Chapter 168: Palace Forces
When the people who first sealed the shrine designed the dungeon, they designed the dungeon in the shape of an inverted pyramid. The further you go down the dungeon, the smaller the range becomes.
The basement floor has a storage capacity of almost tens of thousands of people, and when you go down to the sixth underground floor of the dungeon, it can only accommodate about 100 people at most.
Most of the people on the first floor of the dungeon are not very serious crimes, at best, murder, burglary, stealing, fighting.
In a world like the Desert Continent, where the strong are respected, these are not much of a sin, they are just unilateral norms of the powerful against the disadvantaged.
And as the dungeon goes deeper, the level of the offender increases.
Mo Mo and the others followed the passage on the first floor of the basement all the way to the second basement floor. The second basement floor is also like a maze, and it takes a lot of trouble for people who are locked up here, let alone escaping from here, to find the entrance to go up and down the stairs.
After the bronze guard took the few people to the second basement floor, he began to read the charge cards on each cell.
"Lu Liang, the centurion of the Golden Team of the God Empire, was captured here for violating military orders, and he has brute strength. ”
"Xin Zhihao, the centurion of the Wind Team of the Fengshen Empire, was captured here because he escaped from the battle, and his resourcefulness is slightly outstanding. ”
"Chu Wanxian, the centurion of the earth team of the God Empire, defected to our army because of his poor command, and was captured here, without cultivation. ”
Mo Mo listened for a long time, and found that there were so many centurions locked up here, so he asked Xiaomi: "Why are there so many centurions on the second underground floor, although the centurion is not a big official, but so many centurions are locked up, doesn't it affect the morale of the army?"
Xiaomi said disapprenously: "If you make a mistake, you must enforce military law, the army is different from our shadow palace, it is simply a place where mistakes are not allowed, because every time they make a mistake, they will lose more lives, so they must atone for their mistakes." ”
Mo Mo felt that what Xiaomi said was also reasonable, so he continued: "Although the old man has been in the Shadow Palace for so many years, he has also come into contact with many dignitaries, emperors, and generals. But to be honest, the old man has never known much about the Fengshen Palace, and anyway, he is not in a hurry to choose someone now, so why don't the master of the Xiaomi Hall tell the old man about it?"
Xiaomi was stunned for a moment and said: "Old Peng said that you are laughing, your qualifications in the Shadow Palace are also the oldest, what are in this Divine Palace, you know better than me, right?"
Mo Mo laughed and said, "Although the old man does know this place very well, but the master of the Xiaomi Hall accompanies the princess every day, and he must know more thoroughly than the old man, so what's the matter if you just talk about it?"
Xiaomi doesn't know what medicine Peng Peng took today, it's all well-known things, and I'm also interested. But the other party is an elder of the Shadow Palace, and he is not good at speaking disrespectfully, so he can only say: "The Fengshen Palace is similar to what you know, it is nothing more than the Palace of the Prince, the Palace of Princesses, the Hall of Military Aircraft, the Hall of Treasures, the Hall of Diligent Administration, the Hall of Heart Cultivation, the Hall of Divine Martial Arts, the Hall of the Cabinet, and then the dungeon, it seems that there is nothing anymore, right?"
The first time Mo Mo heard about the structure of this shrine, he was naturally a little confused by this messy palace, so he said vaguely: "If you say so, it's too simple, I naturally know these important places, but what they do, I'm afraid the old man is a little unsure." ”
Xiaomi despised Mo Mo in his heart, and then said: "Hehe, Peng Lao, why are you so interested in this today, is it possible that you are bored in the Shadow Palace, and you also want to mix up in this Divine Palace?"
Xiaomi is a celebrity by Chen Zhuoyi's side, and he usually doesn't respect the elders of the halls, so he doesn't hide his views when he speaks.
Mo Mo laughed, as if he had heard a funny joke, and said: "Even if the old man is not covering the sky with one hand in the Shadow Palace, he can be regarded as a character who can speak, and he naturally has no interest in these boring official positions. It's just that since the old man is the elder of the Shadow Palace, he should plan more for the princess. ”
When Xiaomi heard this, he felt quite emotional, and felt that Peng Zhan was a good and conscientious elder, so he didn't hide his selfishness, and then said: "The prince's palace is nothing more than the place where the prince and several other princes stay, and the prince has two percent of the empire's troops in his hands, namely the team of the sun and the team of the moon, which is the military power handed over to the prince when the emperor is the prince himself." ”
Mo Mo was shocked in his heart, only to know that the prince still had this kind of hole card in his hand. But the surface is silent, waiting for Xiaomi to continue.
"The princess hall is the dormitory of His Majesty the Emperor's princesses, so I won't say more. And the Treasure Hall is where the empire stores its treasures, the Diligent Hall is where the emperor deals with government affairs, the Heart Cultivation Hall is the place where the emperor rests, and the dungeon is here. ”
Mo Mo smiled slightly, knowing that there were still a few palaces in Xiaomi that he hadn't said, so he sighed: "The master of the Xiaomi Hall really knows everything about the Fengshen Palace, so let's talk about the other palaces, right?"
