Mermaid O was spoiled by the paranoid marshal after being reborn

A few days later, gossip related to the assassination incident gradually disappeared.

In an era of highly developed technology, information changes rapidly, and people live in an information explosion. With other information flooding their eyes and ears, the little bit of thrills and conspiracies that people talk about are also left behind, and daily life returns to normal. Tranquility, as if all this was just an insignificant farce.

After repeated investigations and extortion of confessions during this period, Aubrey finally found out the motive of the teenager's assassination.

The arrested boy was named AE023, one of the poorest poor at the bottom of the slums. He was so poor that he didn't even have a name, but only a string of codes to refer to his identity.The young man was originally poor, but the family that was not well-to-do was made worse by the recently promulgated legal policy, and this became the last straw that crushed the young man.

Originally, the parliament passed the regulations to unify the tax currencies of the various cities in the empire. The original intention was to unify the complicated taxes to reduce the burden on the people.But the good idea ignores the badness of human nature.The originally popular currency in the slums is completely different from that in the rich areas. When the poor were trying to exchange the currency of the upper class, many upper-class people fished in troubled waters, took the opportunity to search for oil and water, and did bad things with good intentions, which made the situation of the poor even more difficult.

And AE023 came to work in the palace precisely because his family couldn't bear such a heavy corvee, so as to subsidize his family.But obviously doing the hardest and most tiring work, but still can't support his family, so he felt grief and indignation, so he made this bad plan and decided to burn all boats and speak out for the slums.

"Kill me, I'm not afraid of death. When I made this decision, I already expected that I might fail."

After being arrested and pried out the reason, AE023 did not make any refutation, but just said this sentence. No matter how the guard tortured him for the rest of the time, he remained silent.

After hearing Aubrey's report, Freddy fell into deep thought. On the second day after AE023 was imprisoned, the parliament passed a law, abolished the new tax law, and increased welfare subsidies for poor areas. Thoroughly investigate corrupt officials and clean up the atmosphere of the ruling and opposition parties.

A week later, Cromway woke up, and his condition and physical functions were also recovering rapidly, and he was finally able to enter the ward for visits.

Because he was worried and missed Cromway, Karl applied to enter the ward to visit Cromway as soon as he was able to enter the ward. Because he could not make loud noises, Karl just looked at Cromway silently. A fresh blue-purple iris was inserted in the transparent glass vase on the side, and he thought that this way would make Cromway feel better.

After meeting Cromway again, Karl didn't bring up the thrilling assassination again, but asked softly with crooked eyebrows:

"Do you think this flower is pretty?"

"nice."

Cromway nodded, his voice was low. Although his body had recovered in the hospital bed, his face was still a little pale, but when he said these words, his eyes were looking directly at Carl in front of him, It made the latter palpitate.

Uncomfortable being stared at by the other party, Karl was a little flustered, and quickly looked away.

"...Why do I feel that we are a reincarnation? First you were sick, I took care of you, then you took care of me, and now I take care of you. It seems that I will support and entangle with you for the rest of my life."

Amused by his own statement, Carl couldn't help laughing, and two beautiful dimples formed at the corners of his mouth.

What Karl said was a joke, but Cromway looked very serious. He looked at Karl and asked:

"Then are you willing to be entangled with me forever?"

As he spoke, Cromway stared at Karl with ice-blue eyes, his deep gaze seemed to swallow him up.

"...You, how do you feel now, does the wound still hurt?"

Avoiding the other party's scorching gaze, Karl was a little flustered.

"Ah."

Cromway nodded.

"These injuries are much smaller than those suffered on the battlefield."

Seeing that Carl lowered his head when he heard the words, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, Cromway comforted him:

"Scars are a symbol of glory for our soldiers, but it's just an added glory. You don't have to worry about it."

"Ok!"

Although he knew that Cromway was trying to comfort him on purpose, Karl still nodded and smiled reluctantly at the other party.

Just as Cromway didn't want him to worry about himself, Karl didn't want his emotions to cause any trouble to the other party.

"During the few days you were in a coma, you relied on nutritional supplements to maintain your life. I brought you some food, including fruit and barley porridge, and of course nutrient solution and compressed biscuits. I put them on the table. What do you want?" Eat whatever you want."

In order not to make things difficult for Cromway, Karl took the initiative to change the topic.

Cromway nodded, and turned his head to see an insulated bucket placed by Karl beside him. After adjusting the angle of the hospital bed, he pulled out the bracket on the bed. Karl opened the insulated bucket, and there was a steaming bowl of barley porridge inside. Also put a few bright red apples.

