The sky was overcast and the autumn wind was blowing.

Three days later, early in the morning.

In the imperial capital, in an annex of the prince's mansion.

As the 'dripping' sky fell with a light rain, there was a slight chill in the air.

Zhao Zhou was on a row of cobblestone ground, 'clicking' punches, collapsing and retreating, and acting on the shape and meaning of the shelf. The wind swirled around him, shattering all the rain in the sky an inch outside his body, and his clothes were not stained with any water.

"Three days ago, Liu Bowen left, and he didn't mention letting me go to the border."

"On the contrary. He seemed to see through my thoughts, and before leaving, he let me stay in the Prince's Mansion and be a guest of the Seven Princes. ”

"Still, there are such good things. I also felt that there was no 'crisis', and I also pushed the boat down the river, reducing unnecessary delays..."

While thinking about the things of the past few days, Zhao Zhou made progress in a 'snap' fight, finished Xingyi, and practiced gossip swimming again in the light rain.

And the process of what happened three days ago is indeed the same as Zhao Zhou thought.

Although Liu Bowen must have some idea for him to stay here, he really has no bad intentions, it looks like he wants to simply 'help' Zhao Zhou and let Zhao Zhou enter the gate of the court.

Moreover, Liu Bowen also said to the twenty-year-old Seventh Prince before leaving, let the Seventh Prince treat Zhao Zhou who stayed in the mansion as a 'guest staff', just like him.

Thereafter.

After Liu Bowen gave the gift of the gift team and became the 'guide' by the way, he left on the same day on the grounds that there was something in the army, without delay at all, as if there was really something important about the military aircraft.

But in fact.

Liu Bowen has long been famous, and many people in the imperial capital know that he is 'astrological and divination' and has no last resort, and then they have long wanted to ask for a hexagram.

However, Liu Bowen was outside the border before, and he was in the military camp, and many people wanted to find it but it was difficult to find it, and they might not be able to see it if they found it, so they broke up the idea of divination.

But now that Liu Bowen is in the capital, they will definitely be tempted when they know it.

Liu Bowen also knew that the people in the capital were either rich or expensive, and he didn't want to refuse to offend people, so after completing the gift given by the prince, he didn't leave early.

And Liu Bowen left on the same day.

This young Seventh Prince also knows Liu Bowen's 'ability to see people', and he is also very convinced of this 'Liu Junshi'.

So, without saying a word, he gave Zhao Zhou a separate courtyard, and treated him with courtesy, so that Zhao Zhou didn't look like a 'staff member' at all, but like a 'guest friend'.

Especially in the past few days, the Seventh Prince realized that Zhao Zhou might be older than him, and then he also addressed Zhao Zhou as Mr., speaking and being kind.

It's just that it's not that after hearing Liu Bowen's words, the Seventh Prince felt that Zhao Zhou was a person with 'great ability', so he would be so respectful to Zhao Zhou.

Instead, the Seven Princes have read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, with etiquette and loyalty, and a bookish atmosphere, and he is a gentleman himself.

Again, in the midst of these three days.

Zhao Zhou was careful to be careful, and also walked around the Prince's Mansion a few times, and overheard that many people and merchants said that the Seventh Prince was generous and very benevolent.

This is because the Seven Princes do love the people and treat people kindly, and over time, this reputation for kindness spreads.

In particular, the Seven Princes did not participate in the affairs of the court.

On the contrary, after he went to court every morning, he would stay at home listening to music, practicing calligraphy, and reading his scriptures. Or when you are tired of reading, you will also take a few guards to the teahouse and the Qinglou to have a meal, chat for a while, and be leisurely.

Whoever looks like this Seventh Prince is like a person who does not participate in the struggle for power, especially the Seventh Prince is twenty-one or twelve years old, with an elegant appearance, coupled with his usual behavior and style, he looks like a 'chic scholar' among a wealthy family.

In the three days that Zhao Zhou was in the mansion of the Seven Princes, he also occasionally drank tea with the Seven Princes and chatted, and practiced martial arts in the courtyard every day, just like he was a fast catcher in Liuxian in January.

But.

With the daily actions of the Seven Princes, many warriors and strategists inside and outside the court who have the heart to display their ambitions and have real skills have heard that the Seven Princes have no intention of power, let alone the heart of the emperor, they all did not take refuge in him, but took refuge in several royal brothers and brothers of the Seven Princes.

It has also led to the present day.

