Langya City is known as the world's number one city. Although Jiang Kingdom is not the most powerful country in the sense, the title of Langya City as the world's number one city can be confirmed.

Because this city is too huge and covers too vast, in addition to the four gates of the inner city, there are also four gates of the outer city, as if a big city is tightly surrounded by another big city.

There is no city larger than Langya City in the world, nor is there a city more prosperous than Langya City. People of all kinds who come and go out of the city every day almost often block the city gates. I believe that even if you open a few more city gates, you will still be unable to avoid the phenomenon of long queues on the official road.

The Jiang Kingdom is at the center of the world and is a must-fight for all countries. Langya City, as the last barrier of the Jiang Kingdom, is indestructible.

Since the reign of Emperor Taizong to the present twenty-four years of Changping, the Jiang Kingdom has experienced countless wars of all sizes, and even Langya City has faced the pressure of a large army many times. The Jiang Kingdom will fall apart in an instant. Fortunately, Langya City has repeatedly resisted the attack and saved the Jiang Kingdom from ruin.

Under the protection of Langya City, Jiang State began to counterattack. Although no one could do anything to each other in the end, the existence of Langya City in Jiang State showed its wonder, which led to a dynasty who later attempted to get involved in Jiang State, and they had to consider it more. Even if they directly entered the hinterland of Jiang State, if they could not conquer Langya City, they would just waste their troops and food and grass in vain, and end up with a loss of both sides.

Therefore, although the Jiang Kingdom is in the most delicate position in the world, it has been invincible since its founding.

The main reason why Langya City is unbreakable is the existence of Lihua Academy. There is an academy in the capitals of the five countries in the world, but only the academy in Langya City is orthodox.

The original Lihua Academy was just a college, but later the name Lihua was added. Many people do not understand the meaning of this name. Perhaps it has no meaning at all, but it is just an ordinary name.

The only thing I really understand is the old man who named the academy, who is also the most deified existence in Jiang Kingdom and the pillar of the entire Jiang Kingdom. Even if the academy is destroyed, as long as this person still lives in Langya City, Jiang Kingdom will not be able to perish.

The integration of academies in the five kingdoms is the true academies, and the Lihua Academy is the orthodox Confucian monks.

The number of Confucian disciples is spread all over the world, and is far larger than that of Taoism and Buddhism. Although there are not many true Confucian strong people and are slightly inferior to Taoism and Buddhism in terms of strength, people are afraid of it. The number of disciples is combined with the other two religions. It is not easy to shake the foundation of Confucianism.

Out of all kinds of fear, although all countries are coveting Jiang State, they dare not act rashly and just wait for the best opportunity.

The enrollment of Lihua Academy is about to begin soon, and Langya City is lively everywhere.

Although Li Mengzhou also wanted to enter the academy, he was really willing but not able to do it. He didn't want to join in the fun. He was always paying attention to the news of enrollment at another mountain gate.

Although no news came, he felt that he should be able to wait.

People in Jiang are not simple in dressing. Because of the prevalence of literary style, the so-called talented men and beautiful women are the focus. In addition to being outstanding in literary talent, many people will also make some changes in their dressing. Although they will not be fancy, they will not appear simple.

Most literati are arrogant and talk a lot. Regardless of whether what they say is meaningful or reasonable, they always speak inertially, proving that they know a lot and know everything in the world.

Even so, the people of Jiang are very polite to people. It is a kind of demeanor and a kind of rest. Even when facing a hostile country, they will treat each other with courtesy to show their demeanor as the people of Jiang.

At this point, almost all the people of Jiang did a good job. Tolerance was originally the characteristic of Jiang. Therefore, throughout history, Jiang rarely took the initiative to provoke wars, but when the war came, they would not be afraid, because they were still proud of tolerance and took more seriously the issue of face. If someone wanted to slap them in the face, they would not be stingy with the butcher knife in their hands.

Therefore, Jiang State seems a bit strange to foreigners. Most small countries that have no interest disputes with Jiang State are willing to take the initiative to make friends. At least Jiang State is very friendly to the Gentiles and will not be aggressive.

This also led to the gradual increase in power of Jiang State and numerous vassal states. As time goes by, the rest of the countries that attempt to get involved in Jiang State are at a disadvantage, thus a peaceful world has emerged.

Li Mengzhou saw many scholars walking with folding fans on the street, as well as men walking with swords, and they all looked like swordsmen. However, when they saw something interesting, they would stop for a while, and after losing interest, they would return to their cold appearance.

