Chapter 18: Is It a Loyal Minister?
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Is it a dream, I haven't dreamed for a long time, has it been ten years? No, no, no, I haven't dreamed since my family was wiped out, I'm afraid to dream, I'm afraid to see the bloody faces of my wife and children. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)
Sitting on a tall horse, he was once the chief of the king's close guard for honor. The man in front of him was none other than Carmon X, and at this moment he was sitting on a thoroughbred horse decorated with gold and precious stones, how high-spirited and unbeatable.
Corey has been friends of Carmon X since he was a child, and he has always admired his intelligence and wit since he was a child.
Looking around at the civilians who were being driven away by the soldiers, many of them were already looking at their faces.
Due to its location in the northern belt, Natri did not have much food. In addition, the sowing season has been missed due to the recent severe cold, and many fields have not been harvested. This has also happened in previous years, when the people of Natri often took advantage of their geographical advantages to go to the sea to fish to supplement the lack of food.
But when it came to Carmon X, he satisfied his poverty and luxury in order to increase the income of the state. Fishing was heavily taxed and had to be converted into currency in order to be paid. Many people go to the sea to catch fish in order to survive, and sometimes the catch is not enough to survive the winter. Even if it is converted into currency, it is still exploited by merchants in the middle, which makes it impossible for many people to make a living.
As a result, there are many poachers, but in fact, this is also forced by life.
However, Camon X was furious at this, and put all the fishermen's fishing boats under administrative control, and if anyone went to sea without permission, the boats were immediately confiscated and severely punished.
Many of the people of Natri were ruined by this, and this move caused public complaints. Naturally, like many tyrants, Carmon was confident in his military prowess and intelligence, and he suppressed the noises that displeased him, so that the loyal and upright ministers gradually moved away from him, surrounded by traitors.
As a childhood playmate of Carmon X, he could not bear to leave, and more or less explicitly or implicitly persuaded the king, hoping that Carmon X would learn his way back and govern the country well.
However, Camon X always scoffed at the persuasion of this loyal playmate, and warned him that if it were not for the sake of his friend, he would definitely be dealt with according to the law, and hoped that he would not mention those frivolous things in the future.
In the face of his master's unreasonableness, although he felt very uncomfortable, he could not abandon him like everyone else, and the way of loyalty in his bones did not allow him to do so.
Since it is impossible to persuade the master's mistakes, the only way to protect the master is to die, which can be regarded as the way of loyalty.
From now on, I won't say anything in front of this childhood playmate I don't know anymore, I just do my best to protect him.
This is still the case today, and Carmon X patrols himself on his wind-chasing steed, which is said to have been sold by the Orcs, not so much as to show off his royal power to the people, and to warn them not to challenge themselves.
Just as Carmon X was feeling complacent at the sight of the civilians with terrified expressions of fear of his own strength, suddenly a thin figure fell in front of the group, slightly hindering the patrol that had been smooth sailing.
Is it an assassin!? He pressed his hand to the sword at his waist, and if the blocker did something wrong, he would not show mercy.
However, the other party did not show any signs of martial arts, but got up in panic and tried to flee into the crowd.
It seems that he was too thin and squeezed by the crowd, and as a result, he squeezed here through the gap of the soldiers, and was not an intentional assassin.
The danger was eliminated, and I was relieved.
However, the soldiers did not give the child a chance to escape, and drew their swords to surround the terrified child.
Camon X rode leisurely and approached the child, whose body trembled with fear.
The king used his sword to remove the tattered cloak that had covered the child's head, revealing a fairly beautiful face.
It turned out to be a little girl, with a tattered cloak and clothes, barefoot, and some blackened bread in her bosom - trembling violently as she looked at the king, who did not know what he was thinking.
"Will you repent of your sins as a disturbing king?" asked the king.
The little girl, who had never seen such a scene, trembled even more violently, and her eyes were full of tears, and she didn't know how to answer at all.
"Guilty!" Seeing that the other party did not answer his question, the king said to the soldier proudly and angrily, "put her in custody." ”
On the sidelines, I saw an unknown smile on the corner of the monarch's mouth. At this time, I could only sigh helplessly. He was familiar with the king's temper, and it was not a good thing for him to smile like this—it was a pity that he did not dare to dissuade the king, although he had sympathy for the poor commoner girl.
The next day, the king and his ministers were in the palace, and when the meeting was over, the king called the ministers and said that they had gifts.
Then, on the king's orders, the guards brought in a young girl, not so much a maiden, but a little girl, with her body tied to a large shelf, with her feet outstretched, facing the crowd - the girl whom the king had ordered to be held yesterday and had disturbed his patrols.
The girl's body was covered with a large number of bruises, her eyes did not have the brilliance of the previous activity, and the dull and lifeless eyes made her heart ache - it was only an accident that disturbed the patrol, what kind of insult and abuse did the king do to such a little girl!?
"Although I have played with it, but this is still a first-class product, very tight, I wonder if you are interested?" The king introduced the girl in the court like a salesman, using obscene language that did not match his identity, "Do you have anything you want to play? You can bid to buy it, and see who has the most money, she will belong to whom!"
How ridiculous is this! It is unimaginable to sell women in the palace hall like a brothel! Is this really his own king!? Is it really the glorious member of the royal family of Carmon!? The words that he is about to shout must be clenched with his teeth, for fear that he will be scolded because he cannot stand it.
The hall was silent for a long time, and suddenly a voice shouted, "I'll give out ten gold coins!"
When the silence was broken, more voices appeared behind him that they could not hear: "I'll give out twenty!" "I'll give out thirty!" "I'll give out fifty!" "I'll give out a hundred!" ......
That girl doesn't deserve that much money at all! They don't have a special interest in that girl! They do it just to please the king! The dewful king! Tyrant!
I don't know how I spent that day, but when I came home, my family told him, and the corners of his mouth were bitten.
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Why do you remember this event? Perhaps the girl's lost eyes make her unforgettable.
No, it's not. It's just that I don't dare to recall more memorable things.
On that day, the news of the fall of Fils City came, and he was ready to go out with a personal guard of less than 1,000 men and die on the battlefield. At this time, Carmon X, his own king, his former best friend, found him......
And then......
The soldiers, the chaotic footsteps, the crying, the expressions of their own family members falling in a pool of blood one by one, and the cry of their own little son who had just completed the moon...... No, I don't have the courage to think about it!
And then......
The fire, the black smoke, the crying, watching the palace slowly engulfed by the fire, looking at the baby in his arms, the bloody head of the king in his hand, as if it were a dream......
People say that when they see their past constantly appearing in front of their eyes, it is when they are about to die, right? If you have carried out the way of loyalty and righteousness, you should have no regrets, and you are tired, so you can sleep like this, no more dreams, no more memories.
Suddenly, the face of the boy who had been with him for many years appeared in front of him - the boy who had been carried out of the palace and respected himself like a father as he learned swordsmanship.
I can't die now, at least, let the only person I care about in the world leave alive.
Tears welled up in the old swordsman's closed eyes, and his fingers moved slightly......
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