Chapter 5: Undercurrents
After all, they are all children's hearts, Liu Xunxiang and Su Zhiling, who were sitting on the scaly rhinoceros, quickly forgot the sadness when they parted with their parents, and looked left and right for a while, or reached out to touch the scales of the scaly rhinoceros.
The scales of the scaly rhinoceros are jet black, each scale armor looks very textured, black and bright, and the tentacles are cold, and the sergeants who followed behind smiled when they saw Du Waner, remembering that when they saw the scaly rhinoceros for the first time, they were also like this, and they couldn't help but sigh.
There is an official road from Yuetian Town to Qinghe City, and the people who come and go on the official road see the scaly rhinoceros beast, and they all lean aside and look at Liu Xunxiang and Su Zhiling on the scaly beast with envy.
In the Liu Mansion, Liu Chongru is still sitting on the main seat of the hall, his face is pale, and now he has to constantly ask people to find some other immortal cultivation sects in the Song Kingdom, hoping to have a way to send Liu Long in, and on the other hand, he has to deal with how to face Su Luo, for the method Liu Long said, Liu Chongru is still a little unbearable in the end, Liu Tiandong and his son are also in the hall, without saying a word, quietly waiting for the opportunity.
On the other side, the scale rhino army came to the gate of Qinghe City, the sky was already a little dim at this time, looking at the city gate built like iron like black stone and the lights behind the city gate, Liu Xunxiang's eyes flashed a trace of yearning, and when he had a chance, he must take his parents to Qinghe City to live.
After entering the city, Liu Xunxiang found that the people of Qinghe City seemed to be accustomed to seeing scaly beasts for a long time, and no one looked at him, Liu Xunxiang was worried that he was acting like a dirt bun who had just entered the city, so he had to secretly glance left and right, fortunately, there was Su Zhiling, who would shout to see this, and shout to see that, and the people on both sides of the street looked at him from time to time.
All the way to Liu Xunxiang and Su Zhiling to the city lord's mansion of Qinghe City, the leader of the scale armor army bowed his hand to an old man who seemed to be the steward of the city lord's mansion at the door and left.
Su Zhiling jumped off the scaly rhinoceros beast and ran to the old man's side, shouting, "Grandpa Xin, Zhiling misses you." β
Liu Xunxiang didn't know who this old man was, although he heard that Su Zhiling had a relative who was a big man in Qinghe City, but no one in Yuetian Town knew who this big man was.
Liu Xunxiang jumped off the ground and looked up, but saw that this old man Xin was also looking at him at this time, and his eyes seemed to be able to see through his inner thoughts.
"Hehe, you must be the little son of the Liu family, right?" said Uncle Xin kindly looking at Liu Xunxiang on the back of the scaly beast.
Su Zhiling also said to Liu Xunxiang: "Little Liuzi, come on, let's eat, we are all starving to death." β
Liu Xunxiang said to the old man: "Boy Liu Xunxiang, I have seen Grandpa Xin. β
The old man surnamed Xin laughed, then stretched out one hand to lead Liu Xunxiang, and the other led Su Zhiling into the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord's Mansion was very large, and he met many guards on the way, and these guards would stop and salute when they saw the old man surnamed Xin.
It seems that this old man has a very high status in this city lord's mansion, Liu Xunxiang secretly thought, guessing that this old man may be the chief housekeeper of the city lord's mansion, that status is really not low, how to say that he is also a celebrity in front of the city lord.
Finally arrived at the hall, Liu Xunxiang saw a tall figure standing outside the hall, and suddenly felt that his eyes were stinging when he stared at his back, so he hurriedly closed his eyes, but he was still stinged with tears slipping down, the old man surnamed Xin saw this, and said with a smile: "The city lord's cultivation is unfathomable, you little doll will stare at it for a long time, and your eyes will be burned." β
At this moment, Liu Xunxiang heard Su Zhiling's shout in his ear: "Uncle!"
Liu Xunxiang heard a stumbling voice: "Damn, what's the situation, this girl is called Uncle City Lord?" hurriedly opened his eyes and looked, and sure enough, the tall figure bowed down and picked up Su Zhiling, and Su Zhiling sat on the arm of the tall figure.
