As the heart of the Great Apocalypse, the most dazzling city on the mainland, the capital is undoubtedly magnificent and admirable.

Dozens of meters high outer city wall is blue-black, exuding a sense of heaviness, stability and vastness under the scorching sun, as the ancient capital of the four dynasties, the city's heritage is so thick that it is terrifying, if the ancient and modern literati and writers for the capital to make poems superimposed, I am afraid that it is also full of sweat.

This is the place where the fortune of the whole continent is gathered, and the legend says that the heaven and earth here are a little different from other places, and it is said that practicing in the deep palace of the imperial city will get twice the result with half the effort, which does not know whether it is true or false, but it is just a speculation that circulates.

On a bright morning, Yuan Lai's carriage slowly drove into the south gate of the capital, and as he passed through the high and terrifying city gate, Yuan Lai suddenly noticed a faint and almost insensitive aura sweeping over him.

Seeing that his expression was a little strange, Liu Wen said, "You noticed something." ”

Yuan Lai nodded and said, "What's that?"

"That's the stone beast guarding the city, it's hard for you to see here, if you are far away from the city gate, you can see a stone sculpture on the top of the city gate, blue-black, not very inconspicuous, but it was carved by the emperor when the city was just established thousands of years ago, each of the four city gates has a statue, let's go to the south gate, the top of the head is the Vermilion Bird stone carving. Legend has it that there is a Taoist rhyme in this stone carving, and you can detect whether there are cultivators entering the city. Liu Wen said.

Yuan Lai was very interested, so he was curious: "How many of these things are?"

Liu Wen glanced at him, as if he had some resentment against Yuan Lai for calling it "something", and after thinking about it, he said: "Very little, I heard that it is not common on the whole continent, there are four in the capital city I know, there is one at the bottom of Taihu Lake, there are two or three in the Nanzong, there is a legend in the far north, there are a few Zhenhe cattle at the gate of the Canglang River, and there is a Tangqian Yan in the Wuyi Lane of the Lancang River...... More than that, I don't know. ”

"Uncle Liu already knows a lot. Yuan Lai said with a smile.

"These are not secrets, the old people who have lived for a long time know more, and cultivators are also human beings, so where can there really be any secrets to hide. Liu Wen smiled.

Yuan Lai remembered these words in his heart, but there were some things he still didn't understand, such as where was the Taihu Lake, where was the Canglang River, and how could the literati in Wuyi Lane still have things in the cultivation world? He has read "Huang Tingjing" ninety-nine times, and the emotion in his heart is also very strong, Yuan Lai has a feeling that it is useless for him to read this book again now, it is like water is full, and it will overflow if he reads it again.

He needed to settle down and wait for the opportunity to read that last one last time.

The group went to Yuan Shoucheng's shop in the capital, and along the way, Yuan Lai only remembered to visit this place, and when he arrived at the place, he was still a little unsatisfied.

"The young master will live in this room first, and I will ask someone to boil some water later, settle down first, I still have to sort out the accounts here, and by the way, I have to send someone to inform Shi Shangshu's mansion, I haven't moved around for so long, I can't be too reckless." After Liu Wen finished speaking one by one, he went out to get busy when he saw Yuan Lai nodding.

Of course, the huge capital will not change because of Yuan Lai's arrival, but when Liu Wen's news was informed to Shi Shangshu's mansion, the hostess of Shangshu Mansion, the daughter of the previous prince, and now Mrs. Shi's heart is in turmoil.

Mrs. Shi furrowed her eyebrows at this time, and asked the person in front of her, "You said that the Yuan family book store sent someone to say that the young master of their master family has arrived in the capital?"

"Yes. ”

"Their young master is going to visit the mansion soon?"

"Yes. ”

Mrs. Shi, who received an affirmative answer, looked very ugly, waved her hand impatiently to hold her subordinates back, and then gritted her teeth and said, "When you come, hum!"

Her tone was as cold as frost, which made the old lady who was serving on the side couldn't help but shiver, and subconsciously looked at the sky, but the scorching sun was shining, but the room was strangely cold.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?" she asked cautiously.

Mrs. Shi snorted coldly and said, "Do you remember Qing Zhuo's fiancé who was married with his fingertips?"

Mama paused for a moment before she suddenly said, "Is it the one from the Yuan family in Shencheng?"

"That's right, it's him. ”

"That is the family matter set by the old man back then, but they haven't mentioned it all these years. ”

Mrs. Shi sneered and said: "Shi Gongdan's confused family affairs back then, the other party is still the son of a businessman, although Yuan Shoucheng has done a lot of work, but that is also a businessman, just some copper stinky money, how can he be worthy of Qing Zhuo......?

"I said that I was paying a visit, but in fact, I couldn't hear what was going on?

"How can this be, they haven't mentioned it all these years, aren't they dead?" Mama was also taken aback.

"Dead heart?" Mrs. Shi stood up and said in a cold voice: "The businessmen are all those goods, they can't afford to make no profits, how can they give up? Shi Gongdan was down-and-out back then, and he received some small favors from them, and he really regarded himself as a benefactor? Since he came, it was good, just to make it clear, they couldn't carry it clearly!"

The grandmother said: "If they usually come, then they will be dismissed, but at this time they will arrive in the capital...... If there is a fuss, let this matter be known by the Taihu Lake......"

She didn't finish saying this, but she didn't dare to say it again, because she obviously saw that Mrs. Shi's snow-white face was a little bluer, and the color of anger had brewed like a dark cloud before a rainstorm.

The room was quiet, only Mrs. Shi's annoyed face and the sound of her slightly heavy breathing, and after a while, Mrs. Shi sighed deeply and sat back in her chair, her face full of solemnity.

Yuan Lai wanted to come to the mansion to pay a visit, which obviously angered Mrs. Shi, but he didn't know that the timing of his arrival was really wonderful, so wonderful that Mrs. Shi was a little helpless.

"How many days will Gongzi Lu from Taihu Lake come to the capital?" After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Shi suddenly asked.

"It's only a few days, at most three or four days later, how can Lu Gongzi arrive. ”

Mrs. Shi's sadness deepened when she heard this, she leaned back in the chair tiredly, and said slowly: "The master has already engaged this marriage with Taihu Lake, the marriage between Lu Gongzi and Qing Zhuo is not just a mundane matter, but also His Majesty's idea, if Qing Zhuo marries into Taihu Lake this time, it will be a great achievement, it is a good thing for Beizong and the imperial court, and my Shi family's honor and favor will definitely be better than before." ”

"But if the matter of Qingzhuo's fiancé is revealed, it is impossible for Lu Gongzi not to be dissatisfied, and even Taihu will not be able to continue this family...... The Shi family is afraid that they will face the wrath of His Majesty...... At this juncture, his Yuan family came up without a long eye, it was really hateful! This thing must be stopped!"

Mrs. Shi's teeth were clenched together.

The grandmother next to her, who was also worried, thought for a while and said: "Although the Yuan family is a businessman with a low status, it is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others, so it is impossible for Yuan Shoucheng to start from scratch without ability, and Mrs. still has to think of a comprehensive solution, and it is best to solve it in private." ”

Mrs. Shi nodded after hearing this, and muttered for a while before saying, "Go out and call the housekeeper in." ”

(ps: It's time to recommend it today, it's time to take a look at it if it's a mule or a horse.) In addition, there is another shift tonight, about 9 o'clock in the evening. ）