As soon as the voice came out, he ran to Ye Liuyun as fast as he could and knelt down in front of him without hesitation.
She had already thought about it these days. In order to gain Ye Liuyun's trust and favor, she had to please Ye Liuyun, so she had to throw away her so-called dignity and all other unnecessary thoughts.
"I pay my respects to you, sir." Fan Ling said.
This woman showed no hesitation at all, which was completely different from before.
"Raise your head." Ye Liuyun gestured.
Seeing this, Fan Ling immediately raised her head and revealed a gentle smile.
"Well, not bad, not bad, you have made great progress. Stand up. I don't like others to kowtow to me, but forget about the kowtow ceremony."
Lin Aoxue gave Fan Ling a whip, and Ye Liuyun gave Fan Ling a candy. These two people really follow each other.
"Yes, I understand." After standing up, Fan Ling bowed to Ye Liuyun obediently.
That etiquette was so standard that Ye Liuyun herself had never performed such etiquette because she was not a natural woman. Moreover, she had entered the world of cultivation, so it was even more unnecessary.
"Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. I promise you that as long as you are no longer hostile or threatening to me, I will let you go. Anyway, you have an endless life. If I die first one day, the seal on you will be automatically released, so there is no need to worry." Ye Liuyun reminded.
But her words were obviously meant to fool Fan Ling and reduce her desire to resist. She would not die. If Fan Ling believed it, then she would really have no way out for the rest of her life.
This sentence reminded Fan Ling that, indeed, she was the soul of nothingness, immortal, while Ye Liuyun was just an ordinary person who would die sooner or later, so why should she be in a hurry?
It would be better to show goodwill to Ye Liuyun first and make your life more comfortable in the future, because you will definitely not be able to get away in a short time.
"Okay, Aoxue, let's go. Let's head to Jiangzhou City. Let's see if my sisters are still in the city. I guess they are not." Ye Liuyun said.
Lin Aoxue nodded, and just like that, Fan Ling took the initiative to lead the horse and the donkey and walked towards Jiangzhou City. This Fan Ling would not get tired, nor did she need to eat or drink. To be honest, she was much stronger than Ye Liuyun's immortal body.
But if this is true, then they are no longer human beings, but monsters in human skin.
However, Ye Liuyun still knew how to win people's hearts. She couldn't let this guy hate her too much, so she always used both kindness and force. After letting her lead the horse and donkey for a distance, he gave his donkey to her.
"Xiao Fan, you ride my mount. Aoxue and I will ride on the same horse." Ye Liuyun leaped behind Lin Aoxue and hugged her waist.
As for Fan Ling, riding a donkey is certainly better than walking.
When the donkey saw Fan Ling sitting on its back, it suddenly shook and shook Fan Ling off.
"Eh?" Fan Ling rolled directly to the ground, and then glared at the donkey very angrily. The donkey gave Fan Ling a proud look, as if looking down on her.
"Damn it! A donkey actually looks down on me? I'm so pissed off." Fan Ling cursed in her heart.
When Ye Liuyun saw this scene, he quickly said something to the donkey.
"Little donkey, she will be your companion from now on, you can't be so rude."
When the donkey heard this, he reluctantly let Fan Ling sit on his back again.
"Okay, let's speed up. We have wasted enough time along the way. Let's go at full speed towards Jiangzhou City." Ye Liuyun waved his hand, and Lin Aoxue rode away with a smile on her face, riding her rouge horse and waving the whip.
But Fan Ling was unlucky. When the donkey saw the rouge horse running away, it naturally sped up to catch up, but the journey was very bumpy.
Chapter 238 Jiang Lincheng (5000 words)
Three days later, Jiang Lin arrived at the city.
Jianglin City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Jianglin is one of the most prosperous cities in the Tang Dynasty. Thirty percent of the tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty comes from Jianglin every year.
Although the world of immortals is full of fighting and competition every day, the secular world is thriving. The contemporary Tang Kingdom is definitely considered a top-notch power in the Eastern Continent of the human world.
