Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Thread of Fate
After a brief introduction, there was no long greeting as Ye Qi expected, there was just a neat invitation, and when he looked at the simplicity and heroism that he did not have as a woman, Ye Qi's eyes couldn't help but be in a trance again - the figure of the female cavalry commander and the figure of the female archduke in front of him were constantly overlapping.
Especially, when he saw those emerald green eyes, Ye Qi felt as if he had returned to his own era.
"Master Qiao, what's wrong with you?"
The Grand Duke of Snowy Night looked at Ye Qi, who was in a trance beside him, and couldn't help frowning and asked-In fact, from the beginning of meeting the other party, the other party would have this kind of trance from time to time; Although the other party tried his best to hide it, the Grand Duke of Snow Night could still be keenly aware of it.
It's not that the Snow Night Grand Duke is so observant, it's just that Ye Qi's disguise has become rusty.
Of course, this kind of unfamiliarity definitely varies from person to person - if someone else is here, Ye Qi's cover-up will definitely not have any problems, but when facing the Snow Night Grand Duke who has the same appearance as the female cavalry commander, his disguise does not require any external force, just his own embarrassment and unnaturalness, which is enough to be noticed differently.
In this regard, Ye Qi, who had already discovered his own problems, naturally adjusted quickly.
However, such an adjustment, obviously, will not work in a short period of time - because he has once again discovered a fact that he cannot ignore.
The fluctuations of the Grand Duke of the Snow Night and the female cavalry captain in front of them turned out to be ...... Unanimous!
There are countless kinds of fluctuations that can be sensed by [Blind Bucket Perception], but from the beginning to the present. Two identical fluctuations. It's the first time I've seen Ye Qi.
And such a peculiar existence. Naturally, Ye Qi guessed the relationship.
It's just that the lack of clues and information makes Ye Qi's guess impossible to accurately reach a convincing definition of the situation in front of him-
"Reincarnation in the Land of the Dead? Or ......"
Ye Qi thought silently, and then the voice of the Grand Duke of Snow Night came to his ears again.
"Master Qiao, do you need any help?"
The Grand Duke of Snowy Night asked, but this time there was a slight hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
Obviously. For Ye Qi, who met for the first time, the female archduke did not have a good impression in her heart at this moment, except for her own reasons at the beginning, more importantly, after meeting, Ye Qi's performance was difficult for people to associate with a respected master.
"Nothing, just something came to mind!"
Ye Qi, who was interrupted from thinking, looked at the dissatisfied female duke beside him, and immediately smiled bitterly again.
Undoubtedly. Ye Qi was sure that he had a bad influence on the female archduke in front of him, just like when he first met the female cavalry chief. It was such a not-so-pleasant start for both sides.
Seem...... He always has nothing to do with such a lady!
In the bottom of his heart, Ye Qi thought helplessly.
Then, Ye Qi, who had reined in his mind in the true sense, followed behind the Grand Duke of Snowy Night and stepped into the Snowy Night Castle - the Wizard Tower did not fall in the Snowy Night Castle in the real sense, but fell in a clearing less than three hundred yards away from the Snowy Night Castle; In fact, Snowy Night Castle wasn't enough to accommodate such a wizarding tower.
From the outer city, the streets have been compact, and all the way to the inner city have not changed in the slightest, and even more compact.
And such a change naturally made Ye Qiduo look twice.
You must know that the capital in his impression, even the Qiulin District, which later generations claimed to have inherited the nobles of the wizard era, is not like this - a city with a population of 50,000 to 100,000, including the city gate area, the civilian area, the commercial area, or the possible dock area, are collectively called the lower city, where the commoners, merchants, etc. account for ninety percent of the total population, and the ninety percent of the population lives in the lower city only accounts for about one-third of the area compared with the inner city where the nobles and the ruling class live.
In other words, the remaining 10% of the population uses two-thirds of the entire city, as well as ...... Resource.
Therefore, in any city, that feeling of crowding is obvious.
Anyone who is not familiar with it, stepping into it, will make people feel suffocated - in fact, the civilians living in it will be oppressed by all kinds of taxes.
Ye Qi once saw in a book that it was impossible for a commoner in the lower city to enter the upper city for a lifetime, and even if he did, it was because of some special things, such as: a certain newlywed bride was favored by a certain noble lord - although it was none of his business, but when Ye Qi saw this, he still snorted coldly, and threw the book that described the second half in detail in the corner.
Ye Qi wouldn't mind some special descriptions, but after putting in some special sense of the times, it was hard not to make him feel angry.
'A guy who takes things for granted, but can't really restrain his emotions - always like this has no future! ’
His elder, Aunt Kutch, had commented on him more than once.
In this regard, Ye Qi must be full of it, and then, the rest is a wry smile - if he encounters it, he will definitely change everything he encounters, and if he can't, he will definitely not take the initiative to change.
This is how people themselves are contradictory.
Ye Qi himself was no exception, so all he had left was a wry smile in front of his friends.
