Pawn Crossing the River

The White Avenue in Zhongcheng District is very famous. It is home to dozens of theaters and is often called the "Palace". Among them, the Magellan Theater is the best among these dozens of theaters, gathering the most famous actors in the entire northern continent and even the western continent. And Audrey Eyre, known as the "Nightingale", is the best among these actors.

Her performance is of high standard.

In other words, Strawney could only get two theater tickets if he had the status of a parliamentarian. If Qi Xuansu was alone, it would be basically impossible to enter the Magellan Theater without resorting to violent means.

The play to be performed at the Magellan Theater tonight is called "The Witcher". It is a classic play that has been popular in the Old World for decades. In the past, chivalry literature was popular in the Old World. Knights rescued princesses, pledged their loyalty to their lovers, and dueled for love. The audience for this kind of literature was actually those noble ladies, and it even beautified the knight class to a certain extent.

In the words of the Orientals, it is spring and snow.

"The Witcher" goes against the tradition of chivalry literature and focuses on the lower class. The protagonist of the story is no longer a beloved noble knight, but has become a demon hunter who is feared and hated by the world. He is considered a freak and lives on the fringes of society, hunting monsters, getting rewards, and living a peaceful life. A wandering life.

There are no real knights in the New World, but only adventurers and gold diggers. Many people even want to earn enough money to return to their hometowns in the Old World, so this kind of "The Witcher" that is biased toward the bottom is more resonant. Hence its popularity.

Audrey Eyre will play the role of the witcher's daughter, Swallow, who yearns for freedom in the upcoming "The Witcher". The context of the entire story is also the process of the demon hunter looking for his daughter. The father and daughter each have a large monologue scene, which is a test of their skills.

After so many years, the story of "The Witcher" has long been known to everyone, just like "The Peony Pavilion" in the Eastern world, but the audience still loves it so much, which shows that they come here because of Audrey Al's personal charm. .

At 7:30 pm St. York time, Qi Xuansu and Strawney walked into the door of the Magellan Theater. Qi Xuansu's attitude is quite indifferent. He is not obsessed with drama, or even has no interest in it. The key is that Strawney revealed to him an important piece of information. The Speaker of the City Council will also come to the Magellan Theater to watch Miss Audrey's performance.

Leopold is only a strong candidate for the Speaker, but he is not the Speaker after all. The real Speaker is someone else. It is also a peculiar phenomenon in St. York that although female citizens do not have the right to vote, the Speaker is a woman. This is just like the Eastern court. Female royal members also have no right to inherit, but there have been female emperors.

Therefore, the Taoist sect prides itself on being civilized. The Taoist sect allows the existence of female chief priests and also gives female Taoist priests the right to vote. If there are no female chief priests, blame yourself for your lack of ability. Don’t blame the system for not being good enough.

When it comes to the highest power, life and death is involved, but no one talks about gentlemanliness.

The female Speaker's name is Sophia August. She was born into a noble family in the Old World. She traveled to various countries in the Old World when she was young, and later married to the New World. After her husband died, she took over her husband's parliamentary seat.

In a world dominated by men, when women rise to the top, they cannot avoid men. The female speaker's experience in becoming the speaker was neither glorious nor gloomy. Most of it was "routine" operations. She had the support and approval of the Cardinal, and the Patriarch had no objections. On the other hand, she vigorously cultivates young people and uses her charm very rationally to make these young people her servants and most loyal followers. In addition, she has a mind and pride that is not inferior to that of men. As a result, he gained a large number of fans and eventually became the Speaker.

There are rumors that Sophia has many lovers, with different identities and positions, ranging from senior parliamentarians to senior law enforcement officers and even cardinals. It was through her lovers that she built a power network and consolidated her position.

As for why the Cardinal is willing to share with other men, it is probably because the Cardinal, who is as aloof as a god, no longer regards people as human beings, but as a public object. In addition, coupled with the long-standing abnormal trend of Western aristocrats, so It doesn’t matter if you don’t care.

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First of all, he doesn't care much about these "little things", just like Landa Zhenren doesn't care about what the Wang family does. Take yesterday's big explosion in the Lower City as an example. The Patriarch had no attitude. He was neither furious nor attached great importance to it. It was as if it had never happened.

This kind of ecology is completely different from that of Taoism. Within Taoism, there are indeed cases where female Taoists rise to the top through their lovers, but they can never reach too high a position. Even if it was Du Yuhua, she was not a lover, but the one who actually went through the ceremony and gave birth to a son. She was married to a matchmaker, and the falling out happened later. Moreover, the Taoist sect's extremely high requirements for morality also mean that this kind of operation is destined to be shady. As long as someone catches the slightest clue, it may capsize the ship. The higher the position, the more eyes are watching, and the harder it is to hide it. .

