Kingdom’s Bloodline

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King Kessel was silent for a second, then smiled lightly.

"I?"

The king put down the knife, seemed interested but spoke coldly:

"Let me guess, Falkenhauser thinks the same way?"

Thales shook his head.

"When the branches are rotten and the leaves are rotten, one must ask the roots."

"If there is a problem with your rule, Your Majesty, the first person in the kingdom to pay for it, and the first person to reflect on accountability, is absolutely and only you."

The king's disdainful sneer sounded in the room, he lowered his head again and continued to eat.

Thales also smiled, not disobedient:

"Yeah, you probably think that if the rule of the kingdom is unsatisfactory and the development of the stars has problems, it must be due to the deviation of the officials and the ineffective governance of the lower levels. Fine-tuning and corrections are enough, and it will not damage your general plan for governing the country, let alone the princes in front of you." Wisdom, the king is wise?"

"Just like 'Sand King', how could it go wrong in your eyes?"

"It must be that the people who do the work have no courage, there must be a mistake in the execution, the enemy must be too cunning, the accidents must be more frequent than expected, and it must be... the problem of that hapless prince."

"However," Thales' smile cooled down:

"Only the most simple and kind-hearted citizens will have such innocent and beautiful illusions."

"Only the most insidious and vicious villain can utter such malicious slander."

Thales pointed to the king and said seriously:

"No, the reason why the 'Sand King' failed was not because of anything else, but because of you, His Majesty the King."

What responded to him was the clash of the knife and the plate.

"Yes," perhaps convinced that the odds of winning are in hand, King Kessel didn't lift his head, and spoke perfunctorily:

"I, the king of the stars, am I the weakest link in the kingdom?"

But Thales shook his head decisively.

"On the contrary, Your Majesty Kessel."

Thales hit the dinner plate with a spoon:

"Actually, you're the king of the kingdom—the strongest link."

King Kessel's knife cut the food in front of him in half.

He raised his head slightly, and the tip of the knife in his vision was facing Thales' face.

"But it failed because of that."

The prince said calmly, as if this was the most common sense:

"Your Majesty, it is because you are too powerful, too excellent, too wise, too scary, and too decisive."

King Kessel looked at Thales at the end of the knife, and was silent for a while:

"You can't forgive your sins by flattering yourself."

Thales shook his head, scooped up a spoonful of unknown soup, and put it into his mouth:

"Recall, Your Majesty, before the 'Sand King', from the Desert War to the present, from the Saber Camp to the Enci Town, from the "Emergency Control Order" to the "Border County Development Tax Exemption Order", from the Legendary Wings to the Standing Army, You have a superb wrist, how many things have you done to Xihuang, how many times have you stabbed, and they are gnashing their teeth but there is nothing they can do?"

Thales raised his head, his voice became sharper:

"And since when did you replace the dangerous desert and become the number one enemy threatening their survival?"

Across the long table, King Kessel's gaze focused on the tip of the table knife.

"To this day, before you think about it, the frightened Xihuang people have already made hundreds of plans—nothing else, it's all about how to resist the threat of the Fuxing Palace, and they dream at night , are all scenes where the royal family's standing army spreads all over the mountains and invades the Western Wilderness."

"Under such a premise, Your Majesty, whether it's the army, taxes, land, or rule, no matter what you want to touch in that land, the people of Xihuang are destined not to let you get what you want." willing."

Thales said coldly:

"So, how did 'Sand King' succeed? How did it succeed?"

This time, King Kessel was silent for an extra long time.

Finally, the king raised his head slightly:

"You overestimate them."

Thales nodded with a chuckle.

"Is it."

"So you think that when you ordered the army to go west, everyone believed that they were going to rescue me?"

"Do you think that the princes of the Western Wilderness really took your bait and were unaware of the conspiracy?"

"Do you think that the main force of the three major families failed to be recruited only because of the procrastination of the Legendary Wing?"

"Do you think that the kingdom's secret department and the standing army are really lacking in ability, so they messed up the plan?"

"Who do you think, you and Falkenhauser, found me in the desert first and took the lead in the 'Sand King'?"

