There's something wrong with this assassin

Chapter 727 Underground Palace
Fang Bie stood at the door like this, looking at the man in front of him from afar.

This is the first time he saw each other.

But at the first glance, Fang Bie was almost sure that he was the person he was looking for.

The emperor in front of him was not as old as imagined.

In fact, he is already very old. He has been on the throne as a young man and has been sitting on the throne for 34 years now, but even if his hair looks white now, there are not many wrinkles on his face, only his voice is slightly low and mellow. hoarse.

"You are Fang Bie?" Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie and said.

"Exactly." Fang Bie nodded, looked at the other party and smiled: "Actually, I never thought that His Majesty would be willing to see me."

"Originally, I didn't plan to see you so soon." Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie: "But the letter you brought this time is really interesting."

"Also." Emperor Tianlu continued, "Since you already know my identity, why don't you kneel down and salute?"

"I'm just a reckless person in the rivers and lakes, and I have never liked this kind of thing." Fang Bie said so, and bowed slightly to Emperor Tianlu in front of him: "Do you think this is okay?"

Emperor Tianlu watched Fang Bie's performance quietly, his expression unchanged.

"East Japan has really invaded Korea?"

"It's absolutely true." Fang Bie nodded and said.

"Has Seoul fallen?" Emperor Tianlu continued to ask.

"Now, I'm afraid Pingcheng will be more dangerous than good. Maybe it won't be long before Pingcheng falls, and the king of Koryo will temporarily take refuge in the territory of Dazhou." Fang Bie said calmly, looking at the old man in front of him.

The reason why Emperor Tianlu wanted to meet Fang Bie was not that he was too interested in Fang Bie himself.

Of course, Emperor Tianlu was still interested in Fang Bie. The troubles caused by Qin before finally eliminated most of the influence because of Fang Bie.

Generally speaking, Fang Bie's status on Emperor Tianlu's side is quite good.

But the reason why Emperor Tianlu wanted to meet Fang Bie was because Fang Bie was the most direct witness of Dongying's invasion of Koryo, and he was able to get a letter of help from the King of Koryo to come to Yanjing.

Although one thing to say is that Fang Bie is really powerful, but the message Fang Bie brought this time must be taken very seriously by Emperor Tianlu.

"How many troops did Dongying dispatch?" Emperor Tianlu asked.

"I don't know the exact number, but the total will not be less than 15." Fang Bie looked at Emperor Tianlu: "This is enough troops to destroy the country."

As the history of the war progressed, the scale of the war tended to become smaller.

As early as thousands of years ago in the Warring States Period, Qin and Zhao could launch super-large-scale battles of millions of levels at any time, but after thousands of years, they would retreat if they did not advance. Inspiring teachers and mobilizing people.

But there is also a reason for all this.

Because when marching and fighting in ancient times, those accompanying transportation support personnel were actually counted in the total number of troops. After all, ancient soldiers were rarely professional soldiers.

The country's recruitment of the army itself is similar to corvee service, but although joining the army is more risky, it also has the same generous military rewards.

These armies mixed with peasants accompanying the army often become very large in number.

When it came to the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han conquered Dawan, he conscripted countless vicious youths to join the army, and mobilized hundreds of thousands of livestock, cattle and horses to participate in the transportation of this expedition.

However, with the further development of the military, the attributes of soldiers began to be strengthened more and more, and the model of soldiers who were off-duty for routine training began to appear. At this time, the army that went out became relatively professional soldiers, and such soldiers had higher combat effectiveness. , and the cohesion is much stronger than those mobs.

So instead the size of the army began to get smaller and smaller.

Just like when Emperor Chengzu made an expedition to Mobei and concentrated the elite of the whole country, it was only the role of an army of 20.

But now——Eastern Conquest of Koryo, it was actually possible to raise an army of 15, which made Emperor Tianlu feel incredible.

"Dongpu is only a small country, how can it raise such a huge army?" Emperor Tianlu frowned slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied with the information Fang Bie gave.

