In the dark dungeon of the harem, two priests in red had been hanging on special wooden frames for more than half a month.
A lonely magic lamp hangs above their heads, and the brightness of the light it emits is definitely not pleasant. This is the most familiar thing to them in the past half month. Also familiar things are those steel needles and
Whips, and anything else that can cause extreme pain.
In this small, almost crazy space, there is no delicious food, no top-notch red wine, no waiters, nothing...even the fresh, non-mouldy air to breathe.
No. Compared with life in the past, life now is really more uncomfortable than death.
But Cohen Keda did not want them to die. The new emperor seemed more interested in completely destroying people's minds. His torture officers came here twice a day, bringing new greetings to the red priests regardless of rain or shine.
.
When these people arrived, they were tortured without asking them anything or even saying a word. After they were fully tortured, they were treated by magicians, and finally some "not even animals would be eaten" stuffed into their mouths.
food.
This is how the two priests get through day by day. If they can commit suicide, they will definitely do it without hesitation... But having said that, no one knows whether these two "adults" will have the courage to kill themselves when the time comes.
I can guarantee it, because their hearts are more fickle than women in love.
Now, it was time for the torture. The two disheveled priests looked at each other with lifeless eyes, waiting for that cruel moment. Their faces no longer had the sacred and inviolable look of the past.
At the edge of the steps, the metal door opened. Following the light, streams of fresh air poured into the dungeon.
The two weak people had no time to think about it, they were both breathing heavily. The air seeped through the iron chewing mouth and was greedily sucked into their lungs. They were reluctant to spit it out for a long time.
Several soldiers dragged them up, and after applying forbidden magic, removed the instruments of torture from their bodies, and then they were led away for a long distance. It was pitch dark and they didn't know where they were.
"Kneel down - bow your head!"
A majestic voice sounded, and the two people quickly followed the instructions. At this moment, at that moment, they were no longer the most powerful people. In today's life, slaps and fists would come without warning, so they had to be careful with everyone.
A group of footsteps came from a distance, the lights became brighter, and the two bad people smelled the very familiar scent of red wine. Zuo Ji had even judged that it was top-notch red wine from somewhere in the Demon Alliance, and he could tell from the smell
, the vintage of this red wine is very lovely.
Another footsteps approached. Listen carefully. This footsteps is fast but not urgent, steady but not boring. People can't help but want to look up to see what's going on - but the two priests don't dare to do it now.
"Hey, it's you two!" A cheeky voice said in a joking tone: "We haven't seen each other for a long time, so you both raised your heads and let me take a look."
Hearing this voice, the two priests trembled in fright, but they did not have the courage to disobey the owner of the voice. They only raised two frightened faces, and a person they absolutely did not want to see again appeared in their field of vision.
Dressed in neat royal casual clothes and with shiny black hair, the emperor of the Sbia Empire was looking at the two people kneeling on the ground like he was looking at animals.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Cohen Keda sat down at the small table, picked up the wine glass, shook his head, and smacked his lips like a woman buying vegetables in the market: "Skinny, lost weight..."
The red priests did not dare to say anything to Cohen's ridicule. Their eyes were filled with tears, and they did not know what fate was waiting for them next. But after so many days of experience, the two of them already knew one thing -
Without His Majesty Cohen's order, even the tears in one's own eyes would be punished.
As for His Majesty Cohen! He had already waved the others away, leaving only a maid in white. No one knew what he was thinking, and no one knew what he was going to do with these two priests.
"Half a month has passed, are you two still satisfied with my hospitality?" His Majesty Cohen took a sip of the red wine in the glass, closed his eyes and savored the unique aroma: "Or, do you have anything to say?
say to me?"
After listening to His Majesty Cohen's words, the two priests neither nodded nor shook their heads. They were terrified and didn't know what the emperor had in mind.
"The floor is pretty hard, right?" Cohen turned slightly sideways with a considerate expression on his face: "You've never kneeled before, have you?"
The left priest shook his head, and the right priest rushed to say: "To answer your Majesty's question, I didn't kneel often before. I felt very uncomfortable because the floor was very hard." Because he hadn't spoken for too long, the right priest's tongue was a little tied.
"I like smart people, no matter what each other's positions are." Under the bright light, there was a faint smile on His Majesty Cohen's face: "It's done! Right, you just stand and answer! As for the other one who just shakes his head,
Idiot, just keep kneeling."
The priest on the right was grateful and said "Yes!" respectfully, and then stood up with difficulty. His numb legs were a little unruly, and his body shook several times before he stood still. Although standing up to reply was not a grace.
It is a grace, but it is a great irritation to Zuo Ji, who is still kneeling on the ground, because this has shown that he is lagging behind.