After all, he hadn't eaten for several days, and the hanging bottle made his mouth feel bitter as if he had snake gall in his mouth. It was inevitable that Cromway felt empty in his stomach, and he felt hungry, but he didn't feel this feeling before. I was stimulated, but the delicious food sent by Karl whetted my appetite.

Looking at the bowl of hot porridge in front of him, Cromway scooped up a spoonful and wanted to put it into his mouth, but he didn't expect that his body hadn't fully recovered due to the coma these days, so the hand holding the spoon was still trembling.The porridge couldn't be held at all, but spilled a lot. When Cromway managed to put the spoon into his mouth, there was less than half a spoonful of the porridge that was originally full.

"Let me feed you."

Seeing Cromway eating so hard, Carl quickly took the spoon.

Originally, he was a little worried about whether someone as proud as Cromway would accept help from others. There was a sprinkling of crow green on the deep-set eye sockets, as if waiting for Carl's feeding. Cromway put away the corners and barbs on his body, but he was unexpectedly quiet and well-behaved.

After scooping up a spoonful of porridge and blowing on it to make sure it didn't burn his mouth, Carl brought the spoon to Cromway's mouth.

Carl fed Cromway spoonful by spoonful, patiently and meticulously. During the process of feeding the porridge, the two of them would inevitably come into contact.When he was feeding the last spoonful, when his fingertips accidentally touched Cromway's lips, Carl was stunned for a moment, then quickly withdrew his hand like an electric shock, and his face flushed.

"...Have you ever had a long conversation with your father?"

After tidying up the bowls and chopsticks, because he felt a little flustered in his heart, and he didn't care whether it was stiff or not, he changed the subject.

Cromway's face turned cold when he heard that.

"There's nothing to say between me and him."

“But these days, in my eyes, your father cares about you a lot…”

Carl said that he didn't make up a lie to deliberately ease the relationship between father and son, but these days, Carl can see that Freddie really cares about Cromway's condition, and even is in a certain place. Late one night, he appeared outside the ward, stood in front of the ward through the glass window, silently watching Cromway lying unconscious on the bed.

Freddy's figure looked very lonely in the night, but his once heroic figure had become somewhat hunched over time.

Looking at this scene, Karl felt like his heart was hit by something. He felt that standing in front of him was a living father, which made Karl involuntarily recall his parents who were far away in the deep sea. He looked at his son His eyes are so deep, revealing the deep love that a father has.

That kind of love is like the hidden waves hidden under the calm water. Although it has not been revealed for more than ten years, its existence cannot be denied, just like the tip of an iceberg exposed on the sea.

"A father's love is like a mountain. He is different from a mother's love that is as delicate as flowing water. He is more calm and stable, so he is less likely to be noticed by others. Moreover, because of the man's silence, his father often cannot express it. But in fact, in what you can't see In this place, father has always loved you silently."

"Also, I think your father may have his own difficulties, just like my father and mother, although they are the most loving and model couples in our Atlantis, they have also turned their faces, quarreled, and lived together. In the royal family, there is always too much involuntary control, so communication is even more important."

Carl spoke urgently, but every word he uttered was sincere.

After quietly listening to Carl's words, Cromway also fell into a brief silence, and he finally spoke after a while.

"I know."

Cromway remained silent, his ice blue eyes were reddish, unknowingly escalated to emotions Karl couldn't understand.He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, his voice was indescribably hoarse as if it had been polished by sandpaper.

"...But I still want to ask, why...why he saved so many people, but couldn't save his own wife."

Karl was taken aback when he heard the words. He originally wanted to say, "He is the king. The king's accusation is to protect the entire empire and let the people of the empire live and work in peace and contentment." But seeing Cromway's red eyes and bruised veins On the back of his hand, he seemed to have a lump in his throat, unable to say anything.

In the end, Carl's persuasion just turned into a warm hug.

***

Persuasion was fruitless, and Carl, who was extremely firm at first, fell into hesitation instead.

At the beginning, he just thought that the father and son clearly cared about each other, but no one said anything, so he took it for granted that the father and son should communicate with each other and untie the knot that has been between them for so many years.

But after talking with Cromway, Carl couldn't help but fell into deep thought—he just took it for granted from his own point of view, but he had never experienced Cromway's pain for so many years, and he couldn't personally experience it. , Is he really qualified to stand on the commanding heights of morality?

Caught in a vortex of swing, Karl began to doubt whether his choice was correct.

