Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Eve of the Invasion
February 10, 528 at 20:00 in the Magic Calendar
In the underground cavern, General Dan and all the warriors of Shandan are gathering for a dinner that is extremely hearty for them.
They clinked glasses and drank wine in large notched bowls, and the table was full of gnawed chicken bones.
Dean Dan tapped the bowl on his hand with the chicken bone in his hand: "Everyone listen to me." In a few hours, we will be making waves in this kingdom of roses. After everyone has eaten and drunk for a while, we will rest for a while, and we will do the final inventory at midnight. β
Shan added on the side: "Everyone remembers clearly! After we entered the Doro district, the first task of the pair was to cut off the power grid and destroy the communication base station. After the other party found out that we were coming, the second and third teams that were ambushed at the south and northwest entrances of the Dora district, and you had to prevent the knights patrolling in Yetingfang from entering the Dora district. β
"Ask! What if they take a detour to break through to other entrances? β
The mountain replied: "Hold them back." β
"Are we cooperating with Chaoyan or should we open the way for them?"
General Dan replied, "There are not as many people as we are, so they will sneak into the royal city with our team after we have completed our first mission and assassinate the king." β
"Can we trust the people of Chaoyan?"
General Dan took a sip of wine and said, "After they lost the group leader Phantom Smoke, the dragons were leaderless. This is our opportunity and theirs. Do you have any questions? If there is no problem, you can rest for a while and then prepare for the evening. β
"Yes."
Shan watched his men disperse, and he asked Dan, "What about those children after that?" β
"We don't have the time and energy to take care of those kids right now. Even if we let the children go, they wouldn't starve to death on the streets. β
Shan proposed, "Then let's let them go to the Peony Kingdom, shall we?" β
Dan's tongue licked around his teeth, thought for a moment, and then looked up at the mountain: "Since you think it's good, then you can do it." β
"Although the Peony Kingdom has a great demand for labor, it is relatively easy for these children to become farmers in roses."
"Then you go and open the entrance to the Peony Kingdom before we leave, and when we leave, you close the entrance here, and when the children wake up in the morning, they find that we are not there, and they should run away by themselves."
Shan hesitated for a moment: "Can I take them away first?" β
"No, these dozens of little guys are noisy and easy to spot. Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to slip away? General Dan looked at the mountain suspiciously.
"How is that possible! Well, I'll listen to you and follow the plan. β
General Dan stood up: "I don't have to clean up the table today, we won't be back anyway." Go about your business. β
"Then you can rest first. I'm going to check the weapon. β
On the way to the arsenal, the mountain passed through one cave after another, and everyone fell asleep after a rare meal and drink, and the snoring sound came and went, and it seemed that everyone was sleeping soundly.
Shan was not at all in the mood to lie down and sleep, he was nervous.
Although Shan is a Shandan warrior, he doesn't like war, he doesn't like to fight and kill, he hates war.
When he first became a Shandan Warrior, he was in charge of guarding the backyard of Shandan Castle Princess Castle. Every afternoon, the princess can be seen sitting on a swing in the backyard with a thick book and reading. The princess would often invite him to read with her, and the princess was like his teacher. So the mountain gradually fell in love with reading,
Mountains are immersed in books, which makes him hate war even more. Because no matter what the high-sounding reason for war is, it is through destruction and destruction that the goal can be achieved.
Shan's heart is entangled, and he has no way or ability to dissuade Dan's obsession with words.
Mountain walked into the arsenal and looked at the magic weapons, and he sat there wordlessly, staring at them in a daze.
Dan also sat in her cave, and she felt a great thrill and excitement at the thought that she was about to accomplish what she wanted to accomplish the most. There were still seven or eight hours between now and the agreed time of departure, which was the longest hours in Dan's opinion.
In the dreamy ivory castle, the white leather sofa in the hall is full, and the two dining chairs brought from the dining room next to the sofa are also sitting, and there is a piece of paper on the coffee table.
