"Brother Lan?" Chen Hanyu couldn't help but ask when he saw that Lan Yiting hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Oh......" Lan Yiting came back to his senses, turned to look at a candle behind him that was about to burn out, and said, "It's not too early, I should go back too." Then he looked at Chen Hanyu and smiled slightly: "Rest early......" and then pushed the door away.

Looking at Lan Yiting's figure disappearing behind the door, Chen Hanyu took a heavy breath and shook his head.

"Perhaps, I misunderstood Master Li...... Chen Hanyu thought secretly in his heart......

Along the way, several people basically performed light skills and quickly rushed in the direction of Jingshi. Since several of them are masters, they didn't encounter any trouble along the way. But once, when Chen Hanyu went out alone, he met a top master who was quite unreasonable, and the two fought without saying a word. Although Chen Hanyu repelled the other party in the end, he found that because the golden lock soft sword could not appear at will, he was used to the soft sword, and it was not so easy to use other swords, resulting in some of the original very powerful moves not being able to exert their full strength.

"It seems that I will have to find another sword that suits me as soon as possible. Chen Hanyu thought in his heart, he was used to using the golden lock soft sword, and he would definitely not be able to look down on ordinary swords. Next, he had to find another good sword. This is the fact that a sword has been used for a long time, so that the weapon and the person who uses the weapon seem to be integrated into a whole, and once the original weapon is left, the person will feel uncomfortable and insecure.

However, this kind of thing can't be rushed, and Chen Hanyu can only take one step at a time, and return to the Six Gates General Altar with everyone first.

Three days later, everyone finally returned to Beijing City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

The Ming Dynasty, the last Han dynasty in Chinese history. It was established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and was set to be Tianfu. Later, Chengzu Zhu Di seized the country and moved the capital to Shuntianfu, which is the location of modern Beijing. Today, the Ming Dynasty is succeeded by Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. Although its national strength has changed from prosperity to decline after experiencing civil and engineering changes, it has experienced the prosperity of Hongzhi under the governance of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youzhang, showing a trend of revival.

At least, the current city of Beijing is thriving and prosperous. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the market is full of traffic. Ou Xintong and others walked on the street, and from time to time they could see enthusiastic people, with children, holding some home-grown vegetables and fruits, and some also brought some family heirloom jewelry, running to Ou Xintong's convoy. It can be seen that Ou Xintong's reputation among the people is quite high, and his status is also quite good, and he has won everyone's respect.

Chen Hanyu and Lan Yiting rode behind Ou Xintong's carriage and headed in the direction of the Inner Palace Forbidden City. Originally, they could also sit in the carriage and wait to enter Beijing like Ou Xintong, but because Chen Hanyu wanted to see the scenery of Shuntian Mansion, Lan Yiting accompanied him and rode with the convoy.

Looking at the surrounding splendid buildings, Chen Hanyu was full of emotion in his heart. In fact, when he joined Six Gates five years ago, he had come to Beijing City, but because the headquarters of Six Doors was located in the outer city of Beijing City, and Beijing's jurisdiction system was very harsh, even if Chen Hanyu stayed in Six Gates for a long time, he had no chance to enter the inner city. If it weren't for the emperor's summons this time, with Chen Hanyu's identity, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to touch the edge of the inner city.

"It is normal for Brother Chen to enter the city for the first time, and he feels new and curious about the things here. Lan Yiting rode close to Chen Hanyu's mount, looking at his looking left and right, feeling at everything, and couldn't help but smile.

Chen Hanyu laughed a few times with embarrassment: "I didn't expect that there is such a big difference between this outer city and the inner city." ”

"Of course...... Lan Yiting smiled slightly, "These people in the inner city are either the families of the powerful people in the DPRK and China, or they are wealthy families that have been inherited for a long time. Is it comparable to the ordinary people in the outer city?"

"Yes, the closer you are to the territory of the Imperial City, the more rich and powerful the family will have it. Chen Hanyu sighed, suddenly looked at Lan Yiting and said: "But Brother Lan, I'm a little strange, the six doors should have a lot of status in the imperial court, why can the main site only be built in the outer city?"

"Hmm...... This ......" Lan Yiting hesitated for a moment, did not speak, and instead began to speak to Chen Hanyu: "Our six doors are responsible for the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so naturally we can only be stationed in the outer city, and when we arrive in the inner city, it belongs to the jurisdiction of the imperial court itself. They won't let our six doors interfere in the affairs of the court. ”

"Don't let the six doors interfere?" Chen Hanyu said with some puzzlement: "Could it be that the inner city is managed by the Jinyi Guard?"

"That's not it, Jinyiwei is only responsible for the management of the imperial city, and it is the east and west factories that manage the inner city. Lan Yiting said.

"I see...... I forgot that there is also the East Factory and the West Factory. Chen Hanyu listened to Lan Yiting's words and suddenly came to his senses. Thinking of the history of the Ming Dynasty that I had seen before, it seems that the distribution of power in the Ming Dynasty is really complicated.