"Are you bullying I don't know Bing?"

"Don't dare." Fang Bie shook his head and said, "It's just because the Dongying Kingdom has been in a long-term division and war, and the big names from all over the country have joined forces to protect themselves, just like hedgehogs who are all armed to the teeth, ready to deal with the enemies from all over the world." attacks and intrusions from all directions."

"Under this environment, every daimyo has squeezed the people under his rule to the extreme in order to get more resources to maintain the army."

"Your Majesty should have also heard the story of the Warring States Period. In the Warring States Period, each of the Seven Kingdoms also had hundreds of thousands of troops. Isn't this unimaginable today?"

"It's just that we're not in that environment."

"Since you say that, do you mean that Japan has been unified?" Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie and said curiously.

If it comes to the control of his own empire, Emperor Tianlu is of course unparalleled. He can know almost everything he wants to know, but outside of such a vast empire, he also lacks the ability to control those foreign lands. interest.

What happened to Dongying? Emperor Tianlu was just a little worried about those rogue Japanese pirates who came to the southeast to fight the autumn wind at every turn. In this case, if Dongying can be unified and have a political power that can negotiate, such nuisance will definitely be greatly reduced.

But if it is said that after the unification of Japan, it turned around and attacked Goryeo, this would make Emperor Tianlu very troubled.

If that's the case, you'd better come to the Japanese pirates every day. After all, Guang Jiqi has been fighting the Japanese pirates very hard recently, and has almost wiped out the Japanese pirates in the southeast.

"Yes." Fang Bie nodded and said, "It is said that a daimyo called Oda Nobunaga unified the entire Dongpu, and has been made a general by the emperor of Dongpu."

"Emperor?" Emperor Tianlu sneered, "Under the whole world, there can only be one emperor, and a mere false emperor dares to call himself the Mandate of Heaven."

Saying this, Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie: "Can I understand that during the time you disappeared, you ended up going to Japan?"

"This is something that cannot be told to His Majesty." Fang Bie said flatly.

In fact, his movements after the duel with Qin are still a mystery. Only a few people know that Fang Bie has temporarily left Shenzhou. After all, the bees in the hive are limited, and the carrier pigeons cannot fly across the vast ocean.

Seeing that Fang Bie was unwilling to answer, Emperor Tianlu didn't force it either.

He just looked at the darkness behind Fang Bie, and said, "What do you think of this place?"

This is a palace located underground in the entire imperial city, and it is quite large in scale, and the decoration is also very magnificent. It is hard to imagine that there is such a world underground in the imperial palace.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing in this hall is the rows of bookshelves surrounding it and the collection of books on it.

"Very good." Fang Bie nodded.

"Almost all the homage to me from the hive over the past thirty years is stored here." Emperor Tianlu continued.

Fang Bie looked at each other: "I don't know what His Majesty is talking about."

Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie, the boy's expression didn't look like he was pretending at all.

But Emperor Tianlu laughed himself: "You don't look like you are pretending to be stupid at all."

"However, whether you don't know it or know it well, I can tell you now that the hive was established by me, and it has been serving me loyally for the past few decades."

"So what should I call you?" Fang Bie looked at Emperor Tianlu.

He didn't think why Emperor Tianlu would suddenly bring up this topic.

"I used to be the queen bee of the hive, but then I was too busy with business, and I couldn't take care of managing this little thing that I originally made for small troubles, so I became the hands-off shopkeeper." Emperor Tianlu took care of himself. Said bluntly, this old man's beard is as white as snowflakes, but his eyes are extremely sharp.

"Of course, because the agent I found is very capable, even without my participation, the hive can still flourish in this world, and in the end it can achieve many unexpected effects."

"But just a few years ago, something happened to my hive, which eventually led to Qin's rebellion."

"He cleared out the highest levels of the hive who were loyal to me, and then tried to lead the hive out of my control, and in the name of making the rivers and lakes and the court re-established a clear line."

Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie: "Do you think I can agree?"

Fang Bie didn't speak.

It was clearly talking about the issue of Goryeo before, but why did Emperor Tianlu suddenly change the subject, and the issue turned to the real ownership of the very sensitive hive.

Although it is said that Fang Bie already knew the information mentioned by Emperor Tianlu, maybe Fang Bie knew a little more than Emperor Tianlu, after all, it is clear to the bystanders.

But thinking about it this way, why did Emperor Tianlu meet in such an underground palace?

Because Emperor Tianlu had already decided to ask the other party not to say these things to the strongest assassin trained by the hive under He Ping.

Perhaps—even Emperor Tianlu hoped that Fang Bie could choose to be loyal to him.

Emperor Tianlu still stared at Fang Bie.

Fang don't know that he can no longer keep silent.

Since you can't be silent, you can only speak.

Fang Bie looked at the emperor in the distance: "You have countless means to make Qin submit."

"However, he has unrivaled martial power in the world for a while." Emperor Tianlu said lightly: "Martial arts are always respected in the Jianghu. What's more, if you practice martial arts to the extreme, you can ignore all the rules."

"Of course I have many means, but my most powerful means were not available at the time."

This makes people a little helpless and furious.

The strongest means in Emperor Tianlu's hands is undoubtedly the hive itself.

Originally, Emperor Tianlu held two cards, one bright and one dark. The bright ones were Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the dark ones were hives that were so huge that they engulfed the entire Jianghu.

But at this time, with Qin's bottom line, the dark cards can't be used, and even if the bright cards are played, it is very likely that they will fight each other. In the end, it is really meaningless to play by yourself.

It's okay to fight, but if you can't beat it, the embarrassment will be too great.

Although Emperor Tianlu often expressed his anger, in fact, the expression of anger itself was a method. After all, when the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses and bleed thousands of miles.

But when Emperor Tian Lu was really angry, he would carefully restrain all his emotions.

As Fang Bie said, all anger stems from his own powerlessness.

"So Your Majesty wants to thank me?" Fang Bie said cautiously.

He defeated Qin, and instigated Xue Ling to split off as the queen bee, set up his own family in Bianliang, and returned to Emperor Tianlu's command, so that Emperor Tianlu had the power he could use again.

Of course, even now, Qin is still powerful, and the Jiangnan he occupies still has a ruling level of power, just like Wang Zhi's long-planned rebellion, and the entire hive has hardly received any news, which is a direct manifestation of Qin's dominance .

"Of course I need to thank you." Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie: "But before thanking you, I still have something to use you now."

"I would like to hear the details." Fang Bie said lightly.

Fang Bie was not disgusted with the use of Emperor Tianlu, after all he had been used many times in the past.

But he was still very interested in how the emperor planned to use him.

"Actually, I probably can't promise anything, so I let you come here. You should know that the hive has collected almost all the martial arts in the world, but the most elite and powerful martial arts are all kept here."

"The secret guards of the palace you have seen before, most of them practice martial arts here, and there are special masters who tailor their own martial arts system for them."

"Of course, I know that you have already entered the room above martial arts."

"But I think this room is still very attractive to you." Emperor Tianlu said unhurriedly.

He didn't forcibly order Fang not to do anything, but quietly threw out his own price tag.

And in all fairness, the price tag is simply too high.

In contrast, Tianlong Babu's Tingxiang Pavilion is simply too weak.

"I didn't expect His Majesty to be so generous." Fang Bie smiled at Emperor Tianqi and said, "I have to admit that this proposal is very attractive to me."

The young man's three-five magical skills are learned from all kinds of schools and used for himself.

But Fang Bie's big problem now is that he can find less and less high-level martial arts.

"But I still want to know."

"What does His Majesty want me to do?"

Emperor Tianlu looked at Fang Bie calmly, and quietly sized up the young man in front of him.

"If I say I want you to be my new queen bee."

"Do you want to?"

His Majesty said calmly.

(End of this chapter)