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The car was rattling, and at dusk, the team gradually slowed down.

Xue Poye wished from the window, and saw the outline of the city wall in front of him, a thick black shadow crawling on the vast land, dignified and solemn.

This is a huge city.

This city looks tall and majestic. It is built with large blocks of bluestone. The three-foot-high city wall is slightly inclined, but it still gives everyone who comes from afar an indescribable sense of oppression. It seems that the city wall may kill you at any time. Press down.There are still pavilions with double eaves on the city, perhaps used as turrets, and soldiers are walking and patrolling back and forth on the high city walls.

A majestic and majestic feeling emanated from this huge city wall.

Xue Poye has seen Hangzhou City and Suzhou City before, but compared with Kyoto, they seem too delicate. Although the age is not necessarily younger than Kyoto, the vicissitudes of the years have left a clearer mark on the walls of Kyoto.

As they approached the city wall, the team seemed to surrender before this majestic giant, walking very carefully and silently.

Xue Poye focused all his attention on the buildings in Kyoto.This huge city has been standing on this land for many years, and how many winds and rains it has experienced. The outer edge of the huge bluestone has been somewhat weathered, but it still stubbornly maintains its hardness.

"This is the capital." Xue Poye looked at the green lady and sighed softly.

The green lady's fox eyes swayed lightly, and she said softly: "It's raining and raining in the capital, so many people return, and there is no way to go back after Yin and Yang are separated!"

Xue Poye's body trembled, tasting the words of Lv Niangzi, only to feel that these two short sentences contained such a huge philosophy and meaning.

The water in Kyoto is too deep and the fire is too hot, if you are not careful, you will sink into it.

Power, money, beauty, conspiracy, struggle, and interests are derived in this vicissitudes of life. Because of these interests and struggles, how many people are deeply involved and unable to extricate themselves.

The sky seems to be a bit cold, and when the wind blows, it brings a chill.

The team finally stopped in front of the city wall.

Xue Poye opened the curtain to look, but saw the crowd in front of them was silent, without any sound, they were all motionless like stones, but there was a strange sound faintly coming from the city gate.

The eldest princess's team has a large number of people, and Xue Poye's carriage is already leaning against the rear of the team, far away from the front, and only faint noises can be heard for a while, but it is unknown how many people have happened.

"Just wait, I'll go and have a look!" Xue Poye whispered to Lady Lv.

The green lady hurriedly grabbed his skirt and said in a low voice: "This is an important place in the capital, there are too many right and wrong, don't get meddled, don't cause trouble, it will not be good for our affairs."

Xue Poye thought about it, and knew that what Lv Niangzi said was right, so he sat down quietly.

But sometimes I suddenly don't want to meddle in my own business, but my business likes to find him.

"Xue Shitou!" A sharp voice sounded from outside the carriage.

Xue Poye lifted the curtain to look, but it was Eunuch Guo, who had collected his money, looking at him with a half-smile.

Xue Poye hurriedly got out of the car, leaned closer and said, "Elder-in-law, is there another order?"

"Follow me!" Eunuch Guo didn't say much, he turned around with a flick of his whisk, and walked towards the city gate.

Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, seeing Eunuch Guo's fast pace, he followed quickly without stopping, the green lady opened the car curtain a crack, looked at Xue Poye's back, her pretty face was full of worry.

Eunuch Guo's feet were fast, and Xue Poye's feet were not weak. They shuttled through the crowd one after the other. The eunuchs, maids and soldiers all looked at Xue Poye suspiciously, but no one said a word.

Passing Princess Yi's car, after walking for a while, Xue Poye came to the luxurious and spacious car of the eldest princess, looking at the magnificent and luxurious car, Xue Poye sighed in his heart, glanced at the Looking at the gloomy sedan chair, one could only feel that the sedan chair exudes an indescribably strange aura, which makes people feel a little creepy at a glance.

Xue Poye looked at the sedan chair, and inexplicably flashed the word "grave" in his mind. This was really irrelevant, but this gloomy little sedan chair did give him a feeling of a grave.

Xue Poye thought it was the eldest princess who was looking for him, but he didn't realize that he had misunderstood until Eunuch Guo continued walking without stopping. He followed behind and weaved through the crowd, passed the Yulin camp, and finally approached the city gate.

The tall and dark city gate was thick and solid, like a moat, and the gate was wide open. Only then did Xue Poye understand why the eldest princess' team did not enter the city.

There are four city gates in Kyoto, "Qigan Gate" in the east, "Haoding Gate" in the west, "Nanyu Gate" in the south, and "Beian Gate" in the north.

Speaking of which, the four gates of Kyoto are still very particular.

This "Nanyumen" has another name called "Guimen". And the green passage for dignitaries and dignitaries, if ordinary people want to go south, they have to go around the other three gates to get out of the city. This has become a strange rule in Kyoto.

The city gate that the eldest princess mainly enters is the "Nanyu Gate".

In front of Xue Poye, on the inside of the city gate, there was also a large group of people. A round sedan chair in the air that was nearly three feet above the ground was lifted high among the crowd, like a rooftop.

