Prequel: The Secrets of Clear Water City Chapter 1: The Wind Rises

"Your Highness, the itinerary for the garrison of the Far North may be a few days away. ”

The gorgeous pavilion of Huaqing Palace is surrounded by the water of Huaqing Pond, duckweed is all over the ground, green and clear.

And in the pavilion, there was a young man sitting.

is not very old, but the face that raised his eyes has changed slightly.

The young man's surname is Zhou, the word Tianyuan, the origin is unknown, and the emperor said with an edict a few decades ago, and he was left in an idle position.

Qingshui City, located in the northwest of the Great Jin Dynasty, west of the Great Qi Wei River, east of the Great Jin Dynasty West Chu Mountain, three hundred years ago, when there were immortals walking to watch the lanterns, they found a clear spring, and named Qingshui City.

How casual this city is, you can tell a little bit from the perfunctory degree of the name.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing that the young man in front of him hadn't taken care of himself for a long time, his submissive voice couldn't help but raise his voice a little.

"Oh?"

His young eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a look of anger appeared on his face, first raising one eye, and then lowering it.

But the fingers that were attached to the scroll quietly left the brush in his hand.

Only the pen cone that was stained with a little thick ink and translucent was slowly placed on the inkstone beside him from his hand.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The young man coughed lightly, covered his mouth and muttered, "Go on." ”

"The Imperial Forest Army stationed in the Far North has been missing frequently since the past few months, which has also aroused the suspicion of the Holy Lord. Just a few days ago, the missing soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were all sent back to the camp in the far north, and their bones were gone. ”

His body arched slightly, and his small swaying eyes drooped, not daring to meet the burning question in the young man's eyes.

"Little Lizi, isn't that a good thing?"

The young man's sudden smile broke the tense atmosphere.

As soon as this incident reached the ears of the current saint, it rained heavily for three days in Huainan, and the local people said that this was the manifestation of Long Wei, and it was a naked act of provoking the saint today. His heart was shocked, and his expression became very flustered.

"Moreover, the Holy One has already made a proclamation this morning. It is required that all the royal family members of the Great Jin Dynasty will send 3,000 elites to the extreme north after three months, and if they do not obey, they will take back the military power of the royal family members in the city, and the Great Jin will directly dispatch troops. ”

"So what, don't say that he died in the far north, but what will happen to me if Huainan is destroyed?"

With a smile in his eyes, his expression remained unchanged, staring at the picture scroll of duckweed full of ponds and lonely cranes, and he showed a satisfied and relieved expression.

"Let's take a look at what His Highness has drawn. ”

He stood tall and looked up at the breeze. Looking at the magnificent distant mountains and rivers, my eyes are deeply attracted by the magnificent scenery in front of me.

"Your Highness. Xiao Lizi's voice pulled the old man, his eyes were scattered, his trembling feet in front of the pavilion weakly, a pair of eyes that were finally opened, and the color of hope in them was a little dazzling.

Zhou Tianyuan turned a blind eye, and never left the obviously clumsy painting scroll.

"A few strokes are like cloud brocade, and the ink paints the heart, how can it be so self-sufficient, His Royal Highness is young, and his painting skills have reached such a level. ”

Xiao Lizi's culture is not deep, and he is considered a vulgar person when he puts aside the thick ink of slapping horses in his belly, but the kung fu of slapping horses is really a must.

"Let's be honest. Zhou Tianyuan said lightly.

"It's true in the next sentence!" his feet went limp, his eyes immediately turned red, and he timidly put his hands in front of him.

"Dad!" Zhou Yusheng, who ran out of the palace, blushed and mustered up the courage to shout loudly.

"You've come just in time. Those angry eyes dissipated like a freeze and a dissolution.

"Dad, will you breathe fire?" Zhou Yusheng rubbed his head and asked with a smile.

Standing aside, looking at Zhou Tianyuan's little plum with a precarious look, choked on what he said, looked at his master who didn't think so, and shook his head helplessly.

This master is good at everything, but he is a waste in the eyes of an immortal cultivator.

From the day he served Zhou Tianyuan, he had never seen Zhou Tianyuan perform any immortal spells.

