The early morning in the imperial capital was not much different from before, but with his status suddenly walking on the road to court, it was inevitable that the eyes around him were full of shock and confusion. The Three Pavilions still stood on the east side of the inner city.

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The guards stood guard with their heads held high in the morning light, making the new empire look brilliant and majestic in the rising sun. He strode over and caught a glimpse of the civil and military officials in front of the Mo Pavilion, either curious or hesitantly turning their faces.

The face was complicated and silent.

But he did not hesitate for a second, nor did he plan to go to Mo Pavilion for a formality. Instead, he went straight to Mu Xizhao, the deputy general in the capital, who was standing in front of the military pavilion and stood there in disbelief. He did not expect that yesterday

The young pavilion master who has nothing to do with himself tonight will be there

He suddenly appeared early the next morning. It wasn't until he came to Mu Xizhao that he took a breath and came back to his senses. He glanced at the guards next to him, excluding the familiar old troops. Indeed, there were many former Forbidden Army soldiers who had been reorganized.

Became a part of the Military Pavilion.

These people obviously recognized him, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Everyone straightened their backs, wondering what the identity of this former pavilion master was now.

"Young Pavilion Master..." Mu Xizhao didn't know what to say for a moment. Xiao Qianye nodded to him and asked, "Is the Marshal here?"

"Marshal?" Mu Xizhao was slightly startled. As he followed him into the military pavilion, he quickly calmed down and explained, "Marshal has never come to the military pavilion for office work in the past few years. When he returns to the imperial capital, he only goes to Mo Pavilion to report symbolically.

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His eyes sank without saying anything. The moment he pushed the door open, a familiar scene came into view. The unfinished book he put on the table was still open to that page. On the wooden shelf behind him was a book from

Hummingbirds from the Ten Detachments of the Four Realms, the sunlight still slanted down from the left window sill onto the chair, as if everything in this room had been silently stagnant in the years since he left.

He stood at the door for a long time, as if he were in a world away, and then walked in softly. At the beginning of the Shattering Disaster, although Mingxi had issued a nationwide arrest warrant for him, he very subtly ignored the "dismissal"

The order that should be executed immediately was obviously not an oversight in haste, but a deliberate decision to reserve this position for him. That is why Marshal Si Tian always calls himself the "Acting Pavilion Master" and only reports to Mo Pavilion.

I deliberately stayed away from the military pavilion located next door.

Mu Xizhao clenched his fists, not knowing whether he was nervous or excited. Since he was rescued by Xiao Qianye from Gao Chengchuan, this was the first time he saw Xiao Qianye return to the military pavilion. The room had been empty for many years.

It seemed a little cold and desolate when I stepped on it, and the air was full of

Exhaling a nostalgic air of old age, it wasn't until Xiao Qianye walked to the position of the pavilion master and pulled up a chair to sit down that he came back to his senses with sharp eyes, mustered up the courage to ask tentatively: "Young Master

Does the Pavilion Master want to know about Xinmo mentioned last night?"

Xiao Qianye was still a little absent-minded at first. He glanced at the book on the table subconsciously, as if he was still recalling what he had read back then. But he quickly recovered and nodded to answer: "If it is an overseas caravan, enter the flight

The first step is to undergo inspection at the harbor and then obtain approval from Mirror Pavilion.

Only then can you continue to go to the four realms to do business, but if you want to come to the imperial capital, after entering from the east gate of the imperial city, you still need to go through two inspection checkpoints, the Sacrificial Star Palace and the Mirror Pavilion, before you can be released. The castle road used to be the garrison of the imperial army.

Troop guard, after the two armies merged, where are the intercepted people now?"

