Chapter 488: The cage in Xia Yu Sheng

The 12th year of Da Xia, December 26th, at the time of the cold sun setting.

In the deepest part of the inner city, the carved beams and painted buildings of the Zhai Xing Hall, reflected by the lights, were full of luxurious and rich atmosphere.

Because the entire hall was half-suspended on the east rock wall a hundred meters high, when people looked up from the ground, it looked like a brightly lit cloud fairy palace, which was even more mysterious and noble. The figures walking by the eaves and windows of the hall from time to time made people unable to stop daydreaming, while also inexplicably yearning.

As the residence of the Lord, Zhai Xing Hall was undoubtedly sacred and solemn in the hearts of all people in Da Xia.

According to incomplete statistics, since it was built in September of the second year of Da Xia, in the ten-plus years since then, except for the Lord's family and maids, the total number of people who have entered in all of Da Xia does not exceed 20.

Starting from the third year of Da Xia, meeting the Lord, Xia Hong, slowly became a major event with great honor in the hearts of the Xia people.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Xia Hong, this Lord, has long had a supreme status in the hearts of the Xia people. Fanaticism, reverence, worship, and other emotions almost fill the hearts of all Xia people.

And following the Hong Sect Battle in the eighth year of Da Xia, Xia Hong defeated Yang Zun in full view, won the title of the number one expert of the nine towns, sacrificed to the twelve beast kings, pressured the eight towns in the southern foothills, and officially ascended the throne of the hegemon of the southern foothills;

Plus the Chui Shan rift the year before last, Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling sword-killed Duan Hong, annihilated the Duan clan, not only helped the Mu clan seize power but also forcibly facilitated the nine-town alliance. The Lord, Xia Hong, officially ruled the southern foothills in the name of the leader.

These two consecutive events once again pushed Xia Hong's reputation and image to an extremely lofty level. It can be said that using the four words "worship as a god" to describe the attitude of the Xia people toward him now is not an exaggeration at all.

And yet, Xia Hong, who has such a lofty status, has basically not appeared in public since his first long-term retreat in September of the third year of Da Xia.

Because of this, seeing him has become a very, very difficult thing.

Things are precious because they are rare. Let alone the outside towns, just take Xia City as an example. Among millions of people, less than one-fifth have seen Xia Hong, and the vast majority are Xia army soldiers, and they only saw him from afar.

Those who have truly seen Xia Hong at close range, or even actually contacted him and had conversations, are really minimal, at most two or three thousand people, and the vast majority were in the early days of Da Xia.

In the past, the titled nobles of Da Xia could have the honor of taking their families to the Political Discussion Hall to see him at the Cold Yuan Banquet every year, but since the ninth year of Da Xia, they could not even see him at the Cold Yuan Banquet.

Things are precious because they are rare. So few people in Xia City have truly seen Xia Hong, so being able to see him once naturally became capital to brag to others.

And compared to seeing the Lord once, entering the Zhai Xing Hall is even harder than ascending to heaven.

Someone who likes to make trouble once counted that those who have truly entered the Zhai Xing Hall in Da Xia, except for the Lord's younger brother, the Director Xia Chuan's family, plus the eight department heads, the remaining people probably do not even count to one palm.

Xia Hong's supreme status and unknown mystery undoubtedly put a sacred coat on the Zhai Xing Hall. Coupled with Mu Dong taking the opportunity of the inner city expansion last year to expand and renovate the Zhai Xing Hall, making it even more luxurious and domineering, the curiosity and awe of the Xia people toward this building became even stronger.

It is a pity that curiosity is useless. Now, let alone entering the Zhai Xing Hall, it is very difficult to even get slightly closer to the Zhai Xing Hall.

The expansion of the inner city last year was toward the deep east side. Mu Dong led a massive number of craftsmen to excavate toward the inner rock wall of Shuanglong Mountain, expanding the inner city by more than double. Now the total area of the inner city is already more than 30 square kilometers.

The Lord's Hall, the Eight Departments Hall, the Alchemy, Weapon Refining, and Martial Arts Pavilions, as well as the Da Xia Ancestral Temple in the deepest part, of course, including the Zhai Xing Hall built above the mountain wall, have now been surrounded by high black soil walls, forming a city within a city with a diameter of about two kilometers, which is the Da Xia Gong City that the Xia people talk about today.

