Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 119 117. Boring Boss

On Wednesday morning, Rand went to the palace to participate in the rehearsal of the canonization ceremony. This morning's rehearsal lasted for a very long time. Rand had to follow Fernando Maned Wolf, who had just rushed over in the morning, to rehearse the whole process first. , and then the entrusted nobles will have to conduct a separate etiquette rehearsal.

"My brother Derek didn't interfere with the business of your caravan, did he?" Fernando Maned Wolf asked Rand on the way to the palace together.

"Not at all." After all, Derek wasn't there at all, so there must have been no interference.

"Oh, so" Fernando thought about it. Derek, that money fanatic, didn't blackmail Rand's caravan, which only means that he was not there at all, but Fernando couldn't understand why his second brother dared to leave the caravan. Team.

The two followed many court nobles along the road in the palace to the magnificent dragon hall. After the vassals lined up, Fernando watched Rand being invited away by the court attendants to participate in the next rehearsal.

"Such a fourth son of a country baron has such luck." Fernando looked at Rand's back with envy. It was impossible for Rand to appear in Fernando's sight half a year ago. Yue, even his earl father would give him three points, and now he has become a guest of the king's capital.

"I hope you will always have such good luck," the eldest son of the maned wolf thought secretly.

In the side hall of the palace, during the rehearsal for the canonization of the nobles of the court, Lante met Prince Li Qi's disciple again. This time, it was the knight commander of the Duke's Guard representing the prince's rehearsal, the great knight Crielius Lanyuan.

"Mr. Viscount, I don't know if you have any plans for the next few days." Krillius asked in a low voice when Rand stepped forward.

"Is there something wrong with Commander Crillius?" Rand had already prepared in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be puzzled and asked.

"How dare I bother the Viscount?" Krillius smiled at Rand, and suddenly said seriously, "Prince Li Qi wants to meet you."

Rand didn't want to meet the eldest prince at all, because meeting meant spending money, either soldiers or money, anyway, the cost of this side was too high for Rand.

"Then it depends on the prince's time." But Rand didn't think that if he rejected Li Qi now, he would be fine, so he had to bite the bullet and agree.

"Great, I'll report to the prince." Krillius was very happy that the invitation went so smoothly.

Throughout the morning, it took Rand 2 hours to enter the Dragon Hall from the entrance of the palace, and then another 2 hours to complete the rehearsal and etiquette training.

Regardless of the lunch in the palace, Rand still needs to go back to the city for dinner, and return to Longtai Mountain to meet his boss in the afternoon.

The Red Dragon Family Shrine on Longtai Mountain commemorates the first monarch of the Dragon Kingdom, a demigod dating back 3000 years. The Red Dragon family is the representative of the Deathwing family.

Although Rand has not been formally sealed yet, Yiying's certificate and the certificate for entering and exiting Longtai Mountain were obtained as early as Monday.

From the bottom of the mountain to the altar on the peak, you need to go through at least 4 checkpoints. The first is the entry checkpoint set up by the Knights of Dragon Tooth City at the foot of the mountain. will be able to pass.

After going up the mountain, we passed the residential area of ​​the great nobles and the checkpoint set up by the palace guard group. Only members of the royal family, court nobles, those without demons in the palace and those with corresponding credentials can pass through.

The palace and the shrine share an uphill road. When approaching the palace, there is a third checkpoint set up by the guards in the palace. At the checkpoint at the entrance of the Four Paths Shrine, there were no proper security measures.

The peak of Longtai Mountain used to be the dragon nest of many legendary dragons. The first generation of red dragon family legends can be regarded as the servants and guardians of the dragon nest. Therefore, the royal palace of the Dragon Kingdom has always been on the upper part of the mountainside of Longtai Mountain. .

The palace is up the mountain. On another hillside of the mountain range, a magical Zhulongtai is hidden by green forest. The section of the platform is cylindrical, with a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 70 meters. It is said that the ancestors of the Red Dragon family lived in this Zhulongtai. He was picked up by Deathwing and ascended to God.

Today, 3-4 storey buildings are built on three sides around the platform, which are used to sacrifice to the successive kings of the Red Dragon family, and for priests and guard knights to stay and rest.

When you walk to the gate of the shrine, you can see two 10-high white stone pillars. Various legends about the royal family of the Dragon King are engraved on the stone pillars, but the knight who should be guarding the gate here is nowhere to be seen.

