[Slow Wear] Assassin System

You cheer for the road~

Miao Xuan followed Vladimir to the center of the banquet hall. He didn't look back, but monitored the table picker behind him in real time on the small map.

Sure enough, as he expected, someone passed by the dining table soon and took away his used cup.

Miao Xuan's footsteps slowed down: Call everyone.

System: [Received, the surveillance video was intercepted, Brother Miao, the cup you used has been taken away, and there is also the information flow of completing the task-this cup will be sent to collect evidence next. 】

So Miao Xuan felt relieved and followed Vladimir's footsteps.

The name of this banquet is to welcome the triumphant return of the Prince of Moscow, so of course Vladimir is the most beautiful focus of this banquet. From the moment the young prince appeared, almost everyone in the banquet hall was watching Following him, Miao Xuan followed Vladimir and received similar treatment.

The gossip that the prince was in distress and was rescued by the star hunter has spread everywhere. People's eyes glanced at Miao Xuan standing behind the prince, with different meanings.

Miao Xuan didn't care about this at all, but Vladimir felt displeased. He himself has lived in the eyes of others since he was a child, and he knows that such a feeling is not good.

"Let's go faster, the Dragon Kingdom's mission is already waiting for us outside." Vladimir approached Miao Xuan and whispered to him very intimately, "The imperial envoy this time is a child of the eight major families. , is of the same family as the queen of the Dragon Kingdom, and it is time to be reused."

"Eight Great Families" is actually what the Ursas people call the "Eight Banners" of the ruling class of the Dragon Kingdom. Most Ursas people can't tell the difference between the Dragon National Flag and the family, so they simply use "family" to translate it generally "Flag", and then use "vein system" to translate the same family under the same flag.

Of course, there is a detailed explanation of the corresponding title in the official written form, but the spoken language will naturally be much more casual.

Times have changed, and although the current trend is the resurgence of imperial power and dictatorship, whether it is Ursus or Dragon Kingdom, the political structure is still somewhat different from the ancient history that was still on the mother planet thousands of years ago.

For example, no matter which country’s royal family abides by monogamy, for example, the number of female emperors is no longer less than that of male emperors, for example, those in power must publish their images on the information network, and for example, everyone is equal on the surface... …For example, in order to restrict the imperial power, Ursus has a council and Dragon Kingdom has a cabinet.

But dictatorship, in the final analysis, is still the same thing in essence, and there will be no second voice in the hands of strongmen.

The council and church of Ursus are the voices of Tsar Olga.

According to Xuan'an's teaching and Xuanxin's memory, Miao Xuan sorted out the information in his head: "So this imperial envoy is also a high-ranking nobleman of the Dragon Kingdom, I understand... The mission of the Dragon Kingdom Mission this time is to What? Can you reveal it?"

"No problem. The news and interviews should be published on Skynet in a few days. They are here for the friendly exchanges between the two countries. This is the official statement of the Dragon Kingdom." Vladimir smiled when he said this, " But I guess it's because of His Majesty's external expansion in the past few years... Your Majesty asked me to entertain them in Kazan first."

In the past ten years, the territory of Ursas has nearly doubled in the hands of the Queen. Of course, most of these areas are buffer zones—Ursas’s foreign strategy has always been to create and expand buffer zones*. Nibble outward a little bit, then build and stabilize the inner areas in the process.

After all, Longguo and Ursas have been "good" neighbors for hundreds of years. How could there be no friction between the two sides in the past few years? It's just that both sides are afraid of each other, and there has been no major battle.

However, the current situation has changed. This year is an eventful year. Ursas encountered a small-scale civil strife, and the Dragon Kingdom entered a dangerous transition period. Both sides need stable borders, so this mission came just like that.

Miao Xuan flipped through the memory of the letter, and sure enough, it contained a lot of content about the expansion of the Ursus army. The work of star hunters is very dangerous, and many tasks are released in the buffer zone.

But in the final analysis, the Xuan family and his son are all interstellar hunters. Under the current situation where the general form remains unchanged, no matter how the regimes of the major galaxies change, it will not affect the hunters to eat at the edge of their swords. Instead, the few dependent countries on the border are struggling to survive. It's very dangerous, and their sovereignty might be wiped out someday... Although they don't have much autonomy right now.

Just after Vladimir clarified the background with a few words, the Dragon Kingdom's mission also made a grand appearance. The officials of Ursus expressed a very friendly attitude towards these guests who came from afar. They even replaced Dragon Kingdom background music.

