Douluo: The Peerless Eye of Heaven Yu Hao

Chapter 146 The White Tiger Family is just a chess piece [5400 words]

He left quickly and came back quickly. It didn't take long for Xuanzi to fly back. He looked at everyone and said, "The matter is over. You are all ready. Let's set off for Xingluo City."

Since the surveillance mission ended early, there was no reason to stay in this disgusting-looking place. Not long after, a group of people followed Xuanzi and flew straight into the sky, heading towards Xingluo City.

Of course, Xuanzi slowed down this time. Anyway, the mission was over and there were still a few days until the start of the competition, so there was no need to rush.

"By the way, Mr. Xuan, is our mission a success or a failure this time?" Xixi's soul power transmitted a message that everyone could hear.

Huo Yuhao and the others in the reserve team didn't feel anything yet, but the people in the home team all raised their heads and looked at Xuanzi with a hint of expectation in their eyes.

Zhang Lexuan shook her head and smiled, and answered Xuanzi, "This time's mission will be yours."

"pretty."

The home team was all excited.

"Please be careful, our next task is the Soul Fighting Competition." Zhang Lexuan instructed.

"Yes, big sister."

Seven people responded in unison.

……

Xingluo City, an ancient city with a history of tens of thousands of years, is almost on par with the Tiandou City of the Tianhun Empire.

Star Luo City is not only the imperial capital, but also the cultural center, political center, and economic center of the Star Luo Empire. Since its establishment, it has never fallen.

Its permanent population has reached an astonishing 800 million, making it the most populous city among the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.But the most eye-catching thing is not the population, but the walls built around the city.

Outside Xingluo City, a group of people were walking from a distance. Even from a distance, everyone could see the city wall with a height and width of 15 meters. On the city wall, there was a flag every meters. As the wind roared, the flag also rustled, with a vivid star crown pattern on it, symbolizing the identity of the empire's master.

Outside Xingluo City, there are countless connected official roads. From the sky, they almost spread like blood vessels.There are six cities with a population of more than one million around Xingluo City, and the overall combination is directly a city agglomeration.

Because of the increase in population, in fact, the area of ​​Xingluo City is also constantly expanding. Otherwise, how can it accommodate 800 million people in a thousand square kilometers.

"There are too many people."

When he approached the city tower with a total of eight huge gates, Wang Dong couldn't help but exclaimed.

At a glance, under the city tower, whether they were walking or riding in carriages, it was almost a sea of ​​people, and the crowd was densely packed with people.

The noisy voices come and go, making people's brains dull.

What's even more astonishing is that new people are still coming in on the official roads that extend in all directions.

The oxygen contained in the air seems to have become thinner due to too many people, making it uncomfortable to breathe.

Under the city tower, there are more than thousands of soldiers to maintain order. In order to ensure the stability of the audience during the competition, soul masters who are not lower than the soul king are hidden everywhere. If any accident occurs, they can take action in time to deal with it. calm.

"There is a separate channel for participating colleges. Come with me." Xuanzi took the wine gourd and couldn't help but take a sip of juice. He had really not drank since the day he agreed to Mr. Mu.

But not to mention, this juice is sour, sweet and delicious...

Naturally, everyone obeyed Mr. Xuan and followed him towards a fully armed commander of the city defense army.

Among the eight city gates, one gate is empty, which is reserved for participating colleges to enter.

When he saw that the academy mark handed over by Mr.

"Yeah." Mr. Xuan nodded slightly, "Little monsters, let's go."

Perhaps because of the special passage, this attracted countless people, but they couldn't tell what kind of college Huo Yuhao and the others were from.

The commander was not lying. After entering the city gate, a soldier from the Star Luo Empire Royal Guard immediately came to lead the way.

Of course, in a carriage.

After officially entering the city, through the windows, buildings of different heights appeared in everyone's eyes. Many buildings even had banners to celebrate the competition.

The road, which is large enough for sixteen horse-drawn carriages to run abreast, was temporarily reduced in width so that people would no longer be crowded on the sidewalk.

There were countless travelers coming and going on the street, not only from the Star Luo Empire, but also from the Sky Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire, with the Sun and Moon Empire having the fewest people.

The vendors were almost smiling, but the tourists who were able to stroll around were those who had found a hotel. There were more tourists still looking for a suitable hotel, otherwise they would have to sleep on the street.

