Today's Fuqi City is no longer the small town it was back then.
Expanding for more than ten miles to the south and east respectively, even the "Donglai Temple" originally built outside the city has gradually become a scene in the city.
On the northeast side of Fuqi City, there is a river that passes around the city. It is this river that limits the possibility of Fuqi City developing northward.
The name of the river is "Laiji". The surface of the river is not too wide. The narrowest point is only more than ten feet, but the water level is as deep as one person.
The Laiji River irrigates tens of thousands of acres of pasture and farmland on both sides, and is also the main source of drinking water in Fuqi City.
In spring and autumn, many tourists like to play and fish by the Laiji River, especially in April.
Tuyuhun is generally to the west, and the weather in April is similar to March in the Tang Dynasty. There are several early orioles vying for warmth in the trees, and whose new swallows peck at the spring mud?
It's a good time for tourists to go outing. The young men, ladies and literati in Fuqi City gather in groups on the south bank of the Laiji River.
There is a place called "Tingxiang Pavilion", which is considered to be the widest water surface near Fuqi City. This "Tingxiang Pavilion" was built along the Laiji River, and more than half of it is suspended above the Laiji River.
Because when building the "Ting Xiangxiang Pavilion", the builder made a special design to make the water level here deeper, and even raised many fish in captivity according to local conditions.
Of course, the most famous one is the Tuyuhun Huang fish. The Huang fish does not have scales on its body, but has no scales, so it is also called "naked carp".
This kind of fish was considered extremely precious in later generations and was once listed as an endangered species. However, Tuyuhun in this world is rich in this fish.
And thirty miles east of Fuqi City, there is a large body of water called "Qinghai", where the Huangyu fish is considered unique.
Qinghai is naturally the Qinghai Lake in later generations, but it was only during the Braid Dynasty that the word "lake" was added to the end.
It is unknown when and who built "Ting Xiangxiang Pavilion", but now it has become a property of Tuyuhun officials and is mostly used for the use of dignitaries.
Today's "Ting Xiang Xiang Pavilion" has been completely determined two days ago. It is said that nobles from the Fuqi City Palace came here to play.
This has almost become a common practice in the past few years, but today it is not the aloof Lady Wu, but Lady Wu's only daughter - Princess Taiping.
...
Did you hear someone shouting from the front that someone fell into the water? Or a little princess?
Li Zhi's mind flashed, he was about to arrive at Fuqi City. Lady Wu and her own "virtuous concubine" had been in power all these years, so where could a little princess appear?
Li Zhi didn't allow Li Zhi to think about it, so he stepped out of the way and entered the "Tingxiang Xiang Pavilion" and appeared by the river.
"Eunuch Zheng, the little princess...she seems to have run out of energy——"
At this time, two female guards had already jumped into the river, picked up a little girl who had fallen into the water, and made her lie down on the flat ground covered with yellow felt to rescue her.
"You bunch of trash, don't you all have the cultivation of 'celestial beings'? If you can't even save the little princess, what's the use of you? -"
The one called "Eunuch Zheng" is actually not that old. He looks younger with fair face and no beard, but he is actually in the middle stage of "True Immortal"?
I saw him knocking away two female guards who were rescuing him with one hand. He personally held the little girl lying on the yellow felt in his arms and pinched the little girl's pulse with one hand.
Sure enough, there was no pulse at all. Eunuch Zheng hurriedly checked the little girl's breathing again, but there was still no response.
At this time, Eunuch Zheng no longer cared about the defense between men and women. He put one hand against the little girl's chest and injected a burst of energy into her.
Unfortunately, it was still like a mud cow sinking into the sea, but the little girl's body gradually became colder and stiffer, and the sweat on Eunuch Zheng's forehead also dropped.
"You bunch of losers, before the Lord gets angry, let's kill you first and then——"
Seeing that the little girl was completely lifeless, Eunuch Zheng could no longer hold himself back.
, he stretched out his hand and a sharp sword appeared out of thin air. The cold light was so cold that it caught people's eyes.
"Sir, have mercy on me——"
Eunuch Zheng became angry. The four female guards present, as well as two maids and two eunuchs, all knelt on the ground, but no one dared to stand up and run for their lives.
"Spare your life? Our family spared your life, who will spare our family's life? Let's all die——"
The sword flashed with cold light, and it was the first to strike at those closest to the kneeling position, the two female guards who had just tried their best to rescue the little girl.
"me......"
A strange scene happened. Eunuch Zheng was so angry, and the force he used was so great that he could not even imagine it.
However, the sword was only half swung out. No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't move forward an inch?
"Creak, click -"
Then there was a crisp sound, and the sword of hundred-refined steel in his hand shattered without warning?
The pieces were scattered on the ground, and only the bare hilt of the sword was left in Eunuch Zheng's hand, which was as funny as it seemed.