At that moment, King Kessel's eyes sharpened.

Thales sat up straight and said solemnly:

"You underestimated them."

"Your Majesty the King."

King Kessel was noncommittal, only his eyes flickered.

"I know, I made the same mistake."

Thales was a little lost in thought, recalling the past:

"Years ago, when I escaped from Longxiao City, I thought I was perfect and no one would see through."

"With the help of the Secret Division, with such a complicated political situation, such a strange situation, and such a coincidental time, anyone should first suspect that Prince Thales was kidnapped by the forces in Dragon Clouds City, rather than secretly slipped away."

Thales sighed deeply.

"But I was still caught—on the first day I escaped from Dragon Clouds City."

King Kessel's eyes moved.

Thales stretched out his left hand, stroked an abnormal bone, and frowned tightly, as if feeling the pain of its cracking again:

"I was caught by a reckless man in Longxiao City who ranks at the forefront of the Western Continent for wielding knives and swords, but whose political IQ is the lowest in the world."

Thales sneered faintly:

"Although it has been proved afterwards that the reasoning logic that the meteorites rely on to track me is simply a rote, nonsense-damn Leland cardboard."

Thales raised his head, looked solemnly, and looked directly at the king:

"So I, like you, have lamented my bad luck countless times, scolded the guy who let me show my feet, and cursed the stupid logic of being crooked, but I have never doubted my plan or reflected on my responsibility. "

King Kessel was silent.

"I was wrong," Thales sighed, and said calmly and helplessly:

"Because no matter how powerful I am or how clever my scheme is, he is destined to catch me at that time and place."

"Because of the good time in Dragon Clouds City for the entire six years," Thales gripped his left arm tightly, sullenly:

"Meteorite Siri Nikolai, he regards me as his biggest and most dangerous enemy: he will doubt me in case of accident, he will be wary of me in case of attack, he will look at me when he makes mistakes, and I suddenly disappear, he Will still think of me."

"Even if a certain sewer in the Palace of Heroes is blocked," the prince sneered, a little annoyed, "in his eyes, it must be me who is behind the scenes. It is a huge conspiracy that I have planned for six years."

"That's why I was caught and was almost taken back to Dragon Clouds City."

Thales looked into the invisible distance:

"And I later realized that the reason why he was staring at me was because I was in a cocoon: I ran amok during the night of dragon blood, and I made myself into the most terrifying, weirdest, and most dangerous person in Longxiao City in the eyes of others. Variables, reverse the entire Exeter's national fortune."

The king listened in silence, not knowing what to think.

"The same goes for Xihuang," Thales sighed, returning to the reality in front of him:

"Especially when they regard you as their greatest enemy, Your Majesty."

King Kessel pursed his lips.

"them?"

The king said coldly:

"Just relying on that group of selfish, fat-headed, short-sighted and decadent nobles?"

"They are in a state of disunity and infighting, and they can't even unite under one banner."

Thales said sharply:

"Then they won't be able to bow down to you and obey you!"

King Kessel lifted his chin.

"They'll do it."

King Kessel's eyes became sharper, and he also raised his voice, categorically, beyond doubt:

"They have to."

"They had to."

Thales smiled.

"Yeah, just like King Nun once thought that as long as a bloody killing and a little political skill are needed, the bitter people of the Freedom Alliance will bow their heads and obey, and obediently listen to Exeter's words. Years later, he rebelled against his granddaughter and shook up the political situation in the entire Northland," he sarcastically said.

In the next second, the boy's face turned cold, and his tone changed:

"But do you really think that as long as you are strong enough and clever enough, everyone will bow down and everything will go smoothly?"

"Then why don't you just declare that Xihuang is a traitor from top to bottom, and order the standing army to attack and destroy it, so as to stabilize the country?"

"Why do you have to do everything possible to bypass the imperial meeting and keep a low profile to promote the 'Sand King'?"

"Why do you want to use me as a famous pawn and bait?"

Thales paused, looked at the king, and called his name:

"Because you know that too, Kessel."

The king frowned.

Looking at King Kessel's profound expression, Thales understood something.

Unlike previous opponents, this time, he couldn't face the Iron Fist King with a sharp sword.

