Bulwark of Light

Chapter 526
The melodious music echoed.

The banquet hall is magnificent.

Gu Shen and Lin Lin hadn't entered the hall yet, they just stood at the door, and someone greeted them warmly immediately.

"Brother Gu."

"Brother Gu."

Some of the fortress guards who met on the giant wall of Gubao were chatting outside the hall. When they saw Gu Shen, they smiled and came forward immediately to say hello.

In addition, there are many unfamiliar faces.

Gu Shen was "flattered" for a moment.

He moved his head and asked in a low voice: "Didn't Grand Duke Zhuxue say... this banquet is not for us?"

Lin Lin took out a cigarette and lit it, and said lightly, "If he says it, just treat it as a fart."

Gu Shen was silent for a while.

The young brigadier general with a cigarette in his mouth frowned as he saw more and more people around him. He reached out and patted Gu Shen on the shoulder, and said in a tone of schadenfreude: "It seems that the protagonist of tonight's banquet is you , enjoy it with peace of mind... I don't like crowds, so I'll leave first."

The "big shots" of Beizhou who were invited to the dinner this time were not only the garrisons with military power, but also many giant bosses of transcontinental companies. These people were also very interested in Gu Shen... Besides, they also Some "Central City Reporters" who only had the right to interview and were unable to participate in the dinner were also mixed in the crowd at this moment.

For a while, Gu Shen was busy dealing with it.

Chu Ling, who was sitting in Lingyao's carriage and had been watching the show, suddenly said, "It seems that Zhuxue Dagong Lin Si thinks highly of you, and this dinner may really be specially for 'you' to wash away the dust."

"How to say?"

"You're seated at the front... Well, to be precise, what Lin Silk valued should be the returnees who successfully completed the maze mission this time. That table is full of your old acquaintances."

Cope with a circle.

Gu Shen finally walked out of the crowd, and he cast his eyes on the table in front.

Li Chen stood up and greeted from a distance: "Brother Gu, this way!"

He was dressed in a black suit, which was completely different from his appearance when he left the country.

The guys from the Second Team of the Investigation Corps put on their evening gowns, each of them looked presentable, and their demeanor changed drastically.

Gu Shen struggled to sit down, heaved a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "You just watch me being surrounded...won't you help me?"

Mo Hongyi said with a smirk on his face: "Brother Gu's words are wrong. We don't want to suffer through such a blessing again."

They arrived earlier than themselves...

Judging from the folds of the evening gowns on these rough men, they should have experienced such a "siege" before.

"This group of guys... who the hell are they, and why are they so enthusiastic?"

Gu Shen was a little curious.

"The captain said that after the dinner tonight, there will be the 'conferment' ceremony." Zhu Xiao took a sip of the fruit wine, refreshed, "That's a first-class medal, did you see the reporters just now, Central City Council Write a report just for us."

No wonder, all the staff dressed up to attend, and even Su He, who was usually the most low-key, also put on brand new dresses.

Compared with them, my clothes today seem too "down and out".

But Gu Shen didn't care about the "conferment", he looked around and asked in surprise, "Where's Lin Lin?"

When I was seated, I realized that the table was already full.

And the other seats around did not see Lin Lin's nameplate. This guy was also a great hero in the Battle of Gubao. Logically speaking, he should also accept the conferment. Why didn't the front row seat be arranged.

"not sure……"

Only Li Chen scratched his head and answered Gu Shen.

The rest of the second team didn't pay attention to this matter at all.

They sipped their wine in small sips, excitedly looking forward to the start of the dinner.

"Lin Lin went to the second floor."

Chu Ling mobilized the monitoring of the banquet hall, and she said slowly: "The person who left through the VIP passage... It is worth mentioning that there is no 'identity plate' for him in the whole banquet, which means that if there is a conferring ceremony after the dinner , then Grand Duke Zhuxue defaults to no conferment and reward from Lin Lin."

What does it mean?
The great hero of the Battle of Gubao... came all the way to the central city, and there is no conferment from him?
Gu Shen thought about it.

After a while, he greeted the people around him, and got up and left his seat with the excuse of going to the bathroom.

……

……

"You can sit down."

The second floor of the banquet hall.

Lin Si smiled and stretched out her hand, signaling the tall man in front of her to sit down.

