Ma De took his puppet wife and ran all the way in the alley. He didn't choose to go home, but rushed in the direction of Miya Church.
He knew that it was absolutely safe there.
It's a pity that he couldn't run very far, so he was once again blocked in the alley by people one after the other.
The two people who came this time were equally strong, but they were obviously not ordinary hooligans like just now. Just the aura and fluctuations emanating from them made Ma De's legs go weak, and his teeth kept fighting...
This is not an enemy his puppet wife can deal with...
Damn, I was careless, I shouldn't have given the master that check...
Is my easy life too long...
Ma De couldn't help complaining to himself in his heart.
However, the two people who blocked him this time seemed much more polite. They touched their chests with one hand, bowed slightly to show their respect, and said in a low voice:
"Your Highness, please forgive our offense, but your brother misses you very much and wants to meet you."
After all, one of them turned slightly sideways, revealing a black carriage parked at the entrance of the alley behind him.
"well... "
Ma De sighed helplessly, followed the two people to the carriage, opened the door, and sat in.
Waiting inside was a handsome young man with a glass of red wine in one hand and a beautiful girl in his other arm.
The girl looked delicate and coquettish, but her eyes were dull and her face was numb. She let the opponent touch her hands without any response. Obviously she was just a beautiful toy.
This girl Ma De also knows, he sold it to an old local customer a few days ago, but unexpectedly fell into the hands of the young man opposite.
"My dear brother, long time no see, would you like something to drink?"
the young man asked very kindly.
Ma De shook his head, sighed again, and asked:
"Hey... Why did you come to me again?"
The young man didn't answer, but stretched out his hand to pick up the chin of the beautiful girl puppet beside him, looked at it carefully, and then praised sincerely:
"I really didn't expect that you have already achieved such accomplishments in puppetry. I'm afraid you have surpassed your teacher Jonesfield, right?"
"Sure enough, you've always been the smartest of us."
The fact that the other party was able to get this puppet and tell him that he had studied under Master Jonesfield showed that he was well aware of Mudd's situation and had been keeping track of his whereabouts, and he was not attracted by that check.
This made Ma De couldn't help laughing at himself. He thought he was hiding well and could live in such a safe way all the time, but he couldn't escape from the palm of others from the beginning to the end.
He simply let go, picked up the red wine and the wine glass that were placed beside him, filled a glass for himself, took two sips, relieved the dry mouth caused by the escape just now, and then asked directly :
"Can we be more direct?"
The other party smiled and shook his head:
"My stupid brother, you haven't seen each other for so long, can't you talk to me a little more?"
"There's still plenty of time anyway, isn't there?"
Although the other party refused to explain the purpose of coming, Ma De could guess something, so he took the initiative to ask:
"Father's body, isn't it okay?"
"Other than that, you have no reason to come to me."
The other party is indeed his half brother, but there is no brotherhood between the two.
Because they come from a cold and heartless family, the Quintan family, that is, the imperial family.
Although Made always claimed to Gallo that he was from a remote country, he was actually the emperor's third son.
And the young man on the opposite side is the second one.
There is an older sister in front of them, not an illegitimate child in the back, and a lot of miscellaneous brothers and sisters.
Ma De left the royal family alone because of his mother's early death, and then followed the puppet master Jones Fil all the way to the city of innocence, living a low-key but comfortable life.
The emperor didn't come to him, and neither did his siblings.
Many people even felt that it was a good thing and a wise choice for him to obediently disappear.
So it is only possible that the emperor is not in good health, so that others can remember him as the third child.
Sure enough, the young man on the opposite side, the second prince of the empire, Ross, narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded slightly, and was finally willing to mention the business:
"Father mistakenly believed in the Venusian Sect before, and used some of their methods to seriously injure his body. Now he has been bedridden for many days."
When he talked about this matter, his expression was calm, his tone was flat, without any due sadness and grief, as if he was talking about a stranger, not about his father's physical condition.
Speaking of the current emperor of the empire, Kuntan III, from an objective and national point of view, he can be regarded as a successful and responsible emperor.
He didn't have any curiosity-seeking hobbies that would harm the country and the people, and he didn't start wars indiscriminately, wasting people and money, and managed the empire handed down by his grandfather in an orderly and prosperous manner.
The main black spot is the suppression of orthodox churches and false belief in cults, but later they knew their mistakes and could correct them, so they did not continue to support the Venus Sect.
In general, it can be regarded as a qualified ruler.
It's a pity that his health has always been bad. Even his natural physical problems are also related to his injuries when he was young. As a result, he is less than 60 years old now, and his children are starting to think about fighting for power.
You must know that in this world, because of the existence of magic and magic, princes in their seventies and eighties are very common, but emperors who die at the age of 60 are very rare. The short-lived emperor who entered the annals of history.
In the end, it was because he had always wanted to suppress the Orthodox Church. Otherwise, with the resources and magical skills in the hands of the three Orthodox Churches, it would definitely be no problem for him to live to one or two hundred years like his father and grandfather.
But in this way, he and his future emperors will always be constrained by sectarian forces because of the issue of longevity.
Therefore, it was a farsighted choice for him to support the Venus Sect in an attempt to fight against the Orthodox Church, but he did not expect that the Venus Sect believed in a super-large evil god who tried to destroy everything, and it ended up like this in the end.
In fact, these things have nothing to do with Ma De.
Because of his mother's early death, the relationship between him and the emperor was very indifferent, and now he didn't want to go into the muddy water at all, so he said seriously:
"I will neither return to the imperial city, nor will I participate and pay attention to your affairs!"
