When Beimang's army was pressing on the border on three fronts, the Liyang imperial court had not learned of this matter. Beiliang would not pass this military intelligence to the capital.
Even if the capital heard of this, they would probably only breathe a sigh of relief. Barbarians killing barbarians, dogs biting dogs, it had nothing to do with them. It would be best if both sides were heavily injured. It would be a great thing to "drive away bad luck" for the Liyang imperial court.
On the straight official road outside the South Gate of the capital, there were four people who didn't have passports.
A couple with a child. The child was riding on the neck of the man with the sword. It was clear that they were a family of three. Then there was an extra white-clothed person beside them. This white-clothed person gave people a vague feeling. In terms of appearance, he was not outstanding. He did not have the beauty of a woman, nor was he as handsome as a man. The people nearby did not dare to look at this person. They only glanced at him. But when they thought about it, he should have left some impression. But they did not have the courage to look again. As for the inconspicuous family of three, they were naturally ignored.
The man holding his child's legs looked at the city walls of Great Peace City and sighed. "In the world, this is probably the only city that can make things difficult for me. I want to go in, but I'm afraid of causing trouble. The three of us do not have proper identities in Liyang, and we can't really force our way in. It's also not appropriate to sneak in at night. At the time, there was a person surnamed Xie in the city. He was not my match in fighting, but it was easy for him to find me. I wanted to take my wife and daughter in to play, not to go in and kill everyone. For this kind of thing, it would be better if I was twenty years younger. "
The white-clothed person laughed coldly. "Didn't Hong Xixiang do it?"
The man said helplessly, "Aren't you comparing me to Ancestor Lu?"
The white-clothed person said calmly, "In terms of those unclear identities, would you lose? Even in terms of martial talent in this life, you would not lose. In the end, you fell to a state worse than Tuoba Bodhisattva. "
The man had a smug look on his face as if he had nothing to say to her. His wife quickly smoothed things over and said with a smile, "My husband was born lazy. Actually, isn't it pretty good? He doesn't have to fight with others for no reason. It's also peaceful."
The man nodded in agreement. "That's right."
The child rested her chin on her father's head and nodded along with him. Although she didn't understand anything, she still cheered, "That's right, that's right!"
The white-robed person gazed at Great Peace City.
Over the past eight hundred years, from the Great Qin Dynasty to Li Yang, apart from the most majestic city in the world in front of her, she had been to almost every capital city.
The child suddenly said, "Father, didn't mother say before that there was a guy who liked to wear green clothes who often went to the city? Why do you have a headache? Father, it doesn't matter if you can't defeat my future master, but you can at least fight for the second or third place in the world, right? "
The man rubbed his chin and said seriously, "That's true."
The woman pinched him hard on the waist.
Just as the man was about to speak, he found that the person he had been traveling with had turned and left. He really was as lazy as his wife had said. He couldn't be bothered to use his brain to think of the reason, but he couldn't help but complain. Aren't your identities as the Great Demon Luo Yang a mess? Do you have the right to criticize me?
The white-robed person was Luo Yang. He was the person who had run from Beimang to Li Yang and found his wife. Then because his wife said that swordsmen were the most natural, he found a sword and pretended to be a swordsman. He had a precious daughter and met Luo Yang and Tuoba Bodhisattva at the foot of Mount Hui. If this was in Beimang, his fame would be great. Beimang had five large sects. The sect he belonged to was one of them, and he was the only member of the sect.
The only one in the world.
One person, one sect.
Of course, he knew that he was very talented in martial arts, but he had never pursued anything like becoming the first in the world. It was like his wife wasn't that beautiful, but he fell in love with her at first sight. There were always some things in the world that didn't have a reason.
His only pursuit was to be unrestrained. When he was young, he had his own freedom. After he met his wife and had a child, he had the freedom of a family of three. As for what freedom was, he didn't want to think about it.
Looking at the majestic city, he could clearly feel the flow of fate. Presumably, after the new Emperor of Li Yang ascended the throne, because Han Shengxuan, Master Liu Hao, and the one surnamed Xie were all dead, he was afraid that he would be beheaded after wearing the dragon robe and sitting on the dragon throne for a few days. Therefore, he set up layers upon layers of murky traps. This was reasonable. With the Li Yang Dynasty's thriving national strength, they wouldn't be completely helpless against a single top martial artist.
His daughter suddenly whispered, "Father, I want to eat leek pancakes."
The man stilled and then turned with a grin to look at his daughter-in-law who was not as important as him. The woman stepped on his foot. "Idiot! What are you practicing martial arts for, can't your daughter eat a pancake? "
She quickly added, "It's not like we don't pay!"
The man who had received the imperial decree nodded and smiled. "Alright!"
He freed a hand to hold his wife and said softly, "Daughter, hold tight."
In an instant.
All the first-grade experts in Great Peace City, both on the surface and under the surface, felt a great presence!
