Chapter 736 That Thing (Part 2)

   A moment later, another room in Kongming Palace.

"I can not believe it."

  Jen looked coldly at Thales in front of him: "Tyles Canxing, how could you make such a low-level and stupid mistake?"

   Look how happy he is.

  Thales sat opposite him and coughed:

   "So now I..."

   "You actually let an unarmed, rootless little girl in the Emerald City **** the prey you want in front of everyone?" Zhan En couldn't believe it, and his words were full of accusations.

  Wrong, she is not without foundation.

   Instead, she puts her roots in the ground that you can't see.

  Thales shrugged:

   "She has an extreme knight at her disposal."

   "And you have the whole Emerald City!"

   "A disobedient Emerald City."

  But Jen relentlessly blamed him:

   "Then why didn't you favor her? Let her get involved in such a dangerous game?"

   "You mean, you want me to lock her up like I locked you up?"

   "We have an agreement, Thales!"

  Jane waved impatiently:

   "No matter how badly we fight, it has nothing to do with her, let her stay away from this pile of shit!"

  The opponent's attitude was fierce, Thales bowed his head helplessly:

   "I know, but this time she's on her own..."

   As the words came to his lips, Thales woke up.

   His expression changed, and he responded suspiciously:

   "Wait, wrong, why are you accusing me aggressively?"

  Prince slapped the desk angrily:

   "Hey! Obviously I was the one who was robbed, and I should be the one who should be aggrieved!"

  Jen En snorted coldly.

   "You have brought the blame on yourself. It is your retribution for sitting on this seat. You have great ambitions and talents, but you have high vision and low abilities. You act treacherously and are weak and incompetent."

  Jen En said coldly, without sympathy.

  Thales took a deep breath.

   Zhi Da Cai Shu.

   Eyes high and hands low.

  Breach of faith.

   Weak and incompetent.

   Retribution.

In normal times, no matter how ugly and humiliating - even if it is a star under the skirt - the scolding, His Royal Highness can still smile. After all, he has experienced hundreds of big men from the Northland in the Palace of Heroes The saliva stars are baptized heroes who protect the country in turn.

  Compared to those venting scoldings with no technical content, Zhan En's scolding is so eloquent, well-founded, clear and serious, it still makes him a little...

   "The stars are shining, but there is a prince like you, really..."

  Jen En was both disappointed and disdainful. In the end, he turned his head and lowered his voice, but he was still caught by the senses of hell:

   "It's really an idiot in power, and the country's fortune is not going well."

   Straw bag...

  Thales closed his eyes and took another deep breath.

  It's okay, it's okay.

  Come on, Thales, inhale, exhale, inhale again...

   After all, it was his sister who had the accident, so if you care about it, it will be messy. I understand, understand, very understand.

  Let him say a few words to vent his anger.

   Inhale, exhale...

  An idiot of a country—ah, a prince should have the tolerance to take offense.

   No big deal.

   Inhale, exhale...

   Nothing! !

  Thales opened his eyes angrily, facing the disdainful Zhan En.

  Wait, wait, when I recover from the momentary setbacks, plan wisely, turn the situation around and turn the situation around, and when I talk and laugh, the scull will be wiped out, and then I will slap him in the face again!

  Thales thought viciously, and let out this long breath.

   "So, here it goes."

  Thales turned back sternly, trying to make his words not sound so eccentric:

"Ms. Cecilia Cavendir is courageous, bravely won the three armies, outwitted the prince, captured the murderer by herself, brought justice to the precarious Emerald City, punished evil and promoted good, and threatened me to arrest you by the way. let go."

  Jen En sneered, both sarcastic and disdainful.

   "As a brother, you have nothing to say?"

   "I know, you lost face and face outside, and you became angry and wanted to get it back." Zhan En didn't even look at him, "That's why you came to me."

  Thales choked again.

"Wrong," he coughed, "in fact, I went to arrest Lausanne II, the killer who obeyed Federico's order, for no other reason than to cooperate with you, to clear your suspicion as soon as possible, and to arrest you. from…"

   "Cooperation? Really?"

