The 6,300-word two-in-one chapter is updated, and it's one more, but the number of words is the same, and I don't want to disassemble and develop it~

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Noah's Continent, Falco Empire, Royal Manor.

Tang Jie was holding a goblet in his hand, and the glass contained brandy that he had never liked, and he didn't drink it, but just held it, pretending to be very gregarious with the guests around him.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was smiling out of etiquette, and as if he was sneering at everything in front of him.

The spacious ball hall was filled with well-dressed aristocratic guests, and the vicious fights and tragedies that had taken place did not seem to affect these wealthy politicians of high society.

It seems that they have long been accustomed to recovering from any emotion as quickly as possible, putting on the masks they are most familiar with to socialize.

"Hey......" A voice came from Tang Jie's side, he turned his head to look, but it was Angel who was wiping the wine stains from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and whispered to him, "Can you pretend to be enthusiastic?"

Tang Jie complained in a low voice: "Am I not good enough? Don't you see that the smile on the corner of my mouth is a little stiff? Hell, if I stay in this place any longer, my face will be so stiff that it will become a fossil!"

Angel smiled reservedly at a nobleman who passed by her and saluted her, then turned her head and whispered, "Oh my God, do you mean a sneer like you with a sneer on the corner of your mouth that I am afraid that no one else will notice, and this kind of behavior is good?

Tang Jie listened to Angel speak, pretending to be casual and looking at the princes and ministers who were standing not far away and gathering, he swept his eyes, and sure enough, he found that these princes and ministers were looking at him with blazing eyes, and exchanged their heads and ears, as if they were talking about him.

When these elderly nobles saw Tang Jie's gaze towards them, they immediately smiled, and raised the wine glasses in their hands in unison to pay tribute to Tang Jie.

"See?" Angel chuckled, "It's unprecedented to be treated like this!"

Tang Jie retracted his gaze and said with a wry smile: "What do you want me to do?" Go up to them and say to them, "Hey, the weather is nice today, isn't it?" And then we talk about some nonsensical topics together? Hell, you better find a way to resurrect Thomas again, let me fight him again! You know I can't do these things!"

"Oh?" Angel lengthened her voice and looked at Tang Jie slyly, "Really, what do I think you did well before?"

Tang Gera made a long face: "Where did I do well? I felt uncomfortable when I arrived on such an occasion, and I felt like a clown who was being watched by!"

Angel rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, is that really the case? How do I remember that you have attended several dinners before, and you have done well? Moreover, many noble families want to marry their daughters to you?"

Tang Jie said with a bitter face: "Don't be kidding, Angel! That's like a nightmare!"

Angel pursed her lips and smiled, "At least you're alive now, aren't you?"

After speaking, Angel smiled at Tang Jie and said: "Okay, don't be like a big child, cheer up, look, so many beautiful girls are secretly watching you, as long as you walk over, there will definitely be countless girls inviting you to dance." Go ahead and invite one of your favorites to dance!"

Tang Jie looked at Angel with a strange face and said, "Why do I think you look like a pimp?"

Angel was not angry, and smiled faintly: "Isn't this what politicians do? My captain, don't waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, now Queen Camilla has lost control of this dinner, and you have shown your amazing strength in front of everyone." These politicians are realistic, and they will only believe that their investment will pay off if they see it with their own eyes. ”

Angel said, raised his head, stood in front of Tang Jie, blew like an orchid, and looked at Tang Jie with rolling eyes: "You don't think we have a way back now, do you, my dear captain?"

Tang Jie shook his head and sighed: "Okay, okay, I'll lose to you, I'll go." However, you can't be jealous for a while!"

Angel laughed: "That's not exactly, you can't go too far!"

Tang Jie smiled: "Oh, what is excessive?"

As he spoke, he leaned his head towards Angel and made a gesture of wanting to kiss her.

Angel was startled, quickly jumped back, looked left and right in a panic, and said angrily: "You are crazy, and you don't look at the occasion!"

Tang Jie laughed.

While he was laughing, a sneering voice sounded lukewarmly next to him: "Do you need me to find a single room for the two of you?"

Tang Jie and Angel turned their heads to look, but it was Queen Camilla who looked at the two with a smile.

