When tikas came to the king''s capital, the ministers were surprised. They didn''t expect that Manda didn''t claim the king.
But the surprise soon passed, and Gaius''s Orthodox blood returned to the throne, which is reasonable and natural.
Back to the capital, the first thing Manda did was to distribute the palace.
Sheltai should live in the palace, and tikas should also live in the palace. Fortunately, the palace is large enough. Manda is bounded by the central axis. The area in the East belongs to tikas and the area in the West belongs to sheltai. The buildings on the central axis are jointly owned by the two kings.
The second thing is to determine the person to crown the king.
According to the tradition of the Roma road country, the most suitable candidate is the archbishop.
The current archbishop is Leo, but Manda doesn''t want Leo to crown the new king. He wants to change the tradition of the divine Punisher presiding over the alternation of kingship.
This is also the agreement reached between Manda and Leo. Leo can own the church, but cannot participate in government affairs.
But who else is more suitable than Leo?
Manda wants to crown the new king, but she must have a proper identity.
The Government Secretary certainly can''t. how can a minister crown the king?
The high priest of Hermes?
This is a suitable identity. Manda was trying to promote Hermes'' belief throughout the country, but as soon as this idea appeared, Manda rejected it.
The rumor in Wangdu has not completely subsided, and many people still believe that Manda is the Archbishop of the divine Punisher.
Rumors will be screened and spread according to people''s wishes. People will not remember what identity Manda participated in the coronation ceremony. They will only remember that he took the place of the archbishop and crowned the new king.
When the rumors continue to spread, more details will be ignored, and finally Manda himself crowns the new king, and the identity of the Archbishop will be confirmed. Manda and the divine punishment church fell into an ambiguous relationship again, and a large number of various forms of "gram chasing societies" will be born in Romulus.
The method of personally crowning the king did not work, but Manda thought of a better idea. He brought the poet, guatel and a large number of craftsmen to the king''s capital and gave them a special task. When the schedule was finalized, Manda arranged the coronation ceremony for 15 days.
During these fifteen days, Manda had no peace, and tikas mentioned marrying the queen every day.
After several rejections, tikas became angry and insisted on leaving the palace the day before the coronation ceremony
Manda had no choice but to think of an excuse to stabilize him: "now that you have married Zola, she can only be regarded as the bride of ordinary people, at most as the bride of exiles,
When the coronation ceremony is over, you become a real king and she can become a real queen. "
Tikas calmed down temporarily. On the day of the coronation ceremony, when the ministers came to the door of the palace, they were stunned.
A huge stone statue of Hermes appeared outside the palace. The stone statue was 120 feet high, like the arrival of a true God, overlooking the palace and the whole King''s capital.
"How could it be?" all the ministers were stunned. The chancellor of the exchequer andock shouted, "this is God, our God!"
Looking up at the stone statue of Hermes, all the ministers were trembling. The emergence of such a huge stone statue overnight has completely exceeded the scope that can be understood in this era.
Manda stood under the stone statue and shouted at the ministers: "the great Hermes sent the Oracle last night. He sent blessings to the new king of Romulus. He will always protect our kingdom, bring us justice, bring us happiness, and bring us prosperity and prosperity from generation to generation!"
General long Gesen knelt on his knees, followed by Chancellor andok. Tikas, who was preparing to be crowned, also knelt on the ground. He lived in seven star mountain for many years. He had already accepted his faith in Hermes.
Driven by the king, all the ministers and guards knelt on the ground and shouted the name of Hermes in unison.
A gust of wind blew and the statue moved.
Manda''s heart was cold. Suddenly, the chancellor of the exchequer shouted, "move!"
Manda really wanted to kick him to death, and heard the chancellor of the exchequer shout, "the God is here, he is witnessing, he is protecting!"
The ministers shouted loudly. This time it was not a herd effect, but a cry from the heart.
They really saw the statue moving. In waves of sound, the statue was moving all the time.
It''s not an illusion. The statue is really moving, because it''s not made of stone, it''s made of wood.
With the cutting knife of Hephaestus, guatel spent ten days carving all the parts of this huge statue of God in the deep mountains.
The poet as like as two peas in the two day, painted a special layer of paint on the part.
The statue was divided into 40 parts and was secretly transported near the palace the day before the coronation ceremony.
Last night, guatel used his special snot to connect 40 parts together to complete the "miracle".
Miracles are always the best way to harvest faith. Whether officials, soldiers or civilians watching from a distance, they believe in them.
