Imperial capital.

A few days ago, there were chaos in the imperial capital, causing panic. It is said that many of the chaos were arrested, and they were all beheaded and displayed on the public.

People like to watch beheading the heads the most. No matter who the head is chopped, there are always people watching and cheering, which is really lively for several days.

When Lou Xinqing returned from Zhongnan Mountain, the riot disappeared overnight, as if it had never existed. No one mentioned it again. The wanted order posted at the city gate was removed, and even the heads hanging on the public were removed.

Without further ado, the Qingluan Guard General's Office knew that the wind direction of the above had changed. News came from above that the Empress Dowager planned to negotiate peace with Mr. Qingping and offered some generous conditions. Mr. Qingping seemed to have to agree, so the rebellion was no longer a rebellion.

So the noisy imperial capital city returned to its former peace.

In a blink of an eye, it is the third day of the 10th lunar month. It is ugly, the moon is covered with sky and the shadows of trees are swaying.

A man and a woman were walking on the official road outside the imperial capital.

The woman is older, dressed up, the man is young, and is still a half-year-old boy. The two of them are together, like a mother and son.

These two people finally arrived at the Imperial Capital today because they were delayed for a while because of other things on the road.

Judging from his ancestral home, Zhang Baizhou was from Jiangling Prefecture, Jingzhou, and was considered a southerner. However, he was born in the imperial capital. He was a native of northerner regardless of his behavior or accent. Later, he went to Shuzhou and spent his youth in Shuzhou.

Now he returned to the imperial capital from Shuzhou, looking at the darkness under the night, like a crawling beast. The memories of his childhood surged into his heart, and he felt mixed feelings.

Zhang Baizhou saw the boundless wheat stubble on both sides of the official road and what he saw along the way, and suddenly remembered what Li Xuandu said to him. At the same time, his uncle's voice seemed to ring in his ears, reciting the "Wang Feng" in the Book of Songs: "That millet is free, the seedlings of the millet. His movements are steadily and shaking. Those who know me say I am worried, and those who don't know me say I want what I want."

No matter what, Zhang Baizhou was born in a scholarly family after all, and the blood of his ancestors was flowing in his body. The scholarly anger was stirring in his heart. He suddenly felt an impulse to complete his uncle's unfinished career, just like Li Xuandu was doing.

Lan Xuanshuang did not have the impulse of Zhang Baizhou. To her, the Imperial Capital City was unfamiliar. She had never been to the Imperial Capital, and she did not know the Imperial Capital. She had no grudges, love and hatred with the Imperial Capital, and had no connection with it.

But she knew what this city meant. It was the center of the world, just like the center of a spider web. All spider silks gathered here. Once she mastered it, she could revolve the entire spider web. Everyone wanted to be a spider entrenched here, rather than a flying insect that was thrown into the web.

This is a world of fame and fortune, and also a place of life and death.

When they arrived at the city gate, the two stopped and Zhang Baizhou asked softly: "Aunt Lan, how can we get there?"

On the way to the imperial capital, the two met Wang Tianxiao of the Yin-Yang Sect. After the Dazhen Mansion that day, Song Zheng died and Shangguan Wan surrendered, leaving only Wang Tianxiao like a frustrated dog to hide in the east. At first he was hiding from Song Zheng, but later he hid in Li Xuandu. Who would have thought that a famous Ming official a year ago, but a year later he became a frustrated dog.

When Wang Tianxiao recovered from his injuries, he wanted to continue to lead the remaining troops to revive Yin-Yang Sect, but he did not expect that the other Ming officials had been scared by Li Xuandu and did not dare to oppose Li Xuandu again. They had already fled and disappeared. Although Wang Tianxiao sent several people several times with the unique secret technique of Yin-Yang Sect, the few people never responded, as if they were sinking into the sea. Later, Wang Tianxiao heard about the incident in Zhongnan Mountain. At this time, there was a person in charge on the mountain named Xu, known as Xu Jiuye. He immediately knew that this person was Xu Jiu. This person made a public appearance in Zhongnan Mountain, which meant that the disciples of King Qi had completely surrendered to Li Xuandu.

Wang Tianxiao was both shocked and angry, but he could not imagine. Seeing that the Yin-Yang Sect was divided into pieces and became a mess, his ambitions finally became empty, and all he wanted was immortality.

In this case, Wang Tianxiao planned to sneak back to Beimang Mountain and search for a place to practice in Beimang Mountain. After all, Beimang Mountain was the foundation of the Yin-Yang Sect and Zaoge Sect in the past, and Wang Tianxiao was very familiar with this place.

By chance, just the day before leaving, Zhang Baizhou and Lan Liu accidentally broke into Wang Tianxiao's seclusion, and were captured by Wang Tianxiao, which attracted Lan Xuanshuang.

Lan Liu is Lan Xuanshuang's disciple, and Zhang Baizhou was personally entrusted to Lan Xuanshuang by Li Xuandu. In addition, Lan Xuanshuang has regarded Beimeng Mountain as his territory, so Lan Xuanshuang naturally cannot tolerate this matter and fought with Wang Tianxiao.

Both of them are the great masters of the realm of heaven and man. Lan Xuanshuang thought she had a backer and was not afraid. Instead, Wang Tianxiao was afraid of attracting Li Xuandu or other masters, so he did not dare to fight Lan Xuanshuang for life and death. He could see at a glance that Lan Liu was just a subjugated monster, so he gave up Lan Liu and fled Beim Mountain with Zhang Baizhou as a hostage.

