According to legend, a long time ago, the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty came from the seaside. Therefore, during the reign of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the architecture here was dominated by the coastal city style, but because of the geographical location and climatic factors here, this seaside style was only external, and in fact, the inside of the building was still the foundation of land architecture.

When he arrived in the Northern Qi Dynasty, in fact, there was basically no change from the Northern Wei Dynasty, except that the emperor changed, the name of the country changed, and everything else remained the same. Even the Northern Qi Dynasty continued the system of Emperor Wen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. And on this basis, it will be further developed.

Today's Gao family of the Northern Qi royal family may know that the throne is not easy to come by, or maybe the hard spirit experienced by the predecessors is still continuing, or it may be a lesson from the Northern Wei royal family.

Not to mention that they are all Ming Jun, they are all good emperors who do not toss.

For the people, as long as they live happily, it is the best.

Along the way, Xiao Che, Huo Qing and Zhou Xiaodie got along quite happily. Huo Qing's extensive knowledge, active thinking, and unique insights have given Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie a lot of inspiration to his views on many things.

If you don't know the details of the three people, others will definitely think that they are real grandchildren.

It can be seen how harmonious the three of them get along.

Along the way, they did not take deserted paths, but walked through the bustling urban agglomeration.

On this day they came to a place called the City of Water. It is located in the southwest of the Northern Qi Empire, at an extremely high altitude and dangerous terrain. However, it is here that stands a giant city, Water City.

Although the city is called the Water City, there is only one water flow here, and there is no water source other than that.

Qi Shui passes through the water city, and what is even more strange is that when Qi Shui passes through the water city, it is not the river that is commonly seen meandering on the ground, but flows on the highest mountain peak of the water city, if you look at it from a distance, it seems to flow in the sky. No one knows why this strange landscape is there.

However, there has never been a flood in Qishui for so many years, not only that, but it has nourished this water city. I don't know when it has been inhabited by many people, and it is now a large city with a population of more than 100 million. Shuicheng is the second largest city in Northern Qi and the largest city in southern Northern Qi. Second only to the national capital Qikang.

Shuicheng is very different from other places in Northern Qi in terms of food culture and customs. Coupled with the geographical location, all of them are mountains and mountains, and it looks like a country within a country.

Some people suspect that the city of water was a city created by God. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so much special. However, this claim is not reliable, and only exists in folklore.

With the cultivation of the three of them, these mountains and mountains are naturally nothing, and taking this place is also the closest route. Of course, another reason is that Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie are curious about this.

Huo Qing was not in a hurry to leave, and let the two of them go.

The costumes of the water city are very peculiar, the men here wear colorful turbans or hats on their heads, and the women wear long dresses full of colorful bells. He also wears a lot of delicate decorations on his body, and he looks good when he walks.

Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie were immediately attracted by the customs here. People like Zhou Xiaodie, who don't like fancy clothes, buy many beautiful outfits.

said that it was to follow the customs of the locals, Xiao Che also dressed up as a Shuicheng person, and he also found it very interesting.

The people of Shuicheng are quite hospitable, and Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie felt this during dinner. There are many strangers sitting around the campfire, eating the unique barbecue and delicacies of the water city, and the enthusiastic men and women sing the folk songs of the water city and dance the dance of the water city.

Life here is so comfortable.

Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie saw this for the first time. Huo Qing was eating delicious food on the side, as if reminiscing about the days when he was young.

Xiao Che was also pulled by Zhou Xiaodie to dance the dance he had just learned. Martial artists like Xiao Che are very good in terms of physical flexibility and understanding of dance. So it's not hard for them to learn.

Don't look at Xiao Che is the first time to jump, he also dances quite well, and even many girls and boys in Shuicheng applauded. Xiao Che is a thick-skinned person, and he also jokes about interacting with the people around him.

Unknowingly, it has gained a lot of audiences.

The bonfire dance in Watertown lasts until midnight.

Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie naturally didn't play that late, and when someone left, they followed back.

The three of them found an inn in the city. The inn in Shuicheng is quite stylish, with independent small second floors all over the street, their so-called inn can be rented out as a whole, Xiao Che and they rented such a building.

