Heavenly Dao Formula

The Privy Council's affairs are quite neat, and they have already reserved a whole floor in Wanjing Tower for Xia Fan to stay.

There are eight wing rooms, four servant rooms, as well as the uppermost terrace and attic, and the number of rooms even exceeds Xia Fan's actual needs.

"This is one of the best hotels in Shangyuan City. The people who come and go are rich merchants and distinguished guests. I don't think it will insult your identity." Xin Wu helped drag the luggage into the room, and then handed him a stack of name tags. One is gold-rimmed on a black background, with seven silver stars debossed in the center. "This card represents that you are a distinguished guest invited by the Privy Council, and you can freely enter and exit the city gate. As long as you bring it, no matter whether it is a guard or an officer, they will not make things difficult for you."

"You are quite thoughtful."

"Your Excellency, you are joking. The Privy Council invites all kinds of guests from all over the world and even overseas. How to receive them has formed a routine." Xin Wu apologized a little, "Originally, you are considered the most special category, and you should be appointed by the two. His Royal Highness personally received you, but he has not returned yet, so he can only receive you according to the highest standard of practice."

"Can it be better than this?" Xia Fan sighed, "It should cost a lot of money to rent such a floor."

"How can your coming be measured by money?" Xin Wu shook his head again and again, "In my opinion, this is already condescending you."

What is a profession? That's professionalism.

Xia Fan clicked his tongue secretly, no wonder the princess looked wary.

If he hadn't already experienced the sugar-coated cannonballs of capitalism and enjoyed it, I'm afraid he really couldn't resist the warm treatment from the other party.

"You rest first today, and I'll pick you up in the evening the day after tomorrow." Xin Wu continued, "There will be a dinner party at the Palace Square at that time, and it just happens to clean up the dust for you."

"Dinner?"

"Ah, I forgot to tell you that the day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, which is also a celebration before the Chinese New Year. At this time in previous years, the emperor would climb the palace wall and talk to the people." Xin Wu explained, "There will also be several lanterns in the palace. Hundreds of tables, many famous people will go to the banquet, and it will be easier for Mr. Gan to introduce. By the way, this Mr. Gan is the Yuyi I mentioned before."

Are you going to face the highest grade alchemist of the Privy Council so soon...

Xia Fan nodded calmly, "I see."

"Then I'll take my leave first." Xin Wu cupped his hands, closed the door and left the wing.

He leaned against the window, and after seeing the envoy walk out of the Wanjing Building, he turned to the inner room and said, "He's gone. How are these rooms?"

"After checking, the rooms are all normal, there are no secret passages, and there is no place to hide. It is indeed a very ordinary inn." The first person to come out was Thousand Words from the Living Dead.

Judging from the decoration, it is obviously not ordinary at all. Xia Fan raised his eyebrows, "Are you still searching houses?"

"Those who don't know how to search are already dead." Qian Yan rolled his eyes at him, "In this kind of thing, experience is more reliable than anything else."

"I've checked it too, and I didn't find any traces of Qi left." Then Luo walked into the room lightly, "At least you don't have to worry about the surveillance measures left by the Privy Council."

Li Yi completed her inspection. "There is nothing wrong with the attic. The terrace overlooks a very wide range. If you need to evacuate urgently, you can prepare a hemp rope in advance and slide down from the roof."

Xia Fan chuckled and said, "Yes, it seems that I can sleep well tonight."

"There's Qianzhi!" Qianzhi raised her hand and said.

Everyone turned their attention to her, "Did you find anything?"

"Qianzhi is hungry."

Fang Xiandao slapped the little girl on the head.

"It's okay, I'll ask the store to bring some food up." Xia Fan said with a smile, "This kind of high-end hotel should have chefs on standby twelve hours a day."

In fact he guessed right.

Less than two quarters of an hour after giving orders to the waiter in the shop, seven or eight dishes were delivered to the door, and Xia Fan noticed that the other party did not mention the cost-obviously Wanjinglou adopted the method of bookkeeping first, and waited until the refund It will only be settled together with the room time, which seems to have a bit of the shadow of a hotel in later generations.

