All of Linzi was paying attention to Feng Gu's case. Of course, they were all paying attention in secret.
Especially when the more complicated side of the case was revealed, everyone was curious, and everyone avoided it.
No one would discuss the case in public, but as long as they were qualified to know the progress of the case, they would keep a close eye on it.
This could very well be the biggest political storm since Jiang Wuqi's death!
Who could stay out of it?
As a core member of this case, Jiang Wang, Lord Jiang Jue, who was in charge of supervising the investigation of this case, did not stop his daily cultivation lessons.
After entering the Outer Building, in addition to the usual cultivation, there was also the development of the Hidden Star Sea and the polishing of the Star Building …
As long as he wanted to move forward, there would always be things to do.
Even in terms of Dao techniques, the Dragon and Tiger Dao techniques had just been mastered and required more practice to control them. The Flame Flower Incineration was the next supreme Dao technique that needed to be mastered.
In addition, the five instant-cast Dao techniques inscribed in the Inner Mansion Level — the Rotten Wood Mantra, the Eight Notes Burning Sea, the Immortal State of Voice, the Five Senses Hell, and the Fury — all had room for improvement after reaching the Outer Building.
The Eight Notes Burning Sea and the Immortal State of Voice were self-created. As one's horizons increased, new ideas would naturally emerge. However, if one wanted to improve the Rotten Wood Mantra, the Five Senses Hell, and the Fury as soon as possible, they obviously needed the help of the Dao Development Platform in the Great Illusionary Land.
That would require "merit" …
Currently, there were not many ways to obtain merit in the Great Illusionary Land. Other than contributing a large number of techniques, the only way was to earn merit in the Sword Discourse Arena.
Jiang Wang was invincible in the Inner Mansion Level. In the Sword Discourse Arena at the Outer Building level, he was practically invincible.
He fought five battles a day and had yet to taste defeat.
If this continued, he might be able to reach the top of the Great Illusionary First Building without losing a single battle.
The reason why he only fought five battles was that outside of cultivation, five high-quality battles with full concentration would already provide enough rewards.
If it was simply to obtain victory and easily defeat his opponents, five battles, fifty battles, or even five hundred battles would make no difference to Jiang Wang.
That was not cultivation.
Jiang Wang didn't enjoy the thrill of killing the weak. What he enjoyed was the "uniqueness" he felt from each of his opponents, the brilliance they displayed in battle, and the battle choices they made that made his eyes light up.
It was the accumulation of these things that could become his resources and make him stronger.
Therefore, he would often suppress his strength in battle and try out many new ideas that he would not easily try in a battle of life and death. This gave his opponent more opportunities, and also gave himself more opportunities.
But even then, in the battles on the grade four Sword Discourse Arena, he hadn't truly felt threatened even until now.
After all, at the Inner Palace level, he had already defeated four Outer Palace level human devils by himself. Ordinary Outer Sect cultivators, even if they were elites who could enter the Great Illusionary Realm, would not be able to pose any threat to him.
Especially now that the Great Illusionary Land was expanding rapidly, there were already more and more cultivators entering … there were also more and more weak cultivators.
Of course, with the rapid increase in the base, there would be more and more experts active in the Great Illusionary Land.
The strong would eventually meet at the peak.
Jiang Wang would naturally be the person who would walk towards the peak.
At the grade four Sword Discourse Arena, after every battle, the winner would earn 200 merit points, while the loser would lose 400 merit points.
It could clearly be seen that the further one progressed, the more merit points the Great Illusionary Land required.
How much merit could support such a loss?
From the analysis of the trend, in the future, if one wanted to freely exchange pointers with cultivators of the same level, one would also need to contribute as much as possible to the Dao Platform.
The strong would take merit and walk further and further, while the weak would need to continuously contribute dao techniques to make up for the energy used to use the Sword Discourse Arena. In the continuous battle, they would maintain their own progress and evolve towards the strong.
Almost all of the rules of the Great Illusionary Land were clearly promoting the evolution of dao techniques, the innovation of dao techniques, and the transformation of dao techniques.
It didn't even matter if these dao techniques were strong or effective. That kind of novel and unique way of thinking that could open one's mind was the key to winning more "merit".
In turn, the convergence of countless dao techniques would also cause the Dao Platform to become stronger and stronger.
It was completely conceivable that one day, when the Great Illusionary Land evolved to a certain stage, the innovation of dao techniques would become faster and faster. It was even very likely that it would lead to a revolution in the cultivation world …
Therefore, all the experts in the world had to intervene and supervise the operation of the Great Illusionary Land. Even the powerful Great Illusionary Sect could only share the authority of the Great Illusionary Land.
The reason why the Great Illusionary Land was difficult to promote in the early stages was precisely because its potential could be seen with the naked eye!
There were bound to be conservative people blocking the way, and there were bound to be people who had vested interests in the current situation.
How the Great Illusionary Sect persuaded the experts to join in and jointly build the Great Illusionary Land was a magnificent story …
Of course, it was not the turn of Jiang Wang and Wen yet.
