Evetrona's old stories

Kundelomifi was very worried, he was afraid that Yuqie would leave Luo Minge.

"I don't know." Yuqie was getting drunk, "I'm also hesitating—whether it's the eldest princess or the king, they all value me. To be honest, I really want to do things for them...and for you , to repay the kindness of knowing you, but life is only this life, after all, I still have my own things to do."

"What are you going to do? Can I help?" Kundlo Mifi's eyes lit up.

"It's hard." Yuqie sighed.Five years later, he finally confessed his thoughts to others again, he said: "I am looking for a woman..."

When Iblulan heard this, he turned his head and sprayed the wine he had just drank on the wall.Seeing this, Yuqie's face was not very good-after that, no matter what Kundlomfi asked him again, he refused to say anything.

In the half month after that, Kundlomifi was still brooding over Yuqie's words at that time.He couldn't find the result in person, so he could only turn to his aunt for help.Wen Zina also thought this matter was a bit interesting, and she also happened to have something to ask Yuqie, so she came up with a plan...

A month later, Wenzina summoned Yuqie and Gan Luoci at the same time, and the place was in the main hall of the palace.

Looking at the majestic hall in front of him and the heavily guarded guards, Gan Luoci's heart beat a little. It was his first time here.It is not an ordinary thing to be summoned by the eldest princess on such an occasion. He guessed that there are probably two possibilities—either he made a great contribution, or he caused a catastrophe—and Gan Luoz was more inclined to be the queen. A sort of.

The two judged the situation, consciously half-kneeled on the ground, and saluted the honorable eldest princess.

Sure enough, Wenzina said: "You two, my nephew Kundlu treats you like brothers and friends, but you have lied to him from the beginning."

"I dare not." Yuqie said.Gan Luoci didn't know the situation, so he had to follow Yuqie's example and lowered his head to show his docility.

"Yuqie, at that time you hired someone to release the news, and you led Kun Delu to Aqiao-Omran to watch the execution; and you—the famous teacher-Gan Luoci..." Wenzina looked at him with a half-smile , "Let me ask you, how to bind the sack so that the prisoner is not easy to break free? Is it from the head cover or the foot cover?"

"The hands and feet should be bound first, and then covered over the head, so as to prevent the prisoner... from getting out of the sack." Gan Luoz said with cold sweat.

"Good answer... what else do you have to say?" Wenzina snorted coldly, "Since you don't intend to defend yourself, you are willing to be punished?"

"These are all the minister's ideas, and Gan Luoci was only coerced by the minister." Yuqie said, "Your Highness, please only punish the minister."

"No one asked you this." Wenzina's tone was majestic and cold. "It doesn't matter which of you is the mastermind, you will be punished anyway-but in the past, I can give you a chance, as long as you can receive a total of one hundred whips, I will not pursue this matter anymore. As for how much you each receive, you can discuss it yourself."

The words of the eldest princess did not make Gan Luoz feel at ease-Gan Luoci was an executioner before, and he knew how much pain the whip would cause people.Luo Ming's execution whip was covered with sheep bones, and the prisoners who were whipped would usually pass out after receiving only ten lashes - if one person received fifty lashes, it would obviously be fatal.

[170] Commitment · Baptist (Part [-])

"Gan Luoci, you go back first, your wife... There are three children waiting for you at home." Yuqie said to his companion.

Ganlotz noticed that his voice seemed to be trembling.

Seeing that Ganlotz didn't answer, he persuaded again: "If something happens to you, or if you get injured, Marion doesn't have the energy to take care of you."

"But you..." Gan Luoz was quite touched in his heart, but he didn't want to leave him like this.

"It's okay, let's go back." Yuqie tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.

Ganlotz looked up at the eldest princess sitting on the stage - she didn't look like she was joking at all.

"With you here, the matter will be difficult to solve." Yuqie persuaded again, "Let's go, otherwise we will have to explain here today."

In Gan Luoz's eyes, Yuqie has both courage and wisdom. He can always see what others can't see, and he can always guess the minds of big shots—both of them came from reckless backgrounds, but Gan Luoz couldn't. Like him, he is still able to do a job well among the princes and nobles.Gan Luoz can't understand the meaning of Yuqie's words now: Is he really sure, or is he pretending to hold on?

