Chapter XXIV
Hugo was calculating the time in his heart, even a trained tough killer might not be able to control his mouth in the end in the face of such a bland knife. www.biquge.info know that life is the most important and precious thing to any person or any intelligent being. If you want to take your life because of a trivial matter, will you be willing?
Surely not, rather than admitting that he was not guilty of tarnishing and insulting the glory of the royal family, but because it is the most stupid thing not to admit that he was killed?
As Hugo calculated, in the passage of minute and second, Colin could not hold on.
He looked down at the blood under his feet, and he was on the verge of collapse. He couldn't even feel his thighs, but he could still see the blood slowly flowing out, and Hugo didn't know what he had sprayed on his wounds, which were not big but never healed naturally. Every second, every drop of blood, means that he is one step closer to death.
In the face of the threat of death, what if he opens his mouth, isn't it just a confession? Piercing the sky means being sent to stay on the Arctic Ice Sheet for a few years, and perhaps with the help of some friends, he can kneel and kowtow outside the palace without going so far, or even a fine of money, why bother with his own life to support his backbone? In this closed torture room, even if he really dies in order to adhere to a certain belief and does not open his mouth, those people outside will probably not praise his bravery, so what is the meaning of death?
His lips were white and chapped, his tongue had become much drier, and his saliva was sticky like overnight phlegm. Licking his lips, some of the chapped lips were licked off, and the rest began to soften in the saliva, Colin suddenly raised his head and looked at the young madman in front of him, "Help me stop the bleeding, I confess!"
Hugo lowered his head and focused on the little dirt between his fingernails with the dagger that had pierced Colin's thigh, as if this was the only thing in the whole world that could move him, and he didn't seem to hear Colin's words. Colin, who was beginning to feel dizzy from excessive blood loss, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, a little of it slid down his throat and caused a tearing pain, and he endured the torn pain, and continued: "Let me go, I confess my guilt......"
After a moment of silence, Hugo was still doing his own thing, and Colin, who was forced to give up holding on by the approaching death, became a little hysterical, and he suddenly burst out and roared: "What do you want me to do when you step on the horse? I confess everything, what do you want? Kill me? Son of a bitch, come on, give me a knife." His eyes were bloodshot, and the whole person seemed to have aged more than ten or twenty years in a short period of time, and he was extremely haggard.
I can't see at all how high-spirited he once was, the swear words he blurted out, and the upbringing he should have as a matter of course under the title of bachelor. He was like a little lamb waiting to be castrated, struggling with all his might, but never able to get rid of the sharp knife.
Hugo put away the dagger at this time, looked up at Colin, and showed a very regretful expression, "Actually, you know that you can't stand it, why didn't you cooperate earlier? He patted his boxer leg and stood up, pulling out his magic pocket watch and glancing at it, "It's only been eleven minutes, Mr. Colin, and of all my test subjects, you're the one that crashes the fastest." β
"I confess, yes, I confess, stop the bleeding for me, let me down!", Colin's brain was deprived of oxygen due to blood loss, and his mood began to change out of the control of his personal reason, and his tone was full of begging for mercy and flattery.
Hugo approached him, but there were still a few steps in his eager eyes, Hugo took out a piece of paper and glanced at it a few times, "Mr. Colin, I know that there are several nobles behind you who have been supporting you economically and politically, is this true?"
Colin was stunned for a moment, his already chaotic brain regained its clarity in an instant, and he suddenly realized that he had been arrested and tortured, and the purpose of Hugo and Wren in front of him was not just for him as a person, but for the nobles behind him. He trembled in an instant, as a native of the imperial capital, he knew too well the cruelty of politics, once he was caught in a political storm, it was definitely not over with one or two dead and injured.
In every political storm, dozens or even hundreds of nobles have fallen victims. They may be innocent, they may be deserved, but they are all losers. There is no reason for the loser to speak, there is no compromise and no fornication, only the dust of history is completely reduced. And this time, he is very likely to be one of the inducements of the political storm, no matter how many people this political storm affects and how many nobles become the past, he will be the worst one.
But this Qingming came and went quickly, and if he could resist the threat of the Lord's death before that, he might really shut his mouth and wait for death. Because at that time, he knew very well that he was the only one who died, and there were always some people who would take care of his family in his silent face. But now, he has lost his calm and reason by death, and he has degenerated from a "bachelor" into a simple animal, retaining only the desire to survive.
He hesitated for a moment, then immediately nodded, "Yes, that's right, there are indeed people who support me and ask me to attack the Orlando royal family, I am innocent, really, I am innocent, please believe me." Tears dripped down the corners of his eyes, and his facial features were huddled together, crying bitterly, constantly repenting of his past crimes.
As long as you can live for an extra month, even if it is a day, it is good.
Hugo nodded with satisfaction, he was now in a stage of life evolution, and he preferred this kind of psychological contest without trouble than to torture the opponent's body with bloody and cruel methods to force the other party to collapse at the beginning. Relaxed, comfortable, and more fulfilling.
"So, will you swear and sign everything you confess?"
"I do, I do, I want anything!", Colin struggled, eager to get off the cross, even though he hadn't confessed anything until now.
