There were countless nobles in the capital, and the noble families were highly respected. Even the servants in the manors felt that they were a cut above others.
The gatekeeper rolled on the ground from the kick, and his front teeth almost fell out. He was immediately enraged and crawled up from the ground. Just as he was about to curse, his angry expression immediately turned into a flattering one. "Bodyguard Lin, do you have any orders?"
Bodyguard Lin had followed the crown prince from Qing An Fu to the capital. Aside from the crown prince and his consort, he was the most powerful person in the manor. Even if the gatekeeper had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Bodyguard Lin.
Bodyguard Lin didn't pay any attention to the gatekeeper. He walked to Li Yi's side and smiled. "Li, you came at the right time. His Highness has just returned from the palace and has been waiting for you for a long time."
Hearing Bodyguard Lin's words, the gatekeeper's legs almost gave way and he knelt on the ground.
What kind of person would make the crown prince wait for so long? More importantly, he had actually stopped such a person at the door?
It wasn't until the young man and the two children walked into the manor under Bodyguard Lin's guidance that the gatekeeper finally couldn't help but sit on the ground. Cold sweat poured from his forehead, and the bitter smile on his face was uglier than crying.
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… …
"This way …"
The crown prince's manor was very large, at least much larger than the Li family. Li Xuan's head guard led the way while Li Yi brought the two children. After a quarter of an hour, they were still walking through the manor.
He secretly calculated how much it would cost to buy such a large manor. According to the geographical location, it was almost within the first ring of the capital. What would the housing prices within the first ring of the capital be like in the future? If there really was such a large piece of land, the eighteen generations of his descendants wouldn't have to worry about it.
Little Fatty, who had always been bold, stopped talking after entering the Crown Prince's residence. After all, the environment he grew up in was not ordinary, so he naturally had more experience. He knew that the people who could live in such a place were much more powerful than the Li family.
As for the little girl, Duan Wu, she held onto Li Yi's hand and looked around curiously. However, she felt that this place was really, really big. Her feet were a bit sore from walking, but she still hadn't walked out. The place they were moving to wasn't as big as this.
On the grassy slope behind the Crown Prince's residence, the young guard carried a huge kite on his back. After a run-up, he rushed down the slope.
Gradually, the tips of his feet began to leave the ground, and his entire body slowly rose into the air. When he was two zhang above the ground, he swung his arms and tilted his body, and the huge kite also tilted at an angle. Like a large bird, it began to hover in the air, attracting the cheers of the guards on the grassy slope.
Patter!
The fatty stared blankly at the scene. The pastry he had just taken out fell to the ground. His eyes were filled with fear as he pointed at the guard in the sky and shouted, "He … he, he's flying!"
The little girl also widened her eyes and opened her mouth slightly, unable to say a word.
It was as if the two children had seen a whole new world. They stood there in a daze, unable to move their feet.
Li Yi had no choice but to walk over alone.
"How is it?" Li Xuan had a proud look on his face. He realized that not only could this thing prevent people from getting hurt when they jumped down from a high place, but it could also allow them to make a turn in the air with just a small change in angle. In his opinion, this was no different from a bird flying.
Even the guards of the prince's residence didn't dare to jump down from a cliff that was dozens of zhang high. This kind of difficult operation was not something that a pig or a dog could do. When he developed the thing that could be carried on his back and jumped off the cliff, these guards would be able to charge higher into the sky.
"To be able to do this to this extent is already very good." Li Yi nodded and said.
It was a tragedy for Li Xuan to be born in this era where science had not yet sprouted. If he was born a few hundred years later, perhaps the people who invented the airplane would be the "Li brothers".
"So humans can really fly in the sky. If they can fly even higher, won't they really be no different from birds?" Li Xuan murmured.
"If they can fly even higher, then there will no longer be a need for mounted scouts on the battlefield, and there will no longer be any ambushes. The distribution of the enemy's forces, the amount of provisions, and the terrain of the battle will be clear at a glance from the sky …" Li Yi patted Li Xuan's shoulder and said, "How is it? Do you feel that the responsibility on your shoulders has suddenly become heavier?"
Li Xuan curled his lips indifferently and said, "I just want to see them fly. As for how Uncle Huang wants to use them, that's his business …"
The guards in the sky were flying lower and lower. There were guards on the ground specifically recording the time and height of their flight. When Li Xuan walked over, he suddenly froze and pointed at the little girl not far away. He turned to look at Li Yi and asked, "Why is she here? You can't really … She's still a child!"
Li Yi resisted the urge to say 'scram'. He calmed himself down and said, "That's my younger sister. The lady boss who sold noodles yesterday is my aunt."
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Li Xuan took a long time to understand the ins and outs of the matter. He asked, "You came to borrow people from me to protect their safety?"
Li Yi nodded.
"That's good. If Marquess Chen's Mansion wants to deal with ordinary families, there are indeed many ways. You can use the guards of Crown Prince's Mansion as you wish. They're all carefully selected by my father. With them around, there shouldn't be any problems."
Li Xuan added, "Also … The man we met at the county office yesterday is the capital magistrate, Chen Yue. He's also from the Chen family. I think the Chen family is behind him to make things difficult for the mother and son. But don't worry about this. Uncle Huang doesn't like officials who bend the law for personal gain, especially in a place like the capital. Chen Yue will be transferred to another province in two days. We don't know who the new capital magistrate will be, but it definitely won't be the surname Chen."
After saying that, Li Xuan went over to check his kite.
Since Li Yi didn't intend to bring his mother's family to the Li family, he naturally wouldn't use the guards of the Li family.
In the vast capital city, there were only two people he could absolutely trust.
MIngzhu lived in the palace, so he couldn't meet her at will. Li Yi didn't want to see her either, so Li Xuan was the only one left.
His straightforward attitude moved Li Yi quite a bit. Although he was a little silly sometimes, he was the kind of friend who could be relied on at critical times. Seeing Li Yi walking over to check the big kite, Li Yi waved to a guard.
"Go get a pen and paper."
Although the guard didn't know why Li Yi wanted a pen and paper, he still followed his order and quickly brought it over.
There was already pen and paper here. A table was placed on the grass, and it was filled with simple drawings. Two guards directly carried the table over.
Li Yi picked up the pen and quickly sketched on a blank piece of paper.
Soon, a bird-like object with long wings appeared on the paper.
"What's this?" Li Xuan walked over and asked with a puzzled look.
"A glider."
"A glider …" Li Xuan was still a bit puzzled.
"It can enable your guards to fly higher and farther." Having got a simple shape, Li Yi started to mark the size. There were a few key parts that needed to be enlarged.
"Higher and farther …" Hearing these words, Li Xuan's eyes shone at once.
On the top of a grassy slope not far away, the little fatty's eyes were full of admiration when he saw another person flying up with a big kite on his back. However, when he lowered his head and looked at his own body, his eyes dimmed.
In a further place, a beautiful woman was standing on the bedside of a delicate attic. Hearing the cheers from the grassy slope, she lowered her head and added the last stroke to the picture on the table.
In the picture, some weird kites were flying in the azure sky.
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