easy to assassinate the prince, but subsequent investigations and the royal family's counterattack will inevitably cause another turmoil, allowing foreign enemies to take advantage of it.

"The law is the limit of the monarch's actions." Robespierre said unhurriedly.Montesquieu's discourse on constitutional monarchy in "The Spirit of Laws" is familiar to every law student.

"If he crosses the line, I will do it myself and don't bother others." Minos said that he could understand Robespierre's caution, and even he couldn't fully trust Jabofika, especially when When the other party began to interfere with the legislation.

"Then you have to be careful, he has many enemies." Robespierre said.

The man was probably out of his care by now.Minos recalled the brief conversation they had had before he left Versailles. After they had discussed the case for a while, it was the servant who came in who broke the silence.

After the servant saluted the two, he began to direct the servants to pack up the items in the prince's suite and come and go.

"I'm going back to Avignon for a while, and this is for you." Abafica handed the golden pocket watch he always carries to Minos. The body of the watch was still warm, and it felt scorching hot when it slipped into the palm of his hand. illusion.

When Provence was still the territory of Abafica, the castle of Abafica stood in that city. In addition, there were two manors and a hunting ground there.On the night of signing the joint property, Minos had seen all these properties one by one.

The Legislative Assembly is still in progress, and yesterday's assassination has no conclusion, but it is a strange and hasty decision to choose to leave Paris under this situation.

"What does this mean?" Minos asked, he didn't want to accept a gift for no reason.

"I probably won't be able to come back to spend the New Year together. This is an early New Year's gift." Yabofika said.

What takes so long to do?Asking about the other party's private affairs was beyond the scope of his concern, so Minos responded briefly to express his understanding, and wanted to say something, when the door was knocked again.

This time it was Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess who came in with a small box.

"Please take me away together, Your Highness, I don't want to marry to Germany." The flustered girl said rashly as soon as she entered the door, without even taking Minos by the side into account.

It seemed that he was the last to know that Jabofika was leaving Paris.It was not his turn to intervene in the royal family's housework, and Minos did not stay to see him off after seeing Yabofika bring him into the tea room of the suite to talk in detail, but went straight back to Paris to see Robespierre.

When Minos got home, he disassembled the pocket watch and studied it carefully, but found nothing abnormal, but he didn't know which part he touched, and the minute hand was stuck, so it couldn't be used for its original function.Minos threw it into the drawer casually, and couldn't help finding it out a few days later, and took it with him.