Lin Lin held the cigarette butt in his mouth, and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

Sitting down means a long talk.

And he didn't want to sit down.

After exhaling the smoke, Lin Lin said coldly: "If you have anything to say, finish it quickly, I will wait to go down to eat."

Hearing these words, Zhu Xue had a complicated expression.

Everyone who was invited to this dinner today knows... the dinner is not the point, the point is the "Conferment Ceremony" after the dinner, he will represent Her Majesty the Queen, and award medals to the miracle returnees of the labyrinth mission.

Who is here for dinner?
"There is no seat for you downstairs." Lin Silk smiled and crossed his fingers: "Since you have returned to the Central City, you should get used to the change in status... You are not the garrison of Gubao Fortress now."

"I don't have the habit of someone's high-sightedness and low-handedness. Let me tell you clearly in advance. I came to Central City just for dinner. In the end, I went back and forth." Lin Lin pressed the cigarette butt on Zhuxue. On the expensive pear wood table in front of the grand duke, cigarette butts smoky, Lin silk frowned at this scene.

But not because of distress.

It's because he doesn't like the taste.

"Inferior tar smell..." Lin Su looked up and asked, "Can you exchange for some high-quality cigars? I have a 'Double Pyramid' produced in Dongzhou here. If you like it, I can give it to you for free."

Lin Lin sneered.

He didn't talk to Lin Silk at all, but continued the previous topic and continued: "By the way, I reiterate that as long as I am the commander of Gubao Fortress for a day, I will be the garrison of that ghostly place for the rest of my life!"

Grand Duke Zhuxue showed no signs of anger.

He looked at Lin Lin who was "domineering" in front of him at the moment, and repeated three words softly and slowly: "Ghostly place..."

Lin Silk raised her handsome cheeks, and asked earnestly, "Since you yourself think that Gubao Fortress is a 'ghost place', why do you want to go back? What is there that attracts you?"

"If there is no Gubao..."

Lin Lin was just about to speak.

"If there is no Gubao, the inland of Beizhou will suffer a huge blow, and the central city will be forced to start the 'fire plan' proposed by Aunt Wen." Lin silk interrupted him, and said leisurely: "Without you, and without you Gubao, it’s two different things. If you leave Gubao, there are many generals in Beizhou who are capable of guarding Gubao. Lin Lin, don’t think too much about yourself. able to function."

"Is it……"

Lin Lin was tactically silent for a second, and then sneered mercilessly: "If I'm not that important, why would someone go to such lengths to invite me back to the capital? You're right, without me, Gubao can still function , but Central City...why is it 'not moving'?"

Grand Duke Zhuxue, who had always been calm, now had a flash of anger in his eyes.

He no longer continued to entangle with his "stupid" brother.

And Lin Lin didn't want to waste his tongue.

"I'm hungry."

He gave Zhu Xue two options: "Either, I will return to Gubao in the airship now; or, add a seat in the banquet hall downstairs, and I will sit at Gu Shen's table."

"Gu Shen...you really like this kid..."

Lin Silk smiled softly and said, "I'm really curious. It should be the first time you two met. With your character, would you befriend someone so well in such a short period of time?"

Lin Lin narrowed his eyes.

This is indeed an interesting thing...Even he himself didn't realize that, after only a few dozen days of knowing Gu Shen, the relationship between the two was very "familiar", and he had almost no friends during the years he was stationed in Gubao Zou Hai, the only one he trusts, is also an old friend who has known each other for ten years.

If Lin Su didn't mention it.

He didn't even realize it himself.

"From Gubao back to the Central City, things that can be done by just taking an airship... You invited him to your ship." Lin Si said lightly: "What's more interesting is that he also rejected the survey legion's request for this reason." Invitation, specially waiting for you in the fortress for three days."

"call……"

When this matter was mentioned, Lin Lin was not in a hurry to go downstairs.

He refilled a cigarette and sat on the reserved seat behind him.

"is there a problem?"

Lin Lin looked directly at his elder brother, and asked softly, "It's like old friends at first sight, we have a very happy conversation, isn't it okay?"

"Of course, no problem, you don't need to be nervous." Lin Si said leisurely: "I'm just curious... What is the purpose of you, a guy who has been closed since childhood, to invite outsiders to board the ship? If you have a special sexual orientation, then I can only bless you, I heard that Gu Shen's other half is the new mausoleum guardian of Qingzhong Cemetery, and she is very beautiful, you have little chance of winning."

