Inside The Black Mist Chapter 1299: Another year
On the night of December 31st.
Wearing the clothes that Yunshang would give him a new design, Tianyang sat on a chair in the lounge, waiting for the start of the New Year's party.
"A year has passed in the blink of an eye..."
He closed his eyes, as if he participated in the "Starlight Festival" in Qingtian Castle at this time last year was just yesterday.
"Time flies, a year has passed in a blink of an eye. At this moment, the 'Starlight Festival' should be being held on the fortress. I don't know if my father has participated."
Memories flash before your eyes like flowing water. Those pictures from the past, now with the filter of time, are slightly yellowed, but they are very warm.
The faint voice coming from outside the lounge brought Tianyang back to his senses, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw Xitong running in in a red dress with two tweezers tied.
"Dad."
The little guy has forgotten the unpleasant experience two or three months ago, and ran over like a gust of wind, with a faint fragrance of flowers on his body, he threw himself into Tianyang's arms.
"Be careful, don't wrinkle your father's clothes, he will give a speech later."
The little bird came in from outside the door. Miss Six of the Yun family was wearing a pink dress today, which made her even more delicate and cute.
"Got it, Auntie Xiaoniao." Xitong pouted, reluctantly left Tianyang, stretched out her little hand to smooth out the wrinkles she made just now.
When the little bird suddenly heard the word 'auntie', it snapped its teeth and claws and shouted, "What did you call me!"
Xitong was so frightened that her little body straightened up, and she quickly changed her words: "Sister, sister Xiaoniao!"
"Little bird, don't scare her. If you are so scared, you will have nightmares at night." Kaoru walked in and said with a smile.
Xun wearing a white dress exudes a faint holy aura under the light. It seems that the higher the rank of Guanghui goes, the clearer this holy aura becomes.
Seeing Xun, Xitong seemed to have found a backer, the little thing ran over quickly, hugged Xun's hand and said, "Sister Xun, I want to sleep with you tonight."
Little Bird clasped his arms around his chest and snorted, "Little slick."
Xun covered her mouth and chuckled, squatted down, touched Xitong's head and said, "Okay, but you have to be obedient."
Xi Tong's eyes crooked with a smile: "I will, I promise."
Someone said: "Be careful, she will step on your face, don't ask me why I know."
Xun turned around, and it turned out that it was Qianhong who came in. She walked in wearing a dark purple dress, looked at Xitong expressionlessly, then moved to Tianyang's side, hugging Tianyang tightly. Yang has an arm.
Xitong covered her face with her small hands, and whispered in Xun's ear, "Aunt Qianhong is so scary, and she seems to be more attached to Dad than me."
Over the lounge, Qian Hong said without turning her head, "I heard you."
"Also, call me sister."
Xitong shuddered: "Her ears are so sharp, even better than a little cat!"
At this time, Nan Pei, who was wearing a dark green long dress, came in, nodded to the girls, and then respectfully said to Tian Yang: "City Lord, you can make a speech."
Tianyang exhaled slowly, showing a faint smile: "Okay."
He stood up, and surrounded by the three girls Xun, Xiaoniao, and Qianhong, he walked out of the lounge and entered the party hall.
Tonight's New Year's party will be held in the headquarters building of the Thunder Council. This is the first New Year's party in Lieyangbao. The leaders of various organizations in the city, all the big businessmen who are ranked high, and the senior officials of Lieyangbao are invited. Dry, and guests from Lightning Fort, War God Fort and Silver Dragon Fort.
When Tian Yang walked out, the venue was immediately quiet, and then cheerful music started, and one after another's eyes fell on the high platform, and on Tian Yang's body.
Tianyang walked to the edge of the high platform, faced all the guests, and the music stopped temporarily. After a slight pause, he said: "Here, first of all, I would like to thank Ms. Nan Pei. Today's party, from the layout of the venue From the draft of my speech, she handles it all by herself."
"Her speech is very exciting, passionate and generous, but I want to say a few words to everyone, so tonight, I don't need the speech written by Miss Nan Pei."
Tianyang looked at Nan Pei who was standing at the corner of the high platform, and said with a smile: "Miss Nan Pei, I'm sorry, please forgive my willfulness. But don't worry, I will keep this manuscript. At this time next year, I will Take it out and use it."
Suddenly, there was a burst of good-natured laughter in the venue, and the lighting engineer gave Nan Pei a beam of light, making the leader of the Yunshang Club appear in the sight of everyone and gaining the limelight.
After a slight pause, Tianyang looked around and said: "More than half a year ago, I was just an unknown boy who arrived in the waste collection city for the first time. I believe that few of you who were present at that time knew me."
"I never thought that half a year later, I would meet with you in this way. Looking back on the past, I couldn't do without the support of many friends along the way."
