CHAPTER XVII

The king laughed again, and said, "Why am I willing to kill you?" and with that, he yawned and said lazily, "As for Darla and Felder, for the time being, I will leave them at that, and Katasmo will take care of them for me." ... ≦, go wash up, hehe, I'll treat you, there are a lot of new tricks now......"

The Baroness felt sick in her heart, the king was still the same, and the palace was still the same, and it seemed that no matter what happened, it would not stop the king from having fun. The Baroness secretly lamented her misfortune, and managed to escape from this cage, but was sent back again by Felder's night attack on Dala Camp.

But how could a shrewd man as Marquis Feld be stupid enough to send a woman who was his enemy back to the palace?

If the self-righteous king had been willing to ponder further, he would have found a contradiction in this.

From the time the baroness was captured to the time she was returned to the court, the Marquis de Feld had a great deal of time to dispose of the baroness. For the Marquis, it is not a problem to kill a small baroness at will, he dares to forcibly take over the Nelson region, occupy it first and then appoint it, what else will he fear? However, it will be a greater gain for him to let a living baroness return to the palace to help him spy on intelligence and hasten the process of the end of the current king's rule.

Ever since the night attack on Darla's camp, Felder had understood that the suspicion between himself and the king had formed, and there was no other way to protect himself than to find a way to bring down the current king. Besides, that was the fundamental purpose of his desire to get the Thunder Sword. The reason why he did not take advantage of the situation after the night attack to capture the Stanley area in one fell swoop was because he still had scruples about other nobles and did not want to become the target of public criticism.

To gain true power and throne. The water must be muddyed first.

The Baroness happens to be the perfect candidate. It is no accident that she has won the favor of the king, and she can be in the deep palace for a long time. Becoming the lover of the king's confidant must have something extraordinary. It's just that. Such a woman, to control her, is not an ordinary interest can be impressed.

To this end, Felder followed the Faceling's advice and had his mage concoct a magic potion for the Baroness, who he sent back to the palace after making sure she was addicted. He was convinced that the potion could firmly control her to do things for herself.

The baroness who knew the king knew that the king was suspicious by nature. If she had been sent to the palace in a provocative manner by the Marquis de Feld, she would have regained the king's trust.

In the future, she will be able to find a way to gather the latest information she has obtained to the marquis, and as the marquis expects, she will sow distrust and arouse the king's suspicion and actions against the other nobles.

By the time of the civil strife in Stanley. If another powerful nobleman comes out to calm the situation, he will be able to maximize the benefits.

Of all the nobles, only the Marquis of Herbert now has the strength to set things right.

"What is this for?" Although he had known that the king was constantly playing with new tricks, he followed the king and suddenly saw the strange big roulette wheel. The Baroness could not resist making such an inquiry, and at the same time was very afraid that her suspicion would be confirmed, but it was obvious. Her guess was correct.

"Don't be afraid. I'll find someone to demonstrate first. You'll know how to play. ”

This huge roulette wheel has two layers, the first layer is written with words such as "head", "chest", "abdomen", "hands", "legs", "feet", "neck", etc., which indicate the parts of the human body, and the second layer is written with "whipping", "knife cutting", "axe cutting", "acupuncture", "medicine", "dog bite" and other frightening verb phrases written at first sight. Both decks can be rotated freely. The pointer in the middle of the wheel. It is a wooden trough fixed to the ground, just the size of one person.

The king said, "Bring it up." ”

Left and right. Immediately brought a little girl about ten years old up. It turned out that the king's preference for young girls and his penchant for torturing girls for fun had long been a secret known to the nobles. In order to curry favor with the king, many nobles often paid tribute to the king as young slave girls.

Two soldiers skillfully tied the little girl to a wooden trough in the middle of the roulette wheel.

The little girl was facing upwards with her eyes rolling, looking at the people around her with a frightened expression, tears streaming from her eyes, but not a single cry or scream.

The king said, "Let's take a gamble." ”

"How do you bet?" said the baroness.

"When the roulette wheel kicks in, we'll start betting on which part of her body will be punished in what way. Any guess is worth one point, two points for both, and zero points for both. How's that? It's easy, let's have a hand. ”

"I'm not sure about betting with Your Majesty, I'm really afraid of Your Majesty if I lose nine out of ten bets. Or don't gamble, I can't just admit defeat?" the baroness sneered, squinting at the little girl, full of sympathy, hoping to avoid the terrible abuse that the little girl would suffer next.

"Throw in the towel, you know, what happens to those who lose?" the king laughed slyly.

The baroness couldn't help but shudder, but still smiled reluctantly: "If you lose, will Your Majesty still 'punish' me like before, that's great, I'd rather admit defeat." ”

"Of course not, you think beautifully!" said the king, laughing, and then his face sank, "and if you lose, lie down and make your own gambling equipment." ”

The baroness couldn't laugh anymore, her face was full of fear, she knew the king's temperament, this was definitely not for her to talk about, seeing that the other party was in high spirits, she knew that she couldn't hide this time no matter what, and if she lost, the consequences would be unimaginable...... But after glancing at the little girl who was silently weeping, she plucked up her courage again and asked, "What if I win by luck?"

"If you win, then I will agree to whatever you ask. When the time comes, you can still ask me to 'punish' you as I did before. But bet with me, your odds are not great. The king was very happy, and it was a great pleasure for him to admire the look of fear on his face.

The baroness could no longer laugh, and cold sweat began to break out on her forehead and palms.

"Let's start, I'll bet on the fire. The king laughed, "What about you?"

"Can I bet the same as you?"

"Nonsense! Of course not. ”

"Then I'll be whipped in my stomach. ”

"What's so fun about beating your stomach! If you do win, it's boring. The king said, waving his hand.

The roulette wheel began to spin. (To be continued.) )