And in the imperial city of Luodu (Ziwei City), the prince of the dynasty, wearing a dark purple Dake (big flower) silk shirt, a folded turban, a nine-ring belt, and Liuhe boots, looked dignified and elegant; he was also there. Surrounded by all the accompanying ministers, he walked westward through the Feixiang Hall, Liubei Hall, Dayi Hall and other palace complexes.
But when he finally arrived at the Shanzhaiyuan beside the Kyushu Pond in the Taoguang Garden in the northwest of the imperial city, there were only the last two eunuchs left with him. Amidst the gentle announcements from the internal officials, His Royal Highness also stepped onto the long steps alone and arrived at the largest palace building in the courtyard.
In the brightly lit hall, there was only a slightly squat but majestic figure; he stood quietly with his hands behind his back in front of the tall, long mural of figures. The prince bowed his hands and bowed respectfully and said: "Father, you are exposed late at night, please take care of yourself..."
"..." However, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty laughed without looking back. The prince's back was numb when he laughed and said: "My son is really filial! But I have been in power for twenty-seven or eight years. It doesn’t matter whether you take care of yourself or not; isn’t there a big boy like you?”
"Father is serious...Father is serious." However, the prince sweated even more when he heard this: "You are at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, when everything is promising; not to mention the laws of the country, the ancestors of all generations have their own rules and regulations. How dare I, my son, dare to arrogate the slightest bit? I can only serve you with filial piety."
"It's a good country's laws, and the ancestors of all generations have their own rules and regulations." The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty still did not turn around, and naturally could not see his true expression, but suddenly stared at a large mural in front of him of the daily life of the previous kings and said : "Actually, what I admire the most is the Xuan Temple!"
In this mural of group portraits and scenes that is more than two feet high, it is clearly Tang Xuanzong (Li Longji) who created the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty. He received the ministers and the vast number of people on the ground floor of Nannei (Xingqing Palace). The style of the times of worship. However, the emperor continued to speak:
"At the beginning, Xuanmiao was just an idle king of a clan, but with hundreds of royal servants, domestic servants and inner garden craftsmen, he easily overturned the dictatorial government policy, the one-handed empress Wei/Wu clan; Jiang Ruimiao What a fascinating courage and ambition it is to be promoted to a high position!"
"..." Upon hearing this, the prince responded quickly with confusion and confusion on his face: "I am scared, but I also care about the achievements of my ancestors and clans, and I am willing to assist Mr. Zuo..."
"Sanlang, there's no need to be afraid, and I don't mean to be harsh; it's just that it's getting harder and harder to sleep at night. Fortunately, I suddenly felt something when I traveled here." However, the emperor turned his back to him and waved his hand gently: "After all, Xuan Temple can Everything is successful, after all, it is the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people;”
"It's nothing more than that Webster's one-party dictatorship has ruined the country and is unpopular. People have already rebelled against relatives and alienated relatives, and internal and external conflicts are boiling. Therefore, when Xuan Temple takes advantage of the momentum, it doesn't matter whether it is Yulin Tuenmen, Wanqi Feijian, or Nanya guards; Jing Cong either became a spectator; this is how Jing Long Yi Ding was created."
"I am already old, so I have to face my ancestors and think too much." At this point, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty suddenly turned around and said, "My dear eldest son, I will maintain the continuity of the imperial lineage in the future." If I don't fall under the authority of the Tian Family, I'll be counting on you..."
However, when the prince, whose face was full of sadness and reverence, exited the Shanzhaiyuan, he suddenly stopped in an open space beside the Jiuzhou Pool. Immediately, an eunuch wearing clothes emerged from a nearby waterside pavilion, and the servants following him spontaneously walked to both sides to act as a warning.
"Chen Hemen, you are Mr. Tian's most effective lieutenant, and you are also honored to be serving the emperor. I just want to ask you a question." The prince asked with a cold face: "How is the emperor's health? Is it really true that we have reached the point where we can no longer look at things for a long time?”
"Let's go back to Your Majesty." Chen Hemen, who was thin and had slender eyebrows, carefully replied with lowered eyebrows: "According to several routine internal consultations, Your Majesty has always been just a minor ailment; it's just that there are several days when he doesn't feel well. The concubine who came to visit me again said that she wanted to practice abstinence and self-cultivation according to the health regimen..."
At the same time, Jiang Tian, who had been galloping along the straight road all night, also returned to his underground headquarters in the southwest corner of Chang'an City. However, after more than a month (several years in another world), the headquarters located in the underground cave seemed busier and more lively;
Not only were there many new buildings and facilities in the ruins of the city used for simulation training, but there were also significantly more corridors and openings on the four walls. This also means that part of the underground space that was sealed in the past has been gradually opened due to needs.