"As for the Forbidden City, it is said that there are other masters of Ouchi who are protecting the emperor's safety. Lan Yiting suddenly added.

"Is the master of Ouchi the emperor's personal guard?" asked Chen Hanyu.

"Yes, those who can become the emperor's personal guards, in addition to their own unfathomable martial arts, must also be absolutely loyal to the emperor. Lan Yiting said, "I heard that the current captain of the guard was the most powerful peerless master of the peerless realm at that time, and I am afraid that except for the sect leader of the Yue Sea God Sect, there is no one in the world who is his opponent." ”

"Peerless!" Chen Hanyu was naturally shocked in his heart. Although he knows that there is such a realm, he has only been walking the rivers and lakes for so long. I have never seen or even heard of any master who has reached such a state. After all, the most powerful master he knew now was the abbot of Shaolin Temple and the Yue Haiyang envoy of the Yue Hai God Sect, both of whom had been in the peerless mid-grade realm for several years, and it could even be said that they had stepped into the peerless high-grade realm with half a foot. People like Ou Xintong and Huang Yinyue, although they are also peerless, they have entered this realm for less than ten years. Compared with those masters who have been in the peerless middle grade for decades, this strength is not at the same level at all, and even if it is three against one, there may not be a chance of winning.

After turning a corner, everyone saw a magnificent imperial city gate in front of them - Chengtian Gate.

Chengtian Gate is the main gate of the Imperial City, with five huge gates. There were eight guards standing at the door of the largest doorway in the center, and judging from their restrained aura, these eight people were at least first-class masters. In this regard, Chen Hanyu sighed again in his heart. Even the guards guarding the door are first-class, which shows how powerful the guards of this court are.

When the convoy arrived at the gate of Chengtianmen, it was stopped by two guards standing in the front row.

"This is the convoy of Lord Six-Door Hunter Ou, let it go as soon as possible. The coachman stopped the carriage and said to the two guards.

"There is an order in the court, and it is not allowed to be released without the permission of the emperor himself. One of the guards said aloud.

The coachman's face sank, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from not far away: "Huh, isn't this Lord Ou's convoy?"

"His Royal Highness King Zhao!" Lan Yiting heard this voice, his face turned happy, and he hurriedly rode out of the convoy. And the latter was originally sitting in a big carriage, and when he saw Lan Yiting, he only heard a cheer: "Brother Lan!" At the same time, a figure shot out of the carriage and hugged Lan Yiting.

"Blue Brothers...... You...... You want to kill the king!" the man looked like he was in his twenties, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his aura was magnificent, and he was dressed in a gorgeous golden-red brocade robe, like a rich child from a proud family. However, Chen Hanyu heard Lan Yiting shouting this person, His Royal Highness King Zhao, didn't that mean that this person was still a prince of the Ming Dynasty?

"Weichen Ou Xintong, meet His Royal Highness King Zhao!" Ou Xintong also walked out of the carriage at this time, and said to the young man.

The young man waved his hand casually: "Oh, Lord Ou, you are my senior, how can you let you salute me?" He then glanced at the eight guards guarding the door, and shouted: "Hey~ I said what happened to you one by one! Seeing that Lord Ou didn't let you go, didn't you want a job?"

The eight guards were drunk like this, and they all lost their minds for a while. One of them, who just said that he could not be released without the emperor's approval, hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "But the emperor ......."

It's just that the young man waved his hand to stop the man from continuing, and at the same time heard him say lightly: "Let Lord Ou enter the city, if the emperor blames him, I will explain." ”

As soon as the young man said this, the guards were not easy to say, so they got out of the way, and said, "Please!" and then bowed their heads and waited for the crowd to pass.

"Xie Zhao Wang!" Ou Xintong said again, and then, he returned to the car, said to the coachman, "Let's go......" and walked towards the door.

"This son is ......" The young man glanced at Chen Hanyu in the middle of the convoy. He didn't know this person, but he could feel that the person in front of him was very strong, so he looked at Lan Yiting and wanted to inquire.

Chen Hanyu heard the young man behind him asking about his identity, so he turned his horse's head, walked a few steps towards the young man, then turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand and said: "Six Doors Tianmen Third Class Catch Chen Hanyu and meet King Zhao." ”

"Oh~ It turns out that you are Chen Hanyu. The young man did not pose as a portrait of the prince, but smiled at Chen Hanyu, "I have heard of you, the genius of Tianzong among the young disciples. ”

"King Zhao has won the prize. Chen Hanyu also responded with a smile, he thought that this person saw such a third-class catcher fast as himself. will put on a stinky shelf on the top, and I can't imagine that this person is not only personable, but also polite in his speech. This naturally increased Chen Hanyu's good impression of him in his heart.

"Brother Chen, do you know this Zhao Wangye, he is also one of the eighteen heroes of the young eagle. Lan Yiting suddenly grimaced at Chen Hanyu.