"The people from the caravan were re-interrogated by Instructor Sha last night." Mu Xizhao immediately answered, obviously knowing that he had been away for a long time and no longer knew much about Fei Yuan, so he took the initiative to explain, "Because of the bondage

Wangshui Prison was damaged and could not be rebuilt, so

The year before last, His Majesty renovated the headquarters of the Forbidden Army, and the intercepted caravan was also locked up there. In addition to our own people, the Sacrificial Star Palace also specially arranged for a Buddhist priest to assist in the interrogation. If you go there now, you should

We can still meet."

"Star Sacrifice Palace..." He muttered these three words silently, and a bunch of unpleasant memories from the past flashed through his mind in an instant, and he subconsciously asked, "Who is the current Grand Palace Master?"

"It was the Sun Saint Vatican Ji back then. After Yangchuan was shattered, Vatican Ji had been assisting the Military Pavilion and the Mirror Pavilion to help rescue the people affected by the disaster. She also had a good personal relationship with the Marquis of Desert. In addition, the Moon Saint Maiden Butterfly was infected with the gentle countryside.

The Star Saint once caused a plague of poisonous ants, so His Majesty simply revoked the original system of three saints this time, recalled Brahma Ji to the imperial capital, and appointed her as the Grand Palace Master. Currently, she and two from

Dong Ming’s Fa Zhu jointly manages the Star Sacrifice Palace.”

He didn't care much about the new Grand Palace Master and Fa Zhu, but the story of Saint Moon's poisoning made his heart tighten slightly. He couldn't help but think of the man who sat alone on the top of a tall building and gave up on himself under the threat of fragmentation.

A woman in a blue shirt puffing away smoke.

Mu Xizhao looked at the complicated changes in his expression, stepped forward and said seriously: "Young Pavilion Master, in the past few years, twelve high-ranking officials in the Imperial City alone have been dismissed due to drug addiction, but people like the Moon Saint

There are even more such situations. In order to prevent panic, only the senior management knows the specific figures, and the subordinates are not very clear.

Chu, the situation in the Four Realms is more serious. As Instructor Sha said last night, there are now close to two million civilians forced to be imprisoned in prisons because of drug addiction. Only now are part of the transmission channels in Wenwen Township cut off.

A more hidden form of Paradise Pearl has appeared again. If it floods again, the consequences will be disastrous."

Xiao Qianye didn't reply. He knew it would be a protracted battle when the Wenwen Township was flooded, but Xin Mo's involvement at this time really made things worse.

While contemplating, his eyes habitually turned to the right, where there was a map of Feiyuan. The red dots he marked on it were still clearly visible. As if he suddenly realized something, Xiao Qianye stood up and walked to the map.

Thinking carefully about it before, before the Disintegration Disaster broke out, Feiyuan only had one opponent in the north bank city of Yudu.

Since the naval headquarters is stationed here, although there are smuggling gangs under the sea, it is not easy to cross the dangerous Biluo Sea safely. After the fragmentation, Emperor Tianzun newly opened the west coast of Yangchuan.

, Since then, the sea current has been gentle and the West Sea has become the largest port without the sea monsters coming out.

Feiyuan is a maritime country that has been closed for a long time, and the rise of foreign trade has only happened in recent years. However, the three armies have already established defenses against several surrounding countries, and have secretly conducted investigations on their geographical location and customs. He said

He brushed his hand over the map, and finally tapped his finger on another isolated island overseas, gesturing to Mu Xizhao to come over and take a look: "According to the poster,

Fa, it was a caravan from Penglai. After landing at the seaport of North Shore City, it was going to do business in the imperial capital. It was not intercepted by accident until it reached the castle road. But the location of Penglai Island is to the west of Hiigai. Why go to all this trouble?

Bypassing the safe west coast, we have to go to the dangerous North Shore City? Unless, for them, North Shore City is more convenient and easier to pass."

Mu Xizhao looked at the place where he pointed and swallowed. The subtext of these words made him take a breath of air. He recalled and replied: "After the opening of the West Coast, although there were also naval forces stationed on the West Coast, most of the time it was the Mirror Pavilion.

