One joke from the witch, I open the gate of heaven with one sword

Chapter 65: A member of the royal family ([-] words)

"Xiahou Qing?"

Xu Lan's eyelids jumped when he heard the name.

"The surname Xiahou is the surname of the Great Chu royal family?"

Xu Lan suddenly asked,

This question made Sun Hongying on the side quite surprised. As long as the common people of the Great Chu Dynasty basically knew that [Xiahou] was the surname of the royal family, right?

"um, yes."

Although Wang Fusheng was surprised, he didn't think too much about it. He nodded and said, "Only members of the royal family would take Xiahou as their surname."

Hearing this, Xu Lan fell into silence,
It seems that my previous guess was not wrong.

Whether Xiahou Changyuan is an expert or not remains to be discussed, but his status is indeed extraordinary.

"what happened?"

Sun Hongying glanced at Xu Lan, thinking he had thought of something.

"nothing."

Xu Lan shook her head without explaining too much, and then asked: "I want to see the Ninth Prince, is that okay?"

That Ninth Prince is the owner of this batch of goods,
If he can tell some news, maybe he can use it to deduce it.

"I'm afraid not."

Wang Fusheng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the eyes of that Ninth Prince, our Chamber of Commerce is just an ant."

The Wang family may have some influence in Qingzhou,

But this is Kyoto,

And the other party is a member of the royal family,
Let alone wanting to meet him, it would be extremely difficult to meet the butler in the palace.

"Since this batch of goods was not delivered to Kyoto on time, what is the attitude of the Ninth Prince?"

At this moment, Xu Lan realized something was wrong.
The Wang family had said before that this batch of goods was quite valuable, but now that the goods had not arrived in Kyoto on time, didn't the Ninth Prince have any expression?

"We contacted the Ninth Prince as soon as we knew about it, but we were rejected."

Wang Fusheng shook his head and said: "We waited for a whole day without seeing the Ninth Prince, and then the next day the steward of the palace sent someone over to discuss compensation."

"Okay, there is one more thing I need to trouble Shopkeeper Wang."

Xu Lan frowned slightly but did not show it. Instead, she clasped her fists at Wang Fusheng and said, "I need a transportation route map for the goods. Can I provide it?"

"This"

Wang Fusheng hesitated.

The cargo transportation route map is an extremely important secret for every chamber of commerce.

After much thought,
Wang Fusheng still took out this road map and handed it to Xu Lan.
After Xu Lan got what she wanted, she also left here with Sun Hongying.

The two of them walked side by side on the streets of Kyoto. It must be said that this place is much more prosperous than Qingzhou.

"There were some issues with that shipment."

Sun Hongying said, "If it was me, the extremely important goods were lost, and I would definitely not let it go."

"Ah."

Xu Lan nodded and said with a smile: "But now we have no way to see the Ninth Prince, let alone know what the goods are."

"Can we trace this batch back to its origin?"

Sun Hongying had a whim, but Xu Lan immediately denied this possibility.

"The Wang family once said that this batch of goods was transferred from other countries through many chambers of commerce, and finally they were responsible for transporting them to Beijing."

Xu Lan said slowly: "In this case, trying to trace the source is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack."

"That's true."

Sun Hongying said helplessly: "If the other party is an ordinary wealthy businessman, there may be an easier way."

If you were an ordinary person,
Sun Hongying felt that with her and Xu Lan's skills, it would not be difficult to sneak into the other party's mansion and search quietly.

But the other party is the Ninth Prince,

Apart from anything else, just trying to sneak into the prince's mansion would be difficult.

Unless he is already a five-level practitioner at this time, there may still be a possibility.

"Yeah, it's difficult, and it's difficult here."

Xu Lan sighed slightly,

But the next second he raised his head and saw two familiar figures, he smiled slightly and said, "However, it's not impossible."

"Ok?"

Sun Hongying had question marks on her face,
But then she raised her head and followed Xu Lan's gaze,

I also saw the pair of master and apprentice I met in front of Ting Yuxuan's gate.

"This"

Sun Hongying asked suspiciously, "Isn't it a little too coincidental?"

"Well, maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not."

Many thoughts flashed through Xu Lan's mind, and then she smiled and said, "But it's not important."

"How are you?"

Xiahou Changyuan also saw Xu Lan and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"It seems we are really destined to each other."

Xu Lan smiled and said, "Is that right? Mr. Xiahou."

Especially when he said the word [Xiahou], his voice was slightly aggravated, which caused Sun Hongying's face to change slightly.

This white-haired man's surname is Xiahou?Isn't that right?
"Sure enough, God's calculations are not as good as those of man."

Xiahou Changyuan flicked the forehead of the stupid apprentice beside him, and said: "When I accepted you as an apprentice, why did I forget to give you a different name?"