"I don't think I'm a prince. Now I'm just an ordinary citizen of the city of innocence. The major national affairs behind you have nothing to do with me."
"can I go now?"
He spoke the truth from his heart, but he didn't impress his brother.
"My stupid little brother, since we were born in the Kuntan family, we bear this fate. How can you control this by yourself?"
"You're not interested in that position, but your mother's old minister, someone from your grandfather's family, doesn't think so."
"You may not know it, but they are looking for you all over the world..."
Prince Ross was talking, and suddenly turned up the volume:
"just me!"
"Only I can provide you with the life you really want, and can truly keep you away from those whirlpools! And only I can truly value brotherhood and treat you well!"
"So, come back with me, you just need to be patient for a while, meet a few people again, talk to them a few words, and you will be able to return to your current life soon."
At this point in his words, Ma De can be regarded as seeing his true intention.
The elder brother who said he was only good for himself, just wanted to use himself as a weight, and use the emperor's guilt towards him to win more support.
Made's mother was the empress of the empire and the only empress. Even after her early death, the emperor never appointed a new empress.
So many people say that the queen is the woman the emperor really loves.
This is probably because he fell in love with the queen when he did not become the emperor, and later he was able to break out from other brothers and sisters and successfully ascend the throne, which also received the strong support of the queen's family.
But the queen fell off a cliff during an outing and died unexpectedly.
Many people thought it was a political murder, but the emperor probably did not track down the real culprit behind the scenes for the sake of stabilizing the situation, nor did he appease the young Ma De at that time, and even took this opportunity to suppress The power of the Queen's family.
At that time, Ma De was naturally bullied in the palace. Like the second brother in front of him, he humiliated him more than once and took away many things that belonged to him.
Thanks to Ma De's good nature, otherwise he would have been distorted into an anti-social and anti-human pervert.
He just saw the indifference of the emperor's family because of this, and ran away from home.
Later, I became obsessed with puppet learning, largely because of my childhood experience.
Many people wishfully believed that the emperor's guilt towards the empress and Ma De, coupled with the political resources retained by his grandfather's family, could be of some use in the fight for the throne.
Prince Ross obviously thinks so. He even considered this step when Made ran away from home, and has been secretly monitoring his movements. He just planned to wait for this critical moment and take him as a card with some weight. hand of cards.
And Ma De didn't expect that his elder brother could have such a thick skin and such a dark heart. At this time, he wanted to find himself to go back and use it as a weight.
He definitely wouldn't go back foolishly, so he resolutely refused:
"Thank you for your kindness, but as I said, I have no interest in this kind of thing, and I won't go back with you."
"Please let me go!"
After hearing this, Prince Ross on the opposite side put away the hypocrisy on his face, and his expression gradually became cold.
"It seems that you still don't understand your situation?"
"Don't you naively think that someone will come to save you?"
"With your ridiculous toys? Or the pastor of the country sect?"
As the prince spoke, the puppet beside him kicked away with a look of disgust, and then threatened with a stern voice:
"Give up those unrealistic fantasies! You should understand your situation and identity. If you don't want to suffer, just be obedient!"
As he spoke, he took out a small notebook from his pocket, opened one of the pages, and said:
"You spent a lot of money to befriend a priest of a small sect. He is a talented newcomer who is well-known in the Orthodox Church. He really has a good prospect in the future..."
"Moreover, this small sect has a close relationship with the Shenguang Sect. Through this investment, you can not only cultivate a genius in the religious world, but also have a relationship with the Shenguang Sect. It is a great move."
"If you had taken this step earlier, maybe I would have nothing to do with you, but unfortunately, his movements are too slow, and everything is under my control. In my eyes, your methods are childish and ridiculous! "
After listening to Ma De, he was not angry or angry, but just gave a wry smile and said:
"You have looked down on me since you were a child..."
"But this time, you may have really underestimated me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two heard a voice from outside the carriage:
"Please step aside, my friend is in the car."
That was Gallo's voice.
Then, came the voices of the two guards beside the prince:
"Sorry, you are in the wrong place, there are no friends of yours here."
"Ah? No way? This little bird brought me here, and also brought a letter..."
Gallo continued.
"If you say no, you don't, please leave quickly!"
The guard said impatiently, they didn't feel the slightest power fluctuation in this young priest, he was just an ordinary person.
So they didn't bother to make a move, anyway, they were legendary powerhouses, so they still had some pride.
What's more, the legendary level is forbidden to enter the city of innocence. They also used potions and magic equipment to suppress the power fluctuations on their bodies before they got in. So if it's not necessary, I don't want to make trouble.
They just slightly released some breath fluctuations on their bodies, trying to scare away Gallo.
If it is an ordinary person, once he is affected by the legendary breath, his hands and feet will be weak and his whole body will tremble like Ma De did before.
But Gallo was not affected in the slightest, and the other party's actions made him even more suspicious.
He hastily yelled at the carriage:
"Mad, Ma De, are you there?"
"If you are kidnapped, just blink!"
Hearing the movement outside the window, the expression of Prince Ross in the carriage suddenly became very ugly...
He really didn't expect that this useless younger brother could actually ask for help from the outside world under his nose
Although such resistance is meaningless, his two subordinates can easily resolve the matter.
It's just that Ma De's move out of control made him very upset, as if he had been slapped twice...
So he lowered his voice and threatened:
"If you don't want your friend to have an accident, you should know what to do."
Made nodded:
"Of course I know what to do..."
Then he suddenly raised his voice, and shouted heartbreakingly:
"Master Jia Luo, help!!!!"
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I'm very sorry, I was writing and writing last night, lying in a chair and falling asleep...
This chapter is 4K words.
There should be more tonight!