Lian Cheng was taken aback by Lian Shaoqing's question, and hurriedly smiled at his father and said, "Oh, father, where did the sons come up with any bad ideas, why do you always look at the sons and daughters like this?"

"Hmph, Zhizi Mo Ruo's father, in front of your father and me, do you still want to hide from me with that little bit of caution? Say, do you also want to go out of the city to the extreme west?" Sure enough, it is the father of the prince, as long as he pouts the son of Liancheng, it seems that Lian Shaoqing, the father, knows what he wants to fart.

When the ministers on the side heard this, they also spoke out to dissuade them and said: "Your Highness, you can't go to such a dangerous place to take risks, if something happens to you, what should you do?"

Liancheng also had a very bad impression of the ministers who had been singing against him, and said angrily: "Hmph! What's the matter? With you people, I wish I had some accident as soon as I went out, right?"

The ministers were panicked and said, "Ouch, Your Highness, you have misunderstood the old ministers, the old ministers don't mean this........."

"Okay!" Lian Shaoqing's stern face was all on his face at this time, and he said to Liancheng, "Cheng'er, don't mess around anymore, you usually mess around in the Lingdu Father and Emperor can let you, but when can you think twice? This is out of the city, and you will face the test of life and death at any time, do you think this is child's play?"

"But Father, Erchen has always been cultivating in the Spirit Capital, and he hasn't even seen the really strong spirit with his own eyes, Erchen is more important than being a prince and a spirit collector, if he hasn't even experienced real danger, how can he be called a real cultivator?!" Lian Cheng so openly contradicted his father and emperor so openly that everyone present did not expect it, and Zhang Fan also did not expect that his buddy had such a sincere dedication to cultivation, and he did not even hesitate to disrespect his father.

"Presumptuous!"

Lian Shaoqing also angrily slapped the golden handrail beside him to break it, Lian Cheng knew that he had made him angry and angry by hitting his father, so he quickly knelt down and said: "Even if my father wants to punish his son, Erchen also said so, Erchen doesn't think that he is wrong, the pursuit of real strength This is the most desired idea no matter which one of the spirit collectors is, father and emperor, you are also a spirit collector, can't you understand the mood of the sons?"

"Your Highness...... Don't say any more, don't make Your Majesty angry........."

Lian Shaoqing still looked at his naughty son angrily, stood up and said sharply: "Hmph! The father naturally knows that he is a soul collector, and he can naturally understand that becoming stronger means everything for a spirit collector, but at the same time, the father also clearly understands that he is not only a spirit collector, but also the king of a country in the entire spiritual capital, and bears the survival of all the people in the spiritual capital on his shoulders.

Zhang Fan looked at Liancheng with a stubborn face, and he was also helpless about his buddy's stubborn insistence on his own personality and the situation of being born in the royal family, since he was born in the royal family, it means that he was born to take on more and greater responsibilities than ordinary people, and this is very unsuitable for Liancheng's character of yearning for the strength of the strong, it is inevitable that the two will have differences, Liancheng has been speechless, although he feels sincerely disgusted by his father's statement, but he himself knows very well that what his father said is also correct although it makes him disgusted, this may also be the helplessness of being born in the royal family, "Anyway, anyway, Erchen just wants to go out and have a look, although Erchen has always been said to be the first day of the imperial city, but he hasn't even really seen the spirits, and usually those who are worse than Erchen are much stronger than Erchen in what they see and hear......"

"See?" Lian Shaoqing still sighed and said: "Last time you came back, you told your father and me that you wanted to marry the eldest lady of the Shen family, do you know the details of the Shen family? Have you ever thought about what it means to marry the Shen family, have you thought about it in advance, originally your mother and I wanted to take this opportunity to let you regain your heart and begin to learn what it means to be a prince, but you are still so disrespectful of the consequences, how can you rest assured that you will be in power and the future of Lingdu after you let your father and emperor for a hundred years?"

"Your Majesty, be cautious, Your Highness may just be unable to accept your playful temperament for a while, why would Your Majesty say such a thing?" Lian Shaoqing raised his hand to block the words of the prime minister on the side, and said: "Okay! Liancheng, my father told you that it is impossible for you to go out, and it is even more impossible to go to the extreme west! You are not only a spirit collector, you are also the only prince in the future, you have more and more important things to learn to do than to become stronger!"

