Ling Yu and his party came back late because Ling Yu and his party sent Luo Kede to the Xianluo Warrior Academy to treat their injuries, and Tong Yue and 6 Xiaowei did not follow. [Eight?] 1{〈〈Small.}

Wei De and his entourage of more than 20,000 guards rushed to Gu Feng non-stop. The long convoy of armored vehicles kicked up a cloud of smoke and dust, like a yellow dragon crawling on the ground, constantly twisting and wrying, as if in an unusually hurry.

However, Ling Yu and his entourage didn't know that in the imperial capital, a great turmoil that swept the whole country had quietly kicked off. This turmoil will further add to the collapse of the Nine Heavens Empire, and also indicate that an era of chaos and crisis is coming.

Gufeng City is the core of the remaining Han nation, and the Palace of the Nine Heavens Empire is located here. Gufeng City has three walls, which are divided into an inner city, a city within a city, and an outer city. The inner city is basically in the shape of a garden, with the Imperial Palace of the Nine Heavens Empire as the center, surrounded by the Imperial Government Council, four aristocratic gathering areas, and in the middle city, there are four garrison bases and wealthy merchant gathering areas. These facilities are interlocking and closely connected, and many security factors such as troop guards, building buffers, etc., surround the palace of the Nine Heavens Empire. To put it simply, the Nine Heavens Empire Imperial Palace is architecturally like a tortoise shrunk in three layers of hard tortoise shells.

After nearly 10 years of exhibition, it has become the economic, cultural, political and technological center of the world since the "Millennium Destruction", and has become the spiritual home of the only remaining human beings on earth.

Since the fall of Changtai Town, coupled with the previously lost Lego Town, Hanyang County, Feiyun County, Zuoshan County, Changyin City and other places, the territory controlled by the Nine Heavens Empire has been continuously shrinking in the hands of the emperors of Zhulong's previous generation. During the Zhulong era, this trend remained the same, with the newly lost town of Changtai and the precarious town of Anping being a good example.

Long before the fall of Changtai Town, about 100,000 refugees from all over the country poured into Gufeng City, and the remaining more than 2 million people gradually disappeared or dissolved into other towns, which brought serious hidden dangers to Gufeng City.

The Nine Heavens Empire's Government Council, the silver-gray oval-shaped building, still maintains its due solemnity, and on the quadrangular monument in the central square, the antique bronze giant tripod is still clear and dazzling, but it was built 3oo years ago, representing the oath of the tribes when they formed an alliance.

In a large office on the 42nd floor, Lei Tiancheng, the commander-in-chief of the empire's three armed services, who is undergoing impeachment proceedings, is looking out through a floor-to-ceiling window. Outside the window, there were crowds of people who had just fled from Anping Town. As the titular commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, the exile made him feel anxious. These people who have traveled five or six hundred kilometers from afar are going to Gufeng City to seek help or shelter, but the empire has given them too little.

Ever since the defeat in the First Battle of Mount Altar 17 years ago, this imperial marshal who has been galloping on the battlefield with a generation of famous monarchs for nearly 40 years has been subjected to wave after wave of accusations, and fornicating with dwarf dwarfs to betray the interests of the country is one of the most serious accusations. The prestige of the pro-people marshal plummeted. Two years ago, the Battle of Changtai, that is, the battle in which Ling Yu and the four were trapped in the wilderness because of the battle, the imperial forces were finally defeated with the intervention of various forces, and then Changtai was finally relieved of the siege due to the Baluo people's attack on Xianluo Huayang City, and this incident is still regarded as an important accusation.

The masses who did not know the truth once held a huge march in the imperial capital, demanding the resignation of the marshal, who was nearly seventy years old. Emperor Zhu Long was forced to resign his military power, and the power of the army fell into the hands of the imperial prime minister Jia Fengzhen and the second prince Zhu Huanjin. Since then, the impeachment proposals have been continuously handed over to Zhu Long by the ministers of all parties, demanding that Lei Tiancheng's crime be punished, and Zhu Long has never paid attention to this.

For this reason, Jia Fengzhen strongly recommended his nephew Sheng Lin as the commander of the three armies, and Lei Tiancheng recommended his son Lei Mingqian. In order to alleviate the pressure on Lei Tiancheng's punishment, Zhu Long weighed it again and again, and reluctantly issued an edict, letting Sheng Lin serve as the imperial marshal and Lei Mingqian as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Palace Guard. Impeachment proceedings began to be delayed.

Lei Tiancheng sighed at this time, slowly withdrew his gaze from the outside, and repeatedly paced impatiently among the potted plants in the hall, reaching out from time to time to grab the white short, and sighing.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Lei Mingqian hurriedly walked in.

"Surprise me, you can't knock on the door first?!" Lei Tiancheng said angrily.

"Father!" Lei Mingqian saluted politely.

"How many times have I said don't call me father outside!" Lei Tiancheng was a little annoyed.

"Yes, father. News has just come out there that someone is planning to make trouble recently. Lei Mingqian said.