There is really only one 'Innate Realm' martial artist in the Seven Princes' Mansion, and there is no one strategist.

Zhao Zhou also stayed for three days, and after learning about this situation, he also felt that these seven princes were either really too bookish and dashing, or they were calm and clumsy.

But with the age of the Seventh Prince, he felt that the Seventh Prince was very similar to the beloved son of a friend of his own.

"These seven princes do not compete for the general trend in the court, and they do not talk about power. is like Meng De's third son, Cao Pi, who can only recite poems against him, and does not compete with his brother for the crown prince. ”

With a 'drip' light rain.

Inside the annex grounds.

After Zhao Zhou finished thinking about the affairs of the past few days, he also followed the cobblestone road to the pavilion, drank a bowl of fragrant medicinal soup, and looked at the light rain outside the court, and rested for a while.

At this time, it was almost noon, and the light rain gradually stopped.

Zhao Zhou also asked the Seventh Prince to return to the mansion after the early dynasty.

And after a while,

With the sound of greetings from the subordinates outside the courtyard, the Seventh Prince also returned to the mansion and changed into his usual clothes before coming to the door of Zhao Zhou's courtyard. It is estimated that it is the same as in the past few days, chatting and talking with Zhao Zhou, and then going back to the room to read and write.

"Sir!"

But.

First, with a laugh, the seventh prince entered the courtyard, and after seeing Zhao Zhou come out of the pavilion to greet him, he was stunned, first returned a salute, and then pointed to the outside of the courtyard and said, "Sir, listen to the music?"

"The Seven Princes." Zhao Zhou returned the salute again, and he didn't beat around the bush, "Where to listen?" ”

"First floor." The Seventh Prince seemed to have only a smile on his face, and he never got angry, "Since Mr. came to the imperial capital, he hasn't gone to the first floor yet?" ”

"Zhao Zhou is indeed the first time to set foot in the imperial capital." Zhao Zhou did not refute, to tell the truth, "I used to be a businessman for half my life, and most of them were outside the north and south of the capital. ”

"It's me who snubbed sir." The Seventh Prince shook his hand and apologized before he said again: "That.. Go with us today? ”

"The Seven Princes are invited, and they will definitely go together." Zhao Zhou also wanted to go to the first floor for a long time. But he just came to the prince's mansion as a 'staff', and he couldn't go too far after all.

"Prepare the horses." When the Seventh Prince heard Zhao Zhou's words, he also asked the guards to prepare the horses, and opened a folding fan, showing his scholarly vitality.

When Zhao Zhou saw this, he also took out the hand beads from his pocket and rubbed them around.

Horses are also prepared for the guard.

The two of them walked out of the gate of the mansion, mounted two handsome horses respectively, and walked from the middle of the imperial capital to the first floor about nine miles away in the south-west of the city.

This is also the vast imperial capital, with more than ten miles in the north, south, east and west, far exceeding the size of the ancient city, like a creeping beast, lying in the center of this equally wide and boundless dynasty.

The roads in the imperial capital are just as accessible, allowing seven carriages to run in parallel, and it does not seem to be crowded.

And there is also a special longitudinal road for generals and ministers in the center.

Zhao Zhou and the Seven Princes also walked this galloping road, passing by some inns, hawkers, and pedestrians, and it only took half an hour to come to the middle of the west of the city, a street where people came and went.

At this time, Zhao Zhou looked forward and saw a five-story restaurant with a plaque engraved 'First Floor' at the entrance of the street.

But.

With a small noise, most of the people who came and went in front of the door on the first floor seemed to have inquired about something, and they walked out of the building again after entering the restaurant for a while.

"People from the rivers and lakes come and go to the first floor, and they basically come to the second list of heaven and earth." The Seven Princes looked at the restaurant, and also explained to Zhao Zhou casually, "Just because the list changes every seven days, they are here to see if there are any new innate masters or half-step grandmasters on the rivers and lakes." ”

"I see." Zhao Zhou glanced at the nearby knights, and the two continued to walk towards the first floor.

"The Seven Princes!" Also in front of Zhao Zhou and the two of them riding horses to the door, as soon as they got off the horse, a young man dressed as a shopkeeper led the horse, please be safe. It seems that the Seven Princes often come and go here, or the little two on the first floor have long known the appearance of the princes.

When Zhao Zhou saw and heard this, he didn't say anything, and followed the Seven Princes towards the building.

