Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 563: A secret plot on a rainy night to investigate the secrets of the Jianghu

Tianqi, the Red King’s Palace.

Xiao Yu stood in the study, tapping the sandalwood table lightly with his fingers, his brows furrowed.

Outside the window, the rain was hitting the bluestone slabs, making a crackling sound, which was intertwined with his chaotic thoughts at the moment.

"Your Highness, this is the student information you requested."

Su Changhe walked in from outside with a thick stack of files in his hand.

Xiao Yu chuckled.

"The head of the family is really capable. He was able to obtain this information in such a short time!!"

Su Changhe narrowed his eyes and did not respond. The information was not obtained by them from the secret river, but was bought with money.

Whenever he thought of this, he felt pain in his heart. This simple stack of paper cost him eight thousand taels of silver.

Xiao Yu took it casually, opened the top book, and quickly scanned the pages.

"Zhuge Jingxuan, this name looks familiar~~"

When Xiao Yu saw this person, his eyes raised. He remembered that when he left the palace before, Xiao Se seemed to have mentioned someone. If he remembered correctly, it should be this person.

"This person is quite interesting. He is the champion of Liangzhe region this year."

Xiao Yu looked at Su Changhe with a questioning look in his eyes. Su Changhe was not an ordinary person, and the person who interested him was not just a top scholar.

"Including this time, he has participated in the provincial examination three times. However, he failed in the first two times due to some problems. It was not until this year that he passed the exam."

Xiao Yu frowned.

"It's not possible to fail, right? After all, I am still a champion. Even if I didn't perform well, it shouldn't be like this."

A sneer appeared on Su Changhe's lips.

“So it’s interesting.”

"Anhe has already investigated this person. When he took part in the provincial examination, he happened to bump into a direct descendant of a certain senior official in the court. We don't know what happened during that time, but that junior was the first in Liangzhe that year, while Zhuge Jingxuan failed directly. The second time was similar."

When Xiao Yu heard this, there was a bit of strangeness in his eyes, but he was not stupid, so he understood immediately what Su Changhe meant by this.

"In that case, this Zhuge Jingxuan is very suspicious."

Upon hearing this, Su Changhe shook his head slightly.

"It's impossible for him to do that. When this happened, he went to the government office and made a scene. He was beaten out by the police. Later, the county government deliberately targeted him and his family was almost confiscated. Zhuge Jingxuan finally chose to keep the peace, and the matter was finally over."

"Practice is not something that can be achieved overnight. If that person really has the ability to kill someone under the nose of the Divine Wandering Profound Realm, then his realm must be at least the Divine Wandering Profound Realm. Imagine if he has such strength, would he still swallow his anger?"

Xiao Yu shook his head.

Judging from the opponent's current attitude, the person who took action is definitely not a patient person. If the opponent really has that kind of strength, the entire county government would have been wiped out long ago.

"Our people are still monitoring them secretly, and they haven't shown any abnormal behavior in the past few days."

Xiao Yu nodded. Su Changhe was more experienced than him in these matters.

"Then do you think there are other suspicious people among these students?"

Su Changhe thought for a moment and said, "There are two people."

Xiao Yu was stunned, then he said excitedly: "Which two?" "A student named Wu Jingqi from Jiangnan. He was born into a martial arts family, but he chose the imperial examination in the end. The Wu family's sword tomb has produced many talented people. A hundred years ago, it was famous in the martial arts world, but it has only declined in recent years."

"With such a family background, it's not surprising that another person with extraordinary martial arts skills will emerge."

Xiao Yu nodded. Indeed, Wu Jingqi had enough background. His ancestors had been glorious. It was hard to say that the ancestor did not leave any means of survival or inheritance for his descendants.

It is understandable that Wu Jingqi comprehended the inheritance and achieved the realm of divine travel by chance.

"So how was his journey to the imperial examination?"

Su Changhe smiled coldly when he heard this.

"Your Highness, do you think that those people from the underworld who came from humble backgrounds could possibly be favored by the officials in the court?"

Xiao Yu's eyes moved slightly. What Su Changhe said was absolutely right. Not to mention the people of the martial arts world, even the military generals could only be called common people in the mouths of these people.

The underworld and the imperial court are two different worlds. The officials in the imperial court look down upon those underworld people who are just peasants.

If you knew Wu Jingqi's background, you would probably naturally be influenced by personal emotions when you met her for the first time. In this case, the evaluation that should have been A would become B, not to mention that the results might not have been that outstanding to begin with.

"I was born into a family of martial artists, and I believe in chivalry. Your Highness should understand what these people are like. Do you think they will swallow their anger in the face of injustice?"

Xiao Yu shrugged. How could it be possible? Even some well-educated people, such as those from big sects, would never be like this. Just like Tang Lian, Lei Wujie and Sikong Qianluo, they were not afraid at all when facing him.

"What about the second one??"

Su Changhe frowned, with uncertainty in his eyes.

"I'm not sure about the second one either. Your Highness, have you heard of Qianye Temple?"

Xiao Yu was stunned and looked at Su Changhe with a strange expression.

"Head, you're not going to tell me that the other guy is a monk?"

Su Changhe sighed.

"He is not a monk, but he had a master-disciple relationship with Qianye Temple. In his early years, he became a monk in Qianye Temple. Later, the abbot of Qianye Temple said that he had not yet fulfilled his worldly ties, so he was allowed to leave the mountain."

"This man is eager to help others and hate evil. He once killed many people in the martial arts world. Later, he was enlightened by a wandering monk and restrained his temper. He changed his name to Li Dangxin, converted from Buddhism to Confucianism, and became a student."

"Lee be careful??"

“Be careful”

Xiao Yu sighed softly. Putting reason first is indeed what Confucians can do.

But there was one thing he was very curious about, which was the person who enlightened him in the first place.

"Who was the person who enlightened him in the first place?"

Su Changhe's eyes became a little distant. After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "I heard that it was a great monk from Hanshan Temple. Now the Half-Step Return to the True Truth from Hanshan Temple is in the capital. If Your Highness is interested, perhaps the monk facing the wall knows the answer!"

"Hanshan Temple"

Xiao Yu murmured something, but did not ask any more questions. This great monk was half a step away from returning to the truth, and he did not want to provoke him now. Even though these people usually said that monks were compassionate, he knew very well what kind of virtues they had.

There are great monks in the world, but they are a minority after all. He is not so stupid as to bet on whether the monk facing the wall is an enlightened monk.

"Where are both of them currently??"

(End of this chapter)