There are nearly 300,000 people in Xijing City, and it is not easy to find Yuwenshuang from the vast sea of ​​people. Fortunately, the Ali brothers kept their promises and found someone to ask Xiao Jinyan for a portrait of Yuwenshuang, and dragged Li Demo's relationship to the city gate official to inspect.

This registration system for entering the city is also a learning system in the Central Plains of Xijing. All people entering and leaving the city gate will leave records at the city gate, including appearance characteristics, road guides, customs declaration goods and contact addresses, etc., to facilitate the management of the population in the city, and to prevent spies from sneaking in secret from other countries.

With Yu Wenshuang's peerless appearance, as long as she enters Xijing, it will inevitably attract the attention of the city gate officials, and perhaps she will get some clues. What Xiao Jinyan is most afraid of is that Yu Wenshuang changes her mind in the middle of the journey. In that case, it will be difficult to find her again in the vast crowd.

The next morning, Buda accompanied Xiao Jinyan to read the archives of the city. He worked all day and had no idea. In the blink of an eye, it was evening. They agreed to attend the night banquet at Prince Chengxian's mansion and returned to the guild hall.

Xiao Jinyan originally wanted to go to the palace to find Chu Bieli, but now Chu Bieli is no longer Ergou Ge who sold wine at the city of Suzhou back then, but the legitimate emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty. Not to mention whether he can see it, as his identity may cause unnecessary trouble.

Buda said, "It is said that there are quite a few people attending the night banquet tonight. After all, they are the son of Emperor Breguet, and the person who is most likely to inherit the throne in the future!"

Xiao Jinyan said strangely, "Nether Chengxian is not your emperor's nephew, then isn't his father also an emperor's brother?"

Buda smiled and pretended to be mysterious, "Although Emperor Breguet is the son of the late emperor, he is an illegitimate son and does not even have the chance to be included in the clan's mansion. Last year, he only ascended the new emperor ascended the throne, and he has the status he is today. To be honest, the emperor is just a title in this capital, and the one who truly holds power is the one who holds power. Now the Sun Heart is about to marry King Cheng Xian. When he ascends the throne in the future, who will dare to provoke our ancient clan in the entire Great Chu?"

Xiao Jinyan remembered the leader of Western Chu whom he met in Suzhou City last year. At that time, some people called him the prince. The person who took Chu Berge was probably the Breguet Emperor.

Over the years, the Emperor of Western Chu has changed like a revolving lantern. The reason is that the emperor has no military power or has been weakened. The Ming Dynasty did not seem to have so many right and wrong. He used the checks and balances in his hands to firmly control all civil and military officials. Moreover, he did not seem to have considered the matter of becoming a crown prince. Not only that, no one has ever mentioned such a thing in the court. Could it be that he really thought that he was a long time to live?

Suddenly, Xiao Jinyan thought of a possibility and couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

...

The night banquet was about to enter the royal palace, and the image of the savage donkey was a bit cold. Li Demo had already prepared a carriage and several horses, and these were marked as the Gubang Guild Hall, so that they could enter the royal palace unimpeded.

Sun Heart was dressed in a generous dress and came to the carriage. He stepped lightly and jumped onto the carriage. Xiao Jinyan felt strange. Sun Heart has always been steady, so how could he do this?

The guild hall is separated from the royal palace by three streets. At night, the city of Xijing is brightly lit and prosperous, and it is not as if the State of Chu had just lost a battle.

In the palace, someone had already recognized the guild car. Someone came forward and welcomed everyone into the palace. Sun Heart and a few maids went to the backyard to rest, preparing for the night banquet later. Li Demo took Ali brothers and Xiao Jinyan to the banquet hall.

The palace was built in extremely luxuriously, with pavilions, corridors, pavilions, carved dragons, paintings and phoenixes, and rockery lakes. However, Prince Breguet still retained some traditional customs of the grassland, such as some buildings' roofs like round felts.

The banquet hall was already full of people. Today's night banquet, Prince Breguet will announce the marriage between the wise king and the heart of the sun. The civil and military officials in the entire Xijing City, and some nobles with status, dare not give the prince face. Before the sky was dark, they arrived early, and groups of three or five gathered together to discuss.

Li Shamo introduced, "Today's night banquet seems to be a welcome to the heart of the sun, but the whole city of Shangjing knows that Prince Breguet is testing all the officials of the court and the leaders of the tribe." He pointed to several groups of people in the banquet hall, "Some of these officials were promoted by His Majesty the Emperor, some of them were promoted by Prince Breguet, and some fenceists, who also came to join in the fun today. Prince Breguet is too strong in the court, so there will be a good show later."

Xiao Jinyan said, "Who knows which sect Brother Li belongs to?"

Li Demo smiled bitterly, "Do we still have to choose?"

This is true. Once the Sun Heart marrys King Cheng Xian and becomes Prince Breguet's daughter-in-law, then their ancient clan will naturally become Prince Breguet's people.