He, who would win every battle, did not need to worry about the "price" of the Sword Discourse Arena. No matter how much it was, he would always be the winner, so there was no need for him to pay.
There were five battles a day in the Great Illusionary Land, and he would earn a fixed 1000 merit points, which was far more than the merit points given by the blessed land every month.
The merit points given by the forty-nine Blessed Lands from the Blessed Mountain only gave him 340 merit points, which was not even enough to lose a single battle on the Rank Four Sword Discourse Arena. The value and difficulty of obtaining it clearly did not match. Therefore, the significance of the blessed land was definitely not in the merit points given, nor was it the door to the blessed land that led to the Hongmeng space.
There must be a huge incentive for those experts to actively challenge the blessed land.
And Jiang Wang could only guess. Ever since he inherited the blessed land, he had never been able to touch it.
However, he was not anxious. At least now, he could already feel the level of strength of those opponents. It was not like before, when he could not even understand how he had lost.
He was approaching that level of expert with firm steps. Every step he took was very steady.
He knew that one day, he would be able to stand there.
Even if all the levels of his blessed lands were directly knocked down and he lost his blessed land, he would not be discouraged …
Because he knew that he would win it back.
After seriously fighting five battles and carefully reviewing them, Jiang Wang was about to leave the Great Illusionary Land when he suddenly saw a blue paper crane fluttering toward him.
He reached out to catch it and opened it.
It was a letter from Zuo Guangshu.
These days, he had been chatting with Zuo Guangshu a lot. However, this child was a little strange recently. He always talked about this and that. It was difficult to respond to him.
Jiang Wang himself was consistent. If he was not asking about Zuo Guangshu's cultivation, he would ask about the details of the Flame Flower Burning City, and how Zuo Guanglie had performed this technique before …
Today's letter was still a little strange …
"Has Qi's Golden-feathered Phoenix Flower bloomed?"
Jiang Wang replied, "I only know about Fengxian County."
"I heard that it is very beautiful."
"Really? I have not seen it. "
After a while, Zuo Guangshu's letter flew over. It was strange again …
"Well, Brother Dugu, how are you these days?"
Jiang Wang replied, "I am very good."
Zuo Guangshu probably didn't have anything else to say, so he reluctantly replied, "Both Jing and Mu have increased the number of troops on the frontline. A war is inevitable. Brother Dugu, please take care of yourself when the world is in turmoil. I am also doing well in Chu. My cultivation is improving fast … By the way, are you still coming to the Mountain Sea Realm? "
Jiang Wang thought for a while and replied, "I am in Qi and have many things to do."
Soon, the paper crane came back …
"It doesn't matter. You can come or not."
Jiang Wang replied again, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea. He did not receive a reply for a long time.
Maybe he went to cultivate. This child had always been very hardworking.
Lord Jiang was a mature man. Of course, he would not argue with a child. He shook his head and left this matter behind. Then, he left the Great Illusionary Land.
He was most concerned about Feng Gu's case.
The truth that Lin Youxie had been pursuing for many years, the clues that Feng Gu had used his death to uncover, the position of Northern Yamen's Commandant that countless people coveted, the person who had been sneaking around in the morgue, and the existence who had directly sent someone to warn him …
Too many factors intertwined together, making this case exceptionally heavy.
It was not just complicated.
It was like an unusually large fishing net that had been spread out for many years. Although most of it was still hidden at the bottom of the water, everyone knew that it entangled and caught too many things.
If he wanted to lift it up, he would need more than just the strength of his arm.
If someone accidentally touched this net, they would fall to the bottom of the water.
Just like the coachman who had "no such person".
Speaking of which, he had deliberately used the Art of Remembrance to simulate the coachman's spiritual information. However, the connection had disappeared.
Perhaps the coachman had been killed. Perhaps the coachman had been wiped out by a strong master … No matter what, such a clean pawn who had been in the Northern Yamen for many years was deliberately thrown out just to knock Jiang Wang down. This was enough to prove the power of the person behind the scenes.
Or perhaps, the other party just wanted to provoke him?
Using such a move to make him unwilling to ignore it?
There were so many things that he could not sort them out one by one.
Jiang Wang simply did not think about it. He was determined to follow his own train of thought.
Now, he was participating in this case as a supervisor. The other two cases, Zheng Shangming and Lin Youxie, needed his cooperation. He had the initiative. There was no need to beat around the bush with the person in the dark.
He sat quietly in the room for a while. It was already very late at night.
Zheng Shangming's people came to the Jiang Residence under the cover of the night. They brought a letter with them. They emphasized that they would only hand over the letter when they saw Jiang Wang.
The butler, Xie Ping, personally brought them to Jiang Wang's courtyard.
This was an ordinary-looking man. He looked at Jiang Wang carefully before he closed the letter in his arms. "Young Master said that this letter must be opened by Lord Jue himself. It can't be passed through other people's hands."
"Thank you." Jiang Wang took the letter.