The first time Lante came to the shrine, it was not easy to pretend to be a leader to inspect, so he walked straight in, and he was almost under the Zhulongtai before he heard someone call him.

"This is the forbidden area of ​​the ancestor's shrine, please leave if you have nothing to do!" A voice suddenly stopped Rand.

Although the other party tried his best to sound as vigorous as possible, but it sounded very immature.

Lant followed the sound and looked at a big tree on one side, and saw a wooden tree house on the trunk, with a pair of big eyes looking at him in the tree house door.

"Why is there a child in such a place? Couldn't it be some prince who was disobedient and punished to come here to guard the spirit?" Lante looked at the child in the tree hole, thinking nonsense in his mind.

The girl in the tree hole leaned out. From Rand's perspective, the child was 1 to 5 meters tall, with huge eyes, a thin face, and crystal-clear skin. She looked like a delicate little princess.

Seeing that Lante found himself, the child said loudly, "Who are you? This is the Temple of the Former King!"

"I'm Lant Benma, I've just been appointed as the deputy head here." Lant smiled as friendly as possible, "I'm here to see Earl Corbin Joyasen."

"Oh, he's here to look for Corbin, you can go right in, he's sleeping inside." The girl pointed at the building inside, and retreated into the tree house.

"This place is at the edge of the palace anyway, so it's not fortified at all?" Rand looked at the unguarded gate of the temple, wondering inwardly.

After walking in for a while, Rand saw another young man, who looked like a junior professional, wearing only coarse clothes, chopping wood with an ax in the open space.

The young man had a handsome face, and his sharp eyes were fixed on the log in front of him, but the work he was doing was not smooth, and he split a simple piece of wood several times.

The young man sensed someone approaching, turned around and saw Rand asking, "Are you...what's the matter?"

"I am Lant Benma. I was appointed as the second-class Viscount of the court by His Majesty and appointed as the deputy head of the Knights here. I came here today to meet Captain Corbin Joyasen." Lant tried to be as friendly as possible, after all Judging by the height, the opposite side is also a junior, probably a colleague.

"You are here to see my grandpa, so come with me." Then, the young man put down the thing in his hand and led Rand inside.

"Why did you come in person? For such an idle job, you can just send a subordinate to get a badge and register." The young man said while leading the way. According to him, the position of the vice captain is nothing but a salary. matter.

"Even if you only get a salary, you should see the earl." Rand said a little embarrassedly. He just came to the capital, and his face was still too thin. "I don't know what you call the knight?"

"I'm Tierney Joycen. I'm not a knight here, I just live here." The young man blushed and was a little embarrassed to speak.

"Well, Tierney, your talent is really good. You have broken through to a junior knight at a young age." Rand looked at this baby-faced junior knight, and couldn't help but feel a burst of envy in his heart.

"Oh, it's all taught by Rielle." Speaking of this, Tierney suddenly remembered something, "Vice-Captain, please don't drive me away. I have lived here since I was a child, and I left the priest Shrine, I don't even know where to go."

"You are the illegitimate child of the royal family, right? You grew up in the imperial mausoleum." Rand complained silently in his heart, but he said, "How can this be, this is your home, and I will receive my salary here. How can you presumptuously steal the show?"

The two entered the building next to the Dragon Terrace. In a restaurant on the second floor, Rand saw an old man who was at least a Silver Knight. Tierney said that this was his grandfather, Earl Corbin Joycen.

The old man was wearing a white shirt and dark uniform pants, lying barefoot on a huge recliner, with a novel on his huge general belly, snoring constantly.

"This one?" Rand looked at the old man in front of him, confirmed with Tierney with his eyes, and got a positive response.

"Well, "Lord Nalante and His Saints", this old man has grandchildren, and he still hasn't forgotten his heart," Lante complained in his heart.

"Grandpa, get up quickly, there are guests coming." Seeing that the silver knight's grandfather couldn't feel the arrival of the guests at all, Tierney could only wake him up.

"Well... Vivienne, don't bother me, go and play with your sister Shirley." The old earl muttered half asleep, half awake, embarrassing the grandson beside him.

"Your Majesty, Viscount Lant Galloping Horse, was appointed by His Majesty as the deputy captain of the Shrine Guards. He has met Earl Corbin Joyassen." Lant had no choice but to say his name, so that the old man could wake up as soon as possible. .

"Huh?...here?...you?"

Looking at the bleary-eyed earl, Rand refreshed his understanding of the nobles of the empire.

(End of this chapter)