Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 151: The Emerald Mystery City (Part 2)

When night fell and Thales and Jen stepped into the magnificent banquet hall, the contention banquet started in less than an hour, but the guests had long been coveted and talked enthusiastically. Some people were even enthusiastic about drinking, and even a few more unrestrained The foreign guests were singing and dancing wildly in the iris garden, crying and howling.

This gives Thales a new impression of the banquet habits of the South Bank: food and wine are non-stop, bardics are intermittent, and guests can start a night carnival without waiting for the host to arrive.

"Our...guests, they come from all directions," this was the pale and feeble explanation of Jen, who had a pale face, especially when he saw two drunk guests from Ligutan State wrestling in his garden. Adding to the excitement, when countless people trampled on the lawn, "This, um, demonstrates the tolerance of the Emerald City."

The Duke of Thales cautiously expressed his appreciation.

After all, the Northlanders are just eating, drinking, and playing exercises.

But because of this, when the two dukes were seated, Thales did not encounter the whistling and tsunami of the royal family banquet, nor the sense of the wolves in the banquet hall of Longxiao City. The guests who recognize them naturally salute with a respectful smile, while those who do not recognize them are immersed in the festive atmosphere of the banquet, which makes the teenager feel a long-lost relaxation.

"Thanks to you," Jen said with a bad face, "This year there are more guests than in previous years, and the level is higher. Looking at this banquet, many people I didn't expect are coming—everyone thinks You can take advantage of it."

Thyls' eyes lit up: "And this means..."

Jen nodded, his expression solemn:

"If your father wants to do something, tonight will be a good time-in front of these distinguished guests, I have too many constraints and little room for strain."

The atmosphere between the two suddenly cooled.

"Then, have you found anything in the Emerald City these past few days?"

Jane took a look at Thales:

"Of course there are: commercial disputes in the Dianjin District, drunken disturbances in the Canal District, playwrights in the Goddess District report each other, the Blood Bottle Gang and the Brotherhood take advantage of the celebration to cover smuggling, but they all happen every year. One involves Kongming Palace."

Tyles' eyes moved slightly: "This is interesting, where will he or the Kingdom Secret Division start?"

Jen's eyes sharpened, he looked at the guests at the banquet:

"We will know."

"Ah, Lord Jen! Hahaha!"

A rough voice sounded, interrupting the two of them.

"I wanted to talk to you about which chambers of commerce will grant permission for the next quarter," a drunk, ferocious man put his arms around a coquettish exotic beauty, and came to Jen with a grin. "But as you can see, unfortunately tonight, my anxious new female companion can't wait!"

"No hurry, Tanganga owner, after all, there are still six days left for the celebration." Jann smiled slightly.

Tanganga laughed, the scar on his face twisted:

"Well said, there are still six days! Haha! We have to hurry up and find a room, don't wait for your husband to sober up and recover... The banquet is short, time is not waiting!"

Tyles squinted his eyes, watching Tanganga and his new girlfriend hurriedly leave, then looked back at Jen.

"Don't look at me," Jann was not surprised, "'Seawolf' Tanganga is a Kasai, this is the style of the son of a girl."

"Kasai? Son of a girl? But that's not..."

"Pirate," Jen affirmed, "Yes, at least his grandfather and mother are both."

Thyls frowned.

"Their tribe used to end their prestige on the sea. They went wild for a while, burning, killing, looting and doing no evil," the Duke of South Bank snorted coldly. When it was passed on to the Tanganga generation, his mind became alive."

"Lively?"

Jen nodded, disdainfully said:

"Now, they are no longer pirates, but the'Seawolf Ship Group'. The scope of business includes legal and compliant transportation, escort, patrol, investigation and peacekeeping — and doing this legally and compliantly. Opposite business."

Legal compliance?

"The opposite business..." Thales looked strange, "You mean robbery, robbery, robbery, robbery and... robbery?"

"No, then you underestimate them."

Jen shook his head and denied, lowering his voice:

"You know, Tanganga also engages in kidnapping and extortion."

Thyls was startled:

"And you work with someone like this?"

"Cooperation?" Jen just found it ridiculous, "This is how you underestimated me-do you think, who gave them the motivation to re-employ legally?"

With mixed feelings, the two of them all joined the table.

"I'm thinking," Thales looked at the guests, "Will Secret start with these outside guests? For example, Tanganga just now-will he betray you?"

Jane smiled contemptuously:

"He is not qualified yet."

