After a night of rest, Xiaya didn't sleep well that night. I don't know why, the mysterious warrior he met during the day always appeared in his dreams. In his sleep, he recalled countless times that the guy brought him That suffocating pressure. In the middle of the night, Xiaya woke up twice again, and each time she woke up, she couldn't help but be full of depression.
In the heart of the turtle, his self-esteem was a little touched, and he remembered the feeling of being powerless to resist when facing that guy in the daytime today—standing in front of the mysterious warrior at that time, he was like an ant at the foot of a giant. With a reckless move, the other party can easily obliterate him... That feeling of powerlessness made Xia Ya feel very useless, and there was a faint feeling of humiliation.
In the morning, Xia Ya got up early, sat on the head of the bed, suddenly saw the fire fork beside him, reached out and picked it up and held it in his hand.
The heavy and icy feel of the fire fork dissipated the stagnation in Xia Ya's heart.
"It's still too weak..." Xia said to himself: "I'm too weak. But... How can I become stronger... "
I originally wanted to wait for Luer to come over during the day and ask Fatty about the mysterious warrior master, but after waiting for a morning, General Rabbit did not show up, and the guards of the Luer who stayed here did not know.
Xia Ya went to visit Yulia who lived inside again, and talked with Yulia who was in a low mood for a while. When it was almost noon, someone from outside suddenly came to report that an envoy came from the palace.
Xia Ya immediately walked out of the door, and saw the door of the courtyard, Dotolo with a respectful smile, led a middle-aged man in. A carriage stopped outside the courtyard gate, and several warriors in silver armor stood on both sides with axes.
This middle-aged man was dressed in a linen gray robe, with a ridiculously fat trousers underneath, and a layer of powder was applied to his face, which looked a bit frighteningly white, with a bit of arrogance on his face, his head held up slightly. , but pointed his nostrils at the person. This man walked in with his hands on his back, ignoring Dotara who was next to him, coughed, but his voice was extraordinarily weird... Let's put it this way, it was obviously a hoarse voice, but there was a strange sharpness in his tone.
"Where's Xia Yaleiming?" The court messenger saw the turtle walking out of the door, glanced at it, and squinted, "Well, is that you?"
Xia Ya nodded, greeted him, and looked at the messenger from the palace. Suddenly I remembered something—I once heard Fatty say that many of the servants in the palace were castrated men...
Thinking of this idea, the turtle's eyes couldn't help but glance at the man's crotch, but the pants are fat, but it can't be seen from the outside, but the man's lips and chin are clean and slippery. , without a beard.
"His Majesty the Holy Emperor has an order, Xia Yaleiming, you can go with me to see His Majesty immediately."
The palace messenger's tone was arrogant, he snorted, but then took out a hand towel and shook it, wiped his nose and the corners of his mouth, and frowned: "Why are you staring at me like this! Go and change your clothes! How can you meet His Majesty with a sloppy appearance!"
Todoro next to him couldn't help but burst into laughter, and quickly turned around. Xia glared and looked at his clothes. Although he had two nice clothes, he was just attacked by those sneak attack when he went out the day before yesterday. The guy smashed the shit and it's been thrown away.
"This... This one is already my best dress." Xia Ya scratched his hair: "That... His Majesty the Emperor is going to see me now?"
"Then there is still a fake! Hurry up and go with me!" The palace messenger shook his head.
When Xia Ya followed him out, he heard the palace messenger snort in a low voice, "Dirty hillbilly..."
Xia Ya was not angry either, but her eyes were always swept under the crotch of the court messenger. After seeing it too much, her expression became a little weird.
The carriage outside was not for Xiaya, and the palace messenger got on the carriage. And Xiaya could only obediently lead his horse, join the team, and walk all the way to the palace.
The palace is located in the northeast corner of the Imperial Capital City, all the way through the city. In front of the team, there are palace guards in silver armor riding horses and holding axes to open the way. Wherever they go, pedestrians on the road dodge from a distance and give way.
Xia Ya followed in the team and looked around, but found that the pedestrians on the road were casting awe in their eyes, but most of them were fearful, but there was very little respect.
The Royal Palace of Osgilia was first built in the place where the country was founded. At first, it was just a castle. After thousands of years of expansion by emperors, it has formed a huge palace complex, and it is also recognized as the most magnificent palace complex on the mainland.
When I walked to the east of the city, I saw a round castle spire in the distance with the flag of the empire flying on it. The open road was flat and clean. In front of the castle was a ten-meter-wide canal, which surrounded the entire palace. A city within a city is formed. The castle is just the entrance of the palace gate. After passing through the drawbridge, there are court guards in bright red robes standing on both sides of the bridge, holding long axes and spears, and passing through the gate under the castle, it is considered to be walking in. The inner square in the palace.