  Jane's tone was disdainful:

   "But how can I remember that when we met last time, you still pretended to be airy and said that you still need to 'consider it'?"

  Thales gritted his teeth, bit the bullet and continued:

   "No, what we said last time was that you want me to show a little 'sincerity' before advancing our cooperation..."

   "And what I want is Federico," Jann continued. "Is he dead?"

  Thales couldn't help but have a meal.

   "I was about to say this. In fact, our cooperation was a bit of an accident because of Shiley's impulsiveness and meddling."

  Jen looked back with a frown.

  Thales smiled and shrugged:

"You see, without Lausanne II and the information he should have provided, I would not be able to close so many murder cases, nor would I be able to successfully convict and execute Federico, let alone clear your suspicions in the arbitration , to adjudicate your innocence—”

   "You really can't help it," Jann interrupted him: "I still don't want to, don't want to?"

  Thales was silent for a while.

   "You mean, after being severely humiliated and threatened by your sister in front of so many people, and lost all face?" The prince raised his voice, "Maybe both."

  Jen En's face turned cold:

   "Stop talking nonsense, and stop acting, Thales, and say: What do you want?"

  Thales looked at him deeply, and after a few seconds, he sighed.

   "Okay. Because of your sister, I have to pay more to correct the situation and maintain the deteriorating Emerald City. Therefore, I believe that you need to bear a little joint responsibility for Xilai's impulse and make up for it..."

  Jane interrupted him:

   "Okay, as long as Federico dies, I will return the government to Kongming Palace smoothly, not to mention making up for it and maintaining it. I promise to return you a vibrant and rich Emerald City, and even the entire South Bank Territory."

  He looked at Thales confidently.

  Thales hesitated to speak, and paused.

   "Look, it's Federico again. So we're back where we started," the prince shook his head. "It doesn't work."

  Jen En glanced at him coldly and snorted softly.

   "Let me see Hille, and I will persuade her to return the prisoner to you."

   "Okay, as long as I find her first," Thales promised happily, "By the way, do you want to see the living or the dead?"

"I was serious."

"Me too!"

  Thales' cold refusal made Jann look sideways.

"You have to understand, Xiaohuahua, the problem is not mine now." He took a deep breath and tilted his head, "It's her, your good sister who is hindering me, threatening me, causing trouble for me, and preventing the return of Emerald City normal."

   This time, Jen stared at him for a long time.

   A few seconds later, he showed a disdainful smile.

"Yeah, I can imagine," the Guardian Duke of the South Bank snorted coldly. "When this news spreads, the whole Emerald City will laugh, saying that the dignified Duke Xinghu was played around by a little girl. Murderers can't be caught', 'stars with skirts get soft when they see women', etc..."

  Thales' complexion changed slightly.

   People, do you really say that?

  But he didn't show it on his face, he just put on a straight face:

   "You think this is funny?"

   "It's kind of..."

  Jen shook his head and quickly returned to the topic:

"Actually, I mean, it sounds terrible: the second prince acted recklessly and returned home. Instead of being able to protect the country and the people in an emergency, he let a little girl from the Calvin Dill family threaten you , blatant disobedience, you have lost all prestige..."

  Thales frowned more and more.

  Jen En spoke more and more smoothly, with a strange smile:

"It is conceivable that the new ruler is not capable enough, and it will be difficult to convince the public. From the bureaucracy to the common people, people will be very disappointed. Their confidence in the Emerald City will further drop, and they will begin to believe that the Emerald City has indeed deteriorated. And will fall in chaos..."

  Thales couldn't help but counterattacked:

   "So it is more convenient for you to manipulate me, force me to compromise with you and your sister, and release you as soon as possible to save the Emerald City?"

  Jen En glanced at him and snorted in disdain.

   "Believe me, I didn't know it beforehand. It was Hilley who was eager to save people. She underestimated the impact of this move."

   "But I have to clean up the mess." Thales said coldly.

