Chapter 40: The Imperial Capital
Tang Yu and Li Lanqiu got out of Wolf Fly Mountain and went all the way south. Along the way, the two hunted countless demon beasts in their training, killed dozens of mountain bandits and horse thief gangs, rescued dozens of villages and tens of thousands of people, and the two of them broke through the name of the Wind and Fire Heroes in the Tianyu Empire in just three months.
Li Lanqiu's Tianfeng Sword Technique, after obtaining the Tianfeng Sword, cultivated the complete Tianfeng Sword Technique, and in the past three months, he has made a huge breakthrough, and he is only one step away from condensing the Dao Fetus and reaching the reincarnation realm that a martial artist dreams of.
And Tang Yu has not improved much in the past three months, but he has only been along the way, constantly groping for the power of wind and thunder, and cultivating the Five Emperors Divine Skills, but with little effect. Only the power of the wind, after cultivating the Four Seasons Wind Technique, has made great progress, and with the help of the power of the wind, the power of the Five Emperors Divine Skill is even stronger.
The originally incomparably fast body-breaking sword qi became even faster and more powerful under the cold wind.
Dead wood is always spring, and with the help of the breeze, it can be born and died in an instant.
The Black Emperor is immeasurable, setting off stormy waves in the hurricane, and every palm is like a dam bursting its embankment, mercilessly devouring everything around it.
The earth is indestructible, and under the baptism of cool breeze and cold wind, it becomes more tenacious and unshakable.
The most special is the Extreme Yang Fire Emperor Fist, with the help of the wind of the four seasons, every punch, every style has great destructive power, the wind helps the fire, the fire helps the wind, and the wind of the four seasons also becomes manic at this time, even if it is the wind of life, it also becomes raging at this time.
In the past few months, Tang Yu has used the Fire Emperor Fist the most, so the two of them have won the nickname of the Wind and Fire Heroes.
After walking for three months, the two finally saw a huge city at the end of an official road, lying there, with a ten-zhang high city wall, stretching for miles on both sides.
The two of them stood at the bottom of the castle tower and looked up at the huge castle tower. Walking along the road, the two of them also passed through several big cities, even county towns and domain capitals, all of which could not be compared with this big city.
These are nothing to Li Lanqiu, he had followed his father to the imperial capital and lived in the imperial capital for a while, so he didn't feel new.
But for Tang Yu, it was a huge shock, he grew up on the mountain since he was a child, when he first saw Linfeng City, he felt huge, and now looking at the city in front of him, he can only describe it as majestic.
The imperial capital of Tianyu is the center of the Tianyu Empire, where countless merchants and wealthy people gather, making the imperial capital extremely prosperous, and there are caravans from other parts of the empire coming and going, which is very lively.
The street is wide enough for a dozen horse-drawn carriages to run in parallel, and the streets are lined with shops, a thriving scene.
Although Tang Yu came to the imperial capital for the first time, he was not as novel as when he was in Linfeng City before, and everything he saw felt fresh.
The two walked around for a while, and when they saw that it was getting late, they found a restaurant and walked in.
The building is three floors high, and the interior is elegantly arranged, and the two of them walked straight to the third floor.
On the third floor, there were already most of the tables sitting with people, and the two of them found a window seat on the lower left, and before they had time to order, the sound of talking at the table next to them made Tang Yu and Li Lanqiu interested at the same time.
"Three days later, it was the selection to go to the Tianfu School Palace, and I heard that eight of the top ten princes have come this time, only Li Lanqiu, the wind boy, and Kui Yun, the ghost boy, did not come. ”
"I heard that three months ago, Feng Gongzi was seriously injured by the ghost boy in Feilai Peak, so I guess he hasn't recovered yet!"
"Well, the Feilai Peak Trial, I also heard that in previous years, this kind of trial, at most, there were one or two, such as the top ten sons, but this year there are five of them. ”
"The ghost boy and the Feng boy have never been on good terms, and the two of them are in the middle of the martial arts, if the Feng boy is seriously injured, then the ghost boy's injury is probably not light!"