Seeing the buildings in front of them, one after another, the majestic palaces were continuous, forming a group of palaces that looked extremely magnificent, which made Xia Ya's eyes widen immediately.
The court messenger also got off the carriage and glanced at Xia Ya: "What are you still doing sitting on the horse? Hurry down and follow me, don't look around, don't walk around randomly."
This time, Xia Ya originally wanted to take a closer look at the legendary palace, but after passing through several corridors and bypassing several huge buildings and palaces - the turtle soon found that he had turned and lost his way. .
This ghost place is so big, and... so deserted.
On the road, I only saw occasional teams of royal guards wearing fine armor patrolling, and I saw a few court attendants from a distance, walking with their heads down and fast, full of caution. Besides... What makes Xia a little weird is that, in this huge palace, in addition to the solemn and majestic feeling brought by these majestic buildings, more, it brings a sense of lifelessness. !
Yes - lifeless!
The reliefs on the buildings are all luxurious, the murals on the walls are beautiful, and even some of the pillars are covered in gold.
And after passing a long corridor, the air is full of the fragrance of spices. However, this strange aroma made Xiaya cover her nose.
This lifeless place, this fragrance, reminded him of the smell of the shroud...
After walking for a long time, Xia Ya suddenly realized why he felt lifeless here!
The squares, halls, corridors that pass by... There are frescoes, reliefs, statues...
However, there are no plants here! There is not a single tree, the ground is covered with neat stone slabs, and the corridors are covered with delicate floor tiles and even marble.
But the only thing I can't see is a bit of dirt, and there's not even a bit of green!
solemn, solemn, solemn, solemn...
But it's all over the top, but it makes people feel like this is...
"Hmph, no matter how luxurious it is, it's just like a big tomb."
Turtle sneered in his heart.
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Finally met the legendary Byzantine Emperor, who was having lunch.
This is a large room in the shape of a wide round arch. After entering a round building, in the magnificent hall, Xi Ya waited for a while before the messenger finished the announcement and told him that he could go in.
Two serious-looking young attendants, both wearing gray linen robes, carefully pushed open a copper door, and Xi Ya walked in.
This is a restaurant. In the huge restaurant, Xi Ya glanced at it roughly. It can accommodate at least hundreds of people. But in such a big room, there is only one table.
The fire of the fireplace was burning brightly, and the ground was covered with a soft bearskin, and even the fence in front of the fireplace was golden.
The current emperor of the empire, Emperor Cantos, was sitting behind the only dining table in the room. He had a napkin hanging on his chest and a silver knife in his hand. When Xi Ya walked in, the emperor was seriously taking a piece of it. The bloody beef was cut open, and a few drops of blood even fell on the snow-white napkin in front of his chest.
The room was very quiet. The emperor did not raise his head, but continued to eat. Behind him, stood a middle-aged man. The man stood in the darkness of the corner, as quiet as a shadow.
Even before Xiaya's eyes noticed him, he didn't feel that there was another person in the room. Even if he really saw this person, for a moment, Xiaya had an illusion: as if the person standing there was really a shadow, not a living person. This guy... has no life in his body.
He has an ordinary appearance, an ordinary dress, his head is lowered, his hands are naturally drooping, even his eyes are half-open and half-closed, and his eyes are so dim that there is no trace of expression in them.
This is a strange feeling, but it is such a guy, but the impression on Xia Ya is much stronger than the original protagonist in the room - His Majesty the Emperor.
Peeking at the emperor, the emperor of the empire looked very old. The wrinkles on his face were piled high, layer by layer. The male lion has already been described as withered at this moment. Although the skeleton is still large, the black silk robe with gold edging on his body seems to be hanging on a bamboo pole.
Kantos ignored Xia Ya, and continued to patiently cut a piece of bloody beef, put a small piece into his mouth, and fully felt the stench in the tender and raw meat, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief.
He has always liked to eat meat like this, and this habit was cultivated from his military career when he was young, although the medical officials in the court have repeatedly suggested that such a habit is not good for the health of His Majesty the Emperor.
The tongue fully sucked the taste of blood, and Emperor Cantos finally raised his head and looked at the young man standing not far in front of him.
There was a complex smile on the face of the Great Lancer, because he noticed that Xi Ya did not kneel, but stood upright, and there was not much fear and nervousness in his expression. On the contrary... it was the pure gold candlestick on the table that caught the young man's attention.
"Do you like it?" the emperor said.
"Uh... what?" Xia Ya was stunned for a moment.
"This candlestick, you have been looking at it." Emperor Cantos dropped the knife and picked up a silver cup. The cup was bright red wine. like blood.