  Jane smiled.

"Then you should understand better, Thales, your chips are getting less and less." He leaned forward, showing a sense of intimidation, "I lost my wallet, you should work hard to get it back , or return to make money in the right way to make up for the loss, instead of blackmailing your good neighbor in anger."

   "Even if it's my good neighbor's sister who stole my wallet?"

   "Stop making excuses for your incompetence, Thales, do you really think your situation would be better without Hilley? Many things seem accidental, but they are inevitable."

  Jane shook his head with a click:

   “It is always easier for rulers to blame others, especially the weak, than to reflect on themselves.”

  He narrowed his eyes:

  “However, it is often the origin of tyranny to give up the hard and find the easy.”

   After hearing this, Thales was silent for a long time.

  Jane refused to back down.

   And he was right, after Xi Lai's disturbance, the Emerald City was even more in jeopardy.

   He has no time.

   Thinking of this, the prince raised his eyes.

   "Let's be honest, Jann. Once Federico dies, I will lose my bargaining chip to restrain you," Thales said with certainty, "That is unacceptable to me."

  Jane hummed inexplicably.

  Thales knocked on the table:

   "Unless you let me see now, even if you return to the position of city lord, our previous agreement will still count."

  Jen En smiled and said:

   "For example, take the money to repay the debt now, and return you a complete Emerald City, so that you can go to the Fuxing Palace?"

  Thales didn't speak.

  Jen En's face turned cold as soon as he closed his smile.

   "Then I will lose the bargaining chip to restrict you," Duke Iris refused to give an inch, "You will most likely pull me off after that and put Federico in place."

  Thales frowned:

   "So this is a deadlock, not negotiable?"

  Jen snorted lightly.

"Remember, Thales, you are putting on airs here, trying to blackmail me every minute and every second, the Emerald City and even the South Coast Territory are burning, and it will take more cost and money to rebuild the burnt parts. time."

  Jen turned his face away.

   "And once it is burned to ruins and sinks completely, we will lose both," the Duke of South Bank tutted, "Your father will not be satisfied."

   Looking at the other party's attitude, Thales' heart sank.

  He couldn't help but think of Federico's words just now:

  【Consider my proposal, Your Highness, if you can handle Zhan En with this matter, there may be surprises. 】

  Thales gently closed his eyes and sighed in his heart.

   "Anyway, he will not be satisfied anyway." The prince whispered.

  Jen En turned around with doubts in his eyes:

"What did you say?"

  Thales opened his eyes and looked up with a tired expression.

   "You know, I persuaded him in the same way," he shook his head with a bitter tone, "My father."

  Thales let out a long sigh.

"I advised him that there were so many accidents in his plan to conquer Xihuang. It seemed that his luck was bad, but in fact it was all inevitable." The second prince leaned back in his chair and said with a wry smile, "It's because he has been domineering for many years. Radicals deserve the consequences."

  Jane could not help but frown when he heard such incredible words as "Conquering the Western Wilderness".

"And I also persuaded him, don't blame others, but find the reason from yourself," Thales' eyes were fixed, as if talking to himself, "The person who solves the problem, not the person who solves the problem—more More often than not, they're just the ones who see the problem."

  Maybe it was the first time that Thales had heard Thales talking about the king emotionally, but Zhan En couldn't react in time and was stunned.

   "Because, as you said, 'What is hard to find is often the origin of tyranny'," Thales said with emotion, "It comes from "Government of the Worthy King", right?"

"oh?"

  Jen En's eyes moved, slightly surprised:

   "I thought you had only read books written by people from the North, or the mysterious author Hegel who couldn't find it in all the books."

  Thales shook his head and didn't explain much:

   "But even if I raise my sword to force the palace and be exiled from the capital, he still refuses to listen to the advice. He still insists on going his own way, insisting on using the fastest speed, the strongest strength, and no matter the cost, to bring the Emerald City into his pocket."

  Jan En's breathing stagnates.

