Chapter 22: The Prince's Dispute

"Let Ah Er accompany you to the capital for a spiritual power test tomorrow, after you two go to Lingwu Mountain to report together, I will ask Aunt Hong to prepare your luggage for you, be careful when you go out", Steward Mo said to Qin Zhan in a serious voice like an elder from an ordinary family.

After telling Qin Zhan, Steward Mo left.

Qin Zhan softened his emotions for a moment, and then bit his finger to confess his lord with blood. Qin Zhan's blood dripped onto the ring, and the ring immediately emitted a dazzling light, and after a while, an imaginary image of a giant black bird appeared in the air. Although it was not an entity, its virtual image actually oppressed Qin Zhan and came out sweating profusely. The sight soon faded away, and the chamber returned to calm.

Qin Zhan recovered his mood for a while, he was also shocked by the scene just now. Then, Qin Zhan probed his divine sense into the spatial ring left to him by his mother.

The space inside this ring was very large, and Qin Zhan's spiritual power could not be explored. However, the space inside the ring is divided into six layers. At present, Qin Zhan can only explore in the area of the first layer. The other five spaces should have been sealed by Qin Zhan's mother, and perhaps they could only enter the other spaces after Qin Zhan's strength improved.

In this first floor of space, many daily necessities, especially clothes, are stored. From children to adults, the clothes of spring, summer, autumn and winter, this should be sewn by Qin Zhan's mother. Maybe she knew that she wouldn't have the opportunity to prepare clothes for Qin Zhan in the future, so she prepared the clothes that Qin Zhan was going to wear from childhood to adulthood at one time. In addition, there are a lot of elixirs and gold coins stored. The number of gold coins alone is probably in the millions. There are also three exercises for cultivation, one is the Aoki Gong, the mental method of Tuna, the other is the body method of leisurely travel, and the other is the attack method of destroying the life finger. The exercises of these three books are profound and difficult to understand, and Qin Zhan estimates that they are at least Xuan-level exercises.

The next day, Qin Zhan had breakfast and went to the capital with Ah Er, which was about two hundred miles away from the Qin family's fiefdom. According to Qin Zhan's foot strength, it was estimated that it would take more than a day to arrive.

"Ah Er, why don't you bring out the wind horse at home, so that we can reach the capital in less than five hours", Qin Zhan said with some unhappiness.

Originally, Qin Zhan thought that he was going to a luxurious place like the capital, and Steward Mo had to get a carriage with eight horses at the very least, so that he was a marquis. Although it is a little lonely, but the pomp and circumstance must be missing.

After listening to Qin Zhan's words, Ah Er numbled his mouth and said, "Young Master, Steward Mo only gave a thousand gold coins this time, which is not even your usual living expenses for a month. Usually you're guarding the door, and it's better.

This time we are going to go far away, I heard that Wuling Mountain is more than 800 miles away from the capital, and it costs to eat and stay in the middle. In this way, we must save money, otherwise we will have to ask for food before we reach Wuling Mountain."

It seems that Ah Er is even more dissatisfied with this, originally he thought that he would follow Qin Zhan to eat and drink spicy food when he went out so far, but it turned out to be a chore.

Qin Zhan and Ah Er walked on the main road to Kyoto. There are many pedestrians on this road, and it can be seen that they are all people who are going to the capital to test the level of spiritual power. Most of them walked on two legs like Qin Zhan, and most of these people were from poor families, and it could be seen that some of them had been walking for many days, and the animal skin shoes on their feet were almost worn out.

From time to time, some family carriages galloped past the road, and their arrogance was very arrogant. They never care about the safety of those who walk on the road, and it is okay to yell from afar. One of them was when Qin Zhan was almost hit by a carriage, but it wasn't that Qin Zhan couldn't sense the approach of these carriages. It's that Qin Zhan thinks that these sons' grooms shouldn't really ignore passers-by. But the result surprised Qin Zhan very much, he risked his life and was almost swept under the wheel of the carriage. Looking at those mighty coachmen, Ah Er couldn't help but sigh, the same is to be a slave for people, why is there such a big gap.

On the way, Qin Zhan got acquainted with a poor kid who was also going to the capital for a spiritual power test, he usually worked as a runner in a tavern, he was good at speaking, alert in case of trouble, and he was not bad. The most important thing is that this person's news is wider than the average person, he also has two younger siblings at home, who have lived very poorly, not too tall, and a little emaciated, so others call him a thin monkey, he is already twelve years old, and he has only reached the first weight of body refining.

Along the way, Qin Zhan would give the thin monkey a portion of what he had to eat and drink, and the thin monkey could also see that Qin Zhan was a down-and-out child of a family. However, even the children of the down-and-out family are usually very ashamed and arrogant, and they will not easily deal with their subordinates.

"Qin Gongzi, do you know that the sons of the other seven counties of the Great Qianguo and above are going to come to the imperial capital for spiritual power testing this time, instead of testing them in the local area", accompanied by the thin monkey all the way, the thin monkey knew that Qin Zhan liked to listen to some gossip, so the thin monkey told Qin Zhan the news he knew as much as possible.

"Oh, those counties are not close to the capital, can they catch up with the spiritual power test?"

There are seven counties under the Great Qianguo, which are surrounded by the imperial capital, namely Hedong County, Anyi County, Pingyang County, Yongan County, Beiqu County, Manghuang County, and Barbarian County, which are not close to Kyoto. The nearest Hedong County is also 8,000 miles away from the imperial capital, and six of these seven counties are directly subordinate to six Yipin families, namely the Huyan family, the Beitang family, the Gongyi family, the Gongsun family, the Beiyan family, and the Linghu family. There are only seven first-class families in the Great Qianguo, and the last family is the Qin family, but the Qin family is not in charge of a county.

These six great families can be described as dominant, each holding 100,000 iron horsemen to defend the empire. This entry into Beijing is said to have been appointed by the Holy Lord, on the one hand, it is meant to appease, and on the other hand, it is said to be to weaken their strength. There are about 500,000 soldiers and horses directly under the control of the Huangpu family, although no county can compare with the royal family, but if they join forces, I am afraid that the Huangpu family will have to suffer from the enemy on their backs, and it will be difficult to parry. Moreover, each county has been divided into one side for many years, although it is said that there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses on the surface, but the actual number of soldiers and horses under control is probably far more than that.

What is strange is that the Great Qianguo is now a saint, and for some reason, he rarely manages the government. All government affairs were handed over to the eldest prince Huangpu Batian and the second prince Huangpu Wuji. The division of labor between the two princes is also very clear, except for the eldest prince Huangpu Overlord, who has been in the military for many years, advocating force, cutting off cruelty, and those uneasy local forces and gangs, all of whom are annihilated by Huangpu Overlord, regardless of whether they are recruited or not, are all executed.

In the second prince, Huangpu Wuji, almost all of the people's livelihood and civil official dispatch are in charge of Huangpu Wuji, and the power in his hands is no worse than that of the eldest prince. In addition, in the past few years, it has been privately rumored that the current emperor may die soon, and the competition between the eldest prince Huangpu Batian and the second prince Huangpu Wuji has become even more intense.

Although the current saint intends to weaken the power of the family, the eldest prince Huangpu Batian and the second prince Huangpu Wuji know that they are indispensable if they want to win the throne. Therefore, they have an inextricable relationship with these families, and it will be difficult to give up each other for a while, which makes it difficult to realize the intention of the Holy Master.