Direct management, because they just took over the business that originally belonged to the Five Snakes, Mirror Pavilion in order to quickly transfer its industry

We integrated and specially created a branch near Jiacheng, but the Mirror Pavilion Master is very busy every day. He originally wanted to transfer the matter to the Nether Snake Legion not far away, but we couldn't spare the time, so in the end we just

It can be handed over to the Marquis of Desert. It is said that the Marquis of Desert took the former bandits and changed their profession, and now he has started a business..."

"Where is Bei'an City?" He directly brought up the center of the topic. Mu Xizhao paused for a moment in fear and lowered his voice, "Although Bei'an City is where the Navy headquarters is stationed, today's Biluohai is more used by the Navy as a training exercise.

In this place, the navy only assists with things like commodity inspection, and the real manager is still Mirror Pavilion, but again, the owner of Mirror Pavilion is very busy, and he doesn't have time to go there in person, so he arranges for others."

"Who has been arranged?" He kept asking questions for a second, but Mu Xizhao hesitated for a moment, as if he had some scruples and did not answer directly.

Xiao Qianye waited for a moment and sighed softly: "Forget it, the Mirror Pavilion is next door. I will ask Gongsun Yan myself."

"Young Pavilion Master..." Mu Xizhao called to him with his head lowered, a complicated look flashed across his eyes, and he answered awkwardly, "This is Feng Yan, the eldest son of Mr. Feng Yang, the lecturer of the War Temple... Your expression

elder brother."

Xiao Qianye could not remember for a moment who the relatives from his mother's family who had not been in contact with him since childhood were. After all, Mu Xizhao was once a member of the Forbidden Army. There were some secrets that could not be disclosed when he was with Gao Chengchuan.

He had heard of it more or less. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if he didn't know where to start. It took him a long time to sort out the clues and reminded: "Young Pavilion Master, I once heard from Mr. Gao

The governor mentioned that because of your mother, Governor Gao was very unfavorable to the Feng family. Therefore, several boys in the family were not able to join the government from their father's business, and were deliberately excluded from the military. They had no choice but to do so.

He switched his career to business. Feng Yan left the imperial capital when he was a teenager and went to Dongming to do business. After Governor Gao fell, he returned to the imperial capital with his wife and children, but because of you..."

Mu Xizhao smiled awkwardly. Some words he did not say directly, he continued euphemistically: "But the Imperial City was indeed the safest place in Feiyuan at that time, and I could feel that the higher-ups were actually protecting the Feng family intentionally or unintentionally.

, the master of Mirror Pavilion also invited Feng Yan to join him at that time and became Yudu

The leader of the Domestic Chamber of Commerce Alliance, after the Disintegration Disaster was over, His Majesty made the whole story public, and the Feng Family finally had their hardships over and no longer had to endure the cold shoulder. Perhaps to compensate the Feng Family, the Mirror Pavilion Master handed over the commercial inspection on the coast of North Coast City to him.

Responsible, he is also working in Mirror Pavilion now."

Xiao Qianye was silent and didn't know what he was thinking. His eyes became deep and complicated. His mother was the pain he buried deep in his heart, and those people related to his mother were like barbs, always piercing his deepest heart from time to time.

The hidden weakness, which he obviously never interacts with, can make his blood dripping every time it appears.

Mu Xizhao did not dare to say anything more and asked: "Young Pavilion Master, do you want to discuss this matter with the Mirror Pavilion Master? Feng Yan is the leader of the Yudu Chamber of Commerce, and he also has Dong Ming and Yangchuan.

If business dealings are really involved, I'm afraid it will be a big case."

"Don't alarm the snake yet, especially with Instructor Sha. Although he is an upright person, his fiery personality can easily leak rumors." He immediately came back to his senses, looked at Mu Xizhao seriously and said, "You continue to stare at the Tianshou Road, the Chamber of Commerce.

I'll handle it on my own."

"yes."
Chapter completed!