The man bowed, turned around, and left without any hesitation.
Xie Ping wanted to send him off, but he was already gone when he was not paying attention.
Zheng Shangming had been in charge of the northern yamen for many years. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person. He had all kinds of talents under him. These were also Zheng Shangming's resources. Unlike Jiang Wang, even the butler was hired with the help of Chung Geng Sheng.
If he were to hire people on the streets, who knew what kind of people his family would be? It was not impossible that they would all be spies of others.
Basically, only those who could use servants to give birth could be called aristocratic families. A few generations of servants were clean and reliable.
Like Lord Jue, he was still at the stage of being a nouveau riche.
Jiang Wang opened the letter and said, "It's getting late. Go and rest … Oh right, winter is coming. Allocate some money and buy a few winter clothes for everyone. You have to be willing to spend money and buy clothes with sufficient materials."
Originally, it was also difficult for him to think so carefully. It was in Dugu Xiao's letter that she reported her work in Qingyang Town in great detail. Among them, there was such an expense. Thus, he also conveniently asked Xie Ping to handle it.
"Alright!" Xie Ping went down energetically.
His master was a little poor, but he treated people very well!
Jiang Wang opened the letter and looked at it. He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Zheng Shangming mentioned the constable at the morgue in the letter. He only said that the constable was sent by the Yangxin Palace to supervise the case. Other than that, Feng Gu's body was not tampered with. The constable only checked it in passing …
Jiang Wang really did not expect that Jiang Wuxie would be involved in this matter.
However, when he thought about it carefully, weren't there only a few groups of people in the Qi Department?
How could the Yangxin Palace not pay attention to the assassination of Noble Consort Lei back then?
Jiang Wang had always felt that Jiang Wuxie was a little frivolous and not dignified.
Many people in the imperial court had criticized him, saying that he was "extravagant" and "frivolous and unfit to be a ruler".
However, Jiang Wang had never underestimated him. Moreover, as he got to know Jiang Wuqi better, he paid more attention to Jiang Wuxie.
The reason was simple —
If Jiang Wuxie was a mediocre person, what right did he have to compete with Jiang Wuqi?
Emperor Qi had many children. He did not lack mediocre people!
The Yangxin Palace stood there, and Jiang Wuxie's weight was there.
He was on the same level as the Crown Prince, the Huaying Palace Master, and the Longevity Palace Master.
If they only treated Jiang Wuxie as an ordinary frivolous prince, they would be treating these people as fools.
Speaking of which, although Jiang Wuxie's entrance was logical, it undoubtedly added some weight to this case.
"Reading the letter by the light, Lord Jiang is really smart and eager to learn!" Chung Geng Sheng's voice came from outside the door.
Jiang Wang had already heard his footsteps, so he only said casually, "Zheng Shangming's letter. You're here at this time because … "
Chung Geng Sheng walked into the room and looked at Jiang Wang with a complicated expression. "There's news about Gongsun Yu."
"Where is he?" Jiang Wang put away the letter and said directly, "Arrange for me to see him."
"The carriage is ready," Chung Geng Sheng said, "I asked someone to buy a few boxes of tonics a few days ago. I'll be in Linzi after dawn. I'll be visiting my grandfather at that time. You can hide in the boxes. When you arrive at the Marquis' mansion, you can follow the person who went out to buy the tonics and leave in disguise. There shouldn't be many people who dare to spy on the Marquis' mansion. The shadow guards will take you directly to the target place. "
"Can't I go now?" Jiang Wang asked.
Chung Geng Sheng said unhappily, "Do you think it's normal for me to visit my grandfather in the middle of the night? If it were you, wouldn't you be suspicious? It'll be dawn in a few hours. Lord Jiang, have you forgotten that you're going to the Longevity Palace to investigate the case later? "
Jiang Wang turned his head and looked out the window. He felt that the day had passed very quickly.
"Is Gongsun Yu very far away now?" he asked.
"It's not very far. It's just the Biwu County." Chung Geng Sheng said, "But you won't be able to make it in time. And he … why is he in such a hurry to see him?"
"Alright, then we'll talk about it tomorrow." Jiang Wang didn't answer. He only said, "I'll study Daoist techniques for a while."
"That …" Even though he could see that Jiang Wang didn't really want to chat, Chung Geng Sheng still knocked on his chair. "Have you thought about what I told you during the day?"
"I'm still thinking." Jiang Wang smiled and changed the topic. "Speaking of Daoist techniques, when will you be able to take down Chongxuan's Theurgy?"
"Theurgy depends on luck after all." Chung Geng Sheng grinned. "Then you should cultivate. Fourteen is still waiting for me."
His fat figure walked out of the room just like that.
With his intelligence, it would be very difficult for him to pretend that Jiang Wang had diverted the topic away from him.
Jiang Wang was silent for a while. He quickly sank back into the world of Daoist techniques.
Compared to the chaos of the mortal world, the vastness of the cultivation world was more intoxicating.
Until the long night became long.
Until the morning light fell into the room.
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