But even though Karl was a little confused about this, he still insisted on visiting Cromway in the ward every day, and every time he would bring him some nutritious food in different ways.Seeing the other party's injury getting better day by day, Karl felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

What Carl didn't know was that the assassination incident caused an uproar on the Internet. Although Aubrey blocked the scene and ordered the officials present not to spread any information related to the banquet and the assassination, but In the era of highly developed satellite networks, information is like birds in the forest, even freer than birds - even if they have no wings, they can spread to every corner of the streets and alleys in the shortest time.

[Have you seen the recent gossip?I heard that an assassin appeared at the annual celebration held by the royal family and wanted to assassinate His Majesty! 】

【ah! ?No wonder I have a good friend who attended this banquet, and he still didn't come back after the time passed, so he must have been left for questioning. 】

【Fortunately, His Majesty was not injured, and the assassin was brought to justice, otherwise we would have to worry about it. 】

[Yes, I heard that Marshal Cromway blocked the knife for His Majesty, which prevented the assassin's plot from succeeding.The marshal has such courage to sacrifice his life for righteousness, which really has to be admired. 】

[I heard that the assassins this time were poor people from the slums, so I asked what was going on, so it made sense. 】

[Please don't engage in confrontation between the two districts upstairs, can you?Just discuss the matter as it stands, don't shoot in a large area. 】

[It's already the interstellar age, do you want to be a master?Even His Majesty has issued laws to protect the interests of the poor, so stop talking nonsense here. 】

[I don't care about anything else, I only care about the severity of the Marshal's injury and when he will recover. 】

[ls+1, I also want to know how the Marshal's injury is now, but Karl must be by his side now, I feel relieved when I think of this, it's really beautiful love woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool ,it's really beautiful QAQ]]

[Okay, everyone, please stop arguing, the marshal's injury hasn't recovered yet, let's pray for the marshal! 】

……

The next day, Carl brought some ancient books to visit Freddie. Since the last time he had a long talk with him in the study, he felt a little sorry when he saw that the other party was friendly, but his hands were empty, and he seemed to be very ungrateful. So he decided to take advantage of the opportunity to take care of Cromway and come to thank him again.

Accepting the gift from Carl, Freddy looked kind.

He originally had no intention of accepting Karl's gift, but he didn't expect that Karl is a very clever kid, knowing that he is living in the palace, and there is no shortage of self-wearing things, so he sent him some things that are not easy to collect outside. Ancient books, and I happen to love books, obviously it took a lot of thought, and I couldn't help but increase my affection for Karl, the daughter-in-law.

"Why are you drooping, is Cromway bullying you?"

Seeing that Carl was absent-minded, Freddy asked.

"no no……"

Carl shook his head again and again.

"That's... let me guess, did you tell Cromway about me?"

Hearing the other party's words, the negation that Karl originally wanted to say was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get out of his mouth. After a while, he lowered his head, his broken hair covered his eyes, and his voice was dull, as if with a little nasal sound:

"Feel sorry……"

Freddy shook his head, the kind expression on his face still undiminished.

"It's not your fault. I know you are a good boy with a kind heart, but not everything needs to be taken care of by yourself."

"Some burdens don't belong to you, and you don't need to make yourself too heavy."

"Thank you... But I really hope that Marshal Cromway and you can understand each other and untie the knot in our hearts."

Because of his agitation, Carl's tone couldn't help trembling. Freddy fell silent, but he raised his head after a while, speaking slowly.

"Why don't I want to?"

This always strong man said, with his hands behind his back, he raised his eyes and looked out of the window, a crescent moon was hanging on the top, his eyes were reddish, Freddy sighed leisurely:

"...But over the past ten years, the little guy who used to stick by my side has grown into a marshal of the empire who can stand alone. He has become stronger, more powerful, and more sought after by thousands of people. What I do My father felt that he was farther away from me."

"On the winter night 19 years ago, the night when the post report came, although it was only a short moment, it has surrounded me like a nightmare for more than ten years. When I dreamed back at midnight, I can often recall the news that my subordinates came to report. At that moment, I was in a dilemma between returning home and continuing to fight, and finally I reached out and grabbed the soldier talisman, got on the mech and drove away. The news of the victory in the battle and the news of Petunia's death came at the same time. The worst nightmare I've had the most over the years."

"How much I want to communicate with Cromway and my son. I hope he can forgive me and forgive the decisions I made, even if he thinks I'm cold-blooded and cruel...Sometimes I even wish I was I died of the plague for Petunia, but there will never be one in the world, but Cromway probably will never forgive me for the rest of his life..."