As the host of the banquet and the Duke of South Bank, Jane is quite busy this night, and has to get up from time to time to socialize, or accept audiences during the banquet:

In addition to the Kasai shipowner Tanganga, the son of the head of the Ligutan state brought greetings from across the ocean to the two dukes and hinted that he might be the next head of the state. He waited expectantly Following the reaction of the two, but the two dukes were obviously worried and did not have time to talk to him, the guest finally turned angrily and left in disappointment;

Several ladies from the country of Trou dared to ask Master Jen to show their faces and dance. After being turned down, they turned to Thales with a sad face, but when Thales was about to smile and decline, they were making gestures. After a while, the prince was disappointed and left, and said that the custom does not allow them to dance with men who are shorter than him;

(The prince ate the next plate of food angrily, and Duke Jane happily and kindly reminded him to add two more plates.)

The two guests from Donglu belonged to two families in the seven surnames of the Humble dynasty. They represented Diyeba of Lyerdon, Dolo Zhicheng Humble, and Talal of Congzhongcheng, Du Suan Lisheng Godalan, came to extend his blessings to Duke Jen and Prince Thales.

"Remember, Humbler is not only their royal family name, but also the name of the dynasty-although when the'Great Kadil' Ama Mimo Humber was founded, he was a mixed race of peoples, Niedas, and barren mountains. People, red earth people, salt people, Yanhai people..." While receiving greetings from the guests, Jane whispered in Thales’ ears, “but today, we are used to calling them Humblers, like They call us star people, not Ludor people."

"I know." Thales answered quietly, quietly.

"There are seven surnames in the Hanpur court, which are divided into seven powers: Tuba chanting, Azad holding a sword, Gorda Lanbing lamp, Uhraya holding the whip, Meriyabongpan, Taka Mbu Yuma, Nifat Siheng. Now the seven surnames have also absorbed new blood and incorporated into the foreign surnames, which is equivalent to becoming the seven power groups, sharing with the Humble royal family who lives in the City of See, that is, the house of leaders where Kadile is located. Rule the dynasty."

"I know!"

"In addition to calling the monarch Kadil, the Humblers also called the prince and the duke Diyba, and the city governors called Talal—you don’t call it a gangster later, otherwise it’s not His bad luck is your bad luck, or my bad luck."

"I know--really, you will be unlucky?"

"This happened in history, known as the'cousin's mistake'. As a result, the seven surnames were killed and blood flowed. A Patriarch of the Sunshine Temple and a Kadil were replaced. Once, the Suye Dynasty wrote a wrong title in the books of their exchanges, and the war between the two countries lasted for a full twenty-forget it, for the sake of world peace, you should shut up for a while."

As time goes by, the atmosphere of the banquet becomes more enthusiastic, and Thales, who is divided into two parts, quickly finds a familiar figure:

Doyle held a wine glass, crossed his shoulders with a few local young brothers, laughed unscrupulously, and sang a terrible song in the chorus; Glover sat alone in the corner, diagonally across from the corner. Rolf, you look at me, I look at you; Mallos politely talked with a few elderly guests, and from time to time he sent sharp glimpses of death to the men around him; Paul stood on the side of the observation deck watching Jing, be in harmony with several aristocrats who have a calm demeanor, and you can tell by looking at their family crest; Nexi is mixed in a group of energetic people, cheering wildly around a team that is performing acrobatics; Huaiya is stunned by Kong Mu Toggle, surrounded by guests who looked like civil servants, showing polite smiles; Stoke and Piloga of the logistics wing walked past the table full of meals, pointing and arguing about what—what, How many birds are there on the table?

Chickens, ducks, geese, skylarks, quails, pigeons, partridges, peacocks, turtledoves, ostriches, mountain snipes... the poultry meals on the table, the boring Thales was only counted to the twelfth species. Interrupted, because the performers at the other end of the hall are about to start playing music.

True Nima is extravagant.

Thyls thought wryly.

South Bank nobles can see the extravagance of the banquet—especially those with a certain flower decorated with three colors as the emblem, above the earl, below the king, and using the top town in a certain kingdom as the main city. , When the family is quite young and rich noble family (in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, the Duke of Thales hides his name here).

In retaliation, Thales chose to continue to eat their food.

"The one with no eyebrows just now was Hasha, the special envoy of the head of the Teron Trade State," Jaen returned to his seat after going out for a circle of entertainment, and immediately cold his face, no longer the approachable person he was before. He even dared to raise tariffs with me and hinted at his relationship with several royal franchisees...Does he think he can rely on this to threaten me, or does he think that the Canstar royal family is something good?"

