Good-looking, not allowed to farm

Old John was sitting at the dining table with a pile of scattered banknotes on the table, holding dozens of coins in his hand.

This is all he has saved from living frugally recently.

Then, he divided the money into small piles, and at the same time he said silently in his heart: "Mike (the eldest son) doesn't need any money for the time being. He has been an apprentice in the blacksmith shop for seven or eight years, and he should be a teacher." Paul (the second son) should save more money... Alas, studying is too expensive, I hope he can read it quickly; Carl (the third son) has paid the tuition fee for the tailor shop once before, this year I can give less money, but I still need some materials for learning; Jamie..."

Thinking of the most unlucky little son...

The old man who was very good at living looked at the small pile of money on the table that belonged to his youngest son, stared blankly for a while, and then sighed deeply.

After that, he thought about the matter over and over again in his heart: "Although there is no need to borrow money now, he can barely make up for the fine. But the five-year sentence is not long, and he is only in his 20s when he comes out. It’s better to help him save some of the money he earns after struggling to give it to outsiders. When the man is released from prison, he will use the money for himself. At that time, what do you want to do with the money? Wouldn’t it be more convenient and cost-effective to learn anything you want?”

Thinking of this, Old John calmed down and stopped thinking about the fine. He raised his eyes and looked at the four small piles of money that had been divided on the table. Arranged impartially, very proud of my heart.

Then he became happy and felt that life was still full of hope, so he stood up, walked to the wine barrel in a shady corner, poured himself a small glass of wine, held the glass carefully, sat back in the chair, and cherished Sipping a drink, he counted and counted the money on the table back and forth with a smile on his face.

Just when it was rare to relax, there was a loud noise from the courtyard door outside the house.

Then, before Old John could hastily put away the money on the table, a man rushed into the house in a very reckless and rude way!

Old John suddenly became anxious. He was about to scold someone, but found that it was not an outsider, but his eldest son Mike who came in.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but still reprimanded him angrily: "Damn Mike, what kind of magic are you so surprised by?"

The eldest son Mike worked as an apprentice in a blacksmith's shop for seven or eight years.

Excessive physical labor prevented him from growing very tall, but because he was wielding hammers by the fire every day, he had tempered himself to have strong muscles and bones and a strong physique.

In addition, he was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although he is not as beautiful as his younger brother Jamie, he still has a masculine beauty.

In such a remote place as the countryside, he can be regarded as a very good man.

However, this man, who usually looks very good, was sweating profusely, his eyes were red, and he looked embarrassed.

After he rushed into the room, his eyes were still a little straight, and he yelled suddenly: "Dad!"

"What are you shouting for? Am I not here? You are no longer a child, why are you always in such a panic..."

Old John babbled impatiently as he lowered his head to clean up the money on the table.

"father!"

Mike cried: "Jamie is finished."

"What did you say?!"

The money in Old John's hand accidentally dropped on the table: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"The prison caught fire. Prisoners and prison guards were burned to death inside. Now, the whole prison has been burned. There is nothing left, nothing left, a ruin!"

"...Did you see it with your own eyes? Are you sure no one escaped? Didn't the prison guards put out the fire? How is this possible! How is this possible? Besides..."

Old John shouted sharply: "How do you know that Jamie must have been burned to death!"

"The news has spread, Dad. Besides, it wasn't just the fire, but a group of vicious thieves took the opportunity to escape from the prison. They fought all the way out, first killing all the prison guards, and then killing the prisoners who were outside the cell at that time." Everyone said that except for the gang of thieves, none of the ordinary prisoners could escape, and they were either killed or burned alive."

When Mike said this, his voice was already choked up: "My brother is so young and his body is so weak, how could he be an exception? There is no news at all now, and he must have been burned to death inside."

Old John slumped down on his chair unsteadily.

Without saying a word, he stared blankly at the money on the table, and then, big drops of tears rolled down his cheeks.

At the same time, the king's audience room was already full of people.

Courtiers and aristocrats gathered in groups of three or four, some were sipping tea boredly; some were looking outside; , trade and the like.

"The rule of meeting courtiers every morning should be changed."

Duke Henry joked with others, "It's nothing serious. What do you have to do with this time? Can't you do it? Anyway, it's the second morning of my brother's wedding. Let him comfortably hug the queen and sleep. A lazy sleep, okay?"

His Royal Highness the duke and the king were originally half-brothers, but because their mother died young, they were also raised by the queen mother.

Therefore, the relationship between the two brothers is very good on the bright side.

His Majesty the King is happy to show brotherly love, and from time to time he will show this brother some grace.

Therefore, the duke was usually a little bit arrogant, and he never had any scruples when speaking, and he even took the king's jokes.

But after all, he is the younger brother, and there are still many people around him who support him.

At this time, he opened his mouth, and someone beside him immediately echoed: "Who said it was not."

It was just about the king, everyone agreed and did not dare to say as much as the duke did, so another clever person came out to change the subject: "Your Highness, have you heard about that prison?"

Duke Henry asked: "Well, what can a prison do?"

