Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1147

"Everyone, ten days have passed now, is the work I want ready?" After sitting down in the head seat in the reception room, Xia Duo went straight to the point.

He glanced at the seven people with different expressions, and named one of them at random, "Red, seeing how confident you are, let's start with you!"

"Yes, Lord!"

Reid was really confident this time, after being called by Xia Duo, he didn't panic at all, but Shi Shiran walked out from the crowd.

Walking in front of Xia Duo, he bowed slightly, then took out a harpsichord from under his loose robe, adjusted it a few times, and plucked the strings while singing:
"Strange guests, come and listen to my song,

"I can tell you a lot,

"About the land of the great brave,
"About the legendary follower of the Arcana,
"The year of the first sign, the season when the flowers bloom, the wheel of fortune turns like this——

"..."

While singing, two other bards also took out their musical instruments, and they were still accompaniment. Xia Duo glanced at it and knew that this song should be composed by these people.

The tune is not complicated, it's probably a minor tune that is common in taverns, but the libretto has put in a lot of effort. After listening to it for a long time, Xia Duo didn't find many uncommon words, and most of them are words that are often used in daily spoken language.

This indeed met his original requirements—simple, straightforward, and catchy, but it had nothing to do with "from shallow to deep, step by step".

Seeing that this song is for myself and Da Xia, I barely passed it!

……

After a while, Reid's performance ended, and everyone looked at Xia Duo expectantly, hoping to get an affirmative answer. Of course, Xia Duo did not disappoint them. He nodded quietly, and then spit out a word:
"can!"

"It is our honor to be recognized by Lord Xia Duo, and I would like to present another song to the Lord Lord!"

In this regard, Xia Duo did not refuse, he also wanted to see what else Rhett had prepared, but as soon as Rhett sang a few words, Xia Duo quickly stopped.

It's too flattering and nothing new, exactly the style that the down-and-out bards in the tavern tout for a fee.

First praise appearance, then praise bravery, and finally wish future. After a whole set of procedures, most adventurers can be coaxed into submission, and then they are willing to empty their wallets.

Isn't this the word "boss pride" that beauties on earth shouted during live broadcasts?

Before time travel, Xia Duo even personally experienced the touting scenes of "bards" walking around the streets to make money. money.

This Rhett probably thought that the libretto just now was passed because of touting himself and Daxia Ling, and then wanted to make persistent efforts to reap more benefits.

How naive!
Xia Duo himself doesn't like such blunt flattery, it's too shameful to be like the old fairy Xingxiu!

Anyway, let's be tactful, if I really accept such blunt and vulgar flattery, wouldn't it make me look too low-level!

For a moment, Xia Duo even thought that Reid was going to use this method to test him, well, you succeeded in the temptation, Xia Duo decisively stopped the other party's extremely flattering libretto, and then called out the next one:
"Kanal, come on, I hope you don't fool me with these things that fool adventurers!"

"Yes, Lord!"

After Kanal responded, he performed with the other two. Compared with the solo performance of the Rhett group, the Kanal group was more like performing a drama, and all three of them participated.

The first act introduces the background, on the boat—

The envoy of the great Great Xia lord accidentally rescued a ship of slaves while passing through a certain territory. On the way back to the Great Xia Territory, he encountered a storm, and many slaves fell ill as a result.

A troubadour traveling with him was worried about the infection of the disease and wanted to treat the sick slave, but was stopped by the messenger of mercy and the captain of wisdom, who cured the slave with some kind of herbal medicine.

The three Kanals play the captain who is the messenger of the Great Xia lord, the bard who wants to abandon the slave, and a sick slave client.

The play ends with the slave's chanting of the infinite outward direction of the Great Xia Territory and the infinite longing for the Great Xia Lord.

Xia Duo only looked at this part, and his face suddenly became a little bad.

Obviously, it was the crew of the "Distant" who were about to abandon the slaves on the ship, and it was the bard Lawrence who rescued the slaves. Now Kanal and others are performing the reverse, and it is still in front of Lawrence. Well, this is the ghost.

However, if you just look at the performance of this scene, objectively speaking, it is quite good, and it is a proper theme work!
And the second scene that followed confirmed this point even more, and it was precisely because of the second scene that Xia Duo's face turned slightly brighter.

The background of the second act is in the altar square of Linshui Village——

A slave who came to the Daxia Territory from a distant land, relying on his hard work and ingenuity, quickly accumulated enough achievements for promotion. The spokesperson of the Daxia Lord and the governor of the territory, Layton, personally promoted him.

Kanal plays the role of the slave client, Layton, and the onlookers who have been promoted by meritorious service.

At the very beginning of this scene, the slaves told the onlookers about their life before coming to Daxia, and their life after coming to Daxia.

It fully demonstrated the advanced nature of the Great Xia leadership in all aspects from system to governance, and it was also mixed with responses and supplements from the onlookers.

After that came the promotion ceremony. Layton issued the Daxia ID card, land documents, and some gold coins to the slaves, which was probably a replica of the Xiaduo land granting ceremony the day before yesterday.

This scene ended with the cheers of the onlookers, "I have no regrets about going to the southern border in this life, and I will be a Daxia person in the next life."

Seeing the end, Xia Duo couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding. Unlike Reid's performance before, he didn't ask any questions. This time he asked Kanal with great interest:
"Did you write this play?"

"The first act was created by me, and the second act by Kevin." Kanal replied honestly.

Xia Duo gave him a meaningful look. When this guy first wrote the first act, he probably had some careful thoughts, but being able to combine it with the second act can be regarded as making up for it.

As writers and artists, Kanal, Kevin and others should be very clear about what the gist of this drama is. No matter what their real thoughts are, being able to write and perform them is already an expression of their attitude.

These people are all well-known bards in Severton. Without special circumstances, Xia Duo would not do anything to them, at most they would be deported.

Then, on the other hand, when there is no threat to life safety, the attitudes of these people can be said to come from their hearts.

In other words, the image of Daxia Ling should be relatively positive in the hearts of these people.

(End of this chapter)