Chapter 42: The Banquet Hall
"Your Majesty? Excuse me? Ye Scar stared at Rob dumbfounded, and his big eyes were on the small eyes for a full three seconds before he reacted. Dare to ask the marshal, what is your majesty Moroni looking for me? ”
As soon as Ye Zhen was excited, even Moroni's name was called out.
"Your Majesty's thoughts, how can the courtiers know—" Rob's expression was slightly displeased. "What is the specific matter, you will naturally know when you arrive at the palace, don't worry, we have no ill will towards you. If so, why would Ben Shuai bother? ”
As the generalissimo who once led a million lions to sweep across the continent, Rob's hands and feet were filled with a terrifying majesty, and if ordinary players looked at him for so long, they would have already succumbed.
"In that case, then ask the marshal to lead the way."
After thinking for a while, Ye Zhen raised his eyebrows, and finally nodded in agreement.
What should come will always come, since Rob has personally come out to invite him, even if he can escape for a while, he can't escape for a lifetime, it is better to figure things out as soon as possible, so as not to drop the chain at the critical moment.
Even if the Loulan Palace is the Longtan Tiger's Den, Ye Zhen has to go in and walk in.
"Very well, please!" Seeing Ye Zhen nodding, Rob bowed slightly, and seemed to be relieved, he could feel that this guy in front of him was different from other adventurers, even an old horse like him, who knew countless people, couldn't see through this young man.
So, the two of them left the slum area one after the other.
It took about half an hour, Rob led Ye Zhen to the outside of a golden palace complex, with Luo Bu in front of the way, even though the palace was heavily guarded, almost three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, Ye Zhen, a guy in a black cloak, did not encounter the slightest obstruction.
"The defenses here are so tight, in the event of an accident, I don't know if I can escape..."Ye Scar couldn't help but sigh as he followed Rob's steps in the winding corridor, looking around at the heavily guarded and complex terrain.
After all, it is the place where the lord of a country lives, and the Holy See, which has only one castle, is simply incomparable.
After going around the twists and turns of the palace for a long time, Ye Zhen was a little suspicious that the old marshal had deliberately taken him on a detour, and he actually walked for more than ten minutes without seeing Moroni, the area of this palace is really ridiculously large.
If he were left alone now, he would be afraid that it would be difficult for him to get out of this huge labyrinth without half a day.
It wasn't until fifteen minutes later that Rob stopped in front of a magnificent palace with a dome and white eaves, only to see that the palace in front of him was seven or eight feet high, covering an area of hundreds of acres, which was at least 10 times larger than ordinary palaces. It looks like a yellow dragon crawling in Loulan City, full of domineering.
But it's strange that there isn't even a single guard in a huge palace.
"Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, you stand here for a while, and I will go and pay homage to Your Majesty." With that, Rob walked quickly to the closed door of the pineapple wood, knocked twice, and said in a deep voice: "Tell Your Majesty, he is here, and he is outside now." ”
Rob's voice was not weak, but with a sense of reverence that a courtier should maintain.
Soon, a somewhat lazy but unquestionable voice came from the palace, "Please let him enter the hall, the door is not closed, just come in directly." ”
Without Rob's reminder, Ye Zhen also knew that it was the voice of King Moroni, so he saw him take three steps and make two steps, and soon came to the yellow gate, and after glancing at Rob, he immediately pushed open the door and walked in.
Squeak-
Ye Zhen pushed the door in, because the doors and windows were closed, the light in the hall was not very bright, on the contrary, there was a dark and dull atmosphere.
As soon as he stepped into the hall, soon, there was a sound of the door closing behind him, it was Rob, the powerful old marshal did not follow up, but waited outside the hall.
Glancing back with some concern, Ye Zhen suddenly turned pale, only to see that the area of this empty hall was extremely large, and the space inside was almost equivalent to a large square in reality, almost without an end in sight, it was really terrifyingly large.
"Don't look, there's no one else here but you and me."
Suddenly, a thick voice full of energy came from the left, and it immediately attracted Ye Zhen's attention.
In the empty hall, a luxurious red conference-style long table, a man in a gorgeous costume with a momentum of words and words in every move, was sitting at the other end of the long table, looking at Ye Zhen from a distance.
This person has a face like a crown of jade, a slender figure, looks about 40 years old, and although he only wears a dark yellow silk robe, he exudes an indescribable dignity and momentum from top to bottom.
There is no doubt that the middle-aged man in front of him is the supreme ruler of the entire Loulan, King Moroni.
