Chapter 425: Brotherly Enemy Wall
Great events continued in the imperial capital, but the construction of the statues of the founders never stopped.
However, the manager of this construction site has changed now. The eldest prince Bai Zhan unfortunately died, and his fourth brother took over.
Fourth Prince Bai Si is more radical than many people imagined. Most people originally thought that Bai Si would slowly accept what Bai Zhan left behind, on the one hand for reputation; In order to ensure the progress of the statue of the founding fathers.
What I didn’t expect was that Bai Si killed a group of people just after he took office. The reason is very simple: the emperor’s brother is dead, and you confidants deserve to die for not fulfilling your duty to protect him.
This thunderous method caught many people who were still watching by surprise. When they reacted, the fourth prince's sharp blade was already on his throat.
Either work for him or die directly, simple multiple choice question.
Coupled with the influence and prestige of Cardinal Calado of the Golden Dawn, in just two days, Bai Si integrated half of the resources left by Bai Zhan.
What is even more surprising is that Bai Si did not pocket those resources, but instead stepped up his investment in the construction of the statue of the founder of the country.
Some people were confused at first, but after the emperor specially praised Bai Si at the court meeting the next day, everyone understood.
Yes... His Majesty even built this statue of the founding father regardless of the war on the front line, which shows how much he attaches importance to it - Bai Si, on the other hand, immediately captured his father's heart.
After a series of episodes, many people have begun to secretly contact the fourth prince Bai Si, trying to become the new emperor's minister.
However, Bai Si tried his best, even if his own mother died, he still stayed at the construction site to supervise it personally. The construction progress of the statue of the founder of the country was even faster than when Bai Zhan supervised it.
The evil dome cast a faint light, and the statue of the founding fathers already had a rough outline. On the high ground nearby, two teachers and students were watching quietly.
Looking up, you can see the towering statue reaching into the clouds, and looking from a distance is the corresponding Imperial Mountain. It seems that only standing in these two places in the world is qualified to overlook the human world.
Calado crushed the stones on the ground with his toes. They were the stones used in statues and were extremely hard. However, like grinding mud, the stones instantly turned into dust under Calado's feet.
Noticing his movements, Bai Si turned around: "Teacher, you have been a little restless recently."
Calado shook his head: "It's just that this land was originally gold. At the gate of dawn, believers climb up without fear of hardship. Under the light of dawn, they will cry and pray for the faith in their hearts. Unfortunately, this scene can no longer be seen."
It is not appropriate to say these words in front of the prince, but since the two of them are teachers and students after all, they don't have too many worries.
Furthermore, the Golden Dawn was indeed an unlucky one. First it was 'robbed' by Sean. As a result, Sean's territory had not yet begun to be established, and this place was used as the construction site for the statue of the founding father—— It’s almost impossible to come back.
Bai Si naturally knew it well. He was not very good at smiling, but he still managed to raise the corners of his mouth: "Teacher, when I inherit the throne, the Golden Dawn will naturally return to its rightful place."
Calado looked at him, the indifference in his eyes flashed, and then he immediately put on a relieved expression: "Bai Si, I'm very happy that you have this heart."
"Thank you, teacher." Yes. This is what students should do."
Calado nodded and immediately asked: "How long will it take for the statue to be completed?"
Bai Si pondered: "According to this. Judging from the current progress, it will be completed in more than a month. The only problem is..."
Kalado frowned: "What problem did you encounter?"
Bai Si sighed: "Before I took over, Brother Huang had already laid the foundation, but I don't know what Brother Huang did. What, weird things always happen near the foundation?"
"Oh?"
Bai Si said: "Many workers working near the foundation have disappeared in the past few days. But the number of people is constantly increasing - I asked people to check the situation but nothing was gained, and the progress was delayed a lot."
Calado said thoughtfully: "It may be a ritual, or it may be a legacy. There was some kind of contamination—didn’t there be a huge fire when your royal brother was supervising it? There might be something hidden in it, but after he passed away, there was no one to solve it.”
Bai Si nodded: "I think so too, but it's not a solution to keep delaying the progress - Teacher, can you send out the purification priests of the Golden Dawn?"
Kala paused, then frowned. Said: "There is no problem in sending someone to you, but my teacher has been behaving well recently. Zhang, there has been a lot of trouble near the imperial capital, and we have even left a few missions in several major political districts. Now we have lost contact with all of them. Most of the people in the Holy See have been dispatched not long ago. Checking the situation everywhere..."
