Locke's people were not so surprised by the old king's departure, after all, the old king was sick for half a year before he died because he couldn't hold on. And a year ago, the old king's illness has reached the point of close to the obituary, but after the little princess rushed back from the Xiongyun Empire, the situation has improved to a certain extent, and the people of the national capital have also seen the last face of the old king, but that is also the last afterglow, the old king's body still does not hold the torture of illness, six months ago, the new king Zhao Muyun officially announced the death of a generation of Ming Jun Zhao Zhuoyun, and immediately the whole country mourned, and several surrounding countries also sent condolences, and the whole country was in a state of silence.

The ability of the newcomer king Zhao Muyun is actually not bad, but the people always feel that he seems to be a little worse than the old king, and the people in the national capital can easily sniff out the killing intent in the capital. Soon, after several old ministers were imprisoned one after another, everyone also understood that the new king did not seem to be a good talker, although it was only a few old ministers who were not in power, but in less than a year after the death of the old king, everyone talked about the new king, especially recently, the king seems to have targeted the general's mansion, and the strength of General Gu Haoran's family has been reduced a lot.

As a hero of national salvation and a close friend of the old king Zhao Zhuoyun, the general Gu Haoran can be above 10,000 people under one person in the Rock Kingdom, he is not only directly in charge of forty percent of the army of the Rock Kingdom, but also the officials and generals in the Rock Kingdom who have been favored by him are numerous, of course, in the last few years of the old king's life, he may also have a premonition that his life is running out, before his death, the old king has cut the military power in Gu Haoran's hands a lot, plus the new king is on the throne, General Gu Haoran has also cut his own authority, and handed over most of the troops he has worked hard to train, and there is only one to five thousand people left in his hands。

But this doesn't seem to be enough, in the past two months, the king has begun to gradually attack the general's lineage, many of General Gu Haoran's disciples, friends, and even ministers who have had close contact in private have been labeled as generals, and have been greatly suppressed, and the old ministers have disappeared into the court one by one, replaced by new faces, even Gu Haoran doesn't know where this group of newcomers came from the king, and soon, Gu Haoran, who felt the pressure, also excused himself to recuperate at home and no longer go to the morning court. The king has also become unscrupulous, but now there is a more important matter in front of the king, and that is the wedding of his sister, Princess Zhao Muyun.

Princess Muyun's wedding has been discussed for a while, in fact, as early as when the old king was seriously ill and lying in bed, this matter had been raised by Zhao Muyun of the crown prince's prison, but everyone didn't know what happened, this matter was over, but after the death of the king, this matter was quickly re-raised, although it has been rumored that the princess seems to be dissatisfied with this marriage, and seems to have a big quarrel with her brother, but although it is a little anxious, the people still hope that there will be such a grand wedding to dispel the haze that shrouds the Rock Kingdom。

Although the marriage partner has not yet been officially announced and confirmed, there have been several major discussions among the people, and it seems that everyone from the son of a shogun at home to many princes abroad can find his supporters. However, this people's discussion was soon ended by a piece of news, and the king announced that the three princes of the Dengyu Kingdom would soon visit the Rock Kingdom for friendly exchanges between the two countries, and stay in the Rock Kingdom for three months. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the people suddenly had a strong interest in the three princes of Dengyu who visited at a critical moment, and the people who supported other candidates had to shut their mouths stupidly, and waited to witness the faces of the three foreign princes, after all, the little princess is their little princess, who doesn't pity the beautiful and lovely girl.

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Locke's national capital, Xingcheng, the general's mansion with the gate closed has not been opened for half a month, but everyone knows that there is no telling how many people are staring at the movements here every day, and the king does not seem to be further pressing on Gu Haoran, but the ministers also understand that this is the king using this time to digest what he swallowed before, waiting for the digestion to be completed, and the king who has reached a higher level of power and power has only a more ferocious bite on them.

"Father!" In the house, Gu Pengcheng, who was at home with his father Gu Haoran, was hurriedly running into the study, and it seemed that he had done a lot of things during this time.

"How is it?Haoran, have you found what I want you to check?" General Gu Haoran is already in his early fifties, but he is well-maintained, and he only looks like a few more wrinkles than Gu Pengcheng, who is in his twenties, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his face is like a crown of jade, he looks like a gentle and elegant minister, but who would have thought that this is General Gu Haoran, who was in the Rock Kingdom more than twenty years ago?

