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Chapter 502 Before the Wedding (4k+)

In a courtyard of the Emir's Palace, street poets were talking in a buzzing voice, and Prince Herama was standing on a high platform, still chattering on and on about the various questions raised by the poets.

Sir Gregory was already fed up with it. On the wedding day, he did not wear the linen robe commonly worn by Kurts, but still wore a suit and tie in a conservative manner. At this time, sweat had already soaked through his shirt along his neck, but the old knight still did not tidy up his clothes. He just found a gap and made a gesture to Herama on the stage.

Then he followed seven or eight personal guards back to his room. At this time, six captains and three personal secretaries were already waiting for him in his room.

In addition, there are four clerical staff members sitting at the desk, busy with their work.

The room was originally a large living room in the Emir's palace, but Gregory had turned it into his temporary command center.

"Eland, have all the people on the list been locked?"

"We have locked them down. We have given them portraits based on their names and occupations. However, these people are all pagans, and they act in a secretive way. They also have forbidden spells, so it is not easy to track them down."

"Continue monitoring."

"Yes, sir."

"Marvin, how is the situation on your ship? Can land transportation be guaranteed?"

"Sir Gregory, don't worry. I have already contacted the people at the dock last night and sent two bags of gold coins. Now the exploration ship 'Farm Scoundrel' has docked at the outermost position of the port. As long as you give the order, the ship will set sail immediately.

As for land transportation, Van Buren and Nooja's people have already arranged it."

"Go confirm the arrangements on land. Go now. Heavy firepower must be deployed at key checkpoints."

"No problem, sir."

……

After entering the house, Sir Gregory did not relax at all. Like a machine wound up with a spring, he arranged seven or eight tasks in the blink of an eye. After his men left the house one by one, he took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead and sat on the sofa.

What I am going to attend today is not a wedding, but a war.

Two days ago, Ricky had told him the entire plan of the Beast Brotherhood. A dozen pagans had sneaked into the palace with the intention of assassinating and sabotaging, and these guys were just the tip of the enemy iceberg.

There is a god directly manipulating them behind the scenes, and the situation in Upper Kurt is also unclear. At the press conference in the courtyard just now, Miss Soraya has thoroughly announced Zahir's atrocities. She also officially changed her name to Yasmine, intending to sever ties with Upper Kurt.

Although the transmission of information in the Southern Continent would be a little slower than in Mosesad, it would not be much slower.

An all-out war between Upper and Lower Kurt was imminent, and at the same time Sir Gregory could not guarantee that the people of Upper Kurt would not take the initiative and cause trouble on the wedding day.

Although I am with hundreds of Mosesad warriors, I cannot be careless.

"Dong dong dong."

"Please come in."

"Sir Gregory, Prince Herama asked me to ask you if you would like to attend the distribution banquet at noon."

The person who entered the room was DeLorean. She had also changed into the traditional Kurdish wedding attire. Gregory's task for her today was to be alert at the wedding scene and report any disturbance immediately.

"No, it's the same with Chad and Elizabeth. By the way, how are Ricky and Millie Tang doing?"

Chad and Elizabeth are Carol's parents. Gregory hates those endless foreign rituals, especially Prince Herama's lower court and the step of praying to the gods. Gregory doesn't have the leisure to play house with him.

"Okay, Ricky will now take Kogan and Lin Brown to accompany Carol, and Millie Tang will accompany Miss Yasmine."

"Well, very good, you go first, and report to me any news at any time."

……

In a huge fitting room in the Emir's Palace, Carol was standing in front of the fitting mirror, adjusting her clothes. Kogan was beside her, helping her patiently, occasionally handing her a tie or something. Rembrandt was sitting on a chair by the window, smoking with his eyes squinted.

After the old witch doctor's treatment, Lin Brown's eye problems were slightly relieved, but he could only barely sense the light and the outlines of very close objects, and he was still far from complete recovery.

"Eat, eat, eat, Carol, either you take off your clothes before eating, or you put on your bib and don't turn around and eat all over yourself."

When the door opened, Liu Yonglu was seen carrying a large wooden tray with four large bowls and five or six small bowls on it. From a distance it looked like he was performing acrobatics. He walked in with small backward steps.

There was no maid or servant in Carol's room today. All the services were taken care of by the three brothers in order to ensure Carol's safety.

