Chapter 69 Banquet
It was not until now that Zhou Li and his party realized that the villa they were in when they attended the banquet last time was not the private villa of Helining, but their royal "character palace".
The reason why it is called the Characteristic Palace is because this place is actually a tourist attraction. It was once a palace where the Tsar XVI lived, and because other palaces were demolished and smashed, it became an orphan. At first, Tarik wanted to send away this building that represents the remnants of feudalism, but considering that the style and structure of the building are very exquisite and full of artistic value, it was preserved and used as a scenic spot for people to visit.
Of course, this place is not fully open all day and all locations. Only one-tenth of the building, called "Imperial Palace", will be open to the public during the three hours of 135, and the rest of the space and time are mainly for receiving foreign guests. After all, Tarik's style is simple and very good inside, but it is easy to make people feel shabby to the outside.
After driving the civilian business vehicle that could be called a small tank, Zhou Li began to head towards the villa. On the road, Ai Wei kept lowering his head and wiping something on his face with his hands. Ai Yin, who was beside him, noticed that he was wiping tears, but she had no desire to care at all, and didn't even want to ask.
After all, if my stupid brother said in front of so many people, "I just moved me to be in Zhou Li's car and don't have to vomit anymore", I would definitely be embarrassed.
"By the way, Ain, where is that friend of yours now?"
Zhou Li held the steering wheel with one hand and the head with the other, and asked Ain curiously behind him: "She doesn't seem to live in our hotel."
“Alyosha’s family conditions are not very good.”
"Um?"
Hearing this, A Zi was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Isn't she a member of Congress Magnan?"
Ain helped out his glasses and explained to Zhou Li: "She can become a member of Magnan because of Mr. Zhou Li."
"What does it have to do with me? I don't even know her."
At least I didn't know each other in this life, Zhou Li thought so in his heart.
"It's considered an indirect relationship."
When Ain talked about this, he was still a little laughing. "You made the twenty-nine members of Magnan on the verge of bankruptcy, and twelve of them were forced to resign and go home. Because there were too many vacancies, Magnan added local officials to the post of parliament according to the re-entry rules. Alyosha was the tax collector of her hometown at that time, and according to the rules, she should not be qualified to participate in the re-entry."
"But because you included everyone in the town next to Alyosha, Alyosha inexplicably obtained this supplementary registration qualification according to the principle of transmission."
Looking at the confused eyes of the people around him, Ain curled up his lips slightly and said to Don Quixote with a smile: "Actually, Alyosha and Miss Don Quixote should have some connections, because her hometown is the neighbor of Fengmill Town."
"Ao~"
At this time, everyone suddenly realized and understood what the "indirect relationship" mentioned by Ain. Zhou Li reselled military supplies and cheated a bunch of congressmen and asked them to resign and go home, and then took everyone in the town next to Alyosha (Windmill). Because Zhou Li was not a native of his country, those people in Windmill Town were not considered Magnum, so the qualifications of Windmill Town were handed over to Alyosha.
This is called indirection? If you don’t say that Zhou Li and Alyosha don’t know each other, we would have thought this was a backdoor specially found.
"I'm pretty destined to be there."
Zhou Li was also a little amused and crying when he heard this, but he felt inexplicably interesting. In the previous life, Alyosha had embarked on the path of a military officer, and in this life, she had become a member of Magnan because of herself. After going around, she had a relationship with herself again.
Thinking of this, a trace of dimness flashed in Zhou Li's eyes. He still remembered that Alyosha in his previous life died in a battle, or in other words, many of his close friends died in the hands of the Demon King Army. Including Alyosha, Loka, Tiya, and many people he had not met now, all lost their lives in the war of endless wars.
Except Don Quixote, although she wanted to kill Zhou Li back then, Zhou Li was reluctant to kill her, but she just knocked her out and hid her. She did not participate in the war again until the Demon King died.
