This sea lord is a bit strong

Chapter 313 A country within a country, the poison of Hai Si

Since absorbing the power of the ocean, Ji Chen's perception of certain directions has greatly increased. At this time, he felt an ominous, corrupt and evil atmosphere permeating and spreading in the air.

This feeling is intensified when Julius talks to Monica about the Grand Duchess.

This is the Reinhardt Palace, not a den of monsters, but the most heavily guarded place in the entire dukedom, the center of power. How could there be such an ominous, corrupt, or even evil atmosphere?

Seeing that Julius and Monica didn't notice it at all, Ji Chen thought for a while and said proactively.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how Madam's condition is?"

Julius shook his head and said, "Milona has been sick for several days, and it's a bit strange to say that, although it's just a cold, she doesn't seem to have any energy, and she can't even get out of bed. And talking nonsense."

Milona is the name of the Grand Duchess. Monica also showed a worried look on her face when she heard this. She thought it was just a little cold, but she didn't expect her mother to be so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed.

Immediately, he proposed to visit his mother, but was stopped by Julius, "Your mother is already asleep, so go after she wakes up."

Hearing this, Monica could only suppress her anxiety and nodded.

Hearing this, Ji Chen had a vague premonition in his heart that the pervasive disdain, corruption and evil aura probably had something to do with the Grand Duchess.

But now is not the time to take the initiative. Ji Chen took out a few bottles of high-level life potions that were adjusted by expert alchemist Ilona from his backpack, "Your Excellency Julius, this is the high-level life potion prepared by my subordinates The potion may be good for Madam's condition."

Life potion?

Although Julius didn't have much hope for this life potion, as the Grand Duke, he naturally has no shortage of potions such as life potion, and he has already given it to Milona.

But it was Ji Chen's wish after all, so he accepted it with a smile, "Then thank you for your kindness."

Ji Chen nodded, and didn't think to solve the matter right away, and he didn't feel comfortable saying it too rashly.

After talking with Julius for a while, he took the initiative to say goodbye, and was led by several maids to leave Reinhardt's palace, and went to a nearby mansion for a rest.

The next day.

Monica came to visit the mansion.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, father has already decided on the division of the land. Considering that most of your troops are marine units, and you are a marine lord,
Therefore, the territory assigned to you is about [-] kilometers west of Feiguang City, an island called Yuweiyu. "

"There is a village with about 500 people. It covers an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers and is about two or three kilometers away from the land. It is also located near busy air routes, which is very conducive to the development of business and trade."

"Besides, the ten-kilometer sea area of ​​Yuwei Island is your private exclusive area. Any resources within this range belong to you. Others are not allowed to enter or collect resources without your permission. Even the court of Reinhardt."

"Any commercial and economic activities that take place on this land do not need to pay taxes, nor do they need to follow the principality to engage in war or labor."

Ji Chen's eyes lit up.

Twenty square kilometers, isn't that one-fifth the size of the main island of the Crescent Islands?

According to the actual area, twenty square kilometers is not small. This is not an isolated island in the ocean, but a piece of land close to the mainland. At least the economic value is extremely high.

And what makes him very satisfied is that this divided territory is an island not far from the land.

Not only can he play the characteristics of his sea lord, but he can also have a close enough connection with the land.

But what surprised Ji Chen was that according to what Monica said, this territory is like a country within a country. As long as he doesn't do anything that harms Reinhardt's interests, then he will be there It's like the existence of a warlord.

Other players are not the same, their territory is in the territory of each country.

Over the past few months, these players have already reached a tacit agreement with the aborigines. They need to pay certain taxes regularly, and send some of the leaders to do labor on a regular basis in exchange for their qualifications to survive in the country. It is very likely that they will be directly expelled by the aborigines.

This is also one of the differences between these players who live on Aboriginal lands and those who are in uninhabited places.

The former can get a certain amount of shelter from the aborigines, it is safer, and the nearby resources are more abundant, while the latter is all on its own, and the resources are poorer, but there is no need to send people under the eaves.