Over time, he became convinced of his own opinion.

"Daddy can't breathe fire, but he can make this pen move. Zhou Tianyuan pretended to smile mysteriously, but Xiao Lizi on the side looked like he was watching a good show.

The brush placed on the inkstone, suddenly a black silk pulled out of the thick black pen cone like a cocoon, a black silk like a wisp of smoke to the pen handle winding, not long, the silent smoke grasped the pen handle, the smoke conjured up a thick black palm, the brush gently lifted.

Fall on the paper, on a plain piece of paper, pick up the pen, drop the ink.

Zhou Yusheng screamed loudly, pouting his small mouth, and his eyes were full of admiration.

"Dad, you're so good. While smiling, he ignored the burning pain of his palm, grabbed Zhou Tianyuan's hand and walked towards the palace.

In the deserted Qingqiu, only the thin figure stood in the wind, and the incredibleness in his eyes appeared on that colorful face at the same time as his blankness.

It turns out that His Royal Highness knows the law of immortals.

Watching the backs of Zhou Tianyuan and Zhou Yusheng go farther and farther, he came back to his senses, put away his exaggerated chin, and burst out of the wind with tears like rain.

"Dad, that's him. Zhou Yusheng leaned on his waist with one hand and pointed out the teenagers through the crowd with the other.

His eyebrows are sharp, and the rise looks like a sword, revealing a sharp and flamboyant momentum. The tail of the eyebrows is slender, and the long hair that falls down on the side covers half of the pupils, as if it is hiding something intentionally or unintentionally.

"In the Lower Splendid Empire Li Weiyang, passing through here, I have no intention of offending the prince of your city, this time, I am not here to stir up trouble, but to seek the help of the city lord. ”

The young man who was pointed at in front of the court changed slightly, and soon his eyes calmed down, and when he looked at him with a cold gaze, Zhou Yusheng shivered and hid behind Zhou Tianyuan.

"Splendid Empire, come to my Xuantian Empire just for one thing. Zhou Tianyuan said calmly.

"You're here for the far north, too. ”

In his deep dark eyes, there seemed to be a wide world, which was difficult to understand.

He was not surprised by the shock in the young man's eyes, only the slightly tentative gaze, the cold eyes were blazing, and the half of the pupils were shooting.

It's like an imaginary world that simulates everything, and it's difficult to parse its structure and reshape its substance.

Under that burning gaze, even its external shape began to become illusory, and the structure in the pupil quickly decomposed, so that even if you don't look at half of the pupil, what makes it impossible to face up to it is that all the tendons and veins in the pupil converge in the center of the pupil.

A white coldness flowed down his gaze to Zhou Tianyuan's pupils.

"Hitomi?" Instinctively closed his eyes by the cold, and the moment he opened his eyes, it was like the ice cracking to hide the extreme chill that pierced his heart.

"The matter of the extreme north, the disappearance of Dajin is no secret, and soon the escorts of other countries will come here, in order to prevent the expansion of the incident, I think you should accompany us through this experience." His gaze was firm, his eyes flashed with the belief of victory, and he talked and laughed, and his spirit was bright, which made people have an incomparable sense of trust in him.

"Daddy. Zhou Yusheng grabbed Zhou Tianyuan's sleeve vigorously, his eyes were flustered, and the gazes of others made him cramped and uneasy.

The emotion in Zhou Tianyuan's eyes, although he couldn't feel it, the clenched fists in his sleeves betrayed his current thoughts.

"What if I don't agree?" the moment he turned his head, he put away the smile on his face, and only struggled, causing a look of pained pain to pass through his eyes.

"If you don't promise, we'll look for help from the next town, provided that the previous town doesn't fail. The young man's expression was calm, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

"I see. "He didn't ask for anything.

Zhou Tianyuan's acquaintance made the young man's face soften, and in the main hall, the footsteps that could be heard from the falling needle took Zhou Tianyuan's words and chuckled: "See you on Xichu Mountain in three days." ”

He raised his head and said in a calm and desperate tone, "Good. ”

Just as his figure disappeared completely, a hoarse, mournful howl suddenly resounded throughout the hall.