Chapter 16
Zhou Yuli's words gave Pei Zhao goose bumps. He really didn't notice what the dividing line between the wall and the ground was, but when the Fifth Prince handed him the key to his residence, he did feel something strange.
"This fifth prince looks quite normal, but I still feel he is very strange."
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The two were led by a maid to a private house. Zhou Yuli took out the painting again, looked at it for a long time and said, "Do you think this painting is different from the one before?"
Pei Zhao looked carefully for a moment and said uncertainly: "It seems... there are more snowflakes than before?"
With sweat on his nose, Pei Zhao was a little unsure, "Have you noticed that we have never really understood the City of Hall... Perhaps there was something wrong with the direction of our investigation from the beginning."
Start from Lan Ji and negotiate a deal with Bai Zhou.
Zhou Yuli suppressed his turbulent mind and said, "It seems that we can't leave for a while. We'd better get to know this Hall City thoroughly from the inside out."
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The city of Hall is brightly lit at night, and many people gather on the neon-colored streets. They were dressed in grand and elaborate attire, and Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli standing among them could even be described as shabby. Zhou Yuli was shocked: "Is this some kind of city that never sleeps? I didn't expect it to be so lively at night."
In the absence of imperial power, people sang and danced and enjoyed themselves to their heart's content. Among the crowd, Pei Zhao pulled Zhou Yuli into a store.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuli was puzzled.
"We look weird like this!" Pei Zhao tugged at his clothes. He was still wearing women's clothing. "We'd better change into clothes similar to theirs and try to blend in with them."
As a result, by midnight, the two were exhausted but had not found anything.
Pei Zhao couldn't even straighten his back: "How come these people have such good physical strength."
Zhou Yuli handed him the water and shook his head: "Stop talking, this method doesn't work at all... It's useless."
I had no choice but to go home.
"If it really doesn't work, why don't we go find the Fifth Prince directly? Should I say it or not, our main goal is to make him become an idol, and then we can go back." Pei Zhao was a little annoyed. He didn't know what the conversion rate was between here and the real time. It felt like it would be very troublesome.
"That's true. We may have chosen the wrong target, but I always feel that Lan Ji is... weird."
Pei Zhao did not comment. He also felt that Lan Ji had many secrets. However, "The Fifth Prince is not a good guy. This Hall City is not a problem that college students like us can solve."
Even though he has awakened his super powers, his experience is still that of a freshman in college. Although Bai Zhou and Lan Ji look young, one is a prince who is well versed in royal disputes, and the other is a duke... no matter how you look at them, they are not easy to deal with.
"It's so troublesome!" Pei Zhao couldn't help but complain.
Zhou Yuli touched his head and sighed, "Yeah, it's so troublesome. It's not as good as the little red skirt..."
Pei Zhao turned over and sat up: "Oh, by the way, Little Red Skirt! Tell me, how is Little Red Skirt now?"
Zhou Yuli thought for a moment: "I don't know, but I don't think it will turn into a human so quickly..."
Pei Zhao was puzzled: "Why? Back then, you didn't even use it for one night."
Zhou Yuli shrugged: "I don't know, but actually... well, puppetization is a very complicated matter. For a puppet to become a human, it requires very strong energy. It's not something that can be done casually."
Zhou Yuli said this, thinking back to the night when he turned into a human. Every muscle in his body ached, and he felt like he was soaked in magma, getting hot and burning, almost melting him.
Zhou Yuli wanted to give up several times, but the puppet's hearing was the first to recover. Pei Zhao's steady breathing sounded rhythmically in his ears, inexplicably attracting him, soothing his pain, and making him eager to become an adult.
As his memories came back to him, Zhou Yuli was moved and subconsciously grabbed Pei Zhao's hand.
Pei Zhao was startled, his expression a little strange: "Why, what happened?"
Zhou Yuli pursed his lips, "You..." His throat was itchy, Zhou Yuli coughed twice, and continued, "Is this your first time in love?"
Pei Zhao looked as if he had seen a ghost: "Of course not!"
Zhou Yuli was stunned for a moment. Oh, so it’s not, no wonder…
"How can it be possible that someone is in love for the first time? Parents, relatives, aren't these the people we should love from birth?"
Zhou Yuli was stunned. After he reacted, his originally stiff expression suddenly turned into a smile: "Yes, hahahaha, of course."
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The next day, the two got up early, packed up and went to find Bai Zhou again.
"Fifth Prince," Pei Zhao said in a cold voice, "He looks quite relaxed."
Bai Zhou in front of him was sitting on a high seat. He did not look at all embarrassed as he did that day. His golden eyes were lowered like a god, and his whole body was cold. If he did not speak, he would seem like a banished immortal.
The pair of eyes sparkling with golden light smiled for a moment when they turned to Pei Zhao - but it disappeared in a flash and immediately became calm.
"Why are you back again?" Bai Zhou frowned and looked at Pei Zhao with some hostility.
