Above the imperial city, Sima Jia slowly walked behind the black-robed man and saluted.

The black-robed man asked, "What's the situation?"

Sima Jia replied: "The harvest is not big, they are all small minions, but if you follow the vine, you should be able to pull out one or two big fish." ”

The black-robed man nodded, "As expected, if you can fish it out so easily, you won't be an old fox." By the way, they two brothers and sisters, they met, right?"

Sima Jia nodded and said, "It's really strange, the situation after the seventh prince and the ninth princess met was indeed unexpected." ”

The black-robed man turned around for the first time, looked at Sima Jia and asked, "What do you say?"

Sima Jia smiled bitterly: "It's so natural, it's not like a brother and sister who have been separated for more than 20 years at all, but like they grew up together since childhood." ”

The black-robed man smiled knowingly and said slowly: "To the widow, to Jiu'er, Xiao Qi has never left. ”

After saying this, he turned around and continued to look at the street below the castle tower, and at the end of the street, the bustling crowd dispersed in a panic, and a snow-white wave slowly advanced towards this side.

Even His Majesty the Emperor, who was the most powerful and highest-ranking emperor in the empire, could not hide his excitement at this moment, and his hands tightly grasped the guardrail on the city tower.

Before the snow-white wave, Su Xiaoqi and Su Jiu'er walked side by side on the left and right, and behind them were Bai Qing's children, all of whom had a horse each, only Kang Wenshuang was not among them.

After Su Jiu'er appeared, Kang Wenshuang quietly left, thinking that it was because of Su Xiaoqi's previous words, after all, Su Xiaoqi had already let her go, and if she stayed any longer, others would still gossip about her.

For Kang Wenshuang's departure, Su Xiaoqi didn't really care about it, after all, they had walked so far together, more or less there must have been some feelings, on the contrary, Su Xiaoqi felt a little uncomfortable.

At the beginning, she was forcibly left behind, followed her for tens of thousands of miles, and helped Bai Qingfang Xinrui test the sword, but now her apprentices can take charge of themselves, and she has found her relatives, so she let her family leave, isn't this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?

In fact, the reason why Su Xiaoqi let Kang Wenshuang go at that time was that he was worried that the enemy he would face next would not be able to deal with it, after all, at that time, Su Xiaoqi himself didn't know what would happen next, no matter what Bai Qing and the others said, they were also their own disciples, even if they were dragged into the water by themselves, it was understandable, but Kang Wenshuang was different.

It can be said that there is no relationship between this woman and them, it is completely Su Xiaoqi who forcibly tied her up, and it is already very excessive to do so, if you let the family face the danger with you, it really can't be said.

Who would have thought that Su Jiu'er would appear at this time, and who would have thought that Kang Wenshuang would secretly leave at this time, this woman might be hiding in a corner at this time, scolding herself for being ungrateful, not a thing......

Su Jiu'er pointed to the city tower in front of her, and said with a smile: "Did you see it, that's my father, and the elder brother of the pavilion master has also seen it, so Jiu'er won't introduce it." ”

Su Xiaoqi raised his eyes, a little nervous, and asked in a low voice, "What should I pay attention to in a while?"

Su Jiu'er was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and smiled: "What I will do in a while, you can do it, even if it is not done right, my father will not blame it, anyway, there is no one else." ”

Su Xiaoqi nodded, relieved a lot.

While speaking, the team had already come to the city tower, Su Jiu'er stopped his horse and said loudly to the city tower: "Father, I brought the seventh brother back." ”

The black-robed man upstairs smiled: "You girl, you're still so frizzy, come up quickly." ”

Su Jiu'er answered, raised his hand, and the Zhaoshen army behind him saluted the city tower, and then saluted Su Xiaoqi and Su Jiu'er, and then quickly withdrew, coming like a tide and going like a tide.

After entering the city, Su Jiu'er led Su Xiaoqi to start climbing the building, and Bai Qing and the others stopped under the city tower, gathered together, and chattered.

Bai Qing sighed: "Tsk, our master is the seventh prince of the empire, from now on, in this divine capital, who dares to provoke us." ”

Fang Xinrui rolled his eyes and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, if you cause any trouble to Master, Master won't blame you, and I won't let you go." ”

Bai Qing glared and said, "What's the matter, you really think of yourself as a senior brother?"

Huang Cheng opened his mouth at this time: "Senior brother is already a senior brother. ”

Bai Qing was stunned for a moment, looked at Huang Cheng's innocent face, raised his hand, stopped talking, and finally sighed.

