The first thousand one hundred and ninety-six chapters
The largest city in the Xuanwu Empire is the imperial capital, the most important of the imperial capital is the inner city, and the core of the inner city is the Imperial Mountain.
Although the mountain is steep and tall with strange peaks, its real significance lies in the fact that the king of the Xuanwu Empire sat here. Therefore, the existence of Emperor Mountain also symbolizes the seat of the highest power of the Xuanwu Empire.
The true meaning of Emperor Mountain is not just a magnificent mountain, but also because the mountain itself is a luxurious and majestic palace. Inside Emperor Mountain, craftsmen excavated palaces and rooms of different sizes, which are linked to each other by corridors and stairs.
It has strong confidentiality and extremely high security.
At first, the Xuanwu Empire was plagued by internal and external troubles, and the entire empire fell apart. Finally, with the help of many super aristocratic families and external forces, the Xuanwu Empire was able to drive out the invasion and stabilize the empire, thus making the Xuanwu Empire once again become an unshakable power on the Kunxuan Continent.
During the war, the original imperial capital of the Xuanwu Empire was destroyed, and then a strange mountain in the northern border of Xuanwu was chosen as the location of the imperial capital. Therefore, the imperial capital was built here, but it has a great relationship with the Imperial Mountain.
The construction project of Emperor Mountain was huge, and it took more than a hundred years to complete, which shows how extraordinary the Emperor Mountain is. From the outside, the entire Emperor Mountain looks like a whole, not much different from ordinary mountains, but inside it is criss-crossed.
The path is complex.
In addition to these, Emperor Mountain is also the core of the Imperial Capital's formation. As long as Emperor Mountain is not tilted, the formation will continue to operate. Therefore, the entire Xuanwu Imperial Capital dares to claim to be the most stable fortress in the entire Xuanwu.
Even though Linshan County City, which was built around the same time as the Imperial Capital, has an extremely powerful defense and attack formation, it is still weaker than the Imperial Capital. The reason is that it lacks the most stable and powerful formation.
Where the eyes are.
At this moment, inside the Imperial Mountain, in a very large palace, it was as quiet as death. The hall was empty. Although the top of the hall was inlaid with countless spiritual stones, the whole space was still a bit dim due to its large size.
The innermost part of the hall is a high platform, with polished and smooth stone steps leading to the top of the high platform. Even the most ordinary steps are carved with exquisite patterns. The patterns on the steps are brand new, and there are no signs of wear. You can tell that the steps are
There was almost no one moving around.
There is a large seat made of gold on the high platform. The armrests and backrest of the seat are decorated with various flowers, vines and other decorations. If you carefully identify them, they are all rare medicinal materials.
The entire Xuanwu Empire can count the number of people who can reach the high platform on two hands, but there is only one person who can sit on this golden throne, and that is the leader of the Xuanwu Empire.
At this moment, a middle-aged man was sitting on the throne. His majestic body made the spacious throne look no different from an ordinary chair.
This man looks to be forty to fifty years old, but his temples are slightly frosted. He has a wide mouth and a pair of knife-like broad eyebrows flying into his temples. The most memorable thing is that he has a pair of red-gold hair.
eye pupils,
Before, he closed his eyes tightly, and his whole body seemed to be integrated into the hall, making it impossible to feel the presence of anyone. But when he slowly opened his eyes, two bright lights seemed to light up in the whole hall, as if there was no one there.
At that moment, the hall became extremely bright.
But it only lasted for a moment. The light in his eyes converged, and the brilliance in the hall dimmed instantly. The red light lingered in the pupils, and finally gradually returned to the normal gray-black pupils.
A moment later, an old man in rich clothes slowly appeared at the main entrance of the hall. After bowing respectfully, he said loudly: "Master, they are here."
This person had a unique half-male voice as soon as he opened his mouth. If Zuo Feng were here, he would be able to tell that this person was the special voice he heard lurking in the darkness in the new county city.
The man sitting on the throne on the high platform turned out to be the king of the entire Xuanwu Empire and the nominal controller of the entire empire.
His eyes were looking forward, but they seemed to have no focus, as if he didn't notice the person coming or hear his words. However, after a slight pause, he calmly uttered two words, "Come in."
The old man with a neither male nor female voice slowly turned around and made a gesture towards the outside. Then three old men filed in. They bowed deeply and saluted a few feet away from the steps, but they did not dare to straighten up immediately and kept saluting.
Stooping posture.
The three of them were the three people who presided over the competition in the competition arena before. At this moment, the three people lowered their heads so that no one could see their expressions, but the faces facing the ground had expressions that were even uglier than crying.
The three of them had placed a heavy bet on ghost hunting. They had planned to make a huge profit this time, but they didn't expect that they had lost everything. How could they feel good about it now?