Pei Zhao smiled subconsciously for a moment, "Oh, it just suddenly occurred to me that since we want to save Hall City, it would be more convenient to start with the city lord. Don't you think so?"
That's certainly a good reason. Bai Zhou was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhou Yuli inquiringly, "Oh? Is this what the two Enlightened Ones are planning?"
When he said this, he sneered, "Master Enlightened One, you don't think I will default on my debt, do you?"
Pei Zhao had already frowned inwardly, shouting in his heart, of course! But he couldn't show it on his face.
Ever since he recaptured the Little Red Dress in the last world, he knew that not everyone they faced was a good person.
The two of them had already discussed it last night, and they didn't want to beat around the bush today, so Pei Zhao said directly: "Tell me about you and Lan Ji."
He turned his eyes and saw Zhou Yuli standing at the door, stopping Bai Zhou. "Where is the Fifth Prince going?"
Bai Zhou smiled awkwardly, "Where else can we go?"
He said this, but turned his eyes to look at the window. In front of him was a dark shadow. Pei Zhao stood in front of him and looked at him with a smile: "I have always wondered why the fifth prince, who is so capable, would be imprisoned in the underground city and threatened by a captive? And that captive is also very strange. The city lord has been captured, but he didn't run away. I don't know what he wants."
Bai Zhou's expression has changed.
Pei Zhao continued, "But last night it suddenly occurred to me that if the matter of turning into a puppet is true, then Your Highness the Fifth Prince should also have someone who loves you, right?"
At this point, Pei Zhao smiled and said, "We asked many townspeople, and it seems that the relationship between the royal family is not good. Then, who was the one who nurtured such a charming fifth prince? Zhou Yuli, do you think he was his captive?"
Zhou Yuli was standing at the gate, and chuckled when he heard this, "A forbidden love between the city lord and the captive?"
Bai Zhou was completely speechless. Pei Zhao saw that he looked depressed and no longer pretending to be mysterious. He and Zhou Yuli surrounded him and snorted coldly: "Speak!"
Bai Zhou sighed, and finally slowly told the secret between him and Lan Ji.
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"Have you ever heard of forbidden love?"
An forbidden love story, two obviously hostile people fell in love at first sight on the battlefield, one showed mercy, and the other pretended to be defeated.
"Lan Ji once fought in many places. At that time... our side was not strong enough and was about to lose. Suddenly someone came to report that General Lan Ji had been kidnapped. I was very surprised at the time. I didn't even know where his camp was stationed, so how could he be kidnapped? As a result, when I went out, he was escorted into our camp by his own subordinates, begging me to kill him but not to touch his soldiers."
"Then what? You agreed?" Zhou Yuli raised his eyebrows.
"Yeah." Bai Zhou lowered his eyes, "He is a very good helper."
"So Lan Ji..." is deliberately pretending that he and Bai Zhou don't get along?
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other and suddenly realized that the young monarch in front of them had many unspeakable secrets. Maybe running a country is not as easy as they thought.
"Help me." Bai Zhou raised his head suddenly and grabbed Pei Zhao's hand. "Help me save my country, and I can go with you."
Pei Zhao didn't say anything, but turned to look at Zhou Yuli silently.
Zhou Yuli gave him a look and looked at Bai Zhou seriously: "Tell me in detail."
*
So Bai Zhou told them the whole story of the birth of Hall City.
After hearing this, Pei Zhao blinked and said, "Why do I feel that this question..." and looked at Zhou Yuli.
Zhou Yuli also crossed his arms and touched his chin: "Why does it sound like a geography question for liberal arts?"
Bai Zhou looked up at the two of them and asked, "What's your purpose?"
Pei Zhao clapped his hands and stood up. "It's just a kind of... For example, a way to deal with resource depletion or something like that. Suddenly I felt a sense of pleasure from recalling my memories..."
Zhou Yuli didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked Bai Zhou: "Please tell me in detail, what exactly are the resources of Hall City?"
Bai Zhou sighed and finally sat back in his seat. "To be honest, the so-called superpowers of Hall City are actually a conversion of energy flow."
As Bai Zhou spoke, he pressed an unknown button at hand. Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli were both a little confused. After a while, they heard hurried footsteps and a knock on the door.
"Fifth Prince, are you here?" Lan Ji's voice.
Pei Zhao glanced at Bai Zhou, who nodded to him. Zhou Yuli then opened the door. Their eyes met, and Lan Ji felt a little embarrassed.
Lan Ji: "...Why are you here too?"
Zhou Yuli raised his eyebrows: "Duke Lan Ji has great acting skills."
Lan Ji laughed dryly twice, and looked at Bai Zhou with an inquiring look. Bai Zhou patted the seat next to him and said, "We are one of you. Come and sit down."
Only then did Lan Ji sit down.
Lan Ji was still a little confused and hadn't figured out the situation, but when he heard Bai Zhou talking about energy, he suddenly understood why he was called here, and he became serious: "The source of all the energy in Hall City is located in the central city. It could have been circulated, but since the eldest prince occupied the central city, I don't know when the energy was cut off."
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