Chang'an City, the capital of the Eastern Pole Empire!

It's still bustling, the streets are full of noise, there are no other dynasties full of corpses, and there is no atmosphere of some dynasties about to storm.

The architectural pattern of Chang'an City has the metaphor of "thousands of houses are like Go books, and the twelve streets are like vegetable furrows".

Chang'an City is close to a main street in the middle, called Chengtianmen Hengjie, which is one of the "Twelve Streets".

Chengtianmen Hengjie is mainly distributed in Chang'an City's restaurants, teahouses, gambling houses, green buildings and other entertainment places. It is also a gold cave for the rich and the poor.

The difference in identity of the people on this street is the most obvious place in the Eastern Antarctic Empire, where officials from all over the world eat, drink and have fun, local tycoons spend money to buy fun, there are some wandering rangers wandering here, there are some young people who have a little foundation at home, but they are not doing their jobs here, and there are also young people who are scholars and princes and generals who laugh and talk, drink and have fun, and guide the country.

In a section in the middle of Chengtianmen Hengjie, there are several famous restaurants and green buildings in the whole city and even the whole country, among them, there is a restaurant named Longyuan Building, which has the same reputation as the Yellow Crane Tower where the immortal drove the crane away, and the drunken immortal building where the wine fragrance can be drunk.

Longyuan Tower has nine floors, which was promised by the founding son of the Eastern Pole Empire himself, otherwise if ordinary people want to build a nine-story restaurant, they will be killed. After all, the number "nine" is a royal number.

At this time, the fifth floor of Longyuan Building and below are very noisy, and there are laughter and chats everywhere. And above the fifth floor, it must be expensive.

On the ninth floor, two young men sit.

A person dressed in white, with sharp eyes, an angular face, and fair skin, was quietly drinking tea at this time.

The other young man, dressed in simple clothes, with a somewhat shy smile on his face, his eyes were extremely dark, and his eyes seemed to be forever full of curiosity about this world, and he looked very much like the young offspring of ordinary people.

It's just that the two of them are sitting here, and their aura is obviously different. The breath of the latter will overshadow the former.

"Dye Xuan, your father has been for the empire for so many years, but he has done his best. The plainly dressed young man smiled a little shyly.

"It's a great blessing for our family to be able to serve the empire!" Bai Ranxuan put down the precious small teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice.

"But...... I heard that the Criminal Department is in control of those people who defected to the empire?" asked Li Shi with a puzzled face.

"Returning to Your Highness, it's like this. Those fish and dragon guards are all people in the rivers and lakes who have taken refuge in our empire. The four empires are all like this, they all have their own fish and dragon guards, and the overall strength is basically the same. In terms of specific strength, take our Eastern Pole Empire as an example, the highest strength in the Ichthyosaurus Guard is a grandmaster of the Eight-Rank Realm. He was not co-opted by our empire, because like those monks who are in the third-grade realm, it is difficult to win over, and he joined in by himself for the purpose of becoming an official. He asked for a second-grade official hat with a position but no power. Those powerful monks of the upper three rank realms all have their own needs. ”

Bai Ranxuan replied with a smile, the surface was light and breezy, but in his heart he kept thinking about what this current imperial highness asked him to drink and drink tea. This is very likely to be related to the rise and fall of their Bai family in the next hundred years.

"Oh, are there such strange people in the rivers and lakes?" Li Shi said with a smile on his face.

Bai Ranxuan also laughed and said: "It is said that the monk of the eight-grade realm was a scholar of a small dynasty back then, and later even took the top prize, but in the end, when he returned to his hometown, he did not see his beloved, and his beloved had already died of illness, and then he gave up his literature and martial arts. ”

Li Shi smiled and picked up a small wine glass, took a sip of the golden wine, and said: "Ling Zun is the secretary of the criminal department of our empire, and he is in charge of the rivers and lakes of the empire, so he should have a good relationship with that grandmaster, so you should also know that old-timer in the rivers and lakes, right? ”

Bai Ranxuan's heart stirred, he and that old-timer had unified the various Jianghu forces in Chang'an City, could it be exposed? What he did was already secretive enough. But he thought about it, who is the person in front of him? This Chang'an City is equivalent to the home of the person in front of him, and there are some changes in the family, will he not know?

Bai Zhanxuan nodded calmly: "Hmm." I do know that old-timer well, and I have a good relationship, I will definitely tell the old-timer about it during this time, and then let His Highness meet him. ”

"Hmm. Li Shi nodded, restrained that shy smile, his face was flat, he raised the gold bottle, and tasted the wine.

Bai Ran Xuan, as the son of a scholar, saw the expression of this highness at this time, instead of breathing a sigh of relief, he became even more nervous, and a trace of sweat appeared on his head.

"Dye Xuan, I heard...... I heard that you are more interested in the rivers and lakes? All the large and small forces in our Chang'an City that do not obey your wishes have been cleaned up by you?" Li Shi said with a smile again, but at this time, he did not look at the gold bottle in his hand, but at Bai Ranxuan's sweaty forehead.

"Temple...... Your Highness, I just want to play on a whim, and I usually do these things behind my father's back, I ......"

"Dye Xuan, there are only you and me here, why are you so nervous?" Li Shi said softly: "I don't care what your father meant, or what you meant, I didn't do anything wrong. ”

Bai Ranxuan stood up with a frightened face, no longer having the demeanor of a famous son who was calm and relaxed on weekdays, but bent down slightly and lowered his head.

"Don't be nervous. Li Shi comforted, but did not signal Bai Ranxuan to sit down.

Li Shi smiled lightly, looked at the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "No matter what, you also did these things for the stability of our imperial capital, I won't deliberately blame you." But although you have done nothing wrong in this matter, a person as old as your father should know the stakes involved, if it is ordinary...... Your father's position as the secretary of the criminal department is not secure. ”

Bai Ranxuan's waist bent down a few points again, and he said in a low voice: "My Bai family is willing to accept the punishment of His Highness." ”

"Dye Xuan, look what you are talking about, I am good friends with you, will you do that? Come on, come on, sit down. Li Shi looked at the sweaty white dye Xuan and said with a smile.

After Bai Zhanxuan sat down, his heart was still pounding, and it was difficult to calm down.

Li Shi continued: "Since it has such a scale now, it would be a pity if it disappeared in an instant. Everything should have a reason for its existence. Isn't it?

Bai Ranxuan's mind turned sharply, and finally said with a smile: "Ranxuan is willing to put out the fire for His Highness, and the Bai family is willing to remove some obstacles for His Highness." ”

"Hmm...... It can't be said to be for me. After all, I am the prince of a country, and some old foxes and little foxes who don't have long eyes and hearts will inevitably have some other opinions and ideas about me, as well as my royal brothers, which are very eye-catching, and seriously affect my path to becoming the emperor in the future, so ......" Li Shi said this, and for the first time he took the initiative to raise the wine glass in his hand to Bai Ranxuan, and smiled faintly, his face did not have the shy smile that he pretended to be on weekdays, nor the shyness that he was exposed to all the years ago, and some were just a kind of superior atmosphere that gave up who else in the world.

Bai Ranxuan's heart set off layers of turbulent waves, he was not stupid, but looking at the prince with this appearance at this time, he felt that his cleverness was a small thing here.

However, Bai Ranxuan's qi cultivation kung fu was almost not inferior to his father, and at this time, he smiled indifferently and raised his wine glass, touched it with Li Shi, and then the two drank it all.