Early in the morning, under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Du Ning and others presented gifts to the palace to pay homage to the king of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
The Jinluan Hall in Qidao Sea Kingdom still retains the characteristics of the Spring and Autumn Period. After the civil and military officials saluted the emperor, they knelt in two rows on the left and right in front of the hall, with only the emperor sitting on the dragon chair.
For Du Ning and others, this is a very ancient court culture.
In Shenglin Continent, all civil and military officials stood in the court hall to assist the emperor in handling court affairs.
But the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom is different. They came overseas more than a thousand years ago and have not experienced the many dynasty changes in the Holy Forest Continent. Therefore, many things in the civilization here are still the same as before.
The king of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom is named "Ji Weixu". He is a man in his thirties, with the imperial name "Guangde". He has been in power for twelve years and is very prestigious in the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
This person is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and a descendant of the Emperor Zhou, but he is not a direct bloodline, but a collateral bloodline.
When the Great War broke out in the Holy Forest Continent, all the descendants of King Wen's family participated in the battle. At that time, they also made plans to annihilate the entire army.
As a direct descendant of King Wen's family, he naturally cannot retreat when the human race's life and death is at stake.
Even some collateral bloodlines joined that battle without hesitation.
But there are exceptions.
For some unknown reason, a certain branch of the Ji family did not participate in the Great War. Instead, in order to avoid the war, they took some of the human race and other children of the aristocratic families out to sea to the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this collateral bloodline was elected as the royal family of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom because of its descendants of Emperor Zhou and its convincing leadership ability, and the most prestigious person was elected to the throne of emperor and established the
This is a maritime country far away from the Holy Forest Continent.
This information was continuously collected and improved after the Holy Academy sent people as envoys to the Seven Islands Sea Country.
The civil and military officials from the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom all looked at Du Ning and others, showing different expressions.
Some smiled, some scorned, some ridiculed, and some disapproved.
There are also some people who have expressionless faces, half-smiling but not smiling, but Du Ning is actually wary of these people.
Although those people did not show any expressions, if you look at it from another perspective, that is that they hide deeply, their emotions and anger are invisible, and their palaces are extremely deep.
Be careful when dealing with people like that.
Du Ning and others handed the gifts from the Holy Court to the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, and then went together to the dragon chair.
"I see your Majesty, long live long live long live."
Du Ning handed over to Emperor Guangde, while the others bowed deeply.
Some officials looked angry, thinking that Du Ning's failure to show full courtesy to their emperor was a great contempt for their seven-island country.
If it were normal times, they would definitely yell loudly. The Seven Island Sea Kingdom has a stronger hierarchy and superiority, and it is not as enlightened as the Holy Forest Continent.
But they also heard that Du Ning's identity was a civilized monarch of the human race. He could meet the monarch in any country in the Holy Forest Continent without worshiping him. His status was higher than that of a great scholar, and he came to represent the Holy Academy, so even if they had something in their hearts
If you are dissatisfied, it’s hard to say anything in public.
Emperor Guangde smiled and said, "Without courtesy, I will grant you a seat."
The officials of the Ministry of Etiquette immediately prepared a brand new cushion and placed it under the dragon chair. They also placed a eucalyptus table in front of the cushion with fruits and tea on it to show the courtesy of a distinguished guest.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Du Ning and others expressed their thanks, they immediately sat down on the ground.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites presented a list of gifts from the Holy Court to Emperor Guangde for his inspection.
After a while, Emperor Guangde showed a surprised smile on his face, because although the gifts from the Holy Court were not many, they were extremely precious. They were sacred objects that were not found in the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom and were extremely valuable.
"Thanks to the Holy Court for your courtesy, I am grateful."
Emperor Guangde put down the list of gifts and then said to Du Ning: "Mr. Yunqi wrote four strange cross poems at the Ministry of Rites' literary meeting last night. After reading them, I admired them very much. I didn't expect that there would be someone like you in the Holy Forest Continent.
An outstanding scholar, it’s really eye-opening.”
"Your Majesty's award, this is just a game that scholars like to play, and it is also one of the ways for the literary circles of various countries to communicate with each other, but the way to govern a country does not rely on these things." Du Ning's words were neither humble nor arrogant.
Emperor Guangde said: "It is rare for the Holy Court to send scholars to our seven-island sea country. I just don't know why all the literary friends came to our country this time."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Lingwu Continent?" Du Ning asked.
After the words fell, Emperor Guangde's face changed slightly, as if he was confused.
"Lingwu Continent? What is that? Is it also a continent?"
"I don't know. I have never heard of the term Lingwu Continent. Prime Minister Wang, do you know?"
"I don't know either, we have never heard of it!"
All the civil and military officials looked at each other in confusion, as if Monk Zhang Er was confused and had never heard of the "Lingwu Continent" that Du Ning mentioned.
Emperor Guangde replied to Du Ning: "Unfortunately, we don't know about Lingwu Continent."
