Chapter 2: The Imperial Capital

Half a month later, Qin Mu and Bai Ling came to Huanglan City, the imperial capital of the Great Lan Empire, and the two entered this historic imperial capital as civilians in disguise given by Xiao Qi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is the second time Qin Mu has come to the imperial capital, revisiting the old place, the mood is completely different, the first time is Mo Huayue with him, at that time he came with admiration for this imperial capital, and this time when he came back, he was with an indelible sadness.

As soon as you enter the imperial capital, you can clearly feel that the atmosphere here is not ordinary strange, it stands to reason that Jiuwang Mountain has been destroyed, and the imperial capital should be full of joy, but the people here are all sad and frightened, even those who are officials, are in a hurry.

The atmosphere was depressing.

Even in the restaurant, there are very few guests, even if you have a meal, you basically don't chat.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, who dares to gossip at this time.

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It took more than half an hour, and the two of them quietly came to the door of a small courtyard house like ordinary people, which was about only 100 square meters, which belonged to the smallest kind in the imperial capital, and was usually the most ordinary kind of place where people lived.

Qin Mu knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and a young man poked his head out, looked the two of them up and down, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Find Uncle Liao!" Qin Mu reported his name according to Xiao Qi's contact signal.

"Please come in!"

The boy glanced left and right at the street a few times, and then led the two into the courtyard. This place is located in a remote area of the imperial capital, and the flow of people is not much, and now the situation is tense, so there are not many people on the entire street, so naturally no one cares about the situation on Qin Mu's side.

Entering the courtyard, Qin Mu followed the young man to the side room, and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties and sixties.

After taking a seat, the man asked, "What's the matter with the two of you looking for the old man?"

Qin Mu glanced at the room, and after there was no one else, he took out a token from his arms, handed it to the man, and said softly, "From the south." ”

The boy looked at the token carefully for a long time, and then took out a token of the same style from his arms, and with a little finger, a flash of light flashed.

"Feng Chu Realm!" Qin Mu's heart moved, and he sensed the man's cultivation.

At this time, the two tokens emitted a faint light, and when they came together, they slowly converged into one "evil" word in front of their eyes.

Seeing this word, the man immediately stood up, knelt in front of Qin Mu, and said respectfully: "Subordinate Tang Chuliao to meet the two adults!"

"Get up and tell me what is going on. Qin Mu raised his hand to help Tang Chuliao, his identity was clear, and he couldn't wait to ask about the exact situation now.

Tang Chuliao said: "Twenty days ago, Lan Qinggu personally escorted Xuan Yu Zhenren back to the imperial capital, and he has not shown up until now, according to reliable information, now Lan Qinggu has been plotting against Xuan Yu Zhenren, wanting to pull him into the imperial camp, but the effect is not obvious, Xuan Yu Zhenren does not agree, and the situation is deadlocked here." ”

"What about the other disciples of Nine Kings Mountain?"

"The news I got before was that the disciples of Jiuwang Mountain were basically hanged, but in the past two days, there has been gossip that many inner disciples were not strangled on the spot, but were also captured alive and brought back to the empire, but it is not known where they are being held, so it is difficult to determine whether the information is true or not. ”

Qin Mu frowned slightly, the information he got before he came was that most of the disciples of Jiuwang Mountain had been killed, and only less than twenty people had escaped, which was diametrically opposed to the information that many of the current inner disciples were not dead.

However, the more people alive, the greater the chance of survival for Guan Zhuqing's sisters and brothers.

This news is indeed a good thing for him.

Qin Mu asked, "Has the news of Puzhushan Guan Zhuqing Guan Zhuyi been found?"

Tang Chuliao glanced at him cautiously and said in a low voice: "When the order came from the lord, the subordinates focused on these two people, but there was no news about these two people, and they couldn't even be sure whether they were alive or dead. ”

Qin Mu couldn't believe it, and said in surprise: "No news at all?"

"Not at all. ”

Qin Mu's mood fell to the bottom in an instant, just now he knew that many inner disciples of Jiuwang Mountain were captured alive, and he was still in a good mood, but now when he heard the news again, his mood was naturally nervous and anxious.

He didn't know whether he was alive or dead, which made him even more worried.

Sensing Qin Mu's mood change, Tang Chuliao hurriedly said: "The matter may not be as serious as what his subordinates said, my lord will first be wronged in the cold house for a few days, and then let his subordinates go to investigate and find some more accurate information." ”

Qin Mu said: "Well, remember, safety first, don't be anxious to expose your identity." ”

"Yes!"

Qin Mu asked again, "How is the Mo family now?"

