After crossing the suspension bridge, the Suzaku Gate is in front of you.

Compared with the Vermilion Bird Gate of Chang'an City, the Vermilion Bird Gate of Handan City is much smaller, the door hole is more than half narrow, and it is also a little low, the light in winter is insufficient, and the door hole is relatively dark, and there is a cold air flowing in the door hole.

There are guards standing in front of the city gate, draped all over the body, armor, swords, all of them are warriors, there is a faint breath of slaughter, at a glance it is a veteran who has been on the battlefield, not in vain, this is stronger than the soldiers and horses under the command of the fifty soldiers and horses who are responsible for guarding Chang'an City.

Naturally, the convoy was blocked in front of the goal.

This world, like some dynasties of ancient China on Earth, must have a guide and identification to travel in all directions, and everyone has an identity certificate, and the identity of warriors and ordinary people is different.

For a city like Handan, these two things are indispensable if you want to enter the inner city.

Of course, if you only stay in the outer city, it is not so strict, although there are also soldiers patrolling the outer city, and if you look suspicious, they can call you at any time to stop you, check the road guide on your body, and look at your identification, but under normal circumstances, this is rarely the case, unless the patrol soldiers do not like you, or your behavior is indeed very suspicious.

In all worlds, administrative and civil servants suffer from the ills of the bureaucracy, and if there is no profit, more is better than less.

Starting from Chang'an all the way, passing through the state and county, until they came to Handan City, this was the first time Du Rui and others entered the city, and they all went around the city to hide their tracks.

Now that you've arrived at your destination, there's no need to hide your identity.

Nie Yuan, who was the leader, got off the dragon horse, took two steps forward, and handed the jade pendant that represented his identity to the city guards, holding the jade plate with the words "Imperial Guards" written on them.

"Wait a minute, my lord!"

The old man who was in charge of guarding the city gate said respectfully.

This is a small Zhou Tianquan warrior, guarding the city gate has seven or eight soldiers, he should be the commander of the army, not the city gate officer who is responsible for guarding the city gate, the city gate officer should have another person, not in front of the city gate, but behind the door hole, between the urn city and the main city of Yongdao outpost, or above the city gate tower, this chief must go to the city gate official to call.

He bowed to Nie Yuan, confessed his guilt, and trotted into the city gate.

The rest of the soldiers leaned against the city gate, looking at Du Rui and his party with some curiosity, and under Du Rui's order, the guards dismounted one after another, led the carriage and mounts aside, and no longer blocked the city gate.

Du Rui did not dismount, but he also drove his horse to the side, looked up at the top of the city gate, and waited.

Every city is protected by a rune array to avoid evil and strange invasions, and it also has a sense of transcendental beings from the innate and above, Du Rui is thinking, if he enters this inner city of Handan, he doesn't know what the reaction of the protective circle of this inner city will be, and he has some curiosity about this.

As for the previous chance encounter, he didn't take it to heart.

Even if that glimpse was not by chance, but by someone with a heart, it was nothing, after the battle of Huaishuji, Du Rui didn't think that his whereabouts could be hidden from those local snakes.

Zhao Jun Li!

Before the establishment of the Tang Empire, the name of the Du family in Guanzhong was far inferior to the Li family of Zhao County, and the Li family of Zhao County was a super-first-class door valve, at that time, the Du family was just a first-class door valve, which was not a super-first-class gate, but Taizu was a great talent, plus Taizong was blue, and the Du family was a royal family, which became a super-first-class door valve, ranking first in the world.

Speaking of heritage, maybe it's not as good as an old family like Zhao Junli.

Since he was ordered to come to Handan, which is his fiefdom, Du Rui knows in his heart that unless he doesn't care about everything, just be a mascot, otherwise, trouble will definitely be indispensable, if you want to hold the power and make a promise, you will inevitably face turmoil, and even bloody rain, after all, even if you are a prince, if you want to grab the food in other people's bowls, you will inevitably encounter resistance.

After a while, there was the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the other side of the doorway.

The leader was a green-shirted scribe, wearing a high crown, wearing a wide robe with large sleeves, with three strands of long hair, and extremely black hair, which was very clean.

There was silence at his feet, and the sound of those footsteps came from the crowd that followed him.

This green-shirted guest is none other than Lan Du, one of the four admirals of the Jingbian Army, the military division of the Jingbian Army, a great mage, who controls the mage regiment of the Jingbian Army, and he has been waiting on the city gate tower for several days, just to welcome Du Rui's arrival as soon as possible.

The green-shirted Ke Landu smiled, smiling like a spring breeze, he looked at Du Rui, who was still riding on the dragon horse, and bowed his hand when he was still ten zhang away, and said loudly.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao is coming, and his command Landu has lost his welcome, and forgiveness is a ......"

