Chapter 56: Sebastian's Smile
Sebastian's soles were covered in blisters, and his left foot was even more badly injured, and the entire soles of his feet were torn apart. The fastest calf cramps often cramped because www.biquge.info of the pain, which went up from the center of the foot to the brain, reminding him all the time: Don't forget this humiliation, traitor Sebastian.
The whole trial lasted almost the whole morning, Sebastian stood in the dock, fighting his spirits, but his weak body made him feel cold all over his body, and his back was covered with sweat. When Ludwig and the others were captured, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought that justice had been done, but Bill, the intelligence chief, took aim at him and Count Erryn.
When the Earl of Arryn was in the cemetery, he flatly denied that he had sent people to harm His Majesty the Emperor and the Grand Prince, and suggested that someone had killed his rider and infiltrated the knights' group competition. Bill was there at the time. No one could refute Earl Erryn's hypothesis, but the Count also had no evidence to prove his hypothesis.
Sebastian sighed deeply. But I'm different, they don't have any evidence that I'm going to kill the eldest prince. No, Bill knows, and so do the scholars, and they all know that I don't want to hurt the prince at all. If the scholar is old, what about Bill?
Sebastian thought about it, and the pain kept him from concentrating. Bill revealed to the archbishop that I didn't believe in the Seven Gods. I did lie about it, and I shouldn't have sworn to the Apocalypse of the Seven Gods. But I was already acquitted, so why couldn't Bill think about the Empire? What the hell did he want?
There was a piercing pain in the soles of his feet, and he grinned and crawled to the door. The guards brought today's dinner from the small door. He saw a piece of moldy bread and a bowl of mushroom soup. He was hungry and stretched out his hand. Suddenly, something quickly stepped on his hand and rushed towards the bread, and by the light he saw a mouse.
"Get out of here!" he shouted. That's my bread!, he used his hands and knees together, and crawled as fast as he could. His right hand was crippled, and he lay his right side on the ground, supporting his body with his right elbow and left palm, and tried to move forward. He couldn't stand up, and every time the straw touched the soles of his feet, it hurt and itched.
The rat shrank back and looked at him cautiously, and another rat appeared and took a bite of the bread, which provoked the first rat, and they divided the piece of bread and fled without a trace.
Sebastian wanted to cry without tears, and he let out a loud cry, his voice hoarse, and the rat ignored him. The regent is reduced to the point where rats bully him. He sneered.
He finally crawled up to the mushroom soup, his throat burning, and he tried to drink it, and the soup flowed to his beard. There was not enough to drink, he was hungry and weak. Hunger and illness kept him awake and he felt cold. I was in a fever, he realized.
The university priest has not visited me since I was arrested and imprisoned, let alone treated me. In today's trial, the scholar turned back, saying that I implied that the scholar was going to poison the eldest prince. I remember Olaf said that the old man is not as weak as he seems. Even if the bachelor is not honest, what can he expect?" he smiled wryly, lying on his back to the sky.
As soon as he closed his eyes, various scenes and sounds appeared in his mind.
He remembered when Emperor August first found him, when he was studying the landscape around the Norton River and intending to build a village there.
"Oh, Sebastian is you? gray hair, gray eyes, twin towers with ripple pendants, yes, that's you. A big fat man with red hair barged into his room, and he spoke so loudly that he almost woke up the guest next door.
"Who are you?" Sebastian noticed the big fat man's hair, red hair was very rare in the Empire, the big fat man was wearing a mink fur coat with a golden belt hanging below his navel.
"What are you doing? Oh, you drew this?" the big fat man ignored him, looking at the drawing board, "Good drawing, and those mountains of drafts." β
"I'm sorry, who are you, why did you trespass into my room?" Sebastian asked, with a displeased tone.
"The whole world is mine. The big fat man snorted, "The rivers and mountains in this picture are all mine." Why can't I come in and find the person I'm looking for?"
