Chapter 157 Finale (Part 2)
The shouts of Master Lin returning quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys. The master's voice was very hoarse, and Lin Muqiu smiled.
The originally noisy street suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their eyes to Lin Muqiu. Some of them even jogged over to hug her.
She was knocked off balance by the man and barely managed to stand. She could hear the sobbing of people around her.
She took advantage of the situation and picked up the child Su Li who ran over first with one hand, and with the other hand held the hammer she was using for forging iron, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"Two months, we haven't seen you for two months!" Su Li's voice was choked with sobs, "I thought, I thought..."
Lin Muqiu was stunned. She had been in a coma for two months?
While she was thinking, another woman came over and took the child from her arms, shouting loudly, "My Lord, please don't listen to my child's nonsense! A man as powerful as Lord Lin should never die..."
The people around immediately followed the woman's lead and responded, "Yes, yes, Master Lin is a savior certified by natural disasters, so how could he be in trouble?"
Lin Muqiu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
When I carefully traced the woman's eyebrows and eyes, I found that they were exactly like Su Li's. The woman was tanned, but the concern in her eyes was genuine. Next to her, there was a man with a not-so-good-looking but shy appearance, who was also grinning and scratching his head. He must be Su Li's father.
The woman continued to mutter, "My Lord, please don't blame my daughter for being so impulsive. She's too excited. I told her to go home and wait, but she wouldn't listen, insisting you'd definitely come back. Every day on her way home from school, she'd wait like this..."
"It's okay." Lin Muqiu lowered his head and gently touched Su Li's head.
She was lonely in her childhood, just like an orphan, but fortunately, her fellow citizens and the characters she wrote about were not like that.
"Master Lin, I, I am so grateful. I don't know what to say... My Xiaoli told me everything. I really don't know how to thank you enough."
As she spoke, the woman knelt down at lightning speed and kowtowed three times, so fast that it was shocking. Fortunately, Lin Muqiu held her back.
Lin Muqiu: "......"
At this moment, she was really hesitating whether to kneel down and kowtow back.
The others also spoke in a flurry of words, all of which were full of gratitude. Some even cried and almost knelt down before Lin Muqiu, "Thank goodness Lord Lin is here, otherwise how could my child come back?"
"Yeah, I thought that was it for my life, but who would have thought that my husband would come back, woo woo."
"Master Lin, you are like my second parent!"
Lin Muqiu was left in a state of confusion, waving his hands repeatedly, "No need to be like this, it's good that everyone is back. Besides, everyone has made huge sacrifices in the natural disaster, and we mainly rely on ourselves."
"It's been so long since we last met. Master Lin, are you being modest again?"
A sweet voice from the side broke the silence.
But if you listen carefully, you can hear the trembling, pain and concern hidden in the person's words.
Lin Muqiu looked over and saw Marissa looking at her with a smile, but tears in her eyes.
This is not the key point... The important thing is that Marissa's arm was actually around the arm of the Duke of Northern Ross, and the Duke of Ross smiled embarrassedly and nodded slightly.
Lin Muqiu raised his eyebrows and jokingly said, "I think before the mainland united, you western and northern regions united first."
"Fuck you, you're just kidding." Marissa punched her on the shoulder jokingly. "Who said the mainland didn't unite?"
Lin Muqiu wanted to make a joke, but when she looked over to her side profile, she saw Kede Luo standing not far away, looking at her with a happy smile.
As if sensing the mutual respect between the two lords, the crowd watching nearby consciously made way.
Then Lin Muqiu saw Kedelu walking towards her with red eyes, and he was holding a woman in his arm.
A graceful, tough woman wearing rattan armor.
Lin Muqiu: "..."
It's really weird in broad daylight, how come everyone is no longer single when they wake up?
After Lin Muqiu carefully described the woman's eyebrows and eyes, he actually raised his eyebrows and looked at Kede Luo meaningfully. Kede Luo felt guilty and touched his nose.
Seeing Kede Luo embarrassed, the woman tried to smooth things over and said, "You are the legendary brave and chivalrous Lord Lin, right?"
Lin Muqiu was delighted by the compliment and smiled, bowing. "I recognize you, too. You are the beautiful and kind Ms. Chloe, who has led Ankang Town out of crisis countless times."
Chloe was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "You are really smart."
As she spoke, she held Kedero's hand tightly and said, "I thought you would be surprised why I was so close to him."
