The palace of the Xia Dynasty, which was built on a high pedestal built of solid rammed earth, was also built in the shape of a zigzag building complex like some high-ranking officials and royal mansions outside the walls of the palace.

The whole palace is also divided into two parts, the inside is where King Yu lives and rests, and the outside part is where he and his ministers deliberate, issue decrees, and garrison the army.

In the south of the palace, behind the gate of the South Palace, which is tall and majestic, with a width of eight torii, there is a boxy hall, which is also built on a square pedestal made of rammed earth. The main hall, which is surrounded by a wooden balustrade of Fuso, has only one floor, and the high roof allows the hall to have enough space.

The roof outside has been built with two floors, both of which are sloped and square, exactly the same as the square edge.

The roofs of both floors are paved with red tiles, and on each side there is a delicate stone carving of a beast, facing outward. This strange-looking stone carving of the nine-tailed fox head, standing with its head held high, towering majestically in all directions. Under the sun, the shiny red tiles on the roof were shining, and a five-foot-long little green dragon raised by the Gongzhong Dragon clan was lying on the roof of the top floor basking in the sun leisurely.

This is not an evil dragon, but a good dragon, which has been raised and tamed since childhood, and when it grows up, it will pull a cart for Dayu.

Therefore, this green dragon will appear in Dayu's palace with a swagger and not be killed.

In the palace below, the ground is covered with straw mats wrapped in flesh orchids, covering every corner of the hall.

Sixteen large bronze columns, arranged in a neat row, support the heavy and tight roof above.

The pillar body of each bronze pillar is carefully carved with cloud and thunder patterns and dragon patterns all over the place. The base of each pillar is also made of bronze, and a kneeling figure is cast on all sides, almost as high as the base.

These bronze figures are all with big eyebrows and bare upper bodies. Dressed in shorts and straps around his waist, he lifted his bony hands above his head, holding a lamp pan that was much larger than their head above their heads.

They represent the slaves of the Xia Dynasty.

Opposite the main entrance of the main hall, in the middle of the wall in the depths of the main hall, there is a piece of flawless jade with a diameter of about one zhang. The inner circle of the round jade is decorated with a rotating arc along the edge, a small circle in the middle, and five semicircular curves next to it, like a water vortex.

In front of the jade bi, Dayu in French clothes sat on the ground, holding a pottery wine pot in his hand, tilting the mouth of the can, and making a trumpet shape to the mouth in the other hand, with a thin waist and high feet, and four angular bones on the abdomen and feet, poured out a light yellow wine.

With the sound of falling water, the wine accurately fell into the wine glass, and not a drop was spilled.

A faint aroma of osmanthus blossoms, overflowing from the wine, drifted to all directions with the wind.

"How?" Dayu, who poured a glass of wine, turned his head to look to the side, looked at the other person in this hall, except for him, and asked with a smile: "Is this osmanthus wine syrup in Liangzhou okay?" ”。

The person he was looking at was none other than Mu Xiaochuan, the Sage of the Dragon Locking People.

Although Mu Xiaochuan will not appear in the court openly, he is often summoned privately by Dayu to answer questions about the strategy of governing the country and the plan of power struggle, and occasionally talk to each other about some other trivial matters.

Therefore, although Mu Xiaochuan did not have any official position in the Xia Dynasty, he could enter the Xia Palace, anytime and anywhere without being blocked.

Mu Xiaochuan has become Dayu's side, and the close minister hidden in the secret has also won Dayu's absolute trust, and the status of the dragon lock has also improved rapidly, which cannot be compared in the past.

Dayu has even handed over the command of the guards in his palace to Mu Xiaochuan.

And Mu Xiaochuan did not disappoint Dayu, he put these Yu Wang soldiers composed of the best young people of the Xia Hou clan (Dayu's clan tribe), trained to be good at fighting, brave and strong, most of them can be one against ten.

With his own ability and Dayu's trust, Mu Xiaochuan led the Suolong people to advance into the power center of the Xia Dynasty.