Gu Pengcheng, who was in a hurry, sweated profusely, and it seemed that there was a big difference between his father's appearance. "Father, the child found out, as you expected, half of the newcomers promoted by the king are from the Dengyu Kingdom, and most of these people hold important positions in the court, mastering many things in the kingdom, but Haier has carefully checked, although the ability of this group of people is slightly lacking, but the difference is only experience, but this group of people do not have a half-official position in the Dengyu Kingdom, and they only slowly came to Locke from the Dengyu Kingdom more than a year ago, which seems to be caused by the king's call. ”

"Are you innocent? You have to look closely, I don't want another spy to hold the lifeblood of a foreign country. Gu Haoran carefully checked the report in his hand, this is the result of their more than a month, Gu Haoran had long been suspicious of those new faces in the court, and after careful investigation, he finally found out that this group of people was actually the foreign aid that the king had found from the Dengyu Kingdom, which was really incredible.

"The child has carefully checked, there is no problem with the origin of this group of people except for the Dengyu people, and there is no connection with other forces, but this is precisely the biggest problem, how did the king find this group of people with real talents in the Dengyu Kingdom?" Gu Pengcheng didn't understand how this group of foreign talents was recruited by the king.

"I don't know much about this, but there is one thing I don't know, the current king used to be a proton in Dengyu for five years when he was a child, and as far as I know, the relationship between the king of China and the three princes of Dengyu in five years should be the deepest, and this visit of the three princes should also be invited by the king, as for the marriage, if this marriage can add a big ally to our country, it is naturally the best. After all, the border has been a bit uneven in recent years. General Gu Haoran frowned, the situation abroad is not optimistic, especially in recent years, the conflict on the border has never stopped.

"Has the Franco-Rang Alliance made any moves recently?" Gu Pengcheng, who has been in Xingcheng since returning to China, did not know about the border affairs, but he knew that his father had been paying attention to the border situation.

"Yes, your eldest brother sent a message back to say that the French Alliance has recently sent an army of 20,000 people to be stationed at the border, and the two countries have been facing each other on the border for many years. General Gu Haoran's eldest son is an officer in the border army, and he has lived up to the general's teachings to him for many years, becoming an excellent general, and has always adhered to the concept of protecting his family and defending the country. Fortunately, the king's purge slowed down, otherwise the news would not have been delivered to Gu Haoran in the first place.

The permanent army of the Locke Kingdom was only 70,000 or 80,000, of which 20,000 were the garrison of the capital, 30,000 troops were stationed on the border of the Franco-French alliance, and the rest of the soldiers were scattered all over the place. This increase in troops by the Franco-French alliance undoubtedly broke the long-standing balance between the two countries, and once the war was launched, the border was likely to be breached, and the enemy could be killed outside Xingcheng within five days, which was undoubtedly more deadly than the struggle between the DPRK and China.

"I don't know if the king has noticed the increase in Farran's troops, and I hope the king will not be careless. Gu Haoran, who was trapped in the mansion, really felt a trace of grievance, if in the past, the old king would have ordered him to lead the army to support, alas, the departure of the old king is really a big loss for the Rock Kingdom.

"Father, what are we going to do next?"

"Wait, if the marriage with the Dengyu Kingdom is successful, the Francois Alliance should be afraid, it's really not good, I have to be cheeky and ask the king to let me lead the troops to the battle, and they should be much more honest in a battle with the Francois Alliance, at least in a few years. "When it comes to fighting, General Gu's face will always have a touch of confidence, and it is also that he has never lost the battles he has led in the battlefield for decades, and the prestige of the god of the protector army is not blown.

"What if...... What if the king continues to attack us? The child does not seem to be so contented with the king. After hesitating, Gu Pengcheng still expressed the worry in his heart, although it has not been exposed yet, he always feels that the king seems to have an attitude of killing them.

"If that's the case, it's not a bad idea to disarm and return to the field, let's get out of here, I haven't been back to see the Xiongyun Empire for many years, and I was also a man of the year in the Royal Academy, but I hope that my father can let me go when the time comes, okay, you go down." Gu Haoran waved his hand and ordered Gu Pengcheng to retreat.

The moment he walked out of the door, Gu Pengcheng muttered in his heart, maybe his father didn't think about it, what should the future of the Gu family be?

"Old friend, your son forced me so hard......" In front of the portrait of the first king, General Gu Haoran muttered helplessly.