The continuous spring rain fell on the capital of the Zhou Dynasty for more than 400 years, washing away the ancient or brand-new pavilion buildings. Cars and horses moved slowly on the long street, and there was an endless stream of coachmen and hawkers along the street. From time to time, the dull sound of the Qintian Prison sounded in the distance. drum.
"Pap..."
One person and one dog walked through the stagnant water and walked on a side street. Xin Zhuo silently looked at the smoke over the Jiuluan Mountain forbidden area due south, and then looked at the majesty, solemnity and continuous vastness in the direction of the imperial city.
Things have changed, things have changed, and people have changed over the past fifty years.
After a while, he shook his head with a wry smile and glanced at the environment of the long street. This seemed to be Chun'an Square, one of the thirteen squares in the imperial capital. It was this street that Emperor Zhou Yang took when he first rebelled and ran out of the imperial capital.
"The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus and wine fills Andu..."
From a wine shop not far away, the clear and melodious singing of the wine seller Orchid could be heard.
Xin Zhuo paused for a long time in the rain. He wanted to say something suitable for the occasion but really didn't know what to say, so he had to walk towards the wine shop and murmured a poem that was not suitable for the occasion: "I want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine with me, but in the end it's not the same. Young man tour……"
"Osmanthus flowers only appear during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Why are you so young and old-fashioned? A scholar like you, who is arrogant and has no real talent or knowledge, is afraid that he will not be ranked in the spring..."
A middle-aged man wearing a green Sixth Division official robe and a calm expression happened to pass by and scolded him coldly. However, when he saw Xin Zhuo's eyes that were as deep as ancient wells, he swallowed the words below. Feeling cold all over, he cupped his hands as a gift and hurriedly entered the wine shop.
It wasn't until he entered the wine shop that he breathed a sigh of relief. He found that his back was soaked and he shook his head: "Weird!"
"Sun Sizheng is here. The two adults have been waiting for a long time. They have sold three jars of osmanthus wine that has been worth ten years." The wine seller Hu Ji came up with a smile like a flower.
"knew."
Sun Sizheng nodded and walked straight to a table in the corner, where two officials from the Sixth Division in Qingpao were already waiting. When they saw him coming, they waved: "Old Sun, here."
Sun Sizheng walked over and sat down, his face still a little uncomfortable.
A slightly fat official from the Sixth Division smiled and said, "Whose fault has it caused to look so ugly?"
Sun Sizheng lowered his voice: "It's strange. I just saw a young man outside. He is at least seventeen or eighteen years old, but he gives Sun an ancestor-like feeling, and... I think he looks like Jiuluan Mountain. That ninth-floor one..."
"Brother Sun, shut up!" the fat official shouted immediately. Who doesn't know who broke through the ninth floor in the forbidden area of Jiuluan Mountain? How dare you mention it casually? And it’s still such nonsense?
Another slightly shorter official pointed to a table not far away, where there was only a handsome woman with an upright posture. She was also wearing the official robe of the Sixth Division, but it was blue. He lowered his voice and said: "Prisoner" Li Wan'er and Li Yaonv from the Legal Department are also here, and they are as unselfish as her grandfather, Mr. Li Zhiqiu, the head of the Legal Department, so be careful of being caught!"
Sun Sizheng chuckled: "My boss Ning just praised me, it's not like that!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman in blue, Li Waner, said coldly: "If the three of you are talking about the royal family in private, even Ning Zhiwei, the head of Ning Zhiwei, will arrest you and others!"
The faces of Sun Sizheng and the others changed, and they quickly raised their glasses: "I drank too much, I drank too much, I'm sorry!"
Then Li Wan'er's face became a little better. She raised her glass and drank alone, her fair and delicate neck slightly raised, looking quite heroic.
Sun Sizheng felt that he wanted to say something to lighten the atmosphere, so he smiled and said: "I dare to ask Li Sicheng, who will host this year's Spring Festival? Could it be the old prince Nanli of Dazhu Kingdom? He has been taking the imperial examination for fifty years!"
Li Waner didn't seem to care much about this matter and said: "His Royal Highness is ill. This year, Li Xiyue, the Minister of War of the Marquis of Zhenxi, may be in charge, and Feng Shuning, the chief of the Tianyi Division, and Ling Junyao, the chief of the Cexuan Division, will be the assistants!"
Sun Sizheng and the other three couldn't help but be speechless when they heard this: "Unexpectedly... they are all big shots, and they are also good at military formations. Such a terrifying lineup!"
