Chapter 674 Chaoge Nine-Layered Gate!

Wuhum!

Two rows of huge copper horns sounded together, and Li Banfeng's heart trembled.

Li Banfeng had seen copper horns on TV. The sound was deep and majestic, and very ceremonial.

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But the copper horns without anyone playing could still make such a big noise, which really shocked Li Banfeng.

These copper horns are alive, they can walk, move, and make sounds by themselves. When entering the first gate of Chaoge,

these copper horns replaced the white horses and lined up to welcome Li Qi and his party.

Li Qi whispered to Shaojun: "Can this kind of copper horns fight?"

Luo Shaojun shook his tentacles: "Yes, they can fight. Their voices can shatter the internal organs."

First they can run, and then they can fight.

The set of ceremonial guards prepared by Qiao Yi forced Li Banfeng to step up his defense.

But this set of ceremonial guards also confirmed Qiao Yi's strength. He could make such a big noise in Chaoge, which shows that Qiao Yi has a very high status in Dashang.

Inside the first city gate, there are many factories, which is slightly similar to Wubian City. But in Wubian City, most of the people in charge of the work are slaves. Chaoge is different from Wubian City. Li Banfeng did not see slaves, but saw a large number of machines running alone.

There was no one in the factory, no one in the coal yard, and no houses for people to live in within the city wall.

Luo Shaojun lowered his voice and said to Li Banfeng: "Those factories are all people, they are considered common people!"

Li Banfeng suddenly realized that he remembered Ruirong Textile Factory, where the centipede workshop in the textile factory could run alone and was extremely efficient.

After passing through the second city gate, the number of large factories gradually decreased, and the number of small workshops gradually increased.

There are porcelain firing, embroidery, and carving.

These small workshops are open, but there is no one inside, and the work is also done by machines.

There is a special sewing machine. It embroiders while sewing clothes. The speed is surprisingly fast. In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen clothes are sewn, and the embroidered patterns are not repeated.

Ban Fengyi looked at the wall for a long time and liked this sewing machine from the bottom of his heart.

"Did you see it? This is different from the embroidery of machines in other states. There is a lot of artistic content in these embroidery."

Ban Fengbing was a little disdainful: "Why look at this? Can the sewing machine be oiled? When the machine is running,

Can you bear it?"

The other shadows were not idle either. Some were attached to the wall or the ground. With the help of the firelight on the street, they shuttled and wandered, observing the situation between the streets.

What are the origins of those who work in these streets? It is still unknown whether they are slaves from Pro Province or slaves from Dashang.

After entering the third gate, the scenery in the city has changed significantly.

At first, Li Banfeng felt that the buildings were more dense. After walking for a while, Li Banfeng found that these buildings not only became denser, but also smaller.

On both sides of the street, there are teahouses, wine shops, and restaurants. These places obviously do not entertain ordinary Neizhou people. Looking at the size of the teahouse, it would be difficult for Luo Yanjun to enter the door without changing his form.

These places only entertain the royal family of Da Shang, that is, the three-headed people. Although the three-headed people are tall, they are far different from other Neizhou people. The overall size of these buildings is closer to that of Prozhou.

The guard of honor turned right at the end of the road, and Luo Lijun said: "That's Hanmo Garden. Although it is also a royal garden, this place is a little worse--..."

Saying that the place is bad does not mean that the environment of Hanmo Garden is bad, but Luo Lijun feels that the level of Hanmo Garden is a little worse.

Since Li Banfeng came to Da Shang as the crown prince of Prozhou, he should at least be received in the five-layer gate.

The meeting place should not be arranged at the three-layer gate.

Luo Shaojun doesn't think so. How good can the five-layer gate be? How bad can the three-layer gate be?

If the two sides fall out later, being able to run away is the most important thing. The three-layer gate is shorter and is definitely easier to walk than the five-layer gate.

Hanmo Garden is a royal garden built by the lake. There are peach forests, apricot forests, bamboo forests and plum forests by the lake. Because of special means, the four forests are evergreen all year round. The royal family of Dashang often recites poems and studies calligraphy and painting in these four forests. It is a place often visited by talented people.

Qiao Yi greeted them at the gate of Hanmo Garden and invited Li Qi and his party to the apricot forest. A banquet had been prepared in the forest.

"Your Highness Li Qi, you have worked hard all the way. We have been waiting for a long time." Zhu Jin, Qiao Yi, and Xie Gong, with smiles on their faces, saluted Li Banfeng with fists.

Li Banfeng returned the salute: "Thank you for waiting for a long time."

Zhu Jin looked at Xie Gong and was a little dissatisfied with Li Qi.

