Good-looking, not allowed to farm

Faceless Man's "Gods and Kings" was officially released soon.

Because it was a regular and legal publication, the people of Wangcheng took a copy and read it.

For the vast majority of people...

This should be an interesting read, provided that the plague-related issues can be ignored.

Under the pressure of a hard-working life, Jamie is now getting better at writing stories (making up random stories).

He described the king in a way of shaping a hero. His style of writing is exaggerated and absurd. In fact, there is no sense of reality, but it is indeed extraordinary.Especially the part where the king goes to pass the test of the gods, with all kinds of ups and downs and twists and turns, comparable to the twelve tests of Hercules in another world, it is exciting and soul-stirring to read.

But it is still possible for this article to deceive outsiders. Most of the residents of Wangcheng have met King Richard.

For one thing, every major festival, or a special day like the last king’s wedding, King Richard would either ride a horse or ride a cart from the street to the end of the street to receive worship from the people. and cheers;

Secondly, His Majesty the king is not a peaceful person. Ever since Judian took him out to play once, he has brought guards from time to time and sneaked out of the palace to play.In the beginning, it was just shopping, and later, taverns, flower streets... After a few months, he was already more familiar with the roads than those dudes.

Therefore, all kinds of scandals about the king are the biggest news in Wangcheng every day, so most of the residents in Wangcheng do not believe that this selfish and lecherous king will pass any difficult test for the people.

No matter how ignorant they are and how much they believe in gods, they still cannot equate the characters in the story with King Richard.

Therefore, no matter how the official publicizes topics such as "Son of God", "Blessing of the Gods", "Saving the People by the King" and other topics, everyone believes it religiously on the surface, and thank the king for his salvation, but deep down they just want to Think of this article as a good-looking adventure story.

A month later, the Mad Hatter's booklet quietly appeared in Wangcheng.

The article on the Faceless Man is called "Gods and Kings";

This article by the Mad Hatter is called "Kings and Gods", and the title alone is very tit for tat.

Moreover, in this article, the first half is actually exactly the same.

It's still the beginning of the plague, and it's still the gods who put forward the test, only the part that worries the king in the middle is gone, but you won't notice it if you look at it casually...

Therefore, when reading this, many people almost thought that they had bought the wrong thing—they didn’t buy the illegal reading material from the rebel army, but bought the official regular publication by mistake.

But if you continue to read it, you will find that the content behind it is different.

Unlike Faceless Man who writes "The king asks the gods for help"; in Mad Hatter's writing, the king doesn't have to ask at all, because the kind god can't wait for the king to complete the test so that he can justifiably drive him away plague.

But unfortunately, the king thought the test was too difficult and didn't want to do it. Moreover, "there are too many people, it's okay to die a few", so he naturally abandoned the people and moved to a safe place away from the epidemic .

So, the gods chased the king and tried every means to make him pass those tests;

But the king always has various reasons and excuses to avoid the gods and not to participate in the test.

This process of chasing me and fleeing is written full of wit and wit, especially the absurd reasons and excuses of the king, which are also ridiculous.

But if it is matched with the background of the plague in reality, there is a trace of sadness in this funny.

In the end, before the kind god had no choice but to leave, he asked very puzzled: "The king of a country doesn't know how to cherish his own people. Aren't you afraid of leaving a bad name in history?"

At this time, the king replied with a smile: "Please don't worry about me, because I will find a shameless person with no face to help me sing praises and write false history."

"If you are not in a hurry to go back to the sky, you will soon see - at that time, although I am selfish, I run away, I abandon my people, I eat and drink, I am ugly... But I know, I am still Could be a good king!"

People who have read the second half of this paragraph, while secretly scolding the king's shamelessness in the story; at the same time, they couldn't help but be amused by such a sarcastic tone.

Moreover, many residents of Wangcheng who are familiar with the king still feel in private: "Although the image of the king written by the faceless man is more wise and glorious, it is obvious that the king described by the Mad Hatter is the one we know. O King Richard!"

After that, no order from King Richard was required.

The faceless man who was ridiculed by the Mad Hatter as "a faceless and shameless man" jumped up and immediately posted an article to fight back, angrily denouncing the Mad Hatter for hiding his head and showing his tail, and acting like a villain.For example, a mouse hiding in a hole in the ground knows that it looks ugly and will be beaten by others, so it doesn't dare to show its head.

