After thinking about it in his heart, Li Mude spoke more openly: "Zhong Jun, the Black Ice Terrace and the inner court where the stepfather is located are not the same system, and the identity of the stepfather also restricts the stepfather from doing more investigations, so the stepfather really can't get the contact information of the Black Ice Terrace, you still follow the previous decision, and contact Xiao Dezi step by step." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Hmm. Zhang Zhongjun nodded, he was not stupid, he naturally understood Li Mude's cautious actions in the palace, and besides, he didn't expect to get the news of the Black Ice Platform directly from Li Mude's mouth, so he was not disappointed at all.

"You have lived in the imperial capital before, have you found that the inner city is much quieter than before?" Li Mude picked up the teacup and said indifferently while sipping.

The big frog immediately got up in spirit, Li Mude has something to say! The big frog doesn't care about the inside story, it cares about whether Zhang Zhongjun will be unlucky because of this! If he can't be unlucky, it's boring.

Zhang Zhongjun also immediately raised his eyebrows, and said respectfully: "That's true, in the past, the child could still see many powerful people entering and leaving the inner city, but now he hasn't seen any of them, and when he came in the morning, many mansions were very cold, I don't know why?"

"The children of the inner city are not in the inner city now. However, when the auction of the upper grade pavilion begins in three days, the inner city will be bustling again. Li Mude said with emotion.

"Well, aren't the children of the inner city in the inner city, but in the outer city?" asked Zhang Zhongjun a little stunned.

Li Mude shook his head: "Zhongjun, you have walked all the way from the fiefdom to the imperial capital, I believe you have also seen the customs and customs of various parts of the empire, and it is not strange to see that the security of the empire is not as stable as you imagined?"

Zhang Zhongjun nodded along with the question and said: "It is indeed a bit strange, after all, the northern and southern armies of the empire are arranged at various points, where can there be such a scene of chaos and order? ”

The big frog was desperately slapping Zhang Zhongjun's head: "You lying boy! Where have you met a thief along the way? The last time I joined in the fun, it was the murder of two organizations! If I hadn't reminded you, would you know that there were thieves?!"

Zhang Zhongjun didn't pay attention to the big frog, but looked at Li Mude intently. Li Mude's previous words showed that the world of the empire is not as stable as advertised, and I am afraid it is not accidental. But when did it become like this, Zhang Zhongjun didn't know, whether he followed his father to the imperial capital, or took his subordinates from his hometown to Bali Pavilion, he couldn't see the slightest bit of bad security, and the northern and southern armies could often encounter it!

With Li Mude's identity, being able to say this, it seems that the security of the empire has indeed reached a very serious point. Li Mude can say it, which means that the Emperor of Heaven also knows, so it is even more strange, why Emperor Mao Tian did not order the world to increase the management of public security?

Li Mude did not answer directly, but changed the topic again: "Do you know the Zhong Army? The number of the Southern Army has been maintained at more than one million all year round, and the Northern Army has also been maintained at more than 100,000, plus the county soldiers in each county, the entire empire already has more than 30 million troops! It stands to reason that there is no rebellion inside the empire, and there is no enemy outside, so there is no need for such a huge number of troops. ”

Zhang Zhongjun's eyes bulged out a little, 30 million troops?!

But think about it, there are thousands of city guards in one county in his hometown alone, and there are thousands of county soldiers in the county, and it is still a county in the inner hinterland, and there are even more than 100,000 county soldiers in the border counties. Combined, it is not surprising that there are really 30 million troops in the whole empire.

But with such a large and terrifying number of troops, it was impossible to completely guarantee the stability of the empire's law and order?

Zhang Zhongjun's suspicious gaze turned to Li Mude, but Li Mude still didn't go straight to the center of the problem, but continued to ask: "You are also a real nobleman, you know the distinction between the annual tribute, so do you know why all the soldiers of the tribute will be the same as the money tribute and the tribute, and they don't have to be returned?"

Zhang Zhongjun really jumped up this time, he knew the matter of the annual tribute, and he also knew that all the nobles who were actually sealed wanted to get rid of the military tribute to choose the money tribute and the material tribute, but there were still more and more nobles who were chosen to pay the tribute.

And the most excessive thing is that all the nobles who paid tribute, their soldiers could not be returned, and they all received a report on the battle situation from the military department after a while, informing the nobles that the tribute troops he was responsible for supporting were all wiped out in a military mission!

From this point of view, could it be that this series of things has something to do with the fact that the children of the inner city are not in the inner city?

Zhang Zhongjun is not a stupid person, combined with Li Mude's questioning, he naturally knows that the whereabouts of the children in the inner city are the key to all this, so he asked cautiously: "Father-in-law, where have all the children of the inner city gone?"

Li Mude was finally willing to answer the question, drank tea, and said indifferently that made the big frog jump up: "They are all leading the soldiers drawn from the whole country to fight in other worlds." ”

"Fighting in other worlds?!" Zhang Zhongjun looked stunned, but he was busy asking the big frog in his heart: "Senior brother, is this battle in other worlds a battle in the world bead?"

"It shouldn't be, the World Bead is not something that anyone can enter, and in addition to producing Yuan Beads, the general World Bead only has the effect of allowing people to spend more time on virtual cultivation, after all, cultivation can't be brought out, and other items can't be brought out, so you still listen carefully to your father-in-law's explanation. The big frog said in a serious tone.

Zhang Zhongjun blinked his eyes, he couldn't bring anything out, but he took a lot of beads from Xiao Lu's side, okay? But before he could ask, Li Mude continued to speak, and he immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

"Do you know the World Bead?" Li Mude asked Zhang Zhongjun with some hesitation, the reason why he hesitated was because the World Bead he got from Zhang Zhongjun's biological father was snatched, although the scene was chaotic at that time, I just don't know if Zhang Zhongjun saw it.

Also, if Zhang Zhongjun asked about the news of the Flame Evil Sect, would he say it or not?!

With Zhang Zhongjun's strength in cultivating qi ninefold, going to the Flame Evil Sect is completely looking for death! You must know that this is a force that specializes in opposing the empire, where can a mere qi cultivation ninefold provoke.

What's more, his own lineage has to be inherited by Zhang Zhongjun's children, Zhang Zhongjun's kid is not married yet, where can he be in danger?

If this kid really finds out the news of the Flame Evil Sect, he can't say that he will be trapped in the imperial capital, so hurry up and find him the right person to marry!

Li Mude was thinking about it in a mess, and he was very nervous waiting for Zhang Zhongjun's answer.

(End of chapter)