nashuaworldcup Chapter 8 The King and the High Priest
Chapter 8 The King and the High Priest
The guards and maids in the royal city felt comfortable working in such a relaxed atmosphere, and the younger ones gradually became braver.
"Your Majesty went to the High Priest again today."
"Your Majesty, why don't you go someday? I don't think you're here to serve the messenger of God, but to chase after a wife."
"Yes, yes. Last time I saw His Majesty and the High Priest fishing in the garden. His Majesty even helped the High Priest put on the bait himself. They were so close. From behind, they looked so well-matched."
"If the two of them could continue like this, His Majesty would be in a good mood every day and I wouldn't have to be so frightened."
"What are you thinking? Your Majesty is destined to marry a princess. The messenger is a man, so the two of them are destined to have no children. If there are no children, who will inherit the throne?"
"That's right, I just thought about it."
"But your majesty is the son of the sun god. After death, he will return to the sun god. The high priest is the messenger of the god. Perhaps the two of them will meet again in heaven."
"Then they can be together forever!"
"Shut up! You are so bold that you dare to discuss the emperor's affairs." An older maid heard the two young maids muttering and quickly spoke up to educate them.
Seeing the two children frantically working on their tasks, the older maid felt a pang of frustration. Thinking back to what the two children had just said, she surprisingly felt there was some truth to it. But then, remembering His Majesty's past behavior, she shuddered and quickened her pace, refusing to let her thoughts wander.
A week after the banquet, the transactions among the tribes gradually came to an end.
"Hey, this year we not only exchanged a lot of stone and grain, but also a lot of pottery and spices. Life will get better and better."
"My family has already exchanged enough for this year. I'll bring some wood back to Amo's kid. How can we live without furniture at home?"
"That kid is also stubborn and doesn't know how to borrow money from us, ah."
"Those are just scoundrels from the neighboring tribe. They even lied to children! Trash!"
The people of the Kai tribe chatted casually and packed up the goods on hand.
"Is Lord Ti here? Something happened in the tribe! Lord Ti, Lord Ti!" A panicked voice came from outside the house.
"Why does it sound like Rami's voice?"
"It seems to be Rami. What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"You said something happened to the tribe? What happened?"
Everyone quickly put down what they were holding and gathered around Rami.
"What's wrong with the tribe, Rami? Where are the others? Why are you the only one here?" Ti asked hurriedly, looking at Rami who was supposed to stay in the tribe.
Rami was probably in a hurry on the road, and the horse riding next to him was so tired that it fell to the ground. He himself looked haggard, his clothes were torn, and there were many wounds on his body that had not been cleaned in time.
"Sir, the ancient river suddenly entered its flooding period, and the surrounding tribes were submerged! The captain and I were out on patrol at the time, and we saw the floodwaters pouring into the tribe from afar. The captain and his men went back to search for the wounded, and they were short of manpower, so the captain sent me here alone."
"Flooding period? Didn't the flooding period last two months? How is the situation in the tribe you came from?"
"I only saw that the houses were washed away, and the farmlands were probably flooded. I don't know anything else, and I'm not sure about the casualties in the tribe..." Rami's spirit was extremely tense, and he didn't relax until he saw Ti. He fainted just after he finished telling the news he knew.
Someone was sent to take care of Lamy. Ti discussed with Mons: "If the tribal farmland is destroyed, not only will we have no food now, but we will have no food for the whole year. We have already exchanged all the food we brought for the exchange, and there is no food left..."
"We should report this to His Majesty. From what Lamy said, the tribes surrounding the ancient river basin should have been affected to some extent. His Majesty will not sit idly by."
"Okay, let's go to the palace now."
At the same time, almost at the same time, the army patrolling various parts of the dynasty also discovered this incident and reported it to the king as quickly as possible.
"The ancient river suddenly entered its flooding period, affecting five surrounding tribes and destroying most of the farmland."
The farmland surrounding the lower reaches of the ancient river provided 60% of the dynasty's southern food supply. This disaster would not only cause casualties, but also, if food supply was insufficient, famine would spread throughout the south. Mo Heng frowned at this thought and quickly allocated grain from the granary to the disaster area.
[Warning! Warning! Abnormal energy fluctuations detected, intercepting... interception successful. Testing... Testing completed, energy attribute divine power content 100%.]
While still asleep in the morning, Chu Jun was awakened by Pino's alarm.
Pino's built-in automatic detection system monitors this plane in real time, but to reduce energy consumption, it can only detect energy with higher fluctuation levels. Now Pino not only detects energy fluctuations but also issues an alarm, demonstrating their magnitude.
[100% divine power? Pino, confirm the location.]
[Location in progress... Positioning successful, confirmed to be the lower reaches of the ancient river, the area where the Kai tribe is located.]
Kai tribe, isn’t that where I first landed?
Chu Jun thought about this while quickly going to the study to look for Mo Heng. The energy fluctuations were bound to have some impact on the plane. He hoped that no serious damage would be caused.
As they walked outside the study, the guards on both sides saluted Chu Yun respectfully, and the sound of officials arguing could be faintly heard from inside.
Chu Yun directly lifted the curtain and walked in.
The officials stopped talking when they saw someone trespassing into His Majesty's study. Then they saw a young man dressed in the clothes of a high priest and quickly reacted and saluted Chu Yun.
Mo Heng was sitting in the upper seat, supporting his head with one hand while reading the letter in his hand. When he saw Chu Jun coming in, he signaled the guards to add a seat next to him.
Chu Jun looked at the officials below who were arguing again and asked, "What happened?"
"The ancient river suddenly entered its flooding period, and the downstream area was severely flooded. People from surrounding tribes, including the Kai tribe, have come to me to report that farmland and houses have been damaged, and there may be many casualties."
"Kayi tribe?"
"Well. Don't worry too much. I have already sent an advance team to help rescue the wounded, and the follow-up food delivery team is also ready to set off." Mo Heng thought Chu Jun was worried about the people in the Kai tribe, and hurriedly comforted him.
"It should have been dry season at this time of year in previous years, so why is it suddenly flooding?"
"It was because we had never encountered such a situation before that we did not take precautions and suffered heavy losses."
"The ancient river has entered flooding season, and things are strange. I'd like to go with the troops to investigate." Chu Jun speculated that the flooding was likely related to abnormal energy fluctuations. Regardless, the matter involved divine power, and Chu Jun couldn't ignore it. Pino's energy reserves were insufficient to support a precise long-range exploration, so Chu Jun had to investigate personally.
The man pursed his lips, not disguising his disapproval. The ancient river hadn't subsided yet, and going downstream now might cause further flooding. It was too dangerous.
However, after a stalemate, Mo Heng still agreed.
He then ordered that he and the high priest would go to the front line of the flood to pray for God's people.
Before setting off, Mo Heng was busy deploying the defenses of the royal city and making preparations before departure.
Chu Jun didn't have anything to carry with her, and she felt embarrassed to bother Mo Heng, so she simply went to the warehouse and watched the guards and maids busying themselves preparing the things they would need for their trip.
The warehouse is very large. The outer room is for daily necessities of the palace, and the inner room is His Majesty's private warehouse.
The things in the outer room were ordinary, just common ornaments and pottery found in the palace, nothing special to see.
Chu Yun quickly strolled to the door of the private vault. He was about to turn around and leave, but the guards at the door had obviously been instructed in advance. Seeing Chu Yun's arrival, after a salute, they directly opened the private vault for Chu Yun.
The inner room was obviously full of jewels and precious stones. Chu Jun was curious for a moment and felt excited about secretly checking out the old man's secret stash, so she went in happily.