After the most lively seven days of this golden building in Zhongzhou, it is the city for hundreds of years, and all the palace ministers in Zhongzhou will fight the beasts, accompanied by His Majesty the Emperor of Zhongzhou.

The city is strictly disciplined, except for His Majesty the Emperor and the national teacher in a sedan chair, anyone has to unload their weapons and walk to the inner hall, Lu Zheng and Xia Changfeng changed their court clothes, and the carriage and horse can only go to the outer city gate, and the two of them walk towards the inner hall. If Xia Changfeng walked alone in the alleyway of this inner hall, there would be low whispers and pointing around, but fortunately, Xia Changfeng had long been used to it, and everyone in Zhongzhou City knew that he was cynical, and what he said openly and secretly was his past bastard affairs. But Lu Zheng is different, Lu Taiwei is in a high position, and most of the courtiers in the Wu Dynasty rely on him, and everyone gives up their hands when they see him.

Lu Zheng waved his hands all the way to deal with it, straightened his official hat and raised his eyes to look at the black black black iron pillars that towered like spears on the city wall, the edges were still closely spaced, and the inner hall was densely enclosed, and from a distance, the huge palace seemed to be placed in a cage.

I saw him sigh after looking at it for a long time and said: "The good inner hall is blocked by the sunlight of this broken pillar, who doesn't know that my father and His Majesty fought together to quell the chaos and destroy the demon beast." Later, I became a lieutenant in Zhongzhou, and sawed it flat one by one. ”

Xia Changfeng said: "This pillar is erected here every day, why don't you look at it today?" ”

"My father has advised His Majesty several times that he wants to kill Xu Zisheng in Yingzhou to prevent future troubles. But the cleanless bald donkey said that he wanted to spare his life to show benevolence, and even sent someone to pick up the old demon girl of Yingzhou. I'm going to take a good look at what that old witch looks like today. ”

Xia Changfeng saw that he was angry, coughed twice and said seriously, "Everyone in this world says that the Yingzhou demon girl is a peerless beauty, if the unmarried man takes a look, he will be hooked, and he will be a slave for life, before and after the saddle, lingering night and night, until death." Brother Lu didn't know? ”

There are countless rumors about the goddess of Yingzhou in Zhongzhou City, and Lu Zheng said: "Actually... Is that the case?" Then he frowned: "No, my father said that she is probably older than my grandmother, Changfeng, you come to trick me again?" ”

The two of them laughed and laughed at the garden where the beasts were raised, where the flat land was open, and every year at this time, after His Majesty the Emperor had hunted the birds with his bow and feathers, the most courageous slaves of the four kingdoms would fight the beasts. In the end, the winner can drink with His Majesty, and his slavery will be retired, and a reward of thousands of gold. Although the way of life is difficult, it is infinitely bright, attracting all the slaves to fight the beast with all their strength at this time every year, and the scene is extremely tragic.

Listening to the sound of the horn, Xia Xuanyuan, the emperor of Zhongzhou, sat down with the national teacher Wujing. Although the emperor of Zhongzhou is old, he is still black-haired, and he is not angry and arrogant. Although it is already a rare year, it looks like it is not too old to be a sixtieth year. It's just a tired and old state that can't be hidden between his eyebrows and eyes, and the national teacher is a young man, sitting on the right side of His Majesty, although he is dressed in plain white clothes, his face is indifferent but not contemptible.

The master of ceremonies beside him shouted: "Mountain call" Everyone knelt down and shouted long live, and after three shouts, they each entered their seats.

Captain Lu got up and handed Xia Xuanyuan a dragon body yellow * arrow, the left and right soldiers released two cold geese, Xia Xuanyuan fired two arrows in a row, and the two cold geese fell, and all the officials cheered and praised the emperor's divine might, Xia Xuanyuan put down his bow and arrow, looked down at his hands that trembled involuntarily, and slowly sat down and said: "I am old after all, when I was young, I rode and shot with you when I was young, galloping on horseback with one stone and two eagles, so chic, and now, it is nothing more than that." ”

Lu Taiwei said: "Your Majesty, why should you be sad, although the minister is a few years younger than you, but you look at the minister's white hair, old face, and looks several years older than Your Majesty, this is the real ruthlessness of age." ”

Xia Xuanyuan and Lu Taiwei looked at each other and smiled, and the third prince, Xia Wuji, got up and picked up the wine glass and said, "My father will never grow old in the hearts of his sons. Bai Nanyu on the side motioned for a pair of children to get up too, Xiao Rou was only six years old but was born very smart and clever, picked up a glass of wine and walked to Xia Xuanyuan with his younger brother in a few steps and said: "Cover Ming and Rou wish the emperor's grandfather a smile and a long life." ”

Xia Xuanyuan smiled and took the wine glass in his granddaughter's hand and drank it all and said: "Among these descendants of mine, the most happy ones are Rou Yi and Sha Ming, and you two can never learn from your eldest brother when they grow up." "Xia Changfeng held a song and dance election in Jinmanlou, everyone in Zhongzhou City knows about it, although Xia Xuanyuan has heard about it recently, he has not paid attention to it.

Xia Changfeng got up and sighed: "The emperor's grandfather doesn't know, the third uncle and his wife love both their children, and the second uncle went to Nanling to marry the princess, but the grandson's house is deserted, and the grandson can only have some fun by himself." ”

"Nonsense! Your father and mother died early, I want to find a good family for you, a few days ago King Xianyu and his sister Ji Yaoru pilgrimage to see, I see this is the same age as you, what do you think? ”

"The emperor's grandfather should not make his grandson happy, Xianyu is strong, women are as brave as men since childhood, and grandchildren are weak and invincible, and there is no blessing to suffer, no blessing to suffer."

Xia Xuanyuan knew that he was probably talking nonsense again: "When will you be able to have the calmness of your third uncle." I saw the eunuch beside him whisper a few words to him. Xia Xuanyuan waved his hand to summon him.

Half a pillar of incense did not see the group arrived in the garden, the old eunuch who took the lead saw Xia Xuanyuan and everyone kneeling down, and there was a woman standing in the crowd, her clothes were tattered, her hair was messy and scattered in front of her forehead, her hands and feet were shackled, and her wrists and ankles were ground out with many blood marks. Everyone looked at the woman, and the old eunuch who took the lead looked back and motioned for her to kneel, but she did not move, and the two soldiers behind her were about to get up and forcibly hold her shoulder.

"Wait!" Xia Xuanyuan fixed his eyes on the woman, slowly got up and walked in front of her to measure it carefully, and said after a while, "Do you still know me?" ”

The woman looked up at him, didn't say a word, and then lowered her head again.

"If I am not old and confused, for forty years, the appearance of you and Xu Zisheng has not changed at all."

The civil and military officials were all shocked when they heard this, and they started to talk about it, although they had heard that the longevity of the Yunzhong clan was different from that of ordinary people, but this Yingzhou goddess was not a Yunzhong clan, and she could still look good, could it be that there is really an elixir of life in this world? Everyone present was secretly speculating in their hearts. Lu Zheng whispered to Xia Changfeng: "I have heard that the blood of the Vermilion Bird is the most important medicine in refining the elixir of life, and now that the Vermilion Bird in this world is extinct, there is no second elixir in this world." Didn't Your Majesty bring her to his own eyes? ”

"No one knows whether the elixir is true or not. Grandfather Huang's move is gambling. ”

"What to bet on?"

Xia Changfeng looked at the woman and said slowly: "Bet that there are still Vermilion Birds in this world." ”