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Chapter 840: Murderous Intentions Appear on the Roadside
In the palace for offering sacrifices to heaven, the paths taken by the feudal lords and their subjects were different, and there were even stories about them going in different directions.

The road that the prince takes when leaving the palace is called "Linfan", and the road that he takes when returning to the palace is called "Guiwei".

On the sides of these two roads there are stone statues of Huabiao, to which all beasts submit and all things worship.

After entering the palace, the ministers walked on the "Qingyun Road", which was paved with embossed jade and carved with auspicious clouds, cranes and white deer.

He traveled along the Qingyun Road and entered the most central areas of the fifty states in the world as if he were rising to the sky.

He crossed his feet and stepped on the paving jade stones which were worth a fortune and had taken the hard work of countless skilled craftsmen.

Before the attack, Lian Feihong reminded him that there were guards from the same camp of the Eight Gentlemen waiting for him in the palace, ready to take him to visit the general of the imperial guards.

The general of the imperial guard also had the surname Zhou, but it was not the Zhou of the Zuofu Zhou family, but the Zhonglang Zhou who had guarded the imperial guard for generations.

During the Zhonglang Zhou Dynasty, all the male members of the clan, from generation to generation, served as guards at the imperial palace and were famous throughout the world.

Moreover, the highest commander of the imperial guards, the 'general', in all dynasties had a unified name... Zhou.

That’s right, it’s Zhou, not a metaphor, that’s his real name!
Zhou is the leader of the 8,000 guards of the Jitian Palace and also Zhou You's direct superior. The first person Zhou You wants to meet when he joins the company. Without the introduction of a senior colleague, Zhou You would not be able to find the whereabouts of his immediate superior even if he wanted to pay a visit.

Well, I estimate that we have walked for a while, and the Qingyun Road ahead is about to reach the top.

Zhou You looked up and around in confusion. Why were the guards who had agreed to wait for him nowhere to be seen?

Could it be that something unexpected happened and you can't meet me at the agreed time?
This is troublesome. Zhou You has just arrived and is unfamiliar with the place. All he can do is wait patiently.

He looked around and saw that there were pillars at intervals on both sides of the road, with all kinds of rare and exotic animals sitting on the tops of the pillars.

Looking further away, tall palace gates stand on both sides. Since it is the area just entering the palace, it is not the highest-specification three-gate gate, but a mother-and-child gate with one main and one secondary.

The majestic Zimuque on both sides act as a welcoming presence, guarding the city gate tower in the center at the end of the road.

This is the first palace gate inside the Jitian Palace!
The city gate is the main body, with city walls extending on both sides, and battlements arranged like sawteeth. A watchtower stands in the center of the wall, overlooking the roads passing by.

Zhou You looked at it from afar, gesturing with his fingers in his sleeves. With such an arrangement, breaking into the door would be as difficult as hell.

The position near the doorway was subjected to 360-degree intensive attacks without blind spots. The two side gates, the watchtowers above, and the unobstructed view from the city wall
Hey, why is the city gate open?
After the two gates were opened, the guards of honor came out one after another and stood on both sides of the road, and the nobleman's carriage slowly drove out.

They took the 'tail road'.

The road with the tail wing soars up to 90,000 miles. As the name suggests, this road is a special passage for the sons of the feudal lord.

Therefore, the person coming towards us is a gentleman's travel ceremonial team.

Zhou You guessed that the other party had just paid a visit to Feng Jun and was on his way back from the palace, when he met Zhou You who was waiting on the side.

"Who is standing still ahead?"

A clear voice was heard from the guard of honor. It was the "welcoming guest" who was specially called out to greet the guests.

Zhou You slightly turned sideways and stood on the right side of Qingyun Road. "New guard, Zhou Daqian."

Originally, this kind of encounter on the way was the most common even in the empty palace. After registering each other and exchanging gifts, they could just leave.

Moreover, Zhou You was sure that this team was definitely not the Eight Gentlemen, but should be a gentleman he did not know.

He just waited for the other party to leave, then took a few steps forward and waited for the guards to pick him up at the palace gate.

"The gentleman has spoken. Please come forward and pay your respects. Kneel down and show respect!"

The usher who called out the names of the guests was silent for a moment, listened carefully to the instructions from the carriage behind, turned around and shouted an order to Zhou You. What's going on?
Zhou You frowned. The other party was from the Fuwei Dao, and he was from the Qingyun Dao. The two paths had no intersection. If he wanted to go up to pay a visit, he had to leave his own path and break in front of the other party's support team.

But if he set foot on the tail road reserved for gentlemen, he would be committing the crime of usurpation, and the maximum penalty is death penalty.

Is there still a kneeling ceremony? That’s not allowed!

In the whole world, the only one who is qualified to make a prince like Zhou You kneel down is the feudal lord.

Even if the Eight Gentlemen made them choose the person to assist, he would not be qualified to make Zhou You kneel unless he ascended the throne in the future.

The one who came is not good!

Zhou You immediately concluded that this gentleman was definitely not in the friendly camp, and guessed whether the other party was one of the three gentlemen or five gentlemen?

"How dare you, my minister, disobey the orders of a gentleman."

The receptionist shouted angrily, "Come, bring him to the gentleman to be punished."

Immediately, two rows of attendants walked out from the guard of honor, a total of eight people came forward, and they were going to catch Zhou You on the tail road.

All eight of them were at the mid-stage of strong martial arts, with fierce auras, and the long weapons in their hands were all magical artifacts.

In an instant, Zhou You understood the other party's sinister intentions.

If the guards of honor in the palace bump into the noble's, it would be considered disrespectful to the superior, and the noble could order the guards of honor to kill them.

This gentleman first tricked Zhou You into kneeling in front of him at Fuwei Road, intending to execute him for overstepping his authority. Seeing that Zhou You was not fooled, he sent people to arrest him for treason, and his sinister intentions were obvious.

As soon as his feet landed on the trail, no matter whether Zhou You entered by accident or was forced, he would definitely fall into the other party's conspiracy.

Eight followers armed with long weapons surrounded him from both sides, with their strong martial aura undisguised, while Zhou You only had a sword at his waist.

There were spears and other weapons hidden in his storage pockets and beads, but it was forbidden to bring any weapons into the palace except swords. Once he took them out, he would not only be charged with crimes such as violating the ceremonial guard and usurping the throne, but also with the secret possession of weapons for assassination.

It can be said that the other party had planned it in advance and calculated every aspect.

They even knew that Zhou You was not good at swordsmanship, and facing eight fully armed enemies was equivalent to fighting with bare hands.

"Zhou Daqian, quickly kneel before the gentleman and beg for mercy."

Eight long weapons, four in front and four in the back, crossed like a well fence. In the blink of an eye, Zhou You was surrounded in the center, like a trapped beast.

"Wait a minute, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

An anxious voice came from afar.

At the other end of the city gate, on Qingyun Road, a guard who was only the size of a black dot waved his arms anxiously, "Gentleman, please show mercy!"

This was the senior guard mentioned by Lian Feihong, who was responsible for receiving Zhou You and taking him to meet his immediate superior.

This senior belonged to the same camp as the Eight Gentlemen and had already received the news to take care of his younger brother Zhou You.

He had taken time out today to come and pick someone up, but he was unexpectedly tripped by an accident on the way. When he dealt with it and hurried over, he saw the scene happening right in front of him.

At this point, how could he not understand that the so-called "accident" was purely designed by someone in order to delay him and leave Zhou You alone so that certain things could happen.

He was so anxious that he waved his hands and shouted, but everyone present seemed to be half deaf and seemed not to hear him.

(End of this chapter)