Angel didn't seem to hear Camilla's taunt, her face remained unchanged, she walked over with a smile, grabbed Camilla's arm like a mother and daughter, and said with a smile: "My dear queen mother, can you introduce me to these gentlemen around you?"

Angel said, but waved his hand at Tang Jie secretly, signaling him to leave quickly.

Tang Jie glanced at Angel and Camilla, a mother and daughter who looked like each other, and then walked into the crowd of guests

"Aha, isn't this the great Captain Tang Jie?"

Tang Jie had just walked a few steps away, when a nobleman greeted him with a wine glass and a smile, so enthusiastic that he couldn't refuse.

"God above, I dare to swear to my ancestors, I have never seen a man as brave as you!" A middle-aged nobleman laughed and said to Tang Jie, he enthusiastically took Tang Jie's arm, pointed to a graceful and sweet-looking girl beside him and said, "Aha, I almost forgot to introduce myself, I am Lord Bolt, this is my daughter, Tawashiana." ”

Tang Jie's head was a mess, he felt that these nobles were simply too familiar, as if they were old acquaintances in their previous life, they quickly formed an encirclement, surrounding Tang Jie, and the most unbearable thing for him was that the young nobles and celebrities in these crowds looked at him with a hot gaze, as if they wanted to swallow him into their stomachs.

To be honest, as a man, he is admired by everyone, especially by beautiful women, in fact, Tang Jie himself enjoys and likes this feeling very much, otherwise, he is too hypocritical.

But if there are so many people of the opposite sex and such undisguised desires like in front of him, this makes Tang Jie a little unbearable, which makes him feel like a gifted stallion, and these nobles are selling him to their daughters for some reason!

This, this is so ridiculous......

Tang Jie actually didn't mind being with the pure, beautiful, young and touching girls in this place at all, but he didn't mind that he was treated as a breeding male animal, or that they were so enthusiastic about promoting their daughters just to seek some kind of profit.

However, in addition to this, Tang Jie soon found that most of these people who came up were nobles who were engaged in business, and they almost had a common characteristic, that is: they were all maritime merchants!

The Falco Empire is even on the seashore, and you can imagine how developed the country's maritime trade is.

As merchants in maritime trade, their primary concern is the safety and stability of sea routes.

The West Sidrian Sea is extremely vast, and although the navies of the coastal countries of the Noah continent are very strong, and there are almost no pirates in the waters adjacent to the continent, the Thorpe Sea adjacent to the Nilsia Sea is inevitably rampant because of the lack of reach.

Any caravan that wants to pass through this sea must organize a warship escort, and be trembling and vigilant.

In this way, the labor cost of the caravan will be greatly increased, and once the goods are stolen by pirates and the sailors are killed, not to mention the loss of goods, even the pension for those taxes is a terrible amount.

For these businessmen, in fact, having a strong man who can unify the sea is a matter that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Pirates on the sea, just like pornography, gambling, drugs, thieves and robbers on land, are absolutely impossible to prohibit, if you don't rob today, others will rob tomorrow, if one person can control the entire ocean, then you can reduce or even put an end to such a chaotic situation of robbery and killing.

A shrewd businessman once calculated that although this black-haired pirate levied a high protection fee on the local sea merchants in Sithis, because these merchants were protected by Tang Jie and his Alcatraz pirates and escorted by warships, they could reduce the cost of hiring combat sailors and organizing warship escorts, not to mention the high risk of going to sea.

In particular, under their observation, although Tang Jie, a man, acted vigorously and ruthlessly, he was very principled, and he was not insatiable, he could be regarded as a thief, as long as he could control the Nilsia Sea and the Sisidrian Sea, then even if he paid a high protection fee, they would send the gold to Tang Jie's eyes!

But in doing so, there are several difficulties for these merchant nobles who hold the wallet of the Falco Empire.

First, at this time, the empire was facing a situation where the queen and the princess were vying for power, and this powerful pirate king was obviously on Angel's side, if they paid protection money to Tang Jie, then there was a suspicion of indirect surrender to Angel, and Queen Camilla obviously would not allow this kind of speculation.

