The capital city was the ancient capital of several dynasties. After many dynasties' renovations, the city wall reached a height of ten feet, which is more than thirty meters high. Even a top-notch master with Qinggong would not be able to fly that high.
This is also a special feature of the martial arts world. In order to maintain order in the capital and prevent those martial arts masters from coming and going, the imperial court built the city wall so high.
The entry and exit of the capital is also extremely strict. Each city gate is stationed with a strong and elite force. Entrance and exit require guidance and must be subject to interrogation. Therefore, those top masters in the world rarely come to the capital.
, because it is too troublesome and the price is too low. This is one of the reasons why Zhou Yinling has never been to the capital.
However, this time entering the city was different. Before the soldiers could conduct an interrogation, Yu Chenglong took out a golden token of King Qing.
The captain of the city gate took the golden token handed over by the soldier and immediately gave the order to let them go.
Bai Yichen and his party entered the capital smoothly.
The streets of the capital city are bustling with traffic and horses like dragons.
At this time, Yu Chenglong handed King Qing's golden token to Bai Yichen and said: "Mr. Bai, this is the token of His Royal Highness Prince Qing. You take it first. The capital is no different from the rivers and lakes. The competition is not about swordsmanship but martial arts."
Power and wisdom. It should be able to help you solve a lot of troubles."
Bai Yichen cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, and also thank you, Senior, for escorting me. I will keep this in my heart!"
"You are Welcome!"
Yu Chenglong smiled and then took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "The address above is a villa owned by the prince in the capital. You are new to the capital and you need a place to stay, so you can stay here temporarily.
!Yu wanted to go back to resume his life, so he said goodbye. Take care!"
"Senior, take care!"
Bai Yichen cupped his fists again, then followed the address on the note and found a yard.
As Bai Yichen showed Prince Qing's token, the steward here received them.
Although this is just a separate courtyard of King Qing, it is also very elegant, with a wide space and many rooms, more than enough to accommodate Bai Yichen and more than a dozen people.
The key is that there are servants from the palace taking care of it, including servants and maids. They can live here without worrying about food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Immediately, Bai Yichen summoned Li Decai and all the disciples of the Bai family, and said: "Everyone, we have gone through many difficulties and dangers, and finally arrived in the capital alive. You have suffered so much with me. As long as I, Bai Yichen, am still alive, I will not treat you badly."
I will also double the compensation for you and the disciples who sacrificed their lives, and take care of their families."
Then, he took out two hundred taels of silver notes and said: "Steward Li, give each person a bonus of ten taels first, including the brothers who died. In addition, when I return to Changle Mansion, each person will be rewarded fifty taels."
He only brought two thousand taels of silver notes with him when he went out. He had already spent one thousand five hundred taels, and there wasn't much left, so he could only reward part of it for the time being.
More than a dozen disciples of the Bai family suddenly looked happy, clasping their fists together and saying, "Thank you, Second Young Master!"
Although they are disciples trained by the Bai family and are loyal enough to the Bai family, they are not so loyal to Bai Yichen. Some people even think that they will get into trouble with the demon sect because of Bai Yichen, and they still have resentment in their hearts, but with Li Decai here
, they didn't dare to say anything. But at this time, Bai Yichen rewarded him so generously, which immediately made most of their resentment dissipate, and they unknowingly agreed with Bai Yichen.
Immediately, Bai Yichen asked them to go down and talk to Li Decai alone: "Manager Li, although we fled to the capital in embarrassment, since we are here, we must make a career. Let's buy a shop first and a famous sword. The workshop reopened. In addition, we also seized a lot of weapons along the way, many of which were hundred-forged steel knives, and several thousand-forged swords. These things were sold together with the swords of the famous sword workshop. If so, you can take 200 taels and put the rest into the Famous Sword Factory. When we become famous, we can transport another batch of swords from Changle Mansion. At that time, the sales here will be ten times or even dozens of times that of Dizhou. Times!"
Li Decai nodded and said: "My subordinates also have this idea. I was originally worried about being suppressed by the court, but now that I'm on the line with Prince Qing, I think it won't be a problem. I'll take care of it now."
Bai Yichen nodded. Li Decai was thoughtful and very capable. It was more efficient to leave it to him than to do it himself.
Immediately, he came to Zhou Yinling's room, but did not see Zhou Boqian, so he couldn't help asking: "Ling'er, where is your grandfather?"
Zhou Yingling smiled and said: "Grandpa went to get some wine. He is the most greedy of wine. He heard that there are many famous wines in the capital that he has never tasted before, so he plans to try them."
Bai Yichen nodded and immediately asked, "Ling'er, why did your grandfather come suddenly?"
Zhou Yinling smiled and said: "When I was in Tianji Pavilion, I spent five hundred taels to ask them to send someone to find my grandfather and tell him that my life was in danger. Grandpa happened to be looking for me, and he came immediately after receiving the letter. .”
Bai Yichen suddenly understood. No wonder he saw her at the counter of Tianji Pavilion that day, and she probably came down one step earlier than him. However, it was fortunate that she notified Zhou Boqian to come for help, otherwise he would have really died.
Immediately, a maid came over and said: "Miss Zhou, the hot water has been boiled, you can take a bath!"
Zhou Yingling looked happy and said: "Brother Chen, I'm going to take a shower, no peeking!"
Bai Yichen shook his head secretly. This girl was obviously teasing him on purpose. However, he had no intention of doing so now. Zhou Boqian had a weird personality. If he could not reach the third place on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking in three months, he might really kill him. .It seems that he must work hard to cultivate and open up the eight extraordinary meridians as soon as possible.
However, the most important thing is to take a shower first, otherwise it will stink to death.
Half an hour later, Bai Yichen and Zhou Yinling both finished taking showers.
At this time, the maid brought the food and set out nine dishes.
Bai Yichen and Zhou Yinling had just started eating when a laughter came from them: "My dear granddaughter, you didn't even call me when dinner is ready!"
Zhou Yingling smiled and said: "Grandpa, you drank so much wine outside, can you still eat?"
Zhou Boqian smiled and said: "Of course I can eat it!"
A few minutes later, the vegetable bowl was already half empty.
Bai Yichen pulled out the corners of his mouth slightly and ate faster, otherwise there would be no food to eat later.
A quarter of an hour later, the entire table of food was empty. The maid who came to clear away the food secretly muttered that these three people were probably reincarnated as ghosts who died of hunger. The amount of food was too shocking.
After Bai Yichen finished eating, he began to practice. Firstly, he wanted to restore his skill to its peak, and secondly, he wanted to purify his own internal strength and prepare to open the acupoints and channels.
In the afternoon, Li Decai came back and told Bai Yichen that he had found a shop. It turned out to be a restaurant. The place was big enough and the area had a good flow of people, but the price was a bit expensive.
Bai Yichen funded two hundred taels, bought the restaurant, and prepared to renovate it before opening it.