Lin Muqiu raised his eyebrows, "I knew it a long time ago. But how did I know it... It's a secret."
She looked at Kedero with a playful and gentle look in her eyes. Kedero actually smiled, and everyone around him smiled. The sunlight was too strong, and the spring forsythia was in full bloom again, with a fragrant smell. There were no berries in the garden, as they had all been picked, as if they wanted to stay in this moment forever.
*
In the center of the city, a guillotine was built specifically for Louis.
King Louis could never have imagined that he would come to this point.
At this moment, he was forced to squat in the prison cart, being driven to the center of the city like a duck on a shelf. His face was solemn, and his face was almost twisted and crazy. "How dare you! I am the dignified King! You despicable, evil-hearted villains!"
The people around him turned a deaf ear to him and continued to throw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at him in anger, their eyes full of contempt for him:
"Have you heard? It's him! He's the one who caused the separation of families and families among the people of our mainland!"
"That's right. I've heard it all. All the knights who were once captured have confessed. It was all because of his coercion. He also instigated the division of several major factions. They don't interact much with each other, and can only communicate through the imperial capital."
"Oh, how tragic! How could we have such a monarch in the first place?"
"Well, it's all in the past. Now we have a wise monarch, which is more useful than anything else."
"Yes, what's more, what Lord Lin has given us now is true courage and the ability to save the world."
“…”
You and I talked one after another, and kept bringing up Lin Muqiu for comparison. In short, they did trust His Majesty the King who was once popular all over the country, but now, they don't believe him anymore.
Because of the collapse of trust and disgust, they were even unwilling to give the former king a last bit of dignity.
On this continent, instead of trusting authority and kings, people trust themselves.
They themselves were also part of the group that had rescued the entire continent.
Thinking of this, they felt excited and puffed out their chests.
"It's just a bunch of nonsense to confuse the people...it's just a bunch of nonsense to confuse the people!"
Louis's eyes were almost spitting fire, "Lin Muqiu! Murdering the monarch is an unforgivable crime! What tricks did you use to make them willingly work for you?"
The people present sneered.
Murdering the monarch is nothing! They also murdered the natural disaster!
However, what responded to him was that two guards carried him and helped him walk up to the big red platform with his weak legs.
"Pick one."
The cold and calm voice echoed like a demon in his eyes.
In front of him, there were two types of death: a guillotine and a gallows. These must have been the ways of death that Lin Muqiu had personally chosen for him.
At this moment, he stood on the stage and saw the four dukes gathered together, looking at him with sneers and mockery. This scene instantly made him furious.
These bastards! If he hadn't fallen to this point, who would dare to show such an expression in front of him!
His eyes were about to spit fire. He tried to mobilize his magic but to no avail. He could only repeat incoherently, "I am the king who is loved and respected by everyone!!..."
Lin Muqiu was tired of listening and scratched his ears. "Alright, let's start the execution. Don't worry, your companion Alexander is with you."
As he spoke, the escort officer brought up Alexander, the Duke of Central. Like Louis, his eyes were full of hatred as he glared at the audience and Marissa.
However, under the protective shield of magic removal, the two of them were powerless.
Then, one of their heads was placed on the guillotine, and the other's head was placed on the gallows. At an order, the guillotine passed through the two sides of the guillotine with a swish, producing sharp sparks. With a click, the head fell to the ground, making a dull sound like a falling radish, and rolled a full five meters away.
The head was still bleeding as it rolled to the feet of someone outside the field. Legend has it that his eyes were wide open until his death.
And when Duke Alexander was strangled to death, within a moment his urine began to drip onto the ground, because the muscles of the dead body relaxed.
The people present looked at this scene and felt it was a bit bloody, but they also felt that something was different.
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The news reached the imperial capital, and Louis Vuitton only learned about his father's trial and execution three days later.
I only heard that there were not many people around when my father was executed. Everyone had just escaped from the shadow of death caused by the natural disaster and no one wanted to see such a bloody thing.
The reason they haven't taken action yet is that they are waiting for the real master of the continent - Lin Muqiu to come back.
But when his father's body was brought back wrapped in a coffin and flowers, he took it with a trembling body. As soon as he opened the box, he fainted on the spot.
No matter how bad that man is or how many evil things he does, he is still his father!
