Chapter 2 Prince of Stars

Fanyang, Shangji City.

Shangji City is the second largest city in the Fanyang Empire, and it can rank third even in the world. Naturally, the first is the Mengyang Emperor's capital, and the second is the Xiangquan, the capital of Fanyang Emperor, and this Shangji comes down. Shangji City is not large, with 12 streets, but it is the most suitable city for rich people in the world. Whether it is a restaurant song garden or a theater market, it is luxurious and lively. The rich merchants of the Fanyang Empire, princes and princes and nobles all love to come here to enjoy it. Whether it is the prince of the imperial capital or the feudal officials, they don't mind buying a family business in Shangji City, just to have a comfortable place to go when they come to this extravagant city every year.

The city is not big, and you can ride a horse from this end of the city to the other end in less than half a sound, but the buildings here are frighteningly high. It is said that this place was a majestic past of the Jingxi Dynasty more than 300 years ago, which belonged to the throat of the Jingxi Dynasty and was often guarded by heavy soldiers. In order to capture this pass, Huangfu Jinglan, the founding emperor of Fanyang, did not hesitate to attack with the lives of warriors. The corpses under the city were several feet high, and finally took down the throat of the Jingxi Dynasty. Without the protection of this pass, the huge Jingxi Dynasty was half collapsed.

But in order to capture this pass, nearly 100,000 warriors were killed in the battle. The ghosts were haunted and often cried and howled. As soon as they stepped into a five miles, the corpse smelled and choked. And this pass is in the upper reaches of the 'Yuhe River' that runs through Fanyang. The downstream is the imperial capital of the Jingxi Dynasty at that time. Later, it was converted into Xiangquan City, the imperial capital of Fanyang. Because of the hundreds of thousands of corpses in this pass, the water flowing through the imperial capital has a smell of corpses. Emperor Jinglan, the founding emperor of Fanyang, was disgusted and said, "It is not a good omen for the death to punish soldiers for a lifetime."

So the founding emperor of Fanyang ordered that the pass should be converted into a large city that can live, relying on the yang of the living to disperse the yin of the dead corpses, so that the imperial capital in the lower reaches of the river would no longer be contaminated with this corpse. At the beginning, people stood outside the pass and could faint by the smell of corpses. The empire mobilized 50,000 strong men to carry the bodies and dig holes and bury them, sprinkled raw ash over and over again and over again and kept pouring white brine to clean up the dark red land on the pass. After half a year like this, the world's first pass finally smells less disgusting.

Later, the emperor mobilized the whole country to build a big city on this pass, and even listened to the masters of Buddhism and named it 'Shangji City'. That's the name of this city. The reason is nothing else, just for auspiciousness.

However, after three hundred years of ups and downs, there is no trace of 100,000 soldiers fighting at the beginning, and even the shadow of the first pass of the Jingxi Dynasty can not be seen. What is left is only a wind and moon tower for the rich to have fun. At the beginning, when Emperor Jinglan demarcated the city, he set up 12 streets. Later generations did not dare to circle the city wall at will against the will of the emperor, so they had to demolish and rebuild the high-rise buildings over and over again. Therefore, Shangji City is mostly a towering giant.

But after 300 years of development, Shangji City has changed from the majestic pass at the beginning to today's popular place. The water of the river running through the city has lost the smell of corpses, but it is full of women's greasy powder and was scolded by the residents of the imperial capital. However, the most mysterious city owner of Shangji City is also a person of publicity. The princes and nobles who come to Shangji City to enjoy the feudal officials are more or less related to the city owner. In addition, the people of the city's house cover the sky with one hand, so the jealous people say 'domineering', and those with ulterior motives directly throw a 'two emperors' directly.

But this still does not affect people's enjoyment of a fairy-like life in this city. Rich and powerful people can live a very comfortable life here. The most indispensable thing here is the rich man. It is no exaggeration to say that standing at the highest place in the city and throwing bricks casually, it is all princes and nobles or rich businessmen. But most of the sons and brothers of rich families are strange and obedient, and all kinds of young people in gorgeous and trendy clothes can be seen here. For example, the following is staring at The well-known boy is a newly famous dage in the city.

