There were countless giant cities in such a large dynasty, but only Di'an City could be called its heart.
This is a city in the sky built on the top of Jiulong Mountain.
At least, that's what Xu Yuan once thought in Cangyuan, but there was always a slight gap between reality and the game.
After thousands of years of expansion and repair, Di'an City has expanded from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and is still spreading outward.
The majestic Jiulong Mountain has been shrouded in countless building groups, including attics, gardens and pavilions, and dense civilian areas.
With the Golden Throne in the Golden Palace on the top of the mountain as the central axis, several huge official roads for large monsters to pass through divide the Di'an City. Four towering city walls divide the huge city into palaces, emperors, inner and outer parts. Four cities, from inside to outside, from high to low.
Sitting on the back of Xuanying Pavilion and looking around,
In the haze of mist and rain, white birds look toward the phoenix, and countless monsters and beasts gather from all directions.
Looking down, the city was bustling with people, and countless merchants were unloading goods at various city gates, carrying all kinds of supplies needed for this giant beast.
Xuanying Pavilion flew all the way, and after entering the imperial city, they were the only monster flying in the vast sky.
According to the laws of the Great Flame, the Imperial City is forbidden to any flying monsters or high-level cultivators.
Seeing the familiar giant mansion approaching in his memory, Xu Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze and fell on the man in green opposite him.
Xu Changge's voice was gentle, with a faint smile:
"How about this? When you return to Beijing this time, do you think there are any changes in the city?"
Xu Yuan thought for a while and said:
"I didn't seem to see Tiangong Tower just now."
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As he spoke, Xu Yuan pointed to the river that ran through the Imperial Capital:
"Also, I see that there are a few newly opened Gou Lan near Long'an River, and they look very grand, that is.
"Well, the changes are quite big anyway."
Xu Changge raised his hand to support his forehead, glanced at the sky, and exhaled:
"Father should be in the house today."
Xu Yuan nodded when he heard this, not surprised.
Court meetings do not happen every day. On weekdays, important officials in the imperial capital spend most of their time in their "offices" in the palace, but Xu Yinhe generally likes to work in his own house.
After a pause, Xu Yuan suddenly asked Xu Changge:
"By the way, Xu Changge, which identity should I use when I return to the Imperial Capital?"
Xu Changge raised his eyes and glanced at the third brother:
"Which one do you want to use?"
Xu Yuan chuckled:
"I can use either one."
Xu Changge sighed and said:
"You came back for the engagement, just be careful not to show off."
Xu Yuan grinned and took off the human skin mask:
"okay."
The words fell, and there was silence.
The height of Xuan Ying's attic gradually began to decrease.
And at this time,
Xu Yuan seemed to suddenly remember something and said:
"By the way, I went north with the Third Prince before."
Xu Changge was not surprised:
"Well, I saw him on the way here."
Xu Yuan knocked on the table and stacked his armor first:
"Xu Changge, I want to ask you a question. I have no other intention."
Xu Changge glanced at the third brother helplessly and nodded:
"Just ask."
Xu Yuan carefully considered his words:
"Who is the sister in red just now? The third prince has seen her and knows that she is here for me."
Xu Changge's eyes were calm and his voice contained no emotion:
"She is the little Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Sect."
"Little Heavenly Master?"
Hearing this, Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment:
"Didn't you say that the little Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Sect is a man?"
Xu Changge’s voice was calm:
"Is it rare for a woman to travel around the world disguised as a man?"
Xu Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head:
"It's not uncommon, but it's quite rare to be able to hide it from the world for more than ten years."
"It's really rare."
Xu Changge smiled slightly, looked out the window with complicated eyes, and sipped the teacup lightly: "So you don't have to worry about the third prince using her affairs to suspect you."
Seeing this look, Xu Yuan wanted to laugh, but held it back and asked seriously:
"So, my identity will not be leaked to her, right?"
Xu Changge glanced at Xu Yuan and uttered two words:
"Won't."
Hearing this,
Xu Yuan laughed. While laughing, he stood up and walked to Xu Changge's side, patting the elder brother's shoulder.
Xu Changge still sat upright with his tea cup in hand.
Xu Yuan took out a futon and sat down. He took the wine glass and poured himself a glass. He said sincerely:
"Xu Changge, I just took a look and there's something I think I can tell you."
Xu Changge glanced at Xu Yuan's movements with calm eyes and said nothing.
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Xu Yuan coughed lightly:
"I know I, the third child, may feel uncomfortable with you as the boss, but feelings are not a practice, let alone a fight, and it does not mean that you have big fists."