"The whole world is yours, are you the sun, and the earth shines?" Sebastian scoffed, "even if you are the emperor, you should knock on the door and get permission to come in." ...... in Orlando"
"The wind can go in, the rain can go in, but the king can't go in. Damn, I understand. The big fat man walked to the door and knocked on the door, "May I come in?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need for you to correct your behavior for a person who is not polite. The attendant on the side said.
Your Majesty the Emperor!Sebastian was shocked. He opened his mouth wide and looked at the big fat man in front of him.
"Shut up, it's me who is rude!" the big fat man yelled at the squire.
"Your Majesty the Emperor!" Sebastian hurriedly knelt down.
He turned his head, patted Sebastian on the shoulder, and shook his shoulder with laughter: "Stand up, Sebastian, those who don't know are not guilty." I dare to say that in the Empire, few people dare to point out my mistakes to my face like this, Kajielun Yang is one, you are counted as one. β
The bold Auguste, the emperor who pretended to be serious, watched his subordinates hurry, and laughed himself. This was Sebastian's first impression of the emperor. Soon after, he was summoned to the Imperial Garden, and the Emperor gave him the Prime Minister's badge.
I am not sorry for His Majesty the Emperor. Sebastian opened his eyes and inhaled deeply. I'm not a traitor.
Suddenly, the door opened, and the visitor took off her wet cloak, her hair draped over her shoulders, and the rain dripped down her hair. She sent the guards away.
Queen Ivana Sebastian braced herself up and tried to sit up.
"Sebastian!" the queen helped him to his feet.
He leaned his back against the wall, his shoulders hanging limply. He raised his head and said indistinctly, "Your Majesty...... Forgive me for not being able to kneel and salute......"
"Don't speak. The queen lifted Sebastian's trousers, frowned, and gasped, "Oh my God, your feet ......"
"I didn't want to be found guilty, I let my left foot stand on the red-hot iron for a long time. Sebastian endured the pain and smiled bitterly, "I thought the Seven Gods would forgive me, but it turned out to be ......"
"You're not guilty!" Ivana raised her voice, "Damn Bill, he shouldn't have exposed you." β
"He's right, I don't believe in the Seven Gods. Sebastian shook his head, I shouldn't have trusted Bill.
"Listen, you've been wronged. There was something strange in the queen's eyes.
She knows everything. Sebastian immediately understood everything. The trial is a game. Ludwig, AndrΓ©s, Neumann, she wants to destroy all her enemies, and he and Count Erin are the bait. Bill, just a good dog under the hunter's hand.
"What do you mean?" his tone was disgruntled, and a flame of resentment burned in his chest.
"Church judgment, I bring it up. But I can't control everything. Ivana bit her lip, "I know you were wronged, and I also know that the murderer behind the scenes is Ludwig." But I can't fight him, Caesar is underage, and I can only go to the archbishop for a church trial. β
"You know everything right, you should arrest Ludwig. Sebastian snorted and laughed, "You should release me." β
"I can't. The knights of the Imperial Guard such as AndrΓ©s and Neumann were his minions, and the riders and squires of Count Arryn were all slaughtered by them. Ivana shivered, not knowing if it was because of the cold or because of fear, "I don't know who else to trust around me." Even Isaac grease the soles of his feet and disappear. I wrote to my father, who was no longer in the Grey Fort a few months ago, and I don't know if he returned to the Grey Fort and whether he received my letter. β
So you can only bet on church judgment. Sebastian scoffed, shaking his feet in pain, "Let me prove my innocence by my luck." Oh, when the archbishop hears this, he will go crazy, whatever, in his eyes, I am a heathen who is about to be beheaded. β
"Forgive me, I thought it was the verdict of the cross, and as long as the archbishop does something, you are innocent. Ivana sighed and touched his feet lightly, only to have him frown and cried out softly.
"I know, don't think I don't know anything about church judgments. Sebastian laughed, "If the archbishop really wants to go through the motions, he can paint the iron in red and let me step on the cold iron." But he didn't, what does that mean?"