"Good! It should be rewarded!" The rich girl stared at her red eyes that seemed to be drunk and empty, and her pale face was blushing with excitement. Her red and sharp lips grinned with a unscrupulous smile, raising her fist and staring at the man performing equestrian below.

At the exit of the 'reward', the companion who followed him hurriedly took out a gold ticket from his arms, recruited the man who performed horsemanship, stuffed the gold ticket into his neckline, and shouted only half as the master's domineering, "My young master, see you play well on the horse, reward you!"

The man was shocked, took the crumpled golden ticket from the neckline, opened it out, and his eyes suddenly flew out, and his surprised expression suddenly turned into ecstasy. He nodded and bowed to thank him for his money.

"Well, the young master rewards you for watching your horse play well! You deserve it!" The young handsome man turned around, stared at the man, reached out and patted the man's broad face, and looked at his flesh trembling, "If you want more rewards, give me... Think about it, raise your wooden railing two feet and ride over it. Two more gold tickets of this face value!"

The man was stunned for a moment. As soon as he heard that he was going to raise the two-foot railing and cross the horse, he couldn't help muttering bitterly, but when he heard two more gold tickets, his eyes were shining.

He stepped back and took two steps to take a closer look at the little rich man, as if he could estimate the weight of the dhower's words. From top to bottom, he was a rich man. Not to mention how good it is to wear the luxurious silk sleeve robe and the jade pendant at the waist. It's just the flying and handsome appearance on the face, as well as the aristocratic temperament. If it is not three generations of wealth, you can't accumulate charm. If you can praise Shangji City, which is full of luxury, you to be like the master of this place. This atmosphere is much more detached than that of ordinary rich families.

The man's eyes turned for a moment, grinned and said, "For Mr. Bo's happiness, I'm old Huang." When he grinned, he showed his yellow teeth, guessing that's where the name 'Lao Huang' came from.

The man stopped talking nonsense, turned around and walked towards his horse, and his look suddenly became grim. Reaching out his hand and raising the railing that the horse was about to cross two feet, he secretly said, 'People die for money and birds for food'. Fight! Two golden tickets are enough for him to leave here and live a rich life in the countryside.

There are many onlookers around. At first, they were interested in just looking at it. As soon as they heard the rich young master talking and rewarding, he said that the obstacle should be too high two feet high and continued to watch it with a lively heart. There were even a few more circles of people on the inner three layers and three layers. Shangji City does not lack noble sons, but they are douches. Most rich children are well raised and self-cultivated. Riding horses, shooting, reciting poems and playing chess are compulsory. Therefore, there are many people who know equestrianism. In their opinion, it is the limit for the man to ride over the railing half a foot high, raising two feet, unless the high cloud horse with the best bloodline in the far north can be crossed.

Some people even muttered, "I'm afraid this man will fall down without the snow and clouds in the far north!"

"If you fall down, it's human life! This rich young master has a sinister heart!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Be careful of being chopped up and fed to the dog like the guy who spoke ill of the young master of the Li family in the north of the city two days ago!"

The man has turned over his horse, and his movements are simply and sharp, and he can even see a trace of military appearance. If the horse is not thin enough to see a rib, he really has a bit of prestige on the battlefield.

"Star Prince - Seeing that you are weak, why are you interested in this reckless man's vaude?" A domineering sound sounded, and the onlookers around hurriedly gave way. Everyone in Shangji City knew how prominent the owner of the voice was.

I saw a man wearing fresh clothes and a corolla. Obviously, he was a man, but he was more swagger than the woman in the song garden. The bright purple robe hung loosely on his body, and his chest was **, but his muscle lines were clearly outlined and he looked arrogant. When he came over, he took eight steps, and his steps were not fast, but he stepped on the fixed frequency, which was not slow. Like a ghost. It's just that he is not accompanied by an entourage, but five or six powerful warriors in armor. This alone is much more majestic than ordinary dands.