Star Luo Empire officials also knew this and immediately recruited a large number of private houses. At the same time, with the help of the Soul Fighting Competition, a large number of housing and commercial areas were built in the areas planned to expand the city area, so that they could not only satisfy tourists, but also Being able to complete the expansion of the city is like killing two birds with one stone.

Looking at the bustling city, Huo Yuhao had a daze in his mind. In Huo Yuhao's original memory, he had never been to Xingluo City. He had been growing up in the White Tiger Duke's Palace since he was a child. The rare time he went out was to follow his mother to the woods. Look for edible wild fruits and vegetables.

Of course, I have seen Xingluo City from a distance, and I don't know what Huo Yuhao would have felt when he was young, standing on a hill and looking at this city.

The students were chattering among themselves. In addition to competitions, fun was also very important. Dai Yaoheng was the only one who looked indifferent throughout the whole process and didn't know what he was thinking.

Finally, the soldiers of the Royal Guard led everyone to the entrance of a large hotel with beautiful environment and quite quiet.

"Everyone, we have arrived at the Star Emperor Hotel." The guard soldier's voice came from outside the carriage.

As everyone got off the car, at a glance, a huge seven-story building came into view. Although it only had seven floors, in fact, it was several buildings put together, covering a very large area.

There were not many people in the hotel lobby at this time. Apart from the staff, there was basically no one else.

When Mr. Xuan showed Shrek Academy's participation certificate, there was an instant shout of surprise. Under the joyful leadership of a receptionist, a group of people took the soul guide elevator directly to the luxurious room on the top floor.

However, when they entered the luxurious room, everyone was stunned because there were already three girls sitting in the living room.

"Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, Zhu Lu?"

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong stepped forward in surprise.

"We meet again." Wu Feng stood up and said excitedly.

Zhu Lu glanced at Huo Yuhao and nodded slightly.

Seeing Zhu Lu looking at Huo Yuhao, Dai Yaoheng frowned slightly. It was obvious that he was also aware of the changes in the White Tiger family and the Civet family.

Could it be that my second younger brother was wearing a hat...

"Mr. Xuan." Ning Tian stepped forward and saluted Mr. Xuan with an elegant smile.

Xuanzi nodded and explained to everyone with a smile: "As I said before, the college specially approved three places to choose from the students who were eliminated in the selection competition. The three of them were successfully selected. This time they came with the team to watch the game. Yes, he won’t play.”

After hearing this explanation, the home team luckily knew it already, and everyone in the reserve team was shocked.

"Welcome." Huo Yuhao was the first to speak. Soon, others also expressed their welcome, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious.

"Thank you." The three women responded with a smile, but when they said thank you, they were more towards Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao nodded, but said nothing more.

Xuanzi ordered: "Le Xuan, You and Wang Yan go to the competition committee to register. The others can move around as they please, but remember, if you want to leave the hotel, you must report it. If anyone dares to go out without permission, I will deal with him severely, old man." "

"As ordered."

The crowd responded in unison.

"Mr. Xuan, I have something to deal with, and I request to leave the team." Dai Yueheng said. "Go ahead, leave early and come back early." Xuanzi waved his hand.

"Yes." Dai Yaoheng glanced at Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu from the corner of his eyes, and followed Zhang Lexuan and Wang Yan's steps to leave with an expressionless face.

Xuanzi had little communication with the young people, leaving space for everyone.

As soon as he left, the atmosphere instantly became heated.

"Xiaotian, Xiaofeng, why are you two here?"

Yao Haoxuan dodged and came directly to Ning Tian, ​​looking at him in surprise.

"Do you know each other?" Xixi teased, "Don't go over to someone else's girl just because she's pretty."

Yao Haoxuan twitched the corner of his mouth and introduced: "Xiaotian is the young master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, and Xiaofeng is the granddaughter of Senior Red Dragon Douluo. My family has a very good relationship with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. We are considered family friends."

"Young Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect?"

Suddenly, many people were shocked. For this sect with a longer history than Shrek Academy, there are probably only a few people in the entire continent who don’t know it, not to mention that Ning Rong still stands on the long bridge leading to the academy. The statue of Rong.