"It is you who make me stand taller, and my New Year's resolution is that through our sincere cooperation with each other, we can move to a broader stage together."
"No matter how the world changes in the future, what position we stand on. But tonight, at least tonight, we are friends who came together for the same goal and the same dream."
Tianyang raised his hand, and a waiter beside him who had been preparing for a long time stepped forward immediately, so that Tianyang could pick up a glass of fine wine that had been prepared for a long time.
Picking up the wine glass, Tianyang glanced around from left to right, and then said loudly: "This glass is a toast to you!"
Bang! boom! boom!
Outside the window of the venue, fireworks exploded into the sky, creating a dreamlike light.
With the fireworks in full bloom as the background, everyone in the party hall raised their glasses to congratulate the coming of the new year.
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Sky Fort.
The fortress cemetery is extremely quiet tonight, but in the cemetery, people's voices from the 'Starlight Festival' can be faintly heard.
In the dim cemetery, someone was sitting in front of a cold tombstone, with a bottle of wine on the ground and steaming food. The man put a pair of chopsticks on the empty bowl and said.
"Look, this is my own cooking."
"I'm very good at cooking now, look at this fish, it's so fried that it's charred on the outside and tender on the inside."
"And this dish, green and pleasing, is it better than before."
"I said back then that as long as you marry me, I will cook for you every day. You still joked that I can't cook, now you see."
"I still have a few brushes."
He giggled and poured a small glass of wine. At this moment, the fireworks rose into the sky, bursting up with colorful brilliance, and at the same time, Su Lie's face was illuminated.
Su Lie picked up the cup and lightly touched it on the tombstone, his eyes were soft.
"Happy New Years, Nan Fei."
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The afternoon of January 26, 664, the restart calendar.
Zhonglu, the entrance road to Fengshou Plain.
A convoy is driving on this road. Before the war started in Zhonglu, this road across Harvest Plain and connecting Emerald Fort can be said to be one of the most important traffic arteries in Zhonglu.
But after the war broke out, especially the army of Hellfort raged on the Harvest Plain for several months. Fragments, the only ones that can still be kept intact are the entrance section and the end close to the consular area of Emerald Castle.
As for the roads in other areas, they were either broken by artillery fire or blocked by mobs with various roadblocks.
Yes, mob.
Although the wilderness of Central China is not as barren as that of West China, and the Harvest Plain has always been in good weather, there are also a large number of homeless refugees in Central China, as well as armed mobs with weapons.
Before the war broke out, with the joint efforts of several large fortresses in the Harvest Plain, this plain was relatively safer than other places.
But the war changed all of this. After those large fortresses were set ablaze by Hellfort, they are now too busy to take care of themselves, so they don't have the energy to maintain the safety of the plain.
So after the Hell Castle was forced back by the Allied Forces, the armed mobs were cheaper here. A large number of armed mobs flooded into the Harvest Plain, blocked the roads, occupied the towns, and developed their own businesses in a hurry.
This situation will probably not be resolved until Hellcastle is expelled and Zhonglu restores the original order.
As for now, it is the time when armed mobs are rampant, even on the road at the entrance of the plain, traces of mob demonstrations can be seen everywhere.
They scribbled various threatening sentences on the signboards on the highway, displayed their charred corpses in various ways, and emphasized their existence in various ways, in order to intimidate those passing by the highway people.
Perhaps, this method can scare many people, but Tian Yang is definitely not included.
After announcing that he was going to Zhonglu, Tianyang selected a group of merchants to go with him, and it took nearly a month before he arrived at Harvest Plain.
According to the route and information given to him by Qin Wangshu, Harvest Plain is about 900 kilometers away from Emerald Castle. According to the speed of the convoy, it can be reached in five or six days.
However, Qin Wangshu herself does not recommend Tianyang to go to Fengshou Plain. She has informed Tianyang in advance of the fact that this place is occupied by armed mobs, and provided another route for Tianyang to choose.
It’s just that the route takes nearly twice as long, so it was rejected by Tianyang. He still chooses the route of Harvest Plain, and sincerely hopes that some unscrupulous mobs will find him, so that he can promote Lieyang for free reputation of the fort.
The current situation can be regarded as the worst situation in Zhonglu. If his convoy could still reach Emerald Castle under such circumstances, then he would not have to worry about the caravan in Lieyangbao being targeted by mobs in Central China.
The fact is also developing silently according to the script in Tianyang's mind. Half a day after the convoy entered the Harvest Plain, Tianyang has already seen that there will always be some modified locomotives and even chariots around the road. There are only one or two of them vehicles, sometimes even a single one.
The vehicles followed the convoy for a while and then left, but after a while, other vehicles appeared again.
For this situation, Tianyang is very clear that the armed mob is measuring the strength of both sides. If they feel that they can handle it, then their main force will appear before Tianyang's eyes later.