   "That's why I asked to come, because I know that if he is allowed to do so," the prince's eyes were pained, and there was a bit of despair in it, "It's not just the Emerald City, the collapse of the kingdom is only a matter of time."

  He thought of the confrontation with King Kessel in the Ballard room, and he felt tired.

  Jen En rolled his eyes:

   "Then you shouldn't be with me..."

  Thales continued speaking on his own, and interrupted him:

   "But during this time, whether it's fighting with him, or you, or even Shiley, I'm exhausted and disheartened—I've had enough."

   Really enough.

  Thales raised his head and looked directly at the Duke of South Bank.

   "Especially after meeting with you today, I understand better," the prince clenched his teeth, his eyes blazing, "he is absolutely absolute and will not listen to my advice."

  At that moment, Zhan En had an ominous premonition.

   "As your uncle said, Zhan En, the strong, especially those in power, they never have to and will not take the initiative to retreat."

  Thales pressed his knees and stood up slowly.

   "And I want to persuade him, or in other words, there is one, and only one, way to stop him."

only one.

  Thales closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

  Jen En's eyelids twitched, and he also subconsciously stood up: "Thales, we don't need..."

   "That is to return to the Fuxing Palace," Thales opened his eyes, his eyes were firm, and his tone was decisive, "Put on that damned nine-star crown as soon as possible."

  Nine-star crown.

  Jen En frowned slightly.

   These words seem to have some kind of magical power. When they are spoken, the whole room is as silent as a tomb.

  Even the hustle and bustle outside the window cannot penetrate.

   Depressing.

  Thales stood up straight and stared at Zhan En.

   "So, you gotta understand, Jen."

  He withdrew his fingers and tapped his chest.

   "I am Thales, and even more the second prince," he gritted his teeth, and said with great force, "Tales, fucking, to be the king, Can Xing."

  Jen En couldn't help being surprised when he saw Thales like this for the first time.

"So, I don't care who is sitting on the throne of your **** Iris Flower Duke, and I don't care who is right and who is wrong in this dispute between you and Fei De, and who killed your father and his father?" Who is not interested in…”

  Jen En and Thales met their eyes, startled.

   "And the only thing I care about is..."

  Thales raised his finger, with anger and resentment in his eyes.

   "When all this is over, how much wealth can be left in Emerald City, let me use it to the Fuxing Palace, in exchange for my—"

   Speaking of this, Thales' eyes were cold.

  He pointed to the top of his head:

   "Future Crown?"

  At that moment, Zhan En's expression changed slightly.

   "But whether it's Hilley's unexpected move last night or your perfunctory response at the moment, I'm very disappointed and very angry."

  Thales took a deep breath and gritted his teeth word by word:

"If I'm worried about the deteriorating Emerald City, I compromise with Hilley, and give you a 'clean', let you, the son of a bitch, come out intact and regain power, and continue to live happily ever after, then nothing will change, I Handed in a blank paper to the Fuxing Palace...

"If I refuse to compromise and watch the economy of the Emerald City collapse under my rule, the South Bank leader's rule is in chaos, and the wealthy Queen's City is in a slump, then what I will hand over to the Fuxing Palace will be a contract where points will be deducted from the beginning to the end." red roll...

"Or worse, just imagine, if Hilley really digs out something incredible and the truth from Lausanne II, and counters me with reason and grounds, so that you can win a big victory...that's even better, I don't have to pay anything I tore up the test paper before returning to the palace."

  Contrary to the previous calmness, at this moment, every time the prince said something decisively, Zhan En's expression inevitably became more dignified.

   For this reason, Duke Iris coughed, trying to ease the atmosphere:

   "That's right, your situation is indeed at a disadvantage when facing His Majesty, but you may not be at the end of your rope. Many people of insight from all over the kingdom..."

   "And do you know what these three situations have in common?" Thales raised his voice unconsciously.

  Although he had confronted him countless times, in the face of such a serious Thales, Jann suddenly found that he didn't know how to react.

