Luming Harbor is in full swing at this time, countless ships on the sea are constantly changing their formations under the command of the generals, there are rows of crossbow arrow launchers on both sides of the ship, the soldiers in the cabin are constantly adjusting the angle according to the speed of the ship to aim at the drill target of the sea surface movement, there are twenty five-foot long crossbow arrows in this launching device, which can easily pierce the body of the sea warriors within thirty zhang, not only the speed is fast and covers a wide area, the sea tribe may be hit if it is a little slower to dodge, and even if it hides under the sea, there are often many peregrine ships lurking in the water in the sea。

The Peregrine Ship is a completely enclosed warship made of hard iron and gold, and the Peregrine Falcon is equipped with multiple sharp blades around the exterior, and once spinned, the Peregrine Ship is a mobile killing machine.

On a huge platform on the shore, Liu Fengdu looked at the navy that was practicing on the sea, his eyes showed approval, and he asked Mu Dongye on the side: "How are the warships and soldiers lost last time replenished?"

Mu Dongye looked indifferent, and said: "The arsenal replied that there are not many warships left, and all of them have been requisitioned for use, but most of them are models that have been eliminated, and some of the seriously damaged warships have not been completely repaired; ”

"Oh, and all that stuff, how long will it take for these recruits to take shape?"

"It's hard to say, most of these people are young and vigorous, and they are very arrogant, although they can basically meet the requirements during training, but it is good to be able to exert fifty percent of their strength when they really go to the battlefield, and they have to wait until they have seen blood, and they can only be regarded as qualified fighters after a few life-and-death battles. However, the battleship and weapon replenishment have Prince Lao coming forward, and those old slippery heads who want to come to the arsenal must want to sell your face. ”

Liufengdu naturally understands this truth, back then, Liufengdu and Mu Dongye both started from the lowest team captain, went through countless wars, and were promoted to the position of general through the accumulation of military merits, but later Liufengdu, who was the prince, was recalled by the empire to start handling government affairs, but the years of Rongma's career have not been forgotten.

Liu Fengdu retracted his thoughts, "With the Governor of the Navy here, I don't think these are any problems. ”

"You are not kind, you are not kind, I think that when you were shot in the ass by an arrow from a sea clan leader, I helped you cut off the leader, and I bandaged your wound after you went back, you can't forget all these kindnesses. ”

Liu Fengdu said with an aggrieved face: "At that time, I was thinking, how can it take half a day to bandage a wound, and I always feel that I have been taken advantage of by you." ”

Mu Dongye pursed his lips, don't look at Liu Fengdu now, he was a scoundrel back then, and he was caught off guard and played his true nature back then, Mu Dongye was speechless for a while.

Now the two of them, who are monarchs and ministers, still regard each other as friends for many years in private, and only Mu Dongye will occasionally joke with the prince who is already half a monarch.

"I've been going to the arsenal for the next few days. ”

After being silent for a long time, Liu Fengdu's face turned straight, and he continued: "Who do you think it will be?"

Mu Dongye's heart sank, knowing that Liu Fengdu was asking him who he thought leaked his whereabouts to the Sea Clan, but the affairs of the emperor's family, no matter how he answered, were not pleasing to him, and he might accidentally cause trouble.

"I'm a martial artist, I don't dare to guess this kind of secret. Mu Dongye faced Liu Fengdu with a bitter face.

However, seeing that he ignored this answer, he waited calmly for himself to continue, knowing that he couldn't hide, he sighed in his heart, this prince had made up his mind to push himself on the fire.

Liufengdu said before that only a few people knew about his whereabouts, and among those people, there were only a few people who benefited the most.

The road to the throne of the emperor will be destined to experience a baptism of fire and blood!

After pondering for a moment, Mu Dongye said: "The third prince Liu Fengyi, sixteen years old, heard that the golden dragon bloodline in his body is extremely rich, and the richness of his bloodline is extremely rare even in the history of the dragon clan, and it is regarded as the first day of the golden dragon clan for thousands of years, and he is currently practicing martial arts in the Shenwu Palace. ”

"My third brother of the same father and mother was born as a peerless genius whose martial arts achievements can be compared to the ancestor Shenwu Emperor, before the age of fifteen, he broke through the Xuan Realm, immersed himself in martial arts, and did not like to make friends in the palace, relatively speaking, he and I can really be called brothers, he and I have expressed the hope of catching up with the ancestors in the martial arts, and have no intention of fighting for imperial power. "Liu Fengdu has great trust in the third brother Liu Fengyi, and he excluded him at the first time.

"Liufeng Mingzhu, the only princess of the current Dragon Emperor, but because she is a princess, the possibility is not great, and there has been no female emperor since the establishment of the empire for seven thousand years. ”

For the martial empire, power has always been dominated by men, and women have always been far from the center of power, and the emergence of women's rights has always been rejected in the hearts of their subjects.

