C4495 Mountain and River Offering(part I)
The Emperor is right.1
Even though Lin Hao was an expert in the art of speech, he was able to invert right and wrong with his words. When he pretended to be an old hag, he was even more unreasonable. His words gave Yaoguang's disciples a headache, but no one could refute him.
However, he could not refute the Imperial Emperor's words, and he could not even say out a full stomach of schemes.
However, this was not a problem that could be solved with words. This was the dynasty, one of the top powers in the entire continent, an existence that countless countries wanted to curry favor with and form an alliance with.
Of course, he could say a lot of schemes, from how to investigate spies, to fighting against foreign enemies, and even how to stabilize the National Day.
However, none of these could cover up a fact - when the Mountain and River Sacrificial Ceremony faced unknown dangers, Canglan Empire chose to shrink back.
If they retreated on the Mountain and River Sacrificial Ceremony that only happened once every thousand years, there would be a stain on Dynasty that could not be erased. Even if the enemy appeared afterwards, they would be charged with the crime of escaping at the last minute, and they would be ridiculed by everyone in the world.
This was the Canglan Empire, and it had its own dignity and dignity. It would not allow foreign enemies to attack, but it would escape at the last minute and watch the situation unfold.
As one of the most powerful forces on the continent, they would definitely choose to attack no matter what, and wipe out all the enemies that came from afar.
This was the attitude of the Canglan Empire and the Imperial Emperor.
Therefore, Lin Hao was silent and could not express his full stomach of objections.
In the end, he looked away and nodded under the gaze of the Monarch. He chose to retreat and did not insist on the view of everyone retreating.
"This Mountain and River Sacrificial Ceremony is not just a festival ceremony, it represents the Qi Festival of our Canglan Empire. Dignity, strength." The Monarch didn't blame him further. Instead, he patted Lin Hao's shoulder. His tone was solemn and low." It's good that you can understand my difficulties of not being able to retreat. "
After saying that, the Emperor got up and mounted his horse again. Lin Hao also silently pulled the reins. He looked at Gu Qingming and His Highness the Crown Prince and shook his head lightly.
There was no surprise on the faces of those two people. Clearly, they understood the Emperor very well and also understood that they could not retreat at this time. So they straightened their backs and continued to walk forward.
No one looked at the water and waterfall that had disappeared. They silently crossed the muddy ground and solemnly followed behind.
However, they did not take two steps. Just as they were about to reach the snow mountain, countless mud balls suddenly gushed out from the ground.
"What's going on?" Patriarch Sicheng saw that the people had stopped and immediately muttered in a low voice. He also looked at the ground.
He saw something surging under the soil. It crawled out one by one and shook the soil on its body.
Lin Hao shivered and prayed silently in his heart, As long as it's not a bug, it's fine.
The silver-armored general raised the spear in his hand and casually pierced through a lump of mud. After shaking off the dirt all over its body, he carefully examined it. The silver-armored general nodded and said, "Monarch, this is the young cicada that crawled out from the ground."
Lin Hao frowned and immediately took a few steps forward. He looked at the tip of the spear and muttered, "Young cicada? But now is not the time for the young cicada to break out of the ground."
"Then I don't know." The silver-armored general shook his head. With a shake of his spear, he flung the cicada back onto the ground. He picked up a few more wriggling mud balls and carefully observed them.
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