"I was tricked. Ivana gritted her teeth and said, "I hinted at him that Ludwig was going to rebel, promised him, agreed to restore the Church's arms, and he didn't let you go." β
"Restore the Church?!" Sebastian exclaimed, looking at Ivana in shock, "You stupid woman! Do you know what that means??" Emperor Peter agreed to arm the Church, and as a result, the Templars and Templars became a destabilizing factor in the Empire, and it was not until Emperor Nicklaus came to power that the Church was suppressed and disarmed. β
"Yes, I know! But I have no choice!I'm stupid, but I ......" Ivana hugged him and cried, "I love you!"
Sebastian's heart sank. He stroked her hair and sighed deeply, guilt blowing up.
"No, you're wrong. You should not put your personal feelings above the safety of the Empire. His tone was heavy, and his heart was like a knife.
"No, I'm not wrong, I just want you. Ivana kissed him, hot tears flowing, he tasted the saltiness of her tears, tasted the bitterness.
He pushed her away and asked, "What about Caesar, he's the future emperor, you should consider him." β
Ivana wiped her tears, was silent for a long time, and said, "I'll let you go." Sebastian, what you want most is to take off your burdens and travel around the empire to paint, right? I promise you, freedom. β
Freedom! the freedom I longed for! In prison, I was finally promised to travel the empire and become a simple painter! Sebastian laughed, his shoulders shaking violently, even the pain could not make him stop laughing, he was laughing at fate.
"Don't be wrong again and again. If you let me go, what about the Archbishop's Church? Defying the will of the Seven Gods, the royal family will be surrounded by the Church's armed forces. Sebastian shook his head, "The garrison of the capital is only 2,000 people, and after Ludwig is beheaded, what will you do if the rebel army outside attacks Thundercastle?"
"I don't care! I'll run away with Caesar!" Ivana proposed, "and we will never come back!"
He stared into her eyes. Her eyes moistened with tears, and her eyes were full of anticipation. August said that Ivana's lust for power was so strong that she even offered her father, Soros Graff, to be prime minister shortly after the emperor's death. She arranged for Isaac to attend the Imperial Council. How could she give up power, escape, and be kidding the lives of 200,000 people in Thundercastle?
It's a trap. He suddenly thought of it, and couldn't help but feel creepy. The great prince is dead, and I am also dead, and Caesar is the only heir to the throne. She was afraid that I would be indomitable during the execution, and she wanted to trick me into escaping, arrest me, and confirm my crimes.
He laughed, and this time he was going to laugh even the air in his lungs. He laughed at her for her self-inflicted cleverness. He shook his head and said categorically: "I have only loved Rita for the rest of my life, my first love." β
"You're lying to me!" Ivana shook his shoulder, "It's not true! Let's go together, okay?"
"Get out, Ivana," his tone bordered on growling, "I'm not afraid of death!"
"You shouldn't be like this, you've been wronged!" Ivana shook her head and pulled him along, "Stand up, let's go." β
He raised his left hand and it was a slap. Looking at the stunned Ivana, he smiled and said, "She is the daughter of a gardener." Do you understand? In my eyes, you are not even the daughter of a florist. β
Ivana's eyes darkened, and he saw the light of hope in her eyes extinguished. Hehe, trying to set a trap to trap me, there is no door. He laughed inwardly, his left handprint left on Ivana's face. In addition to the emperor, I am also the one who dares to beat the queen. Slut, don't try to tarnish my reputation.
"Okay. Ivana sighed and stood up, she pulled her skirt, "You are bent on death." Sebastian, I will always remember you, remember everything you do, thank you. β
He didn't bother to pay attention to her. The last three words made him feel sick. Thank me, thank you for giving up my place to Caesar, the Thunder Throne, it's so cold that I don't want to sit down. Well, I'll be free from sin soon.
His sleepiness came up, and he finally fell into a deep sleep. This time, he dreams of Rita, who is running on the beach with his beloved Rita on a brisk foot. His feet no longer hurt, his right hand was strong and strong, and he picked Rita up.
In his sleep, he smiled, a sweet smile. (To be continued.) )rw