"Oh, is it?" Chen Hanyu pretended to be happy, "I have long heard that there is a royal family member among the Eighteen Masters of the Young Eagles, and he doesn't want to see a real person today, he is indeed more handsome and chic than he imagined!" At the same time, he also put on a very funny expression, which made that Zhao Wang Ye laugh.

Of course, this Zhao Wang Ye actually understood Chen Hanyu's thoughts. Thinking about it, because Lan Yiting said "too level" just now, he accidentally pushed Chen Hanyu to a knot. And Chen Hanyu saw himself for the first time, when he didn't know what kind of character he was, and because of his identity, he was naturally a little at a loss. So he finally made a look of pretending to be crazy and stupid, saying that it was just a joke.

However, Zhao Wangye is not the kind of person who cares. After laughing, he still said very sincerely: "I have to say that the two are the top leaders of the younger generation, unlike me, who have not been able to break through the top of the middle grade realm until now." ”

Zhao Wangye's words are true, from the moment they met just now, Chen Hanyu already knew that the person in front of him was the realm of the top grade. Although it is half a foot into the top of the middle grade, as long as it does not break through, its strength will still be somewhat reduced.

Originally, everyone was the eighteen heroes of the young eagles, and their strength should be almost the same, but as time went by, some people made rapid progress, or encountered some great opportunities that could not be encountered, so their strength increased by leaps and bounds. And some people have no opportunities, and even are proud and complacent, and do not seek to improve, which is naturally greatly reduced. This principle has been applied in all major fields throughout the ages. It also confirms the old saying - learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao has accumulated a lot of experience, and once he breaks through at that time, he will be even more powerful than those of us. Lan Yiting saw that Zhao Wangye was a little deflated, and couldn't help patting him on the shoulder and comforting.

Zhao Wangye laughed: "Yes, accumulate a lot, martial arts, don't be in a hurry." As he spoke, he saw that almost all the convoys at the gate had entered the imperial city, and Wang Ye Zhao opened his arms, put his arms around Lan Yiting and Chen Hanyu's shoulders and said, "Let's go, let's go~ Let's go in together!"

The three of them said that it was effective, and they walked into the imperial city, and then King Zhao's convoy slowly drove into the city, but at this time the three of them had already walked away. The convoy then drove in, just to complete their mission.

Chen Hanyu and Na Zhao Wang Ye can be said to be familiar at first sight, and they chatted very speculatively. From the chat, Chen Hanyu also knew that this Zhao prince's name was Zhu Houyu, and he was the distant cousin of the current emperor Zhu Houzhao. Since childhood, he has followed his father to practice martial arts, and likes to play with guns and sticks. Because he is very familiar with the emperor's brother Zhu Houzhao, there are often some generals who know martial arts, and the guards come to give him some advice, so Zhu Houyu's martial arts are extremely profound, but they are all at the level of half a bucket of water. To sum it up in one word, it is broad but not precise.

But having said that, Zhu Houyu's strength is there after all, even if he doesn't have very outstanding exercises, but looking at the rivers and lakes, there are only a few masters in the same realm who can become his opponents.

"The masters of the younger generation~" The three of them somehow talked about the most powerful young masters in the world today, and Lan Yiting had the most right to speak in this regard: "There are a few powerful evil ways, like Feng Changqing of the Yue Sea God Sect." So far, he has been recognized as the first person of the young generation. ”

"Heh! What if you practice such exercises that are neither male nor female, what if you get the first place?" Zhu Houyu said disdainfully.

"Yes, don't look at Feng Changqing's amazing strength now, but this kind of deformation and reversal of yin and yang exercises is against the way of heaven after all, and there are also opportunistic elements. Even if the current Feng Changqing's strength is above all our young disciples, there will be a day when it will be stagnant and unsustainable. Lan Yiting said.

"In addition to Feng Changqing, there are also Tang Shuiruo, Bu Haiying, and Xie Feng that we met that day, are there any other top-grade young masters in the Evil Dao?" asked Chen Hanyu.

"As far as I know, that's a few of them. Others, like the four great families under the Tang Sect, the Hundred Medicine Workshop, and the Five Poison Sects, all have young masters with top-notch strength. Lan Yiting said, "Those who are right, now everyone knows in the rivers and lakes, there should be seven top-grade masters, of course, plus you, there are eight." ”

"Oh, there are so many, who are them?" Chen Hanyu asked with some curiosity.

"Shaolin Xi Sen, Wudang Xu Feixia, Songshan Yang Xiaocheng, Huashan Wei Fangfei, Danxia Yu Wenxiao, Tianmen Lan Yiting. There is another one that is more special, not very famous before, but it is the closed disciple of Lin Ziqin, the sixth elder of the Songshan Split Rock Sect, named Prince Empathy. This time, it was Zhu Houyu who replied first.

"Aha, there is still this!" Chen Hanyu didn't expect that among the top high-ranking masters, there were masters like himself who came from behind.

"Huh~ What's that man's name, prince...... Long...... Jean?"