The cavalry guards of the Luo Lin family all mounted their horses, and each horse had a golden bell hung on it. Under the gentle trampling of the horse's hooves, the clear and melodious sound of the bells mingled together.
Surrounded by three hundred of the Luolin family's most elite guards, Du Wei followed his father to the central square outside the imperial city.
The central square is the largest square in the Imperial City. It is backed by the Imperial Palace and faces the entire Imperial City. The square is large enough to accommodate the review of tens of thousands of troops. The long streets on both sides are extremely wide and are all made of solid and flat surfaces.
It is paved with blue stone slabs and is large enough for five or six carriages to drive side by side.
Every summer festival day, lively celebrations will be held here. Above the imperial city, His Majesty the Emperor will personally visit on the high platform to preside over the celebration ceremony. On the high platforms that have been built on both sides, there are some wealthy nobles.
Location, and some high-level personnel from the temple and magic union will also be invited to participate.
In the celebration activities on the square below, a military parade will be held, and there will also be a long procession of parades and celebrations spontaneously formed by the people.
When Du Wei and others arrived at the square, it was almost noon. Along the way, Du Wei was silent and his expression was very calm. Even when he saw the heavily armed Guards all over the street, Du Wei's expression changed.
He was very calm, didn't ask, didn't ask, didn't say a word, and seemed to have already expected this to be the case.
A considerable number of citizens have gathered on the square, and the streets on both sides are even more crowded. A large number of citizens are still flocking to the long streets on both sides of the square, and the long queues stretch almost a thousand meters away.
When they arrived at the square, the Earl got off his horse and actually took Du Wei's hand. Then he pulled Du Wei all the way to the high platform under the imperial city. The high platform had already been arranged, and many wealthy families in the imperial capital were there.
The nobles had already arrived, but Du Wei glanced over and found that many nobles did not look relaxed. Some of them were secretly looking at Count Raymond with a worried look on their face.
Ordinary people may not understand the abnormality of today's situation, but these wealthy nobles do! What's more, the Guards had sent a large number of soldiers to patrol around the nobles' residences two days ago. This has aroused many people's concerns.
Note. What is strange is that some nobles were very dissatisfied with this, and some even sent people to the palace to see His Majesty to protest, but the Emperor was nowhere to be seen!
The crowd below was noisy. Du Wei sat on the high platform, looking down at the ordinary people who were still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the celebration day, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Finally, at noon, when the sun was hanging in the center of the sky, the golden door of the palace slowly opened, and a group of palace guards wearing golden armor rode out on white horses, and then
They were the honor guard, holding their horns high and blowing the loud charge horn. This is also a tradition left over from the Aragonese era.
Behind them, all kinds of palace ministers, palace guards, palace maids, palace honor guards, palace scholars, etc., all lined up and walked out. Finally, two strong men, two meters tall, were naked.
He put on his upper body, exposing his rock-like muscles, and walked out pushing a giant golden drum together.
The trumpet sound stopped. Two strong men beat the drum and hammer...
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The heavy drumbeats seemed to hit people's hearts! The sound of the drums spread far away, and the people who heard the drums in the distance gradually stopped making noise... Everyone knows that according to traditional ceremonies,
His Majesty the Emperor is about to appear!
After twelve drum beats, the ruler of the Roland Empire, the current emperor, and the highest authority on this continent: Augustine VI, finally appeared.
With a loud horn, all the nobles on the high platform stood up. Facing the gate of the imperial city, they bowed slightly, while some military generals showed standard knightly etiquette.
Du Wei glanced at his father, only to find that Count Raymond had a calm face, facing the gate of the imperial city, but his body was still upright! People around him had already looked at him in surprise, but at this time, no one dared
Ask him what he is talking about.
Du Wei finally saw clearly the appearance of His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI...
His first impression was: old!
The emperor, who is now in his seventies, is already a declining old man. Although he is wearing a gorgeous royal robe and a crown made of pure gold on his head, the crown is inlaid with a circle of tiny gold wire diamonds.
Du Wei couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the gem in the middle...it turned out to be a multicolored stone!
Augustine VI walked very slowly, his pace seemed a little slow, his face was very serious, and there was no joy at all on the celebration day, and his half-open and half-closed eyes were flashing with a sparkle that did not match his age. This old man had a serious expression on his face.
The emperor's appearance vaguely resembled the outline and shadow of Prince Chen, but he was a little more murderous and more majestic than Prince Chen.
But Du Wei still saw the emperor's old age. He noticed carefully that when the emperor passed by Du Wei's side, his hands were behind his back, trembling slightly and uncontrollably!
The emperor walked onto the high platform that belonged to him alone. Everyone was at least twenty meters away from him, except for two people who followed him quietly. On the left was an old man wearing a red robe.
Judging from the style of his robe, he is obviously a magician. On the right is a tall and thin man wearing a gray cotton robe. He does not wear any badge on his chest, but he always holds a handful in his arms.
Long sword.
Only these two people followed the emperor every step of the way. The others, even the emperor's two sons, could only be placed twenty meters away on both sides of him.
Du Wei saw Prince Chen. Prince Chen still had a calm face and a warm smile like the spring breeze. He was standing next to a chair on the left side of the emperor. He seemed not to care at all about what happened today. He even talked to Du Wei.
Wei looked at each other and smiled friendly.
And the eldest prince has not shown up yet.
Augustine VI's eyes swept across the audience. His eyes were like an old lion. Although he was old, he was still full of majesty. Du Wei only saw one thing from the emperor's eyes: an eagle looking at a wolf and a wolf looking at it.
