Chapter 116 Chapter 116 "So you think," Bai...
"So," Bai Tianming raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile, "what should we do?"
Joshua said indignantly, "At least it shouldn't be like this. You've already embarked on the wrong path. You should repent immediately. Otherwise, sooner or later, you'll be overthrown. This won't benefit you, nor us. Why do this? It harms others and doesn't benefit yourself! Who would want this? No one should want this! Unless they're vicious and wicked! Only treacherous and cunning people would want that!"
His face gradually turned red. He stood up from the ground with his fists clenched, as if he didn't care about tomorrow as long as he lived today. He held his head high and said as loudly as possible for everyone to hear: "Who would want to live in such a panic-stricken world? Who would want to live today and die tomorrow? Who would be willing to obey such inexplicable rules? This is not right! It's not normal!"
The people around him were all shocked, looking at him with their eyes wide open involuntarily, but they all remained silent, a silence of self-preservation, and then gradually lowered their heads, perhaps because of shame, perhaps because they didn't care, or perhaps because it had nothing to do with them.
In short, Joshua stood there like a pillar, holding his hard fists, and his eagle-like sharp eyes swept over everyone present. No one looked at him, except Jacob who was standing not far away and had just presented flowers.
Jacob simply stared at him expressionlessly, then looked away as if nothing had happened, revealing a nonchalant demeanor that made Joshua feel like he deserved a beating.
Joshua's fists tightened as he knew that everything was because of Bai Tianming, so he turned his spearhead without hesitation and continued to target Bai Tianming, frowning and shouting, "In short, you can't go on like this! Please stop! Throw away that deck of cards! Don't see that warlock again! Since you've already driven away the previous prime minister, why keep such a relic? Do you still want to reminisce about the past? You are shameless enough!"
Bai Tianming was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly. After thinking about it, he seemed to have realized a new funny point belatedly and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After he finished laughing, he slowly shook his head as if tasting unexpectedly sticky mango sago, looked the man up and down, and said in a commentary, "You're still so funny."
Joshua took a deep breath, feeling his anger grow even more.
Just as he was about to speak again, Bai Tianming narrowed his eyes and suddenly threw the cards he had just put into the box towards him. The golden card box hit Joshua on the forehead.
Joshua was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously stretched out his hand. The box that fell from his forehead fell into his hand, but he did not hold it firmly, and the box fell again.
In full view of everyone, the box fell to the ground and the lid was smashed loose. After it was opened, the cards inside were revealed. Everyone avoided it as if they had seen a poisonous scorpion in the desert, and quickly looked away, fearing that they would become the next victim.
Joshua scratched his empty hands in a daze, but there was nothing left on them except a hint of coldness from having just touched the golden box.
A chill spread across his skin. He blinked slowly and felt something warm and sticky flowing down his forehead. He reached out to touch it and looked down. It turned out to be bright red blood.
The box hit his forehead, leaving a wound that bled. The blood flowed down his forehead, and after being wiped by his hand, it stuck to his eyebrows, like sticky glue, freezing each of his eyebrows and the eyes under them.
He felt as if his eyeballs were petrified and unable to move, while everything in front of him was spinning and shaking, as if there was a sudden earthquake and the palace was about to throw him out.
He could hardly stand, but his body was stiff and he stood there like a corpse. His face was extremely pale and he couldn't even close his mouth. It seemed like he had been dead for an unknown amount of time.
Bai Tianming looked at him and said deliberately: "You don't allow me to play, I understand you, but it's too painful to just watch, so I let you play, I watch you play, I give you -
The privilege of playing.
As long as you hold this deck of cards, you can do anything the card asks you to do. Perhaps after getting the joy of entertainment, you will understand why I like to have fun so much.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand. After all, you're just an ordinary person, and I don't have high expectations for ordinary people. You just need to live and die, and I don't have any suggestions.
Bai Tianming looked at him with a half-smile, waiting for his answer, just like holding a leash in his hand, waiting for a fussy puppy to go home with him. He was confident of winning and asked with interest, "You can refuse. Do you want to refuse?"