Since the birth of the dragon lockers, it has been their most glorious and glorious era.

At this moment, Mu Xiaochuan, who was sitting on Dayu's right hand in the hall, picked up the wine glass in front of him that was exactly the same as Dayu's hand without saying a word, took a sip of the wine in the glass, and suddenly looked comfortable and satisfied. ”。

"If you like, I'll bring you some back later." Dayu was also happy when he saw that he liked it, and immediately said without hesitation: "Let your family and disciples also taste it." ”。

Dayu is not just so bold because he values Mu Xiaochuan. Among them, there is also Dayu's gratitude to Mu Xiaochuan; Thanks to Mu Xiaochuan not long ago, he led people to escort his son Xia Qi from Tushan to Yangcheng safely.

"Nope." Mu Xiaochuan, who put down the wine glass, waved his hand and rejected Dayu, saying, "Except for me, no one else in the family drinks." The king must give it to me, just bring me a pot back. ”。

Dayu, who took another sip of wine, laughed, followed Mu Xiaochuan's wishes, and said, "Okay, it's up to you." ”。

Dayu also felt that he was just giving some wine, and did not pay attention to expressing sincere gratitude, and felt that the thank you gift should be thicker.

After a pause, Dayu had already put away his smile, showed a serious look, returned to the truth, and asked Mu Xiaochuan again: "Xiaochuan, last time you said that I would pass the throne to Qi'er in the future, there are two conditions, what is that?" ”。

As he spoke, Dayu frowned, and puzzled eyes slowly emerged from his eyes.

"First of all, I should have entangled countless henchmen and gathered around Gongzi Qi." Mu Xiaochuan, who put down the wine glass and didn't pick it up again, sat up straight, and told Dayu the strategy he had already thought of: "These people not only have to be loyal, but also have to teach Gongzi how to fight, to govern every country and tribe, to balance their strength, and so on." ”。

Dayu picked up the wine glass without saying a word, and took another sip of wine, although he was still frowning, his face became focused.

Dayu listened carefully, and Mu Xiaochuan also seriously told him the strategy he came up with: "Secondly, the king has to continue to publicize it to the outside world, and in the future, you will pass on the sage, or show that you support Chan Rang." Therefore, the lord of the world is still inherited by the capable and sage. ”。

"This ......" Hearing this, Dayu spoke again, but he was embarrassed and said: "The world I took is to pass on the throne, will it be too redundant to do this?" ”。

Mu Xiaochuan just smiled at Dayu's momentarily confused words, and after slowly shaking his head, he said: "This is just a plan, only in this way can an incompetent person be retreated to the eyes of the people, and Gongzi Qi is getting better and better, and the two are compared, and the people's hearts will slowly fall to Gongzi Qi." When the time comes, the king, your son will be much more justified. ”。

Mu Xiaochuan's words made the purpose clear and clear at a glance. At the same time, he also said a dim sum dream, Dayu suddenly realized when he heard the words, and the doubts in his eyes immediately disappeared.

After a stick of incense, Mu Xiaochuan walked slowly to the door of the main hall, put on his shoes, and left the pedestal of the main hall down the stairs without saying a word, and walked towards the palace gate.

In the previous stick of incense, what else did Mu Xiaochuan talk about with Dayu? Except for the two of them, no third person knew.

Along the way, as long as the guards in the palace saw Mu Xiaochuan, they all knelt down respectfully and saluted.

Mu Xiaochuan strode out of the palace gate, still unstoppable.

Outside the palace gate is a wide square, with no houses on it, only a thick white jade pillar standing in the center.

The white jade pillar, which is more than ten zhang high, does not have any traces of splicing, but is made of a single stone, and you need to raise your head vigorously to see the top of the pillar.

It can be seen that the top and tail of the pillar, about one zhang or so, are wrapped in purple gold. Under the sunlight, the purple gold bursts out with a restrained golden light.

On the pillar body, the seal is engraved with four big characters of "Haihe Yonggu", each of which has the size of a grinding plate. On both sides of the four characters, there are countless scales.