This man's name is Li Qing Qiu, who heard someone speak ill of him two days ago and ordered his eagle dog to kill him, the cruel master who fed the dog. His father, Li Siam, was a feudal official in the imperial capital and was in charge of 150,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Canghai Legion of the Fanyang Empire. When the first year of the Ming emperor's rebellion occurred in the imperial capital 20 years ago, his father was smooth and good at communication, and actually saved the official position from the chaos. At that time, after General Yan, one of the Great Pillar Kingdom, was overthrown, the entire Fanyang army collapsed, and Li Siam, who commanded the 150,000 Cang navy, became the most powerful general, seizing the anointed land in the southwest of Fanyang to support the people and expand the army with the people. In the three counties in the southwest, the officials and people only recognized the Cang navy, not the imperial jade seal of the imperial capital. And the imperial family also had nothing to do with this great warlord. Fortunately, the royal family and the Cang navy have been unified and peaceful for so many years.

However, Li Xi's eldest son is a complete gangster and romantic. Relying on his family background in the three counties in the southwest, he is still domineering in Shangji City. But who can do anything to him? Those who have no money are afraid of money, those who have money are afraid of those who have power, and those who have power are most afraid of soldiers! The eldest son of the Cang navy was greeted by the ravages of fierce soldiers, beheaded all over the house, assigned troops, and suffered from military service.

When Mr. Li Qingqi said that he would go to Shangji City to have fun for several months, millions of people in the three counties in the southwest cried with joy. Shi Nong Industry and Industry sent dozens of miles out of the city, shouting, 'Go well, play for a few more days, don't be in a hurry to come back, we will miss you!' I hope Li Qingqi is not in a hurry to come back. This is true, but I miss that sentence It's a real liar. Only Li Qingqi often patronized and was favored. The red card of several Fengyue Qinglou, who spent a lot of money, leaned on the door of the carved flowers. Looking at the fresh clothes and angry horse, Li Qingyu swaggered out of the city, covered his heart and cried with tears and crying, 'God-killed. This time, he wants to kill the slave family!'

In a word, this domineering man is a lord who is not popular anywhere.

In the three counties southwest of Fanyang, he is used to covering the sky with one hand and has attracted much attention. In Shangji City, where the rich and dignitaries gather in the world, Li Qingyu likes the feeling of flattering and flattering. A few months ago, just came to Shangji City on the first night, he made a great reputation of redeeming six brothels overnight and throwing a lot of money in the place of singing and dancing. . No wonder people often say that where Li Qingjiu is there, the brothel will inevitably be developed.

There are also sour scholars who often lament that 'unlucky, heaven is unfair'. I beat the world's sons and sit in the country. How good Li Siam is to unify the world's heroes. He has to shoot the enemy with a war horse and govern the country, but a son will only roll on a woman's belly. But the words are full of envy and jealousy. I'm afraid that he doesn't have a father who dominates the three counties of the empire!

The eldest son Li Qingqi began to be majestic in Shangji City, but he was suppressed by another prince more than a month ago.

This son of the family is none other than this sudden Liang Xingchen. Not to mention that the Liang family bought the most prosperous mansion in the city without saying a word. Without blinking, they directly passed the huge house where ordinary people could not buy two feet a year. The appearance of the star of the Liang family alone was like a new moon rising in Shangji City. The woman walking on the road stared at the star with resentful eyes and hated him for not looking at herself. And the man couldn't help sting his feet and wondered why such a handsome face is a man!

He is handsome, like a god, generous, and has a detached family. He is known as an upstart among the dung bets in Shangji City. In addition, although he likes to play, he does not do anything wrong. This star's reputation far exceeds that of Li Qing Qiu. Even many celebrities in Shangji City seem to know each other. Compared with Li Qingyu's brazenly rushing into other people's mansions to meet other famous women, Mr. Xingchen instantly dumped Li Qing Qiu a lot.

Mr. Xingchen raised his head, glanced at Li Qingqiu, who was walking slowly and smiling, and muttered 'Li Qiuer' to himself. This is a nickname for this prodigal guy in Shangji City. He smiled and said loudly, "Brother Li comes from the imperial army. He has seen millions of soldiers. Such a small fight can't naturally not come into your eyes. However, I have never seen it. I am very interested in this reckless man's unique horse trick. I just look around and can't see any way. Join in the fun and cheer up."

Li Qingqi frowned slightly. Liang Xingchen was too talkative. He was nice and not humble, but the temperament standing there was much more detached than himself! Temperament, temperament, this is something that can't be changed in any way. His family is superior to this star son. As long as he grits his teeth, he can be more generous than him, but his temperament is not as good as others!

