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When he entered the inner city of Shendu, Liu Ce suddenly sighed that there was a world of difference between the inner city and the outer city. Compared with the outer city, the pedestrians who came and went in the inner city night market were far more noble than the outer city. It was similar to the "internal and external division" he saw in the faraway state, but the capital was more luxurious.

The barns and neighborhoods are brightly lit, and the sound of urging people to drink is heard from the inside. You can also hear the sound of singing and chanting poems and playing with each other. Almost all the pedestrians on the road have maids and even luxurious carriages, with almost all the bags in their hands. Not far away, there are a group of well-dressed young men from aristocratic families who are drunk and blushing, teasing the beautiful women passing by from time to time, even if they have a partner around them, they don’t care about it.

"This city is sick..."

Looking at the extremely luxurious and almost distorted city streets, Liu Ce came to this conclusion in his heart.

At the end of the dynasty, especially before collapse and an irreversible crisis, an extremely extreme scene often occurs. For example, Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, Kaifeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, Lin'an of the Southern Song Dynasty, Major capitals of the Yuan Dynasty, and the capitals of the late Ming Dynasty were all extremely distorted and prosperous. Especially the business was extremely developed, and the rulers seemed to be using this to numb themselves and cover up the reality of the collapse of the government and the decline of national strength, and still attempt to immerse themselves in the illusion of prosperity and prosperity in a prosperous era.

However, these are just the rebirth of the dynasty. When that brilliance fades, it will eventually collapse...

When he arrived at the Yulongxuan Restaurant, Liu Ce and Jiao Luo and others met, he stared at the brightly lit building in front of him, which was extremely luxurious and luxurious from the outside. He shook his head in a slight way, then turned over and dismounted and ordered people to wait outside the door, and then took Wei Dian to walk towards the gate. He was very uncomfortable with the arrogant and extravagant atmosphere of the inner city, and just wanted to quickly take Jiang Ruoyan and go back to the outer city inn to rest early.

When he entered Yulongxuan, the decoration inside was even more eye-opening, not only the night pearls used for lighting (the smallest night pearls are the size of a basin, not the so-called marble) were probably hundreds of. Even more than a thousand paper lanterns hung illuminated the entire hall like daytime.

Looking at the bustling guests eating and drinking inside, and countless waiters who were delivering vegetables and running errands, Liu Ce took Wei Dian to the counter and said to the shopkeeper who was constantly fiddling with abacus: "Shopkeeper, look for someone..."

However, the shopkeeper did not raise his head and still fiddled with the abacus placed on the counter, ignoring Liu Ce at all.

Liu Ce glanced at Wei Dian with a slightest look, and Wei Dian signaled that he immediately threw the two iron halberds wrapped in cloth on his shoulders onto the abacus with a "clang".

The shopkeeper was startled and then slowly raised his head, but he saw a burly bald man and a young man with black and white hair looking at him coldly, and he couldn't help but frown.

After confronting each other for a few breaths, the shopkeeper asked, "Two, what are you doing? This is not a place for you to make trouble..."

Liu Ce said: "Shopkeeper, let's find someone!"

The shopkeeper asked, "Looking at the appearance of both of you, you have a raw face and your accent is not like that of the local area of ​​Gyeonggi. It seems that you came from other places, right? Who do you want to find? Those who come here are all dignitaries and royal relatives..."

Liu Ce interrupted him and asked, "Where is Princess Yiyang? I have made an appointment to come here to see him. I hope you can report it."

When the shopkeeper heard this, his pupils shrank, and then asked in a low voice: "Do you dare to ask about your name?"

"Liu Ce..." Liu Ce said lightly.

The shopkeeper was shocked and bowed and whispered: "It turned out that the former military governor was here. His Highness the princess told me that if the military governor came, I will take you to the private room on the fifth floor. Please follow me..."

"Let's wait..." Liu Ce stopped the shopkeeper's move to lead the way. After thinking about Wei Ding's iron halberd, he said to the shopkeeper, "It's already three hours, is the banquet not over yet?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Mr. Military Governor, I ask you to be the best, your army will win and return to triumph. The curfew in the whole city will be lifted in three days. Yulongxuan's business is three times that of daily life. His Royal Highness meets a distinguished guest friend again, so he is very happy. He has booked the largest private room in Tianzi in the restaurant. How could the banquet end so easily..."

Liu Ce closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said to the shopkeeper: "Forget it, don't disturb them. This military governor is waiting for her here. This military governor will find a place. You can serve some wine and food first..."

After saying that, he took Wei Dian to find a seat and sat down, waiting for the banquet upstairs to end. Jiang Ruoyan followed him all the way and marched hard, so it was rare to let her relax. He didn't want to disturb the atmosphere of gathering between her and Wei Ying.

After the food came, Wei Dian immediately started to eat it voraciously, completely ignoring his image. Liu Ce took the wine glass and drank a sip of the wine silently, as if thinking about something.

At this moment, a loud cheer broke out in the hall. Liu Ce looked up and saw a group of men in short shirts and uniforms performing acrobatics on the stage in the middle, which attracted a lot of cheers.

After a performance ended, the guests in the audience kept throwing copper coins and broken silver onto the stage to show their rewards...