"Buzz——"
A buzzing sound,
A black shadow was thrown down from the Xuanying attic and landed in the wetland lake in the Prime Minister's Mansion with a "dong" sound.
Emerging from the rain curtain on the lake, Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the Xuanyin Pavilion whistling in mid-air, and sighed helplessly.
You deserve to be single for the rest of your life because you want to save face.
Went onto the lake wetly, and suddenly saw a figure waiting on the shore.
Xu Yuan was not surprised when he saw this. The most important thing in the Prime Minister's Mansion was masters.
The figure is a woman, holding an umbrella, and she hands over a towel:
"Third Young Master, towel."
"Thanks."
Xu Yuan glanced at the other party's face and subconsciously glanced at the other side of the lake shore.
There, there is a nine-story loft.
The Library Pavilion of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The woman waiting on the shore in front of him was the maid in the library, who was also his mother's personal maid during her lifetime.
A third-grade grandmaster.
Xu Yuan took the towel, nodded and smiled:
"Um."
The woman smiled tenderly, handed the umbrella to Xu Yuan, and bowed:
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, is waiting for you in the inner court. I will take my leave first."
After that, the woman stepped on the lake and walked towards the library in the rain.
Watching the other party go away, Xu Yuan shook his head, held up an umbrella and wiped his hair with a towel, and walked towards the inner court.
The Prime Minister's residence in the Imperial Capital is also very large, even larger than the residence in Jingjiang Mansion. The current emperor specially ordered that several nearby blocks be demolished in this imperial city where land is so valuable to build for the old man.
Compared with the Xu Mansion in Jingjiang Prefecture, the Xiangguo Mansion in the Imperial Capital was obviously much more lively.
In addition to the most basic maids and waiters, there are also many people wearing court official uniforms and brocade robes in the mansion.
Some of these people came to visit the dock to give gifts, some came to deliver memorials, and some were his father's group staff.
I didn't know it before, but now I see that the Prime Minister's residence is just another court within the imperial capital.
Most of the people who could stay in the Prime Minister's mansion to work were old people, so Xu Yuan, who had taken off his human skin mask, was able to move around unimpeded.
There was no collateral prince or high-level evil slave who suddenly appeared to make things difficult for him, the third prince who had returned from an outing.
Most of the people who walked by and bowed to Xu Yuan had unfathomable auras.
If it were Cangyuanli, these people would probably be elite bosses with red question marks on their heads.
after all,
The Prime Minister's Mansion in Cangyuan is considered the most difficult final BOSS room.
After gathering his thoughts, Xu Yuan chuckled and shook his head, throwing the unrealistic thoughts out of his mind, and raised his hand to press the wooden door in front of him.
Most of the area of the Prime Minister's residence is the outer court, and the inner court where the direct descendants live is actually not large.
The four brothers and sisters each have one, Xu Yinhe has one, a study room, and a main hall where they can eat together.
Thinking about it, Xu Yuan walked in.
What comes into view is a familiar stone road with some unknown flowers and plants planted on both sides. The main hall is at the end a dozen meters away.
At this moment, an old man and a young man were already sitting in the main hall.
The rain was pouring down, falling like bead curtains from the eaves along the old tiles, hitting puddles in the yard and causing ripples.
But both of them didn't wait for him, they already started to use their chopsticks.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan smiled unconsciously and stepped forward quickly.
There is no layout with dragons or phoenixes in the main hall of the inner courtyard. It is just a square table that can seat two people on each side. It is quite simple.
Because this inner court belongs to the real restricted area of Xiangguo Mansion.
The rules were set by Xu Yinhe himself.
Except for their family members, no one else is allowed to enter, and even Lou Ji and other high-level officials are not allowed to enter the restricted area.
There are no outsiders, so naturally there is no need for those pomps.
Although it was the day when Xu Yuanchu returned to the imperial capital, neither father nor son had any intention of helping him.
The lunch meal is still four meat, two vegetarian and one soup, just like before.
This is the standard if people are not uniform. If people are uniform, there will be more meat and vegetables.
but
People should not be together.
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The only sounds in the small main hall were the crisp clanking of chopsticks against porcelain bowls, and the sound of rain outside.
After Xu Yuan said hello, Xu Yinhe nodded, and then he sat down.
There were no greetings, no greetings, as if he had not been away for two years, but went out in the morning and came back at noon.
The three of them, father and son, said nothing as they dug into the food.
