Chapter 1354 The Confrontation Between the Emperor and the Great Elder

The God Emperor, who temporarily let go of his grudges, discussed carefully with the elders, and made several plans around the premise of not wantonly destroying the castle, but after implementing them one by one, none of them succeeded, and they lost 5,000 people in vain. Soldier.

In desperation, they had no choice but to reluctantly make the decision to assemble the army and tear down the outer walls of the castle to launch a strong attack.

Three hours later, the army assembled on the platform. Out of caution, a total of 50,000 regular soldiers were dispatched, leaving 10,000 in Jiangcheng to guard the city.

Then, under the order of the emperor, the hundreds of meters of wall at the gate of the castle were violently destroyed by soldiers, and the army entered.

This time the army attacked, although there were still casualties in the early stage, but as the stone statues were destroyed one by one, the situation developed in a favorable direction. It was expected that the stone statues would be completely suppressed and the entire fortress would be recovered soon.

The originally gloomy faces of the Emperor and the elders finally looked better, and they had time to focus on the stone statue riot.

The great elder winked secretly at another elder beside him.

The elder received the signal, nodded indiscernibly, then sighed deliberately, and said after attracting the attention of others:

"I proposed to remove those stone statues before. If you had listened to me then, what happened today would not have happened, alas."

Although the word "you" was used in the words and no names were mentioned, everyone present knew who he was referring to.

The Emperor's complexion turned dark, and he looked at the elder who was talking with a gloomy gaze, knowing that the other person was talking about him, because he was the one who rejected the proposal to clean up the stone statue at that time.

"Bold, Sixth Elder, what do you mean? Are you blaming His Majesty for not listening to your words that day, which caused this incident to happen?" Shenhuang's confidant stood up and scolded.

The Sixth Elder hurriedly waved his hands in a gesture of sincerity and fear, and said, "Don't wrong me, when did I say it was His Majesty's fault, I was clearly talking about you, everyone should have a share, okay?"

These words seem to offend everyone present, but in fact, although most of the elders have entanglements in their interests, they are consistent in their stance against the God Emperor, so the other elders will not take these words to heart.

But the Emperor of God was different. He had to stand up and express his position, because he was indeed the one who rejected the proposal at that time.

If he doesn't stand up at this time, he will become a person who dare not take responsibility.

A person who does not dare to take responsibility becomes the emperor of a clan, even if the throne cannot be abolished, then the people below will not obey and obey him much.

But if the Divine Emperor admits this mistake, then he will also bear the reputation of not listening to advice, and then it will not be so easy for him to persuade a group of elders to decide on one thing in the future.

So the words of the Sixth Elder are equivalent to putting the God Emperor on fire.

The Emperor of God saw this, and he was furious in his heart. He looked at the Sixth Elder and the First Elder who was watching the show, with a flash of killing intent.

Taking a deep breath, the Emperor of God forcibly suppressed the emotion of wanting to be furious, and said coldly: "The Sixth Elder is right, it is true that I did not follow his advice this time, and today's incident happened. I apologize to the dead soldiers, and then there will be a pension from the royal treasury, which will be sent to their families as compensation."

Although he didn't want to make a choice, the Emperor of God couldn't think of any good solution for the time being, so he could only choose an item that had room for maneuver to express his attitude.

Just when the Divine Emperor had just finished expressing his attitude, the Great Elder who was watching the show suddenly came out with a serious expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the stone statue rioted is not yet clear. Maybe the researchers or the patrolling soldiers who stayed behind accidentally triggered some mechanism to cause this incident. Therefore, Your Majesty does not have to be solely responsible for this incident."

"And just like the Sixth Elder said, when he suggested it, our other elders were not aware of the potential danger, and just like His Majesty, we did not pay attention to it. We did not fulfill our duty to prevent His Majesty from getting worse, and we are also responsible. shirk responsibility."

"So Your Majesty, we elders should also pay the soldiers' pensions."

After hearing these words, the Emperor of God could no longer hide the murderous intent in his eyes, stared at the Great Elder, and refused in an extremely cold tone: "Great Elder, there is no need, this time the pension is all paid by my royal family. Well, as for you, you don't have to."

In this incident, many people died, and the people below will inevitably have opinions and dissatisfaction with him, the emperor.

Independently assuming the pension is a means to restore the perception of the people below him and minimize the negative impact of this incident.

But more than that, the Emperor is not a person who only suffers.

Even if he suffers a loss, he must find out what is beneficial to him from the loss, and at the same time calculate the person who made him suffer.

Therefore, there is another layer of thinking in proposing that the royal family should bear the pension.

As long as the process of distributing the pension is done properly, and the six elders' remarks are used to bind the responsibility for this incident to both parties, and virtually let the people below compare him with the elders in their hearts, then even if he Losing a city to the elders is not considered a big loss. On the contrary, it will make the people below feel that the emperor has more intentions than the elders.

However, as soon as he had finished his calculation, he was disturbed by the First Elder, who proposed that they would also pay the pension, which directly destroyed his plan.

At this time, the Emperor of God secretly hated the Great Elder who was selfless and thoughtful of him.

Facing the God Emperor's refusal, of course the First Elder would not let it go, since he was about to tear his face anyway, and it didn't matter whether he was offended or not.

"Your Majesty, please don't refuse me to wait for your fist." The Great Elder said with a sincere expression.

At first, the other elders didn't understand why the Great Elder suddenly proposed to pay pensions on their behalf, and they were still very disgusted.

But they are all old and mature guys. Even if they can't remember the God Emperor's black face, they still understand that this matter should be bad for the God Emperor.

So except for two or three people who were still hesitating, most of the elders expressed their attitude to the God Emperor to jointly bear the pension.

"Okay, very good, it's really a blessing for my god race to have a group of elders like you who are dedicated to the people, so that's it."

This may seem like a compliment, but it is self-evident what it actually means.

The God Emperor waved his hands away, ignored the elders, and turned his attention to the castle where the battle was taking place, ending the conversation.

And the great elder who successfully prevented the emperor's intention flashed with pride in his eyes, and he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and didn't say anything more, standing aside and thinking about the next step in his mind.

The same is true for the other elders, who are also considering how to face the God Emperor in the future. After all, today they are standing on the opposite side of the God Emperor, so the way of getting along in the future needs to be changed.

While the Emperor and the elders were thinking about each other, the battle in the castle was also in full swing. In the situation, the God-descendant army had begun to gain the upper hand, and the stone statues were retreating steadily. It would not take long for them to be completely suppressed depending on the situation.

However, just as the God-descendant army was close to victory, the huge gate of the hidden military room at the bottom of the castle was quietly opened.