Shi Bingyun, who has been widely criticized, only changed a few more men. At most, the connection was seamless. Before he could have several men at the same time, he had already lost his position as a real person. If there were more, I'm afraid it would take one. Lust to the end.

Not to mention, it is said that Sofia once gave birth to a child for her lover.

In short, as a conservative, Qi Xuansu was extremely disgusted with this decadent and degenerate atmosphere. If the Eastern world is a hypocrite, showing benevolence and morality on the surface, but secretly stealing men and prostitutes, then the Western world is a real villain who doesn't even do anything on the surface. Hypocrites at least pretend to be shameful. A real villain doesn’t even put on any pretense, and even puts it on the table openly.

However, Qi Xuansu couldn't help but wonder what the role of the speaker was, and what attitude the city council under her leadership had towards the current situation.

Shortly after Qi Xuansu and Strawny took their seats, another group of people came over. A woman in an evening dress was surrounded by stars, her hair was tied up, and she held a luxurious folding fan in her hand.

Strawny said softly: "That is Speaker August, but she prefers us to call her Speaker Sophia."

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly and just glanced at it. Although he could only see the side face, he could see that the beauty of the Speaker was not inferior to Karen. In terms of temperament, he was far better than Karen. After all, he had no capital. , and it is impossible to win over so many subordinates.

Shortly after the Speaker and his entourage entered the stage, the curtain on the stage opened, and Miss Audrey, known as the "Nightingale", finally appeared.

To be fair, among all the women Qi Xuansu has seen since he set foot in the New World, Sophia and Audrey are the most outstanding.

However, they have two completely different styles, each with its own merits.

Sophia is more mature, possessing the grace and elegance of an adult, as well as the majesty of being the speaker. Audrey is more girlish, and she still has the liveliness and innocence of a girl in her movements. Whether she is pretending to be so, or in her true nature, she can always arouse men's feelings about their past youth.

If Sofia is like a lady who stepped out of an epic, then Audrey is like a girl who stepped out of a fairy tale.

I wonder if it was Qi Xuansu's misunderstanding, but Audrey seemed to glance at him when she came on stage.

Qi Xuansu is certainly not the kind of person who often has the illusion of "does she like me?" Even if he has never tasted it, he has seen it before, and he is not obsessed with a woman. He was not sure whether Audrey glanced at him accidentally or whether Audrey saw through his disguise. If it was the latter, he would have to be careful.

In fact, what Qi Xuansu was most wary of was Speaker Sophia. She was able to overpower Leopold and her cultivation was quite good. However, he did not expect that there was nothing unusual about Sophia. Instead, it was Audrey who gave him a "surprise".

Qi Xuansu thought this, no longer interested in drama, and once again thought about the best retreat route.

The world is big and life is the biggest. As long as you live long enough and live to the end, you will have the last laugh.

On the other side, Xiao Yin is still walking around the world, and has already reached the territory of an unknown country. Anyway, he is just following his feelings. Along the way, Xiao Yin has long lost his interest in doing chivalry and doing justice, and has completely let himself go, doing whatever he wants.

Even though Xiao Yin is just a child, she is not a fool. The story of Meng’s mother’s three moves tells us that the environment has a great influence on children. What kind of environment is Xiao Yin exposed to? In fact, it is the Taoist environment. In this environment, no matter how innocent the children are, they will learn bad things, not to mention the small children.

Yin Ben was not a pure person. She could easily understand that Lao Qi and Lao Zhang were both powerful, so many people came to fawn over her. She didn't have to care about what others thought, as long as she cared about what Lao Qi and Lao Zhang thought. This means that power is only responsible for the source of power. Others don't dare to do anything to her. This is called being confident.

Therefore, without the control of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, Xiao Yin really stirred up troubles and turned the Nanyang rivers and lakes upside down. The order of the Nanyang rivers and lakes is actually the order of the "Heavenly Court". In this way, the most affected people Or "Heavenly Court".

It is fitting that "Heavenly Court" should be unlucky to encounter such a little devil. There was nothing the people below could do to her, someone had already reported her.

Liu Gui knew Xiao Yin's identity. He wanted to use the Borneo Taoist Government as foreign aid to defeat Wu Guangbi. He was unwilling to offend Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu over such a trivial matter, so he kept his men from taking charge. Wu Guangbi had recovered from his injuries and was having a good fight with Liu Gui. Moreover, he had suffered a big loss at the hands of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu last time. Naturally, he would not have the same attitude as Liu Gui, so he instructed his subordinates to secretly capture Xiao Yin. .

As for why Wu Guangbi didn't take action himself, he is one of the most famous people in the world. He is the same generation as Shi Bingyun and Qiniang. Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are already his juniors. No matter what Xiao Yin's status was before, she is now a The child is almost his grandchild. If he really wants to take action against such a child, not to mention the problem of offending people, the reputation will be very bad.