Attack on the heart [Comprehensive]

Easier said than done, the first old minister who visited encountered difficulties.

The old minister is the late king's confidant, and indeed he has been hinted by the late king, knowing that the third prince Ali Baba, who was brought back from the slums, is the late king's preferred heir. Compared with the previous two mediocre princes, the third prince is indeed very talented , with a kind and gentle personality, although I don't have much contact with him, I have a good impression of him, he is a good boy, but he is not very satisfied with his background.After the former king passed away, the old minister planned to assist the third prince according to the former king's wishes. Unexpectedly, the third prince disappeared from the palace, so he had no choice but to let the eldest prince inherit the throne.The old minister has been very worried about whether something unexpected happened to the third prince, how could a living person disappear from the palace out of thin air.

Hearing the news again that the third prince has become the leader of a gang of thieves, the old minister's mood can be imagined.He wanted to convince himself that the person had only the same name, but the deputy king kept leaking information to the group of mist secretly, so he was sure that it was the third prince.The only consolation is that the Mist Group is a righteous thief, not completely bad, the third prince has the idea of ​​saving Barbad, but he is too immature and naive, but such a third prince made him hesitate in his heart, so he kept watching middle.

Now that the third prince came to visit in person, the old minister felt very complicated.

He turned down Alibaba's request.

"The third prince personally requested. Originally, the old man should have readily agreed. You are the heir preferred by the late king. It would be perfect for you to overthrow the current Abu Madho. But prince, you disappeared from the palace for no reason, making Abmado ascended the throne, and reappeared as the leader of a group of thieves."

"You...you have been paying attention to me?" Ali Baba was astonished, and the old minister's words made him very ashamed, "I originally wanted to gain the support of the people, and then I went to the palace to negotiate with Brother Wang, asking him not to abuse the people again."

An Le's words are being verified. Being a thieves leader is such a disgraceful stain. How high his reputation is among the common people is relative to how bad his reputation is among the nobles and rich people. And the governance of the country depends on these things he has changed. class as its own enemy.

"Ever since I found out that the leader of the Mist Group is named Ali Baba, and found out that the Deputy King has been secretly sending messages for the Mist Group, the old man has been paying attention and made some cover-ups by the way. After all, the Deputy King is young, and some places are still immature. There are traces." The old minister sighed, staring deeply at Ali Baba, his eyes were indescribably complicated, his face softened a little, and he didn't ask him why he changed his mind.

"You want to save Barbad, the old man is very pleased, but please go back, the old man will not lend his strength to a thief leader. Although he is a righteous thief, he is still a thief after all. He robs the wealth of the nobles and the rich. Wealth, even if it is not for your own selfish desires, robbery is robbery, and it will not be just because of reasons. The old man has always paid attention to the nobles and rich people who have been robbed of their wealth and bankrupted by you, no matter what sins they have, how disgusting they are , are not the reason for being robbed. Although Abu Maduo is prostitute, if the new King Barbad is a thief leader, wouldn’t I, Barbad, become a country of thieves and become a laughing stock of all countries.”

Alibaba's eyes widened in disbelief. Only now did he truly realize the negative effects of the stain, and hurriedly said, "Please wait!"

"Third Prince, you said that you want to save Barbad, so how strong is your determination? Determination is not enough to rely on words, if it is only to this extent, please go back." The old minister sighed again and refused.

"In order to save Barbad, I can give all my strength, even my life, no matter what difficulties and pains I have to go forward, so please give me a chance!" Ali Baba begged, his eyes were red, and his voice revealed a trace of Trembling, sad, "I don't want to see that kind of scene anymore, I don't want to escape!"

The old minister looked at him. He missed the very similar face of the former king when he was young. After hearing these words, he was a little moved, but he put forward an unexpected condition.

"Then, please sever ties with that man named Kasim, from now on he is just a thief." The old minister said expressionlessly.

"...Kasim?" Ali Baba was taken aback, wondering why the old minister suddenly mentioned him.

