Section 447 The royal capital
Back at home, the submarine spider caused a lot of sensation, but fortunately, everyone in the family is paramilitary management, and they are members of the family's lineage, although it is inevitable that there will be spies from outsiders, but under my order to strictly prohibit entry and exit, I am not worried that the news will leak soon.
After settling the old horse, Poor Daoyou sent the Seventh Princess back, agreed to go on the road together tomorrow, and then sent Elena back, and I came to find my grandfather alone. I heard from someone who said that my grandfather has returned now and is waiting for me in the secret room.
When he saw his grandfather, he was thinking about something with a solemn face.
"Huh. After the poor road came in, after greeting him, he asked with a smile: "Grandpa is full of spring, presumably he has returned with a full load, I don't know how the harvest is?"
"Hmph!" Grandpa snorted, and then said dissatisfiedly: "The harvest is not small, but it is awkward in my heart, the three old guys who are usually dignified, as soon as they heard me say that they want to destroy the Ishihara family and suppress the royal power, they immediately expressed their full support to me." There are even people who swear allegiance to me! Hey, what's the matter?"
"Hehe, you also have to think about them?" Poor Dao smiled: "The political struggle is so cruel, you don't know that once you stand on the wrong team, it will take the lives of the whole family, how can they be not cautious as the patriarch?
"Hey, but I'm still not used to it!" Grandpa shook his head helplessly and sighed, "I also found Old Jack, but I only talked to him about the destruction of the Ishihara family." He expressed his understanding, but he would not support it, saying that the Black Dragon Society is huge, and it is not appropriate to act rashly, for fear that their dying counterattack will cause losses to us, and even afraid that the Xuanwu Legion will rebel and cause civil strife in the Han Dynasty, what do you think?"
"Hmph, that's just a pretext!" Poor Dao sneered, and then I casually took out Ishihara's sword, handed it to my grandfather, and said with a smile: "Look, if Jack sees it, will it be possible to change his opinion?"
"Oh my God!" Grandpa said in surprise after taking it: "This is Ishihara Puppy's sword, and he spent no less than a million to buy it." Have you already done this? It's too fast, isn't it?"
"Well, do you need to clean them up?" Poor Dao pretended to be arrogant and said, "It's just a few thousand garbage, I feel very relaxed!"
"You didn't mobilize the team I left for you to block the road!" Grandpa said with a serious face: "Are you so hard to get in?
"There can't be a fish that slips through the net!" said Poor Dao confidently: "At least the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society is gone, and there should be some nursing homes in the Ishihara family, but it is no longer a climate! Moreover, I believe that the Ishihara family has not received accurate information yet." ”
"Isn't it?" Grandpa was so surprised that his eyes were about to fall, and he said in disbelief: "That's eight thousand masters, not eight thousand stupid rabbits, can they not run when they see you coming in?"
"Hehe!" Poor Dao smiled: "As soon as I entered, a thunderbolt fell from the sky and killed them all, only Ishihara's little dog's submerged spider was seriously injured and unconscious." I'll also come back and take the old horse to subdue the unconscious submersible spider, don't you believe me?"
"Old knife!" Grandpa immediately shouted.
"Here!" the old knife flashed in front of Grandpa.
"The old horse came back with a diving spider?" asked Grandpa.
"Yes, I look to the one Ishihara Dog who dares to conclude that it's the one of the little dogs!" the old knife affirmed.
"I've seen the undead!" Grandpa shook his head puzzled, "Send this to Old Jack, hey." The old guy is definitely going to lose sleep tonight. As he spoke, Grandpa handed the old knife to the old knife, and after the old knife took it, he said yes and walked out.
"If I asked you why, would you say?" said Grandpa to me, looking longing.
"The weather is good today!" said Poor Dao with a smirk, and he couldn't say anything about the formation.
"you little bastard!" Grandpa scolded with a smile, "When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning!" Poor Dao smiled, "You're probably going to do it tonight, right?"
"Hey, there are a lot of dreams at night!" Grandpa said helplessly, and then his eyes lit up, and he said arrogantly: "I'll go and arrange it now, as long as I get the order of His Majesty the King, the Ishihara family is a toothless tiger, and it will be destroyed if it is destroyed!"
"Hehe, why are you so active now?" asked Poor Dao curiously.
"Hmph!" Grandpa snorted heavily, and then scolded angrily: "Actually, I have long seen that they are not pleasing to the eye, the money of the treasury, they say that they are greedy, even Lao Tzu's military expenses They dare to delay the arrears, we have several times in front of the front to win, they will make me bad in the back, for fear that Lao Tzu will get the credit and sit big." Is it easy for Lao Tzu to produce a magic genius in a few miles? They even dared to seal me! Bastard, if it weren't for too many scruples, Lao Tzu would have destroyed them a long time ago. There will be a complete reckoning today, and I will get back what they owe me!"
