Section 41 Shelters (2)
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"You're an earl?"
The old man, who was suddenly dried by the years, was petrified in the passing air, and his overflowing surprise could only be hidden by the subconscious action of covering his mouth with his hands.
"Yes, although it is already notorious, as a new rising force, I guess it is still a stranger to you. BΓ©la Bell, an earl from the House of Coron. β
"Roar, your Tucker King, if he is still alive, is a little too inflated! Actually use the yellow-mouthed ruzi to indiscriminately fill the number, if I were you"
The voice gradually deepened, completely falling into a contemplative silence, and the blue tendons that suddenly erupted at the temple position, and the ugly face that leaked out was even more hateful. The concussions between the upper and lower teeth, the blue and swollen dry lips, were all signs of food poisoning.
"You, your father is Bella Siss"
The tongue is close to the gap between the teeth, but the excreted exhaust gas is difficult to continue to be coherent, and the shaky index finger of the right hand is more blurred in the air.
"It's not worth recognizing wasting time on and off, Bella Sturt is my father, the former Earl!"
Probably a kind of idol magic worship baggage, after hearing the word 'Stur', the old man fainted directly, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyelids upward, but the breathing continued.
"The young master has created another pleasing tragedy, the ownership of the crown of sin, and the inheritance to the letter."
Si Qi stepped on the old man's body, stepped on it hard, and completed the elegant life-saving and wounded, accompanied by a coughing sound, pulling the old man back from the halfway point of the death cliff.
"How, is this taste of being shrouded in death a kind of beautiful and refined elegance? The sudden halt of the heartbeat, did you see the joyful beckoning of the evil spirit! β
The old man, curled up in a ball, hugged his chest that was almost about to burst, scrambling for the sparse oxygen, acquiescing to everything.
"Yes, I thought that the butcher on the battlefield was terrifying enough, but the leader who swept the politics was even more demonic, and I was still blaspheming the choice of the gods in the last second."
The tears that dripped down the wrinkles of frustration could already be heard with a slight sob, humiliation or timidity, it didn't matter at this time.
"Now, have you changed your mind? It's just that you have lost the opportunity to negotiate, and now you can only choose to give in unconditionally, and of course I welcome your brave declaration of war. β
He froze and cried, lying motionless on the ground, for fear that the slightest action would be understood as a shameless announcement of death.
"Of course, you don't have to be overly restrained, a high sense of urgency will make you lose your memory for a short time, and if you miss some important information, it will be even more worth the loss."
After listening to Si Qi's advice, the old man stood up again in pain, leaning against the flowery wall behind him, but he did not dare to face Si Qi's plain eyes, and hung his head and sighed, for his own recklessness, or for his disdainful submission to the exploiters, but it had become unimportant.
"Prisoners don't need names and titles, and that's a waste of effort. Explain your crimes directly and the reason why you are imprisoned here. β
"Yes!" The old man coughed a few times, hammered his chest, and continued, "Probably a long time ago, Tiragan was invaded by the barbarians, and the struggle within the palace was also intensifying. As a brilliant diplomat at home, I was sent to the kingdom of Turan to ask for help, but King Smick was unusually resolute, and the terms of the negotiations were deadlocked, and no one could accept such plunder. So in a fit of rage, I infiltrated their palace, and I could only participate in the earth-shattering coup d'Γ©tat! β
The smile on the old man's face, the pride of satisfaction, made him forget the pain of his scar and soothe his wounded heart.
"Oh? Shouldn't you become a loyal henchman of the vassal princess, become popular in Turanian from now on, take off your hat as a diplomat in a weak country, and start a brighter career again? β
"Well, that can only blame my greed." The old man closed his eyes and remembered the unbearable past that belonged to him. "Choosing to be in cahoots with the Jane family, King Smik took me on a tour of their rigorous barracks in order to convince Tiragan, but he didn't know that I was already involved in the coup. At the behest of Olis, I took advantage of the king's brawl to complete the race against time. β
"If I'm right, you won't tell this complicated story in front of me, after all, you have touched a Koren artifact that should not be defiled!"