I said a lot, but it was just that there was no one in hand.
Disappointment flashed through Bai Si's eyes, but he did not show it. He just smiled and nodded: "Of course, things in the Holy See are more important. It's not a big deal here. I think It can always be solved by finding a way."
"No, what I mean is that the purification priests are short of manpower, so I can find time to help you personally," Kalado replied.
Bai Si's eyes flickered, and he quickly said seriously: "Golden Dawn needs the teacher to be here all the time, but you can't let me out because of my affairs."
"Haha, Bai Si, there is no need to be so outspoken, and, in No one in the imperial capital dares to attack the Golden Dawn."
Kalado said this, but Bai Si, who had just hoped that the other party would send a purification priest, showed his face again after hearing that his teacher was coming in person. A troubled look.
It seems that Bai Si does not want to trouble Calado, but anyone with a discerning eye will know that Bai Si is resisting his teacher's interference with the statue.
His priests can, but he himself cannot.
Kalado, who noticed this, twitched the corner of his mouth. He was just about to speak again when suddenly, Bai Si's bodyguard trotted to the side.
The guard came to Bai Si's ear and whispered a few words, and the latter immediately frowned.
"Second brother's people left the imperial capital in batches not long ago, and they seemed to be going to several major political districts... At this juncture, he also asked his confidants to leave the imperial capital..." Bai Si shook slightly He shook his head, and then greeted Calado with an apologetic stroking of his chest, "Teacher, I should have chatted with you more, but it seems that I have to go to the court today to see my father."
"Go quickly." Calado waved his hand kindly.
"Then, student, I'll take my leave. Teacher, it's very windy here. Please go down and rest early." Bai Si said respectfully.
Kalado smiled and nodded, indicating that the other party should go about his own business first.
When Bai Si led the people away from this place, the kindness on Kalado's face gradually turned into indifference.
He turned around and raised his head, looking at the top of the statue and the iron-green dome at the highest point.
"What a good student..." Calado raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
One of his hands was spread out in the air, and a faint light emanated from his palm.
This is the housekeeping rite of the Golden Dawn, and it is said that only cardinals and their successors are eligible to learn it.
However, when the glimmer of light emitted, the foggy evil dome seemed to have cracked a tiny gap - as if the light in Calado's palm was a corner of the sky leaking out.
He quietly looked at the light in his hand. Suddenly, he clenched tightly to prevent the light from leaking out.
Calado looked at the Imperial Mountain and the direction behind the Imperial Mountain in the distance, beads of sweat falling from his forehead.
He stood there for a while, and then gradually relaxed after nothing happened.
Calado let out a long breath, and the hatred and coldness in his eyes flashed away.
He opened his hand, and the light in his palm had disappeared, but in the center of the palm print, a young sprout came out from under his skin, shaking gently like a living thing. .
After looking at the young seedling that was very harmonious with the palm of his hand for a while, Kalado gently picked it off. Then, the young seedling quickly withered and disappeared.
"Heh..." Kalado chuckled, turned and left the heights.
After he left for a long time, suddenly, the place where the two stood just now squirmed, and then, a black nematode pushed through the rock and soil, and emerged from what was probably its head.
The black nematode looked around, but after all, there was nothing left here.
Reluctantly, I scanned again and found nothing, and the black nematode burrowed back into the ground.
Everything became quiet, with only the whistle of workers and the roar of machines near the statue keeping each other company.
……
Bai Si quickened his pace and walked into the main hall.
Most of the officials were already waiting at the spot, and were slightly surprised when they saw Bai Si.
After all, the fourth prince has been busy building the statue of the founder of the country recently and has not been to the court meeting for several days.
Bai Si returned the greetings to the officials who greeted him, and immediately walked to the front of the stairs below the throne in a few steps.
And there, the second prince Bai Wen and the eldest princess Bai Ye arrived early. However, it was not these two people who made Bai Si's pupils tighten, but his twin brother Bai You.
He lowered his head slightly and walked over, trying to maintain the warm tone before: "Brother, why did you come to the court today?"
Because of Sean's 'resurrection from the dead' and the nationwide wanted list , Third Prince Bai You has been reinstated, but he has no chance of inheriting the throne, so he will no longer enter the palace unless necessary. I didn't expect to see him here today.
