"How many counties are there in the Guihai Empire, and how many cities are there?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

The man was slightly stunned: "My lord, aren't you from our return to the Sea Empire?"

"Don't ask so much, you can answer whatever I ask you. ”

Dongfang Shuo frowned.

These words made the man excited, and he hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, yes, my lord, there are a total of twenty-seven counties in the Guihai Empire, but the distribution of cities in each county is different, so how many cities are there, this ...... The small ones really don't know. ”

"And how many cities are there in this county?"

"The words of this county...... It seems to be seventeen cities. ”

"Seventeen cities?"

Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes, and soon asked, "In this way, it is seventeen True Refining Stage powers, plus ten patrols, there are twenty-seven True Refining Stage powers in the county, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Then they're all from the Imperial City?"

"That's right. ”

"What about the Imperial City, how many True Refining Stage powers are there in the Imperial City?"

"This ...... The small ones don't know very well, but the small ones know that there are six major families in the Imperial City, and each of the nine major families has more than a dozen refining period powers, and the nine major families have many small families under their names," the man said, "Although it is a small family, if you move outside the imperial city, it is a behemoth, and the smallest one has at least one refining period power, and there are as many as three or five." And these small families are either rooted in the imperial city, or they are developing in the capital. ”

"According to what you say, the Imperial City and the Companion Capital of the Guihai Empire are full of families with the power of the Refining Period, right?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

The man glanced at him, then nodded, "That's nature." But then, the man looked into the distance again, "But outside the imperial city, there are not many decent big families." ”

"What do you mean?"

"This is the rule set by the backer king, but all families who have the power of refining the true period must settle in the imperial city or accompany the capital, unless they have the permission of the backer king or the emperor, otherwise they will be punished as treason. The man said.

These words made Dongfang Shuo gradually understand the situation of the Guihai Empire.

The method of returning to the Sea Empire is to unify all the great powers into one management, so that all their actions can enter the surveillance of the royal family.

And even if it is a great power that has been delegated from the Imperial City to various places, since its foundation is in the Imperial City, it is naturally impossible to mess around.

In addition, if Dongfang Shuo's guess is correct, there are some contradictions between these tiger guard orders and tiger guard orders, either personal or from the family, so they can also play a role in mutual supervision. In other words, the duty of the Tiger Guardian is not only to monitor the city and county, but also to supervise other supervision orders.

But despite this, Dongfang Shuo immediately had a new doubt.

"But as far as I know, isn't the backer of the Guihai Empire ......?" Dongfang Shuo said.

The man looked at him, then nodded and said, "Yes, the king of the backer himself has been executed for treason, and it is the first edict issued by the new emperor who ascended the throne half a year ago. However, although the backer king has committed treason, the rules he set have not changed. ”

"Now I kind of understand the situation. ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded, so after he was silent for a moment, he asked again, "Then next, you can tell me about the situation of the forces behind you." ”

"The force behind me? In fact, it is a small force, although I am a hall master in it, I am still an errand runner in the end, otherwise I would not have bumped into such a thing today. ”

The man gave up and sat down on the spot.

Dongfang Shuo glanced at him, and suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, aren't you in such a hurry for some urgent matter?

"It's not in a hurry, it's useless to rush now. The man shook his head, "And after such an incident, I have also figured it out, there is nothing to hurry." ”

"So what the hell is going on?"

"That is, the two hostile forces have joined forces to take out the business I am responsible for, and then they are ready to attack our boss directly. The man said.

Dongfang Shuo was stunned for a moment: "Huh, ......?"

His expression froze as well.

The man didn't notice, but continued: "But now that I think about it, if the two sides attack us, I will die, and I am just a mess in this force, even if I go, I can't save anything, and I have to take my own life, and the gains outweigh the losses." I've encountered such a big deal today, and I don't think there's anything I can't get along. ”

"No, you said the forces behind you are coming to an end?"

Dongfang Shuo's face distorted slightly.

The man looked at him with some confusion and said, "Yes, it should have started by now, and it should have almost been wiped out, tsk, it's good that I met you, uncle, otherwise...... Wow, ah, ah, ah......"

Before he could finish speaking, Dongfang Shuo had already grabbed his collar, and he jumped up and swept in the direction he came.

"Tell me, where is your power?"

On the firmament, Dongfang Shuo asked.

The wind kept smashing the man's face head-on, and the man looked at Dongfang Shuo blankly.

"Uncle, what are you doing here?"

"Don't ask so much, where is your power? I have to go to the rescue. ”

"Uh...... In the mountain nest eight miles north of the city. ”

"Good. ”

After getting the direction from the man's mouth, Dongfang Shuo completely accelerated his speed, and the instantaneous increase in wind pressure directly pulled the man's face to deformation, and even the two front teeth that were most affected by the wind fell out directly.

In the blink of an eye, Dongfang Shuo also came to the north of that city.

And still standing in the void, looking down, you can already see the scene of spiritual power clashes.

With a leap of his hand, he fell downward with the man who was already foaming at the mouth.

"Lu Hengtong, the debt of ten years ago, you finally have to pay it back today!"

A middle-aged man held a sword in his hand, his face full of coldness.

He was covered in blood, but none of it was his.

Opposite him, there was a burly middle-aged man, who sneered: "Hey, if you don't say it, I'm about to forget, tsk, it's been ten years, and your daughter is the most nourishing woman your father has ever tasted!"

"You're looking for death!"

The cold man roared, and the sword in his hand suddenly rolled out the fierce sword qi, until it stabbed straight towards the burly man.

"Brother Lu beware!" At this time, the third middle-aged man behind the cold male side shouted.

But his shouting was obviously too late, because as Leng Junnan's sword slashed across the earth, the trap set by the burly man in advance had already been activated, and a spiritual power instantly imprisoned Leng Junnan in it.

Whoosh!

Immediately after that, countless sharp arrows shot from the shadows, all of which were aimed at the cold man who was imprisoned.

At this time, everything happened between lightning and flint, and no one could reflect it in time.

Temple!

At this moment, a sword light appeared out of thin air, and in an instant, like a swimming dragon, it passed through all the sharp arrows, and after removing all the power from them, it split them in two.

Click!

Immediately after, the sword and dragon were hit by the spiritual power confinement again, as if the confinement could be completely shattered directly with just a light touch.

While the cold man took this opportunity to retreat, he looked at the dragon that turned upward, and immediately saw a young man standing in the air, catching a sword like a dragon.

In the other hand of the young man, he grabbed someone whom the three middle-aged men present all recognized.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your help!"

The cold man did not hesitate, and thanked Dongfang Shuo when he raised his hand.

Dongfang Shuo glanced at him, but didn't say much, and his gaze quickly swept over the other two.

Taking a deep breath, he raised the middle-aged man in his hand and asked, "You three, who is the boss of this guy?"

His tone was cold, and all three men felt a little awe.

And looking at his means of standing in the air, the three of them naturally saw his kingly cultivation.

At this time, the burly man's eyes swirled in his sockets, and the corners of his mouth immediately showed a wicked smile, and before the other two middle-aged men could speak, he said loudly to Dongfang Shuo: "My lord, this kid in your hand is their subordinate!"

Whew!

Just when the burly man thought that Dongfang Shuo was about to help him clean up the two people opposite, a sudden spiritual power pierced his chest without warning, and the severe pain made his entire face quickly turn pale, and even gradually become distorted.

Then, the shock of the internal organs quickly erupted into a desperate pain, causing the burly man to fall to the ground after just one breath, and almost without struggling, he died.

And his death was unusually ugly, and it was clear that he was in extreme pain at the last moment.