After a few days, the "rat in the burrow" Mad Hatter appeared again, still unhurried, neither angry nor annoyed, and told the story in a very gracious manner: [Once, I asked the Faceless Man: " I also want to be loyal to His Majesty, but what should I do?" The faceless man immediately said to me: "It's simple, you take off the skin first!" I was shocked: "Pull off the skin, what is the reason for this? "The faceless man told me in a friendly and honest manner: "I'll tell you the truth, what your Majesty loves the most in this life is a faceless courtier."]

then……

The Faceless Man shouted hoarsely: Shameless bastard!

The Mad Hatter gently: "Pick off your face, does it hurt?"

The Faceless Man roared and cursed: Rat!

The Mad Hatter gently: If you want to win the favor of that Majesty, you only need to scratch your face, is that enough?

Such scolding wars continued for a long time.

There were some people in the middle who joined in the fun, but most of them didn't quarrel as fiercely as these two.

King Richard was very annoyed.

In his opinion, these words of the Mad Hatter were already pointing at his own nose and yelling.

It's a pity that this time, he couldn't continue to threaten people with beheading like last time.

Because of a plague, the vast majority of people are almost numb to death, and they are not afraid of any prohibition, so that the number of people who have read the Mad Hatter article is countless and killing them.

After all, if you really want to behead one or two hundred people, it’s fine once in a while, but if you really want to behead thousands of people at once for no reason...

Alas, not even a king can have everything he wants!

Moreover, what bothered King Richard even more was that...

It was thought that a plague would reduce the number of refugees, extinguish people's resistance to the government, and indirectly stabilize social order.

Regrettably, the deaths of most people failed to change the hunger and coldness of the people at the bottom, nor did they eliminate the growing strong dissatisfaction of the people, and the inaction of the government and the fleeing of the people abandoned by the royal family made those dissatisfaction even worse. It became more and more intense.

King Richard couldn't think of any solution for a while, so he had to ignore it for the time being.

But deep down in his heart, he couldn't help venting his anger, blaming the Mad Hatter for all these problems, thinking that if he hadn't exposed the truth of the matter, those stupid common people would be easily fooled.

Therefore, he hated this mad hat deeply, to the point where he even wanted to skin him and cramp him in his dreams.

At the same time, Jamie also noticed a change in the atmosphere in Wangcheng.

Now, when he occasionally walks the streets of Wangcheng, he can faintly feel that the dissatisfaction and resentment of the people are more and more surfaced, and it is even like a powder keg, which is almost about to explode.

In those taverns on the street, some people seemed to have some kind of secret meeting;

Occasionally, some people appeared in groups in the square, talking in low voices about cannibalism and the state system;

There were even some rebellious people who went to provoke the mounted police...

From Jamie's point of view, it was reckless and pointless.

But judging from the applauding behavior of the onlookers...

This clearly shows.At this time, people's resentment against the government has accumulated to a level that can no longer be tolerated.

Those at court, however, were insensitive to these changes.

The upper class, who are used to despising the people, never think that the people at the bottom can make any big troubles.

At that time, King Richard was still obsessed with asking people to find out who the mad hatter was;

Duke Henry happily digs deep into the old stories, hoping to make something out of them;

And Master Dressel turned himself into a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, quietly waiting for the opportunity to take revenge;

As for Mrs. Laureys...

The lady was pregnant and was very anxious about it. She discussed with her confidant maid in private: "Your Majesty hasn't slept with me recently. It is obvious that there is no way to rely on him for the child, so..."

She wrung her fingers and counted those people, frowning and worrying: "Duke Henry, Viscount Kevin, Earl Andrew, Robert... Well, forget about Robert, he is just a lowly barber, not worthy to be my child What about my father! Balfour, Balfour is no good, but a small bodyguard... Polly, Edward, Gray... Hey, tell me, who should I count the child on?"

maid:……

Under such circumstances, news of some popular uprisings came from the northern provinces to add to the chaos.

But King Richard and the others still don't care about it—the rioters, there will be a wave from time to time!

It's like a fire that ignites inadvertently every year when the sky is dry and things are dry. Every time it ignites, it will be so powerful that it will go out after a few days, even if you don't care about it.

So they just focus on the one thing in front of them.

This matter is—the queen mother is going back to the royal city.