He glanced at the man who was trying the horse in the battlefield and said with a sneer, "Rise two feet higher. Mr. Xingchen looks too high at this man!" Even if the military horse is more than half a foot high, how can this reckless man be a thin horse? If you step halfway to the horse's hoof and pin it on the railing and fall down, it will kill you!"

Xingchen smiled faintly, put his arms in front of his chest, and opened his narrow eyes. He looked at the man's running horses and the flying sand raised by his hoofs. He said, "Cross over and give him two golden tickets. I can't cross it. Blame his poor skills. The previous golden ticket is enough to cure his wounds, even if he falls. Disability, a gold ticket is enough for him for the rest of his life. He can choose to perform or refuse. The choice lies with him. I didn't force it. It's just an equestrian performance.

was so light and heavy that he avoided the sharpness of his words, and Li Qingyu couldn't help narrowing his eyes. In fact, he wanted to anger the star and laugh at him, but the rich young master was not stupid, graceful and generous, and did not compete with him at all. But the more so, Li Qingqi felt more and more unhappy. He felt like a clown desperately trying to anger Mr. Xingchen, but he didn't pay attention to him at all.

This is more unpleasant than directly humiliating Li Qingqi!

Li Qingqi also smiled and said, "Mr. Xingchen, how about we gamble?"

"What bet?"

"I can bet on whether this man can cross the seven-foot railing. You can bet that you can. You won. I gave you a pair of red cards redeemed from the brothel a few days ago. If you lose, you will call me grandpa when you meet, and then take a detour. You are not allowed to appear where I am. Li Qingqi held his head and pointed to himself, raising his face as if he wanted to look at each other with his nostrils.

Mr. Xing Chen agreed without any hesitation, staring at the man who played the horse all the time, and even made people doubt whether he had heard the content of the bet clearly.

Li Qingqi pulled a smile from the corners of his mouth. Although he was hollowed out by wine and couldn't ride a horse, he still had this kind of eyesight. The training limit of the cavalry in the Cang navy is half a foot. If it is more than half a foot, it is inevitable that people will turn over. When he sees that the thin horse's ribs are clearly visible, he knows that he is a coward. Therefore, he was not worried that he would lose, but he was afraid that the Mr. Xingchen would not bet with him, but the other party actually agreed, and he was already winning.

He looked around at the onlookers and laughed loudly, "Did you hear that? I, Li Qingjiao, bet with Mr. Xingchen--"

But no one paid attention to him. The onlookers suddenly burst into a burst of applause and applause. The thin horse man had already led the horse across the seven-foot railing. At the moment when the horse's hoof soared into the air, it was like a flying horse meteor. Even the clear and visible ribs had a vertical and horizontal posture of the battlefield.

Mr. Xingchen also clapped his hands, his excited face flushed, and even his eyes were blood red. He shouted loudly, "Beautiful, it should be rewarded - man, come on, I'll keep my word!"

The man turned over and got off the horse, his face was pale, and his legs and feet were trembling and he almost fell to the ground and foamed. But as soon as he heard the reward, he grinned and showed his yellow teeth, and even crawled to Mr. Xingchen. He smiled shyly and had a shyness like a big daughter. He muttered, "A little skill is not enough to talk about, the prince's praise, false praise--"

But the companion servant beside Mr. Xingchen has taken out two gold tickets from his arms and stuffed them into Lao Huang's hand. Lao Huang glanced at the gold ticket in his hand, grinned again, and his appearance became more and more twisted - an honest man was flattered after suddenly getting a large amount of money.

It is rumored that Mr. Xingchen's action is really generous. After watching Lao Huang's juggling performance, the onlookers did not want to disperse. Just now, Li Qiuer shouted that he wanted to bet with Mr. Xingchen that everyone in the scene could hear it clearly and was waiting to watch the fun.

Mr. Xingchen finished appreciating Lao Huang. His coral red eyes squint at Li Qingqi and said softly, "Mr. Li, you lost. Remember that pair of red cards sent by Huakui!"

Li Qing Qiu was stunned for a long time, and it took him a few breaths to recover and realize that he had lost his bet! I thought I could break this Mr. Xingchen once, but I lost my face. If you want to regret, it is not easy to attack under the attention of so many face-faced people, especially among the onlookers, there are a few rich doans who are not right with themselves, all of whom look at their actions with a smile.