"Hehe, it turns out that you know it in your heart?" said Poor Dao funny: "It's hard for you to hold back so hard!"
"Hmph, his Ishihara family has the support of the Holy See, the protection of the king, the army and the Black Dragon Society, and the power is unprecedented, but I was a cripple at that time, your father has low qualifications, and he is stupid, what can we do if we don't pretend to be grandchildren? There is really no way to be bullied by them?" Grandpa said angrily: "If it weren't for your mother and the troops in the family, maybe we would have been wiped out by them first?"
"You can't let them go, in fact, you should have done it a long time ago!" said the poor and dissatisfied.
"Do it early?" grandpa sighed, "Originally, for the sake of the king's face, and for the stability of the kingdom, I didn't plan to pursue it too much, but they intensified, and even broke out of the relationship between His Majesty and the Long family, so that there was an assassination of you, I can't bear it anymore, once you are finished, with the strength of the Holy See, I am afraid that the Long family will only be destroyed sooner or later, I am loyal to the Han royal family, but I can't destroy the entire family because of my loyalty!" When Grandpa said this, he trembled with excitement.
"Hehe, you dissipate your breath, and you will be comfortable in a while. The tiger doesn't threaten them, they think we are sick cats, you must do it thoroughly this time!" Poor Dao hurriedly comforted.
"Don't worry, I won't let go of a fish that slips through the net!" Grandpa sneered cruelly: "Lao Dao has collected a list of all the relatives of the Ishihara family in advance, and I will catch a lot of them!" By tomorrow, it's pretty much over. With that, he went away.
"Hehe!" Poor Dao then returned to his residence with a smile on his face. In fact, it is not difficult to destroy the Ishihara family in terms of power, but the difficulty is psychologically, grandpa has always hoped that the Han Dynasty will be stable and can continue to be loyal to the royal family, which makes him always oppose taking the Ishihara family. And now the king has participated in the assassination of me, so that my grandfather will repent at the first moment. He finally realized that the Long family was powerful. Wanting to get along with the royal family peacefully is just an illusion.
Of course, grandpa was not stupid enough to be loyal at the cost of the lives of the whole clan, so after realizing this problem, he immediately stood on my side, it can be said that the reason why grandpa was able to break through the heart barrier of the Han royal family this time is really thanks to the assassination of the Holy See!
As soon as the king was about to eat dinner, he saw the patriarchs of the four great families appear in front of him together with Old Jack, and their purpose was to ask His Majesty to issue an order for the arrest of the Ishihara family on the charge of treason. When the king saw this, he was a little at a loss. Old Jack had no choice but to join in the persuasion himself, and at this point, the king understood that the general trend had gone.
With or without the king's order, the Ishihara family is dead, and now it's just a formality. Moreover, the behavior of several major families as if forcing the palace also proves their ambition. And Old Jack's attitude obviously shows that it is difficult to get support in the king's royal family, Old Jack and several patriarchs have joined forces, but they have the right to abolish the king, the king doesn't want to die yet, and the life and death of the Ishihara family are always less important than their own life and death, so he had to give in.
As soon as the sky was darkened, the four city gates were taken over by the elite of the Long family, and at the same time, the royal guards were also mobilized from the palace in large numbers to surround the Ishihara family. The Ishihara family got the news when the troops began to move, and they were ready for emergencies, but they did not expect that the matter would come too quickly and too seriously, and it was not until the army surrounded the mansion and the officers of the Guards announced the order of His Majesty that they felt that a catastrophe was coming.
The Ishihara family is not stupid, knowing the king's order, they understand that they are in a catastrophe, so they put up a stubborn resistance, and, Ishihara Kumji also used the tunnel to get out of the besieged Prime Minister's Mansion, and planned to kill it with his henchmen, but unfortunately, they were still stopped by the elite troops of the Long family guarding the city gate.
It wasn't until dawn that the battle gradually subsided, Ishihara Kumaji was captured alive, Ishihara Urma, the great elder of the Ishihara family, committed suicide, and the rest of the people were either killed or arrested, at least a few people in Ishihara's mansion didn't run. However, the matter is far from over, not only will the children of the side branches of the Ishihara family be searched, but also the small and medium-sized aristocratic families and officials involved in the Ishihara family will also be arrested by the guards in the early morning.