"What does it have to do with me?"

The girl blinked her big eyes showing dissatisfaction, why did she have to be beaten?

"That's all, I can't pretend anymore."

Xiahou Changyuan's eyes fell on Xu Lan, and he said with a smile, "My lord, why don't we talk in another place?"

Originally, he wanted to pretend to be an outsider in front of Xu Lan,
But I never thought that some insignificant details ten years ago would destroy the situation today.

"Naturally."

Xu Lan's heart moved slightly,
It seems that I have guessed very well, the Xiahou Changyuan in front of me is indeed a member of the royal family.

Then the group of four returned to Ting Yuxuan again,

In the private room, the waiter brought a few bottles of wine and some snacks and then left.

"Mr. Xiahou, you should be a member of the royal family, right?"

Xu Lan said calmly: "Although I am surprised by Mr.'s identity, it can be regarded as clearing up my doubts."

"A member of the royal family?"

Xiahou Changyuan showed a playful smile and said: "In a sense, this can indeed be said."

Sun Hongying:? ? ?

This person who looks like a charlatan is actually a member of the royal family? !
"Well, I'll take it for granted."

Xu Lan didn't want to make a detour here with Xiahou Changyuan,
Instead, he continued to ask: "I have met again and again, all of this should be in the master's calculations, right?"

"No, strictly speaking, it should be once."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head and said, "It was indeed a coincidence just now."

"it is good."

Xu Lan nodded, and then went straight to the point: "I want to ask my husband to do me a favor, but I don't know how much it will cost?"

"cost?"

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said, "Maybe I will help you unconditionally."

"Everything has a price, this sentence is what Mr. said."

Xu Lan said disapprovingly: "If the master is willing to help unconditionally, it can only show that the master's plan is beyond my imagination."

Xiahou Changyuan had already said this sentence when they first met.

Although he has a ray of imperial luck, he is not confident enough to let Xiahou Changyuan help him unconditionally.

"Okay, first tell me what you want me to help you with."

Xiahou Changyuan was not too surprised by this and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't like dealing with smart people, because it will take away a lot of fun."

"I want to meet the Ninth Prince."

Xu Lan didn't care about Xiahou Changyuan's compliment to him, but directly put forward his request.

This requirement may be difficult for others,

But it shouldn't be too difficult for Xiahou Changyuan in front of him.

"Okay, this is not a problem."

After thinking for a moment, Xiahou Changyuan nodded and said, "It's just that this process may be different from what you imagined."

"I only care about the results."

Xu Lan shook his head and said, "As for the process, I don't care."

"At midnight tonight."

Xiahou Changyuan said a time, and then added: "I can let you see that Ninth Prince."

"it is good."

Xu Lan paused slightly, then said: "Then what price do I have to pay for this?"

"That ray of dynasty luck in you."

at this point,

Xiahou Changyuan no longer pretended to be an outsider, but directly put forward his own conditions.

"Are you joking, sir?"

Xu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly: "That ray of royal luck has already entered me, and no one else can get it unless I die."

Xiahou Changyuan's desire for that ray of dynasty luck was equivalent to his own life.

"You misunderstood me."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled lightly and said, "It's not normal for you to be unclear about the blood of the royal family. Do you remember who established the Great Chu Dynasty?"

Xu Lan:.
Silence, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

"You don't know, do you?"

Xiahou Changyuan had a puzzled look on his face. As a citizen of the Chu Dynasty, he didn't know these things?
"To be honest, I really don't know."

Xu Lan paused for a moment, and then replied truthfully: "I may have seen his name in history books, but I can't remember it for a while."

Most of the names of a thousand years ago only appeared in history books.

And the fusion of the memory fragments of the two lives will eventually make him forget some trivial things.

"Let's go."

Xiahou Changyuan was quite speechless but did not continue to entangle, and continued to speak: "The so-called imperial luck is actually his cultivation."

"This"

Hearing this, both Xu Lan and Sun Hongying showed astonishment, obviously a little unbelievable about the news.But at the next moment Xiahou Changyuan revealed another secret of the royal family, which is the real blockbuster!
"After the Great Chu Dynasty was established, for some reason no one of his descendants could practice cultivation."

Xiahou Changyuan said in a low voice: "Whether it is the direct line or the side line, no one can set foot in the practice, even after a thousand years, this problem has not been solved."

Royal blood can't practice?
This secret was like a bolt from the blue, no one believed it.

By the way, it's no wonder that I couldn't sense any true energy fluctuations on Xiahou Changyuan's body.

That's the reason!
"Isn't it?"

At this time, Xu Lan recovered from the shock, frowned and said: "I remember the rumors that the eldest princess who is currently supervising the country personally led the army to quell the war in the early years, and once killed the enemy's head among thousands of troops."

