In the Blood Qin Empire, the color of blood is noble and the color of iron is noble. The two colors of iron and blood are deeply loved by high-ranking officials.
Therefore, the colors of all the buildings in the outer city of Shuangyang Chilong City and the inner city where common people and ordinary merchants live are mostly light and elegant. But once you enter the official city, the entire building, including the stone slabs paved on the streets, are all transparent.
There was a heavy, depressing dark tone.
Guancheng is okay, the people here are middle- and upper-class officials, and their houses and pavilions are just depressing in color.
As soon as he entered the palace city, Lin Qi felt as if he had returned to the Principality of Montenegro on the eastern plain of the Western Continent. The ground was paved with volcanic tungsten steel rock cast by molten metal, and the surrounding buildings were as black as if they were made of copper and iron.
Even the trees on the roadside are all black pine trees, and the flowers and plants planted are all red-leaved iron orchids.
The people living in the palace are all the royal nobles of the Blood Qin Empire, as well as the top court officials, so the palace is heavily guarded. Every tea time on the street, a group of two hundred armored guards will walk slowly by.
, the armor is clanging, the steps are rumbling, all the guards are all at the peak of their cultivation, and the weakest captains are all mid-level.
There are strange lights flickering in the sky above all the courtyards on both sides of the avenue. This is the fluctuation of light and shadow naturally emitted by various defensive formations. At least hundreds of powerful mental thoughts are sweeping through the void over and over again, even if a mosquito flies by
, someone can instantly count how many dust particles are stuck on it.
Riding on a tall horse, Lin Qi looked down at the giant stone slabs paved on the ground. Each stone slab was carved with countless runes in small characters, and the layers of runes were nested together to form a giant stone slab.
The outer city wall is a defensive array that is several times more powerful. It is conceivable that once this array is opened, the entire palace city will become a huge battle fortress.
Even Lin Qi could feel the terrifying energy tide below the street. Lin Qi could not imagine what the people who built Shuangyang Red Dragon City had done. He didn’t know what they had done below the city. Only the energy beneath the streets he walked through
The threat posed to him by the energy tide was several times more powerful than the energy fluctuations produced when the largest super volcano he saw erupted in the Fifth Abyss.
Could it be that there is a super volcano underneath the entire Shuangyang Red Dragon City?
A super volcano hundreds of miles long and wide! Thinking of that terrifying scene, Lin Qi felt cold sweat break out all over his body. Once such a volcano erupts, even terrifying beings like Yun Emperor and Yu Jun will immediately
Been obliterated?
After walking in the palace for a long time. Less than two miles away from the imperial city, Sha Xinyue led Lin Qi and his party into an alley.
Sha Xinyue's father, Hu Ye, was under the command of Taiwei Zhang and was the chief secret agent directly under the Blood Qin Emperor. He was a powerful figure who was truly awe-inspiring and even scary. Sha Xinyue's grandfather was a fool, but he was a master of secrets.
Under the rule of Taifu, craftsmen made orders. This was another high-profile job in the Blood Qin Empire. Father and son, one rich and one powerful, plus Hu Xinzhu, a close official of the emperor. Although the Hu family was not prosperous, it was
The Blood Qin Empire is one of the most powerful and powerful families, and no one dares to underestimate the potential power of this family.
This Baoxing Hutong is said to be an alley, but it is actually large enough to accommodate four carriages traveling in parallel. Both sides of the entire Hutong are the Hu family's mansions.
After entering the alley, walk forward for one mile. On the left is a blood-painted door with the plaque of Xuan Lebo's Mansion hanging on it. This is the mansion of Sha Xinyue's grandfather Wu Tu. On the right of the door of the mansion is the name "Zhongsu Bo's Mansion".
This is the mansion of Sha Xinyue's father, Hu Ye. Walking more than a mile inward, there is a mansion on the left with a plaque with the word "Xuan Yi" hanging on it. Several members of the Hu family who have never been in office live here.
tribesmen.
For example, Sha Xinyue's second uncle Hu Le, third uncle Hu Qu, fourth uncle Hu Xin, and many of Sha Xinyue's cousins live in this Xuanyi Mansion. Although Hu Le has never been an official, Hu Le is
Taiwei served as a staff counselor and military affairs officer in Taiwei's mansion. The destruction of at least eighteen small countries around the Blood Qin Empire was his handiwork. Hu Qu worked as a diner in Taifu's mansion. It is said that at least 40% of Taifu's official documents were attributed to Hu.
Qu helped polish it; as for Hu Xin, it’s even more interesting. His favorite thing to do is to go to the Yamen of Chilong City to receive various complaints, and he specializes in litigating cases for free!
Although these three uncles of Sha Xinyue do not serve as officials, they are all troublesome figures in Shuangyang Red Dragon City. Especially Hu Xin, it is necessary to ask if the Red Dragon City Order has an enemy that he wants to kill with his own hands.
, then it must be Hu Xin. Several Red Dragon City Commanders have been humiliated by Hu Xin, and in the end they had to ask themselves to be transferred from the position of Red Dragon City Commanders!
As for Sha Xinyue's brothers and sisters, many of them have just begun to enter official careers. They are still working as low-level officials in various yamen, but... in the past year, there have been seven
The chief official of the yamen was so tortured by Sha Xinyue's cousins that he took a sick leave. One can imagine what kind of characters Sha Xinyue's brothers and sisters were.
