"It's good that you remember. Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Zhou Ruoxiao retracted his hand, put it behind his back, and stared into the distance, "Get up!"
Li Ergou climbed up from the ground tremblingly and stood respectfully behind Zhou Ruoxiao.
At this moment, Li Ergou was walking on thin ice. If Zhou Ruoxiao, who was still King Xiaoyao at the time, appeared next to him, he felt excited, excited, and a little bit scared.
So facing the current Emperor Zhou, Li Ergou only had fear in his heart.
He lived alone in the palace for ten years and was unknown. As soon as he was born, he launched a war and conquered the six states.
Although the war sweeping across Kyushu did make Li Ergou excited and added a little passion to his ordinary life...
But for him to stay with such a man, the extreme psychological depression aggravated the fear. He was really worried that if he did anything wrong, he would be crushed to death.
Now, in front of Zhou Ruoxiao, he was just like an ant, and it would be effortless to crush him to death.
"You don't have to be too reserved in front of me. I can make you a promise. I will keep you safe in Chang'an City until your life span is over!" Zhou Ruoxiao said with a smile, "There are fewer and fewer old friends in this city. , I sent away all my old acquaintances one by one, and it is estimated that not many of them can come back alive. The rest either want to kill me, or they have something to ask for from me. Old people like you who can make me feel at ease Familiar people are unique!”
Li Ergou was confused for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Even if the Human Emperor farts in Chang'an City, he will be recorded seriously, and people will carefully study and figure out the strength, direction and taste of the fart, and whether there is any deep meaning in it.
But it was such a person who actually called an ordinary unknown person an old acquaintance and gave him a promise that was almost impossible to measure in terms of wealth.
"Keep me safe until my life span ends?!" Li Ergou became a little excited. If the Human Emperor made such a promise, wouldn't it mean that he could walk sideways in Chang'an City and no one would be able to beat him? If he dies, he will just die of old age naturally.
"But if you commit suicide yourself and use my promise to provoke others at will, I won't take action for you." Zhou Ruoxiao seemed to have read Li Ergou's thoughts and added.
Li Ergou scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "That will definitely not happen, that will definitely not happen,"
Watching the scene of thousands of horses galloping silently, Zhou Ruoxiao's eyes seemed to flicker.
The blessing he had given Li Ergou just now was to plant a telepathic power in him, which could protect the life of an ordinary person like him in Chang'an City.
Zhou Ruoxiao himself couldn't explain why he did this. Maybe it was on a whim, because he thought of the scene when he stood at the top of the city ten years ago and met Li Ergou.
"Old friends are dying one after another, like leaves falling in the autumn wind. This day in early spring is also like late autumn!" Zhou Ruoxiao sighed.
Li Ergou blinked, somewhat confused by what Zhou Ruoxiao was talking to himself.
Zhou Ruoxiao turned around and said, "I want to ask you a few questions."
Li Ergou said tremblingly, "What does Lord Zhou want to ask me?"
Zhou Ruoxiao stared at the army gradually disappearing on the horizon. The mountains and fields concealed each other, as if a giant beast had swallowed up the entire army.
This army can almost be regarded as the strongest force in the entire Kyushu, just like a hand that can shake the entire Kyushu continent. I don't know where this expedition will take the entire Kyushu.
Zhou Ruoxiao's thoughts slowly dispersed, and he closed his eyes slightly. Wisps of almost invisible white mist emitted from his body and drifted into Chang'an City.
A complex formation pattern began to appear in many hidden corners of Chang'an City, and golden light flashed past, and ordinary people were hardly aware of it.
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The Xuanwu Army inside has been withdrawn, the street blockade has been lifted, and pedestrians are once again filling the streets.
A small stall owner had just left the stall and was baking pancakes for customers. Suddenly he saw a golden light flashing on the ground beside him, and he couldn't believe his eyes.
"What are you looking at? You didn't even concentrate on baking the cake, and it got burned! I don't want this anymore, bake me another one!" the guest said impatiently.
The stall owner could only laugh along with him. After baking him another cake, he looked carefully at the place where the golden light had just appeared, only to find that there was nothing there.
"Did I get dazzled just now?" The stall owner rubbed his eyes and asked doubtfully.
In a majestic-looking mansion, Chen Dong was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.
Suddenly, he seemed to have something in his heart and looked towards a corner in the courtyard.
The next moment, a black shadow appeared beside him.
"Our Lord Zhou Huang is really restless. He just sent away the Yan Guards, and now he is starting to mess with the formation of Chang'an City again!" Chen Dong took a sip of tea and said.
The golden python stared at the place where the golden light came out just now, and said in a deep voice, "He seems to be using the formation to spy on the entire Chang'an City."
"Let him go. He is the master of Chang'an City. There is nothing wrong with looking at his own territory."
Almost every slightly larger city in Kyushu has a protective formation. This is not only a relic of the original war between humans and monsters, but also a tradition of the human race.
The more complex and powerful the formation is, the more resources it requires to maintain its operation. Generally, small and medium-sized cities use fourth- and fifth-grade formations. On weekdays, the formations are even turned off to reduce maintenance. Formation resources.
As for large cities, like Chang'an City, formations are activated every day and night, and they don't care about the resources consumed.
You must know that the formations in Chang'an City are genuine seventh-grade formations, and their daily consumption of resources is close to a massive amount.
