The capital is the source of the ancient canal, and the distribution center for goods coming and going, with a population of about two million. Most of the wealthy local merchants have their own businesses in the capital, which is undoubtedly one of the busiest cities on the mainland.

The lights are on, and the capital, which has been lively for a day, entered its noisiest night. The streets are filled with people and singing everywhere. There are brothels and Chu Pavilions here, hotel facilities are luxurious, people dress in gorgeous clothes, and their lives are quite rich. Compared with the small mountain town, business is prosperous, and people live freely. At this time, the capital city has no signs of decline. After all, the thousand-year-old ancient city still has its unique tenacious vitality. However, the world needs to change and another order is needed to operate to rule the world. The city is old, and it is time to inject fresh blood to reborn and rebirth again.

This is the politics, culture and military center of the Dugu Dynasty. It also has a name called Sunrise City! It has Sunrise in the east and will never land. However, most people call it a royal city. The city where the emperor lives is naturally the royal city.

Although the capital city is a huge city with a wide city gate open all night, it still has to be inspected by soldiers at the gate when entering and leaving at night. In the second half of the night, the capital city will gradually become quiet, and there are fewer pedestrians on the street. It was lively all night. Except for the little lights outside the brothel and hotel, other urban buildings gradually fell asleep.

A few quick sounds of horse hooves woke up the sleepy city gate guards. Opened their sleepy eyes, looked at the three horses running towards them, and couldn't help but curse: "Damn, there are still three beasts who are going to enter the city at this time, so let's accompany me to wait until dawn before entering!" He closed his eyelids again, intending to ignore the person coming.

When the horse ran closer, the young soldier could not remember it when he saw the person coming clearly. The person coming was Li Xianlong, his senior brother and his junior brother. Let me ask the prime minister's position in the capital is of great power, who dares to offend his precious young master?

He quickly called other soldiers to move the blockade away and let the three of them in quickly, otherwise, this job that was full of money would not be his turn tomorrow.

When the three of them saw that the soldiers at the city gate arrived, they were tactful and said nothing. Without waiting for the barbarian to move away, they rode their horses over the barbarian and ran to the city, throwing the guards who were still moving barbarians behind them from afar.

"Junior Brother Li, it seems that you are a public figure in the capital. "The eldest brother Yang Zhifang said to Lee Hsien-long in the middle.

Lee Hsien Long smiled proudly and said, "Senior Brother is so proud of Xilong. Someone still saw Xilong in the capital, and he didn't know him at all."

"Second Brother, why are there anyone in the capital who doesn't know you?" The third junior brother Zhang Shuhua followed and asked.

"It's not that I don't know you, but that I don't buy your second senior brother's account. Third junior brother, you have to learn it well, and don't even hear the meaning of this sentence." Yang Zhifang, who is a senior brother, has the responsibility to enlighten this third junior brother who is not enlightened.

"Okay, senior brother, third brother, let's go back to the prime minister's mansion as soon as possible. Don't forget that we still have tasks." Although Lee Hsien-long is lustful and sinister, he still has some feelings for his senior brothers and trusts him quite trusting. Although he is a playboy on the surface, he does not delay his work. He is a ruthless character, and has his genetic character of being a traitor.

The three of them rode their horses and ran wildly on the street, heading straight towards the prime minister's mansion.

Needless to mention the luxury of the government office of the prime minister in the dynasty, just talking about the two huge white jade lions in front of the door. In addition to the prince, only Kou Tianyun, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, dared to place the same big lion in front of the door. Other officials and royal relatives were either smaller than it or there were no ones, which shows how respectful his status in the capital was.

The prime minister's mansion was brightly lit tonight. From Ouyang Zhen's Feige's letter, he learned that his son would return to the capital tonight. Since the Qi Lei incident, Li Yuanchao was afraid of being rude and was caught by his opponent. After all, Qi Lei is a military member. If the other party takes this opportunity to make things worse, even the Concubine Li in the palace cannot protect Li Xianlong's freedom. So he immediately sent Li Xianlong to his master Ouyang Zhen to strictly discipline him. This is the first time he has been home. How can he not wait for this precious son in the mansion!

"Where is the young master?" Li Yuanchao kept asking the butler this question. Apart from Lee Hsien-long, only the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion could enjoy the treatment of the old Prime Minister. Therefore, the butler had to stay at the door and dare not come back. He saw it and then went back to report.

