A rapid cough came from the room, like a torn bellows, and it sounded like a dilapidated and weak feeling.
Standing outside the room, several court attendants in linen robes bowed their heads nervously, looking very frightened.
In the corridors, only the court warriors in golden armor still held their heads high.
Hurried footsteps came from the hallway, and the court physician dressed in white trotted in under the escort of the attendants, and a moment later another priest and magician from the church also hurried in.
In this huge palace, all the candlelight on the arm-thick candlesticks all around seemed to be concentrated in the huge bed in the middle of the room, the magnificent bed, the bed base made of jewels and gold, and the thick soft couch as soft as the clouds, the most noble old man of the empire was panting with difficulty.
His figure was blurred in the thick curtains, and some charms with strange symbols were hung on the high bedposts around him.
Emperor Kantos's face was as pale as a dead man, his cheeks had sunk deeply, and his gray face was still a strange blue.
He looked thinner, and the gorgeous and incomparable robe he was wearing on his body, but the wrists that came out of the sleeves were like dry bones His original majestic body, and he was only under the skeleton The emperor's face was very painful, and it seemed that every breath became a great burden for him, and the intense pain tormented him.
"Put the candle, the candle," the Emperor said with difficulty in slathering out the slurred words from his mouth: "All, light them all," he exclaimed, and then muttered to himself in a low voice, "It's too dark here, it's too dark, it's like a damn tomb, it's too dark." ” A few close servants quickly found candles and lit them on the tables around them, the candlelight of dozens of huge candles, but the emperor still didn't seem satisfied, and continued to shake his head and mutter: "It's too dark, it's too dark like a tomb."
Finally, after almost a hundred candles were lit, the beating of hundreds of candles brought light, but it seemed that it could not dispel the cold smell in this room.
The court physician walked to the emperor's side first, he carefully helped the emperor to lie down, and then his fingers quickly untied His Majesty's robe, reached out and pressed a few times on the emperor's already thin chest, and then carefully choked the emperor's wrist and neck, checked the frequency of his heartbeat, and opened the emperor's eyelids, and finally took out a thin needle from his sleeve, and gently pierced into the skin of the emperor's chest, and a drop of blood came out.
The medical officer quickly threw the tip of the needle with the blood beads into a transparent bottle, which originally contained some transparent liquid, but when the blood beads were submerged, the originally pure and transparent liquid in it suddenly had a ripple, and it quickly turned into a faint blue The medical officer's face suddenly became extremely difficult to see.
He looked at the emperor lying on the soft couch, hesitated for a moment, his lips squirmed, but he didn't seem to know how to speak.
At this time, finally, the magician and the priest arrived.
As soon as the court magician in the red robe entered, all the servants in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
Obviously, this court magician is the one everyone trusts.
The court magician quickly walked to the emperor's side, just glanced at the emperor quickly, and quickly took out a small wooden box from his sleeve, opened the box, and gently twisted out a green leaf from it with two fingers The magician's face was calm, he pinched the leaf and sent it to the emperor's mouth, gently pinched the emperor's chin, and helped Emperor Kantos open his mouth, before sending the leaf into the emperor's mouth, the leaf was spread on the emperor's tongue, and soon, there was a "snort" sound, and a light mist emanated from the emperor's mouth, as if the leaf began to melt away at a rapid speed The emperor was sent to lie down, and the sound of "snorting" continued to come from his mouth.
Finally, a faintly flowing light soon emerged from the emperor's face, and then quickly flowed all over his body.
A miracle happened The cheeks that were originally thin and sunk deeply, but at this moment, the muscles suddenly became miraculously full, and the original gray and white face like a dead man suddenly became rosy again The difficult wheezing sound like a broken bellows finally calmed down, and the heart-wrenching coughing sound finally subsided The emperor finally opened his eyes, his eyes showed a hint of relief, he looked at the court magician beside him, and sighed softly: "Thank you, Your Excellency Ayipur, you can always save me from fire and water. ” The court magician didn't say anything to the Emperor, but just turned to look at the priest behind him and nodded at him.