"What was the result of the competition?"
The oldest of the three old men slowly straightened up and said, "Return to the king for a duel... Shen Feng won in the end."
The red-gold eyes flickered slightly, but the sparkle faded for just a moment, and nothing special could be seen anymore.
"Um"
At this time, the three old men subconsciously raised their heads and glanced at the king secretly, as if they wanted to see something from his expression, but the king was calm and showed no change in his expression.
After a slight hesitation, the old man who spoke before said again: "If the Lord has no instructions, then we will leave."
After the old man finished speaking, he just leaned forward and waited for the king's reply. There seemed to be a look of expectation on his face. There were too many changes in the competition this time. If the king was curious and asked casually, he would
He would recount what happened at that time with added detail.
However, if he tells it, he will naturally try every means to blame Shen Feng. He will not even mention the ghost tide to stop him, only that Ni Tianju came to interfere.
If the king of the country overturns the result of this competition, even if the ghost capturer is not awarded the victory, at least the result of this competition is invalidated, they can still achieve what they want.
This can be regarded as a step in the calculation of Guihua and the two families. When the three of them were persuaded to put money on Guihua, even if they considered their own interests, they would do things with the Gui family in mind, and they didn’t even need to
They don't have anything to give.
However, the king closed his eyes slightly and nodded lightly. Not to mention asking, he didn't even utter a word, not even a sound.
The three of them looked slightly bitter. This was their last chance to recover their losses, but the king ignored them. The three of them had plans full of ideas, but they couldn't carry them out at all. They had no choice but to salute again and then slowly fell down.
Exited the hall.
After the three people exited, the hall fell into silence again, except that the man who spoke neither man nor woman remained there, neither leaving nor making any disturbance.
"Qu Li, we have been cooperating for almost ten years."
The old man known as Qu Li was a man who spoke neither yin nor yang. Zuo Feng only recognized his voice, but there were many people in the empire who made him look like this.
This Qu Li came from a small family and was very low-key when he first arrived in the imperial capital. However, he did not know when he started to be valued by the king, and he has been serving the king ever since.
Because he often followed the king's side, everyone gradually came to know that he was castrated due to his martial arts practice and that he was also a very authentic eunuch. In this way, people gradually felt that he served the king as a matter of course.
, it seems that because of his status as a eunuch, no one has ever questioned his origins.
The old man known as Qu Li frowned slightly and said slowly in his special voice: "It has been twelve years and eleven months since the villain came to the king's side, almost thirteen years ago."
The leader of the country, Xuan Hong, nodded slightly, and then continued: "Over the years, you have been mature and steady every time you do things, and you have never made any major mistakes. This is why I firmly cooperate with you and the forces behind you.
important reason, but you have disappointed me very much recently."
The old man named Qu Li had a subtle look of embarrassment on his face, but after hesitating for a moment he said: "Obviously those people in Xinjuncheng got the news before, otherwise they would never have been able to do it at the beginning of the operation.
Destroy it."
"snort"
With a cold snort, Xuan Hong suddenly raised his head and said sternly: "So what about the action against the Yao family? They were aware of it before and sabotaged it at the beginning of the action. Is that what you mean!"
When it came to the last few words, Xuan Hong's voice suddenly rose in pitch, which showed that the question was serious.
Qu Li sighed secretly in his heart. He understood that the reason why the country's leader Xuan Hong couldn't let go was not because of the outcome of this competition, but because he had always been worried about the actions against the Yao family.
However, it cannot be said that the Yao family's actions were insufficiently prepared in any aspect. The other party may have some guesses, but they will never know the true inside story of the action.
Even so, the operation still failed. The operation against the Yao family ended in failure after killing everyone except Yao Qiu'er.
The actual reason is nothing more than the emergence of Zuofeng, but this reason cannot be put on the surface. After all, it does not make sense from any angle, and it is difficult for even those who are involved in the game to figure out everything.
"Hey, there are flaws. The Yao family reacted too quickly. The Kang family and the Su family also participated. This was something we didn't expect before. Judging from the situation of this competition, the Yao and Su families joined forces.
It’s already a done deal, even the Kang family, which has just established a foothold in the imperial capital, is now involved.”
The leader of the country, Xuan Hong, was a little impatient and shook his head and said: "I am not interested in these reasons. I just want to know how successful your plan is."
Qu Li bowed respectfully and said without hesitation: "Don't worry, Lord, the plan remains unchanged. Even if there are some minor accidents, we are still absolutely sure of the chance of victory."
Xuan Hong frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he waved his hand gently.
After Qu Li saw it, he lowered his head and backed away slowly. When he turned around, an undetectable sneer flashed across his lips.