Armillary Boots @ Chapter 60 The Capital City Dark Flow One

Author: polarisa

Grand Duke Muhai guarded the border for the empire, and it has been more than two hundred years since he was enshrined in the capital of Muhai Kingdom. At that time, it was just a small town, called Zekou, which was the closest fang market to the Swallowing Sky Sea in the Cangwu Empire. The first Duke of Muhai passed away one hundred and seventy years ago, and his descendants inherited the last wish of the first generation of Muhai Grand Duke, determined to wait for the empire to guard the sea frontier, and make the Muhai Principality govern the country strong and the people rich, the country and the people are safe, and therefore the heirs from generation to generation can be successfully awarded the title of Muhai Grand Duke.

Over the past two hundred years, the Muhai Principality has developed from a small town to a vast territory with three counties and twenty-four counties. These three counties, Tokai-gun, Nannuma-gun, and Geumcheon-gun, are all important resources of the principality.

The resources of Donghai County are mainly the Swallowing Sky Sea, which is the only outlet to the sea in the entire Cangwu Empire.

Minumuma is a death swamp with a variety of metal deposits. The size and output of this swamp is less than one-ten-thousandth of that of Lei Fengze in the southern part of the Wuyuan Continent. However, the difficulty of passing through this swamp is no less than that of Lei Fengze, and those who dare to enter other city-states through the death swamp are almost dead or alive, so it has become an important barrier for the strategic defense of the southwest of the Muhai Principality.

Jinchuan County is located in the northeast of the principality, the main resource is the Qidou Mountain Range in the northwest of Jinchuan County, the Qidou Mountain is full of strange peaks, from west to north, stretching for 3,000 miles, the mountains are full of trees, fierce beasts are everywhere, and it is also the natural barrier of the western and northern strategic defense of the Muhai Principality.

There are only three ways to enter the Muhai Principality, two by water and one by land.

One of the waterways was to land at various ports in Tokai-gun by sea. Jingnanwei in the southwest of Donghae County and Jingbeiwei in the northeast are both military ports with warships, and as long as the inland sea routes are protected, the safety of the Principality's maritime frontiers can be ensured, and no country's naval fleet can make a detour to the open sea to attack the Muhai Principality.

Another waterway is to take an inland river boat from the Qidou River at the eastern foot of the Qidou Mountain Range into Jinchuan County, or even directly down the river into Donghai County and into the Swallowing Heaven Sea. The strategic defense on this river is under the unified supervision of the Jingbei Wei garrison.

The only land route is between the Death Swamp and the Qidou Mountain Range, where there is also an acropolis, and it is the Jingxiwei of the Muhai Principality.

The three acropolises guarded the three passages in and out of the principality, making the defense of the Muhai principality as solid as an iron bucket. For more than 200 years, many city-states and small states have dreamed of getting involved in maritime interests and tried to attack the principality, but in the end they could only be afraid and retreat without a fight.

The strong and solid joint defense of sea and land has made the Muhai Principality peaceful for more than 200 years. Although the people in the territory lived and worked in peace and contentment, and developed rapidly, although it was located on the eastern coast of the empire, all industries in the territory were prosperous, and the scale of the city expanded again and again, and the capital and county town of the small principality were not inferior to the medium-sized cities in the center of the empire, and even the scale of the town guard reached the small city.

The ancient town of Zekou has now become the inner city of the capital of the Muhai Principality, extending outward for hundreds of miles to build the outer city. The city is like a day every year, the pavilions and pavilions sing and dance, and the shops in the square market are prosperous.

Today is February 20, 1665 in the Wu Yuan calendar, and it is the 209th anniversary of the first Muhai Grand Duke being enthroned. In the entire capital, the yamen at all levels of the official family are full of lanterns and gongs and drums. People come and go in the east and west markets, just to see the founding day celebrations held by the Mu family in the two cities.

