The capital of Xia Xingqing Prefecture is located within Hetao and in the eastern part of Helan Mountain. It was called Lingzhou in ancient times. Thousands of years later, it was Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia.

Although this capital that continued to flourish with the rise of Western Xia cannot be compared with the Bian Jing of the Song Dynasty and Nanjing of Liao, its scale is also extremely large. Not only is it a circumference of eighteen miles long, but it also has a moat that is more than ten feet wide outside the city wall. The city wall is even tall and thick, and the height of nearly ten feet is enough to make many ladders feel sighing. The thickness of its seven or eight feet is considered a natural barrier for the siege at this time.

It is precisely because of the defense conditions of such a city, the Xia Kingdom blocked the Mongolian army one after another in history. It was not until Temujin was exhausted and the Mongolian cavalry paid an extremely heavy price that the city was captured...

However, this also brought a real disaster to the entire Xixia Kingdom. After the Mongols destroyed their country, they carried out an inhumane massacre, so that traces of the Dangxiang people were hard to find for hundreds of years in the future. It was not until the 20th century that various documents and descendants of this country were discovered.

Of course, that was a disaster that would only happen a hundred years later. At this time, everything in the Xia Kingdom was still booming, and the people near the capital were even more prosperous. Just look at the scene of the fields outside the city. If someone suddenly came here, he would even suspect that he had come to the south of the Yangtze River. The saying that Jiangnan was indeed well-deserved!

However, this has to be ignored by ignoring the current climate of wind and snow. After all, Xingqing Prefecture is in the northwest. With the arrival of winter, the weather here has become extremely cold and is far less warm than the warmth of Jiangnan. After a few days of heavy snow, the city has been covered with silver, and a thick layer of white snow has accumulated on the roof and streets. Only on the long street leading directly to the interior along the city gate is still clean, and people can pass by.

Perhaps because I have been here for many years and have long been accustomed to the long and cold winter, even though it is snowing heavily today, there are still many pedestrians, cars and horses on the street. Some restaurants and shops along the street are open as usual. From time to time, customers come to buy something, which looks much more lively than Nanjing City, Liaoning.

It was almost noon, so many restaurants in the city had excellent business. Among them, a three-story restaurant near the South Gate was full of guests and was very lively. At least one or two Zeng Buildings were like this. Only the three-story building with a private room was booked all today, and only 20 or 30 guests were having a banquet here, which seemed a bit deserted.

But neither the drinker nor the restaurant owner dared to be neglected at all, because a drunk guy just now wanted to go up and take a look and was thrown down the stairs. He was not thrown back to the second floor, but was thrown directly onto the street of Louwai. He was seriously injured and fainted. Then someone went downstairs to lit up the token he carried with him, which shocked everyone.

Because the man showed the Iron Harrier Order walking in the palace, which was a token that only the most trusted officials in the court or princes and nobles could master. Not to mention that such people were embarrassed when someone was provoked, no one dared to say that they were not right even if they were murdered on the street.

It was also from that time that at least the second floor's drinkers had become much more low-key, and even the drunk shouts were much lighter than before, for fear of angering the nobles above their heads and throwing them out of the street.

At this moment, in an independent elegant seat on the third floor, there were various restaurants' specialty wine and food on the table, but the four people sitting at the table seemed not very interested. They just took a sip of warm wine casually and focused their attention on the conversation between them.

Sitting on the top throne was a handsome young man in his thirties. If Sun Tu was here, he would have felt that this person looked familiar and looked 607% similar to King Yue Li Renyou. In fact, this person really has a deep relationship with King Yue. He is the brother of King Yue, now the prince of King Xia.

The people of Xia Kingdom may still maintain many nomadic styles of the Dangxiang people, but the royal family has been deeply influenced by the Han people. This can be seen from the dress and names of several princes. The prince and the King of Yue are both used to wearing wide robes and brocade clothes of Han people. In addition, Li Renyou, Li Renai, and Li Renxiao, who are also brothers, can be seen as being influenced by Confucianism (it is said that now it sounds like a kind of naming the country of Kanzi...).

Of course, the Xia Kingdom is not a Han country like Song Kingdom, and some things are not so particular. For example, if Li Renai, as the crown prince, was replaced by the crown prince of Zhao Song, it would be difficult for him to leave the palace once, and it would be even more impossible to just meet his ministers in private.

