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The 145th chapter "Bleeding Day" (part one)
Looking at the thick black clouds floating in the sky, Old Smoke squinted his eyes and raised his hand to cover his eyebrows. After a moment of careful observation, he sighed: "Sigh, it looks like the weather is about to change."
Then, he glanced at his men beside him. Just now, the commander came over to inspect the area and left with satisfaction.
Right now … … the central square should be very lively. Old Smoke couldn't help but stand on his tiptoes to look at the end of the long street. The faint sound of the wind could be heard, along with a burst of noise and shouts … …
Old Smoke and his subordinates were all part of the Empire's most elite "Imperial Guard Legion", formerly known as the famous "Thorned Flower Legion" during the founding of the Empire. But Old Smoke and his men are not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Guard Legion. Although he and his men are under the name of the Imperial Guard Legion, but according to the empire's tradition, they only take orders from His Majesty the Emperor! Because they are carefully selected, their family background is clean, and the information of their three generations of ancestors was thoroughly investigated.
Compared to the other Imperial Guard Legion members, Old Smoke's salary is twice as high as the other Imperial Guard Legion officers. Even the feed for the war horses is of the highest quality. At the same time, they are given priority in changing their equipment every year, and they are also given a variety of rewards from the royal family. Such generous conditions are to ensure the absolute loyalty of the Imperial Guard Legion to the Emperor himself!
Because, they are the so called "Imperial Guard", an army dedicated to guarding the Imperial Palace.
Behind him on the street, there is also a large number of Imperial Guard Legion members. Today is really strange, with a special order, the Imperial Guard Legion has taken over the responsibility of maintaining order. But Old Smoke doesn't care about these things. He just needs to wait for today's events to come to an end, then the busy days can finally come to an end. According to the regulations, after the annual celebration, His Majesty will give out a lot of rewards to the Imperial Guard Legion. If luck is on your side, you may even get a noble title.
Old Smoke carefully considered his qualifications. He was born in a declining noble family, and because he wasn't the eldest son, he didn't have a noble title. He had already served in the Imperial Army for 12 years, but he was only promoted to a captain. If he was lucky this time, according to his years of service in the Royal Guards, he might be rewarded with the title of 'Knight'.
"Your Excellency", what a nice title.
Old Smoke rubbed his numb legs. Fortunately, the sun seemed to be blocked by dark clouds ….. Today was such a hot day, but he had been standing here like a wooden stake for the whole morning.
Old Smoke turned around to look at the group of real Imperial Guards that were maintaining order behind him. The soldiers were dressed in full armor and were nervously standing in formation to maintain order, blocking waves of onlookers from both sides of the long street. Wearing such heavy armor on such a hot day … It was really pitiful.
However, none of those fellows seemed to be dissatisfied. Everyone had a determined look on their faces.
Old Smoke couldn't help but wonder: When did the Royal Guards become so powerful? These people were probably rookies who had recently been transferred over from the Northwest or North Tempest Legion. Only real soldiers who had been through dangerous situations would have such flags.
"These pitiful fellows." Old Smoke curled his lips in disdain. Although they were also part of the Royal Guards, the Royal Guards had always looked down on the Royal Guards. After all, they were in charge of guarding the Royal Palace! Moreover, just by looking at their equipment, they were much more impressive than the Royal Guards. Although they were all wearing the same armor as the Imperial Guards, the Royal Guards were wearing light armor today. The shiny armor looked as if it was plated with a layer of silver, making them look very chic. In addition, the inner clothes were all specially made by the Royal Palace's tailor. The collar was straight and the helmet had a special dyed golden feather. Just to dye the helmets of the Royal Guards with the golden feather, the Royal Dye Factory had worked at full speed for three days and three nights! The Royal Dye Factory had worked at full power for three days and three nights just to dye the helmets of the Royal Guards with the golden feather!
When the breeze blew, the golden feather would sway gently, and the cloak would flutter behind them ….. Old Smoke was very clear that among the crowd, there were quite a few blushing girls who were looking at him from time to time.
Although ….. such a specially made armor, in the eyes of a veteran like Old Smoke, was a bit too flashy. That thin silver armor wasn't really plated with silver, but rather a layer of dye made at the cost of reducing the thickness of the armor. This kind of armor, rather than for defensive purposes, was purely for the sake of looking good. Old Smoke suspected that such a thin layer of armor could easily be pierced through by a standard sword of the Imperial Army!
