"Xiahou. Green? ”

When he heard this name, Xu Lan's eyelids jumped.

"The surname Xiahou is the surname of the Great Chu royal family?"

Xu Lan suddenly asked,

This question made Sun Hongying on the side quite surprised, as long as the people of the Great Chu Dynasty basically knew that [Xiahou] was the surname of the royal family, right?

"Well, yes."

Although Wang Fusheng was surprised, he didn't think much about it, nodded and said: "Only people in the royal family will take Xiahou as their surname. ”

Hearing this, Xu Lan fell silent,

It seems that his previous guess was not wrong.

Whether Xiahou Changyuan is a master or not remains to be discussed, but his identity is indeed not ordinary.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Hongying glanced at Xu Lan, thinking that he had thought of something.

"Not really."

Xu Lan shook his head and didn't explain too much, and then asked, "I want to see the Nine Princes, is it okay?" ”

The Nine Princes are the owners of this shipment,

If he can tell some news, maybe he can deduce it himself.

"I'm afraid not."

Wang Fusheng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the eyes of that Ninth Prince, our Chamber of Commerce is just ants."

The Wang family may have some influence in Qingzhou,

But this is Kyoto,

And the other party is still a member of the royal family,

Not to mention wanting to meet, I'm afraid it's hard to see the housekeeper in the palace.

"Since this batch of goods was not delivered to Kyoto on time, what is the attitude of the Nine Princes?"

At this time, Xu Lan realized that something was wrong,

The Wang family said that this batch of goods was quite valuable, but now that the goods have not arrived in Kyoto on time, the Nine Princes have not said anything?

"The first time we knew about this matter, we contacted the Nine Princes, but we had a closed door."

Wang Fusheng shook his head and said, "We waited all day and didn't see the Ninth Prince, and then the next day, the housekeeper of the palace sent someone over to negotiate compensation. ”

"Okay, there's one more thing to worry about the king's shopkeeper."

Xu Lan frowned slightly but did not show it, but hugged his fist at Wang Fusheng and said: "I need a transportation route map of the goods, I don't know if I can provide it?" ”

"This"

Wang Fusheng fell into hesitation,

The road map for the transportation of goods is an extremely important secret for every chamber of commerce.

After much thought,

Wang Fusheng still took out this roadmap and handed it to Xu Lan,

And Xu Lan also left here with Sun Hongying after getting what he wanted.

The two walked side by side on the streets of Kyoto, and I have to say that this place is much more prosperous than Qingzhou.

"There were some problems with that shipment."

Sun Hongying opened her mouth and said: "If it were me, the extremely important goods would be lost, and I would definitely not give up." ”

"Hmm."

Xu Lan nodded and said with a smile: "But now we have no way to meet the Nine Princes, let alone know what that batch of goods is." ”

"Can we trace back to the source of this batch?"

Sun Hongying had a whim, but Xu Lan immediately denied this possibility.

"The Wang family once said that this batch of goods was transferred from other countries through many chambers of commerce, and finally they were responsible for transporting them into Beijing."

Xu Lan said slowly: "In this case, trying to trace the source is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

"That's just as well."

Sun Hongying said helplessly: "If the other party is an ordinary rich businessman, maybe there is an easier way."

If you change to an ordinary person,

Sun Hongying felt that it was not difficult to sneak into the other party's mansion to search quietly with her and Xu Lan's skills.

But the other party is the Nine Princes,

Aside from everything else, it may be difficult to reach the sky just by trying to sneak into the prince's mansion.

Unless he is already a Five Realm cultivator at this time, there may still be a glimmer of possibility.

"Yes, it's difficult, it's hard here."

Xu Lan sighed slightly,

But the next second, when he looked up, he saw two familiar figures, and suddenly smiled slightly: "But. It's not impossible. ”

"Huh?"

Sun Hongying's face was questioned,

But then she raised her head and looked at Xu Lan's gaze,

I also saw the pair of masters and apprentices I met in front of Tingyuxuan before.

"This"

Sun Hongying said suspiciously: "It's a bit too much of a coincidence, right?" ”

"Well, maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's not."

Many thoughts flashed in Xu Lan's heart, and then he also smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter. ”

"Hello."

Xiahou Changyuan also saw Xu Lan, and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"It seems that we do have a lot of fate between us."

Xu Lan smiled: "Right? Mr. Xiahou. ”

Especially when he said the word [Xiahou], his voice was slightly heavier, which made Sun Hongying's face change slightly.

This white-haired man's surname is Xiahou? Isn't that true?

"Sure enough, heaven is not as good as people."

Xiahou Changyuan flicked the forehead of the stupid apprentice next to him and said, "When I first accepted you as an apprentice, why did I forget to take a different name." ”

"What does it have to do with me?"

The girl blinked her big eyes and showed a dissatisfied look, why did she have to be beaten?

