Lan Haiyue's eyes stayed on the line "Following the mantle of Daxue Mountain", as if he had been thinking for a long time.
I'm so worried...should I start looking for a successor now...
Lan Haiyue withdrew his eyes, with complex meaning flashing in his squinted eyes so quickly? It seems that the time has not come yet.
With Bai Hechou's cultivation, there is absolutely no need for him to decide on the successor so early. Is there any special reason why he is about to leave the Snow Mountain? Or should he give up his position as the Witch King?
What's more... the question of the heir came to me, but I had already left the Snowy Mountains many years ago.
Lan Haiyue held the letter in his hand. He originally wanted to burn it gently, but suddenly his heart moved and he folded it carefully and put it back in his arms.
With a faint sigh, Lan Haiyue looked at the locust tree in the yard and suddenly laughed softly: "We are old... we are all old. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than thirty years. I lived here when I first
At that time, this tree was not so thick..."
He turned around, and his old body actually looked a little trembling, perhaps because of his complicated mood.
As Lan Haiyue gently waved his sleeves, the flames on the small stove next to him suddenly went out. The old man sat back on the chair, closed his eyes, and began to think quietly.
Chou, do you want me to take a look on your behalf? See if this female apprentice of yours is suitable to inherit Daxue Mountain? Huh... you really gave me a big problem.
Chou, the reason why you handed this issue over to me, to a "traitor" who has been your enemy for decades, must be because you are aware of the subtle thoughts of your female apprentice, right?
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Du Wei, Du Wei again. Why does everything seem to have something to do with this kid?
Lan Haiyue, the wisest man in the imperial capital, is thinking.
It's not that he didn't notice Ailu's weird tone when she mentioned Du Wei. Even if Ailu tried to hide it, in front of the wise old man, this kind of youthful youth made her cover up unable to escape the old man's passing.
A vision tempered by time.
Moreover, Lan Haiyue has also maintained some contact with his disciple Philip. It can be said that he also vaguely knows some things about Du Wei in the northwest. For example, why Du Wei suddenly got engaged early, and some subtle changes in the Duke's Palace...
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Philip once mentioned in his letter that for a while, a girl named Ellu appeared in the Duke's Palace and was Duwei's friend. And when he thought of this Ellu mentioning Duwei in front of him, he felt that weird
Tone.
It doesn't require complicated associations. An old man like Lan Haiyue, who has lived through life for a long time, has already tasted the subtle emotions in it.
But...this emotion is the real problem.
This girl is very young and healthy. She is beautiful and smart. And she has good talents. It is not easy for Ellu to be able to practice Daxueshan physical skills to such an extent at such a young age. Of course, and Lan Haiyue
Compared with Bai Hechou and Chishui Duan, the three outstanding figures who emerged from the Daxueshan people of the previous generation, they are much inferior.
But after all, such geniuses as these three people have rarely appeared in the history of Daxue Mountain. Among these three people, if one occasionally appears in the past, it can be regarded as superior to the current generation.
characters, let alone three appearing at the same time.
Therefore, Ailu is actually doing quite well. And according to Lan Haiyue's observation, this girl's attainments in frost fighting spirit are also pretty good. However, it seems that her talent in witchcraft is slightly lower... But that doesn't matter.
, not every witch king in the past was a pervert like Bai Hechou, who could practice both witchcraft and martial arts to the extreme. For example, he and Chishui Dan were both good at only one thing.
But...inherit the Snowy Mountains.
Lan Haiyue immediately thought of the bitter cold at the top of the snow-capped mountains, the days that were so boring all year round that it could almost make people extinguish all enthusiasm and fantasy for life... those people whose blood was so cold, those children who never
As a teenager, he was assimilated into the indifferent environment, and gradually lost his laughter and fun, turning into a cold-blooded animal who only knows how to practice all day long. To this day, Lan Haiyue still remembers standing in the ice and snow, practicing the action of stabbing icicles over and over again...
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No, such days are a kind of annihilation of human nature. Should this vivid girl really have to endure such a life? Inherit the position of the master of the Snow Mountain, become the Witch King... and then spend countless days and nights in her life.