"Ke Erchen just wants to become stronger, and use his strength to stand above the apex of everyone, just like Shizun. ”

The human emperor on the side was also a little helpless when he heard this, after all, there was nothing wrong with the idea of being a soul collector, and it could even be said to be the most sincere idea, but he was not only his own disciple, but also the only heir in the royal family, which was much more important than his own disciple, because the spirit not only needed such a strong guarantee of strength as the human emperor, but also needed a monarch who was good at governing the world, so he could only dissuade him and said:" Your Highness, what Your Majesty said is indeed correct, you are not only my disciple, but more importantly, you are the prince of Lingdu, this extreme western land is too dangerous, so don't go to listen to Your Majesty's words. ”

"Why do you even say that...... Master" Liancheng still didn't give up, still whispered to Zhang Fan, "Dude, are you still my buddy, hurry up and talk to me." ”

It's not that Zhang Fan doesn't want to say it, but he can't find any reason and qualification to speak, first of all, Zhang Fan also knows that what the emperor said is not unreasonable, and it is an inevitable responsibility to be born in the royal family, and Zhang Fan also has no qualifications to intervene for Liancheng, one of them is the father and the other is the master, they all said so, what qualifications does Zhang Fan have and in what capacity does he interject?

But looking at Liancheng's depressed face, Zhang Fan also knew that no matter whether he succeeded or not, he had to help his buddy say a few words, otherwise this guy would have to miss him to death in the future, and after coughing dryly to attract everyone's attention, he said: "Eh, Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Emperor, I don't know if the junior can say a few words?"

"Hmm? This is an internal matter of the royal family, what kind of identity do you Zhang Fan dare to intervene here? How can you criticize the royal matter? Do you have this qualification?"

The Emperor raised his hand to signal quiet, and said to Zhang Fan: "Okay, if Zhang Fan's little brother has any opinions, just come and listen to them." ”

"I can't say the opinion, it's just that the younger generation thinks that His Royal Highness, as the crown prince, is naturally the responsibility and obligation that some princes should bear, and at the same time knows the identity and significance of the prince, but the younger generation has the courage to say that the protection of the prince is understandable, but even if it is Your Majesty as a father, and His Excellency the Emperor as a master, can you guarantee that you can protect Your Royal Highness for the rest of your life in the future? Even if you are there will always be a day when you will leave, then do you think that Your Highness will continue to be an emperor who needs the protection of others to save his life, or do you want him to become a real emperor who can lead everyone to be worshiped even if the mountains and rivers are broken?"

Zhang Fan's words reached the ears of Lian Shaoqing and the emperor, with what he just said, the royal family could treat him for a crime of disrespect, but there is nothing wrong with Zhang Fan's words, whether it is the emperor Lian Shaoqing as his father, or the human emperor Lu Yuanfeng as a master, after all, they all hope from the bottom of their hearts that even if they are not there one day in the future, Liancheng can support the beam and become the guiding light of all the people in Lingdu, and more importantly, they also hope that Liancheng can live a safe life, and what Zhang Fan said is also correct, it is better to let him have the strength to protect himself and lead others than temporary protection。

Zhang Fan looked at Lian Shaoqing and the Emperor of the People were silent, but he understood, in fact, how could these people who were the biggest managers of the Spirit Capital that Zhang Fan said not understand and not understand? It's just that maybe they were just temporarily affected by their excessive protective heart, and it can be seen from the fact that they didn't stop Liancheng from taking the path of the Spirit Collector and usually let him mess around in the Spirit Capital, Liancheng's nonsense is not to do anything bad, but to learn from the strong.

Zhang Fan saw that the two of them were slightly moved by what he said, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Actually, the two of them are also cultivators, and they should understand that only by going out to experience it can they grow from actual combat, and as far as the spiritual capital is concerned, they have to face the threat of spirits outside the city day and night, and it is inevitable to face spirits.

Liancheng looked at the two elders whose faces changed, and couldn't help but secretly give Zhang Fan's eloquence a thumbs up, but in fact, Zhang Fan's ability to say these words was not because he was eloquent, but because he actually had the same mentality as Liancheng when he was in the Yang Spirit World before, but at that time, no one said these words between him and his father, so that Zhang Fan had always misunderstood his father, and he had no chance to understand his father until the day his father left, which became the regret of his life.

Zhang Fan actually thinks from the bottom of his heart that instead of being overprotective, it is better to let Liancheng go out to see and see, after all, he also hopes that his buddy can really protect himself, Zhang Fan continued: "If Your Majesty still feels that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are not at ease to go to the Far West, then isn't there still the Five Standing Guards of His Excellency the Emperor?

"Nonsense! Of course, the five permanent guards should take the safety of His Highness as the primary responsibility, is it possible that you kid really think that the five permanent guards will only protect you regardless of the safety of His Highness when they are in danger? ”

"What the Prime Minister said is, what do you have to worry about Your Highness's trip to the extreme west?"

