Chapter 336: Governor of Grey Mountain
In December, the port of Nantes, because of the continuous popularity of the movie "Titanic", has become the hot focus of the entire Emerald Province, and the nobles who can't wait to enjoy the movie, the merchants who smell the smell of gold coins, and the civilians who are swept by the craze, all pour into this port like a tide, making the head of Mondo, who is in charge of public security, feel miserable.
At the end of December, the Governor of Grey Mountain, who had received a cramp in his hand in the main city of the province, finally set out on a journey to the port of Nantes to observe the spectacle, and on the afternoon of his first day at Baron Michael's palace, he announced that he would hold a great banquet to-morrow, to which all the nobles and great merchants would come.
After getting this news, the aristocratic merchants in the port of Nantes were naturally moved, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to get close to the governor, so before three o'clock in the afternoon, the luxury carriages outside the baron's palace had already lined up, and hundreds of aristocratic merchants were waiting to enter the banquet hall with temporarily printed invitations, sweating profusely.
Of course, not everyone needs to wait outside the door, at least Lin Taiping, one of the protagonists of the banquet, Count Dracula, Bloodsickle, and Lilu have already been led by Baron Michael himself, and entered the Baron's Mansion through the side door, in the words of Baron Michael with a smile on his face, "Dear Lin, my uncle, I would like to talk to you privately......"
This is not unexpected at all, Lin Taiping happily accepted the invitation, and was warmly led by Baron Michael, through the corridor to the study at the back of the banquet hall, dozens of knights in silver armor pressed the hilt of their swords, expressionless in front of the door of the study, it is worth noting that the weakest of these knights also has almost the strength level of the head of Mondo.
The port of Nantes in December, because of the continuous popularity of the movie "Titanic", has become the hot focus of the entire Emerald Province. The aristocrats who couldn't wait to see the movie, the merchants who smelled the smell of gold coins, and the commoners who were swept away by the craze, all poured into the port like a tidal wave, making the head of the regiment in charge of law and order complain.
At the end of December, the Governor of Grey Mountain, who had received a cramp in his hand in the main city of the province, finally set out on a journey to the port of Nantes to observe the spectacle, and announced on the afternoon of his first arrival at Baron Michael's palace that he would hold a grand banquet tonight. All the nobles and big businessmen are invited to attend.
After getting this news, the aristocratic merchants in the port of Nantes were naturally moved, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to get close to the governor, so before three o'clock in the afternoon, the luxury carriages outside the baron's palace had already lined up, and hundreds of aristocratic merchants were waiting to enter the banquet hall with temporarily printed invitations, sweating profusely.
Of course, not everyone needs to wait outside the door, at least Lin Taiping, one of the protagonists of the banquet, Count Dracula, Bloodsickle, and Lilu. Baron Michael himself had already led the way, and entered the Baron's palace through the side door, in the words of Baron Michael with a smile on his face, "Dear Lin, my uncle. Would love to talk to you privately......"
This was not unexpected at all, Lin Taiping happily accepted the invitation, and was warmly led by Baron Michael through the corridor to the study at the back of the banquet hall. Dozens of knights in silver armor pressed the hilt of their swords and blocked the door of the study with expressionless faces, which is worth noting. The weakest-looking of these knights is close to the strength of Captain Mondo.
"Is this the real strength of the Emerald Province?" Lin Taiping touched his chin thoughtfully, just the relatively weak Governor of Gray Mountain had such a powerful armed force, so what kind of strength would the Admiral Hastings who had not yet appeared be able to suppress the Governor of Gray Mountain at a disadvantage.
Almost at the same time, the silver-armored knights had noticed their arrival, and one of the tall blonde knights raised his head slightly, exuding a cold aura that was not angry and arrogant: "Baron Michael, please and your guests be examined, I'm sorry, although this is a bit rude, but in order to ensure the absolute safety of the Governor......"
"Miranda, don't be so vigilant. Before the words fell, a pleasant voice came from the living room, "I don't think Mr. Lin will have any ill intentions, because the events of this time have proven that he is a friend worthy of our trust." ”
Almost at the same time, a middle-aged man in gorgeous costumes, supported by several guards, walked out of the drawing room panting, from the appearance of this Governor of Gray Mountain and Baron Michael is very similar, almost like a mold carved out, the only difference is that he is twice the size of Baron Michael, and from a distance it looks like a mountain of meat.