"In the face of rule, a person may cooperate, may be loyal, or may obey," Thales recalled the conversation in his memory:

"But a large group of people? That is a monster with a bottomless appetite, an insatiable shark, and will always respond to the ruler beyond his expectations and catch you off guard."

The boy pointed behind him:

"If you order Officer Mariko to whip me, I can guarantee that he won't even bat an eyelid."

"But what if your order is given to a group of people, such as the entire royal guard? I can also guarantee that some people will hesitate, some will be puzzled, some will be uneasy, some will be embarrassed, some will shrink back, some will be secretly upset, some will deal with it, and some will The positive obeys the negative."

At that moment, Thales' thoughts returned to the Prison of Bones in Xihuang.

Think of the old guards from the past.

King Kessel didn't speak, he just stared at Thales fixedly.

The boy swallowed his throat, walked out of the past, and continued:

"When your army is raging in the Western Wilderness, Your Majesty, would you have thought that a few months later, one of the sons of the Western Wilderness nobles would hide a sword and break into a banquet to commit murder, causing the entire kingdom to be in a panic and caught off guard?"

"And when the 'Sand King' failed and you were stuck in the court and had nothing to do, did you ever think that the master of Xihuang would bet on me in a crazy and risky way, offering a bargaining chip that was not good for himself, and giving you another one? way out?"

King Kessel remained silent, but Wei's expression became more and more tense.

Thales leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling, feeling something in his heart.

"As the ruler, Your Majesty, your subjects are countless, ranging from the three high-ranking families to criminals and prisoners in the Saber Camp, but they will never, never, never follow your wishes step by step."

The king narrowed his eyes:

"It's not your own words."

Thales lowered his head, met the king's eyes, and did not flinch:

"But this is something you have to admit, something you can never control-'Sand King' is just one example, and this situation is not limited to the West Wilderness."

Thales left the back of the chair, pushed away the dinner plate, and leaned back on the table.

Like going back to the battlefield, back where he fell.

"Yes, Emory's orphan girl, she may be able to help you relieve your temporary distress and embarrassment, and the three major families may cooperate with you in humiliation to avoid the fate of ruin, but then? Then?"

Thales looked dignified and repeated again and again:

"Then what?"

"What about outside the Western Wilderness?"

"What about Yadi, East China Sea, Daofeng, and the Northern Territory? After the reform of the military system, when you become stronger and stronger, and you want to do more and more excessive things, you have to provoke more and more people." How many enemies?"

Thales' voice was stern:

"Don't you still expect that there will be a second Falkenhauser, a second old bone who is both bold and adventurous, and who is not slippery? ?”

The Iron Fist King still stared at Thales without saying a word, but the emotion in his eyes was different.

"As, as for this letter..."

Thales stretched out his hand, grabbed the long-forgotten "Petition for Emerald City Substitute", and chuckled.

"Why, do you really think that the Lord of the Iris, the guardian duke of the South Bank, the young Jann Cavendir, is really as elegant, easy-going, and knowledgeable as he appears? And this inferior horse of temporary foundry will successfully pull the battle Che, starting from Nan'an, benefiting the whole country, and bringing you the desired ending?"

In the next second, the king's eyes changed:

Thales used both hands to tear the letter in half without hesitation!

King Kessel finally spoke, unable to hide his shock and anger: "You—"

But Thales stopped smiling and interrupted him:

"Believe me, Your Majesty, even if you drive the standing army into the Kongming Palace in the Emerald City, the villainous Zhan En—do you know what method he used to make the vampires catch up with me—he can still find you A lot of trouble is by no means easier than Xihuang."

"And this is just the West Wilderness, it's just the South Bank, it's just that the powerful princes here are against you, obstructing you, and frustrating you."

"And next time, there will be other people in other places, countless people, with the same reasons and concerns, and they will block you and hinder you in more and more ways that you can't think of when you rack your brains. , to frustrate you."

Thales was extremely firm and tore the letter paper to pieces without stopping:

"It's not just the 'Sand King', it's not just the military, it's not limited to lords and vassals, it's not just the imperial meeting."