"You don't know, I heard that it was the ghost boy and the noble boy who shot at the same time, and the wind boy was seriously injured. ”
"Speaking of your son, I heard that he was also injured this time?"
"Well, I heard that this time I went to participate in the Feilai Peak trial, in addition to the five princes, there was another person, although he was not among the top ten sons, but his strength was no less than the top ten sons. The noble son Tang Lin was injured in his hand. ”
"Oh, is there such a young man in the Tianyu Empire? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"I didn't know before, a few days ago, a friend from Tianbei County mentioned it during a casual chat, I heard that the son is also very promising, after the Yan King who disappeared sixteen years ago. ”
"King Yan?"
"That's right! The descendant of Yan King Tang Shu seems to be called Tang Yu. ”
"King Yan and King Li have always been at odds, King Yan has disappeared over the years, and most of his forces have been eradicated and incorporated by King Li and King Yu, and now only the Mobei Mo family is left, and they are still struggling to support. ”
"Well, the Mo family is loyal, and the sword king Mo Tongxuan has the reputation of 'Mo's full loyalty, Husha Town's northern frontier'. ”
"The Mo family guards the northern frontier, and in the past sixteen years, they have never taken a step out of the northern frontier, and they are indeed loyal. It seems that this time, Mo Beiming, the son of the sword, walked out of Mobei and participated in the Feilai Peak trial, then the descendants of King Yan should be true. ”
"It's just that I don't know if Tang Yu will come to participate in the selection, if he comes to the imperial capital, it will be lively, several big forces are looking for him, but this Tang Yu is like a flash in the pan, there has been no news for three months, I just heard that he is dressed in white and has a white mask, and no one has seen his true face. ”
"I don't know if he will come, but if he knows another news, I think he will definitely come!"
"Oh, what's the news?"
"Tonight, Manyanlou Yun Ling'er chooses a son-in-law!"
"Cut! I thought what you were talking about, this matter has spread all over the imperial capital, a Qing man married, although she is the first beauty in the imperial capital, what does it have to do with Tang Yu?"
"Do you remember the clouds?"
"Clouds, what clouds?"
"It seems that you have really forgotten, sixteen years ago, the eldest princess's maid, the cloud girl. ”
"Clouds, clouds, I remember, you're talking about the cloud girl?"
Yun Cai was the maid next to the eldest princess, and was suddenly found to be pregnant, the eldest princess was angry, so she drove her out of the palace, and finally was broken as a singer, and gave birth to a daughter a few months later, which is this Yun Ling'er. ”
"Many people know about this matter, so what does it have to do with King Yan?"
Sixteen years ago, the prince of Yan attempted to rebel, was imprisoned in the prison, and was finally secretly killed. And this prince of Yanwang, when he was in the imperial capital, he had the most contact with the maid Yun Cai beside the eldest princess. And Yun Cai was pregnant, not long after Tang Yun's death. So now it is rumored that the child in Yuncai's belly is Tang Yun's. ”
"What you said is true? If Yun Ling'er is really Tang Yun's daughter, would Emperor Tianyu sit idly by like this? This news must be fake!"
"Regardless of whether her identity is true or not, but being forced by your son to choose a son-in-law is true, you see, the emperor will definitely be very lively in the past two days. ”
"What are you talking about, that Yun Ling'er is the first beauty in the imperial capital, and she also chooses those high-ranking officials and nobles when she chooses her son-in-law, what does it have to do with us, drink and drink. ”
"Yes, yes, this is the first beauty in the imperial capital, how many people want to kiss Fangze, we ordinary martial artists, it is a luxury to see each other!"
Just as everyone was talking, the stairs on the third floor sounded again, and a teenager came up from downstairs.
This young man was tall and resolute, aged sixteen or seventeen, dressed in a black warrior suit, carrying a large knife on his back, and on the hilt, a huge tiger head, with a bloody mouth open, as if he wanted to choose someone to eat.
Tang Yu and Li Lanqiu couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw the young man with the big knife on his back.
The young man in black in front of him, both of them knew each other, but they didn't expect to meet here.
