On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the calendar year is the day when the ethnic minorities, vassals, and vassal states in the Song Dynasty pay tribute.

Although there are only four countries in name, there are still many small states outside the Southeast Ocean, most of which are vassals of the Song Dynasty, such as Ryukyu, Goryeo, Dongying, Mayi, etc.

In addition to these vassal states, there are also princes and county kings who are divided into various places, including royal nobles, as well as kings with different surnames such as Yao Ruoyu and Chu Yangge.

Because no one else was interested in kneeling down to worship a little emperor who was not yet ten years old, only Yao Ruoyu was alone, leading an official from the Ministry of Rites and Rites of Wenbang, as well as Zhang Ziqiang, who paid tribute on behalf of the Chu Palace, to the imperial city together.

Hangzhou has a vast area, and its scope is roughly the West Lake, Shangcheng, Binjiang, Gongshu, Xiacheng and other areas of Hangzhou in later generations, among which the imperial city is located in Lin'an District, of course, in this era, this place is respected as Lin'an Mansion, also known as Song Jing.

This is the first time Yao Ruoyu came to the imperial city, when he slowly came to the imperial city gate with the convoy, and saw the majestic city gate, together with the palace group that stretched for hundreds of miles behind, with the realm of the sword soul realm, he suddenly felt a thick and incomparably heavy spiritual rhyme rushing to his face, which is the heritage accumulated by thousands of years of history and culture in Hangzhou, and it is also the place where the national fortune and even the hearts of the people are gathered.

Just when he silently stared at the wide and towering city gate, he suddenly heard a few sneers next to him, he didn't care at first, and then he heard a person sneering: "I heard that King Nawen was originally just a homeless person in the market, and then he was lucky enough to steal a high position because of the value of the King of Chu. ”

Even though he was immersed in the majestic spiritual charm of the Song Dynasty, Yao Ruoyu's consciousness was still shrouded in his surroundings at all times, and when he heard the ridicule of others, he immediately frowned and glanced over, and saw three young people in gorgeous clothes standing side by side, looking at him with disdain.

Seeing him look over, a young man with a mustache covered his chest, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's not good! The prince has seen it, Brother Xu, Brother Lu, will he kill us?"

A person next to him sneered, and said lightly: "The king of Fanbang County, forgive him for not daring to make a vivid move on the Son of Heaven and others." ”

"That's it!" a young man with a face like a heavy jujube brushed his shirt and sneered, "This is the imperial city, at the foot of the world, he is just a prince with a different surname, do you have the courage?"

In this tribute meeting, in addition to the vassal kings and vassal states in various places, there are also civil and military officials and family members of more than two grades, which is equivalent to saying that in addition to paying tribute, there is also the role of various forces talking and reminiscing about the past.

These three people are obviously the sons and daughters of their father's officials in the court, and they are not the descendants of the military marquis generals, but the genuine descendants of the officials of the six ministries, because although they are domineering, they are not as fierce as the seed brothers, but they are a little hypocritical and arrogant.

Chu Yangge was originally a king with a different surname from the army, Zhang Ziqiang himself is a Yanei, and what he hates the most is this kind of powerful goods that he says on his mouth, and as soon as his palm is turned over, he is about to sacrifice a big destruction gun and axe to cut it over.

Yao Ruoyu saw it clearly, grabbed him, shook his head and said, "This place is an imperial city, and you can't make a mistake." ”

Zhang Ziqiang's bloody eyes narrowed slightly, and he bowed his head silently, and Yao Ruoyu's weakness also made the three gentlemen more and more disdainful, so they simply stopped hiding it as before, deliberately amplified their voices, and laughed at Dawen's various things.

"Brother Yao, can you bear this?" Zhang Ziqiang's heart was furious when he heard this, but because Yao Ruoyu couldn't do it, he simply gritted his teeth and asked.

Yao Ruoyu smiled when he heard this, glanced at the lively three people who were shouting, and suddenly blinked: "This is the important place of the capital, why are there wild dogs barking here?"

Zhang Ziqiang comprehended and said with a smile: "No way, there are always a few old ladies who are mongrels who escaped from Qinglou, relying on the father to give a layer of human skin, so they ran here to shake their heads and tail and beg for food, and no one gave them food, so they could only shout a few times." ”

Yao Ruoyu suddenly laughed, the two of them didn't hide their voices when they spoke, so everyone around them heard it clearly, and many people immediately laughed.

Compared with the fierce words of the three people, Yao Ruoyu and Zhang Ziqiang's words seemed a little vulgar, but the more vulgar they were, the more obvious the effect, and the faces of the three people who were shouting turned black as if they had eaten shit.

"Okay, so bold!" The corner of the man's eyes twitched again and again, and he laughed violently, "Dare to insult my mother! Two mongrels who can't tell the background, kneel down and apologize!" Before the words fell, he stretched out his hand, and the void in front of him suddenly turned into a heavy mirror, folded and shattered several times, and a monstrous force fell from the sky and pressed on Yao and Zhang.

Without waiting for Yao Ruoyu to draw his sword, Zhang Ziqiang already laughed fiercely, and the god-killing true qi broke out of his body, and the flames rose in an instant, directly crushing the void coercion, and then stepped forward, waved his fist straight out, and sneered: "You just knelt down for Lao Tzu!"

The true qi of killing gods is the true qi of the martial artist and the spiritual power of the spirit master, Zhang Ziqiang punched blatantly with the body of the five realms and six times, and the strength of the fist came out, and he crushed the hundreds of mirror voids arranged in front of him one by one, and then turned his hand into the palm and pressed it, and the person who cast the spell suddenly weakened his knees and staggered down directly.

