Chapter 199 War Escalation

   There are countless giant cities in the great dynasty, but Di’an City is the only one that can be called the heart.

  This is a city in the sky built on the top of Jiulong Mountain.

  At least, Xu Yuan once thought so in Cangyuan, but there is always a slight gap between reality and the game.

  After thousands of years of expansion and repair, Di’an City has expanded from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and it is still spreading outward.

  The majestic Jiulong Mountain has been shrouded by countless building complexes, including attic Xiaoxie, garden pavilions, and densely populated civilian areas.

   Taking the Golden Throne on the Golden Temple on the top of the mountain as the central axis, several huge official roads for large monsters pass through Di’an City, and four towering walls divide the huge city into The palace, the emperor, the inner city and the outer city, from the inner to the outer, from high to low.

  Sitting on the back of the Xuanying loft, looking around,

  Among the misty rain, white birds are facing the phoenix, and countless monsters gather from all sides.

  Looking down, the people in the city are bustling, and countless business travelers are unloading at the gates of each city, handling all kinds of necessary supplies for this behemoth.

  The Xuanying loft leaped all the way, and after entering the imperial city, they were the only monster left flying under the clear sky in the big sky.

  According to the law of Great Yan, the imperial city is forbidden to fly, regardless of flying monsters or high-level cultivators.

  Seeing the familiar giant mansion approaching gradually, Xu Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze and landed on the man in Tsing Yi opposite.

  Xu Changge’s voice is calm, with a vague smile:

   “How is it? When you return to Beijing this time, do you think there are any changes in this city?”

  Xu Yuan thought for a while and said:

   “I didn’t seem to see Tiangong Tower just now.”

   “.” Xu Changge.

   While speaking, Xu Yuan pointed to the river that runs through the imperial capital:

  ”Also, I see that there seem to be a few new Goulan near the Long’an River, and they look very impressive, that is.

   “Cough, anyway, the changes are quite big.”

  Xu Changge raised his hand to support his forehead, glanced at the sky, and exhaled:

   “Father should be in the mansion today.”

  Xu Yuan nodded when he heard the words, not surprised.

  The court meeting does not happen every day. On weekdays, the important officials of the imperial capital spend most of their time in their own “offices” in Miyagi, but Xu Yinhe usually likes to work in his own mansion.

   After a pause, Xu Yuan suddenly asked Xu Changge:

   “By the way, Xu Changge, which identity should I use when I return to the Imperial Capital?”

  Xu Changge raised his eyes and glanced at the third brother:

   “Which one do you want to use?”

  Xu Yuan chuckled:

   “I can use either.”

  Xu Changge sighed and said:

   “You came back for a marriage contract, just be careful not to wear clothes.”

  Xu Yuan grinned and took off the human skin mask:

   “Okay.”

  The words fall, silence.

  The height of the Xuanying loft gradually began to decline.

  And at this time,

  Xu Yuan seemed to suddenly think of something, and said:

   “By the way, I went north with the third prince before.”

  Xu Changge is not surprised:

   “Well, I saw him on the way here.”

  Xu Yuan knocked on the table and stacked the armor first:

   “Xu Changge, I want to ask you a question, nothing else.”

  Xu Changge glanced at the third brother helplessly, and nodded:

   “Ask.”

  Xu Yuan carefully considered his words:

   “Who was that sister in red just now? The third prince saw her and knew she was coming after me.”

  Xu Changge’s eyes are calm, and there is no emotion in his voice:

   “She is the little celestial master of the celestial master gate.”

   “Little Celestial Master?”

  Hearing this, Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment:

   “Didn’t you say that the little celestial master of the celestial master gate is a man?”

  Xu Changge’s voice is calm:

   “It’s rare for a woman to dress up as a man and travel around the world?”

  Xu Yuan thought for a while and shook his head:

  ”It’s not uncommon, but it’s rare to be able to hide it from the world for more than ten years.”

   “It’s really rare.”

  Xu Changge smiled slightly, looked out the window with complicated eyes, and sipped his teacup lightly: “So you don’t have to worry about the third prince suspecting you through her affairs.”

  Seeing this look, Xu Yuan wanted to laugh, but held back, and asked seriously:

   “So, my identity shouldn’t be leaked from her?”

  Xu Changge glanced at Xu Yuan and spit out two words:

   “No.”

  Heard the words,

  Xu Yuan laughed. While laughing, he got up and walked to Xu Changge’s side, and patted the elder brother on the shoulder.

  Xu Changge was still sitting upright with his teacup in hand.

  Xu Yuan took out a futon and sat down, took the wine glass and poured himself a glass, saying earnestly:

   “Xu Changge, I watched it just now, and there is something I think I can tell you.”

