Chapter 21: First Arrival in the Imperial Capital
Seeing this jade slip, Tang Zixi seemed to see Yunhe's slender shadow and gentle eyes again.
"Yunhe, you must wait for me! I will definitely come to save you. Tang Zixi muttered to herself with an extremely heavy heart.
Each pass jade slip can only be used by one person, but this is not difficult for Tang Zixi. She put the little golden dragon into the divine book space, and she was able to escape into the Ninefold Divine Temple from that secret passage with the jade slip.
A day later, Tang Zixi went out.
This time, the troops were divided into three routes. Zhao Yingyan, Duanmu Chong, and Yan Guinan set off first as the vanguard on the lion and tiger beast. The liger beasts travel thousands of miles a day, and it is estimated that they will be the first to reach the imperial capital.
In addition, the Ninefold Divine Temple also built a support team of nearly 100 people to set off towards the imperial capital, but they didn't have a thousand-mile mount, and they were definitely not as fast as Zhao Yingyan and them.
And Tang Zixi went to the imperial capital at a normal speed.
The people of the Tang Mansion were worried that Tang Zixi would go to the imperial capital alone, and he would encounter trouble if he was unfamiliar with his life, and Tang Zixi's realm was not high, and security was a problem.
The head of the family, Tang Songshan, and the young head of the family, Tang Yushu, had to stay in the Tang family town to guard the family business, so Tang Songshan specially sent a team of ten people to escort Tang Zixi.
The leader of this team is none other than Tang Zhongli.
After Tang Zhongli refined a grade of purple fire crystal, his cultivation had already broken through to the first level of the Returning to the Sky Realm, and after refining the first grade of the Realm Breaking Pill given by Yue Feng, his cultivation suddenly reached the second level of the Returning to the Sky Realm, and he was the third master of the Tang family on the surface. He still has a lot of confidence in himself.
Among the entourage was Tang Zixi's sister Tang Ziyu.
"Second uncle, Sister Zixi, I have never been to the imperial capital, I really want to go and see it!Don't worry, I won't cause trouble for you, I will listen to you in everything......" Before leaving, Tang Ziyu pleaded.
Tang Ziyu's cultivation seems to be only in the Spirit Sea Realm on the surface, and this kind of cultivation is not outstanding among the Tang family. Tang Zhongli didn't want to take her there, but Tang Songshan said it didn't matter.
Among the ten people who accompanied him, except for Tang Ziyu, the other nine people were all returning to the Sky Realm, so there should be no problem.
"Thank you, grandpa!" Tang Ziyu smiled happily at that time!
Others thought that this girl who didn't know the height of the sky was afraid that she would cause trouble for Tang Zixi. But who knows, this little girl whose cultivation seems to be common has actually broken through to the seventh level of the Returning Sky Realm, surpassing her grandfather and eldest brother, in the entire Tang family, her cultivation is only under the third brother Tang Yufeng, and she is the second largest hidden master of the Tang family!
In fact, Tang Ziyu shouted to go to the imperial capital this time, not to join in the fun. She discussed it with her third brother, Tang Yufeng. Tang Yufeng stayed in Qingtong County to secretly protect the Tang family, while she protected Tang Zixi into the imperial capital.
Tang Zixi saw through Ziyu and Yufeng's intentions at a glance, and he didn't say anything about them. Her ability is limited, and in the event of an emergency, she may not be able to protect her father Tang Zhongli and the rest of the Tang family in time, and Ziyu may be able to play an unexpected role at a critical moment.
In addition to the ten people accompanying the Tang family, the Ninefold Divine Temple sent some people to accompany them.
It's just that among these people, except for Qiantong, everyone else has been accepted into the divine book space by Tang Zixi and is on standby at any time, including: Yan Shaoqin, Yi Wu, Jin Se, Leng Xue and Hongxiang......
The space for the Divine Book was so convenient, why didn't Tang Zixi bring more people? It turned out that due to the limitations of Tang Zixi's realm, the area of the Divine Book Space was not only limited, only a few hundred acres of land, but even the level of authority was very low. Tang Zixi could only accept a maximum of twenty people at the same time.
At present, the scale and function of the Divine Book Space are far inferior to the Sound Scale Secret Realm and the Ninefold Divine Temple!
Therefore, Tang Zixi still has to leave some vacant seats, for everyone's safety, just in case, after saving Yunhe, Zhao Yingyan and the people accompanying the Tang family can be included in the divine book space, this is everyone's way back!
Seven days later, Tang Zixi and his party came to the imperial capital.
As we passed the market, a fast horse came running up and kicked up dust.
There was a little boy playing in the middle of the street, completely unaware of the approaching horse. And the rider was hurrying and did not notice a little boy squatting on the ground.
Tang Zixi was startled, she really wanted to save the little boy, but they were too far away from the little boy, even if they did, it would be too late. Seeing that the little boy was about to be hit squarely, passers-by were screaming!
Just at the last moment, a young man rushed out and rolled to the side of the road with the little boy in his arms, and the horse's hooves almost brushed them by, which was thrilling!
The little boy was unscathed, while the young man suffered only a slight abrasion on the back of his hand.
