Chapter Twenty-Four: A Cake with a Ten Year Shelf Life
Later, Lin Xiu also heard these rumors, because he was a person who knew the real events better, and he also tried to explain them and let people understand the truth, but he still underestimated Agrippina's ability, this woman almost controlled all the right to speak, and finally there was a rumor that Seneca instructed Nero to kill his brother, for this, Lin Xiu was a little staggered, because Seneca could be said to have not received Nero's treatment very well, Because Nero once mentioned it to Lin Xiu.
"Do you know whose teachings the simplicity of the rest comes from?" Nero, who was writing and drawing on the desktop at that time, once suggested that he should be replaced by a dilapidated pen because of the dilapidated pen, but Nero shook his head and refused, so he had always said that he had always been simple, because he once pointed to the deficit and empty data on a treasury to Lin Xiu, and it was unimaginable that this Roman emperor was not about the same as a commoner, but it was also the level of an ordinary nobleman.
"Could it be Seneca?" There is such a saying in history, Nero's third teacher once told Nero to live simply, but after seeing Nero's decorated study and dining room, it simply made his teacher angry, but only Lin Xiu knew that those were not luxurious gold and silver jewelry, but completely developed by the emperor himself, and the value was low, but what made Lin Xiu curious was that such a thing, for what Nero had to hide, but it made people think that he was a person who loved luxury. If he had said the value of those things, I'm afraid the whole of Rome would have been shocked.
"That's right, Qing understands it very well, but what makes people laugh the most is it. Yu learned simplicity. Seneca, on the other hand, is actually a miser who hoards a lot of wealth. He preaches the morality of abandoning material wealth and materialism, but he does not see in his own actions what he himself says, not only usury, but even an inheritance thief, and probably the most ridiculous thing in the world is nothing more than that. Saying this, Nero himself felt a little amused, and shook his head lightly twice.
Actually, Yu understands. He didn't want Yu to be a simple emperor, but hoped that Yu would continue to retain the golden mean, follow the old path of Augustus, and retain all the privileges of the nobles, but if you look at Yu's treasury, if Yu does not cancel the control of the finances and the income of the gladiatorial arena by those nobles and governors, the Roman Empire is afraid that it will be self-defeating. When Nero said this, he also frowned a little distressedly, Lin Xiu had never considered these things. The Nero he knew was still the bloodthirsty tyrant. I never thought he would be so good in politics.
"Since the king already knows Seneca's style, why" Lin Xiu was even more puzzled by this, since Nero knew everything, why did Nero not punish or remove this teacher from all his duties.
"Qingzhi's idea is too simple, Yu also wants to do it, but it is not like the surface, Agrippina is like a poisonous snake, observing Yu's every move at any time, and Seneca has the support of the Senate behind him, now he is like a dog wagging his tail, whoever gives him food, he will call whoever he is, and the sins he has committed will not go to death, but he can take this opportunity to envelop him and tie him and Yu together, since the names stink together, then obviously he has no way out, when the time comes, Yu can take advantage of the situation to confront Agrippina head-on, after all, the strength of the Senate is not to be underestimated. ”
Nero sorted out his notes and explained all the relationships clearly, listening to Lin Xiu's dumbfounded, he never thought that this young emperor was so well aware of the art of emperors, a pianist, a poet, a racing driver, an artist, an actor, and at the same time, he was also very good at politics, I really don't know how God created such a genius in the world, sacrificing the small self to complete the big self, not caring about his own famous bedding, all he wants is to paralyze Agrippina and Pallas, Even at the expense of tying himself and the person he hates in the same boat, he also wanted to pull the other party into his camp, such forbearance and strategy were unimaginable, and finally made Lin Xiu understand why Nero ignored those messages.
When Nero pointed the finger at Pallas, at this time everyone almost got a signal that the emperor was ready to start a face-to-face confrontation with her mother, not long after the death of Brittanycus, Nero finally seized the opportunity to punish these real murderers, Agrippina's relaxation, Seneca's defection, so that Nero continued to receive support in the senate, and finally had the strength to argue with Agrippina, and directly blamed Pallas for a crime of collaborating with the enemy, Almost before Agrippina could react, he directly removed the title of Bruce's Praetorian Guard and directly promoted Glinus to become his new Praetorian Guard.
When Pallas was decadently exiled by Nero, Lin Xiu returned to his residence, as usual, Jian Tong Sakura should still be practicing knife skills, after all, this has become the main theme of her life, because of the natural awakening, and meticulous practice, so that her knife skills progress rapidly, every time Lin Xiu returned to the residence, Jian Tong Sakura put away her sword and stood upright, looking like a well-behaved little daughter-in-law, although for the six-year-old her, all this is full of funny, even every morning, Sakura will tidy up her futon, the futon is folded like a neat square of tofu, and the clothes are almost all washed with her delicate little hands, a little bit of rubbing, at this point, she is really a good child.