This is when the dragon lock people assisted Dayu to control the water, he sent Dayu's Dinghai God Zhen Tie.

Now that the water has receded, this thing is useless, and the dragon lock people have not taken it back, but according to Mu Xiaochuan's instructions, it was erected at the door of the palace, reminding the Xia Dynasty from time to time that the high-ranking officials of the Xia Dynasty and the many people who went down to the slaves are in Dayu today.

Mu Xiaochuan swaggered out of the palace gate, and walked towards this Dinghai God Zhen Tie.

Under the big pillar-like Dinghaishen needle iron, there is a roofless two-wheeled solitary car parked at this time. Pulling the cart was a sturdy unicorn.

But there are still some differences with other unicorns. This unicorn is not only as red as fire with dragon scales, but even a pair of round tiger eyes are as red as blood.

This is a fire unicorn that can generate its own fire spirit in its body. It is not hot to swallow fire, and it can attack by spitting smoke and flames when encountering enemies. Even in the land of Kyushu, such unicorns are very rare.

The idle unicorn stepped idly under the shadow cast by the white jade pillar, entertaining himself.

The car that drove the car, wearing lotus leaves, sat on the car and snoozed against the wall of the carriage. In the hands that are embraced, there is a green bamboo branch with a slightly curved upper end.

Even without the bamboo, the bamboo branch is still verdant and shiny.

When Mu Xiaochuan walked towards this side, the car sensed that his breath was approaching, and after waking up suddenly, he looked up at Mu Xiaochuan, and also raised his hand and rubbed his eyes under the long eyebrows on his square face.

The car driver was still very young, looking like he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was still a teenager.

However, he has been driving for Mu Xiaochuan for three years, he is skilled, the car is stable and fast, and he can take care of the fire unicorn that pulls the car, so Mu Xiaochuan has always asked him to drive for himself.

"Uncle Shi, every time you come to the palace, you have to take a car." When Mu Xiaochuan walked to the car, the young man had already jumped out of the car, walked to the Qilin, stretched out his hand to touch the neck of the Qilin, which was very docile at this time, with its soft and flowing long hair, and said to Mu Xiaochuan, who had already gotten into the car: "It's okay for you to fly over directly?" ”。

When the boy finished speaking, Mu Xiaochuan, who had already gotten on the car, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and just said: "That's too ostentatious, it's not good." ”。

The young man didn't say anything more, just put the slender long bamboo pole in his hand on his shoulder, and with the other hand pulled the reins around the Qilin's neck, and walked forward.

The unicorn stepped forward, and the bell tied around its neck made a gentle crisp and pleasant sound in the afternoon wind and in the sun, which had already set westward.

The young man led the unicorn, and the unicorn walked through the square and entered the living area of the mansions neatly arranged outside the square.

Pedestrians on the road saw this one-wheeled car and retreated to both sides of the road.

Although the vast majority of them definitely don't know Mu Xiaochuan, in the Xia Dynasty, people who can travel alone in a car are generally either rich or expensive.

Immediately, the people on the side of the road, the civilians bowed their heads slightly, and the slaves in tattered and rough clothes had already knelt down respectfully and bowed their heads deeply.

What Mu Xiaochuan is most afraid of seeing is this scene; The Suolong people did not have this kind of class system, so Mu Xiaochuan still did not adapt to these class habits of the Xia Dynasty.

He also once thought about it, suggesting that King Yu cancel this class system, and better let the dynasty develop, just like the dragon lockers, they can be young and old but have no dignity, so that more talents can be promoted and competed, so that the dynasty is full of talents.

But as soon as I thought that this would subvert the central government's policy of ruling the Quartet, I endured it, and I could only wait for the opportunity.

Therefore, when he needed to take a car to and from the palace, Mu Xiaochuan simply closed his eyes all the way, pretending to close his eyes and recuperate, turning a blind eye to the class bowing down all the way.

The little boy who was driving the car was also silent all the way, just kept looking ahead, not looking left and right.