The old man surnamed Xin stepped forward, bowed down and said, "City Lord, Miss and the little son of the Liu family have already been brought, and the old slave has retired first." β
The tall figure nodded, and played with Su Zhiling again: "Girl, do you miss your uncle?"
"Yes. Su Zhiling's head was like a chicken pecking rice.
Liu Xunxiang only understood now, this is really a big man, as one of the eight main cities of the Song Kingdom, the city lord of Qinghe City, his identity itself is one of the princes who sit in a city and can be on one side, but the local emperor who covers the sky with one hand, not to mention that the legend of the city lord of each city is an immortal with boundless mana, if such a person is not a big man, I am afraid that few people in the entire Song Kingdom dare to say that they are big people.
"Little Liuzi, what a daze, come in. I saw that Su Zhiling was already sitting on the table in the hall and shouted at himself.
Liu Xunxiang hurriedly walked in with his head down, and said, "Boy Liu Xunxiang, I don't know if it's the city lord, please forgive me for the rudeness." β
The tall figure next to Su Zhiling smiled and said, "It turns out that your kid kidnapped my family's precious niece?"
"Uncle!" Su Zhiling's face flushed, and he immediately glared at the person beside him.
Liu Xunxiang was embarrassed when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "The city lord is angry, and the kid is afraid, but in fact, it is Miss Su who appreciates the kid and makes the kid have this honor. β
Su Zhiling snorted and laughed: "Little Liuzi, why didn't you find out that you were so good at sycophants before?"
Liu Xunxiang, who was exposed, still said without blushing and without a heartbeat: "The kid is true, don't dare to be false"
The tall figure couldn't help laughing, and said: "I've heard my niece say that you are cunning, and today I have seen it, okay, you don't believe what you say, don't fool around in front of me, come and sit." β
Liu Xunxiang blushed, hurriedly sat down on the seat, raised his eyes and secretly looked, only to see a middle-aged man with a Chinese face looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly lowered his head again.
The man with the Chinese character face smiled heartily: "Boy, don't be restrained in me, a dignified man, don't behave like a woman." β
Since she was a child, Liu Xunxiang has been beautiful, and some old mothers in the family privately say that the little master is more handsome than the girl, so Liu Xunxiang hates others saying that she looks like a girl's family.
Because they had never sat on a scaly rhinoceros beast, Liu Xunxiang and Su Zhiling fell asleep very early, after all, although this strange beast was very majestic to sit, it was very physically demanding to control, and the two of them were able to hold on to Qinghe City purely because of the freshness of the moment.
The night is deep, there are still lights on both sides of the streets of Qinghe City, and there is no curfew in the Song Kingdom, so even in the middle of the night, there are still many talented and beautiful people in the city, and the traffickers are walking on the streets with their poles, and in addition, there are groups of guards patrolling the city.
The tall city lord Zhao Zheng and Xin Lao stood on the pavilion, overlooking the entire Qinghe City, Zhao Zheng sighed and said: " At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the first emperor recruited talents, cut demons and evils, stepped on the wilderness, leveled the Quartet, and created the position of the president of the State Religious Academyγ β
Xin Lao laughed: "The city lord is worried about Miss Su, in fact, as long as the city lord is here, the Zhao family is here, and the ancestor is here, then no one in this Song Kingdom will dare to touch Miss." β
Zhao Zheng smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "What if the one in the imperial capital wants to move?"
"The city lord said cautiously, the ancestor followed the emperor to open up the territory and set up the founding of the country, and now the new emperor's foundation is not stable, once the only remaining ancestors will be given.... That Song country is in danger. Xin Lao hurriedly said.
"Having said that, but I'm afraid it's not that simple, the ancestor was seriously injured and retreated so far, although the life lamp has not been extinguished, but he has not shown up for a hundred years, now I don't know what the situation is, the current Zhao family, has long been a strong outsider, all relying on my father to support it, and I have no chance to go to the next level in cultivation, I am afraid that there are already people in the court who are ready to move, this piece of meat of my Zhao family is everyone who wants to take a bite, so this time Ling'er went to the National Church, I am afraid it will be a blessing or a curse. β
Upstairs in Qinghe City, a pair of master and servant looked at the darkness in the extreme eye, and sighed silently, in that direction, there is a city called the imperial capital.
