Chapter 6 - The Rebellion of the Loyal City (I)
Just when "Chen Jie" was angry alone, the more than 100 black-clothed people standing not far from him had realized the seriousness of the situation, and now the "Chen Jie" who appeared in front of them was not the real Chen Jie, the governor of the southern part of the Qi State. It was a member of the Ming clan who had entered Ruocheng after being carefully disguised, and this member of the Ming clan was obviously very powerful and majestic among the surviving members of the Ming clan.
The more than 100 men in black thought about it, and still turned their eyes to the black-clothed leader standing at the front with a red ribbon tied to his head. The leader of more than 100 men in black stared at the "Chen Jie" in front of him, and his mood was a little complicated. If this happens, they will be tantamount to listening to the mercy of this "Chen Jie" in front of them. That's something he actually doesn't want to think about.
After thinking about it again, the leader of the man in black was the first to speak, "You have spoken very well to us, but we still don't know if you can tell us something about you openly and honestly, so that we can trust you."
The "Chen Jie" standing on the floor of the city tower had a solemn face, and he looked at the more than 100 black-clothed people in front of him with a little annoyance. After he took off the mask of "Chen Jie", his face had become very hideous and terrifying, but this "Chen Jie" looked like an older person, with silver-white hair hanging from the side of his head.
In fact, this "Chen Jie" originally wanted to mobilize this new force of the Ming clan with relatively strong combat effectiveness through the addition of majesty, but now, "Chen Jie" felt that he should tell them something about himself first. As long as this team of men in black is mobilized by himself, his plan will definitely be able to succeed.
Seeing that the current eastern sky has already turned a slight white in the time they have been holding each other. "Chen Jie" was a little impatient, he knew that if the sky became brighter, the Ruocheng soldiers guarding the city tower would come up to guard. In this way, the elite of the Ming clan that he wants to use will definitely be exterminated.
Although "Chen Jie" can use his identity to resist these soldiers guarding the city tower, this is not an insurance thing after all. For the sake of safety, "Chen Jie" simply said directly to the more than 100 black-clothed people in front of him: "You must all know that our Ming clan originally took the patriarch as the honorable saint as the second, and under the patriarch, there are four elders on an equal footing with the saint, namely the elders of the east, west, south and north, the two elders of the east and the west, who were killed with the patriarch in the Ming clan purge that year, and the south elder originally followed the former saint Jiang Yuexue to the feudal country, and now I don't know the whereabouts of the north elder Xuan Yan." Chen Jie coughed lightly, his words were already very clear, and at the same time, he took out a bright jade pendant from his own arms and put it in front of him. This jade pendant clearly has a large character "North" written on it with exquisite jade.
How could these more than 100 black-clothed people not know the system that existed among their Ming clan back then, and the Ming clan was a force loyal to the royal family of Qi when the first emperor was there. However, among the Ming people, there is still a patriarchal prime minister's affairs. In the past, the saint was a Ming girl who maintained her virgin body, and this girl had to go through the test of the saint before she could hold such a position. The Holy Maiden belonged to the external "patriarch", and the patriarch mainly managed the affairs of the clan. The average saint is a very young girl, so four elders from the east, west, north and south are specially set up to help the saint deal with a series of affairs. It's just that these four elders basically live in seclusion in the mountains and forests even in normal times. Only after something big happened in the clan would the four elders appear at the side of the patriarch and the holy maiden, and participate in the patriarch or clan meeting within the Ming clan.
However, they never thought that they originally thought that the four elders of the east, west, south and north had been killed along with the patriarch in the purge of the first emperor of Qi that year. But they didn't expect that the old man who appeared in front of them now turned out to be the only two elders among the four elders in the east, west, south and north who survived and remained in the Qi Kingdom to prepare for revenge.
More than 100 people in black never thought that this "Chen Jie" turned out to be the northern elder of their Ming clan, although the more than 100 people in black were not very familiar with the name Xuan Yan. But after all, it's still a well-known name that I've heard.
Since this is the case, these more than 100 black-clothed people can only obey orders and swear allegiance to the Northern Elder in front of them. This Northern Elder Xuan Yan had to reveal his identity to suppress the more than 100 black-clothed people in front of him, but now, he finally reaped a lot of results. These more than 100 men in black finally came to help him justifiably, and in this way, their opportunity to revitalize the Ming clan and take revenge and collect debts has finally come. How can this not make them feel that they have no regrets in this life?
