Chapter 16: Empire!
"Drive!" a leader whipped the horses beneath him.
A cavalry of several hundred men escorted several carriages towards the imperial capital of the "Sundust" Empire.
"Ahh The first time I tried riding in a carriage, it was comfortable. Zhang Qi lay on a bed, leaning on the soft quilt, trying to make himself as comfortable as possible. The carriage was wobbly, not bumpy. Zhang Qi was so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep.
It's just that......
"Ahh
"Please pay attention to the image! There's a beautiful woman here, don't stick your stinky feet in front of us. Meimei said, and the reward seemed to kiss the "black cat".
"You still dislike me? Who is the dead face who insists on sharing a carriage with me? If you dislike me, don't follow me in a carriage. Zhang Qi was speechless.
"Blackie doesn't like to be around outsiders. Besides, there were a lot of maids in the carriage, and they were not very clean. Meimei said, also enjoying the feeling of being a carriage.
This is half a month after being out of danger. After that day, Xiao Hei killed the leader of the men in black, and after that, he was not attacked again until noon the next day on the frontier of the empire. After reporting to the supreme commander here, the general did not dare to slack off, and immediately led a group of officials to welcome the arrival of the princess with the highest ceremony.
After four days of cultivation there, the communication beast brought back the message of the empire. The letter not only stated that the assassination had been understood and dealt with, but also asked everyone to leave for the imperial capital immediately to meet the emperor of the empire.
This is the fourth day of driving. It will take two days to reach the Empire. In the past half a month, Zhang Qi and the cat have had many conflicts. But Zhang Qi couldn't help it. The cat seemed to be measured, and it never let Zhang Qi see blood. It's just that I feel disgusted with Zhang Qi from time to time. This made Zhang Qi a little afraid of this smart cat.
Looking at Meimei holding the cat, both of them were lying lazily on the bed, Meimei's devil-like figure, and her little feet as white as jade were dangling in front of Zhang Qi. Meimei was still wearing that battle-like tights, wrapping the upturned little buttocks, and Zhang Qi was upset when she saw it.
He shook his head, dispelled the thoughts in his head, and muttered, "Damn! Is this a little fool when I was a kid? I have to marry her off quickly." β
Meimei didn't know what Zhang Qi was thinking, she knew that Zhang Qi was looking at him. Zhang Qi's shaking of his head was seen by Meimei. It's sweet in my heart. However, if she knows Zhang Qi's true thoughts, it is estimated that this will be a tragic story for Zhang Qi.
At night, Zhang Qi noticed something strange in his sleep. When I woke up, I saw that Meimei's feet were on Zhang Qi's face. Zhang Qi had no choice but to get up and cover the quilt for her to prevent the spring from leaking. The cat opened its glowing blue eyes. It could see his movements. Zhang Qi put his index finger to his mouth and shh But I thought of my parents. I don't know what happened to them.
Nothing to say all night......
A group of men and horses traveled for two days, and finally arrived at the imperial capital at noon.
"Wow!!" Zhang Qi and Meimei looked at the magnificent imperial capital and let out an exclamation. It was a fortress.
The entire city wall is thirty meters high, densely packed with flags, and full of patrolling soldiers. The gate is also nearly fifteen meters high, with a double door and a width of twenty meters. Two hundred meters ahead, there is another moat nearly fifty meters wide. There were also many soldiers on the moat who were patrolling the lifting iron plate. This iron plate is used to cross the moat.
It is said that there are seven such gates, which are distributed in different directions. Relying on the tribes of the imperial capital, there are also many villages.
Zhang Qi and Meimei looked at the wide avenue with many people coming and going, and it was very lively. Zhang Qi's team of men and horses took the official road, and rushed towards the imperial capital without slowing down at all. Pedestrians on the road watched the rush of officers and soldiers.
Zhang Qi and Meimei soon lost interest. Because it is an official road, there are very few pedestrians when you enter it, and you deviate from the downtown area, that is, there are many people that soldiers can only see when patrolling from time to time.
