Bai Ya guessed half right, their banquet was different from the place where the people in the royal family were, but the number of people at the banquet was not as many as he imagined, there were only a dozen tables of banquets, which were placed in a large hall, not outside. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After entering the hall, he soon found that the dozens of people who had already arrived seemed to be all martial artists.

"Bai Ya, Brother Zilie~" Just as Bai Ya was secretly observing, a somewhat familiar greeting came from the right side.

"Are you...... Brother Chen?" he turned his head to look, and saw a burly young man with a big shoulder and a round waist striding towards him with a heroic girl.

Bai Ya thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered that this person was Chen Ming of the Panlong Sect.

The year before Huashan's sword, he traveled abroad and took over a meritorious task to protect Zeng Xian, who was sentenced to Langzhong City, and it was at that time that he met Chen Ming, who was also lurking in Zeng's mansion, and the two were also designed to fight by the night fox Hu Sanniang.

Chen Ming also practiced fist and foot kung fu, but his martial arts belonged to soft boxing, which was full of dexterous grappling techniques, and he suppressed Bai Ya bitterly back then. From the breath sense, this guy seems to have been promoted to artistic conception.

"Brother Chen, long time no see!" Bai Ya was a little happy when the old man reunited, hugged his fists, and pointed at Ji Nan and said with a smile, "This is Ji Nan, the senior brother of a certain person, this woman next to you is ......"

"Bai Shaoxia, do you remember this guy Chen Ming, why did you forget my little sister me!" The girl beside Chen Ming was very dissatisfied, raised a pair of heroic sword eyebrows, and said loudly, "We have all met in Zeng's Mansion......"

"We've met?" Bai Ya was surprised, looked her up and down again, and finally found a vague shadow from the depths of his memory, "You are Zeng Hui, Zeng Si's granddaughter!"

"Exactly!" Seeing that Bai Ya finally remembered her, Zeng Hui nodded happily.

"Senior Sister Zeng Hui has already joined my Panlong Sect, and now she is also a martial artist of the sect. Chen Ming explained with a smile.

"I see!" Bai Ya looked at the two of them and cast a meaningful look at Chen Ming.

"Come, come and sit on our side!" Chen Ming ignored his taunts and pulled him to sit in a secluded corner of the main hall.

Because the hour has not yet come, the wine table is now only a little more than a third full. Although the banquet has not yet begun, many people have already drunk it because they are all relatively free and casual warriors.

"Do you Panlong Sect also want to wade into this troubled water?" Bai Ya opened two wine glasses, filled them with a glass for himself and Chen Ming, and asked softly after toasting him.

"Hehe, Brother Bai, look at this hall...... Some of the famous sects and martial arts families in Yizhou are all here!" Chen Ming knew that he didn't care much about this, and immediately explained to him softly.

"Qingcheng is a major sect in the world, maybe you don't pay much attention to the matter of fighting for succession, anyway, no matter which prince ascends the throne, it won't affect you. But other small and medium-sized sects in Yizhou, similar to our Panlong faction, can be regarded as a big thing.

If you make the right bet, there will be a steady stream of money in the next few decades, and it is naturally worth sending someone to fight, and you will not hesitate to throw a few lives into it. ”

"What does Brother Chen refer to, the royal family does not occupy the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, can it also harvest cultivation resources?" Bai Ya asked suspiciously.

"Brother Bai really doesn't know?" Chen Ming looked at him strangely, raised his eyebrows and said, "Although the royal family does not occupy the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, they have a large number of troops and hunting teams!

Bai Ya suddenly realized, a little dumbfounded. He has traveled through more than ten years, and he has never asked about things he doesn't care about, but he didn't expect this layer.

There are many Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and Immortal Demon Realms in Shenzhou, but the Immortal Martial Sect occupies only a part of them. There are many others scattered in the wilderness, entrenched by demons and monsters.

Both the Imperial Court and the Xianwu Sect sent hunting teams to the Barbarian Domain, both to expand new places to live and to collect the resources of the Barbarian Domain.

In addition, compared to the Xianwu Sect, in addition to hunting teams, the imperial courts of the countries also controlled a huge secular army. Although the individual force of the army is not strong, it is not bad to send tens of thousands of people to the Wilderness Savage Domain from time to time to fight a grass valley, and a lot of heavenly and earthly treasures can be collected.

Most of these things will be collected into the treasury and used to train generals, secret agents and warriors of hunting teams, but a very small part will also be taken away by the royal family and used to envelop the immortal martial sects in the territory.

For example, if the Panlong faction participates in the competition for succession this time, if it is successful, the king of Shu who will ascend the throne in the future will definitely offer them a certain amount of heavenly and earthly treasures every year.

It may not be uncommon for a great immortal martial sect like Qingcheng to occupy thousands of miles of Qingcheng, but these small and medium-sized sects of the Panlong Sect will definitely regard it as a way to make money. It's no wonder that there are so many martial artists from the sect participating in the struggle for succession, and it seems that it is not just a struggle mixed with the concept of governance.

"Thank you, Brother Chen, for your doubts!" Bai Ya gave Chen Ming a salute.

"Hey, you're welcome!" Chen Ming smiled heartily, suddenly blinked his eyes, and asked with some envy, "Can you tell me about your sword experience in Huashan?"

"You know?" Baiya paused his glass and smiled indifferently.

"Although the Panlong Sect is a small sect, it will also receive two lists from the Shi family!" Chen Ming looked at him with some resentment, "I only know one Qingcheng Baiya, could it be that you have a second senior brother named Baiya?"

"No!" Bai Ya grinned and generously admitted, "It's the junior brother who is on the list, but there are a lot of people here, and when we get out of the palace gate, you and I will find a place to talk about swords, you can tell me about the situation here first......"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Chen Ming finally nodded with satisfaction.

