On Wednesday morning, Lant went to the palace to participate in the rehearsal of the canonization ceremony. This morning's rehearsal lasted very long. Lant had to follow Fernando Maned Wolf, who had just arrived in the morning, to conduct a full rehearsal. , and then the ennobled nobles will have to conduct a ceremonial rehearsal alone.
"My brother Derek didn't interfere with your caravan's business, right?" On the way to the palace together, Fernando Maned Wolf asked Lant about the situation.
"Not at all" After all, Derek wasn't there at all, so there was definitely no interference.
"Oh, that's it." Fernando had a problem in his mind. Derek, the money man, didn't blackmail Rand's caravan, which only meant that he wasn't there at all. But Fernando couldn't understand why his second brother dared to leave the caravan. Team.
The two of them followed many palace nobles along the road in the palace towards the magnificent Dragon Hall. After the vassals lined up, Fernando watched Lant being invited away by the palace attendants to participate in the next rehearsal.
"Such a country baron, the fourth son, has such luck." Fernando looked at Lant's back with jealousy. Half a year ago, Lant would never have appeared in Fernando's sight, but only a few months later Yue, even his Earl father wanted to give him three points, and now he has become a guest of the royal capital.
"I hope you always have such good luck," the eldest son of the Maned Wolf thought secretly.
In the side hall of the palace, during the rehearsal for the canonization of the palace nobles, Lant once again met a disciple of Prince Li Qi. This time it was the knight captain of the Duke's Guard, the Grand Knight Clelius Lanyuan, who was rehearsing on behalf of the prince.
"Mr. Viscount, I wonder if you have any plans for the next few days." Crillius asked softly when Lant stepped forward.
"Is there something wrong with Knight Commander Clelius?" Lant was already prepared in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be confused and asked.
"How dare I bother the Viscount?" Crillius smiled at Lant, and suddenly said seriously, "It's Prince Li Qi who hopes to meet you."
Rand didn't want to meet the eldest prince at all, because meeting would mean spending money, either soldiers or money. Anyway, the cost of this aspect was too high for Rand.
"Then it depends on the prince's time." But Lant didn't think that he would be fine if he rejected Li Qi now, so he had no choice but to agree.
"Great, I'll report to the prince." Kerrius felt very happy that the invitation went so smoothly.
Throughout the morning, it took Rand 2 hours to enter the Dragon Hall from the palace gate, and then another 2 hours to complete the rehearsal and etiquette training.
The palace does not care about lunch, Lant still needs to return to the city to have a meal, and then return to Longtai Mountain to meet his boss in the afternoon.
The Red Dragon Family Shrine on Longtai Mountain commemorates the first monarch of the Dragon Kingdom, a demigod who can be traced back to 3,000 years ago. It is said that this demigod signed an agreement with the Red Dragon God Deathwing. The Red Dragon family is the representative of the Deathwing family.
Although Rand has not yet been officially sealed, the corresponding documents and vouchers for entering and exiting Longtai Mountain were obtained as early as Monday.
From the bottom of the mountain to the altar on the mountain peak, you need to pass at least 4 checkpoints. The first one is the entry checkpoint set up by the Knights of Dragon Tooth City at the foot of the mountain. Because there are some big nobles stationed halfway up the mountain, this checkpoint only requires nobles. will pass.
After going up the mountain, you passed the area where the great nobles lived, and there were checkpoints set up by the palace guard group. Only members of the royal family, palace nobles, those without demons in the palace, and those with corresponding certificates could pass.
The palace and the shrine also share a road up the mountain. When approaching the palace, there is a third checkpoint set up by the guards in the palace. After passing this checkpoint, Lant continues to go up the mountain to the shrine. At what should be the third checkpoint. At the checkpoint at the entrance of the Si Dao Shrine, no proper security measures were seen.
The peak of Longtai Mountain was once the dragon's nest of many legendary dragons. The first generation of Red Dragon family legends can be regarded as the servants and guardians of the dragon's nest. Therefore, the royal palace of the Dragon Kingdom has always been on the upper mountainside of Longtai Mountain. .
The palace is up the mountain. On another hillside of the mountain, the green forest hides a magic dragon-standing platform. The cross-section of the platform is cylindrical, 10 meters in diameter and 70 meters high. According to legend, the ancestors of the Honglong family lived on this dragon-standing platform. He was taken away by Deathwing and ascended to the gods.
Nowadays, 3-4-story buildings have been built on three sides of the platform, which are used to worship the kings of the Red Dragon family and for priests and garrison knights to rest.
