Chapter 2218 A Bad Banquet
Bing Zhixie has never seen what the queen of the Eagle Demon Tribe looks like. There are rumors in the market that the current queen is as beautiful as a treasure. Of course, the beauty in front of him couldn't be rude, so he tidied up his appearance. Nine o'clock in the evening is the start time of the banquet.
In fact, the Yingdi Oasis is also called the Yindi Oasis. It has little wind and sand and a good environment. It is a pearl of paradise in the desert. It is just too remote. The Eagle Demon Tribe has lived here for a long time and has not had any threats from foreign invaders for a long time. Since then, it has been music and singing every day and drinking parties every night. The king and his ministers hold banquets in the palace every day, but the size of the banquets varies.
The scale of the palace is not large, and the building is not very high. Walking up the slightly narrow Z-shaped stone steps, Bing Zhixie and Gale Feng were led by their attendants to a higher building. space. Passing through the four fountains in the open space, and walking further forward was the Queen's Palace, Bing Zhixie observed the surrounding situation. Because it is the site of an ancient city, the stones in the surrounding landscape buildings are somewhat cracked, and there are no obvious traces of repairs in most places. Obviously the king and his subjects here did not spend too much money on building the palace, but the overall preservation is still good. Considered intact.
There are several sculptures in the fountain, all of which are statues of hawk demon tribesmen with wings and eagle toes. Two teams of sixteen guards guard the open space of the fountain. Behind them are flower beds and Green plant altar. Bing Zhixie looked up at the palace and vaguely saw the figure of a melancholy woman on the moon-shaped viewing platform outside a taller building under the night sky. The reason why she was melancholy was that she was leaning on the guardrail of the observation deck, staring at the dusk in a daze, and the golden light shining through the room behind her shrouded her in the shadow of light and darkness.
Bing Zhixie thought she had good eyesight. Even though she was far away, she still saw the woman with long hair reaching her waist and wearing only a bra on her upper body. She thought this was probably the queen. But then a woman with feathers on her head came out of the room full of golden light and came to the observation deck, and he was not sure again.
Haifeng and him waited for a while at the steps into the main hall of the palace, and not long after, an armored inner court guard from the Eagle Demon Tribe came down in a hurry. This is Habib, the adjutant of the Queen's Guard. After the chief officer was killed, Habib temporarily assumed the responsibility of the chief of the inner guard. He and Hayate knew each other, and they chatted for a few words when they arrived. Then Hayate made an introduction and went up the steps of the palace together.
It stands to reason that the queen's chief of guard was killed, which is not a small matter anyway, and there should be no more banquets. But the reality is that the banquet is as usual, but the atmosphere in the palace is a little wrong, and there is less cheers. Although they were laughing, the expressions displayed by the guards were more serious.
There are a few things that Bing Zhixie doesn’t know. In the teachings of the Three Holy Lands, women are unclean and ominous and witchcraft. Although in the most primitive teachings, both men and women are created. Regarding the community of life, it also believes that people are equal before God, but it has developed to the current point with the evolution of doctrine. In the teachings, killing non-religious members is allowed and encouraged, and the queen's bodyguard is not only not a member of the Three Saints, but also a woman. Those Sula saints may feel that they are offended, or they may have deeper feelings. It was for this reason that he killed the people around the Queen.
The banquet has not officially started yet, and the officials in the palace are talking in low voices in pairs. Although this is a palace, it does not seem solemn. The palace is covered with thick golden and red carpets. On one side of the palace are several long tables for food and drinks, and the long tables are covered with exquisite tablecloths. There are many small square low tables on the other side, with some utensils on them. They used to be filled with toys for games, but now they are no longer. In the corner, the musicians were adjusting their instruments, and in the other corner of the hall, two tall and thick gold-sprinkled curtains surrounded the currently empty Queen's throne. It could be said that it was a throne, let alone a bunk. The soft bed with red fur blanket, and the atmosphere of the entire palace is more like a gathering between acquaintances and friends. It is true that in the past, banquets were nothing more than the Queen's officials and attendants gathering together to drink and have fun, chatting and telling jokes. At most, they would invite celebrities from outside, or tourists who came from a journey to take a rest. Let them tell stories about the outside world.
Bing Zhixie listened to the few harmonious music pieces played by the musicians, which sounded a bit sad. Then she saw that the person in charge of decorating the banquet scene had brought in green plants and vines as decorations. He vaguely remembered a book saying that the Eagle Demon Clan used ivy and pothos to pay homage to the deceased. It seemed that tonight's banquet was really going to give those holy places Sura a good look.
At this time, he saw Shakhan coming. He and Gale walked up to chat with Shakhan for a few words, only to find out that Shakhan’s lover Dan had heard about what happened last night and had come from Shicheng in recent days. Came here. Poetry City is not far from Eagle City, and Dan is currently accompanying Queen Ansel Honey in the queen's chamber. Shakhan told them that Dan and Mi had been friends since childhood. They were of the same age and had a very deep relationship, but Shakhan only knew so much. After chatting for a while, I didn’t see the Sura saints arriving yet, but the central officials had already arrived. As soon as they saw the layout here, they knew that the atmosphere was not right, and knowing that staying here would cause unpleasantness again, they found some mats and sat on the floor.
Due to Gale's previous reminder, Bing Zhixie noticed the expressions and demeanor of the three central officials and saw that they were whispering and laughing, without any sign of anger or solemn expression. , obviously their position is not on the Queen's side.
There was a whistling sound outside. The wind had become stronger tonight for no reason, and it actually made people feel a little cold. The people indoors couldn't help but shiver, feeling that the temperature had dropped a bit. In the desert, the temperature is always colder at night. At this time, a total of thirty-six saints Sura arrived one after another. As soon as they came in, they unceremoniously found the best and most central cushion seat to sit down, and then asked in a very impatient and impolite tone. Palace attendant: "Where is your little queen? Why haven't you seen her come out to greet guests? Don't you know that it is very impolite to neglect important guests like this?"
The attendant next to him was not a member of the Eagle Demon tribe, but his eyes were still about to burst into flames. However, he did not dare to offend these extremely noble Sura, so he could only suppress his anger and replied in an emotionless tone: "Our extremely noble Sula Her Majesty the Queen will come out in a moment, please wait a moment, Sulla."
The Sulla who asked the question was very unhappy and wanted to get angry, but he held it back. He had no choice but to huff and say: "Go and shout, tell your queen to come out quickly. We are coming to the banquet tonight and we have important things to tell her."
The attendant hurriedly left in response. He was not serious. I went to call Her Majesty the Queen, just to get away from the bad-tempered Sulla quickly.
In addition to the meaning of 'Holy Land Resident', the word Sulla also means 'scholar' and 'student'. Not all of them are as vicious as bandits. On the contrary, sometimes many Sulla They appear gentle and gentle. For example, three of the four most influential figures in Sulla appear to be very peaceful, at least they don't look fierce.
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(End of this chapter)