Hugo satisfied him, and he took out a small bottle from his pocket, which contained half a bottle of liquid and a small strip of linen. It contains a special cleaning solution that cleans the venom of a species called the Hellspider. This venom is what Hugo sprayed on Colin's wound, and this venom can stifle the condensation of platelets, so that platelets cannot form a blockade and prevent blood from flowing out. Of course, Hugo didn't know what platelets were, he only knew that it was enough for the venom to make people bleed all the time.
The sackcloth was wrapped around Hugo's fingers, and his fingers were deeply buckled into the wound on Colin's thigh, stirring hard, Colin trembled violently, he wanted to shout, but he was afraid of angering Hugo, so he could only grit his teeth and make a loud sound.
After scrubbing away the venom of the Hell Spider, Hugo smeared a small piece of sludge that solidified like animal fat on the wound, and the blood loss was instantly healed. He untied Colin from the cross, and his hands were red and unconscious. If it had been tied for a long time, Colin's hands would have died.
"Bring the stuff. βγ Hugo shouted, and someone outside the door immediately walked in with a pile of documents, Hugo threw the documents on the ground, and looked down condescendingly at the once high Bachelor Colin, with a contemptuous smile on his face, shameless, and a faint excitement. He tapped the document on tiptoe, "Sign it." β
Successfully avoiding the threat of death, Colin regained a lot of sanity, he just looked at it twice, his whole body trembled, and his shoulders trembled, "This...... This is ......", he looked up at Hugo in horror, most of the documents on the ground were things he did not know, and it is not difficult to imagine that these things would become incriminating evidence against the nobles. It's frame-up, it's framing, it's slander! But what he responded to was a cold look in his eyes, with sarcasm and ridicule.
"Why? still want to be hung up by me?", Hugo smiled and played with the dagger in his hand, Colin shook violently again, he immediately said I signed, picked up the scattered documents, and signed his name on each document with a pen. He knew that signing this name would mean that he could not help himself, and many people could die because of his cowardice, because his cowardly family was ruined. But he had no choice, he didn't want to die, he wanted to live.
Soon, every document with a red circle was signed by Colin. Hugo collected it and handed it to the people around him, he looked down at his shoes, and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto his shoes. With an eerie smile on his face, he lifted his foot to step on Colin's shoulder, who was confused by his actions.
But then, he knew what Hugo was going to do.
"My shoes are dirty, what should I do?", Hugo looked at Colin, a crazy perverted smile on his smiling face, his mouth grinning wide, showing all his teeth. Mori Bai's teeth were particularly shocking in the red mouth, and what was even more frightening was his eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, which made Colin reject him.
Colin turned his head to look at the shoes and the thick yellow phlegm on them, retched, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and raised his trembling arm to cover it.
Hugo laughed happily, and his laughter was full of madness and pleasure.
Bachelor?
Phew!
The documents were quickly visited by Wren's desk, Wren flipped through them and nodded with satisfaction, "I trust Hugo because he knows what he wants, and he knows how to get what he wants." He paused, closed the file, "Tell him, take care of the other people, and I'll promote him as a deputy chief." β
The importance of this document is more important than everyone imagined, and Wren believes in a word, how big a heart, and how dare to do big things.
If he didn't make a sensational case in Orlando, why would he gain a foothold in the many powerful imperial capitals? Ordinary little nobles may be afraid of his title of golden nobleman, but those aristocratic groups are eyeing his title and are always thinking of knocking him to the ground in order to prove his strength. In the world of politics, no one is reliable, and the exchange and collusion of interests will make one's close comrades-in-arms their most terrible enemies. The only thing that can be relied on is yourself, only the power in your hands.
He wants to use a big case to stabilize his position, and he also wants to let the gold nobles led by Pars know that their rule is not stable. Let them understand that without him Rennes, they will never be able to sleep peacefully at night.
This matter was still fermenting, and only the next day, someone came to the door.
"Greetings, Your Excellency the Count of Rennes. He was also a nobleman, with the title of earl, and the badge on his chest marked his identity. His entourage carried two one-foot-square boxes to Wren's table, and at his signal, his entourage opened the two boxes.
For a moment, the brilliant golden light dimmed all the colors, but was defeated by the colorful colors of the other side.
A crate of gold, a crate of gems.
A very strong person, he smiled reservedly, "Five hundred imperial gold coins, three hundred cut hexagonal gemstones, are you still satisfied with my meeting gift?", he had something to say, telling Wren that this is just a meeting gift, and there will be other benefits later, and also told Wren that the meeting gift will give so many things, and the reward will definitely be more and better.
Wren raised his hand to hold down the box, and the whole room returned to its previous calm and brightness, he looked at the nobleman and asked, "Explain your intention." β
"I hope you can let Maester Colin and his friends go, it's just a gesture for you, and at the same time you can gain the friendship of me, and more. "I believe you should know how to weigh the weight of the two, wealth and status, and countless enemies and angers. β
Wren smiled and nodded, "I'll think it through." He paused, "It's presumptuous, I haven't asked your name yet?"
"Grace!"
"Mr. Grace, in three days' time, I will give a formal reply. β
Grace nodded, and turned away on his toes.
Seeing Grace's back gradually disappearing, and the footsteps gradually fading away, Wren picked up the bell on the table and shook it, and someone immediately appeared outside the door, "Check this Grace carefully, interpersonal relationships, nobles and commoners who have been in contact in the past few days, what hobbies do they have, everything, check everything for me." β
"Threaten me?"
"Huh!"
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