The people around couldn't help but be slightly in an uproar, the identity of the person who knelt down was not ordinary, his father was in charge of the military department, and he was also a young master of the four realms and nine realms, but he didn't expect that he had not made a move under the hands of this king of Chu.

At the same time, seeing that his companion was humiliated, the other two were also furious, and they jumped out one after another, the red-faced man clenched his fist, and the void around him immediately turned into a fiery red, and the illusion turned into a sea of fire swept down, and the other person drew a knife in his hand, and the thunder and light were thousands, condensed in the blade, and turned into a thunder blade and slashed down.

Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows when he saw this, pushed the hilt of the sword with his thumb, and was about to take out his sword to fight back, when suddenly his heart froze, not only him, but everyone outside the palace gate had a great change in complexion, and saw that there was a rainbow bridge suddenly coming out of the imperial city, and it fell here in the blink of an eye, easily annihilating the attack of the two people, and then a figure emerged from the rainbow bridge, holding his chest with both hands, and his face fell indifferently.

Seeing that person, Rao Yizhang Ziqiang's heart was also pale, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Yao, this is the chief worshipper of the Song Dynasty royal family, Lu Jianmin, the prince of the Seven Realms, and the emperor's personal guard. ”

Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Someone here is doing it, shouldn't it be the Shence Army stationed in the imperial city that should be in charge?

"Who knows," shrugged his shoulders, Zhang Ziqiang gloated, "Anyway, I knew that those guys were going to be unlucky." ”

In fact, where is he still used to say that when the chief worshipper named Lu Jianmin appeared, the three gentlemen were all gray-faced, and they didn't even have time to give Yao Zhang a resentful look, and they all bowed down in a hurry: "I've seen Master Lu." ”

"The Imperial City is important, how can you allow Er and others to do it wantonly?" Lu Jianmin was in his early thirties, with a square face and eagle eyes, and a gray robe, at this moment he looked down at the three of them, and said in an indifferent tone, "Since you are guilty, hurry up and go home, otherwise I will have to ask the three fathers to see if they are the ones who gave you these courages." ”

Where did the three dare to refute, they all nodded in agreement, and then ran away.

After the three of them ran away, Lu Jianmin turned his head and glanced at Yao Ruoyu and Zhang Ziqiang, then retracted his gaze, jumped back onto Hongqiao with a flick of his robe, and flew back to the imperial city again.

"This trick is cool enough! Traveling to Hongqiao is much cooler than Edgeworth or something," Zhang Ziqiang grinned and said with a smile, "Brother Yao, do you know this trick?"

"It's going to be, but it's too spiritually draining, it's not interesting. Waving his hand, Yao Ruoyu replied.

As he was talking, the gate of the Imperial City Palace had slowly opened, and more than 100 Shence soldiers lined up to come out, these Shence Army and Dawen's Tiance Army belonged to the same interest, and they were all armed forces that were specially stationed in the Imperial City and directly belonged to the emperor.

Under the guidance of these sergeants, Yao Ruoyu and the others marched into the palace in turn, of course, those who could enter were Yao Ruoyu and Zhang Ziqiang, who were respected by these people, such as the officials of his Great Ministry of Culture and Rites, at most they could bring tribute to submit, and they were not even qualified to enter the imperial city.

As a result, the team suddenly shrank a lot, walking in the crowd, Yao Ruoyu glanced at it, surrounded by the families of local officials in Hangzhou, basically the younger generation of men and women, and it was estimated that this tribute meeting was also a day for these children to go on a blind date.

Yao Ruoyu was groaning, and suddenly there was a rush of footsteps behind him, he looked back sensitively, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said happily: "Yanzhao!"

"Ah Xun!" The person who came was Yang Yanzhao, after a few years, he had also stepped into the level of the Five Realms, and his fist was as strong as a mountain, seeing Yao Ruoyu, he was also happy, stepped forward and Yao Ruoyu gave a bear hug, then let go of him, and laughed loudly, "I heard that the eighth sister said that you came to Hangdu, I still don't believe it, I didn't expect it to be true, why don't you come to my house as a guest?"

"As soon as your words came out, I was deducted from the hat of looking down on Yang Wangfu, I can't afford to wear it, I can't afford to wear it!" Yao Ruoyu laughed, slapped him hard, and scolded with a smile, "I was busy with some private affairs two days ago, and I didn't have time to visit, so I thought I would go back after today." ”

Referring to today's tribute meeting, Yang Yanzhao smiled slightly, glanced left and right, and whispered: "I heard that the King of Shu has been dancing very hard recently, and he has united many people, and wants you to return Sichuan and Shu to him, are you busy with these things?"

Laughing undeniably, Yao Ruoyu said, "What else can I do?"

Yang Yanzhao wanted to say something, but he sighed again and said: "My father has never liked to get involved in this kind of thing, I'm sorry I can't use my family power to help you, but I also found a few friends who have a good relationship, I hope they can persuade my father to help you speak." ”

From Yang Yanzhao's point of view, being able to do these is already the limit, and Yao Ruoyu can't ask for more, so he hugged his fists and saluted at the moment, and said in a deep voice: "Yanzhao, thank you." ”

"Hey, what's polite to me," Yang Yanzhao grinned, "Anyway, I see that you are pleasing to the eye, so I will treat you as a brother, and then be polite, if you come to the door again, I will kick you out!"

Yao Ruoyu smiled, bowed his head calmly, and then introduced Yang Yanzhao and Zhang Ziqiang to each other.

Knowing that the other party was the third-ranked killing god on the splendid list, Yang Yanzhao was shocked, and immediately clasped his fists in admiration.

As for Zhang Ziqiang, he naturally admired Yang Liulang, who was an idol when he was a child, and it happened that the two of them were both born in the palace with different surnames, and they didn't have a few words of kung fu, and they had already been introduced as confidants, and they had the taste of meeting late.