When you walk to the gate of the temple, you can see two 10-high white stone pillars. Various legends about the royal family of the Dragon Kingdom are engraved on the stone pillars. The knight who is supposed to be guarding the door is nowhere to be seen.
It was the first time that Lant came to the temple, so he couldn't pretend to be a leader to inspect, so he walked directly inside. He was almost under the dragon platform before he heard someone calling him.
"This is the forbidden area of the Former King's Shrine. If you have nothing to do, please leave!" A voice suddenly stopped Lant.
Although the other party tried his best to sound strong and energetic, but it sounded very immature.
Lant followed the sound and looked towards a big tree on the side, and saw a wooden tree house on the trunk. A pair of big eyes looked at him from the door of the tree house.
"Why is there a child in such a place? It can't be some prince who was disobedient and was punished to come here to keep a vigil, right?" Lant looked at the child in the tree hole and kept thinking wildly in his mind.
The girl in the tree hole leaned out. From Lant's perspective, the child was 1.5 or 6 meters tall, with huge eyes, a slender face, and crystal clear skin. She looked like an exquisite little male.
When the child saw that Lant had discovered him, he said loudly, "Who are you? This is the Shrine of the Past Kings!"
"I am Lant Galloping Horse, and I have just been appointed as the deputy commander here." Lant smiled as friendly as possible, "I'm here to see Count Corbin Joyason."
"Oh, we're here to see Corbin. Just go in. He's sleeping inside." The girl pointed at the building inside and then retreated into the tree house.
"After all, this place is right next to the palace, so there is no defense at all?" Lant looked at the unguarded gate of the temple and couldn't help but wonder.
After walking inside for a while, Lant saw another young man, who seemed to be a junior professional. He only wore a pair of coarse clothes and was chopping firewood with an ax in the open space.
The young man had a handsome face, and his sharp eyes were fixed on the log in front of him, but his work was not very neat, and he split a simple piece of wood several times.
The young man felt someone approaching, turned around and saw Lant and asked, "Are you... okay?"
"I am Lant Galloping Horse. I was made a second-class court viscount by His Majesty and appointed as the deputy commander of the knights here. I came here specifically to see Captain Corbin Gioson today." Lant tried to be as friendly as possible. After all, Judging from his height, he was also a junior, so he was probably a colleague.
"You are here to see my grandpa, then come with me." As he said that, the young man put down the thing in his hand and walked inside with Lant.
"Why are you here in person? For such an idle position, you can just send one of your subordinates to get a sign and register." The young man said while leading the way. According to him, the position of the deputy captain is nothing more than a salary. matter.
"Even if you only get a salary, you should meet the earl." Lant said a little embarrassed. He had just arrived in the royal capital and was still too thin-skinned. "I don't know what the name of the knight is?"
"I am Tierney Joyason. I am not a knight here, I just live here." The young man blushed and was a little embarrassed to speak.
"In this case, Tierney, your talent is really good. You have broken through to the junior knight at a young age." Lant looked at this baby-faced junior knight and couldn't help but feel envious in his heart.
"Oh, it's all good lessons from Rielle." At this point, Tierney suddenly remembered something, "Vice Captain, please don't drive me away. I have lived here since I was a child and left the festival. Temple, I don’t even know where to go.”
"You are the illegitimate child of the royal family, right? I grew up in the imperial mausoleum." Lant complained silently in his heart, but he said, "How can I, this is your home, and I will get my salary here. How can you usurp the host?"
The two entered the building next to the Dragon Tower. In a restaurant on the second floor, Lant met an old man who was at least a Silver Knight. Tierney said that this was his grandfather, Count Corbin Gioasson.
The old man was wearing a white shirt and dark uniform trousers. He was lying barefoot on a huge recliner with a novel placed on his huge general belly and snoring constantly.
"This one?" Lant looked at the old man in front of him, confirmed with Tierney's eyes, and received a positive response.
"Well, "Lord Narante and His Saints", this old man has grandchildren, but he still hasn't forgotten his true feelings," Rant complained in his heart.
"Grandpa, get up quickly, guests are coming." Seeing that his grandfather, a Silver Knight, could not feel the arrival of the guests at all, Tierney could only wake him up.
"Well... Vivian, don't disturb me, go and play with your sister Shirley." The old earl muttered while half asleep, making the grandson beside him very embarrassed.
"My subordinate, Viscount Lant Galloping Horse, was appointed by His Majesty as the deputy captain of the Shrine Guard. He has met Count Corbin Gioson." Lant had no choice but to say his name and let the old man wake up as soon as possible. .
"Huh?...Is this here?...You?"
Looking at the sleepy Earl, Lant refreshed his understanding of the imperial nobility.
