Great Chu Dynasty.

Just like when Xiao Chen left here a few months ago, the atmosphere on the street was still tense, and spies in civilian clothes filled every corner, staring at the pedestrians on the street.

These spies came from different departments, including patrols from Shuntianfu, people from the Five Cities Terracotta Division, Ouchi secret agents, and members of the Liujin Division of the intelligence agency.

During this time, many people were implicated in the Blood Shadow Hall incident, even if it turns out that you have nothing to do with this incident, one entry and one exit can make people lose several layers of skin.

Many people were afraid to go out on the streets, causing the originally prosperous imperial city to become depressed.

Merchants either didn't dare to open their doors, or they had to close their doors because they ran out of goods.

The atmosphere in the palace was even more tense, and the ministers stood on the Jinluan Hall with their heads bowed, and no one dared to pant loudly, for fear of being discovered by the high emperor, and becoming the unlucky punching bag.

In addition to the incident in the Blood Shadow Hall, one of the things that has been making a lot of noise in the past few days is that the border town has lost its troops.

In the three major battles, the total loss of elite border troops was nearly 90,000, the consumption of money and food was innumerable, and the pensions for the families of the fallen soldiers alone were astronomical sums.

According to the regulations of the Great Chu Dynasty, the family of each fallen soldier will receive three hundred and twenty taels of silver, and the tax will be reduced or reduced for five years, and the education of the orphans of the fallen soldiers will also be undertaken, which adds up to at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

If the battle is won, it would be better to say, and now according to the words of the generals of the border towns and the military department, it is not to lose or win.

People always like to put gold in their faces, and if they really don't lose or win, they will definitely shout that this is a big win.

It is fixed as not losing or winning, which means that it is actually still a loss.

It is difficult to see from the loss of troops on both sides that the Pantheist side is less than 80,000 men, while the Chu army is 90,000.

As an emperor, of course Li Dingbang knew that the courtiers were playing tricks, but this matter was not easy to explain. It was difficult to tell the whole world that the Chu army had been defeated, and then his face as an emperor would be gloomy.

"A bunch of shit, you gave me such a result." He felt that the generals of the border towns should be severely punished, so as to set an example, he said in a cold voice: "Spread my will, kill Yang Xingwu, the chief general of the border town, and Meng Fei, the general of the border town, and send their heads to hang on the city gate to show the world."

Immediately, a minister stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, you can't, although General Yang is at fault, but he still has merit in turning the tide in the last battle and leading his troops to kill more than 50,000 enemy troops."

Some ministers also said: "If you don't kill someone, it's not enough to calm the people of the world, especially the one named Meng Fei. If he hadn't started a war with the Pantheon Sect without authorization in the first two months, there would have been no later results."

Everyone knows that when such a big thing happens, someone must stand up and carry the black pot. Obviously, Meng Fei is the best candidate.

In fact, in this matter, the ministers were also at fault.If it weren't for the fact that they characterized Meng Fei's first attack as no reward or punishment.How could Yang Xingwu dare to be an enemy of the Pantheistic Sect privately.

Therefore, if this matter is investigated, many people will be unlucky, and it is doomed that Meng Fei must die.

Li Dingbang frowned: "Then kill the border military department and demote Meng Fei, Yang Xingwu and other officials by one level, and punish them for one year to see the after-effects."

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers gave a mountain of praise.

After retiring from the dynasty, Li Dingbang secretly summoned Miao Zhengqing, the master of the Blood Shadow Hall, in the imperial study.

Miao Zhengqing is a smart man, seeing that the emperor's face is not good, after coming in, he obediently knelt on the ground, and he also did not dare to breathe.

"How's it going?" The Emperor asked.

Miao Zhengqing raised his head and replied: "It has been ascertained that Xiao Chen has taken refuge in the Pantheon Sect, and these border conflicts have something to do with him.

"Are you sure?" The emperor's eyebrows furrowed.

"OK." Miao Zhengqing immediately added: "But the evidence is not very sufficient, if you want to blame the King of Qin for this, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

The Emperor said angrily, "Why?"

"His Royal Highness King Qin is very careful in his work, and he has already thrown away the evidence that is unfavorable to him." Miao Zhengqing said: "After all, he is a high-ranking vassal king, even if His Majesty wants to punish him, he must come up with evidence that convinces the people of ......the world.

"That's enough, you're a piece of shit, you can't do a little thing, why am I raising you." The emperor is really angry.

Miao Zhengqing hurriedly said: "The lowly position has already figured out the most effective way to deal with the King of Qin, that is, to send him to the border town to fight against the Pantheon Sect, which can not only consume his private soldiers, but also put him in a dangerous situation.

Li Dingbang's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that this was a good way. After the death of King Qin, he only needed to posthumously confer on him the false name of a loyal monarch for the country.

Furthermore, let the King of Qin take his private soldiers to fight the Pantheon Sect.Just think about it, I feel relieved.Didn't you secretly build a few strong teams.You won't risk your own life without taking them with you.

When the time came, as soon as the king of Qin died, his private soldiers would naturally take back the state.

The more I thought about it, the more feasible it became. Li Dingbang slapped the table: "Tomorrow, I will give an order, let King Qin go to the border, Miao Aiqing, you still have to contribute to this matter, and I will never forget you after the matter is completed."

"Your Majesty rest assured, you will be responsible for your duties, let His Royal Highness King Qin die in the border town."

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After the Great War, whether it was the Chu army or the Pantheon Sect, all of them suffered great losses, and only Jincheng profited the most.

The father and son of the Wang family were very strong, absorbing several surrounding tribes, including the Gray Eagle Tribe, plus a few Hu bandits with extraordinary combat effectiveness, and once again fixed the total strength at 50,000.

At the same time, several secret passages were built to the outside of the city, just in case of emergency.

Xiao Chen, Medina and Lin Die were treated as guests.Every day, Lin Hongyi led the merchant group back to Dachu to purchase a large amount of goods for Jincheng.

In the past few days, the little marquis rarely goes out, except for eating, and he spends all his time on cultivation.

The hard work paid off, and finally he successfully advanced to the sixth level of the Immortal Martial Realm.

No one must believe it when he says it, his main opponents during this time are all at the level of the Xuanwu Realm, but all of them died at the hands of him, a person from the Immortal Martial Realm.

Up to now, plus the increase in martial souls, he is nothing more than the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm.

Seeing that he worked so hard, Martina and Lin Die also held their breath and practiced more than once a day.

The little marquis smiled.You really agreed to be fooled.Leave a letter and leave quietly.Sure enough, it didn't attract the attention of the second daughter.You were able to get out of the city smoothly.

The destination of this trip is the hinterland of Dachu.

He had to be sure of one thing, that is, whether Piao Piao was still in the underwater palace of the Lost Sea, and if it wasn't for the events that happened when Jin Cheng came in, he really couldn't leave, and he would have returned to Dachu a long time ago.

To this day, he still believed that the Pantheistic Holy Maiden he had seen in Heaven and Earth City had nothing to do with Piao Piao.