King's Landing in France

Chapter 109 Who is the Lion of Bastille?
On the morning of July 7th, a large number of citizens gathered in Revolution Square early in the morning.

At eight o'clock, Lafayette's National Guard marched into the square and surrounded a large area in the middle of the square as an area for the ceremony.

Starting at nine o'clock, more and more citizens gathered, and the area surrounded by the Self-Defense Forces was already crowded with citizens.

An Ning also took his troops to Revolution Square at this time.Some people saw An Ning riding tall and tall in front of the troops, and they shouted, "It's the hero of Versailles!"

Someone immediately corrected him: "Bastard, what a hero of Versailles, a hero of the Bastille, a magician on the battlefield of Conta!"

An Ning pretended not to hear the voices of the crowd, but his expression had already betrayed him: in fact, he was very happy to hear the crowd praise him like this.

According to the plan, An Ning's troops will participate in the subsequent military parade. For this reason, the company he brought back from Konta has been training in formation for seven days, and all the training is marching in four columns.

As for the Guards Cavalry Regiment that had just been placed under the name of An Ning, they usually practiced ceremonial guards of honor, but they didn't need much training.

Afterwards, the various armies participating in the military parade gradually took their positions, and the number of the crowd increased several times over time, and the entire Revolutionary Square was completely blocked.

Many of the crowd wore red Liberty Caps, so from An Ning's perspective, the entire square was red, making him seem to have returned to his homeland.

An Ning was on the viewing platform and saw Danton and the others. Robespierre was still wearing his old green overcoat, but he didn't wear a wig on his head, and he also put on a Liberty hat.

The Liberty Cap is said to be a traditional costume in the former Asia Minor region. Later, in the Roman era, it became a symbol of liberating slaves. Now it is extended to a symbol of freedom because of this meaning.

At exactly ten o'clock, King Louis XVI and Queen Mary appeared in special seats on the viewing stand.

Instead of the Liberty Cap, the King wore a black three-cornered hat with a very large three-coloured park emblem on the brim.

Queen Mary didn't wear anything related to red, white and blue, and she seemed to be proudly insisting on her aristocratic status.

When the crowd saw that the queen did not have the three-color logo, they immediately became restless.

An Ning heard someone yelling: "Damn Austrian bitch! She still doesn't support freedom!"

An Ning glanced at the direction the sentence came from, but didn't see clearly who said it.

At this time, Lafayette walked up to the viewing platform where the king was, and he said something to the queen, and the queen reluctantly took the hairpin with the tricolor emblem handed over by Lafayette, and put it on It is worn on the head.

So the crowd who were cursing just now burst into cheers, as if this was some kind of huge victory.

Lafayette himself was dressed in National Guard uniform and an officer's cap with a feather dyed in three colors.

An Ning looked at the feather, and suddenly thought that the presents sent to the manor these days seemed to contain the feathers of this bird, so it turned out that they were used to make hat decorations!

An Ning didn't know it at all, and thought it was used as a quill pen for writing, so she just threw it away.

Now An Ning wears an unremarkable three-color round emblem on her head.

However, An Ning's clothes were also carefully prepared by Fanny. The fabrics are very high-end and there are many accessories, just like the old Beijing bannerman in the movie "Teahouse".

An Ning's Legion of Honor medal hangs on his left chest. Fanny has carefully polished it and probably waxed it, so the ankh is shining brightly in the sun.

After greeting His Majesty the King, Lafayette came to the front of the viewing stand.

"Now I declare that the capture of the Bastille marks the beginning of the first anniversary celebration of the beginning of the revolution! The following is the first item of the event, the National Guard parade! Military band, play music!"

Because there were no amplifiers or other equipment in this era, Lafayette's voice sounded a bit low to An Ning, as if floating from far away.

An Ning couldn't hear what he was saying at all.

But when the military band started playing, An Ning could hear it clearly.

An Ning didn't know the name of the song, anyway, he hadn't heard this song before traveling, so it probably wasn't passed down to later generations.

It should be an ordinary march.

An Ning glanced at the ceremonial officer next to him, and said: "The military parade has begun, let's go!"

As he spoke, he lightly touched the horse's belly with the spurs on his feet, causing the horse to walk forward slowly.

Yes, the vanguard of the entire military parade is him Andy Frost.

An Ning rode a big white horse and walked in the forefront of the entire military parade, striding proudly.

The ceremonial officer loudly announced An Ning's name: "The first person to walk past the viewing platform is Andy Frost, the hero who captured the Bastille, the escort of Versailles, the pacifier of the Konta rebellion, and the magician of the battlefield." special!"

The crowd cheered loudly.

An Ning couldn't help straightening up amidst the cheers.

After the cheers died down, someone suddenly sang loudly: "Do you hear the singing of the people?
"The angry people singing?
"This is the song of a nation
"Break the shackles and win liberation!

"When your heart beats
"To the sound of the drums of war,

"A new life is about to begin

"With the dawn of tomorrow..."

An Ning frowned slightly, he was too familiar with the melody of this song, it was a famous episode of the musical "Les Miserables".

The only problem is that the original Les Misérables depicts the Republican uprising in Paris in 1832, and the musical didn't premiere until the 20s.

Good guy, after traveling through so many years, it was born during the Great Revolution?
That’s all, let’s make it ahead of time, this song is very suitable for the French Revolution in all aspects.

If you don’t live this song, it will appear in Hugo’s novels in the future, which is also a kind of reincarnation.

But... why did everyone start singing this song when the ceremony officer introduced me?
As soon as An Ning had this question, she got the answer.

Because he heard the crowd singing: "The lion of the Bastille leads us, let us declare war on the old past!"

An Ning wanted to help her forehead.

What the hell?

The Lion of the Bastille?
Are you talking about me who was forcibly picked up and carried into prison?
Come on, I can't bear it...

However, the crowd was still singing enthusiastically, and even many National Guards who maintained order sang along.

An Ning glanced at Lafayette on the viewing platform, always feeling that Lafayette's face was particularly dark.

The whole Place de la Revolution sang, "The Lion of the Bastille inspires us"!
An Ning could only keep a straight face, pretending to be very solemn. Fortunately, he was riding a horse and his feet did not touch the ground. If he had touched the ground, his toes would be able to buckle a set of three rooms and one living room on the ground.

But the crowd was so happy that they sang and started all over again.

Everyone sang and swayed, and it looked like waves were breaking through the square.

On the roofs of the houses around the square, there are also people holding the tricolor flag, and they are also waving the flags along with the singing.

Undoubtedly, the protagonist of this square today is An Ning.

Amidst the singing, An Ning walked past the viewing stand.

There was no peace in the following ceremony. He was planning to go home with his troops after this whole journey. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the edge of the square, a captain caught up with him on horseback and said to An Ning, "Your Excellency, Major General, General Fayette invites you to the viewing platform to participate in the ceremony together!"

(End of this chapter)