Chapter 111: An Audience with the Prince
The edict of the Hades Temple, the heads of the other counties naturally could not be as perfunctory as Zhou Yi said. It's just that the road is far and near, and everyone has to arrange the aftermath of the place, so Zhou Yi will be a few days late to Fengdu City.
Because the priest in charge of the reception has been brainwashed and bribed by Zhou Yi in the past few days, these newly arrived guys naturally failed to get the news.
Even, when Prince Mostek sent someone to summon them, these guys were still worried in their hearts, not knowing what the charter of the Hades Temple was, or even speculating about whether the Black Pupil Empire would annex the Fengdu Empire.
With this apprehension, everyone quietly waited everywhere for Prince Mostek to summon him.
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"Mosek, how's it going?" Morian knew that he had been learning about the local powerhouses in the Fengdu Empire for some time, and wanted to choose the best candidate to be the emperor.
"My lord, there are seven people in total, except for Zhou Yi, who is in charge of the three counties of Qin Guang, Chu Jiang, and Yan Luo, the other six are all from local wealthy families, and they are all of the rank of paladins. I also have a little difficulty in making a choice for a while!" he looked respectfully at Morian sitting on the throne of the emperor in the main hall, and he slowly expressed the thoughts in his heart.
"What rank is that Zhou Yi?"
"My lord, this Zhou Yi is not a knight, nor is he a law cultivator, strictly speaking, he is just a lucky person born with divine power, and his physical strength is comparable to that of a great knight. His subordinates sent someone to inquire carefully, and he bluntly said that he couldn't comprehend the energy laws between heaven and earth, so he was bent on exercising his physique. ”
"Oh, there are still such people in the world, heh, this Zhou Yi seems to be a strong-willed person! Otherwise, even if ordinary people are born with a good physique, they will never be able to reach the level of a great knight leader with only physical strength. ”
"Indeed! Zhou Yi said that when he was young, he had mistakenly taken a red fruit to have such a physique, and that place was located at the entrance of the Isthmus of the Fallen Isthmus of the Sunlight Dragon Clan, which must have been a mutated fruit that had only grown after the dragon's blood was nourished. However, with a drink and a peck, there are gains and losses, and he has a physique that is different from ordinary people, but he also loses the opportunity to practice the laws of heaven and earth. ”
Morian also knows the story of the fall of the Sunlight Dragons, so many dragons have fallen, and the majestic energy is moistened, but it is also possible to grow this kind of rare and unavoidable treasure of heaven and earth. sighed in his heart that this week was lucky, but he didn't envy it at all.
As long as people in cultivation understand that only by understanding and mastering the power of the law can they fade away from the mortal fetus, and no matter how strong the physical strength is, they are just a mortal person, and compared to the real powerhouse, it is not worth mentioning.
"It's a pity! For Zhou Yi this time, I'm afraid that the strength of the Great Knight Rank is already his limit! However, this seat is strange in his heart, this guy is the one with the lowest strength, how can he master the territory of the three counties and not be overturned by the local wealthy clan?"
When Mostec heard Morian ask, he was proud, but fortunately he had mastered the situation in advance.
"Lord Hui, this guy is indeed in good luck. Zheng Fengdu's conquest of the Black Pupil Empire recruited all the paladins in the three counties near the northern border, and later dealt with Moliuqi's undead legion, Xie An, the head of the paladins of the Fengdu Empire, transferred all the masters of the nearby Yama County.
The result was just right, this Zhou Yi was dissatisfied with Zheng Fengdu's conquest of the Black Pupil Empire under the command of the Hades Temple, and suffered from the exploitation of cool officials, set off a rebellion against Zheng Fengdu's rule, organized the righteous army to attack the counties, and took advantage of the weakness of the Fengdu Empire to seize the territory of the three counties. During this period, he even captured Fengdu City. Later, because of the arrival of his army, he led his troops to withdraw from Fengdu City. ”
Listening to this, Morian was a little jealous of Zhou Yi's so-called good luck, this Nima is simply like a god!
Holding back the messy thoughts in his mind, he waved his hand and motioned for Mostek to say no more.
"And who are you going to choose?"
"My lord, what is your opinion?" did not reply, but instead asked for his opinion.
"Although it is difficult to be promoted to a god knight or a god-level powerhouse, it can be said that only one or two of a million paladins can succeed, but it is still possible in the end. Therefore, it is better that the six paladins should not be considered. Of course, this is also to train the paladins under your rule, so that they can focus on the laws of perception without distraction. This seat thinks so, as for how to choose, it still depends on what you think. With that, Morian closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.
"Yes, my lord, I know how to choose, don't disturb your meditation, my subordinates retire!"
Morian nodded and said no more, and Prince Mostek bowed and exited the hall.
He is not a stupid person, Lord Morion's attitude is already very obvious, and he likes Zhou Yi to become the new emperor.
Of course, this choice is also very much in line with his heart. You must know that although under the persuasion of Lord Morrian, he has let go of his resentment towards Zheng Fengdu, but there is still a mustard in his heart. For Zheng Fengdu's original subordinates, he didn't want to use them at all, but he was very happy with someone like Zhou Yi who blatantly rebelled against Zheng Fengdu.
