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Silver Fort, King's Tower, Observatory.

The huge telescope pointed to the sky, like an ancient cannon. This is the largest traditional astronomical telescope in Ambergris River. Although the observation distance is far less than that of the most advanced radio telescope, it can observe the starry sky with the naked eye.

The Wei family have been astronomy enthusiasts for several generations, and some family members have discovered new stars.

A man in his early thirties stood beside the telescope. Long gown jade belt, sword at waist, dressed up as a new Zen Confucian scholar. At this moment, the Confucian looked up at the sky, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Quietly, a cloud of shadow appeared at the entrance of the corridor.

"Young Master, they are going to blow up the tower." The voice was low and hoarse, like the sound of sharpening a knife.

The Confucian looked at the sky quietly, but did not seem to hear it.

"Young Master..." The shadow said again.

"Let them blow up..." The Confucian turned his head, staring at the shadow in the corridor, and sighed, "The country is about to die. As the crown prince, I have no face to live on."

"Little Lord……"

"Let's go." The scholar raised his hand, "From today, you are free."

"No, I won't go." The hoarse voice seemed a little excited, "A slave for a day, and a slave for life!"

"Why are you?" The scholar shook his head and sighed slightly.

"Finally, let the base slave accompany the young master for a while." The hoarse voice brought begging.

"You..." The Confucian exhaled a long breath, "Well, it's good to have a companion on Huangquan Road."

"Thank you Young Master!" The hoarse voice was full of surprises, as if he had received great favor.

The shadow on the corridor gradually disappeared.

The expression on Confucian scholar's face gradually became cold, "Look at the last door for me."

He whispered, walked to the wall, found the funnel-shaped star cluster on an astronomical mural, and pressed it hard. The hidden mechanism is activated, and the mural opens upwards, revealing the metal pull ring inside.

The Confucian scholar grasped the pull ring and pulled it outwards, the iron chain rustled, the sound of gears rubbing inside the wall, and a secret path appeared in the corner of the wall.

It was dark inside, and the scholar squatted down and shone in with a flashlight. Inside was a spiral slide, like a garbage-throwing passage in a hotel.

The Confucian did not hesitate much, and he got in. Accompanied by a soft sliding sound, it disappeared at the entrance of the passage.

"Have you heard, if we don't surrender, we will blow up the tower!"

Below the tower, the tall fat man shouted toward the spiral staircase.

However, there was no response in the corridor.

"Big cat, what should they do if they ignore us?" a black guy leaned forward and asked.

"If it doesn't work, just blow it up!" said the big cat.

"No way, big cat, there are a lot of valuables on it. If you blow it up, it will be gone." Cassie waved her hand and shook her head, like a chimpanzee who can talk humans.

"If the money is gone, it's gone. It's better than letting the brothers die." Big Cat said.

"No, Mr. Qin will be unhappy." "It's okay, I will ask the boss before the bombing."

The two were arguing, and a cold voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Let me come."

Big cat and Cassie were taken aback at the same time. Both of them are strong guards of different bloodlines, with keen senses, but the other party can quietly appear behind them, and the risk factor can be imagined.

Turning his head to see, it turned out that it was the head maid, and the two of them were suddenly relieved.

"Why are you, don't you need to follow Mr Qin Duan's teapot?" Cassie asked curiously. In his impression, every time he saw the maid, the other party would hold a teapot and plate in his hand.

"The master asked me to come over and see if I need help." Seeing Yue Canglian replied, then she crossed the two of them and walked towards the spiral staircase.

As soon as Cassie and Big Cat moved away and wanted to follow up and help, they heard her say, "This is a duel between warriors, please let me face it alone."

Before the words fell, countless pink petals floated out of the void, as if encountering a whirlpool airflow, swirling and dancing around the slender body, and gradually attached to the body surface, forming a pair of bright red armor.

"Be careful!" "Don't tell Mr Qin that we are hiding behind and not helping!"

Seeing Yue Canglian turned her head, nodded slightly, and then walked up the spiral staircase.

It was quiet for a few seconds, and then a red light flashed, and there was a fierce collision of swords.