Its civilization, economy, and national strength are obviously much stronger than those of other countries in the Eastern Continent.
Of course, the reason why Jianglin is so prosperous is that it is the largest waterway hub and land transportation artery in Nanling.
The Tianshui River can take a boat from Jianglin City to the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, and to the east it can go directly to the East China Sea. The terrain of the Tang Dynasty is high in the south and low in the north.
If merchants from other prefectures want to go to other areas of the Tang State to trade, the simplest way is to take a boat from Jianglin, which can avoid a lot of trouble.
There are many merchants coming and going, so for the sake of convenience, many businesses will open shops in Jianglin City, and even set up chambers of commerce here.
Therefore, the terrain here has created the prosperity of Jianglin City.
In addition, in the current stage of the Tang Dynasty, civilization is also developing rapidly. Compared with the other five regions, Nanling has more beautiful mountains and rivers, so it has attracted many secular literati and poets to visit here. This place often has gatherings of talented men and beautiful women.
You can see people from almost all parts of the Tang Kingdom in Jianglin City. There is no shortage of rich and powerful people here. If you are lucky, you may even run into someone from the royal family on the road.
By the way, Yunzong is located in the Yunhai Mountains in the south of Jianglin City. It is the largest cultivator market in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Yunhai City is also hidden in the Yunhai Mountains, less than fifty miles away from Jianglin City in a straight line.
This is the case of a leaf blocking the view of the fairy mountain. The largest cultivation sect in Jiangzhou Prefecture, the Yun Sect, and the largest cultivator market are right on the edge of Jianglin City, but they didn't even know it.
Why did Yunzong suspect that the headquarters of the Blood Demon Cult within the Yunzong's sphere of influence was in the nearby Jianglin City? Because it was very likely, and this place was expressly forbidden, and the immortal cultivators were not allowed to mess around, so it was impossible to investigate openly.
Even if we find out, it will be difficult to eradicate the Blood Demon Cult headquarters without harming innocent people, so we cannot act rashly.
Therefore, Yun Zong speculated that it was very likely that the Blood Demon Cult was hiding here. After all, it is always darkest under the lamp.
Jianglin City is very large, and there is an endless stream of people entering the four gates of Jianglin City. Some are walking, some are riding horses, some are taking cars, and some are taking boats. There are too many of them.
Ye Liuyun and the other two have arrived at the east gate of Jianglin City.
"Wow! This? This place is so magnificent, isn't it?" Ye Liuyun exclaimed as she looked at the huge city in front of her. She couldn't see the end of the city walls on both sides, which showed that Jianglin City was extremely large.
But this is normal. You have to know that this is the capital of Jianglin City. Jianglin has more than three million permanent residents, which is already a city with a super large population in this era.
This is only the permanent residents. If we include non-permanent residents, there are almost millions of people coming in and out every day. You can tell how prosperous this place is from the dense crowds of pedestrians coming in and out on the road.
"Girl in front, if you want to go in, just go in. Don't stand there in a daze." Just as Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were staring at Jiang Lincheng in front of them in a daze, urging voices came from behind them.
As soon as the voice came out, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue looked back quickly, and found that the pedestrians behind them were blocked because of their daze.
"Eh? Sorry." Ye Liuyun was a little embarrassed, and then quickly signaled to Lin Aoxue to move the horse to the side as they were blocking others.
Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue both wore veils. There was no other way. This was the rule of the Tang Dynasty's secular world. Except for women, slaves and women from prostitutes, unmarried women were not allowed to show their true faces in public when going out.
The secular world has its own rigid rules, and even cultivators have to follow them.
"When I casually swept my spiritual sense, I detected the auras of many cultivators. It seems that Jianglin City is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers." Lin Aoxue said as she looked at the crowd in front of her that was like marching ants.
"Haha, that's normal. After all, not all cultivators are in the cultivation world. If one has average aptitude, it is not certain whether they can survive in the cultivation world. But for them, as long as they have some cultivation, even if they are in the Lingxi realm, they should be able to do well in the secular world." Ye Liuyun said with a smile.