Golden Lily stood against the wall, looking at Begonia sitting in the middle of the couch of the three of them and Fendi sitting on the side. Meng Tianxing and the two-seater sofa next to him exchanged ears. Meng Tianyi sat on the single sofa and looked at Xihaitang seriously. Tian Yu took the little girl's hand and sat on the dining chair side by side.
The little girl whispered in Tianyu's ear: "Father Tianyu, why are you so serious?" β
Tian Yu replied in a low voice, "Now the kingdom is in a very dangerous state, and there are enemies who want to destroy the place where we live. β
"Yes, Dean Dan?" The little girl asked.
Xi Haitang said: "Now it's not just Dean Dan, but also the assassination troops of the Chaoyan Kingdom. Chaoyan's people found out that we had begun to deploy defenses, so they planned to abort the plan. β
Fendi said, "But I cut this off, so the old Shandan army led by Dean Dan will step directly into the trap prepared by the Knights in the early hours of this morning. β
Tianyu touched the little girl's head and found that the little girl was already sleepy and kept nodding. Tianyu glanced at Meng Tianyi: "Brother, I'll send the little girl back to the room first." β
"Okay."
Jin Lily watched Tianyu's every move, and felt completely different from what he imagined. Before she met Tianyu, she had always thought that he would be like Meng Kui, a person who would constantly exude an aura, cold and disgusting. Tianyu's gentleness to the little girl made Jin Lily think of Xiang Risong's gentleness to Hongying. Golden Lily suddenly became a little envious.
Meng Tianyi glanced at Jin Lily: "Lily, are the knights you deployed sure that they can stop the old Shandan Department?" β
Jin Lily frowned and looked at Meng Tianyi: "Of course, the knights of the knights are very good. The old Shandan department was just a small group of 500 people. β
Xi Haitang shook his head: "Don't underestimate those old Shandan tribes who can summon spirit magic, the spirit summoning beasts they summoned are very strong, and we can't be completely sure that we have something to do in terms of quantity." I'm now worried that the knights of the Order will let their guard down by underestimating them. Once Chao Yan got the news and rushed over, our advantage was completely gone. A mere phantom smoke can trap thousands of students and teachers, who knows how many people there are in Chaoyan. β
Fendi frowned: "But it's strange that Chaoyan's people haven't appeared since then. β
Ying Xing put forward her own thoughts: "Strange? Phantom smoke died, and it hit them hard. That's why it hasn't been there. β
"I don't understand, if Chaoyan's head dies, they should give up and leave Rose, because it would be dangerous to stay here. But they have remained here, like the missing paladin, and have not been found, why is that? β
Tian Yu slowly walked downstairs: "Because there is a problem with some of the missing paladins. β
Everyone looked at each other, and Xihaitang didn't want to believe it: "Only ...... should have the ability and courage to collude with foreign countries."
"My father." Fendi licked her lower lip, "Well, my father's purpose must be to kill the king." Fendi looked into everyone's eyes uneasily.
Meng Tianyi's eyes kept on Fendi: "If that's really the case, what can we do?" β
Now even the elder Xihaitang doesn't dare to speak casually and make any remarks. The atmosphere was at its lowest point at one point.
Jin Lily's back left the wall, and he shook his body with his arms crossed: "Although I am the judge, if I can take advantage of the chaos to rescue Xiang Risong, I am ready to be sentenced." β
Xihaitang looked at Jin Lily: "Jin Lily, are you crazy kid?" Begonia felt the shaking in the air begin to spread.
Tianyu glanced at Jin Lily, looked at Jin Lily seriously, and then walked to Jin Lily's side and looked at everyone.
Meng Tianyi stood up with wide eyes and looked at Tianyu: "What do you mean by this?" Do you know that you robbed the prison, and the robbery was still committed to the treason of Xiang Risong, and you are also a traitor! β
Meng Tianxing and Ying Xing looked at everyone with a look of horror.