   "That's it," Thales took a deep breath, and squeezed out an ugly but creepy smile, "No matter which one I choose, that damned crown is getting farther and farther away from me."

   "I can only sit in the city of sorrow and watch him act recklessly on the throne, pushing the whole kingdom to..."

   "Thales!" Jen En interrupted him sharply.

  Thales raised his head suddenly!

"so!"

  The prince spoke softly, but every word weighed heavily:

   "So I'm really really, really fed up."

   "I know," Zhan En tried to explain, "but because of this, you can't let the Emerald City fall into his hands..."

   But Thales ignored him.

  He just walked to the door, turned around again, and looked at Zhan En sincerely.

   "So, for the next thing, I have to apologize to you first: Jen, I'm sorry, but I'm really, really sorry."

  He closed his eyes and nodded slightly in apology.

  But Zhan En smelled something wrong.

   "What do you mean? What are you going to do?"

  He left his seat and looked at Thales suspiciously.

  Thales raised his head, smiled wryly, and sighed helplessly.

"I admit that I can't solve your financial and ruling traps in Emerald City, and I can't ignore the wishes of the Fuxing Palace." The prince shook his head and admitted his powerlessness, "In this situation, everything I do is wrong, and Emerald City It's getting more and more chaotic, I don't have time, I have to..."

  Jen's brows are getting tighter:

   "What are you going to do?"

  Thales looked at Zhan En.

   "I know this is difficult for you to accept, and I am too, and I am not willing...Even Hilley himself may not be so willing."

  Jane's eyelids twitched:

   "Who are you talking about?"

  Thales shook his head haggardly:

   "But he, my father will be satisfied, and I believe the Emerald City will be as well."

  Jen En stepped forward quickly and came to Thales, suppressing his anxiety and anger:

   "Satisfied with what? What are you going to do to Shirley!"

"You won't give in, and neither will my father, but Kevin Deere and the Canxing family can," Thales said with bitter eyes, "I've decided that as long as Xilai and I get married, the emerald city will face... "

  Boom!

  Before he finished speaking, the defenseless Thales felt his face go numb, and a golden star appeared in front of his eyes!

  He fell to the ground with a thud, only to feel a buzzing in his ears, and the numbness in his cheekbone gradually turned into unbearable pain.

   "You son of a bitch!"

  Jane's furious roar was deafening:

"impossible!"

  Thales propped up his upper body in pain and touched his cheek, causing him to hiss in pain.

  But he still insisted on speaking:

   "I'm afraid that's not up to you. If Shirley knew it would save you, she wouldn't..."

boom!

  Jan En punched hard again, this time on the arm of Thales' face shield!

"how dare you!"

  Thales had never seen such a gaffe-like Duke Iris.

"I understand your anger, Jann," Thales gritted his teeth and resisted Jann's next punch, "but I swear, I swear, I will treat her well, and I will not let her be wronged. She will be the most honorable queen of Xingchen, and the royal family of Canxing has not insulted her..."

  The furious Zhan En grabbed his collar and pulled him up from the ground with a horrified expression:

   "I'm going to kill you!"

boom!

  With a muffled sound, the door was knocked open, and Huai Ya, D.D and others rushed in in a panic. They were shocked by the scene in front of them: What happened?

   "Your Highness—"

   "Help!"

   "Stop him!"

   "Hold him!"

  Although the royal guards were shocked, everyone had experience in dealing with such things. Zhan En was quickly pulled away and isolated from Thales. Wyatt was shocked when he saw the wound on Thales' face.

   "This is also the best result for Emerald City."

  Thales let go of D.D's hand to help him up, and spoke with difficulty:

   "For the kingdom, for the future I want, and even more superficially—for the crown, I have to do some... things I don't want to do."

   On the other side, although the guards tried their best to stop him, Zhan En was furious and struggled harder than he could have imagined:

   "How dare you! No, no, no, no, you bastard! We had a deal! We had a deal! Come back! Come back! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

Because of the consideration of the other party's status, the guards were usually polite when guarding the Duke of Nan'an. Now, even though he offended His Royal Highness, everyone did not dare to hit him hard. They just pressed his arm with difficulty, so the effect was not good. He almost broke free again.

