Chapter 485

The next morning, Xiao Min came to the inn to find Tang Yin, and brought a big bag with him. When he opened it, he saw armor, military uniform, and a long narrow sword.

Xiao Min said to Tang Yin: "Try all of these on to see if they fit you." Tang Yin picked up the helmet and looked at it from front to back. To be honest, the armor of the palace guards was not as exquisite as the armor worn by ordinary soldiers in Anguo, but compared with the leather armor of Fengguo, it was much stronger. He nodded, then looked at Xiao Min with a smile, and said nothing.

"Why don't you change? Why are you staring at me?" Xiao Min was impatient. Seeing Tang Yin staring at her, she immediately made a dissatisfied sound. After a pause, she realized that Tang Yin was waiting for her to leave. She pouted and muttered in a low voice: "A grown man still has so many problems..." After saying this, she still walked out of Tang Yin's room quickly.

After Xiao Min left, Tang Yin took off his casual clothes and changed into the military uniform of the palace guards. Most of the uniforms are made of cotton, and some are made of brocade, which makes them look energetic and comfortable. After Tang Yin put them on, he looked down and nodded secretly. Xiao Min had good taste and the uniforms he brought were just right. Then, Letian and Jiang Fan both stepped forward and helped Tang Yin put on the helmet, breastplate, shoulder pads, knee pads and other trivial armors one by one. At the same time, Letian frowned and said, "Sir, Xiao Min only brought one set of armor and uniforms. I'm afraid Jiang Fan and I can't get into the palace!" Tang Yin smiled indifferently and said, "You don't have to go with me this time. The palace is a forbidden place with strict defense. If too many people go, it will be easy to be exposed." "But..." Letian and Jiang Fan were really worried about letting Tang Yin go to the palace alone. If someone saw the clues or even started a fight, there would be no one to take care of him.

Seeing the worry of Letian and Jiang Fan, Tang Yin shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Even if something unexpected happens, I really can't beat the opponent, but I can always run away." Hearing him say this, Letian and Jiang Fan looked at each other, their brows were still furrowed, but they didn't say anything more. They were very confident in Tang Yin's skills, but the masters in the forbidden area of ​​the palace should not be underestimated.

After putting on all the armor, Tang Yin picked up the sword on the table, hung it around his waist, then straightened his body, smiled and asked Letian, Jiang Fan and Jiang Lu: "How is it? Do I look like a palace guard?" Before Letian and Jiang Fan could speak, Jiang Lu had already laughed and said: "Your Excellency is extremely elegant. No matter who wears this set of armor, it will not be as majestic as yours!" "Haha!" Tang Yin chuckled, turned and walked to the door, opened the door, and smiled at Xiao Min who was waiting outside: "Xiao Min, I've kept you waiting for a long time." Hearing the words, Xiao Min, who was standing with his back to the door, turned around hurriedly, and seeing Tang Yin in military uniform, Xiao Min's eyes lit up. Tang Yin is tall and has a perfect figure, with broad shoulders and a thick back, and long legs. Although he is not a burly man, he is a little thin, but he never gives people a sickly feeling. In addition, he is handsome, and wearing a majestic military uniform, the evil aura is invisibly weakened a lot, but it is more masculine and majestic.

No wonder the princess is obsessed with Tang Yin. He is indeed a man who can make women's hearts beat at a glance, not to mention that the princess has never seen many men since she was a child. Xiao Min sighed secretly. She has a good impression of Tang Yin, but this good impression is only a good impression between friends, not a love between men and women.

She looked up, smiled at Tang Yin, and praised: "This military uniform fits me well, and it suits you too!" "Thank you." Tang Yin nodded and thanked him, thanking Xiao Min for her praise and for taking a great risk to help him.

Xiao Min understood what he meant, and she stopped smiling. She said faintly, "I'm helping you... Actually, it's mainly to help the princess..." After a pause, she took a deep breath, cheered up, and said, "It's getting late, we should set off." "Wait a minute." Tang Yin waved his hand to her, then walked back into the room and said to Le Tian, ​​Jiang Fan, and Jiang Lu, "When I'm not here, you should stay in the inn and don't go anywhere. The capital is full of dangers now." Le Tian, ​​Jiang Fan, and Jiang Lu naturally understood what Tang Yin meant. Just yesterday, when Tang Yin had just arrived at the inn, a mysterious dark spiritualist followed him and eavesdropped outside the room. Who knows if the other party will suddenly attack them? !

The three bowed and responded, and at the same time reminded in unison, "Your Excellency should also be more careful." "Yes!" Tang Yin responded, without any further delay, and briefly explained a few words, and followed Xiao Min out of the inn.

Xiao Min came on horseback, and Tang Yin also had his own horse. The two of them got on their horses and headed straight for Tianzi Mountain in the center of the capital.

