Arcane Lord

"Everyone, ten days have passed now. Are the works I want ready?" After sitting down in the reception room, Xia Duo went straight to the point.

He glanced at the seven people with different expressions and randomly named a person, "Reed, seeing how confident you are, let's start with you!"

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

Red was indeed very confident this time. After being called by Xia Duo, he did not panic at all, but Shi Shiran walked out of the crowd.

He walked up to Xia Duo, gave a slight salute, then pulled out a plucked harp from under his loose robe, briefly adjusted it twice, and then plucked the strings and sang:

"Strange guests, come and listen to my songs,

"I can tell you a lot,

"About the lands pioneered by great brave men,

"About the legendary arcane followers,

"In the year of the first omen, when the flowers bloom, the wheel of fate turns -

"..."

While they were singing, two other bards also took out musical instruments and played accompaniment. Xia Duo glanced at it and knew that this song should be composed by these people.

The melody is not complicated, it is mostly a common ditty in taverns, but a lot of effort has been put into the lyrics. Xia Duo listened to it for a long time, but he did not find many uncommon words. Most of them are words that are often used in daily spoken language.

This does meet his original requirements - straightforward, catchy, but it has little to do with "from the shallower to the deeper, step by step".

Seeing as this song is a tribute to myself and Daxia Leader, I just reluctantly passed it!

…

After a while, Rhett's performance ended. Everyone looked at Xia Duo expectantly, hoping to get a positive answer. Of course, Xia Duo did not disappoint them. He nodded calmly and then uttered one word:

"Can!"

"It is an honor for us to be recognized by Lord Xia Duo. We are willing to perform another song for the Lord!"

To this, Xia Duo did not refuse. He also wanted to see what else Red had prepared, but as soon as Rhett sang a few lines, Xia Duo quickly stopped.

It's really too flattering and has no originality. It's exactly the kind of style that the down-and-out bards in the tavern are paid to praise.

First praise the appearance, then praise the bravery, and finally wish for the future. After a whole set of procedures, most adventurers can be coaxed into submission, and then they are willing to empty their wallets.

Isn't this what beautiful girls on Earth shout during live broadcasts like "boss arrogance"?

Before traveling through time, Xia Duo had even personally experienced the kind of "bard" who walked the streets and alleys to please people to make money. Some people really liked to hear it, while some people just couldn't get in the way, and they had to give it anyway. money.

Rhett probably thought that the lyrics he just sang were approved because he was praising himself and Daxia Ling, and then he wanted to keep up his efforts and gain more benefits.

So naive!

Xia Duo himself doesn't like such straightforward praise. It's really too shameful to be like Xingxiu Laoxian!

At least, let's be tactful. If I really accept such straightforward and vulgar flattery, wouldn't it make me look too vulgar?

For a moment, Xia Duo even thought that Rhett was trying to test him through this method. Well, assuming your test was successful, Xia Duo decisively stopped the other party's extremely flattering lyrics, and then called out the next person:

"Kanal, come on, I hope you won't fool me with these things that fool adventurers!"

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

After Kanal responded, he performed with the other two people. Compared with the solo performance of the Red group, the Kanal group was more like performing a drama, with all three of them participating.

The first scene introduces the background, which is on a boat——

The envoy of the great Lord of Bactria accidentally rescued a shipload of slaves when passing through a certain territory. On the way back to the Bactria territory, they encountered a storm, and many slaves fell ill.

A bard traveling with him was worried about the spread of the disease and wanted to treat the sick slave, but was stopped by the benevolent messenger and wise captain, who used some kind of herbal medicine to cure the slave.

The three Kanal respectively played the role of a captain who was the messenger of the Lord of Bactria, a bard who wanted to abandon the slaves, and a sick slave client.

The play ended with the slaves' chants of infinite admiration for the Bactrian lord and their infinite longing for the Bactrian lord.

Xia Duo only looked at this part, and his expression suddenly turned bad.

It was obviously the crew of the "Yuanyuan" who wanted to abandon the slaves on the ship, and it was the bard Lawrence who rescued the slaves. Now it was performed in reverse by Kanal and others, and it was in front of Lawrence. If Sha Duo's expression could be Okay, this is where the ghost comes from.

However, looking at the performance of this scene alone, objectively speaking, it is still quite good, and it is a proper main melody work!

The second scene that followed confirmed this point, and it was precisely because of seeing the second scene that Xia Duo's expression cleared up slightly.

The background of the second act is in the Altar Square of Linshui Village——

A slave who came to the Great Xia Territory from a distant territory relied on his hard work and intelligence to quickly earn enough merit for promotion. Leiden, the spokesperson of the Great Xia Lord and the territorial consul, personally promoted him to status.

The three Kanal respectively played the role of the slave client who was promoted through meritorious service, Leighton, and the onlookers.

The scene begins with the slave telling the crowd about his life before coming to Daxia Territory and his life after coming to Daxia Territory.

It fully demonstrated the advanced nature of Daxia Leader in all aspects from system to governance, and was also mixed with the responses and supplements of the onlookers.

After that came the promotion ceremony. Leiden issued Daxia ID cards, land documents, and some gold coins to the slaves. It was probably a replica of the Xiaduo land granting ceremony the day before yesterday.

This scene ended amidst the cheers of the onlookers, "I will have no regrets about entering the Southern Territory in this life, and I will still be a Daxia native in the next life."

At the end, Sha Duo couldn't help but clap his hands. Unlike before, when Red finished his performance, he didn't even ask. This time, he asked Kanal with great interest:

"Did you write this play?"

"The first act was created by me, and the second act was created by Kevin." Kanal answered honestly.

Xia Duo gave him a thoughtful look. This guy probably had some small thoughts when he first wrote the first act, but he made up for it by combining it with the second act.

As literary and artistic workers, Kanal, Kevin and others should know very well what the theme of this drama is. No matter what their true thoughts are, if they can write it and perform it, they have already expressed their attitude.

These people are all well-known bards in Severton. Unless there are special circumstances, Xia Duo will not do anything to them. At most, they will be expelled.

Well, on the other hand, when there is no threat to life safety, it can be said that these people's attitudes are genuine.

In other words, the image of Daxia Leader should be relatively positive in the minds of these people.