The carriage soon drove straight into the palace. Zhang Qi and Meimei were separated, walked to another area, and under the leadership of the people inside, they got out of the carriage.
Zhang Qi and the others looked at the magnificent building, and they had a surging feeling in their hearts. That kind of atmospheric feeling has broadened the horizons of Zhang Qimei and Meimei. After that, they were led into the room, washed up, and waited to be summoned.
Zhang Qi quickly took a shower and changed into a new set of clothes that he had prepared. Zhang Qi felt that his whole person was much more energetic. He sat directly in his chair, feeling a little hungry. Because Zhang Qi saw fruits, desserts. Looking at those fruit desserts, Zhang Qi swallowed his saliva. Then I looked around, and there were indeed two maids guarding the door. However, you should be fine if you eat something!!
Zhang Qi thought and slowly reached out to pick up a dessert......
"Meow!"
The sudden cat meow made Zhang Qi tremble, and the dessert fell back on the plate. The black cat ran to the table at some point and looked at Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi came back to his senses and raised his middle finger at the cat, signaling his attitude towards it. The cat was drenched, as if it had just taken a bath.
After despising it, Zhang Qi stretched out his hand to the dessert again. Just as soon as he picked it up, the cat began to shake off the water from his body. The small water droplets flew in all directions, and many of them were thrown on Zhang Qi's face, and of course, the dessert did not escape the invasion of the small water droplets.
Zhang Qi was furious, and when he was about to vent his emotions to the cat, Meimei came out at this time.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Meimei came out with her cloak and walked towards Zhang Qi. She also put on new clothes. When the hair is wet, it looks more delicate. It gives a feeling of stunning. It's really a picture of a beautiful woman taking a bath.
Zhang Qi was just stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and sat down stupidly: "It's nothing!" I didn't eat the dim sum either, but this shot made the two maids outside the door see the situation here. Zhang Qi didn't mean to worry about cats anymore.
Meimei also sat on the chair next to her: "I wonder when we will be summoned?"
"I don't know, just wait. As soon as we come, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know how many things we have to deal with, and maybe we won't see each other. Zhang Qi said casually.
Zhang Qi didn't expect that he would be right when he said it casually. After waiting for two hours, Zhang Qi was bored and almost fell asleep, Meimei was still teasing the cat, and the general walked in. Zhang Qi hurriedly got up.
"General, what's the matter, does His Majesty the Emperor want to see us?" asked Zhang Qi.
"I can't see it. His Majesty the Emperor, when he heard of this, was also furious, and sent an envoy to deliver the message to our country. Then there may be war. Fortunately, we sent the princess back safely, and if it was a day or two later, our country would be at war with the "Sundust" Empire. Now that I'm about to go back to the Empire, what are you going to do?" the general said his intentions.
"Ahh
"I'll leave tomorrow. There is no way to wait any longer, and there may be a war at any time. The general said.
"What about our tribe?"
"I'll find someone to follow you. When are you leaving?" asked the general.
"Let's spend two days. If you go back to your home country, we won't be able to follow you. Zhang Qi said.
"Well, I have two identity tokens here, which are the token given to you by His Majesty the Emperor of the "Sundust" Empire and the token of our country. With this token, you can move around the empire without anyone stopping you. If you go, the man I'm looking for will lead you to our empire. When I return to China, I will also ask His Majesty the Emperor to give your people a piece of territory to survive. The general said, took out two tokens and handed them to Zhang Qi.
"Thank you, General. Zhang Qi took the token and looked at it, the token was not very heavy, it was made of pure gold, and the words on it, Zhang Qi didn't see it very clearly. But I didn't look closely, and I put it in my arms.
At this moment, there was a movement outside, and it turned out to be the princess. Next to her is her fiancΓ©, the crown prince of the empire. Ten ** years old, with a delicate face, wearing the clothes of the imperial family, but also a little personable.
It's just that as soon as he came in and saw Meimei, his eyes were a little unable to take his eyes off. Mimi noticed his gaze, but didn't look at him. Everyone looked at the princess.
