The Demon King Chapter 18 The Price of Loyalty
. "There is a bitter history of blood and tears hidden behind every treasure here!" Chen Tian said to the people behind him in a heavy tone.
Lisa was standing not far away watching a colorful Buddha statue. At this time, the person who was listening to the holy words behind Chen Tian was Renee, who was his longest and closest partner except for Oli and Matthew, who was the closest friend of the Cornisburg Junior Military Academy. Their friendship did not become distant due to the relationship between master and servant. On the contrary, over ten years, they gradually became the most honest friends.
In fact, Rennie has long been shocked by the rare treasures in the museum. He was born in Germany and spent his childhood in Asia. After that, he experienced many troubles with Chen Tian. In addition, this time he came to America, all four continents on the earth left his footprints. Even with such rich experience, most of the collections in this museum are those he had never seen before, let alone these extraordinary Buddha statues and treasures!
Chen Tian soon saw the serious Rennie behind him from the reflective part of the exhibit glass cabinet.
"Have you seen something like that when you were in the East?"
Renni shook her head, "Japan is a country with relatively poor culture and resources. It is said that there was a large amount of silver for a while, but when I was there, I saw only the increase in factories and dilapidated temples. There were also Buddha statues in those temples, but compared with these, it was really not worth mentioning at all!"
Chen Tian carefully observed the Buddha statue in front of him again, perhaps because of the age of being too old and the corrosion of air after the unearth, the color on its surface was already a little dim, but it is not difficult to guess its original color from the residual mottled spots.
"Do you know? There is an old saying in our hometown: If you fall behind, you will be beaten!" Chen Tian whispered in German. At this time, Jona was introducing Lisa to the mural on the other side. The American officials following behind seemed to be unable to understand German.
Only Chen Tian understood here that what a nation summed up after being destroyed or even facing life and death is not the truth! However, at this time, his helplessness and sympathy were too much more angry. After all, his empire also participated in the ruthless plunder of the ancient Eastern Kingdoms at that time.
"If you fall behind, you will be beaten..." Renney repeated a while and then said with appreciation: "It can be regarded as a sentence of truth!"
"Yes, once you lag behind the times, you will not only be beaten, but you will also be snatched away the most precious things in your home. You can only watch the robbers come and go back in batches with tears in your eyes!" Chen Tian showed a helpless bitter smile on his lips.
Rennie's mouth moved slightly a few times, but she seemed to be unable to find the right words to express her mood.
The two couldn't help but speed up, wanting to leave the exhibition hall that was possessed by sadness and resentment as soon as possible.
Driven by Chen Tian, the people behind him have accelerated the visit. But even at this speed, it is difficult for them to visit all the exhibition halls within the scheduled time, and these exhibition halls are currently exhibiting only 1/4 of the collections in the entire museum.
Primitive art, clothing, European decorative art, ancient Near Eastern art, Zhong-Piao Astronomy, Islamic art, European painting, and the exhibition halls that Chen Tian and his party visited later all have their own unique features. Almost everyone has found something that can shock their spirit and mind here. Cold and silent stone carvings depict various scenes in the Bible, colorful windows, reliefs, extremely bright colored color discs, and statues of modern abstract art. The more they reach the end, the fewer languages of people. Even if their legs are sore, they don’t want to stop and rest for a while.
Just as Chen Tian and his party visited the museum's treasure - the entire ancient Egyptian mausoleum with a history of more than 2,000 years moved to the glass cover of the special building hall. The accompanying American officials came to remind that the scheduled end time had reached the scheduled end time, and the German couple and the delegation would choose to go to Broadway to watch the musical or go back to the hotel where they were staying for a rest.
Chen Tian then realized that he had visited nearly 4 hours without realizing it. Of course, for anyone, it is far from enough to use this little time to visit a museum of such a scale.