There were only five members of the mission that came to the banquet, three men and two women. They all wore the official uniforms of the Dragon Kingdom. The men wore peacock blue robes and official hats with peacock feathers on their heads; the women wore Shui Yunqing robes. The skirt, and the hairpin is a white peony flag head.

Complicated embroidery clings to every corner of their robes. With the swing of the sleeves, these hand-embroidered patterns seem to come alive, radiant and magnificent, miraculously combining lightness, delicacy and The two styles of thick and quaint are solemn and gorgeous from a distance.

The leading man is undoubtedly the "Imperial Envoy" mentioned by Vladimir. He is burly and tall. His walking speed is not fast, but his strides are very large, which is very in line with the Ursas people's aesthetics for men. , the other four people behind him were rendered completely non-existent.

Miao Xuan could tell at a glance that the imperial envoy was also wearing a close-fitting exoskeleton under his official robe, and judging from his demeanor and momentum, there must be a lot of dead souls under this person.

He is a ruthless character that even star hunters will be afraid of.

The man stopped at a subtle but appropriate distance, and Vladimir would have to look up at him if he took any further steps, only at this distance to appear friendly and not aggressive.

At this moment, Miao Xuan's attention finally shifted from the exoskeleton to the man's face. This man's face is very rigid, with a pair of lion eyes that are distinct in black and white, and his eyebrows are thick and wild. This is a serious man.

Miao Xuan was a little surprised, he thought that the imperial envoys were all gentle and gentlemen, but he never thought that this one was actually looking mighty and stern.

Miao Xuan's gaze caught the attention of the imperial envoy, and the two men's gazes briefly met and then they turned away from each other. The imperial envoy bowed with one hand on his shoulder: "His Royal Highness, the imperial envoy of the Dragon Kingdom, Sochoro-Arsalan, is here. See you."

Pretty standard Ursasi.

The other four saluted with him almost at the same time, and their postures were all very beautiful.

Vladimir nodded back: "Welcome to Ursus, the house has been a little messed up these days, I'm laughing at you."

At the critical moment, Vladimir performed very reliably, and his thin body did not hinder him at all from the imposing manner that Prince of Moscow should have. Miao Xuan just quietly served as a decoration, listening to their greetings back and forth.

Both sides greeted the monarchs of the two countries first, followed by a very official etiquette address, and such polite words went around for a few rounds before ending.

Miao Xuan found that the five people who came to the banquet were all proficient in Ursasi, and they didn't need a translator at all. Moreover, the other four officials were very friendly social talents, and they dispersed after receiving approval, accepting or inviting The noble soldiers attending the meeting danced.

It is obvious that the imperial envoy of the Dragon Kingdom is not very interested in the little prince of Ursas, but this is not a formal meeting in itself, so after a short meeting, he chose to go to the army commander General Potemkin and the real power the duke.

Regarding this kind of thing, Vladimir showed an appearance that he was used to for a long time, and he watched the imperial envoy of the Dragon Kingdom walk to Duke Saltykov.

"The teacher has been with me for a long time. From the beginning of my childhood to the current courses, the teacher taught me." Vladimir said softly to Miao Xuan, "The teacher is like a father... If Alexei meets If you have something to do, you can go to the teacher, and the teacher will definitely help you for my sake."

Miao Xuan: ...

Miao Xuan smiled: "Yes, Prince Saltykov cares about you."

The dinner gradually reached its climax, and the people who had enough to eat and drink began to enter the most lively part. At this time, Vladimir could no longer just watch from the sidelines. As the main theme of the banquet, he had to lead the first dance. The noble ladies in the hall were all staring at him.

Vladimir is very familiar with this kind of thing. His lead dance invited a female official from the Dragon Kingdom Mission, which seemed official and formal.

The lighting in the banquet hall also changed, all the light was gathered in the center of the dance floor, the surrounding waiting seats and dining seats became much darker, Miao Xuan did not dance, and simply squatted in a corner.

And in the middle of the dance floor, a thin young man is holding the arm of an exotic girl to lead the dance. When the girl is twirling in his arms, white peony petals are swirling and falling from the black hair, passing through the peacock blue embroidery.

It can be described as pleasing to the eye.

【Brother Miao, I received the news that this Prince Saltykov is going to send someone to test your genetic material! ] The small system received the news from the information network and responded in time, 【His control sample——ah!The control samples were Vladimir's sample and a stranger sample. 】

Miao Xuan was stunned: Are you sure, Vladimir's sample?Is there still a blood relationship between my modeling this time and him?