Liu Ce looked at the acrobat who nodded and bowed on the stage and kept thanking him. He was convinced that the background of this juggling team must be quite large, otherwise he would not have appeared in the inner city.

"Mr. Governor..."

At this moment, Huangfu Zhai's voice sounded in Liu Ce's ear. He looked up and saw that Huangfu Zhai had already sat opposite him and placed the bronze mirror in his hand on the table.

Liu Ce frowned coldly and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Huangfu, how did you get in? And how did you come here? The inner city is strictly guarded and your identity is special. Are you not afraid of danger?"

Huangfu Zhai said: "Mr. Military Supervisor, I have my own way to sneak into the city. I am waiting for you to arrive here..."

Seeing Huangfu Zhai's face serious, Liu Ceqi said, "What, does Mr. Huangfu need the help of this military supervisor?"

Huangfu Zhai nodded and said to Liu Ce: "Mr. Military Governor, there will be an unprecedented conspiracy in Shendu City. I hope that Mr. Military Governor should not intervene, so as not to be swept into this conspiracy?"

Liu Ce said after hearing this: "Mr. Huangfu, can you explain it to this military governor more clearly? This military governor is not in the mood to guess the riddle with you..."

Huangfu Zhai shook his head: "What conspiracy is unknown now, but I can foresee that God and even the Great Zhou will completely change the world because of this conspiracy. If possible, please do not stay after being enfeoffed, and quickly lead the army back to the Far East..."

Liu Ce thought about it carefully and asked again: "What happened? Mr. Huangfu, I have never seen you have such a nervous expression in your tone."

Huangfu Zhai said: "Don't ask more. After tonight, you may know. In short, the military governor should be able to leave Shendu quickly. Don't be involved in the conspiracy for the time being..."

Liu Ce became even more curious when he heard this. His eyes were slightly jawed, his body gently leaned back and said to Huangfu Zhai: "Mr. Huangfu, if the military supervisor is good, there are still traces of Mo family activities in this city, right? Otherwise, how could you grasp the whereabouts of this military supervisor so quickly?"

Huangfu Zhai said: "You are right, God has many suspicions from the Mo family, but it is not difficult to find the military governor, because I know that the military governor will not let Miss Jiang go alone and not return home easily.

As long as you grasp Miss Jiang’s whereabouts, the military governor will definitely appear nearby, not to mention that Guards Jiao are wandering around Yulongxuan. It is not difficult to find Miss Jiang…”

Liu Ce closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and said, "Indeed, this military governor shouldn't really be involved in this dispute. But judging from your words, this conspiracy seems to be closely related to this military governor? In this case, do you think this military governor can avoid it?"

Huangfu Zhai thought for a while and said, "I will do my best. After tonight, I will tell you about the military governor. In short, you should leave the inner city as soon as possible tonight and go to the inn to avoid accidents. I still have a lot of things to prepare, so I will say goodbye first."

After saying that, Huangfu Zhai picked up the bronze mirror and stood up and bowed to Liu Ce, then walked out of Yulongxuan gate without looking back.

Liu Ce looked at Huangfu Zhai's leaving back and fell into deep thought. He carefully recalled the information that Huangfu Zhai said in his words, trying to find out the clues.

However, no matter how Liu Ce thought, he could not guess what Huangfu Zhai wanted to say, so he simply stopped thinking about it and waited quietly for Jiang Ruoyan to go downstairs and go back to the outer city inn.

Half an hour passed, and Wei Ying and Jiang Ruoyan still showed no sign of going downstairs, which made him gradually feel irritated.

When Wei Dian folded the rice bowl at the table to the 37th bowl, with his burp, a young man in white sitting not far away looked back at Liu Ce's table in disgust, and finally snorted disdainfully, cursing secretly: "Food bucket, country bumpkin..." He immediately attracted the sneer from the table...

When Liu Ce heard the movement of the table, he turned around and hugged them and smiled: "Friends, why bother to make fun of people like this? Look at you well-dressed, you must be a literati who is familiar with the teachings of saints. Don't you know the reason why disaster comes from your mouth?"

The young master in white heard this and sarcastically said disdainfully: "You are worthy of the word "literati" and don't look at your virtues? Don't think that if you have any relatives in your family who are officials can do such indecent actions in Yulongxuan, otherwise you will not even be able to stay in the outer city."

"Why is it called an indecent act?" Liu Ce asked with a smile, "Didn't my friend eat a few more bowls of rice? What's wrong with you?"

The young master in white sneered and said, "If you don't even look at what this place is when you eat, Yulongxuan is a royal background. Such a hungry ghost's way of eating is unprecedented. Could it be that you also want to leave an impression in Yulongxuan so that people can admire you? However, the rice bucket is indeed impressive..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

As soon as the young master in white finished speaking, the young master who was dining together at the table immediately burst into laughter, his laughter filled with sarcasm.

When Wei Ding heard this, he was about to have an attack, but Liu Ce held it down. He turned around and said to him, "Forget it, don't be as knowledgeable as these bastards, there is no need."

After saying that, Liu Ce picked up a glass of wine and tilted his neck and fucked it all. After closing his eyes and feeling the alcohol in his stomach, the smile on his face suddenly stopped, and when he opened his eyes, he was filled with hostility.
Chapter completed!