[Pride and Prejudice] Red and Black Queen

Friedrich North sent someone to issue a final letter to Dorian Gray, but Christian was in a hurry.

"Brother, I should be the one to go, you are like this... If something happens, what will our family do!"

Friedrich said calmly: "I don't believe that I can't beat Dorian Gray. When he is eating, drinking and having fun, I am studying and exercising."

"Even if something happened to me, wouldn't there be you?"

Christian was stunned, and immediately yelled: "Brother, don't you understand what I am like? I can only eat, drink and have fun, and I don't understand anything."

Friedrich: "You don't have to say any more, I've already decided."

Christian was angry and anxious, and scolded Dorian Gray in his heart again.

Surprisingly, Dorian Gray agreed to the duel request.

The two agreed on the time and place of the duel, and decided to use guns to fight.

Friedrich invited Lord Henry Wharton to be a witness to the duel, and his assistant had wanted to invite someone else, but at Christian's positive hints, he let Christian be.

The only requirement for Dorian Gray to agree to the duel is to allow everyone to watch the duel between the two, and the assistant he invited was Yulia Heep, a lawyer who had just made his name in the legal profession.

Speaking of it, his fame is like a miracle. He must win any lawsuit he fights, and anyone who opposes him will suffer disaster. However, he himself is extremely modest and cautious.

Although most of the nobles looked down on him who came from the bottom and groveled, but as a useful tool, he was extremely handy.

But what a good thing to get mixed up with Dorian Gray!

……

On the day of the duel, both Friedrich North and Dorian Gray came to a street in the downtown area. People who had been notified in advance gave way and gathered at the doors and windows on the upper and lower floors of the gatehouse to watch the excitement .

On the one hand, they were afraid that the two guns would go off and accidentally hurt innocent people; on the other hand, they were curious about the result of the duel between the two.

Friedrich North and Christian North came first, and even Lord Henry Wharton came early, and Dorian Gray was late.

The upper-class nobles who heard the news early in the morning all looked at Dorian Gray, and they couldn't help but be surprised when they saw his current appearance.

Dorian Gray was wearing a shabby gray robe. Although the robe was shabby, it could be seen that it had been washed clean. Anyone with knowledge could tell that the clothes on his body were bitter clothes woven from coarse wool. Bitterclothes are clothes that some ascetic monks would wear. When walking, the bitterclothes would rub against the skin, making people very uncomfortable.

The neckline of his wide and loose robe exposed his pale neck, with a penance belt on his neck. As he walked, the penance belt scraped against his delicate neck skin, and there was a hint of blood.

Dorian Gray was walking on the street barefoot. The golden wool rolls and his pale blue indifferent eyes gave his appearance a little more sanctity.

Dorian Gray holy?What a joke!

Everyone looked at him from top to bottom, hoping to find traces of acting on him.

There were red marks on the faintly visible skin as he walked, which must be caused by the wear and tear of the bitter clothes.

He is like a lamb who walks in the world and suffers for the world.

Many women who once fell in love with Dorian Gray couldn't help crying, and some even fainted.

Even now, the world has to admit that the fallen Dorian Gray in the past has really repented!

What kind of saint was Miss Wickham to make Dorian Gray what he was?

Lord Henry Wharton looked at Dorian Gray hesitantly.

He was one of the culprits who persuaded the shy boy to indulge and degenerate. He wanted to say to the handsome boy in front of him: "Why do you have to suffer? You should continue to indulge and have fun!"

But when he saw that Dorian Gray's eyes were no longer hazy, and he was clearly suffering, but he had a satisfied face, and his expression was happier than when he was enjoying himself.

Is temperance better than indulgence?

Is suffering better than pleasure?

Lord Henry Wharton was confused.

A woman in the crowd said softly: "My God, Mr. Dorian Gray is so pitiful."

"That's right, Mr. Mingming Gray is already so pitiful, why are there still people who refuse to let him go? Hasn't he already sincerely regretted and apologized?"