Li Waner looked out the window: "The world is not peaceful. A war will begin soon. The Western Daqian has already conquered fifty-nine countries!"
The faces of Sun Sizheng and the others changed drastically.
"Why do you gentlemen open and close your mouths because this is a matter of the imperial court?"
The owner of the tavern on the side, a middle-aged woman who still retains her charm, smiled and said: "It is said that the Tianwu Ranking has come out. The number one master in the Imperial City will be Li Zhiqiu, the chief of the Supervisory and Legal Department this year?"
The owner of this wine shop is a master of the ninth level of Earth Immortal. Even though Li Waner and Sun Sizheng were court officials, they did not dare to make excuses and nodded.
Sun Sizheng said: "I heard that the chief executive of the Supervision Department has entered the third sea of Yinxu. He is indeed the number one master. But it is said that the chief executive of the Tianyi Department, Mr. Feng Shuning, is as powerful as him?"
The fat official shook his head and said: "When it comes to cultivation strength, it actually depends on the Taiping Palace. The old palace master Jian Jiuqing does not mention it, and the palace master Yuan Chengfeng does not mention it. The elder Shui Qingliu alone has entered Yangshi!"
Li Waner sneered and said: "The top expert in Tianwu Ranking, the imperial capital, is talking about court officials. How can he be counted among the other transcendent sects like Taiping Palace?"
"You can't say that. The number one master in the imperial capital naturally counts. If we only talk about officials, then does His Highness the Crown Prince count? It is said that His Highness the Crown Prince is also close to the Yinxu realm. There are also the Second Prince, the Third Prince, the Nanling King, and the Ninth Prince. Princess Huai, Princess Pingjiang..."
Sun Sizheng was still arguing, but found that the boy and the dog he had just seen outside had also entered the wine shop, sat not far away, and ordered a pot of roasted knives, ten kilograms of cooked beef and a bowl of mutton noodles.
This old-fashioned way of eating is really rare these years.
Sun Sizheng looked at the young man carefully. Maybe it was because of the angle, but he didn't feel scary anymore. He felt angry for no reason in his heart. He frowned and asked: "Young man, where are you from? You don't dress like a citizen of the Zhou Dynasty." , is there any way to lead?"
This sentence instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the restaurant, especially Li Waner, whose eyebrows were slightly raised and her eyes were cold.
Xin Zhuo didn't even raise his head. He drank and ate beef by himself, and threw a cup to Xiao Huang.
"I'm asking you a question!"
Sun Si was repeating.
Xin Zhuo still ignored it, as if he really didn't hear what Sun Sizheng said.
"boom!"
The girl Li Waner suddenly slapped the table hard and said, "Young man, your clothes are the attire of Western countries. What is your purpose in coming to Zhou Dynasty?"
"Eh?" The proprietress of the Dixian Master Tavern smiled and smoothed things over, "My lords, I'm in business here. If I'm investigating a case, I have to wait until my guests have finished eating and drinking before investigating. How about that?"
Sun Sizheng sneered: "Does he look like someone with money?"
The landlady said: "It's not easy for young people to go out without money, so I'll treat you to this meal!"
The group of people fell silent and just started drinking by themselves, but their eyes were fixed on Xin Zhuo from time to time.
This young man is taciturn, and his attire is indeed not that of a Zhou Dynasty person. Recently, the Daqian Empire is on a campaign in all directions, and the news of the upcoming war is very popular, which makes people feel uneasy. What if a spy comes...
At this moment, a slim and pretty girl of fourteen or fifteen years old suddenly burst in from the door, her face turned pale: "Help! Help!"
"Um?"
Li Waner and Sun Sizheng stood up together and looked outside coldly. In broad daylight, at the feet of the emperor, in the heart of the imperial capital, who could not rob a common girl?
I saw a young man of twelve or thirteen years old with oily hair and pink face coming in quickly from the door. He brought three servants with him and said with a sinister smile on his face: "Little lady, let me see where you are running to?"
The moment they saw this young man, Li Waner and Sun Sizheng sat down, as if nothing had happened, and kept drinking.
The girl panicked, stumbled, and suddenly threw herself on an empty table. The young man smiled like a wolf, rushed forward, grabbed the girl's skirt, and tore it off with a "tear" sound: "Run? You?" Run again?"
Seeing the girl crying and wailing, Li Waner and others' eyelids twitched slightly, but they remained indifferent.
Xin Zhuo finally looked up.
