It is a very sad thing to say, under the premise of democratic representative system, the members of the city council, who are already out-and-out big figures in Johannesburg, have died so unexplained and so quietly that the newspaper gave an obituary the size of a matchbox, which did not attract any attention.

Even Adam Stephen's family did not make any noise, after Adam Stephen's death, his family did not show up at all, only an old housekeeper came forward, hoping to take Adam Stephen's body from Ziwei Hospital, saying that it was to be transported back to his hometown for burial.

It was certainly impossible to take away the body, and although Colin Bellamys was dead, the body still said a lot, so some people demanded that the Purple Hospital must cremate the body and give the ashes to Adam Smith's family.

Colin Bellamy didn't dare to call the shots himself, so he came to Roque.

Roque will not pity Adam Stephen's family, dog bites dog and two mouths, in this matter, Roque is not guilty of offending the royal family, cremation is cremation, Caesar's to Caesar, God's to God.

However, when Owen came to Roque, he said something disrespectful.

"Don't think too much, many things can't be changed by the democratic representative system, the identity of a parliamentarian will often become a talisman, that is also depending on who you are facing, sometimes the identity of a parliamentarian is also a talisman, but unfortunately many people can't understand this." Roque can think that the British Constitution and the Bible both emphasize that all people are equal, can they really be equal?

Just listen to this kind of thing, don't take it seriously.

If Adam Stephen had been his general manager honestly, he wouldn't have a sense of existence in the Mining Alliance, and he wouldn't have been involved in the things in the council, maybe he wouldn't have overturned now, just because he was unworthy of his position, so he ended up in today's end.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people who don't know the inside story, Adam Stephen's death is also the reason for Roque, after all, Adam Stephen and Roque have not fought against each other once or twice.

Roque doesn't care, and he certainly won't explain it, and if anyone really thinks so, that's okay too.

"How can you not want to, becoming a parliamentarian is something that countless ordinary people dream of, for many parliamentarians, what they have worked hard for all their lives is still not worth mentioning in the eyes of some people, so calculated, is it not worth mentioning that I, the speaker, may die quietly at any time for some reason?" Owen was thinking a little too much, but the concern was also very reasonable.

"How is it possible, you are Owen Matilda, in Johannesburg, no one can take you easily." This grasp Roque still has.

As a member of the Matilda family, anyone who wants to deal with Owen must take into account the strength of the three barons, Philip, Roque, and Henry, Philip is the mayor of Johannesburg, Roque is the prefect of the Johannesburg garrison, and Henry is the ultimate boss of the entire Transvaal police system.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Adam Stephen was killed was because Adam Stephen himself had no strength, obviously all the power came from the royal family, but he still had to join the National Party for an illusory parliamentarian, and Arnold, the leader of the National Party, was also a member of the Matilda family, even if Adam Stephen didn't eat inside and out, Adam Stephen's boss would not allow this to happen.

"You know I didn't mean that—" Owen's expression wasn't much lighter.

"I know what you're thinking, but I want to remind you that Johannesburg, and the Transvaal, the whole of Southern Africa, even if there is a democratic representative system, is still part of the Commonwealth, unless one day, Southern Africa is completely independent, maybe it can reduce the influence of some of the royal family on Southern Africa, note that it is only a part, this is the rule of the game, if you don't accept it, then you can not participate, as long as you participate, it means that you have accepted the rules, unless you can change the rules." Roque knew what Owen wanted to say, but it was unrealistic, there were too many people to live, and where there were people, there were rivers and lakes, even the rights of the royal family were now restricted by the parliament and the government, as well as the entire aristocratic group.

This is also the reason why Roque values nobility so much.

If Adam Stephen is also a nobleman, then even the royal family can't kill Adam Stephen so easily.

To kill a nobleman, you have to take into account the counterattack of the entire noble group.

The reason why Owen complained to Roque was because he was provoked by the death of Adam Stephen and complained that the parliamentary group was not respected.

If the royal family can easily kill a nobleman, then the entire aristocratic community will be in danger, worried about whether this kind of thing will happen to them in the next moment, Charles I was sent to the guillotine by his own people because he offended too many people.

Between 1642 and 1651, there was a series of armed conflicts and political struggles between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists in England, known as the English Civil War.