  Xu Changge glanced at Xu Yuan’s movements, his eyes were calm, and he didn’t speak.

  “.”

  Xu Yuan coughed lightly:

   “I know that you, the boss, may be very upset if I, the third child, say something, but feelings are not a practice, let alone a fight, not that you have big fists”

   “嗡——”

  A buzz,

  A black shadow was thrown from the Xuanying Attic, and landed in the wetland lake in Xiangguo Mansion with a “boom”.

  Breaking his head out of the rain curtain of the lake, Xu Yuan raised his eyes and watched the whizzing past the Xuanyin loft in mid-air, and sighed helplessly.

  If you want to save face and suffer, you deserve to be single for the rest of your life.

   Wetly boarded the lake, and suddenly saw a figure waiting on the shore.

  Xu Yuan is not surprised to see it, the most indispensable thing in Xiangguo’s mansion is masters.

  The figure is a woman, holding an umbrella, she handed the towel:

   “Third son, towel.”

   “Thank you.”

  Xu Yuan glanced at the other side, and subconsciously glanced at the other side of the lakeshore.

  There is a nine-story loft.

  The Library Pavilion in Xiangguo Mansion.

  The woman waiting on the shore in front of him is the maid in the library, and also his mother’s personal maid before her death.

  Third Grade Grand Master.

  Xu Yuan took the towel, nodded and smiled:

   “Hmm.”

  The woman smiled softly, handed the umbrella to Xu Yuan, bowed and saluted:

   “Master Xiangguo is waiting for you in the inner court, and the slaves will leave first.”

   After finishing speaking, the woman stepped on the lake and walked towards Zangshuge despite the rain.

  Watching the other party go away, Xu Yuan shook his head and wiped his hair with an umbrella towel while walking towards the inner court.

  The mansion of Xiangguo in the imperial capital is also very large, even bigger than the mansion in Jingjiang mansion. Dad built it.

  Compared with the Xu Mansion in Jingjiang Fu City, the Xiangguo Mansion in the Imperial Capital is obviously much more lively.

  In addition to the most basic maids and waiters, there are many people in the mansion wearing court official uniforms and brocade robes.

  Some of these people came to pay respects to the wharf to give gifts, some came to deliver memorials, and some were staff members of his father’s group.

  I didn’t know it before, but looking at it now, this Xiangguo mansion is another court hall in the imperial capital.

   Those who can stay and work in the Xiangguo mansion are basically old people, so Xu Yuan, who took off the human skin mask, can be regarded as unimpeded in it.

   There was no sudden appearance of a collateral son or a high-ranking villain to make things difficult for him, the third son who had returned from going out.

  Passing all the way, most of the people who bowed their bodies to salute Xu Yuan had a deep and unfathomable aura.

  If it were Cangyuanli, these people would probably all be elite bosses with bloody question marks on their heads.

   After all,

  The Xiangguo mansion in Cangyuan is considered the most difficult final boss room.

  Concentrating his thoughts, Xu Yuan smiled lightly and shook his head, threw this unrealistic idea out of his mind, and raised his hand to press the wooden door in front of him.

  Most of the area of ​​Xiangguo’s mansion is the outer court, and the inner court for the direct descendants is actually not that big.

  One for each of the four siblings, one for Xu Yinhe, one study room, and one main hall where they eat together.

  Thinking, Xu Yuan walked in.

   What came into view was a familiar stone road, with some unknown flowers and plants planted on both sides, and the main hall was at the end more than ten meters away.

  At this moment, there are already sitting in the main hall, one old and one young.

  The rain is falling, falling along the old tiles from the eaves like bead curtains, and splashing ripples in the puddles formed in the yard.

  But the two of them didn’t wait for him, and they had already started to move their chopsticks.

   Seeing this, Xu Yuan smiled unconsciously and stepped forward quickly

  In the main hall of the inner court, there is no layout of carved dragons and painted phoenixes. It is just a square table, which can sit two people on each side, which is quite simple.

  Because this inner court belongs to the real restricted area of ​​Xiangguo Mansion.

  Xu Yinhe personally set the rules.

   Except for their family, no one else is allowed to enter, even Lou Ji’s high-level officials are not allowed to enter the restricted area.

  There are no outsiders, so naturally there is no need for those ostentations.

  Although it was the day when Xu Yuanchu returned to the imperial capital, neither the father nor the son intended to wash him off.

  The lunch meal is still four meat, two vegetables and one soup, the same as before.

   This is the standard if there are not enough people. If there are all people, there will be more meat and one vegetable.

  However

   people, it should not be all.

  “.”

  The small main hall only has the crisp sound of chopsticks hitting the porcelain bowl, and the sound of rain outside.