Xiao Huang at his feet said in an incomprehensible manner: "It's this old trick again. Although it's fun, what's the point? Why aren't there women from powerful families robbing civilian men?"
Xin Zhuodao was silent.
Seeing that the girl was stripped clean, her face was ashen, and she was about to bite her tongue and commit suicide. The proprietress of the wine shop who had been watching coldly suddenly stepped forward and stretched out a hand to block the gap between the boy and the girl: "Enough is enough!"
The young man was stunned and looked up at her: "You dare to stop me? Hua Jiuniang, I know you. Do you think you can stop me just because you are an earthly immortal? Who do you think you are?"
The proprietress Hua Jiuniang smiled bitterly: "It's not easy for a common girl to practice cultivation, so naturally she can't offend His Highness, but you are behaving so recklessly in my wine shop, so forgive me and I can't ignore it!"
"Hua Jiuniang!"
"Be careful!"
Li Waner and Sun Sizheng scolded in unison.
The young man also cursed: "You still dare to point out my identity? Hua Jiuniang, do you want to live? You are a despicable bartender. No one in the entire empire dares to interfere with my affairs, but you dare to interfere, How many heads do you have enough to chop off? Do you believe that I will kill your whole family?"
Hua Jiuniang's eyes were slightly cold: "I only have one daughter, fourteen years old, who was tortured to death by His Highness last year!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "I remembered, I remembered, it's that little girl, so cool!"
Hua Jiuniang's face turned pale, and she suddenly burst out with the momentum of Earth Immortal Seven Turning around, gently shook the young man away, and shouted angrily: "His Royal Highness King Jiaojiang, that's enough, please don't be so presumptuous!"
"Hua Jiuniang!"
Li Waner and others stood up and scolded again.
"You hurt me!" The young man stepped back and yelled angrily: "I'm going to burn down your wine shop, and I'm going to kill you too late."
"Who hurt my baby Ji Shun?"
Suddenly, there was the sound of intensive footsteps and the clash of armors from outside. A large group of soldiers from the Thirteen Cities, surrounded by two hundred royal golden-armored cavalry, slowly approached with a seven-chariot car.
People along the way gave way and knelt in the drizzle on both sides of the street.
Li Waner and Sun Sizheng rushed to the door and bowed down: "I have met Her Royal Highness Princess Jiuhuai."
"Whoosh whoosh..."
The entire wine shop was instantly surrounded by water, and not a single fly could escape.
"Crunch——"
The car stopped at this moment, and the eight palace maids opened the curtain, and out came a graceful and noble woman who looked to be in her thirties, dressed in a phoenix robe, with fluttering silk fabrics, and walked into the wine shop. A pair of phoenix eyes glanced at her, The momentum is overwhelming.
"Aunt!" The young King Jiaojiang threw himself into the woman's arms and cried loudly: "My nephew has been bullied. I have to go to the palace to tell my ancestor, the Empress Dowager!"
Princess Jihuai's face became colder and colder, and she looked directly at Hua Jiuniang: "My humble maid Hua Jiuniang, you are so brave!"
Hua Jiuniang couldn't help hugging the naked girl and retreating, her face turned pale.
She is just the proprietress of a wine shop at the seventh level of Earth Immortal. The person in front of her is not only Her Royal Highness Princess Jiuhuai, who is extremely skilled in the imperial court, and the legitimate daughter of His Majesty. She is also the eighth level of Earth Immortal. No matter in terms of power, status or cultivation, she is a heavenly being. An underground.
She could almost predict that she would die today, no, Ling Chi!
She didn't even know whether it was right or wrong to save people.
Closing her eyes, two drops of tears slipped from the corners of her eyes: "I heard people say that the Zhou Dynasty has clear political laws and is a pure land on earth. That's why I brought my daughter to live in seclusion. I didn't expect that the nobles of the royal family would do such nonsense and their beloved daughter died tragically. Hua Jiuniang died saving people today. I have no regrets, I just hate...there is no justice in this world!"
"There is no justice for the people, but justice is for the prince. Otherwise, why should we be a prince?"
Princess Jiuhuai said something unintelligible and slowly approached her with an extremely powerful aura.
King Jiaojiang behind him made a face, ran to Xin Zhuo's table and spat at Hua Jiuniang: "Ling Chi is in great pain!"
"Snoring..."
At this moment, there was a snoring sound of noodles being eaten nearby.
This voice sounded particularly loud in the extremely tense atmosphere of the wine shop, and everyone couldn't help but look over in surprise.