Xuanyi Mansion, in the minds of some people in Shuangyang Chilong City, this mansion is a devil's cave!
Opposite the Xuanyi Mansion, there is a giant garden that covers an area larger than the previous three mansions combined. On the plaque directly above the gate of this garden, three big characters are mentioned in a flying phoenix - Hu Xinzhu!
There is no name for the garden or the name of the mansion. Hu Xinzhu declared the ownership of this garden in this way, and this unruly behavior won the unanimous praise of many so-called elegant scholars in Shuangyang Chilong City.
The welcome guests in front of Hu Xinzhu's garden are also jaw-dropping. On the left are eight handsome men, all with high crowns and robes, holding feather fans, looking like celebrities. If there are literati and elegant guests coming to visit, these handsome young men will receive them.
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On the right, eight elite secret spies from Prime Minister Feng Wen's subordinates, wearing half-body armor, wide-brimmed helmets, pleated iron battle skirts, long knives hanging on their waists, and carrying heavy crossbows, stood here to welcome the guests.
Most of all, it is to show Hu Xinzhu's attitude to all the people passing by - this is not a place that just anyone can get close to, and it is not a place that Hu Xinzhu is willing to meet. It is best to get away as soon as possible, and don't ask for trouble!
Sha Xinyue nonchalantly introduced the situation of her relatives to Lin Qi. Lin Qi was really amazed and had nothing to say about Sha Xinyue's family. There were not many foxes in this den, but
The tentacles touched every aspect of the Blood Qin Empire. There were members of his family in the mansions of Taifu and Taiwei. Hu Xin helped people fight lawsuits for free all day long. In fact, he also had extremely powerful relationships with Dazai and the Red Dragon City Commander.
It has a far-reaching influence. It seems that no one in this family is really among the top courtiers, but in fact, the influence is not weaker than those of the top and superior Taifu, Taiwei and Dazai.
"Of course, the Hu family cannot have only such a small number of people!" Sha Xinyue narrowed her eyes and smiled proudly: "As for the Hu family, they are all local wealthy families in the three provinces near the imperial capital. It's just that
It’s just my grandfather’s lineage who entered the court as an official. My Hu family has a long history of serving as officials in the Blood Qin Empire. However, the Hu family has never produced a first-class official, and the highest-ranking ones are the ministers of various ministries.
That’s it!”
Lin Qi nodded silently, and the group got off their mounts in front of the "Hu Xinzhu" garden gate. Sha Xinyue smiled triumphantly and walked slowly to the gate. The eight scholars on the left and the eight secret spies on the right saw Sha Xin
Yue, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then the concierge opened the main door, and an old man in iron-colored robes quickly came out.
"Miss, you are back!"
Sha Xinyue nodded and pointed to Lin Qi: "This Young Master Lin Qi is my aunt... Xinyue's friend in the Western Continent. Xinyue narrowly escaped death several times, and it was he who helped her.
Save. This time Mr. Lin has prepared a heavy gift and paid a visit. Where is my eldest brother?"
The old man glanced at Lin Qi quickly, and his face was suddenly full of smiles: "The eldest young master has been ordered to enter the palace, and he is not sure when he will come back. I also invited Mr. Lin to come in and serve tea. The master has nothing to do today and is in the garden.
I am drinking, writing poems and amusing myself. If I know Mr. Lin is here, I will definitely be very happy!"
When the old man spoke, the corners of his mouth curled up, really like an old fox snickering. Especially when he said the last sentence, there was an indescribable weirdness in his words. Lin Qi heard it, and Sha
Xinyue’s father Hu Ye seems to be very interested in me?
Donkey came close to Lin Qi, the corner of his mouth moved slightly, and a high-pitched voice quickly penetrated Lin Qi's ears.
"Be careful, you have entered the fox's den! Don't reason with these foxes. When you find that you can't convince them, just use your fists! When dealing with the fox family, reasoning is useless, fists and violence are
The best solution! Knock them all down and they will behave!"
Lin Qi squinted his eyes and smiled, violence and fists? This is what the Sha family does? Lin Qi thought of the two clear slap marks on Hu Xinzhu's face! It seemed that not only Donkey, but also some people from the Blood Qin Empire,
I have also figured out how to handle the Sha family!
Of course, it's not easy to manipulate the Sha family. It would be even more terrifying to be retaliated by the Sha family!
A servant from the garden came out and entered the garden from the side door with a cart carrying gifts. Lin Qi entered the garden under the leadership of Sha Xinyue and the old man. He felt that his eyes suddenly turned green, and everything he saw was lush and green.
The ancient trees paved the way, and a sense of tranquility and deepness came from the ground. Walking along a spacious avenue for nearly a hundred meters, after passing two spacious halls, there is an exquisite garden with rockeries and flowing water behind it.
At the end of a winding island paved with colorful seashells, a pavilion stood like a bird on the top of a cliff dozens of meters high. A middle-aged man with disheveled hair and a blue robe sat in the pavilion, naked.
A pair of big feet were singing loudly, holding a large bowl in their hands, and sipping tea.
Seeing Lin Qi coming from a distance, the middle-aged man suddenly laughed loudly: "Lin Qi? I am Lin Hu, right?"
With a wild laugh, the middle-aged man suddenly flew into the air, suddenly flew over Lin Qi's head, and stepped down hard on Lin Qi's head.
"Back then, you beat me until my nose was bruised and my face was swollen. Today, I'm using his son to vent my anger!" (To be continued)