The sound of horse hooves approached, and the butler standing at the door raised his heart to his throat. He hoped that the young master would really come back this time, so he would not be questioned by the prime minister anymore. He stood up and stretched his head out, staring at the end of the street.

Someone came over, and someone shouted, but saw three black dots running quickly towards the butler from far to near, obviously riding a horse.

"It's the young master, I won't go back to report to the prime minister!" The butler saw the face of one of the people who came clearly and hurriedly directed a servant.

When the clerk heard this, he quickly ran to the mansion.

The three of them dismounted at the door and handed the horse to the butler who had been waiting for a long time. The three of them walked straight to the pavilion set up by Li Yuanchao.

Lee Hsien-long first introduced his senior brother and junior brother to his father. This was the first time they met, so they could not help but be polite, and then they sat down with the guest and host.

Li Yuanchao was the prime minister of the dynasty, and his status was naturally high. The eldest senior brother Yang Zhifang knew the most about officialdom, so he stood up and greeted Li Yuanchao with a glass, and then the third junior brother followed the example of the eldest senior brother and also gave a glass of wine. As for Li Xianlong, there was no need for so many politeness between the father and son.

"Two nephews, you can drink freely in the palace of my minister, without much etiquette. I am a good friend with your master, Ouyang Manor." Li Yuanchao said happily tonight.

The eldest brother stood up and said to himself on behalf of the third brother, "The Prime Minister is below one person and above ten thousand people, and his status is respected. We younger generations should respect you."

"Nephew Yang Xian is really good at speaking. By the way, Xianlong, is there anything wrong with your master sending you back this time?" Ouyang Zhen could not have sent his son back so soon for no reason, Li Yuanchao asked.

"Dad, that's how it is..." Lee Hsien-long told his father one by one what happened.

After hearing this, Li Yuanchao put down the chopsticks in his hand, stroked his long beard and said, "This problem is a bit difficult. The emperor has always made his own decisions about the river and never listened to others' opinions. I asked Ouyang Manor Master to cultivate Lian Teng and his son in the waterway to include the fat piece of waterway into our camp. Now they can achieve such results in just five years, and they are quite satisfied."

"What dad meant not to stop the emperor from issuing an order to sign that girl as the governor of the river?" Li Xianlong said anxiously.

"Dad is not planning to obstruct, but doing so will probably be futile." Li Yuanchao thought for a while and said.

"How could that be? With your prestige in the court and the response of all the ministers, and with your aunt in the emperor's ears, the emperor should give you some face. As long as the time of issuing the order is delayed, Master and Lian Teng can join forces to uproot the girl, and that will not happen at that time." Li Xianlong originally wanted his father to directly ban the title of the governor of Cao Ruifeng River, but now he can only settle for the second best to delay the time of issuing the edict so that Lian Teng can do things cheaply.

Li Yuanchao's eyes lit up and said, "What are your master's plans?"

Li Xianlong told Li Yuanchao about Ouyang Zhen’s plan. After hearing this, Li Yuanchao repeatedly claimed it was wonderful and smiled and said with a happy smile: “Brother Ouyang is indeed a good plan!”

"I believe it's no longer a problem to delay the time. Just join forces with a few ministers and write a letter to investigate Cao Ruifeng for a while to see if she has the leadership ability and then enthrone her. I think even the old guy Kou Tianyun is not easy to object." Li Yuanchao smiled proudly.

Yang Zhifang and Zhang Shuhua said together: "The Prime Minister is indeed a clever plan."

Li Yuanchao laughed and said, "My dear nephew has been awarded too much. These are just small skills for being an official and are not worth mentioning at all!"

"You are here to come back first for this?" Li Yuanchao continued to ask. For this small matter, just send someone to send a letter to pass on the letter. Why do so many people mobilize the troops to come back together?

"Dad." Li Xianlong knelt in front of Li Yuanchao with a "thump", which scared the prime minister of the dynasty and said, "Xianlong, what's wrong with you? OK, why are you kneeling down? You can't get up!"

"Dad, listen to me and finish my words." Lee Hsien-long raised his head and said to Li Yuan.

Li Yuanchao was also anxious to know the reason, so he urged: "Okay, Xianlong, you say, say it quickly."