The Imperial Palace, where the emperor of Haotian Empire resides, is also the real core of the entire country. The weakening of imperial power has not affected the style and majesty of the Imperial Palace. The closer you get to the Imperial Palace, the more you will be shocked from the heart. The Imperial Palace is built around the mountain, with five floors. From a distance, the densely packed and magnificent palaces seem to cover the entire Tianzi Mountain. There are countless high platforms and pavilions in it. It is called the Imperial Palace, but in fact it is more like an independent and huge castle. It is hard to imagine how much manpower and money such a huge project would cost, and it is also hard to imagine that it is a product of thousands of years ago.

This also shows the prosperity and prosperity of the Haotian Empire during its early construction.

Xiao Min took Tang Yin to the west palace gate, not the main gate. Even so, its spacious and tall palace gate was still astonishing. Tang Yin looked around and estimated that the palace gate was three meters high and six or seven meters wide. On both sides of the palace gate, there was a towering stone pillar, white as jade, with auspicious beasts and totems such as flying phoenixes, coiled dragons, and unicorns carved on them. Looking left and right, there were imperial guards in full armor. Tang Yin didn't know how many guards were standing guard at the palace gate, but when he looked up, he saw a dense mass of them, with shining helmets and armor, and a majestic aura. They stood there without moving, like wooden sculptures and stone sculptures.

The style of the palace is indeed incomparable! Tang Yin followed Xiao Min inside, nodding in praise in his heart.

As soon as they reached the palace gate, guards on both sides stepped forward, looked Xiao Min and Tang Yin up and down, then bowed and said respectfully: "General Xiao!" Xiao Min was Yin Rou's chief guard. She was both a confidant and held an important position. She often went in and out of the palace. The guards in charge of guarding the palace gate naturally knew her.

Xiao Min was already accustomed to their respectful attitude. She sat on the horse and just waved her hand slightly. She didn't say anything more, nor did she introduce Tang Yin's identity to the guards at the gate. She directly urged the horse to pass by everyone and enter the palace.

Tang Yin followed Xiao Min and entered the palace.

Because he was wearing the armor of the palace guards and followed Xiao Min, the guards guarding the palace gate didn't know him, but they didn't dare to stop him. They all stepped aside to let Tang Yin enter the palace.

Entering the palace gate, what greeted us was an extremely spacious square. The ground was paved with milky white square bricks. Each square brick was about one meter long and carved with various patterns. Tang Yin followed Xiao Min for a long way and did not see any square bricks with the same pattern.

Here, there were still many guards standing side by side, and there were also many more patrol guards. Groups of guards crossed and walked across the square from time to time.

After crossing the square and walking through a wide and long corridor, there appeared a staircase that seemed to have no end in sight.

Xiao Min turned back and winked at Tang Yin, then turned over and dismounted. The latter followed suit and floated down from the horse.

At this time, two guards immediately ran up quickly, grabbed the reins of the horses, and led them aside.

Xiao Min led Tang Yin up the steps, and as she walked up, she whispered: "The palace has five floors. We just walked through the first floor. There is the Tai'an Palace in the south, where the emperor and ministers discuss matters." Tang Yin nodded in understanding. It took so long to walk just through the first floor of the palace. If the court was built on the top of the mountain, the ministers would be exhausted every day. Tang Yin asked casually in a low voice: "How many palaces are there in the palace? From the outside, it seems that there are quite a few." "There are 500 palaces in total, and as for ordinary pavilions, it is hard to count, probably several thousand!" Xiao Min answered lightly.

Tang Yin was shocked when he heard it. Five hundred palaces and thousands of pavilions, how many royal family members can they accommodate? Even if they were to store troops, they could store hundreds of thousands of people. With such waste and extravagance, it is no wonder that the imperial power of the Haotian Empire fell into the hands of various vassal states.

He stopped asking about the layout of the palace and changed the subject, saying, "You must have told Her Royal Highness the Princess that I will be going to the palace today, right?" Xiao Min looked back at him in surprise and said with a smile, "How did you know?" "I think if Her Royal Highness the Princess disagrees, you would not dare to bring me here privately even if you have the courage to do so, let alone to see the Princess." "You are quite smart!" "Haha!" Tang Yin couldn't help laughing out loud and asked half-jokingly, "Do I look stupid?" Xiao Min laughed softly at his teasing and said nothing.

After finally reaching the end of the stairs, they crossed a spacious square and a long corridor, and stairs appeared in front of them again. It seemed that this staircase was not much shorter than the previous one. Tang Yin sighed with a wry smile and asked, "Are we going to the third floor of the palace now?" "Yes." "Excuse me, which floor of the palace does Her Royal Highness the Princess live on?" "Of course it's the top floor!" Xiao Min answered confidently, and at the same time turned back and rolled his eyes at Tang Yin, as if blaming him for asking such nonsense.

Tang Yin shook his head and smiled: "Does Her Royal Highness have to walk such a long distance every time she goes in and out of the palace?" "Don't worry about that. If the princess really wants to go in and out of the palace, someone will pick her up in a sedan chair. However, Her Royal Highness usually doesn't leave the palace."