On the second day, Liu Xunxiang was still in the bed, and he heard Su Zhiling outside the door knocking on the door and shouting: "Little Liuzi, get up, we're about to leave after eating, if you don't get up, I'll skewer you up and roast you!"
Liu Xunxiang really couldn't stand Su Zhiling's knocking on the door, so she had to open the door with her messy hair and complain with a stomach, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Su Zhiling wearing a light green dress, standing in front of her door, and was immediately deflated, so she had to be pulled to the hall by Su Zhiling with a bitter face.
In front of the hall, there were already two teams of scale rhino troops, all dressed in black armor, holding spears, carrying bows and arrows, looking ready to go, and in front of these scale rhino troops, there was also a young man in black clothes, the man stood with his hands behind his back, and stood beside Zhao Zheng, the tall Qinghe City Lord with an arrogant expression.
Zhao Zheng was not annoyed by the young man's attitude, but when his gaze swept over the young man, there would be a hint of satisfaction in his eyes, while the two rows of scaly rhinoceros looked at the young man with a little fear in his eyes.
"Uncle, Grandpa Xin, we're here. From the back hall came Su Zhiling's melodious voice like a wind chime.
From Qinghe City to the imperial capital, there is almost a month's trip, and the day of the opening of the National Academy is also approaching, so Zhao Zheng did not dare to delay time, and simply explained two sentences, urging the two to hurry on the road.
Looking at his niece who hurt him the most, Zhao Zheng said dotingly: "Ling'er, this journey is far away, and after you go, you must cultivate hard, strive to reach the condensation realm as soon as possible, and you are not allowed to embarrass your uncle, do you know?"
"Knowing uncle, Ling'er will definitely work hard to cultivate, and come back to help uncle when the time comes. β
Zhao Zheng nodded, then pointed to the man in black on the side, and said: "This is the black wolf, one of the leaders of my uncle's personal guards, this time you go to the imperial capital, he will lead the whole process, you must not play tricks on the road, everything is subject to the black wolf, understand?"
Su Zhiling glanced at the man in black, and then nodded reluctantly, but inadvertently saw Liu Xunxiang standing aside and was dumbfounded, and immediately reached out and twisted it on Liu Xunxiang's arm, and Liu Xunxiang grinned in pain.
"Another immortal. Liu Xunxiang muttered in her heart.
There are very few people in the world who can cultivate, and even fewer people who can cultivate and embark on the path of immortals, but it is not that people who can cultivate will necessarily be able to become immortals.
Before Liu Xunxiang, who was confused, could react, he had been pulled into the carriage by Su Zhiling, and there was a young maid who came in, Zhao Zheng specially arranged to take care of Su Zhiling all the way, watching Su Zhiling say goodbye to Zhao Zheng in tears at the carriage window, Liu Xunxiang also missed his parents a little, the eleven or twelve-year-old child is a good age to be coquettish and happy under his parents' knees, but he has to leave his parents, leave his hometown, and look for the slightest opportunity that may not exist at all.
"Little Yanagiko. Su Zhiling looked at the city lord's mansion that was getting farther and farther away, and the figure that had been blurred, wiped his tears with his little hand, and sat back in the carriage, but saw Liu Xunxiang sitting next to him in a daze, so he raised his jade-like fingers and poked and shouted.
Liu Xunxiang was excited, and then reacted: "What are you doing?"
"Why don't you do it, I think you've been ghostly all day since you came to Qinghe City, and I don't know what you're thinking. Su Zhiling looked at Liu Xunxiang with a curious look and said.
On the other side, in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, after coming back, Zhao Zheng hurriedly walked into the secret room and said to a figure behind him: "Presumably they have already received the news, let's act according to the plan." β
"No. β
Looking at the figure walking out, Zhao Zheng said in a low voice: "I want to see who there are, and I can't help it." β