We said we had been waiting for a long time, and he returned the same sentence. There was no unnecessary politeness.

Qiao Yi didn't care much. In the apricot forest, the apricot flowers were in full bloom. Although the fragrance was a little light, it was particularly pure and light, which made people feel happy and relaxed their tense nerves.

The two sides sat down as host and guest. On the host side, the first seat was naturally Qiao Yi, Zhu Jin and Xie Gong. The second seat was also a royal family, all of whom were important figures in the peace party.

On the guest side, the first seat was Li Qi, and chairs were also placed in the second and third seats.

The embarrassment was about the chairs.

Luo Lijun and Luo Shaojun, two big snails, couldn't sit on the chairs.

Qiao Yi obviously did it on purpose. If Luo Lijun and Luo Shaojun wanted to sit down, they had to transform. If they didn't transform, they would stand next to Li Qi in the form of snails, which would be very embarrassing.

Luo Lijun was still hesitating, but Luo Shaojun didn't think much about it and transformed into a human. He put the snail shell behind him and sat on the chair.

Whether it was three heads or one head, the guests and hosts in the forest were all humanoid, and there were only two snails here, which was awkward.

Seeing this, Luo Lijun could only transform. Both parties sat down, and two cameras came closer by themselves, one for taking pictures,

one for recording, and there was also a phonograph recorder next to it, recording synchronously.

Qiao Yi spoke first: "Your Highness has gone through so much trouble to come here to stop the war. This sincerity makes Qiao very admired."

Hearing this, Luo Lijun was stunned for a long time.

Isn't it to discuss the succession of the new king today? Isn't it to discuss how to make the Luo family turn over? Why did it become a peace talk here?

Luo Shaojun didn't know how to respond, and the two looked at Li Banfeng together.

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "It's good not to fight."

Qiao Yi raised his glass immediately after hearing this: "Years of war have repeatedly caused the common people to suffer. Today's meeting is a blessing for the common people."

Li Banfeng raised his glass and said, "It is also a blessing for the people of Dashang."

Zhu Jin frowned slightly after hearing this. He was a little dissatisfied with Dashang and Proro being put together.

Qiao Yi smiled and drank the wine in the glass.

Li Banfeng fed the wine to the wine gourd. Even if it was poisonous, the wine gourd had a way to dissolve it. He moved so fast that everyone present thought he had drunk the wine.

Next, Qiao Yi began to list the benefits of peace according to the prepared strategy, and constantly emphasized his position of advocating peace.

Li Banfeng responded calmly, as if he was also rushing to the peace talks, and seemed to be as well prepared as Qiao Yi.

Luo Lijun kept looking at Li Banfeng, wondering what his intention was.

Li Banfeng ignored Luo Lijun. He had a lot of things to do now.

His shadow was shuttling across the ground, reporting to him from time to time what he had discovered.

The Judge's Pen was busy in Li Banfeng's sleeve, as he was recording the conversation at the scene and preparing for the next response.

Banfeng Bing was shuttling through the peach forest, and he saw many lizards, holding various weapons and forming a formation in the forest.

Banfeng Ding came back from Merlin and met up with Banfeng Bing.

"There are soldiers in the plum forest, they are bats. If we attack from the sky, we may be at a disadvantage. Only Lao Jia can fly."

Ban Fengwu also came back: "There are three people in the bamboo forest, some are painting, some are playing chess, and they don't look like they are going to fight."

Ban Fengding said: "If they are not fighting, what are they doing here? Spring outing? Something big is happening here, don't they know?"

Ban Fengbing said: "I will tell Lao Jia about the matter first, and you can go further away."

Ban Fengwu said: "It's better not to go far away. We'd better keep an eye on it in the forest. I'm afraid they will take action at any time."

Ban Fengding nodded: "That's right, the Dizhi gang is outside the garden, let them investigate if there is anything."

Outside Hanmo Garden, Ban Fengyin walked out of several streets and saw many soldiers ambushing in various streets and alleys.

Who ambushed these troops?

It is likely that Qiao Yi ambushed them.

Is it specifically used to deal with Lao Jia?

There is no need for such a big battle?

Is it possible that these troops are prepared for others?

Ban Fengyin was full of questions. He took out the map hand-drawn by Luo Lijun and wrote down the positions of the ambushes one by one.

There were a lot of ambushes and their positions were scattered. Ban Fengyin was worried that he could not remember them all, so he looked for his companions everywhere.

In an alley, Ban Fengyin saw Ban Fengwu listening to a story in a teahouse.