With deep regret, Chen Tian and his group walked towards the gate accompanied by American officials. Others may have free time to visit here, but Chen Tian, as the German emperor, is likely to have no chance. His visit has been met with enough worries and opposition, and the next time may only exist in anticipation.
These people who were lingering in the museum did not realize that the sky outside had dark at some point when they approached the gate. Street lights had already lit up around the museum. Many policemen and military police tried their best to maintain a strict appearance in the cold air, and the cordon was pulled far away. Only two or three hundred meters away were several pedestrians stopped and watched.
"Let's go back to the hotel to rest!" Chen Tian ordered the attendant Jonalet, and Jonalet, wearing a gray military dress, then quickly walked towards the accompanying American officials.
The peace and security of several days finally made the Americans in charge of the guards feel a little relaxed. No one expected that in a small bell tower 500 meters away, a sniper was peeking at these unusual people from his scope.
Although the US military police, who was responsible for ensuring the safety of the rifle range, inspected the place before the German Emperor and his party arrived, only one military police were left to guard the very important place. What's even more fatal is that no one has been sent to replace it since then. As a result, the poor military police could only lie quietly at the feet of the attacker. The blood on the ground had solidified into a black object, and the empty eyes were directly looking at the bronze bell on the top.
500 meters. It is an effective distance for a special sniper rifle, but Northvor is not sure about the m1903 Springfield rifle in his hand. The gun's body is brand new, and it seems that it has just come down from the production line. The gun's mechanical sighting equipment is funnyly tied with a small scope, which is obviously added later. Whether in the British army or in the American gangster, Northvor's chances of using a rifle are not as good as a dagger, but at least it can use it to hit human-shaped targets with a larger range.
At such a tense moment, Northvor finally stopped thinking about the situation of his other two companions. Whether they could solve the target, he focused on putting the target into the scope according to the long-distance shooting tips previously told by Kez.
Under the weak light, Northwo could only roughly identify the identities of those who were heading towards the car, which made him regretfully that the German emperor did not wear obvious military caps like the Austro-Hungarian crown prince, with a large cluster of white feathers. He could only lock the sight on the figure surrounded by everyone.
Meanwhile, at two positions 550 meters and 620 meters away from the museum gate, Kez and Martin also held their fingers tightly on the trigger.
In a small cafe about one mile away, Cino and others were waiting silently for the gunfire to sound.
How likely is this sudden action to win? Xino was not sure. Why did the "doctor" suddenly change his plan to assassinate the German Emperor outside the museum? He also didn't know the reason. In such a warm coffee shop, he didn't need to tremble because of the tension and coldness, but his face didn't look very good. He was full of questions, but his throat seemed to be stuck.
Opposite him, the "doctor" was leisurely tasting a cup of fragrant coffee.
Who is the "doctor"? Xino suddenly gave himself a very difficult question. Although he is the chief military advisor of the "doctor", he only knows the same basic knowledge as other people in the organization. He doesn't even know the real name of the "doctor". He only heard a stranger call him "Jack" by a very accident.
Cino remembers that he was discovered by dock workers when he crawled out of the hiding cargo ship. Those strong guys were not ruthless about such an unknown stowaway. At that time, Cino felt that he was about to die, not on the battlefield, but at the hands of a group of American porters, dying as worthless as garbage.
That night, Cino met the "doctor" for the first time.
Those porters with developed limbs and simple minds gave way as if they saw a evil spirit. The "doctor" made people turn over their pockets, but because they were afraid of being arrested as deserters, Xino had already thrown away his officer certificate and military card. So at that time there was nothing that could indicate his identity. But what surprised him was that the "doctor" had someone lifted him back. He also cleaned his wounds and applied medicine for himself. His expression and movements were simply a very professional "doctor".
Since then, Cino stayed with the doctor and worked for him. Although he had no salary, Cino felt that he had reborn. Later, he gradually realized that the doctor was the leader of a gang organization. This organization called the British Free Army has 40 or 50 members or even more. It mainly operates a dock in New York and uses it to do some smuggling transactions. It rarely participates in vendetta between gang organizations, and has a high-sounding slogan: Anti-Germany and save the country!