The priest walked over, saluted the emperor, and then said slowly, "Your Majesty, please lie down and let me start casting spells for you." ” As he spoke, the priest took out a small bottle from his bosom, gently poured out some holy water, twisted a few drops, and sprinkled them on the emperor's forehead, and was about to chant the incantation "Wait, wait a minute" The court doctor's face finally changed, and he strode up and grabbed the priest's sleeve: "Wait a minute" The palace doctor's expression was anxious: "I can't do this anymore" The emperor opened his eyes, looked at the court doctor, frowned, and said, "What's wrong?"
The medical officer's expression was a little hesitant, but in an instant, as if he had made a decision, he raised his head, looked directly into the emperor's eyes, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you can no longer use magic to heal, this method is not helping you recover at all, but it is harming you at all."
The emperor frowned, and his face sank suddenly.
"Stupid guy, don't get out of here" The court magician smiled coldly, waved his sleeves slightly, and suddenly the court doctor's body fell backwards, and when he fell to the ground, the two servants next to him hurriedly came up and helped him up.
"Stupid, you are stupid" The court medical officer had a desperate face, and after breaking free from the support of the court attendants, he struggled to stand up, pointed at the court magician and said loudly: "You are basically murdering, this is a murder of Your Majesty, and it cannot continue like this" When the gift of "murder" came out of the mouth of the medical officer, suddenly in the corner of the room, the figures of several court warriors appeared silently, and the middle-aged man, who had always been silent, also appeared in the corner like a shadow.
The court medical officer gritted his teeth, took off the hat on his head, threw it on the ground, and then knelt down with a plop, and said loudly to Emperor Kantos on the bed: "Your Majesty really can't go on like this, these damn gods are simply deceiving you" As he spoke, he held his bottle aloft: "Do you see the color of the water in this bottle, once your blood is stained, it turns blue, which means that you have been poisoned deeply, deeply."
"Nonsense."
The court magician shook his head and stared at the medical officer and sneered: "You incompetent fellows can't cure Your Majesty's illness.
But the splendor of magic can dispel your Majesty's sickness from your ignorant mind, and you cannot comprehend the mysteries of magic, and you insult with these abominable words."
"I really don't know magic," the medical officer stubbornly stared up at the magician, and said loudly: "Maybe in the eyes of a noble magician like you, a person like me is indeed a small existence, you can easily take away my humble life as long as you flick your fingertips, but I am a doctor, although I don't know magic, but I know the human body, I know medicine, I admit the greatness and mystery of magic, but magic, after all, is not omnipotent, it is impossible to solve all problems" He was covered with sweat, moved forward with his knees, knelt in front of the bed, and said loudly to Emperor Kantos on the bed: "Your Majesty is my incompetence, in the face of your serious illness, I can't use medical skills to dispel these diseases for you, but this is not the incompetence of medical skills, but there is no one thing in this world that can solve all your problems, medical skills can no longer solve them, but in the same way, magic cannot solve them."
"It can't be solved" the court magician sneered: "If you are not blind, you should see that Your Majesty's complexion is much better now." ” "Yes, indeed," the medical officer exclaimed, "yes, but it's a deception, it's a murder."
He took out a booklet from his bosom and said loudly: "Your Majesty, as your medical officer, my duty also includes recording the condition of your illness from the time when this noble magician treated you for the first time, and all the records after that, I have recorded here a few months ago, when he used magic to dispel the pain for you for the first time, that time, the effect of the treatment, lasted for half a month, and your illness recurred, but immediately, the second magic treatment, the effect only lasted ten days, and the third treatment, The effect only lasted for seven days, the fourth time, four days, and to this day, you have to do a treatment almost every day, and the effect of each magic treatment lasts for less and less, but this magician, the dose of that magical leaf that you are given is getting bigger and bigger, I remember the first treatment, he only gave you a quarter of a leaf, and today, even if you take a whole leaf, it can only stop your pain for less than a day."