Although the two had been here when they were children, the feeling was completely different from now. After all, it had been too long and they could hardly remember it.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, all you outsiders, please leave immediately. We have official business to perform and we will not be responsible if we bump into anyone." At this moment, a team of soldiers on horseback rushed out of the city.
The people on the road were so frightened that they quickly made way to both sides, but these officials did not treat the common people as human beings.
By the way, common people, common people, in fact, common people and civilians are not in the same class, civilians are one level lower than common people.
For example, in Qixia Town, only the Lin family and the Ye family can be called common people, and the rest are civilians. Common people are considered a small aristocratic class.
However, in the eyes of the government and the court, there was no difference between them and ordinary people. Over time, non-official gentry and ordinary people were collectively referred to as the people.
In fact, it is very easy to distinguish between common people and civilians. For example, people with complete surnames are common people. Such people, even if they are poor now, must have had officials in their family in the past.
Common people generally do not have complete names. For example, Old Man Liu and Zhang Ergou are not actually surnames at all.
Furthermore, their class can be judged from their clothes. Commoners can only wear clothes made of coarse linen, while ordinary people can wear clothes made of fine linen and better quality.
But remember, ordinary people would not touch fabrics like silk and satin.
Oh, by the way, these rules do not apply to immortal cultivators. Their status in the secular world is naturally higher than that of ordinary people, and they are on the same level as nobles.
However, even for immortal cultivators, according to the regulations of the Nine Heavens Holy Land of the Tang Kingdom, they must show appropriate respect to the royal family and government officials as much as possible when they meet them.
Don't ever think that cultivators can act recklessly. In the cultivation world, it's all right to act recklessly relying on your high level of cultivation. But when you come to the secular world, unless your strength surpasses that of the holy land, you'd better be more restrained.
Although Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were not wearing clothes made of special fabrics used in the world of immortal cultivation, they were currently wearing silk and satin. In the eyes of ordinary people, their identities were not ordinary people.
"Alas! The world is just the world, and the people in the government are really overbearing." Ye Liuyun said helplessly as he watched the officers and soldiers leaving in a cloud of dust.
"Okay, stop feeling sentimental. This is not Earth. Do you expect the government of this world to be as civilized as the government of our Earth? Don't think too much. Let's go." Lin Aoxue said with a smile.
In this way, the two men rode their horses and brought Fan Ling into Jianglin City. After entering the city, it also seemed very special. The people almost all walked on the side, and only some people, vendors and a few people walked in the middle.
The world was filled with the smell of class. There were many people on both sides looking at Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue with eyes full of envy and respect.
According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue are both royal relatives. After all, both of their families are descendants of the sister of the previous emperor, and the gift was intended to be a reward to the two families.
The emperor raised the titles of his two sisters and allowed them to be passed down from generation to generation, but they could only be passed down to women who did not marry out of the family. However, their descendants could enjoy normal royal treatment.
Lin Aoxue's grandmother was named Princess Protector of the Nation, which is the highest title among princesses, equivalent to that of a prince, and this title will definitely be inherited by Lin Aoxue.
Ye Liuyun’s grandmother is the Princess Zhenguo, who is at the same level as the Princess Huguo.
Although the two families naturally gave up the titles bestowed by the emperor, they could not give up their status as royal relatives.
Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue both carry an identity token of the royal family, which they almost always carry with them. This thing can be very useful at critical moments.
"Wow, there are so many people. However, with so many people, everything is still so well organized. I can only say that Jianglin City is well managed." Ye Liuyun said with a smile as he looked at the shops on both sides.
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"All of us from the Yunxia Sect are currently staying at the Yuelai Inn. It is not convenient for us to move around during the day, so we can only carry out our missions at night." Lin Aoxue said.
The two talked as they walked. The streets in the city were spacious and not crowded, but there were soldiers coming in and out from time to time, and they had to give way every time, even the nobles had to give way.
