Chapter 14: The First Arrival in Kyoto

In an instant, the cavalry had arrived in front of them, and they were all riding tall horses, burly figures, wearing red cloaks on their shoulders, floating in the wind. Wearing a terrifying black mask on his face and blue fangs, he looks like an elite in the army.

Galloping cavalry swept along the road, guarded by a richly dressed carriage. At the end of the procession, several cavalrymen escorted a prisoner cart. On the bumpy prison cart was a man in prison uniform, with his hands and feet bound and his hair disheveled, and his dirty face could no longer be seen.

This group of mighty and majestic cavalry disappeared in front of Luo Xiaotian and them, and the eyes of several people stayed on them.

Luo Xiaotian was full of question marks: how could a small prisoner be so laborious and let a group of elite cavalry escort them all the way. He shook his head, scolding himself in his heart: nosy!

For this cavalry, Luo Xiaotian has also heard a little. Judging by their dress, they should be one of the Praetorian Guards of the Imperial Palace, the Tiger Horse.

"Looking at this situation, the person in this prisoner car is also an important person - not the royal family and nobles but also the dignitaries, but the wealth and prosperity are also unblessed...... I have traveled back and forth to the capital on this road all the year round, and I have never seen this meeting, and I have seen a lot of beheadings and heads of officials in Wuxuanmen in the capital, but there is no such treatment. ”

The guide groom had also seen the world, and at a glance he saw that the prisoner was a high-ranking official, and muttered a few words to himself.

"This is called entering the officialdom as deep as the sea, life is not one's own, wealth is not one's own, the court infighting is even more involuntary, or the apocalypse peak is leisurely - this is what my father said."

Zhang Ruyue learned her father's tone and tone and talked sarcastically, and sure enough, because of the relationship between father and daughter, she learned quite like Tianzun Daoist.

"Senior sister, don't tease Master like this, it's disrespectful." Yao Qingshu interrupted Zhang Ruyue and educated her in a righteous and stern manner.

The little sister stuck out her tongue and made a grimace. Finally left the Apocalypse Palace, she didn't want to be expressionless all day long and abide by those rigid rules, now she is at ease, and she is not afraid of the senior brother to sue her.

"Let's go!" Luo Xiaotian saw that the sky was almost dark, and he had to set off quickly, and after speaking, he turned around and walked towards the carriage.

The two who were arguing saw Luo Xiaotian turn around and leave, and they also went over together and got into the carriage.

Although Yao Qingshu is a senior brother, he has strong martial arts and is a few years older than Luo Xiaotian, but as long as the master is not there, he still listens to him in everything. As small as stealing down the mountain together in the past, catching fish in Qingchi and being punished by the master, to "removing demons and subduing demons" to fight the kraken.

Needless to say, the little junior sister Zhang Ruyue will follow what Luo Xiaotian does. The senior brother is a stunned and sullen oil bottle, and she has to report to the master first about a trivial matter, which makes her feel very bored. Luo Xiaotian is different, smart and clever, and will take her to any fun. The two of them once played with fire in the mountain behind the Taoist temple, and almost set the entire mountain on fire, so angry that the Taoist of Tianzun made them kneel for a day and a night. In the end, it was Yao Qingshu who pleaded, and the master was merciful and let them go. It was this accident that Luo Xiaotian accidentally found glowstone powder in the back mountain. Now it seems that this thing is quite useful, not only has an early warning and tracking effect, but also contains highly poisonous.

The carriage bumped all the way forward, trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally came to the avenue outside Kyoto, and the gate of Nanyu Kyoto was in front of you.

On both sides of the city gate, there are elite soldiers and good generals, all of whom are mighty and upright, full of energy, and the crowds of people entering and leaving are also endless.

The carriage passed the city gate, and the magnificent scene of the capital came into view. Tall and majestic buildings, the streets are wide and clean, and the streets are full of people coming and going. Hawkers are hawking in the streets, and children are chasing hawkers all the way to buy snacks. The shops on the street are crowded with a wide variety of products on display. The crowd was also varied—merchants and dancers from the Western Regions, young ladies dressed in silk and satin, dignitaries, and plainly dressed ordinary people...... Luo Xiaotian saw the scene in front of him and remembered the "Qingming Riverside Map" in his memory.

Zhang Ruyue lifted the carriage curtain before entering the city, and walked intently all the way, without blinking her eyelids. She was probably thinking in her heart: I want to buy this, I want to buy that, I want to play this, I want to play that.

After passing through the bustling street, I finally came to a place with a little less people.

The carriage stopped at the door of a luxurious mansion, and the plaque reads "Qingyang Marquis Mansion".

After getting out of the car, the guide Mafu looked at the three young people who were traveling all the way in disbelief, he didn't expect that the three people in front of him were young and mediocre but lived in the Hou Mansion. So he didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly moved their luggage, and respectfully said goodbye.

Actually, Luo Xiaotian didn't expect that Master would have such a large mansion. Master only lightly asked them to take care of them that day, and at first they thought it was just an ordinary people's house.

What they didn't expect was that the closed door suddenly opened, and an old servant and several young and strong domestic servants came out of it.

