Chapter 12 Careful work
Ten days later.

The tribute team arrived at Tiandou City. This was the first time that Di Hong came to the capital of the Tiandou Empire in the twelve years since he traveled through time.

It has to be said that as one of the most prosperous cities on the continent and also the imperial capital of the Tiandou Empire, Tiandou City is not comparable to Silvester City at all.

Compared to the city in front of me, Silvester City seems like the countryside.

Although the city of Silves is prosperous enough.

The walls of Tiandou City alone are over a hundred meters high and are built with very hard stone, so they have very high defensive capabilities. The walls are full of patrolling and guard soldiers, and you can tell just by looking at them that these soldiers are elite troops.

As the capital of the Tiandou Empire, Tiandou City is surrounded by heavy troops. In addition to the 100,000 imperial guards, there are also 50,000 Royal Knights. They are the elite among the elite, and every soldier of the Knights is a knight-level noble.

When the convoy arrived at the city gate, the guards stopped them and wanted to check them, but when they saw the Fire Phoenix flag on the convoy, they understood and did not check them anymore, but let them pass respectfully.

In the past few days, the vassal kingdoms and principalities have come to pay tribute, so they naturally have to be on high alert. These nobles are not people that they, the soldiers, can afford to offend.

The tribute-paying troops all entered through the tall gate in the center. Normally, this gate was not opened. It was only opened when the army went out to war, the emperor traveled, or when paying tribute.

Immediately after entering the city, ministers from the empire came to greet them. The ministers who came to greet them were from Xue Ye's faction, so they were extra polite and kind to Di Hong and the other two. After all, they were all from the same faction, so naturally they had to unite.

Di Ming also politely got off the carriage and bowed to the minister who came to greet him. Di Hong, who was one step behind him, also bowed.

Afterwards, the minister took them to their residence.

As for the accompanying soldiers, they can only be stationed outside the city. There are a total of 500 soldiers from the Kingdom of Silvester, and they cannot enter the city. The accompanying soldiers from several kingdoms and duchies total several thousand people. If all of them enter the city, it will be a mess.

Besides, they are not soldiers directly under the empire and must be controlled.

Di Hong holds the title of Imperial Earl, so he has an Earl's Mansion in Tiandou City. So Di Hong and his companions went to live in the Earl's Mansion. After all, it was built for them, so it would be a waste if they didn't live in it.

As for other accompanying officials, they have special places to live.

Each kingdom has a mansion in Tiandou City, but not ordinary people can live there.

Except for their Kingdom of Silves, the other three kingdoms that came to pay tribute this time were all ministers, not even members of the royal family. As for the principality, they did send a son, but it was of no use.

After all, it is just a small principality, occupying the smallest province in the east. It is weak and no one takes them seriously.

Came to his own Earl's Palace in the city.

Di Ming patted his belly and looked at the mansion in front of him.

"Second brother is really taking advantage of you."

"This earl's palace is more luxurious than those in our kingdom."

"Prince Xue Ye really thinks highly of you."

Di Hong didn't say anything. He naturally knew why Xue Ye valued him. As a member of the royal family, Xue Ye naturally had to recruit talents for the royal family. Even if they were from a royal family, he would find a way to make them stand on the side of the royal family.

When you enter the Earl's Mansion, the first thing you see is a rockery. There is a small lotus pond around the rockery with beautiful lotus flowers blooming in the pond. You can also see some maids and servants busy at work.

After seeing Di Hong, they were stunned for a moment, and then they immediately understood.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo came over.

"I've met my lord."

"I am Meng Yuan, the butler of the Earl's Mansion."

Di Hong nodded slightly. The Meng Yuan in front of him was not a soul master, and there was no soul power fluctuation on his body.

Afterwards, the butler led Di Hong and the other two inside, introducing the situation of the Earl's Mansion and their origins as they walked. Di Hong did not say anything to these people, but Di Ming put away the smile that had always been on his face.

When they arrived at the hall, Meng Yuan bowed respectfully. "You can call me anytime if you need anything."

After saying that, he left.

When Meng Yuan walked away, Di Ming snorted coldly.

"What's wrong?" Di Hong asked.

Emperor Ming said: "There are spies here, and there are more than one."

"Is that so? How did you know this, second brother?" Di Hong didn't care. After all, the people here were not arranged by them, so it was normal to have spies. He was very surprised that Di Ming could tell at a glance that there were spies planted by others among these people, and he could even find more than one spies.

After walking aside and sitting down, Di Ming's face showed a smug smile again.

"Your second brother is not a complete loser. Although I am a bit of a spoiled brat and have no talent in martial arts training, it does not mean that I can't do other things."

"As for how I discovered the spies, it's very simple. I saw it from their eyes."

"Although they were disguised perfectly, I could still see through them."

"Do you need my second brother to clean them up?"

Di Hong shook his head. "No need."

His previous guess turned out to be correct. He had just arrived in Tiandou City and was being targeted. There were spies everywhere in the Earl's Mansion. As for who sent these spies, it was unclear, but he thought that the Second Prince Xue Yu was the most suspicious.

After all, he is from Prince Xue Ye’s faction.

He is also a publicly known soul master with innate full soul power.

It's normal to be targeted.

These spies must not be eliminated. Anyway, he will not stay here for long and will return to his country in a few days, so those spies are not important.

"This is our first time in Tiandou City, fourth brother. Let's go for a walk."

"I heard that the beauties in Tiandou City are more beautiful than those in other places."

"Second brother, have you forgotten what you said before you set off?" Di Hong looked at him playfully.

"I, of course I know."

Di Ming felt a little guilty.

"I just want to take a look around Tiandou City. After all, this is one of the two most prosperous cities on the continent."

"If I don't take a look around, it would be a wasted trip. Anyway, I won't see the emperor until tomorrow, so there's nothing to do today."

Di Hong thought about it and decided to give up. It would be better to practice for a while with this time.

Although a lot of things will happen in this city in a few decades, that will still be a few decades later.

However, traveling through time early has its advantages as he has plenty of time to do some things.

Take the Sunset Forest for example. Since he has come to Tiandou City, he must go to the Sunset Forest. In the past six years, he has learned a lot more about medicinal herbs, and he also has a certain understanding of fairy herbs.

Now that he is at level 53, taking immortal herbs will be of certain benefit to him.

I don't know if the Star Anise Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot are of any use to him. In fact, with his talent, he doesn't need to take medicinal herbs. But how could he complain about having too little of something that is good for him?

(End of this chapter)