Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 827 I'm Here to Destroy Your Entire Family (Two in One)

That night.

In the front hall of Xu's house, there was steaming food on the round table, two plates of stir-fried choy sum, one in front of Chu Pingsheng and one in front of Xu Pingzhi, a dish of pork head, a dish of smoked fish, a dish of scrambled eggs with green onions, a small bowl of pickled radish made by Li Ru, and a plate of salted duck eggs that were cut in the middle and neatly arranged. The largest large bowl was filled with tofu soup with shredded ham and shrimp.

Li Ru stood up and picked up the bowl in front of Chu Pingsheng with ease. She used a spoon to scoop half a bowl of tofu soup for him. It was called soup, but it was full of shrimps and ham shreds. There was not even a whole piece of tofu.

"Come, drink more of the soup my sister made."

Chu Pingsheng nodded and took it.

"I haven't had soup for a long time. I've only eaten rice these days. I'll have a bowl too."

Xu Pingzhi stood up to scoop. Just as the spoon scooped up a lump of good stuff, Li Ru glared at him, which frightened him so much that he silently picked up a few pieces of tofu and put them in his own bowl. Only then did Mrs. Xu's expression look better.

Xu Lingyin picked up the white porcelain bowl that was as big as her head and said, "Mom, I want one too."

"Lingyin is in the growth stage now, so I'll give you some more meat."

The mother took the bowl and smilingly scooped out the remaining shrimps and ham shreds for her little daughter.

Xu Lingyue took the opportunity to pick up a piece of smoked fish close to the fish head, with the least bones and the best taste, and put it in Chu Pingsheng's bowl.

"Master, can you teach me calligraphy after dinner? Aunt Wang next door praised my beautiful handwriting today."

"no problem."

Chu Pingsheng agreed immediately.

Li Ru quickly placed the half-filled bowl in front of Xu Lingyin, ignoring the little kid's protesting eyes, and turned her head and said, "What's the point of you having beautiful handwriting as a girl? You'll be married in a year or so. Brother, didn't you agree to go to the river with me to burn yellow paper to send off the gods? You know, I'm most afraid of the dark. I dare not walk on the road at night without someone to protect me."

"Isn't Dad okay? Why don't you let Dad go with you to send off the gods?"

"Your father has made an appointment with someone to go to Linjiang Tower for a drink later. Is that Xu Pingzhi?"

"Ah, yes, yes."

Xu Pingzhi raised his head and agreed, then put a piece of pork head meat into Xu Qian'an's Fuxiang bowl: "Miss Fuxiang, eat more meat. You look tired and thin, compared to before..."

"cough!"

Xu Qian'an coughed lightly.

Only then did he realize what the consequences would be if he said the following words, but fortunately, Li Ru was competing with her eldest daughter for the monk and was in no mood to pay attention to him.

"You...you...you actually..."

At this time, a resentful voice came from the door. Several people turned their heads and saw the almost forgotten Erlang of the Xu family standing at the door with a blue cloth bag on his back, looking at the happy family in the hall with a sad and angry face.

Li Ru said, "Is that a farewell to the old age?"

Xu Lingyue said, "A bit like that. Could it be that he was expelled from the academy?"

Only Xu Qian'an stood up and asked, "Cijiu, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"what……"

The poor child no longer had the heart to eat. He walked away dejectedly, raised his hands to the sky and shouted sadly: "I am from the Xu family... I am..."

Seeing that Xu Pingzhi and Li Ru didn't even move, Xu Qian'an pointed outside the door and said, "Aren't you going to see him off?"

Li Ru waved her hand: "It's not like he doesn't know the way to the academy."

"Second uncle?"

Captain Xu, who was immersed in Fuxiang's polite words "Thank you, second uncle, you should eat more too", was awakened by him.

"Erlang, you see that we are all fine. Go back to Yunlu Academy and study with peace of mind. What a hard-working child you are. My son has the potential to become a prime minister!"

Xu Qian: "..."

……

An hour later.

Xu Qian'an sat on the roof fiddling with the small jade mirror in his hand, and once again entered the Earth Book space with eight suspended light balls.

[Xu Qian'an: Is there anyone here? Shouldn't we get back in touch?]

According to Jinlian, when the No. 9 jade mirror fell into Zilian's hands, the latter used the secret method of the Earth Sect to interfere with the connection between the jade mirrors, so the members of the Tiandi Society did not show up to talk to him. Once Zilian died, the interference between the jade mirrors disappeared. As long as he wanted, he could contact the members of the Tiandi Society through the No. 3 jade mirror.

