There was a glimmer of light in the old city lord's narrowed eyes, and then he smiled and nodded: "The two of you look very sure." ”

"He's a person who likes to pursue excitement the most, and when he gambles with others, he always likes to press this kind of unpopular result, no matter what he says, he doesn't listen, but ......" Seeing that Babu didn't speak, Monica's watery gaze swept over his face, and his laughter was low and slightly hoarse, "However, for so long, I have never seen him lose, I hope this time Your Majesty can teach him a lesson for me." ”

Babu just smiled and didn't say a word, picked up Anna and sat her on her lap, holding Anna's hand under the table with one hand, and twisting the snack on the table with the other and stuffing it into her mouth. The little thing chewed with a smile, and by the way, he chewed a few more fingers that stuffed the food in, one big and one small, and the two played quite harmoniously.

"Well, let's see the results." The old city lord didn't refute anything, leaned back in his chair, and happily stared at the battle that was about to start in the cage.

Although the prisoners were armed with weapons, a look at the way they held the daggers could conclude that none of them had any combat experience, while the four mastiffs had sharp teeth and red eyes, which were not only fierce but also hungry, and it seemed that it only took a few seconds to tear the three male prisoners with small daggers to pieces.

As a result, the cage was immediately filled with the wailing of three people, especially when several dogs were getting closer and closer, and one of them had even peed his pants directly under the stimulation of fear, trembling and unable to stand up.

But the old city lord did not see this scene, he closed his eyes and listened to the cries and pleadings full of fear, as if he was enjoying something, and after a long time of reminiscence, he opened his eyes and nodded with a smile.

With a whistle, the four mastiffs pounced viciously at one of the prisoners, the dagger in the prisoner's hand trembled, soft and powerless, and even the dog's fur was hit without knowing where to go, and the prisoner was also pounced on by the mastiff, and the drooling fangs had reached the prisoner's throat.

The old city lord licked his lips, his eyes full of anticipation, but just as the sharp teeth were about to bite down, the four dogs suddenly stopped moving at the same time.

As if they had discovered something strange, the movements of the four dogs were very uniform, and they all raised their heads sharply, completely ignoring the prisoners who had been brought to their mouths, and stared directly at the few spectators who were drinking tea outside the cage with red eyes, and then bared their fangs and let out a menacing low growl.

The old city lord frowned, looked sideways at the Babu and the others, the three of them were drinking tea, teasing the children, and no one behaved abnormally, but the four dogs looked restless, staring at this side.

No, it's more than restless.

The strongest of the four dogs suddenly let out a whimper, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, picked up his tail, whimpered and hid in the corner, and then the other three dogs followed in its footsteps, and after whimpering in the corner with their tails between them, they didn't care about eating, and simply went back to the place where they came, and barked a few times through the trapdoor, but they didn't know what they saw, and with a wail, they even stopped barking, and hid inside without saying a word.

The old lord's gaze turned to Babu and Monica again, and the two of them still looked faint, and they couldn't tell if they had done anything.

Several of the servants were frightened and went into the hut and shouted loudly, but the four dogs did not dare to show their heads again, but only whimpered and hid deeper.

"Tsk, it looks like something strange has happened." While teasing Anna, Babu said without looking up, "It seems that four cute puppies don't want to have a full meal today." ”

The old city lord's expression was cloudy, staring at the three prisoners in the cage who were still dazed, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly showed a fierce face, as if he had just made up his mind, and opened his mouth to say something, when he heard Babu's low laughter.

"Are you sure?" Babu's voice was low, like the whisper of a monster in a nightmare, "It is true that you can win by executing them now, but Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?" Those vicious dogs are actually very smart, hehehe......"