Xia Ya was a little embarrassed. He smiled embarrassingly. He didn't dare to look at the candlestick again, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart: Damn, this candlestick is really big... It must weigh several kilograms. I don't know if it is pure gold...
"When you leave, you can take it with you. It's my reward." The emperor dropped the wine glass and removed the napkin from his chest.
"Uh... ah?" Xia Ya was overjoyed, and her face naturally showed a bit of joy: "Really give it to me?"
Cantos smiled, he began to like this stubborn boy - at least, this kind of person should be simpler and easier to control.
Simple... If Fatty Ruhl or Dodoro heard the Emperor's heart, they would definitely want to hit the wall...
After the emperor smiled, his face returned to seriousness: "You are Xia Yaleiming."
"I am!" Xiaya raised her chest.
"You didn't mean to be too respectful when you saw me." Cantos's eyes were mocking.
"Uh..." Turtle thought for a while, hesitated for a while, and actually gave an answer that he didn't even think of - he shouldn't have spoken to the emperor like this, but it seems that the emperor didn't seem to be too difficult to get along with. "Well, because, I'm not Byzantine."
The implication is that I am not your subject, so there is no need to be in awe of you.
"..." Cantos was stunned when he heard this, then he couldn't help laughing a few times. After laughing, he looked at Xia Ya and nodded: "Yes, I have read your information, You grew up on the wildfire plains and joined our army temporarily before this war. Well... but from now on, you are a Byzantine."
Xia Ya didn't speak, just looked at the emperor like that.
"I heard about your performance on the battlefield. Although the battle report I saw is a bit exaggerated, I think your performance is worthy of those compliments. Also, you injured Hastings."
When the name "Hasting" was mentioned, His Majesty's eyes shrank obviously, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in his tone.
"I just made a sneak attack." Xia Ya simply told the truth, he had a feeling that in front of this emperor, telling the truth might have some unexpected benefits, "Hasting is much stronger than me. , I can't beat him at all. If we fight head-on, he can easily kill me. This time he was injured because he was attacked by me unprepared, and... he was not seriously injured. "
Later, at the request of the emperor, Char had to challenge how to fake Bonfret's name on the battlefield, how to forcibly tie Bonfret to the battlefield, and how to make Bonfret attract Hastings attention, and then how he succeeded in a sneak attack on the side.
During the whole process of telling, Xia Ya deliberately showed himself to be vulgar and unrestrained, and there was no restraint in his mouth. When he was happy, he blurted out some foul language without etiquette. Words such as "that bunny who sells ass", "that little white face who is afraid of death", "kill that son of a bitch", etc., are endless.
Xia Yake is not stupid, he did it on purpose!
Because although he didn't have much scheming, Xia Ya instinctively felt the change in the emperor's attitude! When he said the first foul language, the emperor raised his eyebrows, and the smile in his eyes seemed to be a little more.
And later, when Xi Ya said something like "Bonfret's son of a bitch", His Majesty the Emperor's expression actually showed a very happy look...
... In this way, why does Xia Ya still not understand the emperor's mind
He deliberately added a bit of exaggeration and detailed descriptions in the process of how he dealt with Bonfret, and when it came to the process of how he succeeded in attacking Hastings, he understated it.
After finally waiting for Xi Ya to finish speaking, Emperor Cantos already had an obvious smile in his eyes.
it is good!
very good!
very good!
If at the beginning, he just had a good impression of this dazed boy, then now, the emperor feels that he already likes this boy a little bit.
Bullying Bonfret's "little white face of a son of a bitch" made the emperor very happy. The understatement of the success of the sneak attack on Hastings made the emperor mistakenly believe that this kid was an honest man who did not take credit.
Therefore, in the evaluation of "simple", the emperor gave the turtle another definition: honest and honest.
(Faithful and honest turtle?... Todororul and others continue to resent... )
Brave, simple, honest and honest... I ask, which emperor doesn't like such a general?
Emperor Cantos was obviously in a good mood. After Xi Ya finished talking about the process of attacking Hastings, the emperor asked him a few more personal questions, especially when Xi Ya was a hunter on the Wildfire Plain and how to hunt in the wild. The trivial matter of how to kill monsters, Xia Ya saw the change in the emperor's face, and deliberately disguised himself as a stunned young man without much brains. Speaking of those things about survival in the wild, he also deliberately talked about a few things he encountered. The embarrassing things that arrived, and the deeds of Heng Xia Xin's desperate efforts when encountering danger...
Cantos didn't even notice it. During this lunch, he laughed a lot more than the previous ten days combined.
At the same time, the Turtle became more and more pleasing to the eye in the eyes of the Great Spear Emperor.