In the corner, in addition to officials and nobles, there are also some famous gentry in Xijing City. Although the Chu State implemented the imperial examination system, whether it could become an official depends mainly on the recommendation of royal families or tribal forces. These scholars were invited to take the opportunity to talk big at the banquet. Perhaps any sentence could be appreciated by the nobles present, so that they could reach the top and rise to the top in one step.

One of them, whose surname was Chang's name was Jin, was a famous talent in Shangjing. He highly praised the Han culture. He had only been able to win the imperial examinations over and over again. So he submitted manuscripts to Prince Breguet every day and had many suggestions. Unexpectedly, he threw them out several times in a row, and was found in a shop that collected waste paper. He was unwilling to accept it and took this opportunity to get involved in the royal palace.

At this time, everyone in the banquet hall talked about the battle between Ming and Chu, believing that the reason for this failure was the unfavorable implementation of the sinicization reform of the Great Chu court. Whether the court will restore the nomadic system or continue to change the Han Dynasty in the future, everyone was talking about it, and the officials of the two factions were red-faced.

Chang Jin smelled the opportunity. He has been in the capital for so many years and has become famous, but

He never got an official position, so he decided to seize this opportunity.

If you speak in shock, you will never stop until you die.

He suddenly grabbed a wine glass, thumped it on the ground. The noise was too loud and attracted the attention of everyone. He stood up and said loudly, "Everyone, I think that although Chu State was defeated, it was a great victory!"

This sentence successfully attracted everyone's attention, and they said curiously, "Why did you say this?"

Chang Jin said lightly, "Our Great Chu soldiers are strong and the cavalry is invincible in the world. Why do we lose to the weak Ming army who can only cultivate land and farm? Is the generals improperly commanded? Is the soldiers not brave enough? Or is the supplies of materials not in time?"

He asked three questions in a row, and everyone fell into thinking. He said slowly, "None of them are. Our problems lie in the internal processes, mechanisms and systems."

Chang Jin was very happy and revised the ten thousand strategies he had submitted to the prince, and explained it. He focused on how to strengthen soldiers, strengthen generals, increase taxes, and reduce civil burdens. After a generous speech, he shouted, "As the saying goes, the teacher knows the skills and controls the wisdom. We must face the gap in order to catch up!"

The words were righteous, and Chang Jin thought there would be applause here, but he didn't know who threw an egg and made it look dirty.

Li Shamo sneered, "I have heard of this guy. He is very unsuccessful in the capital. I don't know how he got here."

Xiao Jinyan said, "Brother Li seems to have a lot of objection to him."

Li Shamo said, "It sounds better than singing, but it's just empty talk. He adds taxes to the rich and nobles and reduces the burden on the people. Just by saying this, he will be the life of a commoner. He didn't understand that the people in power are still these nobles. This kid only sees the surface of things, but ignores internal disputes and connections. Look at the officials and nobles here, when they talk about the country, they all have a righteous and loyal look, but who doesn't buy land in your Central Plains?"

Li Shamo said again, "Brother Xiao, just as the topic just now, do you know why the Chu army was defeated by your Ming Dynasty's Western Army?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head.

Li Shamo smiled and analyzed, "Maybe you don't know that the 50,000 Chu troops attacking Hengduan Mountain were actually done by Prince Breguet on purpose."

Xiao Jinyan was puzzled, "Intentionally?"

"The emperor ascended the throne in the change of seizing the palace. The domestic forces of our great Chu were complicated, and there were many people who were missing the old emperor. Therefore, Prince Breguet sent the army of those dissident political enemies to Hengduan Mountain and used the power of the Ming Dynasty to eliminate them. In this way, Prince Breguet could firmly control the government. It was precisely because of this that the court expelled the 30,000 prisoners of war."

Xiao Jinyan did not expect that Li Shamo could see the affairs of the government so thoroughly and praised, "Brother Li is a person with great ambitions."

Li Shamo said, "I dare not take on great ambitions. I plan my politics in my position, follow the trend, establish my long-term ambitions, and plan my goals slowly."

These words made Xiao Jinyan look at him with admiration. Li Shamo is a pragmatic and knows how to behave. He is low-key when he should be, and high-key when he should be high-key. With time, he will definitely become the number one figure in Chu.

Several more guests came during the meal. Xiao Jinyan became alert. He went there and saw a man wearing a fur coat wearing a long knife in his hand. He came to the meal. The man exuded a captivating majesty. As soon as he arrived, the entire banquet hall was silent.

When Xiao Jinyan looked at him, the man felt a sense and looked at him. He was shocked first, then showed a fiery expression.

Expert!

This was Xiao Jinyan's first reaction. He seemed to be about thirty years old, and he had a lot of mysterious skills to send and receive them at will. Unexpectedly, after Chu Kuangdao died, there would be such a sword master in the Chu State.

Buda whispered, "This person is called Lu Fanren, and he is the number one master in Shangjing. He is also a powerful general in the Breguet Mansion. He refuses to recognize his relatives. He only obeys the orders of the prince and likes to cause trouble. He beats all the martial arts masters in Shangjing!

Xiao Jinyan stumbled, "So powerful!"