Lin Lin looked gloomy.

He flicked out the cigarette butt.

"Bang"!
Sparks fly.

The cigarette butt collided with the invisible wall of air half a meter in front of Grand Duke Zhuxue, splashing and shattering. The latter looked calm and composed, and even took a sip of the fruit wine specially prepared for the dinner.

"If you can't say it, you're going to do it, it's still the same."

Lin Silk smiled and said, "Sorry, the joke I made just now seems to have gone too far. I would like to express my sincere apologies to you, but if your sexual orientation is normal... I really can't figure out why you don't accept the marriage of Xizhou Guangming City."

"A 'girl of heaven' whose appearance, aptitude, and talent are all top-notch, is regarded as the absolute successor of the next god by countless believers in Guangming City. On the one hand, it is also an honor worth showing off."

Grand Duke Zhuxue asked coldly: "May I ask in the whole world, how many people are as lucky as you...can have such a marriage contract?"

"Is it?"

Lin Lin shot back mercilessly: "Unfortunately, I don't care about this kind of luck. I don't care about the proud daughter of heaven, the heir to the throne... If I meet this kind of woman and want to show off, then I am Beizhou Don't you have to say about the Queen's brother [-] times a day?"

"..."

Lin Si was also silent for a while.

For "sister", this is the most sacred and inviolable... It has been like this since childhood, no matter how much they quarrel, there is no dispute about this matter.

"Of course no one in this world can compare with her."

Lin Silk snorted coldly, and said: "Today we put aside those useless things and don't talk about it...just talk about your business. You refused to return to the Central City and insisted on being a small garrison in Gubao... After a year One year, do you know the pressure of Central City, are you going to drag it on like this forever, how will I explain to Guangming City?"

"Is this question difficult?"

Lin Lin said: "Tell Guangming City that the marriage contract is void and the road is open to the sky. Let's go each way."

"Lin Lin!"

Lin Chou slapped the table heavily, and the Grand Duke of Beizhou showed anger for the first time in his calm and calm expression, and said, "Do you think this kind of thing... is just a play? If you say it, you will end it, and if you say it, you will end it." Scatter?"

The royal family of Beizhou and Guangming City of Xizhou are the two top powers in Wuzhou.

If married.

Then, under the impetus of the old man in Guangming City and sister Lin Lin, it is very likely that it will be the combination of the next "God of Light" and "Royal Family of Beizhou"...

"There are two gods on the side of the Tower of Origin. How much has Beizhou suffered all these years? You guard Gubao to protect the people behind you, but isn't it a guardian to enter the parliament of the Five Continents Federation?" Lin Silk whispered: "It's also a war. The war in Gubao has gunpowder. If one fights, hundreds of thousands of people will die... But the war on the other side has no gunpowder. If Beizhou loses power, there will be thousands of people killed." Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are affected, and you can look at the longer term."

"Brother, what you said is really good, look at it in the long run... and in the long run..."

"Of course I can."

Lin Lin looked at his elder brother with a smile, and said softly: "I understand all the truths you said... The reason why I went back to the central city is to prepare for a showdown with you. My country needs me, so I will naturally stand up Just don't take me for a real fool. The news of Guangming City has spread across the five continents. Who doesn't know that it was Meng Xizhou who publicly broke the contract first. Is it?"

Lin Su was speechless for a moment.

He stared blankly at his brother.

"That's just a..."

Lin Lin said quietly: "It was just an accident. I know too well what you will say. Everything is an accident. Maybe Guangming City is saying the same thing to that Miss Meng at the moment, but we all know... as The leader of Yizhou in the future, the leader who has the absolute right to speak, the two of us are not suitable. Maybe you, as well as the promoters behind Guangming City, can consider a better ending."

"Also, there is one more thing."

There was a faint chill in Lin Lin's eyes.

"Because I invited Gu Shen on board... I ruined some guy's good deed?"

He sneered: "I thought about it along the way, but I really couldn't think of anyone who would be hostile to Gu Shen. Now that you say it, it becomes clearer. That guy is 'Grand Duke Zhenyue'?"

(End of this chapter)