"Just call me Xiaotian. Here, I only have the identity of a Shrek student and nothing else." Ning Tian will not be proud of his identity. That is the behavior of a fool.

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but have a better impression of her.

"By the way, who brought you here?" Huo Yuhao asked curiously.

"It was an old man, but we didn't know him. The old man sent us to the hotel and then left." Zhu Lu spoke first.

Wu Feng and Ning Tian nodded.

"Old man?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat. Could it be Mr. Mu who was here?
Perhaps it was because there were three more girls, and they were all very beautiful, so Gong Yangmo and Chen Zifeng also joined the chatting team.On the contrary, Ling Luochen and Xixi shrugged and went to find their own bedrooms to rest.

They were all young people, so there were naturally many topics to talk about, and everyone quickly became familiar with each other.

The happiest person was Xu Sanshi. Because there were three more girls, the seniors hardly looked at Jiang Nannan, and he was relieved.

……

Star Luo Palace.

In the imperial study room of the side hall, Xu Jiawei is looking at the progress report on the expansion plan of Xingluo City. This expansion will increase the area of ​​Xingluo City by one-third, which can greatly alleviate the current housing difficulties. If It's not a soul fighting competition, so I'm afraid I won't be able to attract so many sponsors to help with money.

Suddenly, the door of the royal study room was opened, and the pretty Xu Jiujiu walked in. She came to Xu Jiawei and said straight to the point: "Brother, the Shrek Academy troops have arrived. At the same time, the star guards I sent out discovered Dai. Yaoheng returned to the Duke's Mansion alone."

Xu Jiawei stopped moving and said, "Continue to send people to monitor the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

"I understand." He nodded for a long time.

"What's the result of your investigation? I gave you three Super Douluo at your disposal." Xu Jiawei's tone was solemn.

Xu Jiujiu looked ugly and said in a deep voice: "There are already results. There are four dukes, twelve marquises, and twenty earls who have affairs with the White Tiger Duke's Palace and the Civet Duke's Palace."

"These nobles all come from major cities in the southwestern part of the empire. Ever since the invasion of the Sun and Moon Empire, the southwestern part has hardly been affected by any war. However, since our family became a royal family, our control over that area has not been strict. Even if the empire Nobles are not allowed to set up fiefs, but after thousands of years, their current living conditions are not much different from those of nobles with fiefs."

"Locally, they are almost like local emperors. They secretly absorb at least % of the tax revenue paid to the central government every year. At the same time, they also use their own power and are protected by officials to establish private trade lines on the sea, collude with pirates, and continue to make money. .”

"The most hateful thing is that the policy of free awakening of martial arts souls for common people promulgated by you, Emperor Brother, has not been passed down in the southwest, no, it should be the entire southern part of the empire. The people have no idea about it. Ordinary local people want to To awaken the martial spirit, you either have to sign a contract of betrayal or never try to awaken the martial spirit for the rest of your life."

"This has resulted in these nobles possessing a large number of soul master resources. Among them, the top few Dukes' mansions even have titled Douluo in charge."

"Since our family became a royal family, each generation of emperors has had different policies towards the southwest. Some are harsh, some are lax, but in the end they are not dealt with enough, which leads to tiger breeding. Starting from the emperor's generation, We began to continuously suppress and break up these intertwined nobles, which also aroused their extreme resentment and grouping, but they did not dare to truly resist the rebellion, so they found the White Tiger Duke's Palace, which they believed was also in an unstable situation."

"The White Tiger family was the former Xingluo royal family, with sufficient status, and everyone knows about the current discord between the royal family and the White Tiger Duke's Palace. In addition, Dai Hao inherited and controlled most of the Western Army's legions from his father, which makes these The nobles are moved, and they provide money and resources, so whenever there is any policy for the southwest in the court in recent years, the White Tiger family will default to not taking a position, while the Cingmao family will directly oppose it."

"At the same time, there are many officials in the court who also accepted bribes, so they spared no effort to support the two families."

"In the face of sufficient interests, anyone would dare to risk his or her life to get something that shouldn't be touched. This is the list of my investigation, please take a look, brother."

After finishing the long conversation, Xu Jiujiu took out a thick document and placed it on Long's desk.

Xu Jiawei looked normal, picked it up and started to look at it carefully. At this moment, he suddenly said a piece of news that shocked Xu Jiujiu, "Jiujiu, you did a good job, but you didn't think it through thoroughly."