Of course, whether others respond or not depends on their mood.

After a few breaths, the number six light ball lit up.

[No. 6: I heard about the incident from Taoist Master Jinlian. Thank you for helping him get rid of the demon Zilian and get back the No. 9 mirror.]

[Xu Qian'an: It's just a piece of cake, No. 6. Thank you for risking your life to warn me. Otherwise, I might have fallen into Zi Lian's trap.]

【No. 6: You’re welcome.】

Light ball number four lights up.

[No. 4: I haven't paid attention to what's going on here for a while. It looks like there's a new member. It's getting lively again.]

Number 2 also lights up.

[No. 2: You naturally don’t have time to pay attention to this place. After all, you are busy practicing Taoism and refining elixirs every day, and serving the dog emperor of Dafeng.]

[No. 4: No. 2, we agreed not to reveal each other's identities in front of the newlyweds.]

[No. 2: Tsk, why did you leak my identity when No. 6 came in? ]

【No. 4: It was an unintentional mistake on my part, and it was not my intention, but you did it on purpose.】

[No. 2: Hey, I did it on purpose. What's the matter? Come and hit me if you have the guts. No. 3, I tell you clearly that No. 4 is the chief disciple of Dafeng Lingbao Pavilion, the Holy Son of the Human Sect, Chu Yuanzhen.]

[No. 4: No. 3, remember that No. 2 is the Holy Maiden of the Tian Sect, known as the Flying Swallow Heroine Li Miaozhen. Remember that.]

"..."

Xu Qian'an listened to the two people opposite him arguing back and forth. He shook his head and sighed, and even called it boring.

Just at this moment, light ball No. 1 lit up, and it was a male voice.

[No. 1: Are you guys done yet? You fight as soon as you meet, it's really annoying.]

[No. 2 Li Miaozhen: Oh, isn't this No. 1? I thought you were hiding behind me and peeking at the screen? ]

[No. 1: No. 3, which government office do you work for in the capital? ]

Xu Qian'an thought to himself, I must be crazy to tell you my information, it's enough for me to be Zi Lian once.

[Xu Qian'an: In my opinion, the people in the government offices in the capital are just a bunch of guys who are just sitting there doing nothing.]

[No. 1: So you are a scholar? ]

【Xu Qian’an: A scholar? Hmm…】

[Chu Yuanzhen, the fourth one: Although Taoist Master Jinlian agrees that you can join the Tiandi Society, you must also win our trust. You cannot disclose the affairs of the Tiandi Society, including the information of each of us, to the outside world.]

【Xu Qian'an: Don't worry, I know.】

[No. 2 Li Miaozhen: No. 1, what is the recent situation in the capital? ]

[Xu Qian'an: I understand this. Something big has happened in the capital recently. The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhou Xianping and his son were dismissed for embezzling tax silver. The contradictions in the court have rapidly intensified, and a political struggle is about to begin.]

【No. 1: He is right.】

[Li Miaozhen No. 2: Does anyone have anything else to do? If not, please go away. I still have work to do tomorrow.]

[No. 4 Chu Yuanzhen: No. 3, could you please tell me your name? ]

[Xu Qian'an: Well, I will not change my name, I am the... the holy monk in heaven who can subdue demons, subdue monsters, give birth to children and bless people, and is best at helping people to consecrate. I am the monk who consecrates. Amitabha, well done, well done.]

puff!
Taoist Jinlian at the No. 9 small mirror spat out all the tea.

【No. 1: ……】

[Li Miaozhen No. 2: Taoist Priest, are you okay? ]

【Nine Golden Lotus: I'm fine, I just... choked on the water.】

[No. 4 Chu Yuanzhen: No. 3...]

【…】

【No. 6: Number 3?】

[Li Miaozhen, No. 2: Stop shouting, he's gone.]

Xu Qian'an held the small jade mirror in his hand and felt extremely happy. The vest he wore was really wonderful.

If there is danger and the people from Tiandi Society want to plot against him, they will ask them to go find the master of consecration. If there is no danger, finding the monk who can perform consecration is equivalent to finding him.

"Brother, you look so sinister with your smile, have you done something bad again?"

Xu Lingyue walked out of the main hall holding the dried and folded monk's robes. Seeing him laughing on the roof, she looked up and asked.

"My dear sister, how could such an honest man like my brother do such a bad thing?"

"I don't trust you. You are the worst person in my family."

Xu Lingyue pouted and made a face at him, then turned and went to the side yard.