"Dad, my child fell in love with Miss Lin in Hailing City and wanted to ask her father to propose marriage to her child in person." Li Xianlong explained the reason why he finally came back.

Li Yuanchao breathed a sigh of relief and thought something big happened. It turned out that his son fell in love with a woman and wanted to propose marriage by himself. After thinking about who this lady Lin is, it is not known whether he deserves his son. So he asked in his heart: "This lady Lin family is the eldest lady of the Lin family, the richest man in our dynasty?"

"That's right." Li Xianlong stood up and said, "Since I saw her in the Lin Mansion, I have never forgotten her, and I can't tolerate other women anymore. So the master asked her and my junior brother to come back to see my father. The child must marry her as his wife!" He said firmly and left no room for anything. When his son grew up, it was time to start a family. Li Yuanchao thought to himself that it was time to find someone to take care of him. At this time, he suddenly realized that his son was much more mature and couldn't help but comfort him.

"This, if an ordinary family can use power to force him to agree to this marriage, you have fallen in love with the wife of the border guard. Didn't your father help you, and he almost got into trouble with Kou Tianyun. Fortunately, the guard is not his direct subordinate, so he did not study this matter with his father. But now if the Lin family agrees to this marriage, then..." Li Yuanchao also knew what kind of benefits his marriage would bring to the Lin family. Even if he rebelled immediately, it would not be a problem. However, the Lin family has never been afraid of the government. Even if he deals with the government, it is just an official article. There will be no deep friendship. Even if he goes there himself, it may not be successful. Therefore, he has been reluctant to agree to Li Xianlong's request.

"Dad, the master has a good relationship with the head of the Lin family. He also specially invited his master to be Miss Lin's teacher Xixi. Lin Yunbao also knew that his master had always been good to his father. I think he also wanted to make friends with our prime minister's mansion to treat his master so politely." Li Xianlong said everything his master's instructions and what he wanted to say, and he had almost made all the meaning clear.

How could Li Yuanchao not understand the meaning of the words? Lin Yunbao, the head of the Lin family, intends to make friends with him and get to this relationship. If he goes there himself, he will receive unexpected results and may agree to the marriage on the spot.

"You should first call your senior brother and junior brother to go back and rest first. When you are a father, you should think about it carefully. This matter must be discussed for a long time." Li Yuanchao was not sure whether he should have taken action himself. Although Lin Yunbao's wealth is as rich as the country's property and status, it is not too much to go to propose marriage himself, but Lin and Li's combination will inevitably attract strong opposition from other forces. Once the balance of power is broken and one side is too strong, it will inevitably cause other forces to unite to deal with him. At that time, the first destruction will be himself. He must not ignore this matter carefully and weigh the pros and cons, so he will not hurry to agree, and wait for Ouyang Zhen's news before talking about it, because he received the news that Ouyang Zhen went to the Hailing Lin family again.

Lee Hsien-long knew his father's temper and dared not persist, so he had to nod and agree first.

The three of them used some wine and food, then went down one after another and left the pavilion. Lee Hsien-long naturally returned to his room. The other two housekeepers had prepared a top-notch guest room for them and also stayed in the prime minister's house.

There were a few more rapid sounds of horse hooves outside the city gate. The soldier guarding the city gate thought that he didn't even have a ghost at this time. What's wrong with this today? First, the Prime Minister and Young Master brought people into the city. Who would have to enter the city now?

A carriage was parked in front of the soldier. The soldier was about to say that you should hit me now. You saw how you flew over the blocking wood, so you moved your stiff body and walked forward.

"Who are you? Although you can't help but go out all night in the capital, you can't always choose to enter the city at this time." The soldier was awakened by the sound of horse hooves again, and his heart was in agitation.

The curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing a golden sign. The soldier was dazzled and could not see clearly. He thought it was because he was filial to them and asked them to let them go. So he yawned and walked up to take off the golden sign. When he saw the nearby lantern, he was so scared that he let him sweat. After half a night, he came back to his senses and said to the other soldiers: "Hurry, let go!" The other soldiers were unhappy, so he still moved the blocking wood aside quickly.

The soldier holding the gold medal walked to the curtain of the carriage tremblingly, presented the gold medal respectfully and said, "You can always go to the city, please."

The door curtain was tilted, and one hand was stretched out to retract the gold medal. The carriage started and gradually disappeared from the sight of the group of soldiers.