Second, although this pirate is not greedy now, and seems to be invincible, who can guarantee that he will not be greedy in the future, or that he will always be so strong in the future? Well, to be realistic, who can guarantee that he has the strength and strength to protect their caravans from being harmed and plundered in any corner of these two seas?

Third, and most importantly, even if the first two points can be solved, but there are no eternal friends in the world, who can guarantee that their chamber of commerce and this pirate can always maintain this good relationship of protection and protection? Or who can guarantee that their family and chamber of commerce can enjoy the most preferential benefits among the many chambers of commerce?

So, these cunning merchants came up with the most tactful idea, and they would not get involved in the dangerous problem of taking sides in the first difficulty, nor would they fall behind in the second and third difficulties.

That is, to introduce the most beautiful girl in his family to this dark-haired guy, isn't this guy very?

Anyway, something happens between young men and women, it is a matter of mutual affection, no matter how arrogant Queen Camilla is, she can't make a big fuss about it, even if she is held accountable, the elders can shirk the responsibility, as for the open and secret cooperation between the two forces brought about by the two loves, it is another matter, and it has nothing to do with them old foxes.

The best thing about this method is that these girls who were pushed out by the elders not only did not resent or make trouble, but their eyes lit up one by one, as long as Tang Jie showed a little permission, I was afraid that they would immediately throw themselves into their arms.

Since ancient times, beauties love heroes, and no one can escape this curse.

Tang Jie is an extremely smart person, he only thought a little to figure out the joints, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and secretly laughed at himself: Why did these guys have a decent-looking girl and stuff me next to me?

can look at the two worlds, whether it is 5,000 years of ancient and modern China and foreign countries before Tang Jie crossed, or this magical world after Tang Jie crossed, the fastest way to combine the two forces is always be: marriage!

Especially when one side is strong enough to a certain extent, there will be countless weak forces who will flatter this powerful force, and then rush to be the vassal by his side, in order to please the ruler of this powerful force, they will definitely do what they like.

Under their observation, Tang Jie has almost no bad habits, although he likes to drink, but he is not greedy for glasses, let alone alcoholics, and he has no requirements for the variety of wine, he is a person, generous, and not greedy for money, and money is always the first time to share it with his subordinates, if he does not mention his pirate identity, this guy really has the appearance of the founder of the country.

But the only fly in the ointment is that there are so many women around this guy, especially beautiful women!

It can be seen that this is a greedy and lustful man!

If Tang Jie knew that these people looked at him like this, he was afraid that he would be killed by a head-on, and then shouted hysterically: I have been in this world for so long, and there are so many beautiful people around me, but except for that time, I was hit by ** to promote good things with Agatha, but I am almost not very corrupt, where did I end up with a lustful reputation?

But no matter what, Tang Jie had to rush through the merry array in front of him, because he was able to get the support and help of merchants in the Falco Empire on the Noah Continent, which was also one of the important reasons why he sent troops to support Angel.

Fortunately, Tang Jie has also seen a lot of this kind of battle, and he is also experienced in dealing with it, and he is very eloquent, has a good conversation, and quickly mingles with the surroundings, especially when he occasionally says a few humorous words, which makes those celebrities cover their cherry mouths with fragrant fans and giggle.

Although Angel finally pushed Tang Jie out, she always watched Tang Jie from the corner of her eye beside Camilla, especially when she saw Tang Jie talking to those beautiful imperial ladies and making them laugh and tremble, she felt sour for no reason.

No one knew better than she how humorous and interesting this man was, and to be honest, even if Angel looked at these imperial ladies from the eyes of a stunning beauty herself, there were indeed a few girls among them who were extremely stunningly beautiful.

Especially when they are sixteen years old, they are the age when their cheeks are pink, their smiles are like peach blossoms, and their hearts are full of spring, compared to them, Angel suddenly felt a burst of self-pity: most of the celebrities of the imperial aristocracy married early, and they are old girls......

Angel couldn't help but think: Is it an extremely wrong decision for him to push Tang Jie into this group of girls like this?

Camilla, who was on the side, looked at Angel's unrelenting expression coldly, and said with a sneer: "It's very uncomfortable, isn't it?"

Angel came back to his senses, turned his face and asked, "What?"