The man replied in a low voice: "Yesterday, it was also the day of His Majesty's wedding. For some reason, the prison suddenly caught fire, and then it burned for several hours, and it never went out. In the end, the prison was burnt down, leaving a ruins. Moreover, I heard that a large number of prison guards and prisoners inside also died.”

"Oh, it's a new thing, but it's just a prison, and it's not an important place, so let's just burn it." Duke Henry said casually.

"It doesn't matter that the prison is burned, and it doesn't matter that the prisoners and guards don't matter, it's just..."

The person who spoke couldn't help lowering his voice, and made a mysterious look: "It's just that when the fire was on fire, I heard that none of the persons in charge of the prison were there. Needless to say, the warden must have been negligent in his duties. He will be punished severely, but here... there is still one person involved!"

Duke Henry's eyes couldn't help flickering: "Who is it?"

The man replied: "Master Judian's brother-in-law, a man named Levin."

"Judian."

Duke Henry's tone couldn't help gloating.

It's just because he hates this favorite minister very much, and thinks that Judian is useless and shameless in terms of being a person except for being able to make money in different ways.

Of course, the most important thing is...

Judian collected money, but the money had always been in his own and King Richard's pockets, and never shared by others, which naturally made Duke Henry especially disgusted.

"If I were the king, how dare he ignore me like this?"

Such thoughts often floated in Duke Henry's mind.

Therefore, he didn't have a good impression of Judian, and he hoped that Judian would be unlucky every day, and he never concealed this attitude, which was well known.

It's just that when it comes to the outside world, there will always be a little beautification: an upright lord, when facing a favored minister who only knows how to flatter the king, of course he can't understand it.

Therefore, the crowd around Duke Henry naturally wanted to speak ill of Judian as they liked.

Therefore, the man gloated and said: "I also heard that several cabinet ministers will jointly sue His Majesty soon, accusing Lord Judian of abusing his power and arranging his wife and brother to serve in that prison, which caused such evil results. "

"It sounds more and more interesting."

Duke Henry murmured, "However, just like this, it may not be able to bring down Judian."

As he said that, he deliberately raised his head to look carefully, and found that there was no figure of Judian in the interview room, and a clear mocking look appeared on his face: "It seems that I guessed wrong, Brother Wang is late this morning, It has nothing to do with the wedding... Ha, you might as well guess where Judian is now?"

At the same time, King Richard was walking in the garden with a group of attendants.

Judian followed suit and followed carefully.

"The way I see it, you're all complicating things, which has nothing to do with Levine."

After walking for a long time and whetted his appetite for a long time, King Richard finally said with a smile: "The person in charge of the prison is the warden. If something happens in the prison, you just need to ask the warden to be held accountable."

Judian was extremely grateful for hearing this, and immediately knelt down to thank her.

The king waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to kneel, but there was a faint smile on his face.

Then, he pretended to mention casually: "Your wife Donna hasn't seen you for quite a while, if you have nothing to do in the near future, you might as well ask her to sit in the palace and accompany the queen as well. Sigh! When a woman is alone, I just like to think wildly, find a few more people to talk to, and often nothing will happen."

Zhu Di'an understood, and agreed wholeheartedly.

Afterwards, when the king received the courtiers, as expected by Duke Henry, he prevaricated the cabinet ministers who complained with a few words.

In the end, Judian was unscathed.

Seeing this, Duke Henry couldn't help but sneered and thought, "Let's see how many times you can escape!"

However, it was prevaricated on the surface.

In private, there is no way to completely hide it.When Levin came back with a group of subordinates in embarrassment, even the specific details were spread out.

As a result, when some aristocratic dandies with relatively narrow personalities in the royal city get together to play around, they often have the following wicked conversations:

—Where were you when the prison caught fire, Levine?

—I went to a brothel.

— What did you go to the brothel for?

——My mother died, and I went to find a new mother.

— Ah, I see.Come on, let's get together and ask again.Levine, where were you when the prison caught fire?

——I went to the brothel to find my mother.

After everyone questioned and answered in such a tone, no matter how bad the mood was before, they would immediately get better, and then laughed hahaha.

Therefore, some people inevitably lamented: "The kid who played with Levine was so interesting, but it was a pity that he was burned to death in prison. Otherwise, I would definitely bring him over and take him with me every day to accompany him and relieve boredom."

Levin, who had lost his face, certainly didn't think Jamie was interesting, and he was so full of hatred that he wanted to whip the corpse.

However, he always felt vaguely that Jamie didn't die in the fire as everyone guessed, but if he didn't die, where would he go?

"You must stop us and not let us go?"

Jamie confronted Kukrops angrily.

"No, I'm only stopping you, the others are free."

The one-eyed thief replied with a grin.

"The cooperation between us has come to an end."

"You just set the fire on fire. If I didn't kill the prison guards and lead people to rush forward, would you still be able to get out of prison? Therefore, I think I paid more, so I have to charge an extra reward."

"What do you want?"

"Of course it's for the benefit."

"What benefits do you want?"

"Honey, have you forgotten? I asked you before...have you worn women's clothes?"