Fang Xinrui smiled slightly, then looked up at his own master who had already climbed the city tower, and sighed: "No matter what the identity of the master is, I only know that he is my master, because of the master, I have where I am today, otherwise, I am still at home, either driving with my father, or working in the fields, so if someone makes the master unhappy, I, as a disciple, will never let him go." ”

Bai Qing pouted and said, "Come on, with your little ability, it's not bad if you don't drag down Master." ”

Fang Xinrui raised the sword in his hand, "You want to try?"

Bai Qing said with a smile: "Senior brother, we are our own family, how can there be a reason for our own family to beat our own family, this is not to make the master embarrassed." ”

Huang Cheng nodded as well.

Bai Qing sighed and said, "You said that after Master became the Seventh Son, would he leave us alone? ”

Fang Xinrui was stunned.

Huang Cheng frowned and said, "No, besides, this is also a good thing." ”

Bai Qing nodded and said: "It's a good thing, from now on, Master won't be able to take us to the rivers and lakes, although it's good here, but I don't know why, I just like to live the kind of life on the street with Master." ”

Fang Xinrui echoed: "After entering the Divine Capital, I feel that I am far away from the master. ”

Bai Qing nodded vigorously, "That's what it means." ”

After that, the children stopped talking, and their little faces were full of sadness.

On the city tower, after Su Xiaoqi and Su Jiu'er appeared, Sima Jia said with a smile: "The subordinates will leave first, the seventh prince can rest assured, the little guys below, the subordinates will definitely arrange it properly." ”

Su Xiaoqi hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Pavilion." ”

Sima Jia waved his hand and walked down the tower.

The black-robed man slowly turned around and looked at Su Xiaoqi.

Facing this man's eyes, Su Xiaoqi felt a little at a loss, but fortunately, Su Jiu'er stepped forward and said, "Jiu'er visits his father." ”

Su Xiaoqi hurriedly followed and saluted.

The black-robed man smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need for these false courtesies." ”

He walked forward slowly, looked at Su Xiaoqi and asked, "It's not easy to live all these years, right?"

Su Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head randomly and said, "Fortunately, there is a memory of Father Lao." ”

The black-robed man stretched out his hand and patted Su Xiaoqi's shoulder, and sighed: "There are some things that my father has no choice but to do, especially after sitting in this position, my father doesn't ask for your forgiveness, I just hope that you can give me a chance to make amends as a father." ”

Su Xiaoqi hurriedly said: "Father, don't say that, Erchen has been doing really well over the years." ”

The black-robed man looked Su Xiaoqi up and down again, "Don't talk about this, no matter what happened before, from now on, my father promises that no one will be able to bully you again." ”

Su Jiu'er said coquettishly: "Father, why did you forget my daughter when you saw Seventh Brother?"

The black-robed man looked at Su Jiu'er, "Just you, if you don't bully others, your father will be thankful." ”

Su Jiu'er stuck out her tongue.

Su Xiaoqi suddenly smiled, this encounter, Su Xiaoqi thought about it many times, and also thought a lot about the situation after the encounter, but he really didn't expect it to be such a form, it's good.

Su Jiu'er frowned and said, "Seventh brother, what are you laughing at?"

Su Xiaoqi smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just happy." ”

Su Jiu'er smiled and said, "I'm also happy." ”

The black-robed man also smiled: "Father is also very happy. ”

Then he continued: "Jiu'er, you take your brother around, and my father wants to draw up a will to announce to the whole world, the widow's son is back." ”

Su Jiu'er nodded, pulled Su Xiaoqi and turned around directly, and after taking two steps, he turned to the black-robed man and saluted, "Erchen retreats." ”

This made Su Xiaoqi scramble.

The black-robed man smiled bitterly: "You dead girl, your brother just came back, and you just teased him like this." ”

Su Jiu'er said aggrievedly: "No, Erchen is just too happy, so he forgot about it." ”

The black-robed man waved his hand, and the two walked down the tower.

Looking at the backs of the two children, the black-robed man smiled heartily, until the two disappeared from sight, he slowly turned around, this time, he looked at the north, coldly, speechless for a long time, and stood like this for a long time before he said to himself: "Yunzhi, have you seen it, our child, grown up." ”

......

This year's year seems to have been very boring.