Everyone is a red priest-level prisoner, so why should I kneel down and reply? The right priest is not smarter than me, and he can no longer be allowed to reap the benefits alone! So what happened! The left priest’s ears stood straight up, and he listened attentively to Cohen
Every word spoken by His Majesty.
"How many years have you two been red priests?" As he asked, Cohen picked up a piece of snack and looked at it under the light: "What have you done before? Who else is there in the family?"
"In response to your majesty - I have been serving as a red priest for twelve years!" As soon as Cohen finished speaking, the priest Zuo answered first: "The younger one was a traveling priest in the temple, and later became an intermediate priest in the temple.
, and then became a junior cardinal priest, the high priest of the temple, and finally became the red priest. There is also an elder brother, three younger brothers, and about ten juniors in the family..."
"Your reaction is not slow! Get up!" After listening to his long speech, Cohen chuckled: "How do you two feel about these ten days of life? For example, are you used to happy hours twice a day?
Bar?"
"I'm not used to replying to Your Majesty." Youji suppressed his grief and said in a pleading tone: "I'm almost going crazy..."
"Your Majesty, I know that these days are to atone for the sins of the past." Zuo Ji observed His Majesty Cohen's expression more carefully: "But our endurance has reached the limit, and we really can't hold on any longer! Please have mercy on Your Majesty..."
"Pity?" Cohen smiled and threw the snacks in his hand back on the silver plate: "You should be confident about what you have done. Do you think you can get my mercy? Since you have done it, you must bear it.
It is a very simple principle to bear relative responsibilities according to how much you have done. Seeing that both of you are in relatively good health, you should be able to live until the day when you are done with it!"
The faces of the two bad men turned pale. Didn't they want them to be tortured to death?
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please listen to me." Zuo Ji's voice trembled involuntarily: "I know that I have done a lot of bad things. It can be said that... the sins are heinous, and it is natural to be punished, but I still have old bones.
How long can I last? Your Majesty, please take care of your old acquaintance and show kindness outside the law. I will be grateful to Your Majesty until my death!"
The left priest spoke quickly and urgently, and the right priest could not get in the conversation, so he could only nod his head repeatedly, lest Cohen not see what he meant, and his movements would be exaggerated.
"Heinous crimes? Extrajudicial favors?" Cohen nodded with a smile: "This is the most ridiculous joke I heard today. Do you think it is possible? You will be grateful to me until you die? As soon as you leave this palace, you
Are you sure you won't hug anyone's lap again?"
"No, I won't!" The right priest didn't care whether his words could achieve the effect, he just expressed his love first and said: "I swear allegiance to His Majesty Cohen and never betray! I will definitely never betray!"
"It's something that doesn't convey what you mean." Cohen didn't even raise his head to look at the right priest: "Kneel down and slap your mouth twenty times."
Although he felt aggrieved in his heart, Youji immediately knelt down and slapped his cheeks hard with both hands. The sound of "crackling" sounded, but Zuoji next to him didn't feel happy at all. He understood that if
If you don't answer your next sentence well, then your experience will be ten times more miserable than that of Youji.
"You should know what kind of person I am, right?" There was no fluctuation in Cohen's voice, and his tone was still indifferent. If Crow were present, he would definitely tell Cohen not to learn to speak on his own.
"Your Majesty, please make it clear. I am all ears." Zuo Ji was born with a delicate heart and knew that Cohen only spoke half of what he said, so he responded obediently: "Whenever I can help Your Majesty, I will definitely use this method."
Come to atone for your sins.”
"Oh my! Smart people take advantage." Cohen looked up at the night sky and laughed a few times. When he was laughing most heartily, he stopped inexplicably, with a face like an elegant scholar: "Well! The sky is really beautiful tonight.
That's right, you two, just talk about anything to relieve your boredom!"
"Tell me what's going on?" The right priest had already finished beating himself. He knelt down and said urgently: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I'm exposing the left priest that his position as an intermediate temple priest was bought with money! He scraped the land and used
Thirty thousand gold coins were used to bribe the boss..."
Cohen listened with a smile and did not answer, but his smile obviously played an encouraging role.
The left priest was only surprised for a moment, and then he looked at his former colleague with a very innocent look. He was not afraid in his heart. How could such a trivial matter be taken seriously by Cohen Keda? But the more the right priest talked, the more excited he became.
, actually has a bit of the momentum to tell everything...
"Okay! Saying this is a waste of time." When the right priest was talking about the charming followers of the left priest, His Majesty Cohen interrupted him: "Zuo priest, what do you think of what the right priest said?
?”
"Replying to Your Majesty, the guilty minister has nothing to say. Those things... were mostly committed by the guilty minister." Zuo Ji decided to take a gamble: "Your Majesty clearly knows that the atmosphere of the temple is like this. If the guilty minister does not follow this way, he will
If you are considered an alien by others, your life is long gone."