"who?--"
When such a situation occurred, Eunuch Zheng still didn't understand. Someone must have arrived.
Even though there was overwhelming anger in his heart, he didn't dare to say a single dirty word.
"This little girl is not dead. If you kill people with anger like this, aren't you taking human life lightly?"
The one who stopped Eunuch Zheng from killing people was naturally Li Zhi who arrived in time.
I saw him walking in with square steps, flicking his sleeves, and all the eight kneeling guards and palace maids
The eunuchs all lifted their restraints and stood up hurriedly.
It turned out that Eunuch Zheng had secretly cast a spell and used the "Immobilization Spell" to immobilize the eight of them on the ground. No wonder he slashed them with his sword, but no one escaped.
"Thank you... for helping me, but we are the princess's personal bodyguards. Now that something unexpected has happened to the princess, we should die with our bodies——"
One of the female guards, who seemed to be the leader among these people, with a peak level of "celestial immortal", said with a look of shame.
"Haha, as I said just now, this little girl is not dead, are you so eager to commit suicide?"
For such "foolishly loyal" people, Li Zhi can't be said to be good, and naturally he can't be said to be bad. If you really want to blame these people, you can really blame them for their brain problems.
"Little girl, do you want to get up from the ground by yourself, or do you want me to throw you into the river again to sober up?"
When he saw the little girl lying on the ground clearly, Li Zhi couldn't help being shocked.
First, why did this little girl give him an extremely familiar feeling?
It was a familiar feeling that was difficult to describe in words, as if it were part of my own body. Especially that appearance, how similar it was to Li Zhi?
Secondly, this little girl has good looks and qualifications. She looks to be six or seven years old, but she has already reached the early stage of "Golden Immortal"?
It seems that he has just broken through to the "Golden Immortal" cultivation level. It seems that the realm is not very stable yet, but why does this aura feel so familiar?
Can you not be familiar with it?
Lying on the ground was Princess Taiping. It had been almost a year since the last time Li Chenxiang gave her two top-quality red fruits.
During this year, Xiao Taiping not only safely took two top-quality red fruits under the care of Lady Wu, but also practiced the two techniques of "Physical Art" and "Heart Dao" given by Li Chenxiang.
Especially for the "Physical Technique", in less than a year, Xiao Taiping had reached the level of attainment, which even Lady Wu felt inferior to.
There was no other way. After the little girl knew that this was her father's unique skill, she worked hard to practice it, saying that she would never fall behind other brothers, sisters, and senior brothers.
She already has extraordinary talent, and now she has the motivation to practice diligently. By practicing in this way, she will naturally get twice the result with half the effort and make rapid progress.
No, in less than a year, he broke through the two realms of "True Immortal" and "Mysterious Immortal". He took the last one a few days ago.
The best Zhu Guo was promoted to the realm of "Golden Immortal" in one fell swoop.
Such a rapid progress was very fast, but it made Lady Wu feel a little uneasy. Buddhist Kung Fu has always emphasized water-grinding skills. Seeing the little girl making such progress, Lady Wu was far more worried than excited.
So, after Xiao Taiping completed the "Golden Immortal" thunder tribulation, he sent her out to have some fun.
After all, she is just a little girl over six years old, and in this spring season, if she is allowed to go out for a walk in the city, she may downplay the cultivation matters.
Poor parents in the world, this is particularly prominent in Mrs. Wu.
It turned out that Xiao Taiping didn't like to practice and always found excuses to shirk and be lazy. At that time, Mrs. Wu was anxious every day for fear of delaying the little girl's incredible talent.
Well, now, Xiao Taiping has been practicing crazily for a year, and Mrs. Wu is worried about the little girl entering the country too quickly and causing problems, so she actually sends someone to take her out to play?
As soon as he left the training place, Xiao Taiping really let go, especially without his mother watching him, so he could make as much noise as he wanted.
She was never a "settled" little girl, and now she had been depressed for a whole year. When she was released, she was like a wild horse running wild.
Xiao Taiping has grown to six years old, and his cultivation has reached the "Golden Immortal" realm, but he has never been in the water. Even when he sees a small river like Laiji River, he is a little excited.
So, while the guards, maids, and eunuchs were not paying attention, they jumped in.
The water level is as deep as one person. If you measure it carefully, it is one foot, five or six feet deep, let alone a six-year-old girl who has never been in the water.
Mrs. Wu has always had her own way of doing things, such as Xiao Taiping's practice. Except for a few people, others are completely unaware of it.
In the eyes of these guards, maids and eunuchs, this little princess was just a lively and active little girl. No one would have thought that such an older little person could be a master in the realm of "Golden Immortal"?
Therefore, they were collectively deceived by Xiao Taiping's "pretending to be dead".
