Chapter 456: The Beginning of Civil Disturbance (Part 2)
Chapter 456 The beginning of civil strife (Part 2)
Author: Back to business
Chapter 456 The beginning of civil strife (Part 2)
How could this happen...
The marchers directly killed a hereditary earl?
Before Yang Ming saw the live video posted by Lu, his head was filled with questions.
Of course he knows that demonstrations will inevitably be mixed with violent elements, and in some areas thousands of people have been injured and arrested.
But these conflicts basically occurred between activists in the parade and local security forces.
Those big nobles either mobilized a large number of security personnel to protect their homes, or simply had their own private soldiers to use force to intimidate the marchers; even some weaker nobles would take the initiative to hide in some remote houses when the parade broke out.
Residential.
The hereditary earl who was killed by the demonstrators was a middle-of-the-road person with no title?
The truth is exactly the opposite.
Along with the video of the murder, the detailed information of the deceased was also sent to Yang Ming.
The hereditary Earl of the Empire, Marlo Quigen, owns a small fiefdom. Although the administrative planet where the fiefdom is located is not rich, the conditions are not bad. Years of accumulation have given Earl Quigen a strong family fortune.
Like many noble families, Quigen doesn't like living in his own narrow territory. - Instances like Yang Ming's being directly rewarded with a planet are very rare in today's empire, mainly because Saka at that time
Stars are in ruins waiting to be reborn.
Earl Quegan has lived on the planet Yaha for a long time and owns many private properties on the planet Yaha. The company group under his name involves many resources such as media, culture, and mineral trade.
To put it simply, Quegan himself is a wealthy aristocrat, and he has good popularity and high reputation among the aristocracy.
If something happens to such a person suddenly, it will most likely trigger a backlash from the aristocratic class.
Yang Ming clicked on the video and calmly sped through it.
At the beginning of the video, Count Quegan was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, chatting and laughing with several business partners.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is a bustling street scene, with bustling crowds holding light signs, souvenirs, and signs related to the white ghost, and chanting slogans such as "Heroes are not guilty."
Count Quegan seemed to find the scene in front of him very interesting, and took a few pictures of the street scene below with his own network access terminal.
The source of this video is surveillance video from outside the street, which cannot capture the indoor panorama.
Then, as if Earl Quegan suddenly saw something, he turned around and shouted twice, then smashed the cup in his hand towards the far corner.
Two friends beside him, dazed and confused, stepped forward and asked Count Quegan what was wrong.
Count Quegan pushed the two people in front of him away, rushed back as if running for his life, and entered the safety elevator in a panic.
More than a dozen strong and fat private guards armed with "limited power" laser pistols loyally protected Count Quegan, but they could only hear the Count's heavy breathing and constant shouts.
Loud roar.
The video screen is transformed into a surveillance perspective within the building, and the entire process is seamlessly connected.
Earl Quigen rushed to the street, seemingly trying to escape from the dense flow of people in front of him; the guards followed the Earl's order and moved forward to separate the crowd, causing complaints from the surrounding people one after another.
In this incident, the most bizarre scene appeared:
Earl Quigen's legs suddenly became weak, and he was held up by the guards around him before he fell down. Then, as if he was irritated, the earl cursed at the demonstrators around him.
"You untouchables!"
"Don't come over here!"
"You must die a happy death! I am a noble! I am a count! Stay away from me!"
The people surrounded him fiercely.
A street fight unfolds passionately
Facing a large number of people, the guards did not dare to actually shoot even if they took out their laser pistols.
The chaos lasted for less than half a minute, accompanied by a woman's scream. Count Quegan was surrounded and slapped several times, and his body lay motionless on the ground.
After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, he died.
…
"has a problem."
Yang Ming pushed up his non-existent glasses.
Lil's voice came out of the hidden earphones:
"It's not just that there are problems, it should be said that there are too many problems. On the contrary, it has an inexplicable convincing power."
"Looking at this situation, what Earl Quigen drank may have been tampered with. He suddenly lost control and acted extremely frightened. He may have taken psychotropic drugs."
Yang Ming analyzed seriously:
"Although I didn't watch every detail of the video carefully, I did notice it when Count Quegan and his guards were beaten together.
"The guards protected Count Quegan very responsibly, and Count Quegan only received two or three moderate blows, which shouldn't be life-threatening.
"There are too many flaws. This is obviously someone's plan to kill him."
"Yes, boss," Lu said with a smile, "I checked the records of that hospital, and the diagnosis records inside showed signs of being modified. The initial diagnosis was death from toxins and rapid brain shrinkage, but the diagnosis was sent to the local security team.
The report was changed to say that the intracranial impact triggered a neurological stress reaction, and ultimately the proportion of neuronal necrosis was too high to be rescued successfully."
"A shoddy murder case."