"Who is the person on the carriage? Why are you afraid of being like this?" the other soldiers asked around the guard who had just spoken.

"That is the pass token for the palace and the inner and outer city gates!" the soldier whispered, afraid that someone would hear it.

"Isn't this kind of token only for royal relatives?" a soldier interjected.

"Yes, is there any royal relative in the car?" Another soldier squeezed in.

"Don't talk nonsense, be your own guard. I have a premonition that something unusual must have happened tonight." The soldiers holding the token pushed the soldiers and said.

In the second half of the night, everyone was full of energy and no one dared to sleep secretly, for fear that they would miss something important!

"Zeng Cheng meets the lord." The carriage walked around the city and drove into the gate of a dark yard. A man got out of the carriage and said to the middle-aged man in black who was waiting.

"No need to be polite, just talk about your trip to Jiangnan." The middle-aged man in black said to the humanity behind him.

"Yes, lord." Then he stood up and spoke in the man in black. It took half an hour to go, and then knelt behind him again and waited for instructions.

"Very good, Zeng Cheng, you did a very good job this time." The man in black praised the humanity called Zeng Cheng.

"Thank you for your appreciation. All of this was thanks to your premeditation before you could succeed." Zeng Cheng replied respectfully.

"You don't need to be so humble in front of me. You can't show up in the capital at the moment. You can't go back to the capital so quickly at the same speed, so you have to hide first and calculate your days before coming back." The man in black ordered.

"I have thought of it for a long time, so I have prepared something along the way." Zeng Chengdao.

"Will you use the token I gave you this time?" the man in black asked down.

"Yes, my subordinates did use it." Zeng Cheng replied honestly.

"If you can do it, try not to use it, do you know that although you can't doubt your head, you should be more careful. You are the only one who deserves to trust by my side." The man in black said with concern.

"I am willing to devote myself to my lord until I die." Zeng Cheng said excitedly.

"Do you think that little girl can be as capable as his father, and to suppress those people?" asked the man in black.

"I dare not make a guess in vain. The young master Cao's village seems to have borrowed a Mr. Xi from the Lin family in Jiangnan to turn the defeat into victory." Zeng Cheng replied.

"You have mentioned this person before, so what is his origin?" The man in black asked with interest.

"I don't know." Zeng Chengdao.

"Then the thirteen people have been divided into two now. What do you think we should deal with next?" The man in black obviously said with considerable trust in Zeng Cheng.

"I don't understand why my lord wants to differentiate them?" Zeng Cheng is a very rectal person. Such a person can do things and keep secrets.

"Instead of having a terrible enemy, don't have a firecracker tube around you that may explode at any time. Zeng Cheng, don't you?" the man in black asked him in reverse.

"The lord is considering much further than Zeng Cheng." Zeng Cheng said sincerely.

"You have to help me find out the origin, life, and whatever. In short, I have to know everything about him, otherwise the next plan would not be implemented." The man in black treated Zeng Chengdao extremely seriously.

"I must do my best!" Zeng Cheng said firmly at the man in black.

"You'd better not stay in the capital. Go out of the city immediately. I have something to do. Everyone won't know about it." The man in black thought of something and said excitedly.

The man in black walked into the room, lit the oil lamp, and wrote quickly. Then, as for a scroll, sealed it with paint, put out the lights, walked out and sealed it with Zeng Chengdao: "Leave Beijing quickly and handed it to Yuchi Tian, ​​he will know how to deal with it."

Zeng Cheng quickly retreated, got on the carriage, started the carriage, and left. The man in black looked at the carriage that was leaving, his figure flashed, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

The soldiers guarding the city gate who were concentrating on their attention heard the sound of horse hooves again. This time, they were not from outside the city, but from the city.

The sound of horse hooves approached, and it was the carriage I had just entered, and it turned back. Now I am leaving the city. It turns out that I have been walking around inside and going out again.

No one dared to come forward to stop him, so he moved the blocking wood away, opened the door and let it go, and then quietly watched the carriage leave.

No major accident happened that night, but there was a strange carriage. No one knew who was sitting on it. I only knew that it was definitely not an ordinary person. It was rumored that the royal family had nothing to do and were having fun in the middle of the night. Who was it? No one knew.
Chapter completed!