Of course, lunch was also prepared by Liu Yonglu.

"Hey, one bowl of wedding noodles for each person. If it's not enough, tell me and I'll get more out of the pot for you."

Liu Yonglu muttered as he picked up the bowl:
"Eat quickly. After you finish eating, I still have to cook noodles for the bride. It's quite troublesome to have a wedding at night. I don't know what time I can have dinner. Carol, eat more.

But don’t eat the garlic, I’m afraid the smell is too strong, you can fumigate your sister-in-law later.”

Carol put on a robe and sat at the table, preparing to eat noodles. He raised his knife and fork, but after pondering for a long time, he didn't know how to start eating, and put them down again.

After Liu Yonglu served the noodles, he mixed them for Carol first. According to the old custom in Tianjin, wedding noodles must be eaten on the wedding day. In addition to the braised meat, there are also red rice noodles, fried gluten and other vegetables.

In Kurt, conditions did not allow it, so Liu Yonglu adapted to local conditions and made some random improvements. Anyway, whether it looked like three copies or not was a good start.

They said he was asked to help with the wedding, but it was mainly the servants of the Emir's Palace who were in charge. There were hundreds of guests attending the wedding, and Liu Yonglu could not handle it all by himself. His task today was to serve and protect the experience and safety of the bride and groom.

Carol was quite nervous and had no appetite as she was preparing for her wedding in a foreign country. But when she tried Liu Yonglu's wedding noodles, she found them delicious, fresh and fragrant, and quite appetizing.

Carol didn't hesitate and finished his noodles in a short while.

"Lin Brown, pass me the wine bottle, salty."

Carol waved to Lindblanc to hand him the wine jug. In fact, he was not thirsty at all. He just wanted to tease the blind Lindblanc. Kogan had already handed the wine jug to him, but Lindblanc was still touching it.

"Hahaha."

The three of them were laughing so hard that they fell backwards. Lin Bulang was too lazy to pay attention to them. He lit a cigarette and asked:
"Ricky, when are you getting married?"

"I don't know. I'll study it later."

Liu Yonglu picked up the bean sprouts at the bottom of the bowl with a fork, took out the cigarette box in front of Lin Brown, lit up three cigarettes, and gave them to Kogan and Carol.

The marriage should be settled, but I'm not sure about the time and place.

It would be better to go home and get married, at least to let my mother and neighbors see Mi Li'er, such a beautiful daughter-in-law. But how to go back is a problem:

"Maybe Kou Gang is still ahead of me." Liu Yonglu nudged Kou Gang with his elbow.

"No, no, Captain, you have Miss Millie Tang, but I don't have a favorite target yet..."

Kougan's face flushed red after being suddenly mentioned like this, and he quickly waved his hand:
"Besides, my sister hasn't gotten married yet, so she has to be ahead of me." "Oh! That's too late! Carol, you weren't here before, and Kougan was quite arrogant on Summer Veil Island. He locked his little girl in the same room with him, and this guy just wouldn't let go..."

"Captain, didn't we agree that you are not allowed to mention this matter again?"

Carol was already very nervous. Firstly, he was getting married, and secondly, Richie had told him everything he might encounter today. So Carol actually had a weapon hidden in his suit pocket to deal with emergencies.

But now, after talking and laughing, I felt a lot more relaxed.

I don’t know if I can have such a pleasant time in the future, without having to worry about family worries and work burdens, just a few people, simply smoking a cigarette and chatting.

"Lin Bei, what about you? Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, I think today is just right, why don't you also get married in Kurt and keep Carol company."

Liu Yonglu held Kou Gang's head under his armpits and started to use Lin Brown to pad his teeth.

"Yes, several noble ladies from Kurt secretly asked you about this with Yasmine this morning."

Carol joined in the fun.

"I, I have a fiancée."

Lin Brown had a strange expression on his face and raised his head to blow a smoke ring toward the ceiling.

"You have a fiancée!? How come I didn't even know that!"

Carol was surprised. He really didn't know that among the four people in the room, he and Lin Brown had known each other the longest, maybe about ten years. This was the first time he heard that he had a fiancée.

"Although she's my fiancée, I haven't seen her for more than ten years."