"Don't tell me, I also saw the youngest son of the North family force Mr. Gray to lick his boots! Mr. Gray was distributing bread in the slums barefoot at the time, and the youngest son of the North family was too much !"

"Does their family really think that being favored by His Majesty can do whatever they want?"

"It is said that the youngest son of the North family was driven out by the army."

"The youngest son of the North family is not much better than Dorian Gray. Dorian Gray knows that he has repented, but he still... Tsk, what face does their family have to fight Mr. Gray!"

The whispers in the crowd reached Christian's ears, and Christian was about to explode.

Dorian Gray did that disgraceful thing with his sister, and insulted the North family, what happened to him insulting him back!

Christian glared at the speaker, "What's wrong? What's wrong with me? Speak up if you can!"

After being stared at by him, the speaker opened his fan, covered half of his face, and began to talk in a lower voice, obviously, he was still talking about him.

Christian rolled up his sleeves and was about to go up to argue, but was stopped by his brother.

Friedrich whispered: "Don't cause trouble, start a duel quickly."

Christian could only swallow his anger.

Friedrich stepped forward, stared at Dorian Gray and said, "After the duel, you and the North family will have nothing to do with each other."

Dorian Gray whispered, "I'm sorry, but..."

He straightened his back slowly, "After the duel, I don't owe your family anything anymore."

"It was indeed my fault that I got too close to Miss North, and it also caused damage to her reputation, so I accept your duel challenge, but I really didn't make any further moves towards her. I hope that after the duel , No matter win or lose, Mr. Christian North can give me an explanation."

Friedrich frowned.

Christian said angrily: "I will explain to you? You are delusional!"

Friedrich: "Christian, did something happen that you didn't tell me?"

He looked serious.

Christian became uneasy, "Ah, brother, don't listen to his nonsense."

Dorian Gray said lightly: "I know my words are not credible, but what Christian has done has been seen by the entire slum."

Christian curled his lips, "How can those liars, thieves, and people in the gathering places of scumbags trust me? Can I, a nobleman, still lie?"

Dorian Gray raised his voice: "Mr. North! Do you dare to swear on the reputation of the North family that you didn't do anything to hurt children in the slums?"

"Why should I kneel down and lick my boots? Even if I'm sorry for Miss North, I wouldn't use my dignity to make such a move. The only thing that can make me do this is human life."

Dorian Gray waved to the crowd, and a group of ragged children came out of the crowd. They were naked, thin and small, and their feet stepped directly into the mud.

The surrounding nobles, gentlemen, and ladies all directly avoided these dirty and smelly children.

Dorian Gray embraced the leading older child without hesitation.

"Don't be afraid, tell what he did to you."

The older child pointed at Christian and said, "That's him. He knocked over the bread that Mr. Gray gave us and kicked several of our children."

Several boys stood up and lifted up their tattered clothes, revealing their backs and stomachs, with bruises on them, looking very scary.

Christian froze for a moment, and immediately said: "It's not that serious, right, the children of these liars are lying."

The older child showed anger in his eyes, "We are not lying, and neither are our parents. They worked in your factory, contracted lung disease, died, and we were left alone, so they were reduced to begging on the street. .”

"Fortunately, Mr. Gray gave us food, but you see Mr. Gray cared about us. He actually strangled one of our children's necks and threatened Mr. Gray to kneel down for you and lick your boots, or you would strangle her to death."

"nonsense!"

"Anna!"

Following the call of the older child, a little girl ran out.

The little girl raised her neck, revealing the bluish-purple finger marks on her neck.

Dorian Gray said angrily: "Mr. Christian North, what kind of grudge do you have, just focus on me alone, why do you implicate the innocent? You have the heart to hurt such a young child?"

"me……"

Christian's mind was confused for a moment, and he froze.

He looked at his hands and couldn't figure out what he was doing in the slums.

He looked up, only to see Friedrich's disappointed eyes.

"I……"

He wanted to say that he didn't, but it seemed that the feeling of pinching the girl at that time still remained in his hands.