Joshua was stunned for a while, then came to his senses and felt that his throat was completely sealed by cement, and even his lips were stuck together.
He took great effort to tear his lips apart, as if he was using this organ for the first time today, and felt the taste of blood spreading in his mouth.
He felt a little uncomfortable, frowned, pursed his lips, and with the blood flowing from his lips, he slowly asked, "What will happen if I refuse?"
He felt that every word he uttered was like a ball of thorns wrapped together randomly, rolling completely through his throat before being squeezed out with great difficulty. He almost wanted to retch.
He didn't know that his face had begun to turn green and his lips were extremely pale. He looked like he was suddenly terminally ill again and would collapse to the ground in the next second.
Considering that he had indeed been seriously ill before and had only been back for a short time, anyone who saw his strange expression would have no doubt that he could die from the illness at any time.
They felt regretful and relieved at the same time.
It was a pity because he was almost the only one present who dared to stand up and clearly oppose Bai Tianming's behavior. It was fortunate because even if he got the card, he would not live long.
You don't have to worry too much, because when he gets the card, he may use the card to retaliate against you because of past grudges or cowardice.
Although this was neither noble nor worthy of pride, they felt that it was better to be alive than to die, so they lowered their eyes and said nothing, just thinking of themselves as dead, just like the husband in the movie "Threesome" who was always sleeping on one side of the bed, quietly and without a sound.
"Of course I'll die!" Bai Tianming's eyes gradually narrowed like a lion caught in the sun. He couldn't help but feel absurd and said with a hint of ridicule, "Do you really think I would leave behind someone who scolded me and even rejected me?"
Bai Tianming slowly opened his eyes and stared at him intently. The corners of his lips curved into a cold arc, filled with malice, like the unspoken pleasure of watching the bloody wounds of a pitiful and pathetic victim. He said slowly, like a feather falling in mid-air: "I'm not that generous."
Joshua listened to his words with despair in his eyes. He felt a kind of unbearable pain all over his body, as if it were only after death. He felt like countless maggots were crawling up and down inside and out. He wished he could tear off every piece of flesh on his body to relieve it.
But he couldn't do that.
After all, he was still alive and had so many closely related servants. He could die, but he could not drag others to death. He had already dragged down one person and could not continue.
He lowered his eyes, staring at the cards on the ground. He took a deep breath, as if trying to eliminate all his anger. He shuddered, as if he had accidentally fallen into an ice cave, and replied expressionlessly, "I accept."
He had no other choice.
Bai Tianming nodded and said nonchalantly, "Everyone can go home now!"
Bai Tianming smiled at Joshua. "I'll have something delivered to your house tonight. You were there when I used the cards before, so you should know how to use them, right? I don't think it's necessary for me to come to your house and teach you. In fact, if you need it, I'd be happy to do that. What do you think?"
Joshua had a cold face and curled up his fingers hanging at his sides. He wanted to make a fist and punch Bai Tianming in the face to vent his anger, but as a minister, he should be loyal to the king, and he couldn't do that.
He closed his eyes, hoping to erase Bai Tianming from his sight, but after closing his eyes, everything in front of him was pitch black, and Bai Tianming's figure and even his face appeared in front of him very clearly, as if what he was facing was not a quiet world with only his own, but a disturbing magic mirror. He would be shown whatever he didn't want to see, and even if he didn't see it, it would appear in his mind.
He opened his eyes as if in a nightmare, his face pale and sweaty, and answered loudly, "No need!"
"Then let's go." Bai Tianming replied with a faint smile on his face.
He was also looking forward to carefully studying the new flowers he had obtained today after leaving court, and had no time to keep a large number of unnecessary people.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Joshua.
People retreated one by one.
The palace was empty.
Bai Tianming ordered his men to pick up the cards on the ground, wipe them clean, put them away, pack them with clean cloth and silk, and send them to Joshua's house. The servants received the order.
Bai Tianming stood up holding the flowers and went to the back garden. The plants in the back garden were a little bare, so that the whole back garden looked dry and a bit empty, which was just right for placing a new pot of flowers like this.
Bai Tianming found a place, put the flowers down, sat by the corridor, looked up at the sky, and the weather was nice.
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