At night, I stayed at the top of the snow bees in the bitter cold, letting such a fresh flower wither and become indifferent little by little in the ice and snow...
Especially when this girl mentioned Du Wei, with that weird tone and the subtle emotion in it, Lan Haiyue certainly understood what it meant...
However, once she is chosen as the heir and is destined to inherit the position of the Witch King...then she must say goodbye to all of this cruelly!
Because it is absolutely impossible for the wizard kings of all generations to have any emotions or even love!
On the snowy mountains, there is only endless indifference, the severe cold of ice and snow day after day, and the forgetfulness of all the joys, anger, sorrows and joys of human nature!
Lan Haiyue hesitated.
Or as the elderly get older, they will always become more and more soft-hearted. The same is true for Lan Haiyue!
He knew that the clever Chou on the Snow Mountain, the powerful enemy who had lived in his shadow all his life, must have understood the thoughts of his female disciple. So...
"Hmph, worry, so you can't bear to make a decision and leave this matter to me?" Lan Haiyue covered her chest and pinched the letter again through her clothes.
He knew that Bai Hechou was waiting for his answer.
If you answer "yes", then no matter how many wonderful fantasies about life a young girl like Elu has in her heart, under the strict mountain rules of Baihechou and Daxue Mountain, she must return to the snow mountain, whether she wants to or not.
If she is willing, even if she is not willing, Bai Hechou will mercilessly break all her illusions with his own hands!
Then, the fate waiting for her is to become the master of the snow-capped mountains and live a lifetime on the snow bees...
But what if you answer “no”?
Will Bai Hechou give up the idea of letting Ellu inherit the snow mountain?
Then this girl's life may have a chance to turn around. In those beautiful eyes, that glimmer of hope may still be burning. Perhaps, there may be a glimmer of emotion in her heart...
After all, she is a young, beautiful and healthy girl. She should live a colorful life, just like thousands of girls in the world, just like the ordinary girls I met in the imperial capital.
It has to be said that Lan Haiyue, who has lived in the imperial capital for many years, has unknowingly shifted his thinking away from the Snowy Mountains and is more inclined to an ordinary Roland person.
Do you want to say "no"? Then maybe this girl can enjoy life.
But……
Lan Haiyue hesitated, he grasped the key to this problem very keenly!
Bai Hechou suddenly wants to decide on a successor at this time. Does he have something to hide?
Or is he...
Could it be that he doesn't have long to live? Or there is some special reason to leave...
In that case, Daxue Mountain needs a leader and an heir!! Compared with the future of Daxue Mountain, a girl’s personal life seems to be less important...
Lan Haiyue had been thinking, and time passed quickly unknowingly. When he came back to his senses, Elu had already returned.
She walked into this small courtyard with light steps, carrying a youthful vitality that made the old man envious. Then the young girl reached out and held an oil paper bag. She said with a clear voice with a hint of smile: "Master, you are right, this
The beef at home is really delicious!”
Under the mask, those eyes seemed to be smiling.
Lan Hai sighed...
Lan Haiyue is worried.
At this moment, Du Wei was also busy.
In three days, the first round of preliminaries of the martial arts competition has ended. The more than 3,000 contestants who participated in the finals went through group preliminaries of eight people to determine the winner of the first round. Then due to some special circumstances
For some reasons, the list of winners of the first round of preliminaries has changed again. After the game, some players were not convinced by their defeat in the ring and sought out their opponents for a private duel. As a result, some casualties were caused, and a few bastards were celebrating their passing.
After the preliminaries, he went to drink and got extremely drunk. As a result, he caused trouble and was arrested and sent to the prison of the Imperial Capital Police Station.
Some people, although they passed the preliminaries, saw that there were many experts among the contestants and lost hope in the subsequent competitions, so they simply gave up.
As a result, in the final list, there were 397 people left.
Among them were Du Wei himself, as well as the thirty-two holy knights of the Holy Knights, Elu, and of course... and the Dragon Ball trio who made Du Wei roll his eyes.
But tomorrow, the game will be suspended for one day. Of course, Du Wei, a black-hearted guy, is not kind enough to let those warriors take a day off. For Du Wei, the three-day game has already made him a lot of money in terms of betting, gambling, and ticket revenue.
