This was the first time for Xia Yu to come to the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He saw a bustling scene in front of him, with crowds of people and busy traffic. It really looked like an ancient city.
Although Xia Cai and Hong Qi had been here before, they were both low-class people. After arriving in the capital, they were blinded.
Hou Sangen was like a monkey, jumping up and down, "Master, where should we go first?"
Xia Yu looked around and said, "It's better to find a place to stay first, and then find out where to sign up for the Spring League."
"Where are you staying?"
However, Yunzhu was quite familiar with it and said, "Registration for the Spring League should be outside the palace gate. But there is no hotel there, and even if there is, it would be too ostentatious. Let's keep a low profile and stay at the hotel in the West Market, which is lively and inexpensive.
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"Then follow mother's arrangements." Xia Yu helped me get into the car.
After a while, we stopped at a medium-sized hotel. Because it was the Spring Festival, there were many casual cultivators in the hotel, and they all looked like they were not easy to deal with.
Apart from casual cultivators, most of them were scribes.
"I don't know where these seniors came from?"
"We are the chief clerk of the second prince's house. If you live here, you might as well live in the second prince's house. If you become a worshipper, you can receive elixirs and spiritual stones on a regular basis."
"Senior, the treatment in the third prince's house is even more generous!"
"Seventh Prince, Corporal Li Xian, has a good level of cultivation, and he has the support of the Imperial Academy to offer wine..."
These scribes came from various royal palaces in the capital. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's health was getting worse and worse, the princes' actions became more unscrupulous, and they were almost openly vying for the emperor.
Seeing that Xia Yu was a Lingxi Realm monk, these people swarmed over like flies.
Xia Yu was not interested in these things, so he signaled Xia Caihongqi to push away these people and led his mother into the room, and then everything was quiet.
They rented a small courtyard, closed the door, and then became quiet.
Xia Caidao said, "These princes blatantly use money to buy heroes and warriors to support their troops and respect themselves. Doesn't the emperor care?"
Yunzhu shook his head and said, "Our current emperor is said to be a good emperor. But although he holds a high position, he is still a mortal with no cultivation. Counting his age, I am afraid he is eighty-five at the moment."
"Then it won't work." Hou Sankou said openly.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Hong Qi shouted in a low voice.
Xia Yu also understood in his heart that it was considered good for a mortal to live to be 85 years old. He was afraid that he was old now and his life span was short, so the princes were acting unscrupulously.
But these have nothing to do with him. He just wants to win a certain ranking and be able to enter the Wood Realm Spiritual Sea.
"Everyone go back to your room to rest. We will take you to the night market in the evening." Xia Yu gave an order and told everyone to rest.
But even so, their courtyard door was knocked on several times.
After all, Xia Yu is already a strong person in the Lingxi Realm. At the critical moment when the princes are fighting for each other, no one who is strong in the Lingxi Realm can let go.
"I have met this senior. He has a long history in the third prince's house. I wonder how he should be called?"
Xia Yu said with a cold expression, "Stop harassing us! We need to rest and have no interest in any of the princes."
After saying that, he slammed the door.
"Damn it, why are you so arrogant? It's your blessing that the Third Prince likes you! It's so shameless!" The man turned around and walked away.
After rejecting several such advances in succession, Xia Yu finally calmed down.
But the news also spread that there was a young Lingxi Realm master here with an ugly face and a bad temper.
In the evening, when the lanterns came on, Xia Yu and his group went out to visit the night market again.
"There are two commercial districts in the capital, also known as the two major markets. They are the East Market and the West Market. The so-called shopping comes from this."
Yunzhu knew the capital very well. He led Xia Yu and his men along the way, telling all kinds of stories and strange people and stories about the capital. Everyone was in a good mood.
Xia Yu and his men also bought some small things to eat and drink, chatted, and browsed the surrounding scenery and customs.
Soon, we arrived under a luxurious red building.
"Come on! Everyone who entered Yanliu said that as long as you compose the best Wing Chun poem, you can become her guest!"