The openness of Jiang Country is more bold than that of other countries. Girls' dressing is generally cooler in summer. It is common on the streets of warm seasons. Women roll up their sleeves and fully expose their arms. Some women with impure minds are even more bold in their clothes, which will always attract attention.

But the unmarried girl is much more conservative, which seems to be an unwritten rule by Jiang Guo. Even if she is open and bold, it is impossible for all the girls on the street to have a touch of snow-white exposed with their arms and wrists exposed. Moreover, Jiang Guo is just a little more open than other countries, so there are still many rules and restrictions.

Especially the cities other than Langya City are more conservative. Langya City is the most open place in the entire Jiang Kingdom, and it is only because of the time when comparing. Looking at the whole world, Jiang Kingdom is not really too open, but is just relatively tolerant and will not be cared about in some minor details. But if it is too much, it will still be an insult.

In early winter, the weather is cold and it is hard to see any scenery on the street. All the girls and women are wrapped tightly.

Women with status are not too presumptuous in their dressing due to their faces. Even if women in ordinary people show their arms, it is difficult for people to think more. After all, most of these women at the bottom of the country are rough in their skin.

After all, this depends on personal understanding and etiquette. Of course, a more charming and debauchery woman will not care about her identity and do whatever she wants, but this is still a minority.

Before he knew it, Li Mengzhou walked to an alley where there was a big locust tree in front of the alley. The locust tree had withered and was bare and not very elegant.

The streets are quiet and narrow, but they can barely pass through the carriage. The streets and alleys have no name. Perhaps because they are too small, there are no people living in it. Only by passing through this streets and alleys can you see some houses, and there are places where you live.

Li Mengzhou went into the streets and alleys without doing anything, listening to the noisy sounds coming from from some direction, and occasionally hearing some people's voices.

After leaving the streets and alleys, there was also a big locust tree outside, and there was a person standing under the big locust tree.

There are some withered leaves on the branches of the big locust trees in the streets and alleys, hanging alone, showing bleakness. Because it had just snowed, there was also a lot of snow on the trees, which made the withered locust tree look more dreamy and beautiful.

Perhaps the alley was dirty, so there were no pedestrians, so the people standing under the big locust tree were more abrupt.

Li Mengzhou frowned slightly.

The person standing under the locust tree was not unfamiliar with him. He was surprised to see this person here and felt something bad in his heart.

Qingyi was not wearing a green shirt, but a black robe. She was dressed in a very simple outfit, not expensive fabric. He was holding a sword in his arms, looking cold, staring at Li Mengzhou tightly.

Li Mengzhou paused for a moment and continued to walk forward.

Qing Yi's cold voice came: "If you want to gain a foothold in the capital, you must rely on a certain force. This has many benefits for you. You don't have to live in the inn, and you can go to many places you want to and cannot go now."

Li Mengzhou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't like to live under someone else's roof, and I don't have any special abilities. Even if I rely on a certain force, it is difficult to be reused. In my opinion, this will limit my personal freedom."

Qingyi leaned against the locust tree and lowered her head and said, "I'm just here to notify you that it has nothing to do with me whether you agree or refuse. This is my task, so it cannot fail. If your choice goes against my task, I can get rid of you here."

Li Mengzhou's face gradually became colder and he said, "You seem to like threatening others?"

Qing Yi said: "Because you have rejected the method of not being threatened once, there is no need to continue to say anything good to you. Since it is no longer effective, why do you need to do this again?"

Li Mengzhou was silent for a moment and said, "I am very curious about the purpose of your doing this. I am grateful for not killing me, but that's all. I have nothing worthy of your attention, so why bother pulling me into your circle?"

Qing Yi didn't want to say too much, but felt that if he didn't say anything, the other party's choice would definitely be unsatisfactory. He also said patiently: "Because you don't kill you, you have more reason to make the right choice. Letting you live is a gift. I don't know if you have seen something in the envelope, but whether you look or not, you have no choice. You can only compromise except death."

Qing Yi looked up at Li Mengzhou, and the sword in his arms was held in his right hand, and said lightly: "I can tell you clearly that you have touched some places in the capital that cannot be touched. Many people have already set their sights on you. If it weren't for us, how could you feel comfortable wandering on the street now?

Although Qingjiu killed the dead soldiers, there were still their people in the capital. If you send the envelope to Tongming Lane instead of Qingjiu, then you will naturally become their target."