He threw the booklet on the ground, pointed to the priest next to him, and said loudly: "Even the most ordinary person knows a truth: healing techniques cannot be used many times, because healing techniques are not really to restore people's physical damage, in fact, they are just using this spell to stimulate the rapid growth of people's body functions and self-recovery, but this kind of spell, if used too much, is actually harmful to people's bodies, but it will consume a lot of people's own vitality.
Not to mention this noble magician, even a magic apprentice should know such common sense, but this magician, every time he allows the priest to perform healing spells, isn't this murder?"
Emperor Kantos sat on the bed, his face was calm, and he didn't seem to see any fluctuations, but in those eyes, as if he didn't know what kind of light was flashing, the court magician's face was very ugly, staring at this medical officer, and said angrily: "Ignorant things I prepared magic potions, how can you understand" "I really don't understand, but I'm a medical officer," the brave medical officer said proudly: "No matter how magical magic is, it is impossible to reverse the laws of the world, or even if it can be done, but it doesn't seem to be something that you can do, although I don't know your magic potion, but I at least know medical skills, I know what is good for the human body, what is harmful to the human body, at least what is poisonous, I can still tell" As he spoke, a trace of absolute color flashed in his eyes, and he paused vigorously: "Your Majesty, I know that you are anxious to get rid of this painful disease, so you have gradually stopped trusting medical skills, but please believe that magic is not omnipotent, it is impossible to use magic to solve all problems, treat diseases, and rely on medical skills, I know that no matter what I say, you can't completely believe me."
He gritted his teeth vigorously, took the bottle of blue liquid, and said loudly: "You have taken those magical leaves, and your body is already full of toxins, which are enough to kill people, if you don't believe it, please take a look" After saying that, he took the bottle and put it to his mouth, and he was about to drink the blue liquid in the bottle The emperor's eyes changed, and he shouted in a low voice: "Stop" The middle-aged man in the corner of the wall suddenly appeared beside the medical officer, and with a slight stretch of his hand, he snatched the bottle from the medical officer's mouth.
The medical officer was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the mysterious master beside the emperor.
"If you want to prove it, you don't have to die."
The emperor sat on the bed and shook his head slowly: "Bring two dogs" Soon, a servant brought two dogs into the room, and these dogs kept in the court were naturally strong.
The medical officer looked at the middle-aged man and said firmly: "Give the dog a drink, if the dog doesn't die, I will commit suicide and apologize."
The middle-aged man looked at Emperor Kantos, closed his eyes, and nodded.
Soon, the bottle of blue liquid with the emperor's blood beads was drunk by a dog, and after a few minutes, the dog suddenly whimpered a few times, his body convulsed, and he immediately fell to the ground, and after a few trembling blows, he was directly killed In the room, the servants and guards around were all shocked, and many of the guards had already drawn their weapons and surrounded the court magician in the middle The magician looked ugly, but he still said loudly: "No, there is already this doctor's own potion in that bottle, maybe that potion is poisonous" The medical officer immediately said loudly: "If you don't believe it, you can try again this time, just ask Your Majesty to cut the skin, just a few drops of blood, nothing else, and then give it to a dog to drink, it will be clear."
The emperor opened his eyes, a flash of sharpness flashed in his eyes, but he immediately touched a silver knife from the bedside, quickly cut his thumb, and then threw the blade stained with his own blood to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man nodded, took the knife, and gently cut the skin of the remaining dog for five minutes But five minutes later, the dog suddenly convulsed all over his body, and within a moment he howled a few times, white foam flowed from his mouth, and then fell to the ground At this moment, even the emperor himself changed color The middle-aged man looked back at the emperor, and there was also a strange and complicated meaning in his gaze.
"Everybody out, Ayipur, and the Medic stay."
The Emperor raised his hand.
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The emperor's order stunned all the guards, but when the emperor's majestic eyes swept over, everyone finally retreated.
