Chapter 21: Don's Egg Festival (Part I)
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The ghost Gobi of the Capricorn Domain is still in summer, and the Star Country of the Twin Domains has ushered in the first heavy snow of midwinter.
Standing on the top floor of the bell tower of the Golden Gate Manor, Don? Gauss looked down on the emerald hillside at his feet. Under the night sky, the snow is covered with snow, and the mountain villas are brightly lit, like a sea of light where fireflies gather, stretching all the way to the city that never sleeps around the emerald hillside.
Songs and laughter floated out from all corners of the city that never sleeps, green pines were placed everywhere, and the branches were hung with colorful lanterns and copper bells. Today coincides with the Twin Realms' traditional New Year, the Holy Egg Festival, and the streets of the city that never sleeps are bustling with traffic. The crowd watched the performances of jugglers, minstrels, and dance girls, and from time to time there was a wave of noise that resounded through the sky.
"I've always wanted Gordon to live the life of an ordinary person." Gauss listened to the noisy singing and music in the distance, and sighed softly, "Like those people, you can freely go out into the streets and celebrate festivals; You can hold a cloth sock full of toys and show it off to the neighbor's child. ”
A strange voice came from behind him: "Quack! If that were the case, Gordon would have been killed before he was twenty years old. ”
"yes, I can't." Gauss was silent for a moment, and said, "So he didn't even have a happy and carefree childhood." There are some burdens that you have to carry as soon as you are born, whether you want to or not, until you die. ”
The strange voice shouted impatiently: "My son has only been away for half a year, and you will be nagging endlessly, like an old lady with a broken mouth." Do you know? It's a disease, and Browning says it's called 'menopause'! I said, you still can't play chess? Wail! ”
Gauss turned around, and there sat an old toad spirit cross-legged opposite, holding a chess piece carved from white crystal, and knocking on the chessboard.
The old toad had blistered eyes, dysentery, and his cheeks bulged like balls when he spoke. He was no more than a meter tall, his face was full of oil, he was as fat as a mountain of meat, and his round arms and legs were tense in a green robe, squeezed into a circle of flesh. There are two knives stuck in their backs, and the scabbards are colorful, no different from children's toys.
"General!" Gauss picked up the black piece carved in the shape of a queen and pushed it to the white grid on the board.
"Quack!" The old toad spirit opened his mouth wide, scratched his ears and cheeks and stared at the chessboard for a long time, raised his head, and said with a stern expression: "Let's talk about Gordon." Aren't you worried about him dying at the hands of the Blood Prison Society? ”
"He'll be fine." Gauss's eyes sparkled with pride, "Even I can't heal his disability, but he can heal himself." My son, it's not as simple as others think. ”
The old toad spirit looked in the direction of the villa in the manor, and said jokingly: "Your other three 'sons' are not simple. A flower and wine, indulging in sensuality; One is a bully and causes trouble everywhere; There is also a martial arts genius, but you ...... Hehe, now smoking marijuana and coca grass all day and cynical. ”
"They were born to be Gordon's cannon fodder, and they should have used them to the fullest." Gauss said in a flat tone.
The Golden Gate Manor was Gauss's home on the surface, and his so-called three "sons" lived there. When the three baby boys were still swaddling, Gauss bought them, claiming to be his own flesh and blood. He raised them in a very special way: spoiling them and giving what they wanted. The two sons soon became the sons Gauss wanted, but the younger son went astray. He was extremely gifted in cultivation, intelligent, studious, and ambitious, and entered the hematite level at the age of sixteen, and was also admitted to the Ivy Alchemy Academy, which is the best in the Star Country.
Gauss felt that this kid would be used by others in the future and pose a threat to Gordon, so he caused a real accident at the Ivy Alchemy Academy. Since then, genius has been reduced to waste, self-defeating, and devastation.
"Quack! At least they were blessed before they were killed. The old toad shrugged. Don has countless friends, and there are just as many enemies. In order to protect the real son, it is necessary to put the fake son on the table as a target to attract the enemy.
Gauss turned his head again, looking at the glorious night of the city that never sleeps. How is Gordon now, will he be able to survive, and how long will it be before father and son meet?
The old toad looked at the back of his old friend, and his fingers quietly reached into the chessboard, while thinking to himself. As a young man, Gauss was moody, had high means, had neither hobbies nor weaknesses, and the most unruly patriarch of the family was obedient to him. At that time, he even thought that even if his old friend met the perennial seclusion of the porcelain country, the Virgin Snow Peak, known as the closest to the gods, he could compete with life and death.
But his own son ended up being Don's only weakness.
"Old melon, you stole chess." Gauss said without looking back.
"Quack! I didn't steal chess! The old toad's face turned red, and the chess pieces turned into powder and fell from between his fingers, "If you lose, you will cheat, and there is no character?" I can't play this chess! Wail! He slapped the chessboard hard, and all the chess pieces jumped up and shattered like powder.
Gauss smiled slightly, walked back, and tapped his five fingers on the black-and-white checkerboard. "Smack-smack-smack!" With each flick of his knuckles, a pinch of powder gathered and re-solidified into a chess piece, moving towards its original position on the board. After more than ten breaths, a game of chess was completely restored, except for the chess piece stolen by the old toad.
The old toad spirit blinked, and spread his hands innocently: "I'm sure I didn't steal chess." Is it the same as stealing? Besides, now let's talk about business and play bird chess? Do you have a sense of responsibility? Wail! ”
......The bronze bell of the bell tower struck twelve o'clock at the end of the year, and the thick bell echoed in the night sky, blending with the cheers of the crowd in the city that never sleeps.
"Quack, it's time for you to meet a guest." The old toad shook its green robe, and it suddenly turned into a bronze sculpture, standing in the corner of the wall.
One after another, mysterious carriages quietly appeared in front of the gates of the Golden Gate Manor.
All carriages were covered with thick black velvet blankets that obscured the family crest on the carriages. Only the classical and elegant dark lines on the wheel rollers show that each carriage is a private custom, unique top quality.
A soft, slow knock sounded at the door.
"Come in." Gauss said that at this moment his expression was majestic, like a prison like the sea, his eyes were calm and unfathomable, and his solemn body was more majestic and upright than the bell tower.
The old butler, whose head was as bright as silver thread, walked in and bowed down to hand over a list of lists: "Dear Don, this is the list of guests who want to see you tonight." ”
Gauss glanced at it and was quite surprised: "Sancho, the ** official of the Star Nation? Is this respectable adult willing to be honored? ”
The old butler smiled: "The prince of the Star Country is seriously ill, and he can't delay it for a few days. After his death, one seat was vacated for the Great Parliament. Sanqiu's ** official must want this position, so he will come to the door to ask for a meeting. ”