Li Mengzhou felt a little headache and said, "This is not my business, and I have handed over the things to you. There is no reason for them to bother me, right?"

Qing Yi sneered: "Your actions have greatly hindered their path. Whether you intentionally or not, if you do this, you must bear the revenge of some people. After something important is lost, those people will definitely go crazy. They need to kill you to stabilize their restlessness."

Li Mengzhou said annoyedly: "Is there no king's law in the capital? This is at the feet of the emperor."

Qing Yi said: "Of course, His Majesty has the final say in the capital, but if someone wants to make small moves, His Majesty cannot fully grasp it. You should not want to see that after you die, the government's talents will come late, right?"

Li Mengzhou really wanted to just spit out and leave it casually, but when things were in crisis, if he refused, then the person who wanted to kill him would not be the potential figures, and Qingyi in front of him would not let him walk out of here alive.

He was really angry.

But he suddenly realized that he had no ability to resist at all. He was too weak. He should not be able to find someone weaker than him in the capital. He could die in a shameless corner of the capital anytime and anywhere.

Although he understood that this might be his only choice and could only choose this way, he could not hide his anger. He did not like to be threatened, nor did he like to be controlled.

But in front of someone who can kill him with a raising hand, will he still continue to be tough?

This is a very worthy question.

Although the unspoken word rejection does look very backbone, the price is one's own life, and no smart person should do this.

After all, he couldn't figure out why Qing Yi and others didn't kill him but wanted to win him over. He couldn't find a more accurate reason. The so-called "I wanted to win him over because I didn't kill him. What is the logic behind this?

There must be some conspiracy here, but Li Mengzhou couldn't figure it out.

The only thing he could think of was that Qingyi might not come from the Practice Mountain Gate, but from another place, and the most likely one was in the court.

But Li Mengzhou has no goal to determine who Qing Yi is loyal to.

Perhaps he had thought of someone who would be rejected by himself when the idea just came up. After all, that was a bit incredible.

Li Mengzhou has never survived by luck in the past years, and he never lived by death. He has experienced too many deaths. Although this is also a kind of luck in a sense, it only occupies a decimal in the end. What he values ​​more is his own strength.

He has no strength to resist now, but he is very lucky, at least if he agrees, he can live well.

Without wanting to die, the so-called humiliation you suffer should be borne.

In order to survive, he had done things that he didn't dare to think about at all, and he also had many things he disliked and sneered, but in order to survive, he did it all, so why not be afraid of this more time?

After making a decision, I felt much more relaxed.

But Li Mengzhou still won't give Qingyi any good face, after all, he was forced.

Qing Yi was paying attention to the change of Li Mengzhou's expression. When his expression was relaxed, he already knew his decision. So Qing Yi didn't say anything more, because he didn't want to say anything more to Li Mengzhou at the beginning, and he couldn't even understand why the above made the decision to win over the boy.

He said these words to Li Mengzhou just to complete the task, that's all, so after the task was completed, he didn't want to talk much to Li Mengzhou anymore.

I threw out a silver ring, which was very ordinary, as if I could see play decorations everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Li Mengzhou looked at the ring in his hand and was a little confused.

Qing Yi pondered for a moment and felt that he should say something more. He glanced at Li Mengzhou and said, "This is a ring that all members of Tianshu Academy have, so as not to accidentally hurt their own people while performing their own tasks. Because it is very common and common, it will not attract attention, but only members of Tianshu Academy can understand the true meaning of this ring.

There are inscriptions in the ring. Only the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can make the font appear. Each ring represents a person's identity. You are holding Qingjiu's ring, so you are Qingjiu now.

You must keep your identity confidential to the outside world. When you have a task, someone will naturally inform you that if someone knows your identity, either kill the person who knows your identity or apologize for death.”

Li Mengzhou looked at the ring in his hand, felt a little surprised and said, "Tianshuyuan? This should not be the name of a mountain gate for cultivation, right?"

Qingyi didn't say anything. He looked up and saw that Qingyi's figure was under the big locust tree.

Li Mengzhou's face turned a little darker.

He is not a practitioner yet, so he naturally cannot touch the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it is even more impossible to see the words engraved in the ring.

Tianshu Courtyard comes from the court and is a very mysterious institution. There are not many people outside know about it, so it is normal for Li Mengzhou not to know about it.

He inexplicably became a member of Tianshu Academy. No matter what, he had an identity in the capital. Perhaps a different way of understanding it may not be a bad thing.
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