Although the inn is only two floors, the indoor area is quite large, there is a small courtyard downstairs, although it is not big, but it is very warm, the yard is full of flowers and plants, which is pleasing to the eye, relaxed and pleasant.

The inn is made of wood, what kind of wood it is, Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie couldn't understand it, or Huo Qing told them that this kind of wood is called metasequoia mahogany, which is a unique wood in Shuicheng, and can be fireproof, warm in winter and cool in summer, and is the best material for building a house.

After Huo Qing explained, Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie were amazed.

This made the two of them admire Huo Qing even more. A person has not only cultivated martial arts, but also cultivated the art of war to the top level, and even the secular culture and civilizations of various countries are well understood, which is quite difficult.

When Xiao Che and Huo Qing discussed the art of war, Huo Qing's experience made him directly worship Huo Qing as his teacher.

Although Xiao Che already has Qing Xuance, a teacher in martial arts, it does not prevent him from worshipping Huo Qing as a teacher in the art of war. This is non-conflicting.

Huo Qing didn't expect Xiao Che to do such a thing, but he didn't refuse, but accepted Xiao Che's disciple.

Since then, Huo Qing has become Xiao Che's teacher in the art of war.

Xiao Che's original attainments in the art of war were not low, but compared with Huo Qingyi, the gap was huge. To a certain extent, Huo Qing's best skill is not martial arts cultivation, but the art of war, and he was called the "God of War" by the Qingxuan Empire at that time.

This title is not boasted, it has been proven by numerous victories on the battlefield.

In Huo Qing's view, when the two armies fight, knowing oneself and knowing each other is the most important thing. The reason why he knows so much about the culture and folklore of various places is like this. These can be powerful weapons in victory over the enemy in war.

Zhou Xiaodie is not interested in these things, and she has no talent, so naturally she will not listen, but practice on the sidelines.

Huo Qing and Xiao Che didn't avoid her either. After all, when he reached Huo Qing's cultivation realm, he would have been able to teach without class as a teacher. Even if Zhou Xiaodie wasn't his disciple, it wouldn't sound like anything to her. What's more, she is also Xiao Che's lover and her future apprentice daughter-in-law.

This allowed Xiao Che to gain more, not only that, but this knowledge seemed to be able to affect his martial arts cultivation. This surprised Xiao Che a little, but he soon understood why.

In martial arts practice, knowledge is also a very important part, and it can even be said to be an indispensable part. Xiao Che's actual martial arts talent is actually not very good, and he can have such a cultivation today, mainly because of his own diligence and studiousness.

And thanks to his knowledge far beyond his peers, whether it is "Devouring God Decision" or Tu Yu, Xiao Yuan or Qing Xuance, to today's Huo Qing. Xiao Che has learned much more from these people than his peers.

It's just that his martial arts talent is limited to his own martial arts talent that makes him seem to have no cultivation against the sky. However, his wisdom is stronger than that of martial arts. And his combat power is also the strongest in his class.

The most terrifying thing is Xiao Che's growth, which is too amazing. As long as the partner who is surpassed by him will not surpass him again. Now that his cultivation has reached the Honorable Master Realm, he has already walked in front of Zi Wuji and them. caught up with Dongfang Ye and Hua Yuer.

Although there is still a gap between him and Qing Xuan Ling'er and Zhou Xiaodie, Xiao Che believes that as long as he is given enough time, he will definitely be able to catch up with them.

Originally, Xiao Che and the others didn't plan to stay in Shuicheng for long, but the next day, there was a murder case here. And it happened just last night.

For Aqua City, this kind of thing is very rare. In a country with perfect laws and regulations like Northern Qi, this matter will naturally not be easily understood, and an investigation will definitely be launched.

"Hey, have you heard, it wasn't someone else who was destroyed last night, but the brother-in-law of the Water City Lord. Early in the morning, when Xiao Che and the three of them went out for breakfast, they heard a lot of discussions.

Now the city gates have been closed.

"It must be this kid who offended someone. ”

"No, in Shuicheng, except for those big families, who dares to attack him, and he is so ruthless. Besides, I haven't heard of any evil deeds in him, and his reputation in Water City is still good. ”

"I don't know, like this kind of wealthy family, who knows what contradictions there are. ”

"Shhh Look at the city guards coming. ”

Xiao Che and the others are in the food street, eating the special breakfast of Shuicheng, and the waterline is mushy.

