Of the thirteen states of the Tang Kingdom, eight were in the south and five were in the east.

The territory of the Tang Kingdom has stood in the east and south for more than 800 years, and the Tiandu, where Zhongzhou is located in the south, is the core of the entire Tang Kingdom.

Zhengyangmen is the only way to enter Tiandu.

Even the great cultivators who have cultivated to the Mandate of Heaven have to be honest and down-to-earth when they pass through this quaint city gate.

Because the imperial authority is untouchable.

Flying in the heavenly capital is regarded as disrespectful, which is the iron law of the Tang Kingdom.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven and in the Imperial City, such laws abound, and since you are a courtier, you should do what you should do as a courtier, which seems to have become an edict in the hearts of the people living in the heavenly capital.

The sky began to rain.

Countless fine raindrops fell down from the inky sky, and the wind and rain were shaky, connecting in a line.

The spring rain moisturizes things, quiet and silent.

This vast and majestic city ushered in the first spring rain after a long absence.

Beneath the quaint and solemn city gates stood a group of soldiers dressed in black armor and armed with spears, looking solemnly ahead, not moving even if the raindrops fell on their eyes.

Inside the city gate, a wealthy middle-aged man wearing a felt hat and an official uniform kept walking back and forth, looking up at the empty road outside the city gate from time to time.

The rain and rain were like ink, and the vast raindrops kept falling on the bluestone paved road, and after a brief bloom, they scattered and converged towards the puddles formed around them.

Puddles of different sizes converge on the ground, reflecting a world of light.

Then, the small world that had not been condensed for a long time was trampled to pieces by a horse's hoof, and the heavy trampling tore apart the pools that had gathered.

In the midst of the wind and rain, a chariot drawn by four black horses appeared.

The chariot is white, the tassels on the edge of the canopy sway in the wind and rain, and the carriage is made of golden silk wood, and its frame is inlaid with a circle of gold.

The appearance of the carriage broke the dead silence around it.

The rich middle-aged man who was wandering back and forth under the city gate looked at the white carriage that appeared in the wind and rain, immediately stopped his figure, his expression rose with a touch of joy, and he hurriedly tidied up his gorgeous clothes, and he didn't care about the wind and rain outside at this time, so he trotted directly to the carriage.

The carriage stopped a foot in front of the rich middle-aged man, and under the stable sat a grim young man in a brocade robe.

The man stared indifferently at the cramped middle-aged man in front of him.

Feeling the man's gaze, the middle-aged man's fat face shook slightly, and then a smile squeezed out of his face, and he respectfully arched his hand, "Your Highness has seen the Heaven Survey Division......

The middle-aged man raised his hands high above his head, and his face buried under the official sleeves was full of flattery.

The Survey Division, one of the three divisions of the Heavenly Capital, has existed since the beginning of the Tang Kingdom.

The power of the Heaven Survey Division is quite huge, covering every corner of the Heavenly Capital, and almost all the affairs in this imperial city are managed by the Sky Survey Division.

In addition to the royal lineage, from the royal relatives to the common people, the Sky Survey Division can be said to cover the sky with one hand, holding the power of life and death of the vast majority of people.

The laws of the Tang Kingdom lasted for hundreds of years, and the complete context covered the entire thirteen states, and the closer to the imperial city, the more rules there would be.

But after a long time, these so-called iron laws are just words that can be changed by "some means" in the eyes of some big people.

The corresponding rights can change the corresponding rules, even at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the benefits and status brought by the rights will gradually make people addicted to it and unable to extricate themselves.

Where there are people, greed and lust breed, which is something that human nature cannot satisfy.

And this rich middle-aged man standing in front of the white chariot is Gao Chang, the patrol envoy of the Celestial Survey Division.

The position of the patrol envoy is just a small six-rank official in the imperial city, but the place where Gao Chang, a six-rank official, is located.

What he represents is the face of the Heaven Survey Division, even if he is only a sixth-rank official, but the benefits he has received in this position over the years are several times that of ordinary sixth-rank officials.

But this is the kind of Sky Survey Division, when he sees this white chariot, he also has to lower his proud head.

Because the young man sitting under the stable in front of him is Zuoqiu, the leader of the dark guard, and the powerhouse of the Star Realm...... Because the person sitting in this white chariot is the current Second Highness.

Zuoqiu, who was sitting under the stable, frowned slightly, and looked coldly at Gao Chang, who had been maintaining his movements, and a wave of boredom began to appear in the man's eyes.

As a personal force that belongs exclusively to the second prince Li Xiuyuan, the secret guard is not controlled by anyone in Tiandu except for the Tang Emperor.

Zuoqiu has been following Li Xiuyuan since he was fifteen years old, and has been by his side for ten years, he is the closest group of people to Li Xiuyuan, so he knows Li Xiuyuan very well.

The second prince is a person who is very afraid of trouble.

Whether this kind of trouble comes from the eldest prince Li Qingzhou or somewhere else, he is very disliked.

That's why he's tired of being here today.

He knew what the man was thinking, and he knew that under this bloated skin was a mercenary heart.

The second prince's trip was not informed to anyone, and the specific day of returning to Tiandu was not specially arranged.

But on the contrary, the man in front of him waited early as he knew that they would arrive in Tiandu today.