It's just that when Zhao Zhou walked in, he also found that there were benches, tables and chairs on the first floor, which were basically no different from ordinary inns, nothing chic.

But when he looked around, he found that there were more than a dozen lists on the walls around the first floor, with the words 'heaven and earth' written in large characters.

It is also densely packed with names, and according to the recent results, the masters of the 'Jianghu Dynasty' are listed, and the rankings are similar to what Lin Zhennan said.

However, Dongfang was undefeated because after killing a master called 'Qiu Qianren' a few days ago, his ranking rose a little, and he mentioned 'thirty-nine'.

In addition, Zhao Zhou took a few looks, and according to the ranking order, he also found the top ten on the list.

"The first place on the list is the patriarch of the Xiaoyao faction 'Xiaoyaozi', who has no defeat in his life. But now I don't know where I have gone for 50 years, and I don't know if I have been on the list. Vacant position replaced. ”

Zhao Zhou glanced at it a few times, but he didn't look at it much, because he knew that when the plots began, there would be people with adventures everywhere, and then the list would have to change.

Then, he didn't delay much work, and followed his seventh prince who was waiting next to him to go up to the fifth floor, entered a private room, ordered some wine and food, and asked Xiao Er to call two women holding the qin.

That's what I'm here for today, to listen to the music.

It's just that.

Before the two women could say goodbye, an old man suddenly stood silently outside the private room.

Then.

Zhao Zhou also suddenly noticed that someone was coming nearby, and then turned sideways, and saw that the person outside the door was a kind old man, and he still had a floating aura on his body, but he had a kind of prestige that had been an official for many years.

And after the old man saw Zhao Zhou's arrival, he first smiled at Zhao Zhou, and then said to the Seven Princes who were still pouring wine: "I heard that the Seven Princes are coming, and the old Huang Shang, as the shopkeeper on the first floor, specially toasted a glass of thin wine."

This old man named 'Huangshang' is the shopkeeper on the first floor, and he is also the person who imitates the second list of heaven and earth, and he is also the writer of the 'Nine Yin True Scripture'.

His strength has long been a 'half-step grandmaster', and he is also a person on the heavenly list.

But for some reasons, he did not rank above the heavenly list, nor did he become an official in the court as before, let alone live in seclusion in the mountains to avoid trouble, but opened the first floor of this house in the imperial capital.

Equally.

When Zhao Zhou heard that Huang Shang was famous, and then thought of his 'brilliant and light skills', he suddenly remembered the founder of the 'Nine Yin True Scripture', Huang Shang.

"According to this chaotic era, since there are Tianshan Tong and others in the Song Dynasty, there must also be Huang Shang of the same dynasty." Zhao Zhou thought for a moment after seeing Huang Shang, and felt that his guess should be about the same.

When the Seventh Prince heard this voice, he knew that someone was coming. But he turned around and saw Huang Shang, as if he knew each other, and got up with a smile to greet him: "It turned out that Lord Huang is here."

"The Seven Princes are tormented by old age." After Huang Sheng heard what the Seventh Prince called him, he didn't dare to shout, so he saluted again: "The old man is no longer a person in the rivers and lakes, nor is he a person in the court. Just an ordinary restaurant shopkeeper..."

Since Huang Shang created the 'Nine Yin True Scripture' and achieved great martial arts, he broke the rules because of some things, and then offended the entire rivers and lakes and provoked him to chase and kill.

But fortunately, the court protected him and did not let him live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.

However, Huang Shang gradually got older, and he also moved to retreat, and resigned from this official position a few years later.

But after all, he is extremely martial arts, and now the saint is afraid that he will use force to bring disaster to the countryside, although he is allowed to resign, but he also let him stay in the imperial capital forever, even if he can enjoy his old age in peace, he will also be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

"Fortunately, the Holy God protects the old decay, and the old decay is grateful. But the old man is no longer an official, and he should not be called an adult. Huang Shang said, bowing in the direction of the imperial capital, "Especially, if there was no saint protection twenty years ago, even if Huang had great ability, he would not dare to talk about the heroes of the world, and he would like to be the second list of heaven and earth." ”

The words fell.

He toasted a glass of wine, confessed to the Seventh Prince and Zhao Zhou, and then went out of the private room, without saying much, as if he just came over to say hello and say hello to the Seventh Prince.

When the Seventh Prince saw him leaving, he didn't discuss anything, but let the music play, and talked about some interesting things with Zhao Zhou.