"Sure enough, ......" Lin Taiping couldn't help but look at Baron Michael beside him, and suddenly felt that his previous guess was completely correct, liar, it's strange that uncle and nephew look so similar, so is there any secret history of aristocratic gossip in this?
Well, putting aside his gossip fire, the Governor of Gray Mountain had already greeted him with a smile, this Governor did not have any arrogance, and stretched out his hand with a smile on his face from a long distance: "Dear Mr. Lin, welcome to the Jade Province, although it is the first time we have met, my nephew has not mentioned you in front of me." ”
Saying this, without waiting for Lin Taiping to take off his hat and salute, he directly took Lin Taiping's hand and smiled very kindly: "No, don't be so polite, just treat me as a friend, in fact, people who are familiar with me know very well that I don't have any shelf, and I hate those cumbersome etiquettes the most." ”
The surrounding silver-armored knights couldn't help but secretly slander themselves, and they couldn't find a more demanding and critical guy in the entire province than your lord, you must know that just a few days ago, when the big merchant was waiting for you to receive him, he just accidentally hiccuped, and you were charged with offending the governor, and even his family property was confiscated......
But the problem is that the Governor, who has always been arrogant and picky, has now come out to greet this Oriental man in person, and he has been so amiable...... Well, if the big businessman who had had his property stolen saw it, he would be so angry that he would have burst into tears and crashed to his death on the wall.
In fact, even Baron Michael next to him could see that his jaw was dislocated, but fortunately he immediately came back to his senses, and his face trembled and echoed: "Yes, yes, my dear uncle has always been very talkative. So how about we go into the living room and sit down for a cup of tea?"
In this way, after a few simple greetings, the two sides finally sat down happily, and the Governor of Gray Mountain continued to maintain a cordial smile, greeting Lin Taiping very warmly, and even did not forget to compliment Count Dracula and the Blood Scythe, so that under his appropriate praise, even the Blood Scythe couldn't help but muttered to himself, saying in his heart that this guy looks pretty good. If he conquers the entire Emerald Province in the future, maybe he can consider making this guy a slave leader?
Not knowing that he had been made a slave leader, the Governor of Gray Mountain was still smiling and drinking tea, and after another half an hour, seeing that the time seemed to be ripe, he finally slowly put down the cup and made an inviting gesture: "Dear Lin, the time for the banquet is up, maybe we should go and meet those guests." Let me formally introduce you to them?"
Of course, Lin Taiping had no opinion on this, and the Governor of Gray Mountain personally took his arm in order to show his respect. Laughing and walking into the banquet hall, almost in an instant, all the nobles and merchants in the banquet hall turned their heads in unison, waiting for them to see Lin Taiping and the Governor of Gray Mountain standing side by side. At first, he was slightly stunned, and then he smiled even more enthusiastically.
There was no doubt that it was a very pleasant banquet. Only a moment later, Lin Taiping was surrounded by those enthusiastic nobles and businessmen, under the personal introduction of Baron Michael, large and small noble businessmen lined up to come over to greet each other, just to remember the names of these big people, it made Lin Taiping feel that his brain cells were not enough.
However, compared to him, several leading actors of "Titanic" are even more encircled, and the helpless Lilu is surrounded by a large group of young men, each guy is like a peacock on the screen, desperately showing his charm there, in fact, just because she glanced at a nobleman a few more times, the two jealous guys were about to duel on the spot......
This is nothing, Count Dracula, who is so handsome that he can eat with his face, is the real focus of the whole banquet, those intoxicated noble ladies and noble ladies, who don't care about the angry gaze of their husbands and boyfriends at all, surrounded Count Dracula on three layers inside and three layers outside, and even Dracula just raised the corners of his mouth slightly and took a sip of red wine, and a few excited ladies directly covered their hearts and fainted.
There is no heavenly reason, there is no heavenly reason, a group of demons are watching with envy and jealousy, and suddenly there is an urge to dig a pit and bury the bastard Dracula, and the blood sickle gritted his teeth with hatred, and couldn't help touching his face: "Damn, as the noble heir of the Nicholas family, I can't compare to this bastard who eats with his face, are those women blind?"
