Chapter Seventy-One: The Imperial Palace

After the death of the Great Rumor Master Hedang and Shi Dewa's father, the Great Magician Cang Dewa, Shi Dewa and the soldier master Da Ran led the army to Yongan Island. Shi Dewa defeated Zhou Chi through his strength, taking all his relatives and related clansmen on the island with him. Soon after this incident, Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, who had been living in seclusion in Nanling after his death, came to the palace, and Emperor Zhou Tian brought Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, to the main hall on the second floor of the palace underground palace. In the center of the main hall is a dragon table carved with yellow lacquer, which is full of golden pots for wine, jade cups and jade bowls for vegetables, and two pairs of ivory chopsticks on the side of the bowl.

Emperor Zhou Tian and Nanling King Feng Yi sat on the dragon chair and the Taishi chair on both sides of the table. The ever-bright lamps on the oil pools on the four sides of the main hall illuminated the main hall, and the emperor Zhou Tian and the king of Nanling, Feng Yi, on both sides of the table, could clearly see each other's eyes.

Feng Yi, the tall and thin king of Nanling with a slightly dull gaze, spoke first: "I have lived in seclusion in Nanling Broken Soul Mountain for eight years, and Brother Zhou has everything to do with Nanling. This time, I ordered Chief Manager Zhang to summon me to the palace, could it be that he wanted to destroy the forces of the Nine Desolation Mountains?"

Emperor Zhou Tian, who was well-proportioned and dark-eyed, said, "Brother Feng, there is nothing that the dynasty can hide from you. ”

Nanling King Feng Yi's slightly dull eyes flashed and said, "Then I'll guess again, is it that Shi Dewa's force can already threaten me, and the formation of the Nine Desolate Mountains has already threatened the dynasty's army?"

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "Not long ago, Shi Dewa defeated Zhou Chi in strength on Yong'an Island, and the combat effectiveness of the troops he led has surpassed the army of our dynasty. ”

Nanling King Feng Yi whispered, "Brother Zhou is ready to do it right away?"

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "Do it immediately! You have been living in this underground palace for a while, and you will return to Nanling after you have eliminated the forces of the Nine Desolate Mountains!"

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A month later, Emperor Zhou Tian came to the second-floor hall of the underground palace again, and the king of Nanling came out of the bedroom and bowed to the emperor.

Emperor Zhou Tian smiled and said, "Brother Feng, in the entire palace, Manager Zhang still knows about this underground palace, so I can only bother Manager Zhang to take care of you these days." Manager Zhang is the person I trust the most besides you. ”

Nanling King Feng Yi's dull gaze flickered twice, and he stopped talking.

Emperor Zhou Tian was the first in the military dynasty, and his mind was also at the peak of the world, he had already noticed that Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, had doubts about the chief manager Zhang He, but he had never been wary of the chief manager.

Emperor Zhou Tian's unsuspecting heart towards Zhang was taught by the former emperor Zhou Zhou, who went to war with the emperor in his twenties, and was equipped with peerless medicine and unfathomable force and strategy, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats; the first emperor appointed him and wanted to recruit him as a concubine, but he refused, and for more than 20 years he devoted himself to serving as a medical officer and officer guard by the side of the former emperor; when the former emperor Zhou Zhou gave way to Zhou Tian, he secretly told Zhou Tian that Zhang He was the most reliable strange man in the world. Now Mr. Zhang is over sixty years old, has no children and no daughters, but he still takes care of and protects Emperor Zhou Tian in the palace wholeheartedly like he treats the former emperor, Zhou Tian is full of respect and gratitude to Mr. Zhang, so whenever he finds that the king of Nanling has doubts about Mr. Zhang, he will think of the first emperor and strengthen his trust in Mr. Zhang.

When the king of Nanling saw that Emperor Zhou Tian looked thoughtful, he took the initiative to say, "Brother Zhou, how is the situation in Jiuhuangling?"

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "Shi Dewa cracked the tiger's mouth of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, with one shot, and the troops captured the three palaces of the king of Qiulu and outwitted the royal city. Your fraud has been exposed, the subordinates of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, killed thousands of civilians in the Nine Desolation Mountains, and this war was launched by us again, and we have lost the hearts of the people. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, can't stop Shi Dewa's troops. ”

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "I have ordered Zhou Chi to assist the king of Xiang'e. ”

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Twenty days later, Emperor Zhou Tian came to the underground palace again and said to Feng Yi, the king of Nanling: "Brother Feng! Feng Dewa seriously injured Zhou Chi in two moves, and Shi Dewa defeated Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, with marksmanship. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "I know that Shi Dewa is a genius of force, but the marksmanship of the Taiping King Meng Tai is superb, and it is not easy for me to win. Now the entire dynasty is sure to defeat Shi Dewa, and only you, Brother Zhou, are the only ones. There is also the Feng Dewa who injured Lord Zhou, the palace marshal of the capital with two moves, and the force does not seem to be inferior to Shi Dewa, and it must not be allowed to grow up again!"

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Three months later, Emperor Zhou Tian and the head of the palace, Zhang Yiyi, went to the second-floor hall of the underground palace.