Perhaps, the only thing that can be called lucky is this kind of unscrupulous wry smile - because his friends will tolerate him.
And out of his understanding of 'history', Ye Qi had already prepared his mind before coming to the Principality of Snowy Night, and even warned himself in his heart again and again - after all, the barrenness of the Principality of Snowy Night had already been doomed, and its own limitations; And once such restrictions appear, it will inevitably cause some bad consequences.
For example: more antagonisms and exploitation between classes.
As a controller, even if you care about the exploited, you want the latter to create more benefits - such words. Maybe it's a bit one-sided. But Ye Qi never denied its authenticity.
So. Even after seeing the Grand Duke of Snow Night, who looked the same as the female cavalry, Ye Qi's thoughts still did not change; It's just that when he saw the real Snow Night Castle, this idea had to be changed.
Despite being poor and even backward, the civilians of the Principality of Snow Night were not as numb as Ye Qi imagined, on the contrary. There was a kind of exuberant life in their faces.
As for where does this vitality come from?
Just look at the respectful gaze of these civilians and look there.
Countless respectful and adoring eyes looked straight at the lady beside him, and for him, the so-called wizard master? It's just a curious stop, and then, it doesn't hesitate to put it next to you.
In response, Ye Qi shrugged his shoulders, and then, a smile appeared on his face.
Perhaps, even Ye Qi, who emphasized that everyone is an independent individual, and others do not need and cannot interfere, did not find out. When he saw this Grand Duke of Snowy Night, who had the same face and fluctuation as the female cavalry commander, there was a glimmer of expectation in his heart—a glimmer of hope that violated his always emphasized 'freedom'.
And at the moment. Such an expectation came true in a daze, and in the bottom of Ye Qi's heart, an emotion appeared that even he didn't understand.
And this kind of emotion makes his smile more and more sincere.
Perhaps, when the Grand Duke of Snowy Night did something different from the female cavalry commander, Ye Qi let out a sigh of relief and laughed at his boredom.
However, when the Grand Duke of Snow Night did the same thing as the female cavalry commander, Ye Qi also breathed a sigh of relief, but the ridicule did not exist.
Crunchy......
Ye Qi's boots made such a crisp sound when he stepped on the snow on the road—the snow piled up on both sides of the road was enough to show that the Grand Duke beside him was not doing his job to greet him; It's just that no matter how much you welcome, there will be accidents, especially in places like the Principality on a snowy night.
Once again, snowflakes fell from the sky.
In other places, such snowflakes may bring a shout or two of praise and cheers from children, but in the Principality on a snowy night, such snowflakes only make people frown.
Because this means that the people of the Duchy of Snowy Night have to sweep the snow from the roof again, in order to prevent the snow from crushing the houses, and the people who go to the forest to hunt have to delay more time in the forest and face more unknown dangers; And, of course, there are even more cold and long nights for more than ten days in a row.
That's right, once the snow starts to fall in the Principality of Snowy Night, it will be ten days without interruption - the difficult and painful night of heavy snow is the origin of the Principality of Snowy Night.
"Ike!"
The Grand Duke of Snow Night called out to his chief of guard, and the latter immediately ran over and bowed respectfully, while the Grand Duke of Snow Night continued to order: "Count the hunting party that went to the forest, as well as the villages near Snow Night Castle, and let them start to move towards Snow Night Castle!" As he spoke, Grand Duke Xueye turned around and bowed apologetically to Ye Qi, "I'm sorry, Master Qiao, I need to do my part for my people!" ”
"As your advisor, I think I can help too!"
Ye Qi looked at the female duchess in front of him with a smile, and bowed with a smile.
"Really?"
It's just that the answer of the Grand Duke of Snow Night is a little uncertain, and in this regard, Ye Qi nodded affirmatively, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more bright: "Of course!" ”
Although he knew that the female grand duke and the female cavalry commander in front of Lu Dao should be two people, they had exactly the same appearance, as well as the same chivalry, loyalty, integrity, humility and courtesy, and serious personality; When he was king, he was fair and honest, and he valued his own dignity and honor, rather than his vain character, but Ye Qi couldn't get rid of it.
What's more, as an advisor to the other party, he should make a move at this time.
"So...... Come on! ”
The Grand Duke of Snow Night looked at Ye Qi again before nodding slowly.
"What a good thing, Grand Duke!"
Ye Qi replied with a smile undiminished.
And just as Ye Qi answered, the Grand Duchess had already led her guards towards the outside of the Snowy Night Castle; Obviously, the female grand duke in front of her is not only similar in appearance and personality to the female cavalry commander, but also acts in the same way neatly and neatly, never dragging mud and water.
Of course, there is one more thing that is the same, loved!
In the years of freedom. The female cavalry captain was loved by the Rangers. And here it is. The female archduke was loved by her subjects - Ye Qi clearly saw that many strong male civilians of the Principality of Snow Night, after whispering a word to their wives, mothers, and children, casually picked up their own bows and arrows, hunting knives, and joined the team.