Like Mu Xiaochuan, he still didn't adapt to this kind of class worship in the Xia Dynasty.

Du Zhi walked through the mansions, walked for a long time, and finally came to the door of Mu Xiaochuan's mansion.

As soon as the car stopped, Mu Xiaochuan opened his eyes, and his figure flickered, flashing from the car to the door.

The disciples who guarded the gate said respectfully to him, "Master." ”。

But he didn't kneel down like the pedestrians on the road, he just bent down.

Mu Xiaochuan smiled and asked, "Is there anything going on at home today?" ”。

"There was a man named Yu Fei who brought a young man to visit Master." One of the disciples told Mu Xiaochuan about his visit: "Senior Uncle Yuxi has already invited them in to drink water." ”。

When Mu Xiaochuan heard Yu Fei's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and said in a hurry: "You go and help Xiaode unload the car." ”。

Mu Xiaochuan, who said this, immediately jumped to the ground on tiptoe and jumped towards the courtyard.

The sound of the wind at Mu Xiaochuan's feet, he also drifted into the courtyard like a gust of wind, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the door of the main hall of the inner courtyard.

Mu Xiaochuan stopped at the door of the main hall, and saw a familiar figure sitting in the spacious and bright lobby in front of him.

"Yu Fei." Mu Xiaochuan kicked off his shoes without saying a word, strode forward, walked into the lobby, smiled, and said loudly: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you kid has been blessed." ”。

While speaking, Mu Xiaochuan had been staring at Yu Fei, who was sitting on the ground and sitting in the inner room of the hall.

He saw Yu Fei's lower abdomen, which was already slightly bulging, and his face was a lot rounder, not as lean as when he was making him a car.

Mu Xiaochuan, who had just finished speaking, had already stood beside Yu Fei.

He was suddenly stunned and looked at the young man beside Yu Fei who felt very familiar. At the same time, Mu Xiaochuan's eyes trembled slightly, his eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Cong Li!" ”。

In an instant, Mu Xiaochuan's eyes were full of murderous intent, and when his gaze became cold, his body was full of murderous energy, and a fierce wind blew in the calm lobby.

Whether it was Yu Fei or Yuxi who was sitting opposite Yu Fei, they were all surprised, and they didn't know how Mu Xiaochuan could let go of his murderous intentions.

And the young man named Ruozhuo just felt that the strong wind around him was blowing in his face, and his cheeks hurt, but he was not afraid to show a murderous aura on his face, revealing the hideous Mu Xiaochuan.

As for Mu Xiaochuan, looking at the young man, the murderous aura that erupted from the eyes and body of the young man became heavier and heavier, and the air around him was frozen and depressed.

People with uncertain minds are already frightened when they are in it.

And Mu Xiaochuan will never forget that when he chased and killed Emperor Shun Yao Chonghua three years ago, the first person he killed on Jiuzhi Mountain, Emperor Shun's guard captain Congli, was exactly the same face as the young man in front of him now.

The only difference is that Congli is a member of the Zhurong clan, and his skin is naturally dark red. And at this moment, the young man sitting in front of him on the ground, his skin was like snow, white and delicate.

[Fenglong Clan - Fenglong Clan, is an ancient Chinese figure, alias Dong's father. He is good at raising dragons, many dragons have flown to his side, it is said that Shun heard about this, he was very happy, and immediately gave Dong's father the surname Fenglong. Later, the Xia Dynasty produced a Liu Lei, learned to raise dragons with the Fenglong clan, and worked very hard to raise dragons for the emperor Kong Jia, Kong Jia saw that his skills were excellent, so he gave him the imperial dragon clan. 】

[Fang Guo - Fang Guo refers to the ancient United City-State system. For example, in Guangdong at that time, there was the "Ludou Country" in the Pearl River Delta region, the "Bound Lou Country" in the present-day Boluo area in the central Guangdong region, the "Yangyu Country" in Yangshan and Yingde in northern Guangdong, and the "Dan'er Country" and "Carved Theme Country" in the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan, etc., all of which were Fang countries. 】