"A little farther away, there was the National Conference six years ago, and there were 'Rising Star' and Val Arend who were frustrated by you."

"Closer, there is the accident of the royal banquet, and there are so many false petitions buried by Zhan En."

Thales raised his hand and let the fragments of the letter scattered all over the place.

And King Kessel looked at these fragments from a distance, clasped the arm of the chair tightly, and his eyes were very angry.

"Once the interests are damaged, the rule is in trouble, and the living space is squeezed," Thales' voice continued, sounding ruthless:

"Their first reaction will always be to resist and fight back, and the first target they fight will always and only be the Renaissance Palace."

"It's you."

At that moment, Thales' eyes were like a sword, and he hit back:

"Because for them, the Iron Fist King is too powerful and terrifying."

"You are so powerful that you have no time to do anything. As long as you are still sitting on the throne, you are already the enemy of everyone, and you are bound to be vigilant and resisted by their instincts, whether it is on the surface or secretly."

"Because for them, the Iron Fist King is too obvious, too special."

"Up to now, the excuses and conveniences given to you by the Bloody Year to 'rejuvenate the kingdom' have been exhausted, what you have done can no longer be concealed, and the revival palace has long since unknowingly surpassed all threats and become their top priority. Enemy."

King Kessel took a deep breath, suppressed the vigorous anger, and closed his eyes.

But Thales was not affected at all, as if all this was expected:

"So you look around, but you are surrounded by enemies everywhere. You raise your feet and move forward, but every step is difficult."

"So you are not going well from the inside to the outside, and everything is difficult to achieve from top to bottom."

Thales shook his head lightly: "No, Your Majesty."

"You can't do anything."

"Can't do anything."

His voice was painful and deep:

"Nothing can be done."

The next second, King Kessel suddenly opened his eyes!

"Scaremongering."

He said coldly: "The eloquence is endless."

Thales hummed and spread his hands:

"But there's nothing you can do."

The boy's brows gradually gathered:

"You can defeat them, but you can't destroy them: facing a mess of loose sand and a mess, you are in a dilemma and can't do anything. You don't even know where they will jump out to hinder you, and which link will go wrong. "Sand King" Throughout the whole process, you seemed to be majestic and took the initiative to attack, and no one dared to take the lead, but most of the time you just swung your sword in vain, and suffered a lot of dark losses."

At that moment, King Kessel's expression became a little hideous.

But Thales' words continued, disturbing:

"And they, they are all over the kingdom, from top to bottom, all over the whole world, east, west, north, south."

"They hide in every gap of interests, ambitions, desires, positions, and wills. They are unexpected and unpredictable. They may change from cowardly to fearless at any time and anywhere, from subdued to generous and fanatical. , from indifference and selfishness to anger and despair, from conservative to courageous and enterprising.”

"You will never see them: when you slash with your sword, your opponent is nowhere to be seen, but when you look back at dusk, you are surprised that there are enemies everywhere."

Thales remembered something, and couldn't help snorting:

"It's like a police officer on the streets of the capital, killing only the most ferocious and vicious criminals is not enough, because he is facing the entire lower city, and his enemies are hidden in unreachable corners and the most inconspicuous mediocrity Here, the roots are sprouting and the stream is endless, which makes him burnt out and helpless."

Thales raised his eyes and looked straight into the king's eyes:

"And you, Your Majesty, what you are facing..."

"It's the whole star."

At the end of the long table, the king sank his face into the darkness where the light could not reach.

"If the enemy is weak, we will be strong; if the enemy is dead, we will be new; if the enemy is scattered, we will be one."

Thales said in a deep voice:

"This is your greatest and only advantage."

"But when the enemy is divided, we gather; when the enemy is hidden, we reveal; when the enemy is dark, we see; when the enemy is clear, we are clear; when the enemy is numerous, we are few;

Thales said coldly:

"These are the most painful and uncomfortable predicaments for you."

King Kessel looked at Thales with a strange look.

"If you behave as usual, do as usual, Your Majesty," Thales said:

"Then it's not difficult to foresee that not only the 'Sand King', but everything you want in the future will be half the effort with twice the effort, and there will be many obstacles."