The only flaw is that the wind is a little strong today. The poet prayed secretly in his heart: don''t fall, don''t fall, I''ll give you an iron pimple tonight.
Under the statue, the coronation ceremony began as scheduled. Manda led his ministers to pray to Hermes: "Great Hermes, thank you for giving value to my life, for giving me the power to regain my dignity, for giving me the wisdom to create happiness, and for giving me the pride I was born with. I would like to defend your majesty to the death under your protection and let the top of Olympia shine your glory forever!"
In the sound of prayer, sheltai slowly walked out of the palace with the crown.
After consulting a large number of ancient books, Manda found a special coronation ceremony in the early classical era, in which one king crowned another king.
There was no blessing, no prayer. Serta didn''t want to say a word more. He put the crown on tikas''s head.
"Young man, you will share the kingdom with me."
With these words, sheltai turned to go. Suddenly, ticus said, "please wait a minute. My queen is waiting for you to bring her a golden crown."
"Your queen?" sheltai was stunned.
Ticus shouted, "Zola, come here!"
The former maid, dressed in gorgeous robes, appeared in people''s vision.
With a sweet smile, she walked slowly to tikas.
Manda tried to restrain himself. He gave longson a hard look.
Longerson looked at the captain of the guard with a blank face.
Manda had previously ordered that the maid should be imprisoned immediately after the coronation ceremony, and longson handed the job to the captain of the guard.
But now, instead of being imprisoned, the woman came to the new king in her best clothes. It seems that there are some things that Manda can''t stop.
Judging from the expression, Manda knows that the problem lies with the guard captain. He is a veteran in the southwest. There is no possibility of disobedience. The only reasonable explanation is that he forgot.
How could he forget his task?
Did Odysseus really come?
Sheltai looked at tikas and Zola and said with a smile, "do you want me to crown her?"
Ticus gave a deep salute and nodded.
Sheltai looked at Manda and said, "but you didn''t prepare the Queen''s golden crown for me."
"Because today is not the time." Manda is still trying her last effort.
"Today is the right time!" tycas took a golden crown from his robe and handed it to sheltai.
Sheltai looked at Manda with a hint of irony on his face.
Manda was speechless. When did tycas prepare the golden crown? He had people watching tycas''s actions all the time. Why didn''t he know anything about it?
Ticas looked at sheltai. Sheltai smiled and put the golden crown on Zola''s head.
Manda wanted to stop it. Suddenly, ticus shouted, "Hermes testified to me that Zola is my queen. She is the most noble woman in Romulus!"
As soon as the name of Hermes was mentioned, the atmosphere at the scene reached the peak again. The ministers shouted in unison, prayed to Hermes and sent blessings to the new king.
There''s really nothing to do this time. If Manda doesn''t calm down, she can''t get angry under the statue of Hermes, otherwise the faith she has worked hard to establish will be wasted.
In the blessing, tikas issued the first decree: "the king will hold a three-day sacrifice to Hermes in the name of the king and queen!"
The decree needs to be approved by the Government Secretary, but what else can Manda do?
Say that the decree is invalid, the queen is invalid, and the sacrifice is also invalid?
The new king, who was raised by himself, swept the floor with dignity and angered the gods. Manda wouldn''t do such a stupid thing.
I can only bear it. When it''s over, I''ll talk to this little guy.
……
Hermes was taking a nap in the temple. Pan helped him count the pearls in the warehouse.
With Hermes''s counting ability, you can know the number at a glance, but he didn''t give these trivial things to his son. Since HEMA left, all these trivial things fell on pan.
When Hermes woke up, Pan had already finished counting.
"There are 164318 pearls in the temple. Will they remain in the temple or in the cave?"
Hermes thought, "take out ten thousand and give them to Typhon. It is said that he has recovered very quickly recently. Give the rest to the gods, regardless of his status. It depends on who does more work and distributes them fairly."
Pan turned to go and was stopped by Hermes: "wait a minute, take away the harvest of these days."
Because there are many believers in the world, Hermes can harvest thousands of pearls every day. He has been too lazy to check in recent days and must have saved a lot.
With a wave of his sleeve, he opened the fountain of faith, and the surging pearls gathered into a white stream and sprayed directly on Hermes''s face.
Pan was stunned for a long time, and the fountain of faith has been gushing.
Hermes rubbed his cheek, brushed away the clouds on the bluestone slab, and murmured, "what''s going on?"