Chapter 159 (2/2)
《My Career as The PalisadeTheatre’s Mascot》.
While everyone in the theatre was delighted, half the city away, in the Vienna Supreme Court’s courtroom No. 1, the atmosphere was solemn. The trial proceeded with little suspense.
Very few cases were allowed into the first courtroom of the Vienna Supreme Court, which could accommodate a large audience. But today, there were countless public media specialists in attendance, along with numerous cameras, waiting for the final outcome of the two prisoners.
Many of the reporters gathered at the front of the gallery, for the front row seats were already full of people with important identities. For example, the chief conductor and music director of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Albert Dorenza, and the chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Evra.
These people were all big names in the classical music world. Every one of their concerts would be sold out, attracting countless fans. Today, they were all gathered together for the finale of this case.
Zayev and Luo Yu Sen both hung their heads in disgrace as they were escorted up, neither daring to look up at the people in the gallery. Zayev looked directly at the judge, not letting the reporters take pictures of their embarrassment.
When the judge knocked the gavel, the room immediately fell silent.
The clerk stood up and read the cold, ruthless testimony and other details of the case with an expressionless face. When he read, “The suspect Luo Yu Sen took the victim’s asthma medication,” the clerk glanced coldly at the dark-haired man standing in the center of the court, then continued to recite.
The courtroom was silent. After the clerk finished reading aloud, and the procedures were completed, Luo Yu sen and Zayev had nothing to refute.
The judge, who had always been fair and just, looked at the two guilty criminals below the stage. The disgust and contempt in his eyes were impossible to hide.
The judge had tried many violent murders, but for him, these criminals were no better than those disgusting murderers!
This was Vienna, one of the most beloved places in the classical music industry. Beautiful music could be heard all the time at the ends of every street in the city. There were statues of great musicians in every square!
But, in such a place, such terrible and disgusting sins were bred!
A talented young violinist lost his precious life, because of these two prisoners’ jealousy and selfishness!
How much beautiful music had the world lost! What kind of talent had the world lost!
How could two people who love music, possibly commit a crime so atrocious!
Many people didn’t know the judge of this trial was privately a fan of Wei Ai and had also loved the music of its chief Zayev. But, if the judge had liked his music before, he hated the man standing in the middle of the courtroom that much more!
This was blasphemy!
This was ruthless blasphemy against music!
You were unworthy of the beauty of music the day you picked up the violin!
The gavel landed heavily. After the relevant regulations were read, the judge, who was upset, sneered. For the first time in his life, he destroyed his image of selflessness and impartialness in law enforcement and selfishly said, “I really can’t understand. How could there be such a villain as filthy as you in the great world of classical music!”
The gallery immediately erupted in noise as countless reporters wrote and filmed.
This was the headline!
The always impartial judge, angry in court!
The judge continued, “You are the shame of Vienna; you are the shame of classical music! I cannot believe you picked up a violin and played such beautiful music this year. I’m afraid that behind that false beauty lies a rotten swamp! Austria is a benevolent country without the death penalty, which I have never regretted until this moment. You cannot erase the sins with which you have desecrated the classical music of the entire world!”
“But in this moment, I can only regretfully announce Lyon Zayev, imprisonment for 5 years and 31 days; Luo Yu Sen, imprisonment for——”
“71 years and 20 days!”
Luo Yu Sen immediately shouted in horror, “I am unsatisfied! I am unsatisfied! Why should I…”
“Silence!!!” The judge’s cold eyes made Luo Yu sen flinch back suddenly. He looked at the gaunt man blankly, “If there are objections, please file an appeal!”
……
In a panic, Luo Yu Sen shouted in disbelief, and the whole trial came to an end.
Dorenza, sitting in the front row, felt the relief of a burden on his shoulders. He spoke with his old friend, Evra, while the reporters swarmed out the door after the angry judge.
《Voice of Vienna》 reporter Jake walked out the door a little slower. He spotted a man wearing sunglasses in his peripheral vision and felt a trace of surprise. There was an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but he quickly turned to chase the judge again.
In the last row of the gallery, no one spotted the handsome, elegant man with slightly lowered eyes staring at the already empty court. His thin lips pursed, and he whispered, “71 years and 20 days…”
Well, many things could happen.