You can't afford to hurt a man wearing an anti-theft badge

The next morning, Sius got up from the bed with two dark circles under his eyes, stood in front of the crystal mirror, and looked at this strange self.

In the past, he was never troubled by emotional matters. For him, liking and attraction are as common as three meals. He hasn't tasted the food called "Zhou Yan".

Damn feelings, that's something only weak people have.

Sius emphasized this sentence to himself again.

"Your Majesty, please go this way." Gaius also didn't sleep well, he was woken up in the middle of the night and didn't say anything. After Sius decided to change prisons, he would go into the pool of the prison himself to tie Saturday up. , How to tie a suitable angle so that this slave who is "loved by His Majesty the Emperor" will not suffer substantial harm is really a difficult problem.

Before Sius entered the dungeon, he smelled a rusty smell.

"What's going on? Is this water prison rusty?" Sius frowned.

"...No, His Majesty the Emperor is merciful. This water prison has not been used for five or six years, so the chains and railings are a little rusty." Gaius replied.

"Well," said Theus, "we can't treat punishment like pleasure, don't you, Gaius?"

"Your Majesty is merciful." Gaius said again, and opened the door of the visiting area in front of the water dungeon.

The setting of the water prison is divided into two parts, one part is the pool where the prisoners are imprisoned, and the other part is the visiting area.

There is an iron wall between the two parts. In fact, the water prison is entirely made of iron, and this is the only place in the Golden Palace that is not so golden.A viewing window is dug in the middle of the partition wall and can be opened.

Gaius led His Majesty to the viewing window and activated the mechanism to open the viewing window.

Sius approached the viewing window and looked in. He saw the little slave on the opposite wall with his hands hanging up, his head tilted to one side, and his lower body immersed in the water.There was not even a trace of light in the water prison, and the only light came in from the viewing window. The light just fell on the pale body, and scars could be seen faintly.

Sius took a look and became annoyed: "Who allowed you to beat him?"

"Your Majesty, I don't dare." Gaius hesitated for a moment, and felt that he should tell the truth, "It should be you who hit him."

"How is it possible?!" Sius was annoyed, "I just used the whip you gave me... There is no such a heavy wound at all."

"Because I soaked in the water all night..." Gaius was helpless.

"Put the water out, I'm going in."

"Your Majesty, this..." Gaius hesitated.

"What is this? Let go!" Sius turned his head and growled at Gaius.

Gaius took a step back and lowered his head: "Of order."

Panting heavily, Sius turned his head and looked in from the viewing window. The sound of the engine starting sounded, and the water outlet under the water prison opened, and the water surface dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sius stared closely at the little slave on the opposite wall. He found that the little slave seemed to wake up and struggled. After a while, he saw the young man raised his head, frowning tightly, as if he was enduring some external force. pain of.

At this time, Sius realized that once the water was released, the buoyancy would disappear, and the little slave was fixed on the wall with only his hands, and thick iron chains were wrapped around his arms. on the wall.

If there is no buoyancy, the weight of his whole body will be on his hands. He has been hanging all night, and his wrists are numb and fragile, and they cannot bear the weight.

"Stop!" Sieus shouted immediately.

Gaius sighed secretly, and closed the gate.

But the water surface has dropped to the knees, and the buoyancy is basically non-existent. There is only a soft sound from Guerra, which is very clear in the quiet water prison. Saturday's body slid down, and his arms were in a twisted state. He couldn't bear it either. I cried out in pain.

"Boom!" Sius slammed his fist on the partition wall, "Open the door, I want to go in!"

"But Your Majesty, the water hasn't been drained yet..."

"Open!!"

Gaius had no choice but to activate the mechanism of the partition door. This time, a certain area in the partition was directly lifted up, revealing a space that could accommodate one person, but the water in the water prison also gushed out, forming a small waterfall. , and soon the entire visiting area was covered with water, and Sius's luxurious robe was also wet, but he didn't notice.

He squeezed into the door with all his heart. The water dungeon was deeper than the ground of the viewing area, and the water gate was further below. Therefore, it looked like a hot spring pool in a bathing place, but the water inside was not hot spring water, but from the sea. Bring in the salt water.

"Pfft"!

Theus jumped into the water in his robe, his strong arms cut through the water, and swam towards the prisoner on the other side of the wall.

The sea water splashed on the lips, and the salty taste penetrated into the lips.

Theus swam close to Saturday, stood up from the water, and wrapped his hands around Saturday's legs to relieve the pressure on his wrists.

Saturday's body was icy cold, and Sius was startled, turned his head and shouted at Gaius: "Unlock the chain!"

The chain was hung on the bracket, and when Gaius saw Sius hugging Saturday, he opened the mechanism and let the chain fall off by itself.

