honor me as god

Chapter 530
(two chapters in one)

The rain falls like a waterfall. The torrential rain has been falling in Wangcheng for several days. The sky is cloudy and thunderous, and the dense rain makes the warm water lake a bit turbulent. Those fragile plants in the garden are crushed by the downpour. Difficult to look up.

In the king's office, Perseus was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and staring at the rain curtain absently. Seven days had passed since he handed over the important task of Danyu City to Andre.

Every day that passed, the crisis of the animalization epidemic became more and more serious. The Scarlet Church had sent people several times to remind them that the danger was imminent, and there was no delay in cultivating the blood essence grass.

Andre has been extremely busy for the past 7 days. This trip to Danyu City is not a tour, but a government order. Naturally, all aspects must be properly prepared before leaving.

Perseus knew that this was a hard job, and it was very hot, and it was not pleasing to both sides, but among the candidates around him, only Andre was the most suitable.

First, it was his own son, worthy of trust.

Second, Andre has an excellent reputation among the people, and the implementation of the decree has the least resistance.

However, once the wheat stalks in the Danyu Plain are pulled out, and the blood essence grass is a kind, Andre's reputation among the people will definitely be damaged.

Of course Perseus didn't want to see this scene, but now he was riding a tiger. When the animal epidemic came again, the whole kingdom had no choice but to bite the bullet and move forward.

As for the loss of Andre's reputation, I will compensate him later.
When Perseus was in a daze, Solandelle was sitting by the side reading a book, and she didn't turn over a page after more than ten minutes, obviously a little absent-minded.

She didn't directly participate in the meeting, and she didn't know the specific situation of Danyu City. She just heard that things were not going well, and her father was always frowning these days, which made her even more convinced of this fact.

However, she couldn't do anything, she was too young to help her father with affairs, and it was impossible for her father to entrust her with important affairs now.

What she can do is to bring food to her father from home every day, let him eat on time, not to exhaust his body, and then spend more time with him here so that he will not be so lonely.

Solandelle really couldn't read the book, so she looked at Perseus's back and whispered, "Father, my brother hasn't been home for seven days."

Perseus obviously lost his mind, and he recovered after a long silence: "Ah? What did you just say?"

Solandelle sighed lightly: "My brother hasn't come home for 7 days, I was wondering if he's okay outside."

Perseus said lightly: "Andre has a difficult task on his shoulders. He has to do something big enough to save the kingdom. I'm afraid it's not that he won't be able to go home for a day or two, and he will be traveling outside for the next few months."

Solandelle sat on the chair shaking her calf, looking a little lost, and said with her head down: "Sometimes I often think that it would be great if I could grow up faster, so that I can help my two elder brothers carry the burden together. , so that they are not so tired."

After hearing this, Perseus felt warm. He came over and patted Randall's little head, and said with a smile, "Don't bother adults. Your task now is to study hard every day and spend a happy childhood." , and grow up in peace.”

Solandelle smiled, stretched out her little finger, and said with great enthusiasm: "I hook up with you, I must study hard and acquire knowledge, and when I grow up, I will be like my two elder brothers Your trusted helper."

Looking at his daughter's outstretched little finger, Perseus only felt his nose sore.

This promise cannot be fulfilled
At least for now, it's impossible.
Like it or not, the day Solandelle comes of age is the day she leaves home to marry. She will become a political victim and be forced to dedicate herself to the Scarlet Church.

Perseus would often think that with his daughter's gentle and obedient personality since she was a child, when she learned of her fate, no matter whether she wanted to or not, she would not show it on her face, and would not be like other girls who were raped. Like when she was forced to marry, she yelled and yelled at her parents.

She would just nod silently, bear the fate of being born in the royal family, and even deliberately showed a bright smile on the day she left home, just to keep her parents from worrying.

Sometimes, Perseus really hoped that his daughter would not be so well-behaved. She should learn from Bolton, be a little more irritable, shout out when she feels uncomfortable, overturn the table, smash the tea set, and vent her emotions, so that the guilt in his heart Can be less.
He can only comfort himself now that there are at least 3 years left, and there is still hope before the last moment.

