Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 153: butcher knife
Latest website: The departure of the two vampire guests made many people feel relieved, and Thales was relieved: at least the Kingdom Secret Division did not make plans on these strange races, otherwise "vampires attack the battle feast" , Horrific Massacre at the Kongming Palace", this news makes people frown just by listening to the title.
But the problem is...
Thales looked at the guests from all over the world: The king aimed to end Jann's duke career and destroy the foundation of the Kevin Dill family, but the South Bank Territory is so big and the Emerald City is so complicated. What can I do?
But instead of making him feel at ease, this thought made the prince even more uneasy.
Exactly.
The voice in his heart told him: He must have other means.
The damage that can be caused is far beyond what this banquet can give.
"I heard that His Royal Highness Thales was young and precocious, with a handsome demeanor, and I saw him today..."
"Our chamber of commerce has a good cooperation with colleagues in the central leadership. They supply materials and we process them. I don't know if your highness is interested..."
"I heard that His Highness is here to find a good relationship. I don't know how you get along with Miss Xilai?"
After Zhan En, who was the host of the banquet, left, Thales, who was alone, quickly became the new focus of all the guests. Those who talked to him included envoys from foreign lands, local wealthy merchants, and feudal officials under the command of Emerald City. Ministers and senior bureaucrats...
Thales had to pray that Jann would return to the table quickly—at least the Patriarch of Kevin Dill could share most of the firepower, and the princes who wanted to get close also restrained themselves and did not dare to be too obvious.
No, what a joke.
The Duke of Xinghu shook his head when he thought of this: Isn't Xiaohuahua bringing him enough bad things?
Among the people who came to visit Thales, there were even distinguished guests from the thirteen noble families who came from the kingdom:
Count Aitchison Lasia and his eldest son set off from the swamp to visit Prince Thales on behalf of the Lasia family with the "Four-winged Monitor Lizard" as their family emblem. But both father and son are dull and clumsy. Except for greetings, most of the sentences in the reply do not exceed three words, which makes the conversation unsustainable and the scene embarrassing. So when an impassioned and enthusiastic banquet song sounded, drowning out the voice of the conversation, all three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Count Noah Harvey of Yanbi Port in the East China Sea first congratulated the prince on winning the Xinghu Fort, and then mentioned the relationship between his family and Xinghu: Four centuries ago, his ancestor was the "King of Ascend" and was still in Xinghu Fort He was a little attendant at the time, and later joined the royal guard, and supported the Church of the Sunset and Prince Tormund, Prince of Thorns, in the religious war after the death of Elam I - the "Sacrifice Controversy". With an arrow in the sky, he killed the pseudo-priest of the temple who claimed to be the incarnation of the setting sun in the enemy's formation, and won the famous saying "This bow shoots the sun" from Zhan Zhi, who was awarded the earl after the war and passed down the "bow that shoots the sun" Great reputation.
The earl of Changqing, who came from the Blades, Bruce Skadel invited Thales to visit Changqing if he had time. Although the sea is far away, the earl's sister is the wife of the late third prince Bancroft , has been a widow on the island for nearly twenty years, and she must be very happy if the younger relatives of her husband's family can visit her.
In contrast, the rest of the Star Lake Guard gradually entered their roles. Even Miranda left the group of ladies and began to deal with a group of men vying for courteousness.
Glorver came once and reported to him that everything was normal at the banquet. Rolf in the other corner also gestured to him "nothing". People, began to talk about "two or three things about Prince Thales sacrificing himself for others to defend his family and the country", and the most terrifying thing Thales could think of was probably that everyone in Star Lake Castle was exhausted in such a carnival atmosphere. don't come to bed,
But unfortunately, he was the only one who didn't come to enjoy the banquet.
Depose the Duke.
Destroy Jann.
Thinking of these two goals, Thales frowned.
Kingdom Secret Division has not made a move yet, or in other words, it has already made a move but he doesn't know it, but no matter how the situation develops, Thales' goal will not change——
"Ah, sister, isn't this your highness whom we have been thinking about!"
"Yes, sister, it's the one who keeps us dreaming!"
Familiar and terrifying voices sounded one after the other, Thales trembled subconsciously!
No.
A coquettish voice sounded from behind him:
"The last parting was too hasty..."
Another voice came from the right, very aggressive:
"This time we meet again, at the banquet!"