On the surface, the English Civil War was a war between the emerging bourgeoisie and the old interest groups, but in fact, many of the nobles at that time also supported the bourgeoisie, and everything was played by interests.

"No one can change the rules." Owen thought he couldn't change the rules and came to an arbitrary conclusion.

Roque just smiled and didn't speak, and just because Owen couldn't change the rules didn't mean that others couldn't.

When Roque came to Cape Town, the Chinese could not even be the sheriff, and the ceiling of the Indians was the inspector, and it was basically impossible to go up.

When the Chinese did not come to Johannesburg en masse, no one thought that people of color would never get the right to vote.

When Roch began to build Nyasaland, everyone thought that Africa could not be built without the Zulus.

Roque didn't argue with those people, and changed these existing facts bit by bit, and it turned out that the rules were made by people, and of course they could be changed by people.

But there's no need to say these things to Owen, it's a bit too shocking.

"Take your time, now that Johannesburg has just begun to implement a democratic representative system, even if you want to clean up the royal family's rights, it will always take a process, and it can't be done overnight." Roque still comforted Owen and always wanted Owen to see some hope.

"Shouldn't Steven Hewlett be held accountable? Even if the mastermind behind the scenes cannot be investigated, then if Steven Hewlett can be held responsible, at least he can give an explanation to the public. Owen was still not reconciled.

"It's already been explained - Adam Stephen committed suicide!" Roque pretended to be stupid.

"You know what's going on, so don't talk about this kind of self-deception." Owen was angry and thought Roque was perfunctory.

"It's useless, holding Steven Hewlett accountable won't change the facts, but will lead to an accident in the democratic representative system in southern Africa, and don't forget that the democratic representative system in Johannesburg is only a trial implementation." Roque reminded Owen not to be so optimistic.

Don't think that the democratic representative system is now a certainty, Adam Stephen's death may just be a test of the royal family to see if the interests of the royal family will be affected after the implementation of the democratic representative system in Johannesburg, so in any case, Adam Stephen can only commit suicide.

Owen finally became silent, and Adam Stephen was really insignificant in the face of democratic representative system.

Although Roque resolutely opposed the holding of Steven Hewlett accountable in front of Owen, but in retrospect, Roque still told Sam that he wanted to monitor Steven Hewlett, and if Steven Hewlett was honest, if Steven Hewlett had other illegal acts, Roque would also find a way to make Steven Hewlett pay.

Like Adam Stephen before, Steven Hewlett is also the "family dog" of the royal family, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, and he wants to teach the dog a lesson but does not use it, and even teaches the dog a lesson through the owner.

The owner fights by himself, there is no problem.

In April, Arthur's photo suddenly appeared in a newspaper in Johannesburg, although the black and white photos could not show Arthur's hair color and pupil color, but the newspaper was clearly written in black and white, and it was clearly confirmed between the lines that Arthur himself had obvious oriental ancestry.

It's almost clear that Arthur is Roque and Ada's child.

Sadly, when Roque learned the news, Phyllis had already seen the newspaper, and although Phyllis didn't say anything, Phyllis took Gavin back to the mayor's mansion that day.

"The Star, very well, get this trouble out of the way." Roque didn't talk nonsense, and he didn't care why the editor of "Star" got Arthur's photo, and directly threw the newspaper with Arthur's photo to Xia Jiu and let Xia Jiu look at it.

Xia Jiu's method was simple and rude, and that night, a fire broke out in the Star, and although there were no casualties, the printing press, ink, and paper used to print the newspaper were all burned.

This is not over, the next morning, the "Star" was closed down because of potential safety hazards, the newspaper had to carry out rectification, and only after passing the acceptance of the police station could it continue to be published, and the owner of the newspaper had to compensate for the losses caused to the two surrounding businesses because of the fire.

One of the particularly badly damaged was said to be a carpet merchant's warehouse, whose carpet worth £100,000 was burned as a result of the fire, and the carpet dealer filed a lawsuit in the Johannesburg court on the same day, demanding compensation from the owner of the Star.

The combined direct and indirect losses amounted to £150,000, which is definitely a huge amount of money, and it is estimated that the owner of the Star will go bankrupt.

It was at this time that Roque learned that Arnold was actually a shareholder of The Star.

However, at this time, Roque didn't care about Arnold, so he still tried to find a way to bring Phyllis back first, and the Baron's Mansion couldn't do without a hostess.