Chapter 16: The Royal City (Part 3)
Although Yue is a small country, because it is located between the two hostile countries of Qin and Chu, and is responsible for the transportation arteries of the two countries, there are often a large number of people who come and go every day, and it is natural that there will be a mixture of people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and as the Yue King City, there are naturally more mobile people, many of them are the first time to come to the royal city, come to the royal city for procurement. Some locals saw it as profitable to lead the way, so a guide named "porter" was born.
On this day, a young man in his twenties came to the west gate of the royal city, this young man was dressed in a green shirt, his hairpin was hanging high, and although his face was ordinary, he had his own bearing. As soon as he entered the city gate, he stopped, looked around, and the emotion in his eyes was incomprehensible.
This young man is none other than Li Shan.
Returning to Wangcheng again, Li Shan didn't have much emotion, he came to Wangcheng this time just to find the Venerable Jinguang, and by the way, he settled some of the original grievances. Ever since he knew that he was also an immortal, he had the idea of coming to the Venerable Jinguang, but he didn't know if the Venerable Jinguang was still in the royal city after seven years.
Li Shan's gaze swept around, and then he saw a pile of people squatting on the ground at the foot of the city wall, and beckoned. Suddenly, many people ran over, all smiling flatteringly: "Master, choose me, you only need twenty copper coins a day!"
"I only need nineteen copper coins a day!"
This group of people came to him noisily, and Li Shan pointed at someone casually with a headache: "It's you." ”
"Thank you, master!" was a teenager who was selected, and immediately thanked Li Shan happily. Seeing that Li Shan had already chosen a candidate, the others retreated back to their places with a look of disappointment, waiting for someone to pick them.
"Master, where are you going?" Seeing that Li Shan was still carrying a package, the young man wanted to help Li Shan carry it, but Li Shan refused. In fact, this package only contained some change of clothes, and all the valuables were put into a small bag that could shrink the items by Li Shan, and this package was just for show. When the boy was refused, he felt that it was not appropriate for him to do so, so he withdrew his hand stupidly.
"Take me to the inn. Li Shan said.
"What do you want?" the boy asked.
"Nope. Li Shan was speechless after speaking, and he didn't know what to do in the face of a stuffy gourd boy like Li Shan, but he was also a porter, and he still had the energy to stir up, and he no longer stirred up the topic to concentrate on leading the way.
"Tell me about the big things that have happened in the royal city over the years. Li Shan suddenly spoke, and then took out a copper coin and threw it to the other party, the other party immediately smiled, and gave a thumbs up: "This master, you are right to ask me, who doesn't know the name of my small bag inquiry." ”
Seeing that Li Shan didn't react, the young man pursed his lips, and then began to talk endlessly.
The boy can indeed be called a bag to inquire, and Li Shan got a lot of the news he wanted from the young man's mouth as he wished.
At the beginning, Li Shan ran away with his life because of the death of the little prince, and now Ma Wangye has a daughter, but unfortunately it is not a son.
In recent years, the situation in the royal city has been very turbulent, and the old emperor has fallen ill in bed without any imperial doctor who can take care of it, so the crown prince has killed many imperial doctors. The crown prince seems to be a filial act, but in Li Shan's eyes, maybe there is already a doctor who can cure the old emperor, but he was still cut off by the prince.
In the days when the old emperor was sick, the actual ruler was the crown prince, and the prince naturally did not want the old emperor to get better and seize power with himself. And after the death of the old emperor, the crown prince will naturally ascend the throne, and now he only needs to survive until the death of the old emperor.
This prince Li Zhi has a good calculation, Li Shan is silent on the surface, but he is sneering in his heart. Seeing that the young man was full of admiration when he mentioned the prince, Li Shan secretly said that the villain did a good job on the surface.
"Where is the Venerable Jin Guang now?" Li Shan interrupted the young man and asked the question he was most concerned about.
"Are you talking about the Venerable Master Jin Guang who became famous seven years ago?" the boy asked.
"Hmm. ”
"It is said that the Venerable Jin Guang was invited by the crown prince to leave King Jing's Mansion and go to the palace. The Venerable Master of the Golden Light is worthy of being an immortal, and the assassin who came to attack His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was burned to ashes by the Venerable Master of the Golden Light before he entered the door, and after that, no one dared to attack the Prince!"
Li Shan was amused in his heart, now it seems that this Jin Guang Venerable is also a layman, and he wants to come to take the little prince as an apprentice just to stay in King Jing's Mansion to eat and drink. It's just that he didn't expect the two people he was looking for to get together this time, and it was okay that he didn't need to make another trip.
Ignoring the young man's words, Li Shan thought that Xiaoyu and the others were still living in Yueguo, and he shouldn't make too much trouble during his trip to Wangcheng, otherwise war in Yueguo was not what he wanted to see. Li Shan decided to go to King Jing's Mansion first, presumably he was not very satisfied with the handling of the Little Prince's incident back then.
The young man in front of him somehow always felt a chill behind him, and he laughed dryly twice and didn't dare to continue talking.