"How do you know?"
The old man suddenly jumped to his feet, and the unexpected gain of fright was probably a compliment that he himself had not expected.
"Don't get excited, I don't want to blame you, blaming the history that has become ancient, isn't it denying that you are still swimming in the long river? You steal the Geometric Coin on display in the Olis Barracks, and then co-orchestrate the bloody murder of the Geometric Coin to prevaricate the suspicion of the sudden death of the king. β
"It was I who witnessed the king being pierced through the heart by a thousand arrows, and it was a really ugly death, but it also gave me a taste of the risks of working with jackals. So, out of self-preservation, I asked them to give me a position of power, but they refused. What's even more stupid is that I actually used the reason of 'flying away with geometric coins' as a threat, which completely angered the crazy brother and sister, the bumpy road to escape, the defection of the deputy, and I could only choose to contribute geometric coins to seek a possible chance of life. β
"So you won the bet, and now you can still reminisce about history here. In this way, the geometric coins have indeed fallen into the hands of the brother and sister in power? β
The old man moved to the couch and lay down on the warm suede, acquiescing to the facts that had come out of my mouth. Si Qi also looked at me in disbelief, after all, he didn't know anything about the details of some thieves' thefts. Thinking of the circus director, he is basically the same age, so he should be the assistant who defected at that time.
"Then please go on!"
Si Qi didn't care too much about the details of the sequential understanding, so he once again pointed the finger at the old man who had rested a little, and the old man also stood up with great interest and continued the unfinished trial.
"I was forgiven but imprisoned and free, and I was not allowed to have contact with the outside world, probably for fear that I would modify that vile history a little and then spread it to folk legends. You must know that as a diplomat who can speak generously, it should be easy to compile some easy-to-remember historical mantras. β
The old man was silently reciting something, it should be the righteous words he had already made up, but it could only be regarded as a joke, and no one wanted to believe it, and they didn't dare to believe it.
"Hasn't your country made any representations? After all, they don't understand the twists and turns in the relationship, and they mistakenly think that you are sacrificing your bound body for the country. β
"Well, then the representative of the embassy in Turan visited me under the watchful eye of the eagle dog. In his feedback, I learned that a large area of land and wealth had fallen to the alien race. And the ministers who sent me at that time also completely collapsed after the new king's accession to the throne, and our faction suffered heavy casualties, and I was a worthless wanderer, even if I was sent back to China, I could only suffer the disaster of death! After that, I asked them to change my place of detention, and they readily agreed. β
"The abandoned chess piece, this is very similar to the young master's style!"
Si Qi pursed his lips and laughed at the ugly behavior similar to me, which can be regarded as an active atmosphere that has been suppressed for a long time.
"Che, then you should be on guard, shouldn't you?"
Si Qi laughed out loud, and the old man echoed it, of course I understood the deep meaning, after all, that kind of naΓ―ve idea was also a flaw that I deliberately exposed, and the cold humor attached to my unique label also seemed to have a good effect.
"Ahem!" Si Qi's coughing voice deliberately interrupted the seemingly harmonious atmosphere, "Then how did you end up imprisoned in the embassy of the Koren Dynasty?" β
"That's what I wondered about, remember my gibberish when we first met? That is indeed a true understanding without embellishment, this has always been the mansion of an evil duke of the Turan country, and the two criminals standing in front of him are understood by unsuspecting criminals as the judges of the Turan country, it should not be an accident! β
"What about Mr. Tamm?"
"Tam? Who is that? β
"It's the guide who just brought you here, the owner of this apartment!"
"Ha, he's the evil duke I call you, Shi Zao!"
Suddenly, I felt a little surprised in the atmosphere, it seemed to be the sound of gears turning the rope, accompanied by a loud bang, the iron fence rising from the ground, blocking the only exit, and the sound of approaching footsteps was exceptionally clear.
I didn't have time to react, and Si Qi and I were trapped in a crowded shelter.