"Taibu, tomorrow I will see the king of Fuji. ”

Back at the house, Ji Zheng really couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, as soon as he sat down, his butt was not hot, so he jumped up excitedly, walked back and forth in the hall a few steps, looked at this, looked at that, grinned, smiled like a fool, saw that no one paid attention to him, and sat down by himself, and made silly fun on the chair.

And so on and forth several times.

Several ministers quite understood Ji Zheng's mood at the moment.

All the way south, after a lot of hardships, running around and toiling for more than a month, fighting wits and courage with all the princes and ministers, and fighting fiercely with the barbarians, isn't it just for this moment?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how to deal with it tomorrow, we have simulated it many times, and we will respond when the time comes. Shang Zhu stroked his short beard and said unhurriedly.

He was not as excited as Sun Yun and Li Qing, and everything seemed to be expected.

"That's exactly what Tabu said. Ji Zheng, who calmed down a little, bowed to Shang Zhu, Sun Yun and Li Qing to thank him, and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the three ministers who followed him all the way, "If it weren't for the three ministers, Xiao Wang would never have been able to reach Tongbai Kingdom, and his gratitude was indescribable. ”

"Your Highness is serious, we follow His Highness because His Highness is kind-hearted and upright, and we firmly believe that His Highness will be able to save Xuanyuan Kingdom from fire and water. Sun Yun bowed to Ji Zheng.

"We won't disturb Your Highness, have a good rest, recuperate, and perform well tomorrow. Shang Zhu stood up and was the first to take his leave.

"Behave well. Li Qing squeezed his eyebrows at Ji Zheng, which made him embarrassed, he always felt that Li Qing's words had another meaning.

That night, Ji Zheng and Ting Yan turned over the clouds and rain in bed again, and he felt that he really had to behave well.

Somehow, Ting Yan was also very excited, and tried his best to please Ji Zheng, which made the prince of Xuanyuan Kingdom want to stop. And Ji Zheng was even more excited, thinking that after tomorrow, he would be able to leave this barbaric place and return to Haojing, thinking of the hardships he had suffered along the way, he couldn't wait to vent all the dissatisfaction and grievances along the way to Ting Yan, the two of them had been playing in bed until it was almost dawn, and they both felt exhausted, and then they fell asleep.

In a blur, Ji Zheng heard someone calling His Royal Highness the Prince, thinking that it was Tingyan calling him, he stretched out his hand to the side and hugged it, but he hugged it empty.

Ji Zheng woke up in an instant, and looked over, the other end of the big bed was empty, where was there still Ting Yan's figure?

He patted his head vigorously, trying to figure out when Ting Yan had left.

This maid was sent by Shang Zhu, Ji Zheng remembered her, as if she was chased and killed when she was in Dingguo, she saved her, and she was willing to follow him to serve him in order to repay the grace of saving her life. If I'm not mistaken, this maid is called Kiss Yan.

Kissing Yan respectfully said to Ji Zheng: "Taibu asked me to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to get up." ”

"What about Sister Tingyan?" Ji Zheng has long been accustomed to Tingyan doing these jobs, and he is really not used to changing to another maid.

"It was Sister Tingyan's absence that Taibu asked me to come. "Kiss Yan spoke in a very soft voice.

"Oh. ”

Sometimes Tingyan gets up early, Ji knows it, and when he is disappointed, he can only let Kiss Yan serve him to freshen up.

After Ji Zheng finished freshening up and went to the lobby, the three ministers were there, but he didn't see Tingyan, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and he hurriedly asked Shang Zhu: "Taibu, where is Sister Tingyan?"

"I have something to leave temporarily, and she asked me to tell Your Highness that you must find a way to persuade the king of Fu Yu and ask him to go out of the mountain to assist you, so that you can have the capital to compete with the third prince. Shang Zhu quietly observed Ji Zheng, seeing that he was full of energy, acting and speaking more vigorously than usual, not like excessive intercourse, frowning, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Did she say when she would come back?" Ji Zheng couldn't understand, he was about to enter the ancient city, how could Ting Yan choose to leave.

"I don't think so. ”

"Okay. ”

Shang Zhu looked at Ji Zheng and seemed disappointed, and admonished him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please don't forget the purpose of our trip, now is the critical moment, and we can't be distracted at all." ”

"Taibu taught him exactly what he did. Ji Zheng's heart was shocked, how could he forget such a big event.

Everyone ate and set off early.

The staple food here is potatoes and artichokes, and rice millet has become a rare thing, and it is boiled a lot, and the taste of cooking is bland, Sun Yun and Li Qing are not very refreshing, they choked a few mouthfuls and couldn't choke, so they put down the dishes and chopsticks.

Ji Zheng was thinking about why Ting Yan didn't say goodbye at the moment, how could he have any intention of eating, and after eating a few bites of potato wedges, he felt full.

After getting into the carriage, Shang Zhu saw that Ji Zheng still looked unwilling, and patted him on the shoulder, which made him sober up a little, and asked in shock, "Taibu, what's the matter?"

"I'm about to see Master Fu Ji, what are you thinking? Shang Zhu asked in a deep tone.

