Chapter 561

"There are two reasons."

Wei Yuan put down the teacup in his hand and analyzed the situation for his confidant, Yin Gong. He said, "An Inspector represents the imperial court and has great power. Even the King of Zhenbei is on equal footing with him at most. His Majesty does not want to find an Inspector to control the King of Zhenbei. It may be because of his selfish reasons, or because of the war situation.

"If Yin Gong is appointed as the chief investigator, then this problem will not exist."

Xu Qi'an frowned. "If that's the case, won't my hands and feet be tied when investigating the case?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Everyone is fighting for a good job. Otherwise, why would the officials in the imperial court recommend you? The massacre of three thousand miles … If the King of Zhenbei lied about the military situation and tried to avoid responsibility, it would be fine if the chief didn't find out. But if he found out … "

If he found out, he would be killed to keep his mouth shut? Xu Qi'an's heart skipped a beat.

"This is the second reason why the officials recommended you," Wei Yuan said leisurely.

"This bunch of old silver coins … Duke Wei doesn't seem worried at all?" Xu Qi'an hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"

He had his own thoughts on this matter, but he was also very willing to listen to the opinions of his elders. It was a good habit to be good at taking advice.

"Feign civility and investigate in secret."

Wei Yuan gave him the Eight Syllables of Mantra and continued, "After you go to the north, remember not to act impulsively. Try not to get into conflict with the King of Zhenbei's subordinates. Showing weakness to the enemy can make them relax their vigilance.

"If you can investigate in secret, then don't do it openly. If you find evidence against the King of Zhenbei, hide it well and show it when you return to the capital. If there is an assassination, the King of Zhenbei will most likely not do it himself. I will let Yang Yan go with you.

"You are not weak and you have mastered the Vajra Force, so you don't have to worry about this."

If the King of Zhenbei does it himself, then no matter how many Jinluo soldiers are sent, it will not help. I don't know how strong the third rank Warrior is, but there is only one in the entire imperial court and there are many fourth rank … Xu Qi'an nodded and said.

"I think so too."

In fact, he was not afraid of being assassinated, but he was afraid of the King of Zhenbei himself. If that happened, he would have to summon the Shenshu monk. When fighting against a third-rank martial artist, Monk Shen Shu would have to crazily absorb his blood essence, which would inevitably result in the killing of innocent people. This was something that Xu Qi 'an did not want to see.

If he were to fight, he would have to travel and would not be able to return to court. would be. If that happened, he would have to do it.

If so, the King of the master-behind would be in trouble, he would be, and he would be the King. are is. After returning to the capital, you will at most be questioned. "

"I …"

Xu Qi'an wanted to say something but stopped. The words "three thousand miles of bloody massacre" suddenly appeared in his mind.

"If this is true, I, I will not stop. I will not turn a blind eye," he said in a low voice. After saying that, Xu Qi'an added,

"But I will not be reckless. Don't worry, Duke Wei."

Wei Yuan looked at him for a while. His eyes were filled with admiration, helplessness, and finally gratification. He said, "We will depart in three days. Make some preparations."

… …

Duke Huai Palace.

In the back garden, hundreds of flowers bloomed. Bees buzzed and buzzed among the flowers. Colorful butterflies danced and chased each other.

The air was filled with a refreshing fragrance. The veiled princess held a bamboo basket in her hand. Her long skirt trailed behind her as she walked among the flowers.

In the bamboo basket, there was a bunch of fresh, delicate flowers.

She bent down and plucked a flower. She brought it to her nose and sniffed it. Her eyes curved and revealed a happy expression.

It was mid-spring. The princess was wearing a beautiful palace dress. Her back was curvy, and the ribbon outlined her slender waist. Her shoulders and neck were in perfect proportion.

Strands of her black hair hung down, and her slender neck was faintly discernible, sparkling and translucent as snow white.

Just looking at her back and figure, she could be considered a beauty. A woman like this, even if her facial features were not perfect, would still be seen as a stunner by men.

Chu Xianglong, who was wearing light armor, entered the back garden. As he walked, his armor clanked.

He stopped and kept a distance. He cupped his fists and said, "His Majesty has ordered that the princess must follow the investigation team to the north in three days. Please prepare."

The princess's curved eyes gradually calmed and became cold. She clenched her fists so tightly that her knuckles turned white. She said coldly, "Is there anything else? If not, then scram."

Chu Xianglong cupped his hands and left.

…

Knowing that he would leave for the north in three days, Xu Qi'an left the yamen and rode home on a filly. He found Li Miaozhen, who was sitting cross-legged and breathing.

He said, "Can you come with me to the Yunlu Academy?"

"I'm not going." Li Miaozhen refused with a heart of stone.

"Hey, you are not delicate and weak at all. You have a strong personality …" Xu Qi'an cupped his hands and said, "It's urgent."

Li Miaozhen looked at him with a pair of clear eyes and waited for him to continue.

"Do you remember the case you discovered?" Xu Qi'an walked into the house, took off his saber and put it on the table. He poured himself a glass of water and explained, "The imperial court has appointed me as the lead official.

