Chapter 108 Nine Great Families in the Imperial Capital
Because he killed Zhuang Tianyi, Zhou Yuan could not go to Nie Chong and could only stay in the inn.
Zhuang Tianyi was considered to be the main member of Xingyue Tower. Since Zhou Yuan killed him, he would face revenge from Xingyue Tower. He didn't know what Nie Chong's attitude was now, so he always kept vigilance in his heart.
During the past half month, he would go out every day and inquire about some information. Gradually, he became familiar with the imperial city.
He discovered that in this imperial capital, all transactions involved spiritual stones, and even eating required payment of spiritual stones.
Those gold and silver utensils have become decorations.
Everyone in the city is a warrior with a certain level of cultivation, ranging from the first level of Qi refining to the ninth level of foundation building. Everyone advocates martial arts, and there are almost no ordinary mortals.
After traveling for half a month, Zhou Yuan had only completed half of the imperial capital.
There is no way, the imperial capital is too big, just the wide central main street is enough for thirty or fifty people to walk side by side.
At the same time, he learned that in this imperial capital, in addition to the royal family that dominated the entire Tianyun Kingdom, there were nine aristocratic families. Any one of these nine aristocratic families would have a history of nearly a thousand years.
In addition, there are the Seven Star Academy in the mountains, the main building of Xingyue Tower, and hundreds of other large and small forces.
Among the seventeen kingdoms of Qingzhou, the above-mentioned forces formed one of them, Tianyun Kingdom.
Around Tianyun Kingdom, there are also Yunhuang Kingdom, Qiqiong Kingdom, Cang Kingdom, Yuan Kingdom, Ping Kingdom, etc.
After some inquiring, we learned that the Xu family where Su Ruobing's father, Xu Muyun, was not one of the nine aristocratic families, was just a second-rate family.
On the contrary, it was the Nangong family, one of the nine great families, that attracted Zhou Yuan's attention.
The Nangong Yu who was buried in the tomb in the Diling Mountains was the former eldest son of the Nangong family.
He was secretly poisoned by a man named Nangong Shao, which eventually led to his death. However, this Nangong Shao was Nangong Yu's cousin, but he replaced Nangong Yu and became the heir apparent of the Nangong family.
Fortunately, Nangong Yu's father is still the head of the Nangong family.
His nature is philanthropic and easy to talk to.
Zhou Yuan returned to the inn and began to think about it. The inn's room period was coming soon, and he had no relatives or friends in the imperial capital. He decided to go to Nangong's house and give the piece of tiger jade to Nangong Yu's parents.
By the way, we can form a good relationship, and maybe we will have a place to stay in the future.
On this day, Zhou Yuan came from the third floor of the inn to the first floor, and asked the waiter to serve some food. He drank there by himself and listened to the chats of the tea guests next to him.
In the chat among the tea guests, one can hear some recent news that happened in the imperial capital.
Zhou Yuan does this almost every day.
Just today, at some point, a beautiful figure slowly walked into the inn.
Qianying's beautiful eyes looked around, and the maid behind her quickly patted the dust on the table and chairs with a handkerchief, and then motioned for her young lady to sit down.
"Xinghua, sit down too."
"Yes, miss."
The master and servant sat down, and a child immediately came forward to greet them.
This scene immediately attracted the attention of all the diners in the inn, especially when they noticed the woman's face, their eyes lit up.
The woman was extremely beautiful, with a moon-like face and watery eyes. She was dressed in a plain dress, which made her particularly eye-catching.
"Whose girl is this? She's so beautiful. I really want to get to know her."
"Like you, if I marry a woman like this, I would live less than twenty years."
"Don't talk nonsense. She is Nangong He, the second young lady of the Nangong family. Be careful if she hears you and have your tongues cut out."
Everyone whispered in private, but it still reached Zhou Yuan's ears.
"From the Nangong family?" Zhou Yuan, who had been drinking by himself with his head down, raised his head and looked at the woman.