He was the only father who could be irritable and murderous at the slightest disagreement, yet would carry him to his neck, let him ride with a smile, and teach him never to be afraid. He was also the only father who would use all his means, the one that others admired and feared, yet would weep at his mother's coffin, and comfort him by his bedside every night when he had a fever. He couldn't accept it. He couldn't accept that he hadn't even seen his father for the last time, only to have his father die so tragically in Ankang City!
He woke up, but his fingers were still tightly and coldly holding the spirit box.
“Father…Father!!!”
He finally realized something and burst into tears.
The prince, who had been spoiled since childhood, understood for the first time the cruelty of power struggle and the pain of losing his loved ones. He couldn't help but hunch his shoulders inward, hugged the spirit box with his arms tightly clasped, and huddled up in a ball, trying to get some warmth.
Even Alda, who came as a messenger, fell silent. The king was guilty, but the child was innocent. Moreover, he knew Louis Vuitton's character. He was cowardly, kind, and hesitant, completely different from his father Louis.
In other words, Louis was like Louis Vuitton when he was young, but the power struggle distorted him.
But I don’t know how Prince Louis Vuitton will deal with all this.
Thinking of this, he sighed heavily, "Your Highness, I express my condolences."
Elda soothed him softly, "You will have a grand ceremony on the third of next month. You will become the most supreme king in the world, succeeding your father. You will command the four dukes and five states, receiving supreme honor."
"From that perspective, it's a good thing."
Louis Vuitton half cried and half laughed, shaking his head.
Others think he is weak, but weakness does not mean stupidity.
Lin Muqiu wants him to rule but not govern, just as a symbol of peace on the continent!
He hates it, hates it!
Thinking of this, his hands suddenly curled up, but soon, they slowly dropped down like a deflated ball.
Thinking of his father's former cruelty, his heart softened. At this moment, he was too confused.
As a prince who has been honored since childhood, he has too many misunderstandings about the world, and too many uncertainties about his future and how to view the world.
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Yet the next month, he went East.
In Ankang City.
Ribbons fluttered along the way, like the night after firecrackers, full of red, with red carpets covering the entire continent, and orchestral musicians wearing red suits and bow ties, playing cheerful music.
The enthronement ceremony was held here.
Lin Muqiu crowned him personally, placing the heavy crown adorned with jewels and jade on his head. He only felt that the crown made of gold was so, so heavy.
But he still tried his best to raise his head, looking at her face angrily and timidly.
Her face was calm and gentle, with a slight smile on her face, but her blessing was sincere.
He lost his ruthlessness in an instant, like a bluffing cub that lost its claws, and lowered his head in panic, looking innocent and childish.
"It's not me who judges your father, but the entire continent."
The voice gently penetrated his ears, a little itchy, and made him feel angry but also unable to find fault. The voice paused and then said, "If hatred makes you feel better, then hate me."
He was stunned for a moment, then raised his head, but only saw her back as she turned and left, so distant, alienated, and lonely.
He stretched out his hand, trying to grab her, but only caught a wisp of breeze.
She didn't actually need to explain it to him.
He frowned in confusion, tears almost coming out of his eyes.
He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that she and his father were, in some ways, the same kind of people: lonely, miserable, and with a certain degree of alienation and relaxation after losing a loved one.
But what makes her different from her father is that she is stronger and knows how to be patient and restrained, and she doesn't take her anger out on others.
But these feelings, after all, have nothing to do with him.
He was curious about Lin Muqiu, just wanting to know who killed his father. But he had to admit that Lin Muqiu was indeed better than his father.
Thinking of this, he felt annoyed, and then he pretended to be sick and went to the hotel palace built specifically for him to rest, not wanting to watch the raising of the United Nations flag.
What surprised him was that his father was killed by people's hatred and his own sins. As the son of such a man, people did not show contempt, disdain, or hatred for him, but also did not respect him. Instead, there seemed to be more forgiveness, nothing more.
Perhaps because they have experienced that kind of pain firsthand, many people forgive a child who has also lost a father.
Realizing this, he lay in the palace, covered his ears and sobbed quietly. It is said that if a person has done many evil things since childhood, but if he atones for his sins after death, he can go to heaven.
He hoped his father was in heaven.
So he will spend the rest of his life helping his father atone for his sins.
After realizing this, he felt a little cold and lonely. Those who had been killed by his father on the battlefield and in natural disasters had all returned, but what about him? Where should he go? He didn't know.