The storyteller was an old man, about seventy years old. His tone was sonorous and powerful, and his words were humorous and witty. The laughter and cheers from the audience were one wave higher than the other.

Unlike other creatures in Neizhou, this old man looked like a human. I don’t know if he became like this after transforming, or if he was originally like this.

Ban Fengwu lay flat on the ground, listening with relish.

Ban Fengyin lay on the ground, approached Ban Fengwu, and whispered: "You are in a good mood, what are we doing here?"

Ban Fengwu said: "I am not being lazy, there is something in this teahouse."

"What is it?"

"I heard the guests here talking about this old gentleman who has never been here before. Today is the first time he is telling stories in this teahouse."

"Is this important?"

Ban Fengwu said again: "There are many people ambushing on the second floor of the teahouse. They are all like this old gentleman, in the shape of real people. The origins of this group of people may not be simple."

Ban Fengyin thought for a moment and said: "What do you think their origins are?"

Ban Fengwu said: "I suspect they may be from Pro Province, and their identities are similar to Chu Shaoqiang."

If this is true, this group of people should not be underestimated.

Ban Fengyin whispered, "You stay here and watch, I'll go around."

Ban Fengwu said, "Don't go around, hurry up and send a letter to Lao Jia, this third gate is a dangerous place, if they really take action, we won't be able to get out!"

Ban Fengyin left the teahouse and returned to Hanmo Garden to send a letter to Li Banfeng, and met Ban Fengchou on the way.

Ban Fengchou also found a lot of ambushes, and he handed the map he drew to Ban Fengyin: "Tell Lao Jia the news, I'm going to go to the four gates to take a look."

"Achou, you must be careful."

Ban Fengchou was a little dissatisfied: "I changed my name to Ban Fengjun, don't call me Achou in the future!"

Walking to the fourth gate, Ban Fengchou stuck to the ground and followed the pedestrians into the city gate.

Very different from the bustling triple gate, the fourth gate is very quiet, mostly residential, the house is very gorgeous, but the place is not big.

Occasionally, there are three people coming in and out, the materials and workmanship of their clothes are very exquisite, this should be the residence of the royal family,

Ban Fengchou said to himself: "The house we live in here is not very good."

These days, according to the stories told by the Luo sisters, Li Banfeng made it clear that in Dashang, the royal family was a first-class noble, and no matter how high the status of the princes was, they were not higher than ordinary members of the royal family.

But judging from the size of the mansion, the living conditions of the royal family members living in the four-layered gate seem not to be comparable to those of princes like Luo Lijun.

"Not only do they not live well," Ban Fengmao suddenly appeared, startling Ban Fengchou, "The food they eat is also not very good, so they can barely feed themselves. If we compare their meals with the oil and coal outside, , I guess it’s not much different from the scholars in Boundless City.”

Ban Fengchou analyzed it: "Is it possible that Chaoge's food is poor?"

Ban Fengmao shook his head: "I don't think so. I estimate that the people living here are all marginal figures of the royal family. The core members of the royal family cannot live here. If we want to find out useful information, we have to look inside the five-layered door. Take a look."

Ban Fengchou said: "Then what are you doing standing still? Go to the five-layered door!"

Bian Fengmao said: "Don't worry, the fifth-layer gate is difficult to walk through. The first few gates are not strictly guarded. When you get to the fifth-layer gate, you have to check it at all levels. I guess the situation inside is very different, and some secrets must be involved. "

Ban Feng gave an ugly laugh: "If you don't have the ability to go in, just wait here at the fourth level gate. If you are not good at learning, you can't blame others."

Ban Fengao said angrily: "I'll tell you the truth from the bottom of my heart, why are you so annoying?"

Ban Feng Chou followed the map and walked alone near the five-layer gate, where he heard some faint quarrels.

"Gong Jia has an order, the Heavenly Stem Army is stationed inside the garden, and the Earthly Branch Army is exploring outside the garden. Why are you here?"

This is Ban Fengzi.

"Return to Mr. Jia? Why don't you call him Mr. Turtle? Where am I from and what does it have to do with you?"

This is Bingfeng B.

Ban Feng Chou ignored the two men and glanced at the five-layered door.

There were hundreds of guards standing in front of the door, and there were many machines interspersed among the guards. It was really not easy to sneak in.

Ban Feng Yi was still arguing with Ban Fengzi. Ban Fengzi became more and more angry with his quarrel, and his voice was trembling: "Zhuzi, you are so short-tempered!"

Ban Fengyi snorted and said, "I'm too lazy to grind my teeth with you. It's almost time. I have to enter the city gate!"