The young man in black went up to the third floor, swept around the upstairs, walked to a table next to Tang Yu, and sat down.
At this time, among the few people who had just chatted, one of them exclaimed in a low voice, "Tiger Sword!" It's Mo Beiming. ”
At this time, Li Lanqiu stood up and said to the black-clothed young man, "It turned out to be Brother Mo, Lanqiu is polite." ”
The person who came up was Mo Beiming, who was with Tang Yu in Feilai Peak three months ago, and when he saw someone greeting him, he turned his head to look, "Are you?" Seeing the person who greeted him, he didn't know him, so he asked suspiciously.
"In the lower Li Lanqiu. ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Feng Gongzi, I heard that you were seriously injured by that bastard of Kui Yun, but now you are all right?" Mo Beiming said.
"Thank you Brother Mo for your concern, it's okay. Since we met here, why don't we have a few drinks together?" Li Lanqiu said.
Mo Beiming pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you Brother Li for your kindness, but I still have important things to do in the next moment, so I won't bother Brother Li." ”
"In this case, Lanqiu will not bother, if there is anything that needs Lanqiu, please Brother Mo not be polite, Lanqiu will also help to repay Brother Mo for saving his life. Li Lanqiu said again.
"Oh, the grace of saving lives, where does this start!" Mo Beiming said suspiciously.
"Three months ago, in Feilai Peak, Brother Mo used a tiger sword to rescue thousands of warriors, Lanqiu was among them at that time, but he was seriously injured at that time, if it wasn't for Brother Mo and the eldest brother to save him, I'm afraid Lanqiu would have been buried in the fire. Li Lanqiu said.
But at that time, it was the decision of His Royal Highness the Prince to save thousands of warriors, and His Royal Highness the Prince was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to bury thousands of warriors in Feilai Peak, so he came to the rescue. Mo Beiming said.
"Brother Mo said so, then he won't bother in the future, or that sentence, if there is a need, Lanqiu will definitely help. Li Lanqiu arched his hand again and sat down.
"Thank you!"
Mo Beiming was indeed as he said, and quickly finished his meal and left.
At this time, Li Lanqiu whispered to Tang Yu, "Why doesn't the eldest brother recognize Mo Beiming, this Mo Beiming is really just like a rumor, and the Mo family is loyal." ”
"Well, the Mo family is indeed loyal, but you also know that I am not the son of King Yan, so how can I deceive him with a false identity. Tang Yu said.
"Well, what the eldest brother said is reasonable, but this Mo Bei is in such a hurry, it should be for that Yun Ling'er, do we want to help?" Li Lanqiu asked.
When Tang Yu heard this, he was silent in his heart, he and King Yan had an enmity with him, his mother died under the poison of King Yan, and his father also died in the illusion created by King Yan. How can I help my enemies?
Seeing that Tang Yu was silent, Li Lanqiu said with some eagerness, "Big brother, Yan Wang Renyi, we can't watch his descendants being pushed into the fire pit!"
"Lanqiu, these days, I've been thinking about a question, is Yan King Tang Shu really as benevolent and righteous as you say?"
"Eh, did the eldest brother remember about his aunt again?" asked Li Lanqiu.
"Yes! These days, Tang Shu's benevolence and righteousness have been preached everywhere, but my mother did die under poison, which makes me have to doubt. Tang Yu said.
"Big brother, when you explained your origin to me, I said that Tang Shu, the king of Yan, was definitely not such a sinister villain, otherwise, he could have personally taken Princess Yan with him at that time, so why should he fake others? There must be something strange in this?" Li Lanqiu said.
Even if he was one of those shameless villains, it had nothing to do with his family. But there is one thing, if I find out in the future, that poison was indeed arranged by him, I want to kill him, don't stop me!" Tang Yu said.
"Big brother, don't worry, if it's really as you said, Lanqiu will not stop the big brother. Li Lanqiu replied firmly.
"Okay! Regardless of whether this Yun Ling'er is a descendant of King Yan or not, he wants to be a person who has lived in Qinglou since he was a child. ”