Zhengxian Road

Chapter 1 Prince Cui's Mansion

In July, on a street in Huachang District, Jiangning City.

Although it was midsummer, a heavy rain yesterday evening made the whole city cool.

Cui Ning was wearing a dark brown overalls and a pair of washed leather shoes that turned white, and started strolling on the antique street.

"I'll offer [-] yuan for this item, okay? Buy it now!"

"Impossible, I spent 20 yuan to collect it, and you only paid [-] yuan. Absolutely not!"

The sound of a dispute in the distance seemed a bit abrupt in the quiet antique street.

Cui Ning became interested. Looking from a distance, he saw a group of people surrounded by a stall not far away. He walked a few steps to the outside of the crowd, and finally squeezed in.

I saw a man and the stall owner discussing the price fiercely there, and the stall owner still had a piece of porcelain in his hand.

After listening for a long time, he finally figured out the matter.

The well-dressed man of about forty was the buyer.I just fell in love with a piece of porcelain on the stall. The stall owner saw that the man's accent didn't look like a local, so he asked the man to bid first.

But the middle-aged man first gave [-], and finally added [-]. In the end, the stall owner snatched the porcelain, and looked at the middle-aged man with contempt, claiming that he had authentic Yuan blue and white flowers. .

Looking at the two people who were arguing, Cui Ning looked at the porcelain in the hands of the stall owner.

Although Cui Ning has no serious job, he has actually studied blue and white porcelain, and dreams of being able to "pick up leaks" on the antique street one day.

Blue and white porcelain, a special name for blue flowers on a white ground.Its porcelain has delicate fetal bones, crystal and soft; its flowers are fresh and bright, quiet and elegant; its glaze is bright and clean, with blue in white; its color is verdant and never fades. Blue and white porcelain has always been hailed as a treasure in the world.

Cui Ning thought back to the appreciation description of blue and white porcelain, and then looked at the porcelain in the hands of the stall owner, the luster, the technique, and "modern production". Once he thought about it, he knew that the stall owner wanted to kill people.

However, Cui Ning, who has been in the society for many years, did not say a word to remind him. He was afraid of getting into trouble, so he turned to look at the stall.

There are also quite a lot of small objects on the stalls, such as calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, ancient coins, and turtle shells.

At this time, his eyes were attracted by a simple and exquisite bell on the stall.

The small bell is yellowish overall, and there are many birds and beasts engraved on it, many of which Cui Ning does not recognize.

"It should be an old object!" Cui Ning thought to himself.

So while the stall owner was still bargaining with the middle-aged man, he casually said:
"Hey boss, your little bell is really pretty, how much is it, I'll take it home and play with my daughter."

He reached out and picked up the bell in the lower right corner of the stall, then raised his head and asked the boss casually.

The stall owner was still haggling over the price at this time, he glanced at it, but didn't look carefully, and said by the way:
"This is a bell worn by a certain princess in the Qing Dynasty. I spent a lot of money..."

Before the words fell, a burst of noise came from a distant street corner.

"The city management is here..."

"The city management is here..."

The unlicensed small vendors on the street turned into long-distance runners in an instant. Those who pushed the carts and packed the items on the stalls began to run around.

The voice from a distance also made the stall owner look pale, and quickly packed up the "antiques" on the stall, not forgetting to say:
"Give you a call, let's talk privately later, the price of blue and white porcelain is negotiable."

At this time, a car came from nowhere, and the vendors running around let the car dodge in time, and ran straight into Cui Ning who was still playing with the little bell.

"boom".

Cui Ning was knocked into the air, and the sky spun in an instant. The huge impact made him fall heavily on the concrete floor.

The screams and shouts from all around resounded through the street, but Cui Ning could no longer hear them.Not far from Cui Ning, the little bell stained with blood seemed to emit a strange light.

"Hehe, I must have misread it." Cui Ning thought before losing consciousness.

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After an unknown amount of time in the darkness, Cui Ning suddenly felt a severe pain in his head, as if something was pulling him.Suddenly, a baby's voice sounded, as if it came from his own mouth.

Cui Ning slowly opened his eyes, and saw that he was being hugged by a tall man in armor, and a group of people were kneeling beside him.

"Congratulations, my lord, for your precious son!"

"Am I reincarnated? Looking at the situation, it seems that it is still in ancient times, and it is best to be the emperor's house."

Cui Ning opened his big eyes and thought to himself.

Cui Ning, who was already down and out, was envious when he thought of the society he was in that often had passages in novels.

"Could it be my turn this time, God pity me!"

"My lord, please give the child a name."

At this time, there was a faint but joyful voice from inside the bed curtain. It was the princess who had just given birth to a child.

"Well, think about it for your husband. This child doesn't cry or make troubles. Let's use the word Ning for the single name. I hope he lives in peace."

The tall man thought for a moment, then decided on a name for the newborn baby.

"It's actually the same as my last life's name. Could this be fate?" Cui Ning was also happy when he heard the man's voice. After all, the last life's name has been used for so long, and it has already penetrated into the bone marrow.

"Send someone to the Imperial City Clan Mansion to report the birth of the prince's youngest son."

"Yes, my lord!"

