The national capital of Great Xia, Shendu, can also be called Shenjing, Shengdu, and Shengjing, which is located in the center of the land of Zhongzhou. Zhongzhou, where the capital of God is located, is an extremely rich plain, with a unique geographical location, natural barriers on all sides, mountains in the east and west as barriers, and big rivers in the north and south blocking traffic, like a natural giant city. Since the first Middle-earth Dynasty, the orthodox Middle-earth Dynasty of all dynasties and dynasties have been capitalized here, and scholars of the Middle-earth Dynasty generally believe that the gods are the center of the world, and that they are loved by heaven and earth.

The team of the Xiao clan set out from Xiaoyi, trekked for almost seven days, crossed the Li River, and arrived at the land of Zhongzhou.

Entering the Gyeonggi range of the capital from Fuhu Pass, Fuhu Pass is on higher ground, and you can see a huge city every hundred miles, the city wall is surrounded into a regular rectangle, in which all kinds of buildings are neatly arranged, delicate and subtle, according to the different styles of buildings, they are roughly divided into more than ten different building areas. The position of the central axis, one by one portals progressively progresses, directly to the imperial city in the center of the city, the palace is a high-rise building, the roof is glazed and yellow tiles, and the distance shines with a touch of golden brilliance, as if it is made of gold.

The sky is high and the clouds are clear, the green fields are vast, the clear water is surrounded, the trees are vague, and the distant mountains are undulating...... The whole god is like a magnificent picture. The closer you get, the more you can feel the huge, majestic and prosperous city of the city.

The Xiao Clan's procession entered from the Xizhi Gate, and like many people who came to the Shendu, everything seemed fresh, especially the young people who were looking around, inexplicably excited, happy, and even cheering.

Along the way, Xiao Tianlei has seen a lot of big cities, and he doesn't have much curiosity about classical cities. From a distance, the gods are indeed magnificent, but when you look closely, just like many beautiful things, when you really get close to it, you touch it, and you lose its sense of mystery. Just like visiting a historical city, if no one explains its cultural heritage and historical stories, it is difficult to appreciate the weight of the city, and what is in front of you is just a living city where people live, and the market is noisy and trivial. Even though the scribes wrote many beautiful poems for it, it was still a secular city, perhaps in some ways more complete and prosperous than other large cities, with more majestic buildings and more people, but it also had some shortcomings.

As a visitor from another place, when I came to a strange city, I had to face some problems, so what happened to Xiao and his party next was not so pleasant.

When you arrive at the Shendu, you must first solve the problem of food and accommodation, if it is usual, it is not a matter at all, now the imperial court holds a big examination, the big examination not only has a literary test, but also a martial test, and at the same time will hold various celebrations, blessing ceremonies, the civil and military talents of the states of Daxia have rushed to participate, plus the entourage, guards, all kinds of people who have come to Shendu to join in the fun, etc., not only restaurants and inns, but even Buddhist temples and Taoist temples are full of people.

Everyone asked passers-by separately where some inns were, and they also received a lot of blank eyes during the period, and asked for a long time, but there was no place to stay. Xiao Qingyang went to some guilds in Shendu to inquire, and the guest rooms under the guilds had long been full, and even some attached houses such as firewood houses were full of visitors from all over the world.

"Don't think that a few stinky money is great, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you barbarians don't think that you can come here with a little money, when you get here, you have to be honest and obey the rules!"

Xiao Tianyou paid a high price to ask someone to vacate some guest rooms, but he also ran into a wall, and was driven out by an arrogant shopkeeper amid the applause of a group of scribes and ordinary people.

The people of Middle-earth who were born in Zhongzhou feel that they are a cut higher than people in other regions, and they are quite proud, and people from other states are a head shorter when they arrive here, not to mention people from the land of smoke miasma and barbarianism, even if Xiao Tianyou's dress is the appearance of a middle-earth person, his appearance cannot deceive people.

The children of the show in the team also confidently went to find a place to live, but as a result, after walking around, after coming back, one by one they were also unhappy. Their status as Xiushi may be somewhat convenient in other cities, but they have no role in the gods.

In fact, there are definitely many places where the gods can live in people, but these places generally do not accept outsiders, some wealthy families in the houses of the gods, some rivers and lakes sects, some schools of industry, and so on. The Xiao family originally had a house in Shendu, but it had long since become someone else's house. If it was the Xiao family at the beginning, I don't know how many people would be willing to receive it, but now it is estimated that no one cares.

Xiao Tianlei was too lazy to run around, when everyone went to find a place to live, he and Xiao Tianbao stayed behind to guard the carriage and luggage, found a shaded tree to stay, bought some snacks, and tasted them leisurely. While chatting with other brothers in Lingzhou in Xiao's private chat system, he told about the situation of Shendu and satisfied their curiosity.

"Brother Lei, Uncle Yang, they can't find a place to live, what should they do?" Xiao Tianbao asked, he just asked casually, he didn't really care, there were snacks on his hands and mouth.

