Chapter 152: The Opening of the Harvest Sacrifice
The golden sun rises slowly below the sea level, and the bright sunlight drives away the salt spray of the early morning in the port area, bringing warmth and light to the city that is immersed in songs and laughter.
This is King's Harbour, where the annual festival of bounty will be held today.
On the first avenue of the port district, long wooden tables were set one after the other from the gate of the aristocratic district to the dock of the harbor.
All the taverns and shops on the street and the vendors who had taken up their seats early began to be cheerfully busy.
One after another, cargo caravans slowly drove out of the side doors of the aristocratic quarter, filled with large quantities of food and barrels of fine wine brought from the royal treasury.
Although the food and alcohol supplied to the people of the port area are only inferior products stored in the royal treasury, and some of them are even a little old, they are still rare and delicious for most of the port residents who are still struggling to survive.
If it weren't for the fact that the Black Harbor Society and the Shining SHIELD LEGION STATIONED IN THE PORT AREA would have sent teams to patrol the festival to maintain law and order at the beginning of the festival, I am afraid that as soon as this grand ceremony banquet begins, the food, wine and meat on the banquet will be snatched up.
All the residents of the port area have been carefully dressed up when they go out today, and even the poorest of the poorest families will do their best to clean themselves up today.
The crowds on First Avenue gradually intensified, and many of the taverns that opened were manned to help unload the food trucks and put their own taverns' signature dishes and liquor on long tables.
Today, all the food at the long table is free, but the tavernkeeper can take the opportunity to advertise his tavern specialties to an extraordinary effect.
They would hire people to shout and advertise at long tables with their own food, and distribute these delicious foods and home-brewed liquor and drinks to passers-by for free.
Generally speaking, in the days following the Fertility Festival, there is a spike in the number of advertised tavern customers......
At the same time, long tables were also set up on the commercial streets of the aristocratic district, but the food on the long tables here was more elaborate and varied.
Ribbons and flowers adorn the streets, and the streets are covered with a layer of fragrant pink petals.
Fashionable ladies and celebrities appeared on the street in groups, holding hands, leisurely wandering around the shops on both sides of the commercial street with various preferential signs.
Today, the men of aristocratic families are busy attending various banquets and drinking parties, and through these social activities, they expand their personal and family contacts.
The ladies and ladies of each family traveled together, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to relax and play.
The whole King's Harbor is completely immersed in the joy and laughter of the prosperous peace, but only a few people know that today's grand festival of abundance will be a huge turning point in the fate of the entire King's Harbor.
......
Xue Hua and Kane and the members of the council envoys left the garrison early and entered the large square in front of the palace, which was tightly controlled by the Shining S.H.I.E.L.D. legion.
It was the site of Wood VI's ceremonial speeches and luncheons.
Kane had the status of a special envoy to the parliament, and Xue Hua also had an invitation signed by His Majesty the King, so they naturally had no problem entering the square, but the problem was that when they entered the square, they found that Wood VI had already stood on the altar podium in the center of the square.
And beside him, the legendary mage who had gained the king's trust under the name of "Ingres Star" followed closely behind him......
Seeing this scene, Xue Hua frowned slightly, and whispered to Kane beside him.
"Damn! That guy is so close to Wood VI that if he suddenly attacks at such a distance, we probably won't have time to rescue him! ”
"Follow me, I'll find an opportunity to let you meet the king in the name of introduction, so that we can also get closer." Kane nodded, whispering in response, as he walked briskly towards the altar.
The two of them walked through the slowly dense crowd in the square, and seemed to unconsciously lean towards the altar with their wine glasses.
However, just as they were about to approach the altar, a familiar figure suddenly stood in front of them.
"Ahh Isn't this Mr. Kane and Mr. Xue Hua, last time King's Harbor suffered a big disaster, thank you Mr. Xue for helping! ”
In front of the two of them was none other than the ancestor of the Frank family, the legendary paladin "Golden Lion" Jairo Frank.
"Ah, Mr. Jairo, I haven't seen the name for a long time, but when I see it today, you really have the demeanor of an ancestor!"
Kane's heart was on fire, but he had to greet Roger lightly.
Xue Hua, who was standing beside him, also had a smile on his face, MMP in his heart, secretly thinking that this guy was a spy from the aristocratic faction?
Didn't he know that their King was behind him with an unsheathed knife?
"Do the two gentlemen want to see His Majesty the King in such a hurry, but Your Majesty is now preparing a speech for the Fertility Festival, and I am afraid that there is no time to meet the two of you."
Roger said with an easy-going smile on his face and a wine glass in his hand.
"This ......"
Blocked by this sudden level, Kane can only hold it in his heart even if he has a thousand abilities.
At the same time, he couldn't help but start to slander in his heart, could it be that the ancestor of the Frank family was so stupid, and he still hadn't seen that there was something wrong with the legendary mage next to the king?
You know, before he entered the palace to interview the king yesterday, he quietly passed the news to the Frank family, and after receiving this kind of news, even if Jairo didn't believe it, at least the investigation that should be done must be done.
However, just when Xue Hua and Kane were both puzzled, in the mind of the main nest, Isha sent him an unexpected message.
Bio-monitoring of the Kingworm revealed that the King on the altar did not match the bio-signal of the real King Wood VI of King's Harbor.
In other words, that guy is just an imposter who looks like a king!
Xue Hua, who received this news, was stunned for a moment, and then combined with Jairo's abnormal performance in front of him, he immediately reacted that this should be a trap set by the king for the nobles.
The guy on the altar was supposed to be just a king's stand-in, and they were trying to use it to lure out a possible assassination attempt by the nobles.
Then, on the grounds of assassination, the forces of the aristocratic faction were directly wiped out!
What a sinister strategy, such an old spicy strategy, such a deep forbearance!
Sure enough, he is worthy of being the king of a country, and in terms of playing politics, Wood VI's skill level has at least reached a high level!
From this point of view, Jairo Frank's actions just now should obviously be afraid that the two of them will accidentally expose the true face of the fake king when they come to power, and their plans will be in vain.
It's just a pity that Wood VI's plan was a good plan, but he never thought that he had believed the wrong person from the beginning!
With that legendary mage in the form of "Ingres Stars", the king's plan is almost doomed to fail!