Chapter 65: Unintentional
Entering Xijing requires a pass, which is issued by the local government. However, the black-clothed people are not under the control of the local government, so there is no such thing as a pass, just as the Taoists only use the certificate and never use the pass, so Qi Xuansu still showed the waist badge given by Qin Wubing and entered the city smoothly.
After being baptized by wars many times, the original ancient city of Xijing has been completely destroyed. It is exactly "the prosperity of the past is all buried, and there is nothing left. The inner treasury was burned to ashes, and the streets were trampled by the bones of the nobles."
Today's Xijing is no longer comparable to the past. Only half of the area is left, and the rest has been destroyed in the war.
In addition to its magnificent scale, Xijing City is also as rigorously laid out as Yujing, with a symmetrical structure and neat arrangement.
There are three gates on each side of the outer city, and the six streets that run through the twelve gates are the main roads of the city. The Zhuque Street running from north to south is a central axis. It connects Chengtian Gate of the palace city, Zhuque Gate of the imperial city and Mingde Gate of the outer city, dividing Xijing into two symmetrical parts, with East Market and West Market in the east and west. There are eleven streets in the north and south and fourteen streets in the east and west, dividing the residential area into 110 neat squares, which are similar to the shape of a chessboard.
The palace city is located in the middle of the north, with Taiji Palace in the middle and Taiji Hall as the main hall. The east is the East Palace and the west is the Ye Ting Palace where the palace people live. The imperial city is connected to the south of the palace city, with the ancestral temple on the left and the land and grain on the right, and has various government offices. After Tan Taiyun occupied this place, he renamed it Wuxu Palace, which has been used until now.
This is the core of Qinzhou Daofu and Wuxu Palace. One place, two groups of people, one belongs to Qinzhou Daofu and the other belongs to Wuxu Palace. The master of Wuxu Palace is in the east, the former site of the East Palace. The head of the Qinzhou Daofu is in the west, at the site of the former Ye Ting Palace.
In this regard, the three Daos are different. The Taiping Dao's Zhenjing Villa, Qingling Palace, and Qizhou Daofu are in three places respectively. The Shangqing Palace of the Zhengyi Dao is in one place with the Dazhenren Mansion, and the Wuzhou Daofu is in a separate place. The Quanzhen Dao has Wuxu Palace and the Qinzhou Daofu in one place, and Wanshou Chongyang Palace is in a separate place.
In terms of style, Wuxu Palace is far better than Shangqing Palace. After all, Shangqing Palace is built on a mountain, which is not comparable to an open plain. It is also a neighbor of the Dazhenren Mansion, and the area it can occupy is quite limited. No matter how ingenious it is, it is impossible to be magnificent. It can only be said that the immortals are slightly better.
Wuxu Palace is different. It was rebuilt from the imperial palace. Even if half of the former palace city was destroyed and only half was left, it is still a very exaggerated area. The main hall of the atrium between the East Palace and the West Palace is only one floor, but it is twenty feet high and supported by 365 dragon-shaped pillars that can be hugged by five people. After entering, because it was too high and the light was insufficient, I couldn't look up to see the dome, but only saw a dark area, like the night sky, and the night pearls were hanging, just like the stars in the night sky.
There were not many windows in the main hall, and the light was dim, so the lights were on day and night, so it was also called "Night Court".
Qi Xuansu had heard of the Night Court for a long time and wanted to see it. After entering the city, he walked along Zhuque Street. After walking for more than half an hour, he finally arrived at the gate of Wuxu Palace. There was a river around the palace city, and a straight bridge was built on the river for four horses to run side by side. There were Taoist spirit officials guarding on both sides of the bridge, and no strangers were allowed to enter and leave at will.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. In the past, it was not difficult to enter the Daofu Daogong with a Taoist certificate, but he couldn't walk around at will. Now it is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Fortunately, the Night Court was high enough, and he could vaguely see it when he stood outside the palace city. After stopping to admire it for a while, he turned around and left.
There are always many people who act like Qi Xuansu. The spiritual officials of the Taoist sect have long been accustomed to it and don't care.
Not far from Wuxu Palace, there is a Taiping Inn. It occupies a convenient location and is located on the street opposite Wuxu Palace. In a year, no one knows how many people go to Wuxu Palace for business or to pay homage. When they are not allowed to enter or waiting, they wait here to see and rest. There are also many people from Wuxu Palace or Qinzhou Daofu who set up wine and talk about things nearby. Most of them are generous.
Ordinary inns can earn silver money that cannot be spent in several lifetimes by relying on this business, but how can ordinary inns occupy such a place? Only the Taoist sect's own industry has such convenience.
Qi Xuansu just got 500 Taiping coins, and he was not stingy. He went directly to this Taiping Inn. It is a bit expensive, but it is close to Wuxu Palace and it is safe to live in.
But this time Qi Xuansu miscalculated. As soon as he settled in Taiping Inn, a white-haired old man followed him to the inn. This person was not someone else, but Feng Bo who was chasing him relentlessly. He also lived in this Taiping Inn.
Taiping Inn occupies a large area. It has bought the surrounding shops one after another, opened them up, expanded the main building of the inn again and again, and carefully decorated it to make it a special restaurant. Many luxurious private rooms are separated by windows on the second floor, and the lobby on the first floor is also separated by screens so that guests who come here can drink and talk. All the guest rooms were moved to the back of the main building and divided into many independent courtyards, and the separate guest rooms were cancelled.