Eunuch Zheng was only in the middle stage of "True Immortal". Compared with Xiao Taiping's early stage of "Golden Immortal", he was several levels behind. The key was that he never thought that his little princess would have cultivation.
Xiao Taiping's nonsense can deceive others, but can he also deceive Li Zhi?
He could naturally tell that this little girl was fooling everyone, but because of that wonderful "sense of familiarity", Li Zhi didn't feel any anger in his heart. Instead, he thought this little girl was very funny.
Well, Li Chenxiang had played this kind of prank many times when he was a child, but he was also beaten several times by Li Zhifa, who didn't come home often. Didn't he find it funny back then?
"Is this... my princess really still alive?"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, not only the guards, maids and eunuchs who were kneeling just now, but also Eunuch Zheng, who was looking fierce just now, all came over with smiles on their faces.
As for the weird sword hilt left in his hand... well, Eunuch Zheng had long ago destroyed it without leaving a trace, so was it left to cause trouble?
"Oh, you said this is your princess? But is it the princess of Tuyuhun?"
Seeing that the little girl lying on the ground did not move at all, Li Zhi knew that she had not "played enough" yet, but when he heard Eunuch Zheng mention the word "princess" again, Li Zhi frowned again. ..
"Haha, this gentleman is joking. If she is not the princess of Tuyuhun, how can she be the princess of the Tang Dynasty? This is my only princess of Tuyuhun, titled 'Taiping——"
Speaking of his princess, Eunuch Zheng raised his voice for no reason, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously.
However, when he took another look at the little girl lying on the ground, the pride on Eunuch Zheng's face solidified in an instant.
"Taiping? You said her title was actually 'Taiping? -"
At this sound, Li Zhi almost screamed.
Li Zhi's cultivation has now reached the realm of "Daluo Golden Immortal", especially
The "Heart Dao" technique has also reached the Great Perfection, and even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you, your expression will remain unchanged.
But I didn't expect to be banned by a "Taiping" account, which completely shocked me.
Princess Taiping?
Whether in later generations or in this world, it seems that apart from that one, there really is no one named Princess Taiping.
Six or seven years old?
The princess of Tuyuhun?
Similar appearance to yourself?
Were the "Physical Techniques" and "Heart Way" in her body passed down from Dingshan?
At this time, Li Zhi didn't know that his prince had also gone to Tuyuhun and had already met everyone he should and shouldn't meet.
According to Li Zhi's information, it was his second disciple Xue Dingshan who led the 5,000 Tang Dynasty Imperial Army to march eastward to aid Tuyuhun.
"Little Taiping, get up quickly and stop showing off your tricks...in front of me."
Li Zhi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and even his voice became much more "gentle" unconsciously, just like an old father coaxing his young daughter.
"this......"
Eunuch Zheng was dumbfounded.
Master, who are you? How about playing here?
However, when he thought of Li Zhi's move just now, to be precise, he didn't see clearly whether Li Zhi made the move or not, Eunuch Zheng swallowed what he was about to say again.
"Haha, okay, since you want to play, little girl, I will play with you--"
Seeing the little girl being so disrespectful, Li Zhi walked over and picked up Little Taiping lying on the ground with one hand.
"Boom——"
The two actually jumped into the Lezi River together.
"You...you bad guy, let me go quickly - ah, why is my cultivation gone?"
As soon as the two jumped into the Laiji River, Li Zhi secretly cast a spell to imprison Xiao Taiping's cultivation, and at the same time lowered the water temperature of the Laiji River to freezing point.
Without cultivation, how can Xiao Taiping survive in the glacier?
Of course, now that he was sure that this was his daughter, Li Zhi would not let Xiao Taiping be harmed, and he could not even get close to Xiao Taiping.
"Hahaha, little Taiping, is this how you usually behave? You really had a rivalry with your elder brother when he was a kid——"
When the two returned to "Ting Xiangxiang Pavilion" again, everything returned to normal. However, this coming and going frightened Eunuch Zheng and others.
"My eldest brother? Do you also know my brother Chenxiang?"
Li Zhi was just expressing his feelings, but he didn't want to hear it change into another meaning in Xiao Taiping's ears.
"Agarwood? Has he also come to Tuyuhun? So you brother and sister have recognized each other? Then has your mother ever told you who your father is?"
Li Zhi suddenly felt that he had missed something, or that it seemed that he was the only one who was kept in the dark?
"Of course, this princess is not only the princess of Tuyuhun, but also the princess of the Tang Dynasty. My father is naturally the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Let me go quickly, or else I want you to look good——"
Seeing that the other party was still "holding" him, and even asked some incomprehensible questions, according to Xiao Taiping's character, he would have gone crazy if he usually had it.
