Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1202: The Emperor's Sword Seal

The Emperor's sword arrived soon. But it wasn't just the sword seal that arrived, there was also a working group that the Hanlin Academy quickly formed.

This was the observation group that Wen Zhong had mentioned to Shang Luo when he called him before, "to let the court know what happened here so that support could be delivered in time." This observation group should have been sent later. At that time, Shang Luo and Wen Zhong had initially agreed to send it after the battle was over. Because the king's army was so powerful at that time, it didn't seem to need much assistance in the war, but only needed the court to clean up after the battle.

However, after being involved in Xu Fu's plan, although this did not bring unsolvable troubles to Shangluo, the deployment of the royal army was disrupted.

However, both Shangluo and the imperial court still had plenty of cards in hand. Although Xu Fu had played his cards, this side could easily suppress him. They had as many big cards as they wanted.

However, playing cards also requires a path. Shangluo requested the "Sword Seal" as assistance, so the transmission of the Sword Seal must follow the procedure.

After all, this is a "sacred weapon" that represents the supreme authority of the emperor, and it cannot be taken from hand to hand like takeout. It must be used under the supervision of the censor.

To some extent, such a sacred weapon that symbolizes the country must be used under supervision to exert its power. After all, "the king is selfless", and the power of the emperor cannot be privately transferred, even temporarily.

The Imperial Censorate, who was quickly selected to escort the Sword Seal, landed on the Imperial Army aircraft carrier Suiyuan in a turboprop transport plane, and the tail hook of the ship accurately hooked the third arresting cable. After the transport plane with the engine fully running was stopped by sliding down, the Imperial Censorate walked down from the plane anxiously. The Sword Seal was taken off the plane by two people.

The incident happened suddenly, and they had no time to prepare stronger packaging and more complete etiquette, so they simply wrapped the two artifacts in yellow cloth and walked down.

The one I am welcoming is Governor Li.

Seeing the Emperor's Sword Seal, Li Yinchang bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, I am Li Yinchang, the Grand Commander of Beiting. I respectfully wish you the best of luck."

Although the imperial censors who got off the plane had not yet recovered from the shock, they were all professionals, or at least on the way to professional training. They quickly got into work mode and completed the greetings with brief but polite etiquette.

Governor Li respectfully asked the emperor to be well, and they replied, "The emperor is well." But then again, they really didn't know whether the emperor was well, nor did they know where the emperor was. It was just because this was the usual answer, and they could only say this even if the emperor was not well.

After the comprehension questions were finished, they asked: "Commander Li, so now is it?"

"Don't ask so many questions." He waved his hand, "Everyone, follow me. The person you want to see is already waiting here."

Walking into the island, he went to the meeting room below the deck. The four sides of the place were separated by armor plates, and no one except Li Yinchang, who opened the door himself, noticed this place - Shangluo was sitting in the meeting room, and Phaethon stood behind him as a guard.

Seeing several imperial censors coming, Shangluo also stood up.

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's start the process. What is the process?"

"We want to ask what happened here. I haven't dared to ask until now."

"Hmm? Anything you want to ask? Is there anything strange here?"

The leading censor widened his eyes and said, "I say, there are dragons everywhere! Didn't you see it? The sky over there is full of dragons, some are flying in the sky, some are fighting with anti-aircraft guns, you all saw it, right?"

This was the fundamental reason why they felt nervous. As imperial censors, they had seen big scenes. They had seen the strange celestial phenomena and the "door gods" in the capital. But they never expected that there would be dragons flying in the sky and fighting with someone on the ground. On one side, thunder was coming down from the sky, and on the other side, cannonballs were fired from the ground. The cannonballs contained the ancient recipe for elixir invented by the alchemists - gunpowder.

This was a battle between the alchemists and the dragons. Even though they were not far from the Heavenly Palace, it was the first time they had seen such a scene.

"Ah, so don't worry." Shangluo replied, "The dragon tribe is on our side." "The cannons that are fighting against the dragon tribe..."

"That's not a real cannon, that's magic." Shangluo emphasized, "Gunpowder was invented by the alchemists, and the power of the alchemists was also demonstrated with the help of gunpowder. Those barrages that looked like splashing water were the result of magic. And our task today is to put an end to the problem here."

"We understand. Then, let's go through the necessary procedures."

"I understand." Shangluo walked to the empty space next to the seat, "How do you say it? What kind of etiquette is it?"

"A military salute will do."

"But I'm not a soldier?"

"The emperor also performs military salutes in the military camp. It is the same in all military camps."

"I understand." Shangluo put his feet together and raised his right hand to his chest with his palm facing up:
"Die for the sake of heaven!"

"Die for the sake of heaven." Several imperial censors also performed the same ceremony, then placed the sword seal on the table and opened it.

It is a jade seal that looks yellowish and a sword that is decorated with gold.

Both the sword and the seal look quite ordinary, with no "light" radiating from them. But this is indeed the symbol of the emperor. However, both the jade seal and the sword have traces of machine cutting. Although the workmanship is exquisite, there is no doubt that these are new.

"This is the Imperial Sword."

"Aren't there a lot of Shang Fang swords?"

"There is only one Shangfang Sword at a time," the censor replied, "This is the Shangfang Sword of our dynasty. And this jade seal is the emperor's national seal. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has only used the national seal once, when he ascended the throne. The Shangfang Sword has never been used, it was just made and placed there."

They looked at Shangluo:

"So, Shangluo, we meet quite often." These people are familiar with Shangluo, having met him before at the Jinyiwei and the emperor's place:

"This thing is now in your hands. We thought we would use the Imperial Sword eventually. But the National Seal has never been used anywhere else since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."

"Is this the imperial seal of our dynasty?"

"Yes, but it is newly made. It is not important. The material and workmanship of the national seal are not important. What is important is that it represents the emperor."

"So, are there any rules when I use it?"

"We must be present," the chief imperial censor replied. "That's what it said when we came here - this seems to be the rule for using these artifacts. We will record your words and actions when using these artifacts, because the words and actions of the emperor himself will also be recorded. During this time, we will watch you as we watch the emperor until the task is completed. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Shangluo nodded.

"Okay. Then the person next to you is..." The censor blinked, "The daily records must be written. But Shangluo, I suggest you don't 'live' during this period. You don't want to be recorded, right?"

(End of this chapter)