Bai You didn't even turn his head, his voice was indifferent and calm: "Bai Si, when you and I are really brothers, you don't need to say hello to me to know that you are thinking about me."< br>
Bai Si’s forced smile froze on his face.
Bai You continued: "Although my familiar brother is eccentric and unsmiling, he always comes to me to visit his mother in advance during every festival, and also asks me to help see if the gift will please my mother—— Ha, it seems that the throne is really a good thing. It has taught you to treat others with a smile and to be rebellious.”
Bai Si was silent for a moment, and just said calmly: "Brother, why are you like this?"
Bai You still didn't turn his head, he sneered: "Even if the gift you choose is never the queen's favorite, the queen still Joy - What's funny is that when the queen was sentenced to death, there was only one person kneeling outside the palace. If someone hadn't reminded me, I would have never known that the queen had given birth to two sons. "
"Brother Emperor, I am completing the task assigned to me by my father." Bai Si lowered his eyes and said solemnly.
"Huh..."
Bai You was just about to say more when suddenly, footsteps came from above.
The emperor has arrived.
Everyone saluted, but the emperor was still as haggard and decayed as before. After sitting on the throne, he hunched over, as if he had fallen asleep.
The court meeting continued as usual, but this time people from the military headquarters also came, and they reported on the battle on the front line - compared to a month ago, the imperial army was once again in a bit of trouble.
Of these things at the court meeting, it seemed that only the war could arouse the emperor's concern. After the report was completed, he waved his hand: "You can just do whatever you want - Marshal Wu, you have full control over the frontline affairs. , I allow you to mobilize another hundred thousand troops, and also allow you to open the marching method."
Wu Xiao nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor nodded and prepared to go back to rest, while the other officials also prepared to disperse.
At this moment, a voice sounded in the hall.
"Father, please wait a moment, Bai You... has a grievance."
The emperor paused, and then waved his hand tiredly: "If you have anything to do, let's talk about it next time. I'm a little tired. "
Bai You fell to his knees with a thud: "Father, Bai You is wronged!"
Suddenly, everyone looked at each other.
The emperor sighed and finally turned around.
"Bai You, I know you are wronged. I promise you that I will make it up to you in the future. How about it?"
Bai You knelt on the ground, and his voice seemed to reach everyone through the floor. in the ears.
"Bai You can't let go, not because he can't let go of being imprisoned, but because he can't let go of people..."
His heartbeat seemed to be transmitted through the floor: "Sean did fake his death, but the crime I was imprisoned for was real - the wet nurse next to my mother accused me of secretly manipulating everything. This matter has nothing to do with Sean. "
The emperor seemed to become unhappy all of a sudden. He sat heavily on the throne: "Then why did Sean fake his death? Otherwise, wouldn't it be enough for him to come back? He was the one who faked all this. I want to frame you."
However, Bai You retorted in public: "These are two different things. There is another person who framed me."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall. There was a lot of discussion immediately.
A trace of astonishment flashed in the eyes of the second prince Bai Wen. He couldn't help exchanging glances with Bai Ye, but the latter just shook his head to express that she didn't know.
"Baiyou, you have to think clearly." The emperor leaned on the throne, his voice a little tired.
Bai You was still kneeling: "I don't want to, but it's precisely because of my not wanting that it makes me suffer so much -"
He finally stood up and turned to look for the first time His own twin brother.
Bai Si's expression gradually became gloomy.
“The person who framed me is none other than the Fourth Prince—Bai Si!”
The hall exploded instantly, and everyone was dumbfounded. Why did the twin brothers suddenly come to a confrontation?
Bai Si's chest rose and fell slightly, and then he shook his head sadly: "Brother, did you suffer too much stimulation in prison... How could I harm you?"
< br>The corners of Bai You's eyes were raised slightly, and his face was full of indifference.
"You first bribed the nanny to assassinate Sean, and then when the incident was revealed, you asked the nanny to frame me. Bai Si, do you admit it or not?"
Bai Si Si frowned: "Brother, how do you expect me to recognize these ridiculous words? I spent all my energy just to put my brother in jail?"
"Ha." Bai You just sneered.
Bai Si's expression suddenly changed, and he yelled: "Brother, please wake up! The queen is dead!"
However, Bai You's words made Bai Si pause in place. .
"The Queen Mother is dead, but the people around the Queen Mother are not dead."
(End of Chapter)