Dragon Fire Festival, this is one of the traditional festivals of the Kingdom of Doguland, to commemorate the historical event of the "Battle of the Dead River" in 2188 of the Divine Calendar.

At that time, the "Eight Kings' Conflict" entered a fever pitch. In the massive Battle of the Dead River, the "Ancient King" Doguland I was besieged by the coalition of six kings in the Dead River. At the end of the road, "Dragon Queen" Sofina Fen

·Regnom rode the black dragon Nidhogg and descended from the sky, evaporating the water in the Dead River with his raging dragon breath, helping the ancient king's main force escape from trouble.

Then, the ancient king launched a counterattack, annihilating the other six kings in one fell swoop, and expelled their forces to the northern region. Finally, they formed a blood alliance with the Dragon Queen and jointly established this great kingdom.

On the Dragon Fire Festival, major cities in Doguland will set off brilliant fireworks to simulate the scene when the Dragon Queen and Nidhogg descended from the sky, breathing raging dragon breath, in order to commemorate the eternal existence of the laurel flower and the dragon.

The changed blood alliance.

The Dragon Fire Festival is children’s favorite festival. They may not know about the epic Battle of the Dead River or how symbolic this festival is, but as long as there are lively fireworks to watch, it doesn’t matter.

Whoever you commemorate is happy and that's all.

However, for the soldiers of the Public Security Department, the Dragon Fire Festival will be very painful, because the task this night is extremely difficult, and the fireworks in the sky are not only a pleasing sight, but also a huge safety hazard.

When setting off fireworks, embers will inevitably fall from the sky. If sparks fall on the thatch, it is no joke to start a fire.

In order to avoid fire hazards, the fireworks display location for the Danyu City Dragon Fire Festival is set up in the Nancheng area.

The climate in Danyu City is like spring all year round, with almost no temperature differences between seasons, but the wind direction will still change with the seasons.

In the "hard winter" season like now, the north wind blows from the north. If the fireworks are set off in Nancheng, the sparks and embers will be blown by the wind to the southern suburbs, where there are rocky mountains.

No combustibles.

Even if there is no wind that day and embers from the sparks fall down, the buildings in Nancheng are mainly made of stone bricks and will not burn.

The most important thing is that the eight major granaries are located in the north city. The separation between the north and the south is the greatest protection for the granaries. In addition, the granaries are always guarded by professional fire prevention soldiers, so the hidden dangers of fireworks are almost zero for them.

On the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, the southern part of Danyu City was already crowded with people, and the streets were empty. Every household came to the street. The wife held her husband's arm, and the child rode on the father's neck. It was full of joy and laughter, and they welcomed the arrival of the festival together.

Under the coordination of officials at all levels, a display area has been cleared in Nancheng, the packaged fireworks are neatly prepared, and the soldiers in charge of setting off are also waiting nearby, waiting for the celebration moment.

If there are fireworks, there will naturally be a viewing area. A nearby viewing platform is located on a high ground and has an excellent view. It is undoubtedly a VIP position. The people who can watch the fireworks here are all powerful officials in Danyu City, or are related to the ruling government residence.

Close relationship between merchants and nobles.

However, what is more subtle is that the celebration is about to begin, and the two main officials, Consul Gomer and Censor Lin Gengsen, are not present, and the seats in the middle are empty.

While the rest of the officials were waiting quietly, a guard of the Consul's residence hurriedly ran up to the observation deck and reported to the other eight officials in the front row: "My lords, the Consul and the Censor have asked us to come to deliver a message.

The adults ate some stale ingredients at night and are not feeling well, so they will not come to participate in the Dragon Fire Festival tonight."

After hearing this, the security captain slammed the armrest of the seat and scolded: "What happened to the chef in your house?! How dare you give stale ingredients to two adults?! What is the name of this chef? I will have him removed immediately

arrest!"

The guard said obediently: "My lord, please calm down. This was just a momentary negligence in the kitchen, and the chef did not do it on purpose. The consul has already forgiven him."

"The Archon has a broad mind, and that idiot is extremely lucky." The security captain took the lead and stood up, looked around at everyone and said, "The Archon is ill and we can't sit still here. Don't watch the fireworks, everyone.

Let’s go to the Consul’s Mansion to visit His Excellency.”

The guard hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The consul has already mentioned that there is no need for you to go to visit the patient. He just wants to have a good rest in his house. You can just watch the fireworks here with peace of mind."

"This" the security captain was in trouble for a moment, mainly because he didn't know whether Gomer's instructions were sincere or some kind of test.

If it's sincere, that's all.

If it's a test and someone pretends to be sick to test your sincerity, if you really don't go and just watch the fireworks here, there's a high chance that you won't be included in this year's end-of-year evaluation.

The guard seemed to have noticed the concerns of the officials, and specifically added: "My lords, you really don't need to visit the sick, just stay here. The consul specially told me not to let him ruin everyone's interest."

Having said that, it was not appropriate to pay a forced visit, so the security captain sat down and said silently: "Then it is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Let the consul and the censor rest in peace and recover until they recover a little bit."

, let’s go visit again.”

The guard handed over his duties, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and left.

Not long after, the person in charge of the Dragon Fire Festival ran onto the stage and asked: "My lords, it's almost time. Do you want to start setting off the fireworks?"

Looking from the height of the observation deck, the bustling crowds were separated into various lanes by soldiers. It was obvious that everyone could no longer restrain their interest in watching the excitement. They were all asking for the fireworks to start quickly. Various noisy

The sounds were mixed together and it was very noisy.

There were also some drunken drunkards who took advantage of the festive atmosphere to cause trouble. They pushed here and touched there, which caused a lot of complaints. They were quickly arrested on the spot by the security soldiers who came after hearing the news and were sent to the Public Security Department to be imprisoned.

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Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heated, the security captain asked his colleagues around him: "If you have no objections, then..."

"Let's get started, don't keep everyone waiting." All colleagues agreed.

Soon, the security captain was elected to speak. He stood up and walked to the front of the observation deck, drank a bottle of temporary amplification potion, and his voice was amplified dozens of times in an instant, and the loud voice penetrated the bustling crowd.

: "People of Danyu City, today is a day full of commemoration. On this day 513 years ago, the Dragon Queen helped the ancient king out of trouble at the Battle of the Dead River, and worked with him to establish the great country of Doguland. We

Light the warmest flame to commemorate the eternal friendship between the laurel flower and the dragon! I now declare"
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