"Cold salad, I really can't find it, so I go out of the city to sleep in the open, there are a lot of open spaces outside the city, the scenery is not bad, the sky is a quilt and a bed, the air is fresh, stronger than the city." Xiao Tianlei doesn't care if he can find a place to live, and he doesn't pay attention to going out, anyway, he is angry and has a strong ability to adapt to the environment.

"That's it, there is a smell of horse manure everywhere, and it stinks, it's not as good as our Cangshan Mansion City." Xiao Tianbao also lost the excitement and curiosity he had when he first came.

"The sky is a quilt and the ground is a bed, good sentence! The clan brother is really open-minded! ”

It was Xiao Tianci who spoke, and at this time, he was also sitting in the shade of a tree, looking calm and relaxed, not anxious at all about not being able to find a place to live, and watching everything on the street with interest.

Xiao Tianci is very educated, polite and modest, and speaks kindly, but he is finally a little sour, and he talks about poetry and current affairs with other Xiao children along the way, and his knowledge is not low. Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianci also greeted each other a few times, however, Xiao Tianlei observed along the way, it is said that Xiao Tianci is Xiao Tianyou's brother, but Xiao Tianyou and those Di guards have always respected him, and he may have a special identity.

"Anyway, it's not my big test." Xiao Tianlei said.

Xiao Tianci smiled and said, "The clan brother is really straightforward. The clan brother has good manners, why don't you study? ”

"I don't like it."

"It's a pity."

"I didn't study, and I didn't have a bad life."

"That's it, what's so good about studying, it's not cool at all!" Xiao Tianbao interjected.

Xiao Tianci said: "Reading can make people understand the reason, the truth of life, and the truth of everything." ”

"Then do you understand?" Xiao Tianbao asked.

"After studying hard for more than ten years, I have gained a little, and I believe that there are not many things in the world that can stump me." Xiao Tianci said confidently.

Seeing that Xiao Tianci was so confident, the corners of Xiao Tianbao's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but want to tease him, so he picked up a stone casually, handed it to Xiao Tianci, and said, "Okay, you tell me the truth of this stone." ”

Xiao Tianci was stunned: "Uh...... What is the truth in stones? ”

Xiao Tianbao said seriously: "There is a lot of knowledge here, how was the stone born in the first place?" What has changed? Why is it round? Why is it here? Why did it sink to the bottom? Why did it land? ”

At the beginning, Xiao Tianlei gave a lecture to the brothers, but the brothers had no foundation, but the simple knowledge was relatively boring, and it was also a flash of inspiration at that time, Xiao Tianlei picked up a stone, and talked about the birth and formation of a small pebble, involving many disciplines, which greatly aroused the interest of the brothers, and then devoted himself to the study of some completely unfamiliar knowledge, and slowly changed his cognition.

Xiao Tianci was stunned, a stone is a stone, what truth can there be? However, he is a smart person, Xiao Tianbao asked a series of questions, and when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that there was really some truth.

"Brother, don't listen to this kid's nonsense, he's all nonsense, don't be like him." Xiao Tianrong happened to hear it, and hurriedly relieved Xiao Tianci, and he was stumped by Xiao Tianbao's question.

"I can't figure out a small stone, but I still have the truth of everything...... Shh Xiao Tianbao expressed his contempt slightly, he was just amusing, as for some of Professor Xiao Tianlei's knowledge, it belonged to the secrets of the core of a brother, besides, even if he said it, it is estimated that no one would believe it, but he would definitely not say it.

"You kid has the ability, then you go find a place to live!" Xiao Tianrong said excitedly.

Xiao Tianbao was not fooled, and said as a matter of course: "I have found it a long time ago, let's go out of the city to sleep, and use the quilt as a bed, in the words of a scholar, this is called elegance!" ”

"You ......" Xiao Tianrong was so angry that he couldn't speak, if it was usual, it would indeed be an elegant thing, but now is the big exam, and a good environment is needed to warm up the book, and there is, if people know that they are sleeping in the wild, then what kind of face do they have?

In the end, Xiao Qinghe and his party still found a place to live, Xiao Qinghe returned, saying that he had met an old acquaintance and could arrange accommodation for the group, and then, under the guidance of some servants, Xiao and his party went to the west of the city. A large area in the west of the city is home to the residences of officials of the DPRK and China. The residence of officials, according to the rank of the official, the area, height, style, etc., are strictly regulated, and they must not be exceeded. There are also many rules in this place, such as the fact that some mansions are not allowed to ride horses in front of the door, and no stalls are allowed, which is a little deserted compared to other areas of the Shendu, but the rows of buildings are indeed magnificent, especially the towering imperial archways in front of some mansions, which are symbols of family glory.

The Xiao family and his party have no official status and can't walk the avenue, but they take the back door path for ordinary people to walk, and from time to time they see some people dressed as slaves and maids.

After walking slowly for half an hour, they came to the back door of an inconspicuous mansion, and Xiao and his party entered and stayed in two courtyards specially used as guest rooms.

It wasn't until they settled down that Xiao Tianlei and the others heard Xiao Qinghe say that this is the Qi Mansion, the residence of the Qi family, the Qi family is a family of military generals, although the grade has not been high, but it is relatively stable in the court, and it has stood for many years, and it has never provoked anything wrong.

