throne fire

At dawn, Aslan returned to his residence.A trace of the atmosphere in the courtyard is very different from the past.

There is a [-]-meter-long lotus pond in the center of the square-shaped courtyard.The children's room circles around the pond, the door faces the pond, and a long and narrow passage connects them.When there is no class, this place becomes a paradise for them to chase and play.

Today, the passage was very quiet. A few big boys stood not far away, while the rest of the children hid in the shadow of the stone pillars of the passage.

"Someone wants to see you."

On the way back to the room, a dark-skinned boy kicked his legs on the stone pillar and stopped him.

Today is a sunny day, and the soldiers on duty have gone out to have fun early, and no one will come to maintain order in the building all day.

On weekdays, because of Aslan's special status, this group of children never caused him any trouble.It is estimated that the dispute with Prince Mu yesterday made them believe that he had completely offended the prince, so they had the courage to come to make him happy.

The black boy had a smirk on his face, and he stretched out his hand to screw Aslan into the next room, but he was in vain.He was a little uncertain, and stretched out his hand again.Several times in a row, he either continued to miss the air, or caught his companion.

Everyone looked at him in astonishment, scratching around in place like a drunk, unable to aim.

"idiot."

The little leader in the room finally couldn't bear it anymore and came out, standing in the middle of the two of them.

"You are Aslan?" He sized him up with disdain on his face, "Do you know our rules here?"

rule?

This group of foreign children has established their own influence in this small courtyard at some point.

The boy in front of him is named Goby, he is not yet 10 years old, and he is the most powerful person in the courtyard.He came to Zagmandu, the largest archipelagic country in the Bingyang Ocean. As the third prince of the country, his father sent him to the mainland of Mu based on the security treaty signed between the two countries.

The Zagmandu royal family has always been in charge of the shipping hub on the Pobing Ocean on behalf of Mufang. In return, Mufang will retain a court official position for a prince of the other party.

It was an idle job with few things to do, little power, and good income.In order to ensure that the prince can successfully serve as an adult, he received an orthodox court education in the mainland of Mu since he was a child. Based on this, his status is higher than that of other boys.

The other two children behind him belonged to his subordinates like the black boy, and they all came to several other island countries in the Po Bing Ocean.Their family is relatively wealthy, and when they were sent here, their family had already spent money to buy off several senior officials in the Mu army.This caused them to receive only symbolic minor injuries during physical training.

Aslan had seen the scene of the group of special service soldiers mercilessly picking up other boys, and he even doubted whether some of the boys in this group of hostages could go back alive under this kind of devil training.

Leaving aside these four, the eyes of the other boys were a little dodgy. They didn't really want to trouble Aslan, but the gang in this building had already formed, and only obeying orders could keep them safe.

Blinking his eyes, with a bit of confusion, Aslan knew it was best not to annoy the other party.

"What rules? Who made them?"

"Of course it's me. I'm the king here." Gobi smiled proudly, revealing a row of neat teeth. Perhaps the two rows of teeth were the most beautiful in his whole body.

"I heard that imperial power requires a god to be crowned. Who is the god who crowned you?"

"I don't need a god to be crowned, I just need to crown myself."

"Then what are your rules?"

"I saw that you were quite capable of fighting yesterday. This king appreciates you, so I appointed you as my deputy to the general."

"What kind of job is that?"

"Of course it's a powerful job." Gebi didn't know what kind of job it was, anyway, he might have heard about it from someone by chance.

"I can't."

"You dare to resist?"

"You say it's a great job, but I'm not."

Hearing what the other party said, Gebi felt a little troubled, "Then what position do you want?"

"Let me think about it." Aslan looked away, as if he was really worried about this problem. The children were infected by his emotions and fell into deep thought.Just at this gap, he casually walked through them and returned to his room.

After he closed the door, Gebi suddenly came back to his senses, he forgot to ask him to bow down to himself.

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In the evening, the pool was surrounded by water, and the scene was very lively.

Aslan thought that Goby was there again to demonstrate his horse-whip skill.When I went out to have a look, I found a boy about the same age as me standing wet in the middle of the pool.

His originally fair skin was a little sallow due to half a month of hostage life, and his black ink-like shoulder-length hair was formed into small braids beside his ears, and the gold ornaments on it rattled.The whole person looks morbidly weak.

