The sky is slightly bright. As the largest city on the southern coast of the remote sea, Jiangling is reflected in the white sunshine, and there are already bustling people starting a new day of life.

The rich harbor was parked with merchant ships preparing to travel, and the boatmen shouted to load a wide range of goods together. The vendors at the dock also pushed carts and carried loads and laughed in business. This metropolis with a population of five million did not feel the danger hidden in the wind at all. It seemed like an ordinary morning, when everyone was chatting and laughing, running around for a livelihood.

The sword spirit stopped after approaching the harbor and was carefully put away by him. His hand was always holding the hilt nervously. Even if he could feel that Yun Xiao had escaped from danger through his soul and soul, Xiao Qianye's face was still covered with clouds. He had never said a word since the moment he ran against Di Zhong.

Zangfeng was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to talk too much to ask him what had happened. It was not until the two of them were mingling in the crowd to enter the city that he turned around with concern and looked at the calm sea from afar. Finally, he couldn't help but pull Xiao Qianye and asked in a low voice: "It's been a whole night. What's going on in Pucheng now?"

"Pucheng is saved." Xiao Qianye pressed the hilt of the sword, and his eyes suddenly became a little dazed, "Most of them were slightly injured and a little scared. You'll be fine if you rest for a few days."

"Oh... that's good." Zangfeng breathed a sigh of relief. As the military commander of Dongji Island, although he was not a kind person, he felt a sincere relief in his heart at this moment. However, he raised his eyes slightly and saw Xiao Qianye's dazed eyes, and coughed and said seriously: "I really want to thank you. If it weren't for this, Pucheng would definitely repeat the same mistake. I'm afraid that Jiangling... will also be destroyed together."

Xiao Qianye seemed very careless. Di Zhong said that there would be a calculation result of the Beidou array at dawn, but the guy was quiet and did not give him any response.

I don’t know if there was another mistake in this. Xiao Qianye thought for a while, pointed to Jiangling City not far away and said lightly: “Let’s go to the city first and observe it.”

"Okay." Zangfeng responded, and the two walked side by side. He rubbed his eyes while walking. Looking at the rich metropolis in front of him, he couldn't believe it. He said with emotion, "The changes are so big. To be honest, I haven't been to Jiangling for more than five years. When I came last time, I didn't have so many fleets to do business, and the city wall was a little old. Later, the Jiangling Censor asked for a batch of funds and said that he wanted to repair it. Look at how high and majestic the wall was built, you should catch up with the Emperor Ziyuan City, haha."

Xiao Qianye also looked over curiously. Unlike the happy Tibetan Feng, he felt a strong sense of incongruity and frowned and replied: "In my country, in order to weaken the power of major cities and prevent them from becoming kings, the late emperor not only arranged troops to garrison, but even the wealthy and powerful families ordered all to move to the imperial capital. He also sent a censor to inspect every year. How about you, if you keep such a big city for five years, don't you worry about someone who has bad intentions?"

Zangfeng just smiled very casually and didn't mind: "I'm just seizing power, not greedy for power. I have been focusing on attacking Xiqi for many years. Most of the time, I personally stayed in the expeditionary army. Compared to being distracted by these struggles, I am still more concerned about the wars on the front line. If they are willing to build Jiangling into the second imperial capital, I don't care."

"You are so heartless." Xiao Qianye chuckled, and saw Zangfeng closing his eyes again, and murmured to himself, "I have never asked too much about the things in the court. Haha, it's ridiculous. Even if I don't care about it, the people below will still deliberately fight for power. Their own small groups are far more effective than my forcibly interfering. They say that I am using the emperor to command the princes, but sometimes I feel that I am like a puppet, and many things are really too willing but not enough."

"Isn't it easy to sit in this position?" Xiao Qianye answered inexplicably, and Mingxi's face suddenly flashed in his mind. He suddenly lost his mind and took the initiative to take it. "I have been trapped in the whirlpool of the political situation before. I have always thought I could deal with these things. It was not until a long time later that I suddenly realized that there were other people behind me who had a hand covering the sky. If it weren't for this, with my personality and experience, I would never have been safe and sound in that situation for so long."

Zangfeng turned his head and looked at him calmly and peacefully. His smile was bright and simple, not like a hero who once forced the palace to seize power. He really looked like a doctor who saved the world and helped others.

This contrast made Xiao Qianye unable to recover for a moment, and Zangfeng only breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't have to ask more questions about the other party's complicated past, but just said lightly: "It's a good thing for someone to rely on. Unlike me, I have nothing behind me."

This sentence pierced into the heart like a sharp sword, causing Xiao Qianye to clench his fists suddenly.

Relying... There have always been people behind him who can rely on, from eldest brother to Yun Xiao, and even Di Zhong, and there have been people who have been helping him regardless of danger.

But he couldn't give them any reward.

