Immortality in the Great Qian Dynasty

After a moment, he looked up at the sky.

The azure sky was like a piece of blue jade, clear and flawless, without a trace of white clouds, transparent and clear, making people's mood clear.

But his mood was gloomy.

He knew that the imperial family was the most ruthless, and he had always wanted to break this curse.

As the eldest prince, the eldest prince of the legitimate line, the one most likely to succeed the throne, but when Hu Lieyuan told him about guarding Zhenlongyuan, he decided to sacrifice himself, give up the throne, and take on this boring and lonely job.

It was to set an example for his younger brothers and sisters.

There must be a prince guarding Zhenlongyuan, so why can't it be himself?

But now it seems that his sacrifice is so useless, and his original decision is so ridiculous!

His gaunt face slowly turned red and began to be congested. The anger ignited in his heart and began to burn, becoming more and more prosperous.

But this flame did not have a trace of temperature, but was cold, making his breath and eyes cold.

He took the jade talisman with exquisite patterns into his arms, and used Qinggong to run much faster than before.

After he ran a mile, he found something strange.

The jade talisman was constantly emitting two forces. One force made it full of vitality, like a willow branch in spring, and the vitality urged it to continue to extend and stretch. The body was undergoing subtle changes.

The muscles became stronger, the heartbeat became stronger, and the blood was surging more violently, like a raging wave.

The other force merged into his own Gangqi, causing the Gangqi to undergo strange changes, becoming softer and more subtle.

After running thirty miles, the Gangqi seemed to be not running, and the existence of Gangqi could no longer be seen on the outside.

He felt as if he had lost his cultivation.

In this case, he could not feel his cultivation, let alone others sensing him, let alone sensing his cultivation.

As he ran, he secretly sighed that the world was so big and there were so many strange things. The wonder of this jade talisman was beyond imagination.

He found that he could not sense his own cultivation and Qi, but he could move freely and his speed became faster. He originally thought that it would take two days, but one day was enough.

One day later, in the evening, the setting sun shone on Yunjing, and Hu Houqing entered Yunjing silently.

The light between heaven and earth became soft, not yet dim, but some houses had already turned on the lights.

The Prince Jing's Mansion was already brightly lit.

Hu Houqing appeared at the bottom of the seven steps outside the Prince Jing's Mansion, looking up at the four guards outside the Prince Jing's Mansion, and looking at the four large lanterns with the word "Jing".

These four lanterns were all made of exotic animal skins, extremely transparent, and in the flow of light, there was a faint tiger attacking, which was frightening.

He recognized these four lanterns.

This is a treasure for guarding the house, the Tiger Soul Lamp.

Ordinary powerful families have never even heard of it. The power attached to it is enough to dispel some evil spirits.

Yunjing is known as the capital of all gods, and there are all kinds of strange powers. These four tiger-soul lanterns are very useful.

Even in the evening, the queue outside the Prince Jing's mansion is still a hundred meters long, stretching out along the white jade-paved street.

There is no queue, and the Xi Wang Hu Houqing standing at the front of the queue is particularly eye-catching, attracting people's attention.

But no one shouted.

Yunjing is full of hidden talents, and no one knows who is the person who came to visit Prince Jing and what his background is.

Not offending people casually is an important way to live in Yunjing.

Anyway, he didn't cut in line, just stood at the door and looked, it didn't bother them, there was no need to say more, and there was no need to offend people.

The four guards didn't say anything, just stared at him covetously, as long as he didn't step onto the steps, they would ignore him.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a green robe came out, followed by an old man with white beard and eyebrows, who was in a friendly mood and smiling.

The middle-aged man in green robe turned around and clasped his fists: "General Manager Ji, please stay."

"Master Zhang, take care."

The old man with white beard and eyebrows clasped his fists, watched the middle-aged man in green robe leave with a smile on his face, and then turned his eyes to Hu Houqing.

He smiled and asked: "Who are you?"

Hu Houqing reached out and wiped off his beard, revealing his original face, and said lightly: "I am Hu Houqing."

"...Prince Xi?!" General Manager Ji was stunned.

"My second brother is looking for me? I came over." Hu Houqing said lightly: "Please inform him."

"Prince, wait a moment!" General Manager Ji clasped his fists hurriedly, turned around and hurried away.

The people who were waiting all widened their eyes, then clasped their fists and saluted, and the voices calling "Prince Xi" were endless.

Hu Houqing guarded Zhenlongyuan, even if he was only thought of as the person guarding the most evil in Dayun, he felt that he had worked hard and made great contributions.

As the eldest prince, he did not stay in Yunjing to enjoy the good life and fight for the throne, but went to a remote and desolate place to suffer.

Even if some people called him stupid, they could not help but admire him.

Hu Houqing returned the greeting with a fist, his expression was indifferent, reserved and calm.

"Brother!" With a clear and loud shout, Jing Wang Hu Housheng strode over the high threshold, jumped down the seven steps in three or two steps, and rushed to Hu Houqing.

He smiled and said excitedly: "Brother, you are blessed by heaven, thank God! Thank God!"

Hu Houqing looked at him calmly, looked at him deeply, and curled his lips slightly: "Second brother, how are you!"

"Thank you for your concern," Hu Hou said. "When I heard that my brother was in danger, I couldn't sleep at night, couldn't eat, and hated God for being so blind that he had an accident."