……

Two days later, at night, the lanterns under the eaves of Pingyuan Bo's mansion were swaying in the wind, and the shadow of the Podocarpus on the south wall kept swaying, baring its fangs and claws, like an evil spirit.

In the study room on the east side of the third courtyard, Zhang Jinqing, the Earl of Pingyuan who was born with a beard, and Zhang Feng, the Minister of War who had narrow eyes and looked like a bad guy, were sitting opposite each other. Next to them was an official of lower rank with a narrow forehead and a long chin, who looked very awkward. He was Sun Mingzhong, the Minister of Revenue who was good at giving advice.

"You two, have you read the letter? I think there is no need to elaborate. Now that things have developed to this point, what should we do?"

"..." Zhang Feng lowered his head and pondered.

Sun Mingzhong did not say anything, but in his heart he cursed the two men in front of him. If they could just send the people out, it would be fine as long as they could achieve the goal of striking at Prince Yu. But what kind of thing did the sons of these two men do? Why force people to death? Now Henghui has returned to the capital to seek revenge, and the night watchman Wei Yuan has become cowardly. How could he be expected to give advice? What advice could he give?
"Speak up!" Pingyuan Bo obviously joined the Liang Party after Prince Yu fell, but his momentum is very strong. He has surpassed Zhang Feng and has become a figure who has the final say in the Liang Party. Say your uncle...

Sun Mingzhong greeted his elders in his heart. It was clearly his son's good deed. What did it have to do with him?
Of course, no matter how much he thought about it, he was also clear that he had been kidnapped by these two guys who were more likely to cause trouble than to help. Once the truth about the murder of Princess Pingyang was exposed, Zhang Jinqing and Zhang Feng would be implicated by their two sons, and all three clans would be doomed. And he, who had a close relationship with the two and had received benefits from the Yazi organization, would also be in trouble. Even if the other members of the Liang Party were not investigated, they would scatter like monkeys when the tree falls.

"I'm thinking about one thing. Since the monk Kaiguang is Henghui, and he has such powerful martial arts, why doesn't he just attack the two young masters to avenge last year? As far as I know... the monk Kaiguang has been in the capital for two months."

Zhang Feng said, "Is there a possibility that he is afraid of the Supervisor? Although a third-rank Vajra is strong, he must have many concerns when killing someone under the Supervisor's nose, not to mention that he is a monk from the Heavenly Realm."

Zhang Jinqing said: "Heng Hui is a monk from Qinglong Temple, not a monk from Tianyu."

"Isn't the Heaven Realm the backer of Qinglong Temple? Same reason..." Sun Mingzhong paused after speaking, a gleam in his eyes: "Since we can't defeat him head-on, why not send a few people to capture the monks of Qinglong Temple? I don't believe that he can ignore the lives of Master and even his fellow disciples and kill the two young masters."

Zhang Feng frowned and said, "Since he dared to elope with Princess Pingyang, he has violated the monastery's rules. I'm afraid... this will not only fail to stop him, but will instead arouse his vicious nature."

"So what can we do now? Monk Henghui is no longer the same Monk Henghui he was a year ago. He has at least the fighting power of a third-grade Vajra."

"Alas." Zhang Feng sighed. Among the third-rank Vajra, the only ones in Dafeng who could surely defeat Henghui were the Supervisor and the Imperial Master Luo Yuheng. However, it was obvious that these two people were not something they could control.

Zhang Jinqing's eyes gleamed again, thinking that now he had no choice but to ask that person for help... After all, what happened last year was at his instigation...

At this time, Sun Mingzhong clapped his hands fiercely and said, "According to the news from the night watchmen's office, Xu Qi'an once said that he was the elder brother-in-law of the monk who opened the door. Before coming here, I asked someone to find out about the composition of the Xu family. Xu Qi'an has no younger sister, only two cousins. The older one is of marriageable age, and the younger one is just a child."

Zhang Feng said: "Is what you said... true?"

"If the monk had no intentions towards the women of the Xu family, why did he stay in the Xu residence?"

"In that case, I will arrange for someone to capture the eldest daughter of the Xu family. We will know whether the monk will be cautious or not after a try."

"No need to try."

Just at this moment, a faint voice came from outside the door, and the door opened with a creak. A cool breeze blew in, and the candlelight flickered slightly, illuminating the uninvited guest at the door, especially the bald head, which was particularly eye-catching.

"Since everyone knows that I'm Xu Qian'an's brother-in-law, shouldn't I perform well? Although asking you to capture my little wife and then rescue her will help improve your favorability, I can't always think about myself. I also have to take care of the Xu family's feelings, otherwise, wouldn't all the meals I've eaten these days be in vain?"