"That's it, I can't put it anymore."

Xiahou Changyuan's eyes fell on Xu Lan's body, and said with a smile: "Childe, why don't you talk in another place?" ”

Originally, he also wanted to pretend to be a master in front of Xu Lan,

But I never imagined that some inconsequential details ten years ago would ruin today's situation.

"Naturally."

Xu Lan's heart moved slightly,

It seems that he has guessed eight or nine times, and this Xiahou Changyuan in front of him is indeed a member of the royal family.

Then the group of four people returned to listen to Yuxuan again,

In the private room, the guy brought a few jugs of wine and some snacks and then withdrew.

"Mr. Xiahou, you should be from the royal family, right?"

Xu Lan said calmly: "Although I was surprised by Mr.'s identity, it can be regarded as a solution to the doubts in my heart. ”

"Royalty?"

Xiahou Changyuan showed a playful smile and said, "In a sense, it can indeed be said that way. ”

Sun Hongying: ???

This charlatan, who looks like the kind of swaggering and deceiving, is actually a member of the royal family?!

"Well, I'll just take it as such."

Xu Lan didn't want to go around with Xiahou Changyuan here,

Instead, he continued to ask: "Three times and two encounters, all this should also be in the calculation of the gentleman, right?" ”

"No, strictly speaking, it should be once."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head and said, "It was indeed a coincidence just now. ”

"Okay."

Xu Lan nodded, and then went straight to the point: "I want to ask Mr. to do me a favor, I don't know what price I need to pay?" ”

"The price?"

Xiahou Changyuan smiled: "Maybe I will help you unconditionally." ”

"Everything has a price, this sentence is said by the gentleman."

Xu Lan said disapprehantly: "If Mr. is willing to help unconditionally, it can only mean that Mr.'s plan is beyond my imagination." ”

Xiahou Changyuan had already said this sentence when they first met.

Although he had a wisp of imperial luck, he was not confident enough to let Xiahou Changyuan help him unconditionally.

"Okay, let's talk about what you want me to help you with."

Xiahou Changyuan was not too surprised by this, and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't like to deal with smart people very much, because it will be a lot less fun." ”

"I want to meet the Nine Princes."

Xu Lan didn't care about Xiahou Changyuan's praise of himself, but directly put forward his own requirements.

This may be difficult for others.

But for Xiahou Changyuan in front of him, it shouldn't be too difficult.

"Yes, that's not a problem."

After thinking for a moment, Xiahou Changyuan nodded: "It's just that this process may not be the same as you imagined." ”

"I only care about the outcome."

Xu Lan shook his head and said, "As for the process, I don't care. ”

"Tonight in the middle of the night."

Xiahou Changyuan said a time, and then added, "I can let you see that Nine Princes. ”

"Okay."

Xu Lan paused slightly, and then said, "Then what price do I need to pay for this?" ”

"That wisp of imperial luck in you."

This has come to this,

Xiahou Changyuan no longer pretended to be a master in the world, but directly went straight to the point and put forward his own conditions.

"You're not kidding, sir, are you?"

Xu Lan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said calmly: "That wisp of imperial luck has entered my body, unless I die, others will not be able to get it." ”

Xiahou Changyuan wants that wisp of imperial luck, which is equivalent to asking for his own life.

"You misunderstood me."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled lightly: "It's normal that you are not a royal family, and your bloodline is not clear, do you remember who established the Great Chu Dynasty?" ”

Xu Lan:.

Silence, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

"You don't know, do you?"

Xiahou Changyuan showed a puzzled look on his face, as a citizen of the Great Chu Dynasty, he didn't know these things?

"To be honest, I really don't know."

Xu Lan paused slightly, and then replied truthfully: "I may have seen his name in the history books, but I can't remember it for a while." ”

A name from a thousand years ago, most of which only appear in history books.

And the fusion of the fragments of the memories of the two lives will make him forget some trivial things after all.

"Okay, okay."

Xiahou Changyuan was quite speechless, but he didn't continue to dwell on it, and continued to speak: "The so-called imperial luck is actually his cultivation. ”

"This"

Hearing this, Xu Lan and Sun Hongying both showed stunned looks, obviously a little incredulous about the news.

But the next moment, Xiahou Changyuan said another royal secret, which was the real bombshell!

"After the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty, for some reason, none of the descendants of that bloodline were able to cultivate."

Xiahou Changyuan said in a deep voice: "No one can set foot in cultivation, whether it is a direct or a side lineage, and even now, after a thousand years, this problem has not been solved. ”

Can't practice with royal blood?

This secret is like a thunderbolt from the blue, and no one believes it at all.

By the way, no wonder he couldn't sense any true qi fluctuations in Xiahou Changyuan's body.

That's why!

"Isn't that right?"

