At dawn the next day, Alvin rode back to the city. He knew that in a short while, His Majesty the King would have to leave the palace and go to the camp outside the city to organize the army. By then, the Phoenix Avenue would definitely be filled with people coming to see the King off, and the blockade would be enough to block him half to death. .
It was only half past six when he got home, and he still had time to enjoy breakfast at the Earl's Palace. Before eating, I didn't forget to take a look at the count's bedroom. As the housekeeper said, the old man lived in the camp outside the city.
Before eight o'clock, Alvin was waiting at the door of his house, and a "fancy" carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Earl's Mansion. He took a closer look, fearing that the car would fall apart in front of his house. He thought it might not be the princess's car.
When the guard in front of the Earl's Mansion saw this situation, he wanted to step forward to drive him away, but Alvin stopped him. Due to Alvin's keen eyesight, he noticed that the carriage driver's temperament was completely different from that of ordinary coachmen, and it was even more incompatible with this dilapidated carriage. After thinking about it carefully, he realized this.
Alvin stepped forward and knocked on the car window lightly. The person in the car lifted a corner of the curtain, glanced at him, and the car door opened. He heard the car door creaking and couldn't help but feel funny.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he was shocked by the difference between the inside and outside of the carriage.
The interior space of this carriage is not large, but it is very luxuriously decorated. On one side is a small walnut-edged imperial concubine, and on the other side are bookcases and wardrobes. There is also an exquisite bookcase sandwiched between the two tall cabinets. There is also a magic night stone lamp hanging on the roof of the car.
There was a woman leaning on the imperial concubine's couch. Her long chestnut hair was tied into a swirling bun on the back of her head, leaving only a thin strand hanging on her temples. There was a charming and lazy look on her charming little face. A thick velvet blanket was covered below the neck, but a pair of slender feet were crossed comfortably, exposed unbridled.
Alvin couldn't help but swallow as he watched the nimble toes twisting and turning playfully from time to time.
"How's it going? Don't you recognize her?" Onian raised her eyebrows at him and smiled.
"Your Highness, why don't you consider wearing a mask every day so that others can't recognize you." Alvin smiled and shook his head, thinking, "How can others not recognize you with your appearance?"
"Hmph, I don't care about that much. Anyway, I usually stay in the carriage. This way no one else will notice." Onian deceived herself.
"Okay, I promised you anyway." Alvin said helplessly, and then stared at her white and tender feet narrowly.
Onian glared at him and put her feet into the blanket honestly.
"That's right," Alvin said with a smile, "The injury hasn't healed yet, why are you exposing your feet?"
"It's your fault." Onian stopped paying attention to him, picked up the book at hand and opened it.
"Are you studying potions again?" Alvin recognized the potion book in her hand. Onian learned the potions in this book last time, and the medicine made him unable to take care of himself for half a day.
"Otherwise, I would be as ignorant as you." Onian said sarcastically without raising her head.
"Hey, why do you all think that I am ignorant and incompetent?" Alvin wondered.
"Who else said that?" The princess felt strange and looked at Alvin with wide eyes.
"Oh, no. A lot of people say that." Alvin looked away and pretended to look at the decoration inside the car.
"Oh~" O'Ni'an understood after seeing him like this, and spoke in a meaningful tone, "It seems that Miss Lanyin knows you very well."
Alvin didn't answer her topic, but said angrily: "No, I am also one of the top four players in the Pillow Sword Club, why am I so miserable?"
Onian looked at the way he jumped and found it funny, "Why don't you show off the magic power of your three-legged cat? You still have almost no actual combat experience. If it weren't for that strange light shield, how would you have made it into the top four?"
"It's as if I didn't use this space-time magic." Alvin said angrily.
"Okay, okay, you are the best." Onian comforted with a smile.
Alvin didn't bother to argue with her. He sat down at her feet and mocked: "No matter how powerful it is, it's not as powerful as your carriage. Don't let it fall apart before we get to the camp."
Onian couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing this. After laughing for a while, she said, "You idiot, the outside of this car has only been modified by me with magic. How can it really fall apart?"
"I was careful to close the door just now, for fear of knocking the door down and freezing you to death later." Alvin cursed, and then realized that he hadn't told Onian since who knows when. "Your Highness", he thought to himself, she didn't care about this anyway.
In fact, what Alvin was thinking was that the princess had to be taken care of by himself on this trip. He couldn't help but have wild thoughts and consciously closed the distance between the two of them. Of course, this was a unilateral approach on his part.
"Go, hurry up and catch the car. What are you doing sitting here?" Onian kicked him through the blanket.
"Isn't there a palace attendant? Wouldn't it be nice to let her drive?" Alvin asked strangely.
"I ran out of the palace secretly, and the palace attendant had to sneak back while my father was out of the palace." Onian explained.
"Okay. Let him go back now. His Majesty will go to the camp outside the city to gather troops and set off soon."