Tang Chuliao said in a deep voice: "The Mo family has now fallen out of the highest decision-making level of the empire, and the matter of exterminating Jiuwang Mountain, the Mo family is soft-spoken, forced by the imperial coercion, and has no choice but to participate, but the battle that day has paid a very heavy price, ancestor Mo Chuyan is seriously injured, life and death are unknown, even if he does not die, it is estimated that he will not live long." And the uncle Mo Feiwei, the third master Mo Feixiang, the head of the family Mo Liangsheng, and his brother Mo Liangcai, the four of them died on the spot, and now the Mo family only has Mo Liangdao and Mo Huayue, who was spared by the empire, as a façade. ”

"Because of this, the Shentu family has completely secured the position of the first largest family in the empire, and the position that originally belonged to the Mo family has been replaced by the third largest family in the empire, the sheep worker family, most of the Mo family's original sphere of influence has been divided up by several major families, and the rest are dispensable areas, according to the current situation, if the Mo family does not have two Tengyun Realm monks, otherwise even the status of this second-rate family will not be guaranteed. ”

Qin Mu was puzzled: "How could the Mo family have suffered such a heavy loss?"

"This involves the competition for power within the empire, the Shentu family has been hostile to the Mo family since ancient times, everyone wants to be the first big family, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, sooner or later one day there will be a family that will be suppressed. It just so happened that this time the destruction of Jiuwang Mountain, the role of the Shen Tu family was greater, there was Shen Tu Kun of the Huiyang Realm, and Shen Tu Kun had a lot to do with Tong Gen, the sect leader of the Ghoul Sect, and the reason why the Ghoul Sect was able to participate this time was largely due to the role of Shen Tu Kun on the side. In the eyes of the emperor, the choice is obvious. In addition, the relationship between the Mo family and Jiuwang Mountain has always been complicated, and most of the children of the Mo family are under the guidance of Jiuwang Mountain, and the emperor must be biased and guarded, worried that the Mo family will rebel, so suppression is inevitable. Of course, there must be a cat in it, otherwise the Mo family would not have suffered the worst loss. ”

"What do you mean?"

Asked this, Tang Chuliao hesitated a little, and glanced at Qin Mu a few times when he wanted to speak.

Qin Mu said: "Say"

Tang Chuliao said: "I heard that when attacking Jiuwang Mountain, the Mo family was arranged to attack Xianghui Mountain, the main peak of Jiuwang Mountain, which is the strongest, so it caused Mo Feiwei and several people to die under the Heaven Cutting God Xiao Array, and later if Mo Chuyan hadn't used a secret method to rescue Mo Liangdao, maybe the Mo family would have been served there." ”

"Kill people with a knife?" Qin Mu had a nameless fire in his heart, he didn't expect this group of people to be so ruthless, and with one order, the Mo family would be wiped out, and according to this posture, it was obvious that he wanted to end the Mo family in one pot.

"This is the most vicious imperial power technique, Lan Qinggu wants the Mo family to hand in the name. And this extremely insidious petition also made the Mo family have no way out, if they agree, they may still have the possibility of survival, and if they don't agree, they are likely to be beheaded by the nine clans. Therefore, with the subordinates, the Mo family must have known that this risk was not small before the action, but they didn't expect Lan Qinggu to do things so desperately, and this purpose was nothing more than to curry favor with the Shentu family, after all, the Shentu family had Shentu Kun, an ancestor of the Huiyang Realm, and the two of them must have agreed on some kind of treaty before the plan, and it was also obvious that suppressing the Mo family was the condition of the Shentu family. ”

"These are all personal speculations of subordinates, if there are discrepancies, I hope the adults will understand. ”

As soon as these words came out, it can be seen that Tang Chuliao spoke very cautiously, and it can be said that he is impervious. It's no wonder that he will be sent by King Wu to the imperial capital as a shadow.

Qin Mu was silent for a moment, and after carefully combing through all the circumstances, he asked again, "Where is Mo Huayue now?"

Tang Chuliao said: "Mo Huayue and Mo Liangdao have temporarily withdrawn from the court, and the two of them are dedicated to dealing with the aftermath of several elders in the old mansion, and at the same time, Mo Chuyan's injury may not be optimistic, I am afraid that there will be less luck." ”

"Can you get in touch with her?"

This time, Tang Chuliao was silent for a long time, and lowered his head and said: "The situation is relatively special now, most places are being monitored by the empire, and the Mo family is even more in a stormy situation, and it is very risky to contact them. ”

"En" Qin Mu nodded, the other party's answer did not exceed his expectations, so he arranged: "Use the resources in your hand to quickly find out the situation of Guan Zhuqing Guan Zhuyi, don't touch the Mo family, everything is based on safety." ”

"Yes!"

"Also, this is who I am now. ”

Qin Mu took out two tokens and handed them to him, and the tokens read: "Junhu City, Cheng Langqing, Cheng Langmei." ”