"Uh... Am I sitting here?" Thales frowned and reminded him.

"I know," Jayne said irritably, "Otherwise, how can we show that we are indifferent and hostile to each other?"

"Well, it seems," Thales was speechless for a while, "something makes sense?"

But Jayne's eyes moved:

"Actually, I was thinking about one thing." The Duke of South Bank turned to Thales, "That wine merchant, Moss, how are you sure that he was bought by Secret Science?"

I saw it with my own eyes in the secret department.

"Presumably," Thales put down the tableware, his face as usual, "what's the matter?"

Jen stared at him for a long time before nodding.

"Moss is very good in making money, but in terms of being a spy...Why is the Kingdom Secret Division looking for this guy who is full of flaws and shows his feet on the first day?"

"In order to provoke the contradiction between us," Thales logically said, "Of course, on the surface, they succeeded."

Jen squinted his eyes:

"Really just like this?"

"Why don't you let Dagori go?" Thales shrugged. "Look at who he will find and who will find him?"

Jen shook his head and denied:

"It's late, let him go now, it will only be more suspicious—wait, did I see... Is Aarond standing there? Ms. Miranda Aarond?"

Thyls quickly fixed his eyes:

On the opposite side of the sofa, a group of guests with different costumes were happily singing an exotic song. Miranda was surrounded by a group of ladies in the middle, swaying from side to side following the rhythm, opening and closing Lips, face full of lovelessness.

Jen looked at Miranda, a moment of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"No," Thales spit out his bones, Yun Danfeng gently shook his head, deliberately in an unfathomable tone, "The one standing there is my sharpest weapon."

Jen looked at him like a fool.

A few seconds later, the Duke of South Bank sighed.

"Are you sure your Majesty will do it here? Intended for the Emerald City?"

Thyls's mood sank when he heard the words.

"He will."

Jane glanced at him.

"Trust me," Thales sighed softly, turning his attention back to his seat, "No matter the council, the banquet, the hearing, even the loser in a tavern, there are many people. In a place where everyone’s eyes are in full view, something will happen to me, and it must be a major event..."

Jane didn't speak, only his eyes flickered.

"Then," Thales was staring at him uncomfortably, and he quickly changed the subject, "You are prepared, have a plan, do you expect the king to start and how to deal with you?"

Jenn looked at him for a long time before he hummed softly.

"Isn't this clear to you, should you tell me?"

Tyles had a heartbeat.

Fortunately, Duke Iris tut:

"In the past few days, your subordinates are spying up and down like rats in the Emerald City, and you are wandering around the city on my hospitality funds-not just looking for weaknesses, figuring out how to deal with Kevin Deere The way home?"

Tyles was relieved now.

"Yes, because this is what I should do."

The prince adjusted his mood and made himself sound confident:

"Since we have to follow our plan to let everyone, especially my father, see that the two of us are in flames and are hostile to each other... Then I will send personnel to detect and detect, thinking about how to bring you down, this is not Is it normal or even necessary?"

Jen raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, that's right."

The Duke of South Bank's gaze hit Thales's eyes directly:

"So, have you and your people found anything in the Emerald City?"

Tyles' expression changed slightly, and when he was waiting to answer, there was a small commotion at the banquet.

The two dukes looked together and saw a Far Eastern man dressed in ancient imperial costumes, walking into the brightly lit banquet hall accompanied by his entourage.

The man cannot tell his age from his appearance, but his face is pale, his eyes are cold, his long hair hangs down his shoulders, and his gait is impeccable. However, people who recognize him often change their expressions and retreat for fear of avoiding it.

"Finally."

The strange thing is that when Jen saw this man, he seemed to be relieved, as if a big rock had fallen on his chest.

"As far as I know, they arrived at the Emerald City early, but they have been waiting and staying dormant and would not go out easily." The Duke of South Bank pursed his face and sat down, "Now, they are finally here."

The banquet was still going on, and many guests were still immersed in the joyous atmosphere, but Mallos in the distance hurriedly gestured, and the Star Lake Guard struggled to break free from the feasting atmosphere and approached Thales.

The visitor from the Far East moved forward blankly, stepping on the ground every step of the way, but silently, without even shaking his shoulders.

Tyles looked at the man, vaguely felt that something was wrong, but couldn't tell for a while:

"The Far Easterner came from Suye?"

"Yes," Jaen looked strangely, "but not either."

"What?"