He spotted Aslan, and looked at him through the crowd with pleading eyes.The appearance of being alone in the mud can't help but make people feel sympathetic.

Not far from the pool, Goby and his three capable goalkeepers are standing proudly aside.

"I didn't steal your copperstone." The boy in the pool defended himself in a voice that was barely audible.

"You won't be able to tell the truth if you don't give me some color." Gebi waved his hand, and the black boy brought out a sealed wooden box.

Everyone's expressions changed suddenly, and the boy in the pool raised his voice, "I really didn't steal it."

"You stole it, I saw it with my own eyes," said another boy of the three.

"you're lying."

"Pour it in for me." Gebi waved his hand angrily, and the black boy opened the lid of the box, and poured the two green-toothed eels into the pool.

That river eel is very aggressive and has poisonous teeth.After sliding smoothly into the pool, it quickly got into the mud and concealed its tracks.The onlookers all screamed.

The boy in the pool was so frightened that his whole body was frozen like a stone statue.

"If you don't confess to me, I'll be serious. It likes small things with delicate skin and tender flesh. If you happen to have a cut in your body and bleed some blood..."

"I didn't steal it." The boy roared in despair.

"Mibu."

Goby gave another order, and the black boy hurriedly removed the dagger from his waist and walked towards him. At that moment, he was grabbed with both hands.

"Didn't you hear what he said clearly?" Aslan didn't use much force, but he just pressed a certain painful point on the black boy's arm. The pain caused the latter to drop the dagger.

"What to do?" the black boy roared.

"What evidence do you have to prove that he stole your copperstone?" Aslan stared at Goby with disgust in his eyes.

"I said he stole it and he stole it."

"There is no proof, which eye of yours saw him steal it? Besides, your bronze stone is worth a life?"

"It's none of your business, Atlantis boy." The black boy was so angry that he wanted to shake him off.

"Mibu is right, don't care about your business." Goby echoed, "I said that I am the king here, and my words are the truth and the rules here."

Aslan refused to let go, which made Goby furious, "Do you want to rebel? Get on me, catch him and feed him to the green-toothed eel."

Most of the boys stood still, and they were often bullied by Goby on weekdays, and at this moment, the faces showed rare hatred towards him.The few boys who originally wanted to go forward all flinched when they saw this scene.

"How dare you disobey orders? A group of stinky bastards, you will suffer tomorrow's experience." As soon as these words came out, the children who originally wanted to follow the rebellion were swallowed by fear in an instant.

Gebi's words revealed the truth, his influence had already penetrated into the secret service army, and it was for this reason that those children who were afraid of his power did not dare to resist him. "Are you afraid? Does anyone dare to resist?"

"It seems that what you lack is not the deputy of the general, but the priest of the dead." Aslan's words made the children look at each other in blank dismay. Few of them knew what the job of the priest of the dead was.

"Are you planning to be loyal to me?" Gobi asked angrily.

"I think you made a mistake, the priest of the dead is the priest of the guardian spirit of the emperors of all ages."

"Watching the spirit?" The children were arguing, "The king is not dead yet, who is he keeping the spirit with?"

Hidden titters came from the dark, and Gebi's patience was clearly at its limit, "Are you kidding me, kid?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the children became restless. Some of them hid far away, some even hid in their own rooms, while others stood aside and watched coldly.

Soon, the three boys behind Goby surrounded him.Just when they were preparing to siege on three sides, countless silver light spots appeared between them and Aslan, which were countless crystal clear water drops.

"on!"

Gerby's order worked quite well, and the three black shadows rushed forward.Aslan flashed through it nimbly, and there were three consecutive plops, and all three fell into the pool.

Thinking that there were still two green-toothed eels in the water, the boys panicked and crawled to the bank, and the water in the pool was stirred up and became dizzy.Suddenly, the half-foot-high pool became bottomless, and the silt in the pool pulled them down like a swamp.There were screams, and they grabbed each other in the pool, as if each other was a monster.

"What's going on?" Gebi stood by the pool with a livid face, his eyes filled with fear, "What did you do to them?" As soon as he finished speaking, he became unable to move, his blood seemed to be about to freeze, which made him Every movement is extremely difficult.