It's a self-inflicted act of wisdom.

I want to please the owner of the car, but I am too anxious and too direct.

And so there was silence all around.

Gao Chang, who was standing alone in the rain, was a little sore with his hands raised at the moment, and his expression was cloudy and uncertain when he was buried under his official robe.

The dense rain kept beating on Gao Chang's body, making a crackling sound, and the gorgeous official uniform had already become dull at this moment, clinging to the man's skin.

Seeing that there was not the slightest movement in the car, Gao Chang, who lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and his face showed a sense of impatience, but he was immediately pressed down by him, so he took a deep breath and spoke again, "Gao Chang, the Heavenly Survey Division, I have seen His Highness!" ”

A low, loud voice pierced through the densely falling rain and soaked into the white chariot.

After a brief silence, the curtain of the white chariot was slowly lifted by a hand.

Then, an inaudible sound of joy and sorrow came out along with the falling raindrops.

"I didn't want to catch up with the first spring rain of the year, but I caught up with you, but it's hard for you to wait so long in the rain......"

Hearing the response in the chariot, the corners of Gao Chang's mouth standing quietly in the rain curled slightly, and he just wanted to put down his hands, but he thought that he didn't get the permission of His Royal Highness, so he had to endure the soreness, and said with a humble smile, "Your Highness is laughing, Gao Chang hasn't asked His Highness for forgiveness for the crime of blocking the road, how can he afford His Highness's concern......

"The high patrol envoy does not need to be restrained, and now that he has not entered the heavenly capital, the orthodox etiquette will be exempted."

The soft voice reached Gao Chang's ears, and he immediately felt like he had been amnestied, and hurriedly lowered his sore arms, which had already been raised.

Gao Chang, who had been standing in the rain for a long time, gradually straightened his back, and the originally light felt hat became particularly heavy at the moment, like a thousand catties, and he struggled to stand upright, and the rain accumulated on the felt hat fell instantly, and the fat face was covered with water marks.

The rain flowed down the furrow on his forehead into his eyes, and the slightly cold feeling made Gao Chang a little unable to open his eyes, and he wanted to raise his hand to wipe it, but found a pinprick numbness in his arm, and in desperation, he could only blink vigorously and force the rain in his eyes out of his sockets.

The line of sight gradually began to clear, and Gao Chang finally saw clearly the owner of the hand that lifted the curtain through the falling rain curtain.

The black clothes are like ink, the sword eyebrows are like willows, the narrow and deep eyes have a trace of gentleness and elegance, the black hair is tied with a silver ribbon at will, there is no crown or hairpin, and a few strands of hair on the forehead are blown away by the wind, and the silver ribbon is intertwined and flying, which looks quite light.

The man was born very good-looking, with a hint of feminine beauty, but on this extremely good-looking face, it was covered with a sickly paleness.

Gao Chang was the first time he had seen this second highness of the Heavenly Capital.

It is rumored that the second prince of the Tang Kingdom is an ordinary person who can't practice, and when he first heard this kind of "gossip", Gao Chang scoffed at it.

Because he didn't think that the heir who was the master of this imperial city was an ordinary person who couldn't practice.

As one of the future successors of the Tang Kingdom, where can he go in these thirteen states, what resources he wants, how can he be an ordinary person who can't practice?!

Even he, a "waste" who is drunk all day long, is a cultivator of the Three Realms, and he doesn't believe that the current Second Highness will be an even more "waste" person than him.

But now he believed.

Because he didn't feel the slightest trace of starlight on this young Second Highness, coupled with his almost pale and sickly face, Gao Chang couldn't help but believe that everything in front of him was real.

He originally thought that His Royal Highness was an inconspicuous master who turned a deaf ear to the gossip of the outside world.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

The man's heart that wanted to cling to it was a little loose at the moment.

Tiandu seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, if you stand on the wrong team at this time, the future road will be buried by your own hands.

"High Patrol Envoy?!"

Hearing the man's call, Gao Chang in a stunned state of mind relaxed.

"Waiting here today, but what's the matter?!"

Gao Chang looked at the man's slightly frowning brows, and the words that had just reached his mouth were swallowed by him again, and then brought a sneer, "Today it happened to be the turn of the lowly duty to inspect, and when I saw His Highness's chariot coming from outside the city, the lowly duty specially came over to greet His Highness, besides...... Nothing else. ”

Zuoqiu, who was sitting under the stable, heard the man's words and let out a sneer from his throat.

Seeing Zuoqiu's disdain, Gao Chang's rain-soaked back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to make extra moves, he would lose too much, and under the dilemma, he could only be embarrassed in the rain.

"If it's okay, then the high patrol envoy will go back, don't catch a cold...... The tranquility of the heavenly capital still needs a lot of attention from the high inspectors. ”

Looking at the pale man's mouth with a smile, Gao Chang only felt a little shuddered, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Gao Chang will definitely live up to His Highness's instructions!" ”

Li Xiuyuan looked at the man who bowed his head and promised, nodded with a smile on his face, and then put down the hand that lifted the curtain.

Under the curtain of the car, the smile on his face faded instantly, and Li Xiuyuan's flat voice sounded.

"Zuoqiu, let's go......"