The composition of the formation is always inseparable from the formation eyes. For the entire formation, the formation eyes are like important acupuncture points on the human body.
There are a total of 108 formations in the Chang'an formation. With so many formations distributed throughout Chang'an City, the government cannot devote so many troops to guard and protect them one by one. Therefore, the government's strategy is to A small half of the formation eyes are placed in the bright place to show those who are very concerned about the formation eyes, and the other half of the formation eyes are placed in the dark with heavy troops to handle them.
In this way, even if those with evil intentions destroy those formations, the government can maintain the normal operation of the formation through most of the remaining formations.
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At this moment, Zhou Ruoxiao decomposed his consciousness into countless formations that were integrated into Chang'an City, so that he could spy on every corner of Chang'an City.
He saw a waiter who worked hard as an errand boy in a teahouse dancing happily because he got a reward from his boss.
He saw that inside the brothel, several young men from powerful families were still having fun and having fun with the dancing girls.
He saw several officials who usually behaved like gentlemen in the court, discussing some frivolous activities in the palace.
He saw that there were students in the school who were studying and studying seriously, and he vowed to pass the exam and become famous.
He saw those poor families working hard for their family's livelihood, and he only hoped to save more money this year.
He saw some kind-hearted rich people doing business not to make money, but just to help poor people make more money.
He saw righteous officials standing up decisively when they saw the powerful oppressing the people and stopping the evil acts.
He saw a few warriors secretly hiding in a secret corner and plotting something. This group of people was very vigilant and soon noticed Zhou Ruoxiao's prying eyes and quickly fled the place.
He saw Liu Wanyu sitting quietly in the courtyard of the palace, with an indifferent expression and a holy letter spread out in front of her.
The content of the imperial edict is very simple. It is the regulations set by Emperor Meng for the palace. People in the harem are prohibited from leaving the harem for life.
Looking at it, Zhou Ruoxiao couldn't help but feel a little flutter in his heart.
He has transferred all the Xuanwu Army outside Chang'an City, and there are almost no soldiers in the city to maintain public order. It can be said that Chang'an City today is like farmland without farmers managing it, left to fend for itself.
However, today the Yan Wei Regiment led troops to conquer the six states, and the people in Chang'an City still lived a peaceful and peaceful life.
They seem to believe that this city, like the sun that always rises in the east and sets in the west, will always loyally guard their lives.
"If there was no me here, what would Chang'an City look like again? Would it be everything I want to see?" Zhou Ruoxiao thought silently in his heart for a long time. Then Youyou said, "Is there the life you want to live in Chang'an City today?"
Li Ergou was stunned for a long time, and then realized that Zhou Ruoxiao was talking to him, so he didn't think much, scratched his head and said, "Today's peaceful days are indeed comfortable. In the past, it was a big guy I can't even think about it. I don't have any big ambitions. I just want to drink a sip of old wine every day, get a good sleep, and eat meat with a few good brothers every now and then. My life now is very satisfying. "
Listening to Li Ergou's words, Zhou Ruoxiao couldn't help but smile, but the smile on his evil face was so weird and permeating that Li Ergou started to tremble in fear.
"Oh?! Am I so scary?" Looking at Li Ergou's appearance, Zhou Ruoxiao felt a rare embarrassment.
Li Ergou shook his head quickly and said, "No, no, no, Lord Zhou Huang is... this is a heroic aura, and I can't help but feel a little distracted!"
Zhou Ruoxiao laughed, and this time his smile was particularly bright, making Li Ergou feel that the evil spirit on Zhou Ruoxiao's face was lessened.
"Is this the life you want? Or the ordinary life of most ordinary people. By the way, have you ever thought about marrying a wife?" Zhou Ruoxiao asked curiously.
As if being recalled by Zhou Ruoxiao's words, Li Ergou's face became a little sad. He unconsciously looked at a certain place in the city, and after a long time he whispered, " I thought about it before, but I don’t have the idea now.”
Zhou Ruoxiao shook his head and sighed, understanding the meaning of Li Ergou's words.
He looked in the direction where Li Ergou was looking just now, which was the Huo family's mansion.
"You said, if this war breaks out completely, will the people in the world hate me more, or the six state pastors?" Zhou Ruoxiao asked with a smile on his face.
Li Ergou looked up at Zhou Ruoxiao, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
"I just want to hear what's in your heart. As long as you tell the truth, I won't blame you. But if you lie, I will be angry with you. You have to carefully consider the consequences of my anger!"
"Ah this... this..." Li Ergou thought over and over again, and finally said hesitantly, "I think everyone in the world will hate you even more!"
Zhou Ruoxiao nodded and said, "I think so too. Most of my million-strong army are from the former Jianghuang who gathered soldiers from all over the states after the Human-Monster War and gathered them in Yongzhou. And their troops who rebelled against the six states are all in In the past ten years, I have continuously collected money from the people, and coupled with the personal influence of Zhou Mu, I feel that in the eyes of the people of those six states, I have long become a cruel and unkind king."
"And this time the million-strong army sent by Lord Zhou Huang belongs to the attacking side. The main battlefield is on the land of the six states. During the war, the people of the six states are the ones who suffer the most. Therefore, the bulk of this battle is, It has to be blamed on you!" Li Ergou added.
"Oh? You still have some unique insights!" Zhou Ruoxiao said with some surprise. Although he had thought of all these questions, he just didn't say them out. But he really didn't expect that a little soldier watching the gate could think of this level.
