Volume Three: The Frozen Throne Chapter 5: Gunshots in the Early Morning
Mo Lilan walked in front of everyone and didn't even glance at the four people who came to negotiate, but knelt down on one knee in front of Lin Tian and Ah Lian with a smile on his face, and said with a flattering face, "See Your Highnesses the Prince and the Princess."
The four people who were left out in the cold were originally uncomfortable, but after hearing Mo Lilan's name for the two, they were all speechless in shock, it turned out that these two young people were really members of the royal family, and they were at a loss for what to do.
Lin Tian said calmly, "City Lord doesn't need to be polite, we are not princes and princesses, we are just representatives." After speaking, he gave Mo Lilan a look.
Mo Lilan understood, and immediately got up and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, two representatives, please take a seat."
Lin Tian and a few others sat down at the table, Ah Lian looked at the delicious food on the table, and couldn't help but swallow her saliva, but when she thought that these city lords might have already eaten a bite, she felt that she was too lazy to take off her mask and taste it, and the four representatives looked at the dishes on the table and were also very moved, but, because of their identities at the moment, they still couldn't help it, at this time, no matter whether the city lord could afford to look down on it, they had to convey everyone's thoughts, otherwise, the previous efforts would be in vain.
Morleylan's dwarf-like figure, climbed up the stool with difficulty, sorted out his clothes, glanced at the dishes on the table lightly, waved his hand, and said to the head maid: "Take all these down and feed them to the dogs, tell the chef, you can not use it tomorrow, hurry up and find me the best chef again, remember, I want the best chef."
The head maid nodded, and led a group of maids to collect all the dishes, and then closed the door.
Everyone's faces were pale, so many dishes, they only ate one bite and then fed them to the dogs, all of which were the hard-earned money of the residents, and this second ancestor didn't even blink an eye.
Why don't you take it with you and feed it to the dogs?
Lin Tian sighed in his heart, knowing that this peace negotiation would not be so easy, so he said, "The City Lord knows the purpose of our coming, so there is no need to say it again, now, the representatives of the residents will give their opinions to the City Lord."
Mo Lilan held her hands on the table and nodded with a smile.
One of the four men, who was wearing glasses, stood up and said in a loud voice, "Lord Castle Lord, we hope that you can retract your decision to increase the tax to 30 percent, the previous 15 percent has already made everyone unable to make ends meet, and now, it has been increased to 30 percent, and the residents can no longer hold on."
Mo Lilan's face stiffened when he heard this, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting, and he smiled, and said, "It's not impossible to reduce taxes, but in recent years, the Holy House has been paying taxes to various cities, and I have no choice but to do it!"
Mo Lilan clapped her hands, the head maid pushed open the door, brought a stack of documents and distributed them to everyone, and said with a sad face: "I can't help it, in recent times, more taxes have been collected, not only that, but I also intend to send guards from various cities to supplement the army, what do you say...... Well, yes, it's that the war between the two outer cities is tight, and the men and goods need to be replenished a lot."
"The Outer City?" Lin Tian was puzzled, "What is there for?"
As soon as this question came out, everyone who came to the peace talks was stunned, and they also had the same questions as Lin Tian.
Ah Lian was about to explain, but was preempted by the corgi, who had been silent, "The city outside the fortress, as the name suggests, is a city built on the edge of the territory, where it is the place to block the attack of the fog beasts. There are a total of thirty-five lighthouse cities where we humans live...... Well, now there are only thirty-four, thirty-four lighthouse cities have always existed in a giant wall, the giant wall has two exits, that is, the border, there is the city outside the fortress, beyond the giant wall is the territory of the fog beasts, they are attacking the giant wall all the time, and most of the troops of the Holy House are stationed there."
Corgi was afraid that Lin Tian didn't understand, so he explained in detail.
Lin Tian suddenly realized.
It turns out that human beings have been living in a wide giant wall, how high it is, only you can't imagine, it is a product of ancient times, and it is also the first line of defense for human beings to resist fog beasts, you can see the giant wall as a circle around the coastline, because the place where humans live is close to the coast, so the line of defense has always been only a semicircle.
The Holy House has three armies, the navy, the land and the air force, which work together to maintain the lighthouse world.
According to Mo Lilan's statement, now the war in the city outside the city is tight, and the consumption of property is very large, so the tax is raised, but Lin Tian does not believe this reason, thinking that 15 percent is already high enough, and the four representatives also think the same, Mo Lilan just wants to squeeze the residents, the two sides argue on the basis of reason, and quarrel fiercely, because of the identities of Lin Tian and Ah Lian, Mo Lilan forcibly resisted the emotions that would explode at any time, and it took a whole day to stipulate the tax, twenty percent, which can no longer be more.
In fact, Lin Tian felt that ten percent was too much, but since the two sides agreed, he had nothing to say, escorted the four representatives out of the City Lord's Mansion, and politely refused the City Lord's repeated retention.
Lin Tian had a premonition in his heart, he always felt that the city lord was playing with him, so after returning to the transport plane, he decided to leave after tonight, Changkong had already returned, and unknowingly stole the energy box brother from the guard barracks.
Whether it is military or civilian, it is a uniform specification.
This saves a lot of unnecessary trouble.
The materials purchased back, everyone worked together to classify and store, after doing these, everyone gathered together to eat barbecue and drink, this time the meat was much richer, and the seafood was enough, Lin Tian told everyone what happened today while eating, and they all agreed with Lin Tian's idea of staying for another night, Ah Lian has been eating all the time, and those who come do not refuse.