Qi Xuansu asked for a courtyard with a land-level number, which cost five Taiping coins a day and was suitable for guests traveling alone.
As for the courtyard with a sky-level number, it was mainly larger and suitable for multiple people to live in.
Qi Xuansu planned to stay in Xijing for two days to relieve fatigue. He had just taken off his cloak and put down his bag when he heard someone knocking on the door.
After all, the inn was just opposite Wuxu Palace. Qi Xuansu completely relaxed his vigilance and didn't think much about it. He just thought it was the waiter of the inn and went forward to open the door.
But the moment Qi Xuansu opened the door, he felt a chill rushing along his spine to the back of his head, then exploded, making his scalp numb.
I saw an old man in green clothes standing outside the door, with white beard and white hair, and a good temperament.
Qi Xuansu recognized this person as Feng Bo who held the "Eagle and Dog Killing Conference" on Jiuwa Hill.
Not only did Qi Xuansu understand the meaning of darkness under the lamp, Feng Bo also understood it, so after he made up his mind, he followed without hesitation. On the contrary, it was beyond Qi Xuansu's expectation, making him feel even more unprepared.
"I'm a guest from next door, and I'm here to visit." The old man in Tsing Yi said.
This argument is very far-fetched. We are just staying in an inn, not moving to a new home. There is no reason to visit our neighbors. But Uncle Feng didn't have a good idea. This place was too close to Wuxu Palace. He not only had to consider how to kill people, but also how to escape. He had to find a reason to kill people silently and leave some space for himself. Enough time to escape. If there was any commotion, he was afraid that he would be left here.
When Feng Bo thinks about it, although this reason is far-fetched, it does not make people immediately wary. After all, it is under the nose of Wuxu Palace. According to common sense, who would come here to commit murder?
But Feng Bo calculated countless things, but failed to calculate one thing, that is, Qi Xuansu had met Feng Bo.
Because he was raised on the eighth day, Qi Xuansu became curious about the so-called "Eagle and Dog Killing Conference", so he ran all the way to Jiuwa Gang and saw Uncle Feng from a distance. He even cleared the place because of "Fengyan Jialiu". It can be said that I was very impressed.
Feng Bo was a member of the "Heavenly Court", and Qi Xuansu had recently killed Jiazi God of the "Heavenly Court", so Feng Bo's purpose was self-evident.
At that time, there were more than a thousand people in Jiuwa Gang. Feng Bo was the focus of the crowd, but he would not notice Qi Xuansu among them.
This made Feng Bo's plan come to nothing. Feng Bo felt that Qi Xuansu didn't know him, let alone his purpose of coming, so he had calculated things in his mind but not in his heart. But as soon as the two of them met, Qi Xuansu had already recognized Feng Bo and guessed Feng Bo's purpose. Instead, Qi Xuansu had calculated Feng Bo's intentions unintentionally.
Qi Xuansu knew very well where his advantages lay, not in terms of cultivation level or cleverness, but in geographical location and people. The location is favorable, this place is in Xijing City, adjacent to Wuxu Palace and Qinzhou Daofu. Renhe, the person in front of him is a high-level figure in a secret society, and people from the Taoist sect will never sit idly by.
The key is, how to alert the Taoist people?
In fact, it is not difficult to alarm the Taoist people. Qi Xuansu directly detonated the only two remaining "Phoenix Eyes Yisan", which naturally alarmed them. But in such a small environment, it is difficult not to hurt himself. Qi Xuansu does not dare to use his own body to try the power of "Fengyan Yisan", and this situation is likely to make Feng Bogou jump over the wall and directly Take action. Even if he could withstand "Fengyan Yisan", he couldn't withstand the thunderous strike of the heavenly being.
Back in Baidi City, Qi Xuansu had already experienced the methods of heaven and man, and he probably knew it well.
Qi Xuansu can't always rely on his "secondary ambition". The last time he fell into the Sea of Stars, he barely survived due to various factors. What if Feng Bo had his head cut off this time? He didn't think he could grow another head.
It's a matter of life and death, so don't be careless.
Qi Xuansu forced himself to remain calm so as not to let Uncle Feng see the flaw. Then he invited Uncle Feng in naturally and asked, "I wonder what you do for me, old gentleman?"
Uncle Feng said vaguely: "I have nothing to do. I would like to chat with my little friend for a few words. Would you mind, right?"
"Of course I won't mind." Qi Xuansu smiled.
The two people with different minds are like a pair of strangers who meet by chance.
Both of them had a few thoughts.
Qi Xuansu was thinking about how to alarm the Taoist people on the premise of saving his own life.
What Feng Bo was thinking about was how to kill Qi Xuansu without alerting the Taoist people.
For Feng Bo, killing an innate person is indeed not a difficult task, the main thing is to escape. When he came in, he took a few glances and saw that there were many people with good cultivation in this inn, some of whom were guests and some of whom were members of the inn itself.
He directly called on the vitality of heaven and earth to split Qi Xuansu in half, which was not difficult. But it is difficult for others not to notice at all. He was not an assassin after all. Without the use of the vitality of heaven and earth, many of the strengths of the Celestial Spirit Refiner cannot be used, and he may not be able to kill with one strike. If this kid is allowed to stir up some movement before he dies, he will fall short.
Therefore, Feng Bo had no choice but to carry out sneak attacks as if he were a celestial being, striving to create a situation like a lion fighting a rabbit.