The Forbidden City, where the Manchu Empire was founded, was a symbol of supreme authority.

The Qing government, which prides itself on the Celestial Empire, is proud of the world with the posture of a big state, looking down on the surrounding small countries, and accepting the courtiers from the north and south of the world with the mind of the lord of the world.

The Shangguan brothers and Ouyang Yuhe, when they really stepped into this international imperial land, they had already been conquered by everything in front of them. Compared to here, the small town of Ningyuan seems so insignificant.

The three of them walked slowly in the market, mixed with the endless flow of people, whether it was the dazzling shops, the splendid goods, the aroma of Beijing-style snacks wafting from all directions, and the tall blonde foreigners, all became the objects of their stop and watch.

Although everything here is so novel for the three of them, the people of the capital are used to seeing all kinds of characters, and in their eyes, Shangguan Qianye is the ordinary pedestrian they have seen a lot.

Shangguan Qianye didn't know how far they had walked, nor did they know where they were, and a whole afternoon passed, until the sun turned west, and the three of them couldn't figure out which street and which alley.

Shangguan Ding said: "Brother and sister, let's find a place to settle down first." ”

Shangguan Qianye nodded and said, "Yes, it's not a way to walk around like this, and after we have dinner, we will come out at night to find out the situation here." ”

Shopping is a woman's nature, and there is absolutely no difference between the ages. Although the Shangguan brothers had been watching for an afternoon, they had already developed a trace of boredom with these novelties. But Ouyang Yuhe still looked unsatisfied.

Ouyang Yuhe also knew that when they came to the capital this time, the three of them shouldered the heavy responsibility of the safety of the world. That's why I reluctantly took back a heart that was unrestrained in the market.

The three of them found a small shop, and after dinner, they stayed.

Shangguan Qianye said: "We came to the capital this time to stop Wu Wangda's assassination, but we turned around for a whole afternoon, and we couldn't get close to the edge of the imperial city, so we rested here for an hour first." When it was time for the second watch, we changed into night clothes and went out, preferably to enter the Forbidden City. It's also good to feel the way to advance and retreat. ”

Shangguan Ding said: "Brother, when we were in the market this afternoon, I looked at the walls of the imperial city from a distance, not only extremely high. and there were many keepers. It looks like it's hard to get into. ”

Shangguan Qianye said: "Let's see the situation tonight, if we really can't get in, then tomorrow morning, we will write a letter to the sergeant guarding the door and ask them to hand it in." If the people inside had been prepared, they would not be afraid that Wu Wangda and them would come. ”

The two brothers were discussing, but Ouyang Yuhe was still thinking about the situation of shopping in the afternoon, and he could be accompanied by Shangguan Qianye. It is really a very happy thing for her to be able to go to such a bustling street market from time to time.

Shangguan Qianye and they stayed in the room all the time. When it was nearly the second watch, Shangguan Ding stood up, gently pushed open the window, and glanced out. Then he slammed the window shut again.

Ouyang Yuhe watched him sit down angrily, and asked, "Ding'er, what's wrong?"

Shangguan Ding said: "It's almost the second watch, but the lights are still bright outside, although the streets are not full of people like in the daytime, but there are still a lot of people on the streets." Hey, I don't know when people go to bed here. ”

Shangguan Qianye came to the window and took a look, and then said, "In this way, we don't have to change into night clothes first, so as not to alarm the people outside." We just went out for a walk like this, and in the dead of night, we tried to find a way to enter the imperial city. ”

In this way, the three siblings left the inn and came to the market again.

Ouyang Yuhe was overjoyed at first sight, the capital at this time was still brightly lit, as bright as day, although some shops were closed, but most of the stores were still open.

The Shangguan brothers were much less interested in all this, Shangguan Qianye led the way and walked straight to the imperial city roots, waiting for them to reach the moat and river, the three brothers and sisters were dumbfounded.

Looking at the walls of the Forbidden City, there are lanterns hanging and torches lit, and they can see clearly by the light of the fire, the guards of the guards at the battlements are standing with guns, and the patrols on the city walls are shuttling.

Shangguan Qianye still didn't give up, and hurriedly walked around the moat with two people, but when he went around the city for a week, he didn't see any chance to enter the imperial city.

At this time, it was close to the third watch, and although the people in the market had turned off the lights and gone to sleep, the guards of the imperial city were still tight.

