Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

Song Qingyuan judged the situation and determined that the idea of ​​"reaching the altar with his own firm will" was not feasible, so he let go of his strength, leaned back with peace of mind, and walked forward with the support of Lian Ti.

A real man must be able to bend and stretch.

Lian Ti also understands the principle of accepting as soon as it is good.He didn't make any more jokes, but changed positions silently so that he could better support Song Qingyuan.

Sure enough, with the help of others, a few hundred steps are nothing more than that.Feeling the thrust behind him, Song Qingyuan thought in a good mood.

In this way, with the help of Lian Ti, Song Qingyuan successfully walked up to the altar before the vows began, and stood where he should be.

The eastern part of the sky is gradually turning pale.But after a while, there were low and solemn bells ringing from all around.

Everyone knelt on the table and read the oath aloud under the command of the ceremony officer.

Anyway, regardless of whether we will meet each other in the future, everyone is now piously swearing.

"To the gods of mountains, rivers, heaven and earth..." The majestic voice of the ritual official came from the stage, "May I sacrifice six animals to the gods, and I will never break my oath." After the last sentence, everyone straightened up.

Song Qingyuan looked at the ceremonial officer who was already killing animals and offering sacrifices to the gods, and was stunned with some doubts.

Is this the end?

It only said that the gods of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers should witness their oath today, but didn't they invite the gods to send divine punishment to those who broke the oath?

Even if it's a scumbag who swears, he still has to say "otherwise I will die badly".After all, this group of people can be regarded as the leaders of a country, and it is so casual to make an oath.

Doesn't this make it clear that today's oath must be violated in the future?Song Qingyuan pouted, thinking with some disdain.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on the bloody scene in the distance, Song Qingyuan quickly scanned the surrounding area with his peripheral vision.

Everyone put their hands on the front of their thighs and knelt straight, except for the person beside him.Lian Ti had a nonchalant expression on his face, resting his chin on his left hand, leaning there in a sitting position.

Seeing Song Qingyuan cast his gaze over, he blinked at himself and smiled.

Another one who didn't take the alliance seriously.Song Qingyuan thought to himself.

As for the last one to do this, it was the Great Witch of Nanzhao.He told Emperor Hongde directly that he believed in the witch god of Nanzhao, so it was inconvenient to swear an oath in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.In the end, they only sent someone to bring an oath in Nanzhao script.

Compared with this Great Witch of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, even mentioning this can be regarded as a great deal of face to the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

But Song Qingyuan soon couldn't care less about guessing other people's thoughts in his heart.Because the ritual officer on the high platform had already brought a bronze cauldron full of blood to him.

It finally came to this point... Song Qingyuan became cruel, and stretched out his left hand to poke in.

A warm and sticky sensation climbed up his fingertips in an instant.

Song Qingyuan suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and smeared the blood on his hand on his lower lip near his chin.

But fortunately, the ritual officer just went through the process, and didn't delve into the problem of the incorrect position of his smearing.

The thick bloody smell welled up the tip of his nose, Song Qingyuan gritted his teeth hard to hold back the churning in his stomach.

Someone beside him suddenly touched his shoulder, and Song Qingyuan turned his head to look.Lian Ti stretched out his right hand to him, and there was a plain white brocade veil hidden under the black and gold wide sleeve.

Song Qingyuan took the handkerchief with some doubts, and pinched some hard objects in the handkerchief.

He opened the veil and took a look in the faint morning light, and found seven or eight berries the size of orange-red cherries.

Song Qingyuan quietly raised his head to look at Lian Ti, only to see that the other party gave him a mouth shape, which should be: "Don't worry, it's clean."

Only then did he realize that there was not even a trace of blood on Lian Ti's lips.

Seeing that Song Qingyuan was still motionless, Lian Ti raised his eyebrows in doubt.