The next moment, Thales looked sharply:

"You're not going to make it, I'll tell you so."

"Whether it's military system reform, land clearance, tax increase reform, centralization of power, or other nonsense."

"You're not going to make it."

Thales stared at King Kessel, as if he wanted to cut open the opponent's skull with his eyes, and see the thoughts inside:

"Until the day you die full of unfulfilling ambition and hatred, Your Majesty."

He repeated word for word:

"You, no, succeed."

The voice fell.

The Ballard room was dead silent.

For quite a long time, Thales and the king faced each other in silence, and neither of them said a word.

Finally, King Kessel moved.

He reached out and grabbed the knife.

Amidst the rustling, the king lowered his head and resumed cutting and eating.

"Just at the beginning, you changed your title," King Kessel said lightly:

"Don't call me 'Father' anymore."

Thales' eyes moved slightly.

yes.

"Because I am no longer sitting here as your son, Sire."

The prince remained calm, but his voice was calm and determined:

"In the name of the Duke of Xinghu, I will attend the imperial meeting and speak out to the noble and wise King Kessel."

The king's meat-cutting action stopped for a second.

"interesting."

King Kessel's expression was indiscriminate, but he resumed eating:

"Then what is your suggestion?"

Thales took a deep breath and spoke cautiously:

"You know I'm right, you always knew."

"It's just that you're used to having great power in your hands and getting what you say, so you're no longer willing to condescend and bow down," the prince said with a frown.

"To hear different voices."

King Kessel picked up a glass of wine, took a sip, and snorted coldly.

Thales lowered his head and adjusted his breathing.

"The old method is no longer feasible, Your Majesty," the young man said seriously:

"You need—we need..."

Tels paused for a moment, then returned to the original statement:

"No, it's still you, only you—in the face of such a predicament, you need to change your mind."

King Kessel's eyes moved imperceptibly.

"Change your mind?"

Thales nodded slightly, with a serious expression.

"For the matter of Xihuang, let me come forward, Your Majesty, I will take over and fulfill your wish."

The king was silent for a while, then smiled coldly.

"So at the end of the day, it's the previous condition."

He looked at Thales coldly, and said with disdain:

"The so-called 'change your mind' is to accept the deal Falkenhauser gave me, to push you out in exchange for his bargaining chips, and eventually cause the royal family to fight and self-destruct the foundation of the Renaissance Palace."

He was rejected again, but this time, Thales had no extra reaction, he just exhaled, smiled and shook his head.

"No, fuck Falkenhauser."

Taylor said with a smile.

King Kessel narrowed his eyes.

I saw the prince chuckled and said rudely:

"Fuck his deal, fuck his sword, fuck his chips."

He said sincerely:

"Go to that old bone who is eccentric and malicious."

"From now on, it has nothing to do with him, Your Majesty."

Thales said solemnly:

"And only about you and me."

King Kessel pushed aside a piece of meat and responded with a sneer.

"That's yourself, Duke Thales."

"It's your own kindness, or greed." The king raised the table knife, and the tip of the knife faced Thales' cheek again in the field of vision:

"You want to persuade me to face the group of local princes, slow down the pace of mitigation, and gradually progress in gentle governance?"

Thales smiled slightly, but did not answer.

King Kessel's smile disappeared.

"Then I saw it too, and I'll repeat what I said," the Supreme King said coldly:

"You're doomed to fail."

Thales raised his eyebrows.

He only heard King Kessel say in a preaching tone that he rarely heard:

"Gentleness means compromise, compromise means retreat, retreat means wavering, wavering means giving up, and giving up..."

King Kessel V paused and hummed softly:

"It means that you have gone the wrong way from the beginning."

"You will soon be trapped in their seemingly righteous, but insidious and cunning stance, and you can't help yourself."

At that moment, a cold light flashed in the king's eyes:

"And one day, when you no longer serve their interests, when you no longer respond to their voices, when you no longer cater to their wishes, you will be opposed, despised, expelled, abandoned, and betrayed by them."

King Kessel said softly:

"Just like the 'Sand King' back then."

The king paused, and Youyou continued:

"And my father."

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