Chapter 728: The Eldest Princess
In the underground city, the sky is invisible, and when you look up, you can see the dark abyss with no end in sight.
Walking on the bridge, Bai Lian finally understood why this place was called an underground city. Who would have thought that there was such a huge abyss city hidden under the border of this majestic country.
It is not possible to build such a huge underground world in just a few decades.
But this Dark City force did it, and it was only a stronghold of one country. Lin Zheng said that the Dark City force spread all over the world, and even crossed the Endless Sea and arrived in the Kingdom of Zhao where the Demon Sect was raging. .
Thinking of this, Balian was secretly frightened.
This depends on how strong the background and wealth are to be able to do this.
“Remember, although there are people from the Immortal Sect who enter the Dark City, on the bright side, the Dark City is a gray area that is shamed by hundreds of Immortal Sects. You must protect your identity here. , If not, when you leave this underground city, it will be difficult for you to have a place in all the countries in the world."
Ye Shu repeated it solemnly.
Bailian nodded to express that he understood. Just when the long ancient bridge was about to reach the end, a cold gaze seemed to be shrouded in their direction.
That gaze was extremely obscure, even for practitioners, it was difficult to detect it. However, due to the instinct of the corpse demon, Balian still keenly sensed the existence of that weak gaze.
He paused and stared back. There were countless pedestrians on the bridge, and his sight quickly disappeared in the sea of people coming and going.
"What's wrong?" Ye Shu suddenly stopped when he saw him.
Bailian shook his head: "Nothing, let's go into the city?"
The gates of the underground city are blocked. The gates in Yunyun are guarded by sergeants, because they can usually be reached. People who come to this area basically have the permission of the people behind this city.
The area here is extremely vast. Bailian took a quick look and knew that the area of this underground city was comparable to the thousand-year-old ancient city 'Yunzhong' above the ground.
There are also markets and long streets and alleys here, but in these alleys, the people living are not the residents of the underground city, but masked outsiders from all directions.
After paying a certain late fee in the city, you can choose an alleyway house where you can display and sell the goods you obtained through shady means.
Bailian saw that most of the goods were still stained with fresh blood and old soil.
Seeing that Balian's eyes were focused on these people, Ye Shu patiently explained.
"Most of these people are tomb robbers. The goods they sell are the burial objects of famous masters or immortal masters when they died. There are still very few of them nowadays.
I heard that as early as more than two hundred years ago, Years ago, the tomb robbing industry was the most prosperous. Even Taixuan, The sacred cemeteries of the three leading sects, Tianxi and Cangwu, have been repeatedly stolen by tomb robbers."
Bailian was shocked: "How dare the tomb robbers be so rampant? "
Ye Shudao: "The three sects are naturally famous. It is true that no matter how rampant and provocative the tomb robbers are, all they can steal are some of the burial objects on the periphery of the cemetery, and they cannot touch the real core burial objects.
Only two hundred years ago. , there is a group of extremely skilled tomb robbers from In Beihai, the Tianxi Sword Sect fell for the first time. No one knew what the group of tomb robbers had stolen. This actually made the Tianxi Sword Master furious. He raised his sword and slaughtered almost all the tomb robbers back then. His bloody and violent methods were so terrifying that today There are only a few tomb robbers.”
Bai Lian's expression suddenly tightened, and for some reason his heart felt very clogged.
He suddenly recalled what Ning Feiyan said when he parted with her, and his throat felt inexplicably dry: "What exactly was stolen? How could it lead Sword Master Yu to go on a killing spree?"
After all, Ye Shu is not from two hundred years ago. He knows very little about what happened back then, and most of them don’t know much about it. It was hearsay. He shook his head and said: "I don't know. After all, the Tianxi Sword Sect suppressed the tomb robbery very seriously. Everyone later speculated and speculated that the coffin of the ancestor sword master was stolen. What? You are very concerned about this matter. Interested? "
Bailian suddenly fell silent and became extremely quiet.
Ye Shu glanced at him strangely and noticed the suppressed anxiety under his quiet eyebrows. He mused: "Anyway, we have come to this underground city now. If you really want to know about this, why not When asking about the whereabouts of your demon pet, buy more information about Tianxi.
Here, even if the truth is hidden in the sand of history, as long as you have enough money, they can help you dig it out. "
A long bridge has reached the end. Balian stood on the bridge, looking up at the dark city above him like a monster entrenched. After a long while, he slowly uttered two words: "...that's okay. . ”
There is no point in wasting time wandering around in the small shops in the city. Basically, monks from all over the world resell and resell the stolen goods that they cannot get rid of.
Among all the countries in the world, there is no Which black market is more safe and secure than this one?
Ye Shu's status in the dark city is not low. He is a high-level night hunter and can go to many places that others are restricted from going to.
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For example, this Yu Tower.
Yu Tower is located in the middle of the Dark City. It is the largest gold-selling cave in the underground world and is also a famous dark trading house here.
