The guards at the city gate looked expressionless one by one, but in fact their eyes were very sharp, and as soon as Leader Jane and his party came over, they immediately noticed it, and two guards came over.

"Condor Guard?" the guard looked at Leader Jane and recognized Leader Jane, but his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and he didn't flatter and humble him because of Leader Jane's identity.

Leader Jian nodded, took out the imperial document from his sleeve, and handed it to the guards who came over, "The monarch specially ordered me to go to the Fenghe area to inquire about the murder of the city lord of Wumeng Valley, this is the imperial document specially approved by the monarch. ”

The guards opened the imperial text and took a quick tour, and after making sure that there was no problem, they handed it back to Leader Jane, and then looked at Xiao Chen, "This is the city lord of Wumeng Valley?"

"Yes, I was ordered by the monarch to go to the imperial capital to solve the matter of the Fang family. Xiao Chen replied.

The guard glanced Xiao Chen up and down, and then said something to his companion, and the man nodded.

"Alright, no problem, you can go in. The guard said, and looked at Xiao Chen again, and said: "Lord Xiao City has just arrived, maybe he is not very familiar with the imperial capital, if he has not arranged a place first, he can go to the post house first, and he can also understand the rules of the imperial capital there." ”

After saying that, the guard left, without looking at Xiao Chen and Leader Jane.

"This guard has a big temper. The phoenix muttered, the city they have been to is not one or two, the guards in other places, when they meet the nobles, which one is not nodding their heads? The guards here are the guards of the imperial capital, and they are not humble at all.

Hearing Phoenix's muttering, Leader Jian smiled and said: "These guards are different from ordinary guards, they are the first line of defense in the imperial capital, and they belong to the people personally selected by the monarch. ”

Xiao Chen, a city lord, is only a third-grade civil official, but he didn't expect that the grade of these guards was even higher than him, and he was a second-grade military attaché, so it was no wonder that people were neither humble nor arrogant.

"Their suggestion is still good, City Lord Xiao might as well live in the post house, it was originally a place for guests from all sides, and there are quite a lot of sources there, which is conducive to City Lord Xiao to understand the current situation. Leader Jane also suggested.

Xiao Chen thought for a moment, he really didn't know much about the imperial capital, and if he went to another place rashly, there might be some accidents, and it was a good choice to go directly to the post house.

"Okay, then let's go to the post house, if there is anything wrong with Leader Jane, then come directly to the post house to find me." Xiao Chen said.

Leader Jian nodded, "We arrived at the imperial capital two days earlier than expected, the monarch should still be busy with other things these days, there is no way to see you to solve the Fang family's affairs for the time being, Xiao City Lord and wait for a while." ”

"This is natural, and it is the first time I have come to the imperial capital, so I took advantage of these two days to take a stroll and understand the customs of the imperial capital. ”

Leader Jian is okay, after entering the city, he wants to go back to the house to sort out the results of the recent investigation, so he specially sent people around him to bring Xiao Chen and his party to the post house, and after sending Xiao Chen and his party into the post house, the man left.

The location of the post house is relatively remote, behind a lively street, but the environment is okay, quiet and elegant, and because it is a post house, the reception is either the envoys of various countries, or the foreign city lord, are people with status, and ordinary people will not come here to disturb.

"I've been running around all night for the past few days, let's rest today, and let's go shopping in the evening. Xiao Chen said with the three of them.

At this time, Tiansheng did not have any grand festivals, and there were no foreign envoys from other countries, so the post house was very empty, and the five of them simply covered a whole floor on the second floor, except for them and the little two of the inn, the rest of the people could not easily step in.

Xiao Chen came to his room, his room was located in the most marginal one, and when he opened the window, he could see the most conspicuous building in the center of the imperial capital, the palace of the Ouyang royal family.

Hundreds of years ago, the Ouyang royal family was just a big family, and then the previous generation of royal family was declining, and even with the Heavenly Sage was going downhill a little bit, the ancestors of the Ouyang royal family took the opportunity to seize the imperial power, and there was today's Ouyang royal family.

Don't look at the status of the royal family, but in fact, it also depends on the faces of the major families to survive, if all the major families unite to resist, the royal family has no choice.

Fortunately, there are royal checks and balances, and there will be little cooperation between the major families, and it will not cause too much crisis to the royal family. But that doesn't mean it's always like this, it's often so calm that people can't notice it before a rainstorm, and by the time it's too late.

When Xiao Chen and his party arrived at the imperial capital, it was already evening, and now the season has entered late autumn, and the sky is getting dark quickly, Xiao Chen just stood by the window for a while, and the sky was completely dark.

At night, the imperial capital is lively, everywhere is brightly lit, men, women and children walk on the street, and laughter can be heard everywhere.

Xiao Chen looked at it for a while, and was about to retract his gaze, but the Changci he was holding in his hand suddenly trembled, Xiao Chen's eyes lit up, and a spiritual power hit a tree outside the window.

The leaves made a rustling sound, and a figure fell from above, and in mid-air, a carp snapped up, and landed firmly on the ground.

"Hey, I said you were too ruthless, you were going to murder your brother!"

Yuan Jin slapped his waist with a fan and glared at Xiao Chen indignantly.

Xiao Chen was speechless for a moment, leaned on the window and asked, "Didn't you get captured by your father and brought home, why did you appear here?"

Yuan Jinzhen opened the fan, fanned it gracefully, and hummed: "Can he still lock up the master? Not to mention a mere original home, it is a copper wall, and there is no place where I can't get out!"

After he finished boasting, he saw that Xiao Chen didn't answer, just stared at him with a smile.

Yuan Jin touched his nose, "I said, what kind of eyes are you? Brother, I came out to find you, even if you sneak attack me, you don't even say welcome me." ”

The movement of the two of them talking aroused the awareness of Immortal Punishment and Phoenix, and their room was next door to Xiao Chen.

The two of them opened the window together and looked at Yuan Jin who was standing in the courtyard, Phoenix tilted his head and said curiously: "I remember that you left before us, where we are going, you didn't hear it, so how did you know that we were here?"

Yuan Jin shook the hand of the fan for a moment, and after realizing something, his face turned dark.

Xiao Chen glanced at him, and his eyes fell on a rooftop somewhere, "How long do you plan to stay there?"

When Yuan Jin and the others heard this, they all turned their heads to look at the place where Xiao Chen's eyes went, where was an empty roof, and they didn't notice anything with their divine sense.

Xiao Chen's fingers tapped lightly on Changci's sword, and said with a smile: "Could it be that Your Excellency still wants me to ask for it personally?"

Although Yuan Jin didn't sense that there was someone there, he believed in Xiao Chen's strength, and said angrily at the moment: "If you have the ability, don't hide, get out quickly!"