From January 25 rì in winter, the empire entered the "color festival" - dìdū all-night lanterns are not extinguished, with the royal palace as the core, the eight main roads of the dìdū are lit with eight sè series of lanterns and candles, including Ming Chi, orange orange, Taihuang, goose green, indigo, azure blue, light purple, and Yu Pink, and the end point of the main road is the city wall, and the city wall is also lit with the same eight sè lanterns according to the eight trigrams. Infinite lights danced on the white snow.

15 years ago, there were several magicians who cast the levitation technique in the small talk of the colorful supper, and rose to a height of 400 meters to overlook the dìdū, and were shocked by the beautiful scenery of the snowy night, from that night, every time before and after the colorful supper, the dìdū floatation scrolls were sold in a mess, especially the scrolls made by high-level magicians above the great magician, which can float in the air for about an hour, and can rise to a height of 600 meters, such a scroll is calculated by hundreds of gold coins.

At 6:00 p.m. on January 29, the 5th year of the Magic Calendar, when the last ray of light fell from the West Mountain, the sixteen gates of the Eight Larges and Eight Smalls were lit at the same time.

"Tao - Tao - Tao - Tao , Tao , Tao ...... "

A series of salutes instantly formed a point, with 108 shots at each gate at the big city gate and 72 shots at each gate at the small city gate, and more than 1,600 salutes turned the sky over the city wall like daylight.

"Happy birthday to His Majesty the King!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

"I wish His Majesty the King eternal prosperity!"

"I wish His Majesty the King eternal blessings!"

At least 1 million people participated in the spontaneous chorus of congratulations for each birthday festival, and the sound began from the east to the south, then to the west, and finally to the north repeatedly boiling in the sky, and every dìdū people showed a look of joy on their faces.

"Woo-woo-woo-" A sharp horn sounded in the square in front of the palace, and the voices of the people quickly disappeared, and after ten horns, 30 imperial military attachés shouted in the atrium of the palace: "Your Majesty's edict, respectfully invite the representatives of the people to enter the palace." "Ninety-five representatives of the common people from all the provinces of the empire entered the court.

"Your Majesty's edict respectfully invites the envoys of all empires to enter the palace. ”

"Your Majesty has issued an edict to invite the envoys of all kingdoms to enter the palace. ”

"Your Majesty's edict respectfully invites representatives of the Magic Guild to enter the palace. ”

"Your Majesty's edict respectfully invites the nobles of the empire to enter the palace. ”

The palace covers an area of 1,500 acres, of which the Grand Council covers 5 acres. Only on the birthday day, the hall does not seem empty, hundreds of tables are neatly arranged in twelve vertical and fifty-eight horizontal, and each table is full of people.

At the front are the representatives of the common people, which is the latest rule after Hongshi's accession to the throne, and the people are supreme, followed by the envoys of various countries, then the civil and military ministers in Beijing, and then the heads of the imperial nobles.

The Red Stone Emperor was dressed in an ochre yellow robe, with a mountain helmet on his head, and sat behind the desk with a smile on his face: "Pillars of the Empire, Friends and Envoys-" The Emperor said as he raised the wine glass in his hand: "I wish the Continent of Eminole good weather and the peace of the people; ”

More than 600 guests in the room raised their glasses at the same time: "I wish Your Majesty a long life and eternal blessings." ”

"Qile-" The musician from the four provinces in the southern part of the empire gently tapped the silk bamboo in his hand.

The palace attendants kept bringing new food and drink from both sides of the Grand Ballroom to the table, rainbow trout roe from the west coast of the mainland, deep-sea hairtail fish from the east coast of the mainland, fresh fruits from the south of the empire, flying dragon birds from the north of the empire, bear's paws from the northern federation, as long as the delicacies that could be thought of were brought from the kitchen one after another. Representatives of the people continued to present local products to the Emperor through his chamberlain, and His Majesty the King passed the gifts to the princes around him, praising the abundance of the products.

At the door, a person with the rank of Janissary squad leader walked in and whispered a few words to the chamberlain, who hesitated for a moment and walked to the Gyeonggi general, Marquis Chi Hanfeng, and whispered. Chi Hanfeng's brows cressied slightly, he got up and walked out, and behind him, Daqingshan and Chi Aotian, who were participating in the banquet as the disciples of Chimen, were also slightly stunned and vaguely heard "Chengnan...... The fire is ......", just wanted to stand up and go out. Lord Marquis threw down a sentence in a low voice: "Chi Aotian stay here, don't move." Daqingshan, follow me. The young man in black stood up.

As soon as he left the grand banquet hall, there were three or four Praetorian Guard officers outside the door, and the first one was the leader of the Praetorian Guard squadron: "Your Excellency, due to the large number of residents participating in the celebration in the southern city of the empire, the lights on both sides of the main road in the southern city have been knocked over, causing a fire. ”

"Oh, are there any casualties?" What are you afraid of, the reason why the Redstone Emperor is reluctant to frequently hold large-scale celebrations, especially birthdays, is that he is afraid of these unexpected situations, as a soldier in Gyeonggi, he also knows this, and Ji Hanfeng is even more big.

"It's not clear, we have gathered one swordsman battalion squad in the southern region to fight the fire, the other two mobile squads to evacuate the residents, and more than 20 clergy from the Holy See have cooperated with us to save people. The squad leader's face was also full of worry.

"Oh......" Chi Hanfeng's tone revealed a hint of relief, there are clergy who believe in light to rescue on the spot, and the number of casualties among residents will be reduced a lot, if it is to burn a few houses, it is not a big deal, the empire has a special department responsible for settling the displaced residents.

"Your Excellency, General, we are afraid that the fire will spread, can we transfer two squads from other urban areas to help?" The Praetorian Guard now has only six squadron leaders and two squadron leaders, and each squadron leader is now shouldering the heavy responsibility of the previous captain.

"It's better to transfer a team from the palace, and now the palace is the least troublesome. There is a squadron in charge, and 500 from the Xuanqing Land Xinglong Mercenary Regiment will be assigned to the duty team. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. ”

"Remember: neither I nor the king want any casualties among ordinary residents today. Every effort is made to keep residents safe. As a general of Gyeonggi, he will definitely be discovered by someone who cares about it if he leaves the table for a long time, and it is estimated that it will affect the atmosphere of the banquet, Ji Hanfeng hurriedly explained two sentences and returned to the hall with Daqingshan.

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