Being able to give Ji Chen a piece of land of a country within a country is enough to show Julius' great sincerity.

"I am very satisfied and thank His Majesty for his generosity."

Monica smiled at Yanyan, blinked and said: "With Yuwei Island, you can directly ship the products of Ocean Crown to the Principality of Reinhardt for sale without having to go through customs, which saves a lot of money. That’s a lot of tax money.”

Ji Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Why did you say this directly? It's your Reinhardt's money that was undercharged."

"What's missing is the principality's finances and father's money, which has nothing to do with me."

Monica smiled slightly, "Anyway, you have done so many things for us, such a small tax is nothing at all, if it is not easy to attract objections from other nobles, I would like to propose that several cities be directly sealed to you, so that It also saves the energy and money spent on building new territories."

Ji Chen smiled softly, "The Grand Duke will be very sad. The most beloved daughter will turn her arms away and give away the city."

Monica covered her mouth and giggled, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, and her towering chest couldn't stop trembling, it was really amazing.

"Oh, by the way, how is your mother's condition now, is she in better health?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Monica's face suddenly fell down, "For some reason, my mother's condition became more serious. My father said that he could still talk yesterday morning, but now he can't even speak, and even fell into a state of depression. In a coma."

Ji Chen's face turned slightly, and he was even more sure of his guess at the time.

There are indeed some dirty things in the Reinhardt court.

He thought about it, and decided to tell Monica about this guess.

"What? Your Excellency Ji Chen, is what you said true?" Monica exclaimed, "Mother was really entangled by something?"

Ji Chen nodded solemnly, "There is a certain chance. When I was in the palace yesterday, I felt an ominous and evil atmosphere there. Maybe it has something to do with the Grand Duchess."

"But, why didn't my father and I feel it?"

Ji Chen shook his head with a firm tone.

"This may be related to my trip to the ice field. After my strength has grown, my perception of curses and evil has improved."

Monica's face was full of anxiety, and her silver teeth bit her lips. In fact, she also felt some abnormalities in the palace last night. They rarely had nightmares.

This appearance gave her the feeling that there was an invisible ghost wandering in the castle.

"Then what should we do now?"

Monica didn't doubt Ji Chen's words at all, she looked a little confused, subconsciously grabbed Ji Chen's hand, her eyes flustered, "Your Excellency Ji Chen, can you get rid of the dirty things hidden in the dark, and make mother recover?"

Feeling Monica's anxiety, Ji Chen gently broke away from her hand, and patted her hand as if to make her feel at ease, "I'll try my best, but what's the specific situation, I still need to see your mother with my own eyes before I can go down." judge."

Hearing this, Monica seemed to have calmed down a bit, and when she came back to her senses, she saw that she had just grabbed Ji Chen's hand rashly, two blushes suddenly appeared on her snow-white face, and she quickly let go, "Then Alright, let's go to the palace now and explain the situation to my father."

Ji Chen took Alice, Anina and other heroes and followed Monica into the palace again.

As soon as he entered the castle, he immediately felt the ominous atmosphere from yesterday, which was even more intense than yesterday, and it even became substantive in his perception.

A wisp of ink-like black mist is filling out from the depths of the castle.

In the same hall as yesterday, Julius hurried in through the side door, his face was unwell, his eyes were bloodshot, and he seemed to have not rested for a long time.

"Father, I have something to tell you!"

Monica walked in front of Julius and said hastily.

"Good girl, if it's not important, let's talk about it later. Dad needs to be with your mother to take care of her now."

Julius said anxiously, and wanted to leave in a hurry after speaking.

"This matter is about the mother. Your Excellency Ji Chen said that the mother may be entangled by something!"

Julius stopped in his tracks immediately, and frowned his two thick black eyebrows: "Wounded by something? Is there any definite basis?"

Monica's face changed slightly, "Not yet, but"

Ji Chen came out in time with a calm expression.

