In the palace, Chu Zhaoxuan, the emperor of the Dayun Kingdom, lay on his dragon bed and groaned. Since the palace was stolen, he had to stay up for three days before falling ill. He has not recovered yet. He doesn't want to recover. It's so shameless. The king of a country is now so poor that all he has left is an empty palace.
Although the civil and military officials and wealthy merchants also gave the emperor a lot of money, he was still very angry. Recently, there were rumors in the capital that the palace and the high-ranking families were stolen not man-made, but indiscriminate killings by the emperor of the Dayun Kingdom. The innocent and corrupt officials enriched themselves and angered the gods.
Of course the emperor would not admit that he killed innocent people indiscriminately, but he did not dare to kill people casually anymore. After all, the thefts in the palace became more and more bizarre the more he thought about it. Both the private treasury and the national treasury were heavily guarded, and everything seemed to disappear out of thin air. , leaving no trace of Yihao, the Dark Dragon Guards searched for a month, but found no results.
His illness has cleared up a lot, and state affairs have been handed over to the prince and several princes. He doesn't want to take care of anything now. When he thinks of the empty private treasury, he has saved it for himself for half his life. All the things buried with him were gone, and when I thought about this, I felt my whole body trembling.
The imperial doctor knelt on the ground. All the medicines in the imperial hospital had disappeared out of thin air. There was not even a trace of medicine left. The emperor's patients were not well treated, and they all lost their heads.
The imperial doctors had no choice but to collect medicinal materials from their own pockets in order to save their lives. However, the emperor's illness was a heart disease. Perhaps his illness could be cured only if the national and private treasury were filled.
The prince was also forced to enter the palace to serve as an invalid. Seeing the emperor groaning, he was almost angry to death. He thought to himself, this is it, he can't live anymore and he still won't give up the throne. Day by day, he has to spend time with him. Here, fortunately, he had some supporters who gave him a lot of money overtly and covertly, but he did not dare to let the emperor know. He could only hold it in his stomach and sulk.
He originally wanted to take his anger out on Nangong Yunteng, but he sent out hundreds of killers, but only a dozen or so came back. He began to be a little afraid of that person. It was obvious that Nangong Yunteng was at the end of his strength, how could he still be so strong? Strength, who are his subordinates?
Things inside and outside the palace disturbed his mind. He also wanted to fall ill, but he didn't dare. Now was the best time to take control of the government. Even if the treasury was empty, he would not let the country fall into the hands of others. In your hands. Besides, as long as taxes from various places arrive, there will be money in the national treasury.
The concubines in the harem were accustomed to rich clothes and fine food. The emperor ordered to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. The expenses of the harem were suddenly reduced. Everyone was miserable. It was okay for her natal family to live in the capital, and it was not that difficult to rely on her natal family's subsidies. Thinking from afar. There is no travel expenses to go home to visit relatives.
The man who loves to compete for favors still tries every means to show his presence in front of the emperor. The emperor is already two heads tall and can't even breathe. How can he think of coaxing women? He doesn't know who he wants to coax.
"Ahem, cough..." The emperor raised his eyes and frowned. Looking at the kneeling imperial physician on the ground, he felt even more annoyed. He waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please step aside!"
Prince Chu Yan was the first to stand up and salute: "My son, please retire!"
The emperor waved his hand: "Go and get busy!"
The prince bowed and exited the emperor's chamber. When the entourage saw the prince coming out, he hurried forward to report: "Your Highness, the people sent to Qishan have returned, saying that the home of the county magistrate and the official's house in the capital city were robbed at that time. It's exactly the same. All the items disappeared out of thin air, with no trace of moving at all. It's just that the guard guarding the warehouse was stunned..."
"Since the guard was stunned, it should be man-made, but why are there no traces of movement?" The prince also felt that his brain was not working well recently. "Then where was the Nangong family at that time?"
"The convict team was at the inn outside the city at that time, but when they arrived at the inn, the city gate was already closed."
