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Chapter 603 Yangcheng
Jiangnan Road!
Unlike Qingzhou, the scenery and weather in Jiangnan are much fresher. Compared to the dryness of Qingzhou, the air in Jiangnan is filled with moisture.

The Lu family of Huting is one of the four great families in Jiangnan. The head of the family, Lu Daolin, is the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy. The family also has Lu Baijie, who is known as the Sword Immortal of Tangxi. They are both literate and martial, and can be regarded as representative figures of the literary world in Jiangnan.

Xu Zhihu is Xu Xiao's eldest daughter and Xu Fengnian's elder sister. She is about thirty years old this year. The main reason she married into the Lu family in Jiangnan was so that the Xu family could leverage the literary connections in Jiangnan.

In the story, Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian complain all day long, saying that the emperor does not trust the Xu family and always maliciously speculates about and suppresses them, making them, father and son, look like Yue Fei. If you look at it from their perspective for the first time, you might really think that the emperor is wicked and that the Xu family of Beiliang is really a tragic figure!

Is it practical?

Northern Liang maintains 300,000 elite troops, and Xu Xiao is unwilling to relinquish any military power. At the same time, he married his eldest daughter to the Lu family in Jiangnan and sent his second daughter to Shangyin Academy. The king of a different surname, who holds a large army and guards the border, sent his two daughters to win over students from all over the country. Then, when the emperor issued an edict wanting his son to come to the capital to become a prince consort, the other party actually refused on the grounds of customs!

Good guy.

Let alone Emperor Liyang, who in any dynasty throughout history would dare to trust such a prince?

Moreover, Xu Xiao has recruited many experts from all over the world and has also developed his own spies and assassins in various states, counties and even the capital. With such a prince, let alone a prince of a different surname, even if he were the emperor's twin brother, would the emperor sitting on the throne feel at ease?
Sima Yi was able to usurp the throne with only 300 elite soldiers, while Xu Xiao had more than 30,000 elite soldiers on the surface alone.
so:

Just how thick-skinned do the Xu father and son have to pretend to be victims?
never mind!

Don't think about those boring things.

Li Qingyuan declared that since he was here, he was going to make the Xu family pay the price and let them know that it wasn't so easy to put on a show!

The reason why we didn't go directly to Beiliang but came to Jiangnan first was mainly because the Beiliang Royal Palace was definitely a den of dragons and tigers. Underneath the palace lived 'Sword Armor' Li Chungang, and by the way, there was also 'Knife Armor' Qi Lianhua in the palace. Then there was Xu Yanbing, the ultimate weapon who was said to be invincible below the immortals and could exchange one for one above the immortals. It can be said that even if Wang Xianzhi, who was known as the Martial Saint, dared to go to Beiliang, he would be in big trouble.

Although he felt that even if he couldn't win, he could still escape, once his identity was exposed, he wouldn't be able to protect his subordinates in Fanxiang City!

So!

Li Qingyuan decided to travel around first and consolidate his power. At the very least, he needed a completely safe place to store his subordinates and spoils of war, so that he could roam around without any worries, right?

After changing into his Ultraman combat suit, he appeared directly outside the gates of Yangcheng.

"Who are you? Why are you dressed so strangely?"

The soldiers guarding Yangcheng saw a strangely dressed man approaching and immediately shouted at him, asking what was wrong. Li Qingyuan ignored him and walked directly into the city.

"You—you give it to me—"

The city guard was about to continue questioning him when his colleague covered his mouth.

"Old Liu, why are you stopping me? That cowardly fellow is obviously no good. Arrest him right now!"

"Don't drag me into your own death! Didn't you see the latest wanted poster? It's Ultraman! Go and inform the governor right now!"

Although the duty of guarding the city gate is to stop potential enemies, with just a few soldiers at the gate, wouldn't they be easy prey for the enemy?
Therefore, what they should do is let the other party into the city and then quickly report to their superiors.

After all, only soldiers in the army who need to charge into battle would practice those mental techniques that affect intelligence. The soldiers guarding the city gates are required to be quick-witted and adaptable, so they naturally wouldn't practice things that lower intelligence.

The little incident at the city gate was naturally not within Li Qingyuan's consideration. He walked step by step toward the location of the Lu family. At first, the people on the street would point and whisper about him when they saw his attire, but as he walked, no one was there anymore. Obviously, they had all received the news and fled or been driven away.

A group of soldiers were running towards him, clearly indicating that his identity had been confirmed.

It has to be said that compared to the efficiency of other feudal dynasties, the speed of the Liyang Dynasty is quite fast. It only took me half an hour to walk from the city gate to here. Although I deliberately stopped and waited for a while, from the soldiers running back to report the news to arranging soldiers to ambush, and also cleaning up the onlookers on the street, I have to say that this efficiency is almost on par with later generations!
A man in a long robe and holding a long sword was standing in front of him. Although he didn't recognize him, Li Qingyuan knew that this guy must be the so-called Tangxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie!

"Ultraman, you treacherous villain, how dare you show your face in my Yangcheng? Do you think no one in the world can stop you?!"

Lu Baijie roared, placing himself on the moral high ground. With his shout, countless soldiers surrounded him from all directions. A quick glance was enough to tell that there were at least several thousand of them.

Unlike last time at the Jing'an Prince's Mansion, where only five hundred archers were prepared, the chief clerk of the mansion did not know who was in the princess's room at the beginning. Besides, the prince was still outside the city at the time. What would a chief clerk like him want to do if he mobilized too many troops?
But things are different now. Ultraman is now on the Li Yang Dynasty's kill list, and the governor of Yangcheng is qualified to mobilize all the troops in the city under these circumstances.

"There must be someone in the world who can beat me, but you bunch of ugly and deformed people are definitely no match for me!"

Li Qingyuan shook his head dismissively. This so-called Tangxi Sword Immortal had quite a reputation, but in reality, he was just a piece of trash at the Finger Profound Realm!
Well, actually, the Finger Profound Realm isn't exactly trash. After all, there are only about a dozen Celestial Phenomena on the surface right now, and the Finger Profound Realm is only a few dozen people in the second tier. If we put that level in the whole world, it would at least be a provincial champion. You should know that Han Shengxuan is known as one of the Three Demons of Spring and Autumn, and his strength is only at the Finger Profound Realm.

However, there are differences between different types of Finger Xuan. Just like some provincial champions can't even rank in the top ten in other provinces, Lu Baijie is just an average Finger Xuan. Without any special enhancements, his strength is just so-so!
(One chapter in the morning, two more in the evening!)

(End of this chapter)