If what Xiahou Changyuan said is correct, then it means that the current eldest princess is not of royal blood.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet."

Xiahou Zhangyuan smiled calmly and said: "If the problem of the royal bloodline being unable to practice cannot be solved, then the day when the dynasty will collapse is not far away."

"Later, the man who spent decades finally came up with a solution that seemed to have the best of both worlds."

"Is it related to the luck of the dynasty?"

"That's right, that person condensed 99 dynasty fortunes at the cost of his cultivation, [-] of which are hidden in the ancestral temple in the imperial mausoleum in Kyoto."

"Every 50 years, the royal family can send people into the Zhongzu Temple of the imperial mausoleum, and those who get a ray of luck can step into the seven realms overnight."

"The so-called eldest princess should have obtained a ray of luck in the ancestral temple of the imperial mausoleum, and it is only natural to become a strong man of the seven realms to fight the enemy."

Hearing this, Xu Lan and Sun Hongying looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"Of course, everything has a price."

Xiahou Changyuan continued: "To obtain this kind of power, you need to pay a huge price."

"What price?"

Xu Lan frowned.

There was something he couldn't understand. If those who received the luck of the dynasty could enter the Seventh Realm overnight, why wasn't this the case for him?
"Although those who have obtained luck have the combat power of the seventh realm, their life expectancy is no different from that of ordinary people, and they even cannot set foot on the eighth realm until they die."

Xiahou Changyuan said calmly: "Would you do it if it were you?"

"Of course I don't want to."

Xu Lan was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "But most people, especially those from the royal family who cannot practice cultivation, it should be an irresistible temptation."

"Of course no one can refuse."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled lightly: "Besides that, that one left another backhand."

"Is it the other 99 royal luck?"

"correct."

Xiahou Changyuan continued: "Another 99 strands of luck are scattered throughout the territory of Dachu to form a formation."

"Array."

Xu Lan's heart moved slightly,
At this time, he remembered that when he was chatting with Chen Ci, she had said that the Seventh Realm could move sideways in the Chu Dynasty.

Now I learned from Xiahou Changyuan that the royal family can enter the Seven Realms overnight with a ray of luck, is there any connection between this?
"The purpose of the array is to suppress practitioners above the eighth realm."

Xiahou Changyuan said in a deep voice: "All cultivators above the eighth realm can only display the strength of the seventh realm when they enter the territory of Great Chu. In this way, it can prevent foreign practitioners from shaking the rule of the royal family."

Xu Lan:.
Now he understands why the Seven Realms can move sideways in the Great Chu Dynasty.

The powerhouses of the eighth realm can only display the strength of the seventh realm when they come to the territory of Dachu, and the practitioners of the seventh realm cannot break through to the eighth realm in the territory of Dachu.

In this case, wouldn’t it mean that he is invincible in the Seven Realms?

And the most powerful thing about the royal family is that every 50 years there must be a seven-level powerhouse,
As long as you don't leave the territory of Great Chu, the Seventh Realm is the top combat power.

"Is it really worth it?"

After a while, Xu Lan said slowly: "One life is exchanged for the eternal dynasty."

Although he didn't know how powerful the person who established the Great Chu Dynasty was, he was probably no less powerful than a so-called immortal who could possess such means.

However, there is such an existence comparable to an immortal,

But he would rather disperse his own cultivation and condense the luck of the dynasty, in order to create an immortal dynasty.

"Maybe it's worth it."

Xiahou Changyuan also narrowed his eyes slightly, as if caught in a long memory.

I don't know how long it took before Xiahou Changyuan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, when I get older, it's easy to think of some things from the past when chatting."

"It's okay."

Xu Lan didn't mind,

I had some guesses about Xiahou Changyuan's identity in my heart.

To be able to know such core secrets of the royal family, I am afraid that his identity will not be an ordinary member of the royal family.

"There's something I don't understand."

At this time, Sun Hongying frowned and asked: "According to this statement, only people with the blood of the dynasty can be recognized by the dynasty's destiny, but Xu Lan has nothing to do with the royal family and he did not enter the Seven Realms overnight."

She has the most say about Xu Lan's life experience. She had carefully investigated Xu Lan's life background.

A native of Qingzhou could never be of so-called royal blood.

"That's what I don't understand."

Xiahou Changyuan slowly opened his mouth to express his doubts, and said: "I have my own means to tell that you are not of the blood of the royal family, but I can't figure out why you can be recognized by that wisp of imperial luck."

"Wait a minute, you mean that non-royal people can't get royal luck?"

Xu Lan's expression became extremely exciting,

According to this, why did Qin Changhe, one of the holy sons of the Devil's Cult, work so hard to gain the luck of the dynasty?
"It's true that you can't, but there are some exceptions."