Could it be said that Vladimir's "goal three" judgment came from this?

This logic seems to hold.

But if the identity this time is really related to the Prince of Moscow, then this problem will be in big trouble...

At this time, Miao Xuan quickly recalled what Vladimir had said to him in his mind. The third target said that he had a weak relationship, and there was only a single mother in the family. There are indeed only two people left in the Romanov royal family. These are all official announcements. The number of royal family members has not been concealed for more than a hundred years. This is a common practice—no, no, Vladimir mentioned it more than once— "My brother who died young" and the characteristic "silver hair and blue eyes".

Of course, under normal circumstances, the possibility of this information being related is very small, but this is a small world of missions, and Han Tiaotiao, who is as handsome as Han Tiaotiao, even gave a hellish hero request [Bearing humiliation, recklessness, late blooming].

Enduring humiliation, bearing hardships... What does an ordinary star hunter need to endure humiliation? !

This sounds very bad, a harbinger of storms to come.

Thinking about it, Miao Xuan felt that the world was simple. The two brothers were in trouble one after another. The emergency cabin was then employed in the Romanov royal express box. The big ones were picked first and then the small ones. Star Hunter might become the biggest winner.

Miao Xuan: See if you can mess up the information archive of my sample... Try to block the information, the more messy it is, the better.

System: [Okay, I understand! 】

After instructing the small system, Miao Xuan sent Xuan An an instruction to prepare to set sail, "It seems that we must leave quickly..."

"Where to go?"

A deep male voice suddenly sounded in Miao Xuan's ear, not Ursus but the language of Dragon Kingdom.

Miao Xuan turned around quickly, and at the same time subconsciously opened the distance. After seeing the person clearly, he realized that he had also used the language of Longguo when he was talking to himself just now.

The person approaching Miao Xuan was Suo Chuoluo, the imperial envoy of the Dragon Kingdom. His burly figure was half hidden in the dim light, and his face was blurred because of this. Reflects a warm luster.

Miao Xuan suppressed his voice and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid this has nothing to do with you."

"Indeed, I was rude, please forgive me." The man admitted directly, but did not let go, "But I am very curious about you—General Potemkin mentioned that you saved His Royal Highness, and your adoptive father, you The exoskeleton and weapons used are all inherited from the Dragon Kingdom, I want to take a look at your gun."

How could Miao Xuan have the time to argue with this person, if what he guessed was true, it would be fatal information, he said perfunctorily: "My father doesn't want me to do this...but if you are really curious, can you let me How about going back to discuss with my father? If possible, I will ask you out again."

Anyway, he turned around and was about to run away, so it didn't matter if he made an appointment or not.

The imperial envoy didn't try to fight for anything, he nodded, his expression was hard to see because his face was sunk in the dim light, but Miao Xuan felt that he was smiling: "Okay, thank you."

"Farewell." Miao Xuan whispered, and then quietly turned into the corridor not far from him.

The imperial envoy didn't even exchange contact information with him. His purpose of saying this must not be to simply take a look at the penetrating gun.

But who cares, they just met by chance anyway.

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The small system has already thrown the complete map to Brother Miao, and Miao Xuan quickly rushed back to the port in the outer space of Kazan according to this detailed small map.

As expected, a temporary blockade signal has been posted outside the port.

Miao Xuan hurried back to his home ship, and was warmly welcomed by the kuns as soon as he entered the hatch, Miao Xuan skillfully and quickly slapped it, and then quickly rushed into the cockpit: "Father, run quickly! "

Xuan An had already prepared in the bridge, and he was sitting in the driver's seat waiting for his son. Hearing this, he immediately activated the warm-up: "It will be ready to move in a minute—it's so urgent, what's going on with you? Could it be possible? Are you a descendant of Ivan VII?"

Ivan VII, the loser of the Ursas royal family's struggle for power 100 years ago, brought widespread turmoil among the people, and the negative impact lasted for 50 years.

Miao Xuan also sat in the driver's seat: "It's worse than this. Do you know what Prince Saltykov is testing? He wants to compare my genetics with the Prince of Moscow's."

Xuan An's face was full of confusion: "What? Say it again?"

According to the password sent by the small system, Miao Xuan quickly entered the key into the Kazan checkpoint with his hands like flying: "It means that I and our little prince's employer are likely to be related by blood, and brothers are most likely."

The teacup in Xuan An's hand dropped: "So your mother is the current empress?! Your father is Ivan V who died of illness?"