It is unknown whether the assassination of the German Emperor could save the declining Britain, but in addition to his deep admiration for the determination of the "doctor" to assassinate the German Emperor, he gradually became confused in his heart.
"What should we do after things are done?" This is the first time that Cino asked the "doctor" about questions outside the action plan.
"Of course I'm going back to celebrate!" The doctor replied casually.
This answer is obviously not what Xino wants to know.
"What about the future?"
"Same as before!" The "Doctor"'s answer seemed to be very correct, but it still couldn't satisfy the questions in Xino's mind.
So Cino looked around vigilantly, then lowered his voice: "So much happened, you know, we are likely to be unable to stay here!"
To the surprise of Xino, the "doctor" still had such a casual expression, and he didn't even look at Xino at first glance.
"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements!"
This calmness with the spirit of a general made Xino envious.
Bang...
The gunshots rang, two seconds later another sound, then a third sound, and then the gunshots became as dense as firecrackers.
The doctor raised his head and called out a waiter standing not far away with a surprised look at the waiter outside the window: "Continue a cup of coffee!"
At this time, the small square outside the main entrance of the museum was in a mess. Some were shooting at the periphery, some were lying on the ground and some were still moving, while others were bent and moving.
"Guard! Protect Your Majesty!" someone shouted loudly.
At this time, people did not expect that this would be the last shout of the German Royal Guard Captain Rennie.
As a result, more than 30 guard soldiers around him gathered next to the German Emperor and his wife who were squatting in a squat position, and Chentian and Lisa did not allow Chen Tian and Lisa to choose. The guard soldiers sent them to the nearest car like "escorting" prisoners. At this time, the guard leader Rennie Adler of the German Royal Guard covered his chest and fell in a pool of blood. Despite this, his eyes were still staring at the direction of the emperor's departure. Until the emperor and his wife were sent into the car and quickly left under the escort of the guards, his head hung weakly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, are you injured? Are you okay?" After getting in the car, Lisa looked at Chen Tian extremely nervously.
After being silent for ten seconds, Chen Tian said something to relieve Lisa: "I'm fine!"
Lisa was still worried. She carefully checked Chen Tian's blood-filled right arm and found that the clothes there were not damaged, and the arms inside could move freely. Only then did she confirm that it was not the blood shed from his injury. Next, Lisa simply and quickly checked Chen Tian's body, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to the calm Lisa, Chen Tian didn't say a word.
Chen Tian was not an irritable person, but at this moment he had an uncontrollable anger. What made him even more depressed was that he could not take the gun and take the soldiers to kill those who conspired to assassinate him, could not stay there to save lives and heal the wounded, or even go back to see Rennie.
"Your Majesty, it's fine!" Lisa, who was usually looking at the weak, comforted Chen Tianlai, which not only reminded people of the German girl who saved lives and helped the wounded in a small Chinese village near Lushun many years ago.
"There is actually someone... a bastard!" Chen Tian suddenly clenched his teeth, his face ashen.
Looking at the two guards on the pedals on both sides of the car, Lisa's face eased a lot.
"Renie..." When the name was gently spoken from his mouth, Chen Tian felt a sense of sorrow.
What happened just now happened so suddenly that when the first bullet shot from the cold hit a servant less than half a meter away from Chen Tian’s right hand, most of the people present had not responded. Only Renni, the extremely loyal Renni, protected Chen Tian and Lisa as quickly as possible with their huge body.
At that moment, Chen Tian and Lisa seemed to be pressed by Mount Tai. However, it was Renni's protection that allowed them to dodge the two bullets that followed. Although their brains were almost blank at the time, Chen Tian still felt the violent shock on Rennie, and then his right arm felt the wet and hot liquid.
Chapter completed!