Chapter Ninety-Five: Out of Control
"The wise man becomes foolish, and is the easiest fish to be bait; Because he is highly educated and knowledgeable, he cannot see his own arrogance. The stupidity of a fool is not unusual, but the stupidity of a wise man makes people laugh and hurt their stomachs; Because he proved himself stupid with all his skills. β
"There is a wise king in a foolish country, and he, O man, considers himself nobler and greater than the gods."
"Oh, my brother, please don't say that. If you disagree with the mighty King, who wields the scepter of the supreme and is about to ascend to the throne, beware of him lifting up the scepter covered with maggots and beating thee. β
"Hmph, little king, don't you even speak the truth? The arrogant proclamation, the ravings of the God of the Law as a hillbilly, are making the gods of heaven laugh. β
"Oh, who gave the comical king the confidence to think that his short-lived man and his kingdom would be able to look down on the man who had entered immortality?"
"Perhaps, it was because he had a loud voice, or at least, his heart-wrenching roar made the crows tremble."
"Maybe it's because he's rich, at least, he's rich enough to decorate trees with jewelry and pave roads with carpets."
"Perhaps, it's because he's so powerful, at least, those forty-six unlucky ones are planning to present their banners and obediently act as lackeys."
The funny trio, surrounded by legends, still chanted their own songs.
"Hahahaha!" "Hehehehehe!"
The hall was already in chaos, and in the trembling of the nobles (crows), the wild laughter of the three dwarves joined in one.
"The Emperor's voice is loud? Hum. His roar may have spread throughout the kingdom. But that man never needed to roar. Even in the face of the farmer who had nothing, even in the face of the questioning of the noble demigod, he just took out his own legal code, and Mance told the other party the truth of our Brimstone Mountain City in an orderly manner. β
"Let us wait, let the great time judge the weight of the words, how many ashes will be left of the great king in three hundred years, and whether his arrogant words have become the laughing stock of history. And whether the silent immortal has realized his own ideas and changed the whole world with his own rules. β
"The emperor's kingdom is rich? Oh, he opened his treasury lavishly to decorate the faΓ§ade, and decorated the trees with jewels, and irrigated the rivers with milk, and our country judge was not so rich, and he was poor and often overpaid his wages, and had to pay the store IOUs to prepare the bread for tomorrow. β
"But in his kingdom. As long as you work hard, you won't starve. As long as the law is followed. to gain dignity. Every civilian in his office can enter, complain about their worries, and express their hopes for the future. And in your kingdom, it is a world of cannibalism, where greedy nobles are jackals, and cunning merchants are sheep before jackals, but cannibalistic tigers and leopards before commoners. And have you, great king, the Most High, who feeds on jackals and tigers and leopards, ever been to the outskirts of the city to hear the groans of the lambs in agony that they could not live, and how they sold their sons and abandoned their daughters so that they might fill their bellies to-day? β
"The Emperor's kingdom is strong? Oh, and I heard that your royal guard is the elite of the Silver Cross (the symbol of the Silver Rank), and your voice can make your neighbors tremble? Then you know that in the underground world of the jungle, even the golden triangles (the symbol of the golden order) are just cannon fodder under the fires of war. Did you know that we have just eliminated the Demon Count and his army, which rivaled the true gods, and banished the dragon queen who led countless evil dragons, and the beastmaster with more than 10,000 golden triangle guards has also been beheaded. β
"We do not have the so-called noble nobles who guard the territory and its subjects, because our territory does not belong to anyone. Our cities have no armies, and as long as the shadow of war looms over our last home, each of us is a warrior. We have a lot of enemies, but we have more trustworthy friends. And you, great king, jealous emperor of the gods, how many people are willing to give their lives for you when you lose your crown and your scepter, when your homeland is threatened with destruction? How many nobles will die with the kingdom? How many allies will come to your rescue instead of stabbing you in the back? β
"Young Emperor with the scepter of corruption, you think you are a majestic king, but in fact you are a grandiose clown."
"O wrongdoer who murdered his father and brother, you think you can look down on that person, but in terms of character and the meaning of existence, you can't even compare to that person's little finger!"
"O foolish king who is jealous of the true God, you are rich because you are powerful, but in reality you don't even know what true power is. Be humble in front of that Lord, in the face of true strength. β
"You're a dick because of you."
