Chapter Twenty-Eight: Killing Intent from the Imperial City
The imperial city of the Tongshen Empire is located in the center of the capital, and the walls of the city are just outer defenses, and if you want to enter the imperial city, it is not possible for anyone to enter the imperial city if they want to. If you want to see the emperor, you must first go to the registration office to register, go through the audit office, discuss with the council office, and then arrange the date through the general affairs office. On that day, Li Kui changed into a more formal set of clothes, and he was also fat and thin, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, dignified appearance, and a talent, and his whole body revealed a temperament different from the world here.
Before coming to the imperial city, there is a majestic and splendid palace, with vermilion walls, gilded tiles, silver and stone streets, and jasper columns, with three layers inside and outside, nine in and nine out. On the surface, there are all the top powerhouses of Zhudan, and there are many hidden guard masters in the secret. There are also three layers of attacks inside and outside, as well as a guardian formation, which can really be described as luxurious and domineering, and it is solid. Li Kui went straight to the registration office set up outside the imperial city, there was no one outside the registration office, and the people ran to the palace with enough food, and the foreign missions did not need to register here, and some people directly arranged to enter the palace, and there were several departments responsible for arranging it, and the current registration office also registered the entry and exit records of people in the palace. Li Kui didn't know where to go, and when he saw the registration office, he went directly to the registration. The registration officer asked what was the matter, and he said that his surname was Li Mingkui, and he wanted to see the emperor, and he was immediately kicked out.
Look at the five people and six people you kid wear, why don't you know what to do, the emperor is what you want to see!
Thinking about it, Li Kui didn't learn from experience, so he shouldn't be tucked away if he has an identity. But he is stubborn, and besides, this is a private matter promised to Mu Ci's predecessors, and he should not do it in the name of the Experiencer Alliance.
"Please give this to the Emperor, he will meet me, I live at the Grand Hyatt Inn in the city, you can go there to find me. With that, Li Kui put a wooden box on the table, turned around and left the registration office, he didn't want to explain anything to these people, and he didn't need to explain to them. Because the wooden box contained Mu Ci's identity token, the emperor would understand when he saw it. Who knew that it was precisely this token that involved Li Kui in the endless imperial city.
Mu Ci, the princess of the Tongshen Empire of the Shennian Continent, was imprisoned for ten years for falling in love with the Demon Monkey King. This matter is a shame for the royal family, and in order to stop the mouths of the people, the emperor personally ordered the imprisonment of Princess Muci. Not only that, but all the subordinates in the princess's mansion were killed, and no one was left. Ten years is a long time for a person, especially for a woman. For ten years, Princess Mu Ci washed her face with tears, and it was difficult to take care of herself. She remembered the demon boy, although he was half human and half beast, but he was her own flesh and blood. How many times have I begged my father to let me go, and how many times have I bowed down to the heavens so that mother and son could see each other.
"I don't feel ashamed to do such an immoral thing, and I still want to go out!" The Wood Emperor ordered that no visits, no news should be transmitted, and the father and daughter would never see each other in this life.
After receiving this news, Princess Mu Ci suddenly stopped crying, no longer shedding tears, no longer begging for each other, used a pair of scissors to destroy her flower-like appearance, buried deep in her resentment and longing, and looked at the south every day, forgetting time and forgetting herself.
During this period, the emperor not only cleaned up the subordinates in the princess's mansion, but also issued a gag order to all the royal family members who knew about the matter. For this reason, no one dared to intercede anymore, no one dared to discuss this matter anymore, and even Mu Ci's biological mother was thrown into the cold palace and died depressed.
Ten years can make people forget family and friendship, but Mu Ci has not forgotten the resentment of his father and his son. The daily guards have not changed, the daily vegetarian diet has not changed, what has changed is the call that haunts the mind with each passing day. Finally one day, Mu Ci rushed out of the imperial city and came to the magic mountain that he had been looking forward to for ten years. After several searches, what I saw was such a cruel situation, the mother and son could not recognize each other, and the husband and wife could not see each other. Ten years of torture, in exchange for silent protection in the dark forest, and remorse in the heart. There is no greater death than the death of the heart, and in the end, he died in the hands of his own son, in exchange for a pair of eyes full of remorse.
After Mu Ci fled, the royal family secretly sent a large number of people to inquire around, but the Shennian Continent was too big and there was no result. In the end, it was the Wood Emperor who took the initiative to give up, so let her fend for herself.
"Why did this kid put down this wooden box and leave? The official at the registry office opened the wooden box. This, this seems to be a princess token, and a young registrar holds the token in his hand and looks at it repeatedly.
"Ci! It's not good, quickly notify the head of the general affairs office!" The one-year-old man took the token, and after reading it, the corners of his mouth trembled, and his whole body trembled, and he immediately asked the young man to run towards the general affairs of the palace with his support. The young people who just came didn't know, but of course these old officials knew that this was a taboo in the palace, and it couldn't be mentioned or discussed, it was a matter of losing their heads.
This matter went directly to the chief of the guards beside the emperor, and the chief manager did not dare to open the wooden box easily after hearing about it, more things are better than less things, and there were many people who died back then.
"What are you talking about!" the desk exploded. A middle-aged man wearing a crown and a yellow robe with an angry face slapped the table. He is Mu Ci's father, Mu Hang, the current emperor of the Tongshen Empire.
The chief guard carefully presented the wooden box and retreated to the lower side.
