Chapter 180: From luxury to frugality!
Ted picked up Steve, raised his right hand by the way, and motioned for the people around him to stand back: "Okay, you can step down, this is the crime scene, I hope you can protect it!" Collect the evidence and then pack it up! Your Highness Steve, I'm going to take it away! ”
As a guard, you can't block the prince's trip, but if you look at it according to the rules, it is necessary for you to remind: "This... His Royal Highness Steve just got a piece of the crown! It's better not to go out as much as possible... Because... If the crown fragment is taken away, the right to the throne will be automatically lost..."
Ted shook his head, thinking about the shabby piece of the crown lying in his safe, turned to the captain of the guard and complained, "Don't worry, no one can take it!" No one knows where the fragment is..."
The person who wants to take things from Ted has not yet been born, and there are some important documents that even the wives can't take, let alone these ordinary people.
So, taking away the crown fragments is a fool's dream!
If they really plan to steal the crown, they must cross the Gobi to reach the north, and according to the estimated time, it will take at least half a month to forcibly march...
Those who know will think that they are going to war, and those who don't know will think that they will collectively go to the north to form a group to beg.
It's just that there is one more thing Ted can't figure out, and even Chris is confused!
It stands to reason that this kind of heirloom crown, which is used as a token, is rarely shown to others! Only Duke and above can view it.
But Steve didn't mind, he just looked disgusted... Throw the precious crown shard in Ted and Chris's faces, and let them keep it instead of themselves.
On top of that, you have to say, 'Is this a token or a token?' It's not as good as two rolls of toilet paper in the toilet! ’
Maybe it's because Steve doesn't believe it's really useful. Or is it disgusted that the crown is too plain...
Coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven is often much more effective than a piece of jade seal that breaks the country! As long as he has an elite modern army in his hands and honors his father with a kind face, the rest will fall into place.
Besides, if you want to be an emperor and rely on a useless crown to go to the town, it is better to invite a few beautiful women to pole dance to gain more prestige.
Without the support of the majority of nobles, no matter how gorgeous the crown is, it is only a luxury decoration, and it is possible that this decoration will be snatched away in the next second.
In addition to these, this crown does not even deserve to be called a crown, and its shabby appearance, to say that he is a crown is simply an insult to the Xueman Empire.
Because the two empires of the north and south were one family, and when they were separated, the crown was snatched away by the south, and the north had no money at that time, so it could only make do with the existing funds to redo a crown...
And this crown has been used in this way, although the empire later made a magnificent crown for the emperor to attend important occasions, but this historic crown has been handed down in another way.
Seeing this, Chris instantly had a plan...
Perhaps awakened by the tragic events he had learned about in the books, he thought of a way to prevent it!
Because no one knows what will become of Steve! Just by seeing the disgruntled look on his crown, you could guess that he was definitely going to change to a new one...
For this reason, it is necessary to make a plan just in case, which may never be used, but it must not be without!
If the future emperor has a lot of evil thoughts about the crown, he has made hundreds of thousands of crowns at the expense of the people... But it's about to stir up public indignation.
Think about the beginning, the great wisdom of France Louis XIV to Louis XVI...
In addition to spending a lot of money on useless beds, I also made a bunch of wigs that were barely used.
If Steve is rich and powerful because the country is rich, he will endlessly customize the crown...
Even if things like gold and gemstones have no scientific value, and the quantity is very large and worthless, try to reduce the obsession with this aspect.
There are not a few emperors who have fallen because of the loss of their minds because of playthings, so it's best to avoid them!
It's better to be blocked, Dayu and his father have not figured out the truth of water treatment all his life, but Chris is very clear.
If you want Steve, before he wants to spend like a nouveau riche with a vengeance, you have to dispel his thoughts and play big!
Directly let Leonardo da Vinci design a top crown that cannot be surpassed in a hundred years, and can be passed on for eternity! Meet Steve all at once! Let him be a good tool man, don't make trouble!
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Half an hour later, Ted helped Chris to a luxury hotel in the city that only served the aristocracy, and checked into the royal suite.
But even the Royal Suite, compared to Steve's cottage in the North, is more than 108,000 miles away.
In terms of toilets and baths alone, this place is not up to standard!
In addition, when you open the window, the smell that comes to your face is simply like the 80-year-old sauce-flavored cellar of the shell lang! Just smelling it, those with low tolerance will foam at the mouth on the spot and die at the speed of light!