Xiaomi glanced at Mo Mo, and then whispered: "In the earliest days, the Military Machine Hall had ten troops of the empire, which were gold, wood, water, fire, earth, sun, moon, stars, and wind. Later, the current emperor was in power, so he put the five troops of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth under the jurisdiction of his own Heart Cultivation Palace, and the sun, moon, stars, and wind were still under the command of the Military Aircraft Palace. Later, after the crown prince ascended the throne, the current emperor divided the team of the sun and the team of the moon into the palace of the prince for transfer, so the current military aircraft department only has the team of stars, the team of Chen, and the team of the wind. ”
Mo Mo nodded and said, "Although the old man has heard a little about this matter, he has never figured out the reason. ”
At this time, the bronze guard took Mo Mo and the others to turn a corner, and a straight passage appeared in front of them, and there were closed cells on both sides of the passage, and the cells emitted a foul smell of decay.
Xiaomi looked at the bronze guard in front of him and shouted: "Hey, the one leading the way in front, you just have to go around casually, and if you hear it, it will rot in your stomach, you know?"
The bronze guard in front was smart and tight, and hurriedly turned around and looked at Xiaomi and the others innocently, and said, "Did you just speak?"
Momo looked at the innocent expression of the bronze guard, and almost believed that he really hadn't heard anything just now. However, since this kid is a person who understands the times, Mo Mo and the others will naturally not do anything to him.
"Count you as acquaintances!" Xiaomi snorted coldly, looked at Mo Mo, and then whispered: "Actually, the Fengshen Palace is basically like this, an empire, except for the distribution of military power, there is nothing to talk about. A group of old guys in the Qinzheng Palace chirped crookedly in front of the emperor every day, in fact, they were just a group of flies, they had no military power in their hands, and there were few officers and soldiers in the palace. ”
Mo Mo nodded and sighed: "Yes, this world is originally to speak with strength, and with military power, naturally you are not afraid of heaven and earth." ”
Xiaomi said: "But the Shenwu Hall and the Cabinet Hall are worth mentioning. ”
Mo Mo was also suspicious, and asked, "How do you say this?"
Xiaomi smiled slightly and said, "There are left and right mansions under His Royal Highness, Elder Peng should know, right?"
Mo Mo's heart sank, he didn't even know a fart, but he could only smile calmly and say confidently: "This old man naturally knows." ”
Xiaomi lowered his voice and said, "It is said that Zuo Cheng and Right Cheng are martial arts cultivators. ”
Hiss......
Mo Mo gasped, frowned, and asked, "So powerful?"
Xiaomi said mysteriously: "This is not great, it is said that the emperor today cares very much about his own safety, so he set up a Shenwu Palace, it is said that the Shenwu Palace has raised a lot of gold-clothed guards and silver-clothed guards, you think, the gold-clothed guards are all martial god-level existences, and the silver-clothed guards are also martial saint cultivators like Peng Lao, think about it, how strong the strength of the empire is, how safe is the emperor's side!"
Speaking of which, Mo Mo also has a basic understanding of the distribution of power in this shrine. Obviously, except for the two forces of the crown prince, the sun and the moon, and then excluding Princess Zhuoyi's shadow palace and the god list, all other rights are basically concentrated in the hands of the current emperor, with such a big right, who doesn't want to be the emperor!
Mo Mo thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "Who is in charge of the three troops of the Military Aircraft Palace?"
Xiaomi recalled for a moment and said, "The general of the Star Team is called Tu Chengzhi, the general of the Chen Team is called Tang Quding, and the general of the Wind Team is called Bao Luguo." ”
Mo Mo secretly admired Xiaomi's memory, and muttered: "Slaughter the city, Tang to Ding, Baolu country." The names of these three people are the names of the generals, alas, the old man really regrets not having a more domineering name, if the old man is called Peng Wuving, Peng Shenxian, maybe it is not as simple as mixing with an elder of the Shadow Palace. ”
At this time, Zhang Meng, who listened all the way, couldn't help but interject and said: "Master, don't believe this, the senior brother is still called Liu Changsheng, no, it's not that old, it's not dead." ”
Mo Mo almost laughed out loud when he heard Zhang Meng's words, he could only hold back his laughter, and feigned anger and said: "It's really a big rebellion, your senior brother has only been dead for a few days, and you are here to judge, if he knows underground, how can he sleep with peace of mind! Besides, his name is not so understood by you, Changsheng not only represents the literal meaning of immortality, but also represents immortality, haven't you heard others always say that immortality is immortal, how can people not be old?" Only when you die will you not grow old, so your senior brother's name is also very good, and it is not exaggerated. ”
Mo Mo's high-minded remarks simply startled the four seats, and Wang Yu, who had not spoken on the side, also cautiously asked, "Then Master, can you help me analyze my name?"
Mo Mo glanced at Wang Yu and said without hesitation: "Your name is not easy to understand, Yu is the treasure of Jianjin, and the king is the king of Wang Ba, and together, it is a treasure like Wang Ba." ”
Wang Yu's little face turned white, and he smiled innocently, but he didn't dare to refute anything.
Xiaomi and Zhang Meng couldn't help laughing.
Before they knew it, the three of them had already arrived at the entrance to the second to third floors of the dungeon.
It seems that there is nothing to gain at this level, all the prisoners are about the same, if there is really a shortage of people in the future, just arrange some people casually.