Nanling King Feng Yijian saw that Emperor Zhou Tian and Chief Manager Zhang had come together, and his dull gaze showed a trace of imperceptible cunning.

Emperor Zhou Tian looked at Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, who was a little dull-eyed, and said: "Brother Feng, the 10,000 troops trained by Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, were defeated by the 10,000 soldiers of the Nine Desolate Mountains, and the soldiers of the Nine Desolate Mountains are now only more than 100,000, if they have 500,000 soldiers, it will be difficult for us to destroy them." Last time, you said that you couldn't let Shi Dewa and Feng Dewa grow any longer, and now I say that you can't let the formation of the Nine Desolation Mountains develop any further. I had just returned from the prairie, and I wanted to borrow 30,000 archers to deal with the troops of the Nine Desolation Mountains, but I caught up with the king of the steppe, Chijin Bo Khan, who was critically ill, and failed to borrow archers. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Brother Zhou! The king of the grassland, Chijin Bo Khan, has always been physically strong, how could he suddenly become critically ill? I think there is fraud in this!"

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "I also thought of this, but I have received definite information that Chijin Bo Khan was seriously injured in the head when he fell off his horse and rolled down the hill during a hunting trip a few months ago. If there is deception in this, then the king of the steppe, Chijin Bo Khan, is hiding too deeply, and he will become the number one hidden danger of the dynasty, and his danger is far greater than that of the Nine Desolation Mountains! ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Chijin Bo Khan does not have this resourcefulness, but hasn't the first high monk of the Luo Danpo Dynasty, the great virtue Amugan, always spread Buddhism on the steppe?"

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "I didn't see Amugan this time, a few years ago, I went to the prairie to look for Amugan, he has been preaching Buddhism among the herdsmen, and the herdsmen of the prairie regard him as the new god of the prairie." I haven't paid attention to Amugan anymore in recent years. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Brother Zhou, we must eliminate the forces of the Nine Desolate Mountains in a short period of time, and then go back and find out the truth of the Chijin Bo Khan. ”

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "Yes, we cannot afford to make a mistake in this operation, and I have a hunch that the Xurui Dynasty is suffering the most severe test since its founding. I haven't fought anyone in more than a decade, and this time I'm going to show my new strength for the sake of Shidewa, nay, for the survival of the dynasty. You have lived in seclusion for nearly ten years, and I know that you are willing to live in seclusion for the sake of the dynasty, but for the survival of the dynasty, you must go out of the mountains. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Brother Zhou, you are sure to defeat Shi Dewa, I can barely resist Feng Dewa, and if I have the force to help me fight with Gaye, I will have an absolute chance of winning; the force of the fourth prince Zhou Huan and Feng Rui has also approached us at an unimaginable speed, and we will definitely be able to defeat the soldier master Da Ran and more than a dozen second-grade masters." As for the formation of the Nine Desolation Mountains, we have two special armies, the Seven Kings Alliance Army and the Divine Soldier Qijia Army, and we can definitely destroy the formations of the Nine Desolation Mountains, but in this way, the family background of our dynasty will be fully revealed. ”

Emperor Zhou Tian shook his head slightly, sighed and said: "Yes, after exposing all our family backgrounds, we will deal with the prairie forces that may be the opponents of the dynasty in the future, as well as the powerful Mansao Dynasty in the west, but we will not be sure: we will attack in the open, and the opponent's family will attack us in the dark." ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "Brother Zhou, I have a way, I can eliminate the forces of the Nine Desolate Mountains without revealing all the family background of the dynasty. ”

Emperor Zhou Tian frowned and said, "Ah——? you say it and listen to it!"

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "The combat effectiveness of the Nine Desolate Ridge Formation is extremely strong, but the most terrifying thing is the force, resourcefulness, and appeal of several leaders such as Shi Dewa, Feng Dewa, and the soldier master Da Ran; ”

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "This is true, but Shi Dewa and a few other leaders are a whole with the Nine Desolation Ridge formation, how can you get rid of Shi Dewa and a few leaders first?"

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "One of the main purposes of the Nine Desolate Mountains forces to attack the dynasty this time is to capture my Nanling King Feng Yi, and avenge the dead Great Rumor Master Hedang, the Great Magician Cangdewa and the people of Yong'an Island who have been imprisoned by the dynasty for eight years, rather than overthrowing the dynasty, so I used me as a bait to transfer out Shi Dewa and then get rid of these people." ”

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "Shi Dewa and the soldier master Da Ran are very smart, they will not leave the formation easily. ”

Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, said: "I wrote a letter to Shi Dewa, saying that I lived in seclusion in Nanling Broken Soul Mountain, and would not leave until I died; all the conspiracy to blockade Yong'an Island was planned and arranged by me, the purpose was to snatch the new metal that made the Cang Yi Divine Sword, and I forced Cang Dewa to die, forcing their family to die and separate their flesh and blood, and he wanted to take revenge and come to me. ”

Emperor Zhou Tian said: "King Nanling! Brother Feng! You are worthy of being the first important minister of my dynasty, and your Broken Soul Mountain will definitely help our dynasty get rid of Shi Dewa and several other leaders of the Nine Desolation Mountains." ”