"Will not!"

Before Freddy finished speaking, Carl immediately blurted out, as if to prove something.

"Marshal Cromway is not a white-eyed wolf. After getting along with him for a period of time, I found that although he seemed to be close to strangers on the surface, he only temporarily sealed up his feelings. He still has a very rich heart. feelings, and fatherly love must be a very important part of it.”

Carl said, he usually speaks softly, but these words are urgent, like a cannonball, and there is no chance for people to refute.

Freddy was taken aback for not expecting Carl to be so excited, but when he came back to his senses, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"...I'm not mistaken, you really know him very well."

When Freddy said this, his voice was full of meaning. Carl heard the meaning of the other party, and a slight blush appeared on his face.

When Karl was about to leave, there was a voice from the crack of the door:

"The day after tomorrow is the memorial day of his mother No. 19. You can accompany him to see his mother. I think if Penny is alive in heaven, she must also want to meet you."

The next day, the sky was blue and the sun was sunny.

The warm sun of winter gently sprinkled the whole earth, and everything in the world was shrouded in light, as if all the ghosts and monsters in the dark night and the night-walking ghosts were all wiped out at this moment.

Cromway came out of the room, he looked up, and at the first sight he saw a wonderful picture standing there——

I saw a young man with light golden hair standing leaning against the stone steps in the corridor, bathed in the warm sunshine, holding a bunch of sunflowers in his hand, his whole body exuded the warmth of a small sun, even Even the eyes are shining like gems, like a sparkling lake, which looks extremely charming.

"Congratulations on your recovery!"

Seeing Cromway walking out of the ward, Carl, who was holding flowers, immediately came forward to greet him. He smiled and sent the bouquet in front of the other party, with a smile on his face and the fragrance of flowers. This kind of magical power made the gloom in the heart of Cromway, who was recovering from a serious illness, disappear completely, and turned into sunshine like sunshine.

"Thank you."

After taking the bouquet of sunflowers from Karl, Cromway held the bouquet in one hand, stretched his arms slightly with the other hand, reached out and pulled Karl into his arms, and gave him a big hug.

"When I was in a coma, I wanted to hug you like this."

Putting his head on Carl's neck, and gently smelling the smell of the ocean on his body, Cromway's slow, deep voice revealed strong magnetism.

In order to celebrate Cromway's recovery and discharge from the hospital, when he returned to the Marshal's Mansion, he did not choose to continue to eat the lackluster nutrient solution. Karl volunteered and went to the kitchen.Although he made a few simple home-cooked dishes, the gloom between his brows disappeared at the dinner table, and Cromway's haggard face relaxed a lot, and Carl, the producer, also felt a deep feeling in his heart. Satisfaction——

It turns out that being needed by others is such a blessing.

After dinner, because Cromway insisted on doing the dishes, Carl had to take a break for a while.Sitting on the sofa was bored, and saw that Cromway's room was open—since they confirmed their relationship, Cromway took off the electronic lock on his room, so Karl could freely enter and exit in each room.

Karl originally thought that they had been away from the Marshal's Mansion for so long, and there must have been a lot of dust in the room, so he wanted to go in and help the other party clean up.

Pushing away Cromway's room, Carl found that the other party's room was just like his own. It was orderly and spotless, and it looked particularly neat and pleasing to the eye. Because of this, Carl saved a lot of trouble in cleaning up and wiping.

When he was clearing the desk for the last time, he saw a calendar on Cromway's desk. When he picked it up to wipe the desk, Carl glanced at it, but found a bright red circle on the date of the day after tomorrow, with a message on the side. A string of strong and elegant words "Penny Sander"

The door was pushed open, and Cromway, who had finished washing the dishes, walked into the room. Seeing a silhouette approaching against the light, Karl was a little flustered, put down the calendar in his hand, and subconsciously raised the rag in his hand. explain.

"That... I'm sorry, I... I'm not..."

Things happened so unexpectedly, Karl danced and danced, not knowing how to explain it for a while.

"fine."

Cromway looked very indifferent, he stepped forward to look at Carl, his ice blue eyes were deep and gentle.

"Since I removed the lock on the door, I just want to tell you that there will be no more secrets between me and you."

Seeing Karl explaining to himself, but his eyes involuntarily looking at the red circle on the calendar, Cromway did not hide it, but was frank.Seeing the attitude of the other party, he didn't seem to want to hide it from himself, so Karl tentatively asked:

"Is that your mother's name?"

"Ah."