Jingle bells keep ringing, frequency

Very high, at least three to four hits per second, if it weren't for promotion to Guardian level, they wouldn't be able to hear it.

The sound of sword fighting continued for several minutes, and suddenly there was a soft noise, and the sound stopped abruptly.

"puff!"

It was the sound of a sword piercing into the flesh and blood splashing.

The corridor fell into a dead silence. Big Cat and Cassie stared at the corridor nervously, breathing stagnantly. If the maid lost here, they don't know how to explain to Chen Xing.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The crisp heels sounded, and the two long legs stepped into sight, and the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go, go up and arrest people!"

"Wei Qingshan is on the top, that's a big fish!"

"Listen to everyone, the silverclaw prince is captured alive, and the bounty is one hundred!"

Gendarmerie wearing white gloves filed up the spiral ladder and rushed into the observatory.

But it was empty inside, with no one. After a search, a military policeman discovered the mechanism on the astronomical map.

"There is a secret road!" "Hurry up!"

At the same time, people came and went in the castle hall. The military police and the captured servants carried the corpse together, cleaned up the blood stains, and cleaned up.

"Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up! Your lord is still waiting outside, come on!"

Under the constant urging of the captain of the military police, the castle hall was cleaned up, and the ground was as clean as a mirror and spotlessly clean. The throne was rubbed repeatedly with alcohol to give it a new look.

"The castle has been cleaned up, please come in!"

"Brothers, go in!"

With a strong wave of his hand, Chen Xing led senior officers such as Xiang Caidie, Huozui, and Lin Shiyuan into the castle hall.

The double door at this time has been barely repaired and opened to both sides.

The gold-painted red carpet stretches from the door to below the Silver Claw Throne.

"Oh, it turns out that this is the palace." "It's really magnificent." "It's too big, enough for playing."

The castle hall is luxuriously decorated, spacious and bright, covering thousands of square meters, with a square porch and a towering dome, which is full of style.

The throne is located in the middle, with two steps.

According to the convention, the noble lords have the first step, the duchy’s country owner has the second step, and the kingdom king has the third step.

The throne is made of sterling silver, with leather embedded in the middle and armrests, which looks extremely luxurious.

So this is the throne of power...

Chen Xing circled the throne and gently stroked the back of the throne. After several hesitations, he finally did not sit down. Instead, he sat on the second step of the high platform, leaving the throne empty.

If one day he wants to sit on the throne, it must be the day when the mercenaries will establish the country.

Except for some security guards, all brigade-level and regimental-level and above officers entered the hall.

Most of them came from low-level mercenaries, never entered the palace, let alone entered as a victor. I'm all very curious, this touch, that touch.

"Couldn't this thing be made of fine gold?" A brigade commander touched the knight's armor leaning against the stone pillar as a decoration. The surface of the armor exudes a faint golden light, unlike the dazzling gold, it is a very soft luster.

"How much is such a large piece of fine gold worth?" another leader said. As he spoke, he pulled out the gloves of the armor, but with too much force, the entire armor was scattered all over the place.

"Haha, are you a primary school student, you have broken everything." The brigade commander laughed.

"Oh..." The head of the armor was a little embarrassed.

At this moment, quartermaster Lu Shanhai just came up from behind, patted the other's shoulder and said, "It's okay, maybe I will move out and sell it later, just do it!"

When Chen Xing saw this scene, he immediately said loudly, "Everyone, you are welcome, just treat it as your own home."

"We are the victors, these are our trophies!"

"If you see what you like, take whatever you like!"

"Look at what good wine, good meat, eat whatever you want!"

"Hahaha!" "Boss arrogant!" "Let's not get drunk tonight!" "Long live!"

The atmosphere suddenly became very warm, but everyone maintained considerable restraint, and did not really turn the boxes and cabinets to rob things. As long as those who can enter here are senior officers of the expeditionary army, they will not be greedy for money.

Chen Xing pointed to an old man who looked like a housekeeper, who immediately

Trot over. It is not difficult to see from the appearance and actions that this person is one of the servants of Silver Fort.

"The palace butler, little Trollope, I have met an adult."

"Go, let people prepare food and drink!"

"Yes!"

