Alien King

Chapter 52 Zhongyuan Festival

"I see that you have appointed a new financial officer, who is also a foreigner, what is your ability?"

"Dani has a very high business talent and is the best candidate for the financial officer."

The emperor smiled and nodded: "I hope that the Royal Household Office is in your hands, so that you don't hold me back. I have tried my best to save money in the palace."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't delay any expenses in the palace."

Suddenly thought of something, the emperor laughed and scolded: "Your nuclear crystal furnace, you developed it and donated it to me sooner, and you still tucked it away, for fear that people would know? A few days ago, I was really freezing to death. "

"I didn't think carefully, I didn't dedicate it to the emperor earlier, I'm guilty." Ye Tian said with some shame.

"Okay, since you solved the troubles of Yu'er and Yue'er, the merits and demerits will be offset, so I won't mention this matter."

After speaking, the emperor turned to ask Lin Chengzhou about the winter military competition.All of a sudden, the various ministers of the Military Affairs Council who were in charge of the preparations started talking one by one, basically Ye Tian had nothing to do.

The ministers discussed for about a quarter of an hour, and all matters concerning the winter military competition were basically settled.

Coming out of the palace, Ye Tian got into the carriage and ran all the way to Yuhu West Garden.

Sitting in the carriage, Ye Tian looked at the street scene outside, and suddenly felt that today's capital city is a bit different from usual.

Although usually there are people coming and going on both sides of Zijin Avenue, but today there are especially many people, shoulder to shoulder, a sea of ​​people, and everyone holds a small lantern in their hand.

The shape of the lantern is very weird, it roughly looks like a human head, but this human head seems to be deliberately designed to look scary and scary.

Ye Tian looked at Hongsheng who was driving the car, and asked, "Hongsheng, what day is it today? Why is everyone on the street holding a grimace lantern?"

Hongsheng replied: "My lord, today is the Ghost Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival. People have to go out to sneak ghosts."

"Hungry Ghost Festival?" Ye Tian thought.

In the world of the previous life, there was also a Ghost Festival, also commonly known as the Ghost Festival, but there was no custom of grimacing lanterns.

At this time, Hongsheng said again: "Master, on the night of the Ghost Festival, people have to go out with lanterns, and usually eat outside. You should also come out with a few wives at night. Legend has it that on the night of the Ghost Festival You ghost, you will be rich in the coming year."

Hearing what Hongsheng's "ladies" said, Ye Tian couldn't help but cough twice.

Isn't this not yet a wife, isn't this about to develop into a wife?

But why is progress so slow?

Lack of the ability to chase girls, and it hasn't improved at all after time travel.

Hongsheng's words made Ye Tian couldn't help thinking about it, he hadn't walked down the street with Meirou for a long time.Now there are more Bi Ling and Dai Ni, and two little Western princesses.What a wonderful life it would be to go shopping, eat and chat in the bustling streets of the imperial capital with a group of beauties.

First went to the Royal Trade Union, asked Ruan Ji to pay 2000 taels of silver, and then went all the way back to Yuhu Xiyuan. It happened that Mei Rou, Bi Ling, and Dai Ni were discussing in the backyard.

Among the three, Meirou is the strongest, Bi Ling is the second, and Dai Ni is the weakest.But at the same level, although Diani's talisman is not a threat to Meirou, it is a considerable trouble to Bi Ling.

At this moment, a one-horned earth dragon summoned by Bi Ling was being trapped by Dai Ni's runes, forming a cage.

The one-horned earth dragon tried to break through the rune line several times, but was cut by the rune line instead.

Under Dai Ni's control, the cage formed by the rune lines gradually shrunk, and finally attached to the one-horned ground dragon, gradually strangling the one-horned ground dragon until it couldn't breathe.

A quarter of an hour later, the one-horned earth dragon that fell to the ground let out its last breath.

Meirou smiled and said: "The talisman maker is really powerful. Diani is only a second-level talisman maker, and Bi Ling is already a junior beast soul summoner, two levels higher than Diani, but still can only become a Tie."

Bi Ling was slightly unconvinced, pouted and said, "I haven't summoned the most powerful beast yet, I'm afraid of hurting sister Diani."

Seeing Ye Tian walk in, Dai Ni said happily: "My lord, you are back."

The three beauties stood in front of him lined up, Ye Tian's vanity was a little inflated, and he said: "You all should know, what day is today?"

Bi Ling raised her head and thought for a while, then said, "Today is the Ghost Festival."

"As the saying goes, people have to go out to wander ghosts during the Ghost Festival. Let's not stay at home, let's go out together." Speaking of this, Ye Tian patted his chest, raised his head and said, "I brought 2000 taels of silver today. Tickets, let's go outside today, it's a lot of energy."

Mei Rou gave Ye Tian a gouged look, but Bi Ling and Dai Ni covered their mouths and smiled.

The night market is especially lively during the Hungry Ghost Festival. All the shops hang up big lanterns at the entrances, and everyone carries small lanterns in their hands. The streets are really brightly lit and neon.