It turns out that those women are not blind at all, but their eyes are very neatly open, and their eyes are shining with watery light, and they can't wait to open their cherry mouths and swallow the handsome Count Dracula directly, so cute, so cute, such a lovely Mr. Jack, it must taste very delicious.
"Well, it's not impossible. Lin Taiping drank red wine with a smile, and slowly touched his chin in the expectant eyes of a group of aristocratic ladies and ladies, "Actually, Dracula has been studying the shortcomings of "Titanic" recently, such as the scene where he painted a portrait of Miss Ruth in the secret room, and the performance was not very good, so ......"
So, Count Dracula suddenly couldn't help but shudder, but the surrounding noble ladies and ladies suddenly lit up, and the shining light in their bright eyes could be used as searchlights, and even a few ladies had already licked their cherry lips with blushing faces, just waiting for the rest of the paragraph.
Therefore, he really needed a beautiful and elegant lady to accompany him to practice this scene again. Lin Taiping smiled more cordially and happily, "But you also know that it is very difficult to find a beautiful and elegant lady, and this scene is too **, and the heroine needs to take off all her ...... Ahem, you get the idea. ”
Understood, completely understood, a large group of aristocratic ladies and ladies raised their heads very neatly, fantasizing about such a romantic and peachy scene, and suddenly their chests rose and fell and they were short of breath, so what, although it is indeed a little **, although it is very shy, but considering the art, it seems acceptable to make a little sacrifice occasionally.
"That's right, it's all about art. Lin Taiping nodded very strictly, but said with a distressed face, "However, there is still a very troublesome problem now-ahem, just tonight, Dracula has to help guide how to build the cinema, and the contract has been signed, if he stays to practice this scene, he will have to pay a large amount of compensation......"
This reason is simply full of loopholes, even the pure Lilu can't listen to it, but a large group of noble ladies and ladies actually believe all of them, or they only believe it all, and several ladies didn't even hesitate, and immediately generously opened their wallets: "How can this be? How can an artist like Mr. Dracula waste his talent on such a boring thing, dear Lin, let him stay and practice, we will pay as much compensation!"
That is, that is, all the noble ladies and ladies were all impassioned, stared at by their eyes that eat people and do not spit out bones, and Count Dracula, who was still there just now, suddenly felt terrified, and couldn't help but shudder: "Wait, wait, when did I say that I wanted to...... Hmm, what do you want to do?"
Before he could speak, the demons next to him rushed up directly, gloating and blocking his mouth, and the blood sickle laughed so much that even his back molars were exposed, and he said with a straight face: "Old De, don't shirk, what a rare opportunity to be able to practice acting with so many beautiful ladies and misses...... Ladies, what are you waiting for?"
Before the words fell, a large group of aristocratic ladies and ladies swarmed up, directly grabbed the desperately struggling Count Dracula, and dragged him murderously into the back garden, poor Dracula couldn't help but burst into tears, and could only scream desperately there: "Help, help, I don't sell my life, no, I don't sell my body...... Damn, practice is done, why are you touching me, wait, don't take off my clothes!"
Watching him disappear outside the banquet hall in such a desolate manner, Lin Taiping and the demons looked at each other, and sighed in unison with emotion, Lin Taiping even did not forget to wipe his tears, and sighed very embarrassed: "Do you know? The road to the palace of art is always so difficult that it ...... Cents, cents, who took the golden ticket with the largest denomination just now?"
Shameless, shameless, a large group of demons rolled their eyes to express their disdain, and began to divide the golden tickets very happily, the blood sickle held dozens of huge gold tickets, and even the facial muscles cramped with laughter: "My lord, you are so wise, I finally know now, why did you dig such a big hole in the first place and give that guy Dracula to ......"
Bang! Without warning, the door of the closed banquet hall was suddenly pushed open, and the nobles who were talking happily were taken aback, and involuntarily turned their heads to look at them, and at the moment they saw the scene outside the door, the Governor of Gray Mountain and Baron Michael Gao, who had been smiling, suddenly turned blue and gloomy as if a storm was coming.
The howling cold wind swept by, pushing the gate to slam, and under the faltering dim firelight, a burly black figure like a mountain strode in with a murderous aura, and only a few seconds later, his unceremonious voice echoed throughout the banquet hall.
"Your Excellency the Governor, please allow me to come uninvited...... For I perceive the depravity of evil!" (To be continued......