Crossing the Continent of Kings: Under the Valkyrie Zhongli

"What are you wearing..." Zhong Fei asked in confusion after reaching out to take the package with his name on it.

"Open it and have a look!" Master Lu Ban was still very calm: "It's a very practical gadget. Speaking of it, you gave me the inspiration!"

"How come I don't remember the inspiration I provided?" Zhong Fei opened the package while talking, and took out a silver-white belt from it: "What is this?"

"Inspiration from our previous conversation." Master Lu Ban said, showing everyone the belt he had already worn around his waist, and two extension devices, which were firmly fixed on both sides of his thighs.

After the display, Master Lu Ban tapped twice on the belt, and then two hooks shot straight from his waist, nailed to the wall beside him, and then pulled Master Lu Ban's body over.

After getting close to the wall, Master Lu Ban turned around and leaned on the two hook locks, standing straight on the wall in a form parallel to the ground.

Before everyone could exclaim in surprise, Uncle Lu Ban's legs were slightly bent, and then the two extension devices provided him with great explosive power. At the same time as the hook lock was retracted, Master Lu Ban rushed towards the place where he was standing before, and then One rolled and landed firmly.

"This is... Qing Gang Ying? Hex three-dimensional maneuver?" Zhong Fei was a little dumbfounded. Isn't this the e skill of Qing Gang Ying!There is no difference at all except that it cannot be knocked into the air!

"Yes, you brought it up to me when you and I were chatting before. I designed it when I was bored recently, but it's not complete yet."

"It can't be used when the wall is too fragile. It takes a lot of practice to master the timing of retracting it. If there is a problem with the landing, it is easy to hurt yourself...Although there are still many shortcomings, it is still a relatively practical tool. Play it, talk is better than nothing!"

"It's already very good!" Ji Xiaoman looked at the silver-white belt in his hand, very satisfied: "But why is mine only a belt? Isn't there a device for borrowing power?"

Master Lu Ban gave Ji Xiaoman a white look, and said, "You martial arts practitioners, do you still need these things?"

Ji Xiaoman thought for a while, rubbed the back of his head, and said with a smile: "Hey, it seems that there is no need for it!"

"Okay, it's getting late, let's get all equipped, let's go!" Zhong Fei looked around and found that Sikong Zhen had already prepared the carriage, and immediately greeted everyone.

Haidu, here I come!

Chapter 236 Arriving in Haidu!

The route planned by everyone this time is to start from Chang'an, leave the land of Heluo from the Great Wall, pass through Duhufu, Qianku City, and Yucheng, and then take a boat from the coast near Yucheng to Haidu.

Arriving at the Great Wall, Zhong Fei saw Hua Mulan who had returned from the Protectorate's Mansion.

"Hey, Captain Mulan!" Zhong Fei waved his hand as a greeting: "What have you been up to lately?"

Previously, Hua Mulan went to the Duhu Mansion to look for Ming Shiyin's trace, but Ming Shiyin showed up in a third of the place, which means that Hua Mulan's previous actions were all useless.

"Hey, what else can we do! Leading the team for training and patrolling around the Great Wall is the only way to go." Hua Mulan shrugged and said, "Even King Lanling won't harass the Great Wall now, we I've been so bored lately!"

"That's still my fault!" Zhong Fei teased.

"Not really, it's actually pretty good to be peaceful." Hua Mulan waved the big sword in her hand, and then said, "It's just that I haven't exercised my muscles and bones for too long, and it's a bit boring."

Zhong Fei shook his head and didn't speak, but his eyes lit up when he saw Li Xin.

Compared with the last time we met, Zhong Fei could clearly feel that the tyrannical aura in Li Xin's body caused by the power of the blood demon had disappeared a lot, replaced by a light force that made people feel at ease.

"It seems that you have indeed accepted my suggestion!" Zhong Fei looked at Li Xin and said with a smile.

"It's just that I don't want the blood demon to take advantage of it." Li Xin said coldly, "I don't want to be like that guy, a king with no territory and no subjects."

"Okay, okay!" Zhong Fei waved his hand and said, Tsundere, there's no need to expose him.

Everyone didn't rest at the Great Wall for a long time, and Zhong Fei hurried to go back early so that he could attend Zhao Huaizhen's wedding.

When he came to Qianku City, Sang Qi had already received the letter from Zhong Fei in Chang'an, and he had already prepared his luggage and waited.

And Jia Luo, since he got the God Eye of the Coconut Sheep, has been wandering around in the desert in the cloud, constantly hunting and killing monsters, and the affairs of the Thousand Cave City, except for particularly important ones, are basically left to Scholars can solve it by themselves.

After picking up Sang Qi, everyone rushed to Yucheng non-stop. The eldest prince Jun and the second prince Sheng were in the middle of a cold war, but after hearing that everyone was coming, they still chose to welcome them together.

It can be seen that although Sheng still doesn't want to talk to Yun, but after seeing Sheng and Ken seeing him, he is still very excited.

