Chapter 681: The Council of Elders
Gray Mountain County, the mansion of the Lord of Gray Mountain, this generation of Gray Mountain Lord is rubbing his hands anxiously.
From time to time, he urged and reprimanded the subordinates who came and went in a hurry to vent the anxiety in his heart.
The treasures that the family has accumulated for many years are being sorted out one after another, and then tied to the demon carriage parked at the door.
When he became an adult, the demon horse with a strength of thousands of catties couldn't pull this heavy carriage a little, and it was difficult to start.
"Master, do you really want to send all of this to the Heavenly Demon Capital?" a woman with heavy makeup and a half-aged, wiping her tears, held her heart and said with some heartache.
The Lord of Gray Mountain sighed helplessly, stomped his feet and said, "I am also reluctant, but only by pouring out all my family wealth can I get the support of that lord and escape from this turmoil." ”
"I'm just a small lord in a remote and remote mountain, if I don't do this, what can I do?"
Gray Mountain County is indeed remote, and there are not even many specialties that can be used. But even so, this Gray Mountain Lord still has accumulated such a rich family foundation, which is enough to see how much the Gray Mountain Lord has scavenged in this difficult land for generations.
In the backyard, there was a lot of noise.
One after another, tall or short, fat or thin, all of them were somewhat beautiful, and they all ran out crying and running out, surrounding the Lord of Gray Mountain, some of them scolded, some of them cried and cried, some of them hugged their legs and begged, and there were even a few who wanted to find a short look.
It's just a mess.
The Lord of Gray Mountain had a gloomy face, and his whole person froze, watching his subordinates tremblingly take out the last bit of their family wealth from the mansion, and then pile it on the carriage that was already overwhelmed.
There were several crunches.
The heavy carriage finally started slowly, and the demon horse neighed, and was about to throw off its hooves and run.
Suddenly, I saw a group of cavalry coming quickly from the distant mountains, holding a large flag in their hands.
On the head of the flag, there is also a big word 'Chu'.
When he saw this word, the Lord of Gray Mountain suddenly softened, and the strength of his whole body was drained, and he trembled everywhere...
The two legs could no longer support their own weight, and they collapsed directly to the ground.
"Finally... It's still here!"
Rolling his eyes, the Gray Mountain Lord, who had been a remote Earth Emperor for many years, fainted in a fake appearance.
The wind of reckoning blew the entire Human Demon Dynasty for a while.
As cartloads of treasure were pressed into the Heavenly Demon Capital, piled up into the treasure trove of the Eternal Night Demon Lord, not only the Eternal Night Demon Lord himself, but the entire Heavenly Demon Capital was boiling.
With enough financial resources, the first thing the Lord of the Night thought of was to expand his army, expand his army, and expand his army again.
Without sufficient force to deter, the law cannot be carried out smoothly.
Now Chu He is just leading a group of recruits from the Martial Arts Academy, targeting some local minor nobles.
The fire has not yet burned those big nobles, and many people are still lucky.
There are even those who can't figure out the situation, and they still take care of everything, accept the benefits from the localities, and try to interfere with the court's decisions as before.
Think of it as a big carnival.
In order to paralyze these great nobles who held real power, Chu He pretended to condone their behavior, and even secretly let it go, saying that this was the precursor of the Eternal Night Demon Lord's intention to raise troops to attack several demon domains and expand their territory, comparable to the previous emperor.
The reason for the liquidation of the land was to find a good reason to loot some minor nobles and obtain enough capital to wage war.
Of course, this statement is full of flaws.
But there are always a lot of people who like to be ostriches.
It is not uncommon for people who are unwilling to face fear and impending danger, but who close themselves in lies and dream of death, no matter when and where.
The meeting hall of the House of Elders was located directly south of the Heavenly Demon Capital.
There is a splendid palace built there, with a total of thirty-two stone pillars towering into the sky, supporting the dome of the palace.
And above the dome, it depicts the story of thirty-two heroic human and demon generals, leading a large army, following the first generation of demon emperors, to conquer the wilderness and expand the territory.
Of course, the realm of humans and demons has developed to this day, and the original thirty-two generals and the thirty-two families formed have now disappeared by a small half.
Others are in decline.
If you are a person who has never been to the Heavenly Demon Capital, it is very likely that you will confuse the Demon Palace with the palace in the meeting hall of the Elders' House when you first arrive.
Because compared to the dark and low-key Demon Palace, the meeting hall of the House of Elders is undoubtedly more high-profile and luxurious.
At this time, the meeting hall was still noisy.
This noise has been going on for a long time.
"Shi Lezhi is the last male of the Shi family, as the last heir of the founding nobles, he was killed by the second son of the head of the Chun Yu family not long ago on Lemo Street. This matter has spread throughout the aristocratic circles, and we must give an explanation. An old man with silver hair and a face full of cyan patterns said with full righteousness.
The Shi family has long since declined, and Shi Lezhi has even been reduced to the point of fighting with the human race and grabbing work with those low-level untouchables. The glory of the so-called nobility has long been gone. What is the price to pay for killing a mere pariah?" An old man with a pattern on his face that was somewhat similar to Chun Yuyao slapped the table in front of him and said very arrogantly.
The best way to make a department of power lose its ability to execute is to give it enough 'leadership'.
Recently, at the instigation of the Chu River, the Lord of the Eternal Night allowed several nobles to join the House of Elders.
On the one hand, it paralyzed those big nobles.
On the other hand, it has also alleviated the tendency of power to gradually begin to concentrate on individual elders.
The House of Elders, which had previously had a certain ability to execute, is gradually sinking itself into the quagmire of controversy.
"Quiet!" the First Elder knocked on the table, and the sound spread throughout the hall with the blessing of the spell.
The noisy hall gradually fell silent.
The First Elder, who originally had almost the vast majority of power in the House of Elders, looked at the House of Elders, which was getting out of control, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.
"Please pay attention to the theme of today's gathering. ”
"Your Majesty's newly appointed Minister of Agriculture has violated our interests. He could not remain in that position and had to be handed over to the House of Elders, and then sentenced to be hanged. ”
"Now, please vote on this decision. Once a decision has been made, it must be carried out steadfastly. "The First Elder felt that he should not beat around the bush and wait for someone else to lift the topic and then let him lead it.
He had to stand up and say 'justice.'"
So he said in an accentuated tone: "Please think carefully, this is about everyone's vital interests. I know some of you have benefited from this. But that's only temporary, and you have to see the wolf ambition behind it. ”
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