Moreover, he also understood the meaning of Lord Morion's words, the paladin may eventually be promoted to a god-level powerhouse, and when the new emperor of the empire successfully breaks through the rank, it is also doubtful whether he can continue to control this empire remotely, after all, Zheng Fengdu's Yin Jian is not far away!
Zhou Yi! That's him!
The new emperor of the empire must be in his hands, and he must never be out of his control!
With a decision in his heart, he summoned envoys, and Prince Mostek prepared to meet with the powerful factions in various places.
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It was the first time that Zhou Yi had such close contact with an official of the Fengdu Empire, but this first contact was not too good.
"Hmph, the plague of the empire, such a chaotic minister and thief can also meet His Royal Highness the prince in a grand manner, and I don't know how the Hades Temple verifies the identity?" He is an old man who does not cultivate, but speaks ill of Zhou Yi. This guy's name is Chen Zihui, and he is close to the Fengdu Jurisdiction
"What Old Master Chen said is extremely true, in a while, we have to make a statement to His Royal Highness the Prince, and everyone will be punished for this kind of chaotic ministers and thieves!" Standing on the side was Zhou Yi's old acquaintance, Lord Zhao Zi'an. He was ordered by Xie An to go to Emperor Song County, and halfway he turned to Bian Cheng County in the east to hide, waiting for the situation to change. Sure enough, as he guessed, the Emperor Fengdu fell, and the city of Fengdu fell. Zhao Zi'an was not very human, and immediately usurped the military and political power of Bian Cheng County and became one of the six local forces.
Seeing Zhou Yi at this time, the horror and humiliation brought to him by Shen Gongbao came to his heart, and he naturally fired at Zhou Yi unceremoniously.
The other four people stood aside and watched coldly, they were all the heads of the four southern counties of the empire, they were originally local heroes, they didn't care about the life and death of the empire, and naturally they didn't care about Zhou Yi's rebellious identity.
"Snort, old and immortal is a thief, old thief, you don't look at what kind of place this is, who His Royal Highness the Prince wants to summon and who he doesn't summon, how can you, an old thief, be evaluated!" Glancing at a group of people walking in the distance, Zhou Yi deliberately scolded loudly.
"You... You...... "Chen Zihui didn't expect Zhou Yi to dare to scold himself, in his opinion, as a paladin, his status is noble, and he scolded Zhou Yi in court, a pariah a few words, and the latter didn't dare to do anything but live and suffer. Under the excitement, he spoke incoherently, talking about his tongue, where was he Zhou Yi's opponent, plus several paladins beside him were on the spot, he was annoyed and angry, and he was ready to do it as he spoke.
"Bold! take it!" As Zhou Yi expected, the movement here alarmed the people, and as one of the first people shouted, several Templar knights rushed over.
Seeing the ornamentation of the armor on the other party's body, Chen Zihui was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to resist at all, and obediently tied his hands and arrested.
"This king summoned, you dare to commit murder in court, you are bold enough!" Prince Mostek was submissive in front of Morion, but it did not mean that he was a lenient character.
"Ah!?Your Royal Highness the Prince, the little wronged! This Zhou Yi was bold and reckless, rebelled against the imperial court, cut off the way for His Majesty to return to the army, and caused His Majesty to fall, and the crime is unforgivable! The little one only reprimanded him based on righteous indignation, but he didn't expect to ...... "Chen Zihui is really staging what it means to die if he doesn't die, he thinks that splashing the dirty water of the death of the Emperor Fengdu on Zhou Yi can lead to trouble, but the result is that Prince Mostek's impression of him is extremely poor, and he can't wait to slash this loyal dog of Zheng Fengdu."
"That's enough! I don't need you to teach this king how to do things! According to this king, you are bold, then Zheng Fengdu is bold! Without this king's order, you dare to attack the empire under the Pluto Temple without permission, this is to despise this king, and it is also to despise the great god of the underworld! Zheng Fengdu! You are innocent of death! You!?Go and accompany your master!" After saying that, he waved his hand in disgust, and a temple knight behind Chen Zihui pulled out his big sword and cut off his head.
"Knock ......" The dead head rolled on the ground, and he was afraid that he would not understand his way of death until he was dying.
Zhao Zi'an stood aside and was silent, facing the unkind eyes that Prince Mostek glanced at, his legs only trembled.
With a cold snort, Prince Mostek turned around and walked into the Qianyuan Hall behind him first.
In this movement, Zhou Yi kept his head down, half-bowed to the side, and his posture was extremely low.
It wasn't until Prince Mosterk's footsteps disappeared that he raised his head and smiled evilly at Zhao Zi'an, scaring the latter half to death.
"Xuan Zhouyi, Zhao Zi'an, Xu Shikui, Zhang Changjin, Shen Ming'an, and Zhou Bo enter the temple to meet him!" The temple priest who knew each other walked to the front of the palace and called his name loudly, and then winked at Zhou Yi to show his closeness.
Zhou Yi smiled knowingly and arched his hand towards him, and Zhao Zi'an's courage was even more vented at this scene.
According to the roll call order, Zhou Yi took the lead, as if leading the other five people into the Qianyuan Palace.