The Yu Tower is open once a month, selling various rare treasures through bidding. The Tianxi Sword Sect is about to recruit disciples, and the high-level monsters hunted here will be locked up in the Yu Tower for training. .
Xiao Luer is most likely to be sold by Yu Lou, and here, you can also buy the best slaves, elixirs, weapons, secrets and intelligence.
Ye Shu is obviously also a frequent visitor to Yulou. After he handed his token to the steward in the building, the steward immediately led him and Bailian to the exclusive box in a polite and respectful manner. Seating.
The space of the elegant room is not too big, and the furnishings are elegant and simple. There is an incense burner on the table, but no incense is burned. I don't know what it is used for.
The box is located on the third floor. Although it can see the whole situation, it is a very distinguished seat. But there is another floor above the third floor.
And there are only two private rooms on that floor, presumably only guests with extremely distinguished status will be entertained.
In the center of the lobby of Yulou, there is a huge display stand, which is covered with five layers of light protection barriers of different colors. It is the auction product displayed by the protector of the five elements.
Seeing the layers of protective light, the leaves showed a strange color, and they seemed to be confused and said to themselves: "Strange, why has the protective barrier been turned on before the auction night? , is it possible that the auction time has been advanced? ”
Bailian's expression changed and he said: "What do you mean? We were not planning to hold an auction today?"
Ye Shudao: "Yu Tower is open every day, but goods are sold in fixed quotas every day, and the prices are clearly marked. .
Only extremely rare things will be displayed on auction night, but the barrier is opened today, just like it was on auction night.”
How could it be such a coincidence. ?
Bailian frowned, feeling something was wrong.
It was obviously not the night of the auction yet, but as soon as Ye Shu brought him to the dark city, the auction was scheduled in advance...
Is it a coincidence, or did someone have arrangements?
Ye Shu was also confused: "But I haven't heard any news before. Could it be that... some big shot is coming today?"
But, what kind of big shot? It was actually possible for Dark City to change the auction time and conduct it in advance?
As a result, many people will miss the auction time, and the number of people present today is far less than half of the past. But since it is an auction, the more people participating in the auction, the better. Only in this way can the price benefit be maximized.
Just when he finished speaking, their vision suddenly lit up, and the two dim private seats on the fourth floor suddenly turned on at the same time.
The burning of its brilliance illuminates the whole place.
Ye Shu's face changed slightly and he was surprised.
Seeing his reaction, Bai Lian stood up and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
Ye Shu's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and he murmured with a solemn expression: "The rule of Yulou is that the host never waits for guests. The only exception is the four floors. I have been in the dark city for many years, and this is the first time I have seen the four floors. Light the lamp upstairs."
Bailian slowly leaned his back on the chair. Not only did he feel the tense change in Ye Shu, but the atmosphere in the entire Yu Tower was inexplicably lowered. The entire three floors suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Bailian raised his hand to take a cup of tea, added a cup of hot tea for Ye Shu, and handed it to him: "Light up the fourth floor? What does it mean?"
Ye Shu took it Tea took a deep breath, as if to calm down her nervous and shocked emotions.
He took a sip of hot tea, and some color returned to his pale face, and said: "The Yu Tower has four floors. The private rooms on the third floor are divided into grades A, B, C and D. The one we are sitting in now is This is Room B. The people being hosted in Room B are all young men from powerful families in Kyoto, important ministers and nobles of the Military Aircraft Administration, or children of sects from Lingshan. Their status in Zeguo is already extraordinary
And those who were entertained in that room were the descendants of the royal family of Murong and Changting of Zeguo. You might as well think about it, in the territory of Zeguo, imperial power is supreme, but in that four-story building that has never been open to the public, To be able to override the imperial power, who do you think can sit on the fourth floor in this continent? "
Ye Shu's face became more solemn: "If you look carefully, there are only a handful of them on the Tianyao Continent! "
Bailian held the empty tea cup without moving, and looked at the plain pattern on the tablecloth with his eyes slightly raised: "It seems that something extremely interesting will appear on today's auction night. ”
Ye Shu felt heavy and understood that since it could attract a four-story double room, it was definitely an extraordinary thing.
Although he didn’t know what it was, he also knew that level. Once the treasure comes out, it will definitely cause a bloody storm
But this thing still appears in Zeguo? !
Ye Shu raised his eyes to look at Balian and asked, "Who do you think...the two people sitting on the fourth floor are?"
Ye Shu's His heart was really messed up. Balian didn't know much about the underground city as he did, but at this moment, he asked Balian to guess the identities of the two people above him.
Bailian laughed and shook his head. At this time, the whole place was in an uproar, like a frying pan, and the exclamations disappeared one after another.
The bright lights on the fourth floor became brighter and brighter, and the curtain of the private room was gently lifted by a jade hand.
I saw the gauze curtains of the attic were wide open, and under the window stood a beauty dressed in classical palace attire. She was dignified and noble, her hair was tied up high, and she decorated her black temples with complicated gold hair accessories.