Judging from Ted's years of bad taste experience, he can tell what the whole street ate yesterday when he moves his nose!
In the imperial city, the people in the aristocratic commercial street have a good standard of living, and the strong smell of sulfur dioxide rotten eggs shows that they have not eaten less meat!
One guy even ate fried chicken overnight! The taste is comparable to that of stinky tofu in '82, sprinkled with green and stinky blue cheese!
"Gross!" Ted retched and quickly closed the window!
Although the old wooden planks in the house have long been pickled by excrement, the faint smell of perfume can still save it! Let the air barely smell!
In such an environment, it is enough to experience the wilderness for a day or two, but if you experience it for a long time, Ted can't stand it! Others are not very good: "Forget it, let's get together here today for the night, tomorrow I will call the plane, pick us up at night, and send us back to the imperial capital during the day!" ”
In order to be able to fall asleep, Steve specially used precious toilet paper to stuff a long barrel into his nostrils...
Responding in a funny and muffled voice: "I think it's okay!" I didn't want to stay in this place at all! It's hard to go from luxury to frugality! I'm used to the high quality of life in the north, and when I come back, I want to vomit when I go to a dry toilet! Mosquitoes and flies flying all over the sky! The kind of toilet in the castle, thrown from top to bottom, I can barely accept it! You can go to the toilet to wipe your butt, you have to use salmon fillet! The thought of this thing being covered in parasites makes me uncomfortable! ”
Ted covered his head, pulled out a roll of toilet paper from his pocket, and quipped, "Didn't you bring toilet paper with you?" ”
"Bring it! Gotta cover your nose! Ay! ”
Listening to the conversation between the two of them, which was completely unaristocratic, Joseph laughed...
"Hey, hey, hey... Puff..."
"Who's there!" Listening to the unfamiliar voice, Steve vigilantly touched the right side of his body, ready to pull out his weapon and paste his face with 9mm peanuts at any time!
"Eh, eh! It's me, Joseph! ”
As soon as the words fell, a man wearing a futuristic sci-fi version of the invisible suit appeared in the field of vision!
"Mr. Prince, long time no see..."
"You've been around, haven't you?"
"That's true..."
"In that case, how do you feel about my performance?"
"It's... There are many people, even if we have technology, we are afraid of accidents! Why don't we talk about it tomorrow, and when the time comes, I'll write a report and reassess your standards..."
"No problem, then I'll wait for your good news?"
"Yes, Mr. Steve..."
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At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, according to the rules of the celebration, all the princes who are qualified to win the throne will go to the martial arts competition!
The venue of this tournament is set in the exclusive dueling arena of the royal family!
This is the rule set by the ancestors, everyone who inherits the throne must have a vicious gangster in his hands!
If you fold here, you won't pass the test of 'martial arts', and you won't be able to be an emperor!
According to convention, if you want to become the emperor of the Xueman Empire, you can not study, or you can not ask about the government, but you must have martial virtue!
And the aspect of martial virtue is reflected here...
Only in the face of the most vicious gangsters can still maintain their sanity and kill the opposite person! is worthy of being an emperor!
Although Ted and Steve didn't know what this would do for being emperors, it was a rule set by their ancestors after all!
If the one who is sent to the field is really a vicious death row prisoner, forget it, so you can exercise your courage and face the tiger head-on!
But now the ones sent out are basically caught from the slums, and they haven't had much to eat for a month!
If you want such a crooked melon and cracked jujube to train the heart of the future emperor, you have to be at least a patient who has suffered from cerebral thrombosis and hemorrhoids for 20 years to come up with it...
Just as he was complaining, Ted noticed the emperor with a cloudy face, he seemed to know what happened last night, but he didn't plan to do anything to the eldest prince...
Later, after being instructed by someone who understood, Ted learned the secret...
In terms of aristocratic support, Eddie and Galen are on par, but the religious power in the hands of the eldest prince is much greater than that of the second prince! That's where the tricky part begins!
This is a religious country, the monarchy is divinely granted, and it is not a simple matter to ask a senior god about the sin!
And the eldest prince Eddie, as a qualified high-level god, perfectly combines the cripples of his body with his wolf-criticized gods!
The loss of his legs is not a disability, but God needs his legs to fight the devil! The reason why it is difficult to reproduce is because God needs His things to punish the devil...