Liufengdu was noncommittal.

Mu Dongye continued: " There is one left in the end, the second prince Liu Fengyuan, Liu Fengyuan's mother is the saint daughter of the blue scorpion clan in Luozhou, the blue scorpion clan is more special, it has always been respected by the maternal line, in addition to the head of the blue scorpion queen, the next is the two saints are the most powerful, the power of the mother clan is naturally the power of the son, and Liu Fengyuan has inherited the advantages of the blue scorpion clan's thoughtfulness, has always been calm-minded, and there are many parties in the palace, plus a large number of forces have been cultivated in secret, and the most likely and the most powerful person to compete with you for the throne. ”

"What else?" Liu Fengdu seemed to be dissatisfied with Mu Dongye's answer, and was waiting for the next step.

Mu Dongye seemed to be at a loss, and spread his hands and said, "No, is there anyone else who is qualified to sit in that position besides these few?"

Liu Fengdu ignored the careful thinking of his only confidant and friend, and said, "Liu Fengyuan does seem to be the most likely one on the surface, but it is also possible that he has attracted everyone's attention through this, allowing the real people behind the scenes to take this opportunity to secretly arrange." ”

Mu Dongye was surprised: "Are you saying that Liu Fengyuan is making others think it is him? In fact, there are other people, so who is this person, and who can make him do this willingly?"

"I'm just guessing, there are no clear clues yet, I thought that Liufengyuan was the most likely at first, but then after thinking about it, Liufeng came from Xiao Congying, and with his and his mother's means and thoughts, many things should be able to be done more hidden over the years. Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, he will not understand this truth, so I vaguely feel that my previous thoughts may be wrong, don't forget that I still have two uncles. ”

After a while, Liu Fengdu continued: "Dongye, I know that you should have seen the clues in your mind, you deliberately didn't say it just now, because you don't want to get involved in the battle for imperial power, in fact, I don't blame you, in the end, it's still difficult for me to be strong, in fact, I just want to find someone to talk to my heart, otherwise it's very uncomfortable to hide in my heart." ”

Mu Dongye bowed solemnly to Liu Fengdu and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Xie understands. ”

Liu Fengdu was not only unexpected to Mu Dongye, but also a reasonable move and title.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart, no matter what the past was, in the final analysis, the two of them are still monarchs after all.

Although Liu Fengdu was proclaimed as the crown prince of the empire five years ago, this does not mean that the road to succession will be smooth sailing, on the contrary, the various forces that secretly covet the throne have become more and more ready to move in recent years. In the past of the empire, there were many examples of the murder of the crown prince, only the person who finally sat on the throne of God was the final victor, and the current Dragon Emperor Emperor Li had not yet reached the time of aging, for the dragon bloodline with a life span of two or three hundred years, Emperor Li could be said to be at its peak, and at this time, the heir was announced early, which could not help but be incomprehensible.

Looking up at Liufengdu in front of him slightly, Mu Dongye couldn't help but sigh, when they were young, the two practiced martial arts together, crawled and rolled in the army together, killed the enemy together, and drank together. The changes over the years can be imagined in the undercurrent of the imperial palace and the mediation of many forces, and the people of close relatives to compete for the throne at the top of the power, in which outsiders have experienced unimaginable cruelty. The current Liufengdu is a little strange, but it also makes him have a trace of sympathy, maybe this is the price of going to the pinnacle of power.

Both fell silent, only the howling sea breeze blew over them.

A dark shadow slowly emerged on the platform, and Xu Lai walked to Liu Fengdu's side, "The shadow guard found a large number of weapons in the water south of the imperial capital canal. ”

Liu Fengdu and Mu Dongye glanced at each other, and the three figures immediately disappeared.

Next to the Imperial Capital Canal, a large number of city guards are salvaging boxes from the river and ashore. The three of them came to the canal, opened a box casually, and there were excellent weapons inside, and Xu, who was accompanying them, said: "According to the investigation of the shadow guard, this batch of weapons is made by the arsenal workshop, and the arsenal has no record of this batch of weapons, and the two supervision divisions responsible for the manufacture of this batch of weapons have been imprisoned. ”

Liu Fengdu looked at the boxes piled up more and more, his face was dark, "So many weapons have been lost, it is impossible for those people who are really in power without the arsenal to nod their heads, but it is useless to imprison a few scapegoats, this big fish must be caught, and what these weapons are used for, and why the weapons are hidden in the canal must be investigated." ”

Mu Dongye on the side said: "I remember that this canal is connected to the Lanjiang River and flows into the West Sea through Luozhou. ”

"You mean this batch of weapons has something to do with the Sea Clan?"

"Maybe it has something to do with the Blue Scorpion clan in Luozhou. Mu Dongye hesitated for a moment.