Saturday's body crashed into Sieus' arms, and the big iron chain fell together, hitting Sieus on the head. Sieus felt his eyes go dark, and endured it forcefully, carefully adjusting Saturday to a In a comfortable position, holding his knees with one hand and his back with the other, he walked through the waist-deep water and walked all the way back to the visiting area.

"Your Majesty, let me do it..." Gaius wanted to help.

"No need, find a clean blanket." Sius kicked Gaius away, "Don't stand here and get in the way."

Gaius led the way and trotted out.

Sius carried Saturday to the corridor outside, half-kneeled down, and carefully inspected his injuries—at first glance, it looked a little scary.

It was whipped by Sius with a leather whip. Some places were broken and blood oozes. After soaking in sea water for a night, the edge of the wound has swollen and turned slightly white.

"Little slave?" Theus drew close to him, calling him in a cautious tone never used by a tyrant. "Hycinthus?"

Saturday closed his eyes and did not respond.

Sius panicked, hugged his upper body a little, and pressed him tightly: "Zhou...Zhou Yan?"

When Gaius came in with the blanket in his arms, he saw Theus put his face to Saturday's and clasped his body tightly with his hands, as if it was not Hyacinthus who was dying but the tyrant himself.

"Your Majesty, do you want to... release his hand first?" Gaius cautiously suggested.

Only then did Sieus remember, he straightened up, lowered his head, and saw two limp arms locked by large iron chains, his fingers were pale and bloodless, and the joints hung stiffly. He touched Saturday's hand, Very cold, like ice cubes.

"How do you open it? Where's the key??" Sius didn't dare to pull the iron chain, so he could only pull his own hair.

"Your Majesty, the key." Gaius put the blanket on the ground, untied the key from his waist, and handed it up.

Sius took the key, twisted the lock twice, and the iron chain fell off.

Saturday's arms hung down, his wrists bent in an abnormal posture.

"What's wrong with his wrist??" Sius was irritable.

"When you released the water," replied Gaius, "the strain was so great that it dislocated."

"Call the imperial doctor, immediately." Theus held Saturday's hand and gave Gaius a fierce look, as if annoyed why he didn't fly up quickly.

Gaius trotted out again. What bothered him was that there was no imperial doctor in the Golden Palace, only a few accompanying doctors. He could only hope that these doctors were skilled and would not leave any sequelae for the empress—that’s right. , After two days and one night of tossing, Gaius can be sure that Hyacinthus is definitely the future queen of the Roman Empire, and there is no second possibility.

In fact, Sieus could do it himself, but he was so flustered that he didn't dare to move at all, holding a pair of arms like holding a fragile oriental jade—damn, he didn't know why the ancient oriental I like to use jade so much. That thing doesn’t sell well in Rome, it’s not as good as silk, because the rough Romans can’t appreciate it at all, and this thing is not as clear as gemstones, nor as strong as ivory.

But at this moment, Sius felt that there is one thing very good about jade, that is, it can become warm when covered.

Sius wrapped Saturday in a blanket, held his arm in one hand, and hugged his waist in the other, letting him lie half-body in his arms, feeling the temperature of the person in his arms gradually recovering, and a slight glow on his face. With some blood, Sius' heart fell back to its original position.

He lowered his head, his eyes fell on Saturday's face, and he looked at it for a while. He had gone through the events of the past two days in his mind, and he found that he could neither kill this person nor violate his will. His will was forcibly obtained by him, and even the punishment that he thought was innocuous in the past, when it came to this person, it became a cruel method of exercising the endurance of his heart.

"Why are you so weak?" Sius whispered, "Didn't you be very powerful when you were with me in the bullfight?"

Saturday was in a semi-comatose state, and when he heard Sius speak, he frowned and slowly opened his eyes.

"Zhou Yan," Sieus was agitated, pinching his hands so hard that Saturday's face turned pale, he quickly let go, and said, "Are you awake?"

Sat glanced at him, then closed his eyes again, his eyelashes drooping over his amber pupils.

Then his head fell back, as if the last bit of support had been exhausted.

"Zhou Yan." Sieus called out, but there was no response. He leaned close to Saturday's ear and called his name. The body in his arms was heavy. A terrible thought arose in Sieus's heart, as if hidden in the The snake in the dark suddenly poked out its fangs, and inserted the venom into the heart when it was unsuspecting. With every contraction and relaxation of the arterial pump, it was quickly diffused into the blood of the whole body.

"Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan!" Sius yelled anxiously. He couldn't let go of the dislocated hands, so he could only use his body against Saturday, freeing up his other hand to pat Saturday's cheek. , within reach, is all cold.