The king''s capital, Istanbul, Whitestone.


    White stone castle is a magnificent castle built on the mountain wall according to the mountain. The stones used in the construction of the castle are all granite, mainly white granite.


    Below the castle is Istanbul, the largest city in Danzig kingdom.


    If you look at the king''s capital from a distant place, the wide King''s capital istanton and the exposed mountain rocks behind are like a giant clam with an open shell, and Whitestone castle is the white pearl in the giant clam.


    The builder of Whitestone castle was not the olivido family, but the Batiste family, the former royal family of danze.


    In order to build this castle, the Batiste family gave everything they had. It is said that more than 10000 slaves and serfs were responsible for mining and transporting stones.


    From construction to completion, Whitestone castle has experienced two kings, which took 27 years!


    It is said that Whitestone castle is the most beautiful and King bearing castle in the world, because just standing in the castle, you can overlook the whole King''s capital Istanbul and the vast Istanbul plain around the king''s capital. And the ballads or poems with the theme of the castle are constantly sung in the mouth of the bards.


    However, it is ironic that as the founder of this castle, the Batiste family quickly collapsed in the internal and external difficulties of slave riot, serf uprising and wild people invasion before they could enjoy the time in the castle.


    As a way to calm the riots and uprisings and drive the wild people out of the East, adington olivido naturally became the new owner of the castle.


    ……


    White stone castle, in the square Council hall.


    The sun shines from the window behind the thorny throne, which not only shines brightly on the whole Council hall, but also shrouds the important minister conference table under the throne in the shadow of the thorny throne.


    At the moment, the Prime Minister of the court, Mond flavy, was sitting at the council table with the new king''s important minister, Archbishop belus, to deal with state affairs.


    "My Lord, please forgive me!"


    Under the steps of the council table, kneeling down was a prisoner who smelled like a thief. He was arrested for stealing food and money. Today, he has been detained in prison for half a month. Today is his trial day.


    According to the law of the Kingdom, anyone caught for theft will either double the loss of the owner and be forgiven by the other party, or a finger will be cut off as a punishment.


    The thief had been in prison for half a month and was obviously unable to compensate the owner for his losses. When he learned that he was about to cut off a finger, he immediately cried and begged.


    "Prime minister, I swear, I only stole a few pieces of bread because I was too hungry. I''m just stealing for the first time. I''m really hungry. I just want to live! Please spare me. When I have money, I will double compensate each other! Prime Minister..."


    Prime Minister Mond Flavi sits high at the table. He has sparse but well arranged golden hair, thin cheeks and deep sockets. He is wearing a black high collar thin shirt and an equally Black Plaid leather armor. The chest of the leather armor is engraved with the white rhinoceros pattern of the family emblem.


    After the statement, the young thief looked up and prayed to prime minister Flavi, but when he saw his golden eyes in the shadow of the throne, he dropped his head in shock.


    "You said you stole for your life?" a thick and resolute voice came down from the top. "I''ll send someone to inquire about you. If you dare to cheat at all, I''ll order someone to hang you directly! Now, tell me truthfully, whether you really stole for your life, and it''s the first time!"


    The sound knocked on the surrounding stone walls. In the square conference hall, it gave people a feeling of sound coming into their ears from all around.


    Hearing that he would be hanged, the young thief immediately trembled and peeped at the sculptural guards on both sides. The eyes from the helmet seemed like ice.


    At the moment when the thief hesitated, the dignified voice came down again from above. This time, it was not an inquiry, but a direct judgment of his ending.


    "Drag him down and hang him!" said Prime Minister Mond Flavi.


    hang oneself? The young thief was buzzing in his head. He didn''t expect that he would be sentenced to death just because of a few pieces of bread!


    He slumped on the cold floor of the Council hall until the bodyguards on both sides came to drag him up.


    "My Lord, Prime Minister!" he shouted at the figure on the steps, "I am willing to be punished, I am willing to be punished! I am just a thief. I shouldn''t deceive you. Please bypass my life! My Lord, Prime Minister!"


    Under the escort of two bodyguards, the young thief was like a living fish swaying desperately.


    At the order of the prime minister, the court guard threw him back on the floor.


    Looking at the begging thief, Prime Minister Mond Flavi said, "you should have lost one finger, but you deceived the Royal Council and tried to deceive the crime, so I sentenced you to lose two fingers. You can plead guilty!"


    Two fingers! Hearing the cold iron voice above, the young thief regretted it.


    The thief was quickly taken down, and the bodyguard in charge of execution cut off two fingers of his left hand.


    After the thief, court Prime Minister Mond flavy and archbishop belus tried nine disputes in succession.


    According to the rules of the Royal Council, when the prime minister handles the government in place of the king, at least one king minister must be present.


    In these nine disputes, there were four people who committed theft alone. Without exception, all four people had their fingers cut off. One of them had no fingers on his left palm and looked like a thin white wooden stick stripped of bark.


    In addition to four thefts, of the remaining five cases, two were homicides, two were adultery, and one was a dispute over the boundary of the two aristocratic territories.


    For those who committed homicide, one was sentenced to hanging, life for life, and one was sentenced to ten years of hard labour.


    For the two adulterers, one was cut off and the other was willing to pay 50 silver coins.


    As for the dispute between the two nobles over the boundary of their territories, the court prime minister, Mond Flavi, proposed that they decide the outcome by competition.


    This is true of the royal government. Although the court prime minister has a high position and the power to adjudicate noble disputes for the king, he has to face all kinds of trivial things in the royal capital, such as theft, adultery and fighting.


    After a morning''s trial, the assembly hall of Wangdu was finally quiet, and the guards stopped escorting new prisoners into the hall.


    "What''s going on outside the east?" asked the Duke of mondefravi.


    "Don''t worry, everything is going according to plan," said Archbishop Baylor.


    He was dressed in a standard priest''s luxurious white robe. He was of medium build and looked neither powerful nor cowardly. If it were not for the gorgeous white robe, he would undoubtedly look at the ordinary civilians in the king''s capital.


    Hearing the answer from Archbishop Baylor, the prime minister Mond Flavi nodded. In silence, the two revealed a silent tacit understanding.


    After a moment of silence, Mond flavy leaned back in his chair, looked ahead and said, "barley venison soup, honey, garlic boiled snails, plus some beets and fruit."


    With that, he turned and looked aside at Archbishop Baylor.


    "Add two pots of Elise''s fruit bar. There should be one in the castle?"


    Without answering the other party''s words, Mond flavy directly ordered the servant to prepare the food mentioned above.


    ……