He asked himself with a wry smile, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally sent someone to get the Philosopher's Stone. In the recorded reflection, he saw the moment when everyone on the continent gathered.
The summer is hot, but not as hot as in the past, and there is a little coolness like the refreshing autumn breeze.
The summer breeze ruffled Lin Muqiu's hair as she stood beneath the banner, waiting for it to rise. Behind her stood several dukes, also beaming. Hearing that the affairs of the Central Dukedom had been handed over to Marissa was unanimous. During the natural disaster, she had been the most steadfast supporter of Lin Muqiu in her fight against it.
The southern, western and northern regions that cooperated with Lin Muqiu also achieved greater development. When the southern Magnum heard about the exchange of specialties and technologies, he couldn't stop smiling. He probably felt fortunate that he had hugged Lin Muqiu's thighs tightly at that time. That's about it.
The Duke of the West and the Duke of the North, one looked at his daughter Marissa with tears in his eyes, and kept wiping away tears; the other looked at Marissa, who finally became his wife, and she finally fulfilled her dream, and smiled.
Nicole, standing next to him, was stunned, completely stunned. He could almost read her meaning from her expression: Oh my god, I'm so happy overnight, so happy! The Central Duke is my mother, the Northern Duke is my stepfather, and the Western Duke is my grandfather. In that instant, she truly transformed from a paper tiger "young lady" who could only bluff, into a real princess.
On the contrary, at this moment, she no longer put on that young lady's look, but stood calmly, reservedly and gently behind Lin Muqiu, looking at her admiringly.
At this moment, he didn't know whether Nicole was thinking about what to do in the future, or whether she was thinking about the person she vowed to be like Lin Muqiu in this life.
She only knew that people who were truly loved by this world would not bluff.
Louis Vuitton looked at her slowly, lowered his eyes, and concealed his complicated expression.
He suddenly remembered that his father had wanted to marry Miss Nicole to him. To be more precise, he had knelt before his father and begged for it.
"You're crazy! Marrying a woman like this... Do you know that a daughter born from a marriage between the Central and Eastern regions is meaningless to us? You should contact the South, understand?"
He had always been a coward, but when he heard his father's angry roar, he felt an irresistible courage for the first time in his life.
He suddenly clenched his fists and said, "Father, I won't marry anyone except Miss Nicole!"
"Father, have you forgotten? What happened between you and mother...wasn't our struggle for power just for..."
With a bang, the glass cup fell hard on his head, causing blood to flow and causing extreme pain.
It was the first time he saw his father's dazed and painful rage, and his father's wet eyes that had been in a daze for a long time.
In fact, until today he doesn't think he has done anything wrong, but looking back on the past, he seems to understand the pain his father once suffered.
As if buried in the mud, he suddenly recalled the past. When he was only seven years old, he dragged his frail body, suffering from epilepsy, to watch the guards carry his mother's body out. No one cared to comfort him. He looked at everyone with tears in his eyes, but they were like wooden sticks, repeating only the words "condolences, condolences." Only Nicole quietly hugged him and asked, "Brother, are you sad?"
He still remembers that voice, sweet and gentle, like drinking the special fruit wine made in the palace, fragrant and clear.
As the memories came back to him, he clenched his hands.
Memories are so painful after all.
He smiled wryly and shook his head, trying to shake off his worries, but he couldn't help but order his subordinates, "It's getting hot. I see Miss Nicole is sweating. Send some high-level magicians to fan her and cast spells to provide her with shade. Be careful not to let Miss Nicole notice."
The subordinate was stunned for a moment and nodded in agreement.
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Countless loyal citizens of Ankang City, as well as earls, viscounts, and small lords who came here due to the invitation, all watched this scene silently.
When the flag of the United Continent was raised, they couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.
Countless conquests and struggles will be extinguished at this moment.
They will usher in true peace.
A lord received a message: "The system reminds me that our town has obtained a permanent protection shield against natural disasters!"
"Me too!"
“We received it too!”
Responses arose one after another, like mushrooms after rain.
Only Lin Muqiu asked the system with a cold face: "Didn't we agree to provide the disaster protection shield after the ultimate disaster? So, why are you two months late? Pay the money!"
The system that was suddenly cueed: ???
How come after all this time, you still can't change your habit of bugging?
"Don't you think," the system replied stiffly with a smile, "that it would be very ceremonial and symbolic to wait until the continental flags all get angry before giving the protective shield?"