Mu Hang stared at the black box in his hand, and slowly closed it after opening the lid lightly. "Who gave it and where is it?"
"The Emperor of Qiqi was sent by a young man named Li Kui, who lived at the Grand Hyatt Inn in the city, saying that the emperor would see him after seeing this thing. The old official at the registry office replied truthfully.
"Alright, you guys stand down first!" Mu Hang waved his hand at the two people in the registration office, and glanced at the head of the guard.
A quarter of an hour later, the chief guard returned to the main hall, "Imperial Lord, these two are the only ones who have seen the contents of the box, and they have been dealt with, and no one will know about it." ”
"Manager Sun, you must be secretive when you deal with this matter, I don't want to hear or see anything related to this again. If there is a deviation, ask you. Mu Hang closed his eyes and said no more.
"Yes!" but, Mr. Sun didn't dare to make his own decisions, and he was also apprehensive.
"Something to say!"
"This matter is extraordinary, if there is an accident, can you ask for instructions again?"
"Yes"
"Obey!" Chief Sun took the order.
Mu Hang's hand stroked the token and held it tightly. When released, only a handful of powder remains. "I miss my Mu family's children, when I was fourteen years old, I gave a coming-of-age ceremony and awarded tokens. You are my eldest daughter and my favorite daughter, but you! I thought of the father-daughter relationship and left you alive, but now you are no longer ruthless. ”
Li Kui left the registration office and walked around the city again, he didn't know that this matter had caused a storm in the palace, and he was still thinking about where Chu Lao and Xiao Zi went. Where this ghost and bird have gone, they don't care about me. Li Kui pondered as he walked, where could he go to play crazy, don't scare people and hurt the harmony inside and outside the palace.
In the Grand Hyatt Inn, a group of strange guests were ushered in, contracting all rooms except Li Kui's room, cleaning up all the personnel except Li Kui, and inquiring about all the circumstances of Li Kui, from Li Kui's identity information to the details of daily life, and even the variety and quantity of each meal every day.
Not to mention the personnel on duty at the city gate, everyone was carefully questioned eight times, and the clothes Li Kui wore when he entered the city, what he said, and the identification documents he provided were all missing.
The task of inquiring in the city was even more arduous, and the streets that Li Kui passed through after entering the city, the goods he shopped, who he spoke to, and the content of his speech had to be investigated, and they could not alarm others, especially not arouse Li Kui's vigilance.
Of course, there is also Li Kui's cultivation level, what level and stage, who he is taught by, what identity he is, which empire he comes from, what special means he has, and so on.
Approaching dusk, Mr. Sun got a detailed report in his hand. Li Kui, male, about sixteen years old, in the middle of the advanced level of the Forging Dan, comes from the Experiencer Alliance, has a free and easy personality, is honest and kind, values faith and righteousness, and at the same time has a unique style, is a genius among cultivation geniuses, and has not yet found out the origin of other identities and so on. "From the Experiencer Alliance? Manager Sun pinched the report in his hand, kept pacing in the room, and then seemed to have made a decision, and walked quickly to the emperor's study.
"Imperial Lord, the identity of this son has basically been ascertained, and the high-level mid-level of Zhudan comes from the Experiencer Alliance. Mr. Sun bowed down and said.
"Experiencer Alliance?Ren Feng is close to the Magic Mountain Range, could it be that Mu Ci hid in the Magic Mountain after escaping and met Li Kui. The Wood Emperor Lord muttered.
"You have direct contact with this Li Kui, see what he knows, and then make a decision, after all, the Experiencer Alliance is not just about touching it, if you have to say it, you will talk about it as a last resort. "The Wood Emperor instructed Chief Manager Sun not to move Li Kui first, depending on the situation.
Li Kui was in his room to settle down and cultivate, and several knocks on the door were very regular, showing that the identity of the person who came out was unusual, he was a disciplined army officer, and he was also a person who had seen the world and knew etiquette. Straight to the point, after taking a seat to identify himself, Manager Sun directly asked Li Kui where he got the token and what happened to him in the imperial city. Li Kui briefly explained the process of meeting Mu Ci to Manager Sun, and said that he was giving a word to the emperor, please don't worry too much. Li Kui saw that Emperor Mu was so cautious, and after thinking about it, it was better not to see it, so he wrote a sentence on the paper and handed it to Manager Sun to forward to the emperor. Seeing that Li Kui seemed to have the intention of leaving, Manager Sun tried his best to keep Li Kui and let Li Kui wait for a day. Chu Lao and Xiaozi haven't come back yet, so Li Kui has come down.
"Forgive my daughter for being unfilial" Mu Hang looked at the words on the paper, a sneer burst out of his mouth, and the paper in his hand burned. "Only after I died did I know that I was not filial, and it was too late. ”
"Now that this matter is over, it's a hundred, you go and cook this Li Kui. Mu Hang seemed to have said something irrelevant.
"Imperial Lord, Li Kui is from the Experiencer Alliance, we will have trouble if we kill him, and there is no excuse, there is only one plan that will definitely make that Li Kui shut up, maybe he can take the initiative to disappear from this world. Manager Sun cautiously walked to Mu Hang's side and whispered.
"Although it is a little done, it is indeed a good way, you can arrange it. A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Mu Hang's mouth, as if he had seen Li Kui's fate.
"Yes!" said Mr. Sun, who bowed down and went to carry out his sinister plan.