Camila held a goblet with a delicate carving, hugged one of her arms, and sneered: "I mean, it's not pleasant to watch the man you love talking and laughing with them in a group of beautiful women, right?"

The look in Angel's eyes darkened, although she knew that a man like Tang Jie could not be the only woman like her, and she knew that Tang Jie was indeed playing on the scene at this time, and she pushed him out.

But there are some things that are one thing to know, and it is another thing to experience them for yourself.

Angel turned around and took a wine glass from the tray held by the waiter who passed by, and then disguised his gloom and panic by taking and drinking wine.

Several nobles beside Queen Camilla saw that the atmosphere between the two women was a little wrong, and they found an excuse to leave quickly.

With no one around, Camilla spoke more directly: "Your father was like this, in front of my eyes, talking and laughing with those beautiful young women. ”

"I was very young at the time, and I couldn't understand why he would pay attention to other women when he already had a young and beautiful woman like me?

Camilla said faintly, her eyes drifting far away, and Angel noticed that when Camilla said this, her hand subconsciously stroked her white chest, where there should have been a sapphire necklace.

Angel heard Camila talk about her father, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't speak, just stared at Camila, waiting for her next words.

"I never thought of them as my enemies, can you believe it, Angel?" Camila withdrew her distant gaze and looked at Angel.

Angel said lightly: "I believe it or not, does it matter?"

Camila faced Angel's soft thorn, she also smiled faintly, and continued: "Whether you believe it or not, I did think so at the beginning. But instead of seeing others as enemies, they want to see me as enemies. They all dream of trampling me under their feet, and they dream of breaking me to pieces!"

Camila's face changed suddenly, she looked at the girls beside Tang Jie, and said coldly: "However, they never expected that I would finally have the last laugh, a girl who didn't want to compete for fame and fortune at all had the last laugh, this girl didn't want to hurt anyone, she didn't want to kill anyone, she just wanted to live." ”

Angel couldn't help it, and she sneered, "What about my mother?

Camilla looked straight at Angel, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Angel, my young daughter, when you come to my position in the future, you will understand! When I saw your mother appear, I immediately understood that your mother Cecilia, she was the me back then, innocent, thinking that this world was only beautiful and happy. ”

In Angel's heart, her mother was her biggest weakness and scar, and she said with a blue face: "Don't compare my mother with you, a vicious woman!"

"Vicious woman?" Camilaha smiled, "Angel, although you are not my biological daughter, but after so many years of getting along, no one knows you better than me, if you are replaced in my position, you will definitely be more vicious than me, I have no doubt about this!"

Angel gritted his teeth and said, "So, what about my father? is this the reason why you poisoned my father?"

Camilla's expression changed, the ridicule, mockery, and sneer on her face gradually all settled, and she put on a cold mask again, and the glamorous queen said lightly: "Garcis is the only man I love, was, is, and always will be! But I love him, he loves Cecilia, he loves your mother! He wants my life, and I want to live, it's as simple as that!"

After speaking, Camilla turned around and prepared to leave, before leaving, she said coldly: "Angel, enjoy this banquet tonight, after today, as long as you still refuse to give up your plan, then I can only be polite to you, because, I want to live!"

Angel sneered: "Ha, that's a nice thing to say, do you want to live? Don't those people you killed don't want to? My mother doesn't want to? Put away your hypocritical face, it really makes me sick! If you really just want to live, why don't you give up the imperial power to me, I will guarantee your glory and wealth!"

Camilla turned around and sneered: "Angel, my little Angel, why are you so naïve? Can you say such things? Even if you can let me go, can you guarantee that those who follow you will let me go? Can you control their desire to ask for merit? Are you not afraid that I will make a comeback and resurrect it?"

After Camila finished speaking, she glanced at Angel, and said in a cold voice: "If you want to oust me from the stage, then just give it a try!"

Angel kept sneering: "I will, I will!"

In this lively and noisy dinner, Angel and Camilla, a mother and daughter, finally could no longer maintain the false friendship on the surface, and they finally removed the last fig leaf and broke up naked.

Camilla took one last look at Angel and was about to turn away, when suddenly there was a "boom", and the door of the dinner hall was suddenly pushed open rudely, and a group of soldiers in heavy armor rushed in murderously!