The Qi family and the Xiao family also have some in-law relations, if you really want to talk about it, the big clans and surnames have some in-laws with each other, and the former relatives of the Xiao family are also all over the court, but the whole family is exiled, most of those relatives are afraid to avoid it, and they no longer come and go, the Qi family is more kind, and they take care of the Xiao family.

Originally, Xiao Qinghe didn't want to trouble the Qi family, but on the way, he met Qi Zhenyue, a general of Yangwu who returned to Beijing to report on his work, and Qi Zhenyue warmly invited, Xiao Qinghe was not easy to shirk, and besides, he really couldn't find another place to live.

Although the regulation of the prayer house is not large, there are not so many pavilions and pavilions, but it is also quite elegant, especially living in the backyard, going out is the garden of the prayer house, which is full of trees, green and pleasant, planting all kinds of flowers and plants, small bridges and flowing water, rockery lotus ponds, quiet and quiet, but it is an excellent place to live.

Xiao Tianlei is not picky about the accommodation, it is not bad to have a good environment, living in the same room with Xiao Tianbao, the window is facing the garden, and you can see the scenery in the garden when you open the window.

Although he is in a foreign country, he still has to deal with a lot of bits and pieces through the private chat system every day, and he has been in a hurry, he is a little tired physically and mentally, and he has a place to live, and he just wants to rest early.

After washing up and returning to the room, he faintly heard a sound of the piano, following the reputation, it should be the sound of the piano from the mansion next door, the sound of the piano is melodious, as for whether it is good or not, Xiao Tianlei is not clear. Xiao Tianlei listened to all kinds of music in his previous life, usually played by an ensemble of various musical instruments, and after various processing and processing, it achieved an audio-visual effect that is difficult to achieve by manpower.

"Who is this, playing the piano at night, so that people don't sleep? Brother Lei, do you want to call him out and stop playing? Xiao Tianbao yawned and complained.

"Sleep, people play the piano, we don't care, and most of them are women." Xiao Tianlei guessed that girls from large families don't have much entertainment in the house, and they usually embroider and play the piano.

"Female...... That's it. Xiao Tianbao fell asleep.

The sound of the piano is not unpleasant, and when you fall asleep, you can't hear it, Xiao Tianlei thinks so, but the problem is that the sound of the piano has also attracted the attention of other people, Xiao Tianrong and others heard the sound of the piano, and ran to the garden, where they talked about it, their imagination is also rich, and they can say that they are obscene, just listening to the sound of the piano, they guessed that the person who played the piano must be a peerless beauty, and a group of people also climbed the rockery and looked next door, as a result, they only saw the pavilion and water pavilion, and could not see the figure of the beauty, and chanted poetry loudly to attract the attention of the woman next door, It seems that I want to be like in the story, to achieve a good story of a talented and beautiful woman.

The more these guys talked, the more excited they became, the more outrageous they became, but there was no response from the next door, and later, the sound of the piano was gone, so they quieted down, and Xiao Tianlei also fell asleep in a daze.

The next day, many people from the Xiao family went out to visit, but Xiao Tianlei didn't go out, so he practiced martial arts with Xiao Tianbao in the garden and adjusted his state.

At night, there was the sound of the piano next door, Xiao Tianrong and others ran to the garden to look at the opposite side, they didn't know where to learn that next door was the mansion of a big corrupt official in the court, guessing that the woman who played the piano must be a beautiful woman who was robbed by a corrupt official to be a concubine.

Later, after being scolded by Xiao Qinghe, he made up his mind and went back to his room to warm his book.

On the third day, Xiao Tianlei was ready to go out for a walk, since he came to Shendu, he couldn't say anything if he didn't walk around, and besides, the big exam would have to wait for some time to start, and it would have to last for several days, and he had to wait for the list to be released, so he couldn't keep waiting. The reason why Xiao Tianlei wanted to come to Shendu was that he felt that Shendu should concentrate some of the most high-end characters, knowledge, and techniques in Great Xia, and if he had the opportunity to see it, he could have a better understanding of this world, and maybe he could also be inspired, recall some forgotten knowledge in his previous life, and improve the technical level of Wild Boar Ridge.

There was no guide, and there was no Shanyue warrior to follow, Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao went out to walk around.

God said that it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and from the mouths of many people, it was simply not like a city that could be in the world, that is, it was blown and blown, and there were many ruffians and bullies in the market, especially some petty thieves, who were specifically staring at outsiders, and young people like Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao from other places were the focus of attention.

Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao have been around for a day and have encountered several waves, but they have long been familiar with dealing with this kind of guy. These guys are still very horizontal when they are caught, claiming to have a background, and outsiders dare not treat him how to do it. Shendu is indeed not Lingzhou, and Xiao Tianlei can't be beaten blatantly, but he can secretly play a black hand and inflict internal injuries with his anger.

After visiting for a day, I had a general understanding of the various areas of the Shendu and some famous venues, one of which aroused Xiao Tianlei's great interest, and a place that is said to have the largest collection of books in Daxia - Boundless School Palace.