Chapter 7: The Duke Returns
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It covers an area of 30,000 square meters, half the size of the Duke's Palace, and looks like a small dock. On the innermost shore of the cave lies a row of lavish palaces, the buildings of which are generally silvery-white, and on which are inscribed with intricate magic arrays.
The magic array operated, and the glowing silver divine light covered the aura of the entire cave, making it impossible to detect everything here.
At the top of the cave, a row of bright magic lamps flickered softly.
Under the bright lights, everything in the cave is so clear, as if you have come to a luxurious palace, not an unfathomable underground cave.
With a slight shaking, the cruise ship slowly docked at the underground pier.
Mo Chen stood on the edge of the deck of the cruise ship, looking at the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar palace in front of him, his eyes slightly distracted.
Shao Si Ming stood beside him, looking at everything in front of him, his eyes flashing with curiosity.
Behind the two of them, Zhao Gao and others were also curious to look at everything in front of them, and couldn't help but show curiosity.
This was the first time they had seen otherworldly architecture, and the palace looked very different from the style of the Central Plains. There is less small and exquisite structural beauty, and more majestic and tall feeling, which looks like a well-carved statue.
The tall palace is full of strange silver-white stones, and there are few traces of wood, and the hemispherical roof looks quite charming.
"Grand Duke." Just as everyone was looking at the palace in front of them, Li Si walked out of the cab. He came to Mo Chen, looked at his distracted appearance, and called softly.
Mo Chen heard Li Si's voice and slowly came back to his senses.
He took a deep breath, stared at the palace in front of him, and said in a condensed voice: "Let's investigate the situation in Chang'an first, and then we will make the next decision." ”
Although Mo Chen didn't believe that there would be problems in Chang'an after only two days of kung fu, he didn't go out stupidly for the sake of safety.
Hearing this, Li Si's face moved slightly, and he took a deep breath and walked towards the palace below.
Counting the time to go to another world, he has been away from Chang'an for about twenty years. After more than ten years, he returned to his familiar hometown again, and even Li Si, who had experienced the world, couldn't help but be a little excited.
Shao Si Ming looked at Li Si's figure of stepping off the boat excitedly, looked sideways at Mo Chen, who was distracted, and asked in a soft voice, "What is this place?" ”
"This is the underground palace of Chang'an City, which was built in the chaotic era eight hundred years ago." Mo Chen's eyes stared at the palace in front of him with distracted eyes, recalling the memories instilled by the main god, and replied softly with some distraction.
"Age of Chaos?" When Shao Si Ming heard Mo Chen's words, the curiosity on his face became stronger and stronger.
Although she didn't have much interest in most things, she was still very interested in things about Mo Chen.
The palace in front of you can clearly be seen to be a rather secret place. This kind of place is nothing more than a place to flee or to do something very secret.
"That's a long story." Mo Chen turned his head sideways to see the curious look on Shao Siming's face, showed a gentle smile, and said with emotion.
"There are countless intelligent races in this world, and although the human race occupies a considerable proportion, it is not absolute. And among the races that are as vast as the sea of stars, many of them come from outside the sky. ”
"Our ancestors, for example, came from outside the sky more than 3,000 years ago. Because they are famous for their silk, they are called the Seris tribe by the natives of the world, which means the place where the silk comes from. ”
"The ancestors came to this world and roared, and they thrived on this land. A long time ago, they built a glorious empire on this land. The empire stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles, stretching from what is now the Gulf of Piltover in the north to the northern provinces of Noxus in the south. ”
"But all this glory collapsed more than 800 years ago."
"In that year, His Majesty, the last emperor of the Great Shang Empire, died suddenly, and because the emperor had no heirs left behind and no heirs were appointed, there was chaos everywhere. After decades of conquest, the royal family was almost cut off, and the lords of various cities became independent. ”
It was at that time that Chang'an became an independent city. And the palace in front of me was also built in that chaotic era. ”
Shao Si Ming listened to Mo Chen's explanation, and his face showed a sudden look.
Just as the two were talking, Li Si walked out of the palace with a happy face, stood on the dock and bowed to Mo Chen: "Report to the Grand Duke, everything is fine in Chang'an City." ”
Hearing this, Mo Chen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded at Li Si.
Half an hour later, in front of the Grand Duke's Palace.
The courtyard gate of the Grand Duke's Palace is two feet high, including one main gate and four small side gates.
Each of the four side doors has its own use, the one on the right is used for the walk-in and exit of the commoners, and the two side doors on the left are used for the walking of officials and nobles.
From a distance, the entire Duke's Palace looks like a castle and a huge city within a city.
The two-zhang thick city wall shimmered with metallic luster in the reflection of the hot sun, and the streamers on it flickered from time to time, but it was the magic array that was running.