"The old man has investigated carefully. Before you joined the mist group, he was the leader. It was also a crime he led a group of thieves to sneak into the palace and steal the treasury. Although the death of the previous king was not directly related to that man, it was also indirectly related. Now, under the instigation of that man, you have degenerated into the leader of the thieves, committed many robberies, and reduced from a dignified prince to a criminal. How can the old man let this kind of person continue to contact you and continue to treat you Have a bad influence? A Bumado has gone, and a new king who hates the nobles and the rich has no reason to suppress the upper class. Barbad cannot stand such a toss. Even if you beg, if you continue The thief who was born has contacts, how does this old man know that you are not the second Abu Maduo?"

"The third prince probably doesn't know. The eldest prince was not like this when he first came to the throne. He tried hard to learn from the previous king and wanted to become a wise king. However, the treasury was empty because of the looting of thieves. It sounds good, the eldest prince didn't raise taxes, and soon there was difficulty in the flow of funds. He had no choice but to listen to the banker's suggestion and ask for a loan from the Huang Empire. Although he knew that the guy was very suspicious, but after tasting the sweetness, the eldest prince immediately responded to the banker. With a lot of trust, under his bewitching, it has been out of control since then."

"It's a pity that the old man noticed the trace of the third prince, and found out the man named Kasim during the investigation, otherwise he should have sent someone to kill him long before the third prince came back!" The old minister said bitterly, "Not only dare you Looting the treasury, indirectly killing the former king, indirectly causing the eldest prince to be taken advantage of by the banker, and beguiling the third prince to degenerate into a thief, Barbad's decline and chaos, that man is the source of all chain reactions!"

Many things are not that others don't know, but that you think others don't know. The matter of the group of fog is basically transparent in the eyes of this wise old man.Although Kassim has magic weapons, there are ways to kill him. You don’t have to fight head-on. The members of the Mist Group are mixed in order to increase the number of members. It is not easy for people to poison Qasim.In the face of various assassination methods, Kasim is tender.

Ali Baba's mind was blank, and his heart was like a knife, "I... I was the one who sneaked out to play and leaked the secret road to the palace..."

"That hateful thief really deserves to die!!" The old minister was furious, and added another crime to Kasim: cheating the young and ignorant third prince.

Ali Baba trembled all over, and was about to lose all his courage, but he suddenly remembered the determination he had made before he came here. He said that he would never give up. No matter what, he must win the support of the old minister and the support of other ministers, officials and nobles. To save Barbad, I have to give up just at the beginning, who can be saved with such a fragile determination!

Gritting his teeth, forcing himself to calm down, encouraging himself to show courage and never give up, Alibaba's trembling body gradually recovered.

But what to do?

According to what the old minister inadvertently revealed just now, it was because the old minister found out that Kassim was already with him, so he didn't kill the killer under his nose, but helped the group of mist to cover up. Cut off the relationship, I'm afraid that time will be Kasim's death.Although he betrayed him and committed the crime of looting the treasury, which opened the curtain of a series of chaos and decline in Barbad, but...as expected, he could not just watch Kasim die in order to achieve his goal.

Ali Baba thought painfully, he knew that his thinking at this time was too narrow, the people were in pain, and the country was on the verge of collapse. Only by becoming King Barbad could he gain the power to negotiate with the emperor of the Huang Empire and save the country. But he hesitated because of Kassim, as long as he agreed ruthlessly, everything would make progress, which was much more efficient than being the leader of the mist regiment for so long without making any progress, but...

but……!

Sure enough, it can't be done, what's the difference between this and killing Kassim himself!

Tears welled up in Ali Baba's eyes, he suppressed the urge to choke, and a broken voice escaped from his mouth.He raised his hand and looked at his own hands. He seemed to have hallucinations in a trance. He saw that his hands were covered with blood, Kasim collapsed in disbelief, and a group of ministers and nobles knelt down and surrendered.

