On the last day of the New Year, the atmosphere of the royal capital is very different from the past, and the king, who has always been reluctant to be extravagant, rarely sent people to hang some colorful flags on the road of the New Year's parade, adding a bit of festive color to the city.

The New Year's parade is an event that has been handed down since the days of the Black Dragon Empire, and the empire is prone to collapse, but the tradition remains. On this night, the royal family, nobles and commoner representatives will participate in the parade on foot, each holding a leather lamp, which is placed with lighting crystals, oil lamps or candles, circling the three holy places of the royal capital, blowing and blowing, singing and dancing along the way.

Of course, the soldiers guarding the bridge would not casually let a civilian cross the bridge on New Year's Eve into the aristocratic quarter. Early in the morning on the last day of the year, the bridge leading to the aristocratic district is closed, and the commoners who come to participate in the parade will start lining up on the bridge in the afternoon, and will be allowed to enter the noble district only after being checked by the city guards. The participants at least had to dress appropriately and be clean before they could be released, and it would be easier if they could be given a few bronze shields by the way.

As a result, more than 90 per cent of civilians do not have the opportunity to participate in such activities. But the people of the plebeian will also have their own fun to celebrate the arrival of the new year, and those who cannot make it to the other side will have a more enthusiastic and cheerful spontaneous procession around the river bank and a few main roads, which is naturally more lively than the opposite one, since the commoners are far more numerous than the nobles.

This grand event, which many people in the royal capital were looking forward to, gave Xiao Chen a headache.

The source of the headache was the four women standing in front of her. Xiao Chen was against participating in this kind of noisy activity at this time, and someone had just paid their attention and tested Luo Ling. In his opinion, it is the best choice for everyone to obediently finish the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner today and go to bed early, but none of these people in front of him are easy to deal with.

"Senior, I received an invitation from Javier and Miss Mei, forget it if you don't go, but it's not appropriate if I don't go, besides, with Miss Mei by your side, are you still afraid of any accidents?"

"Like, don't you want me to be a good man? Now is my best chance to observe humanity. I'll just follow Ye Zi obediently. What kind of mess can happen?" This is Xiao Dui, she has been quite well-behaved recently, cultivating seriously, working carefully, and when she has time, she also talks about the cultivation of spiritual power to magic apprentices, and it seems that she cherishes the opportunity to change from a dog to a human.

"Brother Xiao, when you are happy like this, people are often the least defensive, I ...... I can gather information. There will be no one here who is more familiar with the royal capital than me, are you still filming me having an accident?" Caterina said with a smile, as a local, she had heard of the parade in the royal capital for a long time, and she was looking forward to it for a day or two, and it was estimated that even if Xiao Chen didn't agree, she would be able to sneak out by herself.

Xiao Chen looked at Luo Ling, sighed and asked, "What's your reason?"

"Do I need to find a reason? Of course, I can go if I like. Luo Ling covered her mouth and smiled, "It's just that a few of them want to go, and they want to get your permission to pull me to strengthen their courage." After all, you are the person in charge of this office, and I am just the head of the foreign affairs team. ”

"Li Tianrui, Roger, what do you say?" Xiao Chen saw the two of them standing in the room, sneaking over to this side.

"Hehe, Brother Xiao, I think there's nothing wrong with going deep into the masses. Li Tianrui said, "This is not my opinion alone." Comrades think so. Isn't it, Roger?"

"My lord, if you young ladies want to go, it is better for us to protect you. ”

"Who's going to see you?"

"Of course, it's for people who don't want to go. Luo Ling replied.

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In the end, the task of housekeeping fell to Jacob and Li Jia. The former is old and serious, and offers to take care of the family, while the latter is because Selinda doesn't like this kind of excitement and is ready to visit on New Year's Eve and live a two-person world. In addition to this, half of the warriors were left in the convoy, and the rest were almost outcast.

However, when it came to choosing which side to go to the parade, there was a disagreement, and almost everyone wanted to go to the parade in the aristocratic district. But Luo Ling wanted to go to the civilian area.

"But all the fun things are in the aristocratic quarters? The three holy places will have their own programs, the royal palace will be decorated with lanterns, the temple of nature will have New Year's blessings, the royal magic tower will also have magic performances, and the civilian area will not have any of these. Katerina asked, puzzled.

"Not necessarily, they must have their own buzz there. After Luo Ling finished speaking, she glanced at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen scratched his head and said, "Since it's decided, let's go." Stay safe, everyone. I won't go over together, and it's not safe for Luo Ling to go alone, so I'll accompany her. ”

Caterina said, "Then I'll go with you." I'm more familiar with that. ”

Xiao Chen said: "Don't worry about us, we only walk along the main road, you can rest assured to play by yourself." ”

Xiao Chen and Luo Ling separated, each wore a set of simple regular clothes, put on a cloak, and walked towards the civilian area.

When they came to the bridge, they found that in addition to them, there were some people who had walked from the noble quarters to the plebeian quarters. Like them, these people were dressed in low-key clothes, in groups of three or five, and they looked very happy.

When passing through the pass, the guards of the city guard soldiers looked at Xiao Chen's mage badge, nodded and smiled, "I wish the two adults a good time." ”

"Why do so many people from the aristocratic district run to the civilian area?" Xiao Chen took out two copper shields from his pocket and stuffed them into the soldiers' hands.

"Sir, don't you know about the parade in the civilian quarters?" the soldier was a little surprised, "The parade in the aristocratic district is very regular, and everyone dare not make noise when they walk on the road. But the parade in the civilian area is very lively, and the songs and dances are also very different. Those young people who love to move and make trouble naturally think that it is more interesting over there. Again...... Many girls from civilian families will also come out to play, and tonight is a good time to hook up with them. ”

The soldier saw Luo Ling beside Xiao Chen, and said: "Of course, there will be a big bonfire party in the market area, and you can see a lot of handsome young men coming out to dance, they have all taken a bath today, and they will not be as dirty as usual, and many young ladies like that kind of liveliness." ”

"It sounds like you take what you need. Luo Ling said.

"Of course, if you can get into the eyes of the nobles and get some reward, you can let them use it for a long time. If you really like it by a young master, you can live a good life as a lover. ”