Shangguan Ding looked at it for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Brother, it seems that there is no need for us to stay here anymore, let's go to the Supreme Peak to save Senior Brother, look at the situation here, if you want to enter the city to assassinate Qianlong, the possibility is too small." ”

Shangguan Qianye said: "No, what we can't do, Wu Wangda may not be able to do it, since he has this plan, he must find a way to implement it, and their method of entering the city must be much more thorough than we imagined." ”

Ouyang Yuhe said: "Yes, Zhao Qingshan, the supreme of the spear system, is the official of the imperial court, if he takes Wu Wangda into the imperial city, we will not be able to stop them outside." ”

Shangguan Ding asked: "Then what should we do? If we force our way in, I can do it with our skills, but when we enter the city, we are afraid that we will be surrounded early, and if we force our way in, they will not believe that we are here to report the news, and maybe they will treat us as assassins." ”

Shangguan Qianye sighed after hearing this and said: "Let's go back first, it's really not good, just write a letter tomorrow and hand it in, as long as the people inside get the news, we can leave with peace of mind." ”

The three of them returned to the inn dejectedly and rested for a while. Shangguan Qianye got up early, found the Hakka to come to pen and ink, and wrote a letter.

The gist of the letter is: We are disciples of the former leader of the Martial Arts League, and we learned that the new Martial Arts League intends to rebel. and sent his disciple Wu Wangda to infiltrate the imperial city to assassinate the king, imploring the emperor to prepare early in case of contingencies.

The next morning. The three of them didn't even eat breakfast, so they went straight to the noon gate. Before he could get closer, the guard at the gate began to shout loudly: "The three people from the opposite side, please stop advancing, this is the important place of the imperial city, don't approach and stay away quickly!"

Shangguan Qianye stopped and replied in a loud voice, "We have a letter to give to the people inside. Please help pass it on. ”

The guards shouted, "May I ask to whom do you want to deliver your letter?"

This question stunned Shangguan Qianye, because he just thought of handing over the letter to the people in the imperial city. But I don't know who I want to hand it over.

Shangguan Ding saw that his brother was asked, and hurriedly shouted: "We have to hand over the letter to the emperor!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers guarding the gate shouted loudly: "Three madmen, hurry up and go away! Do you think that Banzai today is your local county order? Even the prefectural ordinance can't pick up your pleadings in person. Get out of here, or we're going to arrest someone!"

Shangguan Qianye said: "We do have something important, and we are bothering you military masters to report it, the matter is urgent, and it cannot be delayed!"

At this time, from the noon gate, several soldiers walked over, came to Shangguan Qianye, looked up and down, and said, "Give me the letter." With that, he stretched out his hand and prepared to answer the letter.

Shangguan Qianye was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly handed it over with both hands and said, "Thank you, Master Jun." The stakes are high, and I hope you ......."

I haven't waited for the end of the sentence. I saw that the sergeant took the letter and didn't read it, and just tore it to pieces.

Shangguan Qianye and the three of them were stunned, and Qianye asked anxiously, "What do you mean by this?"

The sergeant threw all the torn pieces of paper to the ground, and then glared and said, "What is at stake? What is important? You don't inquire about it, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty start to play Long Live Lord every day, which one is not important? Could it be that your business is bigger than theirs?"

Shangguan Ding said: "This matter is related to the emperor's life. ”

When the man behind the sergeant heard this, he rushed over and said, "Boy, what did you say?"

The leading sergeant waved his hand, and the man behind him stopped. The man continued: "It is related to the life of the Lord of Long Live today, you are so bold, the blue sky and the day are here to bewitch the people and confuse people's hearts, I think you are stupid people in the mountains and fields, and I will give you one last chance, you leave quickly, otherwise, you will be arrested and put into the prison for questioning." ”

Shangguan Ding said: "You ......"

Shangguan Qianye hurriedly grabbed him, then took a few steps back and said, "Thank you, Master Jun, let's step back here." After speaking, he led Shangguan Ding and Ouyang Yuhe to leave the noon gate.

Although they left, the three of them were all angry, although they also knew that their actions of sending the letter were a little inconsiderate, but after all, they were kind-hearted, and they were expelled like this, and they felt very uncomfortable.

Shangguan Ding walked in front of him, his stomach began to gurgle, he looked up, there was a restaurant not far in front, the building was three floors high, it was very magnificent, the plaque said three big characters Huibin Building, Shangguan Ding ran to the restaurant and walked directly over.

Shangguan Qianye and Ouyang Yuhe followed him behind, and they also knew that he was angry in his heart, otherwise he would not have entered such a high-consumption place to eat on weekdays.

As soon as he entered the door, the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Three, welcome to our Huibin Building, I don't know what the three of you want to use?"

Shangguan Ding still found a table and sat down angrily, took out five taels of silver from his arms and slapped it on the table with a bang: "You can give us a few more dishes according to this money." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the money on the table, and said with a smile: "This master, are you joking with the little one? These five taels of silver can't serve too many dishes, let alone the specialty dishes of this store, even if it is a little better, you can serve two or three dishes with this money." ”

Shangguan Ding was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then raised his head to look at Shangguan Qianye and the others.

