Law of the Devil

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Gabriel rushed into the room like a ball of fire, but Du Wei leaned back on the chair, soaking his feet in a basin of hot water, and a gentle and careful maid beside him was washing his feet. A hot towel was handed over, Du Wei grabbed it, and wiped his face carefully.

"Brother." After Gabriel ran in, he lifted the door curtain, and immediately a cloud of cold wind came in.

Du Wei opened his eyes and looked at his younger brother, then smiled slightly: "Why are you running in such a hurry?"

Gabriel laughed: "I heard that my sister-in-laws are coming today, so I rushed here after class. It was snowing all the way, and I suffered a lot while riding a horse."

Du Wei pointed to the chair beside him, then grabbed the teacup on the table and handed it over. Gabriel took Gudu and swallowed it all.

Next to him, the maid had already rolled up Du Wei's trousers, and kneaded the muscles on Du Wei's legs with a pair of thin hands - it was said that it was to prevent the muscles of paralyzed people from shrinking.

Although the cause of Du Wei's paralysis is quite special, and he doesn't need these at all, it's just that, for the sake of appearance, he still enjoys this kind of treatment every day--after all, he is "pretending to be sick" now. , Is there any eyes and ears in the palace?

You know, this Duke's mansion was given to him by Prince Chen back then, and the servants inside must have the eyes and ears of the royal family. After Du Wei accepted it, he didn't bother to screen it out, and accepted them all.

Seeing his brother leaning against the chair weakly, Gabriel's eyes suddenly turned red. Gently pushed the maid away, took off the long leather jacket with one hand, and rolled up the sleeves. He squatted in front of Du Wei. Then he rubbed and washed Du Wei's feet with his hands.

Du Wei frowned: "You..."

"Don't underestimate me. When I was at home, my father was seriously ill and before you came home, I also washed him." Gabriel said softly.

With such a sentence, Du Wei originally wanted to say something, but his heart became hot and he closed his mouth

There was a moment of silence. Du Wei said softly: "Don't worry, I just stumbled when I was practicing magic, and it will be fine in a few days."

"I know." Gabriel raised his head and smiled: "You are my brother, and my brother is one of the most powerful people on the mainland!"

The two brothers met each other with a smile, but without saying anything, they understood each other's mind in an instant. Then Du Wei casually asked about things in the military academy. These days when Du Wei was sick, he couldn't go to the academy to attend classes, but the student captain Yaloer appointed by Du Wei did a good job. Everyone admired him. Although Du Wei was not there, the course was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

The two were chatting, but suddenly they heard footsteps outside, and then heard the voice of the little butler Sandy: "Ah! Your Majesty, please..."

The curtain was raised. The little emperor Charles of the empire has already strode in. He is the king of the emperor, and he didn't notify when he entered the door. He just went in all the way. Who can stop him?

I saw the two brothers, one leaning on a chair. One was washing his brother's feet. Charlie froze for a moment, then took half a step back. He bowed respectfully: "Teacher."

Du Wei saw that it was the little emperor, and there was an imperceptible strangeness in his eyes, and then he smiled: "Your Majesty is here. But I can't get up to salute you, I'm very sorry."

"What are you talking about?" Charlie said with a quick smile, "You are my teacher, how can I let the teacher salute my disciples, you are the person I respect the most."

Du Wei smiled inwardly, most respectful? So where does your father go?

I'm still too young, and when I was anxious, I lost my sense of proportion when I said this.

Gabriel didn't dare to slack off, and got up to salute His Majesty the Emperor. Du Wei was about to let someone in to clean it up, but Charlie quickly stood up, stopped the servant who was about to take away the footwashing water, and said seriously: "Don't disturb the teacher's work and rest."

Seeing the little emperor's appearance, he was afraid that he was going to finish the play. Du Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly winked at his younger brother. Otherwise, if the little emperor became agitated and knelt down to wash Du Wei's feet with his own hands, he would be in serious trouble.

Charlie really meant that, but when Gabriel moved first, he immediately froze for a moment, and then saw the hot towel brought in by the servant for wiping his face, grabbed it, and held it in front of Du Wei with his own hands.

Du Wei smiled mischievously - he had already wiped his face, and this towel was brought to Gabriel.

But since the little emperor wanted to play the role of a corporal, he had to cooperate. As a result, although he couldn't laugh or cry, he still wiped his face vigorously and carefully with the towel.

Afterwards, Du Wei dismissed all the servants. He understood that the little emperor suddenly came to the door today. It might not be as simple as coming to visit. He has been ill for so many days. of.

Looking at the new emperor who was famous for his youth and intelligence in the imperial capital, Du Wei sighed inwardly. This child is indeed smart, but his temper is a bit too frivolous, and... being too smart when he was young may not be a good thing.

It has been more than half a year since Jiamian, after winter, the little emperor will be twelve years old.

For a twelve-year-old child, Charlie, who was born in the royal family and pampered him since childhood, has a strong body, coupled with his youth and intelligence, looks quite precocious. From his appearance, he is two or three years older than his actual age. look.

