Early the next morning, Li Lingyou showed up at the villa courtyard as scheduled. Seeing that Wei Ling, Xuan Ming and others had finished breakfast and were waiting for him, he pressed his temples and smiled bitterly:
"I drank a little too much last night and was made drunk by some of my brothers. Ha, fifth brother probably hasn't recovered yet. Anyway, he won't go. I'll accompany you to visit the imperial capital."
"Okay! But there will be one more person, an acquaintance!"
Wei Ling smiled and threw Xiao Duhuo's message to Li Lingyou.
"Haha, this guy has returned to the Imperial Capital. Did he hear something?"
Wei Ling was a little confused, Li Lingyou shook his head:
"Let's talk after we meet later."
A few people didn't even call for the shuttle bus, but just walked towards the gate of the mansion and chatted.
Near the gate, I received a message from Xiao Duhuo:
"Brother Wei Ling, I have arrived at the square of Li clan's residence. Should I come in to visit or wait for you?"
"We'll be out right away!"
Soon, the group of people quickly walked out of the mansion and saw Xiao Duhuo waiting at the door.
Dressed in green clothes, with a tall and straight figure and a quiet and slightly aged face, he is none other than the gold digging warlock Xiao Duhuo.
When the three young people met, they all laughed and held hands with each other.
Then there was almost a hug.
"Brother Linghuo, you ran very fast in Iasi. We almost took the blame for you!"
Li Lingyou laughed and left the encounter with Elton, the tax policeman of Iasi County, and the secret fight in the streets that night to Xiao Duhuo.
After being stunned for a moment, Xiao Duhuo smiled bitterly:
"It's so exciting. Brother Wei Ling's excuse is very skillful. Haha, you have become a debt collector. Haha..."
Wei Ling also smiled slightly:
"Don't take it seriously, you're just kidding. By the way, I see that the spiritual power around you is still concentrated. Are you at the intermediate level? Congratulations!"
Xiao Duhuo nodded lightly:
"This time I was wandering around the far north, and I occasionally had the feeling that it was just a matter of time. I am already over thirty, and I am only at the middle level, so it is not worthy of praise.
On the other hand, you two will probably be there soon. "
Immediately, Wei Ling introduced four children to Xiao Duhuo.
Xuan Ming and others bowed respectfully, and Shang Lu was particularly kind to the middle-level Xiao Duhuo. After all, they were all earth spirit warlocks.
"Brother Xiao, where are your interesting subordinates?"
Shou Gong smiled and threw away the bag, asking for information from Mang Cao, Shen Cao and others.
"Haha, fortunately, there are no problems, but after all, their image and life experience, they are not even citizens of the empire, so they are not suitable to appear in the imperial capital.
Therefore, I left them in a small town in the north and went to find them after I finished here. "
"Actually, Brother Duhuo is still too strict with the rules. There are so many aristocratic families in the empire, and even small families, there are servants of Xixuan's family. It doesn't matter if they are brought in."
Xiao Duhuo smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't say much, but smiled and asked the children:
"Where do you want to play?"
However, the children couldn't say where they wanted to go specifically. They also searched for many tourist routes on the enchantment network, but they always felt that they were not interesting.
Li Lingyou smiled and threw the bag:
"The empire of Chang'an has a history of thousands of years. In the old days, due to excessive commercial real estate development, the so-called eight scenic spots of the imperial capital were not mentioned. Only after the Great Annihilation and the hundred years since the empire was founded, there are many new places to visit. Go check it out.
For example, I got up early to see the famous Weiyang Morning Sun. In the morning light, the three-hundred-meter-high metal tower reflects the faint golden light against the morning sun, which indeed looks quite shocking. "
Several people subconsciously looked towards the northern sky. Even from such a distance, they could still see the main body of the "Weiyang Barrier" standing between heaven and earth.
"Let's do this. There are eight of us in the group and we will arrange an open-top sightseeing car. We will drive into the Imperial City and go to the East Market. There is a place that I used to go to. I can still go and see it."
As a landlord, Li Lingyou naturally made up his mind.
The group of people got on a suspended sightseeing car driven by Li Fan, and Li Lingyou drove it himself, heading north.
In the current imperial capital, there are basically two ways to travel. One is the underground transportation network that covers various areas, which is quite convenient, and the other is the suspended suspension car.
There are slight differences between hover cars and vehicles. Vehicles are fast and fly at high altitudes. Hover cars are generally a few meters or more than ten meters high. They are booked according to different levels and are generally used for short-distance sightseeing and transportation.
Since the suspension height is not high when driving, it will follow the existing road as a trajectory and avoid tall buildings.
Shibaro's skills were really good. The sightseeing bus was fast and smooth. Along the wide and quiet road, he arrived near the imperial capital city wall in less than half an hour.
The densely packed various buildings on the periphery are properties bought by people in need from different places throughout the empire, as well as residences and business premises newly built by the original citizens of the imperial capital and the surrounding aborigines after the Great Annihilation.
In order to have a certain shielding effect on the radiation after the Great Annihilation, the main bodies of all buildings are made of concrete and barite (barium sulfate). However, most of the styles are still in the traditional Bactrian style, and some powerful ones are still outside the building. Covered with lead sheets of varying thickness, painted in the customary colors of the Empire.