At this time, in a pavilion on the third floor of Mingcui Garden in Xishi, two middle-aged men were sitting opposite each other, and a maid came in to pour tea, and then withdrew lightly. The slightly older man sitting on the left took a sip of the teacup, and said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "Elder Cheng, what is the result of Donghai County's return, you don't know, what is the purpose of asking me here?" The middle-aged man on the opposite side smiled slightly, did not answer immediately, stood up, opened the curtains slightly, looked at the crowd in the Fang City downstairs, and looked up at the huge platform built in the distance, at this time the celebration performance was in full swing. He turned around and said, "Elder Mu, what's the point of staying in the mansion on such a festive day? Look at the people outside, everyone is having a good time." ”

Elder Mu sat there, although his face was a little unhappy, but he didn't show any impatience: "Elder Cheng, tell me, why am I not interesting?" Elder Cheng laughed: "The Danfang collected by Patriarch Mu has been destroyed, and his memory has also been erased by the Immortal Law, there is no way to get Pei Yuan Dan, what is the point of staying in the mansion?" Seeing Elder Mu's appearance when he heard this, Elder Cheng smiled slightly, and said, "Actually, is there really no Dan Fang?"

Elder Mu raised his head in surprise, looked at the other party, shook his head again, and picked up the teacup again. Elder Cheng seemed to know that he would react like this, and a trace of cruelty flashed across his face: "That Hua Lun has improved his cultivation in a short time, and that little guy Chen Yuan has been wiped out. Hearing this, Elder Mu thought quietly for a while, and finally shook his head: "The patriarch contacted the Holy Ancestor and used the Holy Hall, and that Warren had never been to the capital. The patriarch has also had his memory checked, and if he cheats, he will be directly destroyed by the sage. Also, it was an elixir, not an elixir, and the sage used the holy fire in his palm to refine it on the spot, but it was not a mortal fire, and not anyone could refine it. After Elder Mu finished speaking, he looked up at Elder Cheng with a smile on his face.

Hearing this, Elder Cheng shook his head: "What I heard is not such news, first, Patriarch Mu said that your Holy Ancestor wanted to refine the pill through them and give it to her son; Thirdly, the Holy Ones who came this time wanted to kill Warren, and your Holy Ancestor was imprisoned in the Holy Realm. These three pieces of news seem to indicate that Mu Shizi may have known about Danfang, but he was executed or detained, and Hua Lun should also be killed. ”

When Elder Mu heard this, he immediately shook his head, and opened his mouth to explain, but he was stuck there without saying a word. Then, in deep thought, his hand slowly reached for the teacup on the table. Elder Cheng noticed that there was less than a mouthful of residual tea left in his teacup, and took the opportunity to pour it for him. Elder Mu seemed to be awakened by this action, shook his head, made a gesture of thanks, and continued to sink into thought.

Elder Cheng, who was originally standing, sat down, picked up the teacup, sniffed it gently, and said softly: "After Hua Lun left, he took control of Qingyunfang, and then abolished the Qingyunmen people who went to quell the rebellion, including Sima Qing of the Inner Gate, Dong Xingzhi and eighteen disciples of the Inner Gate. With this news, can you still insist that Warren has not taken the pill?"

Elder Mu's pupils dilated instantly, this news was too crazy! A powerless pawn would never dare to easily abolish the two inner sect elders and eighteen inner sect disciples of the Qingyun Sect, this was definitely someone who was supporting it, or had terrifying power. If his Holy Ancestor Mother was really detained, then how did his cultivation improve?

Elder Mu pondered for a long time, stood up, arched his hand to Elder Cheng, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, I will repay you in the future", and left in a hurry. From the window, seeing that Elder Mu had gone downstairs and walked away, Elder Cheng knocked on the wall of the compartment, and saw a well-dressed martial cultivator push the door in, and then said: "Go to Qingyun Gate, collect five hundred gold coins, and tell them that they have confirmed that Hua Lun is the son of the Sage." Then they went to the Rong family, collected five hundred gold coins, and told them that they had confirmed that Warren's mother had been detained, and that the Nether Sage planned to destroy Warren. In addition, it is necessary to increase the number of people and carefully monitor Warren. Okay, go for it. ”