"Um~"
Aluma's warm and soft palms were pressed against his cheeks, allowing Zhou Li to escape from those unfavorable memories. Aluma's eyes were shiny. She looked at Zhou Li and said softly: "Miss Alyosha is also very satisfied with the identity of the MP."
Did "sniff" my mood change?
Zhou Li smiled. He looked at the road ahead without squinting, nodding, and stretched his eyebrows, "It's up to me to be satisfied or not. He doesn't do anything to me if he becomes a member of parliament. He doesn't do his job well. He doesn't make money or bully men and women. What's the point of being a member of parliament."
Seeing Zhou Li who soon entered the role and began to imagine how prosperous Magnan would be if he became a member of parliament, Ah Zi rolled her eyes delicately. Although she was used to it, she couldn't help but complain: "You can't think of others a little better, even if you say something that can be done by law."
"Magnan has not abolished the wives and concubine system."
Although Zhou Li didn't like reading Magnan's legal books and treated them all as toilet paper, he could be said to be memorizing these feudal dregs. When A Zi heard this, she blushed and hesitated to say something, but in the end she could only throw herself into Linghai's arms to accuse Zhou Li of her behavior.
In about ten minutes, this "commercial vehicle" modified by Zhou Li gradually began to develop in a strange direction arrived at the Imperial Palace. Looking at this magnificent but rough and atmospheric building, Zhou Li tsk and sighed:
"The Tsar has a lot of fun work. There are swimming pools on the balcony. If you swim, you will definitely have a good performance when you jump into the dragon gate."
“Actually there is.”
The gate of the palace was carved from a whole piece of elves wood with magnificent mountains, rivers and rivers engraved on it. Evan stood in front of the door and said to Zhou Li and his party gently: "The Fourteenth Czar had a sudden idea when swimming on the balcony, and wanted to give his twelve concubines a leap in the water. He accidentally got the wrong direction and jumped out of the balcony railing."
He looked up at the balcony on the fifth floor, lowered his head to measure the distance. Zhou Li rubbed his jaw and analyzed accurately: "I think he may not be happy about this height."
Evan smiled unanimously, and he pushed open the door and said to everyone: "Welcome to this dinner, please relax. This is just a private invitation, without any red tape."
"It's okay, I don't have any etiquette."
Zhou Li knew Evan's personality, so he made a joke, and then led everyone into the palace.
Unlike Magnum's "cultural master", Tarik's cultural style has local characteristics. Their architectural style is very open and comprehensive, making good use of dazzling gold and low-key white and gray. The two complement each other, both rough and grand and full of charm, just like the personality of the Tarik people.
When he arrived at a hall on the third floor, Evan took out the key and inserted it into the door lock. Perhaps to express their personal nature, he had never seen any servants or outsiders except for a few staff members along the way. After opening the same gorgeous door, a red and white hall appeared in front of everyone.
"Welcome to everyone."
Standing in the center of the hall was a white-haired old man with a beard. He had a kind and kind face, deep eye sockets, and pure blue eyes. Helining did not wear the royal uniform he usually did, he just wore an ordinary gray suit, just like an ordinary old man next door, and could not tell anything special.
Helining is not like Magnan III. Magnan III's dress and temperament make people realize at a glance that he is the emperor. But if Helining did not wear that king's robe, people would only think that he was a respected old man. Because there was no nobility and aura in his eyes, this means that this old man believed from the bottom of his heart that he was an ordinary people.
"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Hlining."
Facing this old man, Zhou Li put away his frivolity and replaced him with respect from the bottom of his heart.
If Mr. Muqi saved his country with his life, then this old man named Helining used this country that has condensed his lifelong efforts to save mankind. Zhou Li will never forget that it was this seemingly dead old man who issued the order to resist with all his might, and it was also him who delayed the footsteps of the Demon King Army at the cost of destroying the country and saved the world.
"I am also very happy to see the brave man who saved the world appear in front of me. What I am even happier is the hero and Tarik's philosophy and thoughts."