The beauty has a noble appearance. She wears exquisite makeup, with Qin's unique blue plum blossom makeup between her eyebrows. Her delicate face carries aristocratic pride and indifference.
When everyone raised their heads and looked over, she was gently caressing a poppy plant in front of the window with her soft white and delicate jade hands, with long nails on her little finger and ring finger. , the whole body is noble and compelling.
Her calm and calm gaze lightly passed downstairs, with a half-smile on her lips: "It's so lively tonight."
Ye Shu couldn't bear it when he saw the woman's face clearly. Zhu took a deep breath.
Balian didn't know the woman, and seeing his violent reaction, he couldn't help but ask: "Who is she?"
Ye Shu's voice trembled slightly, and he couldn't suppress the shock in his eyes, and he opened his lips with difficulty and said : "The eldest princess of Qin, Zhao Wenjun."
The eldest princess of Qin?
Bailian was surprised as to why a member of the Qin royal family appeared in the underground city of Ze.
Moreover, Qin and Ze are evenly matched, and the status of the royal families of both sides should be equal. Why can the royal family of Ze only live on the third floor, but the eldest princess of Qin can actually live on the fourth floor.
"Are you wondering why she can go up to the fourth floor?" Ye Shu looked at Balian with a complicated expression.
Bailian glanced at the eldest princess again and said, "I'm more curious about why she can ignore the rules of the dark city and not wear a mask."
Ye Shu's lips twitched slightly. , smiled extremely reluctantly: "This is the same answer as the question I just asked you."
"The eldest princess Zhao Wenjun, The sister of the emperor of Qin and the only blood sibling. The king of Qin has nothing to do. As early as two hundred years ago, he was paralyzed on the bed and has never recovered. Therefore, in the past two hundred years, the eldest princess has handled the state affairs of Qin. Being in power means that her status is naturally different from that of ordinary royal nobles."
"The eldest princess is in charge of state affairs?" Balian was surprised.
According to this, the Emperor of Qin is seriously ill and is in bed, and the eldest princess is in charge of the capital. Isn't that no different from the female monarch?
Furthermore, when the king of a country has nothing to show for himself, he loses his heirs and inherits the throne, and a woman governs the country, there is something strange about everything.
Looking at Balian's expression, Ye Shu understood what he was thinking and said, "You don't have to doubt that Emperor Qin's serious illness is related to the eldest princess, because the eldest princess did not want to take power, but was Someone pushed me into that position.”
Bailian was surprised again.
Ye Shudao: "To others, holding the power of life and death in a country may be the highest honor, but for someone without strength, this power will only become a butcher's knife hanging around her neck."
Ye Shu quietly pointed at Zhao Wenjun, the eldest princess on the fourth floor, and said, "You have a good cultivation level. You might as well use your spiritual sense to find out how she is different from others?"
Bailianwai Use your spiritual consciousness to explore the eldest princess. After a moment of realization, when he withdrew his consciousness, the color on his face had changed: "She has no spiritual roots?!"
Without spiritual roots, she is naturally an ordinary mortal with no cultivation and no strength. But he rules a country.
And two hundred years!
She has not experienced birth, old age, illness or death for two hundred years, and is still young and beautiful.
Ye Shu nodded and said: "To be precise, her spiritual roots were dug up by life. Two hundred years ago, Sword Master Yu was assassinated by the Demon Prison and was dying. It was the eldest princess who cut open her chest and dug out her spiritual roots. , used the spiritual root as medicine, and gave it to Sword Master Yu, thus saving his life."
Bailian was stunned: "She and Sword Master Yu actually have such a life-saving grace... ”
Ye Shudao: "It's not just a life-saving grace."
"Sword Master Yu was born in the Qin State. He is the son of a noble family in the Qin State. He has been childhood sweethearts with the eldest princess Zhao Wenjun since he was a child. They are a match made in heaven in the eyes of the people of the contemporary Qin State. "The best match in the world."
Bailian frowned and said, "But how did I hear that the Tianxi Sword Master and the Empress Houtu of Zhongyou..."
"Yes, Sword Master Yu finally married the Empress Zhongyou. Some people say that the eldest princess of Qin fell in love with Sword Master Yu unilaterally but failed. Others say that Sword Master Yu had suspicions of a political marriage with Zhongyou in order to help the immortal sect. , so I reluctantly parted ways with the eldest princess and said goodbye. There are different opinions, but no ordinary mortal can truly understand the feelings of the Heavenly Sword Master."
"It's just that although the sword master married the Empress Zhongyou, he had a special friendship with the eldest princess when he was young. Now, the eldest princess has pride flowing in her bones. She wants to be strong. She was born into an aristocratic sect, and she always behaved openly and openly.
After learning that Sword Master Yu had married a wife and had children, she did not bother him. However, after being poisoned by the Demon Prison, the proud and strong woman did not. It is to sacrifice one's lifelong cultivation and put one's own Her dignity and life have all been surrendered. You said, as long as Sword Master Yu is here, who among all the countries in the world would dare to embarrass her? "
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