The fruit in the handkerchief was picked up by him before going out. It tastes sweet and delicious.Seeing that Song Qingyuan was frowned after being stained with blood, he guessed that the smell of blood was too strong, so he hid the fruit in his sleeve in the handkerchief and handed it over.

Noticing that Song Qingyuan's eyes had been lingering on his lips, Lian Ti had an epiphany, and took out a bloodstained handkerchief of the same style from his sleeve.

Seeing this, Song Qingyuan nodded slightly, squeezed the handkerchief in his hand, and took advantage of the cover of his wide sleeve to wipe off the blood on his lips.Then quickly threw the berries into his mouth.

This action reminded him of the little girl who secretly stuffed snacks into her mouth under the cover of the document when the speaker on the stage turned around during the company meeting in his previous life.

Song Qingyuan couldn't help but feel a little hot.But after the sweetness of the berries quickly spread and covered up the original bloody smell, he no longer felt embarrassed.

Well, it's good that there is no smell of blood on the tip of the nose.

Song Qingyuan stuffed one into his mouth from time to time like this, and ate all the berries wrapped in the brocade to the sound of reciting on the high platform.

The sky gradually brightened.

When the time of Haishi was about to pass, it finally came to the last step of the oath.

I saw a few people with dustpan-shaped cage crowns appear from one side of the altar, walked forward in small steps, held up the covenant they had signed before, and threw it into the fire amid the prayers of the ritual officer.

After the oath was over, everyone left the altar in order under the leadership of the servants.

When walking down the steps, Song Qingyuan looked back.I saw Emperor Hongde standing on the highest platform against the light, and behind him were the seven-color glazed tiles on the palace that could be vaguely seen from the corner.

Song Qingyuan couldn't see Emperor Hongde's face clearly, and after a fixed glance, he turned around without hesitation and walked down the steps.

"What were you looking at just now?" Lian Ti deliberately lowered his voice from behind.

"I didn't see anything." Song Qingyuan shook his head casually, trying to prevaricate.

If ordinary people hear this sentence, they will wisely stop asking.

But Lian Ti is not an ordinary person, he walked quickly to catch up with Song Qingyuan, and continued to ask without changing his face: "Just now I saw you glanced at He Lianji before leaving, what were you thinking?"

It was the first time Song Qingyuan saw such an ignorant person like him, and gave him a blank look, "I'm wondering when Emperor Hongde will die, is it alright?"

Lian Ti heard the words, and let out a few hearty low laughs, "Your Highness cursed the death of their country's emperor on the altar of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, so you are not afraid of being heard by the gods and punished."

Song Qingyuan turned his head and looked around indifferently, and said casually, "I don't believe in gods."

"That's right." Lian Ti nodded in agreement, "If Nan Zhou really had gods, he wouldn't let a mediocre person like He Lianji sit on the throne."

Song Qingyuan glanced at Lian Ti who was still feeling emotional, and rarely agreed with his point of view.

To be an emperor, incompetence is not a serious crime. If you have good ministers who can help the world, you can also create a peaceful and prosperous world.But if an emperor is incompetent and greedy, then the country is not far from decline.

Unfortunately, Emperor Hongde is the latter.

Greedy, obsessed with politics, doting on traitors, self-willed... all the evils of a foolish king can be combined in one body.

The Southern Zhou Dynasty has not yet subjugated the country, thanks to the rich family wealth accumulated by the previous generations of emperors.

In less than 10 minutes, the two walked down the altar.Song Qingyuan cupped his hands at Lianti, bid farewell and left.

After Lian Ti watched him leave, he walked quickly to his horse, got on the horse, and ordered the subordinates who were holding the horse rope: "Today, the berries in the royal house of Japan should be prepared in the car when they leave Huijing." Go up some."

The subordinates in iron armor quickly responded and handed the whip to Lian Ti. While putting on the bridle, he thought suspiciously: Doesn't the king not like that fruit very much, why did he suddenly ask him to buy a lot of it?

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I'm back! !There is another update at night, but it will be very late, so don’t stay up all night——