"Stop, this is Tianming City, please show your identity, refugees are not allowed to enter."
The person who was called a refugee was the exhausted Long Xiangtian. Long Xiangtian was already covered in blood when he killed Yuan Sheng, and he had been running in the desert for a long time, so he was covered in stains. He wanted to find a hotel to wash and rest after entering Tianming City, but he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city gate.
Long Xiangtian couldn't blame others. After all, their tone was very calm, and he certainly didn't look like a good person at the moment.
"I am not a refugee. I just came from Yueyang Mountain. I encountered bandits on the way, so I am a little embarrassed. I hope you can be lenient with me."
The soldiers guarding the city gate were a little embarrassed after hearing Long Xiangtian's words. There were indeed quite a few horse thieves on Yueyang Mountain, and what Long Xiangtian said was somewhat credible, but they couldn't just let Long Xiangtian in. If they were blamed by their superiors, they would be in trouble.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate, a rough voice broke the deadlock: "What's wrong? What happened again?"
"General Situ." The soldiers felt bitter when they heard the voice, thinking that it might be difficult for this young man to leave today. After all, Situ Gaoliao was not a good person. However, they still bowed respectfully to Situ Gaoliao and gave him a brief account of the matter.
"So you're a pariah from the mountains. Boy, get out of here right away from where you came from." Situ Gaoliao was an extremely snobbish person, and he was in a bad mood for unknown reason today. Of course he wouldn't say anything good when he saw such a brat.
Originally, after Situ Gaoliao scolded Long Xiangtian, he thought that this kid would definitely leave tactfully. However, Long Xiangtian just looked at him motionlessly. He immediately felt embarrassed and decided to teach this country boy a lesson.
"What are you looking at? You still dare not accept it? Get out of here!" As he said that, he slapped Long Xiangtian. Situ Gaoliao's palm was as big as a sandbag. If it were an ordinary young man, it would probably hurt a lot, but the man in front of him was Long Xiangtian.
When the slap was about to strike, Situ Gaoliao saw that Long Xiangtian had no intention of dodging at all, and thought that Long Xiangtian was frightened by his mighty appearance and dared not move. He was smugly imagining that Long Xiangtian was being slapped away by him, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his wrist.
At first glance, Situ Gaoliao saw that Long Xiangtian was actually holding his hand tightly. He was shocked and realized that he had hit a wall. However, when many people at the city gate were paying attention to this side, he could not show weakness. He had to use all his strength to try to break free from Long Xiangtian's hand.
But what surprised Situ Gaoliao was that not only was he unable to break free from Long Xiangtian's hand, the more he struggled, the more pain he felt in his arm, and later it even seemed as if his hand bones were broken.
"If you don't want to break your hand, just be quiet." Long Xiangtian's threat spread through Situ Gaoliao's heart like a gust of cold wind. Coupled with Long Xiangtian's crazy image, Situ Gaoliao's legs began to tremble.
It is said that a general should always have some self-control, but Situ Gaoliao is just a good-for-nothing who relies on his family's influence to bully others. He has never been on the battlefield, so how could he bear such a threat? He immediately became obedient and dared not move.
"General Situ, can I go in?"
"Yes, of course." Situ Gaoliao didn't dare to act rashly at this time. After all, his wrist was still in someone else's hand.
Long Xiangtian smiled gently: "Thank you, General."
After saying that, Long Xiangtian let go of his hand and walked straight into Tianming City. This was not because Long Xiangtian was kind, after all, this was Tianming City, not Yueyang Mountain. With Long Xiangtian's strength, he could teach a small guy a lesson, but if he really killed the emperor's people under his feet, it would always cause a lot of trouble. Long Xiangtian was not so arrogant as to think that he had the capital to compete with the emperor.
Long Xiangtian releasing Situ Gaoliao does not mean that Situ Gaoliao will thank Long Xiangtian. On the contrary, Situ Gaoliao is very angry at Long Xiangtian's embarrassing behavior. In his heart, Long Xiangtian is even on the death list.
What Long Xiangtian didn't know was that although Situ Gaoliao was a waste, since he could do the guarding work in front of the city gate, he could only be a truly capable person or a second-generation official who relied on his family to get to the top, and Situ Gaoliao was obviously the latter. Now Situ Gaoliao was already planning in his mind how to kill Long Xiangtian. Of course, Long Xiangtian didn't know anything about all this.
After entering the city, Long Xiangtian found a small hotel to stay in and planned to clean himself. After all, it was not a pleasant feeling to be treated as a beggar along the way.
At first, the hotel owner didn't want to let Long Xiangtian stay, until Long Xiangtian took out money, the owner reluctantly found a room for Long Xiangtian.
Long Xiangtian gave some change to the waiter and asked him to boil some bath water for him. After taking a comfortable bath and changing into clean clothes, he began to think about what to do next.
Long Xiangtian had just arrived at this place and was not familiar with the place, so he had to go to the only place he knew, "Hua Ge", to look for it first.
Then Long Xiangtian called the waiter in and asked him to prepare some food for him, thinking that he would fill his stomach first and ask the waiter for some news about "Hua Ge". After all, places like hotels have quite a lot of traffic, and the waiter should know a lot of miscellaneous things.
However, when Long Xiangtian asked the waiter if he knew a place called "Huage", the waiter showed a playful smile.
"Young Master, this must be your first time in Tianming City."
"Excuse me, young man, how did you know that?" Long Xiangtian was a little curious about how the waiter could be sure that this was his first time in Tianming City.
"Young Master, if this is not your first time in Tianming City, how could you not know Hua Pavilion? Everyone in Tianming City knows the famous Hua Pavilion."
"Oh? Why is that?"
"It actually shows that this Huage is actually a brothel, but this Huage is not accessible to ordinary people. I heard that the consumption inside is even equivalent to the annual living expenses of an ordinary family."
"But I heard that the girls in Hua Pavilion are all very beautiful and talented. Many high-ranking officials in Tianming City spend a lot of money to get close to them, and they are even willing to go bankrupt. However, Hua Pavilion has its own rules. If a girl doesn't like you, no one will give you face. I heard that the background behind Hua Pavilion is not shallow."
After hearing this, Long Xiangtian was also a little troubled. Being able to have its own rules under the emperor's feet, it seems that the background of Hua Pavilion is indeed extraordinary. Is it the royal family? Then who is Mr. Du? It seems that Long Xiangtian has to go to Hua Pavilion.