No, no, no, no—Thales rubbed his face in pain.
He had to admit that at this moment, he really missed the Duke Jann who had left.
What the **** are you doing!
Come back soon!
"Your Highness, why are you so late?"
A girl has a beautiful appearance and a light body. She sits on the left side of Thales with a slender waist, smiling.
"Leave us sisters alone for a while?"
Another girl with cold makeup and sharp hairstyle appeared on his right side with a "swoosh" and her gaze was compelling.
Thales rubbed his face vigorously, showing an almighty hospitality smile:
"Hi, Kasha, Kina!"
He forced a smile:
"You guys are so beautiful today! I can't even look away!"
Ka'Sa and Qina, all dressed up, looked on the left and right, their eyes flashing together.
They climbed Thales' shoulders, leaned back, and whispered behind the prince:
"He said we are beautiful?"
"Can you tell me something we don't know?"
"He said he couldn't look away?"
"Because he didn't even watch it!"
"That," Thales had to say, "you know I can hear you talking, right?"
But the twin sisters ignored him and continued to whisper behind him:
"Hey, hypocrisy!"
"Oh, man..."
"So what?"
"Glare at him!"
After finishing speaking, the two girls moved to Thales in an instant, sat side by side, and looked at him with eyes that seemed to be resentful and helpless, but were actually fierce and persuasive.
"Okay," Thales had to raise his hands in surrender, "I mean, Kaisha, this dress is great, it shows your figure is beautiful, Qina, that, the hairstyle is impressive, and This... battle makeup?"
The two girls laughed and held two handle fans to cover the lower half of their faces——Kasha's fan had her profile painted on it, and wrote "Wisdom is on the left, and Kaisha happens to be on the left" , and Qina's is "the long sword is turned to the right, but Qina always does not turn to the right".
In addition, the same line of small characters is written under the two fans:
[Brother is a fool, as stupid as grandma's house]
Seeing this, Thales frowned fiercely.
"Your Highness is perfunctory." Kai'Sa blinked her eyes on the fan.
"And flustered, uneasy, and scared!" Qina laughed muffled under the fan.
"Actually, he doesn't have to be afraid."
"Because we didn't want to do anything to him."
"But what if?"
"Hey, no, sister, there are too many people here..."
"Hehe, I know what you're thinking, you little rascal..."
"But thinking about it makes me excited..."
Thales came back to his senses with a strange expression on his face.
But the two girls hid behind the fan and chattered unscrupulously, as if the fan could isolate everything.
"Ah, no, it will be bad..."
"Is he broken or you are broken?"
"Hey, I hate it!"
"You are the one who hates it!"
Kasha and Qina suddenly felt something, they put down their fans together, and shot their eyes sharply straight ahead!
"Dear Your Highness!"
"Where to go?"
Thales, who was about to slip away on tiptoe, froze!
Kasha approached with a smile:
"You just have the heart to turn around like this?"
Qina approached with a sneer:
"Are you turning your head so willfully?"
"Just wearing the clothes we bought..."
"Leave us without looking back, and go forward?"
"Hey! Rude!"
"No conscience!"
Thales, who had a headache, quickly denied:
"No, I'm just... wait, what clothes, you say?"
The prince's complexion changed drastically.
"That's right!" Kai'Sa covered her mouth and smiled.
"He got it!" Qina beamed with joy
"Did you like the combination we picked for you?"
"Seven sets!"
Thales quickly looked down at his suit:
"What? Wait, but this is not Kongmuto finding the Tailor Guild..."
Kasha clasped his wrist, blinked and said:
"Exactly!"
Qina grabbed his shoulder and licked his lips:
"How much is right!"
"But behind the Emerald City Tailors Guild, whether it is the Weaving and Dyeing Artisan Guild or the Clothing Merchant Guild..."
"But they all have shares in Karabyan, or cooperate vigorously with Vola Ling!"
Karabyan's stake?
That is to say, we...
Thales figured out something, his face turned pale.
"That's not the only thing," Kai'Sa said cheerfully, "and your guard!"
"And your men!"
"Business is booming!" Kai'Sa snapped her fingers.
Qina smiled evilly: "The wealth is coming in!"
"No, no, no," Thales was astonished, he tugged at his clothes in vain, "This must be a misunderstanding—"
"There is no misunderstanding, Your Highness!"
