Chapter 128: Greed (Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Passes)
"Do you know what you're talking about? You know what you're doing? He's our father...... Even if he treated us badly in the past, he is also our father, and we are killing ...... It's against humanity and the principles of heaven to do this...... They will be damned, they will be spurned by the gods, and they will fall into hell forever. ”
At the end of the day, Patlem couldn't help but lower a few scales and look around, lest anyone eavesdrop.
This is pure heart, those waiters and maids have long been tormented and frightened by his uncertain and suspicious tyrannical emotions, and after executing three maids in a row who inadvertently approached him, if he did not take the initiative to greet him, no waiter maid would have approached him within ten meters.
"It's you, not me. Angie Bena emphasized solemnly, "It is you, not me, who are the new Grand Duke of the Manyu Army, and this matter has nothing to do with me." ”
"What do you mean by this fact that it has nothing to do with you?"
Angie Berna's cold look that had nothing to do with herself completely annoyed Patlem, who was getting more and more neurotic, grabbed Angie Berna's arm, and said with a hideous expression.
"It was you who sent a letter to the Bastille to ask me to come back, it was you who proposed the alliance and made me the new Grand Duke of Manyu, and it was you, a vicious woman, who came up with the plan to kill the king and kill the father and create a false will, and I have come to this point completely driven by you, and you actually told me that this matter has nothing to do with you. ”
"You hurt me!?" Angelbena's eyes shrank slightly, and there was a little more danger on her originally cute face, "Let go, otherwise our cooperation will end immediately." ”
Alvilia, who was inseparable from Anjibena, took a step forward, her body tilted slightly, and her right hand was already pressed on the long sword.
Conrad, Patlem's personal guard, also followed closely and stood beside Patlem and made a defensive stance.
For a time, the four of them were tense.
Patrium and Angel Bena looked at each other for a few seconds.
Patlaim gave in, took the initiative to let go of his hand, and put on a harmless attitude, "I'm sorry, it's me who lost my temper, I lost my temper." ”
In Angie Bena's eyes, he saw calmness and determination, but he did not see fear.
Of course, what really made Patalem compromise was the other party's threat.
As he knows, Patalem still has it, with the support of Anji Bena, he still has a thirty percent chance to sit on the Grand Duke of Manyu, if there is no support from the other party, I am afraid that even half of it will not be.
When the time comes, he doesn't have the confidence to fight Philip in the ring.
"Hopefully, this kind of thing, just once. Angel Bena rubbed her arm casually, "If there is a next time, I won't be so good at talking." ”
"There will never be a next time. Patalem said almost swearingly.
"I think I need to reiterate one thing, from beginning to end, I didn't force you to do anything, I just put an extra choice in front of you, the same is true of the Alliance, the same is true of returning to Solo to compete for the position of Grand Duke, you have a completely independent choice, you can choose to accept or choose to refuse, I have never done anything with a sword on your neck. ”
Angelena's tone was soft, but the meaning of her words was extremely cold.
"As for how to deal with that old fellow, it's just a proposal, how to choose, it's still up to you, and I don't need to analyze the advantages and disadvantages to tell you, right? If you don't settle down in advance, once Philip gathers a large number of lords and nobles to come and persecute him, he will have to meet the old guy in person? How will you deal with yourself? Do you think that old guy is more likely to pass on the Grand Duke's position to you? Or is it more likely that Philip? Do you think that old guy has no resentment against you at all?"
The old guy in Angie Bena's mouth naturally refers to the Grand Duke Borg, the great knight's vitality is really tenacious and terrifying, and the spear has stayed in his chest, as if he doesn't want Patlem to be happy, and refuses to swallow the last breath.
The priests, physicians, and monks of Solo City, who were a little more famous, all invited him to diagnose him, and even Brother Jensen, who was the most courageous and had the most unrestrained treatment methods, shook his head again and again, and no one dared to pull out this spear for the Grand Duke of Borg.
These people are the monkey winners, each one is more shrewd than the other, the identity of the Grand Duke of Borg is too sensitive, and the current situation of the Manyu military leader is too sensitive.