It's not that there are any rules. Xu Yinhe is not a strict father. Let alone talking while eating, he won't say anything even if you turn the table over while eating.
As long as you are ready to be hung up and beaten by Xu Changge.
Silence for a long time,
Xu Yinhe slowly put down his chopsticks and looked at Xu Yuan who was returning home:
"It will take some time for your engagement to be finalized."
Xu Yuan raised his eyes when he heard this, pondered slightly, and asked:
"Why?"
Xu Yinhe had no intention of hiding anything and said directly:
"Wu Chenghou has gone to the north, so the wedding will have to wait until he comes back."
Xu Yuan frowned immediately when he heard this.
Has Marquis Wu Cheng gone to the north?
This information is somewhat big.
Now that he has initially seen the power of the military formation, he has also learned a lot of information in this area along the way, so naturally he will no longer look down on this great Yan military god as he did before.
Strong men like the first and second grade can use some leisurely and waiting tactics when facing the military formation, but this kind of tactics is rarely used on the actual battlefield, because basically as long as they go there, there is a high probability that they will be beaten by meat buns.
Military Kung Fu is different from conventional Kung Fu and belongs to a completely different path.
Gathering the strength of thousands of soldiers into one body.
Although except for some perverted and ruthless people, any cultivator of the same level can hang up and beat the generals who are building a military formation, but as long as the soldiers are using their skills, even if they do not form a military formation, the strength of the generals will be exponential under the resonance of source and energy. The physical appearance increases, the five senses, mind and soul, strength, etc.
As long as the strong men accompanying the army stop the incoming attacker for a moment, the incoming strong man will basically go away and never return.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan asked in a low voice:
"Mr. Zong alone can't handle it?"
Zong Qingsheng leads the Black Scale Army, and it goes without saying that he has great military formation skills. Now that one person is not enough, even Marquis Wu Cheng has gone.
After hearing this question, Xu Yinhe pondered for a moment and replied calmly:
"Things are a bit complicated. Generally speaking, the foreigners in the desert seem to have formed an alliance with the barbarians."
The father said it easily, but the meaning contained in it actually contained many aspects.
Xu Yuan sorted out his thoughts and asked:
"Father, can you let me see the specific situation?"
Since breaking up with Lou Ji, the intelligence chief, Xu Yuan's source of information in the two months since he traveled north has basically been the Di Bao published by the government.
And the newspapers in that mansion were basically filled with singing and dancing, and the war in the north was basically smooth sailing.
In two months, the war in the north has not stopped, but seems to have escalated again.
This war, which has never been written about in Cangyuan, seems to have become the beginning of troubled times.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan felt a little heavy in his heart.
Xu Yinhe stared at Xu Yuan's expression for a few breaths, then smiled softly:
"Changtian, are you very interested in this war?"
Xu Yuan put down his chopsticks, took out three tea cups, poured one cup for each person, and said:
"The emperor wants to eradicate the surrounding foreign races. If the barbarians form an alliance with the desert, we don't have to meet the Li family's swordsmen for the time being."
The rebellious words fell gently in the room, Xu Yinhe showed no expression:
"The situation in the north is not very good now. Many of our supply lines have been cut off. Now a large part of them are just relying on the Sumeru Ring."
When Xu Yuan heard this, he immediately understood and asked:
"Did the sect do it?"
Xu Yinhe did not answer, but the darkness in his eyes still told Xu Yuan the answer.
Xu Yuan sighed when he saw this.
Nearly a million troops are fighting against each other, and what they are doing is logistics.
Today, the Dayan Royal Family and the Prime Minister's Mansion have various war preparation materials after decades of operation, but they cannot be sent to the front line.
The sect's spies are almost all over the northern border. People can sneak over in batches, but this method cannot be used to transport large-scale supplies.
In other words, it can only be given with the Sumeru Ring.
But the capacity of a regular Xumi Ring is about 4X4X4.
After thinking for a few breaths, Xu Yuan suddenly remembered something and said:
"Father, do you mean that now we can only use the Sumeru Ring to transport supplies?"
Xu Yinhe did not answer, but glanced sideways at Xu Changge.
Seeing this look, Xu Changge, who had always been the boss, honestly took out a paper dossier from the Sumeru Ring and placed it on the square table.
Xu Yuan did not look at it immediately. There were some things that he had to report to his father first:
"If you need the Sumeru Precepts, I discovered a secret place near the Guanyin Mountains during this trip."
A few minutes late, sorry
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(End of chapter)