The guards outside the door praised immediately.

An hour later, several fast horses rushed out of the palace and galloped towards the distance. The huge "King Cui's Mansion" on the plaque of the palace shone dazzlingly under the scorching sun.

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It was cold winter, and a heavy snowfall made the whole Yuexi city put on a silver dress.

Yuexi City is backed by the Yuexi Mountains, and there are also mountains on both sides. Along the west side of Yuexi City, there is the "Zhenxiguan", the first pass to resist the Shadi people, and to the east of Yuexi City, there is only one official road leading to the Central Plains. imperial city.

Yuexi City occupies a huge area and can accommodate a population of nearly one million. Such a huge city is actually controlled by Zhenxi King "Cui Xiong" alone.

King Cui's Mansion occupies a very large area, and a gate that can accommodate four or five people at the same time is closed. On both sides of the gate are two stone-carved colorful devil tigers, and next to the devil tigers are two big men in armor.

These four brave men about two meters high stood motionless like magic tigers engraved on the stone beside them, their eyes staring coldly at all the strangers who approached the palace.

Each big man holds a forehead-length spear in his hand, and a blue machete hanging from his waist, which is one meter long.

It was already the cold winter, but the four big men guarded the gate motionlessly as if they were not afraid of the severe cold.Suddenly, four big men in the same clothes came out from the depths of the palace. What was frightening was that they were followed by two colorful black tigers.

It turned out that it was not a stone sculpture, but a real mountain beast, the colorful devil tiger known as the alien species in the Yuexi Mountains.They changed the guard with the four guards outside.

Outside the palace, those common people and nobles who had passed the avenue in front of the palace stayed away even more when they saw this scene.

In a small courtyard in Prince Cui's mansion, Zhenxi Wang Cui Xiong was hugging a cute and quiet boy of seven or eight years old.

In front of King Zhenxi, there were four or five people with their heads bowed, four of them were dressed as adults, and there was one old man.

"Is Ning'er really unable to learn martial arts?"

The middle-aged man was Zhenxi Wang Cuixiong, whose expression had changed from the outside world. After hearing the report from his subordinates, he couldn't help but ask again.

The few people in front of him were silent, and after a while, an old man stepped forward and said: "Reporting to the prince, the little prince's meridians are blocked, and he cannot accumulate internal energy. Naturally, he cannot practice martial arts unless..."

"Unless something, say it!"

Cui Xiong was not angry and prestige, which made the old man's heart skip a beat, so he could only bite the bullet and continue:
"Unless the little prince is able to eat the legendary elixir, cultivation will not be a problem, it's just..."

"It's just that this kind of fairy family has never been heard of in the Great Lie Dynasty for hundreds of years. It's just a rumor, that's all. Even if my son Cui Xiong can't practice internal skills, he can become a great master, a counselor and a literary talent. , just to assist his brother."

Prince Cui seemed to know the answer, and then he waved his hand, and several people asked to leave after seeing this.

"Father, what is internal strength? Can't Ning'er learn martial arts?"

The little prince sitting on Cui Xiong's lap, waited for everyone to retreat, and asked impatiently in a crisp voice.

Cui Xiong smiled wryly in his heart, but he comforted him:

"Ning'er, don't ask so many questions. Being my Cui Xiong's son is still afraid of the rest of your life? It's just that I ask too much. Well, Ning'er, you can do whatever you like."

Cui Xiong patted the little prince's head, and arranged for his servants to take Cui Ning back to his room to rest.

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In a secret room in the palace, King Zhenxi was quietly concluding with four people with a stern face. Among the four people, there were some dressed as Confucian scholars, some looked like old men, and there was also a beautifully dressed woman and a young man in armor.

Not to mention the secret conversation deep in the palace, at this moment, little Cui Ning did not follow his father's arrangement to rest, but read a book in his bedroom.

Little Cui Ning has been reading this thick book called "The Fairy Trail of Kaiyuan" for several months.

"So there really are immortals in this world!" Cui Ning sighed as he closed the book.

The world Cui Ning lives in is called the Kaiyuan Continent, and Cui Wangfu is just a secular dynasty in this continent called the Dalie Dynasty.

The Dalie Dynasty borders on the desert to the west, and has been invaded by the Shadi tribe all the year round. Therefore, Cui Xiong, the king of Zhenxi in the dynasty who can conquer and fight well, was arranged on the west side of the dynasty to guard Xiguan.

In order to ensure that King Cui can serve the dynasty wholeheartedly, the dynasty also put King Cui's eldest son under house arrest in a disguised form, in the name of accompanying the prince to study. This kind of house arrest is not to lock him up, but any reason to go home will be blocked. The royal family dismissed it.

The north and south of the Dalie Dynasty are the Daqi Dynasty and the Dawei Dynasty respectively. The east of the Dynasty is close to the sea. It is said that there are many fairy caves on the East China Sea.

And further east on the land is a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles. If you cross this mountain range, you can reach a dynasty that has been passed down for thousands of years.Legend has it that immortals can be seen everywhere there, but the sea and mountains are like a natural barrier, cutting off any communication between the Dalie Dynasty and the East.

(End of this chapter)