Lin Muqiu: "......" Neurotic
Lin Muqiu really wanted to ask: Are you sure you didn’t just iterate the code in order to run fewer programs?
After all, her ultimate skill is to release a protective shield. Once other towns belong to her, the protective shield will naturally be derived from her natural disaster skill system.
No new code has to be written.
"A sense of ritual...symbolic meaning?" Lin Muqiu chuckled twice, as if he had thought of something, and asked, "Master System Master is always elusive. Isn't it time for him to come out and meet people today?"
Although their communication was all done in the system, Kedero and Augustine, who were closest to Lin Muqiu, still noticed something and looked at Lin Muqiu's smiling face with worry.
The people around knew nothing about this. They were laughing and chatting with each other about what natural disasters their towns used to fear the most, but now they no longer had to fear.
In this scene, mentioning this matter always seemed to make Lin Muqiu seem very resentful, but the main system seemed to be completely unaware of it, and suddenly laughed at this moment.
That's a completely different sound from the small system.
If the sound of the small system is clear, playful and youthful, then the sound of the main system is deeper.
This is the first time it has appeared and spoken.
The main system laughed twice: "Sure enough, I knew you would ask."
Lin Muqiu did not give in at all, "I knew you would come."
The light of the main system flickered twice, and suddenly a cold light flashed, and it turned into a human form.
Lin Muqiu was no exception to this scene: "As expected."
The people around him were completely unaware of this and didn't care that there was another person beside Lin Muqiu. Because the image transformed by the main system was exactly Yun Yi's!
But if you look closely, you can find that he and Yun Yi are still different at this moment.
Yun Yi's eyes were curious, full of exploration, and he just stared at Lin Muqiu, even looking a little dull, but the main system's eyes were full of vitality, those eyes were more smart and more charming, and there was always a faint smile on the corners of his mouth.
Joking, teasing, and attractive at first sight.
Lin Muqiu raised an eyebrow, "What?"
Yun Yi smiled more gently, "Nothing, I just wanted to say, long time no see."
Lin Muqiu frowned, as if thinking seriously, and then resolutely gave up, "Why don't I remember saving you?"
Yun Yi: “…”
Right from the start, you were certain that this was going to be a lifesaver scene. How could you be so confident in yourself?
"I mean," Yun Yi raised an eyebrow, "I've known you for a long time."
Lin Muqiu also raised his eyebrows in response, not minding the incoherent words at all.
Thinking is too tiring, and she would rather use her experience to build the city and improve the welfare of the people.
But while the two were talking, they suddenly heard someone arguing next to them:
"Liv, think carefully about who you want to follow!"
"God damn it, can you be a little chivalrous? Get this: Liv is my wife! We were married three years ago by a pastor!"
"Just so you know, you were already dead by then! Liv is my wife now!"
"Hey, stop fighting... Can't the three of us just live together peacefully?"
The onlookers who witnessed two men fighting over one woman said: "???"
Lin Muqiu: “???”
After three seconds of silence, a fight broke out among the three.
Lin Muqiu pressed his solar plexus, looking helpless.
It seems that after resurrecting many people, many new problems have emerged in the new city.
It's really enough to drink a pot.
"So," Lin Muqiu said, "Who has been helping with government affairs during this period?"
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"So you've listened to them." Medea looked embarrassed and pushed a thick stack of city reports in front of Lin Muqiu. "This is the latest information I've compiled about the town's situation. Now I'm returning it to its rightful owner."
Lin Muqiu didn't answer. He looked at her with a smile and said without hesitation, "I'm never afraid of you usurping the throne."
Medea was stunned. She didn't expect her to say it so casually. "My Lord..."
"Maybe you shouldn't call me Lord," Lin Muqiu said, "You should call me Mother."
Medea: ???
no......
"As the heroine of my novel, you have once again passed my test." Lin Muqiu's eyes became more determined. "Now Ankang City has truly returned to its original owner."
"Heroine..." Medea whispered this sentence, as if she finally understood something, and looked at her in surprise and astonishment.
Lin Muqiu nodded slightly, agreeing with her.
Lin Muqiu took out the Lord System and threw it to her before she could react. "It's yours now. I'm leaving now and may not be back for two or three months."
"Where are you going?"
In astonishment, Medea called out to Lin Muqiu, who was turning around and leaving in a carefree manner.
Lin Muqiu paused, leaving only one sentence, "Traveling around."
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