"Your Majesty Julius, can you let me see Monica's mother with my own eyes so that I can truly confirm it."

Julius stared at Ji Chen closely, like a lion glaring at him, without any emotional fluctuations in his eyes.

a long time.

"it is good."

Ji Chen nodded and ordered.

"Alice follows me, Anina, you wait here."

"Yes!"

Monica breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly led the way ahead.

Through corridors and arches, Ji Chen and the others came to an independent castle. Entering the gate was a garden with lush flowers and plants, but at this time, the flowers and plants seemed to be sick and looked sick.

A large number of maids hurried in and out, their faces full of solemnity and fear.

In the castle room, Ji Chen saw a beautiful woman lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her face pale.

This beautiful woman is Julius' wife and Monica's mother, Milona.

The beach was as warm as spring, but Milona seemed to be in winter, covered with a thick quilt, her body was still trembling.

Sensing the evil and vicious aura condensed deep in her body, Ji Chen's eyes flashed, and he quickly confirmed it.

"It's poisoned."

"What, poisoning?" Julius blurted out, with shock and surprise on his face, "The court physician has checked it many times, and there is no trace of poisoning at all. This is impossible!"

Monica also asked softly: "Your Excellency Ji Chen, did you read wrongly, mother has no trace of poisoning?"

Ji Chen shook his head resolutely, "This must be poisoned, and it's not the poison used by ordinary races."

"This is Haisi's neurotoxin."

"Hai Si?" Julius and Monica looked at each other in blank dismay. They had never heard of this race.

What Ji Chen felt a little familiar from Milona was the neurotoxin used by Hai Si who had once attacked the crown of the ocean!

Haisi is born with the attack ability of neurotoxin, which not only works extremely secretly, but also becomes more and more serious with time. At that time, many soldiers of the crown of the ocean did not die under the frontal attack, but were tortured by neurotoxin in the end until death.

Their performance is almost exactly the same as what Milona looks like now.

Ji Chen briefly explained Haisi to them.

"Oh my God, there is such a terrifying race in the ocean? Beehive-like thinking, the leader of the sea descendants." Monica had a look of disbelief on her face.

Even Julius frowned deeply, "Reinhardt has been standing on the seashore for so long, and he has never encountered this race before."

Ji Chen nodded and said, "Haisi has always only been active in the deep ocean and in the deep sea thousands of meters below. Most of the time it is not close to the land. It is normal that it has not been encountered before."

"But the strangeness is the strangeness here. How did Mrs. Milona get infected by Haisi's neurotoxin?"

Julius looked at Milona lying on the bed, his eyes were full of worry, he shook his head and said: "I don't know, Milona hasn't left the court in recent years, and even spent most of the time Taking care of flowers and plants in the garden has never been in contact with the outside world at all.”

Ji Chen frowned, "Are you sure that someone deliberately poisoned you?"

As soon as these words came out, Julius' face became gloomy, like a lion about to go into a rage. It was someone who took advantage of this to be able to get this murderous hand!"

Julius regained his former majesty, and shouted towards the door with a serious expression.

"Give me an order to seal off the palace and investigate anyone who has been in contact with the madam in the past month. Interrogate and investigate carefully one by one!! If you encounter someone who forcibly breaks through the blockade, you will be brought back for interrogation with limbs destroyed on the spot!"

"Yes!"

The palace guards ran towards the outside, and groups of heavily armed soldiers came out one after another, holding their hands on every corner and door. The peaceful palace in the past was instantly surrounded by a murderous atmosphere, and even the air became stagnant.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen." Monica's voice was a little trembling, and she looked at Mrs. Milona with tears in her eyes, "Can you find a way to remove this Hai Si poison, so that mother can recover?"

As soon as these words came out, Julius also cast his gaze over, clasped his hands tightly, and there seemed to be a hint of hope and anticipation in his lion-like eyes.

Facing their eyes, the expressionless Ji Chen slowly showed a reassuring smile.

"Of course."

(End of this chapter)