Chapter 144: [Celebration Day] (Part II)
The cavalry guards of the Luo Lin family all got on their horses, and a golden bell was hung on everyone's horses, and the crisp and melodious bells were intertwined in the gentle trampling of the horses' hooves.
Surrounded by the most sharp guards of the Three Hundred Luo Lin family, Du Wei followed his father to the central square outside the imperial city.
The central square is the largest square in the city, backed by the Imperial Palace and facing the entire urban area, the square is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops, and the long streets on both sides are extremely wide, all paved with sturdy and flat green sè stone slabs, enough for five or six horse-drawn carriages to move side by side.
On the imperial city, His Majesty the Emperor will personally come to the high platform to preside over the ceremony, and on the high platform that has already been built on both sides, there are some wealthy nobles, and some high-ranking personnel of the temple and the magic union will also be invited to participate.
At the celebration in the square below, there will be a military parade and a long queue of oil shops formed spontaneously by the people.
When Du Wei and the others came to the square, it was almost noon, and along the way, Du Wei was silent, his expression was very calm, even if he saw the heavily armed guards all over the street, Du Wei's face was very calm, he didn't ask, he didn't say, he didn't say a word, it seemed that he had expected it to be like this.
A considerable number of citizens have gathered on the square, and the streets on both sides are even more crowded, and a large number of citizens are still flocking to the long streets on both sides of the square. The long dragon seemed to be lined up a kilometer away.
When he came to the square, the Earl got off the horse, actually took Du Wei's hand with his own hands, and then pulled Du Wei all the way to the high platform under the imperial city, the high platform has been arranged, and many nobles from wealthy families have arrived, but Du Wei swept over at a glance and found that many nobles were not relaxed on their faces, and some people secretly looked at Count Raymond. The face is sè with a worried sè.
Ordinary people may not understand the abnormality of today's situation, but these wealthy nobles do! What's more, the Guards had already sent a large number of soldiers to patrol around the nobles' residences two days ago, which had already attracted the attention of many people. What's even more strange is that some nobles are quite dissatisfied with this, and some people even send people into the palace to meet His Majesty to protest, but His Majesty the Emperor does not see anything!
The people below were noisy, and Du Wei sat on a high platform. Looking down at the ordinary people who were still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the celebration, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
Finally, at noon, when the sun in space was hanging overhead, the golden gate of the palace slowly opened, and a group of palace guards wearing golden sè armor rode out on white horses, followed by a guard of honor, holding horns high and sounding a loud trumpet, which was also a tradition left over from the Aragonese era.
Later, there were all kinds of court ministers. Those palace guards, court maids, court honor guards, court scholars, etc. They all walked out in a queue, and in the end, two wrestlers who were two meters tall and far away. **Wearing his upper body, revealing the rock-like muscles of his whole body, he pushed a giant drum of golden sè and walked out.
The horn stopped, and the two wrestlers beat the drums......
Knock! knock......
A heavy drum beat seemed to hit people's hearts! The sound of the drum spread far away, and the people who heard the drum in the distance. The noise gradually stopped...... Everyone knows that according to the traditional rituals. Your Majesty the Emperor is about to grow!
After twelve drums, the ruler of the Roland Empire, His Majesty the current Emperor, the supreme power holder on the continent: Augustine VI, finally appeared!
With a loud horn, all the nobles on the high platform stood up and bowed slightly facing the gate of the imperial city, while some military generals were standard knightly salutes.
Du Wei glanced at his father, but found that Count Raymond had a calm face, facing the gate of the imperial city, but his body was still straight! There were already people around him who looked at him in surprise, but at this time, no one dared to ask him anything.
Du Wei finally saw the surroundings of His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI......
His first impression was: old!
The emperor, who is now in his seventies, is already an old man from Bo Xishan, although he is wearing a gorgeous yellow robe, and he has a crown made of pure gold on his head, the crown is inlaid with a circle of tiny gold diamonds, and a gem in the middle, Du Wei couldn't help but take a breath when he saw it...... That's a multicolored stone!
Augustine VI walked very slowly, his pace seemed to be a little slow, his face had a serious expression, there was no half-joy in the celebration, and his half-open and half-closed eyes flashed with a jīng that did not match his age. The appearance of this old emperor, according to the outline and shadow of Prince Chen, is just a little more murderous and more majestic than Prince Chen.
But Du Wei still saw the emperor's old age, and he carefully noticed that when the emperor passed by Du Wei's side, his hands were behind his back, trembling gently and irrepressibly!
The emperor walked up to the high platform that belonged to him, everyone was at least twenty meters away from him, and there were only two people at latitude, who had been quietly following behind him, and on the left was an old man in a red robe, judging by the style of the robe, he was obviously a magician. On the right, a tall, thin man in a gray cotton robe, who did not wear any badge on his chest, but always held a long sword in his arms.
Only these two people followed the emperor inch by his side, and the others, even the positions of the emperor's two sons, could only be placed twenty meters away from each side of him.
Du Wei saw Emperor Chen, who was still calm, with a warm smile like chūn wind, and he was standing next to a chair on the emperor's left, as if he didn't care about what happened today. He even made eye contact with Du Wei and smiled friendly.
And the great prince. He has not yet made an appearance.
Augustine VI's gaze swept across the audience, his eyes were like an old hero, although old, but still full of majesty, Du Wei saw only one thing in the eyes of this emperor: eagle and wolf!