The prince always felt that this matter was related to the Nangong family, but he had no evidence. He had considered the whole matter countless times, but he could not convince himself that it was related to Nangong Yunteng. Nangong Yunteng was still in the palace that night when the palace was stolen. In prison, and he was there at that time, extracting confessions. He watched Nangong Yunteng being tortured with his own eyes.
Feeling irritated, he waved his hand: "Stop talking!" The prince quickened his pace. He wanted to go home and sleep now.
The attendant was about to say something, but when he saw that his master was getting angry, he quickly shut up.
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When Su Niyue woke up, it was already bright. She reached out and touched the place next to her. She saw that Nangong Yunteng had already gotten up. She rubbed her eyes and found that Jiuwan was not there. She stretched and sat up. Her hair was as messy as There was a chicken coop. I remembered that I wanted to go to the mountains to see it today. I got out of bed and entered the space. I washed up and changed some clothes. When I came out of the space, I heard Nangong Yunteng talking in the yard, as if It's training 90,000.
Su Niyue ran and stumbled out of the room when she heard a ninety thousand "ooh" sound. Su Niyue twitched the corner of her mouth: "If you don't scream, there won't be a sound. If you scream, it will shock your ears."
Under the sun, Nangong Yunteng was wearing a moon-white gown. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he still had a tall and straight figure and a majestic appearance. Su Niyue walked over and rubbed her belly: "I'm so hungry. Let's eat and set off!"
Nangong Yunteng smiled slightly: "We have all eaten. Mom left some food for you, go and eat!"
"Did I get up late?"
"It's not too late. It's just the right time to set off after dinner. It's too early and the humidity in the mountains is too heavy!"
"good!"
This time Su Niyue and Nangong Yunteng didn't bring anyone with them. When they reached the foot of the mountain and saw no one nearby, they quickly put their horses into the space. In the gap between the two mountains, Su Niyue used the earth element to open a gentle path. Lu. Nangong Yunteng originally wanted to carry her up to the top of the mountain using Qinggong.
As a result, Su Niyue disagreed. She wanted to experience for herself what kind of road should be opened that would not affect the passage of carriages and the integrity of the mountain. She already had a rough blueprint in mind, but she wanted to The blueprint is more detailed.
A winding path appeared in the gap between the two mountains. After crossing the path, a forest appeared in front of me. The forest was shrouded in a thin layer of white mist. The air was filled with the smell of humidity and decaying branches and leaves. In the distance, a stone mountain stood in the forest. In the center of the room, Su Niyue came close to him and stuffed a pill into his mouth. There was a fragrance in his mouth, and he didn't ask what Su Niyue gave him.
"Antitoxic pills, there is miasma in the woods!" After saying that, Su Niyue walked in front of him.
Nangong Yunteng smiled and said nothing. He looked around at the situation in the woods and nodded. The woods were a natural barrier. Su Niyue walked around, looking east and west, and from time to time she had to look at the trees. Bug research study.
"There are quite a lot of poisonous insects here!" Su Niyue said to herself: "But this is not a problem, we can just use them!"
The two walked for more than two-quarters of an hour before walking through the woods. In front of them was an open space, at least 800 meters away from the stone mountain. The ground was covered with dirt and stones. They stepped on the stones and walked around the mountain along the open space. It turned out that whether it was woods or open space, it happened to surround the entire mountain, forming a naturally formed ring.
"This open space can be widened. We don't need such a large forest." Su Niyue already liked this place.
"Well, this seems to be specially prepared for us!" Nangong Yunteng raised his head and looked at the top of the mountain: "Ordinary people shouldn't be able to climb this height. Even if I use Qinggong, it won't be easy."
Su Niyue made a visual inspection and found that it was at least twenty stories high.
The two found the crack in the mountain that Bai Lu was talking about. In fact, it was not a crack. It looked like two mountains were brought together due to changes in the earth's crust. There was also a rectangular boulder lying across the middle, like a natural stone door. And there was a stone gate on it. The triangular hole is large enough to build a room inside and can be used as a lookout.
