The queen did not react further to Xu Huo's deliberately stimulating words. She stared at the portrait in front of her, as if she was completely immersed in her own memories, and murmured: "He said he would build a castle with gems, and use the most beautiful gems.
Come build a palace and make this gem palace a treasure that will be passed down for thousands of years. In this way, his name can be passed down forever along with the castle... Unfortunately, he died before the construction of the gem castle started..."
"Chris..." the queen stroked the face of the person in the painting, "If you were still alive, you would definitely envy the Gem City. Not only the castle, but my entire country is built with gems. Not only the royal family, but also my
All subjects can live in houses made of precious stones and never have to worry about food and clothing."
Xu Huo didn't interrupt anymore. He waited until she had said enough and stopped before asking: "The most beautiful gem that King Chris found should be in the hands of you and your wife. Where is the gem?"
The queen never took her eyes away from the portrait. She whispered softly: "I did once have the most beautiful gem, but not long ago after a living doll came here, the most beautiful gem disappeared. It should be the king who took it.
The gem was given to him. Xiaosi couldn't leave the castle, so we didn't know where the most beautiful gem was taken."
"If you want to know the whereabouts of the most beautiful gems, you can ask the king. He is a timid man and will definitely tell you."
Xu Huo was unmoved, "The king is a timid man, and he is also a liar."
The queen smiled after hearing this, "Not all men are as perfect as Chris. The king at least built a gem city for me. I have done something that even Chris has not done."
"Did the king build Gem City for you?" Xu Huo raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it the dolls you made that built this city? You are the queen of Gem City and also their mother. I don't know if your maid has
I didn’t tell you that the king is selling the puppet you made to the puppet man.”
The queen was obviously aware of it, and she didn't have much emotion about it. Instead, she said: "There's nothing we can do about it. If we don't agree to what he said, the puppets will destroy the Gem City. The king also wants to protect the Gem City."
After saying that, she leaned over the painting, her expression as gentle as ever.
Xiaosi stepped forward and said, "The queen is going to rest. If you want to know anything else, you can ask me."
The two came out of the studio. Xiaosi kept his word and answered several of Xu Huo's questions truthfully.
The first is the black gem. The black gem was not brought by the puppet man, but was accidentally discovered by the king and queen. Although the puppet originally made by the queen could move, it was not flexible and could not move like a living person.
At first, black gems were mixed with other ordinary gems and used as accessories for dolls. Later, flexible dolls appeared. At first, the two people did not associate the changes of the dolls with black gems.
I thought it was because the queen's skills had improved.
In fact, the discovery of the wonderful uses of black gemstones only happened in the past few years, before the construction of Gemstone City.
Second, although the puppet man took away some of the puppets and left behind some trading props, what he valued was actually the black gems. He once warned the king that if any black gems were lost in the Gem City, he would
The king and queen were killed, so the king was very worried recently. In fact, after the construction of Gem City, the king no longer cared so much about black gems, because only the queen could use that kind of black gems to make living dolls, and Gem City's
There are enough people.
Finally, the puppet man already knows the location of the mine that produces black gems. That place is no longer under the control of the king, but he is still sending some black gems to the Gem City on time.
If the most beautiful gem has not been taken out of the dungeon, it is probably in the mine.
Xu Huo thanked him and was about to leave, but Xiaosi suddenly asked: "You are a foreigner, can you answer my question?"
"Say." Xu Huo stopped.
"Why would a man dislike a woman?" Xiaosi asked sincerely.
"You mean why King Chris doesn't like the Queen?" Xu Huo pointed out directly, "The Queen may be a beautiful person, but not everyone who has met her likes her. Some people like her, and some don't. King Chris may
He happens to be among the group of people he doesn't like."
Xiaosi seemed to understand, but she didn't ask any more questions. She just said with emotion, "The queen is so kind, why should such bad things happen to her?"
Bad things?
This should be said by King Chris. Even his fiancée should not be obsessed with gems and risk his life for it. There is a high probability that he will not be a philanderer who always gives up. Does he have a deeper involvement with the queen?
It’s easy to say, but the hundreds of people brought by King Chris were indeed dead. The gems he collected should not be just white ones. The most beautiful gems were stolen and appeared in the hands of the king and queen of Gem City.
Where are the remaining gems?
There are enough gems to build a city. Unless the king of Gem City dug a few gem mines, the emergence of Gem City and the disappearance of those thieves who were robbing people everywhere are too coincidental.
Of course, this is the hidden antecedent of the fairy tale. In the final analysis, it is just a story, and it does not make much sense to investigate it.
Xu Huo left Gem City and went to the mines.
The location of the mine was a bit far away, and it rained heavily on the road, so he had to stop and go. He didn't arrive at the mine until midnight.
There is only one entrance to the mine, and there are some dolls patrolling with weapons in the forest outside. These dolls are different from those made by the queen. Although they are covered with clothes, the joints exposed in the movements can be seen from the fine materials used.
The degree is completely different. Compared with these dolls, the queen's ones are like playing house.
After searching around the entrance, Xu Huo found Yan Jiayu whose cat was not far away.
Moving silently to her side, he gently patted her shoulder.
"Scared me." Yan Jiayu turned around and hurriedly asked him to lie down, and whispered: "Those puppets have very strong sensing settings. It will be harder to be discovered if you lie down lower."
"Duan Cheng and Li Kun went in?" Xu Huo lay down side by side on the ground. It was still raining, and the drops were falling on them, making them less noticeable among the whole forest.
"Those two idiots really went in." Yan Jiayu said: "Actually, the puppets had discovered their traces a long time ago and deliberately exposed a flaw to them. I didn't expect that they would really dare to go in."
"what is inside?"
"A person who looks very much like a doll." Yan Jiayu said: "I don't think he looks like a prop. He may be a modified human being."