"Have your Majesty ever heard of the Hailong Gang?" Du Ning asked again.
"You mean the Hailong Gang?"
Emperor Guangde immediately replied: "I have heard of the Hailong Gang, which is nothing more than a group of sea robbers. They plundered some islands in the endless sea. They practice martial arts, and they look like they have some martial arts skills."<
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Du Ning said: "Your Majesty, according to our investigation on the Holy Forest Continent, the pirate forces of the Sea Dragon Gang are from the Lingwu Continent. They do all kinds of evil. Many islands and tribes on the sea have been brutally murdered."
"That's it." Emperor Guangde nodded lightly.
Du Ning continued: "The behavior of the Hailong Gang has become intolerable to the Holy Court. We plan to send a fleet into the endless sea to destroy this group of maritime bandits. However, if we want to attack the Hailong Gang, we have to pass through your country's waters. , so we are specially sent as envoys to your country, hoping that your country will allow our Holy Academy’s fleet to pass through your waters.”
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As soon as the words fell, the faces of the civil and military officials from the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom present changed greatly, and they cast stern looks at Du Ning, and some were even full of hostility.
Emperor Guangde even showed a very vigilant gaze, staring at Du Ning closely, his expression extremely serious.
"Presumptuous!"
An official yelled angrily and said loudly: "Okay! I didn't expect that your Holy Court actually wanted to attack our Seven Island Sea Kingdom and occupy our sea territory. Put away your tricks! Do you think we will be easily fooled? What? Ridiculous!"
"Prime Minister Wang, what do you say?" Emperor Guangde asked warily.
Prime Minister Wang explained: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this is a trick of the Holy Court. In name it is to attack the Hailong Gang through our sea area, but in fact it is to send troops to attack our Seven Island Sea Country. You must not agree! ”
"What Prime Minister Wang said is very true. I have long heard that the Holy Court has always had the ambition to regain our seven-island sea country. Now that they want to take this opportunity to attack our country, we must not agree."
"The Weasel has no good intentions in paying New Year's greetings to the Chicken. The Hailong Gang has not threatened the Holy Forest Continent, but they want to capture our country in the name of acting for heaven. By playing such tricks in front of us, could they be deceiving our country? Human?"
The officials of Haiguo were all filled with indignation, as if they had seen through the intentions of Du Ning and others.
Du Ning had already anticipated this situation. After all, it was too risky for the Seven Island Sea Kingdom to let the warships of the Holy Academy pass in front of their "doorstep".
Once the warships of the Holy Academy appear within a hundred miles of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom, they will be regarded as an invasion by the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
Emperor Guangde did not express his position immediately. No matter what opinion he held, at least it was not the time to express his position yet.
Prime Minister Wang became more imposing, looked at Du Ning and said, "Mr. Yunqi, what do you want to do when you come to our seven-island sea country? Why don't you recruit them from the ground up!"
Du Ning said without changing his expression: "Our purpose is very simple. We hope that the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom will allow our Holy Academy's warships to pass through the endless seas so that we can destroy the pirate forces. That's all."
"How dare you quibble!" Prime Minister Wang shouted angrily.
"The Seven Islands Sea Kingdom and our mainland human race are of the same origin. Your king is also a descendant of the Emperor Zhou Zhou on our mainland. We are all descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties. How could we commit bloodshed? Moreover, if it is the Holy Academy,
If you really want to attack the Seven Island Sea Country, then just send warships directly. Why send us as envoys to your country? Isn't it unnecessary?" Du Ning said seriously.
"Haha... Du Jun, listen to what you mean, do you naively think that the warships of your Holy Forest Continent will be the opponent of our powerful navy of the Seven Islands Sea Country?"
Prime Minister Wang said contemptuously: "On the sea, the navy of our Seven Island Sea Kingdom is invincible in the world. If the Holy Court dares to invade, we have enough confidence that your Holy Court's warships will never come back. If you don't believe it,
Just give it a try!"
Prime Minister Wang has an arrogant posture. He is very confident and proud of the navy of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom. At the same time, he also has a deep contempt for the warships of the Holy Academy.
This made Fan Rulong, Tian Feipeng and others feel very unhappy. Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the Seven Island Sea Kingdom, the warships of the Holy Academy were only capable of fighting against the five scum. It was too disrespectful to the Holy Academy and the mainland human navy.
The combat effectiveness is regarded as one thing.
Du Ning said: "I would like to emphasize once again, Mr. Wang, please do not misinterpret our intention. The warships dispatched by the Holy Court are not to attack your Seven Island Sea Kingdom, but to destroy the Hailong Gang, a bandit force that harms the sea.
Let the islands and tribes in the endless sea return to a peaceful life and avoid the suffering of war."
"Huh! It's better to say it than to sing it. Do you think we, three-year-old children, would listen to your words?" Prime Minister Wang said with contempt.
Fan Rulong, Tian Feipeng and others secretly gritted their teeth. They originally came to save the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom, but they were so humiliated. It was simply outrageous.