"Oh! So, the priests of the temple often attack their own people?" Cohen picked up the wine bottle and poured himself a glass: "What methods do they usually use?"
"There are many methods." Zuo Ji replied respectfully: "The usual ones are to frame the fault, or to borrow a knife to kill someone. If the matter is imminent, the only way is to open up the upper and lower joints and assassinate the opponent directly..."
"Assassination?" Cohen glanced at Zuo Ji: "Speaking of which, what happened to the large-scale assassination of demons and gods after the war between gods and demons?"
"This..." Zuo Ji was slightly surprised, but Right Ji on the other side had already confessed in a loud voice.
"We did it, Your Majesty, that's what we did." The right priest's cheeks were swollen, and it became increasingly difficult to speak: "We sent a large number of killers to sneak into the Demon Alliance and kill those who might pose a threat to us.
people."
"The killer who infiltrated the Demon Alliance was sent by you?" Cohen shook his head, a suspicious look on his face: "When did the temple become so efficient?"
"Really! Your Majesty, I guarantee it with my life." Youji's eyes widened, as if his life could really be guaranteed for something: "But the assassination list comes from the Gods, and we are only responsible for the specific arrangements..."
Cohen raised his hand to signal the right priest to shut up.
"I don't want to hear you speak ill of the Gods at any time, remember." Cohen looked at the right priest: "But! At least you are providing answers to my questions, so it doesn't count as a violation."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Stop kneeling, stand up!" Cohen said with a smile: "Looking at your hard work, I can't help but miss the old relationship, so let me give you a chance to go up to the ground and see the sun once a year.
It lasts three hours."
After the right priest turned his head several times, he realized that this was the reward given to him by His Majesty the Emperor. Although it was very different from the reward he had dreamed of, it was still a reward after all! It showed that His Majesty Cohen's attitude towards him had changed. And towards him.
For people locked in a dungeon, having the opportunity to see the sunshine on the ground is also a very luxurious treatment... So while the right priest was grateful to Cohen, he also felt a little secretly happy in his heart.
Zuo Ji, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, because he knew that His Majesty Cohen would not be satisfied with this piece of news, let alone end the questioning. He had plenty of opportunities.
"It is impossible to assassinate so many people in the Demon Alliance with a small number of assassins. How many people have your temple prepared for such an operation? During the rebellion war, right, the left prime minister had people sent by you, right?" Sure enough, Cohen
His Majesty continued: "Whoever can provide a perfect answer to this question, I will grant him a quarter of an hour of fresh air every year."
"I can provide your Majesty with the answer. Your Majesty, regarding the various powers under the temple, I am a walking dictionary." While the right priest was still recalling, the left priest had already spoken: "General imperial temples
Below, there is a group of priests with average combat power. You can distinguish these people from their clothes. They have a gold thread embroidered on their belts, and they are called golden thread mages by the people. They specialize in things that are not easy to publicize. "
"Currently in the Paradise Island Temple, there is a Knights of Light in the temple, with more than two thousand Knights of Light at all levels." Zuoji looked at Cohen's face and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. During the rebellion war,
, we sent a total of 500 light knights to Luman, and they participated in the battle in the Holy City, and His Majesty also fought against them."
"You can rest assured that this will not increase your guilt." Cohen nodded: "Rumann's confession also contains these things. Was the assassination carried out by the Bright Knight?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Cohen's eyes flashed fiercely: "Then do you know that this young master was assassinated the day before he ascended the throne?"
"Your Majesty is aware of this! This matter must have nothing to do with us!" Zuo Ji's feet softened and he knelt on the ground involuntarily: "We were already dealing with things in the Sbia Empire at that time, and we had no time to plan such a thing!"
"Really?" Cohen said noncommittally: "That's strange. Who else would come to assassinate me at this time?"
"We have also heard about His Majesty's assassination." The left priest looked at the right priest and said, "The two of us even speculated in private..."
"Have you guessed?" Cohen looked at the wine glass in his hand: "What's the conclusion?"
"At this time, because of the order of the Light God Clan, it is no longer possible for the temple itself to oppose His Majesty." Zuo Priest's voice lowered: "The only person who can possibly oppose Your Majesty is only one person, and that is the chief priest in red.
If something happens to His Majesty before he ascends the throne, he will most likely be reinstated, at least he will not be severely punished."
"But didn't the Light God Clan remove him from his position?" Cohen smiled: "How can a has-been priest who no longer has his position order people in an extremely snobbish temple?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know something! The other Knights of Light may not be able to shout, but there is a killer who will definitely obey his orders." The Right Priest took over: "The most powerful killer in the Temple of Light is also the most mysterious.
A killer, a killer that we can’t even order directly..."
"The most powerful killer?" Cohen's eyes came over: "What's your name?"
"Crow!" Youji replied seriously: "His name is Crow!" (To be continued)