"No, I wasn't thinking about anything. ”

"Are you wondering why Miss Tingyan left for no reason, and she didn't even say goodbye. ”

"Taibu, everyone is ruthless, the most good at acting on the spot, the teacher once taught that only women and villains are difficult to raise, and advised me to be wary of women from time to time. But Sister Tingyan is obviously not such a person, she has persuaded me many times to be motivated and shoulder the mission of reviving the Xuanyuan Kingdom, and Sister Tingyan is sincere to me. ”

"Your Highness, it's just a kabuki, so why bother thinking about it? Miss Tingyan is gone, and then find another kabuki. ”

Ji Zheng said twice in a row that it was not like this, and then he said to himself: "There are clouds in ancient poems, if the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight, I shouldn't be depressed because of Sister Tingyan's temporary departure, so she will look down on me, but there is a poem that says, Luohua intends to follow the flowing water, and the flowing water has no intention of falling in love with Luohua, I'm afraid that Sister Tingyan really looks down on me so weak, and I don't want to be motivated, so I run away in a negative mood." Hey, Ji Zheng, Ji Zheng, this time it's really the gradual widening of the belt and I don't regret it, and I'm haggard for Yi. ”

Shang Zhu listened to him all the time, as if he was stunned, and despised him fiercely in his heart: Sure enough, nerds are nerds, and mud can't support the wall. I originally wanted to go with him, anyway, I had fulfilled my promise and brought people to Tongbai Country, but I thought of going all the way south, and finally helped each other in the same boat, there was no true love and feelings, and I couldn't bear to see him fall because of a woman, so he deceived him and said: "Miss Tingyan is just leaving for the time being, she will come back to meet His Highness after she finishes her business, why should Your Highness worry?"

"Really?" Ji Zheng was overjoyed.

Ji Zheng did not resent Shang Zhu for delaying for so long to say it, but was grateful to Taibu, when he was about to despair, Shang Zhu's words undoubtedly gave him great hope, he only felt that his body was full of strength at this time, and he couldn't wait to grow a pair of wings on his back, and flew to the king of Fu like the Feather Clan, discussed the revival plan with him, and asked him to go out of the mountain to help the Xuanyuan royal family.

Three mountains surround the blue sky,

A river flows on the edge of the ancient city.

This is a poem left by a wandering poet after wandering the ancient city, and somehow, it was passed out and engraved on a tall stone tablet outside the city for outsiders to see.

Before the middle of the day, a group of people walked along the Anhe, before they arrived at the ancient city of Pancheng, they saw a tall mountain peak such as the flat ground up, like the gods overlooking all living beings in the sky, not long away, the Anhe River suddenly turned a ninety degree right-angle bend, and the other two peaks appeared, the three connected mountains were concave-shaped, and the Anhe River flowed quietly at the foot of the mountain.

There is a very wide flat place between the mountains and rivers, the ancestors of Tongbai country, the descendants of Fuxi, are here to choose a site to build a city, backed by the sunset, the evening sunshine, the late moon three mountains, the front of the Anhe, relying on this natural risk, has become the most difficult to break through the capital in the minds of the people of the Western Continent, in addition, because the ancient city of Pan looks down from the mountain, like a round cake, so it is also known as the *** that never falls.

As the wheels continued to turn forward, the outline of the ancient city gradually began to become clear.

This city of considerable scale is surrounded by black thick city walls, the buildings in the city are low in front and high in the back, even if you are far away outside the city gate, you can see the tall palace behind the city, the south is bordered by the Anhe River, the east, west and north are all backed by the mountain, the back of the mountain and the water, the city is between the mountains and rivers, which is conducive to defense and attack.

Five pontoon bridges are built on the An River, and when they cross the pontoon bridges, they are the west city wall, and the five gates are opened, corresponding to the five pontoon bridges. Fu Xuan led Ji Zheng to the Xuanwu Gate in the middle, a wide main street runs through the east and west, and at the end is the Chengtian Palace, the final destination of Ji Zheng's southward journey this time.

Ji Zheng opened the curtains and looked out, the houses on both sides, blue bricks and red tiles, not too high, mostly two-storey. There are many small rivers running through the streets, bringing in the living water of the An River, which is intricate in the ancient city of Pangu, which can be used as a moat to defend against enemies, and secondly, to make the city balance between mountains and rivers, between yin and yang, and between movement and stillness.

The main street can accommodate four cars running side by side, and the vendors sell local ornaments on the side roads, many of which have never been seen before, and the most of them are all kinds of masks, made of bronze, wooden, and even cloth, strange and everything, and there are some strange items that Ji Zheng can't understand what they are, but they have satisfied his curiosity.

Along the way, the vendors shouted loudly, the pedestrians were bustling, most of them stopped in front of the mask stalls, bargained with the vendors, and if they met the right one, they paid the money and took the masks, and left happily. Although it is not as lively as the major cities in Kyushu, it is the most noisy city since entering Nanzhou.

"Taibu, there are so many tourists outside, all wearing masks and shopping, could it be that we have encountered a prosperous day here?" Ji Zheng asked curiously.

"In a few days, this is the most solemn festival in the Western Continent, the puppet opera, when the Witch Alliance will send people to perform, and the people will naturally be happy. Shang Zhu said.

"I see, it's really lively. ”

"Yes, it's better to come early than to come at a good time. Shang Zhu dealt with it casually, his mind was no longer on Ji Zheng at this time.