It's a pity that now she has the cultivation level of "Golden Immortal", but she can't even use the slightest strength.
"This...this...what did our family hear?"
Li Zhi's conversation with Xiao Taiping did not go behind these people's backs, and Li Zhi did not set up any isolation barrier. Eunuch Zheng and others could naturally hear it clearly.
Especially this Eunuch Zheng, who just now joked that if Xiao Taiping was not the princess of Tuyuhun, could she still be the princess of Tang Dynasty?
Who would have thought that with these words still ringing in their ears, they would be slapped in the face by reality?
"Hahaha, okay, she is indeed my daughter. She is trapped by the enemy and still maintains her unruly temperament. I like it very much——"
By this time, Li
Zhi also no longer concealed it, waved his hand to remove the ban on Xiao Taiping, and at the same time revealed his identity.
"Father? You said you are my father? Do you have any proof?"
Xiao Taiping's restraint was removed, and his "Golden Immortal" cultivation returned to his body. However, the little girl had no intention of leaving, raised her face and asked.
Not only Xiao Taiping didn't believe what Li Zhi said, but Eunuch Zheng and others didn't believe it even more.
Isn't this too outrageous?
First, he said that his princess was the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and then a random person came and claimed to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Is it anything more outrageous than this?
"This... our family is very grateful to you for saving our princess. Our family can also see that you are a person with great supernatural powers. It's just that you pretended to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty..."
Eunuch Zheng winked at the guards on the left and right, which meant that they would wait for an opportunity to protect the princess, and he himself moved in the direction of Xiao Taiping without leaving any trace.
"Hahaha, this is the first time in so many years that someone has questioned your identity. Is there any benefit to pretending to be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"
"However, since it is my little princess who is interfering, I naturally have to prove myself. Come and see-"
In this world, there is no identity card, and Li Zhi doesn't like to carry the seal that symbolizes the emperor. The key is that carrying that thing seems useless.
There was a flash of golden light, and a sword appeared in Li Zhi's hand. It was nothing else, but the "Xuanyuan Sword".
The fact that Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty was carrying the "Xuanyuan Sword" had already spread throughout the three realms. It seems that Lady Wu had informed Xiao Taiping of his life experience, so it was natural that she might have mentioned the "Xuanyuan Sword".
"Is this the Xuanyuan Sword? Real or fake?——"
He said questions in his mouth, but his hands were very practical. He stretched out his two small hands and "took" the "Xuanyuan Sword" from Li Zhi's hand.
Yes, this little girl was really "robbed" of her life.
Of course, Li Zhi didn't dare to stop it, and even stared at it without blinking, for fear that the "Xuanyuan Sword" would hurt his daughter.
"Wow, what a good sword! Well...Father, can you lend this sword to Taiping for two days?"
Well, when I saw the "Xuanyuan Sword", I even called out "Father", and even thought about "losing" Li Zhi's "Xuanyuan Sword".
"Haha, you clever little girl, I can't let you play with this sword. I'll give it to you when you grow up and have a suitable sword -"
As soon as Li Zhi waved, "Xuanyuan Sword" flew back again and disappeared in an instant. Naturally, it was taken into the sea of consciousness by Li Zhi.
It's not that Li Zhi is stingy, or that he doesn't have any other swords. The question is, of the three swords in his consciousness, which one can be given away casually?
One is this "Xuanyuan Sword", which was given by Emperor Xuanyuan, the "mentor" Li Zhi had never met. It is also a symbol of the "Human Emperor", how can it be given to others.
The other two are not good either, one is the "Extreme Immortal Sword" and the other is the "Immortal Killing Sword".
Not to mention that these two swords are only temporarily left with Li Zhi. Even Li Zhi himself cannot use these two swords unless it is absolutely necessary.
After all, this was for the big boss. Li Zhi couldn't keep it, right?
Besides, given the "prestige" and "karma" of these two swords, if Li Zhi really gave them to someone, wouldn't he be inviting disaster to the other party?
"Eunuch Zheng, right? You can slowly return to the palace. I will take Little Taiping to see your master first -"
After meeting Xiao Taiping unexpectedly and recognizing each other again, the invisible barrier that originally stood between Li Zhi and Mrs. Wu disappeared in an instant.
In other words, that barrier did not exist in the first place, but was just imposed by Li Zhi himself.
Now, seeing that his and Mrs. Wu's daughters have grown up so big, what else can he, Li Zhi, have to worry about as a grown man?
At least compared to Princess Luojia of the Asura tribe, Li Zhi would feel closer to Lady Wu. After all,
This "originally" was "Li Zhi's" wife, and the two had spent several months together in the Chang'an Palace.
And now, suddenly there is another one, such a lovely Princess Taiping.
All of this made Li Zhi a little impatient to see the "virtuous concubine" who had been away for seven years...