Mo Ya despises Ah Lian's eating posture very much, but she is helpless, who calls Ah Lian will not be fat no matter how she eats, but will become more and more plump and charming, on the other hand, she is afraid of long meat if she eats a little more, if it weren't for Lin Tian who was afraid that her body would not be able to bear it, and pressed her to eat, she would not be too lazy to eat a few bites.
After three rounds of drinking, Bai Zhe began to talk about his hometown, he had heard him before, and now he listened to it again, there were more memories, and there were painful thoughts, Lin Tian felt that when he came back from the city of the night, he went to Bai Zhe's hometown to see, which made him feel homesick.
In order to take revenge, Lin Tian had to go to the royal territory to find the key to the forbidden spirit lock, only by unlocking the forbidden spirit lock, he could exert his greatest strength, five forbidden spirit rings, there are three keys, it is stored in the three royal families, as long as the forbidden spirit lock is unlocked, he has the power to fight with the royal family.
He leaned against the wall of the machine, his eyes were blazing, and to this day, he still clearly remembered the appearance of the object of revenge, and he would not forget it even if he died.
Looking at the two people who were sleeping beside him, Lin Tian was a little speechless for a while, the two of them were fine just now, and they fell asleep with one of their arms around each other.
The transport plane is large enough to rest separately, but the two of them have to stick to themselves.
After a while, Lin Tian felt uncomfortable, so he hugged the two of them to the temporary bed one by one, and after covering them one by one, he walked to the place where there was a window, and looked out of the window with a calm face, although it was dark and foggy outside, mixed with strong winds, but Lin Tian's psychology was broad, in his memory, the world should not be like this, recalling what his mother said, he shook his head and sighed, for some reason, this world always gave him an unreal feeling, as if he never belonged here.
"Hey!"
Suddenly, a sound sounded, pulling Lin Tian back to reality.
Lin Tian turned his head and looked at Yang Guangyu, who was wearing pajamas and had fair and beautiful skin, and couldn't help but be stunned.
"See what?" Yang Guangyu was uncomfortable, his cheeks were slightly red, and he was broken.
"Ugh...... No, nothing." Lin Tian hurriedly turned his head away, as if he had done something wrong.
Yang Guangyu is indeed good-looking, and when he was in Sin City, he had already amazed Lin Tian once.
Lin Tian had to admit this.
Yang Guangyu is different from Ah Lian and Mo Ya, she always reveals a young and mature atmosphere, especially her helpless eyes, which makes people have a strong desire to protect.
Seeing Lin Tian avoiding his gaze, Yang Guangyu had a little smugness in his eyes, walked to Lin Tian's side and looked at the machine wall next to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at Lin Tian, and said, "What were you thinking about just now, so engrossed."
Lin Tian smiled, "I didn't think about anything, I just thought about it casually."
"Oh?" Yang Guangyu asked in disbelief, "Really?"
"Hmm." Lin Tian nodded.
"Okay then."
Yang Guangyu stopped asking appropriately, and couldn't find anything to say for a while, the atmosphere became awkward, and after a while, she suddenly remembered that when she was in the Shining City, she thought that she would never see Lin Tian in her life, so she mustered up the courage to kiss him on the face, and now that she thought about it, she suddenly felt that her cheeks were hot, and she secretly glanced at Lin Tian, who was nothing, and sighed faintly in her heart.
Along the way, Lin Tian's performance beyond ordinary people has attracted her attention all the time, saying that she is not impressed, it is a lie, but what can she do if she is excited, there are two excellent girls by his side, and there is no room for his own intervention.
Lin Tianzhi didn't notice what Yang Guangyu was thinking, and when he saw that the atmosphere was silent, he casually found a topic to chat with Yang Guangyu, and didn't go to sleep until he was tired.
Lin Tian leaned against the wall of the machine, feeling that he had just fallen asleep, he was called by Changkong, Lin Tian rubbed his eyes and wondered, "What's wrong? What time is it?"
Changkong said, "Master, it's six o'clock in the morning."
Lin Tiandao: "It's still early......
Before Lin Tian finished speaking, Changkong preemptively said, "Master, there is a situation." After saying that, he went to wake up the others.
Lin Tian's heart tightened after hearing this, and at this time, he walked over to the snow, turned on the screen on the wall of the machine, and said, "Master, we have hacked into the surveillance of Labrache City and found an abnormal phenomenon."
Lin Tian frowned, and was suddenly startled.
"What's wrong? Xiaotian, why did you wake us up?" Ah Lian rubbed her eyes and walked over, and Bai Zhe and the others behind her were also puzzled.
Lin Tian didn't speak, but stared at the screen deadly, and also clenched his fists, unconcealing his murderous gaze.
Seeing this, everyone also looked at the screen, and then showed shocked looks.
In the middle of the square, there are four people tied up and kneeling on the ground facing the frightened crowd, the guards point guns at the heads of the four of them, and in front of them there is a short and fat dwarf who is saying something to the crowd viciously, with an extremely arrogant attitude.
Lin Tian immediately recognized who the four people kneeling on the ground were, and it was the four people who went to negotiate yesterday.
At the order of Humpty Dumpty gnomes, the four were shot by the guards in front of everyone.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four gunshots rang out, four living beings fell to the ground, blood flowed all over the ground, everyone covered their mouths and shed tears, and no one dared to step forward.
"Humph!"
Lin Tian shattered the screen with a punch, and his eyes were full of murderous aura.
Anyone could see that he had moved to kill.