   "You are not allowed to touch her! No! I will kill, kill you!"

   At this moment, a figure suddenly stepped forward, resolutely separated the crowd, and faced Zhan En, who was struggling furiously, and punched him hard in the face!

  Boom!

  Jane fell to the ground with a plop, and the roar stopped abruptly.

  Everyone was also petrified.

  I saw the person who had just beaten up Duke Kevin Dill—the prince's attendant, Wyah Castle standing above Jann, short of breath and gnashing his teeth.

  He glanced back at the others and shouted angrily:

   "Is it that difficult!"

  D.D, Niexi, Piroga, Morgan, Itariano... No one dared to speak out, everyone just rolled their eyes and suppressed Zhan En with embarrassment and guilt.

   After getting along with each other for a long time, although Huai Ya is serious and serious, he has always been kind and tolerant. Therefore, not only are the members of the Star Lake Guard not afraid of him, but they are used to laughing and laughing with him, and even bolder ones like D.D make jokes about his personality and family background from time to time.

   But for the first time ever, no one dared look him in the eye.

   just accepted his reprimand obediently.

  Only the civilized and polite Morgan had a precedent before, and finally happily imitated the cat like a tiger. He punched Zhan En hard in the abdomen, who was still struggling.

boom!

   Huaiya breathed steadily, he turned his head and looked at Thales, whose cheeks were red and swollen, but who was also taken aback, feeling unbearably guilty:

   "Your Highness, we are the ones who protect you..."

  But Thales raised a hand, stopped his words, and at the same time signaled the others to let go of the dying Duke.

  He took a step forward, looking at Zhan En with blood on his face and distracted eyes with complicated emotions.

   "Sorry, Jen."

  Thales is sad and authentic.

   "True. But I'm sure...you can understand."

  Jen En fell to the ground, his bloodshot eyes stared at Thales absently and powerlessly.

While the crowd waited without daring to say a word, Thales just shook his head disheartenedly, turned around, and left the room. Wyah quickly followed, not forgetting to give Zhan En a vicious slap on the ground. eyes.

  Everyone, you looked at me, and I looked at you, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.

   finally left.

  No need to face...

   Right now.

"etc…"

  Jen En's voice sounded like a gossamer.

  Thales paused, and he turned around.

  Everyone became nervous again.

"Hey," although D.D was the first to help the prince up, he still felt that D.D, who had failed to win the first prize, was upright. He grabbed Zhan En by the collar and raised his fist high, "If you dare to misbehave your Highness again... "

  Zhan En trembled, pushed him away, and stared at Thales who was surrounded by guards.

   "Speak, Your Highness Thales..."

  His nose was dripping with blood, his eyes were bitter and gray:

   "You, what do you want... What can I do for you?"

   At that moment, after seeing the other party's expression clearly, Thales felt something in his heart:

   It's done.

  He won.

  As Federico said.

  Jane gave in.

  The guards looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what the two powerful figures wanted to do after fighting each other.

  The problem was solved, and Thales should have been happy, but he looked at Zhan En at this moment, but he was in a complicated mood, and he couldn't squeeze out a smile.

  【He won't believe it. 】

  He remembered the conversation he had just had with Federico.

  【But he has that thing, so he will believe, that's enough. 】

   That stuff.

  Thinking of this, looking at Zhan En who looked like a defeated warrior in front of him, Thales' eyes were dark and he felt sad.

  That's right, Thales.

   This is the thing.

  At that moment, the voice in his heart, with the indifference that he knew earlier, said to him silently:

  Jane knows you deeply.

  Of course he doesn't believe that you are a sinister villain who has no bottom line and is willing to use his sister and even sacrifice the Emerald City.

   But he will believe that for that crown, you will be willing to do something, sacrifice anything.

  It's like he believes that if it were him...

  He would be willing to do something.

This is…

   That stuff.

  (end of this chapter)