The empire is still dark, so all the buildings are mainly black, white and gray. It seems that even the surrounding areas outside the city wall have a sense of grandeur and heaviness.
Soon, everyone sitting on the floating car saw the towering imperial city wall not far away, and suddenly they seemed to have the illusion of arriving in Yaxi County.
However, the city wall in Yasi County is much higher than this. The city wall here is only about thirty meters at most, but its scale is even more grand.
The same thing is that both the inside and outside of the city wall are covered with thick alloy armor.
There is another difference. This place does not have the cold and solemn feeling of a military town like Iasi. There is a lot of earthly atmosphere in the solemnity and solemnity.
The dense buildings outside the city, the endless stream of tourists, and the lack of obvious defensive weapons on the city gates and walls all indicate that this is a stable and peaceful heart of the empire.
The hovercar enters the city from Anhua Gate on the Qingming River with almost no pause.
The scanning device near the city gate has long read out the owner and core number of the hover car. Every citizen information chip of the crew member is instantly compared and recorded, and connected to the "Weiyang Barrier".
Wei Ling and Shou Gong, like the four children, looked left and right, admiring the scenery of the imperial capital through the hover car.
Soon, the hover car entered the huge Zhuque Street, which was the first street in the empire. It was over a hundred meters wide, and was covered by smoky willow trees in both directions, like smoke.
There are actually incredible carriages on the road, pulling open carriages. There must be a dizzying number of foreign tourists in the carriages, enjoying the supreme elegance of the "Emperor Street".
On both sides of Suzaku Street, these are the headquarters or offices and business residences of the famous business tycoons in the entire empire.
Li Lingyou suddenly laughed:
"Welling, Shou Gong, the headquarters of our Xihai Metal Trading is on this street."
"Haha, why don't you go check in and check in?"
The guard also made a rare joke.
Xiao Duhuo burst into laughter. A lone ranger-like gold mining team like him was actually listed as a debtor of Xihai Trading in the official records of the Xixuan Federation. At this moment, the creditor was having a lively conversation with him. It was strange and inexplicable when he thought about it.
Soon, the hover car crossed the Suzaku Street, which was about five kilometers away, and turned right towards Dongshi.
The East Market is a huge area, equivalent to a large-scale pedestrian district in the old days.
The hover car stopped at a parking space, and a group of eight people entered Dongshi, which was crowded with tourists.
Specialties from all over the empire and even various items from the Xixuan Federation can be found in the East Market.
There are stalls selling various gadgets everywhere, attracting many children around.
There are also many snacks that have never been seen or heard of before, and they are all delicious and delicious.
Under the scorching gaze of Phytophthora spp., Shou Gong took the four of them. Whenever he found something he liked, he would buy some to try.
After wandering around for nearly an hour, Li Lingyou pointed at a large complex of buildings not far away and threw out the message with a smile:
"Let's go there, Lingyan Pavilion, and we'll have lunch there."
"But we are almost full."
Phytolacca was a little confused.
"Haha, who told you to want to eat everything?"
The slave is gloating about his misfortune.
This Lingyan Pavilion is not the Lingyan Pavilion in the history of the old era, but a new commercial complex in the imperial capital after the Great Annihilation, integrating catering, entertainment, accommodation, and conference services.
The Honghu Tower in Lingyan Pavilion can be regarded as a place where the aristocratic families of the imperial capital like to hang out for drinks and tea. Due to its high positioning and high consumption, it has hindered most ordinary people who "live in Chang'an for a long time".
A group of people entered Lingyan Pavilion and were greeted by two charming reception ladies:
"Welcome, welcome! Hello Mr. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"Master Li, are you here to entertain guests?"
Li Lingyou laughed:
"They are not guests, they are all brothers. Choose a quiet place near the lake in Honghu Tower for me to drink and eat."
"Okay, guests please follow me to make arrangements."
The reception woman bowed slightly and led everyone up to the third floor of Honghu Tower.
"Ha, Shishiro, it seems that you are a regular visitor here. You have been here for several years, and the receptionist knows you."
Xiao Duhuo joked.
"That's necessary. Wherever young people in the imperial capital like to go, who doesn't know me, Li Shilang?"
The shape of Honghu Tower is a traditional tower, but the material is mostly alloy, and the surface is treated with simple wood grain. The decoration style is elegant but not gaudy.
The open-air area facing the lake was divided into several sections by low pile-top bonsai, antiques, and rare book shelves. A few people randomly selected a spot and sat down.
The lake outside is sparkling, surrounded by green trees, and there are blooming flowers under the trees. However, there are no cruise ships on the lake to detract from the scenery. There are only a few white water birds gathering in the lake. It is indeed an elegant place to find tranquility in the bustle.
Wei Ling and Xiao Duhuo secretly praised such a comfortable environment, but Li Lingyou dropped a message to Shou Gong and the four children:
"Xuan Ming, you go to the second floor. There is a very interesting game room with all kinds of game equipment. You can play as much as you like. Your sister, the guardian, will take you. We will have lunch later, okay?"
The four children immediately nodded happily. Sitting facing a lake like this was not what they liked at their age.
Wei Ling and Shou Gong burst into laughter.
