Chapter 469: Exploring Dragon Pond
Tonight's banquet was grand, and with the Chang'an residents' ability to obtain and disseminate information, Zhao Yushu easily got a general idea of the village situation.
The guest of honor tonight is the Liao envoy. Different from the envoys stationed in Chang'an, the one coming this time is a military envoy, the King of the Southern Court of Liao.
This King of Nanyuan is not the Big Brother Xiao who carried the speakers in the previous life, nor is he as powerful as the King of Nanyuan in the previous life, because in this world, the Tang Dynasty did not give away the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and the land and population that Nanyuan can manage are far less.
But this King of Nanyuan was still one of the strongest military leaders of the Liao Kingdom, the number one enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and the helmsman of the Liao Kingdom's Yishi Department, Yelu Rang.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty invited all the officials to a banquet to entertain the leader of his former enemy who had killed the most Tang people. It must be said that this was a hellish joke.
Li Huan's high-profile behavior stems from his self-confidence.
The entire Daming Palace is already a large-scale map of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains. Once you enter the imperial city, everyone except him is a mortal. This is Li Huan’s safe house.
As the sun sets, Zhao Yushu stands in an inconspicuous shadow outside the imperial city, spinning Madam Xu delicately in his hands.
Back then, Madam Xu broke the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map with one sword. Can she break through this imperial city here as well?
If possible, Li Huan will go to see his grandmother tonight.
But it can't.
Zhao Yushu sighed, because the imperial city was not a dead object, but a formation. The spiritual power of heaven and earth was constantly flowing. Madam Xu could make a hole, but it would be refilled with spiritual power the next moment. It was of little significance to the entire formation.
But for me, one moment may be enough.
And if the red lotus seeds had not been left in Yuezhou, Zhao Yushu might have been able to go in first and then slowly recover his spiritual power, but he would have been discovered during the recovery process.
Night was about to fall, and fewer and fewer people entered the imperial city. Countless palace lanterns were lit, illuminating the Daming Palace as if it was covered with a layer of gauze.
Zhao Yushu ripped off his beard and Western warrior clothes and changed into a set of moon-white luxurious scholar clothes, which were newly added clothes in the New Year. Then he gathered his hair together and inserted a jade hairpin. He did not move the fake eyebrows and nose on his face. His thick eyebrows and big nose concealed his original appearance very well, and he instantly turned into a plain-looking disciple from a wealthy family.
Mrs. Xu poked lightly at the air in front of her.
Li Huan, who was sitting in the middle of the hall, suddenly had one eye move, turning into a golden vertical pupil, and a rather puzzled voice uttered in his mind.
"what happened?"
Li Huan didn't move his mouth and asked directly to his sea of consciousness.
"Nothing. I just felt that the flow of the formation at the palace wall was delayed for a moment, but it is fine now. It may be that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has changed, causing a slight disturbance."
"Was there anyone breaking in?"
"No, from what I know of the inner world, only Elder Wuxi can do this. Even so, he will be a useless person once he enters the Imperial City. There is no need to worry."
Li Huan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyeballs had returned to normal.
Under the shadow of the Imperial City, Zhao Yushu staggered out from the shadow world. Madam Xu could only interfere for a moment. Fortunately, the shadow step did not even take a moment. Unfortunately, after entering the Daming Palace, he was useless and was now just a mortal.
Fortunately, he had been suppressing his cultivation in Chang'an and got used to the feeling of being a mortal. Otherwise, the sudden transformation from the sixth heaven to a mortal would be such a huge contrast that even the top five in the world would not be able to recover for a while.
Zhao Yushu straightened his clothes, slipped from behind a rockery and entered the crowd of people, casually bowed to the person next to him, and walked in calmly.
Absolute self-confidence brings absolute arrogance. Li Huan has always been an arrogant person, and tonight he will pay the price for his arrogance.
It's called a grand banquet for all ministers, but in fact, except for a few important ministers, most of them are allowed to enter the palace to see the world by the emperor's grace. It would be a joke to want to sit in the hall and drink with His Majesty.
General Xue was checked again to see if he had any weapons with him and then allowed into the main hall, while the Xue siblings were led to the back hall along with a larger crowd of people. This place was connected to the royal garden, where minor officials and their families could freely experience the royal majesty.
"I told you I wouldn't come, but you forced me to come. I told you you shouldn't have come. Look at you, you don't look like a monk at all."
Young Master Xue supported his elder sister and kept muttering to himself. Miss Xue was a cultivator, and even though she was prepared, her legs went weak and she almost collapsed when she entered the Daming Palace.
"What nonsense! What a rare opportunity. Just find a place for me to sit for a while. Go and talk to others. You are so old. When your father helps you get promoted, you don't even have a reliable friend. What will happen to the Xue family?"
Young Master Xue curled his lips and said, "They are all a bunch of useless people. Our Xue family has been a family of nobles for generations, but we have to be the guests of the Liao people. It's embarrassing to tell others about it. I might as well go and have a couple of glasses of wine to relieve my sorrow."
Miss Xue glared at him with a look of dismay: "Go away, go away, just leave me here, alas."
"Old Xue, Old Xue, hey, nice to meet Miss Xue!"
The three dudes came over together, saluted Miss Xue, and then pulled Master Xue mysteriously: "Let's go while there are so many people around."
"What are you going to do?"
Miss Xue sensed something was wrong.
"Listen to your sister and go make some friends." Xue Gu laughed, helped Miss Xue sit on a stone chair, and slipped out with a few playboys.
"Old Xue, we can't leave this garden."
A dandy boy grabbed the audacious Master Xue.
"I'm not crazy. No matter how beautiful the princess is, she is just a Hu Ji. She is not presentable. Even if she is really in the palace, she is most likely serving in the garden. I think we can look for her in the garden and maybe we can find her. I just want to test how far the Longwu Army can take us."
Zhao Yushu wandered around, feeling a little depressed.
This is different from the buffet cocktail parties you saw on TV in your previous life. There's no food or drink. A few maids are scattered around holding palace lanterns, and a group of people are just chatting here. This damn emperor is so stingy.
However, how could he get into the hall? He could use the Shadow Step, but if he frequently disturbed the formation, Li Huan would definitely notice it unless he was too stupid. It would be best to use the next chance to escape.
Zhao Yushu looked at the Longwu soldiers guarding the garden. Well, some of them were still yawning. The military discipline in Chang'an was very poor.
Hmm? What are those guys doing?
Zhao Yushu narrowed his eyes and watched Young Master Xue and his companions sneaking around the yard, occasionally grabbing a maid, looking at her face, and then letting her go.
However, while he was observing Young Master Xue, Young Miss Xue also squinted at him.
It seemed that he had never seen this scholar before. Not only did he not chat with the petty officials, he also did not hang out with the young people. Instead, he was always staring at the main hall.
So Miss Xue pounded her legs, stood up, and walked straight towards Zhao Yushu.