Passers-by were praising the little boy for his bravery.
Seeing that the little boy was safe and sound, Tang Zixi breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel very good about this young man.
He took a closer look at the man.
This man looked to be about twenty-six or seven years old, tall and handsome, with a dignified appearance and a heroic air on his eyebrows.
Although the style of the clothes is low-key and simple, and because of the rolling on the ground just now, the clothes are stained with dust and look a little dirty, but you can still see that this clothes are made of good fabric.
With such an ordinary style of clothes, this person can wear a noble temperament, giving people the feeling that they are not ordinary people, as if they are from a big family.
The little boy's parents soon arrived. They wanted to give money to thank the young man, but the young man didn't accept it, smiled and left, and his figure quickly disappeared into the bustling crowd.
Tang Zixi's biggest emotion is that in fact, the world is not all big bad guys like Tianyan, Tianxin and Wang Weiren, didn't he meet a good young man who acted bravely today?
It seems that the folk customs of the imperial capital are still good, which is due to the good governance of Emperor Lie.
If it weren't for the matter of Yunhe, Tang Zixi would have always thought that Emperor Lie was a good emperor.
Perhaps, Emperor Lie has always been a good emperor, but he is not a good brother. Is this kind of thing rare in the history of the royal family? It's just the truth of the king's success.
Originally born from the same root, although Yunhe and Emperor Lie were not born to the same mother, but they are both sons of Emperor Wu, Yunhe has no intention of the throne, yearning for an idyllic life, and Emperor Lie has been sitting on the throne for many years, so why not let go of Yunhe?
Tang Zixi didn't understand the affairs of the emperor's family. She really felt that being born in the emperor's family was not a happy thing, especially for people like Yunhe.
Tang Zixi, who was distraught, continued to hurry.
Before sunset, they settled at an inn closest to the palace in the imperial capital. At this time, there were only three days left before the deadline for entering the palace to face the saint.
In order to keep a low profile as much as possible, Tang and the others did not eat in the hall, but asked for five or six side rooms, one side room for every two or three people, and even the dinner food was ordered to be sent directly to the room.
The first floor is the living room, and the wings are on the second floor.
Just as Tang Zixi was going upstairs, he heard a quarrel at the counter. It turned out that there was a diner who found that he didn't have any money when he was counting, and the shopkeeper thought that this person had come to mix rice and eat, and asked the guys in the store to arrest this person and beat him.
Tang Zixi glanced at this "fake rice" diner.
It was a young and handsome man, his clothes were a little dirty, stained with some dust, but he was dignified, heroic, and had a noble temperament, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he was here to "fake rice".
Isn't this young man the same young man he met in the market half a day ago, bravely saving the little boy under the horse's hooves?
If this person had accepted the gift from the boy's parents at that time, he would not have been reduced to the point where he could not even afford to pay for a meal!
Tang Zixi had a good impression of this person for a long time, and when he saw that this person was in trouble, he walked back to the counter and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, all the expenses of this son are in my account, please don't embarrass him." ”
When booking the room before, the Tang family had already paid a lot of deposits, and this young man's meal money was actually not much. In fact, when the shopkeeper only cares if anyone pays, he doesn't mind who pays!
What's more, Tang Zixi and his entourage are extraordinary, bold and informal, and they are not the owners of bad money at first glance, how can the shopkeeper want to offend them?
So the shopkeeper had a fierce face, and immediately changed his face to the young man, and said with a smile: "This son, what else do you need?"
The young man glanced at Tang Zixi gratefully, and then said to his palm: "I still need a wing room to live in for a few days, and I want to go to a good wing room." ”
"No problem, I'll help Childe arrange a place to live immediately, and make sure that Childe is satisfied. The shopkeeper said politely.
Over there, the diners who were eating heard their conversation and couldn't help but sneer at the young man, and they all said:
"He's so thick-skinned! Someone else invited him to a meal, and he was embarrassed to stay here for a few days!"
"I think that woman wants to sleep with this little white face, right?
"Haha! No wonder Little White Face wants to stay here for a few days, otherwise how can he pay for food!"
Diners are getting harder and harder to hear.
The young man said to Tang Zixi embarrassedly: "Girl, thank you for your help, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble!"
Tang Zixi smiled: "It's okay! ”
The young man praised: "The girl has a bold personality, she is really a heroine among women, I admire it! I will definitely pay back the money I owe to the girl this time." ”
"You don't have to pay back this money in a hurry, it's not much anyway. To tell you the truth, half a day ago I saw you bravely saving children under the horse's hooves, and I admired you very much for your righteous and courageous behavior! I hope to make a friend with you. Tang Zixi said.
The young man smiled happily: "The girl is not only righteous and bold but also kind-hearted, and it is my honor to be friends with her." My name is Ah Che, I'm a local, I don't know what the girl is called?"
"My surname is Don. Tang Zixi briefly introduced herself, and in order to avoid complications, she did not reveal her identity.
Then, Tang Zixi said goodbye to Ah Che.
On the way back to the wing room, Tang Zhongli couldn't help but pull Tang Zixi and said, "Xi'er, we are here to do business, why do you bother with that stranger's business?"