Onian gently knocked on the window and whispered a few instructions to the palace attendant, who nodded in agreement. Then the palace attendant trotted towards Phoenix Street, looking back at the carriage from time to time.
Alvin also stuck his head out of the window and took a look. The Royal Guards were already clearing the way for the king on Phoenix Street, and many people began to gather around both sides of the road.
Alvin watched the palace attendant disappear into the crowd and said, "This palace attendant looks quite capable."
Onian knew what he wanted to ask, "I used to live in my mother's palace. After my mother left, she transferred here and stayed with me all the time."
"So you let her dress up as a man?" Alvin turned back to her and smiled.
Onian looked apologetic, "It's better to try it on yourself first."
Alvin laughed louder. Onian glanced at him.
After the king disappeared from sight, the crowd slowly dispersed. Alvin drove this bulk truck towards the mercenary group camp.
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On that day, King Kelman of the Yafei Empire sent an army of 100,000 people to the north to aid Maine and resist the Tingxiao people who were marching south. The commander of the right wing, Earl Philip, led 20,000 elite cavalry to clear the way. The king led the central army and marched out. The commander of the left wing, Governor Yuanyasu, followed at the end. Prime Minister Fuller stayed in the royal capital Saluhi.
Flags cover the sky, cars and horses are lined up, and long snakes are winding, making it difficult to take them away at a glance.
Then the mercenary groups, large and small, also followed. As they looked around, they saw flags of various colors. Among them, the patterns of beauty and skull appeared most often, followed by the vulgar patterns such as axes, axes, hooks and crosses. However, even the most outrageous mercenary group flag will always have a platinum lion head embroidered in the upper left corner - the national emblem of the Yafei Empire.
In the camp of a certain mercenary group outside the city, everyone from the commander to the soldiers seemed very calm, not at all worried about lagging behind the large army.
When Alvin arrived at the camp with a creaking carriage, Lai Wu was gathering everyone together to read out the regimental constitution that he had just drafted.
"The first and most important point is to obey the command. I don't want this mercenary group to have a commander other than Alvin and I. I am responsible for commanding the melee martial arts profession, and Alvin is responsible for the long-range martial arts profession and magic. Division. Everything in the battle is subject to the commander-in-chief's instructions. You can advance as you advance and retreat as you retreat. Don't make your own decisions. If anyone feels that he or she is qualified to be a commander, please come forward. I will pay this month's military pay now. Here you go." Laiwu said sternly, "Is there any? If so, come forward now."
The audience was completely silent.
Lai Wu glanced around the audience, "Okay, since no one speaks, it means everyone agrees. If anyone is found out in the future who likes to give random orders on behalf of the commander or likes to make decisions without authorization, then I will kill you on the spot. .”
Everyone was immediately frightened by Lai Wu's expression.
"The second point is about trophies. After every battle, there will be dedicated personnel in the regiment to search for the enemy's trophies. Don't let me discover any of you hiding trophies privately. If you find it once, your military pay for the month will be deducted. If you find it the second time, This time, I will be expelled from the group directly."
Seeing no reaction from the crowd, Lai Wu yelled, "Do you understand?"
Frightened by this, everyone in the audience came to their senses and said in unison: "I understand!"
"Laiwu, Kaiba, Alvin, we are not stingy people. Every time we win a battle, the trophies, except for the daily expenses of the mercenary group, will be shared with everyone." Chen Zhu said. He said, "But if some people behave like villains, then don't blame me for not giving you any face at that time."
At this time, Alvin also arrived on the stage. He took a rough look at Langyun's rules and said loudly: "Let me add one more point. Our mercenary group is not here to raise courageous bandits. If we go to the battlefield, , let me see someone running away and retreating for no reason, then don’t blame me for throwing magic on your head first."
Then Laiwu explained the remaining few important rules, such as not fighting with each other, discovering theft, etc.
After saying this, everyone in the audience realized that these second-generation ancestors were not here to make a living. They usually looked playful and smiling, but when talking about business, they were serious. It seems that drinking together last night was just a way of being polite first and then fighting.
Then the "Quartet" mercenary group officially set off.
Laiwu took the lead, holding up a regimental flag with a sky blue rhombus printed on the starry sky in his hand. Naturally, the upper left corner of the flag also had a platinum lion's head embroidered on it. Kaiba and Chenzhu led two groups of cavalry and followed him.
Alvin led Langyun and others to the back of the team. He had just told Lai Wu that he would take care of the baggage of these dozen carriages.
Outsiders only thought that Alvin was careful and cautious, but they didn't know that there was something hidden in a carriage behind him.
Alvin stood at the end of the team and glanced blankly at Saluhi behind him. He felt quite emotional in his heart. This was the first time for him to go out so far.
At this moment, we are both happy and happy, but at the same time we are worried about leaving home.