  After Xu Yuan said hello, Xu Yinhe nodded, and then he sat down.

  There were no pleasantries, no greetings, as if he had not been away for two years, but had gone out in the morning and returned at noon.

  Hangchihangchi was planing the food, the father and son did not speak.

  It’s not that there are any rules, Xu Yinhe is not a strict father, let alone talking while eating, even if you overturn the table while eating, he won’t say anything.

  As long as you are ready to be hung up and beaten by Xu Changge afterwards.

  Silence for a long time,

  Xu Yinhe slowly put down his chopsticks and looked at Xu Yuan who was returning home:

   “Your marriage contract will take some time to complete.”

  Xu Yuan raised his eyes when he heard the words, pondered a little, and asked:

  ”Why?”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t mean to hide anything, and said directly:

  ”Wu Chenghou has gone to the north, so the marriage has to wait for him to come back.”

  Xu Yuan frowned immediately when he heard the words.

  Wu Chenghou went to the north?

  This information is a bit big.

  Now he has seen the power of the military formation initially, and learned a lot of information about it along the way, so naturally he will no longer underestimate this Great Yan military god as he did before.

  First-rank and second-rank powerhouses can use some casual tactics when facing the army formation, but this kind of tactics are rarely used on the real battlefield, because basically as long as they go there, there is a high probability that they will be meat Baozi beats the dog.

  Military exercises are different from conventional exercises, and belong to a completely different path.

  Combine the strength of thousands of soldiers into one body.

  Although except for some perverted and ruthless people, any practitioner of the same level can hang up and beat the generals who repaired the army formation, but as long as the soldiers perform their exercises, they will not form an army formation. The general’s strength will increase geometrically, five senses, mind and soul, strength and so on.

  As long as the strong follower blocks the incoming attacker for a while, the incoming strong will basically never return.

  After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan asked in a low voice:

   “Only Mr. Zong can’t handle it?”

  Zong Qingsheng leads the Black Scale Army, so it goes without saying that the military formation is cultivated. Now one is not enough, and even Wu Chenghou has gone.

  Hearing this question, he pondered for a moment, then Xu Yinhe calmly replied:

   “Things are a bit complicated. Generally speaking, those foreigners in the desert seem to have reached an alliance with the barbarians.”

  This father said it easily, but the meaning contained in it almost includes many aspects.

  Xu Yuan sorted out his thoughts a little and asked:

   “Father, can you let me see the specific situation.”

  Since parting with Lou Ji, the intelligence leader, Xu Yuan’s source of information for the past two months has basically been relying on the official newspaper issued by the government.

  The newspapers in that mansion are basically all about singing and dancing, and the war in the northern border is basically smooth sailing.

  In the past two months, the war in the northern border has not stopped, but seems to have escalated again.

  This war, which has never been written in Cangyuan, seems to be the beginning of a troubled world.

  Thinking of this, Xu Yuan felt a little heavy in his heart.

  Xu Yinhe stared at Xu Yuan’s expression for a few breaths, then smiled softly and said:

   “Changtian, are you interested in this battle?”

  Xu Yuan put down his chopsticks, took out three teacups, poured each person a cup, and said:

  ”The emperor wants to eradicate the surrounding alien races. If the barbarians form an alliance with the desert, we don’t have to meet the Li family’s swordsmen for the time being.”

  The rebellious words fell gently in the room, Xu Yinhe didn’t show any expression:

  ”The situation in the northern border is not very good now. Many of our supply lines have been cut off, and now a large part of them are just relying on Sumeru.”

  Xu Yuan immediately understood when he heard this, and asked:

   “The sect made it?”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t answer, but the darkness in his eyes still told Xu Yuan the answer.

  Xu Yuan sighed upon seeing this.

  Nearly a million troops face off against each other, and what they are fighting is a logistics.

   Today’s Dayan Royal Family and Xiangguo Mansion have all kinds of war supplies after decades of operation, but they can’t send them to the front line.

  The sect’s eyeliner is almost all over the northern border, and people can sneak there in batches, but this method cannot be used for large-scale material delivery.

  In other words, you can only send it with Xumi Ring.

  But the capacity of a conventional Xumijie is about 4X4X4.

  Thinking for a few breaths, Xu Yuan suddenly remembered something and said:

   “Father, do you mean that we can only use Xumijie to deliver supplies?”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t answer, but glanced sideways at Xu Changge.

  Seeing this look, Xu Changge, who has always been the domineering boss, honestly took out a paper file from the Sumeru Ring and put it on the square table.

  Xu Yuan didn’t look at it immediately. He had to report some things to his father first:

  ”If you need Xu Mijie, I found a secret place near the Guanyin Mountains during this trip.”

   A few minutes late, sorry

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  (end of this chapter)