It's so fun that if Du Wei was allowed to decide on his own, he would love to engage in this kind of competition every day, 365 days a year!
But not tomorrow.
Because tomorrow is the Roland Empire’s annual festival to welcome the New Year!
December 31st... So tomorrow, the whole city of the Imperial Capital will be celebrating, and tomorrow night there will be large-scale fireworks and various celebrations to celebrate the festival. Of course, there will be no time for any competitions.
And for Du Wei, there is another highlight tomorrow night, which is the New Year's dinner held in the palace. There is another more important thing at this dinner:
At this dinner, the great Emperor Augustine VI will not attend this New Year's ceremony because of his poor health. This is also the first time that His Majesty Augustine VI will miss the New Year's celebration in the decades since he succeeded to the throne.
Such an important day.
This is the result of the discussion between Prince Chen and Du Wei. After using a substitute to get through on the Qingfeng Festival, on New Year's Day, there will be no need for a substitute. Instead, the news of the old emperor's illness will be released first, so as to let the public know about it later.
When the issue of succession to the throne comes, it will not appear too abrupt.
And now... no one in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital knows that their titular emperor has been dead for almost three months.
Well, the temple probably hasn't noticed it yet.
New Year's Eve!!
The whole city was decorated with lights and streamers, and even the soldiers at the Public Security Station were wearing the latest uniforms they had just issued. On the Palace Square, the Royal Guardsmen were wearing bright armor and bright red cloaks. It looked like
Majestic.
The entire imperial capital is immersed in the festive atmosphere of celebration, and the fireworks stored in the imperial capital warehouse are set off as if they cost no money tonight!
Obviously, Du Wei and the regent have the same idea... Because, before the invasion of the alien sinners in the future, this may be the last peaceful New Year before the future big war! So... let these have no influence on the future destiny.
People who don't know, please enjoy the last peaceful and happy time.
The regent even ordered that the curfew in the imperial capital be lifted on this day, and the square in front of the palace was also open to ordinary citizens, who could visit as much as they wanted.
This order was immediately cheered and supported by citizens across the city. Before evening, tens of thousands of citizens had gathered on the square in front of the palace to watch the fireworks. The crowded crowd filled more than a dozen streets.
Traffic was at a standstill.
And the nobles who got the royal invitation card to attend the New Year's dinner in the palace tonight had to go around and enter through the northwest side door of the imperial city...
In order to let the people celebrate, the nobles changed their ways. From this point alone, Prince Chen should be considered a very good monarch.
As usual, as Du Wei, he entered the palace in the afternoon and stayed with Prince Chen. Then during the dinner, he will also enter the venue with Prince Chen... This has always been the first place recognized by the empire.
It is an honor that only a minister can have. In the past, only the old Prime Minister Robschel received such treatment. However, since he retreated to the second line, especially after Du Wei returned to the imperial capital, this honor has been given to him since the Qingfeng Festival.
Du Wei.
The New Year's dinner is much more relaxed than the Qingfeng Festival. There are not so many traditional and almost religious rules, and it seems a little more casual. Of course, the scene is still very grand, and the number of people participating is almost double that of the Qingfeng Festival.
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In the empire's aristocratic circle, getting an invitation to the New Year's Royal Dinner is almost a symbol of being integrated into the empire's aristocratic circle.
And obviously, Du Wei has once again become the focus.
Prince Chen and Du Wei entered the venue one after another. Du Wei walked carefully behind Prince Chen, and then the regent of the empire announced in public that His Majesty the Emperor was in poor health and could not attend tonight. No one expressed any surprise. After all, the old emperor
His age was there, and he had been depressed ever since he was ostracized. Of course, some people vaguely sensed something, but they were smart enough not to show it on their faces.
This was followed by the first dance of the Prince Regent and the Queen.
It is worth mentioning that Princess Louise has not returned to the imperial capital yet!
Miss Delly was brought to the imperial capital by Du Wei more than ten days ago. Du Wei secretly met with her. When he saw Du Wei's Delly, he acted extremely fearful and respectful.