Xiahou Changyuan nodded, and continued: "For example, only with methods comparable to immortals can you completely refine the luck of the dynasty for your own use."

Xu Lan:.
Only when he thought about it now did he realize that he had been wandering around the gates of hell at that time.

"Probably. Good luck."

Xiahou Changyuan: .
lucky?
"Forget it, this matter is not in a hurry."

Xiahou Changyuan waved his hand and said, "I may need you to do something for me later to verify some of my conjectures."

"Row."

Xu Lan did not refuse this request, after all, this was the terms of the transaction between himself and Xiahou Changyuan.

"But there is still something I can't figure out. I wonder if sir, can you explain it to me?"

Xu Lan asked again: "About my father's life and death, is it true?"

According to my original guess,
The Xiahou Changyuan in front of him should be a practitioner who has mastered certain secret techniques.
Although they cannot detect the true energy in their bodies, most of them have some secret techniques that can conceal their cultivation.

But after the conversation just now, he can be sure that Xiahou Changyuan in front of him is a member of the royal family,
But members of the royal family are destined not to be practitioners by nature.

The problem is that if you are not a practitioner, how can you master the secret technique of fortune-telling for others?

Unless Xiahou Changyuan lied to himself from the beginning, but he felt that this possibility was not high.

Because he has plans for himself, it will do him no good to lie to himself.

Or is he not a member of the royal family?

But in this case, how did Xiahou Changyuan know such a core secret of the royal family?
"Of course it's true."

Xiahou Changyuan laughed and said: "I have no intention of lying to you about this matter. As for how I calculated it, you will know in the future."

Xu Lan:…….
For a moment, speechless.

"If I had asked where he was, surely you could have figured it out?"

Xu Lan asked after a few seconds of silence,
"Well, of course I can."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head, and said calmly: "But the world is like this, if something is missed, it is missed."

"What if I ask now?"

Xu Lan stared at Xiahou Changyuan closely,

If he can figure it out, then he can naturally find his father directly in one step.

"late."

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head and said: "Everyone's destiny is like an ever-extending line. Sometimes, one can indeed deduce his past, present, and even future."

"But there are also some people whose fate cannot be deduced by others due to certain reasons and certain things. In the same way, when a person's fate is intertwined with another fate that cannot be deduced, then his fate will also become impossible to be deduced. Deduction.”

"A person whose destiny cannot be deduced."

Xu Lan narrowed her eyes slightly, countless thoughts flashed through her mind.

"Are you referring to me or you?"

Although what Xiahou Changyuan said was very complicated, Xu Lan could roughly understand some of the meaning after a little thought.

At the beginning, he hadn't reached a deal with Xiahou Changyuan, so his father's fate was still in a state of deduction.

But after he reached a deal with Xiahou Changyuan, his father's fate was implicated in it because of him, and it became impossible to deduce.

It's just that he didn't want to understand,
Does this undeducible person refer to Xu Lan or Xiahou Changyuan?

"this one"

Xiahou Changyuan shook his head with a smile, and said, "Guess?"

Xu Lan:.
"Forget it, I don't like guessing."

Just like that, the sky quickly darkened.

Xiahou Changyuan was not in a hurry to leave immediately, but kept waiting after finishing his meal.

It was not until midnight that the four of them left Tingyuxuan.

"As expected of Kyoto, there is no so-called curfew in the middle of the night."

Walking on the road in Kyoto, Sun Hongying was amazed.

It was obviously midnight, but there were still many brightly lit places in Kyoto.

"Anyway, it's the capital of a country."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said, "It's reasonable to be prosperous."

"Where are you going, sir?"

As he walked, Xu Lan found that he was getting further and further away from the center of the capital.

You must know that most of the royal family members live in areas away from the center of the capital. If you continue walking, you will have to leave the city.

"No hurry, it's almost there."

Xiahou Changyuan didn't explain too much,
Then everyone came to a long-abandoned Town God's Temple near the west of Kyoto City.

"Can I see the Ninth Prince here?"

Sun Hongying's face was covered with black lines,
I showed up at the Chenghuang Temple in the middle of the night and it had been deserted for who knows how long. I felt a chill even standing here.

"Of course."

Xiahou Changyuan smiled and said: "With our current status and situation, we cannot go directly to the palace, so we have to find another way."

"You are from the royal family, so it should be easy for you to meet the Ninth Prince, right?"

Sun Hongying's face was full of doubts,

"No, for some reason I don't want them to know I'm back."

Xiahou Changyuan did not answer this question, but continued: "There is a passage under the ground here that can lead directly to anywhere in Kyoto. Through here, we can go to the mansion of the Ninth Prince."

Xu Lan:......

(End of this chapter)