Li Waner, Sun Sizheng and others frowned. If the timing hadn't been wrong, they would have killed the young man.
King Jiaojiang also said angrily: "Idiot, you are going to kill someone. Can you make your eating noise a little quieter? Believe it or not, I will kill your dog!"
The next moment, a sudden change occurred.
The boy who was eating suddenly stuck the noodle bowl on King Jiaojiang's head. Then, without waiting for King Jiaojiang to react, he grabbed his neck and threw him at his feet. Then he raised a foot and stepped on him. He kept drinking with his little head, as if nothing had happened.
This scene was so sudden that the entire restaurant, including the street outside, fell silent for an instant.
Hua Jiuniang, who was hugging the girl not far away, was also completely stunned. Even though she was angry with the evil king, she only gently swayed away.
"presumptuous!"
"Be bold!"
Li Waner, Sun Sizheng and Princess Jiuhuai rushed away like arrows from a string.
However, as soon as he reached the front, he stopped like a chicken.
King Jiaojiang is at the feet of this person. This person seems to have no cultivation on the surface, but he has just shown his skills. I am afraid that his strength is not weak. It would be a shame for him to die, but it is difficult to save the life of King Jiaojiang. That is the palace queen. The lifeblood of the Empress Dowager is the current prince, and it seems that he is not as powerful as Jiaojiang King Jingui!
"Who is this person?" Princess Jiuhuai was furious and waved the sleeves of her phoenix robe heavily.
Li Waner cupped her hands and said, "Back to Your Highness, this person's clothes are shabby and have unique styles. I'm afraid he's from the Western countries!"
Princess Jiuhuai said angrily: "What do Cexuansi, Zhenwusi, Supervisor and Fengjiansi do? King Jiaojiang is trapped, let Ning Zhiwei and Lu Jiu die! Once the ancestors in the palace know about it, , no one can survive!"
"Here!"
There is a master burning incense outside the door to convey the message.
Princess Jiuhuai looked directly at Xin Zhuo: "Young man, let go of King Jiaojiang, there is still a glimmer of hope!"
Xin Zhuo continued to drink. He didn't want to meddle in other people's business. The Yuanji masters were martial arts masters and their every move was unconventional. The five elements and gossips of the world were easily explored. Everyone present was as fragile and vulnerable as ants, and they were extremely dangerous. It might just be the descendants or children of the next generation, so he can just ignore it, but he owes the boss's wife Hua Jiuniang money for a drink. He really has no money, and he never likes to owe favors.
At this time, he raised his head and looked at Princess Jiuhuai: "Princess? Is this Zhou's surname Ji? Where has that bastard Ji Yu gone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings became quiet again.
Li Waner, Sun Sizheng and others looked at each other, their faces pale, their whole bodies shaking like chaff, and they seemed to have difficulty breathing.
A large number of officials and captains from the Thirteen Cities Military and Horse Division outside had earth-colored faces.
Princess Jiuhuai couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Who are you? If you dare to offend His Majesty the Emperor, Grandfather, the Supreme Emperor, you will be punished by the Nine Clan!"
"Then that bitch became a grandfather?"
Xin Zhuo didn't answer the question and paused while drinking.
brat? He called His Majesty the Emperor a bastard!
As the saying goes, the entire wine shop was enveloped by a strong and violent murderous intention.
"Dang..."
At this moment, three figures appeared strangely in the room. One woman and two men, both seemed to be in their forties or fifties. They were dressed in purple robes and jade belts. They were majestic and powerful.
The momentum in that moment actually suppressed Princess Jiuhuai.
The woman among them had gray hair on her temples, a straight posture, her hands behind her back, and said calmly: "What's the matter, Your Highness?"
Princess Jiuhuai finally found her backbone, and her tone was slightly respectful: "The three chief ministers arrived just in time. This evil young man who came from nowhere has trapped King Jiaojiang. He should be killed, he should..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the three chief ministers yelling in unison: "Shut up!"
"Uh..." Princess Jiuhuai, Li Waner, and Sun Sizheng looked at the three chief ministers blankly. Even if the three were elders of the Five Dynasties and the emperor respected them, how could they dare to refute the royal princess?
However, the next moment, I saw three big shots who used to be aloof, looking at the young man who was drinking with dull faces. Their bodies were trembling, their faces were weird, and their breathing was rapid. Suddenly, they all bowed to the end and paid homage. The tone kept trembling:
"My, my ministers...respectfully welcome...the return of His Majesty the Holy Ancestor!"
(End of chapter)