"Thank you for one last time for taking care of you all the way. It's all thanks to the two of you that I survived. The princess bowed deeply to Zhang Qi and the others.
Zhang Qi hurriedly helped the princess up: "The princess is polite." Helping you is also for our tribe, the princess doesn't need to be like this. The general talked to us. So we have to leave now, and please take care of the princess. β
"Then the concubine wishes you and your tribe peace and prosperity. The princess looked at Zhang Qi and thought of the sacrifices they had made for herself, except that she would not shed any more tears.
"Thank you, Princess Jiyan!" Zhang Qi said, bowed to the princess and the prince, and walked out.
Meimei followed, and the prince's eyes did not affect her in the slightest. The three of them walked out of the palace gates.
After coming out, the general led Zhang Qi and the others to a small courtyard, and he knocked on the door. Then someone came out and opened the door, and the general took out a token from his bosom and showed it to the man, and several of them were invited into the hall.
Not long after Zhang Qi and the three of them sat down, a forty-year-old man who looked like a rich man walked in, and he waved his hand to disperse the people around him. When the doors and windows of the hall were closed, the man knelt down on one knee at the general.
"Subordinates, see generals. β
"Well, get up. I have something to explain today. β
"What does the general command?"
"I need you to find a henchman to follow these two for a few days, and when they are done, let that person take them back to our empire. β
"It's the general, and the subordinates will do it. β
After saying that, he found a thin man of thirty years old, explained him some things, and the four of them walked out of the courtyard.
"That Zhang Qi, Miss Meimei, I'll take my leave first. I am waiting for you in my country. After the general finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Zhang Qi to answer.
Zhang Qi watched the general's figure disappear, turned his head and asked the man, "What's your name?"
"My name is Xi Ren, and Young Master Zhang Qi can call me Xiaoren. Xi Ren was dressed in the clothes of his subordinates, and when he heard Zhang Qi ask him, he hurriedly replied.
"Poof!" Meimei couldn't hold back and laughed. "Little man"?
"Eh, then I'll call you Brother Xi, Brother Xi, are you familiar with this imperial capital?" Zhang Qi also couldn't help laughing and said.
"Familiar! Familiar! I don't know where Young Master Zhang Qi wants to go?"
"Meimei, where do you want to go?" Zhang Qi asked, turning his head.
"Well, let's go to the best academy in this empire first, Brother Xi, do you know where the best "Awakened" academy here is?" the younger sister thought for a moment and asked.
"Yes, yes, then I'll go ahead and lead you to the academy. Xi Ren turned around and walked in the direction of the academy. Zhang Qi and the others followed him.
It's a busy city, and there are a lot of people, whether it's buying or selling things. Bustling and shouting, shouting and shouting. Zhang Qi looked at the various shops around him and was full of eyes.
Suddenly, Zhang Qi was hit by a person behind him and threw himself forward, but fortunately, Meimei held him in time and survived the fall.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"
Zhang Qi looked back and saw that it was a man named Hanako. He was dressed in tattered clothes, with long hair, which covered his face. Holding an object in his arms, quite long. But wrapped in a black cloth, Zhang Qi didn't know what it was.
"Alright, just be careful, you can go. Zhang Qi didn't suffer any harm, and he didn't want to embarrass others, so he waved him away.
"Thank you! Thank you!" This made Hanako seem to be afraid that Zhang Qi would regret it, and after speaking, she turned around and ran away.
This made Hanako bow and apologize all the time, and Zhang Qi didn't see his face clearly. I just think he feels so strange about himself. He seems to have a kind of incomprehensible temperament. Zhang Qi shook his head and dispelled his thoughts.
Damn, he doesn't have any temperament on him, how can he have it. Zhang Qi didn't think much about it anymore and continued to walk forward.
After walking a few steps, Zhang Qi suddenly felt that something was wrong! Reach out and touch it back, oops!!
"It's broken! The sword is lost! That's the thief!!"