Hu Houqing smiled and said: "It is indeed a blessing that I can come back to Yunjing. It is also a fluke."

"It would be great if eldest brother came back, it would be great to come back!" Hu Housheng sighed repeatedly: "Don't leave in a hurry when you come back this time. We two brothers should have a good time drinking and talking, let's go into the house!"

He turned his head and glanced at everyone, clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me for waiting, my eldest brother is back today, so I can only talk to him. You can come back tomorrow."

"Yes." Everyone nodded.

Hu Houqing hugged everyone and expressed his apology.

Hu Housheng extended his hand to invite him, and the two of them stepped up the steps together, stepped into the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

The people queuing up outside did not disperse, but stood looking at the slowly closing gate of Prince Jing's Mansion.

News about Yunjing spread very quickly, and Prince Jing's Mansion sent a large number of manpower to search for Prince Xi. This was not top-secret news.

It is not top secret news that Prince Xi was seriously injured in an assassination and may have died.

People all judged that it was Da Gan who was retaliating for Dayun's assassination.

Occasionally, some people speculated that it might be the hand of Prince Jing.

But no matter who was responsible, the search failed to find Prince Xi. Prince Xi actually sneaked to the front of Prince Jing's palace without any trace.

Why come directly to Prince Jing’s Mansion?

They are all smart people. When they saw King Xi's actions, they had a vague feeling that the last assassination was not done by Da Gan but by Prince Jing.

This matter could only be understood but not expressed in words. They did not say anything, but they all stayed outside the palace.

But there were also a few who left in a hurry, not wanting to get involved or wade into this muddy water.

The battles between princes are extremely fierce. If you are not careful, you will be implicated. If you have done nothing, your family will be confiscated. In the lighter case, you will be deposed, in the worst case, you will be exiled. In the worst case, your family will be confiscated and exterminated.

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Zhou Yuanhu returned to his small courtyard. As an official, he only had a small courtyard in Yunjing.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a housekeeper came to greet him and said hurriedly: "Master."

Zhou Yuanhu frowned and glared at him: "Old Deng, why is it so urgent?"

"Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir!" Lao Deng beamed: "Madam is happy!"

"Really?" Zhou Yuanhu asked hurriedly.

Lao Deng nodded vigorously: "I just sent away the second doctor, and my wife is indeed happy!"

He chuckled and said, "Master, our Zhou family is going to have a heir!"

"Haha..." Zhou Yuanhu laughed suddenly, strode to the backyard, and saw a beautiful middle-aged woman walking in the yard.

Zhou Yuanhu stepped forward and held the beautiful woman's hand: "Madam!"

"Master..." The beautiful woman pursed her red lips tightly, her eyes quickly moistened, and said softly: "Congratulations, master."

"Congratulations too, Madam." Zhou Yuanhu said with emotion: "The sky will never stop me Zhou Yuanhu! Tomorrow I will go to Xuankong Temple and pay my respects outside the temple!"

"Master, please don't go. I'll just go." The beautiful woman said softly, "so as not to be seen gossiping."

People in Yunjing all know that Divine Monk Fakong has great supernatural powers, but the people of Yunjing also know that Monk Fakong is a divine monk from Daqian, and is tabooed by the Dayun court and cannot get too close.

Officials, in particular, are not allowed to get close to Xuankong Temple. If they are targeted by political enemies, they will definitely be a big deal and they may be suspected of collaborating with the enemy.

"That's fine." Zhou Yuanhu helped the beautiful woman sit down at the wooden table.

"Master, have you met Prince Jing?" the beautiful woman said softly.

"I said I did, but I didn't." Zhou Yuanhu snatched the teapot from the beautiful woman's hand, brewed one himself, shook his head and said, "I met her once, but not officially."

He then told what happened, and the beautiful woman frowned her delicate eyebrows.

She whispered: "Looking at Prince Xi's demeanor, it was Prince Jing who did it, right?"

"Well, nine times out of ten."

"...It's really crazy."

Zhou Yuanhu shook his head: "If it is done, the emperor really has no other choice, but it is not done..."

"Master, don't go see Prince Jing."

"Um--?"

"Let's take a look first."

"With this wait and see, I'm afraid I will have to step aside if Prince Jing gains power in the future."

"That's better than leaning in at this time. Prince Jing is just playing with fire and will burn himself too easily."

Going to visit Prince Jing now is tantamount to taking refuge in Prince Jing's service. It would be good if Prince Jing could win, but now it seems that Prince Jing has not been able to defeat Prince Xi.

Such an assassination was extremely taboo. Killing one's own brother was really too much.

The assassination attempt failed, but instead the victim came looking for him.

If the emperor comes out of confinement, he will definitely hold Prince Yu Jing accountable.

Once the emperor was questioned, even if Prince Jing escaped unscathed, he would still find a few scapegoats, claiming that he did not know.

At this time, it's best to stay away from Prince Jing, don't let Prince Jing see you, and don't let Prince Jing think of yourself.

"Prince Jing is going to be in trouble?"

"How is it possible to do such a thing without paying any price?"

"Yes, what Madam said makes sense."

The two of them were talking when suddenly Lao Deng hurried over, his face red and sweating profusely: "Old... Master, it's not good."

"Say!" Zhou Yuanhu hummed.

Old Deng wiped his sweat and said hurriedly: "Prince Jing was killed by Prince Xi!"