Chapter 56: The Truth Always Hurts
"Aiqing, you're here!" the king glanced at him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Commander of the Praetorian Guard, I think you should have seen the contents of the blank paper, right?"
"Yes, back to the prince's words, the minister has already seen it. The Praetorian Guard's voice trembled.
"Don't you need an explanation to explain what's going on?" the merman prince raised his eyebrows, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.
"This ...... The old minister really doesn't know what's going on! This is absolutely groundless, framing the old minister!!, Lord King, please be clear, for the old minister, to clear this unknown humiliation!!" The commander of the Praetorian Guard knelt down and kowtowed three times, with a loyal look on his face.
The old king nodded, and finally a smile appeared on his face, and said with satisfaction: "I just say! How could the commander of the Praetorian Guard appointed by me personally betray me and betray the merman clan?"
Then, he turned around again and looked at Shi Liuliu: "So, do you have anything else to say?"
Is there anything else you'd like to say?
Shi Liuliu was angry in an instant!
This is clearly aimed at her, right?!
She had never met such a vexatious old man in her previous life and in this life! How did this old man become the lord of a country?!
There are a lot of water votes in the election ballot!!(I'm sorry girl, this is a feudal society, the father and the son are in the world~)
However, on the surface, you still have to pretend to be very calm!
Shi Liuliu: "I didn't steal it, what do I have to say?"
The old king twitched his eyebrows and roared loudly: "Still quibbling?!"
Not to be outdone, Shi Liuliu raised his eyebrows and continued: "King, I really don't understand, what kind of Praetorian Guard commander's words are loyal and sincere to your ears, and when they come to me, it will become a bunch of nonsense and sophistry? Is the partiality too obvious? I suspect that the two of you got up together and took away the merman's tears~"
Before the old king could refute, another shower of white paper fell from the sky.
The old king frowned, and picked up one, which was written in black and white, and it was written very clearly: The merman's tears were hidden under the bed of the commander of the Praetorian Guard.
"Father, my son thinks that we should search the mansion of the Praetorian Guard. It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. The merman prince folded his hands and looked serious.
Looking at the commander of the Praetorian Guard at this moment, his face is already as pale as earth.
Shi Liuliu raised his eyebrows. Looking at the situation, it should be the crime committed by the commander of the Praetorian Guard.
However, what she is most curious about is, who is it that has been helping her behind her back?
"Commander of the Praetorian Guard, can you search if you want?" The old king didn't know why, he blindly opposed, and pointed the finger at Shi Liuliu.
"Then it is said that the merman's tears were stolen by the stone girl for no reason? Father, it is difficult to convince the public!" the merman prince said lightly, unable to hear the slightest emotional fluctuation.
He did not wait for his father's reply, but ordered: "Someone, go and search the mansion of the commander of the Praetorian Guard!
"Yes!" As soon as the order was issued, the soldiers immediately responded, and they all quickly ran towards the mansion of the Praetorian Guard.
The old king opened his mouth to take back the order his son had just given, but it was too late.
The commander of the Praetorian Guard on the side finally spoke, and his voice was full of pleading: "Your Majesty ...... King"
However, the old king did not have any mercy, a vicious light flashed in his eyes, and he said firmly: "Aiqing, you are not afraid of shadows. However, if it is really you who stole the merman's tears, I will not spare it!"
Without waiting for any explanation from the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the old king ordered him to be tied to the ground and his mouth gagged with a mass of cloth.
Looking at the lively Shi Liuliu again, it was much easier.
After a while, the group of soldiers returned to the temple.
It's just that in their hands, there is an extra delicate crystal box.
What is contained in the box is the sacred relic of the merman clan, the merman tears.
Seeing this, the merman prince smiled quietly, but he still asked on his face, "How is it?"
The soldiers were also extraordinarily cooperative: "Tell the prince that what is written on the white piece of paper is true! The subordinates did find the holy relics under the bed of the Praetorian Guard!"
After speaking, he handed the merman tears to the merman prince's hand.
The merman prince nodded with satisfaction and looked at the old king: "Father, now the truth has been revealed. ”
The old king said "um", but everyone could see that the king was unhappy at this moment.
The prince pretended not to see his father's displeasure, and asked the judge, "Your Excellency, what should I do if someone steals a holy thing?"
The judge bowed, and then said justly: "If you go back to His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the law of my shark clan, this crime should be beheaded!"
The prince nodded, looked at his father again, and asked, "Father, what do you think?"
What choice did the old king have? He could only open his mouth and say, "Then ...... Deal with it according to the law!"
However, no one thought that the commander of the Praetorian Guard on one side relied on his own hard work to stretch the rope that bound him alive!
He pulled down the ball of cloth in his mouth, his eyes were red, and his face was full of unwillingness!
"Your Majesty, how can you do this?!" the Janissary commander shouted, and it was clear that his anger was basically at its peak......
The old king suppressed the emotions in his heart and forced himself to calm down: "What happened to me?"
"Obviously, you instructed me to steal the merman's tears, but now you ask me to take the blame for you? and behead me?!" The commander of the Praetorian Guard has been loyal to the Lord all his life, but he didn't expect that the master he had served for so many years would be such a person!
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" the old king frowned, but the slight tremor of his voice revealed his nervousness.
Yes, not anger, nervousness.
The Janissary Commander ignored the old king's words and said to himself, "I wondered why you let me do this, but I didn't know until this morning that you wanted to bite the stone girl back." Who knew that the backbite would not succeed, but it would expose me, so Your Majesty, you chose to leave me as a pawn?"
At this, he paused, then looked up to the sky and laughed, tears streaming from his eyes.
It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but this is so cold that they can't control their emotions.
As if to vent his anger, the commander of the Praetorian Guard roared in a voice more than ten times louder than just now: "In the past few decades, I have been conscientious and loyal to the Lord, and I swear by my conscience that I have never done anything to betray the merman clan! However, I have only now discovered that the master I have protected for so many years is actually a ruthless and unrighteous hypocrite who only cares about himself and disregards others! The last thing I should do in my life is to enter the palace and become an official under you!"