The expanded training ground is bustling with people, and thousands of recruits are being trained; these soldiers, who only have a few leather armors and cloth armors, are hidden in complex buildings and ruins from time to time, with their claws cut off and restraints tied on. The strange beasts were knocked over and thrown to the ground one after another.
However, there are also some soldiers with pumped muscles or strong bodies, standing at a high place to monitor the scene; once the alien beasts are used as training materials and targets for confrontation; if there are any signs of losing control or breaking free from restraints, they will fly down. He was easily knocked down and suppressed again.
Craftsmen and handymen were constantly coming in and out of the corridors and openings in the stone walls, using carts and lifting platforms to transport large amounts of materials and equipment. The armored soldiers wearing gray spider shell armor and special goggles and helmets were holding firecrackers and short-barreled hand cannons as they shuttled back and forth.
In addition, there is a corner of the underground space, a large mechanical workshop driven by water wheels; the faint sparks and roars coming from the smelting and forging, and the billowing smoke from the cooling water pipes. It seems that there is some kind of cyberpunk under the classical feudal skin.
But on the top of a tower in the underground city, there is something like a shrine. It is shrouded by prayer flags with Sanskrit written on it. It emits a kind of vague fluctuation from time to time; and it makes the surrounding area hundreds of meters Inside, all living creatures feel peace and tranquility.
Among them are some amateur soldiers and expert team members who have obvious physical deformations, partial deformations and abnormal expressions; there are also some aliens who are specially loaded in stainless steel cages. But whether they are common ferocious beasts, ghosts, or other grotesque beings, they are all lurking low in the cage.
It is like being shrouded in this invisible halo, these beings born due to mutations have lost their bloodthirsty desires and violent impulses, and can only lie lazily in the cage, facing the living bodies that are so close. Blood food and animal organs; indifferent and lost most interest.
There are even some severely deformed ghosts who are obviously gradually re-transforming into human form. Other soldiers and team members with local distortions or abnormal expressions were also alleviated and subsided under this invisible influence, and were then taken away for further conditioning.
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When Jiang Tian stepped into the underground headquarters surrounded by a cadre of subordinates, there was a sudden loss of voice and silence wherever he passed, and then he saluted one after another and burst out in waves: "See the Supervisor!" "Supervisor!" Si Wan'an." "I have met Shangguan." "Welcome to Shangguan."
It was as if the previously distinct atmosphere in each functional area was suddenly broken. Immediately afterwards, Deputy Supervisor Yu Cong, who had been notified in advance, also led the heads of various departments. With complex expressions and forced suppression of certain emotions on his face, he came forward and said in relief:
"As long as the supervisor comes back, everything will be easy to handle."
In fact, during the more than a month after Jiang Tian lost contact, as the deputy supervisor of the left-behind headquarters, he seemed to have endured various pressures from all aspects, and even endless probing methods emerged in an endless stream. It also made him realize the fact that the other party was the real backbone of the Xijing branch.
After all, he neither has the tyrannical force to overthrow the entire field, nor the extraordinary ability to kill the aliens like a piece of grass; nor does he have the prestige to create and train those elite soldiers from scratch and equip them. He is just an ordinary person and a qualified official with an imperial examination background;
Therefore, Yu Cong can certainly rely on the inertia and authority of the system to drive these subordinates who have special expertise or extraordinary means; but there is no way to command them like an arm, or to gain their heartfelt trust and compliance. And this situation also gave him a sense of crisis.
Because he found that compared to that chief officer, his position was not irreplaceable; in other words, given the size of the country, he could always find someone who was more outstanding and outstanding than him, or who had more power and background. After Dang Jiang lost contact, various situations followed.
Packaged under the initiative to offer more materials, budget allocations and quotas, it was the conspiracy of various yamen to insert and reach out to Xijingli Xingyuan; it even made it impossible for him to refuse or confront him head-on. But Xiao can only rely on external pressure to unite the hearts of the people in the headquarters.
On the one hand, they are trying their best to delay and circumvent; they are also releasing true and false news and smoke to make the forces with ulterior motives behind these yamen constrain and interfere with each other in disguise; It is expected to retain the core team of the Xijing branch.
Even if they give up the layman's command and control of the fifth battalion, as well as the three key areas such as the Grain Hall, Training Hall, and Works and Battalion Hall. But as long as the most important maintenance room, as well as the directly subordinate internal security and mobile teams can be preserved and not be dismantled or assigned elsewhere, there is still room for recovery.
For this reason, Yu Cong hardly went home this month. He lived and ate in the headquarters day and night. He was so exhausted that his hair almost fell out. Now, all this has been completely solved with Jiang Tian's return. Those people don’t care about Cong, a mere Dongge bachelor;
But there is no way to ignore and ignore, in today's world where monsters are frequently appearing; a "disaster star" and "living star" who can rely on extraordinary means to ignore most of the constraints of the court system and kill mountains of corpses and seas of blood wherever he goes. Tai Sui", the consequences and costs of being angered.