"Why are these government officials so overbearing? Aren't they afraid of bumping into people?" A woman sitting in a carriage in front complained as she watched the officers and soldiers running past outside the field.
"Miss, this road is originally an official road, built specifically for government officials. Their right of passage is greater than that of us, the nobles." The maid explained hurriedly.
As they walked, a team of patrolling officers and soldiers suddenly came from the front. These officers and soldiers were checking the people walking on the official road one by one.
In Jianglin City, soldiers often check the identities of passers-by. They certainly don't need to check civilians, but they do check people walking on official roads to prevent people from impersonating gentry and nobles. Once discovered, it would be a serious crime.
"Ladies, please stay and show your identification." A young soldier walked up to Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue and said politely.
Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue had rarely been to big cities, but they still understood the rules.
"Lin Aoxue didn't hesitate much. She pretended to reach into her waist bag to take something, but in fact she took out a golden token from the storage magic weapon and threw it to the soldier." The soldier quickly caught it.
Just looking at the token in his hand, the young man's face suddenly changed.
Then he quickly handed the token to Lin Aoxue with both hands.
"Ladies, I'm sorry to bother you. You don't need to wait here. Please go through here." The soldier returned the token to Lin Aoxue, indicating that Lin Aoxue didn't need to wait anymore.
The royal family is the royal family, and they still have privileges in different places.
Lin Aoxue didn't say much, but drove the Rouge Horse and took Fan Ling and the others to walk past. Then the officers and soldiers hurried to the front to clear the way.
"Move aside and let these two young ladies and their servants pass first." The young soldier said to the other soldiers and carriages blocking the road.
Ye Liuyun saw this scene and smiled.
"Haha, it seems that our identities are still useful when we go out." Ye Liuyun said with a smile, hugging Lin Aoxue's waist.
"This is a royal order issued by the royal family to us, the in-laws. It gives us privileges in various places, and the right to be immune from punishment by local authorities if we commit crimes," Lin Aoxue explained.
"Hey! Let's stop talking and go to where we live first. There are too many people here during the day. It looks like there's nothing interesting here when it's crowded." Ye Liuyun said.
Soon, with the officers and soldiers clearing the way, they entered the branch road, where there was no distinction between privileges and no privileges.
"Young officer, do you know where Yuelai Inn is? Can you show me the way?" Ye Liuyun asked after reaching the branch road.
"Eh? Aren't the two ladies going to live in the official residence?" the officer asked.
The so-called official residence means that there is a place in Jianglin City that is specially used to entertain nobles. The treatment there is definitely much better than that in an ordinary inn.
"No need, we came out to do things and don't want anyone to know our identities." Ye Liuyun said.
The young officer was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"I know Yuelai Inn. I'll take you there." The young officer said with a smile.
After saying that, the officer led the horse and once again drove away the pedestrians blocking the road. As soon as the officer opened his mouth, these passers-by dared not confront him and gave way one after another. To be honest, if there were no privileges, it would be impossible to move forward with this status.
But even so, it took them nearly half an hour to reach the entrance of Yuelai Inn.
"Okay, we're here. Ladies, is there anything else I need to do?" the young man asked again.
Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue glanced at the more luxurious inn next to them and asked casually.
"Oh, by the way, young man, I have a question that I need to ask. I wonder if it is convenient for you." Ye Liuyun felt that the person in front of him might know something about Qixia Town.
"Miss, please ask. I will tell you everything I know." The young man replied.
Ye Liuyun did not waste time and asked what she wanted to ask. Of course, she did not talk about what happened in Qixia Town, but asked whether a large number of soldiers and officers had captured a group of civilians and came to Jianglin City.
It’s true, this young man actually knows it.
"Well, oh, I know something about this matter, but I'm not very clear. I heard that they were people sent directly by the court. They captured a lot of civilians, but they were sent away in batches not long after." The young man replied.
He only knew these, and had no idea about the rest.