"Are you in the wrong place?" Yao Qingshu asked Luo Xiaotian blankly when he saw this scene.

Luo Xiaotian was silent for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer.

The old servant who came out of the door walked towards them with tears in his eyes, making the three of them feel a little inexplicable and overwhelmed.

"It's really in the wrong place."

Seeing everything in front of him, even Luo Xiaotian had doubts in his heart at this time, and answered Yao Qingshu's question just now with a dull look in his eyes.

"Looks like you're in the wrong place!" Zhang Ruyue was also stunned, her father never said that his family had a big business, he must have come to the wrong place.

The three of them stood at the door of the "Qingyang Hou Mansion" like three pieces of wood.

"This must be Miss, right? Miss—you're all back at last! ”

The tearful old servant walked up to the three of them, and when they met, she called Miss Zhang Ruyue, so frightened that she didn't dare to speak, and quickly turned her head to look at the two senior brothers.

"These two are Hou Ye's beloved apprentices, right?" The old servant looked at Luo Xiaotian and Yao Qingshu and asked.

Yao Qingshu waved his hand again and again and said, "We don't know any Hou Ye!" Old man, we're in the wrong place, we're in the wrong place! ”

"Yes—neither am I...... What the...... Miss, uncle, we are in the wrong place! Zhang Ruyue said hesitantly.

"Oh yes, this is the Hou Ye's Mansion. A few days ago, Master Hou sent a letter saying that the young lady and the two apprentices would come back. But the old slave is so happy......" said the old servant, crying more and more violently, and the tears crackled and fell.

"You say my father is the Hou Ye? Is your lord's name Zhang Qingyuan? You call me Miss, so do you know my name? Although Zhang Ruyue was puzzled, she couldn't accept it. But seeing the old man crying pitifully, it didn't look like a lie, so he asked him for his identity and name.

"Miss's name is Zhang Ruyue, and the old slave knows. It's not wrong for Hou Ye to call Zhang Qingyuan, oops...... Miss, don't embarrass the old slave, this joke can't be made! ”

Zhang Ruyue hadn't come to her senses yet, and her mind was still confused.

"Let's go! Get in. That's right, I know that the master has been an official, but I don't know that he used to be a marquis at a young age. ”

Luo Xiaotian put his hand on the shoulders of the two of them, and pushed them to the inner gate.

"Quick! Fast! Bring your luggage in. It's back! The old servant wiped away his tears and excitedly instructed the servant to carry his things.

The three of them walked into the gate of the house and stood at the door to take a look. The courtyard is clean, the houses are decently cleaned, and the flowers and plants are full of life. In this way, although the master has been away from home for many years, this mansion has never been abandoned, and it has always been carefully taken care of by this old servant.

I learned from the old servant's mouth: It turned out that he was the housekeeper in the master's house, called Lu Ji, and everyone in the house called him Aji. Since the master left, he has been taking care of the inside and outside of the Hou Mansion, and after so many years, I have been looking forward to waiting for the master's family to come back.

In this way, Aji is also honest, loyal and reliable, and keeps the house in order for his master, just to wait for the day when the master returns.

The old housekeeper Aji arranged their own accommodation for Luo Xiaotian and the others. Knowing that the three of them were tired of traveling, let them rest first, and warn the others not to disturb, and then call someone to prepare the meal.

Everything went smoothly in Beijing, and there was a place of stability. Luo Xiaotian lay on the bed and began to plan how to recover the stolen box. All kinds of fragmented clues were spliced together in his mind, constantly combining and linking them together, but in the end, he found that it was difficult to piece together a perfect result. Thinking about it, my eyes closed one by one, and unconsciously, I fell asleep groggily.

In Kyoto's Wuxuan Gate, the square along the street is crowded with people.

There was a high platform in the middle of the square, and at the top sat an official in a ceremonial robe, majestic and dignified, but his face was blurred so that he could not see clearly, and there were three or five military attachés standing beside him.

In the middle of the high platform stood two tall and strong men with shirtless bodies and fierce expressions, holding broad-bladed broadswords, and their majestic appearance was afraid that even the evil ghosts would have to take a detour when they saw it.

In front of them, in front of the high platform, knelt a white-haired, bearded prisoner in prison uniform, his limbs were bound, and his head was covered with dirt. His eyes were bright and glowing, and he swept around the crowd without a hint of timidity, as if he was looking for something.

Suddenly, his gaze paused, his eyes were bloodshot and bulging, staring directly at Luo Xiaotian in the crowd. This gaze was like a torch, shooting at Luo Xiaotian's head like an arrow, which sent chills down the spine.

Luo Xiaotian vaguely remembered that this person was the prisoner he met on the way to Beijing and was escorted by Huweiqi.

I don't know where a mysterious force came from, dispersed the crowd around them, and fled in a hurry, leaving only Luo Xiaotian and the prisoner staring at each other. Luo Xiaotian didn't feel that what he brought was fear, but saw that a black hole seemed to appear in the prisoner's eyes, attracting him and devouring him.

Suddenly, blood rained, and the prisoner's head fell to the ground, rolling down in front of Luo Xiaotian, and continued to look at him......

A bloody smile came at the end, and after a moment, his eyes were closed.