As the saying goes, the mouth of a storyteller is the legs of an opera.
In line with the principle that if there is a book, it will be long, and if there is no book, it will be short. Now that we have reached this point in our book, we have to add another paragraph that "can be said in just one sentence."
It was already late June when I said this.
After traveling for a month, Huang Donglai, Fudozi, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell finally arrived in the capital, Shuntian Mansion, without any danger.
More than two hundred years have passed since Emperor Yongle moved the capital here. Due to the prosperous fortunes of the country, there is no sign of decline at all, so after so many years of stable development, the capital has become extremely prosperous.
By the Yongtai period, the capital city of Dashu had reached the world's leading level at that time in terms of architecture, population, commerce, administration, public security, and culture, and was even better than the capital city of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Although Huang Donglai has traveled to this world of martial arts for many years, this is the first time he has returned to the capital. When he first arrived, he felt as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
However, the three people traveling with him were not as excited as he was because they had all been here before.
For example, Fudozi, who is over a hundred years old, must have traveled down the mountain in the past many years, and he has set foot in the capital a few times.
As for Lin Yuancheng, some people may still remember that after the Seven Heroes Meeting last year and before the Sword Fighting Demon, he also visited the capital with Linghu Xiang in order to find a sword that suited him.
As for Tyrell...he had been here before when he was being "sold around". Although he couldn't move around freely at the time, he had come to see it.
"Uncle, we have entered the city now, what are your plans?" Walking on the street, Huang Donglai began to ask Fuzi about his next plan.
After all, the purpose of their trip is to deal with the "Thirteen Dead Animals". Fudozi must have the most say in this matter of subduing demons.
"What are your plans? Find an inn to stay in first, and then slowly think of ways to find those monsters one by one." Fudozi replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Ah?" Huang Donglai was stunned when he heard this, "Master, why do you still have to find a way to find them? Couldn't you just do some calculations or make a trick to find them immediately?"
"Arithmetic can only make a rough calculation of things, how can it be so detailed?" Fudozi said, "As for the method... there are methods of finding and attracting monsters, but you have to do it in a large area like the capital city. Searching for such a powerful evil spirit as the thirteen dead animals, this technique is a bit too big, and it is likely to cause many variables that are difficult to determine, and unfortunately it will also attract many other monsters besides the dead animals; Furthermore, this important place in the capital is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It is expected that there will be experts sitting in front of the emperor. If I do this in the city and be discovered by others, there will be many complications... So, in general, the matter of subduing the dead animals is , we need to take a long-term approach.”
Although this guy usually likes to talk with his fists, when it comes to doing big things like this, he is very calm.
Huang Donglai heard this, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "I see, then just listen to my uncle."
"If you want to stay at an inn, I know where to go." At this time, Lin Yuancheng answered the question at the right time.
"Oh? Where?" Huang Donglai asked.
"There is a 'Baoyuan Inn' on the Southwest Old Street. Linghu and I stayed there last time we came to the capital." Lin Yuancheng replied, "That inn occupies a huge area, and almost half of the streets are occupied by them. Under the plate, the wall was opened and connected into one; near this inn, there are markets, casinos, brothels, etc. There are many people coming and going, from all over the world, three religions and nine streams, dragons and snakes are mixed together, so it is very convenient to inquire about information; in addition...if I didn't If the estimate is wrong, Linghu and Qin Feng, who should have entered the city before us, should have already settled there by now."
"Well..." Fuzi listened and said calmly, "In that case, let's go to the Baoyuan Inn to stay according to what Xiaolin said."
Several people had no objection to this, so they immediately took action and went to the inn.
At this time, they didn't know that they were being targeted as soon as they entered the city.
However, the person who was following them didn't have any ill intentions towards them. He just stared and handed a piece of paper with a message written on it to his colleague.
After his colleagues got the note, they immediately headed towards the Imperial City...
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Half an hour later, inside the Forbidden City.
In a courtyard filled with birdsong and flowers, a pretty girl was practicing her sword.