Anyone with Ishihara bloodline will undoubtedly be killed after the crime is listed, and as for those nobles, the hardcore descendants of the Ishihara family will be ruthlessly exterminated, and the non-hardcore will be reprimanded and put back as an example to win the hearts of the people.
After the arrest is over, the trial will begin, and it is estimated that in terms of the accumulated crimes of the Ishihara family, it is enough to be tried for a few months, and these months are also the time when several major families seize the power space left by the Ishihara family, and the poor Dao is lazy to pay attention to it, anyway, there is an army in hand, and everything else is easy to say.
In order to deal with the possible changes in the Xuanwu Legion, not only the king's envoy rushed over early in the morning, but even Nicholas was about to receive an order from his grandfather. It's easy to say if you surrender, otherwise you just wait to be cleaned up, of course, the four northern leaders will also be notified by the Han to cut off trade with the Xuanwu Legion, the form is pressing, and they don't have the reason and courage not to listen.
Grandpa was already in charge of these things, and Poor Dao took the Seventh Princess to leave the land of right and wrong at dawn. Grandpa specially dispatched 3,000 troops to escort it, and this will be the queen of Vanna in the future. Naturally, I don't dare to slack off. Poor Dao personally sent her out of the city, and on the way, the seventh princess couldn't hold back her curiosity.
She asked me, "You did it yesterday?" She is such a smart person, after knowing that I have destroyed the Black Dragon Society, of course she understands that I am going to deal with the Ishihara family, so she guesses correctly.
"En!" Poor Dao nodded and said: "The soldiers are fast, we are afraid that after the news of the Black Dragon Society leaks, they will jump off the wall in a hurry, so we are in a hurry to do it." ”
"Isn't it!" The Seventh Princess smiled bitterly: "Why do I think you don't even have a plan in advance? I haven't even seen what you are going to prepare?
"Haha!" Poor Dao laughed and said, "The tiger goes to catch a dog, maybe you have to plan it, so as not to be injured by the counterattack, but when the tiger catches the rabbit, do you need to plan? It's just a joke!"
"But the Ishihara family is so big, has been in business for hundreds of years, and has an intricate network of relationships, aren't you afraid that someone will run away?" said the seventh princess curiously.
"What are you afraid of, they are just around the royal capital and around the Xuanwu Legion, and other places are very loose, we have joined forces with other big families, and we are still afraid that they will make trouble?"
"Hey!" the seventh princess said enviously, "How good you are." There are so many hole cards and endless resources in my hand that can be used, as long as I want to kill anyone, I can destroy it almost casually, I can't do it, the things in my family are too complicated, I really don't know how many relatives I will be forced to kill this time. to be able to sit in that seat!" When the seventh princess said that she brought this, her expression was a little lonely and unbearable.
"Hehe, you also have a lot of resources!" Poor Dao smiled and comforted: "You can let go under my banner, my resources are yours!"
"Thank you, I won't disappoint you!" said the Seventh Princess with emotion.
At this time, we came to a fork in the road outside the city, and we had to take different roads to get to Boraz and Vana, so the Seven Princesses pulled me to a stand.
"Let's break up here, I don't want to waste your time. I don't know what you're going to do, though. But I can see your anxiety. The seventh princess suddenly whispered shyly: "Don't forget, there is still a me waiting for you in Vana." With that, she kissed me lightly on the cheek, and then immediately turned her horse and ran, and quickly disappeared with her guards at the junction to Vanna.
Poor Dao touched his cheeks blankly, feeling a little numb, as if he had been electrocuted, it was really strange. Bai was puzzled. I simply put aside my thoughts and stepped with Elena on the spatial door back to the territory.
It feels good to be at home, the trees and grass in the territory are fertile, and the air is much fresher than that of the king. It's a pity that I'm too busy with mundane things to enjoy now, and the first thing I do when I get home is to call a meeting. After I freshened up, the big and small leaders in the territory also appeared. In fact, there were only three of them, Kerry, Carlo, Mr. Wang, and the specially invited dwarven patriarch, and the rest were sent out by me. After a few pleasantries, we got straight to the point.
"Mr. Wang, is everything going well in the territory?" asked Poor Dao.
"It's going well, whether it's the construction of weapons or the manufacture of medicines, especially the drugs are very popular, and the supply exceeds the demand at all, so we still have fewer manpower!" Mr. Wang said with a smile.
"This is not busy, we can take the process that is not necessary to be kept secret, and take it to other places for production and processing, which can save a lot of people, as long as our secrets are not leaked. Poor Dao smiled and said, "At least it can't be leaked until the Holy See is finished!"