His purpose was accomplished, but how ironic, how dirty, how dark!

Even if Kassim betrayed him, was angry and suffered, he never thought of killing Kassim himself.

Even if he wanted to overthrow Brother Abu Maduo and become the new King Barbad himself, he never thought of killing Brother King himself.

His heart is soft and kind, and he never thought of killing.

So when this option was presented to him, realizing that he had to exchange Kasim's life for the support of the old minister, he was so painful that he could hardly breathe.

"I... I really... I'm sorry, I really can't just watch Kasim die! Even if he betrayed me, even if we had differences, he is still a good brother I grew up with!! !” Ali Baba made a painful voice from deep in his throat, his eyes were blurred by tears, he couldn’t see the old minister’s expression clearly, and choked up, “How could I... kill my good brother..."

"Your Highness, the third prince, becoming King Barbad is not a child's play, just talking about it. Becoming a king requires a lot of awareness, including making sacrifices for certain purposes. Taking this road means that there will be More setbacks and darkness are waiting for you. Today's Barbad needs a brave and wise king, not a king who is indecisive, lacks courage and is full of naive ideas, a king who is destined to be tempted to take the dark road, or It’s better not to invest in expectations from the beginning.”

"The old man knows that you are a good boy. You are highly talented, kind and gentle, and you are better than the two princes, but you lost the best time and returned to Barbad at the worst time. It is bound to be very difficult to become the new king in the future. If you don’t have such awareness, you should always be a good boy.”

"The ambitious old man of the Huang Empire understands that no matter how bad it is, it's just that Barbad was annexed by the Huang Empire. Maybe it's not a bad thing to be ruled by that country. At least the ruler has the consciousness and ability. For the citizens, as long as they can feed them Live in a warm house, and gradually the Sarja royal family will disappear from everyone's memory."

"It's just a pity that the inheritance of the Sharja royal family ends here."

The old minister sighed, and his whole body became decadent, as if he had aged several years all of a sudden, and his old back was even more bent.

For a moment, Ali Baba wanted to say yes, but finally restrained himself.He wiped away his tears indiscriminately, his eyes were red, bowed deeply to the old minister, and said loudly: "I will definitely come again!"

Then turned away.

The old minister watched his leaving back until he disappeared from sight.

"Didn't you always look forward to the third prince? His Highness Ali Baba got the legendary metal tool, which was recognized by the demon god as the king's tool. How many people in this world can get this honor, and they will definitely be able to save Barbad. Why now? ...?" A confidant of the old minister was puzzled.

"His Royal Highness is still too immature. If he just gave up like this, it would be right for me to refuse at the beginning. If he can learn lessons from suffering and learn from failures, his growth is what I look forward to. In the world Nothing is smooth sailing, especially now that Barbad is in a difficult situation, and a good and innocent boy cannot bring back a country that is on the verge of collapse." The old minister's eyes were full of wisdom, and the cloudy eyes flashed.

His refusal and request are all tests for Alibaba. If Alibaba persists, he will be pleased. If Alibaba really agrees to his request, he will be happy. What he looks forward to most is that Alibaba can break through him. The conditions are bound to achieve their own goals perfectly.The former shows that Alibaba is determined and enlightened. As long as he is carefully taught, he can indeed become a qualified Barbad king. The latter shows that Alibaba not only has determination and awareness, but also draws inferences from one example, is full of creativity, and is good at grasping conditions and breaking through limitations to create benefits for himself. .

Isn't the current Barbad struggling because of the conditions set by the Huang Empire, just like Ali Baba is suffering because of the conditions given by the old minister. The former king is only suitable for peacetime and wants to break through It is only this kind of person who can find a way out of Barbad's current desperate situation.

"The head of the family is indeed far-sighted."

"Oh, but what I said is not false, the prince really played a good hand."

How to put a prince who has self-destructed reputation and created a halo of passive ridicule for officials, nobles and other upper classes to the throne, the old minister is also very troubled.

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