To Four Thousand Years Later

Gothic nobles. It was realized much later that Maester Sodom's arrest was by no means the end of the matter.

On the contrary, it was the beginning of a massacre.

King Shi began to summon some nobles and ministers frequently. They're assigned to answer a series of weird questions...everything from what time you eat for breakfast to whether you've ever taken a bribe or betrayed a goth.

Some went to the palace to answer, and were then invited to lunch or dinner with Benitos the Stone King. Other than that nothing happened.

But there are still some people, after they were invited into the palace, they never came out again.

This made the nobles very uneasy.

They didn't even know if those people were dead or locked up. Even if he had the courage to ask Benito I, he would only be kicked out. So one day, led by a marquis, more than a dozen nobles and relatives of the nobles gathered to discuss urgent countermeasures for this situation. Agnes was one of the invitees. She is the daughter of an earl. Her father had been summoned to the palace by Bo four days ago, and then lost news. She can probably guess that His Majesty is looking for a traitor... But Agnes can be sure that her father never betrayed Goth! However, these feeble words are of no use in front of that Majesty. He would not listen to explanations at all, and it was illegal to try to force an explanation against his will.

So she had no choice but to accept the proposal of the Marquis. Come over for a meeting.

The place they agreed upon was in the box room of the theater, a kind of closed and independent high-rise large room. In order to guard against the possible eyeliner of His Majesty Benito, they announced this meeting under the name of an agreement to watch a play.

She knocked on the door according to the agreed signal, and immediately heard silence in the box.

"who is it?"

A voice said from within.

"Ah Ness Albres. Then the room became silent again. Just when Agnes was puzzled by this and tried to knock on the door again, she felt someone pressing her shoulder, dragged her through the side door "I'm sorry, Miss Agnes.

While Agnes was panicking, a gentle male voice said: "We must make sure that no one follows you. You are the last one...that's all.

Agnes knew him.

It was Sir Amber, a death row inmate who had been imprisoned for fraud and murder, and was now the university wine officer.

Is he here too?

Agnes looked into the house somewhat unexpectedly, and murmured hello to the people around while heading to her place under the guidance of Sir Amber.

There are surprisingly many people here, at least thirty or forty people. She recognized the eldest son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whom she had only met at a ball not long ago; In addition, there are some ministers and nobles, some of them know each other, some don't. There are more people than expected. It seems that many people should have "disappeared suddenly." Where did those people go? Where did his father go? Agnes was confused and wanted to ask a question.

But at this moment. But she noticed that Agraman Wu Jue who invited everyone here was not present.

"What about the Marquis?

Someone asked her one step ahead of her.

"Master Marquis said. He may arrive later." Sir Amber said, "Compared with everyone, it is more difficult for him to get rid of His Majesty's eyeliner.

"So you're the host?"

An unfriendly voice said: "Your status is too low, sir. Change your master.

"My master is not here.

Sir Amber replied calmly.

"But for everyone's agenda, it would be better for me, a mud leg, to witness. After all, I will not divide the interests of any of you, and my status will depend entirely on my master." That's right.

Someone answered: "In the following agenda, no one is more suitable to be the host than Sir Amber. Anyone else has personal tendencies and is difficult to convince the public.

What are they talking about?

Agnes felt more and more confused.

"Guys, we all know that this country is on the verge of collapse.

Sir Umber said loudly, "We all know we have committed no crime, but our king betrayed us.

Some people nodded in agreement.

"Everyone must have known about the Sodom scholar. I don't think he was wrong. Maybe he really wanted to rebel, but he didn't take any actual action after all. Could it be that he wanted to kill someone in his heart? Has he committed the crime of murder? Will he be punished together with the murderer? He just wants to kill, and the punishment is even heavier than that of the criminal who hurts and disables people—he will lose his life!"

"There is nothing more cruel than this! Our Majesty doesn't even allow us to have the slightest dissatisfaction!" Sir Amber stood in the middle of the box, with a gloomy expression on his face, and raised his voice, "As you can see. I repeat again "Our king has betrayed us.

"We must act!"

After he finished speaking, there was silence around him. After a while, a teenager asked, "What are we going to do?"

"What are we going to do? How are we going to do it? What are your plans? What is our role? What are the risks and what are the benefits?"

added the old earl, looking sternly at Sir Umber, and said: "I think you ought to tell us, sir. We have a right to know.

"The servant next to King Stone is already my master's man, and he completely obeys all orders of my master. Of course, he can poison King Stone's wine," Sir Ambo said. My master is king. If you do, you will have higher titles, higher offices, and great wealth.

"I hope that everyone can avoid any unreasonable thoughts. Maybe you don't know, but in fact, there is no noble in Gothic who is more powerful than my lord. If you have the alchemy item that monitors lies in your hands, then You can know that I am not lying. Speaking of this, Sir Amber paused, saw several nobles nodded, and then continued: "I need to know, is there anyone here who is willing to support my master? Sorry if you don't want to. However, I need to keep you all here until the dust settles. Prevent leakage of wind noise.

"All who would support my master's rule over Neo-Gothic. Raise your hand."

After Sir Ruo Anbo's voice fell, three or four hands were raised soon. Seven or eight hands followed, and finally nearly thirty people raised their hands. Agnes was too scared to breathe.

Are they going to rebel? ! What happened, weren't they wronged? !

So, should I raise my hand, or not? Betrayal is immoral, but not betraying will kill you "I will not betray Your Majesty.

Another elderly earl who had been silent since entering the door stood up and said forcefully: "I have watched His Majesty grow up, and he will never become a tyrant. What he has done must be meaningful, traitor It is you! If your master displeases me, let him imprison me here. But I demand that I eat and drink like a count.

"You will have the dignity of a Marquis. Sir Amber smiled silently: "From tomorrow on, you will be a Marquis. The old earl raised his brows and shouted sharply: "What I said is that I will not join forces with you."

"you are right,

A reserved and elegant voice came from the door.

Many people immediately recognized the source of the voice—it was the Marquis of Black Hart who summoned them here.

The Marquis easily opened the door from the outside. He was followed by heavily armed soldiers. The nobles were all dumbfounded, not knowing what happened.

"All those who are ready to betray His Majesty will be arrested and beheaded. The adult males in the family will be exiled to Spain, and the females and youngest sons will be reduced to slavery.

The Marquis calmly ordered: An Bo, testify. Don't let anyone raise their hands.

Yes, my lord. "

"You betrayed us!" Someone screamed. An Bo just turned his head back with a smile: "I didn't lie, not a word. But you don't know, my master is not the Marquis... but His Majesty.

"You shouldn't trust a liar's words. Not from the beginning. You may have just thought about it before, but now you have actual actions-this is enough to convict you." An Bo sneered, smiling at Agnes: "Ah Miss Ness, I knew you would choose this way. You and your father are both upright people... Please don't think too much, the Earl will be home soon. All the adults stay in the palace for the time being, just for today's event It's just a scene." Agnès felt chills in her back. She opened her mouth. Can't say a word, can only laugh dryly.