The young man who was sitting at the head of the prince at this time was Xifengchang's third brother Xifengyao, who was also a minister in the court today. However, he looked not very similar to Xifengchang. Although he was relatively strong, his beard was far less dense than his younger brother. At the age of twenty-five, he only had a domineering horoscope that looked domineering.

In front of the prince, Xiao Feng Yao was naturally not domineering, and even seemed a little restrained. He would only answer when the prince asked him something. At this moment, Li Renai said: "You said your eighth son is really promising, and he can easily defeat Xiao Feng and become involved in the King of Yue?"

The color of evil in Xifeng Yao's eyes flashed and then lowered his head and said, "As the prince said, my sixth brother really capsized in the gutter this time. I used to regard him as a powerful opponent, but I didn't expect that he would be defeated so thoroughly this time. It seems that it will be impossible to compete with me for the position of patriarch in the future."

"So you value your eighth family more now... Can a guy who is still not dry really pose any threat to this prince?" The prince still looked like he didn't care much. If it were Xi Feng Yechang, he might be wary, but what he was going to come today was Xi Feng Chang, which was another matter.

"The prince is forgiven. If it is just my eighth son, it will naturally not pose any threat to the prince. He does not dare to make things difficult for the prince. But it is hard to say that his relationship with the king of Yue is so close. I heard that he had been staying in Dingzhou for more than ten days this time, so I think this matter has to be guarded against. It is said that the king of Yue is a virtuous king, and he is deeply loved by the local people in Dingzhou. If he is asked to return to the capital and the emperor appreciates him, I am afraid... In addition, my eighth son of my family may support me on behalf of my Xifeng clan, which is another difficult problem for the prince."

After decades of development, the Xia people and the court gradually learned the Han people's way of attacking each other. However, as Dangxiang people, they are just novices in this regard, especially young people like Xi Feng Yao, who cannot do the same as those of political veterans, just click on them. Instead, they can't get through the real intentions after a few words.

However, the prince did not feel unhappy because of this. His face also followed: "King Yue, does he really have such thoughts?"

"Who doesn't want to sit down at the emperor?" Xi Feng Yao said another rude words that if it were placed in the Han court, he would have been beaten to death, but the prince nodded deeply and said, "Yes, you must be careful. Now that my father is getting older, his attitude towards me is becoming more and more subtle. If King Yue really gets the support of Xi Feng, it will be really difficult to deal with in the future."

Xi Feng Yao seized the opportunity and said quickly: "So what I mean is to take advantage of the situation and try to suppress them now, and at the same time, he wanted to make them feel rifted."

"Is this the purpose of you invited me here today?" The prince glanced at him and asked with a smile: "What is the relationship between just drinking here?"

"The prince doesn't know anything. According to the news I received yesterday, they will enter the city from the South Gate around noon today. We can let them take advantage of the fact that they are just coming!" Xi Feng Yao replied with a smile.

"You asked the prince to come forward to target Xifeng Chang, a minister who had never even been granted an official position? This is absolutely not possible!" One of the people sitting at the bottom of the head kept deaf. Until this time, he couldn't help but object: "Crown Prince, if he really did this, he would be laughed at by the savages. They would not say that Xifeng Changyue was timid, but only said that Prince, you are betrayal of Menglang, and you are unethical!" As the prince's confidant, this person could not let Xifeng Yao seduce his master at this time.

When the prince heard this, his eyes narrowed and stared at Xi Fengyao unhappily: "What do you mean?"

This made Xi Fengyao suddenly startled, his body trembled, and then he quickly stood up and bowed: "Crown Prince forgives me, I really have no intention of harming you..." As he said that, he had already made an explanation and said anxiously: "Actually, I have no intention of letting the prince come forward. As long as the prince allows me to come forward in your name."

"Well, this is OK, but I only give you this opportunity. Whether you succeed or not depends on your luck and ability." After looking at your confidant and nodding at the other party, the prince responded to this matter.

Even so, Xi Feng Yao was still shocked and sweating. Just as he got up and was about to return to his seat, the closed door was knocked by someone: "Crown Prince, young master, the person is here!" It was the person outside staring at the city gate that sent the news back!

This made Xi Fengyao suddenly feel excited, and then he saluted to the prince and said, "Crown Prince, that's the minister now."

It was not until the prince agreed that he left the door. At this time, the appearance of Xi Feng Yao, who had originally looked humble, suddenly changed, and a terrifying aura had already emerged. With a wave of his hand, he took three followers downstairs quickly and headed straight to the city gate!
Chapter completed!