Chapter 113 Chapter 113 Bai Tianming waved his hand,...
Bai Tianming waved his hand, and someone immediately came forward and handed the box in the prime minister's hand to Bai Tianming. Bai Tianming looked through it and found that there was only the ring in the box.
The gem on the ring was indeed large and shiny, and looked very beautiful, faintly reflecting the shadows of everyone and Bai Tianming's face.
Bai Tianming intuitively sensed that this object was unusual, so he took it in his hand and asked the prime minister, "Did the sorcerer who gave it to you say anything else?"
The prime minister's face lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "The sorcerer said this is a magic ring. As long as Your Majesty wears it, ordinary people will be bound by their oaths to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty dislikes someone, you can use the ring to execute them immediately!"
Bai Tianming nodded thoughtfully, "In that case, I should give you a reward."
He waved his hand, and someone came over with gold coins and handed them to the prime minister. The prime minister hurriedly thanked him, knelt down and kowtowed, then stood up, stretched out his hand and took the gold coins.
The prime minister's clothes were bulging with gold coins, making him look visibly rich.
Joshua only took a glance and then looked away.
He was interested in the gold coins, but not that interested. What's more, the most important thing to him now was not the gold coins. He didn't have that much time to devote to them, so there was nothing to look at in detail.
"Find that sorcerer some other day and ask him to come see me. I'll give this to him as a gift." Bai Tianming casually threw the inkstone on the table to the prime minister and said to him.
The Prime Minister quickly took the inkstone, nodded seriously and said, "I will do it as soon as possible!"
The next day, the mysterious sorcerer entered the palace and met Bai Tianming. The two had a pleasant conversation. After a day and a night in the secret room, Bai Tianming personally sent the sorcerer out. The sorcerer said that he could come to him anytime if he had any problems, and turned and left. Bai Tianming had an extra deck of cards in his hand.
Just when everyone thought that Bai Tianming would be addicted to cards and not in a hurry to go to court, Bai Tianming went to court and played cards in front of everyone.
"A killing card," Bai Tianming said, sitting on the throne, smiling as he sorted through his cards. He pulled out a golden card. On it was a headless man, holding his bloody head in one hand. The head was smiling at the people outside the card, as if mocking their imminent death, as if waiting for them to walk the same path. "Who do you want to choose?"
Bai Tianming looked around. He was an orphan, without parents or siblings. After he came to power, he had no interest in beauty, so he had no wife, no concubines, and no children. The most people around him were servants.
Those who were seen could not help but lower their heads, their faces turned slightly pale, they held their breath, and deep fear rose in their hearts, just like students who were afraid of being called by the teacher in class.
"It's you!" Bai Tianming smiled and threw the cards in his hand. The killing card fell on the head of a guard. With a bang, the guard's head rolled off his neck.
Bai Tianming smiled and said, "It seems very interesting."
As he spoke, he drew another card. It was an orgy card, with two naked things entangled together like two dirty and sticky slugs. They just tilted their heads, revealing four eyes, looking out, as if they were staring at the people outside the card, or as if inviting them to join.
Bai Tianming threw the thing forward. No one dared to move, but they all wanted to escape. The thing fell on a guard.
The guard picked up the thing, his face turned pale and his hands trembled a little. He looked around, and everyone around him avoided his gaze. He looked at Bai Tianming with pleading eyes.
Bai Tianming supported his head with one hand, looked at him with a smile, and said slowly and gently, "Pick anyone from here and do what you should do, right?"
The guard shuddered and his face turned even paler. He looked around and saw that everyone around him lowered their heads and didn't look at him. They wished they could find a crack to crawl into the ground.
He couldn't find anyone willing, and holding the card, he felt a little desperate for a moment.
Bai Tianming asked everyone, "You all don't want to, right?"
No one answered.
Bai Tianming nodded and said to the guard, "Close your eyes and count to three. When you open your eyes, the one standing in front of you is me."
The guard was skeptical, but had no other choice, so he did as he was told. When he opened his eyes, there was really another person in front of him. The person suddenly appeared in front of him. He gasped and was frightened, but then he thought that maybe he could survive.
Then I can't take care of anything else.
As for the person who was randomly chosen by the card, whether he was willing or not was not up to him.
After a round of events ended, the card broke with a snap.
Almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They thought that the matter was over, but of course not, because Bai Tianming had not yet had enough fun. How could he allow the game to end like this?
He picked up the cards at random from the pile in his hand, but was a little confused. After thinking about it, he simply closed his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. He picked out a card from the shuffled cards. This time, it was a Conquest Card.
Everyone gave up their concentration and stared at Bai Tianming, not knowing what he was going to do with this card. Of course they knew that the Conquest Card meant conquest, but they didn't know who Bai Tianming had chosen to conquer this time. If it was still them, then they would still be the unlucky ones. If it wasn't them, perhaps they would have a chance to breathe a sigh of relief.
Bai Tianming glanced at them, noticed their nervousness, and laughed: "Don't worry, everyone. I have already thought of how to use this card. You can go back and rest today, and be ready tomorrow-"
He turned his head and looked. There was a map hanging on the wall. It was not a world map, but a map extending from Bai Tianming's kingdom and showing the situation near the kingdom.
He casually picked up a dart with bright red feathers tied to it from the table. The blade of the dart was very sharp, and it flashed with a cold chill under the bright light.
Everyone was shocked, holding their breath, not daring to move, just staring at him, almost shrinking.
Bai Tianming stroked the dart, looked up at the map hanging on the wall not far away, and threw the dart out casually. The dart hit a small tribe outside the destroyed country.
He walked over, narrowed his eyes, and pulled the dart off the map. He reached out and pressed the hole the dart had made with one finger. With a half-smile, he turned around and said to everyone, "How about we go over here together, take this place down, and expand the map of our kingdom?"
Everyone gasped, but then they realized that as long as they obeyed Bai Tianming, at least they wouldn't have to worry about their lives as long as the card was not broken.
Even if there will be casualties in war and fighting will not be easy, it doesn't matter. It is better than standing here like wooden logs, motionless, not knowing if you will be the next to die.
At least, on the battlefield, they only had to kill the enemy to survive, but here, nothing was certain.
They breathed a sigh of relief and agreed immediately, pretending they were not in a hurry as they rushed out the door.
Bai Tianming sat on the throne and watched them run out. The long, panicked black shadows dragged on the ground intertwined together, like seaweed stirred into a ball by the water in the deep sea. A faint smile appeared on his face.
The Prime Minister stayed and flattered him: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful! You will surely succeed! In fact, why should Your Majesty personally handle such a trivial matter? As long as Your Majesty gives an order, there will be a huge army. A son of a wealthy family will not sit in the hall. Your Majesty is cautious!"
Isaac, with a pale face, also stayed. He seemed to be nailed to the spot. He lowered his head and was silent for a while before slowly looking at Bai Tianming not far away. There was an astonishing heat and terrifying obsession in his eyes.
He stared at Bai Tianming for a long time, until the Prime Minister finished speaking, then he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, what the Prime Minister said is biased."
"How is it biased? You are talking nonsense! Do you look down on me? No, no, no! You are simply despising His Majesty! You are so bold! Do you think no one can discipline you? Don't be so arrogant!" The prime minister frowned, as if he was stabbed, and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty is omnipotent. Conquering a small tribe is a piece of cake," Isaac said, his brows furrowed as he stared intently at Bai Tianming. "But why did Your Majesty use that deck of cards? No one knows what the side effects might be. If the bad consequences befell others, it would be fine. But if it happened to Your Majesty, we would be heartbroken. Your Majesty, it would be best to put those cards away as soon as possible."
"You're ordering me around too?" Bai Tianming raised his eyebrows and tilted his head to look at him, like a cat about to knock the water cup off the table with one paw, and asked with a smile.
Isaac lowered his head, lowered his eyes, hiding the expression in them, and knelt down, as if he were worshipping a deity in a temple. He said sincerely, "I only wish to obey Your Majesty's commands for a long time. I do not want any complications, nor do I want anything to affect Your Majesty's physical health and mental will. I am doing this all for Your Majesty's sake! Your Majesty, please do not misunderstand me!"
The prime minister was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, as if he was regretting why he didn't say these good words earlier, and let others say them, and in front of him, and against him. What a pity!
He shook his head unconsciously.
Bai Tianming looked at the two of them, as if he were seeing two kittens fighting over the same stuffed toy. He smiled meaningfully and said, "What's the misunderstanding?"
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