Hong Li followed Hei Yang and walked slowly, looking around with probing eyes and analyzing with questions and answers to herself.
"There are fewer and fewer pedestrians along the way. It can't be wrong, right?"
Hongli didn't come to the capital very often. The only time she came to the capital was to visit relatives during the New Year.
She came and left in a hurry, so she was completely unfamiliar with the palace. Even when she saw palaces gradually appearing in her sight, she was still a little unsure.
"That's right, we'll be there soon as we walk along this road."
The guide on the side gave an affirmative answer, paused, and then lowered his voice and said: "Actually, although there were not many people coming and going here in the past, it was not as desolate as it is now.
The main reason is that the fifth prince incident happened the year before last. Because it was too big and the impact was too heavy, in the past two years, both members of the royal family and those who interacted with the royal family were not as active as before.
To put it mildly, it feels a bit lifeless here now!"
"After all, the fifth prince was rushed into the palace and dragged out by a group of people. He was sent away in public without consulting the royal family."
Hei Yang clicked his tongue at the side. He was also one of the participants and promoters of what happened back then. There is even some wool collected from the fifth prince in his warehouse now, which was his first pot of gold.
At this time, old things were brought up again, and Hei Yang couldn't help but sigh: "After all, you are a member of the royal family. If you make a mistake, you should be punished or executed. According to the past rules, you have to respect the process and wait for the royal family to issue a statement.
Do it again or something.
As a result, everyone didn't even pay attention to it and took action directly.
When everyone was gone, the royal family added a "punishment statement" as if to show their respect. Not only should they not be angry, but they also had to appease everyone. It can be said that they have lost all their face."
At this point, Hei Yang chuckled and said with a half-smiling expression: "Although the royal family has been embarrassed over the years, no one has come in openly and openly to arrest and judge the prince. Everyone can see this.
Well, this skinny camel is almost at its end."
Of course, the decline of such a royal family is also related to the fact that it did not have serious centralization of power when it was first established, or that it was not established as a dynastic royal family in the first place.
Different from those ancient systems that Hei Yang knew about in his previous life, there are no royal representatives, military power, and political power in the Qiankun Kingdom and even in most countries in the Traveling World.
In the early days, Chunchun was just a grassroots team supported by the appeal. Now it has developed into the so-called army without any formal system. It has always been paid for work...
All in all, he is just an abstract deformity that is getting by. His survival to this day is solely due to the simple folk customs in the travel world and his unwillingness to commit suicide.
The fifth prince took the lead and committed a terrible death. The hearts of the people were instantly scattered, and the entire royal family was almost wiped out.
The formation of this abstract royal family is actually a legacy of historical travel in the world.
As mentioned before, the predecessor of the Travel World was made up of patchwork fragments of a certain big world.
The earliest residents of the Traveling World also fled from that war-torn world, and their education levels and abilities varied greatly.
The living environment was harsh at first, and everyone who escaped was destitute. Only the tallest among the shortest were selected. The most courageous and capable people were selected as leaders, and they worked hard together.
In order to facilitate management and stabilize order, various positions and labor organizations were organized. They later became popular and formed the earliest leadership group in the travel industry.
When they established their leadership, they never thought about creating a regime that could last forever. We were both hungry and didn't think much about it. We would follow whoever could lead us to survive and have enough to eat.
Even many order systems are inherited and borrowed from the original big world!
So there is this: Your family calls itself the Royal Family, my family calls itself the Zongmen, and his family calls itself the Clan...
Just because you are called a royal family does not mean that you are the boss of this country, and my name is a sect or a family does not mean that I cannot get involved in the management of this country, which is a mess.
Judging from the normal development process, this kind of messy management system will soon have problems. By then, it will not be surprising to have quarrels and fights or even bloodshed.
Wait until everyone is tired of the pain from the beating, and then start licking the wounds while reorganizing the original system.
Finally, everyone worked together to come up with a complete and comprehensive new unified system through practice.
Logically it should be like this!
But the problem is that this is a spiritual world, and often one person can suppress thousands of dissatisfied people!
The earliest leaders relied on their own charisma and strength to force a chaotic group of people to live together peacefully!
That group of people all ran away from the war-torn world. No one wanted to continue fighting endlessly. They were all forced to become peace lovers of truth, goodness and beauty due to the lessons learned from past mistakes.