"I also just heard that the news is being verified, and once the situation is true, you have to learn to improvise and deal with it urgently." Lei Tiancheng looked at his unangry son in front of him with a gloomy face.

"What? I don't know what improvisation is. Lei Mingqian said.

"If the empire does not send troops to regain lost territory, this kind of thing may become more and more frequent." Lei Tiancheng glanced at Lei Mingqian disdainfully and said, "You have to learn to take advantage of opportunities, not only to be popular, but also to give some people some color." ”

"Well, I understand this," Lei Mingqian said, "and now only Ge Zhiping is left in Anping Town, and if it weren't for a few children there to help, Anping would have been gone long ago." The war materials were not given, and it was impossible to let Jia Fengzhen, the old guy, send troops. After exterminating the Moon Dragon Gang two days ago, the empire actually went to Anping Town to arrest those children. Lei Mingqian's face showed a slight sadness.

"Well, what supplies and what troops are sent have nothing to do with you, from now on, you don't have to mention anything, understand your task: protect the crown prince and princess, understand?" Lei Tiancheng said impatiently, "Her Royal Highness the princess is your fiancée. ”

"But...... Father, Caiyun doesn't like me, I want to ......," Lei Mingqian said with a slush.

Lei Tiancheng was slightly stunned: "Do you already have someone you like?" This matter is a holy decree from His Majesty the Emperor, and you will not be allowed to disobey it, even if you die, you must protect the two brothers and sisters! ”

"Yes!" Lei Mingqian saw a faint flash of fierceness in his father's eyes, and immediately saluted, turned around and walked out.

Lei Tiancheng watched him walk out of the office quickly with two faint old eyes, and he sighed deeply again: "It's hard to make a big deal!" ”

……

The Palace of the Prince.

Luo Tiefeng sat on the sand with a gloomy face, bowing his head and saying nothing. The crown prince Zhu Xingyun's face was a little helpless, and the princess looked anxious and kept walking around the hall. She stopped suddenly: "Brother, can't you be the master and let Jin An support Anping?" Even if you have some supplies. ”

Zhu Xingyun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Sister, there is no such possibility, I know your concern, he will be fine." ”

Zhu Caiyun raised her eyebrows: "You are the prince, aren't you?" Even this lord can't do it, what else can he do as a prince! ”

Zhu Xingyun said: "When my father made me the crown prince, he was already a reputation. He said and stood up: "If it weren't for this so-called crown prince at that time, my mother would not have died." His face had turned pale: "What is the result?" Right? I'm not rare! He turned his face and threw a book on the coffee table: "My father gave me life, what else did he give me?" Is it a stable political base, or is it a rich country? Nothing, did the appointment of me, the crown prince, intentionally cause strife? ”

He slowly turned his head to look out the window, and the flowers in the garden were blooming under the hazy sky.

He smiled bitterly again: "My father is seriously ill, and the prince can't supervise the country or be a regent, what is this prince, it's a worm raised in the boudoir!" He turned around slowly, his face showed a sad expression, the green tendons on his face burst out, and his neck became red: "My father left me a reputation, a reputation of a prince, and this reputation not only cost my mother's life, but now it is so difficult to even protect myself, and it has also affected my sister!" For more than ten years, every time I go out, I will rack my brains to run for my life, which time is not nine deaths, and which time I will not die because of me! Why am I a scourge?! Even if I have nothing, low-key and simple, it is also a hidden danger in the eyes of the ministers, I can't avoid it, I can't escape, I can't escape it, and there are eyes and ears looking for me everywhere! I didn't want this crown prince's position! I might as well die!! ”

"Xingyun, you're scared of Caiyun." Luo Tiefeng raised his head and shouted, looking at the maid and guard at the door with his eyes from time to time.

"Brother...... I'm sorry......" Zhu Caiyun had tears in his eyes, threw himself into Zhu Xingyun's arms, and cried out loud.

Zhu Xingyun's face was expressionless, one hand gently touched his sister's black and violent length, and sighed: "It's my brother who is not good, my sister, my brother can't bring happiness to you, my brother doesn't blame you, it's just that I'm in a bad mood, my brother won't leave you, and never will." The empire of the father is not the elder brother's, and the elder brother is powerless. ”

Luo Tiefeng stood up and gently patted Zhu Xingyun's shoulder: "A good man is not discouraged, a good man is responsible." Come sit down, and I'll have a few questions to discuss. ”

Zhu Xingyun nodded: "Brother Luo, I'm really immature, right?" ”

Luo Tiefeng shook his head: "You have done a good job, the pressure you are under is too great." He quickly changed the subject: "Your Majesty's health is worried, you should make a plan in advance, where to go, you should have a spectrum in your heart, don't fight an unprepared battle." ”

Zhu Xingyun asked, "What is Brother Luo's opinion?" Let's hear it. ”

Luo Tiefeng pondered for a moment and said, "Thirty-six plans, go ahead!" ”