Since coming to Centrum, Ganlotz couldn't remember exactly how many people the eldest princess had executed—some officials and nobles who made mistakes, especially those who embezzled public property or abused their power, would usually be killed in the hall. They were directly interrogated in the court, and then tortured and tortured. If they dared to plead their crimes and angered the eldest princess, this woman would even do it herself, flogging the criminals to death, or chopping them into several pieces with a sword.Executions are usually carried out in the hall, which is the tradition of the Xilinsi family-if it was a few centuries earlier, they would even kill people before the banquet began-so, the palace hall in the city of Centrum is also known as Known as the "Hall of Execution", it is stained with the blood of countless criminals and slaves.Gan Luozi understands that even if Yuqie has done so many things for the kingdoms of Luoming, even if the eldest princess admires him, there is no guarantee that he will escape today—you must know that the royal family is always the most sensitive to deception. Sensitive and offensive.

Yuqie winked at him again, looking very anxious.Gan Luoci was very powerless, he didn't want Yuqie to plead guilty on his behalf, but he also didn't want to harm the other party because of his stupidity.He sighed, then wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, patted Yuqie on the shoulder, and finally made a decision - he got up to bid farewell to the eldest princess, and followed the guards out of the palace.

Gan Luoci escaped, and there was only one person kneeling in the hall.Wenzina looked down at the men in the audience, with a hint of mischief in her eyes.

"You are thinking about him—what about yourself?" She said, "Yuqie, I have always admired you, and I have never asked about your background and experience. I was still thinking—whether a smart person like you would take the initiative to confess to me. Given how much I value you, isn't it easy for you to ask for forgiveness?"

Seeing that Yuqie was silent, Wenzina shook her head, and she said again: "Since you don't want to say it, you have to use torture. You are a swordsman, and the person who uses a sword is proud and respectable... Well, I will allow you to stand and be tortured."

Obviously, Wenzina didn't want to make it easy for him.

Yuqie was forcibly lifted up from the ground by two guards. After he stood still, he finally raised his head.The man's expression is very calm, that calm is not calm, but with a kind of dead silence.Wen Zina was very displeased by his appearance, and the woman said coldly, "Come here, let's execute the sentence."

The executioner of the palace had a body like a wrestler. He was carrying an execution whip, and the spines of the sheep pierced through it collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

The executioner shook the whip lightly, causing the jagged instrument of torture to unfold.Wenzina sat back on the throne, and then there was a piercing roar in the hall - the executioner only waved a whip, but the tip of Yuqie's nose was already dripping with sweat.This whipping was more unbearable than he had imagined, as if the thick clothing he was wearing was just a layer of paper—the whip cut through his clothes and hit his back, and the pain seemed to go deep into his internal organs .

The executioner continued to strike, but Yuqie remained silent.

Ten times later, the clothes on Yuqie's body were already torn, his back was swollen, and the blood flowed down his legs to the carpet under his feet.He was still standing there, gritting his teeth, cold sweat almost soaking his pale face.

After No.12 blows, Wenzina finally raised her hand to signal the executioner to pause.

"Yuqie, only those who have experienced this caning know how painful it is." She asked, "How do you feel now?"

"I... can still hold on." Yuqie reluctantly said.

"I just like your personality." Wenzina smiled, "Tell me about your past, and tell me in detail. If I am happy, maybe I can save you a whip or two."

"You...would you like me to talk now?" Yuqie couldn't help smiling wryly. At this moment, even a slight gasp would make his whole body feel unbearably painful.

"Oventin, think of a way to make him feel better." Wenzina said to the executioner behind him.

The executioner nodded, he chanted a spell, and released the magic towards the prisoner's back, and it took only a moment to stop the bleeding from the wound.

Sure enough, Yuqie felt the pain relieved a lot.

"Come on, I remember they called you 'Garshid', right?" Wenzina waved her hand, resting her chin with her hand, and sat sideways on the throne in an extremely comfortable posture.

"Return to Your Highness, it's 'Harshid'." Yuqie sighed, and he thought to himself——if she wants to listen, let's talk—so he started from the incident of stabbing the old butcher to death on the way to find his relatives... …

Yuqie endured the severe pain, and succinctly described his past—he talked for more than half an hour, and finally talked about what happened after he went to Luoming with Luo Ge.

During this time, he subconsciously concealed the details of when he met Eve, and only said that he encountered a difficult situation at the time, and was beaten and fled back to the bandit's den in a panic.

"I always feel that you seem to be missing something. What are you here for? I can see that you don't want to be famous—is it just to make a living?" Wenzina was not very satisfied with his answer, "Owen Ding—go on."

Before Yuqie recovered his senses, a bucket of cold water was poured on his back. He didn't know what was mixed in the water. Yuqie felt as if thousands of steel needles had been pierced into his back at once.

Yuqie didn't know how many whips he had been beaten again. When Wenzina called to stop again, his consciousness was even a little blurred, and his injured back was already numb to the point of unconsciousness.

"Yuqie, answer me—" Wen Zina said, "What kind of woman is it that is worth pursuing like this?"