"So...... Let's get started!"
Augustine's voice was hoarse, he didn't talk too much nonsense, he just said this simply, and then sat down.
As the emperor sat down in the chair, he waved his hand slightly. The two wrestlers under the imperial city behind him immediately beat the huge drum vigorously again, and it came out with the rapid drum beat......
In the distance, at the end of the long street, there was a loud horn immediately, and immediately, Du Wei immediately felt a killing aura in the distance!
The armor shone in the sunlight, as if it had been plated with a layer of gold! A group of about 3,000 men of the Guards' sharpest infantry was dressed in the most beautiful armor. A long phalanx was formed, slowly walking at the end of the street! The footsteps of the soldiers were unusually neat, and the whole phalanx looked as if it had been carried out by a sword!
The neat steps trampled on the ground, and there was a very rhythmic, boom...... The crowd began to cheer, and the people on both sides of the road threw the prepared flowers towards the phalanx in the middle of the road from time to time, but those soldiers did not mess at all, and trampled the petals along the way with resolute steps, heading towards the central square of the imperial city.
"Father. Du Wei looked at the original phalanx of soldiers. Suddenly turned his head sideways, looked at Count Raymond and smiled, and then he smiled in a low voice: "When will the 'show' you prepare start?"
Count Raymond looked calm: "It's almost there." ”
As Count Raymond's voice fell. The infantry phalanx had gradually passed through the central square, and under the nose of His Majesty the Emperor, three thousand people at the same time drew their long swords with uniform movements, and three thousand bright swords pointed at the sky!
Augustine VI smiled and nodded, then raised his hand to the soldiers......
At this moment, in the distance of the long street, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves!
Kick like thunder!
With the exclamation of the crowd in the distance, a group of heavily armored heavy cavalry galloped in! These cavalrymen were obviously the best of jīng sharp. The knights on the horses all wore knightly insignia of at least three rank or higher, and uniform black sè steel armor. The alternation of black sè and red sè is combined into an amazing symbol of "iron and blood"!
The closed helmet made it impossible to see the knight's face, and this cavalry of thousands galloped all the way, the horse's hooves trampled on the green sè stone pavement, and made a very rhythmic thunderous sound! These jīng sharp knights, cāo control horse control skills are also superb, a thousand cavalry actually formed a long dragon queue, compact and neat, even the sound of horses' hooves is so consistent!
When they came to the square, the cavalry suddenly slowed down, the horses were under good control, none of the horses were out of rhythm, and they stopped neatly under the imperial city, and a thousand knights suddenly split into two teams like a wave cháo, and then in the middle of the wave cháo, a golden knight slowly rode out of the queue!
This knight is also riding a black sè war horse, and his armor is completely golden, and I don't know if it is made of some special magic materials, and this armor faintly pierces a burst of magic fluctuations that make Du Wei's heart flutter!
The knight on the horse rode out and gently removed his helmet, the bright red cloak behind him rattling in the wind. Du Wei saw him clearly...... After just one glance, Du Wei immediately confirmed that this must be the eldest prince!
The appearance of the eldest prince looks seven points similar to that of the old emperor, and compared with the prince of Chen, he is a little less gentle and kind, but a little more killing! But unlike the majesty of the old emperor, the eyes of this great prince are three points more ruthless!
"Your Excellency. Du Wei was looking at the eldest prince, there were footsteps and low shouts behind him, and a middle-aged military general walked over quickly and came behind the earl, who looked forty years old, with a strong face and a light armor, which was the standard attire of a Guards officer, and he smiled in a low voice at the earl, "The outer city is all arranged." ”
Count Raymond nodded, then glanced at Du Wei, and suddenly said: "Du Wei, come, let me introduce you to you, this is General Juncker of the Second Division of the Guards, and he has also been my friend for many years. ”
Du Wei didn't have time to take a closer look at General Juncker, because suddenly, there was an exclamation from the square!
I saw that the eldest prince who was riding on a horse suddenly drew his long sword, and in the distance, on the horse, pointed at the high platform under the imperial city with the blade of his sword!
"Your Majesty...... Father!" The voice of the great prince came steadily, even on such a noisy occasion, his voice was still very clear and fell into everyone's ears! Obviously, this great prince's martial arts skills are quite high!
"Dear Father. The voice of the eldest prince was awe-inspiring, and he shouted: "May I ask you, is the sword in my hand sharp!"
As soon as the words fell, thousands of knights around him shouted loudly in a majestic voice at the same time: "!! Li"
This roar almost scared some people at close range to the ground!
"Father, my samurai, are you strong!"
The knights shouted, "Might!!"
The eldest prince flicked the blade of his sword lightly, looked at Augustine VI with sharp eyes, and asked loudly: "Such a sharp sword, such a majestic warrior!, are you qualified to take over this great empire!!"
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The audience was shocked!
Augustine VI was still sitting in his chair, but his face sank to the extreme, and his palms trembled faintly......
A thousand heavily armed knights, their bright red robes fluttering, and the sharp swords in their hands pointed at Augustine VI on the high platform! The great prince's eyes were like the edge of a sword, and he looked directly at his father, and then his sigh spread throughout the audience, and he said coldly and resolutely:
"Father, you have hesitated for more than 20 years, and today, I must get an answer, and it will !! today"
At this moment, a yīn cloud drifted across the sky, blocking the sunlight, and in an instant, yīn darkness shrouded dìdū......