After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1491 Style
When He Lingchuan was investigating the missing courier case in Chiyan State, Zhongsun Mou, who obstructed him at every turn, also came out to gild his reputation with the identity of Lingxu City Inspector, but ended up running into such a big snag.

"There is no human connection on the battlefield, but it's a pity that Beijia can't get out of this circle. Bai Moji coming to the Jinyao front line is a favor, and Lu Wushuang jumping from Xiluo's commander-in-chief to Beijia's deputy general is also a favor."

Xin Yi asked curiously, "Didn't you say that Lu Wushuang is quite powerful?"

"No matter how powerful she is, she still relies on the favor of the Qing Palace. If she were someone else or someone with a different identity, how could she have such an opportunity?"

Xin Yi sighed softly: "Even the Demon Emperor can't use talents in an unconventional way. Beijia is really old."

Bai Moji suffered a loss here, and Bega lost face here, but the Demon Emperor actually asked for a second favor. I wonder if he was being arrogant or helpless?
He Lingchuan shook his head: "Everyone can only move within a limited space, even someone as powerful as the Demon Emperor is no exception."

Before dawn the next day, the sparrowhawk flew hurriedly into He Lingchuan's window and crashed headfirst into the barrier he had set up, chirping in pain.

He Lingchuan was regulating his breathing. He opened his eyes when he heard the sound and picked it up from the ground: "What happened?" So reckless.

The sparrowhawk flapped its wings: "The battle has begun on the northwest front!"

The war has finally begun! Panlong City has been secretly preparing for this battle of Xianyou for two years. He Lingchuan's heart tightened: "Attack Xianyou?"

"Yes!" The sparrow hawk flew too fast, and tried to open its mouth to breathe. "We marched at midnight and waded across the Buqiao River in one hour!"

After Panlong City took over the Maohe Plain, it happened to catch up with the recovery of spiritual energy, and its strength expanded rapidly. In turn, it beat the two countries of Xianyou and Baling that bullied it in the past. Among them, Xianyou cursed the most fiercely, so it was gradually eroded by Panlong City. Now only half of its territory remains, and it has repeatedly asked Beijia for help.

He Lingchuan knew very well that Zhong Shengguang's intention was to uproot Xianyou Country! In this way, the safety of Panlong City's northwest line could be basically guaranteed.

As for Baling, he has become more flexible in recent years and has frequently shown goodwill towards Panlong City. Currently, he no longer wants to choose sides between Panlong City and Beijia.

Zhong Shengguang chose this time to launch a general attack on Xianyou, due to Panlong City's own factors, but he also took the situation on the eastern front of Yuheng into consideration.

Bai Moji has been transferred and the new general has not yet arrived. There is a gap of more than fifty days in between. This is a good opportunity for Panlong City to launch a surprise attack on Xianyou Kingdom!

As for Lu Wushuang, the Qing Palace assistant who is in charge of frontline military affairs, she has no outstanding military achievements in the past, and Zhong Shengguang will not postpone the battle because of her.

He Lingchuan immediately stood up, washed, straightened his clothes, and strode out: "Convene a military meeting!"

Now that the war has begun on the northwest front, the Jintao front will soon be under a new round of pressure!
Lu Wushuang finally took over. The Beijia Army under her leadership and the Yuheng Army under He Lingchuan were about to start a new round of competition.

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Over the next two days, gossip about the "Shocking Changes at King Yao's Birthday Ceremony" spread rapidly throughout the Tianshui City government and became the hottest topic of the summer.

All the officials were witnesses and witnessed the fight between King Yao and Qingyang.

First, the king appointed He Xiao to severely insult Qingyang, but Qingyang got his revenge in no time and killed the old pear tree in Yuquan Palace that the king loved deeply.

Life, one for one.

And at the center of the whirlpool of public opinion, He Xiao's reputation was like thunder, spreading into the distance.

Now, let alone the upper class nobles, even the idle people and spectators who go to the teahouse in the city to have a cup of tea are all familiar with the name "He Xiao".

He was a strong man who easily killed the leader of the Qingwei in a one-on-one confrontation!
In the Golden Plains, the most respected are the strong.

The methods he used were talked about by everyone.

That battle was a fight of both ruthlessness and wealth.

Whoever has the most powerful magic weapon will survive to the end. No matter how good the magic weapon of the Qing Palace is, it can't protect the life of the leader of the Qing Guards.

The topic of "showing off wealth" has always attracted a lot of attention. Even the refugees in the huts would catch fleas in their rags while describing to their companions the exaggerated and gorgeous battle at the birthday party that was filled with the smell of money!
However, some voices expressed deep concern: "Will Beijia really not be angry if we offend the regent like this? What if..."

"The one who died was just a guard, not a prisoner..."

"Shhh, stop talking nonsense!"

"Every year, there are deaths during the imperial performance. That's the rule."

"Will Bega follow the rules of our country? If it is unhappy with us, will we just say no and no?"

A martial arts competition at a birthday celebration caused a stir in the city.

Since the second day of the Yao Wang birthday ceremony, the threshold of the Sanmentou Posthouse has been trampled by people, and the visiting cards have been sent in like snowflakes. It's fine to have money, power and connections, but He Xiao himself has such a level of cultivation, and others say that he deserves to be a rising star in Tianshui City.

However, He Lingchuan only met a few new visitors and did not respond to the others.