Yuqie raised his head, glanced at the blurred figure on the steps, and then closed his eyes again.

The executioner just picked up the bucket and wanted to wake him up, but he heard the man say weakly: "I don't know who she is... I only saw her once five years ago..."

"Oh? What are the characteristics of her, tell me?" Wenzina became interested.

So, Yuqie remembered that day - the scene when the sun was shining on the girl's face.

"She...has pure black hair, ethereal blue—and a pair of clear eyes, like jewels in the night sky..." I still remember that he repeated this description to passers-by at the beginning, and asked Klikin all the way from the marching gorge.At that time, passers-by laughed at him openly and secretly after hearing his words, thinking that his description was too exaggerated.

Wenzina didn't laugh - she was surprised.Listening to the characteristics described by Yuqie, she immediately thought of Evetrona, but judging from the time, Evetrona might not be alive at that time—about this news, a few months ago she Got confirmation from Eve again.

Oh, probably Eve.She suddenly.

The last time Wenzina saw Evetrona was more than ten years ago, and she made a special trip to say goodbye to her.Wenzina asked her where she was going, and she replied that she was going to a very far place, and she might not be able to come back for a while.

"If one day, you meet such a person—this person looks exactly like me, but it's not me... I hope you can treat her well, treating her as me, or my flesh and blood." Evtrona said at the time, "And I don't know what kind of person she will be——I don't know her character, where she came from, and what her name is...Lord is not a reliable guy. If he is not here, I will trouble you... But don't interfere too much, unless At a critical juncture... She has her own experience and 'comprehension', but she lacks practice, let her try slowly..."

Later, when Wenzina heard that Harvein and Egraine's daughter were staying in Boyun Manor, she thought of what Evertrona had told her, so she sent someone to investigate and got the exact news. It was a coincidence that Yuqie had just arrived at that time, and Wenzina thought it would be appropriate to send him to do this.

It wasn't until a few months ago that Wenzina made time to go to Klikin in person, intending to see this girl named Eve with her own eyes—"Eve" doesn't seem like a formal name, but Like Evetrona's nickname, Wenzina deduced that this name was given by Lord. As far as she knew, Lord's father was named Roderick Harveyn, and he named his children after their parents' nicknames. It is the naming habit of the Jikesen people.

In the letter, Wenzina told Nanfen that she was old with Harvey and Egraine, so she wanted to see their children "by the way".

When seeing Eve for the first time, Wenzina was convinced that the girl in front of her was the one entrusted to her by Evetrona.If we infer from Eve's age, this girl was probably born a few years after Iftrona left Luoming. Wenzina guessed that Iftrona left Yudi just to raise this child of unknown origin .

Wenzina didn't believe that Eve was Lord Harvey's daughter. She guessed that maybe Eve was the child of Iftrona and others, but for some reason, the identity of his biological father could not be disclosed to the public, so Evertrona pretended to be mysterious and said the incomprehensible words to herself.About six or seven years ago, she heard the news of Iftrona's death from Lord's letter, and after seeing Eve now, she felt that the death of Iftrona might be related to the child's biological father, and it might even be the ruthless hand of this mysterious person—Wenzina had her cognitive limitations, and she didn't believe that there would be any magic to create people out of thin air, so she firmly believed that Eve was Evetrona's biological daughter, so she felt a little pity for the girl.And from a certain point of view, she also sympathizes with Lord. Lord is still running around in vain. He knows that the dead can't come back, but he still refuses to recognize the reality - his memory of Egran has become sick. If the pain in his heart can't be healed for a long time, maybe one day he will go crazy because of it.

At this time, Yuqie lay motionless on the ground, as if he had lost consciousness.

"Oventin, go and see if he is alive or dead." Wenzina withdrew her thoughts and stood up from her seat.

"Your Highness, you said from the very beginning that you wanted to save his life, how dare I refuse to do so." The warrior did not step forward to check, but put away his whip and stood with a nod of his head, with a confident expression on his face.

"Okay, you step back." Wenzina nodded, and said loudly: "Come here! Take him out and let the doctors and servants take good care of him - use the best medicine to heal his injuries, and don't let him leave any root cause." After she finished speaking, she walked away.

Yuqie was arranged to recuperate in the palace, under the care of more than a dozen court doctors in turn.They didn't dare to neglect at all, for fear that he would die under their noses.This Ban Xuemo was in a coma for a whole few days, and the intermittent memories played back in his mind. When he woke up, he once thought that he was in the bandit den in Sunshine Valley, and the ups and downs of the past few years were nothing more than a dream.

Kundlomifi sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes were terribly red.