Chu Pingsheng walked into the room and flicked the door with his fingers, closing it.

“You are… Kaiguang… No, Henghui?!”

The three people beside the table stood up at the same time. Zhang Jinqing's old face twitched again and again, and the hand that was pointing at people trembled constantly.

"Yes, I am Kaiguang and Henghui."

"Come here, come here!"

Zhang Jinqing stretched his neck and shouted loudly for the guards employed in the mansion.

"Don't shout, they are all dead."

All...dead?
The three of them stood there in shock for a moment, and Sun Mingzhong subconsciously stepped back, knocking over the round stool under his butt.

"Impossible, impossible... You said they were all dead... How come I... How come I didn't hear a single scream?"

Zhang Jinqing didn't believe it. Ever since he knew that the monk who performed the consecration ceremony was Henghui, his first move was to strengthen the security of the Earl's Mansion. For this purpose, he spent a lot of money to hire many people from the underworld to act as thugs, and the Earl's Mansion was well protected. Now the monk told him that those people were dead? And they died silently. How could this be possible!

Chu Pingsheng was in no mood to prove to the three people that he was not lying. He shook his sleeves slightly, and a flash of light appeared on the ground, revealing two unconscious young men.

The expressions of Pingyuan Bo and the Minister of War changed drastically.

"Yi'er."

"Bo Fu!"

The two young men on the ground were none other than their sons, the real murderers who forced Princess Pingyang to death last year.

After receiving the letter sent by Li Yulang, the two not only strengthened their guard force, but also arranged for their son to go outside to avoid the limelight. They thought that as long as they stayed away, they could avoid being harmed by Henghui, and secondly...if the matter got out of hand and Pingyang's death attracted the investigation of the night watchmen, as long as they denied it and Zhang Yi and Zhang Bofu were not caught, they would not be able to be convicted.

Who knew that they didn't escape and fell into the hands of the monk.

From the fate of the two, it can be seen that what the monk said about all the guards in the Earl's Mansion were dead was most likely true.

Zhang Feng said: "Why did they... fall into your hands?"

"Look at the way you ask this question. It's so stupid. I can appear in the study of the Earl's Mansion at the critical moment when you are discussing kidnapping Lingyue to deal with me. Why can't you arrest them all?"

"So, you...you've been spying on us?"

"bingo."

"why?"

"Why? Shouldn't I kill you? I've only been in the capital for a few days? I haven't had enough fun yet, why should I kill you?"

Zhang Feng looked dejected.

Zhang Jinqing was worried about his son's safety. He pushed twice but got no response. He looked up and asked, "What did you do to them?"

"Don't worry, he's not dead."

Chu Pingsheng pointed forward, and a bit of true energy penetrated into the bodies of the two men. Zhang Yi and Zhang Bofu frowned, slowly woke up, noticed Pingyuanbo and the Minister of War behind them, called out "Dad", turned around and saw Chu Pingsheng standing at the door, and were immediately frightened and crawled back.

"Don't kill me...don't kill me..."

"It was him. It was Zhang Yi who hit you to death with a stone, not me..."

"Zhang Bofu, it was you who coveted the beauty of Princess Pingyang and had evil intentions, instigating me to commit the crime with you."

"..."

Sun Mingzhong looked at the two people who were biting each other with a complicated expression and full of hatred. He thought that if these two bastards had not had any evil intentions, how could he have been involved in this disaster.

Chu Pingsheng laughed: "So, Zhang Bofu was the mastermind behind forcing Pingyang to death?"

Zhang Yi pointed at his good friend who walked his bird, played with his dog, and visited brothels with him every day, slept with the same woman many times, and changed his mistresses from time to time: "Yes, he is the mastermind. He is the one who plotted against you and wanted to kill you. He said that Princess Pingyang was so beautiful that it would be a pity to die, and it would be better to make full use of her... He was the one who gave the orders from beginning to end."

“Don’t…don’t…” Seeing Chu Pingsheng’s eyes becoming increasingly cold, Zhang Bofu suddenly turned around and pointed at his biological father and said, “I am just following my father’s orders. These…are all discussed by my father and the Minister of War Zhang Feng. They asked me to do all this to strike back at Prince Yu and prevent him from entering the cabinet.”

"Rebel!"

Zhang Jinqing's eyes were wide with anger. He had never expected that the son he raised would sell him out so thoroughly.

"Oh?" Chu Pingsheng sneered, "So, he was the one who gave the order to kill us?"