The old city lord lowered his eyes, stared at the table of the tea table, listened to the wailing of the mastiff in the hut and the scolding of the servants, stared for a long time, he suddenly laughed in a low voice, pointed at the Babu and nodded with a smile: "Good, good, great, this time you win beautifully, willing to gamble and lose, since there was no agreed bet before, then I will mention one casually, the three of them, since even the dog is not willing to attack them, there must be no guilt, I am the most faithful to the promise, I will pardon them first." ”

"Heh, it doesn't matter what the stakes are, it's the process that matters." Babu stopped feeding and said with a smile, "However, since Your Majesty is magnanimous and willing to spare the three of them for their lives, it means that they are lucky to meet Your Majesty who is so considerate of the people's feelings." Presumably, there are still many words of gratitude to be said between them and Your Majesty, so we will not bother Your Majesty. ”

"Okay, okay." The old city lord couldn't see joy or anger on his face, nodded very calmly, and said earnestly, "Don't forget the celebration banquet tomorrow night, I will ask the ceremonial officer to send you an invitation card after a while, you must come, if you don't come to participate in this kind of activity, you will look down on our Donggu City." ”

"Ha, thinking that there are food waiting for me in Donggu City, how could we not come."

Babu smiled and got up, stroked his chest and bowed, picked up Anna and Monica and turned to leave, and did not look back, as soon as he left the garden, there was a continuous sound of porcelain breaking behind him.

"Tsk, this man doesn't have the demeanor of a gambler at all." Babu looked calm and whispered in Monica's ear, "I feel sorry for him for the tea that is several times the price of gold." ”

"What's more distressing is the teapot, I took a closer look at the set of teaware, the craftsmanship is quite exquisite, it is estimated that I can't buy it without forty or fifty silver coins." Monica also covered her mouth and snickered, "But, you guy really want to come out, use Anna to scare the vicious dog, you be careful if the little guy knows and cry to you." ”

"How is it possible, our Anna is so well-behaved." As he walked here, Babu held Anna high in front of him with his armpits, fiddling with her arms and said, "Look, left fist, right fist, be more obedient." ”

"Poof", no accident, the happy Anna who was fiddled with turned into a fountain again in order to express her joy, and sprayed all the black tea that had just been poured into her stomach on Babu's face, and at the same time slapped her left and right slap, and slapped it with an extremely obedient crackle, which made Monica laugh for a while, but laughing and laughing, she suddenly sighed deeply, shook her head and said: "Seriously, I'm really a little scared of this person, his mood change is completely without warning, there is no way to judge, whether he will suddenly go crazy and change his face in the next second." ”

"It's normal, that's why normal people are afraid of mad dogs, so when you see a mad dog, it's best to kill it directly, and if you can't kill it, you should be scared of it and don't dare to bite it." Babu put Anna around her neck, and then very skillfully wiped the tea off her face, and then said seriously, "However, I seem to have a little association, which is the problem of Ira's attitude. ”

"Huh?"

"There." Just now Anna raised her head, just facing the location of the castle construction, just saw the towering scaffolding, Babu pointed to the scaffolding, and nodded at the statue of Ila, "Originally, the tallest building in the city was the statue of Ila, hehe, of course, but now ......"

Monica looked up and said thoughtfully, "Indeed, after the castle was completed, it seems that it has surpassed the height of the idol of Ira." ”

"Hmm."

"I remember he mentioned to that Matthew just now, this was still Donggu Town before, and it was he who turned Donggu Town into Donggu City, that is, Ira became the goddess of Donggu Town, and it was under his rule that it was done? But he doesn't look like faith or awe right now. So, Ira thinks he, and even the city, has betrayed her, so he wants to punish her? ”

"It's possible, and I don't think it's necessarily just 'feeling', Ira should have sensed some kind of sign, so she wants to punish the whole city directly." Babu sighed, looked around to see if there was really no one, and then said, "But Abby...... Well, probably not so, so Erie gave her this chance. Well, maybe so. And I suspect that he may well really be dying. ”

"Huh?" Monica asked suspiciously, "Why did you suddenly come to such a conclusion?" ”

"Because he has asked several times whether those who are favored by the gods can be young forever." "I don't understand why he asked me, but it's clear that he really wants to know, and he doesn't want to let go of any of them." ”

Monica thought about it and nodded: "Do you think that he doesn't want to die, so he can't wait to regain his youth, but Ira doesn't seem to be able to meet his requirements, so he doesn't hesitate to betray Ella?" ”

"I'm not sure, I can only say it's possible." Babu shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, "But that's not the point, the point is, unless we sneak away, and if Ira doesn't stop it, we will inevitably face their contradictions, are you going to run away like this?" ”