It was precisely this group of earliest residents of the Travel World who took the initiative and brought the entire Travel World atmosphere to a strange track.
Even later, that group of people reorganized the entire heavenly rules of the Traveling World, setting a relatively mild tone for the entire world.
For example, good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds. This will indeed be reflected in part under the rules of heaven in the wandering world!
For this reason, there has never been a large-scale man-made disaster in the world of travel since ancient times.
The biggest one was the group of guys from Tianmen who wanted to take advantage of the bugs in the rules of heaven and illegally occupy the luck resources. After the incident was exposed, they were targeted by the entire sect of the Traveling World and even the self-consciousness of the Traveling World and became street rats.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The reason why the original group of people did this was precisely because they did not want their new hometown to be full of disputes and wars like the once overly martial world.
Because of this kind of behavior, most of the residents of the Travel World have lived a peaceful and stable life for thousands of years, which is obviously a good thing.
The disadvantage is that backward systems like the Qiankun Royal Family that should have been eliminated and improved thousands of years ago are only now beginning to show signs of collapse, which to some extent also curbs the development of some social systems.
When Hei Yang Hongli came to the capital this time, she was entrusted by someone to push this old and bloated carriage hanging from the cliff.
Speaking in human terms, the few surviving ancestors of the Qiankun Royal Family named Zheng learned about the current situation of their descendants and found that they were living better than their ancestors, but they also had the tendency to evolve into a stumbling block to world peace, and they felt sad in their hearts.
Very unhappy.
In addition, they originally wanted to ask Heiyang Hongli to help with purchasing, but suddenly they saw such a target. Several ancestors gave them a token that was said to be useful, and asked them to buy it for zero yuan, giving Ben.
The down-and-out royal family has a little surprise to make matters worse...
In fact, not only the royal family of Qiankun, but also the major sects of the Five Elements Sect and the four holy places, including the major families of the Five Colors Family, Heiyang Hongli had to make a trip to buy a wave of supplies for zero yuan in the name of his ancestors, cough cough
…
Of course, the ancestors are all decent people, and they will definitely not be too ruthless and will not cut off the flesh of their descendants. At most, they will just let out blood to exercise the hematopoietic function, which can be more beneficial to physical health and so on...
So the purchasing agent agreed upon became a prostitute ahem under the orders of the ancestors...
There’s a saying, it’s not too much to ask someone to help you go to your (offspring’s) home to get something, right?
We all have old arms and legs. We are drinking the cosmic version of Mistral outside to stand guard for you. We have finally opened a tribute channel. It is reasonable to improve our lives, right?
Although it looks like collecting protection fees from door to door, the pattern is larger. This is contributing strategic resources to protecting the entire world from foreign invasion! This is military expenditure! It cannot be saved!
Well, the reasons are all reasonable and the starting point is good, no problem!
But Hei Yang Hongli understood the truth, but they still couldn't help but feel guilty: "It's my first time to collect protection money and I'm so nervous. What should I do if I offend anyone?"
Therefore, Heiyang Hongli specially found a local guide to lead the way to ease her nervousness.
The guide was also a half-acquaintance of theirs. Hei Yang's cousin Hei Chen was the one they brought out of the Forgotten River.
Because most of the time you spend with the other person, the other person is half-dead, so you can only be considered a half-acquaintance.
As for Hei Chen, a half-acquaintance who was the victim of the incident involving the fifth prince, he would not have any sympathy for the seemingly desolate situation of the royal family. He just wanted to say it seemed like it!
Heiyang Hongli looked at the surrounding buildings while walking, trying to temporarily write down everything around him. It was not to appreciate the scenery, but mainly to estimate in his mind how much wealth the royal family surnamed Zheng currently had. He probably had an idea in his mind, so as not to miss anything.
Be careful if you really end up bankrupting someone else.
After all, he received the entrustment from his ancestors to pay (collect) the association (protection) merchant (fees), and he did not receive the reward from the other party's enemy to force his family to death...
However, as Hei Yang Hongli looked along, he realized that he was still too worried about the other party. Although the Zheng royal family was in decline, the foundation they had built over the years was still there.
Although with Hei Yang Hongli's current knowledge, the other party's little wealth would not surprise them, they were at least certain that the other party would not be bankrupted by his ancestors so easily.
A series of luxurious but old tall palaces are located around it, majestically guarding the palace hall in the middle, as if it is a ghost of history that is gradually being buried. Its body has gradually decayed, but it still refuses to die and is still chattering endlessly.