"Yes, it was Dad... Dad who instructed me to do this."

Zhang Bofu didn't dare to look Zhang Jinqing in the eye and turned his head to the side, but he didn't stop betraying his father. He knew very well that since he had made up his mind to sell out his father to survive, he had no choice but to harden his heart and sell him to the end.

Zhang Feng, the Minister of War, saw that his son was selling out his father for his life, so why was he still hesitating? He also pointed at Zhang Jinqing and said, "It was all Pingyuan Bo's idea. He found me and told me that he had no future under Prince Yu. Now he has a great opportunity to drag Prince Yu into the water and help the civil servant group win the struggle with the noble group. That's why I agreed to cooperate with his plan. I went to Prince Yu after Princess Pingyang and you left. I didn't know about Princess Pingyang's death until Yi'er told me."

Sun Mingzhong also waved his hand and said, "Master, please understand. This is all their fault. It has nothing to do with me."

"Really, Earl Pingyuan?"

Chu Pingsheng sneered, "Now your son and his friends have pointed out that you are the mastermind of this matter. I want to ask you, do you have anything to say?"

Pingyuan Bo's expression changed again and again, his brows knitted again and again, and after a few breaths, his expression became grim and his voice was chilling: "That's right, I am the mastermind, if you want to kill me, come at me alone."

clap clap clap...

Chu Pingsheng clapped his hands gently.

"You are still protecting that person even now, Lord Pingyuan, you are really a loyal dog."

This confused Zhang Feng and Sun Mingzhong.

What this implies is that Pingyuan Bo was not the mastermind?

who's that person?
"Who is the biggest beneficiary of Prince Yu's downfall?"

Zhang Feng and Sun Mingzhong looked at each other.

If we talk about the biggest beneficiary, the first one is undoubtedly the prime minister of Prince Wang Zhenwen, followed by Zhang Feng who inherited the position of Minister of War of Prince Yu, and then the Earl of Pingyuan.

"The Emperor."

These three words gave everyone except Zhang Jinqing a shock.

"Am I right, Earl Pingyuan?"

Pingyuanbo: "..."

"Yuan Jing didn't want Prince Yu to be the Prime Minister. He learned about Pingyang's situation from Lin'an, so he issued an edict to arrange a marriage for Pingyang and force her to elope with me. In fact, even if she didn't elope with me, as long as he arranged for someone to expose her affair with me, a monk from the Qinglong Temple, Prince Yu's wish to enter the cabinet would be shattered."

"What a coincidence! Pingyang has found you. Yuan Jing doesn't need to arrange other people now. He can just go with the flow and let you be the one handing over the knife to help the civil officials get rid of Prince Yu. As for me and Pingyang, everyone knows that behind Qinglong Temple is Tianyu, and the contradictions between Tianyu and Dafeng are growing. If we escape from the capital safely and enter Tianyu, with the relationship between Pingyang and Prince Yu, he might become a sharp knife in the future and stab him in the back. Who is safer, a living Pingyang or a dead Pingyang?"

The Ministry of Revenue pointed upwards and said, "You mean, the mastermind is... is..."

"That's right, Emperor Yuan Jing."

Chu Pingsheng winked at them and said, "Don't you think that Pingyuan Bo is very popular in front of Yuan Jing? And everyone knows that he runs a human trafficking organization, but he can run it safely. Even though he betrayed Prince Yu, the people of the noble group couldn't do anything to him."

After he said this, Sun Mingzhong and Zhang Feng immediately understood.

indeed.

The emperor trusted Pingyuan Bo far more than other nobles. This is why Pingyuan Bo became the most influential person in the Liang Party in just one year after he surrendered to the civil service group.

It turns out... Pingyuan Bo is Yuan Jing's confidant who does dirty things for him.

Sun Mingzhong said, "So, after you returned to the capital, you didn't ask for Zhang Yi and Zhang Bofu's lives because you knew that the emperor was the mastermind behind this?"

“Well, I think so.”

"Since you know that it is the emperor's intention, then you must know what consequences you will face if you kill me." Seeing that the monk had sorted out all the logic behind the case, Zhang Jinqing knew that it was no longer realistic to protect Emperor Yuan Jing.

He defended Emperor Yuan Jing just now because once Emperor Yuan Jing knew that he gave out the truth in order to survive, the Zhang family would be killed along with all nine generations of their clan. Since the monk already knew that the emperor was the mastermind, he had no worries and could use the emperor's power to force the monk to back down.

"Oh, I kill you? Why should I kill you?"

These words confused the three of them.

(End of this chapter)