If it is successful, it will certainly gain fame and fortune.
But it failed, and they couldn't eat and walked around.
If it weren't for the fact that they wouldn't even come to Feren Castle, Cardinal Alva was such a shrewd man, and on the second day of the outbreak of the slave rebellion, he hurriedly left the city of Solo, in the name of returning to the headquarters of the Holy Aetheric See, asking for help, in fact, to avoid this matter, he used to be known as the first person in the city of Solo.
They will never allow the Grand Duke Borg to meet with Philip alive, and in order to seize power, they have done something almost to imprison the Grand Duke of Borg, thinking with their butts what choice the Grand Duke of Borg will make if the two meet.
Angelena and Patlem, I'm afraid that they will be directly beaten into the ranks of the rebels.
"You ......" Patlem took a few deep breaths before suppressing the rolling anger, wanting to refute Anjibena, but he couldn't organize strong words for a while, the concept of inducing crime has not yet been invented on the continent of Assan.
"I hope you can make a choice as soon as possible, Philip's secret messenger came to the door last night, and was temporarily detained by me, what kind of mission did the other party come with, I don't need to say, you also know very well. Angie Bena added.
"You can rest assured, I will not break our covenant until the last moment, you and I know Philip very well, he is an extreme racist, and now bowing to me is only temporary, once he takes power, I will be the first unlucky, but my wait is not indefinite, if it is impossible, I will put self-preservation first. ”
Hearing the end, Patalem calmed down, because although Angie Bena's words were hurtful, they were all the truth.
If the other party swears to tell him at any time that he will always stand behind him unswervingly, he should be careful, and the other party may stab him in the back the next moment.
In the past few weeks, he has fully understood the spicy style and watertight style of his half-sister who has never seen it before.
If the slave rebellion had nothing to do with her, Patalum didn't believe it.
However, Patlem mobilized all the connections, and found no trace of Angebena and the slave rebels.
The only connection is that the slave owners are divided into radicals and conservatives, and she once had contact with Starbuck when they were secretly fighting.
However, that kind of contact took place in public, and it was impossible to keep a bunch of slave owners talking about such a sensitive topic as a slave revolt.
The rest are all coincidences, but there are so many coincidences in the world, and these coincidences colliding together, which is the biggest problem in itself.
The biggest suspicion should be that Doctor Tang, but after he returned to Solo City, the other party seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no news, including the doctors brought by the other party, and they also disappeared one after another.
All signs point to the newly emerging Andes forces in the Andes Mountains, calling themselves the Legion of the Eternal Night, but there is no real evidence, and Patlem's goal of grasping Anjibena's soft underbelly has failed.
Angela dropped these words and walked cleanly, she had already said everything she had to say, and the rest was up to Patlem to choose.
It wasn't until she was about to walk out of the castle that Angel Bena let out a long breath and said: "I knew that he was a pile of mud that couldn't support the wall, but I didn't expect it to be rotten to this extent, wait another week, if he can't make a decision, start the backup plan!"
"Hmm. The taciturn head of the guard nodded, and asked in a rare interjection, "Do you need to beat Conrad's side drum again?"
"No need, what we should have done has already been done, he is a smart man, for his own interests, he should know what to do, let's wait for the result!"
Angel Bena felt a little frustrated in her heart, she had made so many careful preparations, but because she overestimated a person, she fell on the verge of losing everything, which is really unwilling.
But no matter how much resentment and hatred there is in her heart, Angel Bena will not deal with Archduke Borg herself, just like Ms. Elena said, she doesn't want to ruin herself because of hatred, once the burden of killing the king and killing the father is on her back, even if she does it secretly, she can't get rid of it for the rest of her life, because there is still this hurdle in her heart.
Although Angel Bena is now behaving a bit of a cover-up, she adheres to the standards of behavior she has set for herself and refuses to cross the line, which can be regarded as a kind of explanation for herself.
As soon as Angel Bena walked on the front foot, Patlem couldn't control his anger again.