The waterline paste is mainly based on the special waterline of Shuicheng, with green vegetables and fresh meat and meat.

The taste can be adjusted according to your preference, and the taste is delicate and rich, and it is the best in the cuisine.

Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie are eating with relish. Huo Qing didn't eat much, and when he cultivated like this, the food was just the icing on the cake for the taste buds. Unless it is spiritual food, which can have a direct effect on his cultivation, other ordinary foods are not very attractive to him.

This is also the reason why the higher the cultivation, the less you will eat the fireworks of the world.

It's not that those who have cultivated to be powerful pretend to be profound, but that everything in the world doesn't have much effect on them.

But the only thing that has an effect is the red dust refining heart. Why is it that the higher the cultivation, the stronger the demons in the heart?

Human nature is curious, there is a strong desire to explore, if it were not for this, the human race would not have risen to the top, let alone have today's status.

The water city is closed, and if they break in, they can get out of the city, but Xiao Che and they obviously don't want to cause this kind of trouble, and it is not necessary. Regardless of the results of the investigation, it is impossible for Watertown to keep its gates closed like this. Otherwise, the city gate will be opened in a few days, and Xiao Che and they will not be short of these few days.

With such a big case happening, coupled with the door-to-door inquiries of the city guards, the streets are obviously much deserted. Unless necessary, it is almost a closed door.

Xiao Che and the others did not hide, but wandered around the street. They didn't mean anything other than to know when they would be able to get out of town.

Apparently their wishes were frustrated. However, when they reached a side street, they saw a scavenger. Such people are found in every city, and they are nothing. The first to discover that this scavenger had a problem was the old man Huo Qing.

Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie didn't notice anything. Huo Qing said that this scavenger has a good cultivation, and he doesn't know why he did this.

This made Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie vigilant. With Huo Qing's cultivation as he said, it must be a master of the Supreme Realm. Although Zhou Xiaodie has also advanced to the Supreme Realm, she has only just entered the Supreme Realm, and she still doesn't know much about this realm.

"This guy is a dignified Supreme Realm fourth-grade. Just as Xiao Che and Zhou Xiaodie were puzzled, Huo Qing said this person's martial arts realm.

This made Xiao Che more interested in it.

As he spoke, the three of them walked up to the scavenger.

"Hey, pick up the rags, here, yes, that's what you called. I only heard Xiao Che yelling at him.

If someone who doesn't know Xiao Che sees it, they will definitely think that it is a gentleman who is bullying the weak.

"What's the matter with this young master?" the scavenger looked at the three of them and couldn't help but be horrified, but he didn't show any signs on the surface.

Based on his cultivation of the fourth rank of the Supreme Realm, he can naturally see that Xiao Che is the junior of the Supreme Master Realm, and Zhou Xiaodie is the first rank of the Supreme Realm. But the old man, he couldn't see the depth.

He wasn't a fool, these two had cultivated to such a point at such a young age, especially Zhou Xiaodie's Supreme Realm cultivation that almost shocked him. He could see that Zhou Xiaodie was not very old, and there were almost no such people in Northern Qi who could not be found, and only the crown prince of the Northern Qi royal family could have such cultivation at such an age. As far as he knew, the crown prince was much older than Zhou Xiaodie, and none of the other princes had the cultivation of Zhou Xiaodie at this age.

It can be seen that the origin of the other party is huge. Besides, he couldn't see Huo Qing's cultivation at all, and with his knowledge, he naturally wouldn't think that this was an ordinary person without cultivation, which could only show that Huo Qing was far stronger than himself.

Besides, he had just done that thing, and when he saw the three of them coming to him, he was still very apprehensive in his heart.

"Pick up the rags, go with the master, the master just wants to clean up a pile of garbage at home, so I'll just cheapen you." Xiao Che deliberately made such a loud noise, and those city guards also shook their heads when they saw it, thinking in their hearts about this son-in-law who didn't know whose family it was.

"Quick, come with us. Seeing that no one noticed, Xiao Che sent a message to the scavenger.

"Thank you, childe. This Supreme Realm Fourth Rank disguised as picking up rags hesitated for a moment, and then decided that Gen Xiao Che and they would leave.

