Chapter 218, the Imperial Capital
The hard training continues......
There was nothing else in the morning martial arts training, just sweating and walking constantly, under the strong pressure, not only flesh and blood, but even his bones became stronger than gold and stone, and the heavy iron vest had gradually adapted, at least he could walk normally. Outside of training, Tang Lang has always been wearing a close-fitting iron armor specially created for him, and has adjusted the power of the formation to the maximum level of the division.
Although the training of spells is not as desperate as martial arts, Xu Boyi's profound knowledge gives Tang Lang a refreshing feeling every day, bringing him a lot of wonderful ideas, thinking of more ideas similar to the fusion of wind and rain and thunder dragon palms, making his combat form more flexible and changeable.
In the team battle in the afternoon, the tacit understanding of the three of them has increased dramatically, and several sets of effective cooperation methods have been formed, according to the tactics formulated by Mu Sheng: Zhuang Tianrui is the arrow in the team, responsible for opening the way and attacking the fortification, Houfeng is the spell master, responsible for range attacks, and Tang Lang is responsible for improvising and responding to various emergencies at any time due to the diversity of his own martial arts and spells.
Finally, a few days before the Great Competition of the Empire, the three of them and the three instructors followed Yin Tairan and the other retinue into the teleportation array and came to the center of the Tianlan Empire, Chengtian County.
I thought that everyone would teleport directly into the imperial capital, but I didn't expect that after coming out of the teleportation array, they would be in a field, if it weren't for the heavily guarded guards everywhere, Tang Lang would have thought that there was a problem with the teleportation.
Seeing that no one asked questions, Tang Lang only asked Zhuang Tianrui in a low voice: "Brother Rui, where are we? Shouldn't we enter the imperial capital directly!"
Zhuang Tianrui also replied softly: "Except for the royal family, no one can enter the imperial capital through the teleportation array, which is not only a respect for the royal family's identity, but also out of the protection of the imperial capital's defense. After we have verified our identities, we will take another carriage into the city. ”
"It's so mysterious!" Tang Lang whispered, but immediately attracted Yin Tairan's white eyes: "Give me a little peace! This is the imperial capital, some people can't even afford to offend me, don't make trouble!"
"Oh!" Tang Lang replied, and there was a gloating laugh from the back wind next to him.
A pair of sturdy guards approached everyone, glanced around all of them with indifferent expressions, and carefully checked the documents provided by the entourage, and one of them bowed down and said: "It turned out to be the county guard of Shao'an County, I think I want to participate in the imperial competition, please go along, and when you get to the city gate, someone will naturally receive you!"
Yin Tairan had long been accustomed to the style of the guards here, and he did not have any displeasure, but replied kindly: "The ranking of the guardian emperor is comforting, hard work!"
"Where the duty lies, don't dare to say bitterness! I'll have important business to do, please leave immediately!" Unexpectedly, the guard did not appreciate it, but urged everyone to leave quickly.
Yin Tairan nodded, first walked forward quickly, and the rest of the people followed, leaving the location of the teleportation array and coming to the pavilion next to it.
The entourage entered various contacts, arranged the carriage for everyone to ride, Zhuang Tianrui thought the carriage was stuffy, and asked for a military horse to ride alone, Tang Lang also wanted to do so when he saw this, but when he jumped on the horse, the military horse under the seat fell to the ground with a scream, and Tang Lang was caught off guard and fell directly out of a fight.
Houfeng pointed to Tang Lang's gray face, and laughed: "Haha, Tang Lang, how heavy you are, press down the military horses!"
Tang Lang reacted at this time, the close-fitting iron armor he had been wearing weighed a thousand stones, and he didn't care, but where did the military horse bear such a heavy burden, and said shamefully: "I'd better walk by myself!" It is estimated that the carriage will also be crushed by me. ”
Along the way, Tang Lang didn't see any tall and luxurious buildings, there were only pine and cypress and deep rut marks on both sides of the post road, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Rui, this is not a suburb of the imperial capital, why does it not look as prosperous as Liaochang City?"
Zhuang Tianrui held the reins in one hand and replied relaxedly: "This point, many people who come to the imperial capital for the first time will be curious, I won't tell you first! Wait a while to get to the imperial capital, you can find the answer yourself......!
Zhuang Tianrui kicked his legs hard, and the military horse under the seat suddenly galloped forward, Tang Lang had iron armor on his body, and he could walk, but he wanted to run but he couldn't do it, so he could only continue to march in the dust raised by the other party.
From morning to noon, after a brief lunch by the post road, the convoy walked for more than an hour before the tall city walls of the imperial capital appeared in the distance.
"Why is the wall of this imperial capital so high?" Tang Lang was still at least two or three miles away from the imperial capital at this time, but the city wall was still clearly visible, at least twenty or thirty zhang high, and it shimmered with metallic luster in the sunlight.
Zhuang Tianrui's voice sounded again, and his tone was very solemn and solemn: "Emperor Tianlan is one of the first few gathering points established by the Terrans in the Hairuo Continent, when the demonic beasts were raging on the mainland, the strength of the Terrans was very weak, and the city wall was naturally built as high as it could, and it was reinforced countless times later to have today's scale!"