The Emperor thought about it and felt that what Zhang Fan said was also reasonable, and also whispered to Lian Shaoqing: "Your Majesty, I think what he said is not unreasonable, we can't protect the city all our lives, maybe it's really time for His Highness to see what this world is really like." ”

"Oh, the Emperor of People, you also approve of him going?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, since there are five permanent guards who will be able to protect the safety of His Royal Highness in times of crisis, the five permanent guards are the strongest combat power that I have personally trained, although they are only four-star peak generals, but the power of the joint battle spirit array does not need to be much worse than me, as long as they do not encounter those humanoid existences in the spiritual realm, there will be no danger, and they have always been active in the depths of the spiritual realm, and the probability of appearing in the periphery and the extreme west is not large. ”

Although the emperor said so, Lian Shaoqing was still a little hesitant, after all, Liancheng was his only son, and he really didn't know what to do if something went wrong, but for Zhang Fan's words, as the emperor, he naturally understood that it was right, rather than being a monarch who would only hide behind people, it was better to let him become a monarch who took the lead and set an example, even Shaoqing thought about it for a long time, and seemed to be in a dilemma for a long time, and it took a moment to make a decision: "Okay! Since the emperor is all in favor of it, then I will no longer oppose it, Cheng'er, from today onwards, where you are going to go, I will not interfere with you anymore, you decide for yourself. ”

"Your Majesty!"

Lian Shaoqing said: "However, where is your queen mother, how to explain, you have to do it yourself, I won't help you say good things." ”

When Lian Cheng heard this, he was also excited to serve tea and massage behind Lian Shaoqing, which made Zhang Fan and everyone laugh for a while, "Thank you, father, don't worry, the queen mother's ministers will definitely say it, and the queen mother loves me so much, she will definitely agree." ”

"It's different when you go out at home, everything has to be done according to everyone's wishes, I don't ask you to be so powerful, just give my father a safe return." ”

"Yes, the retainers are ordered!"

"What's the matter, just thank your father, right, don't thank me as a master?"

"Hey, no, no, no, of course, thank you Master. ”

...............

Zhang Fan saw that he had nothing to do with himself at this time, so he planned to say goodbye to Zigu and go back, after all, he also wanted to make some preparations before setting off for the extreme west, but when Zhang Fan said goodbye, the human emperor stopped Zhang Fan, "Little brother Zhang Fan, please wait!"

"Does Your Excellency the Human Emperor have any other orders?"

"I just have a question I want to ask you, I wonder if you can give an answer?"

Zhang Fan was also at a loss, this human emperor still has questions that need to be answered by his insignificant soul collector, "If your Excellency the human emperor has any questions, please just ask, if the kid knows, he will tell the truth." ”

The Emperor and the Emperor even Shaoqing all had their eyes shining slightly, and their serious expressions surprised everyone in the hall, only to see that the Emperor asked a question that made Zhang Fan feel familiar, "I don't know if the ancestor of Zhang Fan's little brother has an ancestor named 'Zhang Siyu'?"

"Zhang Siyu, why do I seem to have heard this question and name somewhere?" Zhang Fan couldn't help muttering when he heard this, "Old Man, do you know who Zhang Siyu is?"

After thinking for a moment in his mind, the elder shook his head resolutely and said, "I don't know, I don't know." ”

"I don't know? I thought you knew. ”

The old man was helpless for a while, "I said stinky boy, although the old man has vast magical powers and boundless mana, but I am a human being and not a god, where can I know everything?"

Since the elders don't know, Zhang Fan can only say truthfully, "Zhang Siyu, the kid never knows who it is, I'm sorry that His Excellency the Emperor can't help you." ”

When the Human Emperor and the Emperor heard this, they couldn't help but secretly think, "Oh, it's okay, it's just a small problem for me, you don't have to mind." ”

"Then Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Emperor, if there is nothing to do, the younger generation will leave first, and I still have some preparations for the trip to the extreme west, so I won't stay here for too long. ”

Lian Cheng also followed up and said: "Dude, you go back to Yang Hao and wait for me first, and then go to find you after I go and talk to my mother first." ”

After Zhang Fan and the three of them left the main hall, the Emperor and Lian Shaoqing were thinking about something to each other in confusion, and a figure appeared behind the screen of the Emperor and Lian Shaoqing when all the ministers were unaware, and the Emperor and Lian Shaoqing carefully transmitted the voice to the figure behind them and said: "Senior, is this Zhang Fan the person in the painting?"

I only heard the figure reply with two words in a cold tone, "No!"

"Isn't it?" Even Shaoqing looked at Zhang Fan's departing figure suspiciously, "But if not, then why would Zhang Fan be so similar to the person in the painting? It's just that Zhang Fan looks younger." ”

"I've probed his spiritual power and aura, and the two are not one person at all!"

The Human Emperor thought about it and nodded and said, "Since it's not, it may just be a coincidence, and it's not impossible for all living beings to have one or two people who look similar." ”

Lian Shaoqing still said with a puzzled expression: "But is there really such a coincidence? Coincidence is so coincidental that even the surname is the same?"

"Is it possible that the man in the painting is the heir?"

"It's impossible ........."