Everyone understood where His Majesty the Divine Emperor's anger came from.
If the mishap of the Old Dragon had something to do with the person sent to the Fiend Prison by the Royal Teacher Liang, was it caused by the remnants of Bulao Lin, or was it something the Palace of the Prince intended to do?
The Palace of the Prince had actually meddled in the Fiend Prison. How could the Emperor not be angry?
There was another conjecture, which seemed to be the most realistic and dreadful one, and it would make the Emperor angry.
This was a scheme of the Zhongzhou School!
They sent a key figure to the Fiend Prison in an attempt to feed the Old Dragon the King Of The Underworld to the Old Dragon in order to help the Old Dragon ascend.
Sensing dozens of gazes on him, Yue Qianmen's face grew gloomier.
If he could, he wished he could strike and kill all the people present, because he didn't want to endure such gazes.
The messenger of Bulao Lin sent to the Fiend Prison by the Palace of the Prince was already dead, and he was definitely not the one who had escaped from the Fiend Prison. Yue Qianmen believed this, but he couldn't explain it.
Most importantly, why did the Zhongzhou School send a person of Bulao Lin to the Fiend Prison?
Yue Qianmen had given Monk Hai an answer, but Monk Hai didn't accept it.
The Zhongzhou School couldn't tell him the truth. Prince Jing Xin had bribed Bulao Lin to assassinate Zhao Layue, and was later threatened by Zhao Layue. If the answer was made public, Prince Jing Xin would be crippled. Even if the Zhongzhou School tried their best to save his life, how could he become the next emperor?
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Because of the silence and uncooperation of the Zhongzhou School, the investigation of the incident in the Fiend Prison couldn't be carried out further.
To prevent the situation from becoming more complicated, the result of the incident was delivered to Taichang Temple a few days later.
Prince Jing Xin was not allowed to leave the Palace of the Prince for three years.
The remains of the Old Dragon were left under Taichang Temple.
Perhaps because of the tragic death of the Old Dragon and the suggestion of the Zhongzhou School, the Emperor didn't investigate the matter of them sending the person to the Fiend Prison.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi 'ai didn't receive any punishment, not even a word of reprimand. He was still the commander of the Pure Heaven Bureau.
Compared to the fury that the Divine Emperor had once shown, these punishments were not even worth mentioning. It was all bark and no bite.
Zhongzhou School seemed to have suffered no losses, but those who were observant naturally knew that this was not the case.
The Great Grandmaster of Zhongzhou School died tragically, but he couldn't do anything about it, and he had to leave the remains of the Old Dragon in Zhaoge City. It was an extremely embarrassing situation.
It was impossible to track down the real murderer or to take advantage of the fact that the Azure Dragon had died in the hands of the King Of The Underworld, but who had released the King Of The Underworld?
Zhang Yi 'ai did not receive any punishment, and the reason was even clearer. It was because the Divine Emperor liked his attitude in this matter.
Yue Qianmen even suspected that he had mentioned Royal Tutor Liang's name on purpose that day in order to put the blame on Zhongzhou School.
Looking at Zhang Yi 'ai not far away, the expression on Yue Qianmen's face grew cold, as he thought that even if Zhang Yi became the dog of the Divine Emperor in Zhaoge City, would Bai Zhenren let him go?
"This matter is over. Don't mention it again," Monk Duhai said to the representatives of various sects and the officials.
It wasn't until this moment that the representatives of many sects learned that the King Of The Underworld had been locked up in the Fiend Prison, and the Fiend Prison was the Old Dragon. After the initial shock, they understood the gravity of the matter and agreed to the order. If the world knew the secret and the Old Dragon ate humans, it would be a disaster.
The Cultivation circle was good at concealing these matters. It would be forgotten after a long time, like what had happened to the Aoyama Sect. Thinking of the past events, Yue Qianmen looked at Chi Yan in the corner. This Elder of the Shangde Peak of the Aoyama Sect hadn't said a word during the meeting, which made Yue Qianmen feel a bit odd, and he grew wary.
"The person who escaped from the Fiend Prison must be found out," Yue Qianmen pulled back his gaze and said to Monk Duhai and Duke Lu.
The matter was not to be mentioned again, but it didn't mean it was over. If the Zhongzhou School wanted to regain its reputation and regain the initiative, it had to find out the truth.
Duke Lu asked, "When that person escaped from the Fiend Prison, Elder Yue was the closest to him. What do you think?"
"As I said, that person was at least in the Huashen State."
Thinking of the unimaginable speed and movement of that dark figure, Yue Qianmen furrowed his eyebrows slightly.
An elder of the Kunlun Sect said sharply, "There are not many highly achieved swordsmen of this state in various sects. It's not difficult to investigate them one by one."
"I've already investigated them."
Duke Of He walked in from the outside.
Monk Duhai shot him a glance.
Duke Of He shook his head.
Seeing this, Yue Qianmen felt uneasy again.
"The elders of various sects above the Huashen State were either cultivating in their respective manor caves or doing something else at the time. They all have sufficient alibis."
Duke Of He handed a jade pendant to Monk Duhai and said to Yue Qianmen, "It's not the result of the investigation by the Imperial court; it's the conclusion of the Curtain Rollers."
It was evident that he knew that the Zhongzhou School wouldn't believe the result of the investigation by the Imperial court and various sects.
The Curtain Rollers were the only people in Chaotian who could find out the locations and movements of so many highly achieved swordsmen in such a short time.
However, the Curtain Rollers must have paid a great price to achieve this.
Since the person who escaped from the Fiend Prison was not an elder of the orthodox sects, he could only be a free-traveling practitioner or a highly achieved swordsman of the deviant sects. How should they investigate this?
Yue Qianmen looked terrible, but he didn't say anything more.
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The representatives of various sects had left Zhaoge City. Taichang Temple had recovered its quietness.
Duke Of Lu held the teacup in his hand and looked at the amber tea in the bowl, pondering something silently.
This matter was proceeding too smoothly.
The smoothness of the matter made him feel a bit odd.
The first thing he found suspicious was Monk Duhai.
This swordsman of the Guocheng Temple had led the investigation to the inside of the Fiend Prison intentionally or unintentionally, which led the Zhongzhou School to investigate Jing Jiu.
Then it was the investigation of the Curtain Rollers.
If the Emperor intended to take the opportunity to strike at the Zhongzhou School and depose Prince Jing Xin, it was understandable that Zhang Yi 'ai betrayed the Emperor; but why did the Curtain Rollers and the Guocheng Temple cooperate?
Though the Guocheng Temple had a close relationship with the royal family, they would never do such a thing.
More importantly, all these investigations had covered up the true figure perfectly.
Duke Of Lu knew that the person who escaped from the Fiend Prison was not a surviving member of Bulao Lin, but Jing Jiu.
After the investigation was over, nobody could think of such a possibility.
What was the content of the letter Bulao Lin sent to the Fiend Prison? Was it related to Jing Jiu?
Duke Of Lu forgot to drink the tea as he was thinking of all this.
It was getting darker, and the color of the tea grew darker, looking like the sour red twig wood.
Duke Of Lu lifted up his head and saw the figure walking into Taichang Temple, his expression changing instantly.
He had disappeared from the world for three years, but he showed up openly after such a significant event.
The highly achieved swordsmen of various sects had just left Zhaoge City, and many pairs of eyes were still watching this place. Wasn't he afraid that something might happen?
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