He wanted to argue with Ban Fengzi here because the five-layered gate was heavily guarded and it was really difficult to break in.

Now it happened that the two teams of guards were changing guard. Ban Feng Yi took this opportunity to lie flat on the ground and rushed directly through the five-layer gate. He succeeded, but Ban Feng Chou did not dare to move. He did not have the skills of Ban Feng Yi.

Ban Feng Yi is very accomplished in travel training. When he usually goes out to fight for his life, he can even keep up with Lao A.

Ban Feng Chou's speed was far behind, so he could only go to Ban Fengzi to discuss: "Brother Zi, we two brothers also want to figure out how to get through."

Ban Fengzi pondered for a moment and said, "The sage said, a man should support himself."

Ban Feng Chou Yi Ke, what does this mean?

The meaning is simple, Ban Fengzi doesn't want to help him.

Before the handover between the two teams of guards was completed, Ban Fengzi clung to the ground and sneaked into the five-layer gate.

Ban Fengzi was very good at building a house and had a talent that was overlooked by others, so she took advantage of the chaos and got in.

They both went in, what should Banfeng Chou do?

Break in or sneak in?

Ban Fengmao walked over from behind and said with a snort: "It's no longer possible, how do you think you are better than me?

Just stay at the fourth level gate, maybe you can find out something. "

Ban Fengchou looked around: "This is just a residential area, what's the use of staying here?"

Ban Fengzi entered the five-layer gate, and this place was indeed different.

There are many official offices here, some of which Ban Fengzi recognizes.

"This is the Libu Yamen, and there is the Rites Yamen in front of it. The Great Shang dynasty has changed a lot, and the three provinces and six ministries are also used here..."

Ban Fengyi came closer and said to Ban Fengzi: "You study a lot, what is that place called Wenyuan Pavilion about?"

Ban Fengzi glanced at Ban Fengyi: "Why do you always follow me?"

Ban Feng Yi was a little angry: "What do you mean, what do you mean I should follow you? Is Chaoge owned by your family?"

Everyone goes their separate ways, isn't this what happened? "

Ban Fengzi didn't want to pay attention to Ban Feng Yi: "You are a reckless person. I have a heavy responsibility, so don't implicate me."

Ban Fengyi said impatiently: "Don't worry, I won't delay your work, just tell me what Wenyuan Pavilion does. If you know it, just say you know it. If you don't know, forget it."

Ban Fengzi looked at Wenyuan Pavilion. Compared with other surrounding official offices, Wenyuan Pavilion was indeed eye-catching. It had double eaves connected, interlaced brackets, vermilion walls, and charming carved dragons and phoenixes on the door. It had a palace-like style.

A group of sergeants walked around Wenyuan Pavilion. There were leopards, gray wolves, and jackals, all very agile.

Ban Fengzi pondered for a long time and said: "Wenyuan Pavilion is a place where books are stored, but what kind of books are there? They are so valuable.

Do you have to ask so many people to guard you? "

"What book?" Ban Fengyi lowered his voice, "I have to go in and read it."

Ban Fengzi said: "What did you go in there to read? You are not a person who likes reading!"

Ban Feng Yi snorted: "You are the only one who knows how to read. When Lao A pointed out Zhang Xiuling, you were so anxious that you jumped up and down and almost pinned her down on the desk."

Ban Fengzi said angrily: "How can you taint my innocence!"

Ban Fengyi carefully observed the layout of Wenyuan Pavilion and said to Ban Fengzi: "I just saw an old friend of ours walking around Wenyuan Pavilion several times. I guess there are good things here."

Ban Fengzi said: "How old is this friend?"

Ban Fengyi smiled and said: "This friend has been around for a long time. I will go in and see what he is going to do.'

In an alley next to Wenyuan Pavilion, He Jiaqing took out three palm-sized pockets from his sleeves and shook them out. There was a sound.

The three pockets became bigger, and each pocket could hold at least a watermelon weighing about 20 kilograms.

What was in them was not watermelons, but very important things. He Jiaqing had hidden them in his sleeves all the way.

The reason why they were taken out outside Wenyuan Pavilion was that when these three pockets became bigger and smaller,

there would be some noises, and this little noise might make He Jiaqing go and never come back.

He Jiaqing had suffered a loss in Wenyuan Pavilion, so he had to be very careful this time.

He carried three pockets on his back, crossed the wall, and entered Wenyuan Pavilion.

There was a team of guards patrolling outside Wenyuan Pavilion. , there was a team of guards patrolling inside, and two teams of guards, and no one could find He Jiaqing's trace.