That demonstrates the supreme kingship.
The splendid buildings are somehow mixed with some short walls made of mottled bricks and stones. The marks left by swords, guns, swords and halberds on them seem to tell another unknown story.
Perhaps it was a certain epic that made people's blood boil, and it was deliberately preserved in this medium as a symbol of honor.
Or maybe it is a scar that is difficult to heal, written into the ancestral precepts and not to be dismantled, as a painful lesson for introspection every day.
But in the end, as time passes away generations of people and things, they have become stories and no longer cared about.
The honor has been forgotten, and the lessons have been forgotten once again, setting the stage for a certain moment in the future. Perhaps mistakes should be repeated over and over again.
However, in this world of spiritual practice, there will always be a few ancestors crawling out of history from time to time, slamming these heavy years into your face, allowing you to regain those honors or lessons, just like now.
"this……"
Weak spiritual power was injected into the token in front of him, and the old king's cloudy eyes were full of calm. He held the token, felt it carefully, and replied affirmatively: "This is indeed something left by our ancestors!"
"We said we wouldn't lie to you."
Hei Yang smiled and responded politely.
He imperceptibly looked at the old man in front of him who was dressed in luxurious clothes and seemed to be very wealthy, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.
It was also the first time for Hei Yang to see the king of this country, at least in name - he didn't even meet him when he cheated his family's fifth child.
But now that he actually saw the real person, Hei Yang was a little disappointed.
The other party did not have the kind of temperament that Hei Yang had imagined, and he might have been so high-spirited when he was young, but at present, he was just an ordinary old man with a lot of drama.
Of course, Hei Yang's evaluation may also be biased. After all, ordinary old people cannot remain so calm after hearing the truths Hei Yang Hongli told before, let alone the calmness to check the tokens now.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the opponent's city is actually just a useless effort in front of Heiyang Hongli.
Perhaps Hei Yang's life experience is much different than that of the other party, but the gap in strength between the two is so large that Hei Yang can discern all the other party's minute movements at a glance: including the other party's heart rate, blood flow, blood vessel dilation, eye muscle twitching, hormone secretion,
Whole body temperature change distribution, etc.
The other party has so many signs that can be used to judge emotions, but they only cover up their facial expressions, which is meaningless to Hei Yang Hongli.
To put it bluntly, Hei Yang could tell that the old king in front of him appeared to be quite stable, but in fact he was almost unbearable. He was excited, nervous, doubtful, suspicious, wary, and uneasy. The other person's mood at this time was like a fan pattern.
However, Hei Yang just thought that he was the one with the words, and didn't bother to make excuses with the other party, so he said directly: "Of course, if you feel that a token is unreliable, we still have several in hand, and we may even ask you directly
It’s not impossible to have a face-to-face conversation with our ancestors…”
The old king's eyelids jumped suddenly, but he did not make any further requests to see other tokens. He just lowered his eyes and said in a solemn and low tone: "No, I believe this is true. Please tell the royal family...
I will fully cooperate with the great cause of our ancestors! No one will hold us back."
Hei Yang was finally a little surprised, and he said, "I thought you would think about it for a while."
"unnecessary."
The old king shook his head, sighed, and suddenly asked: "The ancestors of the Zheng royal family, what do they think of us descendants?"
"To be honest, don't be impatient."
Hong Li, who had been hiding behind Hei Yang since entering the door, revealed half of her head and said faintly: "They said they were quite disappointed."
"Xiao Li!"
Hei Yang gently pushed Hong Li back behind him with his backhand, and did not let her say any more irritating words.
But obviously, Hongli's sentence was enough.
"Sure enough, I'm very disappointed. So that's the case. It seems that we have to change. Today's royal family, alas..."
The old king's turbid eyes seemed to be even darker. He sighed and waved his hands gently: "Excuse me, everyone, all the treasure troves have been opened, and I will not accompany you...
Let me, an unscrupulous old man, rest alone for a while..."
………………
Hei Yang Hongli said goodbye to the old king as if running away.
It’s not that they are afraid of each other, it’s just that they are not used to the atmosphere of talking to each other: We are not familiar with you, and you, an old man, have a serious look on your face in front of us!
In contrast, scanning the treasure house based on the list given by the seniors is much more relaxing!