Also ignoring the love and killing between the two, after resting in Yucheng for a day, after hearing that the eldest prince had prepared a boat for everyone, everyone set foot on the way forward again.

Of course, while at sea, Doctor Jing took action again and cured Yao's seasickness symptoms.

Everyone's luck is not bad, the past few days at sea have been calm, until several warships surrounded everyone's boat.

"Ships of unknown origin, explain your intentions!" On the leading warship, a man with the appearance of a non-commissioned officer warned loudly.

"We are from Chang'an, and we are here for trade!" Zhong Fei replied.

Haidu has always only had commercial contacts with the outside world. As for missions from other countries...sorry, we will not entertain them!

"Do you have any identification?" The sergeant asked cautiously.

"The Oriental Chamber of Commerce will hold an auction recently, here is the invitation card!" Zhong Fei swung his hand, and threw the invitation card in his hand with skill.

The Oriental Chamber of Commerce, one of the big forces in Midtown.

Unlike the jumble of fish and dragons in the outer city, the central city is firmly controlled by four major forces: the Artisan Association, the Adventurer Association, the Merchant Association, and the Oriental Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, the big forces in the central city area should still have the location of Haidu Temple.

The Haidu Temple located in the central city is the branch of the Sunset Temple in Haidu. However, due to the strength of the Arcana family, the temple has little say in Haidu.Although the overall behavior is low-key, Bruvel, who is in charge of Haidu Shengzhan, is an existence that even Milady would be afraid of.

They combined the belief in the temple with the culture of Haidu to achieve their purpose of preaching, and even set up permanent branches in the outer city where even the nobles were unwilling to set foot... After all, the belief in the temple is the future of the entire Sunset Sea.

However, due to the low presence of Haidu Temple, even though it is a big force in Midtown, it does not have much power.

The Eastern Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of Eastern merchants in Haidu.It was spontaneously organized by Eastern merchants, mainly to have bargaining power in the trade with Haidu, especially for sea fluorite, which is a scarce resource. The current goal is to obtain a stable and low-cost purchase of sea fluorite.

The development of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce in Haidu is inseparable from the blessing from the government, but the Chamber of Commerce has developed rapidly in the past few years, and it seems to be involved in the power struggle of the Arcana family.In the original plot of Haidu, Milady's gift was prepared for the leader of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce.

It's a pity that when the gift was opened, two living people, Ji Xiaoman and Kuang Tie, were revealed.

But that's all for later. Since the Eastern Chamber of Commerce is an alliance of Eastern merchants, it is natural that it is not difficult for the major forces to mix some sand into it.And the invitations that the empress prepared for Zhong Fei were naturally prepared by these high-ranking 'sands'.

Of course, Milady is also well aware of the existence of these 'sands', but as long as she doesn't want to completely tear herself apart with other forces in the mainland, she has to grit her teeth and pretend not to see it.

The sergeant looked at the invitation card, and after verifying that it was correct, he chose to let it go. After all, the behemoths in the central city cannot be touched by them, the big soldiers in the outer city.

After successfully entering Haidu, Ji Xiaoman sighed: "Hey, it's still easy to handle things with power! I was planning to find someone to take me here by smuggling, but I didn't expect to solve it with just an invitation!"

Zhong Fei shook his head and said: "Although we have successfully entered Haidu, such a big fanfare will definitely attract Milady's attention, so we need to be more careful in our subsequent actions. It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages! "

Ji Xiaoman nodded and said, "It's okay, anyway, I'm only here to find Captain Firehawk in the outer city, as long as I don't get involved in their affairs in the middle city and the inner city!"

"There are some things that you can't just shut out if you don't want to participate." Master Lu Ban said.

"The people in front, stop and accept the inspection!" Just as he was speaking, several Haidu soldiers surrounded him.

Master Lu Ban sighed and said:

"Look, there are always some troubles, and they will come to you by themselves."

Chapter 237 Eastern Chamber of Commerce, Zou Fengchi

"Those sneaky people in front, stop and accept the inspection!" Behind Zhong Fei and others, an extremely arrogant voice came.

"Sneaky? You must not be talking about us!" Ji Xiaoman said indifferently.

"But...it seems that we are the only ones nearby?" Xi Shi looked around and said puzzledly.

"Hey, it's you, you still want to run, don't you!" A few soldiers walked quickly from behind the crowd, blocking Zhong Fei and the others.

"But we are not sneaky!" Ji Xiaoman said lazily.

"Hmph, you are not a good person at first glance, did you just steal something?" A few arrogant patrol soldiers looked them up and down: "Hand over everything you have on you, let us check it."

In fact, these patrolling soldiers saw that Zhong Fei and the others didn't look like people from the outer city in their clothes, and they didn't have particularly strong bodyguards, so they wanted to come up and grab something by force.