At the beginning, the little emperor was patient, sat down, chatted casually with Du Wei for a while, greeted Du Wei's illness, and then missed the days when he was taught by Du Wei, and even asked Du Wei had a few academic questions --- but Du Wei understood as soon as he heard it, the so-called questions must have been fabricated by this kid.

He didn't point out, and answered those questions one by one very casually.

But after a while, he is a young boy after all, how can his patience compare with Du Wei, a man who has been a man for two lifetimes? Charlie sat there. It seemed that I couldn't hold back my temper, twisted a few times, and changed several postures. Gradually, that little face couldn't hide his thoughts anymore.

Du Wei smiled inwardly. Glancing at Gabriel, he said, "Brother, go and seal some of the jars of sand honey you sent from the Northwest last month. Your Majesty and Princess Karina have liked sweets since they were young, and I will bring them back to Your Majesty later."

This obvious move to push Gabriel away made Charlie heave a sigh of relief, and when Gabriel walked out of the room, Charlie immediately jumped up from his chair. Bowing deeply to Du Wei, his face was full of eagerness: "Teacher! This disciple really has great confusion in his heart!!".

Du Wei sighed, but he couldn't avoid it. He smiled and said, "Please tell me, Your Majesty."

The little emperor's eyes flashed eagerly: "Teacher, how can one be a good emperor!"

Du Wei pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor is the supreme ruler of the mainland. If the people on the mainland can have ample food and clothing, and are not invaded by foreign insults. If the country is strong, then it is considered a good emperor."

But this answer is obviously not what Charlie wants to hear today. He frowned and thought for a while: "Teacher, I understand what you mean. But what I want to ask is... an emperor, what should he do, what should he do to be considered an emperor?" A... good emperor, a real emperor!"

He accentuated the word "true" a little.

This question is a bit too impatient. Apparently the boy was already anxious to a certain extent. How could this kind of question be thrown out without embellishment?

Du Wei sighed inwardly. Looking at this disciple, a thought suddenly came to my mind: If it was the little girl Karina, no matter how anxious she was, she would not ask such inappropriate words.

Thinking of this, Du Wei looked a little serious, and looked at Charlie: "Your Majesty, how old are you this year?"

"After the new year, I will be twelve years old." Charlie puffed out his chest.

Du Wei seemed to be smiling, his smile seemed a little unreal and illusory, and his tone was erratic, "Your Majesty, do you know what I was doing when I was twelve years old?"

Charlie froze.

Du Wei asked and answered by himself, and said calmly: "When I was twelve years old, my father sent me back to my hometown in the Luolin countryside. I read books every day in the castle, and organized soldiers in the army to play football. I fiddled with a hot air balloon and made a fuss in the castle. At that time, I remember that the old housekeeper in the castle would write to my father every month in the imperial capital and sue me fiercely, saying that I Unwillingness."

After a pause, Du Wei fixed his gaze on Charlie's eyes, and said sincerely, "But, thinking about it now, that was almost the happiest, most relaxed and most enjoyable period of my life."

"Aren't you happy now?" Charlie frowned: "Teacher, you are now the Duke of Tulip, who is famous all over the mainland. I am afraid that there are not many people on the mainland who don't know your name! You have already become a duke at a young age. With the rank of general, a famous strong man in the mainland, a magician, a genius scholar..."

Du Wei nodded, but added softly: "But now, I don't have time to play football, tinker with hot air balloons, organize guards to gamble, or go to the woods to make a fuss .”

Although his words were light, there was sincere emotion in his tone.

It's just, it's a pity that the little emperor didn't listen to his sincere words.

There was a nonchalant look on Charlie's face, and Du Wei knew that what he said was in vain.

"Teacher." Charlie suddenly felt hesitant, as if he had made up his mind, and said the truth: "Since the end of last month, I have been out of the city to hunt every day! I go every day, with my guards and hounds. Outside the city, we went to the royal hunting ground at first, but then I got tired of playing and went to the woods. As of today, I have been going for eleven days in a row." "It seems that Your Majesty likes hunting very much." Du Wei Youyou said.

"No, I don't like it at all now!" Charlie suddenly said angrily, "I'll tell you the truth! Thinking about hunting now makes me want to throw up! Although hunting is good, if you go for eleven days in a row, you will get tired of it! Hunting today Rabbit, fox hunting tomorrow. For eleven days, I will go out of the city with the guards at noon every day, and I will not come back until evening."

"Then why is your majesty still going?"

Charlie closed his mouth, he stared at Du Wei for about ten seconds, and then said in a low voice with a stiff voice: "If I don't hunt, what else can I do? What else do I have?" What can be done?"

Seeing the discontent on the boy's face, Du Wei was speechless.

Charlie seemed to have finally found a place to vent, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth: "In the palace, every day is just riding a horse under the instruction of the equestrian teacher. The court teacher taught me to read history, or read books, or Strolling around in the imperial garden... What else can I do? If I don't go hunting, I'm almost suffocated to death."

Du Wei sighed: "So, what do you want to do, Your Majesty?"

"I think..." Charlie stared at Du Wei in turn, "Do what an emperor should do!"

A small voice, but with a strong desire.

Du Wei looked at this young man, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

Do what an emperor should do?

This child...is only twelve years old...