I saw him holding a silver thin sword, moving gracefully among the strange rocks in the rockery. His sword was like a stream of light, and he looked like a flying butterfly. At first glance, it looked like a fancy fist and embroidered legs, but in fact, he used superior martial arts and was very powerful.
And just as her moves were getting slower and faster, suddenly, a figure came from a distance and slowly approached her.
The girl noticed, a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and taking advantage of the sword's momentum, she turned around and stabbed at the man.
Even though the man was suddenly attacked, he did not dodge. He just gently raised his hand and raised his broad sleeves with a non-obtrusive movement.
And with such a simple raising of hand, the girl's sharp sword was invisible, and all the strength of the girl's forward sprint was relieved.
"Hey! Lao Zhang, isn't this trick of mine still interesting?" When the girl spoke, she had a rather businesslike tone, which was quite in contrast to her sweet appearance and voice.
"Go back to the master, this slave... I dare not say it." The man called "Old Zhang" is an old man. His real name is Zhang Jige, because he has served the young master in front of him for many years, and the two have a close relationship. Grandfather and grandson, he was called "Lao Zhang", but he still insisted on calling himself a "slave" and did not dare to overstep his bounds.
"Hey~ That's not possible." The girl understood what the other party meant, but she was not angry. She just sheathed her sword and continued to speak in a businesslike tone, "Old Zhang, do you think I really have no talent? ?”
"Master is too modest. Master is already very talented. It is rare in the world to have master's level of cultivation after three years of practicing swordsmanship." Lao Zhang replied, "It's just that superior martial arts cannot be achieved in one day. Even if you have the qualifications, To be the best in the world, if you want to reach the top, you also need years of hard work...and these years can be as short as twenty years or as long as forty years...and during this period, you must continue to practice hard, practice combat and some luck, There is a chance to achieve it.”
Zhang Ji's words are 70% true and 30% false.
First of all, he said that the girl was very talented, which was a lie. In fact, the girl's talent was very "vulgar", which is the most common level of ordinary people. But the second half of the sentence that followed, "You can achieve this after practicing swordsmanship for three years" "Cultivators are rare in the world" is true, because in the world, people with her qualifications, unless they are the second generation of martial arts, are unlikely to be able to learn superior martial arts as soon as they get started, and to obtain high-level results at all times. She gave her careful guidance... so there really weren't many people who could achieve her level of strength after just three years of training.
In addition, Zhang Jige also exaggerated and concealed some of his theories about qualifications and martial arts training.
As a top-notch expert, he naturally understands that it does not take twenty years for a person who is truly "qualified to be the best in the world" to reach the top.
Seven years.
Counting from the beginning of martial arts practice, seven years is enough time for that kind of person to cross the threshold of being a first-class person.
When will they become the best in the future? For those geniuses, it is just a matter of chance and has little to do with hard training.
The reason why Zhang Ji Gai wanted to exaggerate the time and hard work was just to let the girl in front of him give up and shift her interest away from such things as martial arts and martial arts as soon as possible.
After all... a princess who has been married to a prince-in-law will soon become an "outsider" to the old Zhu family. Her future, as well as the future of the children she is likely to have in the future, will serve as a political bargaining chip for the emperor's family. However, neither her father-in-law nor her husband's family would want her to continue to be a naughty child who spends all her time wielding swords and guns and dreaming of the so-called world.
"Eh? That's not right." But after listening to Lao Zhang's words, the girl said, "Last year at Yaomeng Tower, we saw that boy named Lin Yuancheng fighting one against ten against the so-called 'Ten Swordsmen of Hebei' , I can hear you secretly praising over there, "This kid will become a top master in less than five years." Ah, I think that kid is a few years older than me. If you go by your "short time, twenty years" To put it another way, could it be that he started practicing martial arts as soon as he learned to walk?"
Zhang Ji's expression changed slightly when he heard this.
This matter was indeed his problem, because when he saw Lin Yuancheng's sword skills, his instinct and fighting spirit as a martial arts practitioner were aroused, so he couldn't help but say some things that he shouldn't have said. come out.
So what exactly happened in Yaomeng Tower at that time?
Everyone, please listen to what I have to say...