He is different from Bai Ya who squats in Qingcheng Mountain all the year round, he doesn't have so many cultivation resources, and he can only often come out to do merit tasks, so he is more familiar with the ground in Yizhou, and he immediately talked about what he knew.

"Only a small number of people here know a lot. However, after probing with them before, there were about twenty or thirty small and medium-sized sects, as well as more than a dozen county-level martial arts families, and each family had two or three representatives. ”

"Well, that's the number of people at the table. Bai Ya nodded secretly.

"Of course, there is only one kind of immortal martial sect here that has signed the immortal oath, and the martial arts family must be a famous family that has existed for more than a thousand years. Chen Ming whispered, "As for the dead soldiers raised privately by the princes and princesses, as well as the green forest guests recruited on the rivers and lakes, they can't get the invitation to the imperial banquet. ”

With his explanation, Bai Ya suddenly remembered the more than 100 martial artists in Meng Min's Mansion, and many of those people were estimated to be heroes of the Green Forest.

"Brother Chen, who are the royal families involved in the competition this time?" Bai Ya asked a sensitive question softly.

"You don't even know this now?" Chen Ming couldn't help but laugh, shook his head again and again, thought about it and said, "There are currently five members of the royal family vying for the throne, four of whom are the children of the current king, and one is his royal brother. ”

"Brother Chen, how do you know that they are intent on competing for succession?" Bai Ya asked curiously.

"It's very simple, because the members of the royal family who have no desires have all found excuses to leave this place of right and wrong and returned to their own locked city!" Chen Ming said indifferently, "At this time, as long as you leave Chengdu, the throne will be gone, and others will naturally not look for trouble again." ”

"I see, I've been taught!" Bai Ya laughed.

"The members of the royal family who are still in Chengdu at present, as well as the eldest princess Meng Jie, the second prince Meng Qi, the third prince Meng Chong, the sixth prince Meng Min and the thirteenth prince brother Meng Che!" Chen Ming said in a low voice, "It is rumored that after the king of Shu became seriously ill, these people immediately began to contact courtiers, recruit strategists and warriors, and plan to compete for the throne!"

"There is actually a princess?" Bai Ya smiled, suddenly remembered something, and suddenly asked, "You are talking about the second prince, but the original prince?

"Hehe, Brother Bai, your message is lagging behind. Chen Ming chuckled and said, "The waste prince now has children, and he can no longer make a fuss with the habit of breaking his sleeves, and when he was originally in the East Palace, he had a generous temperament and handled things fairly, and he admired Huang Laozhi like the current King of Shu."

Therefore, he is quite popular among the courtiers, as long as he can continue to have children in the future, the habit of breaking sleeves can also be said to be a rumor. As far as a certain know, three of the six ministries supported him, and the cabinet was five ministers, and he alone got two votes. ”

"That's already half of the country, what are the others fighting for?" Bai Ya asked in surprise.

"No, there is also a sixth prince Meng Min who can fight against him, and he also has the support of two Shangshu and two elders. Chen Ming said with interest, "I heard that this King Rong was born precocious, he is a prodigy, and everything has been smooth sailing since he was eight years old. If it weren't for his young age, if he was given another ten years, there would be nothing else to do. ”

"What about the other three? With such a big disadvantage, do you still have to fight?" Bai Ya couldn't help but ask.

"Other people naturally have other people's advantages, the eldest princess Meng Jie has the support of the Legalists, and the head of the cabinet is a Legalist disciple, one for two purposes. Because she has never been let go by the King of Shu, she is most familiar with the inner court and has the support of many guards and dragon guards. Chen Ming continued.

"It is said that there are still people around her, and they have seen many Qin people and Huashan sect disciples from the Houli School Palace......"

"Qin people?" Bai Ya frowned slightly, "That's ...... What about Meng Che, the thirteenth brother of the King of Shu, and Meng Chong, the third prince?"

"Wang Brother Meng Che is a young man in the generation of the King of Shu, he has loved military battles since he was a child, and has experienced many friction wars with Qin Chu and Tubo, so he can be said to be the strongest member of the royal family in Shu. Chen Ming said solemnly, "The supporters of this person include the military department Shangshu, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the entire Imperial Forest Army. ”

"As for the third prince Meng Chong, he is really a soy sauce player, and no one has taken refuge in the civil and military generals. Maybe he thinks that the eldest princess is a woman, the second prince has been deposed once, the sixth prince is young, and the thirteenth prince's uncle is relatively backward in the succession order, so he has a funny head, and wants to stay in Chengdu and continue to join in the fun!" Chen Ming teased unceremoniously.

When Bai Ya heard this, he felt that he was starting to have a little headache, Meng Chong forgot it, the other four people Chen Ming said seemed to be quite strong!

Especially the younger brother Meng Che, if it were replaced by the feudal society in his previous life, he would have already controlled most of the military power, and the others would hardly have to fight.

Fortunately, the secular army of the Shenzhou world is not incomprehensible, and there is also the Immortal Martial Sect, which is a great killer of the town.

Meng Che couldn't completely rely on the army to seize the throne, it was okay to choose a thousand people to destroy the body, but it was really not necessarily able to deal with the sect warriors and green forest heroes recruited by other princes.

If you bring tens of thousands of troops into the city to mutiny, not to mention the Immortal Martial Sect, even the innate martial artists of the Dragon Guardian Clan will not tolerate it. If you don't think so, you'll crush him like an ant, and you'll kill him with one finger.

Therefore, although they controlled the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Imperial Forest Army, those generals could only rely on their mouths to divide the victory and defeat in the court, just like the civilian officials.

ps: Rong Lao Gourmet slowly makes up for it!