Time is precious, so he invested it all in the construction of Youhu Villa.

Bai Tan did not look for He Lingchuan again. The housekeeper came over and asked him, "The second young master is getting married and wants to invite He Xiao to come. What do you think?"

It's time to send out invitations.

"No need." Bai Tan was writing in the study without looking up, "He Xiao may not be free, and we don't want to join in the fun."

"Yes." General Bai refused, and the Second Young Master might be disappointed. The day before yesterday, the Gu family had a big banquet and invited He Xiao.

Bai Tan seemed to have heard his inner voice. He stopped writing and said to the servant at the door, "Everyone get out."

In a blink of an eye, the master and servant were the only ones left in the study.

The old butler had served the Bai family for thirty years and was loyal to them. Bai Tan then told him clearly: "He Xiao has offended the regent sent by Beijia so much that he will not live long. No matter how glorious he is now, it is nothing but a mirage. We should not get involved with such a person."

He Xiao's current fame and success is all due to his own efforts, how could others dare to imitate him?

When the king no longer needs this person, it means that his death has come.

So he just watched coldly from the sidelines amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

"The general is wise." The old butler was sincerely convinced. Others said that General Bai was straightforward, but in this huge city of Tianshui, how many people could see things more clearly than him?
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Just three days later, the main gate of Youhu Villa was completed.

This speed was something that He Lingchuan himself had never expected, not to mention the others. This was due to two factors. First, the blue square stone that Tonglinji had removed from the abandoned villa had been trimmed and the specifications met the requirements.

Secondly, after the birthday ceremony, King Yao ordered the General Affairs Department to send him several giant door stones, all of which were carved in advance. The patterns and lines were so exquisite that even the old stonemasons with more than 20 years of experience praised them. After they were transported to the site, they only needed a little trimming, lifting, setting up, and installing them, and they were done.

When the foreman saw these gate stones, he exclaimed in surprise: "Golden Stone?!"

This is actually the Panjin Stone used by the royal family!

The official from the General Affairs Department who was in charge of the escort said that these pieces of Panjin stone were originally intended to be used to build a new palace in the palace. The king expected that there would be a shortage of materials in Youhu Villa, so he gave priority to supplying them here.

As for the rules and etiquette for using stones, He Lingchuan did not need to worry about it. The royal family would often give Panjin Stone to important officials and meritorious officials as rewards, but the quantity was not large, and it was enough to carve a door stone or make a pair of house-guarding beasts.

As for rules, those in power are always very flexible in their use.

The fact that King Yao gave so many gold and stone materials in one breath, and they had already been finely carved and polished, shows that he is very satisfied with He Lingchuan's work!

Killing He Yang would be a heavy blow to Qing Yang. Although there were many talented people in Qing Wei, it would not be difficult to pick another one to be the Left Commander, but those in power knew that the most precious quality of their direct descendants was not intelligence and talent, nor was it the ability to plan and handle things, but loyalty!

No matter how smart you are or how many clever people you have, if you still have ulterior motives, you will never gain the trust of the king.

Besides, it takes a long time to cultivate a loyal descendant like He Yang.

Qingyang must be feeling very bad about his loss.

From the moment He Yang died at the hands of He Xiao, King Yao knew that he had won this round, so he had to seize the opportunity and quickly win over all the officials in the court.

Therefore, the construction progress of Youhu Villa must be accelerated.

The current Imperial Household Department and the General Affairs Department complied with all of He Lingchuan's requests, and even followed the king's order to mobilize more than 600 craftsmen to work day and night on the south bank of Youhu Lake.

At this time, they did not require any "more than ten years" qualification, as long as they were skilled workers, they could do it. In addition to building the gate, the first building under the name of Prince Qing was also working overtime.

The construction of the villa's roads, drainage, plant transplanting, rockery and spring pools are also progressing rapidly.

With sufficient manpower, the construction progress naturally increased rapidly.

The south bank of Youhu Lake has been a busy construction site these days. Only then did we see the ability of the team leader, who could lead a small team of a dozen people, or a large team of hundreds of people, and he arranged everything in an orderly manner.

King Yao specially dispatched a battalion of elite soldiers to garrison on site to protect the safety of the entire construction site.

Everyone knows who they are guarding against.

At a time like this, nothing unexpected can happen.

After choosing a good date, He Lingchuan distributed invitations to all the dignitaries in the city, inviting them to attend the opening ceremony of the villa gate.

On the day of the ceremony, the weather was nice with clear blue skies.

Including Gu Xuan, most of the dignitaries had not been close to the south bank of Youhu Lake in the past year, and their impression of this place was only limited to the beautiful green mountains and waters and the quiet and serene vegetation. But on this sunny morning, when everyone walked into Youhu Wetland again, they couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh!"

This gate tower is so majestic!
It is six zhang high and an astonishing nine zhang (nearly thirty meters) wide!

It can accommodate more than a dozen carriages running side by side.

Even people as knowledgeable as Gu Xuan and Yu Wenyong had never seen such a grand gate before.

It was built on a low artificial hill, with the top of the gate a full seven feet above the low-lying area by the lake.

At that time, the morning light from the east shone on the gatehouse, the ochre-red stone pillars flashed a faint golden light, the exquisite auspicious beast patterns had graceful lines, and the stone did not require any aging process, but a feeling of vicissitudes and grandeur came to the face.