Qianzhi happily hugged the bowl and began to eat.

Xia Fan recounted the envoy's words in full.

"What is this Lantern Festival? Why have you never heard of it in other places?"

"Because there are no emperors in other places." Luo replied softly, "This custom originated from the beginning of Daqi's establishment. At that time, evil spirits were rampant everywhere, people were terrified, and the city was like a dead place between cities. So the emperor walked out of the palace and personally Present to the public the results of removing evil spirits in one year, as well as the goals for the next year, and use this method to dispel fear and encourage everyone to open up.”

"At the same time, on this day and night, the city will also put up floating lights, and the lights on the streets will not go out, creating a bright and majestic effect. As long as there is light, it will be difficult for charms and demons to invade, so that people who walk on the streets the peace of mind of the people.”

"Later, this custom gradually became fixed, and the content of the statement became a summary of the year and an outlook for the coming year, and it was no longer limited to evil things. The act of lighting lights all night has remained to this day, and there are more lanterns and floating lights than in the past. It's brighter, that's why the word 'ten thousand lights' came about." She paused here, "Didn't you notice that there are many lanterns hanging under the eaves along the street?"

"The Luo family in Youzhou knows everything." Qian Yan praised, "This Luo girl really knows a lot."

"But I am the number one in the Qingshan Town Scholars Examination." Fang Xiandao muttered in a low voice.

"So there will really be many big shots gathered that day?" Fang Yanni asked curiously.

"Well, ordinary people have ordinary people's way of celebrating, while the imperial palace has the way of celebrating in the imperial palace. At least this Wanlan Banquet is recognized as the threshold for the upper class." Luo smiled lightly, "Anyone who is invited will be invited. Youguang, I heard before that officials from six ministries fought for qualification."

"Then...there must be a lot of delicious food at the banquet?" Qianzhi asked while stuffing chicken feet.

"What to eat is not the point. The point is that you can get to know quite a lot of important people, high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, alchemists... everything. As for the food, the taste can only be said to be okay, how about..." She looked at Xia Fan, "You fried crab."

Xia Fan smiled and shook his head, "It's as if you have eaten it yourself."

"I have eaten."

His smile froze.

The same goes for the others.

"When I first gained diligence, I participated in the Wanlan Banquet with Master." Luo lightly wrote, "Although everything has passed, I don't want to deny those memories."

Sure enough, some people's starting line is different... Xia Fan sighed secretly.

After confirming that there was no major problem with the itinerary, he took a bag of luggage and walked up to the attic.

"Need help?" Li followed.

"Well, it's easier for me if you come—" Before Xia Fan finished speaking, he saw a familiar fat cat poking out half of its head from behind her.

"Meow--"

"This guy! Could it be the cat spirit from Jinxia City?"

Xia Fan twitched the corner of his mouth. Since he and Li were not in the same carriage, he hadn't noticed that there was such a passenger in the convoy.

"That's it. I've taken it under my command, and I even gave it a name, Fat Flower."

Hearing this name, the cat spirit's beard wilted.

"Uh, it's obviously not a cat."

Xia Fan narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party for a while. If you look closely, the cat is not bad, with black eye sockets and white hair, it doesn't look like ordinary products on the street.

"Do you have a better name?" Li didn't hold back.

"This body shape... this color scheme..." Xia Fan pondered for a while, "Why don't we call it rolling."

The cat spirit obviously didn't like the name much, but the fox demon laughed, "Well, it sounds better than mine, so you'll be called Gun Gun. Thank you Xia Fan."

The cat turned her head away.

Li pinched the fur on the back of the opponent's neck and twisted it.

Gun Gun immediately hissed, and obediently bowed his head towards Xia Fan.

This guy... is really not bad at spirituality.

Xia Fan pouted amusedly, and opened the luggage.

Inside is a section of antenna mast.