Just listen to Jane's light hum:

"Because he is dead."

Thyls was startled.

In an instant, the visitor from the Far East arrived in front of the two dukes. He faintly stretched out his hand and declined the wine tray offered by Ashford.

Jen smiled and was about to speak, but the guest slowly turned his head, his icy gaze flicked over Jen and landed on Thales.

"It is an honor to meet you in person, His Royal Highness Thales, Duke of Star Lake."

He speaks a standard lingua franca, and his voice is calm and unwavering, as if a machine is running.

"As a descendant of Canstar, you look different from Fuxing King, but you are somewhat similar to Heimu."

The crimes of Hell River burned anxiously, and Thales' complexion changed slightly.

Getting closer, he finally found out what was wrong.

The response from the **** senses to him was strange and familiar: the feedback inside the opponent's body was a strange dark red, silent and ominous, and even the vibration caused by breathing did not appear.

"Le Corleone, from the kingdom of night on the other side of the end of the sea."

The guests from the Far East salute respectfully, but their pale faces are expressionless.

Huh? Corleone, the night...

Thyls frowned.

"As the Adjutant of His Majesty Cortlinna, I bring you greetings and gifts from the Blood Sea Throne."

Ke, Kotlin...

Tyles opened his eyes wide, he resisted the faint phantom pain on his neck, and reacted:

"You mean crying, um, Kurt, uh, queen of the night?"

The kinsmen of the Far East——Lee Corleone raised his head, his pupils became muddy: "Exactly."

"Your Majesty’s original words are as follows: I wish His Royal Highness Thales, as always, you are full of blood, blood boiled, and blood is strong."

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That night, the two parties who had originally drawn their swords together gathered in the Jade Palace to feast and drink, and the hosts and guests had a great time.

King Horace and the Duke of Cork not only let go of their previous suspicions, they also have their sons and daughters in-laws, and make arrangements for the marriage of Prince Hyman and Miss Regina.

(Originally, there was a court painter who was drunk to testify for the prince and the young lady on the spot, but was driven away by the duke’s eldest son: "Wait until his nose is coming back.")

It is said that Hyman and Regina’s wedding was grand and luxurious. King Horace and Duke of Cork were both present to celebrate with their arms. Whether it’s the princes of the Six Realms or the guests from all over the world, the Royal Family of Stars and the Kevin Deere family Nobody refuses to come, there is a banquet in the whole city, and everyone has a seat.

The Emerald City carnival for ten months, guests from far away came and went, and went and came again. Countless bards rushed to sing about the bravery and wisdom of Prince Hyman and the icy wisdom of Prince Regina, and their touching hearts. Love, compose the story of the nine-pointed star and Iris turning enemies into friends, proclaiming the prosperity and unity of the kingdom.

In order to commemorate this grand wedding rare in the century, and the great significance behind it, the "Regina Festival" has become an annual traditional festival for the citizens of the emerald city. In the days to come, the Heyman couple loved and supported each other. There were also many stories of wit and treacherous ministers, petitions for the people, and adult beauty. Their good names spread throughout the kingdom, and their wise names will always be in the annals of history. Duke Lund's yin and yang words were inadvertently given to Heyman's eternal name-southerners.

Wait until the death of the King of Eight Fingers and the Duke of Cork, and Hyman ascends to the throne and becomes Hyman I~IndoMTL.com~ Regina becomes the first star queen named Kevin Deere, South Bank People are even more proud. Everyone will praise "Queen of Our Family" and self-introduction must mention "Queen's City".

This is the origin of Queen’s Day and Queen’s City 550 years ago.

Time flies, the vicissitudes of life, the story of Hyman and Regina saving the kingdom on the brink of war fades away, turning into a work of bard and playwright, and the audience and the audience laugh; the first Kevin Deere The meaning of the queen and the "southern" king has gradually become yellow and shallow, sinking into the gap between history and the pages of the book, and only accidentally reproduced between the glasses and paper and pen of a few scholars.

But from "Regina Festival" to "Queen's Day", and then to the more popular "Emerald Celebration", the festival customs of the Emerald City during this week have been passed down forever, and even the form of celebration is still in the same year. The steps of the royal wedding are one-to-one correspondence, from the beginning of the competition banquet to the end of the tribute banquet.

Behind the festival, the historical past with extraordinary significance has been refined by time into civilized gravel, infiltrating the lives of every emerald city citizen today.

The sixth chapter of "The Emerald Mysterious City" is finished.

(End of this chapter)