After all, the poverty of the Duchy of Snowy Nights, in addition to the oppression of nature, has something even more hateful—bandits, bandits, and the misdeeds of neighboring principalities.
Whenever heavy snow appears. That's when these guys show up and do something bad - of course, the poor people of the Principality of Snowy Night can't satisfy their appetites.
Therefore, I don't know when the road began, and the people of the Principality of Snow Night themselves became a kind of goods and commodities.
To put it simply, it's human trafficking.
Not a slave, but like a slave
Of course, such a slave trade can occur because of the demand of the market.
Whether it's some experiments in a wizard's laboratory, or a special property owned by some wizarding nobles. It takes some 'people who don't need to be responsible for their lives' to be the most miserable of all."
And what could be more appropriate than a slave?
Not just in the Duchy of Snowy Night, but in some of the frontiers of the Wizarding Dynasty. Such a thing has long been a tacit approval.
The Wizard Emperor, who was attracted by the battle of the gods, did not notice these things that they should have paid attention to, and perhaps noticed and issued the corresponding order (the wizard dynasty strictly forbids the slave trade), but some of the people below were so greedy that they left such an order behind.
And the Wizard Emperor, who devoted all his body and mind to the war of the gods, obviously did not expect their orders to be misinterpreted and disregarded, so when the war of resistance that swept the entire wizarding dynasty broke out, their anger and shame were unimaginable.
"A thousand miles of embankment collapsed in an anthill ......"
Inexplicably, Ye Qi, who was following behind the Grand Duke of Xueye, thought of a saying in his hometown - the greatness of the wizard dynasty and the wizard emperor is undoubted, but their failure is also undoubted.
Everything seems to be predestined and cannot be changed.
But, is that really the case?
Ye Qi sneered in his heart, and put aside the unreliable idea, he was now just a bystander to a participant.
As for the changemakers?
As long as he still wants to go back, then nothing can be changed!
Even if he has a little respect for the Wizard Emperor, but the other party can't let him sacrifice everything-maybe Ye Qi is narrow-minded at some times, but he still stubbornly thinks that the other party is still not as good as the female cavalry chief, chameleon, etc.
Then, subconsciously, Ye Qi looked at the back of the Grand Duke of Snowy Night running in front of him.
Four years later, the person who lit the fuse for the fall of the entire wizarding dynasty was in front of him, and he had the same appearance, the same fluctuations, and a similar personality as the female cavalry captain.
"A strange fate!"
Ye Qi sighed silently in his heart.
And with this sigh, the spindle-like items that had been stored in the [Pandora's Box] trembled slightly.
Such a tremor naturally can't hide the current Ye Qi.
He silently followed behind the Grand Duke of Snowy Night, and his palm passed through the [Dimensional Bag] and appeared on the spindle-like object inside the [Pandora's Box].
Rumble!
A loud explosion appeared in Ye Qi's mind, so that Ye Qi tried to control his body, but he still stumbled.
"Master Qiao, please pay attention to your feet, the ice and snow on a snowy night always make outsiders suffer enough!"
When Ye Qi's body was staggering, the Grand Duke of Snowy Night held Ye Qi's body, and it was obvious that even in the rush, the female Grand Duke was still not worried about Qiao, an 'outsider', and always paid attention to him.
"I'm also a snowy nightman, but the continuous experiments on the wizard tower before consumed too much energy!"
Facing the eyes of the Grand Duke of Snowy Night again, Ye Qi had to explain again.
Fortunately, Ye Qi's wizard robe did have a strong smell of herbs left on his wizard robe because of experiments day and night; Therefore, the Grand Duke of Snow Night withdrew his eyes after a moment and continued to move forward, but there was still suspicion in the eyes that glanced at Ye Qi from time to time.
Such suspicions are naturally unquestionable, after all, there is a young master in a place like Snowy Night, and anyone has to wonder what kind of cat is in it.
Even the Grand Duke of Snowy Night is no exception.
However, Ye Qi was temporarily blind to this, because, in front of his eyes, it had long been obscured by the threads and clusters.
Each silk thread is only the thickness of a hair, but each silk thread has a weight like a mountain, so Ye Qi tried hard to pull it away, but he couldn't do it - because there were so many of these silk threads, that even Ye Qi, who was immortal and possessed of divinity, could not do anything.
Ye Qi watched as these silk threads entangled, let go, winded, and let go of himself......
Again and again, the cycle seems endless.
……
And just as Ye Qi came into contact with these silk threads, in that distant and unknowable place, a stone slab covered with dirt made a 'snap' sound, and scattered in all directions.
The fragments of the slate turned into several meteors and disappeared far away.
There are three of the largest meteors, and eight or nine of the smaller ones.
A huge invisible hand tried to grasp the fragments, but at this moment, the colorful river of time suddenly blocked it, causing it to return.
The river of time seemed to appear suddenly, and then disappeared
The rest was just an unwilling and angry roar.
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