Then Du Wei safely sent her back to Prince Chen. He could see from the woman's eyes that she had completely surrendered and lost the courage to continue to fight against him.
But unfortunately, Princess Louise has not come back yet!
The people Du Wei sent to the northwest only brought Delly back, while Princess Louise brought a letter. The letter said very clearly: Unfortunately, she got sick again in the northwest. Although the illness was not serious,
But in order to avoid aggravating her condition during the long journey, she had to postpone her return to the imperial capital. Although Prince Chen didn't say much when he saw the letter, he looked at Du Wei deeply at that time, and his look made her
Du Wei couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
After Du Wei went back that day, he felt very depressed.
According to the news coming from the northwest, this Princess Louise is obviously not ill...but she refuses to leave now! According to reports from Duwei's people, this Justice Louise is now guarding us in Gilliat City.
The one-eyed paladin, Mr., almost never leaves!
Moreover, it seems that the relationship between the two is becoming more and more harmonious...
"Damn! What's getting more and more harmonious!" Du Wei knew that his subordinates didn't dare to say nonsense and didn't know how to word it. So he gave such a vague description: "I think it's basically a love affair!!"
Princess Louise fell in love and refused to come back, which posed a difficult problem for Duwei: at the dinner, after the Prince Regent danced the first dance, it was his turn!
Although Du Wei could repeat his old trick and dance another song with the eight-year-old Princess Luo Li and Kalina, unfortunately the news from the palace was that Princess Kalina accidentally sprained her leg while riding a horse.
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"Okay then..." Du Wei sighed.
At this moment, Prince Chen's dance had finished and when the music started playing again, it was Du Wei's turn to leave.
More than a hundred noble girls present looked at Du Wei eagerly, waiting for the favor of the current most noble man in the empire... Although Du Wei made a fool of himself in the game two days ago, but... he is the Tulip Duke after all!
!
One by one, the aristocratic girls in evening clothes leaned forward, some even deliberately exposed their cleavage to try to attract Du Wei's attention, and some kept shaking their small fans and posing. Damn it, don't you know it's now?
The end of December? Still shaking the fan...
Du Wei's eyes scanned the crowd... Then he stood up helplessly and walked aimlessly towards the ladies...
"Oh! He's coming! He's coming!"
There was a murmur of murmurs and nervous murmurs from the ladies.
Du Wei gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. He walked straight over, pretending to walk through the flowers casually, enduring the fiery gazes from around him. Finally, he felt a sudden change in his heart and casually stretched out his hand in a direction in front of him.
Go. Sighing: "Can you please..."
There were sighs of frustration all around, but in the direction where Du Wei stretched out his hand to invite, a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old was sitting on a soft chair. She was wearing a bright red evening dress, which looked like a blooming flower.
Like a rose.
But what surprised Du Wei slightly was that the girl in front of him did not wait eagerly for his arrival like the other noble girls.
When he stood in front of her and extended his hand to invite, Du Wei even saw a hint of...disgust in the girl's eyes.
Yes! That’s right! It’s actually disgust!!
Du Wei looked at the girl carefully. She was very young and beautiful. She had a rare pair of brown eyes, blond hair, delicate and fair skin, and a beautiful face, with a little bit of the peculiarity of a girl of her age.
You can imagine that when she grows up in a few years and the baby fat fades away, she will become a stunning beauty. Of course, she is also very beautiful now.
But...why is she looking at me with such disgust?
Du Wei was absolutely sure that he didn't know this girl at all and had never even met her!
"Is that okay?" Du Wei extended his hand to invite again.
The girl gave Du Wei a cold look. Then suddenly she stood up, looked at Du Wei up and down, and then said coldly: "What do you think I am? Lord Duke! Do you think I am a girl who can't get married?
?Are you using me as a shield now? Go find someone else! Because I feel sick when I see you!"
Her voice was not too soft, and some people standing close could hear her clearly.
Du Wei was stunned. He touched his nose and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Beautiful lady... Do we know each other? Do you have any grudge against me?"
"You! You made me a joke! Lord Tulip Duke!" The girl's beautiful face was filled with anger.