At this time, Xu Lan came back to his senses from the shock, frowned and said: "I remember that it is rumored that the eldest princess of the current prison country personally took command of the expedition to quell the war a few years ago, and once took the enemy's head among thousands of troops. ”

If what Xiahou Changyuan said is not wrong, then it means that the eldest princess is not of royal blood.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled indifferently: "The problem of the imperial bloodline being unable to cultivate cannot be solved, so the day of the collapse of the imperial dynasty is not far away." ”

"It took him decades to come up with a way that seemed like the best of both worlds."

"What does it have to do with this dynasty's luck?"

"That's right, that one condensed nine hundred and ninety-nine imperial fortunes at the cost of one-body cultivation, of which nine hundred were hidden in the ancestral temple in the imperial mausoleum in Kyoto."

"Every fifty years, the royal family can send people into the ancestral temple of the imperial tomb, and those who get a wisp of luck can set foot in the seven realms in one night."

"The so-called eldest princess should have gotten a wisp of luck in the Imperial Tomb Ancestral Temple, and it is natural for her to become a powerhouse of the Seven Realms and go into battle to kill the enemy."

Hearing this, Xu Lan and Sun Hongying looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"Of course, everything has a price."

Xiahou Changyuan continued: "If you want to get this kind of power, you also need to pay a great price. ”

"At what cost?"

Xu Lan frowned,

He had something he couldn't understand, since those who had obtained the fortune of the dynasty could enter the Seven Realms overnight, why wasn't he like this?

"Although those who have obtained luck have the combat power of the Seven Realms, their lifespan is no different from that of ordinary people, and they will not even be able to set foot in the Eight Realms until they die."

Xiahou Changyuan said indifferently: "If it were you, would you like to?" ”

"Naturally, I don't want to."

Xu Lan was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "But most people, especially those in the royal family who can't cultivate, should be a temptation that can't be refused. ”

"Naturally, no one can refuse."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled lightly: "And in addition, that one also left another backhand." ”

"Is it the other ninety-nine imperial luck?"

"That's right."

Xiahou Changyuan continued: "The other ninety-nine Qi Fortunes are scattered all over the territory of Great Chu to form a formation. ”

"Formation."

Xu Lan's heart moved slightly,

At this time, he remembered that when he was chatting with Chen Ci, she had said that the Seven Realms could walk sideways in the Great Chu Dynasty.

Now from Xiahou Changyuan's mouth, he learned that the royal family could enter the Seven Realms overnight with a wisp of luck, what is the connection between this?

"The function of the existence of the formation is to suppress the cultivators above the Eight Realms."

Xiahou Changyuan said in a deep voice: "All cultivators above the Eight Realms can only exert the strength of the Seven Realms when they enter the Great Chu Territory, so that they can avoid foreign cultivators from shaking the rule of the imperial family. ”

Xu Lan:.

Now he understood why the Seven Realms could walk sideways in the Great Chu Dynasty.

The powerhouses of the Eight Realms can only exert the strength of the Seven Realms when they come to the territory of Great Chu, and the cultivators of the Seven Realms cannot break through to the Eight Realms in the territory of Great Chu.

In this case, isn't it invincible in the Seven Realms?

And the most powerful thing about the royal family is that every fifty years there must be a powerhouse of the Seven Realms.

As long as you don't leave the Great Chu Kingdom, the Seven Realms are the top combat power.

"Is it really worth it?"

After a while, Xu Lan said slowly: "One life for ten thousand immortal dynasties."

Although he didn't know how strong the person who established the Great Chu Dynasty was, he was probably no less than the so-called immortals who could possess such means.

However, such an existence comparable to an immortal,

But he would rather disperse his own cultivation and condense the fortune of the dynasty, in order to create an immortal dynasty.

"Maybe it's worth it."

Xiahou Changyuan also narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had fallen into a long memory.

I don't know how long it took for Xiahou Changyuan to come back to his senses and smile: "I'm sorry, it's easy to remember some things from the past when I'm older." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Xu Lan didn't mind,

I had some guesses about Xiahou Changyuan's identity in my heart.

can know such a core royal secret, I'm afraid his identity will not be an ordinary royal family.

"There's something I don't understand."

At this time, Sun Hongying, who was next to her, frowned and asked: "According to this statement, it is probably only people with imperial bloodline who can be recognized by the imperial luck, but Xu Lan has nothing to do with the imperial family, and he has not entered the Seven Realms overnight." ”

She has the most say about Xu Lan's life experience, and she has carefully investigated Xu Lan's background at the beginning.

Born and raised in Qingzhou, it is impossible for the so-called royal blood.

"That's what I don't understand."

Xiahou Changyuan slowly opened his mouth to express his doubts, and said, "I have my own means to distinguish that you are not of royal blood, but I can't understand why you can get that wisp of imperial luck. ”

"Wait, you mean that you can't get royal luck if you don't belong to the royal family?"