But Li Qingqi is by no means a person who admits his loss. He lowered his head and rolled his eyes, and a bad ideas came out. Suddenly jumped up, scolded angrily like a trick, crossed his waist and pointed to Lao Huang, and said fiercely, "You, you! That's what you are talking about! You must be a deserter who went out of the Cang Naval Battalion a few days ago. How dare you come to Shangji City to cheat! You..."

When Lao Huang heard this, his eyes suddenly widened. He took a few steps back and bowed with his hands on his back. He mourned, "The young man is wronged. The villain is not from the Cang navy, just accompany a thin horse to wander around the world--"

"Don't argue. If you didn't come from a military background, did your parents give birth to you from your mother's womb?" Li Qingqi seemed to be unreasonable and took another step forward, pointing to the old yellow eyebrows, furious as if thunder. He tilted his eyes, glanced at the warriors who followed him, and shouted coldly, "What is the crime of defecting the army?"

The samurai bowed with a smile and replied, "Decisive--"

"Then what are you waiting for? Do you want me to correct my naval discipline?" Li Qingqiu, no matter how dholy the skin was, he was furious and cold-browed, forcing the warriors who killed on the battlefield to be frightened.

Lao Huang was still shouting injustice, and his legs trembling and knelt down. But the warrior's figure has moved, and the standard tooth knife has come out of its sheath. With the sound of people around him taking a cold breath, the blade has broken into the flesh, and Lao Huang, who knelt down and begged for mercy, was cut off his head. The big skull rolled down, and the dark red blood on his neck sprayed into the sky, like a rain of blood. When the body fell down, he still held the gold ticket given to him by Mr. Xingchen in his hand, but it was dark red by blood.

Li Qingyu looked at the embarrassing old Huang turn into a dead body, smiled proudly, and pulled a gloomy evil spirit at the corners of his mouth. The onlookers saw that the dead covered their mouths and noses and retreated one after another. Looking at Li Qingqi, their eyes had risen from a dil to the level of scourge. But Li Qingqi doesn't care at all. The more people are afraid of him, the happier he is. What's wrong with being a king? It's just that the reaction of this star made him unhappy again. The rich dans are most greedy and afraid of death. When they see blood, they scream and lose an inch. They roll their eyes seriously and faint.

But the star man stared at Lao Huang's head and rolled to his feet, and even his pale and delicate face was stained with stars and blood, and just frowned - not fear, but disgust! The companion next to him quickly took out the silk handkerchief and wiped the blood off his face. He looked angry but didn't dare to say anything.

Li Qingqi sneered and bowed. His expression had become extremely sincere. Suddenly, he was righteous and said loudly, "Thank you, Mr. Xingchen. If it hadn't been for your son, Li would not have recognized that this is my naval deserter!" If you let this act recklessly, the discipline of the Cang navy will be completely destroyed!"

Mr. Xingchen's companion hurriedly came to the master's ear and whispered, "Sir, go, go quickly. It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. The son of Li Siam, don't provoke him easily. Don't cause trouble for Miss Yue..." The companion didn't wait for the master to speak, and dragged Xing Chen away. The remaining one nodded and bowed back to Li Qingqi's smiling face.

Li Qingyu said loudly, "Mr. Xingchen, that pair of red cards will be sent to the house on a certain day. Don't worry, Li will never break his promise! Hahaha..."

When Mr. Xingchen went far away, Li Qingqi sneered and said, "Well, a straw bag. When he saw the dead, he escaped with his tail." He turned his head and said to a warrior, "Sent someone to tell the old man that the young master killed people in Shangji City and asked him to write a letter to the city owner. After all, it is Shangji City, and you have to give face to the city owner... Also, send someone to check the family background of this star prince *, * who is..."

Li Qingyu put his hand behind his back, took eight steps, narrowed his eyes proudly, hummed the tone in the archway of Geyuan, and walked forward carelessly. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, kicked Lao Huang's head aside, and the bloody head rolled twice and rolled to the thin horse. The horse lowered its head and touched the dead owner with its nose, mourning endlessly.

(The style of this chapter has changed, I deliberately...)