The medical officer raised his head blankly and watched everyone walk out, but the magician was already kneeling on the ground, looking at the emperor with a faint helplessness on his face.
"Alright, get up."
The emperor smiled bitterly: "Get up." ” "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence" spoke to the magician.
"I don't blame you."
Emperor Kantos shook his head: "From the beginning, you told me that this treatment method is poisonous, and it can't really cure my disease, it can only barely let me recover in a short time, but it will greatly shorten my lifespan I know it's my own choice, I don't blame you." ” The medic froze After all, he has been in the royal family for a long time, and in an instant, the thought in his heart turned around, and he realized that he was afraid that he had done something bad with good intentions "You get up too."
The emperor looked at the medical officer: "I don't blame you, you are loyal to me, you will do this, I will only be grateful for your loyalty, I will not blame you."
After a pause, the Emperor smiled bitterly, "However, you owe this magician an apology. ” The medical officer immediately bowed his head to the magician: "Your Excellency, I" The magician smiled bitterly: "Okay, I was not careful and you saw it."
I don't blame you for being loyal to Your Majesty, it's naturally good. ” "I need a little time, I need to be able to show my subjects that a healthy emperor is on the walls, I need to show the soldiers that their emperor is still alive, I can't let outsiders see my weak appearance, which will lower the morale of the army and the cohesion of the people."
The Emperor said slowly, "I know that this method will only make me die faster, but I have no other choice. ” After a pause, he looked at the magician and the medical officer in front of him: "What I want to know now is how long I can live" Seeing that both of them were a little hesitant, the emperor immediately said in a deep voice: "I don't need any boring comfort, let alone any white lies, your answer will have a huge impact on the fate of the empire, I must know exactly how much time I have left, I need to make full use of this time, so that I can deal with some of the most important issues."
"About half a month."
The Medic gave his answer: "You already have too many toxins in your blood, although I don't know what Your Excellency Magician used to keep these toxins from killing you for the time being, but as the toxins increase, they have begun to damage your body's functions, and it seems that this toxin has begun to harm your body, and the speed will get faster and faster.
So my judgment is that the shortest is 145 days, and the longest is only 20 days. ” The Emperor raised an eyebrow.
"Your Majesty."
The court magician shook his head: "My opinion is not so optimistic. ” He glanced at the medical officer beside him: "This gentleman's judgment is based on the current level of toxins in your body's blood, unless you stop my treatment from now on."
Well, what he said is reasonable, but you also need to continue the treatment to ensure that you are conscious, and every time you do this, your life will be shortened again.
According to my calculations, if you want to stay awake for the rest of the time, you will need to continue the treatment, so according to my calculations, you will not have more than ten days left.
At worst, it's about seven days. ” "Seven Days" The emperor's expression was full of gloom, but soon, he suddenly laughed: "It is much better to know exactly the date of your death than to suddenly fall down and leave a mess." ” He then shook his head: "What does it feel like to wait for death, I don't have time to feel this" With that, the emperor got up from the bed and looked at the two: "Thank you for your honest answer.
Believe me, your answer is of great benefit to the Empire. ” After speaking, he looked at the middle-aged man: "Now, I need to meet our prime minister, it's time to make a will, send someone to invite our prime minister, Adric doesn't need it, let him continue to accompany those Lantis." ” In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor himself climbed the city wall, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, who had just repelled a rebel attack at noon The emperor personally planted an imperial flag on the tower of the Arc de Triomphe, and then pointed to the imperial flag and said loudly: "I hereby swear that after this battle, if you can win, all of you will be the new nobles of the empire, and my Krenma family will never lose each other."
Looking at the cheers of the soldiers on the city wall, in the crowd, there was a person sitting at the base of the city wall, leaning lazily there, gently wiping a spear in his hand.
A majestic figure, with short hair like steel needles.
Yelin looked up at the people cheering with weapons on the city wall, and looked at the focus of everyone, the emperor like the stars holding the moon. ” A sneer.
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: