Chapter 403: Historical Pride
Just when the Shengyuan people made a declaration of victory in the future gambling contract, the Qin people, or some Qin people, were also doing their best.
In the conference hall of Xinhu Restaurant, celebrities and dignitaries from White Night City gathered together.
An old man with a white beard dodged his steps back and forth in this spacious and bright conference room, leaving his footprints everywhere in the huge conference room, and his old body was full of vitality that did not belong to this ageβif you don't mind the crisp sound of your joints bursting out as you walk.
And as the old man's pace accelerates more and more, the sense of nobility brought by the gorgeous clothes and neatly groomed hair is gone, making people feel that this is just a fitness old man who has returned to the light...... and not the high-class nobleman Hu Hualin, who has served the royal family for many years.
Many of the nobles seated at the conference table either looked equally anxious, or they turned a blind eye to it all, closing their eyes in contemplationβand a few of them made a slight noise.
Everything in this room is ugly for the dignified aristocracy, and if the picture is leaked outside, it will inevitably cause an uproar - mainly the aristocracy will join forces to purge the currently thriving newspaper media group.
But now is not the time to care about the image after all, after two consecutive days of all-night meetings, it is not easy for many nobles present to maintain the basic physiological cycle without symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.
Not everyone is a Biochemical Domain Demon Daoist with extraordinary physical strength.
After Hu Hualin circled the conference room for about the hundredth time, he finally couldn't help but stretch out his old palm and slap it the conference table, and suddenly several nobles who were reclining on their backs and meditating were so shocked that they fell down on the spot.
"Still haven't contacted Your Highness?!"
A meditator at the table wiped the corners of his mouth and hurriedly replied, "The messenger has arrived at the front line of southern Xinjiang, but ...... Her Royal Highness the eldest princess never received him. β
As soon as these words came out, there was a sigh in the conference room.
Only Hu Hualin was still unwilling: "Your Highness is gone, won't he take the initiative to find it!"
The nobleman in charge of connecting southern Xinjiang was embarrassed: "It's really not easy to train a messenger who is willing to go to southern Xinjiang now, it's ruined like this, and it will be difficult to contact His Highness in the future......"
"Okay, I see. Hu Hualin interrupted impatiently, "So what do you mean is that we, a group of important ministers who are deeply favored by the royal family, enjoy all kinds of gifts on weekdays, but at critical moments, we have to watch the majesty of the royal family sweep away here at critical moments?"
The nobles at the conference table reacted differently, some with shame on their faces, others with sneers.
It is true that the royal family of the Qin State does not have a reputation for being stingy and mean, but no matter how generous and generous they are, there is always a limit to the gifts of the royal family, and the cake is only so big, and some people will share more, and others will naturally share less.
Hu Hualin, as a favorite of the royal family, has a very heavy amount of cake in his hand, and it is natural for him to be loyal to the royal family, but there are still many people who are just holding leftovers in their hands, but they don't have the spirit to learn from him, and they generally return to the light every day!
What's more, what does it mean to "watch the majesty of the royal family sweep the ground"? If you say that the majesty sweeps the ground, the majesty sweeps the floor? Her Royal Highness the eldest princess does not know how majestic she is in expanding her territory in southern Xinjiang, how can she be majestic and sweep away? Isn't it just that the two-day meeting was dominated by the Hongshan people? But the Hongshan people are also Qin people, so it is necessary to distinguish each other so clearly? For this reason, he also specially convened a white night meeting, and he really deserves to be the most loyal lackeys of the royal family...... It's a pity that we can't live better than your Hu family just by relying on the royal shade, we have to communicate with other people!
Hu Hualin was even more embarrassed when he saw that none of the people in the conference room could agree on their opinions.
"Everyone, the current situation no longer allows us to take it lightly, this is not a contradiction between Red Mountain City and White Night City, but a rivalry between two countries!
As soon as the words fell, someone below simply retorted impatiently: "What is there to lose? Isn't it just to send that Snow Mountain man to Shengyuan? They can give them if they want, and staying in Hongshan City may not be able to be used by our country, I really don't see any benefit in wasting resources for this matter." β
Soon, someone chimed in: "The ancient relics have always existed in a tribal situation, and they may not have the concept of 'country', they have only been in contact with the people of Hongshan City from beginning to end, how can they ever put the orthodox royal family of the Qin State in their eyes? β
"It's really about the interests of the country, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess can't just stay out of the matter, when it comes to patriotism, is it possible that you claim to be more patriotic than the eldest princess? She didn't speak, I don't know what you're showing off here! Show off that you're more loyal than anyone else?"
Hu Hualin immediately gritted his teeth, only to feel the blood flowing in the cerebral blood vessels, and the walls of the fragile blood vessels that hit the ground were thumping.
"You people, you are blind, you don't distinguish between right and wrong, it's really not enough to scheming!"
There was a sneer in the conference room.
Say whatever you want, it's better to burst the cerebral blood vessels while talking, give us a big surprise, and have been boring for two days in a row, it's time to have some after-shows.
However, at this moment, I heard a mocking sneer from the corner of the conference room that overwhelmed everyone.
"Isn't the biggest erector Hu Hualin? It's embarrassing for you to spew blood here! When you're older, your skin is wrinkled, and the surface area of your face has expanded, so you're embarrassed to say anything?"
I only heard these words from many people present, and their hearts were surging and their blood boiling, and they only felt that every word was fine, and they all spoke to the bottom of people's hearts...... But it soon became clear that something was wrong.
Hu Hualin really doesn't have any good popularity-if the royal family officials make good connections, it will involve trespassing-but the white night nobles present are only yin and yang at most, and they really don't spray people in front of them like this.
After all, he is still a royal minister in essence, and he is a big man who is enough to rank among the top 20 in the entire ruling sequence of the Great Qin Empire, and even the emperor himself may not give him such face. And for the aristocracy, excessive anger itself was undignified.
In the entire Western Continent, only a few people would say those words to Hu Hualin, and the first in line was of course the eldest princess, who was a strange person who did not lose her dignity no matter what she did, even if she broke the emperor's leg, she was extremely elegant. And then there's ......
A woman who never cared about decency.
"Original poem!?"
As a nobleman near the corner of the room exclaimed, the entire venue became chaotic. Everyone was completely sleepy, as if they had encountered the scene of a natural disaster, some were shivering, and some were simply trying to escape.
Yuan Shi was very satisfied with the commotion caused by his sudden appearance, stood up, and calmly stretched out his hand to calm the turmoil around him, like a sage holding five loaves and two fish in a famine, and his condescending posture fully took advantage of the nobles of the White Night.
After that, she looked serious and said to Hu Hualin: "What do you keep saying about national interests, may I ask why this room of Baiye people represents the interests of the 'country'? Or do you mean that the current Qin State only includes the White Night City, and Hongshan City, Border County, Qingjun, Southern Xinjiang, and Northern Land do not belong to the scope of Qin State? The emperor is the emperor of Qin, but Qin is not the emperor's Qin state, this is the promise made by Qin Huang when he ascended the throne 1400 years ago, are you forgetting the promise on behalf of the ancestors of the Ying family?"
This theory can be described as a dignified crushing momentum, which made Hu Hualin feel difficult to refute for a while - not because of the lack of rebuttal theory, but because in the face of a well-known polemic villain, Hu Hualin really didn't want to end easily.
The original poem has a reputation for being good at polemics, but it has spread all over the Eastern and Western continents.
But more than her remarks, Hu Hualin is more concerned about her motive for appearing here.
Although this woman is notorious, she should not be bored enough to run around to mock the White Nights. She just likes the face-jumping behavior that seems to be dead, but there are not many actions that really make death, and the accuracy of the proportions makes many enemies have to admire.
"What the hell are you here for?"
Yuan Shi saw that Hu Hualin did not continue the debate according to the words she provoked, and said a little boringly: "Of course I am here to cooperate, this matter is related to the overall interests of the empire, and it requires the sincere cooperation of all domestic forces. β
This time, without waiting for Hu Hualin to refute, someone couldn't help but sneer: "I'm afraid that I didn't encounter trouble that I couldn't solve, so I remembered to ask for help in White Night City, why haven't I seen you so well-behaved?
Yuan Shi turned his head and showed a smile that was a hundred times brighter and more beautiful than that person: "That's a good thing, it's really not good to use the White Night People as a tool, then I'll tell everyone, this time the Blazing Feather Island Conference will bypass the White Night City and form an alliance to deal with the Shengyuan people." β
"What do you mean by that!?"
Yuan Shi ignored this angry question, but instead laughed more and more proudly: "There is no Qin State Alliance in White Night City, if this matter is done, Lu Bieli will have to laugh and breathe." Anyway, thank you for your cooperation, I'm going back to my life......"
After finishing the original poem, he snapped his fingers, and the whole person's figure gradually faded away like a fog......
"Wait!"
At the critical moment, it was Hu Hualin who stepped forward and stopped her.
"Cooperation is inevitable. The old man's face was forced with humiliation, and a smile like aristocratic etiquette was squeezed out, "We're just discussing how to cooperate." β
"It's good to have this in mind, what you need to do, we will inform you after discussion. β
A hint of flushing suddenly appeared on Hu Hualin's face.
Is this the current person of White Night City called?!
However, the original poem is worthy of being a master of provocation who is good at walking a tightrope, and just when Hu Hualin was about to erupt in the cerebral vascular volcano, she turned her head and smiled: "Just kidding, I just called the Qi people over there to hold a reunification meeting, and I came to ask you if you want to participate." β
"You ......"
The last sentence of the original poem's gentle words soothed seemed to become the last straw between the camel's legs, making Hu Hualin faint on the spot.
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The insidious cunning of the Red Mountain people is vividly reflected in the original poem, after two days of all-night meetings, she deliberately arranged for the others to rest for a while, and then waited for the white night people to be exhausted from the private meeting, and then ran to inform them that there was a plenary meeting......
Who is the master of the Qin State!?
But they still had to participate in this meeting, otherwise, with the current dominance of the Hongshan people over the situation, it was really possible to completely throw off White Night City and take the lead in establishing a Qin State Alliance.
There is no alliance of the Qin Kingdom in White Night City!
It's not a joke to laugh at...... Thinking of the eldest princess's consistent dissatisfaction with the magnates of White Night City, it is really not impossible for White Night City to be isolated in the end!
Therefore, even if they were connected all night and the end of the crossbow, the nobles could only fight their spirits and return to Hongshan Academy from Xinhu Restaurant to participate in the next round of meetings.
It's just that there is no royal loyal dog Hu Hualin to take the lead, and the rest of the people are also different from each other for various reasons, this meeting is really just a level of attendance and participation for many powerful people in White Night City, and it is not bad to be familiar with it, let alone fight for any interests for White Night City.
The dominance of the meeting was completely in the hands of the Hongshan people.
The people of Hongshan put forward a plan for the preparation of the next three months, drew up a list of attendees for the Blazing Feather Island Conference, and even delicately assigned corresponding tasks to each participating force!
God knows how much behind-the-scenes work the Hongshan people did during the short break before the meeting, but in short, in less than half a day of meetings, the opinions of the Hongshan people were almost acquiesced in by everyone.
"So, that's the end of the meeting, and we're going to start taking action in the next few days, and there won't be too much space to rest, so please cherish it. β
After saying this sentence with a calm face, the note adjourned the meeting.
It wasn't until the last person left the room that she sighed and stretched, sinking her petite body into the soft back of the chair - in previous meetings, in order to maintain the presiding authority, she had always solidified the cushions and backs of the chair with her magical powers, which made her posture appear taller and erright.
But, really, it's so tiring.
Even if she has the title of Demon Dao Master, and her physical body and demon sense have been tempered thousands of times, in just three days, she has worked a hundred times harder: fighting wits and courage with the Shengyuan people, helping Zhu Junshen clean up the mess of the academy, and holding meetings continuously to integrate the internal forces of the Qin State!
Yu Jing even felt like the emperor of Qin, and the emperor who had his leg broken by his sister was a marionette at most.
But there is no rest yet.
Thinking of the great grandmaster Zhu Junshen's erratic light of demonic consciousness after the Great War, and his stubbornness in trying to force the sick body to preside over the meeting several times, Yu Zhu felt that he had no reason to relax. As the great steward of Red Mountain City, since she has no way to participate in the previous vicious battle, she must at least reflect her value after the war!
Three months later, at the Blazing Feather Island Conference, Qin Guo is determined to win!
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After the riots caused by foreign objects outside the sky, the Blazing Feather Island Conference became the absolute focus of human civilization.
But there are also a very small number of people who focus on other things.
On the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, Ying Ruoying looked at the front-line battlefield like boiling water with a solemn face.
After the war, she returned to southern Xinjiang with Li Qin despite her injuries, one of the important reasons was that the situation on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang had become worse.
Looking at the barbarian spirits surging out of the jungle, Ying Ruoying even wanted to laugh.
It's really a group of strange creatures who don't make any sense, before Bai Xiao expelled the Immortal Tree from the Western Continent, you are like a wild boar out of the cage, jumping up and down endlessly. Okay, we have traveled thousands of miles from the Shengyuan Continent to invite the Immortal Tree back, but before the tree species can be transplanted, a foreign body from outside the sky has descended, and you have begun to be irritable again. Now that the foreign body outside the sky has also been expelled, and the tree species of Shengyuan has officially taken root, forming the shade of the immortal tree in southern Xinjiang, why do you still want to jump out?
Do you really think that the land of southern Xinjiang can give birth to endless barbaric spirits and make people kill them endlessly?
Ying Ruoying smiled as she felt that the injuries in her body were rapidly recovering, as if she would be able to jump into the battlefield with all her strength in the next moment, once again sending down the horror of the savage spirit.
But just before she could act, a fire suddenly lit beside her, and Li Tan jumped out of the fire in a slightly embarrassed way.
"This time, the Savage Spirit seems to have really moved, and the specifications are even grander than the invasion of foreign objects from outside the sky, I just tried to resonate with a fire spirit, and vaguely felt that in the deepest part of Southern Xinjiang, the leader of the Savage Spirit has shown signs of awakening. β
"Leader, isn't that a dead totem?" Ying Ruoying was a little puzzled, as the most senior and brave commander on the battlefield in Southern Xinjiang, she once had the feat of going straight to the deepest part of Southern Xinjiang, and tried to behead under the siege of hundreds of millions of barbarian spirits, but in the end, Ying Ruoying did not find a head that could be taken to behead, only a huge tombstone like a mountain, standing in the lush rainforest. And even if the tombstone was destroyed, the savage spirits around him did not react in particular.
"That totem came back from the dead, and I saw the image of the totem rising from the ground through the memory of the fire spirit. β
Ying Ruoying was silent for a while, and her long snow-white hair naturally fluttered, showing that the anger in the heart of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess had reached a critical point.
"Very good, it is right for me to end this millennium-long war. β
Li Qin wanted to speak and stopped.
As a general in southern Xinjiang whose qualifications are no less than those of Ying Ruoying, his understanding of the spirit of the barbarian is actually a little deeper than that of Ying Ruoying.
Before Lan Lan came to Southern Xinjiang, Li Qin had always served as Ying Ruoying's assistant and think tank. His frontal combat power is inferior to that of Ying Ruo Sakura, so he has always been strict with himself to be able to make up for one or two in other fields in order to become a man worthy of the eldest princess.
Knowledge was the choice Li Qin had made, and he had studied the Savage Spirit more deeply than anyone else, so he was better able to understand how difficult the creatures that inhabited the rainforests of southern Xinjiang were.
Although since Ying Ruoying entered the southern Xinjiang, the Qin State has been victorious one victory after another, but to say that the spirit of barbarism is completely eradicated, even with the help of the Snow Mountain Wuzhu, it is by no means something that one or two generations can achieve.
On the other hand, if the barbarian spirits decide to come out, then the Qin State must be prepared to realize that life and death depend on the first battle, and fight a war to destroy the country.
This is by no means a situation that can be handled by just one or two Demon Dao Grandmasters, in comparison, even the Blazing Feather Island Conference in three months can be put on hold first!
But Li Qin also knew that Ying Ruoying, who was angry, was afraid that she would not be able to listen to persuasion. She fought fiercely in Red Mountain City, but she obviously didn't have a lot of fun - after all, she was pressed and beaten from beginning to end, and there were ghosts if she could have fun. So, find a way to let her be angry here, and then carry out rational persuasion.
"Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can we win all battles, we might as well start with the cause of the mutation first, at least in the battle. β
Ying Ruoying glanced at Li Qin, of course she knew that this was the other party's euphemism to persuade her to calm down.
She has always disliked listening to persuasion, but Li Qin was not wrong, so she ......
Just as Ying Ruoying was about to reply, she suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Oh, the reason for the mutation is simple, because I'm here. β
Without thinking, Ying Ruoying transformed all the demonic energy in her body into a world-destroying supernatural power, and poured her full strength into the location of the sound source.
However, the turbulence of this magical energy is like a stone sinking into the sea.
In the rainforest, a tall, shirtless man wielded a pitch-black bone spear that reduced all magical energy to nothingness.
Bai Wuya casually defused Ying Ruoying's all-out attack, and explained: "There are only two natural enemies in these necromancers in the southern region, one is all the foreign objects that have invaded this world, such as the parasite before, and the other is ......."
After a pause, Bai Wuya put on a very proud posture.
"Second, it's the white-clothed people who have destroyed their civilization!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qin couldn't help frowning, but soon felt that Ying Ruoying warned him with her magic sense: Don't talk.
So Li Qin resisted the impulse, and Xue Ying Ruoying ignored the boundless show off.
For people who like to sunshine, there is nothing more cruel torture than placement, Bai Wuya was complacent for a moment, and when he saw that there was no response, he suddenly felt that half of his passion was extinguished.
But again, for people who like to tan, if no one responds, then force it.
"I think it was about 6,000 years ago. Bai Wuya spoke, "At that time, not to mention what kind of demonic civilization it was, even when the Elemental Dynasty had not yet been established, the power of all kinds of miracles on the earth was like a hundred flowers, but after a long time, there must be a winner who swept the world." β
At this time, Ying Ruoying took over the conversation very smoothly: "You lost, right?"
Bai Wuya's story was suddenly hit hard, and he couldn't tell it anymore.
And what made him feel even more depressed was that the white-clothed people lost the ancient battle and were swept out by the Flame King, he told Ying Ruoying back then-otherwise, with the ignorance of the southerners about ancient history, how could they know about the events of six thousand years ago-so this story, Bai Wuya actually told it to Li Qin, but the rebels he cultivated single-handedly were really going to rebel!
Regarding this kind of behavior of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors, Bai Wuya could only say earnestly: "Little sister-in-law, ......"
And then the story couldn't be told at all.