"You don't care if I'm the late emperor's son or brother, the point is that my life experience will be related to the throne!" Miao Xuan pointed at the key point, "This is the outpost of his army, we have to run to keep safe!"

Xuan An was shocked, but his action was very fast. He picked up the small teacup and said, "Now Kazan is completely closed to the outside world, and my key can only last for 3 minutes. If we go out, we will definitely encounter the rebels again." !"

"It doesn't matter, the key I got lasts for another 5 minutes, which is enough for us to run out—let's run to the territory of Ursas, and go around from the other side of the Ursas star field." Miao Xuan has long thought of a way out , "Dad, change our ship to the camouflage of the Ursus army information ship."

Xuan An pressed the pre-set program: "Medium! Fortunately, I use a lot of painted equipment."

The spare nozzle was opened outside the starship, and the starship of Star Hunter changed its appearance in an instant under the rough spray painting. The black and red dragon shape was replaced by the griffin crest holding a weapon in an instant, and the blue and white colors complemented each other. Laying out, the camouflage of light makes up for the roughness of the painting. From a distance, this ship is indistinguishable from an ordinary military starship.

The spraying was completed quickly within 30 seconds, and the next moment, the freshly baked ship rose from the ground and headed straight for the checkpoint in Kazan.

Fortunately, the Kazan checkpoint judged that it was a normal exchange of information and let them go.

The secret key prepared by Xuan'an worked, and Miao Xuan's decision was also very decisive. Duke Saltykov was socializing on the dance floor at this time. Although he ordered to prevent the starship of Star Hunter from leaving, the Lord Wouldn’t it have occurred to them to change their livery and still run away—this kind of wisdom only belongs to star hunters.

But this is not over yet. The current problem cannot be solved by running away, especially at the moment when the rebel army is rising recently.

Xuan An frowned: "The next thing is to see whether you want to be wanted or hunted down. Brother Xin, what are your plans?"

"It's a big deal to play a fake death." Miao Xuan comforted his father not so distractedly, and asked at the same time, "Father, do you know Sochoro Arsalan? He is the imperial envoy leading the Dragon Kingdom mission this time."

"Sochoro..."

Xuan An's hand on the console unconsciously tightened, his veins popping out.

The author has something to say:

This world is retro interstellar, but it’s not that the ancient country continues into the interstellar era, just because I want to write that kind of retro interstellar feeling.

The source of inspiration for this world is "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes" and "Cowboy Bebop" (although they are both old IPs, but I highly recommend everyone to make them up). It will involve magic reform and Qing Dynasty, but it will only extract cultural elements. In order to converge with the background of Tsarist Russia, everyone Think of it as a future fantasy of a parallel world

Although it is an ancient dynasty, this world defaults to modern views such as equality between men and women, but this will not be specifically mentioned in the article

The Dragon Kingdom only appears as part of the background. After pulling the old man’s thread, it will be the Tool Kingdom. Also, I don’t accept men’s hairstyles with big braids (covering their faces), but they can have flag heads. Girls’ hairstyles are very different. It looks good, hairpin flowers are even more beautiful, it is the same in any dynasty.

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By the way, the Qing Dynasty is actually a continuation of the Ming Dynasty. Basically, the big system followed the previous dynasty. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, where the emperor did not learn, the Qing Dynasty at least had a royal education. I think that in the early years of China The backwardness lies in the reincarnation of the closed and unified system. In this regard, I recommend foreign authors Kong Feili, Fairbank and Cambridge History of China. These are the big frameworks for getting started. The advantage is that they are extremely objective and strategic. Look at domestic scholars' analysis of individual behavior (Zhang Hongjie is strongly recommended here), and then come to your own view of history.

I finished reading the Qing Dynasty and then followed the modern history of China (the door to the new world has opened). When I read the history of the party, I read all the materials at home and abroad.

The Qing Dynasty is a highly centralized feudal dynasty. It is essentially the same as all the Ming Dynasty. If the minority regime Yuan is more brutal than the Qing Dynasty, I did not expect so many people to hate the Qing Dynasty so much. It is probably the Qing Dynasty that is closest to modern times and Because of the backwardness of the feudal era.

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*The buffer zone is actually a Soviet strategy

Character designs related to Russia are rarely seen in Japanese-style interstellar, but there are many Chinese-style elements in the early works, common gowns and cheongsams (I don’t know when Baotou became popular). It can also be seen in his works, especially the future interstellar that is biased towards the humanities. For example, "Carol and Tuesday" that was 20 years ago also has a little edge