"I've seen Your Majesty, but I don't know what Your Majesty is doing when you ask Marshal Rob to come down." Ye Zhen went straight to the point, although he verbally said 'I have seen Your Majesty', but there was no movement to bow at all.
Let a modern person grovel and salute an NPC, those guys who are delusional all day long may be able to do it, but Ye Zhen can't make this face.
However, in the face of Ye Zhen's rudeness, Moroni, who was extremely well-cultivated, smiled, stretched out his hand and said, "Don't worry, sir, please sit down, let me speak slowly." ”
As if prepared, opposite Moroni, there was also a carved wooden chair covered with soft cushions.
"Sir?" Hearing this, Ye Zhen's heart was slightly shocked, although he was the best among thousands of players, there was no reason to be so respected by the lord of a country, right?
However, although he was a little puzzled, Ye Zhen still sat down on the wooden chair opposite Moroni.
The mahogany table was about three meters long, and Ye Zhen and Moroni sat opposite each other, looking at each other as if they were representatives of the two sides about to enter the negotiation, and the atmosphere was a little dull.
"Sir, do you know what kind of place this palace is?" It was the master Moroni who broke the silence first, and at this time, he looked up at the roof of the luxurious hall in a circular shape, and his expression was thoughtful.
"First time here, how could I possibly know?" Seeing Moroni's eyes wandering on the roof, Ye Zhen suddenly scolded angrily, but he still pretended to be puzzled on the surface, and said: "I observed when I came down, the general palaces in the palace only cover an area of a few acres, even the largest is only about ten acres, but this palace covers an area of hundreds of acres, and it has always been strange below, what is this place?" ”
Ye Zhen looked around the empty hall and talked eloquently.
"It is worthy of being the descendant of the killing god Nie Li, and he is really observant, in a word." Hearing Ye Zhen's answer, Moroni touched his palms and actually applauded.
“――”
However, as soon as he saw that Moroni actually said that he was 'worthy of being the descendant of the killing god Nie Li' without any emotional fluctuations, Ye Zhen's pupils suddenly contracted violently.
You must know that the calm, elegant and polite king in front of him, his father was killed by Nie Li.
Even if he doesn't regard himself as the heir of the enemy who killed his father, he should at least look at him coldly and disdain, right?
"What the hell does Your Majesty want to say?" Ye Scar said with burning eyes, his eyes completely focused on the face of the person opposite, trying to see the reason from Moroni's expression.
However, what kind of character is Moroni, he has sat on the throne of the highest power for twenty years, what kind of strange man has not faced, how can a stinky boy see what he thinks in his heart?
"Hehe... Twenty years ago, the palace was called the Banquet Hall and was dedicated to large banquets. Moroni said with a blank face. Twenty years later, however, the palace has no name, and no one usually comes, except for the occasional time when I'm upset, I come here to sit down and recuperate. ”
Moroni's eyes wandered everywhere inside the palace, the walls, the pillars, the ceiling, the beams, everywhere left traces of his gaze.
Hearing this, Ye Zhen's lips squirmed, but he didn't make a sound, but waited for Moroni's next words.
"The last time the palace hosted a feast was on a winter twenty years ago. It was a cold wind howling, and Wang Angui received good news from the front, and Long Yan was overjoyed, and ordered a banquet for all the important officials and nobles who remained in the royal city......" Moroni recalled. "Of course, that's not the point, the point is that the person was also invited. Like you, he likes to wear black, and that day, he was also dressed in black, and he was the last person to enter the hall among all the invited guests. ”
Having said that, even if Ye Scar's reaction was sluggish, he could guess what Moroni was talking about.
It turned out that this extremely huge palace was the place where Nie Li killed the previous king and returned!
"He's not tall, and he's not as powerful as Marshal Rob, and like you, he's very thin." As he spoke, Moroni suddenly poked his head out, staring at the leaf marks on the opposite side with complicated eyes. "Do you know, you're very similar to him, really like, the first time I saw you just now, I thought it was him himself who went and returned-"
Across a long conference table, Moroni stared at Ye Scar for a long time, making Ye Scar feel uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty didn't come to me just to say this, in fact, you don't have to go around, just say it directly." Ye Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly broke the uncomfortable atmosphere.
Talking to the unfathomable Lord of a nation is indeed a very difficult task, and if he could, Leaf Scar would rather face Rob, who is like a lion, than talk to Moronido, who looks like an old fox.
After all, although Rob has a hot temper, he is not direct enough to speak!
(To be continued)