Lin Brown seemed to be in a good mood today. He flicked the ash from his cigarette and continued:

"It's on the small island west of Mosesad, in the village where I was born. We grew up together. Later, I went out to sea as a sailor, intending to earn some money and return home to get married, but I didn't expect to run into that incident.

After this exploration of the Lost Sea is over, I plan to go back to see her... I wonder if she has already married and had children after so many years."

The reason why the Blood Prince can threaten Lin Brown is because he has a very fragile soft spot.

The topic suddenly became heavy, and the other three didn't know how to respond. In the end, Liu Yonglu was the first to react and patted Lin Bulang on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, your sister-in-law will be waiting for you at home. The three of us will go with you later. If you really want to get married, we will snatch her away for you."

Lin Brown smiled and shook his head and said nothing more.

"Okay, you guys continue to get dressed. I'm going to take noodles to the bride and the others!"

……

In another room, there was a huge wooden barrel. The room was filled with steam and a strong smell of spices.

Kurt has a rule for getting married. Before the ceremony, the bride must take a bath with spices, indicating that both her mind and body have been cleansed, and then she must show her purest self in front of her husband.

Yasmine was soaking in the bathtub alone, splashing water, while Millie Tang was sitting on a bench outside the tub, drawing circles in the water with her hands out of boredom.

"Yasmine, are you nervous?"

"I'm not nervous. Why should I be nervous? Will there be more than one bride later? Will Mr. Carol have to choose one?"

"No, you're getting married soon, but you two have only known each other for less than two months."

This question was asked not only to Yasmine, but also to herself.

"Two months is a long time. In our Kurt, the environment is very harsh. Many people don't live to be very old. Maybe tomorrow they will get lost in the sandstorm or be eaten by wild animals.

So we don’t think as much as you people from the Western Continent. Besides, my mother said that knowing someone for too long may not be a good thing…”

Yasmine's mother and Zahir had been childhood sweethearts, and only now did Yasmine realize the meaning of her mother's words.

"How long have you known Mr. Rich?"

"It's been almost a year."

Millie Tang looked down at the petals in the water from beginning to end, mainly because if she looked straight ahead, she could see Yasmine's "spectacular" figure, which made Millie Tang feel a little... frustrated.

"It's been so long... so has it been like that between you two?"

"No no no no!"

Millie Tang's head shook like a rattle, and the sound was a little uneasy. In her heart, Millie Tang also muttered to herself, wondering if she was a little too reserved:
"Before, I, well... I had always kept my identity hidden. He always treated me as a same-sex friend, and only told me the truth after we got to know each other better...

Well, it's all his fault. That guy is always naughty and I always want to beat him up."

Feeling that Yasmine was eager to try and was about to instigate her, Millie Tang quickly changed the subject:
"You don't have to worry about Zahir causing trouble. I've told you the situation. Besides Zahir, there is also Chaos Hiding, a moody and extremely terrifying god."

"I've thought it through. If something unexpected happens, we can just elope. Our original plan was to elope anyway. The world is so big, there must be a place for the two of us to stay."

"That's right, the boat is ready for you."

Millie Tang discovered that the main reason she liked Yasmine was her personality. She was free from all worries and no worldly constraints could limit her.

"Dong dong dong, Mi Li'er, I've brought you some noodles. You must be starving!"

Millie Tang hurried over to open the door, and at the door was the waiter Liu Yonglu.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the noodles will clump up soon. I guarantee that after you two eat one bowl of noodles, you will want two, and after you eat two, you will want three..."

Liu Yonglu walked in while talking in colloquial language, but Mili Tang stepped across to stop him:

"Yasmine is taking a shower in there, just give it to me."

"Oh, oh, oh... Then eat quickly. Remember to mix the ingredients well. Remember to have Yasmine hide weapons in her clothes later. Be careful too, in case..."

Liu Yonglu kept on giving instructions, and Millie Tang looked at him and suddenly came over and kissed him on the face.

"hey-hey……"

Liu Yonglu was just dumbfounded and the two of them looked at each other affectionately across the two bowls of noodles with gravy. Finally, Millie Tang reacted and kicked the door shut.

"Mi Li'er, wait until Carol is ready, I'll bring him over to pick up the bride."

"Well, okay, Mr. Rich, see you later."

(End of this chapter)