The two horses were both fine horses. Although there was some delay on the way, as the sun rose and the soldiers guarding the city opened the city gate, the two rushed to the gate of Jinling City.
This Jinling City is an ancient capital for hundreds of years. It was an important town in the south of the Yangtze River when Emperor Gaozu expanded the territory. In addition to the good weather and peace of the country and the people in the past thirty years, the prosperity of Jinling City today is probably only comparable to that of the imperial capital Chang'an. Today coincides with the monthly big market. People in the city come to the market with their young and old. They are crowded, crowded and lively.
Zhao Niantong was in his early twenties and grew up in Caixia Palace. He was simple-minded and innocent. Pan Suxuan is eight years older than Zhao Niantong. He has strong martial arts skills, is calm and experienced, and is one of the eight guardians of Caixia Palace at a young age. He is a leader among the new generation of Caixia Palace and has great prestige among the disciples.
Caixia Palace is located on the Goddess Peak of Tianyi Mountain, the highest point of Yingzhou in Donglai. This sect advocates sunshine. The founder of the sect traveled thousands of miles ago to invite Mi people from Japan to arrange the entire Caixia Palace into an innate form according to the Qimen Dunjia technique. The type of gossip. The palace buildings mostly use refractive and reflective materials such as crystal and colored glass. In addition, the climate here is humid and the sun is abundant, so there will be colorful clouds after every rain, hence the name.
As one of the most mysterious sects in the world, the hierarchy of disciples within Caixia Palace can be described as strict. In addition to the palace master, there are four elders: Houtu, Shenghuo, Zhishui, and Shenmu. Below the elders are the eight guardians of the "white" generation. Each of the guardians is a slender man in white clothes and a white horse. Below them is Caixia. There are seven different colors of disciples, namely red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, and purple. Disciples of each generation wear clothes of the same color as their generation.
Every year on the day of the summer solstice, a ceremony to worship heaven is held in the palace, which is also a promotion ceremony for disciples of all generations. The method of promotion is martial arts competition. Starting from the purple generation, if you can win three games in a row, you can become the first disciple of that generation. If you can be the first disciple for three consecutive years, you can be promoted to the disciple of the previous generation.
Disciples of the Orange generation and above, including Dharma protectors and elders, can recruit disciples on their own. The disciples they accept need to be graded according to the seniority of the master by five generations when they start. If the master is an elder in orange, the disciple will wear purple clothes. If the master is an elder in white, then the disciple will be a disciple in green. Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong were wearing green clothes when they first started. Their master was Elder Houtu, the first of the four elders.
In Caixia Palace, only disciples of the orange generation or above can go down the mountain and leave the palace. Due to the slow promotion method, many people who have been in the palace for decades are only green disciples and cannot get the opportunity to go down the mountain. Therefore, people in Caixia Palace are very He seldom moves around the world, and the world knows very little about him. Some disciples could not bear the loneliness on the mountain and secretly ran down the mountain. Once caught, the law enforcement elders would deprive them of their martial arts skills and force them to drink a bowl of soup. After forgetting all the things in the palace, they would be expelled from the mountain.
Although Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong could go down the mountain according to their seniority, they had never traveled far. How had they ever been to a place like Jinling, where people were crowded with people and ships were confused? As soon as he entered the city, Zhao Niantong was fascinated by the world. He left the unpleasantness on the road behind and looked around and around from time to time. He only regretted that he didn't have more pairs of eyes so that he could see this world. The lively scene can be seen at a glance.
Pan Suxuan showed a little calmness, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Junior sister, we'd better find the inn quickly. It's not too late to settle down and go shopping." Zhao Niantong said: "Don't worry, senior brother, let me go shopping again. Look, that candy How well do people do and how similar they are?" Pan Suxuan said: "Junior sister, don't forget that we have a heavy responsibility and we are not here to hang around. Besides, you and I should not show off our clothes too much."
Zhao Niantong lowered his head and saw that he was dressed in bright red, while Pan Suxuan was dressed in snow-white. Together with the tall and beautiful horses they were holding, they were really eye-catching. So, the two of them found a humble inn in the west of the city to stay. The shopkeeper was very enthusiastic when he saw the guests, and hurriedly asked the waiter to open two upper rooms. Although the inn was not big, the rooms were exquisite. Pan Suxuan was very satisfied and ordered the waiters to drink and feed the horses. After a brief wash, the two went to the street to change their clothes.
Pan Suxuan was dressed as a scholar, wearing a light blue scarf, a sky blue gown, and a pair of black square-soled fast boots. Zhao Niantong also put on a set of male attire for the convenience of movement, but it was much more expensive than Pan Suxuanhua. He wore a Xiaoyao scarf, an apricot yellow robe, gold silk high boots on his feet, a jade pendant on his belt, and a folding fan in his hand. He looks like a rich man.
The two looked at each other, and Zhao Niantong said: "Brother, I didn't expect you to be quite handsome dressed up like this?" Pan Suxuan smiled slightly and said: "Junior sister, you are so flattering, you have to be so fair-skinned to be handsome. The beautiful Mr. Zhao?" Zhao Niantong smiled and said: "Haha, Mr. Pan accepts, accepts."
The two of them were walking and joking, when suddenly a fast horse came from a distance. On the horse, one person was wearing an official uniform with a sword on his back, and he was riding towards the crowd with a whip. Seeing that the fierce horse was about to rush into the crowd, the people closest to the horse were frightened and were stunned and couldn't think of running away. Pan and Zhao secretly thought that something was wrong and were about to stop the horse to save people. I saw the man on the horse lightly holding the reins with his left hand, hitting the saddle with his right hand, kicking his feet fiercely, his body rising into the air like a light swallow, drawing an arc in the air, and falling slowly. This fierce horse has been trained, and while running, it suddenly felt a lightness on its body, and knew that its owner was no longer there. At the same time, following the strength of the reins, it turned its head and ran towards the west, brushing against the crowd.
Pan Suxuan thought to himself: "What a handsome kung fu man. There is someone with such skill in the government. It seems that we have to be more careful during this trip!" Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Zhao Niantong step forward and said loudly: "Hey, you are showing off like this. Aren’t you afraid of hurting innocent people with your kung fu?”
The young man on the horse glanced at Zhao Niantong, turned around and walked towards the crowd without answering. Zhao Niantong rushed up and said angrily: "Hey, are you deaf, the boy in black?" The boy in black still seemed to have not heard and walked on his own.
Seeing this, Zhao Niantong stretched out her right hand to grab the boy's shoulder using grappling techniques. Unexpectedly, just as she was about to touch the clothes, the boy's shoulder slipped out of her hands like a loach. After Zhao Niantong was stunned for a moment, he said angrily: "Okay, let's see who is faster with your body skills or my palm skills!" Then he used his colorful palms to attack the boy in black.