"They're all bastards! they're all liars! they're all selfish and cold-blooded villains! Listen, what did this bastard just say? It's your business, not mine, as if this matter were entirely mine, and she didn't benefit at all? If I couldn't become the new Grand Duke, who would give her a mongrel countess?"
"A mongrel is a mongrel! A dog that can never be raised! If the Manchu military leader hates that old fellow, she should be the first, and she wants that old guy to die immediately, but she pretends to be innocent and doesn't want to dirty her hands! But can she really wash it? Do you want to act with my hands, so that I will bear the name of killing the king and killing my father, and think that I am a fool?"
"I will never let her get her wish! I will never let her get her wish! How could I do such a rebellious thing! How could I do such a rebellious thing!"
Patrium was like a trapped beast cornered, panting, red-eyed, going back and forth in circles, with words in his mouth, not so much to Conrad as to himself, trying to convince himself not to accept Angebena's demagogy.
Conrad at his side was far more clear than Patrium himself, and the more he did, the more his heart was shaken.
Therefore, Conrad directly became an invisible person, looking at the nose, nose and mouth, mouth and heart, without saying or moving, and even breathing became as if there was nothing, this kind of unflattering thing inside and out, unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not touch his hands if he could.
Conrad wanted to stay out of the matter, but it didn't mean that Patlem would let him go, so he grabbed him and said with red eyes: "Aren't you resourceful? Haven't you been tricking me into climbing to the pinnacle of power? How have you become dumb now? Do you want to be like that bastard, and want to stay out of it?"
"Don't think about it! Don't think about it! Let me do evil things, and you can reap the benefits! There is no such cheap thing in the world! Don't you want real power? Yes, you just need to help me dispose of that old fellow, hereditary baron, no, hereditary viscount, even if you want a hereditary earl, there is no problem, as long as I can become the new Grand Duke, this is not a matter of words?"
"What's the matter? Conrad, who is more ambitious and fearless than the sky, is afraid of the times? haha...... Now the opportunity is in front of you, choose for yourself! If you don't even dare to take this risk, why do you want to gain real power?"
There was a thick malice and ridicule on Patlem's face, and he was now forced to be a little hysterical by his own desires and the moral and ethical values he had built up since childhood. The whimsical infliction of Anjibena's pain on him, and the similar way of inflicting it on Conrad, actually had a certain obvious pleasure.
Because under the temptation of interests, Conrad, who usually seems to be very homely, has no way to remain calm, his eyes flicker, his whole body shakes involuntarily, and his breathing is obviously much heavier, and the situation is strikingly similar to Patrium.
There is no doubt that this blow from Patlem hit the opponent's fatal weakness.
The two have been together for so long, while Conrad has figured out Patlem's temperament, Patlem has long seen through each other, the so-called love, the so-called loyalty, all are false, all fake.
The other party approached him, from the very beginning, for the sake of power, and the other party did not hesitate to sacrifice everything, including his own love, his own dignity, and his own body.
A man who kills his childhood sweetheart and beloved woman who lives and dies together mercilessly for the sake of rights, what can he not do?
He thought he was doing it very secretively, he didn't know the heavens, he didn't know the earth, but he couldn't hide it from himself, sometimes people would betray themselves unconsciously, such as when he was drunk, although Conrad paid great attention to this part and rarely drank alcohol, but he didn't know that he would have the habit of talking in his dreams, and the more depressed he was, the greater the chance of talking in his dreams.
"How many promises do you make?" Conrad's voice became hoarse.
"You and I haven't been a day or two, although I Patlem has many shortcomings, but since I was a child, there has been no time when talking doesn't count, as long as I can sit in the position of the new Grand Duke, you don't have to run for the title of hereditary earl, three hundred kilometers of hereditary territory, you can choose. ”
Patlem said categorically, he knew in his heart that he couldn't do it, not only because of the morality in his heart, but also because of the fear of the Grand Duke Borg, this fear has been engraved in his bones, even if the other party is still breathing, he does not dare to face him head-on.