Chapter 453 - Dragon City North Gate
The palanquin moved past the city and headed straight towards the southeast. It stopped at night and day, but no one in the palanquin showed up.Late into the night, the palanquin arrived at a relay station. There was no store in front of or behind the village, and only this relay station was built here.
Even though it was night time, the station was still brightly lit. Moreover, the door was wide open and within the dark night, there were such bright lights. It gave people a feeling of serenity and warmth.
The carriage paused for a moment before a low command came from inside.
"Enter the relay station!"
At this moment, the sedan bearers urged their horses to pull the palanquin, and they turned towards the relay station. The huge palanquin barely pa.s.sed through the gate of the relay station, and entered the s.p.a.cious and flat front yard.
With such a huge commotion, no one came out to greet them. Although the entire relay station was brightly lit, it was extremely quiet at this moment. It was as if there was not a single person inside."Hu!"
A wind suddenly blew, and the gate of the inn suddenly creaked as it closed.
In the next moment, all the lights of the brightly lit relay stations suddenly went out. Darkness instantly enveloped the relay stations, causing them to merge into a pitch-black and mysterious silence."Da lang"
Along with a series of clanging sounds, countless rays of cold light suddenly emerged from the roofs, stables, and haystacks of the relay stations.Immediately after, dozens of black silhouettes flew up into the air, a myriad of profound lights burst out, instantly messing up the night sky of the relay station as concentrated beams of sharp light rushed towards the palanquin!
These men in black held sharp blades in their hands. Deep clouds covered the sky, carrying an extremely cold killing intent, they quickly approached the palanquin!
Seeing that everyone had surrounded the palanquin, it was already close to the palanquin"s radius.
Suddenly, the door in front of the palanquin opened. Four figures rushed out like phantoms, turning into phantoms and pouncing towards the black-clothed men from all directions. They attacked the sharp blades with bare hands!
Sparks flew in all directions as a b.l.o.o.d.y light burst out. Four figures charged into the crowd!The four of them fought one against ten, using their bare hands to catch the white blade.
In their hands, the swords and sabers of the profound light were like dried twigs and broken leaves, breaking upon contact. Let alone the bodies of the black-clothed people, they flew away with a single palm strike, unable to get back up.
The four of them were like fierce tigers entering a flock of sheep. Their one-sided ma.s.sacre left the group of black-clothed men unable to react at all. In the blink of an eye, they were all transformed into skin bags without any chance of survival.After doing all this, the four figures bowed in greeting!
"Your Highness, everyone has been taken care of."
After some time, a lazy noise that sounded like it had just woken up came from the big palanquin.
"Uh, how comfortable!""How many attacks did we encounter along the way?"
"Reporting to your highness, this is the eleventh time that Lou Guan has been attacked since he left Silver City. This time, it can be considered to be fewer people."
"Hehe!" A playful laugh came from the palanquin.
"Looks like there are quite a few people who want to kill me. There"s actually a queue waiting for me along the way. It"s just that there are too many miscellaneous fish and there aren"t many powerful individuals. Being unable to catch a big fish is really boring."
"Since everything has been cleaned up, we might as well stay here for the night. We should arrive at the Dragon City in two days. These people are probably impatient."
"It"s His Highness, the crown prince!"
"Since I"m outside, I"d better keep a low profile. Don"t call me Your Highness and call me your father …"
"Just do it!"
The carriage was even bigger than other people"s houses, and it was filled with a domineering aura along the way. It was likely that no one in the entire county would be able to have a higher profile than you.
However, the four of them did not disobey this crown prince, who had always acted differently from ordinary people. They immediately accepted his order.
"Yes, young master!"Three days later, in the southeastern part of Wind and Cloud Country, in the Dragon City that was like a huge dragon"s nest, the flowers were like brocades and the people were like the sea.
There were those who carried the load, those who drove the oxcart, those who drove the donkey to pull the truck, and those who stopped to admire the scenery of the great river. With the tall city walls as the center, the houses on both sides were arranged in all directions. There were tea shops, wine shops, foot shops, meat shops, temples, public buildings, etc.
The banner of the shop, the sparkling carriages and horses, the endless stream of pedestrians, as well as those calm and satisfied smiles, all reflected the Wind Cloud Empire"s joy at seeing such a prosperous world.
At this moment, Xiong Feihu, with a face as round as a winter melon, was standing on top of the city"s north gate and tower. He was wearing a military uniform as he gazed at the north side of Dragon City.The vast expanse of vision in front of him had allowed his anxious heart to finally calm down a little!
As the only son of Yin Xiuqi from Dragon City, Xiong Feihu had been following his father around the city ever since he was a child.
He had personally witnessed how his father flattered and flattered him. In the end, he had gone from a small official in the frontier to a high position in the Dragon City"s Prefecture. It could be said that he had reached a meteoric rise!
Now that he was an adult, he came to the capital of the Empire of Feng Yun that he had been yearning for for a long time. Xiong Feihu had long been full of ambition, hoping to emerge victorious and become the supreme minister!