Fendi slowly stood up: "Xiang Risong was released by me personally, and you don't need to spend time robbing the prison. β
Xihaitang turned his head to watch Fendi leave the group step by step: "You children are crazy!" β
Jin Lily said, "Aunt Tang, do you think the people of the Rose Kingdom are doing well?" Look at Xiao Yaya and Hongying, and then think about the exploited peasants in Ye Tingfang. β
"We eat from the people of Yetingfang, but why do they get insults and spits? Not to mention respect, they are scarce even to make ends meet. Has Onli ever managed it? Tian Yu used reason to suppress the anger that was erupting in his heart.
Begonia's pupils vibrate.
Jin Lily added: "Aunt Tang, the Sun Paladin you worship has already seen Ang Li's inaction at that time, and many exhortations have been unsuccessful. So he died in the end. β
Ying Xing looked up at Xihaitang: "Mom, I know that you admire the Sun Paladin. You once told me why you admired him the most, have you forgotten? β
Xihaitang's eyelids blinked rapidly, and she rubbed her eyes and the bridge of her nose with her hands: "'I'm a knight, but I'm not a knight of the king, I'm a knight of this country.'" So I have to be loyal to the country I want to protect. When he said that, I don't know why, but I was very moved. It's been so long that I've almost forgotten. β
Ying Xing looked at Xihaitang: "Mom, you have decided?" β
Xihaitang pursed his lips: "I think I'm doing something really crazy, I really want to have a glass of wine now." β
Fendi glanced at Mengtianyi: "Tianyi, I will become a prince." Do you think that's a good thing? β
"It's a good thing for you, but we can't be sure if your father will be a good king in the future." Meng Tianyi said with some twist.
Meng Tianxing touched the headband on his head: "Can a person who uses this method become a good king?" β
Fendi thought it would offend his father by saying this, but it was: "Well, it really doesn't solve the conflict in the kingdom." But before the opportunity comes, we can only follow the crowd and make our own decisions. β
Tian Yu nodded: "I think we should go back to the room and sleep well, once the old Shandan department calls, we won't be able to sleep well." β
Jin Lily looked at Xihaitang and said, "Aunt Tang, let's go." β
Begonia's brows are twisted together, and the fine lines between the eyebrows become deeper. She looked at Ying Xing: "Xiao Xing, mom has to go to work." You have to be careful yourself. β
Xihaitang looked at Ying Xing's eyes very complicated, a little reluctant, and a little worried.
"Mom, you have to be careful, too. I'll be safe, and I'll be with you all the time. Ying Xing nodded confidently.
Xihaitang shook his head a little helplessly: "Xiaoxing, you are growing up little by little, and I will support you in any decision you make." So, if I make some decisions, I also hope that you will support me. β
Ying Xing frowned, looked at Xihaitang very uneasily, and said loudly: "I'll wait for you to come back, you still owe Hongying a meal." β
Xihaitang lowered his head and smiled shallowly: "I know." I'm leaving. β
"Yes."
After Jin Lily and Xihaitang left, everyone didn't speak, and they all went back to their rooms.
Ying Xing and Meng Tianxing went upstairs together, Ying Xing walked to her room, Meng Tianxing said, "Apricot, don't you come to chat with me before going to bed today?" β
Ying Xing was in a very low mood: "I'm a little tired, I want to rest for a while." β
"Okay then."
Meng Tianxing watched Ying Xing walk into the room, his expression dropped, and he returned to his room.
She walked into the bathroom and filled the bathtub with hot water. I sat down in the bathtub without taking off my clothes.