As the administrative center of Chang'an, the Grand Duke's Mansion is also the residence of the Grand Duke, not only has a powerful guardian circle on the city wall, but also a variety of magic arrays in it, and there are guards patrolling and standing guard all year round.
At noon, the sun hung high in the sky, wantonly pouring its own light and heat, making people lazy and not want to move.
In front of the Grand Duke's Palace, there were two columns of warriors in blood-red armor guarding them.
They were tall, shrouded in armor, with only a pair of glittering eyes, vigilantly watching everything around them for any danger that might arise.
The warriors pressed one hand on the hilt of their swords at their waists, and except for two eyes that shimmered with divine light, their whole bodies stood still, like finely carved statues.
A fresh breeze blew, and the sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard.
As time passed, the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer, accompanied by the sound of clattering horses' hooves and the sound of wheels rolling.
The warriors guarding the ducal palace heard the unusual sound of horses' hooves and followed the sound of the voice.
I saw that two huge carriages, driven by four blue-scaled horses, rushed out of the street more than ten zhang away, and marched along the square paved with bluestones, towards the Grand Duke's Palace.
The four blue-scaled horses were all very strong, and the scale armor on their bodies shimmered faintly green under the reflection of the scorching sun, as if the cold iron was cast and indestructible.
Around the carriage, there were also ten guards in golden armor guarding them.
Behind the nine warriors were six strange-looking men. They were men and women, old and young, and they looked very weird.
The chief guard guarding the Duke's Palace looked at the carriage heading straight for the Duke's Palace, his eyes narrowed tightly, and his right hand couldn't help but grasp the hilt of his sword.
The carriage is exquisite, but there is not the slightest sign that makes it impossible to speculate on its origin.
The four green-scaled horses are covered with scale armor all over their bodies, with a foot-long cyan horn on the top of their heads, and their eyes flashing with green light from time to time, but they are the top good horses. If this kind of war horse is in the plains, it is just idle to travel thousands of miles in a day!
The price of each of these green-scaled horses is not less than 100 gold, and the daily consumption is even more powerful, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can afford.
Of course, none of this was the thing that attracted the most attention from the captain of the guard, what he cared about the most was the dozen or so masters guarding around the carriage.
The captain of the guard looked at the dozen or so people, the expression on his face gradually became solemn, and a solemn look flashed in his eyes.
Of these dozen or so people, none of them were below the fourth order!
He looked at the dozen or so people who looked like guards, then glanced carefully at the carriage, and couldn't help but lick his dry lips, a look of hesitation on his face.
If there are more than a dozen fourth-order masters guarding it, then how noble will the people in the carriage be, could it be a legendary powerhouse!
When the captain of the guard thought of this, his heart suddenly became a little more nervous.
The legendary powerhouse entered the country, but there was not the slightest news coming, which made it difficult to distinguish whether the person who came was friend or foe. At this time, Chang'an was at a critical moment, and a strong man suddenly came, which made him feel how he could let go of it.
He stared directly at the carriage, carried his right hand behind him, and made a secret gesture to one of the guards behind him, signaling that the situation was extremely critical and asked him to inform General Zhao Hu.
The guard's eyes instantly narrowed when they saw his gesture. He glanced at the carriage and ran towards the Duke's palace without saying a word.
The captain of the guard heard the footsteps behind him, looked at the carriage in front of him, licked his dry lips, and walked up with a firm step with a heavy face, blocking the carriage ten zhang in front of the Duke's Palace, and shouted: "Stop, who are you?" ”
He looked directly at the carriage with both eyes, felt a pair of sword-like eyes behind the carriage, and cold sweat faintly appeared on his forehead.
Although he was both of the fourth order, under the gaze of so many masters of the same level, it still brought him tremendous pressure. He even had a feeling that as long as he made the slightest move, he might be killed here in an instant.
"Haha, I said who dared to block the duke's carriage, it turned out to be you Zhao Yue. Why did you kid go back more and more, and you actually fell to the point of guarding the door. Just when Zhao Yue was clenching the long sword in his hand and faintly couldn't control the desire to do it, there was a chuckle in the carriage behind.
With a chuckle, Lees stepped out of the carriage without hurrying.
Zhao Yue saw Li Si who suddenly appeared, and his face was full of consternation.
Didn't he accompany the Grand Duke to Ionia for help, how could he be here, could it be that the Grand Duke had returned?
Zhao Yue looked at Li Si with a smile on his face with dull eyes, and then looked sideways at the carriage he had intercepted, with an embarrassed look on his face.
It's like asking, did you really stop the carriage of the Grand Duke?
Li Si saw Zhao Yue's stupid appearance, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Zhao Yue is a descendant of General Zhao Hu, Chang'an has become a famous young talent, and he was arranged to guard the door in front of the Duke's Palace, it seems that something big happened during the time he left! (To be continued.) )