"Fair price, custom-made clothing!"
"The material is full, and the child is not deceived!"
Kasha and Qina grabbed his arm, smiling like flowers, and said in unison:
"You owe us a total of two hundred and twenty-four gold coins!"
Two hundred and twenty-four...
Gold coins...
At that moment, Thales only felt that a basin of cold water poured down on him, making him cool from head to toe.
In the next second, Kai'Sa's eyes are shrewd, while Qina's eyes are full of greed:
"When will your Highness pay the bill?"
"Thank you for your patronage!"
"How do you want to pay?"
"Of course you don't have to give it!"
"As long as...hehehe..."
"Ah, sister, you are thinking about bad things again——"
Thales mechanically turned his head left and right to look around: Mallos, Glover, D.D, Conmuto, Paul...everyone was dressed neatly and looked like a dog.
Let me just say, how can there be such a good thing!
No, but...
"But isn't this a free sponsorship?" Thales gritted his teeth.
"Ah, did I hear wrong? It's free?" Kai'Sa looked at him in surprise.
"Your Highness, you, do you want to wear the clothes we worked so hard to make?" Qina wanted to cry.
"You still want to say, this is a free gift from us?"
"Wow, I'm so sad, but, but we, Karabyan are just little counts..."
"The land is small and the people are weak, and the power is weak..."
"The heir to the lord is still a fool..."
"Facing the royal family, what can I do?"
"I think everyone will think so..."
The more Thales listens, the more headache he gets:
"No, I'm not grabbing your clothes...just trying on..."
But Qina didn't listen to him at all: "But sister, what was said just now: His Highness robbed our clothes?"
Kasa's eyes lit up: "Huh? Snatch our clothes... Ah, it will cause misunderstanding!"
"That's right! Then he won't be able to argue, it's better to change it to 'forced'..."
"Ah, sister, we are geniuses, spread the word..."
Thales only felt his eyes go dark.
No, it can't go on like this.
He crossed his arms and made a full swing!
"No! As a matter of fact, I am the one who condescends to wear your products!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two sisters changed!
Thales took a breath, gritted his teeth and said:
"After today, your chamber of commerce will be known as the 'Duke Star Lake's dress tailor', and you will benefit from it!"
Thales stared at the two menacingly.
Kasha and Qina looked at each other, without moving their upper bodies, they moved back two steps strangely, and resumed whispering that Thales could hear:
"Ah, no, sister, he sees through!"
"Not good, sister, he has brains!"
"That's right!"
Thales finally regained some confidence: "So, if I say it, the prince hates this dress very much, it's uncomfortable to wear..."
"Then your business..." Thales sneered, "Hey, hey, hey!"
The twins suddenly changed color.
"Ah, he is very cunning!"
"He is still insidious!"
"So...you owe me money!"
Thales exhaled and raised his eyebrows, and gave out his palm viciously: "Two hundred and twenty-four gold coins—thank you for your patronage!"
The next second, Kaisha and Qina were on the verge of crying again, so pitiful.
"But we are poor!"
"We have no money!"
Thales had a stalk in his heart.
No, no, this is a common trick of the devil twins. He suffered a loss once, and he will never be fooled...
"Wola leads the country to be small and poor..."
"The lord heir's brain is not bright..."
"Now I owe you money!"
"What a big deal!"
KaSa tremblingly said:
"And you still force us to pay back the money!"
Qina covered her face, sad and wronged:
"It's so domineering, it can't be commented on!"
Thales felt a headache again.
"Well, it's actually not that serious," the prince rubbed his hands, "Well, I'll let them send it back tomorrow..."
But in the next second, Kai'Sa changed her words:
"So, Your Highness, we can't afford..."
Qina showed her eyes from between her fingers:
"That's okay, I can only use other repayment methods..."
Huh? wrong?
Thales' eyelids twitched.
"Your Highness, can you pay your business debts with your feelings?"
"Ahem, abbreviation - love compensation?"
In a second, Kaisha and Qina both changed their faces, their eyes sparkled, and they looked at him expectantly.
"Love repayment?"
"Or meat compensation?"
"It's really not good, let's suffer a bit... Marriage compensation?"
Thales looked back at them blankly.
No, no, this...
"Hee hee, look at his face, I really want to take a bite..."