Seeing Tang Lang's thoughtful appearance, Zhuang Tianrui continued: "Therefore, in the territory of Tianlan, it is not allowed that the height of any building exceeds the wall of the imperial capital, and at the same time, within a hundred miles of the imperial capital, there will be no residents or towns, so as to ensure the absolute safety of the imperial capital's defense!"
While the two were talking, Yin Tairan poked his head out of the carriage and threw out a classic: "This is the historical record of the Tianlan Empire, there are many passages describing the imperial capital, you can take a good look at it if you have nothing to do, so as not to make jokes in the imperial capital!"
Tang Lang stretched out his hand to catch it, no longer chatting with others, and as he walked, he quickly flipped through the classics, in fact, all of them were scanned into the system, handed over to the system to collect and sort, and sorted out useful information for him.
"You kid, how can you read like this!" Yin Tairan had been hiding behind the car window to observe Tang Lang's movements, and couldn't help but complain when he saw him close the book in less than ten breaths.
Tang Lang raised his eyebrows: "Lord County Guard, I read it very seriously, I have already finished reading it! Not only have I finished reading it, but I also remember it!"
"Nonsense! This historical record is tens of thousands of words, you can't even read it once in your short time, where did you write it down, you should beat it! Tianrui, kick his ass for me!" Yin Tairan scolded with a smile.
Before Zhuang Tianrui could make a move, Tang Lang preemptively said: "County guard, if you don't believe me, you can test me! Why don't I make a bet with you, if I write them down, you can give me a few more medals, and if I can't memorize them, I'm willing to be punished!"
"You kid!" Yin Tairan looked at Tang Lang carefully for a moment, shook his head and said: "My county guard medal is very precious, how can it be obtained by child's play!
Tang Lang had used the system to gamble with people many times before, and this time he also wanted to cheat a few medals, but he didn't expect to be categorically rejected by Yin Tairan, and the punishment would be increased, and he couldn't get any benefits, so he was so angry that he scratched his head.
"This is your own suffering!" Yin Tairan began to ask without hesitation: "What is the name of the founding emperor of the Tianlan Empire?"
A piece of text appeared in front of Tang Lang's eyes that others couldn't see, and he just had to read it: "The founding emperor is named Liu Chen, and he is named Emperor Shenyao!"
"Count you on the right one! Then let me ask you again, when did the Tianlan Emperor start to build it, and how many years did it take to build it? After several expansions?" Yin Tairan couldn't help but see the simple question, and hurriedly raised the difficulty of the question.
As long as it is the content in the classics just now, it is not difficult for Tang Lang at all, and he can easily come: "The imperial capital was built earlier than the founding of the empire, and it was roughly three thousand seven hundred and fifty years ago, and it took two hundred and six years before it began to take shape, and then Tianlan gradually rose, and the population of the imperial capital increased day by day, and the imperial capital was expanded a total of six times to form today's scale!"
"Hey, do you really write it down!I understand, you must have studied similar classics long ago before you set off, so you just watched it hastily, and you almost deceived you!" Yin Tairan found a reason that he thought was more reasonable, but he refused to believe that Tang Lang had an extraordinary talent for memory.
Hou Feng heard it strangely, and he also came over to take over the Tianlan Historical Records from the county guard, opened a page at random, looked happy, and asked loudly: "Listen to this question! How many imperial buildings are there in the imperial capital? Ha, I guess even the people who live in the imperial capital don't necessarily know!"
Tang Lang's face changed greatly: "This question is purely difficult, if it is not for the official who is in charge of the maintenance of the royal garden, how can anyone care about these boring data!"
Hou Feng smiled and said: "I know you won't! and brag about what you can't forget......!
"Don't underestimate people! If you have the ability, let's bet on a game, and bet on two medals! I can't answer, give you a medal, if I answer, give me a medal!"
Hou Feng gritted his teeth and said: "Don't think that you can scare me with a medal! I don't believe it, you can answer, someone wants to give me a medal, don't be a fool!"
"Do you really want to bet?" Tang Lang asked tentatively.
"You have to bet! unless you don't dare!" Hou Feng was stimulated by Tang Lang a lot during this training day, and he wanted to see him deflated, so he agreed without thinking.
"Since that's the case, then I'll tell you the answer!" Tang Lang quickly read the content provided by the system: "In the imperial capital, there are eighteen buildings named after "Palace", twenty-three buildings named after "Palace", four gardens, twelve gates, seventeen Xuan, Tang, and Zhai, and thirty-two buildings, pavilions, and pavilions!"
Hou Feng's eyes were straight, and Tang Lang's answer was exactly the same as in the classics: "How can this be? Why do you know?"
The others were also amazed, Tang Lang raised his hand with a smile and said: "I am willing to lose the bet, two medals, thank you!"
Hou Feng cried with a bitter face: "Can you not give the medal?
"Someone wants to give me a medal, don't you? That's a fool!" Tang Lang replied.