Xuan Yan led more than a hundred black-clothed people from the small passage on the right side to sneak from the city tower to the city of Ruocheng. Xuan Yan has received the help of such an army, and now he can be said to be full of confidence. Xuan Yan's mood has changed very comfortably now, but the more than 100 black-clothed people who followed him now don't know what this Northern Elder wants them to do, but these black-clothed people don't dare to ask. He could only silently follow the stride ahead, and he had already brought back the majesty of Chen Jie's human skin mask. In a short time, Xuan Yan had already led more than 100 people in black to the front of a mansion that was not too prosperous. Xuan Yan has now revealed his identity, and he is not afraid of the more than 100 people in black now. He directly and honestly said to the more than 100 black-clothed people behind him: "This is Chen Jie's mansion, but now this mansion is mine."
The expressions of the more than 100 people in black are now a little solemn. They had already realized that something was wrong, and in their opinion, this Xuan Yan had probably controlled the subordinates who were originally Chen Jie. Although he will inevitably be opposed if he unfolds his identity, if he can mobilize his forces in the name of "Chen Jie" to get them out of here. It is possible to let the Ming people get new opportunities.
Thinking of this, these more than 100 people in black also probably understood what it was. So, they originally followed Xuan Yan with a trace of skepticism, but now they basically have no problem following Xuan Yan. All they need to do now is wait quietly for their opportunity
The gentle spring breeze has greened this sea of grass a few times. Invisible figures in the distance appeared on the shore of the sea of grass like phantoms one after another. At the end of this sea of grass is a mountain range, and at the bend in front of that mountain range is a majestic city. On the one hand, the city is backed by a mountain behind it. The direction of the opening of the cave in three directions, on one side is the first longest river on the Demon Spirit Continent, the Xuanling River, and the direction opposite the other two city gates is such a relatively gentle plain. Although there are no tall trees growing on this plain, the low grass on this plain is very abundant. As far as the eye can see, there are low meadows, and the wind blowing through this plain reveals a different charm.
The city, on the other hand, is built in a way that surrounds it one layer after another. In the area closest to the surrounding mountains, the most majestic and mysterious royal city in the city is located, and the Flowing Cloud Hall at the top is the most majestic and solemn royal palace.
This city is the national capital of the feudal country. Since the leader of the feudal war society staged a coup d'état and seized the ruling power of the feudal country, he did not choose to set the capital in Dream City, the base of their feudal war society. Instead, he still chose Zhongcheng, the old capital of the feudal country, as his national capital, but for the feudal people, the country ruled by the Holy Emperor is also a "feudal country", and it doesn't matter to these people, as long as the ruler can give the people the most basic living security, the people basically won't have any big complaints.
Regarding the matter of the Holy Emperor's determination of the capital of Zhongcheng, the whole feudal country has a lot of complaints. According to what the Holy Emperor himself said, if he didn't have such courage, what emperor would he be? Therefore, no matter how many people supported or how many people opposed it, the Holy Emperor still set the capital of the country in Zhongcheng. His base city, Dream City, is now temporarily handed over to the three hall masters in the Sealed War Society, and many of the weapons and food that Dream City originally planted have basically been transported to Zhongcheng. Dream City has now become a very ordinary city.
The Holy Emperor has been in power for four years, and in these four years, the Holy Emperor not only swept away the domestic families and nobles with an iron fist, but also vigorously developed the economy and politics of Zhongcheng, and even the concept of culture, and formulated a policy that everything should be based on the national capital and Zhongcheng. After three years of development and mobilization, Zhongcheng, the capital of the feudal country, can really be called a "metropolis".
Zhongcheng was originally the capital of the feudal state, coupled with the vigorous development of the Holy Emperor during his reign. Now Zhongcheng, the merchants are prosperous, the people are harmonious, the wind is leisurely, the night is not closed, and the road is not forgotten. The whole Zhongcheng is full of vitality up and down. If you compare the two countries on the Demon Spirit Continent, the feudal country first dealt a great blow to the Qi country in terms of the national capital.