Lan Xuanshuang followed closely behind. The two chased and fled, left Zhongzhou and entered Qizhou, and then went from Qizhou to Zhili. The two fought several times. Although Wang Tianxiao was not inferior to Bai Xiushang, Lan Xuanshuang was also a former pseudo-immortal, and should not be underestimated. In addition, Wang Tianxiao was not familiar with Lan Xuanshuang's methods and suffered some small losses. So he used Zhang Baizhou as bait and ambushed Lan Xuanshuang once.

When Lan Xuanshuang was rescued by Wang Tianxiao, she was attacked by Wang Tianxiao, which turned out to be a situation where Lan Xuanshuang took Zhang Baizhou and Wang Tianxiao followed behind to chase him. However, Wang Tianxiao was afraid of Li Xuandu and other masters who had surrendered to Li Xuandu, so she did not dare to chase him to the end and finally chose to retreat.

During this process, Zhang Baizhou and Lan Xuanshuang became much closer. Zhang Baizhou no longer called Lan Xuanshuang Lady, but called Aunt Lan. Lan Xuanshuang was also happy to have a good relationship with this little guy who was valued by Li Xuan, so he recognized the title of "Aunt Lan".

Li Xuan didn't like factions, but he had to admit that there were factions where there were people. The young people he valued had already become factions without realizing it.

Shen Changsheng and Ning Yi have a friendship, Zhou Shuning and Shi Wuyue have a good relationship, Pei Yu and Li Feiyan have a good relationship, Zhang Baizhou and Lan Xuanshuang are close to Lan Xuanshuang. Ning Yi represents Taiping Sect, Shi Wuyue represents Xuannv Sect, Li Feiyan represents Qingwei Sect, and Lan Xuanshuang represents Zaoge Sect. Behind these four major sects, other sects are involved, thus gradually forming different factions.

For example, Lan Xuanshuang, Zhang Baizhou was close to her and she was in good condition with Shangguan Wan. Then Zhang Baizhou would definitely have a relationship with Shangguan Wan, and the three of them gradually became a faction. Li Xuan both integrated all forces in the Taoist sect, and these young people became representatives of one side.

Perhaps many years later, these young people will leave Li Xuandu's wing protection and become important figures in the world, and will have another fight. At that time, I wonder if they will still remember Li Xuandu's original intention of integrating Taoist sects.

At this moment, I heard the sound of horse hooves and wheels, and it seemed that many people were coming.

Zhang Baizhou and Lan Xuanshuang both stopped.

After waiting for a while, more than ten guards came over with a carriage.

Zhang Baizhou was not afraid, and frowned and shouted: "Who!"

This shout made the carriage stop slowly, and the entourages surrounding the carriage also pressed the swords at their waists, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Lan Xuanshuang didn't say anything. She looked up and saw a man and a horse riding alone, then turned over and dismounted, carrying a lantern in one hand and a horse in the other.

Zhang Baizhou leaned over slightly, reached out to hold the hilt of the sword behind him, and shouted: "Stop!".

"It's me." The other person still walked towards him with his horse, keeping his pace.

Zhang Baizhou was stunned. The voice turned out to be a woman? He asked subconsciously: "Who are you?"

At this time, the person who came was approaching, his face was illuminated by a lantern, and his skin was as white as snow. It was Shangguan Wan.

"It's you." Zhang Baizhou said in surprise.

Shangguan Wan glanced at Zhang Baizhou and asked curiously: "Do you recognize me?"

Zhang Baizhou hesitated for a moment and nodded, "I have seen you in Jianxiu Mountain, and it was Xu Da who accompanied you."

Shangguan Wan thought for a while, "I remembered that you are the boy who is following Xu Qi. I didn't expect you to recognize me, so you have good eyesight."

Zhang Baizhou felt a little embarrassed. Shangguan Wan was wearing a black hat when he was climbing the mountain that day. Of course, he did not recognize Shangguan Wan from his face, but from other places. Although the two had only met one time, he had a deep memory of the creamy white wrist that Shangguan Wan accidentally showed when he walked that day. It was rare in his life and was extremely stunning. Today, he accidentally saw Shangguan Wan's hand wrist again, and then he recognized her by a mystery.

Because of this, Zhang Baizhou couldn't explain how he recognized Shangguan Wan. Fortunately, Shangguan Wan didn't care about these things and had already greeted Lan Xuanshuang, "Sister Lan, my little sister has been waiting for a long time."

Lan Xuanshuang apologized: "I met Wang Tianxiao on the road, and I delayed my time. I tired my sister to wait for a long time, and I have to bother my sister out of the city to greet her."

Hearing the name "Wang Tianxiao", Shangguan Guan's smile froze slightly, and he returned to normal in an instant, saying, "Today, it's not only me to welcome my sister, but also Sister Yuying."

Zhang Baizhou was stunned again, "Who is Yuying?"

He subconsciously looked at the carriage, and only saw that under the light of the fire, the carriage had red wheels and red curly trees and a roof, which was the princess's regulations.

He suddenly understood. Isn’t Yuying the Great Princess of Xuanzhen Master Yuying? Is it true that Princess Xuanzhen is sitting in the carriage of the speaker?

At this moment, Shangguan Wan stuffed the reins into Zhang Baizhou's hand and smiled and said, "We women went to the car to talk, I feel sorry for you for riding a horse."

After saying that, Shangguan Wan pulled Lan Xuanshuang toward the carriage together. Lan Xuanshuang turned her head and gave Zhang Baizhou a look.

Zhang Baizhou understood and turned over and followed behind.

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Chapter completed!