Cromway said in a low voice, and when his eyes fell on the red circle, his originally warm and bright eyes were involuntarily cast a layer of gloom.

"...Tomorrow, you can go to King's Lynn Mountain with me. It's time for me to take you to meet my mother."

"Eh……?"

Carl was taken aback, although his original thought was like this, but in his imagination, he thought that he still needed a lot of hard work, but he didn't expect that the other party was unexpectedly straightforward, and even reversed He took the initiative to invite himself, which really surprised him.

But no matter what, Carl couldn't help feeling a little joy called "being trusted".

Because of Cromway's initiative, Carl went to King's Lynn Hill with him the next day.

Cromway's mother's cemetery is located in a remote place in the back mountain, surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by forests, it is obviously a treasure land with beautiful scenery and excellent Fengshui.Walking slowly in the forest, you can even hear the chirping of birds. In this prosperous high-tech era, you can have such a close-to-nature enjoyment.

Cromway was surprisingly silent today. On the way, Karl turned his head several times, but he could only see the other party's ice blue eyes and the distinct corner of his jaw.Today's Cromway looked as if he was shrouded in dark clouds, very depressed, like a fully stretched bowstring, stretched almost to its peak.

Seeing Cromway's complex and tense mood, Carl stretched out his hand and gently held Cromway's hand. Seeing this, Cromway didn't dodge, but put his hand over his hand, holding his hand tighter .

When the two came to the cemetery on foot, there was already an uninvited visitor in front of the stele. Carl took a closer look and found that the person was Freddie. Today, like Cromway, he was also wearing a black suit, and his expression changed. Carl's amiable face when he saw him turned serious to the point of mourning.

Carefully wiped off the dust on the tombstone. At this moment, Freddy didn't have the slightest pretensions of being the emperor of the empire. He knelt and half knelt in front of the tombstone, like a devout believer, and started rambling about the black and white photo of the woman.The woman in the photo has an unbelievably glamorous face. She is smiling and looks like a bright spring, but her age is always fixed in her early thirties.

"Petunia, I came to see you again. I haven't seen you for half a year. You must miss me again, right? Cromway has grown into a young man now, and he has a family and a business. If there are no accidents, he should be able to see me later." Bringing his companion to see you, you must be very happy to see it?"

"Maybe I will come down to accompany you soon, you won't be lonely anymore, but you should still blame me in your heart? Blame me for not coming in time, blame me for not bringing you medicine, blame the man you think is the most powerful but in the end Appear in front of you like a knight, escorting you..."

As Freddy said, in front of Petunia, he seemed to be that young man who had just fallen in love again, rambling on and on about everything.

Freddy thought that after so many years, time could dilute all the pain, but when Freddy stood up, he realized that at some point, the unbearable tears were like an irresistible blowout, and wet the chest on his chest. placket.

The moment Freddy stood up from the ground, he turned and saw Cromway.Freddy thought he had come early enough, but he didn't expect to still meet Cromway and Carl, and he seemed a little at a loss for a while.

Seeing that Cromway's expression was frozen, the old father had obviously gotten used to the way of getting along between father and son in the past so many years, so he stood up and patted the stain on his knee. Dust, with an embarrassing expression on his face, like a loser who surrendered without a fight, lowered his eyes with a guilty conscience, wanting to leave in despair.

"I don't need you to be fake in front of my mother. It doesn't make us grateful, it just makes us sick."

When passing by Freddy, Cromway with his hands in his pockets spoke coldly.

"You have time to repent now, why didn't you return to the city earlier, maybe if you came back earlier, the imperial doctor would have paid more attention to it, and mother might not have passed away."

Although Cromway tried his best to suppress his emotions, the emotions accumulated over the years seemed to explode at this moment. He always wanted to find an answer, but he couldn't find it, so he could only close his feelings, as if only That way you won't get hurt.

Maybe Cromway also knew subconsciously that his father was just like him, even worse than him. He had been tortured and tormented by his soul for so many years, but Cromway still couldn't let go of his heart, and his mother was cold. Lying on the ground, but he sits on the throne, marries Xuxian, and lives like a winner in his life.

He needed someone to pay for his mother's death, so he could only use Freddy, his own father, as the scapegoat and the chief culprit for all this.

After all, Karenwei walked away, and when he came to his mother's tombstone, he didn't even look at her, leaving only the lonely figure of the old man standing there.

Freddy stood on the spot, with a slightly hunched figure, and his grizzled hair was fluttering in the wind, like a white flag fighting vicissitudes of life, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.