“I happen to have a few good Wing Chun poems below!”
"It's five taels of silver to get in!"
Looking at the bustling scene, Yunzhu felt quite embarrassed. She pulled Xia Yu and walked a few steps quickly, then hurriedly left as if running away.
Xia Yu knew what was going on, and quickly left without changing his expression.
Before Yun Zhu followed Xia Yunxiao, she was not only a famous prostitute, but also an courtesan in the capital. She was so popular back then, how could she be compared to such a prostitute?
Moreover, she was a poor woman in the Qing Dynasty, and her emphasis was on music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, rather than entertaining people with sex, and performing arts rather than selling herself.
But after all, she had a bad reputation, so it was quite embarrassing for her to pass by the brothel Chuguan.
But it was her back that made a middle-aged man upstairs pay attention and said, "This... looks like an old friend."
The young woman beside him quickly giggled and pulled his sleeves, saying, "My lord is so heartless, hugging my slave, but thinking about my old friend in my heart."
The middle-aged man laughed and said, "She must have misunderstood. Back then, she was so angry that she disfigured her face because of the young general. After so many years, she has long since changed."
When he said this, someone else said, "Shilang Wang is talking about Yunzhu, the oiran of Hongxiu Tower back then? Oh my, her music, chess, calligraphy, painting and poetry were all top-notch! She was also otherworldly in appearance, and she was very popular back then!"
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Another person said, "I heard that in order to fight for this woman, General Bai personally came forward, but he couldn't save the young general in white robes."
"Of course, I heard that the third prince died in person! But later, Yunzhu begged to the third prince's house, and then he let Xia Yunxiao go."
"Could it be that the Third Prince manipulated Yunzhu..."
"No, no. If that's really the case, why did Yunzhu lose his appearance later?"
Everyone let out a long sigh, "This woman is a strong woman. Come on, let me have a drink for her!"
"Drink victory!"
Walking along the West Market, there is a huge gym in front of you. This is the Royal Gym "Yongyuan Temple".
There are three powerful men enshrined in the temple. It is said that they are the tablets of the powerful men who ascended to the upper world from the Great Zhou Dynasty. People who come here must burn incense and kowtow to pay homage to the powerful men and show their respect. At the same time, they must also pray for their immortal destiny and strength.
Big increase.
Yun Zhu said, "Yu'er, I'm going to come here to pay homage to an elder during the day tomorrow. Of course, if I hadn't met your father, I might have gone to practice with this elder, and then I wouldn't be here without you."
Xia Yu was surprised and said, "It's too scary. Fortunately, you didn't practice, otherwise I would be a lonely ghost."
His expression was exaggerated, making everyone laugh.
Yunzhu smiled and said, "After all these years, I have been going around in circles, but I didn't expect to come here again. It's really a twist of fate. I didn't expect that I would take the initiative to come to my door."
"Mom, you can practice at home, and I can protect you." Xia Yu said hurriedly.
Although he doesn't mind my mother going to learn skills from a teacher, if she needs to ask someone else, it's better to practice at home.
Yunzhu smiled and said, "That Master Yu is a good person, so it's okay to beg her. Besides, you are a restless person, so you can't stay at home and watch over your mother all day long. I heard that Master Yu also has a lot of power behind him,
If you can join them, you will have some sisters who share the joys and sorrows."
Xia Yu thought it made sense, nodded and said, "In short, if we can do it, we can go in, and if we can't, we can go home. Of course, I have the skills to make you stronger."
"Mom knows."
While everyone was talking, they heard a commotion in front of them, and someone shouted, "It doesn't matter, please step aside quickly. Your Highness, the Third Prince, has come to Longyuan Temple to pray for His Majesty!"
Immediately, a large number of office workers in soap uniforms came like a tide, pushing everyone aside.
Then a large number of golden-armored soldiers came in formation, surrounded by a luxurious carriage and horses, and drove slowly.