She looked at her face faintly reflected in the water, and said to herself: "My godmother ignored me when she left." Why did she laugh when Hongying was mentioned in such a serious atmosphere. β
She stood up and took off the headband, put her bangs down, stood in front of the bathroom mirror, and looked at the mirror: "Hongying, why can you make everyone like you, what is the difference between us?" I'm gentler than you, more ladylike than you, if I wasn't Mengtianxing, Tianyu would definitely like me. β
Meng Tianxing took off his wet clothes and rummaged through the closet but didn't find clothes in the same style as Hongying. She angrily wrapped herself in a bath towel and sat on the bathroom sink, looking in the mirror while imagining the red glow while learning the tone of her voice.
Meng Tianyi watched Fendi go back to the room and pulled Tianyu's arm: "I have something to say to you." β
"What do you want to say?"
"Did you really have the idea of overthrowing Onli?"
"It's not about overthrowing Angli, I just want to change this inequality in the Rose Kingdom."
"What can you do? There is no Angli, there is Billy, they are the same kind of people in their bones. β
"I know, but Anli won't let Xiang Risong go, I'm going to save him."
Meng Tianyi took a deep breath: "Do you think Billy will let you know the secrets of the Shandan Treasure after he knows that there is a moonlight flower?" β
"This ...... I haven't figured it out yet. Tianyu's eyes rolled.
"If you don't have something in mind, don't be so impulsive and make a good decision. Today's conversation we have here, I don't think Jin Lily and Aunt Tang will say it. Only Fendi, no matter what kind of friends and classmates we used to be, if he is content with the pleasure of indulging in power, we don't trust him anymore. Meng Tianyi's face was grim.
"I thought you liked him, and you would believe him."
"Your idea is too naΓ―ve. You are my brother, and if he hurts you, there is no way I will let him go. β
"Brother, you don't have to do it for me."
"Heh, I may have been just a whim and an impulse for him. Besides, he and I can't have a future, so let's just think it's a dream. It's all over. β
Tianyu said: "Go back and rest, if the old Shandan department really breaks in at four o'clock in the morning." I have to be vigilant at all times. β
"Well, go to sleep."
Meng Tianyi watched Tianyu go upstairs, and he turned off the lights and went upstairs.
He walked outside Fendi's room and stopped for a moment. He watched the light dim in the crack of the door, pouted, craned his neck and slowly returned to the room.
At half past two in the morning, the third team of the old Shandan Department to the southwest entrance of Doro District had already set off. Because it is a detour from outside Dora Ward, it takes a long time to talk and depart at the earliest.
At three o'clock in the morning, the first and second teams also set off. The mountain opened the exit door to the Peony Kingdom, and he was the last to leave the underground cavern, closing the entrance to the underground cavern.
They easily avoided the Rose Knights' patrol routes, and just as they were about to wait for the Asyan assassination force to appear in the Dora district, the Knights' sudden appearance startled General Dan.
Aquila Paladin Tang Yinshan led the Aquila Knights and the Fairy Knights with a large searchlight, a total of 2,000 people surrounded more than 300 people in the old Shandan Department.
Tang Yinshan laughed proudly: "You don't know, Chao Yan's message to you about the cancellation of the plan was intercepted by our people, so you three hundred little mice will be arrested obediently!" Hahahaha! β
Shan whispered to Dan, "Dan, what should we do now?" β
General Dan rolled his eyes: "I didn't want to hurt innocent people, but you guys are unlucky. Today is the day you meet death. β
Tang Yinshan pulled out the sword pinned to his waist: "Catch them!" β
"Mountain, what are you doing in a daze? Do you want to be killed? Dan slapped Mountain the back.
Shan looked at the surrounding situation and had no choice, and then made a move. The mountain raised its head and roared to the sky, and a huge golden circle of light appeared in the sky.
Tang Yinshan was attracted by the aperture of the sky, and everyone vigilantly pushed back two steps.
"Hahahaha...... Finally, you can see Shandan's spirit-summoning magic. I'm going to see what kind of critters you're summoning. Tang Yinshan laughed on the surface, but he was actually worried in his heart, because this was magic that he had never seen before.