In fact, the forgotten Imperial soldiers are not alone, but a group. They have been marginalized since the time of Longqing's preparations. Naturally, those officers who were capable but did not have any tasks arranged, Ye Gu saw more than once. From time to time, they wandered into the hotels and taverns of the imperial capital, relying on the little salary given by the empire, insulting and confiding in the injustices they encountered.

"I knew a few people inside before Ye Mingyuan came to the imperial capital, and I don't know if they are still over there now. Ye Gu secretly guessed: "It doesn't matter if the action of the Deep Blue Land is spontaneous or if it is really the emperor's order. At this time, staying in the imperial capital is looking for death, and it will not help at all. Looks like I'm going to have to become a traitor to the Empire too. ”

Ye Gu laughed at himself and quickened his pace towards the prosperous area.

But what made him strange was that although he was near the imperial palace and did not belong to the prosperous area of the imperial capital, it seemed unusually quiet under this gloomy and dim sky. As he ran violently, apart from a few barking dogs, he did not encounter any pedestrians on the road, nor did he see any Imperial soldiers chasing after him.

Under his influence, it was only around three o'clock in the afternoon, which was a lively time for the prosperous imperial capital.

This silence is also too strange.

"Forget it, since they didn't catch up, it is possible that they will not carry out a city-wide search. It's better to get over there first. ”

After secretly making up his mind, Ye Gu's feet sped up a little faster. But this speed was only the pure speed of his physical body, and in such a sensitive place as the imperial capital, he didn't dare to use the magic source power on the street frequently and openly.

Only the aristocracy was keen on magic, and both the commoners and the soldiers, were inclined towards technology.

After quickly crossing four or five streets, Ye Gu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw some lights coming from the bend not far away.

Turning the corner, the lively night scene in the center of the imperial capital was completely sent into his black eyes.

As the huge clock in the center that was tall enough to radiate the entire city tower struck eleven times in succession, Ye Gu realized that there had been a series of anomalies before.

"It's already eleven o'clock? Sure enough, only during this time period, the imperial capital will only open the central area as a night business area. Normally, those Imperial soldiers would only make routine patrols around the city at midnight at twelve. Ye Gu muttered to himself.

Walking on the shouts of the lively crowd around and the familiar shouting of the commercial area, Ye Gu tidied up the wrinkled clothes from the fight just now, wiped the blood on his hands, and walked straight into the tavern opened by a Westerner in front of him.

Under the Imperial Palace, on the second floor of the hotel where Ye Gu was before.

"Get up, all of you, you bunch of shit. The four of us can't even catch the general of a small Imperial Military Pavilion, what's the use of asking you?"

Rubbing his somewhat drowsy head, and then pressing his right arm, which was bleeding from Ye Guhuo's gun before, Yan Fa's qi did not hit anywhere.

"Boss, let me help you stop the bleeding first. You, don't blame a few of us just yet. Zhou Wutao, who was beside him, hurriedly got up and pleaded, and took out some emergency gauze that he had brought with him.

"You get it. ”

Looking at Zhou Wutao's expression, Yan Fa did not continue to get angry, but pulled up the cuff of his right arm and handed it to Zhou Wutao.

"What time is it?" asked Yanfa as he looked out the window at the dim sky.

In my impression, the cloudy afternoon did not have this pure sense of darkness.

"Chief, it's eleven o'clock, well, zero and two. The man behind him in the uniform of an Imperial soldier replied, looking at the mechanical watch on the ground in his hand.

"Eleven o'clock, how can it be so late, what are we doing?" Yan Fa suddenly said in surprise when he heard this.

"Boss, we've never been out of here. ”

"So we've been here for more than seven hours. Perhaps this is a game of two powers. Yanfa guessed.

"What is the power game?"

On the side, after Zhou Wutao tied the bandage, he got up and asked about Yanfa.

After moving his right hand, which was no longer bleeding, and at the same time retracting the blue flames that were still floating above his head, Yan Fa got up and explained to the three people around him.

"The power of the dragons contains one thing, and that is the control of time and land. And the power of darkness also involves time to control this. If the two forces are intertwined, they will inadvertently cause time fluctuations. Luckily, we're just fast-forwarding time, and if something else happens, we might be warped by time and become abandoned children lost in time. Yan Fa said, walking around the room, touching the place where the Ye Gu Demon Source Force had left traces before.

"Boss, can't you even do anything to him with your demonic power?" asked the Imperial soldier just now.

"It's hard. The power of darkness can only tempt dragons, not compete with them. Alright, since it's so late, we still have to relay the news of the defeat to Your Majesty. I believe he won't refuse to continue using Deep Blue because of this failure. After all, hehe. Yanfa said, a distinct smile on the corner of his mouth, "We still have what he wants." ”

"Is it sir, sir, haven't we heard of anything Your Majesty needs?" Zhou Wutao wondered.

"Do you know why you can only be a subordinate? You don't have the sharpness of an eagle and the strength of a tiger, but you have the brain of a pig. Don't you understand it now? Your Majesty wants not only a few people in the core of the deep blue, but also the hidden forces of our scattered parts of the empire. For three years, he thought that he could perfectly control the empire by relying on the imperial system and those officials. It turned out that he was wrong. Prime Minister Lin Zhao, Anke Mountain in the west, as well as Gubin Lingu, and Luoheng in the south, none of them let him worry. ”

"So, does Your Majesty still want to rely on us to regain perfect control of the Empire?" Zhou Wutao then asked.