He brought a glass of water to Yuqie and watched him drink it up.

"I'm worried about you." He said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing what he said, Kundlomifi couldn't stop crying again.

"With all due respect, you really don't look like a man." Yuqie said again.

"This incident is all because of me... Yuqie, don't bear any grudges against Auntie..."

"On this court, everyone is wearing theater robes, and they cooperate with each other to put on a good show—and the show is for others to watch, no one can help themselves. If you get beaten on the stage, it's your wish. After you take off the theater robes, you will naturally enjoy it."

"I don't quite understand what you mean," said Kundlomifi.

"She does things with deep meaning. You don't have to worry too much about me. No matter what you say to her, she just pushes the boat along the way—what she does is always what she wants to do." He lay there, moaning.

Kundlo Mifi looked at a loss, he couldn't understand Yuqie's words more and more.

"You must have been out of your mind." Gan Luoz moved closer to Yuqian, and he understood a little bit - this guy was not feeling well, he was complaining.

"So you're here too." Yuqie lay on the bed and glared at Gan Luoci, "Executioner, you owe me a great favor."

"That's true." Gan Luoz knew that he was sad now, so he didn't bother with him, and asked him in a low voice: "So then... how many whips did you get?"

Yuqie thought about it for a moment, and then replied: "Probably... there are at least forty whips."

Ganlotz's eyes widened.

"It's 26, I remember." Behind them, another voice sounded.

"Who?" Yuqie couldn't move his body, so he couldn't see the speaker, he could only hear his voice.Owendin walked up to his eyes, and the body of this wrestler almost covered the entire window.

"It's you—" Yuqie said, "What are you doing here? Are you going to continue to torture me?"

"He's here to help you heal your wound," Ganlotz explained.

Yuqie glanced at the two of them, lay down on the bed and stopped talking, but when he calmed down, he felt severe pain in his body, which made him very tormented.So he said again: "As soon as I come to Luoming, I always encounter some strange things: there is a prince who likes to hang out with a group of commoners; there is a princess who can send a group of assassins as a dowry; Two executioners, one came to visit the sick, the other came to treat the sick—and the cured actually came to bargain...I said forty, he said twenty-six."

After hearing what he said, Kundlomifi couldn't help laughing.

"When people are in pain, there is a bias in perception, which is normal - it means that you have been in pain at that time."

"Fuck you!"

Owendin shrugged, "I don't care about patients."

Gan Luoci and Kundelomi Fei looked at each other, it was the first time they saw Yuqie swearing like this.

Yuqie spent more than two months in the palace recovering from his injuries before he was finally able to move around.And his willingness to be punished at that time can be regarded as cured of the eldest princess's suspicion.

[171] The Commitment · The Baptized (the eighteenth)

In the middle of March in the Shengzong calendar—that is, the beginning of February in the Kriging Thorn Calendar—on this day, Wenzina came to visit Yuqie.

The injury on Yuqie's back is no longer serious, but it has not healed. When Wenzina came, he was sitting quietly in the room reading a book.

"I didn't expect that you would read these books." After seeing the scriptures on the table, Wenzina's eyes became more inquisitive.

Yuqie bowed to her first, and then said: "I don't like to read—but books that can be called classics always like to quote classics, especially allusions and fairy tales—if you don't understand these, you can read them." It’s hard to see what the quoters are trying to say.”

"People absorb knowledge from books, there is always some purpose in it-so, what are you for?"

"Who knows, maybe... to find an answer."

"what is the answer?"

"An answer to a blank question." Yuqie replied, "I didn't actually ask a question, but I wanted to find an answer that satisfied me, whether it was from the book or the road I walked... In short Just looking for an answer like this."

"Did you find it?" Wenzina asked with a smile.

"Not yet, so I'm still looking, looking - but I suspect there's no such answer."

"Then, have you ever been close?" Wenzina looked into his eyes, "Or...is there ever a time when your heart was moved?"

"Which time are you talking about?"

"Don't pretend to be confused." Wenzina said, "Yuqie, if you refuse to tell me the truth, when the opportunity is missed, you will be the one who will suffer."

Yuqie looked at her and stopped talking.

"The person you've been looking for is most likely someone I know." Wenzina sat across from him across a table, "Where did you meet her? What happened afterwards? ——You have to tell me everything."

"You don't seem to want to tell me something, but you seem to want to get something out of me." Yuqie was unmoved.

Wenzina laughed loudly.Yuqie tensed up—he was becoming more and more incomprehensible to the eldest princess—he was afraid that this woman would call Owendin to give him a few whips on the spur of the moment.

"Are you afraid that I will harm her?" Wenzina asked.

Yuqie nodded, acknowledging her statement.