The northern sect's Dragon Rising Qi Refinement Warriors were panicking like headless flies.
The man raised a smiling face.
What was freedom?
At least at this time, he knew the answer.
Freedom. That was when his daughter said she wanted to eat pancakes, even if the entire Great Peace City wanted to stop her, they could not stop him, Huyan Grand Monastery.
There was a flash of light on the road like a rainbow falling into Great Peace City.
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Great Peace City did have the saying of late autumn cabbage and spring leeks. These two things, whether it was the officials, the nobles, or the common people, every family could afford to eat them and liked to eat them. The people of Jing liked to use leeks to "eat spring." It was the best season. Eating a bite of the spicy and fresh green leeks could expel the foul energy that had accumulated in the organs all winter out of the stomach. In the Zhao Family Manor, which was the largest building in the capital, the burps of many officials emitted the smell of leeks, not to mention the farts that came out from under the buttocks of some officials. It really made people frown, but soon they smiled.
On Zhao Jiaweng's side, there was the Hanlin Academy, which had always been noble and aloof. There were also the two big yamens of the two provinces under the Hall of Governmental Affairs, which used to be deserted but now slightly lively. However, the most boisterous ones were the yamens of the Six Ministries of Shangshu Province. The Ministry of War had always been the most important place among the Six Ministries of External Court. Even after the Prime Minister Yin Maochun replaced Zhao Youling as the Minister of Personnel Affairs, he could not change the situation. Unlike the other Five Great Generals, who had their fates changed every few years, the Ministry of War had only had three people who had been in that position since the first year of Yonghui to the second year of Xiangfu. They were the Great Pillar State Gu Jiantang, the King of Shu Chen Zhibao, and the current Tangxi Sword Deity Lu Baijie. The latter two had only been in that position for less than two years. Without a doubt, the Ministry of War had always been the Fengshui treasure land that the new Jinshi wanted to have the most. So much so that last year, Gao Tingshu, who had been the second place of the Imperial Exam, admitted that he would rather be the head of the Department of Martial Selection and Purging Officials than go to the Ministry of Rites to be the most easily promoted Minister Counsellor of the Department of Rites. One had to know that the Minister of Rites, Bai Guo, was present in the main hall at the time. Minister Bai was so angry that he laughed and kicked the other Minister, Lu Baijie. Rumor had it that Bai Guo was transferred to the Minister of Revenue. One day, he met the new second place in the imperial court. The Minister of Rites teased him, "Fortunately, I didn't take up a post in the Ministry of Appointments. Otherwise, you would be sitting on the cold bench in the Ministry of War for ten or twenty years."
Today, the unusually busy Ministry of War had a somewhat unexpected guest. Everyone in the Ministry of War, whether they were walking outside or sitting inside, either stopped and saluted when they saw him or stood up solemnly. Everyone looked excited. It was not much different from meeting the Emperor alone. It was very simple. It was because this person was Gu Jiantang! The youngest warrior of the Four Great Generals of the Spring and Autumn Period, the former master of the Ministry of War, Gu Lu! As a general, Xu Xiao, who was also a famous general of the Spring and Autumn Period, had already died of old age. Gu Jiantang could not even be considered old. As an official, Zhang Lu, who had been in conflict with Gu Lu for more than ten years, had already collapsed. Zhang Julu had died a miserable death. Gu Jiantang, on the other hand, was the only super-first-rank pillar of the Liyang imperial court. He held the power of three hundred thousand soldiers and horses at the northern border. Gu Jiantang walked alone into the large room of the old Zhang Lu. Without needing him to say anything, a large group of arrogant officials in the Six Ministries stood up and saluted, then quickly sat down and continued with their work. This was the cold and hard temperament that Gu Jiantang had left for the Ministry of War. You can be arrogant and despotic in your conduct, but you must be swift and decisive in your work. You must not be sloppy.
Unlike the other five ministers and assistant ministers who each had their own room, the three main and assistant ministers of the Ministry of War all worked in the same room. The minister's desk was placed at the far left of the room, while the left and right assistant ministers' desks were placed at the far right. At present, of the two assistant ministers of the Ministry of War, the General of Piao Yi, Lu Shengxiang, was not in the capital as the general of the southern expedition. The newly appointed assistant minister, General of Dragon Xiang, Xu Gong, was patrolling the border in accordance with the new etiquette of Liyang. Thus, only the minister, Lu Baijie, was left in the room. After seeing Gu Jiantang, he did not deliberately put on airs. Instead, he stood up like his subordinates and stood up to greet the old minister. He even waited for the others to return to their seats before standing up. This was not only because Lu Baijie's official patch with a second-rank lion embroidered on his chest was slightly inferior to Gu Jiantang's first-rank qilin. It was also because Lu Baijie had undisguised respect for the senior of the Ministry of War, Gu Jiantang.
Lu Baijie walked around the table to Gu Jiantang's side and said with a smile, "General, sit down and have a cup of tea?"
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