"Don't laugh, be serious! Let's be reserved!"
At this moment, a sassy and powerful voice suddenly sounded, as if a hero descended from the sky:
"Hey, Your Highness! You are here!"
At that moment, Kaisha and Qina's expressions changed drastically.
I saw two palms wearing black gloves accurately appearing from behind the two sisters, pressing down on their shoulders.
"And you, okay," Miranda appeared above Kaisha and Qina with a smiling face, and then forced a gap downwards to get in between the two sisters, "Karabiyan's Ladies!"
Thales was overwhelmed with surprise, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, as if King Fuxing saw Naikaru in the Battle of Cold Wind:
"Ah! Mila!"
His dear Mira!
On this side, Kaisha and Qina trembled, their faces full of horror!
"The vicious woman!"
"The Iron Maiden!"
"Reserve nanny!"
"Run!"
In the next second, the two sisters turned around tacitly and walked away!
But Miranda, who was dressed in full dress, clasped their shoulders irresistibly, and pulled the two trembling sisters back.
"Then, Your Highness, two lovely little sisters, what are you talking about?" Neverwinter Sword Cat from Broken Dragon Fortress lowered his waist and asked with a smile.
"Whoah!"
"Yeah!"
"Ah!"
"Wow!"
Kasha and Qina bit their lips, looking like they were about to cry, trying to break free from Miranda's grip.
"Ahem, that Mira..."
Looking at the two trembling sisters, Thales felt that his waist was much stiffer at this moment:
"They said we owed them two hundred and twenty-four gold coins."
Miranda gave an "oh" and looked down with great interest.
Kasha and Qina's expressions changed.
"No, Your Highness!"
"That's your promotion for us!"
"We owe you!"
"It's our pleasure!"
They excused themselves with a smile, looking at Miranda in horror from time to time.
"So they also said," Thales coughed in high spirits, "to repay in other ways, for example..."
Miranda gave an "hmm" and her eyes became more and more interesting.
"Where is it, Your Highness!"
"We have such a good relationship, we can write it off!"
"Karabiyan's family has a small background and can't stand the turmoil..."
"The heir is still an idiot..."
"Yeah, although I don't have a big opinion on the last sentence," Mira smiled brightly, seeing that Thales was reliable and steady, which reassured him, "but since the debt dispute is so complicated, then How about we talk? You know, talk between girls?"
While speaking, she embraced the two girls irresistibly, intimately.
"Your Highness, do you mind?"
If Thales is granted an amnesty, he immediately steps aside:
"Of course not."
Kasha and Qina looked at Thales in disbelief:
"His Royal Highness!"
"Why are you willing to take us..."
"Push into the fire pit..."
"Go to the mountain of knives!"
Thales had another pain in his head: How can he still sing?
"Is this sadomasochism?"
"Is this heartache?"
"But we will only love you more!"
"Until you put us on—uh!"
"Mmmmm!"
"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"
Fortunately, Miranda moved neatly, locked the mouths of the two without a doubt, and winked at Thales.
Thales didn't dare to stay any longer, he spotted the gap and slipped out of the main banquet hall.
At that moment, Thales, who was running towards freedom, was inexplicably moved:
If he becomes king in the future, his first order will be to knight Miranda!
The northern border of Cold Castle is all hers!
So is the black sand collar!
Marry as many men as you want!
Women do too!
Thales slipped all the way to the observation deck where there were fewer visitors, looked at the lights of thousands of houses below, and after the preparations were completed, he waited for the Emerald City to celebrate Queen's Day, so he took a breather.
"You're running too fast, your steps should be smaller and more natural, otherwise the guests will still find out."
Thales turned around in surprise.
"Xiao Hua—Jen En?"
Under the moonlight, the young owner of the Kevin Dill family, the Duke of South Bank, the lord of the Emerald City, and the host of the Battle for the Front Banquet, Jan Kevin Dill was leaning against the corner of the watchtower with a look of disdain on his face looking at him.
"Oh, you're here too - lazy?"
Thales suddenly felt that he was not so lonely, at least there was someone else—huh?
Jane still had the same look of disdain in front of him, but at this moment, the young duke was holding a hose in his hand, one end was connected to a precious bottle, and the other end was connected to a glass spout .
Jen En bit one end of the glass mouth, took a deep breath, and then began to swallow clouds.