Xu Lan's face became extremely exciting,

According to what he said, why did Qin Changhe, one of the Holy Sons of the Demon Sect, desperately seek the luck of the dynasty?

"It's true that it can't, but there are some exceptions."

Xiahou Changyuan nodded and continued: "For example, there are means comparable to those of immortals, so that they can completely refine the imperial qi luck for their own use. ”

Xu Lan:.

It wasn't until now that he realized that he had walked around the ghost gate at that time.

"Probably. Good luck. ”

Xiahou Changyuan:.

Luck?

"Well, there's no rush on this matter."

Xiahou Changyuan waved his hand and said, "After a while, I may need you to help me do something to verify some of my conjectures." ”

"Okay."

Xu Lan did not refuse this request, after all, this was the condition of his deal with Xiahou Changyuan.

"But I still have one thing I don't understand, I wonder if Mr. can help me solve my doubts?"

Xu Lan opened his mouth again and asked, "Is it true about my father's life and death?" ”

According to his original conjecture,

Xiahou Changyuan in front of him should be a cultivator who has mastered some secret techniques.

Although they couldn't detect the true qi in their bodies, most of them had some secret techniques that could conceal their cultivation.

But after the conversation just now, he could be sure that Xiahou Changyuan in front of him was a member of the royal family.

And people in the royal family are inherently destined to become cultivators.

The question is, if you are not a practitioner, how can you master the secret art of fortune-telling for others?

Unless Xiahou Changyuan deceived himself at the beginning, but he felt that this possibility was not high.

Because he has a plan for himself, and it does him no good to deceive himself.

Or is he not from the royal family?

But in this case, how did Xiahou Changyuan know such a core royal secret?

"Nature is true."

Xiahou Changyuan laughed and said, "I don't have the point of lying to you about this matter, as for how I calculated it, you will know in the future." ”

Xu Lan: .......

For a moment, speechless.

"If I had asked where he was, you would have been able to figure it out?"

Xu Lan was silent for a few seconds and asked,

"Well, naturally."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head and said calmly: "But the world is like this, some things are missed. ”

"What if I ask now?"

Xu Lan stared at Xiahou Changyuan tightly,

If he can figure it out, then he will naturally be able to find his father directly in one step.

"It's late."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head and said, "Everyone's fate is like an ever-extending line, and sometimes it is indeed possible to deduce and see his past, present, and even the future. ”

"But there are also some people's fate that cannot be deduced by others due to certain reasons and certain things, and in the same way, when a person's fate is intertwined with another fate that cannot be deduced, then his fate will also become irreducible."

"A man whose fate cannot be deduced."

Xu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Is that me, or you?"

Although Xiahou Changyuan said it was very complicated, Xu Lan could roughly understand some of the meaning after a little thought.

At the beginning, he had not reached a deal with Xiahou Changyuan, so his father's fate was still in a state that could be deduced.

But after he reached a deal with Xiahou Changyuan, his father's fate was implicated because of himself, and it became an indeducible state.

It's just that he didn't figure it out,

This indeducible person, does he refer to Xu Lan or Xiahou Changyuan?

"Well, this one."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Guess? ”

Xu Lan:.

"Well, I don't like to guess."

And just like that, it soon got dark.

Xiahou Changyuan was not in a hurry to leave immediately, but waited after eating.

It wasn't until midnight that the group of four left Tingyuxuan.

"It's Kyoto, there is no so-called curfew in the middle of the night"

Walking on the road in Kyoto, Sun Hongying was surprised,

It's the middle of the night, but there are still plenty of brightly lit places in Kyoto.

"No matter how you say it, it's the capital of a country."

Xiahou Changyuan said with a smile: "It is reasonable to be prosperous. ”

"Sir, where are you going?"

As he walked, Xu Lan found that he was getting farther and farther away from the center of the capital.

You must know that most of the royal family members live in the area far from the center of the capital, and if they continue to go on, they will have to go out of the city.

"No hurry, it's almost there."

Xiahou Changyuan didn't explain too much,

Later, the group came to a long-abandoned castle god temple near the west of Kyoto.

"Can you see the Nine Princes here?"

Sun Hongying's face is full of black lines,

Appearing in the City God Temple in the middle of the night and being deserted here for I don't know how long, standing here can have a cool feeling.

"Absolutely."

Xiahou Changyuan said with a smile: "With our current status, we can't go directly to the palace, so we have to find another way." ”

"You are a member of the royal family, it should be easy to meet the Ninth Prince, right?"

Sun Hongying's face was full of doubts,

"No, for some reason I don't want them to know I'm back."

Xiahou Changyuan didn't answer this question, but continued: "There is a passage under the ground here that can go directly to any place in Kyoto, and we can go to the mansion of the Ninth Prince through here. ”

Xu Lan: ......

(End of chapter)