Seeing that Locke had the intention of shirking, the king frowned slightly, and then said with a smile: "I understand your concerns, you can live in the palace now and think about it slowly." ”

"It is my pleasure, Your Majesty." Locke nodded in agreement.

After the conversation with the king, Locke was led by the guards to a room in a royal palace to rest.

After the guards left, Locke left behind an apparition, and the real body had used invisibility to quietly enter the king's room, and watched a guard carry a covered plate of dishes in front of the king.

When the guards left, the king opened the lid, revealing what was on the plate, the corpse of a white snake.

The white snake was still raw without any cooking, and the king took a knife and fork, cut it open, and put a piece of bloody snake meat in his mouth.

The king's behavior verified Locke's guess that he was the king in the fairy tale White Snake, but Locke couldn't help but complain: "Just eat the White Snake raw, and I'm not afraid of the parasites inside." ”

Of course, the king has been eating raw snake meat for many years, and now there is nothing to do, and most of the time there is no need to worry about this problem, and Locke also knows that it is by relying on these snake meat that the king can be famous for his wisdom throughout the country.

After eating the snake's meat, the king began to speak softly, and soon a little mouse ran out and made a squeaking sound.

The two sides began to talk, and soon Locke understood that the king was letting the rats spy on him.

"Sure enough, this is the source of the king's 'wisdom', relying on these white snake meat, the king has the ability to talk to animals."

With a smile on his lips, Locke quietly left and returned to the room the king had arranged for him.

As expected, it didn't take long for the rat to notice the rat coming in through a rat hole in the room, hiding in the corner and secretly observing Locke.

With a sneer in his heart, Locke seemed to have found nothing, cleaned up and rested.

For the next few days, there will be different visitors around Locke every day, rats, birds, ducks, it can be said that it is extremely lively.

The king proudly thought he was in control of Locke's every move, but he didn't know that his every word and deed was under Locke's magical watch.

This king was an ordinary person, and there were no magicians in the entire palace, so it was impossible to detect Locke's magic.

These days, Locke receives the King's warm hospitality and earnest requests every day, telling the rebels of their shamelessness and hoping that Locke will help destroy the rebels.

As time passed, Locke pretended to waver, as if he was gradually being persuaded by the king, but in his heart he despised the king.

Thinking that it was pitiful, didn't Locke know that the reason why those rebels appeared was because the king's ancestors were arrogant and lascivious, which made the heavens angry and resentful?

You must know that in order to guide Snow White, Locke knows the history of several surrounding countries.

In addition to spying on the king, Locke has done another thing in the past few days, and that is to find out the source of the white snakes that the king eats.

It turned out that every day a special knight would bring the white snake to the royal palace

Following this line, Locke continued to follow the search, and found that the white snakes were given to the knight by a different person every day.

These people sent the White Snake and left, and actually sneaked into the royal city where the king's alleged rebels were located.

Because he couldn't leave for too long, Locke only sensed the approximate location through the magic mark, thinking that he would definitely go there to find out if he had the opportunity in the future.

Until one day, when Locke was listening to the conversation between the king and the queen, he heard them say something, and Locke's face suddenly showed a happy smile.

It turned out that the queen told the king that her ring was missing, and after thinking about it, the king began to suspect Jim, an honest squire he trusted the most.

It seems that Jim is the guard in the fairy tale who stole the meat of the king's white snake, and he didn't miss him, which means that following Jim, you will have the opportunity to meet the three crows.

In the fairy tale, it was the three crows who helped Jim find the golden apple, and as long as he found the three crows, Locke would not only have a chance to get the golden apple, but also ask where the golden apple tree was.

After some thought, Locke left the room and went to the garden of the palace, pretending to admire the flowers, where Jim was at this time.

After waiting for a while, he saw two guards come to the garden and stop Jim.

Seeing this, Locke walked over and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Master Locke, Jim stole the Queen's ring, and the King told us to bring him over for questioning." One of the guards replied.

"As far as I know, Jim is usually very honest, not like someone who would do something about stealing the queen's ring, is this a misunderstanding." Locke said in surprise at what he heard.

Jim also hurriedly said at this time: "It's not me, I didn't steal the queen's ring." ”

"It's the king's order." The guard emphasized, "The king asked us to take you to him. ”

Looking at the aggrieved and panicked Jim, Locke said: "I believe that Jim is not a person who can steal things, I will go to the king with you and figure things out." ”

The guards knew that Locke was the king's honored guest, and they did not stop them, and the group came to the king together.

"Your Majesty, I definitely don't have Her Royal Highness's ring, you know I'm not that kind of person." As soon as he saw the king, Jim pleaded out loudly.

"Jim, I've always thought you're an honest person, so I trust you and give you the right to come and go anywhere in the palace."

The king looked at Jim and said, "But sometimes, greed can make people do irrational things, and when the queen's ring is lost, the only one who has ever been to the queen's courtyard is you, not you." ”

"Your Majesty, please believe me, it really wasn't me who did it, and my loyalty to you is unmatched." In the face of the king's questioning, Jim did not know how to defend himself for a while, and could only keep telling his innocence.

At this time, Locke spoke: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Jim is an honest man, the ring should not have been stolen by him, maybe it just fell somewhere by accident, if you look carefully, you may be able to find it." ”

The king was thinking about letting Locke help at this time, and he didn't want to directly refute his words, so he thought about it for a moment and said to Jim: "Jim, I'll give you one night, and if you can't find the ring tomorrow, then I'll put you to death." ”

Jim was at first overjoyed, but soon became worried and left dejectedly.

After Jim left, Locke began to say goodbye to the king:

"Your Majesty, the Queen of Lawrence has heard about me, and she does not seem to want me to intervene in the wars of other countries, because it may cause trouble for the Kingdom of Lawrence, so I have to regretfully refuse your request."

The king was already in a bad mood, but after listening to Locke's words at this time, his face became ugly, and he said in a stiff tone: "I see, then forget about this matter, when are you going to continue traveling?" ”

Sure enough, it is to use people to face forward instead of people to face back, and the king has the intention of driving people away.

Locke didn't care, and replied, "It's a pity indeed, I'm going to pack up and leave tomorrow." ”

Bidding farewell to the king, Locke returned to the room, quietly observed Jim's situation, and watched him overhear the duck's conversation as in the fairy tale, and found the ring from the duck's belly, clearing his suspicions.

Locke knew that Jim had stolen the king's white snake meat because of curiosity, and that, like the king, he had the ability to understand animal language, so he heard the clue from the duck's conversation and found the ring.

After finding the ring in the duck's belly, the king went to the other ducks, listened to their conversation, and learned that it was indeed the duck that had eaten the ring himself.

Realizing that he had wronged Jim, the king felt a little guilty and was willing to make amends to him by agreeing to a condition for him.

But Jim, who had eaten the meat of the white snake, understood the origin of the king's reputation for 'wisdom', and his reverence for the king was greatly reduced, and he was a little disheartened because he had been wronged, so he decided to leave the palace.

The king finally gave Jim a horse and gave him a sum of money.

Then Jim left the palace happily with his belongings, thinking that he would be able to make a career if he had the ability to understand animal language.

At the same time, Locke also chose to say goodbye to the king, and the two met by chance at the city gate, and after a brief conversation, the two chose to walk together.

At this time, another task suddenly appeared in the system, that is, to ask Locke to help Jim marry a princess.

Locke couldn't help but frown at this mission, as he found that this mission contradicted his plan to get the golden apple.

(End of chapter)