Perseus stabilized his mind, and stretched out his little finger, showing his father's unique kind smile: "I'll wait for you to grow up."

The little fingers of the father and daughter hooked together, making a heavy promise to each other, and the rain in the sky seemed to be a little smaller.
But at this moment, hurried footsteps broke the silence.

"Bang." Without knocking, the door was pushed open.

Breaking into the king's office without permission is a felony in ordinary times, and no one dares to do it.

However, the imperial guard who broke into the office now seemed to have forgotten the rules. His armor was covered with water droplets, and he had obviously run all the way from the rain, with a panicked look on his face: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness."

Perhaps because they found that Solandelle was here, the imperial guard didn't say the whole thing, but stepped aside and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, come out with me first."

The imperial guard lost his composure in such a haste, Perseus groaned inwardly, and ran out quickly, closing the door behind his back.

Solandelle is not a fool. The imperial guard mentioned "His Royal Highness" just now, coupled with the flustered appearance, it is very likely that something happened to Brother Andre. How could she sit still and put the book on the table As soon as he put it on, he hurriedly followed it out.

Perseus walked quickly through the corridor, frowning and asked, "What's going on?"

The imperial guard followed behind, his face pale, and he reported in a trembling voice: "His Royal Highness has been preparing for a trip to Danyu City these days, and has received many nobles to raise food in the name of the royal family. He has been busy day and night, and has not closed his eyes for several days in a row, just now he..."

The imperial guard didn't dare to continue when he said this. In fact, there was no need for him to continue, as Perseus saw the situation.

In the hall of the main hall ahead, Andre was lying on a stretcher, surrounded by several royal ministers and palace doctors who were in a state of anxiety.

Perseus hurried forward, and when he saw Andre clearly, he suddenly suffocated.

Andre's current condition is more than just "bad". He collapsed on the stretcher, his hands curled up uncontrollably, his body was throbbing constantly, his mouth was foaming like a dead fish, and he looked extremely appalling.

"Brother!" When Perseus was stunned, Solandelle, who was following behind, was already crying in fright, and ran to hug Andre tightly, but she didn't know what to do, so she could only cry helplessly pharynx.

"Your Royal Highness, please get out of the way!" The doctor pulled Solandelle behind him, put his finger into Andre's mouth, let the saliva and vomit inside flow out, so as not to block the airway, and then pressed the side of his face Aside, put a cotton pad between the teeth to protect the tongue.

Just as the doctor was taking first aid measures, Perseus was already sweating, and asked the shivering official next to him, "What's going on?!"

These officials were all Andre's assistants. They were so frightened that they lost their minds and said in a trembling voice: "We... We don't know that His Royal Highness was still counting the borrowed food coupons just now, and suddenly his eyes fell to the ground. "

Bolton used to have a violent temper, but now that his second elder brother suddenly fell ill, he became impatient, lifted an official into the air with one arm, and cursed: "Did you let him eat something wrong, so that he was poisoned? !"

The official wailed: "Absolutely not! We ate and drank together with His Highness the Prince. If the food was poisoned, we should be poisoned too."

"Your Highness Seventh Prince, don't embarrass them, it has nothing to do with food." The doctor pressed Andre's face with one hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the other hand, and said in a deep voice, "From the symptoms, There should be brain damage."

"Intracranial damage?!" Perseus was stunned for a moment, "Andre has always been healthy, how could he suddenly have intracranial damage?"

The doctor explained: "Intracranial damage is not all congenital, it may also be caused by acquired factors, such as head trauma, or. Long-term lack of rest, leading to intracranial hemorrhage"

Bolton shook his arm vigorously, and asked the official who was carrying him: "How long has it been since my second brother rested?!"

The official trembled and said: "The second prince has been visiting the nobles in the royal city since 7 days ago, contacting major commercial houses, buying and borrowing grain from them, and he has never closed his eyes."

"Fuck you!" Bolton saw that his second brother was exhausted, but these officials and assistants were full of blood and looked in good spirits. His legs were broken, and he fell to the ground crying and wailing.

"Father, Father" Suddenly, a weak whisper sounded.