Until a few notes fell.

Satiated.

Zhao Zhou didn't know what he was doing today, so he and the Seventh Prince went out of the inn and prepared to go back to the mansion.

It's just that when Zhao Zhou came out of the first floor, with the sound of 'click' footsteps, a guy ran out of the restaurant, first said hello to the Seventh Prince, and then handed the Seventh Prince's side line through the catalogue.

The Seventh Prince took it, but did not look closely, got on his horse and walked towards the mansion.

Zhao Zhou didn't ask, and rode his horse to follow.

And when I went all the way back, I got off the horse and put it down, and I arrived at Zhao Zhou's courtyard.

Only then did the Seventh Prince glance around and said to Zhao Zhou: "I have seen Mr. practicing martial arts in the past few days, and he must be a person in the martial arts."

As he spoke, he smiled apologetically, "So, I thought that my husband hadn't given any greeting gifts since he came to the house." But thinking about Mr. practicing martial arts, Lord Huang is often called a martial arts master by my father, so I specially notified Lord Huang yesterday and wanted Lord Huang to draw a catalogue for Mr. ”

After the words fell, he handed the catalogue without any handwriting on the cover to Zhao Zhou, and then his smile suddenly changed, and he said softly: "This book is the Nine Yin True Scripture, and it has been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so I think Mr. must have heard of it."

"Thank you, Seventh Prince." Zhao Zhou thought for a few breaths, knowing that the Seven Princes must have something to help him with, so he would give him the cheats. But he also thanked him and took the catalogue.

Because the Seventh Prince asked him to 'help', he didn't want to use the identity of the Seventh Prince to help him enter the court as an official.

And when the Seventh Prince saw Zhao Zhou taking the catalogue, he changed his smile again, "Berwyn said that Mr. can help me, and let me believe Mr. Let me have something to say, and I don't need to hide it. ”

Sure enough. Zhao Zhou's expression did not move, and he listened to the surroundings for a while, and then said to the Seventh Prince: "There is no one nearby." The Seven Princes said it clearly. ”

"Sir, the crown prince is now undecided." The Seventh Prince sighed, as if he believed in Liu Bowen's 'ability to see people' very much, and opened his mouth about the battle for the 'crown prince', but it was different from Zhao Zhou's desire to seize power.

"Although the crown prince is undecided." The Seventh Prince paused, "But I don't want to compete with the imperial brother and the imperial brother for the crown prince..."

He said with a look of amazement, "I just can't bear the prosperity of the world, and I don't want to die in their hands..."

And Zhao Zhou rubbed the album twice, and saw that the Seventh Prince exhaled a few breaths, and after breaking up his amazement, he continued: "You have no one in the court, no power and no power, this matter is difficult to do."

The battle for the crown prince's throne is not something that anyone in this world can withdraw from if they want to.

As the old saying goes, you can't do without the heart of guarding against others.

Even if the Seventh Prince is so prodigal every day, he is 'worried' every day by his brothers and siblings, and he is regarded as a competitor, and he always wants to be suppressed everywhere.

Not to mention that in the future, when the current saint immortal dies, the crown prince who inherits the throne does not know what he will do.

The Seven Princes said that if they want to live, it is really difficult to do, unless they flee to the border and remain incognito.

Either there are people in the DPRK who will help him find a way out.

Similarly, Zhao Zhou also wanted to take advantage of these words to explain the purpose of the important official.

"Little things."

And the Seventh Prince seemed to have known that Zhao Zhou wanted an 'official position', and whispered: "Sir, I heard that Tian Boguang is ranked one hundred and twenty-four on the land list, and he is extremely light and has no trace. Six Doors had been investigated, but because a case was delayed, there was no one to pull it out for the time being, so it was also postponed. ”

The Seventh Prince said, saluted in the direction of the palace, and then said, "Now, can Mr. arrest that Tian Boguang." I also have a few words in front of my father, and maybe I can take my husband to meet my father, and then ask for an official position for my husband. ”

"Okay." Zhao Zhou should come down, in addition to wanting that official position, he also wants to see who the saint is, so that he can build such a dynasty, not only to make the rivers and lakes and the court so 'peaceful', but also to let so many half-step grandmasters serve him.

"Then when Zhao Zhou catches Tian Boguang, he will bother the Seven Princes." Zhao Zhou gave up.

"It's Mr. Zhenghong." The Seven Princes bowed and thanked him.