As the core power center of Da Xia, the Xia Gong is naturally not free for ordinary people to enter and exit. Except for third-rank and above officials who can hold personal tokens and enter and exit the Xia Gong without notification, everyone else, regardless of their status, must go through notification and get permission before they can enter.

The Xia Gong wall is nine meters high. If you stand outside the palace wall, you cannot even see the hall buildings in the palace. Only by going further away can you barely see a part of the upper part of the internal hall.

It is the Zhai Xing Hall, because it is suspended a hundred meters high on the mountain wall, that as long as people in the inner city look up, they can basically see a little bit. People always have a bit of exploratory psychology toward things they can see but cannot touch, which is another reason why they have always been curious and yearning for the Zhai Xing Hall.

But curiosity is curiosity. In fact, Zhai Xing Hall is just a residence, but it is added with Xia Hong's Lord halo, so it becomes so eye-catching.

Who would have thought that this cloud palace that everyone in Da Xia yearns for is an out-and-out prison in the eyes of its little master, and it is getting more and more suffocating.

"Second Prince, good news, you can go to the Milk Tiger Forest when it gets dark."

On the west side martial arts field of Zhai Xing Hall, Xia Yu Sheng was wearing a custom-made black small tight suit, holding a silver long knife, and was fighting fiercely with a medium-level Lei Kui more than seven meters long. Hearing the words of Han Yue on the side of the martial arts field, his expression was suddenly stunned.

He stretched out his small hand and patted the forehead of the medium-level Lei Kui. The medium-level Lei Kui, which was originally fierce, had a pair of cyan pupils instantly stiff and motionless, followed by an explosion of light. As the light disappeared, the Lei Kui also disappeared, leaving only a stationary cold beast pile standing still in place.

Xia Yu Sheng walked to the edge of the martial arts field, picked up a sweat towel to wipe the sweat on his body, and then raised his head to look at Han Yue, asking with full suspicion: "Didn't Mother say before that we have to wait until the 28th to go to the Milk Tiger Forest? We can go today. Aunt Han Yue, you are not lying to me, are you?"

Seeing Xia Yu Sheng's posture of being small but old-fashioned, Han Yue could not help but smile, nodded with a smile and said: "It is true. The Lady asked me to notify the Prince to change clothes quickly. You can set off after nightfall. The Long Jinwei went to the Milk Tiger Forest to clear the field and alert last night. Before I came, I asked Han Shuang to notify the First Prince and the Third Prince, as well as the Prince's friends. They should have all set off by now, and the Long Jinwei has been waiting at the North City Gate for a long time."

"Wow, great!"

Hearing Han Yue's words and confirming that the news was true, the suspicion on Xia Yu Sheng's face instantly disappeared, and his pupils were instantly filled with surprise. He even could not help but exclaim, jumping three feet high. His handsome little face also became red because of congestion, which showed his excitement.

"I will go change clothes now, it will be ready soon, Aunt Han Yue wait for me!"

Xia Yu Sheng was excited for more than ten breaths before reacting. He rushed toward the back bedroom, intending to change clothes quickly.

"Second Prince, slow down, don't fall..."

Seeing Xia Yu Sheng running toward the bedroom in a hurry, Han Yue was worried that he would fall, and could not help but remind him, but she stopped herself before she finished speaking. After a strange look on her face, she followed quickly.

Looking at Xia Yu Sheng's back, Han Yue had deep love in her eyes, as well as thick pride, and at the same time, she was faintly carrying some melancholy.

The First Prince and the Second Prince were both born on the same day, August 5th of the third year of Da Xia. Now they are nine years, four months, and twenty-one days old, which is exactly 3381 days.

The Lord, Xia Hong, has been in long-term retreat since the year the two Princes were born, which is the third year of Da Xia, and has not returned since he went out in the ninth year of Da Xia;

Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling is slightly better, but it is actually about the same. Especially after the Lord went out, except for going out to handle government affairs, the rest of the time, she was basically in retreat on the Zhai Xing Platform, and under normal circumstances, she only came out once every two months. ===== CHAPTER 489 =====