Originally, everything should be like this, but today Lin Xiu returned to the residence and found that something was wrong, Jian Tong Sakura knelt on the bed, there seemed to be a little joy in her expression, and then she tried her best to hold back, wearing a purple kimono, Lin Xiu didn't know when Lu Dao was, she also received this kind of thing in the space table, this dress In Lin Xiu's opinion, it was completely a garbage existence, and she couldn't even take big strides when she walked, and it was on her back. There is also a turtle shell-like existence. In such cases. If he could practice the sword technique well, Lin Xiu could believe that he could torture and kill the apostle now.
"What are you going to do when you're dressed like this? Are you going to die? Lin Xiu's cold words pulled Jian Tongying's thoughts back to reality, and her body unconsciously swayed, as if she lowered her head a little aggrieved, and then shook her head, but she still knelt there motionless, didn't speak, just lowered her head like that. Is this a silent revolt?
"Stiff wings?" Lin Xiu chuckled, and then grabbed Jian Tong Sakura's neck without warning, originally ready to raise his little hand to resist, after seeing that indifferent look, Jian Tong Sakura still gave up this senseless resistance, the teacher was really a little angry, he would be beaten very badly, but...
Lin Xiu ignored the pitiful eyes of Kirizakura looking at her, threw her body directly into the air with one hand, and then kicked her doll-sized body. There was no sound, and the body was like a baseball that had been knocked out of the air. Rolled straight down to the bed.
However, Jian Tong Sakura didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest, turned over and knelt down, still with her head down, waiting for Lin Xiu to continue to punish, Lin Xiu naturally would not show mercy, for him, this is just a dispensable tool, what is a tool? What is the idea of tools? Do these humans care? Not at all, so...
A punch went straight down from the top, directly hitting her little brain, knocking her body out of the air again, and before she had time to land, Lin Xiu's figure still killed in front of her, held down her head from behind, and smashed into the ground with a bang, for Lin Xiu's residence often makes such fighting sounds, the palace has become accustomed to it, after all, this is the residence of the king's knight, and it is normal to be training at the moment.
"Get up!" Lin Xiu spoke coldly, without the slightest pity for the blood left on her forehead, with this cold whisper, Jian Tong Sakura swayed her body, and got up from the ground with difficulty, still with her head down, like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for a lesson.
"Hmph, since it's useless, there's no need to keep it." Lin Xiu's words fell, and his body had already rushed forward, and the strength in his hand had been completely condensed.
I'll be killed by the teacher.,After all, I didn't listen to him today.,It's made the teacher angry.,But... But today is a special day for Sakura.,In the past, on this day.,I'll wear a kimono.,This is Sakura's favorite clothes.,I've always wanted to wear it in front of the teacher.,There used to be a family to celebrate Sakura.,Will make Sakura make a wish.,Today's Sakura's family is only a teacher.,So... So... That's why I didn't continue training.,Because today.,Today is Sakura's birthday.,Thinking of this.,The little girl looked at the angry teacher in front of her.,It's still that cold face and cold eyes.,The teacher will kill himself.,On the day of her birthday.。
Seeing that the little girl in front of her finally raised her head, and smiled at herself with the flowing blood, Lin Xiu seemed to sense that something was wrong, it stands to reason that Jian Tong Sakura is a very obedient child, but why is it for what, why did she not do what she asked today, knowing that Lu Dao would die?
Jian Tong Sakura was already a little fainting, her eyelids slowly pulled down weakly, her body fell forward, after she lost consciousness, Lin Xiu had already taken the first step to wrap her hand around her body, condensed her eyebrows and thought for a while, it seemed that something had been forgotten, and she tried to recall everything about Jian Tong Sakura, and her brows that had been twisted for a long time relaxed, well, it's really troublesome, annoying March 2nd, but for what, do you think this day is more important than life? It seems that the brainwashing is not thorough enough, thinking about these problems, Lin Xiu flattened her body on the bed, hesitated for a moment, and finally took a warm and wet hand towel to wipe off the blood stains for her, perhaps, this is the only birthday he may have with her, well, it's not too unfortunate, after all, no one has ever given her birthday.
When Kirizakura woke up from a coma, she thought she was dead, but in the end she felt a little pain in her head, and when she opened her eyes, she still saw the white bed, and finally made sure that the teacher didn't kill herself, strange, the teacher let herself go, with a somewhat confused look and eyes, she seemed to see a busy figure outside the bed curtain, and now it's getting late, some can't see clearly, and there is still some slight pain in the head, it won't be that the teacher doesn't want himself. It's better to be killed.