Soon, Li Shan was taken to the door of a hotel called Yuelai Inn, Li Shan glanced at this inn, this kid actually helped him find the most cost-effective inn in the city, which shows that he also has a heart. Based on the seriousness of the young man, Li Shan gave him five more copper coins, narrowed the eyes of the young man, and said in his heart that he had met the rich man. But unfortunately, the rich man did not let him continue to visit the city, but waved him away.
Li Shan walked into the inn, and a person dressed as a junior came over and greeted him warmly: "Guest officer, please come inside." ”
"An upper room. Li Shan picked a room at random, and let Xiao Er take him to the second floor. After entering the room, Li Shan ordered no one to disturb, so he sat on the bed and meditated.
Ever since two years ago, Li Shan had felt that the airflow in his meridians had stopped growing, as if the total amount of airflow had been fixed, and he always felt that there was some kind of shackle hindering his cultivation, and no matter how Li Shan meditated, it had no effect. And by chance, Li Shan actually discovered that if the air flow was compressed, it could make the air flow pure, and he was even more handy when using the immortal method. So he had been compressing the air flow for the past two years, and now the air flow in his meridians had become like blue satin.
Soon night fell, Li Shan suddenly opened his eyes from meditation, he looked at the moonlight shining in through the window, walked to the window, Li Shan jumped up, left the Yuelai Inn, and went in the direction of King Jing's Mansion.
All the way to King Jing's Mansion, the high wall could not hinder Li Shan at all, Li Shan toe lightly, and there was an air flow to support him to fly over the high wall. Li Shan didn't want to alarm the people in the palace this time, so he dispersed his spirit to avoid all the patrolling servants, and headed towards the place he was looking for tonight.
When he came to the place where he had lived for two and a half years, he found that the furnishings in it had not changed in the slightest, and the things in the little prince's room were neatly placed, obviously someone wiped them from time to time to keep them tidy. As for his own house, it has been smashed to pieces.
Li Shan sighed, he had long known that Ma Wangye loved his son, but he didn't expect that the little prince had been dead for seven years, and Ma Wangye couldn't let it go.
Turning around, Li Shan found Steward Liu's house and easily broke in.
In the room, Steward Liu, who had a much older face, was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, when he suddenly felt a pain in his back, and immediately opened his eyes, and saw a young man he didn't know in front of him, and he was so frightened that he was about to scream.
Suddenly a golden thorn the thickness of a fist appeared in the young man's hand, pressed against his chin, and if he opened his mouth, the spike would pierce his jaw and kill him.
"Don't call, Steward Liu, I'm just here to ask you something. Li Shan ignored Steward Liu's frightening and spoke. Hearing that the young man was just here to ask, Steward Liu hurriedly blinked his eyes and said that he would definitely cooperate, and begged the other party to take the murder weapon away.
Li Shan nodded with satisfaction, and the golden thorn turned into smoke and dissipated, leaving Steward Liu dumbfounded.
Steward Liu relaxed and had the leisure time to observe the appearance of this young man, and at first glance, he felt that the other party was very familiar, but he always felt that he couldn't remember it. Suddenly, a young face coincided with the other party's appearance, and Steward Liu suddenly felt sweat like rain, and exclaimed in a lost voice: "Laifu!
"It turns out that Steward Liu hasn't forgotten about it yet. Li Shan looked at Steward Liu's incredulous expression, and suddenly smiled, and Steward Liu immediately felt that the air was relaxed. However, Steward Liu didn't dare to act rashly when he knew who the person was coming, because he remembered that the blessing at this time was so similar to the Venerable Jin Guang seven years ago, and he had an incredible ability, and the golden thorn that had just disappeared out of thin air was the same as the firebird of the Venerable Jin Guang back then, and it was an immortal method no matter how you looked at it.
"What do the immortals have to say when they come to the villain?" the villain must know everything!" Steward Liu didn't dare to call Li Shan a blessing now, so he knelt on the ground with a plop, and didn't dare to resist at all.
Seeing Steward Liu's frightened look, Li Shan suddenly lost his mind to reminisce about the past, and said with some interest: "Where was the little prince buried back then?"
"The little prince was buried in the Imperial Mausoleum, at the southernmost edge of the Imperial Mausoleum. Steward Liu said in a trembling voice.
"You go and tell King Jing that I will avenge the little prince's revenge for him, and let him send troops to the palace early tomorrow morning, as for whether he can do anything is his business. ”
After Li Shan finished speaking, he turned around and left, without waiting for Steward Liu to react, leaving Steward Liu with a surprised and overwhelmed face.
Li Shan left King Jing's Mansion and did not go directly to the palace, but turned his body to the roof of a house.
At this time, the royal city was quiet, and the direction of the flower street in the distance was brightly lit, but more places were dark, and this family was no exception. Li Shan closed his eyes and "looked" into the house, and saw a family of five sleeping in the house, and the hostess was Ling'er, who had helped him a lot back then.
At this time, Ling'er had married another woman, had a son, and seemed to be in good health. Li Shan didn't disturb the family and turned to leave.