Andre seemed to be showing signs of awakening, but his consciousness had not fully recovered, and he couldn't even open his eyes. He just kept shouting "Father King".

Perseus quickly squatted down and put his hands on Andre's shoulders: "Child."

Andre's body kept shaking, and he took Perseus's hand almost with all his strength, and handed over the thing that was tightly held in his hand: "Father. Grain. Food stamps"

Perseus took the stack of food stamps and flipped through them blankly.

There are various types of these food stamps, some are records of grain purchases by commercial firms, and some are loan certificates of nobles, and the total amount is hundreds of thousands of tons.

Such a huge amount was raised by Andre within 7 days. It is hard to imagine how many people he met and how much effort he spent in these 7 days.

Andre was confused, and said intermittently: "Father, here is. The food I raised for you. But Danyu City. It's not enough. I'm sorry. I let you down."

In the middle of Andre's speech, his ugly face suddenly became paler. His stomach convulsed, he lay on the ground and vomited blood, and his whole body collapsed as if his spine had been pulled out.

The doctor knelt down in front of Perseus and said nervously: "Your Majesty, damage to the brain is very dangerous. Your Highness can't stay here anymore. He must be sent to emergency treatment immediately! Otherwise...otherwise this will continue." .”

Otherwise, if it continues like this, it is very likely that he will die. The doctor really dare not say the second half of the sentence, but Perseus must understand it.

Looking at his own son who was so exhausted for Danyu City and vomiting blood, Perseus' eyes were already red, but his majesty as a king prevented him from crying in public.

Perseus put his arm around Andre's shoulder again, and said heavily, "You've done enough, go to rest now."

"No, I can't fall down yet." Andre put his hands on the ground weakly, trying to struggle to get up, "There are still so many people in Danyu City, Danyu City."

"Rest, this is my father's order." Perseus pushed Andre back, gently stroking his hair, "Recover well, and stop thinking about Danyu City in your mind. When you recover, you You will find that all problems have been solved, I assure you."

Andre's consciousness was already very blurry, it seemed that he didn't even hear what Perseus said. He kept chanting "Danyu City" and was carried down by several doctors.

After Andre was carried away, the atmosphere at the scene was very solemn, except for Solandelle weeping and sobbing, no other sound could be heard.

Perseus covered his face with his hands and stood there silently. After a long time, he silently called, "Bolton."

"Father." Bolton stood up.

Perseus handed over the blood-stained ration stamps to Bolton, his eyes were burning like fire: "Your brother is exhausted, you, the younger brother, have to stand up and help him complete the unfinished business."

Bolton is not an indecisive person, without any hesitation, he took the food stamp directly, and said heavily: "Leave it to me, father, let the second brother rest well, I will definitely complete the mission!"

"I believe in your decisiveness, but you are not as good as your brother in dealing with others, and I don't ask you to learn to be tactful. You just need to use your strengths to the extreme." After Perseus finished speaking, he looked at the accompanying imperial guards, "Bring my manuscript paper and my laurel seal."

The imperial guard quickly brought over the two items, and carefully brought the pen.

However, Perseus did not take the pen. He held a blank manuscript paper in his left hand and a laurel flower seal in his right hand. He stamped it directly and handed it to Bolton.

Bolton looked at the king's letter with a laurel seal and a blank content in his hand. He didn't quite understand what it meant, so he subconsciously asked, "Father?"

Perseus’s expression was full of the majesty of the superior, and he said coldly: “I give you a blank handbook, just to tell you—your words are my words, your orders are my orders, without exception—you can ignore the code, Make any decisions in Danyu City!"

"As long as you can plant the Blood Essence Grass within the time limit, even if you arrest and kill the officials and nobles there, you don't need to ask for instructions, and you don't need to take responsibility!"

A strong general like Bolton, who grew up in the military camp, is usually afraid of looking forward and backward, and restraining his hands and feet. Now that he has this blank handbook, he is like a goshawk soaring into the sky and a dragon entering the sea. He has no worries and can completely let go of his hands and feet.

Bolton nodded heavily, turned and left with a blank handwriting, leaving only four words: "Wait for my good news!"

(End of this chapter)