He was just about to plan to find an opportunity to go to Nangong's house, but he didn't expect that soon someone from Nangong's family would take the initiative to come. It seemed that they had a good fate.
However, Zhou Yuan was in trouble for a while. If he just went up to say hello to Nangong He, would he be misunderstood?
Not long after, a group of people walked into the inn. The leader was a handsome-looking young man, followed by all the muscular followers.
The young master sat at the table next to Zhou Yuan, and the waiter immediately came up to greet him.
"Waiter, I'll welcome you with good wine and good food."
"okay……"
The young master glanced at Zhou Yuan, then glanced around, only to find Nangong He sitting not far away.
Almost instantly, his eyes were filled with light.
Obviously, he was fascinated by Nangong He's beauty.
"What a beauty." Young Master's eyes were so crazy that he couldn't look away from Nangong He.
"Isn't this Mr. Zheng Heng from the Zheng family?"
"That's right, it's him. This person spends his time idle and indulges in drinking and sex. Let's keep our voices down to avoid getting into trouble with him."
"Hey, it seems that he is obsessed with Miss Nangonghe again."
At the same time, the tea guests nearby started talking in low voices, and Zhou Yuan also vaguely heard their discussion.
Soon, the child walked to Nangong He's table carrying a tray with wine and meat.
"Wait a minute!" Zheng Heng immediately ordered the waiter: "Put the food and wine on my table."
The waiter trembled and turned around in confusion.
"I'm sorry, sir, your food will be ready soon, this girl's..."
"I know, I asked you to put it on my table. I want to dine with this girl." Zheng Heng said very confidently and immediately interrupted the waiter.
One was the young master of the Zheng family, and the other was the daughter of the Nangong family. The waiter was immediately caught in a dilemma.
Fortunately, Xinghua, the maid in front of Nangong He, immediately stood up when she saw this, personally took the wine and meat back to her table, rolled her eyes at Zheng Heng, snorted coldly, showing disdain.
Zheng Heng suddenly frowned. A mere slave dared to treat him like this, which made him angry.
He immediately stood up and walked over, bowed slightly to Nangong He, and said with a lewd smile: "Zheng Heng, the second young master of the Zheng family, do you dare to ask the girl her name?"
Nangong He suddenly frowned slightly. The other party clearly came to harass her, but he still pretended to be serious.
She didn't even bother to talk to Zheng Heng, let alone tell him her name.
"Zheng Heng, you'd better leave me..."
Snapped!
The maid next to her, Xinghua, stood up and was about to say something, but she was slapped by Zheng Heng with her backhand. She was hit so hard that she took several steps back. Blood bleeded from the corner of her mouth, and a blood-red slap mark appeared on her face.
"You..." Nangong He suddenly became angry, stood up and looked at Zheng Heng with a frown.
Zheng Heng pretended that nothing happened, picked up Xinghua's glass of wine, looked at Nangong He and said: "Since we can meet in the same inn with the girl, it means we are destined, why don't you have a drink with me, girl?"
"Please be respectful." Nangong He spoke with a sweet voice.
Zheng Heng shrugged, "I'm not always polite to girls, so why don't I respect her?"
"You beat my maid in front of me and harassed me while I was eating. What do you call respect?"
"Huh, she's just a slave. I beat her to give her face. She should thank me. As for you, girl..." Zheng Heng tried his best to look gentle and elegant, but he couldn't hide the lustful look in his eyes.
"I have begged you again and again to give you face. If you don't obey, don't blame me for being so ruthless."
"Waiter, check out." Seeing that the situation was out of control, Nangong He immediately took out the spirit stone and placed it on the table.
Moreover, she stood up and left with Xinghua.
"Stop, do I want you to leave?" Zheng Heng's face changed instantly, and several followers behind him immediately stepped forward, blocking the way of the master and servant.
"Let them go."
At this moment, Zhou Yuan also spoke.
He still lowered his head and drank by himself.
Hearing this untimely sound, Zheng Heng and Nangong He both looked sideways, and other melon-eaters around them also looked at Zhou Yuan in shock.