This is the skill of stealing and climbing over walls and houses. From the moment he climbed over the wall, He Jiaqing's body merged with the surrounding environment, leaving no trace, silent and unobstructed.

Wenyuan Pavilion has three main pavilions, and there are more than 20 other small and medium-sized attics.

The small and medium-sized attics are filled with folk books. Among the three main attics, the first attic is filled with classics handed down from generation to generation, and the second is filled with royal books.

These books are of extremely high value, but this is not He Jiaqing's goal.

He Jiaqing's goal is the third attic. This attic has two floors. The first floor stores many forbidden spells, and the second floor stores many forbidden formations. He Jiaqing doesn't want to go to these two floors.

He wants to go to an unnamed place between the first and second floors.

The entrance to this unnamed place is in the third row The back of the bookshelf is impossible for ordinary people to find. The first time He Jiaqing came to Wenyuan Pavilion, he waited in the attic for three whole days before finding the entrance.

But it is not necessary today. He remembers the location of the entrance. The key issue is to open the lock of the entrance.

He opened the lock once before, but because he was not careful enough when stealing the contract, his whereabouts were exposed.

Wenyuan Pavilion knew that something was lost, so it was natural to change the lock. This time, it must be unlocked again.

Although He Jiaqing also has tools for unlocking, it is not as good as the bowl of Green Water Bow. It takes some effort to unlock.

Today, his luck is quite good. The lock that He Jiaqing encountered is very special. It is called the Nine-Turn Throat Lock, which is a very difficult lock.

But it happened that He Jiaqing had learned the unlocking mechanism of the Nine-Turn Throat Lock from Xiao Qianshou, and with his special ring, it took less than ten minutes to open the lock. .

After entering the Unknown Land, He Jiaqing continued to maintain the technique of climbing over walls and houses. This technique consumes a lot of energy, but He Jiaqing dared not relax at all, because there were two three-headed men patrolling between the bookshelves in the dark dimension.

There were six bookshelves in the Unknown Land, and each of them was filled with the deeds of the local gods of the new land.

It was all small jobs before, but now it’s a big job.

There are traps all over these bookshelves. If you accidentally touch them, you may alarm the two guards.

This is the time to test your skills.

You have to act quickly. You have to take the deeds off the bookshelves as quickly as possible while the two guards are elsewhere.

You have to move gently and never touch the traps on the bookshelves. Once you alarm the two guards, they will seal the gate of the Unknown Land from the inside, and He Jiaqing will not be able to get out at that time.

This time he was going to take away a total of thirty contracts, thirty names, he remembered them very clearly, and the arrangement pattern of the contracts in Wenyuan Pavilion, he also remembered them very clearly,

Before coming, he calculated the location of all the contracts, and specially set up a similar book pavilion in Green Water City, and practiced in it countless times.

He used the stealing skill of dustless, and took Chu Yaoxian's contract off the bookshelf in a blink of an eye.

This really achieved dustless, even the dust on the bookshelf remained in its original position, motionless.

This is not over yet, one contract is missing, and there is an extra space on the bookshelf. He Jiaqing ignored this point before and was discovered by the guards, and almost lost his life.

Now he has learned his lesson, and immediately put the stolen contract into the bag, and at the same time took out another contract of Chu Yaoxian from the bag and put it back on the bookshelf.

This deed was forged by him. Although it does not have the functions of a deed, it looks no different from a deed.

The forged one was also made old, so there was almost no flaw.

He Jiaqing also remembered the location of the fake deed in his pocket very clearly. He quickly replaced three deeds in succession and put them all in the first pocket.

He tied the bag tightly, put it on his back, carefully bypassed the three patrolling men, and changed to another row of bookshelves.

On this row of bookshelves, He Jiaqing collected five more deeds, and went around to the back row of bookshelves and collected two more.

The real deed was very heavy. The first pocket had ten deeds, which was the limit. If it was filled again, it would burst.

He Jiaqing tied the bag tightly, put the first pocket aside first, then put down the second pocket, and replaced two more deeds on this shelf.

The patrolling three were coming over, and He Jiaqing was about to change places. Suddenly, he saw a shadow on the ground holding a pocket and quickly moving away from him.

What happened?

He Jiaqing was shocked?

Did a photographer come in to steal the business?

How did the photographer come in?

Is it the skill of following the shadow?

How could He Jiaqing let others take away the contract that he had obtained with great difficulty?

He rushed forward to retrieve the deed, but saw the shadow holding the bag and running towards the guard.

What does this mean?

Is the shadow going to die?

The shadow's meaning is very clear.

If you chase me again, I will call the guard and we will die here together!