But ….. who cares! In any case, wearing this thing today wasn't for battle, it was just for the sake of looking good.
Yes, that's right! For the sake of looking good!
Old Smoke pulled himself together. Behind him, there were four regiments of Royal Guards waiting for orders. Old Smoke's group of one thousand "disguised" Imperial Army soldiers was the highlight of today's grand military parade.
This was a small square located two kilometers to the left of the Royal Palace's central square. Calling it small was only relative to the huge central square.
This square was called Victory Square, one of the three largest squares in the Imperial Capital. According to the arrangements, for today's celebration parade, all the teams that were preparing for the parade would gather at the Victory Square. Then, they would wait for orders and go up in waves.
In front of Old Smoke's Royal Guards, there was another one thousand strong infantry formation, but that formation belonged to the Royal Guards. As the garrison army of the Imperial Capital, the Royal Guards' parade was placed in front of the Royal Guards. In other words, they were the second from the bottom of the entire army. This ranking was already very important.
Looking at the Royal Guards' murderous equipment, Old Smoke couldn't help but sigh: "Sigh, why are they all wearing standard combat equipment ….. Hmm, they even brought bows and arrows ….. Eh? Also equipped with short crossbows? My God, with all these odds and ends, plus that heavy armor, aren't they tired? It's not like we're going to war ….. "
Behind Old Smoke's Imperial Army, there was a square formation of the citizens.
According to tradition, in order to celebrate the Summer Festival, the capital's eighteen largest chambers of commerce would jointly organize a parade. This was also the best stage for these chambers of commerce to show their strength. Every year, these chambers of commerce would spend their capital to create the most novel, most fun, and most flashy parade floats …..
Hmm, last year's Solomon Family floats won first place! Last year, Solomon had thought of a genius idea. He made a series of floats as big as the stage of an opera. There was a platform on it, and then he let the performers wear their costumes. The floats paraded along the way, and the performers on the stage performed a short, improvised play along the way. There were songs that praised the great achievements of the founding Emperor, Aragon, and also songs that praised the legendary rise of the Augustine Family.
However, the most outstanding one last year was the final performance of the story of the victory in the Northwest War 20 years ago. That float made His Majesty very happy. It was said that every actor was rewarded with 100 gold coins.
I wonder what kind of new tricks the Solomon Family will come up with this year? Marquis Solomon was a good friend of the Emperor when he was young. He was also in charge of the Royal Family's business. In the capital, he can be considered as the number one chamber of commerce ….. Eh????
Old Smoke turned around to look for the Solomon Family's parade floats and actually found them without any effort!
This was already very strange because according to the status of the Solomon Family's chamber of commerce, they should be second to none in the capital and should be the finale. But the strange thing was, this year's arrangement was different. The Solomon Family's floats were lined up closely behind the Royal Guards. They were actually the first to appear in the civilian parade? This is too shameful! Old Smoke sighed in his heart.
What made him feel even more strange was that the Solomon Family's floats this year were a little too strange!
Good heavens!
What kind of floats are these! Each and every one of them was even bigger than last year's floating stage! But the top of the floats was completely bare, without the slightest decoration. Not even the most basic of flowers or ribbons! Just this bare and huge piece of wood ….. Hmm, it's more like a giant coffin that was magnified dozens of times!
It was bare, and the colors were dim. There was nothing gorgeous about it!
This is this year's Solomon Family floats?
Old Smoke's eyes widened. These huge coffin-like wooden boxes with a few wheels underneath ….. Does the Solomon Family intend to push these things to the front for the Emperor to see? What the hell …..
Just as his imagination was running wild, suddenly in the distance, there was an earth-shattering scream coming from the central square of the palace! Countless people's screams converged together and came from afar, just like the buzzing of a swarm of bees!
There wasn't the slightest hint of joy or celebration in those screams, instead it was full of surprise ….. and even fear!
What's going on? Old Smoke subconsciously straightened his body and the subordinates around him also looked at each other. What happened in the central square?
But at this moment, a loud bugle call came from the central square!
When Old Smoke heard this bugle call, his face suddenly changed ….. What kind of bugle call is this?
Two long and one short …..
What the hell! This is the bugle call! What's with the bugle call on a day of celebration!!
While Old Smoke was still in a daze, suddenly there was a burst of screams and angry roars coming from the front of the Royal Guards! The scene suddenly became chaotic!
"Murder! Murder!! "
"The Royal Guards are rebelling!!"
"These people are crazy!!"
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