It's not that he trusts Xiao Che and the others, but he knows that if he doesn't go with them and attract the attention of the city guards, it will be a big trouble.

Xiao Che deliberately shouted the same before, he had already guessed something, but he didn't say anything, and he expected that this "scavenger" of the fourth rank of the Supreme Realm would definitely cooperate with him to play this scene.

This person is obviously hiding from the city guards, so naturally he will not be exposed.

Soon, the four of them returned to Xiao Che's residence.

"This senior, you did what happened last night. Xiao Che got straight to the point.

This made this Supreme Realm Fourth Rank also tighten, but the next moment he relaxed. And there is no longer the pickled state before, and the temperament of a strong man has been restored.

However, in the face of Xiao Che and the three of them, he didn't have much confidence, and he could vaguely feel that the old man was putting more pressure on him, giving him a feeling that he would die as long as he made a move.

"Yes, I did it. They deserve to die. This Supreme Realm Fourth-Rank powerhouse directly admitted this matter.

However, Xiao Che and the three of them saw the hatred in this person's eyes.

It seems that there is a secret hidden here.

Soon, this Supreme Realm Fourth-Rank powerhouse told his story.

I was originally the leader of a small tribe named Dongya. When I was young, I fell in love with the most beautiful girl of another tribe, Qiu Ya. At first, we didn't know who we were, but when we found out, we were even happier. She turned out to be the daughter of the leader of another tribe.

Soon we were engaged and chose a good day to get married, and the people of both tribes were happy about it.

When the brother-in-law of the city lord of Shuicheng went to that tribe as a guest, he saw her and was attracted by her beauty, and he was out of control. When I learned that she was engaged, I coerced and enticed her father, the leader of that tribe, to break the contract with me and marry him as a concubine.

The brother-in-law of the city lord of Shuicheng is already a person with a wife, and his wife is the daughter of the king of Wei, you must know that in the Northern Qi Dynasty, there is only one king of Wei, and that is the royal family of the former Northern Wei Dynasty.

At the beginning, the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty was unpopular with the people, the country was in chaos, and the heroes rose together, and the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty was almost killed by the thieves.

Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty's powerful minister Gao Jia led the army to pacify the world and won the recognition of all parties. In the end, when the search for the royal family failed, he ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Northern Qi.

Speaking of the Northern Qi royal family, the Gao clan can be described as benevolent all over the world, even if it became a royal family, or looking for the descendants of the Northern Wei royal family, who knew that nothing was found, and finally found a descendant of the Northern Wei royal family who was removed very early, and named him the king of Wei, passed down from generation to generation.

In other words, as long as the Gao clan of Northern Qi is still the emperor, their clan will always be the king of Wei. This can be regarded as a continuation of the bloodline of the Northern Wei royal family.

This also made the royal Gao family more popular with the people.

The brother-in-law of the lord of Shuicheng City married his wife who was the daughter of King Wei, a princess.

When he saw that Qiu Ya was beautiful, he wanted to take Qiu Ya as a concubine. Qiuya's father didn't dare to offend him, so he asked me to break the marriage. At that time, I was young, so I was naturally unwilling, and after Qiuya learned about it, she quickly escaped from the tribe and came to me.

At that time, I thought that the brother-in-law of the city lord of Shuicheng would not trouble us easily. That bastard let Qiu Ya go on the surface, but no one thought that he would secretly lead a group of peerless masters to slaughter my tribe.

At that time, we didn't expect anyone to attack us, and after the battle, all the tribesmen died, and even Qiu Ya was stabbed to death by the thief in order to help me block the sword, and I was the only one who escaped.

The news of the destruction of our tribe has not come out, presumably it was the city lord of Shuicheng who suppressed the news. Qiuya's father can only suppress hatred in order to keep his people.

At first, I thought he was a coward, seeking revenge on Shuicheng by himself, but I almost lost it here, but Qiuya's father secretly saved me, and later I learned that he had been trying his best to get revenge.

That's when I realized he wasn't the coward I thought he was. So I practiced secretly under his covert and traveled the rivers and lakes, and it has been more than 20 years now, and I was not able to take revenge until yesterday.