The lower part of the sedan chair is round, and the upper part is a half-covered top cover, which looks very plain and clean.

On the top of the lid, there is a white cone like a sword. The white cone is scattered with golden feather lines, showing a trace of luxury and momentum in the simplicity.

In the middle of the two groups of people at the city gate, although the guarding soldiers bowed to the ground and did not dare to move, the city guarding captain even knelt on the ground, sweat dripping from his body as if someone had poured a plate of cold water on his body, trembling all over. His face was black and blue.

Xue Poye suddenly understood something, maybe the eldest princess couldn't enter the city, because the group of people in the city blocked her way.

But Xue Poye was terrified again, who in this world would have the guts to stand in the way of the eldest princess?Could it be the emperor Lao Tzu?But looking at the opponent's ostentation, obviously not.

But Xue Poye only took a few glances at the crowd, and suddenly knew who was in that special sedan chair.

In the crowd, there were quite a few Taoist priests mixed in, wearing Taoist hats and gowns, holding whisks, and standing with single palms, and many Taoist priests were muttering words.

He thought of some rumors he had heard before. It is said that the current Great Chu State Teacher has won the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, has great power, and is the pillar of Taoism.

Could it be that the Grand Master of Chu is inside the sedan chair?

This is really possible, if you dare not give way to the eldest princess, think about it, there are only a few people in the world, and this trusted national teacher is probably one of them.

The two teams refused to give in to each other, once in and out, they were deadlocked at Nanyumen, and the city guard captain of Nanyumen was terrified, wishing to dig a hole and jump down, leave this place of right and wrong, leave the two A very difficult ancestor.

Xue Poye was very surprised. In such a stalemate, what did Eunuch Guo bring him here to do.

"Xue Shitou." Guo eunuch finally said: "The eldest princess ordered Xue Shitou to shoot an arrow into the sky!"

"Shooting Sky?" Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, feeling even more puzzled.

Eunuch Guo had already moved close to Xue Poye's ear, and said in a low voice: "Princess Chang, I want you to hit the golden roof with one arrow!" The voice was even lower: "If you hit the target, you will be rewarded, if you miss, you will be punished without mercy!"

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Xue Poye's forehead. This eldest princess really has a personality. She even let herself shoot the roof of the national teacher's sedan chair. He really listened to the eldest princess's order and went to shoot the roof of the national teacher's sedan chair. The consequences would be unimaginable. Maybe things would get worse, and he would become a scapegoat for mediating conflicts in the end.

Damn, if I knew it earlier, I would never agree to the princess.

Xue Poye was very regretful. He really didn't have the slightest qualification and ability to participate in such a political struggle, even an open one.

Before Xue Poye thought about it, a Habayashi guard had already presented a bow and arrow, and Xue Poye unexpectedly took it over by accident.

But as soon as he got the bow and arrow, Xue Poye felt cold all over his body, and hurriedly said: "Elder-in-law, this is not a joke. I am not good at archery. If I accidentally rewarded a nobleman, I will not be guilty, even if I hurt an ordinary soldier. Or a Taoist priest, I can't escape the guilt, please tell the eunuch and the princess, and send another expert to carry out this challenging task."

Eunuch Guo shook his head and said in a low voice: "Xue Shitou, aren't you just kidding? There is no reason to change the order of the eldest princess. I heard that you can shoot things three hundred paces away. Up to 250 steps away from here, it is very easy for you, come on, you are welcome, the eldest princess is waiting."

Xue Poye regretted it, regretted why he had to show his prowess in front of the princess, showing that he could shoot a target three hundred paces away, this reputation was great, and troubles came.

Xue Poye also hated that the struggle at the upper echelon had to use him as an outsider as a tool.

Thinking about calling the wind and calling the rain in Hangzhou, outside the city of Kyoto, I was already an ant at the mercy of others, a puppet at the mercy of others. If I had known this, I would not have been able to come to Kyoto even if I was beaten to death.

At this moment, Xue Poye became more aware of the dangers of the capital, this is really not a place for people to stay.

Xue Poye was still hesitating, when he suddenly felt that his vest was being pressed against something hard, and it was a little cold. Looking back, he saw a fierce Habayashi guard looking at him coldly, with a dagger in his hand. on the back.

Xue Poye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, there were still people behind this archery, and it seemed that the methods of the people in Kyoto were really direct. He couldn't help looking at the luxurious Luanjia, and saw that the brocade silk curtain was slightly lifted, revealing a gap , it is obvious that the eldest princess is paying attention here, but it is too far away and the gap is too small to see the eldest princess.

"Xue Shishitou, don't be in a daze, don't make the eldest princess wait, everyone is hard to deal with!" Seeing Xue Poye's hesitation, Guo Gonggong couldn't help urging.

"If you want me to shoot an arrow, I always have to remove the thing on my back. With this thing, how can I shoot accurately." Xue Poye sighed, shook his head and said helplessly.

Eunuch Guo winked, and the guard of the feather forest withdrew his dagger, but still stood coldly behind Xue Poye.

Xue Poye suddenly felt very sad!