"The imperial court has appointed me as the chief official. Three days later, I will lead a diplomatic mission to the Northern Region to investigate this case."

Li Miaozhen was instantly energized. She sat cross-legged and said, "I will go with you."

"Alas, the Tenzō Shōnin is so righteous. I really don't know if she is committing a sin …" Xu Qi'an said in a low voice, "The imperial court has its rules. You are not an official, so you can't participate in the case.

"How about this, you can go first. We will meet in the north and keep in touch through the Book of the Earth."

He came to talk to Li Miaozhen about this to invite the Tenzō Shōnin to participate. No, he did not even need to invite her. With Li Miaozhen's abhorrence of evil, she would definitely take the initiative to participate.

With a fourth-grade Daoist helping her secretly, the chances of solving the case would be greatly increased.

"I have another request," Li Miaozhen said.

"Please say it."

"When you are investigating the case, I want to be by your side. If I am not present because of other matters, you have to tell me the process and the ideas of solving the case in detail," Li Miaozhen said with a serious expression.

She wants to learn how to solve cases from me? Hmm, she will definitely have to uphold justice in the future. In the process, she will have to eradicate evil and redress the wronged. Therefore, she is eager to learn some reasoning knowledge and criminal investigation skills … Xu Qi'an agreed to her request and said with a serious expression,

"Alright, there is one more thing."

Li Miaozhen sat upright and put on a listening posture.

"When you use the Book of the Earth to contact me, remember to ask the Jinlian Taoist priest to block other people."

"…" Tenzō Shōnin rolled her eyes at him.

The two immediately left the city. One rode on a horse, and the other flew on a sword.

When they arrived at Mount Qingyun, Xu Qi'an greeted the three Confucian scholars. He said awkwardly, "Oh, I have been exhausted recently. I can't think of a good poem no matter how hard I try. Please forgive me, teachers."

The three Confucian scholars looked at him calmly. "It's fine. What's the matter?"

Xu Qi'an coughed and said shamelessly, "I have used up most of the magic books that Master Li and Master Zhang gave me, so …"

Most of the "magic books" that Li Mubai and Zhang Shen gave him were low-level spells. Among them, the Celestial Commissioner's Qi Observation was the most common.

This was because the Confucian scholars did not have many in stock. They wanted to use high-level spells for themselves. Moreover, Xu Qi'an was only in the Qi Refinement realm at that time. Giving him a spell that was too powerful would harm him instead.

In the magic books, the most powerful skill was the "Verbal Compliance" inscribed by Li Mubai and Zhang Shen. It was a high-level skill of the Confucian school. There were almost no high-level skills of other systems.

The three Confucian scholars looked at him. After a while, Li Mubai said, "I have been exhausted recently …"

Zhang Shen: "I am not feeling well …"

Chen Tai: "Both mentally and physically exhausted …"

Everyone who was willing to be a freeloader was an angel with broken wings in their previous life. The three of you are obviously not … Xu Qi'an said, "Then I would like to ask for your help to inscribe Daoism's psychic spells for me."

"Sure!" The three Confucian scholars nodded.

Li Miaozhen frowned and said, "A psychic spell requires a formation."

Zhang Shen waved his hand and said, "Just do what you want, leave the rest to us."

As he spoke, he took out a wordless book with a brown cover and slowly began to grind it.

Seeing this, Li Miaozhen did not waste any time. She took out Yin-attribute materials from the fragment of the Book of the Earth and set up a formation to cast Daoism spells.

Inside the room, a chilly wind blew. It was as if it had suddenly turned from mid-spring to mid-winter.

Zhang Shen picked up his brush and wrote on the book. Every time he wrote, there was a burst of Light.

The Soul Congregation Formation did not summon any souls. This was to be expected. Ghosts and spirits could not exist in Qingyun Mountain. Under the righteousness, all evil spirits and monsters would be annihilated.

Zhang Shen stopped writing at the right time. "That's enough. I've inscribed 12, is that enough?"

"Yes, it's enough …"

Xu Qi'an nodded while sighing. The Confucian system was truly a cheat. It was just like reading a book. Whatever you read, you could write it down. Whatever you wrote down, you could write it down on paper.

"I've also written down a few Confucian spells for you. The side effects are quite terrifying. I'm sure you've experienced it before. Don't use them unless it's absolutely necessary," Zhang Shen said solemnly.

Xu Qi'an happily took the book and asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"I don't understand. How did you avoid the side effects?"

The side effects of Confucian spells were so terrifying. If the great Confucians could not avoid such a side effect, they would not be able to fight a protracted battle.

In response to Xu Qi'an's question, Zhang Shen smiled. "The fourth rank of the Confucian school is called 'Gentleman'. A gentleman cultivates righteousness and is impervious to all evils."

Impervious to all evils. This meant that once one reached the Gentleman Realm, they would be able to reflect or be immune to the side effects of spells … Isn't this too much of a bug? Xu Qi'an somewhat regretted taking the Warrior system.

A gentleman uses his mouth, not his fists. Using his mouth to deal with his enemies was his ideal style.