"If you do this well, what position did you originally belong to, what position will you still use in the future," Chen Xing said.

The butler little Trollop suddenly showed ecstasy, "Thank you, Sir, thank you!"

Little Trollope was originally just one of the more than 30 palace butlers in the Silver Fort, mainly responsible for the restaurant and a small part of the living area, and had a low status among the butlers.

Being able to gain the recognition of big shots in advance at the critical moment of power transition will not only stabilize the position in the future, but may also take it to the next level.

"What cellars are there for good wine, delicacies, this and that, just get it up."

"There are 300-year-old brandy in the cellar, and 270-year-old East Continent Tenglong liquor."

"Bring them all up!"

"There are Antarctic tuna, polar bear paws, deep sea crabs, smoked deer legs from the Andes, Kunlun matsutake in the ice cellar..."

The housekeeper is like a few treasures. Most of Chen Xing has never heard of it, and he doesn't bother to study, and shakes his hand, like driving away flies, "It's all right, just get it and eat it, don't be long-winded!"

"Yes, my lord!" The butler bowed and saluted ninety degrees, then faced Chen Xing and slowly backed away.

Xiang Caidie winked at Lin Shiyuan who was aside. The latter knew, and immediately greeted the seven or eight staff members, and personally led the team to leave with the steward.

These people don't know what they are, and they must be monitored to ensure the safety of food and drinks.

Although the universal antidote can detox most of the poisons, they are new to the royal city, so it is better to be careful in all aspects. No one can tell whether these servants hide the loyalty of the Wei family, hide evil intentions, wait for opportunities, and prepare to make accidents at any time.

"My lord, the results of the preliminary count have come out..."

While waiting for food and drinks, Ye Yang Zhengxiong came back to report to his work.

"Killing 576 people from the Forbidden Army of Silver Fort, one man guarded by magic power, 14 servants who tried to resist..."

"How come there are so many servants resisting?" Chen Xing wondered.

Servants are not fighters, and generally do not resist when facing heavily armed military police.

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding..." Ye Yang Zhengxiong wiped his forehead. More than half of them were military policemen who saw beautiful women and couldn't help **** each other. As the captain of the gendarmerie, he would definitely want to protect his own people, so he simply killed him. Quan was killed by man, so as not to be corrected by the other party.

Chen Xing could see that Ye Yang Zhengxiong shunned the heavyweights and ignored them, but he did not continue to investigate the matter of a few people who died. The reason why he asked was to hit the other person so that nothing more would happen.

"There were 2,106 servants, 193 noble servants, 432 family members and family members of the Wei family, including 315 women family members, of marriageable age and good looks. About 40%..."

"The inventory of gold coins is more than 27.2 million, more than 1,270 pieces of cultural relics and antiques, more than 790 rare calligraphy and paintings, 65 100,000 gold-class luxury cars, and 46 precious swords. There are 178 precious firearms, 11 luxury yachts, seven million gold luxury floating boats, and one million gold luxury floating boats..."

"It's so rich." Chen Xing couldn't help sighing.

"A royal family with a heritage of two hundred years, the savings are far more than these, but the treasure has not been found yet." Ye Yang Zhengxiong said.

"I just talked casually, continue."

"Yes."

"Crown Prince Wei Qingshan escaped by secret road and is being hunted..."

"The second prince Wei Qinghe was successfully arrested and has been locked up in the dungeon..."

"Wei Qingshan ran away?" Chen Xing asked.

"This..." Ye Yang Zhengxiong wiped his forehead, and he would do this every time he was nervous.

"Just let it go." Chen Xing waved his hand, not caring very much. After all, he promised Dongfang Xuanyuan that, with the exception of Wei Qinghai, Wei Haitang's other two sons would not be killed.

It's also a trouble to catch it, and it's hard to explain if it's accidentally killed by his men.

"No need to chase." Chen Xing said.

"Yes!" Ye Yang Zhengxiong was about to be amnesty, not catching Wei Qingshan was his biggest mistake, so he said at the end. But fortunately, Chen Xing did not even blame. He was happy in his heart. It seemed that this son-in-law was still good and knew how to take care of his uncle's face.