"I don't understand for a long time, please ask the emperor to clarify my confusion." He was stunned for a long time.

Xu Jiawei looked into her eyes: "Do the nobles in the southwest really use the White Tiger Family as an important trump card to resist the royal family? Are there other forces that are the real driving force?"

He frowned for a long time, but after a few seconds, his breathing suddenly became short, as if he had discovered something incredible.

"Looks like you've responded."

Xu Jiawei nodded with satisfaction after adding her like this.
"As you said, the emperor began to attack these southwest aristocrats in his later years, and then the attack during his father's reign caused them to unite and resist. However, they did not dare to fight directly with the royal family, so they found a replacement, and openly Up there is the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

"Because the White Tiger Duke's Mansion is very suitable to be used as a covert existence."

"But don't forget, whenever we plan to rectify these nobles first, the Sun and Moon Empire will always launch a small-scale local conflict at the right time, thus affecting the direction of our court. When we make a complete decision When they decided to deal with these nobles first, the Sun and Moon Empire did not even engage in local conflicts and directly planned to suppress the situation with heavy troops."

"Do you think there is anything fishy about this? If that's what we guessed, the White Tiger family is just a chess piece, a chess piece specially used to divert our attention. I have never thought about destroying the White Tiger family. Because unless an absolutely powerful soul master appears within them, they will never be able to threaten the imperial power."

"We still don't know whether the Sun and Moon Empire is really doing something secretly. It's all just speculation now. However, we can use this soul fighting competition as an opportunity to directly attack the nobles in the southwest and completely reverse the situation. After all, now everyone The eyes of the mainland are all over, even if the Sun and Moon Empire wants to do something big, it still has to weigh the consequences."

Hearing this, his eyes lit up for a long time, "No wonder, brother Huang, you keep saying that I should wait until the day of the competition before taking action."

"Yes." Xu Jiawei nodded, "The most suitable time for us to take action is during the Soul Fighting Competition. After that, it will be difficult."

"What about the White Tiger family?" Xu Jiujiu asked.

Xu Jiawei said: "I have sent someone to ask Dai Hao to come back tomorrow and we will participate in this event together. If the Sun and Moon Empire takes action when these nobles are eliminated, then I can take advantage of Dai Hao's absence and the White Tigers are leaderless. , to take back part of the military power of the group army. At the same time, we can also confirm that these nobles have surrendered to the Sun and Moon Empire."

"Anyone who prevents me from arranging personnel to go to the Western Army Group will be directly punished with treason. But the plan we are talking about now depends on whether the Sun and Moon Empire will give face to send troops."

"But...instead of passively waiting for the enemy to give you an opportunity, it is better to take the initiative to attract opportunities. When Dai Hao returns home tomorrow, you secretly ask the Star Guards staying in the southwest to release the news, saying that the empire is going to take action against them. If they are quick, The people in the Sun and Moon Empire must be notified."

"It just so happens that Dai Hao returns home at this time. If a conflict arises, I will let Dai Hao stay in Xingluo City and choose someone else to guard the border. As for these southwest nobles, the small ones can kill the leader and the rest will surrender. The big ones don't need to If you hold back, your clan will be exterminated without mercy."

Xu Jiujiu nodded subconsciously. For her, these are almost major events that can affect the future situation of the empire. "I understand, and they must be properly arranged."

"No, you don't need to go. I've asked Grandpa Second to do it. You can just prepare for the competition with peace of mind." Xu Jiawei's eyes were deep.

"Yes." Xu Jiujiu knew that the level of this matter was not something she could participate in now. The emperor just taught her how to deal with things.

"Stop talking about this, how are your preparations for Star Guardian?" Xu Jiawei changed the subject.

A firm smile appeared on Xu Jiujiu's face, "I think it will definitely bring great trouble to the people of Shrek Academy. After all, this soul skill has not been used by members of our family for too many years."

"If we can still defeat Shrek Academy, it will be like killing three birds with one stone for the benefits we get." Xu Jiawei said with a smile, "Go ahead, brother, we still have to deal with political affairs here, so let's not talk about it."

"Okay." He smiled sweetly for a long time, turned around and left, closing the door.

(End of this chapter)