With his father"s network in the capital, he had finally found his way to the position of Minister of Industry, Mu He, and Lord Xuan Mu.Relying on his flattery and money to pacify the road, the Minister of Industry, Mu Hanxuan, quickly proposed for himself that he be the captain of the Dragon City Guard Squad.
Even though he was just a captain of the Dragon City Guard Squad, a position the size of a sesame bean, according to his father, being able to become an officer in the Dragon City while being a senior at the third rank was already a matter of pride and respect.
With his relationship with his dad, coupled with the route taken by the Minister of Industry, Xiong Feihu only needed to do a little bit of work and it would just be a matter of time before he would ascend to the next level.
As for Xiong Feihu, he wasn"t completely relying on his father. He had also made connections from top to bottom and even paid respects to the son of the Minister of Industry, "Mu Qixing", as his sworn brother.
As long as his big brother Mu Qixing wanted a woman, regardless of whether he was a virgin or a married woman, he, Xiong Feihu, would exhaust all means to get her into bed.With so many methods and wholeheartedly fawning on him, Xiong Feihu finally obtained the appreciation of Mu Qixing. Not only did he become sworn brothers, he even made many promises and brought him to meet many powerful individuals within the capital.
The current Xiong Feihu could be described as someone who was prepared for everything except for the east wind. As long as he could accomplish something, he would be able to become a great roc and soar to ninety thousand miles in a single day!
However, even though he said that, this little bit of result was difficult for Xiong Feihu to deal with.
The Dragon City of Wind and Cloud was under the watch of the Son of Heaven. Although it was prosperous, it was bound to lead to adultery. People who didn"t care about the law also hid themselves more and more.Guarding a large northern gate could be said to be the entrance to Dragon City. However, what they did normally was to check the luggage and carriages of the people and officials who had left the city.
at most, you can pick up a few fliesIt was a small matter, or perhaps it was because he had found some prohibited goods and turned them over and over again. He couldn"t find anything that could shake the capital and make everyone listen to him. This made Xiong Feihu somewhat anxious.
If he couldn"t get any results, wouldn"t he be stuck here forever, becoming the captain of the city guards?
Although he was now high up in the sky, Xiong Feihu still could not help but feel anxious and frustrated. Even though his father always told him to calm down, even if it took a little more time, he still had to be patient and wait for an opportunity.
However, Xiong Feihu had only heard half of his father"s words, and that was to wait for an opportunity. As long as it was an opportunity, he would not let it go!In the blink of an eye, three months had pa.s.sed. From the very beginning, Xiong Feihu personally stood before the city gate. He had been hoping every day that he would be able to discover something big. Finally, he became impatient.
He began to ascend to the city gate tower, all day long with great expectations, hoping that the heavens would bring him a great opportunity. At this moment, he could not help but sigh.
"Sigh, I"ve said that I will do my best to listen to the will of heaven. For my future, I don"t care about money, I don"t care about face. Everything has already been cleared up.""However, how could that devilish heavens be blind? Why didn"t you give me a good chance? If this continues, when will it be the end?"
With a sigh, Xiong Feihu"s mood once again turned bitter. He picked up the teacup on the table next to him and gulped down a mouthful of tea. Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze from afar.
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, Xiong Feihu spat out a mouthful of tea. His eyes were as big as bells and he looked into the distance with a dull gaze.
"What is this?"In the distance, on the official road leading to the north gate of the Dragon City, there was a rectangular shaped object that occupied the entire road. It was actually approaching the north gate!
Xiong Feihu was not small in shock, he quickly called over the two soldiers beside him, telling them to immediately leave the city to check out what was going on.
After a while, the two city guards rushed back to the tower and reported, "Reporting to Captain Xiong, this is a palanquin."
"What!?" This is a sedan? Was there such a large sedan chair? Did you guys see that clearly? ""Reporting to the captain, this is indeed a palanquin! And the coachman was driving the horses and pulling the palanquin forward. We saw very clearly. "
Xiong Feihu immediately revealed an expression of disbelief as he looked into the distance. At this moment, this palanquin was only two or three miles away from the city gate, so he was able to see everything more clearly.
As expected, Xiong Feihu saw the horses pulling the palanquin, as well as the coachmen driving the horses forward.
"Be good! This palanquin is probably bigger than His Majesty"s Dragon Carriage!"
In his heart, he subconsciously exclaimed this sentence. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed through Xiong Feihu"s heart, and he was jolted awake!
His eyes suddenly revealed a look of excitement as the corner of his mouth slightly trembled. His entire body soared like flames as Xiong Feihu panted heavily and muttered to himself.
"Here comes the chance! "As expected, the heavens have been good to me, haha!""Bam!"
Xiong Feihu suddenly smashed the teacup in his hand onto the ground and smashed it into pieces. He then bit down hard on the tea leaves in his mouth and spat the tea out of the wall with a "pui", as if he was spitting out all the gloom in his heart!
When the city guards saw this, they did not understand what was going on. They felt panic and unease in their hearts. However, they saw Xiong Feihu turn around and actually had an extremely bright smile on his face!
"Brothers, follow me down to the city gate!"