!
"Then... let's get started!"
Augustine's voice was very hoarse. He didn't say much nonsense, he just said this briefly and then sat down.
As the emperor sat on the chair and waved his hand gently, the two warriors behind him under the imperial city immediately beat the giant drum with all their strength again, and the rapid drumbeat sound spread out...
In the distance, at the end of the long street, a loud horn sounded immediately, and Du Wei immediately felt a murderous aura coming from the distance!
The armor shone in the sun, as if it was plated with gold! A group of about three thousand elite infantrymen of the Guards, wearing the finest armor, formed a long square formation, slowly
Walking at the end of the street! The footsteps of the soldiers were extremely neat, and the entire phalanx looked like it was cut out by a knife!
Neat footsteps trampled on the ground. There was a very rhythmic, swish! swish! swish! swish sound...
The crowd began to cheer, and the people on both sides of the road occasionally threw the flowers they had prepared toward the local formation in the middle of the road, but the soldiers did not hesitate at all. They trampled on the petals along the way with firm footsteps, heading towards the center of the imperial city.
Come to the square.
"Father." Du Wei looked at the original phalanx of soldiers, suddenly turned his head and smiled at Count Raymond. Then he smiled in a low voice: "When will the 'program' you prepared start?"
Earl Raymond looked calm: "It's almost here."
As soon as Count Raymond finished speaking, the infantry phalanx had gradually passed through the central square. Under the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, three thousand people simultaneously drew out their long swords in uniform movements, and three thousand bright long swords were pointed at a distance.
Sky!
Augustine VI smiled and nodded, then raised his hand to greet the soldiers...
At this moment, in the distance of the long street, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly came!
The sound of hooves is like thunder!
Following the exclamations from the crowd in the distance, a group of fully armored heavy cavalry galloped over! These cavalry were obviously the elite among the elite. Each knight on the horse wore a knight's badge of at least level three or above.
The uniform black steel armor, the uniform black horse, the uniform red cloak! This alternation of black and red combines to form an amazing symbol of "iron and blood"!
The closed helmet made it impossible to see the face of the knight. And these thousands of cavalry were galloping all the way. The horses' hooves trampled on the blue stone road, making a very rhythmic thunder! These elite knights controlled the horses.
His skills are also superb. A thousand cavalrymen actually formed a long queue, compact and neat, and even the sound of horse hooves was so consistent!
When they came close to the square, the cavalry suddenly slowed down. The horses were under good control, and no horse lost their rhythm. They stopped neatly under the imperial city. A thousand knights suddenly appeared like a wave.
They separated into two teams, and then in the wave, a golden knight slowly rode out of the queue!
This knight also rode a black war horse, and his armor was completely golden. It was unknown whether it was made of any special magic material. There was a faint wave of magic power on this armor that made Du Wei's heart beat!
The knight on the horse rode out and gently took off his helmet. The bright red cloak behind him rustled in the wind. Du Wei saw his appearance clearly... After just one glance, Du Wei immediately confirmed it.
, this must be the eldest prince!
The appearance of the eldest prince looks very similar to that of the old emperor. Compared with Prince Chen, he is a little less gentle and kind, but more murderous! But unlike the majesty of the old emperor, the eyes of this eldest prince
Here, there is even more sinisterness!
"Sir." Du Wei was looking at the eldest prince. There were footsteps and low voices behind him. A middle-aged general quickly walked over and came behind the earl. This man looked about forty years old and looked smart and capable.
, wearing light armor, which was the standard uniform of a Guards officer. He smiled softly at the Earl: "The outer city has been arranged."
Earl Raymond nodded, then glanced at Du Wei, and suddenly said: "Du Wei, come, let me introduce you to him. This is General Juncker of the Second Division of the Guards, and he is also my friend for many years.
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Du Wei didn't have time to take a closer look at General Juncker, because suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation from the square!
I saw the eldest prince riding on the horse suddenly pulling out his long sword. From afar, on the horse, he pointed the blade of the sword at the high platform under the imperial city! Pointing at Augustine VI sitting on the high platform!
"Your Majesty...Father!" The eldest prince's voice came steadily. Even in such a noisy occasion, his voice still fell into everyone's ears very clearly! Obviously, the eldest prince's martial arts skills are unique.
Quite a standard!
"Dear father." The eldest prince shouted loudly with a hint of awe in his voice: "Excuse me, is the sword in my hand sharp?"
As soon as he finished speaking, thousands of knights around him shouted loudly with majestic voices: "Lee!!!"
This roar almost frightened some people close by and made them sit on the ground!
"Father! How mighty my warrior is!"
The knights shouted loudly: "Mighty!!"
The eldest prince flicked the blade of his sword lightly, looked at Augustine VI with sharp eyes, and shouted loudly: "Such a sharp sword, such a majestic warrior! Are you qualified to take over this great empire!!"
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The whole audience was shocked!
Augustine VI was still sitting in the chair, but his face was extremely gloomy and his palms were trembling faintly...
A thousand heavily armored knights, bright red war cannons fluttering, pointed their sharp swords at Augustine VI on the high platform! The eldest prince's eyes were like sword blades, looking directly at his father, and then his sigh spread throughout the world
The whole audience said coldly and decisively:
"Father, you have hesitated to make a choice for more than 20 years. Today, I must get an answer, today!!!"
At this moment, a dark cloud drifted across the sky, blocking the sunlight. In an instant, darkness enveloped the imperial capital...