"You're finally enlightened, but you're still far from it. You know, several of our members in the Westlands are about to return to the Imperial Capital. The one named Ziwu investigated a lot of things about Yan Hai's traitor behind his back, and he also got some information about that dragon. Your Majesty has been waiting for this for more than half a month. Now that the dragon is back, it's just the right time for Ziwu to show the empire the strength of the Deep Blue. ”

The dragon in Yan Fa's mouth naturally refers to Ye Mingyuan, the Ziwu who is a member of the Deep Blue is the same Demon Source Master who hid in the Yanhai army and met Ye Mingyuan alone a month and a half ago.

After Yan Fa finished speaking, he felt that time was pressing, and he couldn't care about much, so he walked quickly to the door of the small room, turned around and gave orders to the three of them.

"Now let's all return to the palace, remember, tonight's incident is better not to alarm the new guards and patrol soldiers of the imperial capital, otherwise it will be difficult for us to explain on Your Majesty's side. ”

"Yes, sir. The three replied in unison.

Led by Yan Fa's light and fast steps, the three of them followed, disappearing into the night of the hotel and the street outside.

It's like you've never been here.

The center of the imperial capital, a prosperous area.

The tavern built by the Westerners that Ye Gu walked into has been in business here for more than 30 years. The staff who served the taverns here had already settled in the imperial capital since the early days of the Empire's steaming reform.

Sitting in the corner, Ye Gu was still thinking about the name of this Westerner Hotel, these lingua franca he did not know, but a few big words written in the imperial Chinese language "Dream House" made him think for a long time.

Although he has only been here a few times and is not very familiar with this place, the name and the people he will meet in it will never be forgotten.

After all, no Imperial soldiers had come to arrest him until now, which meant that Deep Blue and the Emperor didn't want to expand the matter, or that his existence was just an insignificant point in the Emperor's eyes.

"What would you like to order, this guest?" asked a young man in a white shirt wearing suspenders and a white shirt as he walked up to Ye Gu, who was sitting in the corner and was distracted.

"Oh, you're asking me?" asked Ye Gu as he came back to his senses.

"Otherwise, you alone occupy a table, and you can't say anything about it. The boy muttered.

"Oh, then bring me a bottle of imperial liquor, I'm not used to drinking things from outside the West. Ye Gu said, handing an Imperial Flame Coin in his hand to the young man in front of him.

"Sir, two Huobi silver coins of Imperial Liquor are sufficient, and five bottles of Flame Coins can be purchased for gold coins. The boy pushed the flame coin back to Ye Gu.

Looking at the innocent appearance and movements of the young man in front of him, Ye Gu couldn't help but smile kindly.

"What's your name?" asked Ye Gu.

"Chinese name or lingua franca name?" the boy asked in fluent Imperial Chinese.

"Well, the lingua franca of the West. Ye Gu said, he didn't know why, he had always liked the imperial Chinese, why he asked for this.

"You can call me Tom. ”

"Good Tom, I'll tell you, this Yan Coin is a tip for you on the one hand, and a tip for you on the other. You just need to do one more thing for me. Ye Gu smiled.

"Hehe, what's the matter, sir, just tell me. ”

Tom was overjoyed to see the tip. Sure enough, money is a universal law everywhere.

"Is there a tall Imperial officer in your room on the second floor today? the one with an obvious scar on his face, I heard that he is often on your side. Ye Gu asked.

"Yes, am I going to call that guest down?" asked Tom.

"No, I'll go up myself. You can do one thing for me. Ye Gu commanded.

"What's the matter?"

"Once you've brought the liquor, don't let anyone approach their room. ”

After Tom nodded a little puzzled, with a smile on his lips, Ye Gu walked straight through the noisy, straggler-filled tavern, through a wooden staircase, to the second floor of the tavern.

In the same noisy fantasy realm as the first floor, Ye Gu saw at a glance the familiar door of the ground a few months ago, and in the midst of a noisy bragging, he directly pushed open the small wooden door and walked in.

"Who?" Ye Gu was on the table opposite, and asked Ye Gu with drunkenness.

"This is Yegu. The person next to him who was drinking with him just now recognized Ye Gu at a glance, and hurriedly explained and stepped forward to greet him.

However, Ye Gu did not let him approach, but made a boo with his hand, signaled a few people not to say more, turned around and closed the small door.

"When did you come back?" The man who was drunk before saw Ye Gu coming at this time, and he didn't have the slightest intention of being drunk. Instead, with a sense of surprise and excitement.

"It's just the first day I've been back in the imperial capital, but I'm in trouble. You have to help me, Lin Feng. And a few of you, you can't die without help. Ye Gu pleaded in an eager tone.

"Slowly, what's going on. Don't worry, we all owe you our lives, and even if we rebel, we have to help you. Lin Feng, an officer of the Tall Earth Empire, said.

"It's rebellion!" Ye Gu said in a low voice.