"He is also the godson of Prince Breguet. Before that, he served two masters, and we secretly called him a slave of the three surnames."

"snort!"

A cold snorted, and Buda let out a whisper, vomiting blood from his mouth, and was injured internally. Xiao Jinyan used string power to remove the true energy from Buda's body, which allowed him to escape the disaster.

At this time, someone sang, "King Breguet, King Become a Virtuous King!"

Since the prince Chu Xian was named Queen Chengxian by Chu Bieli, there have been two princes in this palace. According to the Chu system, King Chengxian should establish a palace in another palace, but under the insistence of King Breguet, they still lived in the same residence.

Under the service of everyone, two old and young walked out from behind the screen in the main hall. King Breguet had thick eyebrows and big eyes, high forehead, high cheekbones, and windy walking, like a tiger. In contrast, the young man became a wise king, with a pretty face, pale face, and walking like a weak willow to support the wind, less domineering.

Before he could sit down, King Cheng Xian coughed violently and his whole face turned red. Seeing this, King Breguet held his hand and passed in a trace of true energy. King Cheng Xian calmed down.

But Xiao Jinyan noticed that King Cheng Xian wiped the Fangpa at the corner of his mouth with a trace of blood. He asked Li Shamo, "This King Cheng Xian is in a state of ill?"

Li Shamo said, "It is said that he was a traitor who was a traitor and had tuberculosis. I heard that he could not live to be thirty years old."

Even though he knew that the prince was in poor health, his clan members wanted to marry her to him, Xiao Jinyan felt that it was not worth it for the sun. Li Demo seemed to see Xiao Jinyan's thoughts and sighed, "This is nothing to do. Our ancient clan is in decline. If there was no such marriage, he would probably be swallowed up by Huo Leren!"

"Then why did your emperor still make him the throne?

Heir?"

Li Demo pointed to King Breguet, "Now he has the final say in the capital, what can the emperor do? If the two get married and use their son in the past few years, the throne will still be passed on, and King Breguet can be a legitimate regent."

Xiao Jinyan's face was not good-looking.

Li Shamo said, "Brother Xiao thinks we are too ruthless?"

Xiao Jinyan didn't say anything, but obviously made acquiesce.

"Our grassland tribe is different from your Central Plains city-state. The survival of the jungle is the only law on this land. Without the protection of powerful power, our cattle and sheep will be taken away, and our children will be arrested as slaves. The lives of nearly 30,000 people in the entire Gubang clan are more important than the happiness of a woman? If it were you, how would you choose?"

Xiao Jinyan did not answer, and he was not qualified to answer.

Wang Banxian and Li Chuntie allowed him to travel around the world for many years, traveling all over the world, experiencing wars, plagues, and parting, allowing his heart to touch human affairs, cultivate the right path of the mind, and understand great wisdom. However, as soon as he entered Western Chu, he discovered that the previous universal values ​​were subverted one by one.

There are too many unfair things in this world, including anger, helplessness, choices, and choices. Where can we achieve perfection? This is the real world.

It is precisely because of this that life becomes rich and colorful.

He understood a little about Wang Banxian and Li Chuntie's good intentions.

King Breguet sat in the upper position, while King Cheng Xian sat down in his lower position, his whole body was submissive, staring at his father with a cautious look, and he did not dare to vent his breath, obviously very afraid of him.

Everyone stood up and saluted.

"See Prince Breguet, I've seen King Cheng!"

King Breguet laughed loudly, his voice trembled, and he said loudly, "Today is my son's engagement banquet. I am very pleased that you can come. I will not care about those who have not come."

The secretary next to him recorded that he had been with the prince for many years. Since the prince said he would not care, he was naturally very concerned. After ordering, he copied a copy of the absent from the invitation list and prepared to review it for the prince.

"I came late today because I just got a rare thing today. I took it out to everyone to see the joy of today. Come on, bring it up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a horse neighing. Someone led a horse to the lobby. It was the fire qilin that Xiao Jinyan caught that day. When he set off, the fire qilin accompanied him. After arriving, Li Demo handed over to the Breguet Mansion.

Breguet's kingly saying, "You guys tell me, how about my green horse?"

When everyone here heard this, they wondered in their hearts that it was obviously a red horse, but King Breguet asked what the green horse was like. Could he also plan to learn from Zhao Gao's guy's "pointing to deer as a horse" and "pointing to red as a horse?"

King Breguet is in power in Shangjing. If he offended him, few people will have a good ending. His ambition to play this show today is obvious.

Everyone bowed their heads and dared not speak.

The scholar named Chang Jin saw this situation and thought in his mind that the prince was deliberately testing all civil and military officials. These officials knew about flattery all day long, and they shirked each other's fault when they found problems. Adhering to the principle of inaction is better than doing something wrong. Such an obvious mistake, would King Breguet not know?

If I can stand up at this time and point out the prince’s mistakes, then the prince will definitely remember me. In the future, I will rely on this goal. This is a free question!

Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "The prince is a big mistake. This is not a green horse, but a red horse!"

King Breguet frowned, "Hmm? Are you saying that I am wrong?"
To be continued...