"What do you say?" Monica smiled proudly, "Our Monica and Babu Chamber of Commerce, no matter how you say it, also represents the honor of Sol Town, if you just run away like this, if it is spread, if someone comes out of Sol Town in the future, don't be laughed to death by other people in the world." ”

"Huh? Doesn't it represent the royal city of Vera? ”

"Dead child, I want to be beaten again." Monica sneered, secretly twisted Babu's arm, and said with a blank look, "Moreover, I really hate this father and son, especially the city lord, he simply treats killing as a kind of enjoyment, I kind of know how his son's habit came from." I think the Second Highness and the Third Highness are right, the city lord is really a madman, and it is never a good thing to hand over the tens of thousands of people of Donggu City and the future of the city to this kind of person. ”

"But that's what you think." Babu retorted, "What if the people of East Valley don't think so? ”

"Huh?" Monica was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "I'm doing something for my own mood and preferences, and I'm not doing something for those people in Donggu City." So, why should I care if they think so, as long as I think it's enough. ”

"Well said, I like this answer, I like it very much." Babu breathed a sigh of relief, seemed to be completely relieved, and smiled, "Then let's see if His Majesty the City Lord can really live it, but maybe not everyone wants His Majesty to really live it, what do you say, Your Highness the Baron." ”

Monica and Babu stopped together and turned around, and when they looked back, His Highness the Baron was hurrying to catch up.

The baron had a red mark on his forehead, as if he had been hit by something, and he happened to hear Babu's question at this time, and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, three sirries, I just asked Your Majesty for instructions and delayed for a while, and now I just caught up." Today's meeting is over, please get in the car, and I will take you back to the hotel. ”

The two laughed and followed the silent baron all the way out of the palatial castle, and it was already afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and when the construction area with the shelves was still the same as before, a group of prisoners were driven to work endlessly.

The number of pedestrians outside had obviously increased a lot, and it was supposed that they had finished their day's work and began to go home one after another, which made the street look more lively than usual, and several people boarded the carriage all the way without saying a word, until the carriage drove out of the castle, the baron breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is very angry, I haven't seen Your Majesty lose his temper so much for several years." ”

Babu patted his head and said regretfully: "Oh, it's our fault, if I had known that His Majesty cared so much, I wouldn't have proposed to make the last bet." ”

"Hehe, what Your Excellency Babu said is really ......" The baron shook his head with a smile, "I understand the thoughts of the two of you, the more Your Majesty is jealous of you, the more you will pay attention to your attitude, but you two must be careful, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not forget today's events so easily afterwards." ”

"If we really wait until the aftermath, do we still need to worry about whether 'Your Majesty' will forget today's events?" Babu smiled and said, "Your Highness must think so. ”

"Your Excellency, stop kidding." The baron smiled reservedly, but he still couldn't help but ask, "Did you make any discoveries when you said that?" ”

"Well, we feel that His Majesty's health problems are really a bit ...... Worry. Babu said very tactfully, "As for how serious it is, we need to wait and see, by the way, that Matthew ...... just now."

"That is the general that His Majesty relies on the most, and he has followed His Majesty all his life." The baron explained, "With the exception of my former direct troops, the troops of East Valley City are all under the command of Matthew, and Your Majesty has taken a fancy to his absolute loyalty. Why, will this person have any effect? ”

"It's hard to say, but Your Highness still said before, collect the oil as soon as possible, the sooner the better, I have to add some things to it, if they go out tomorrow, it is estimated that they will not be able to catch up, but let's take a look again, I hope tomorrow's celebration banquet can really be held as scheduled." Okay, thank you Your Highness for sending us back, tonight we made an appointment with the four of the other Chamber of Commerce to go to the edge of the east to do some errands, so as not to disturb Your Highness's nightlife, see you tomorrow. ”

The baron was no longer polite, and put the three men at the door of the inn, and then ordered the coachman to drive away, and the time of his departure was so coincidental that he did not see it, and not a minute after he left, another carriage of extravagant magnificence stopped at the same place at the door of the inn, and a face full of temptation appeared at the window, and the white teeth bit the jade cigarette holder, and smiled ambiguously at the two of them.