Li Mubai added, "If a spell is cast on one side, then that side will bear the side effects of the side effects."

This … Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank. He was incomparably glad that he did not put his ideals into reality.

'My Diao Chan is on my waist.' The side effects of the spell brought about by this sentence could be like shrinking the sun into a crevice, or it could be like wrapping iron wires around the waist. It could even be … awesome.

In this way, Erlang's position in my heart has plummeted, and he has no value to be used … He ridiculed in his heart.

After bidding farewell to the three great Confucians, he left Yunlu Academy with Li Miaozhen and walked along the stairs to the foot of the mountain.

"The Confucian system is indeed magical. In addition to the law of words, it also has the righteousness of being impervious to all evils, which is similar to our Taoist Jindan. It can also record the spells of other systems … "

Li Miaozhen clicked her tongue in praise. She sighed with emotion. "I can imagine how powerful the Confucian school was in its heyday. Everything else was inferior, but reading was superior. I have only experienced it now. What a pity."

"It is indeed a pity."

A voice came from the front. It was a slovenly old man dressed in an old Confucian robe. His gray hair was messy, and his eyes were clear and bright, but they contained the vicissitudes of life.

Li Miaozhen was stunned. Before this person spoke, she did not notice that he was standing there.

"Student greets the Dean." Xu Qi'an hurriedly saluted.

He, he is the Dean of Yunlu Academy, the number one Confucian person in the world … Li Miaozhen was filled with deep veneration.

With a smile on his face, Zhao Shou nodded and said, "You want to go to the Northern Region?"

As expected, Yunlu Academy has planted a traitor in the court. My joke back then has come true … Xu Qi'an grunted. "To investigate a case."

"Aren't you afraid of offending the King of Zhenbei?" Zhao Shou asked.

"I'm afraid, but I want to see what's going on," Xu Qi'an said in a low voice.

Zhao Shou stared at him silently for a few seconds. Then, he stroked his beard and smiled. "It's not a disgrace to your great fortune, Xu Qi'an. You must remember that the root of fortune is the word 'person'. At least, that's the fortune you have.

"It's the common people who condense the fortune. It's the common people who condense the fortune."

Xu Qi'an hurriedly looked at Li Miaozhen. He found that her expression was the same as usual. She was scrutinizing Dean Zhao Shou, as if she did not hear what he said.

Did the Dean block her hearing?

As he was thinking, he suddenly saw Zhao Shou wave his sleeve. A book flew over and hovered in front of him.

"These are the spells of various major systems that I recorded when I traveled the world when I was young. I don't need these anymore. "

Xu Qi'an happily took the book. He did not immediately open it. He bowed and said, "Thank you, Dean."

When he straightened up, Zhao Shou was already gone.

…

Three days later, at the capital's pier.

The diplomatic mission heading north arrived at the pier and boarded the official ship.

There were two hundred people in the diplomatic mission. The leaders were Xu Qi'an and Yang Yan. There were four silver gongs and eight bronze gongs.

There was a chief constable and twelve constables. The Imperial Censorate sent two censors and ten guards. The Dali Monastery sent a temple minister and twelve guards and attendants.

There was also a hundred-man imperial army. This was the arrangement of the inspector.

The rest of the people were Chu Xianglong's men.

It was not until just now that Xu Qi'an found out that Chu Xianglong was also in the diplomatic mission heading north.

In the yamen, Brother Chun, Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao wanted to go north with him, but they were rejected.

There was no guarantee that they would encounter any danger on this trip. But if they did, it would be very dangerous. He did not want the three of them to take risks. After all, in the yamen, these three were the closest to him.

At the pier, Xu Xinnian and the second uncle Xu represented the whole family to send Xu Dalang off.

Besides them, there was also the green-robed swordsman Chu Yuanzhen, Number Six Hengy Yuan, Tenzō Shōnin and Li Miaozhen.

"Go home safely."

The second uncle Xu patted his nephew's shoulder. This was his only request.

Chu Yuanzhen quietly handed over a talisman sword and said, "The national master asked me to give this to you."

"The national master?

I am not familiar with the national master. Why did she give this to me … "With doubts, Xu Qi'an took the talisman sword and said," Thank the national master for me. "

Hengy Yuan put his palms together and said, "Your excellency Xu, please come back safely."

Li Miaozhen stared at him and said in a clear voice, "Do good deeds and don't ask about your future."

She secretly said, "I will go ahead and wait for you in the Northern Region."

Xu Qi'an smiled and said, "Do good deeds and don't ask about your future. Well said."

He replied, "See you in the Northern Region."

He boarded the ship and sailed away.

Xu Qi'an stood on the deck and looked into the distance. His eyes swept across the crowd and saw three familiar people standing in the distance. One was Yang Qianhuan, who was staring at him with the back of his head.

The other was Chu Caiwei, who was using her hands as a trumpet and calling out.

And the other was Zhong Li, who was silently waving goodbye.

"What are you doing here? I feel that on your way back to the Celestial Commissioner from the pier, you might encounter more dangers than I encountered on the way north … "Xu Qi'an was worried and emotional.