The voice was not high, but it echoed very clearly in everyone's ears, and the tone was quite sincere, with a hint of respect, but there was no flattery at all, and he still maintained the demeanor of a powerful person.

This world is respected by strength.

The so-called identity bloodline is actually linked to strength, but it is because people with special bloodlines are more powerful than ordinary people in cultivation, so the bloodline is very important, but if you have bloodline, your strength is not enough, even if you are a prince, or a descendant of a super gate valve, you will not be respected by the world, there are many such examples, Du Rui's previous experience is an example.

Therefore, although this world also pays attention to etiquette, the etiquette procedures are not cumbersome, unlike the ancient dynasties of the earth.

In the ancient dynasties of the earth, there were great rituals, the emperor was high, there were rules for traveling, there must be a huge dependence, the etiquette was strict, the officials could not even look directly at the emperor, in a barbarian dynasty, the courtiers were only the emperor's house slaves, and they had to prostrate under the imperial power.

At that time, the reason why there was a grand ceremony was nothing more than to create an atmosphere, to create an atmosphere of an extraordinary emperor, but to be the son of heaven, a unique supreme existence......

In fact, it is just to hide the truth that the emperor and everyone are ordinary people, and there is no difference.

Those dependents were the same as the emperor's new clothes.

The same is true of all great titles, but they are nothing more than a whitewash.

In this world, there is no need for etiquette to show a person's strength, the power exists there, there is no need to foil, the huge guard of honor, the cumbersome etiquette, is just a disguise, to cover up a person's weakness!

Of course, there are still a few people who are as light and simple as Du Rui.

Ordinary princes, no matter how much they are not taken seriously, even if they do not have the title of a feudal monarch, they are surrounded by dozens of guards when they travel, which is not to show their strength, but for the purpose of protection.

After all, there is a transcendent power in this world.

Speaking of identity, Du Rui, who is the king of Zhao, is naturally more noble than Landu, but this is not the qualification for him to sit on the dragon horse and enjoy Landu's greetings, Landu, as a great mage, controls the mage group of the Jingbian Army, and his comprehensive combat power is equivalent to a grandmaster-level martial artist, although there is a saying that grandmasters are like clouds in this world, and great grandmasters are difficult to find, in fact, compared to the prince, the influence of grandmaster-level martial artists is more powerful.

Don't look at Zhaojun Li has more than a dozen grandmasters, that is a family that has been inherited for thousands of years, the history can be extended to the ancient times 10,000 years ago, the ancestor of the family is the Taoist boy who served by the side of the Daojun, and his ancestors have produced many great grandmasters, without an interval of more than two hundred years, and there are more than a dozen ascenders, if they pay a huge price, they can even communicate with the upper realm and attract the power of the upper realm to come.

Of course, the price would be enormous, and the entire family could be cut off from the lineage, and it would never be done as a last resort.

Therefore, in Handan, if Du Rui does not have the strength of an innate martial artist, even if he is a prince, a prince, and an envoy of the Jingbian Army, in fact, it is basically impossible to have real power.

That's why everyone used him as a mascot in the first place.

Eleven years old, no matter how talented he is, he can't be a congenital powerhouse, and only one of the guards around him is a congenital martial artist who was born in Huashan Sword Sect and deserves everyone's attention, and the rest of the people don't matter.

As for that Zheng Cheng, there are grandmaster warriors around him, there are many staff, thousands of entourages and guards, and at a glance, you can know that he is the embodiment of the will of the imperial power, and the specific practitioner.

Of course, all this was before the Locust Tree Set incident.

If there was no Huaishuji incident, the green-shirted Kelandu would not have waited on the city gate, and would not have personally come forward to greet Du Rui at the city gate, so there would be no need for a big man like him to appear.

After saying hello, Lando took a few more steps forward before Du Rui got off the dragon horse.

Everyone got out of the way, Yue Chong and Xu Xinyan stood behind him respectively, guarding left and right, Du Rui showed a light smile on his face, he took a few steps forward, and walked towards Landu, the two met at the gate of the city, and stood at a distance of one zhang from each other.

Du Rui nodded and said.

"There is labor!"

It is not because of the grandmaster-level powerhouse in front of him, Du Rui talks and communicates more, you know, even in the face of the head of Huashan, he also has such an attitude, in this world, if you pay too much attention to interpersonal communication, but because you are not strong enough, you need the help of others, this is the case, if you are strong enough, even if you don't speak, those people will naturally move closer to you.

Lando seemed to know Du Rui's character, still smiling, not embarrassed, and very chic.

He led Du Rui into the city gate.

Du Rui raised his head slightly, looking above the city gate hole.

There, there was a light shining and falling like starlight.

After a while, Du Rui and his party were bathed in starlight.

This is the natural operation of the city protection circle.