Although Shangguan Ding is a disciple of the former martial arts alliance master, but the Tieshan monks have lived in Chaoyang Temple for many years, and the temple is also very bitter.

Even if you enter some ordinary small shops and want to serve a few dishes, it is enough to have two or three taels of silver. And it was really the first time he came to such a big hotel, and he never expected the consumption to be so high.

As soon as Ouyang Yuhe saw Shangguan Ding's expression, he knew that he was very faceless, anyway, Ding'er was also in his twenties, how could he get off the stage in front of the public?

Shangguan Ding's face flushed, he just stared at Shangguan Qianye, not knowing what to say. At this time, Ouyang Yuhe smiled and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, my younger brother has been spoiled by us since he was a child, and he has never spent his own money on food, so he doesn't know what the price of the dish is." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly said with a smile: "This girl, of course I know that this young master is joking with me, who dares to enter our Huibin Building to eat, who is still short of this meal." ”

Ouyang Yuhe smiled, saved a gold ingot from his bosom and put it on the table and said, "Shopkeeper, you can simply serve us a few dishes according to this money." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly stretched out his hand and held the gold ingot in his hand and said, "This girl, the two masters, wait a minute, according to the dishes on this money, it must not be simple." After saying that, he turned around and went to make arrangements.

At this time, Shangguan Ding slowly stretched out his hand, took back the five taels of silver on the table, and muttered, "Why is it so expensive." ”

Ouyang Yuhe treated Shangguan Ding like a younger brother, and he didn't say anything when he looked at him, just looked at him with a smile.

After a while, the dishes were all served, and a large table was set up, in fact, the three of them didn't have much heart to eat, and they were all thinking about Wu Wangda's assassination.

At this moment, another person came in from the plane, this man was in his early twenties, very well-dressed, and behind him there were seven or eight servants.

As soon as this person entered the door, the shopkeeper trotted all the way up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Master Han, why did you come so early today?"

The man who was called Han Ye said: "Today I want to entertain a few friends who have come from afar here, and tell you shopkeepers, pick up the best wine and food and go up, I am not afraid of spending money." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Master Han, don't worry, Master Han's friend, we will definitely entertain you." As he spoke, he led the group upstairs.

Shangguan Qianye didn't pay much attention to them, although they didn't come to the capital for a long time, but on the street, they saw too many sons like this, and there was really nothing unusual.

After a while, I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and a few horses arrived at the door, and then Han Ye hurriedly ran down from the upper floor and greeted him outside the door.

Shangguan Qianye and the others listened to Han Ye and said, "Master Wu, I didn't expect you to come so quickly, hahaha, welcome." With that, he led a few people who had just dismounted into the store.

Han Ye asked as he led these people upstairs, "Master Wu, I don't know what these four friends behind you call them?"

Master Wu said: "They are my four junior disciples, Wu Zun, Zhao Guang, Meng Biao, and Kong Weiliang. ”

Hearing the names of these four people, Shangguan Qianye and the three of them raised their heads almost at the same time, looked down the stairs, and saw that Han Ye was carrying five people upstairs.

There was still a little dust on the bodies of these five people, and it seemed that they had just arrived here, and in the packages they were carrying, it was obvious that they were all blades.

And the names of these four people, Shangguan Qianye They have all heard the two monsters of the Western Regions mention, these four people are the four silver-bodied Arhats under the seat of Zhangying Rulai, Wu Zun is known as the Golden Retriever Roar, Zhao Guang is known as the nine-headed leopard, Meng Biao is called the Eagle in the Clouds, and there is one more, which is Kong Weiliang, who is the most difficult to deal with among the silver-bodied Arhats, known as the Hatred of God.

And the one who is called Master Wu, without asking anymore, knows that he is Wu Wangda, who is at the head of the golden-bodied Arhats, known as the reversal of the world.

Ouyang Yuhe lowered his voice and said, "Brother Qianye, Wu Wangda, they came to the capital to assassinate the emperor, and they actually dared to swagger through the market like this?

Shangguan Qianye said: "Yes, this is also something I didn't expect, since they have made such a wild move, they will inevitably have brave strategies, it seems that we really have to be more careful." ”

Looking at the figures of these five people who disappeared at the end of the stairs, Shangguan Qianye and the three of them all tightened their hearts. Originally, I thought that only one Wu Wangda would come, but I didn't expect him to bring four silver-bodied Arhats. It seems that what the three of them will face next must be a bloody battle to the death. (To be continued......)