With such worries. The little girl struggled out of bed. The first time she didn't put on her boots and stood barefoot on the ground, and as soon as she got off the ground, she was stunned there, slowly there seemed to be some liquid in her eyes, she sniffed, and quickly wiped it off. But after wiping it several times, it just can't be wiped clean.
"Come and sit." With a trace of flames, Lin Xiu's figure flashed out in the darkness, a small candle was lit, and she didn't dare to hesitate at all, for fear of missing such an opportunity in front of her, but if she didn't wear shoes, she hesitated again and again, Lin Xiu slowly frowned, and finally walked over to her with a headache. Sakura lowered her head helplessly, she was really stupid. It made the teacher angry again, but it was worth it to be beaten.
Didn't wait for the slap to fall, and there was no sharp volley in the air, the body was picked up and put on the teacher's shoulder, this was the second time that the teacher was picked up, and for a moment, Sakura even hoped that the distance to the table would never be finished.
"Okay, today you're the little princess, but... It's just this time, and next time, I'm not going to show mercy again. Lin Xiu put Jian Tong Sakura on the chair, still a little indifferent words, Jian Tong Sakura hurriedly nodded, afraid that at this time, Lin Xiu would be angry again.
"Well, actually... Because of my personal hobby, I'm really not good at making sweets or something, these things in my opinion, it's really not good, candles are not colorful, you know, in ancient Rome, dyes don't seem to have been invented, just use red good, look, as bright as blood, how vibrant. Lin Xiu lit the candles inserted in the cake one by one, a total of seven, representing that Sakura was seven years old.
Ma Kiri Sakura looked at the cake in front of her with some surprise, it was not too big, but about thirty centimeters in size, probably the smallest cake she had eaten since she was born, on it I don't know what fruit and cream were put together, crookedly, it said I wish Sakura a happy birthday, there was no payment, it looked like a spoof of someone, but Ma Kiri Sakura felt that this was the most beautiful cake she had ever seen in her life, and there were some crumbs of red candles on the ground, which were obviously cut by the teacher with a knife.
"Don't be stunned, make a wish, it is said that this thing on the birthday makes a wish to listen to the spirit." Lin Xiu put his hands in his pockets and said nonchalantly, he had only seen this ceremony on TV.
Sakura clenched her little hands to make prayer clothes, and made a wish that she would never have to leave the teacher's arms.
"Okay, hmm, what do you wish?" Lin Xiu didn't have a birthday because she didn't have a birthday, but she was in the mood to gossip for a while.
"Sakura... Sakura... Hope..."I was a little shy and didn't dare to say what I wanted, as if I could feel my little heart beating throbbing, and if I said it, would the teacher be angry, would I agree to myself?
"Okay, this thing doesn't seem to work when you say it, right, forget it, blow out the candles." Lin Xiu waved his hand, finally giving up his curiosity and leaning his head in front of the candle, seemingly satisfied with the few magic strokes he had written.
"Why don't you blow it yet?" Lin Xiu saw that Tong Ying didn't move for a while, and frowned a little impatiently, could it be that this little girl suddenly changed a lot? That's really not a good sign.
"To... Want... Sing a birthday song. Sakura seemed to use all her strength to say this request, and her eyes were tightly closed.
"Hey, do you know what it means to die?" When I opened my eyes again, I saw the cold and ruthless eyes of the teacher, and it seemed that the request just now made the teacher angry again, which was already very good, and it should be very, very happy, even if there was no birthday song, no gifts, and... It's also very content.,Puff up your cheeks.,And the cherry blossoms blew out the candle.。
"Happybirthdaytoyou, Happybirthdaytoyou..." When the candle went out, a beautiful voice sounded, although there was no accompaniment, but Sakura could be sure and sure that this was the best birthday song she had ever heard in her life, she didn't care about the song, she didn't care about the cake, it was the people who mattered.
"It's your birthday present, you can eat all night tonight without sleeping, as long as you can train on time tomorrow." Lin Xiu said, buttoned a hat with a pink flower rim on Sakura's head, and with some trembling hands, she stretched out her little hand and gently touched the edge of the hat, and then when the teacher was not paying attention, Sakura held it in her arms.
"Teacher, won't the teacher eat with Sakura?" Sakura asked expectantly.
"Forget it, I don't have a sweet tooth by nature, so let's enjoy it slowly." There was a lazy voice from the teacher, and then the teacher held the book, quietly hid in the dark, and fell asleep, this night, maybe the happiest night of the cherry blossoms, dug a little bit of cream, opened a delicate mouth, stretched out the clove tongue, and licked it gently, at this rate, she may be able to eat for three, five, seven or eight days, but in fact, this cake, she has eaten for at least ten years, this day there are no pink cherry blossoms falling, but it is a day that the girl will never forgetOf course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being. (To be continued......)