But even so, according to the laws of the empire and the precepts, killing one's father is not allowed, and even a fleeting thought will lead to death!
So! Even if Emperor Lester doesn't plan to investigate deeply for the sake of the overall situation and his own face, he will still go through the motions in the church.
As long as the words of the great prince are convinced by everyone, he will be acquitted...
When Ted learned about this, he quickly turned on the walkie-talkie, commissioned Agent Mole, and found an old iron who was proficient in theology in the empire to help! Strive to suppress the momentum of the eldest prince in advance.
...
Not long after the message was sent, the mole replied.
"Your Excellency... Such people are not easy to find, people who understand the theology of the Imperial Church, have rich experience in judging cases, and are on our side or in neutrality, there are no people at all! But... If you don't mind people who were once enemies, there is a priest in his 190s in Baron Tomato's domain, he has presided over many cases of murder of his father, named Martin, who came as a refugee, and was later taken in by Baron Tomato, and now goes to the Cult of the Sun God, because he is literate and literate, he is a probationary deacon, and he has a follower named Bruce..."
"Hmm... I see, I'll find someone to contact them right away..."
Putting down the walkie-talkie, Ted didn't plan to contact the priest named Martin directly...
There's still something important to do!
He wanted to see how the eldest prince, who appeared as the first to face the outlaws, would deal with the crisis in front of him.
...
Five minutes later...
The eldest prince sat in a wheelchair and was supported by others to the west side of the dueling arena.
Immediately afterward, a thin prisoner was thrown out by a group of jailers from the east.
"The duel begins! The Great Prince Andy! Take on the most vicious gangsters! For the glory of the royal family, and for the future emperor to be full of martial virtues! Please applaud..."
Seeing this, everyone began to applaud and pat on the back, and many nobles were still applauding in the stands...
On the field, the eldest prince raised his hand with a smile in response, not caring about the strength of the gangster, it seemed that he already knew what would happen next...
It took a full half minute for Andy to lower his arm, pick up a thousand-pound winch crossbow from his wheelchair, and aim at the crumbling gangsters in front of him...
If you don't shoot again, the person in front of you may fall due to excessive hunger.
At that point, I won't be able to hang my face...
'Aim...'
Andy is the first time to officially use this thing to hit people, before they were all practicing target shooting, and they didn't shoot people directly with it, but now when I see a real person, I realize that shooting is not an easy task.
Especially the moving target... Although he was only moving faster than the husk who was running on the dung egg.
But in the eyes of the eldest prince, this prisoner is like Bolt who has eaten Huagoshi and has no time to go to the toilet, with his own nitrogen acceleration, he can be comparable to a rocket when he jumps out, and even surpasses the first cosmic speed!
In the eyes of everyone, the prisoner was already dying, and the spear in his hand was a weapon rather than a heavy crutch, which allowed him to barely move...
After another five seconds, the 'extremely vicious' man, who was already cold, saw clearly the prince in front of him who was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a winch crossbow aimed at him...
Seeing this, a strong desire to survive hit!
This body can't fight hard! At this time, you can earn as much as you can! Being able to feel a little more sunlight is a gift from the gods!
In order to struggle for one more second on the death line, he chose to move sideways!
The next moment, the eldest prince Andy felt that the time had come, and immediately pulled the trigger and shot the crossbow arrow...
This time, the prisoner was right, and the arrow flew out of the back of his head.
“...”
In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Andy turned his head to look at his new guard, Justin: "Whew... What a tough enemy! ”
The guard Justin hurriedly knelt down on one knee to reload the prince, and with his not very smart brain, he opened his mouth and said, "Yes! Your Highness, it is said that this man has killed a demon in a village, and it is not easy to deal with him! ”
In the stands, Ted and Steve can only cover their heads to hide their embarrassment...
"Steve, I think such an enemy can be killed in seconds with one finger!"
The enemy of such a weak chicken is simply an insult to the traditions of the empire! Steve complained disdainfully: "Hey... I think I'll be able to send him away with a sneeze..."
"Oh? Are you sure? I don't believe it! Unless you sneeze and kill him instantly! ”
"Then you can kill it with one finger?"
"Really..."
"Ted! Don't argue with me! I can't talk about you! ”
"Hey, hey, hey, let's go practice more..."
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