Yang Ming made an attribution.
Lu said: "But boss, the impact of this murder case is very bad for the empire, especially at this juncture."
"Do you think it was done by the CIA? Or was it done by other forces?"
"Well, I feel... like we did it..."
"What the hell?"
"This timing is perfect, boss," Lu admired. "Look, we first used your influence and the arrogance of the Sherman family to launch a public opinion war and a big parade, and then... created
A panic incident triggers a confrontation between the aristocracy and the common people. Isn't this just right and a matter of course?"
Yang Ming wondered: "Did you do it?"
"No, boss, I'm just feeling this way."
Lu returned to normal in one second:
"What interests me is not the neurotoxin, but the speed of the spread of this event.
"Obviously, someone created a very inflammatory rumor that an imperial hereditary earl was punched to death by the marchers, which unleashed panic on the aristocracy, and then spread the rumor at an extremely fast speed, and
In the shortest time, portals and social networks spread to every corner of the empire.
"This kind of efficiency is almost as good as mine."
Yang Ming leaned back: "You mean, this might be what Li did?"
"It's very possible, boss," Lu said softly. "Otherwise, we can't explain why the incident spread at such an alarming speed. Our resources have not been mobilized, and there is no movement from the CIA. If we use the elimination method, we can only
That’s right, boss.”
Yang Ming frowned and thought.
The door to the side was suddenly pulled open, and the light-shielding film around Yang Ming dissipated at the same time.
Daphne's pretty face turned pale, her breathing was heavy, and she stared at Yang Ming with a pair of tired eyes: "Something happened again, Hanton."
"What's up?"
"A count was beaten to death by the marchers!"
Yang Ming nodded calmly.
Sister, the news is too late.
…
The history of human society is a vehicle that occasionally has catastrophic consequences because of a loose screw.
Just like the murder of 'Earl Quegan'.
When future generations study the impact of this murder case, they will inevitably sigh and admire it.
Less than ten minutes after Earl Quegan's death, the scene of him being beaten by a group of demonstrators on the street appeared in every corner of the unified network within the empire.
For a time, the aristocratic class was excited.
In many places within the Imperial Star Circle, there were parades exclusive to the noble class.
Hundreds of nobles in the empire immediately mobilized a large number of private soldiers and asked local governors to quell local riots as soon as possible.
Conflicts;
Conflict escalates.
The originally peaceful march suddenly seemed to have changed, and the head-on collision between the security forces and the marchers became more and more intense.
On the Internet, some people pointed out that the real cause of Earl Quegan's death most likely had little to do with the beating of civilians, and that there were many abnormalities in Earl Quegan.
But this argument was immediately attacked by the nobles.
'This is to defend the thugs!'
'These civilians are protecting civilians. Their purpose is to overthrow the empire, establish a so-called democratic government, and take away everything we have.'
'Unite! The nobles of the empire, unite! Our noble status was earned with the blood and sweat of our ancestors!'
Arguments like this soon filled the entire Internet.
Before the imperial officials had time to respond, the fire had already started.
The aristocrats ordered their private soldiers to fire at the people to demonstrate, the aristocrats' private soldiers acted as security forces and forcibly dispersed the parade, and the aristocrats used small fleets of ships to release tear gas at the demonstrators...
New casualties have appeared.
If we say that the previous war of public opinion and the subsequent white ghost and Sherman family disputes were a slow simmer;
The scene that is happening now is definitely a violent fire.
The conflict intensified.
The nobles and the common people quickly began to fight.
The streets of the empire's prosperous cities became smoky, violent suppression became more and more frequent, and people's resistance became more intense.
At this time, the officials rushed to the frontline battlefield in time.
However, they might as well not end at all.
The imperial official, that is, the imperial government affairs department and the local security department of Yaha Star issued a joint announcement, announcing that all people who participated in the siege of Earl Quigen would be arrested. People who were on the street at that time need to actively cooperate with the work of the peace officer.
The imperial officials had a clear stance and chose to support the aristocracy.
As soon as this news came out, the network within the empire almost collapsed.
More and more people are flocking to the online world.
The original "Support the Heroes of the Empire" parade has become a "Protect the Brave" parade.
Driven by an unknown force behind the scenes, the people's voice was highly consistent - to protect the compatriots who beat Earl Quegan and to implement comprehensive supervision of the imperial nobles.
The nobles did not believe in the official and muddy tactics at all. After they clearly felt the crisis of survival, they quickly began to gather together for warmth and demanded that the empire deal with those 'assassins' strictly to maintain the dignity of the imperial nobles.
With a snap, very quickly, Yang Ming, the absolute protagonist of the past twenty-four hours, was instantly reduced to a supporting role in the world of public opinion.
The relationship between nobles and civilians within the empire is on the verge of completely exploding due to the death of Earl Quegan.