"Is it so chaotic in the outer city? Didn't I hear that the soldiers in Haidu are strictly disciplined!" Xi Shi looked at the patrolling soldiers a little speechlessly: "He's still a member of the government, so he has already robbed them in the street? "

"They are different from those guys in Nangang District." A voice came from behind everyone again, and said in a flat tone: "Those guys in Nangang District are representatives of strict discipline. .”

Zhong Fei turned his head to look, and found a middle-aged man with a pair of monocles and a high-shouldered back strolling over from behind the crowd, with a smile on his face, showing no intentions.

"Are you..." Zhong Fei asked.

"Oh, let me introduce myself. One of the twelve master shopkeepers of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce, named Zou Fengchi, is also from Chang'an. I copied the invitation cards in their hands."

The middle-aged man was still explaining with a smile. He looked like a camel with his shoulders high and his back bent, but what he said made the patrolling soldiers feel cold all over their bodies.

"Zou...Zou Fengchi! You are Zou Fengchi, the shopkeeper of the camel!" The soldier in charge sat on the ground with a 'plop', his face turned pale, and he pointed at the middle-aged man tremblingly.

"It's me." Zou Fengchi opened his eyes a little, and said with a smile still: "You guys, you dare to do something to the distinguished guest I invited, you are not small!"

Frightened, the patrolling soldiers stammered and explained: "Yes... I'm sorry for Shopkeeper Zou! We...we didn't know they were your distinguished guests! Otherwise, give us ten guts Don’t even dare to blackmail them!”

The smile on Zou Fengchi's face deepened, and he took two steps forward to help the leader of the soldiers who was sitting on the ground, and lightly helped him straighten his collar which was wrinkled due to strenuous activities, and said softly: "Those who don't know are innocent! I am A law-abiding businessman has always paid attention to making money with harmony, so of course he won't embarrass you!"

"Okay, leave quickly, don't do this kind of thing next time!"

The faces of several patrolling soldiers regained a little color, and they hurriedly bowed down to thank them, and then ran away from here.

Zou Fengchi was still watching them go away with a smile on his face. Xi Shi was about to say something, but Zhong Fei stopped him and shook his head, motioning her to keep quiet.

"Go, get rid of them, and be quick." After several patrolling soldiers disappeared from Zou Fengchi's vision, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, replaced by endless coldness.

Several black shadows came out from the surrounding darkness, nodded to Zou Fengchi, and chased in the direction of several patrolling soldiers.

When Zou Fengchi first appeared, Zhong Fei noticed a killing intent flashed in his heart, but it was not aimed at himself and others, but at those patrolling soldiers. Therefore, Zhong Fei did not believe that he would be so easy Let those few people go.

"I'm laughing at you. The outer city of Haidu is like this, but our forces in the middle city are not easy to interfere." After ordering his subordinates, Zou Fengchi put on the gentle smile on his face again, and turned to Zhong Fei The others said.

"Ah, I remembered!" Xi Shi looked at Zou Fengchi, thought hard for a while and then shouted suddenly: "You are the legendary Zou Fengchi who was rich and powerful in Chang'an!"

Zhong Fei looked at Xi Shi in confusion, and asked, "Is he famous?"

"It's just everyone's love. If it weren't for the empress who needed a businessman as a 'nail' for Haidu, I wouldn't be able to take this position." Zou Fengchi smiled modestly and said.

At this time, Xi Shi also explained Zou Fengchi's life to Zhong Fei in a low voice.

Zou Fengchi was already a well-known wealthy businessman in Chang'an during the period of the first emperor. He started his business in the silk weaving industry, and even donated more than [-] pieces of cloth as military expenses during the blood clan rebellion to help the late emperor conquer the blood clan.

After the blood clan rebellion was settled, Zou Fengchi's business grew bigger and bigger, and he even said to the late emperor: "On the mountains around Chang'an, every tree is hung with a piece of silk, and the mountain trees are full. I still have more silk at home!"

After the empress ascended the throne, this person once dedicated all his family wealth to the empress, but was declined by the empress and then disappeared.Unexpectedly, he came to Haidu and became one of the twelve shopkeepers of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce.

The Oriental Chamber of Commerce, in addition to the president who is so unpredictable, has a vice president, and then there are twelve big shopkeepers. The president and vice president will not participate in the management on weekdays. It can be said that , the power of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce is basically in the hands of these twelve big shopkeepers.

Obviously, the shopkeeper Zou is the empress's spy in Haidu.

It's just that they don't know how many of the other eleven shopkeepers, even the vice president and president, are "nails" arranged by other forces.

"Several people, the headquarters of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce, Yunhai Building, will hold an auction in a few days. The president and the consul, Lord Milady, will participate. At that time, it will be a good opportunity for you to meet Lord Milady." Shopkeeper Zou said with a smile.

"Then it's time to work." Master Lu Ban nodded slightly and replied.

"The duty lies." As soon as the words were finished, the men in black who had just gone to deal with the patrolling soldiers also came back, and Zhong Fei could clearly smell a trace of blood on their bodies.