Until Heiyang Hongli's large and small bags were filled with storage rings and left the royal capital, the other princes were not seen.
He didn't know where they were hiding, and Hei Yang Hongli didn't care.
Carrying greetings from their ancestors, they visited forces at one stop in the travel world, going with empty rings and coming out with full rings.
As for the conflicts that existed in the imagination, they did not happen at all. Everyone in the travel world still has a great situation.
After all, their ancestors were the masters of transitional tribulations, and everyone is a respectable force. As long as they are sure that what Heiyang Hongli said is true, they will not be stingy in helping their ancestors.
In fact, as Heiyang Hongli visited each house, some of the forces at the back also noticed the rumor. They found out the truth from their respective news channels and supplemented it based on their own speculations. They almost guessed
Winning the truth is seventy-seven-eighty-eight.
After everyone knew the truth and was moved by the spirit of their predecessors, the biggest unsolved mystery in the spiritual world for many years was finally solved: Where did the monks go after they broke through the Nascent Soul realm and transcended the tribulation and ascended? Are the monks who ascended still alive?
alive?
Now that everyone knows the answer, they are guarding everyone outside the world and living for everyone to live safely.
Heiyang Hongli's "zero-yuan purchase" business also became more and more smooth. Later, they didn't even need to ask local guides to visit and explain.
Just drive the [Space-Time Off-Road? Cosmic Edition] directly to someone else's door, and there will be someone waiting there with the goods.
Drive to destination, load, drive to next destination, load...
On both sides of the world shield, a small off-road vehicle carried the two people back and forth. Massive resources were transported outside the world shield and became a part of the world's security.
With the existence of Black Sun Red Glass connecting the inside and outside of the world, the elders who have been standing outside for thousands of years feel that time is no longer so difficult.
Hei Yang Hongli, who was originally afraid of the outside world, has gradually become accustomed to driving a small off-road vehicle around the travel world for two laps after completing each delivery, observing the travel world moving towards an invisible place at a not too slow speed.
The direction to the end keeps moving forward.
In the face of the astronomical distance, the fast-moving world of travel is like crawling at a snail's pace. We don't know when we will reach the legendary fantasy utopian universe.
Until one day, while on routine patrol (walking) outside the world shield, Heiyang Hongli's infinite communication mirror received an unknown communication request signal!
"Connected? Or not?"
Hongli looked at Hei Yang nervously: "We have always used communication mirrors to contact others, and this is the first time we have received communication requests from others!
Who could it be? An alien civilization? An evil god from another world? Harassing phone calls? Sales ads? Asking for a lot of money..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Hei Yang sweated profusely and said, "Can't you make some assumptions about Yang Jian?"
"But suddenly receiving a strange communication is very hellish in itself!"
Hong Li said calmly: "For example, if our travel world happens to drift into the signal range of a certain advanced civilization, as soon as we answer the signal, we will be locked in position, and then send a space fleet to jump over at super-light speed and surprise us!"
"Although what you said, Xiaoli, seems to be exaggerating..."
The corner of Hei Yang's mouth twitched and said: "But I think what you said is really possible, what should I do..."
"Look, look, think about it together with me!"
Hong Li reached out and hooked up with Hei Yang and said, "This is the tacit understanding between us husband and wife!"
"What should we do?"
Hei Yang looked at the "Called" message displayed on the mirror and couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
"Looking at the bright side, since they have already sent the communication to us, maybe they can locate our location without us getting through?"
"Hey, hey, how can you think of the good in this?"
Hongli couldn't help but complain loudly: "If you want me to say it, just... eh?!"
Hong Li's voice stopped suddenly.
[Communication Mirror: If no one answers for a long time, the other party will switch to message mode.]
Hei Yang Hongli: "?!!"
Hei Yang Hongli looked nervously at the communication mirror.
[The following voice has been processed harmlessly, please reply when you receive it]
"Fortunately, there is a sound harmless processing function..."
Hong Li muttered in a low voice. At that moment, she was still thinking about what to do if the words sent to her were some unlistenable divine words, words of mental pollution or something like that!
[Hey, hey? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Xiaoyang? Xiaoli? Is that you? Remember to reply when you hear it!]
Hei Yang Hongli: "???"
"Xiaoyang Xiaoli, are you referring to us?"
Hong Li's mouth twitched.
"Well, it's possible, maybe, maybe really, that they are calling our names?"