"It was a good idea, and I discussed it with them right away. Mr. Wang said excitedly. "Also, now the land of the leader is being occupied very quickly, my lord, should we collect a little tax reasonably?
"No!" Poor Dao refused: "We don't care about that little money, what we care about is the food and medicinal herbs that grow in the ground." After the tax is collected, there will be fewer people, and our food and medicinal herbs will not be enough.
"Oh!" Mr. Wang nodded helplessly, but muttered in a low voice, "Can't you buy grain?" ”
He didn't know what I was going to do, so I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I continued: "Grandpa Carlo, how are the troop preparations?"
"This time it's going underground, and our berserk dragon warriors may not be able to use it, so we brought a hundred people, and in addition, the elven mages brought a thousand, and the Raging Dwarf Corps sent out ten thousand people, and also brought two hundred cyclops, do you think it's enough?"
"Well, it's almost, anyway, it's just to scare them, it's unlikely that there will be a real fight!Besides, there are orcs, why do you still use us to do it?" Poor Dao nodded and smiled, and asked the dwarf leader again: "Patriarch, how are you prepared?"
"The road to the underground has been opened, you can set off at any time, and the road has been explored, it is guaranteed to be no problem!" The dwarven patriarch patted his chest and promised: "The craftsman you want has also prepared two thousand, according to what you said, one thousand and five hundred are good at prospecting, and five hundred are good at smelting, why don't you just give them the people who build it?"
"If they want to build an iron-making furnace and succeed in making iron, it will take at least half a year, and I will send the people who build it to do it? Isn't it a waste? Why don't you ask the people who build it to work with me for half a year?" Poor Dao explained with a smile: "When they have finished iron, I will naturally give it to others!"
"Hehe, I've even thought of this!" said the dwarven patriarch, "You're really a shrewd ghost who can calculate?"
"Hehe, hey, it's not calculated, otherwise where did you get the big business?" said Poor Dao with a smile, and then I asked Kerry, "Do I want something ready?"
"Alright, it's done!" Kerry said, pulling out an arrow and saying, "This is a sample, I've made a hundred of them in total!"
"It looks good, have you tried it?" Poor Dao took it and looked at it carefully. The arrow was made entirely of black iron, and there was no sharp tip on its head, only a small piece of colored gemstone glittering.
"Haven't tried it yet!" said Kerry.
"What kind of arrow is this, and why does it look so strange?" asked the dwarven patriarch.
"This arrow is called a siege arrow, and it is said that it can blow through the city wall with one arrow!" Poor Dao smiled: "I haven't tried it yet, let's try it later?"
"Okay!" the dwarf patriarch said excitedly: "I want to see what arrows can be so powerful?" As soon as the weapon was mentioned, the dwarf was energetic, it was considered an occupational disease, and Poor Dao and the others had to smile bitterly.
"Mr. Wang, how is Xiangxiang?" Poor Dao hadn't seen her until now, so he couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't you come yet?"
"Hehe, my lord, she lives with the druids and has been learning advanced natural magic from several great elders, so she didn't come!" Mr. Wang smiled, "Why don't I send someone to call her now?"
"No, we're pressed for time, we have to leave tomorrow, otherwise we won't be able to catch up!" Poor Dao hurriedly stopped, and then asked, "How is the Druid's mission going?"
"Everything is going well!" Mr. Wang said with a smile: "As soon as the people in the territory heard that it was the lord's wife who was preaching, except for the aliens who had their own beliefs, they all asked to join, and now almost all the people in the territory are their believers, so I also follow the customs!" he said, showing me the blade of grass badge on my clothes.
"Hehe, is this considered a use of power for personal gain?" said Poor Dao with a wry smile.
"Haha!" everyone laughed heartily.
"By the way, Mei'er, why didn't she come?" asked Poor Dao curiously, "I haven't rewarded her yet?"
"She's now with Madame Xiangxiang, saying that she wants to see the life of the druid!" Mr. Wang smiled, "I think she actually wants to eat the druid's food!"
"Haha!" we laughed again, the druids were very easy to cook vegetarian dishes because of their own spells, and they were also very tasty. In the meat-based place of the Demon Realm, vegetarian dishes are really rare, so Mei'er loves to eat them very much. It's just that I've eaten it a few times, and I can't help but ask for a professional druid cook, but unfortunately it's not easy to speak. When Mei'er is fine, it is natural for her to like to go to Zengfan.
"Well, since they're not coming, I won't wait to pull it, let's find a place to see if this arrow is worthy of being called a siege arrow!" Poor Dao then proposed.