In the entire Shendu, every household is looking for lights, but they always feel that it is not lively enough, this is because of the greater liveliness, which has happened as early as a few days, that is, when the seventh prince arrived.

After that great battle, His Majesty the Emperor issued a holy decree the next day, confirming the identity of the seventh prince, which completely solved the doubts in the hearts of many people.

After this holy decree was issued, the shock brought by it was no less than that big war, so this year's New Year was not so lively.

The New Year is the most solemn festival in the entire Chinese Empire, and no one, whether it is the common people or the emperors and nobles, on this day, they will put down everything and say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

After Su Xiaoqi entered the imperial city, some etiquette systems were not used to it, so he made a lot of jokes, but no one dared to laugh, firstly, because this young man who suddenly appeared had a noble status and was the future heir of the empire, and secondly, and most importantly, that was Princess Jiu'er.

Since Su Xiaoqi entered the imperial city, this princess of Jiu'er can be said to be inseparable, with this princess of Jiu'er here, who dares to laugh at it? Unless she is really impatient.

Tonight, the entire palace, except for some necessary guards, all the subordinates were dismissed, and His Majesty the Emperor, who was in charge of the empire, personally cooked, cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for each of his two daughters, and then watched them eat.

Tonight, there is no difference between kings and subjects, there are no delicacies of mountains and seas, and there are just family reunions, an ordinary Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, only the father and the parents of the children are short.

After eating, His Majesty the Emperor led the two into a quiet room, in addition to some books, there was only a painting of a woman carrying a long sword, like a fairy.

His Majesty the Emperor walked to the portrait and said to Su Xiaoqi in a low voice: "This is your mother, it's me, a father, who has no ability, so that you can only see her portrait." ”

Su Jiu'er lit a few pillars of incense, handed the three to Su Xiaoqi, and said softly: "Brother Seven, put incense on the queen mother." ”

Su Xiaoqi took the incense, walked to the portrait, looked at the woman on the portrait, was stunned, and tears rolled down involuntarily.

Twenty years later, this is the first time he has seen his mother, and it is the first time he has found an object to worship.

His Majesty the Emperor and Su Jiu'er silently withdrew from the quiet room, leaving Su Xiaoqi alone.

They all know that Su Xiaoqi has a lot to say to his mother.

After walking out of the quiet room, Sima Jia walked over in a hurry, and His Majesty the Emperor frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with the Pavilion Master?"

After Sima Jia saluted, he nodded and said, "My subordinates also know that it is not the right time, but the matter is urgent, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand, "It's not a trivial matter to make the Pavilion Master lose his temper like this, let's go to the front." ”

After speaking, he looked at Su Jiu'er, and Su Jiu'er said with a smile: "Erchen is waiting for Seventh Brother to come out here." ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and moved forward, and after Sima Jia saluted Su Jiu'er, he quickly followed.

In the imperial study, His Majesty the Emperor did not sit down, and asked directly, "What's wrong?"

Sima Jia said solemnly: "The news has just come from the border pass, several major empires bordering the empire have recently had a big change, the east of the country sent 400,000 troops, directly pressing my border, there have been several conflicts, casualties are not small, the Izumo Empire and the Tang State in the west, military movements are frequent, and they have also pointed the finger at several major fortresses on our border, and even in the south, there are some remnants of Sumeru, launched several sneak attacks, although the casualties are not large, but also brought a lot of losses. ”

His Majesty the Emperor frowned, "According to the distance from the border to here, it shouldn't be because of Xiao Qi, that is to say, these guys are actually premeditated?"

Sima Jia shook his head and said: "It doesn't seem to be so simple, these big empires are dispatched at the same time, and even some small countries are also coaxing, as if they have made an appointment, and the subordinates are worried that there are demon clans involved." ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded, and did not speak, but fell into thought.

After a long time, he spoke: "Don't make a noise about this matter first, especially don't let Xiao Qi hear it, and also, immediately send an order to the border soldiers, no matter what the price is, you must also block these invading enemies from the country, and let the garrison of the Northern Cold Land advance five hundred miles to the north, and you must find out the movements of the demon clan." ”

Sima Jia received the order to retreat, and His Majesty the Emperor suddenly said: "Pavilion Master, Tianji Pavilion was built by Su Qisheng, and it is also the last guarantee of my Huaxia, so please also ask the Pavilion Master to remember that unless you have to, you must not use the power of Tianji Pavilion to charge into battle, and my empire has never lacked good men." ”