"It's actually ugly."
"You're a joke."
Well, between singing and harmonizing, Dassos's face has turned the color of pig liver, and in the end, the three dwarves were all caught by the emperor's personal guards, perhaps, it should be said that they found that they couldn't fight, so they raised their hands and surrendered without hesitation, but someone keenly felt that this matter was far from over.
Hoyle, they don't think about the general situation of the country, they are even more troubled bastards, but they know who gave the residents of Brimstone Mountain City a good life, so even if you are the supreme king, as long as you insult the benefactor in their hearts, they still dare to bloody the dog you scolded.
The human kings who mock the true gods, the dwarf goblins and the gray dwarves who mock the kings, in the eyes of the beholders, especially in my eyes, are a scene destined to go down in history.
Sure enough, two days later, things had changed.
ββ¦β¦ The nonsense of the three dwarves has been composed and arranged into a funny bar tune, and now it is being sung in many middle and lower class taverns and teahouses, and it has spread, and I am afraid it can no longer be stopped. β
The general trend of history is indeed unstoppable, but the so-called general trend is composed of countless individuals and events, in the open and secret struggle at the national level, the three people are not worth mentioning small people, but often, it is these small people who are not worth mentioning who have made earth-shattering things.
"There's definitely someone behind it. Most of the lyrics are taken from the original words of the goblins. Instead, the whole correction process was carried out. The artistic standard is so high that our music masters and dramatists say that it should come from the hands of the masters...... He also said that it might become a masterpiece. β
"Bishop Kolos, the God of Law, has sent an official note asking us to release him quickly and to explain our disrespect to the God of Law. The Holy Light Church of Noel VI, through an urgent communication channel, expressed his deep dissatisfaction with us and demanded an explanation for our disrespect to the true God. And along with it, there are also strict warnings and concerns from the Church of the Nine True Gods. They asked us for an explanation. β
"The Royal Guard seized the giant machine qΓ¬ man in the temporary residence of those three guys, and that should be the gift they were going to give. According to the preliminary research of the Royal Institution of Engineers, it is indeed very advanced, and many of these technologies are very helpful to the engineering research of our country. But unfortunately, the goblin simply refused to cooperate, and I don't know who spread the news, and as a result, some people have already privately accused the empire of revenge, and ridiculed the king for not being tolerant. β
"The intelligence organization 'Midnight Rose' has issued a warning, and those nonsense describes that you murdered the former king in order to ascend to the throne, of course. It's all slander, but your prestige has suffered. And with the vicious sarcasm of that rumor spreading. Some people have called the king 'the foolish king who is jealous of the true God.' There are also people who spread the word that our Orlan Empire has ambitions to annex other countries, and at least thirty of the forty-six countries are ready to move, and they are communicating in private, and there seems to be a conspiracy. β
One bad news after another is on the table, the pen is better than the sword, the young emperor has been challenged by the most dangerous since his accession to the throne, the invisible enemy in the shadows, but the union of countless hostile forces, making it impossible to fight back.
It has to be said that, in a sense, Dassos is indeed called the wise king, at least under his power, his subordinates dare to directly tell the king's mistakes and all kinds of unfavorable status quo, without fear of being angry and punished.
"Dassos, you really went a little too far this time, and the rest doesn't matter, but it's too stupid to put the hat of contempt for the true God on your head and be hostile to the Church of Gods just for the sake of verbal disputes."
As Dassos's close friend and brother, only Hermit dared to say to his face that the king was not, but at this time, Dassos was also full of chagrin, and in retrospect, it was indeed not his cautious daily style at that time.
"Sure enough, it's right to stay away from women, beauty hurts people."
In retrospect, Dassos was so annoyed that he couldn't say anything, more or less because "Renee" was close by.
was accused and ridiculed in front of the woman he liked, and his face was lost, even if he was cautious and modest in the past, it was easy to hold back the anger in his heart, not to mention that he was still the king of a country who had just held power.
"There are probably some reasons for that contract, after all, it's the devil's text, and the language of the lower plane is somewhat problematic."