Zangfeng patted his shoulder and walked forward step by step, saying as he walked: "That year, I was sent to the defensive barracks of the Tianjie Bridge by the late emperor. I was just a son of an imperial physician, without power and power. My parents and brothers in my family were honest and honest. Several generations of people worked diligently and conscientiously, and were willing to devote themselves to this country. If it weren't for any change, I would have walked on this ordinary old path and lived a peaceful life, right? Haha, it's a pity that heaven is not as good as people's wishes, and this world is ultimately contrary to its wishes."

"Things go against my wishes..." Xiao Qianye muttered these four words, as if he had resonance, and replied with a wry smile, "It is enough to protect the people in front of me if they are not satisfied."

"I didn't protect the person in front of me." Zangfeng's face changed slightly. Although he returned to normal in an instant, he still couldn't help but feel regret that he closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, muttering blankly, "You still have a chance, I'm already... impossible."

Perhaps because he didn't want to continue such a sad topic, Zangfeng quickly accelerated his pace without hesitation. After entering the city from the harbor, the streets had already changed a lot. Tall towers were built on both sides of the avenue, and the big red lanterns that were still lit during the day seemed to silently promote the city's wealth.

Zangfeng was slightly surprised, and his eyes changed violently. Just as he was in a daze, he heard a series of rapid footsteps approaching from afar. Before he could come back to his senses, Xiao Qianye pressed his shoulder and took him to change his position without hesitation.

Looking at the place where the two of them were standing before, there was a group of mysterious people in tight clothes, all of whom were pressing their hats so low that they could not see clearly. They stood there in confusion for a long time, then checked around for a long time before dispersing in different directions.

An instinctive alert flashed between Xiao Qianye's eyebrows, and he lowered his voice and asked, "It's not for you, is it?"

"For me?" Zangfeng's laziness swept away, and he became sharp. He thought carefully and replied, "Only the generals in the camp knew about me coming to Jiangling City with you. Even if the accident came out, the camp was more than 400 miles away from Jiangling City. Without sword control, it would be impossible to receive news overnight. Besides..."

His brows frowned hard, and he felt his head irritated so much that it was about to crack. One hand had subconsciously pressed the knife on his waist, and murderous intent emerged inexplicably: "I haven't been to Jiangling for five years. Except for those high-ranking officials and merchants who often go to the imperial capital, ordinary people don't remember what I look like. Besides, I'm not a fugitive, who would come to me in such a dress?"

Xiao Qianye also hesitated for a moment and asked, "What special things do you carry with you? For example, something that you must carry with you all the time and rarely leave your body."

Zangfeng didn't understand what he meant, but he suddenly realized that he took out a golden token from his arms and handed it over: "That's the only thing. I will carry the military orders of the Military Governor's Office most of the time, but I will still forget it occasionally. After all, I was just a doctor, and I really couldn't remember to carry it with me all the time. When I said that this thing had been lost, I was about to order it to be the same again, it emerged on its own, just under my desk."

"You dare to continue to take it with you after such a bizarre way?" Xiao Qianye was shocked and snatched it from his hands. He was secretly shocked. He thought that although this guy was in a high position, he was really unconscious of his safety. Zangfeng was originally looking at the radical change in his face. He lowered his head and saw the military commander emit a faint fluorescence in his palm. He suddenly understood, frowned between his eyebrows, and said, "Someone has tampered with the military commander? Skills are rare on Dongji Island. I really didn't think so much. And when it was lost, it was also in the military commander's palace in Ziyuan City. Ordinary people can't get in..."

Before he finished speaking, Zangfeng's breathing suddenly stopped. He suddenly felt the blood in his body boiling slowly, and he suddenly blurted out: "The Military Governor's Office, the person who can enter the Military Governor's Office..."

Xiao Qianye stared at the street vigilantly. The team of people just circled around and then returned to the same place, whispered to each other for a while, and then began to search anxiously again.

"I can only try it and see if this group of people are looking for you." Xiao Qianye held the military order and gave Zangfeng a wink, indicating that he would not show up. While he was slimly involved in the crowd, his wrist moved slightly, and he casually stuffed the important military order into the passers-by's clothes. Then he turned his steps back to Zangfeng. The two of them looked over tacitly by street vendors. Sure enough, a moment later, the team of people turned back again, grabbed the passers-by and lifted it up. More than a dozen people flew out from different angles. A cold light flashed between his sleeves, revealing a thick dagger!

Xiao Qianye quickly hit out with a quick eye and forced dozens of people to retreat in the blink of an eye, and then quietly retreated before everyone noticed it.

The pedestrians on the street were still watching with a confused look, until those people struggled to break free from Gu Chen's sword energy and wanted to do it again, a series of screams finally broke out around them.

"This guy is not a hiding forward!" The accomplice around him held the trembling passerby, blurted out in shock, and searched quickly in his arms, grabbed the military commander and threw it to the leader of the team, sweating profusely.
Chapter completed!