Ye Tian and his party of six walked along Fifth Avenue.Except for Meirou, Biling, and Daini who bought some clothes that fit well, the two little princesses, An Qi and Sophie, were like two little pigs who couldn't get enough to eat, tasting various kinds of food on the street from time to time. snacks.

When approaching the central square, An Qi pointed to the crowd in front of her in surprise, and said, "Look, it's Erka Hercules."

Ye Tian and his group surrounded them and squeezed into the crowd.

I saw a strong man of a foreign race covered with large muscles, who was lifting a huge six-foot-square boulder with all his strength.

The huge boulder weighed at least five hundred catties, and the strong man poured strength into his arms and lifted it up with a hey sound, which attracted loud applause from the crowd, who threw copper coins into the basin beside the strong man.

An Qi and Sophie also begged to throw copper coins. Ye Tian smiled and took out a large handful of copper coins from his pocket and handed them to An Qi and Sophie. The two excitedly picked out a few coins and threw them to Hercules.

After watching Hercules, the group walked forward again, and after a while, they reached the central square.

The square is very flat, and the surrounding markets are far away. Right in the center of the square, there is a giant wooden birdcage.Surrounded by a large group of people.

Ye Tian and his group surrounded them and squeezed into the crowd.

When I walked closer, the birdcage looked even bigger, like a temple with a hollow surface. There was a table in front of the birdcage, and a row of bows and arrows.

A middle-aged man wearing a top hat was standing in front of the birdcage, and said loudly: "This is a cloud sculpture captured from the Valley of Gods and Demons. Anyone who knows the goods should know that the flying speed and flexibility of the cloud sculpture, And the ability to avoid danger is definitely ranked first among birds."

After speaking, the middle-aged man walked to a corner of the giant birdcage, reached into the cage, and opened the door of the iron cage at the bottom.

A gray shadow suddenly flew out, circled twice in the giant birdcage, and then landed on a taller wooden branch in the birdcage.

"Anyone who is more confident in his bow and arrow skills can come and try it. You can bring your own bow and arrow, or use the bow and arrow here. Let's deposit a tael of silver each. If you hit a hit, the two taels of silver will belong to you. If you shoot If you don’t win, the two taels of silver will belong to me.”

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." A loud roar came from behind the crowd.

A burly man with a huge bow pulled out the crowd and squeezed in.

Walking to the birdcage, the big man first took out a tael of silver, put it on the table next to him, and said in a rough voice: "This is a tael of silver. If I hit it, you will accompany me for ten taels."

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "The hero is joking, business must be done according to the rules, if you hit the shot, the two taels will belong to you." As he spoke, the middle-aged man also took out a tael of silver and put it on the table. on the table.

The big man snorted, and without arguing with the middle-aged man, he stretched out his hand to pick up the giant bow behind his back, took out an arrow from his waist, put on the bow, drew the string, narrowed his eyes, and stared straight at the birdcage. cloud sculpture.

The cloud eagle seemed to have foreseen the coming danger, with a pair of small eyes rolling around, seemingly ready to fly away at will.

With a sound of "collapse", the long arrow left the string.

Judging from the sound of the wind when the long arrow left the string, the speed of this arrow is definitely not slow.If placed in the barracks, the big man is definitely a good shooter.

But the arrow passed through the gap in the birdcage, shot into the cage, and with a "duh", it was nailed to the place where the cloud eagle was just now.

The cloud sculpture had long since disappeared.

Everyone was in an uproar. After searching carefully, they found that Yundiao was landing on an inconspicuous wooden branch on the other side of the birdcage. His two small eyes were still rolling, as if he didn't care much about the arrow just now. .

"Oh." The big man stomped his feet, "This thing is too evil."

Looking at the one tael of silver on the table, the big man pursed his lips, panting heavily, turned around and walked away step by step.

Ye Tian watched the whole process from beginning to end.It's not that the big man's arrow is slow, but that Yundiao's speed is too fast.According to Ye Tian's estimation, even with the Eka longbow, it may not be able to hit Yundiao [-]%.But if a pulley steel crossbow is used, the possibility of success may be greater.

Angel is lively and active, with a strong desire to seek and compete.At this time, looking at the cloud sculpture in the giant birdcage, a scorching light radiated from his eyes.

Turning around, An Qi took Diani's hand and said, "Sister, let me shoot an arrow. You know, I have learned archery in the Royal Academy of the British and Western Empire, and I have passed it." No. 1 in the academy shooting competition."

Diane frowned and said, "Didn't you see that the man just now couldn't shoot? Do you think your archery skills are better than his?"

An Qi said seriously: "Although his arrow is very fast and powerful, it only proves that the arrow is very lethal, and it does not mean that the accuracy is also very high."

"And in terms of accuracy, I will definitely not lose to him." An Qi said.

Diani was helpless, and was about to shake her head to refuse, but Ye Tian said: "But Yundiao's speed is very fast, even if your accuracy is very high, how can you ensure that Yundiao can't dodge your arrows?"

An Qi lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and said, "That can only make my arrow go faster."

(End of this chapter)