Language itself has magical power, and the language of the lower plane will arouse negative feelings, the blasphemous language in the mantra, the chaotic language in the divine art, that is, the linguistic magic that uses the devil's language and the demon language of the lower plane, and on the other hand, it is the word of goodness, the word of holiness and other alternative magic and magic that use the language of the gods and angels of the upper plane.
Dassos had been staring at the contract for too long, and he had been unconsciously aroused by negative feelings, and the magic sword itself would also make people biased towards chaos, and when he walked out of the room, the feelings were already very depressed and uncomfortable, and it was natural to be ridiculed in person as a fuse to explode out of control.
"It's too late to say this, it's already happened, and now it's a matter of how to make up for it."
If it was just a gaffe, it would be easy to deal with, but the weight of the sarcastic salute has instead achieved the stigma of Dassos's ingratitude and small belly.
As the eerie song spread throughout the city and spread at a rapid pace, the "good name" of "the foolish king of jealous gods" was poured on Dassos before he could gain the reputation of the king of the winter wolves.
And for the feudal feudal king, authority and dignity were more important than life. Reputation is sometimes equated with strength itself, and when the emperor loses his dignity and reputation, the nobles under his command will naturally disobey orders.
This qiΔ is not someone's conspiracy, but sometimes, the accumulation of accidental factors is more deadly than the enemy's conspiracy.
In particular, Dassos and the Oran Empire itself are not monolithic, although his father and brother have fallen, the forces left behind by him have not been completely uprooted, and the warlords and nobles of the major feudal territories are even more ambitious, how can they let go of this kind of opportunity that can reduce the authority and dignity of the king without taking the initiative.
And those small countries that were forced to participate in the alliance have long been full of resentment, and it would be good if your Orlan Empire had no flaws, but now that the flaws are exposed, they will naturally attack in groups, looking for an opportunity to get rid of the suzerain's independence and independence.
If it takes three or five years, when Dassos sits firmly, these are not problems, but recently Dassos has forced the covenant to force internal and external pressure, and he is already sitting on the crater, and now his words are showing flaws, how can the opponent let it go.
Therefore, with the concerted efforts of all parties, the bar minor and rumors spread rapidly, and various hidden dangers were detonated at the same time.
"Since it's already wrong, let's be wrong to the end, put those three in the highest prison, don't let them see anyone, if they are released, it will show that we are weak. Reply to Noel VI, with a slightly more tactful wording, just apologize for my gaffe, and as for the Church of the God of Law, it has been completely offended, so ignore him. As for that rumor, let the intelligence organization create more other unbelievable rumors to confuse public opinion."
Even in the face of unfavorable situations, Dassaults still put forward a response with a face, although it is a remedy for the dead, but it is also very appropriate.
"This, Your Majesty, Lord Hermit, has just received two pieces of news."
The civil servants who suddenly ran in wanted to stop talking, which was obviously not good news.
"Tell me, there's worse news, I'll continue."
"I don't know who brought that bar tune into the Royal Prison, and the goblins hummed it all day, and the prisoners began to sing along, and they all laughed at and said that because of the incompetence of this generation of kings, the Orlan Empire was about to decline."
"Smack!"
Knowing that this was all a loser's painless shame on himself, Dassault still couldn't hold back his uncontrollable feelings, and under the hammer, the precious red nanmu desk immediately split in half.
The room suddenly became silent, and the suppressed angry bass of His Majesty the Emperor erupted in the room like thunder.
"I see, what's next? What's the bad news? β
The young civil servant replied in a trembling voice.
"The Duchy of Donglan has declared the God of Law as the state religion, and that Princess Renee vouches for the innocence of those three people with her own honor, and guarantees that the gifts they gave are priceless and not disrespectful, and asks us to release them immediately."
"Boom! Click! β
This time, the expensive desk didn't need to be repaired, and after Dassos's angry slap, the desk was directly reimbursed, and even the ground was smashed out of a hole.
"Sure enough, women are not trustworthy!" ββ
At the same time, under the river, a figure is diving, and beside him, there is a black cat walking underwater.
"Is this it? Is the key responding? Hurry up, we're running out of time. (To be continued......)
PS: This plot stuck the squirrel for two days, and I was going to really use poetry, but then it is estimated that it will be stuck for two months, so let's make do with a little imitation of Shakespeare's drama lines. By the way, let's continue to ask for tickets. This passage should be a little faster.