The people around were talking louder.

He looked at the people around him, and was surrounded by the strange sunlight of the people around him.

A voice sounded in his head——

"Look, everyone is on the opposite side of you, and everyone doesn't trust you. What should you do? You sign a contract with me, and I will help you solve all this."

Christian covered his head and said loudly, "Stop talking!"

The surrounding discussions stopped suddenly, and everyone stared at Christian like a madman.

Friedrich stepped forward and bowed to Dorian Gray and the children.

"I'm very sorry, my brother actually did such a thing, I will definitely give you an explanation."

He ordered the servant not far away to take Christian away, and replaced him with another assistant.

Dorian Grewyn said, "Need a duel at another time? After all..."

Friedrich tugged at the gloves on his hands, and said coldly: "No need, I am not affected."

The children in the slums left obediently.

Not far away, Joe was watching this scene, but her eyes kept falling on Christian.

System: [Master, what have you discovered? 】

Joe: "The devil's energy is very strong, and he's taken a fancy to someone new."

System: [I also think Christian is controlled by the devil, trying to save Dorian Gray. 】

Joe sneered, "It has become my thing, so why should I go back? Besides, he threw it away first."

"It's just that I haven't seen the devil use humiliation to save people's hearts."

System: [Hearts are complicated, maybe the devil thinks that Dorian Gray will feel that his life is not as good as before because of humiliation, or force you out by humiliating Dorian Gray? 】

The system cautiously said: [Master, aren't you angry?You share vision with Dorian Gray, who still has your psychic powers. 】

Joe said clearly, "Oh, you think Dorian Gray is the same as George?"

She crossed her arms and smiled, "Then you guessed wrong, George is my half body, he is different from anyone else."

"As for Dorian Gray, you take it as my Dorian Gray puppet, or, in future terms, my robot, my psychic powers make him look like a normal person, but also Just an intelligent robot with a bit of Dorian Gray's soul in it, running on its own."

"Dorian Gray is not George, nor Joe, nor Jojo, but he belongs to Jojo."

"Although there are only a few soul fragments left, he still retains his cunning side."

System: [Huh? 】

Leaning against the window frame, Joe said lightly, "Didn't you see it? He is just using suffering and humility to make these people forgive him."

"Human beings will always cover their own eyes and believe in those who have no beauty. If this person has a tragic experience, it will make people cry and pity. No matter the tragedy is true or it is publicized, Beauty and misery are really the best way to clean up."

"Misery makes fanatical obsessives even more fanatical, and even makes them indiscriminate between right and wrong."

"This tragedy starring Dorian Gray hasn't reached the climax yet, so let's get on with it."

System: [What...]

While the two were discussing, Dorian Gray and Friedrich North had re-discussed, and the two signed the duel declaration and pressed their fingerprints.

They took out their respective firearms and handed them over to each other's assistants for inspection.

After checking that there is no problem, the two parties retreated a certain distance.

The two of them stood in the empty street, while the houses around them hid people waiting to see the result.

The audience waits anxiously and excitedly for the result, even if that result is death.

The system couldn't help showing off its knowledge, [Master, do you know?People here like duels. There was even a judicial duel back then. For example, a thief stole a cow from the owner, and the owner caught it on the spot. If the owner is stabbed to death with a sword, then the thief will be acquitted and admitted to be the owner of the cow, while the original owner of the cow will be considered a liar. 】

[Because a judicial duel is a way of obtaining evidence, whoever wins means that whoever is right, they think that God will be on the side of the winner. 】

The system said with emotion: [What a strange human being, the knowledge that feels useless has increased again. 】

Joe rested his chin and said softly: "Why am I not surprised? I always feel that anything can happen in this place. After all, it is a place where surgery can also be used as a stage performance to buy tickets."

Talking, talking, they turned their attention to the duel below.

The system sighed: [Are these audiences too excited?I see some people are starting to bet. 】

Joe: "After all, of all creatures in the universe, only humans appreciate death."