"Where do I want to expand my power, but so many people live on me, can I ignore them? The army is also for protection against pirates. ”

"Since you have dedicated the city, the people of Sun City are the emperor's people, and it is the emperor's business to protect the territory and the people."

Zhou Sinian smiled bitterly and said: "All my qiē was given by him, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid, even the bones would have turned to ashes now, and if I want to take it back, just take it." ”

Zhou Sinian's parents died when he was eleven years old, and he was raised by his cousin, who is now the emperor Li Chaozong. Li Chaozong was sixteen years old when he was crowned the king of Chen, and he invited himself to go to the southern border of Xinjiang, the purpose of which was to find his uncle's family who were exiled. He went to southern Xinjiang and found the island where the prisoners had been exiled.

The island was divided into two groups, one was the island's natives and was still in a semi-civilized state, and the other was the outcasts. The leader of the exiles is none other than Zhou Sinian's father.

The Zhou family, that is, the Zhu family, had a large number of exiles, and Zhou Sinian's mother was proficient in medical skills, and found that there were many precious medicinal materials on the island.

The place where the other group of natives is located is rich in gems, but they don't know the value of these things, but they see that the outcasts can make money selling herbs here, and feel that everything on the island should be owned by the locals, at least it should be divided equally. The natives are numerous, and the outcasts have always been at a disadvantage.

Zhou Sinian's parents, when Zhou Sinian was eleven years old, were seriously injured in the fire, were captured, and died of illness after years of hard work. It was at this time that Li Chaozong arrived in southern Xinjiang.

He stopped Zhou Sinian's impulsive attempt to fight with the natives in time, promised the natives that they could exchange gems for what they wanted, and on the condition that the Zhou Sinian clan gave up a trade route, he returned the remains of Zhou Sinian's parents and ten years of peace.

In the past ten years, Zhou Sinian followed Li Chaozong, studied, practiced martial arts, and finally, helped Zhou Sinian form an army to completely drive the natives out of the island, and since then, there has been a rich Sun City.

Li Chaozong can be said to have the grace of reinvention for Zhou Sinian.

"Brother Nian, as long as we can save our lives, everything else is outside the body." "It's okay, don't scare yourself." Zhou Sinian patted my hand, "I'll go to the palace now to plead guilty." ”

"I'll go with you."

"No need, it's okay, you may not be able to do anything if you go, the emperor still has an old affection for me."

At this time, Zhou Nan hurriedly came to report: "The commander of the Dragon Guards is here, and he wants to see the city lord and his wife." ”

The Dragon Guards are a guard formed by Li Chaozong when he was in southern Xinjiang, they were selected from a young age and sent to Dongying for secret training, all of them have unique skills, they only know that they are loyal to Li Chaozong, and no one else knows them. The most terrifying thing is that no one knows what the names of these people are and where they live. They were assigned to various yamen, to every important point, to keep an eye on everyone. They all look like ordinary people, but in fact they are machines, not people, unsentimental, and have no weaknesses.

Zhou Sinian frowned and said, "See Madame?" How, the dragon guards can not abide by the law of etiquette? Do you want to see a lady casually? ”

saw that Zhou Nan was pushed away all of a sudden, and a man wearing a half-section mask and soft armor walked in. The body is slender and light, and the slight skin exposed under the mask is fair and delicate, similar to that of a woman.

It's just that his push looks ordinary, but it is surprising, with Zhou Nan's martial arts, he was followed but didn't know, and he was pushed away without the power to resist all of a sudden, this person's martial arts, Zhou Sinian is probably not an opponent.

Zhou Nan's face was red and white for a while, and seeing that he was rude to break into the inner room, and wanted to draw a knife and step forward, Zhou Sinian hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" Before the voice fell, the man had already pointed his sword at Zhou Nan's throat.

"Don't!" I was so scared that I couldn't help but scream.

The tip of the man's sword stopped at Zhou Nan's throat, and his skin had been punctured. "Offended, as long as the lowly sword is unsheathed, it must be fed blood, and it has to hurt the people of the country." The voice is actually tactful.

As soon as I heard his voice, I was surprised and said, "It's you!" Are you the commander of the Dragon Guard? "This person is the one who entered the Wei Mansion with us and later monitored the Wei Mansion. Although his voice was disguised, I was so impressed by him that I could hear it all at once.

He turned to me, and his eyes under the mask were deep and pitch black, like a deep black hole, so that I could not see the bottom at a glance: "I scared the princess." The princess has good ears. ”

Zhou Sinian stepped forward and stood opposite the commander, blocking his way: "Commander, although we are also friends, it is not appropriate to break into the inner hall of the female dependents like this." Then he said to me, "I have something to say to the commander, so you should avoid it." ”

"Wait!" The conductor's tone remained the same, but his voice was more majestic than before, and I couldn't help but stand still. "I have known the princess for a long time, the princess is a heroine among the women, and she is also a person who has traveled the rivers and lakes, and you are afraid that you will not be able to meet me as an old friend?"

As soon as the words fell, his body was like a ghost, and in the blink of an eye, he wanted to bypass Zhou Sinian and come straight to me.

Zhou Sinian shouted angrily: "Stop!" Drawing his sword, the silver sword light pointed straight at the throat of the commander. The conductor slipped a few feet back, his back pressed against the wall.

Zhou Sinian's sword had already changed its moves, and it stabbed straight out.

The commander had no way to retreat, and his body slid back along the wall.

He never drew his sword, indicating that he didn't want to hurt Zhou Sinian after all. Zhou Sinian saw him retreat, and he stopped chasing him, put away his sword, and looked at him coldly.

The commander clasped his fists and said: "Forgive me, the lowly position is also on the order of the emperor, and he came to take the princess back to the dragon guard for questioning, but in this deep mansion compound, if the princess goes in, the lowly post has to bring the dragon guard to turn over, if you accidentally hurt the people in the house, especially a noble person like Miss Gongzi, it is not good to anyone, so it has to be so." ”

My heart tightened, the people who were taken by the dragon guards for questioning, no matter what kind of prince and noble relatives you are, walked in with high spirits, and carried them out with bruises all over their bodies, most of them were dead, and it was a great luck to be able to come back half-dead. I suppressed the trembling of my voice and asked in a low but majestic voice, "Have I done anything terrible?" Why go to the Dragon Praetorian Guard? ”

The commander said: "The lowly position is also ordered by the emperor to investigate the case of the emperor's wrongful death, and the princess is only asked to ask, as long as the princess answers truthfully, the lowly position will never embarrass the princess." ”

Zhou Sinian looked back at me and said to the commander: "The first emperor died by accident, and I have made it clear to the emperor. If there is anything unclear about the case, I am the one who knows best, and I will follow the command to the Dragon Guard. ”

The commander said: "The emperor has another will to the prince of the country, and the emperor will give an edict," he said this, stopped, looked at Zhou Sinian, Zhou Sinian hurriedly knelt down, and the commanding voice was majestic, as if Li Chaozong himself was in front of him: "It is ordered that the prince of the country should enter the palace immediately and accept the emperor's questioning, and there shall be no mistakes, and it is also determined that the prince of the country shall not interfere with the investigation of the case by the dragon guard." After he finished reading the edict, he turned to me again, his voice was low and pleasant, and he bowed and said, "Princess, please go to the Dragon Guard with your humble post to ask questions." ”