"Are you -- smoking?"
"Hookah," Zhan En looked at the Emerald City under the observation deck, and shook the glass pipe with the hose in his hand, "have you never seen it?"
Thales smelled a sweet smell of smoke, and hurriedly waved his hands back:
"No, kid, ahem, the prince can't smoke—"
"Don't be sentimental, this tobacco leaf is imported from Humble, and I have no intention of smoking it for you."
Thales froze, his face darkened.
If you push him off here now...is the mission accomplished?
Thales thought viciously, glanced at the railings and protective nets of the observatory, and then looked at the height below.
But you can't clean up the follow-up - a voice in your heart reminds him:
You come for the man, what Jann Cavendeer stands for, not him.
Thales could only regretfully give up this idea.
Jane suddenly said:
"They will fight."
"Huh?"
Thales was taken aback:
"What's going on?"
Jane pointed to the two foreign men who were arguing loudly in the main banquet hall:
"Those two men belonged to two tribes on the grassland. One was the son of Tuda Khan and the other was the grandson of Boga Khan. They were introducing the Seri Prairie in the Eastern Land to others, but one said It's called Kiseli, and the other says Dusseli."
Thales narrowed his eyes:
"Any questions?"
"Question?"
Jane seems to have heard something funny:
"The name of that grassland has a history: the ancient orcs called it Sediala, which means 'endless grass', and the ancient elves called it Duvali, which means 'withered land'. After the empire conquered, it It was collectively called the Surrey Grassland.
"After the War of the End, the tribes who restored the ancient faith called it Kiseli, which means 'Prairie of Heavenly Father'. The tribes influenced by the Temple of the Sun called it Duseli - 'Prairie of God'.
"And different titles represent your position."
Jane narrowed his eyes:
"A position that is enough to fight to the death with aliens."
Thales frowned.
"It's a pity," said the prince, "they don't have the courage, or at least the intention, to lead a blood race."
"It has nothing to do with that," Zhan En shook his head, "The tribes on the grassland compete with each other, and they are destined to fight each other. The title is just an excuse that happens to cause differences."
"As for the vampires, the Houllier clan is just one of the six branches of the Feast Leader. The struggle for power in the Night Council has never subsided. Do you think every vampire in the Feast Leader is a pacifist? "
"Immortal Parliament." Thales corrected him.
Jen En glanced at him, but didn't refute or admit it.
He just put his head down and took another drag on the hookah.
"You said, there should be no doubts about the hostile relationship we have displayed during this period of time?" Amidst the clouds and mist, the Duke of South Bank's tone was a little strange.
Thales raised his gaze.
"From the wine merchant, to the gate control of the Kongming Palace, to the cost of food and clothing, the rumors in the city, to your people spying on the Emerald City, my people are making things difficult for you everywhere—we are like two mad dogs The same, but bite each other in every possible place."
"I think so," the prince nodded, "it's a real one."
In other words, deceiving the truth.
It's a pity you believed it.
"This night, I didn't relax for a moment, waiting for your father's sudden blow," Zhan En snorted lightly, and put down the hookah, "Guess what I found?"
"Ah," Thales observed, "Nothing?"
"That's right," Zhan En nodded, his eyes darkened, "This banquet is very lively and normal."
The moon is in the middle of the sky, and a lot of time has passed, but the atmosphere of the banquet seems to be increasing.
It's very lively.
It's normal.
"And soon, zero o'clock will be here." Zhan En stared at an expensive and expensive clock in the distance, "The feast of battle will end here."
Thales fell into deep thought.
"But," the prince shrugged, "but the Emerald Festival lasts for seven days, doesn't it?"
Jane watched him for a long time~IndoMTL.com~Yes, seven days. "
The Duke nodded.
"So, we are like two dogs in a slaughterhouse, fighting to divert attention to avoid threats, while trembling in anxiety," Jann took another sip of the hookah and sneered, "waiting for the head The butcher knife on it fell."
"Seven days."
Thales stared at Zhan En, and suddenly understood something.
It's not without reason that the other party came here to smoke.
At that moment, Thales looked at the young man in front of him who was silently smoking a hookah on the watchtower, and thought for the first time that he might not just be the Duke of the South Bank with unlimited scenery.
At this moment, the two guests from the prairie in the banquet hall finally fought, causing chaos.
(End of this chapter)