With a decent smile, Helinin said to Zhou Li: "The people of Jordan and Muqi will always remember you, and Tarik will always regard you as his best friend."
"It's my pleasure."
Zhou Li bowed to Helining with meticulous and appropriate etiquette, and then he turned slightly and introduced his partner to Helining.
"I am honored to meet you, Your Majesty the King. My name is Eluma, and I am the envoy of Zhou Li."
The gentle and beautiful girl bowed slightly, her long blue hair was slightly shawl, and her casual white dress set off her beauty, and the sapphire earrings also added a little color to her.
"Wow, it's so beautiful."
Not far away, before he could show up, Tiya held the hilt of the sword and sighed to Loka beside him: "Did you see that girl? It's so beautiful."
"really."
Loka, who was standing by, nodded in agreement. He had been to many places as a demigod-level adventurer and had seen many people. But this was the first time he saw someone like Eluma who revealed the beauty of the gods from the inside out.
But Loka was not too disobedient, and his attention returned to Lin Zi's side, the girl with white hair and red eyes.
"Why are there so many girls around the brave?"
Tiya rubbed her jaw and asked curiously: "So many girls have unique charm. Do you think the brave ones are..."
"I don't think it's like."
Loka shook her head and said calmly: "Look carefully, the brave man leaned against the blue-haired girl from beginning to end, and his hands were unconsciously hanging beside her hands. Whether it was sight and movement, the brave man was more or less directed towards the girl. Until now, I have not seen that the brave man has any movements against other girls, and he didn't even look more."
"After just a moment, you can see so much?"
Tiya raised her eyebrows and asked in a natural way: "Why can't I see your sister?"
"If you divide your nine hours of sword practice a day into one-third of your social or royal etiquette, you will never be twenty-six years old and you have never touched a man's hand."
"cut."
Faced with Loka's words of cutting and cutting armor and striking, Tiya didn't care too much about it and said angrily: "I don't care about this, it's my preference to practice swords. And my conditions are not bad, I just don't want to."
"Yes, you don't want to, you're right."
Loka nodded perfunctorily, "If you can't beat yours, you won't marry. Just this is the whole Tarik's right-age man can smile and say goodbye to you."
"Then what can I do?"
Tarik's 23rd Free Fighting Tour champion, World Swordsman Championship champion, First female swordsman Tia curled her lips and said helplessly: "You don't want to find a girl who is weaker than you, isn't that normal?"
"Please, sister, no matter how bad my strength is, I am a demigod. According to what you said, I have to marry a demigod-level berserker or a shadow assassin as your wife. Do you move your brain filled with swords, can I be happy after marriage?"
"Loka, Tia!"
At this time, Helining, who was already having fun talking to Zhou Li, remembered that he had two children without introducing them. He shouted at them, and they immediately came to everyone and introduced themselves.
"I'm very happy to meet you. My name is Loka, the third prince of Tarik. I'm very happy to meet you and thank you for your life-saving grace."
Loka is good at etiquette. Although he is absent-minded and likes to explore, he is always very decent in these aspects. And when Tiya, who is on the side, faces the gaze of everyone, especially the gaze of a group of girls with different charms, suddenly got stuck. After a while, he spoke:
"Hello, thank you."
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the whole hall became cheerful. Helinin did not scold Tiya for being inappropriate. He just patted Tiya with a helpless smile and said to everyone: "She is my daughter, and she is second in the family, and she is called Tiya. She prefers swordsmanship and is not very skilled in socializing. Please forgive me."
A Zi discovered that Zhou Li was surprisingly indulging in Tiya. If this was placed in Magnum, Tiya would have to take off two layers of skin to get out.
"This banquet is to welcome you. At the same time, I would also like to solemnly thank you for your help to us. If it weren't for you, as a king, the airport incident would have caused more casualties due to my negligence. As a father, I would have lost my beloved child."
Chapter completed!