Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 116: Sword House Welcoming Guests
The sky was completely immersed in darkness, and Zong Zhui and others rushed back with the news.

"According to the undercover investigation of the Supervisory Council, the case of the ninth-rank master attacking the patrol troops at the border was ignored by the City Lord's Mansion and has never been dealt with."

Fei Jie frowned, not understanding what the City Lord's Mansion was intending.

"Jianlu didn't respond either?"

"No."

Fei Jie's frown deepened.

Early the next morning, Fei Jie got on the carriage to the City Lord's Mansion.

Lin Ruo changed into casual clothes and went out, planning to visit Jianlu.

As the sun rose, Dongyi City became lively. Shops on every street opened for business, and customers came in droves. The mall was prosperous as always, and there was no slackness because of the small episode of the Qing Kingdom's envoys questioning the crime.

The people of Dongyi City saw the envoy's carriage stop outside the city lord's mansion, and an old man with very shabby clothes and messy long hair got out.

The old man pulled his beard and glanced at the City Lord's Mansion with his brown eyes. He ignored the servants who came to greet him and walked in with an extremely arrogant attitude.

The Lord of Dongyi City had an ordinary appearance and was dressed in a brocade robe. He was a middle-aged profit-seeking businessman with a shrewd and cunning look in his eyes. He was not the martial arts master that Fei Jie had imagined.

Only when he saw the other person accompanying him did Fei Jie take it a little more seriously.

"Jian Lu's first disciple Yun Zhilan is here too. That's great. With Jian Lu's witness, everything will be much more convenient." Fei Jie took a sip of hot tea and felt much more relaxed physically and mentally.

Yun Zhilan bowed his head slightly, clasped his fists, and saluted: "Master Dai greets Mr. Fei."

"Why, that idiot Si Gu Jian doesn't want to see me."

Calling Si Gu Jian a fool was something that happened many years ago. Now Si Gu Jian is a grandmaster who is decisive in killing and has a bad temper.

No one dared to call him that anymore, and the case of the old city lord and his entire family being exterminated was the best proof of that.

Si Gu Jian has killed many people over the years, and they were all people who deserved to be killed. He never shows mercy to anyone.

Hearing that someone dared to call someone a fool, the mayor of Dongyi City's expression changed a little, but then he forced himself to calm down and glanced at Yun Zhilan.

Fei Jie was famous for his poison, he naturally knew it, so he would not rashly contradict him.

What’s more important is that it was thanks to Fei Jie’s methods many years ago that Si Gu Jian became a truly normal person, so he is fully qualified to be called a fool.

Yun Zhilan lowered his eyes slightly, his expression unchanged. Before coming here, Si Gu Jian had already told him not to have any conflict with Fei Jie. He was a man who knew the big picture, otherwise he would not have been the eldest brother who handled the affairs inside and outside the sword house.

“My master said that we will try our best to meet Mr. Fei’s requirements. Also, Mr. Fei will be attending the grand opening ceremony in five days, so please be sure to attend,” Yun Zhilan said.

Fei Jie stretched his waist and smoothed the messy hair covering his eyes. "Does it mean that I can just ask for it at will? If that's the case, there's no need to come all the way to Dongyi City and waste my body."

"Mr. Fei, you are joking. It is true that our disciples were involved in the Niulan Street case, and our Dongyi City is willing to take full responsibility for the crime. But I'm sorry, I cannot comply with your order regarding the Cangshan case." Yun Zhilan's expression became serious.

Fei Jie scratched his face and said, "The best swordsmen in the world are the Jianlu family in Dongyi City. It's okay to be reasonable to suspect them. In addition to the Niulan Street case, it's okay for my Qing country to believe that Dongyi City wanted to kill Wu Bo'an to silence him."

"At the time of the incident, none of my thirteen disciples from Jianlu were in Qing Kingdom." Yun Zhilan said.

"Are there no more disciples below the thirteen Sword House disciples? It's hard to say." Fei Jie smiled and looked aside, "Just drinking tea?"

"Mr. Fei, please wait a moment. I will serve the food right away." The city lord stood up and left with a somewhat panicked look on his face. "The Cangshan case concerns the reputation of my master. If Qing Kingdom does not have direct evidence, Dongyi City will never allow it to throw dirty water on us." Yun Zhilan made it clear.

"If I remember correctly, you were going to lead an envoy to my Nanqing to confess your crime one day. It seems that you wanted to explain to His Majesty in person. But I have to give you a piece of advice. Although His Majesty of Nanqing is willing to listen to people, once you enter the capital of Nanqing, anything can easily be thrown at you, and it will definitely be difficult to wash away the trouble." Fei Jie said with a wry smile.

Yun Zhilan is a middle-aged man with a long sword at his waist, which carries the ninth-grade sword intent. His whole body involuntarily emanates a murderous aura.

But in this conversation, he was completely suppressed by Fei Jie, and his momentum was weakened accordingly.

No matter how the talks go, Dongyi City will always be the submissive party, because Qing Kingdom is not afraid of war, but Dongyi City is too afraid of war.

"Since you are here, we cannot expect to complete the negotiations in a day or two. You can go back to Jianlu and discuss it with Si Gu Jian. I still have time to wait for news." Fei Jie's tone became much colder.

Yun Zhilan cupped his hands and said, "Well, after the meeting is over, Yun Zhilan will give Mr. Fei an answer."

"But there is one more thing. Dongyi City also needs to give us a definite answer on the case of casualties among border patrol soldiers." Fei Jie changed the subject.

"This case was not committed by Dongyi City." Yun Zhilan said without hesitation.

"Have you checked? How dare you say that?"

Yun Zhilan placed the sword on the table and said seriously, "I am willing to use my reputation as a ninth-grade swordsman to guarantee that since the Cangshan case, I have been keeping an eye on the inside and outside of Dongyi City. No one has ever attacked the Nanqing border troops. I hope Mr. Fei will understand."

Fei Jie withdrew his gaze in disappointment, because he knew that Yun Zhilan was an honest man.

"If Mr. Fei is suspicious of the city lord, there is no need to do so. The city lord has no power or ability to do anything other than maintaining business order."

The meaning of Yun Zhilan's words was very clear. The Lord of Dongyi City was just an empty shell, even emptier than anyone had imagined. If such a move really occurred, Si Gu Jian would not need to take any action, as he could easily wipe out the entire Lord's Mansion.

……

Dongyi City is very large, but Lin Ruo can still walk around leisurely, because Jianlu is the easiest place to find in Dongyi City, just walk in the most remote direction.

Before seeing it, no one would have imagined that the famous Jianlu was actually rows of thatched houses and a few quiet courtyards.

The closer you get to the sword pavilion, the fewer people there are, and the more powerful the sword intent gathered by countless people becomes.

Lin Ruo couldn't help but slow down his pace. There were at least a hundred outer disciples around the sword pavilion, and all of them were above the seventh rank.

Not to mention the thirteen disciples of Si Gu Jian in Jian Lu.

Si Gu Jian was in seclusion. In order to prevent any unexpected events, the entire Jian Lu was in a state of absolute alert. It seemed like this was not the place he should visit.

But Lin Ruo still shamelessly took a few steps closer, attracting the attention of several disciples, hoping that someone would really invite him in.

"Who is causing trouble?" A disciple came over.

When Lin Ruo announced the name of the envoy, the eyes of several disciples looking at him suddenly became colder.

This Qing person wants to see the ancestor...

After several disciples discussed it, although they were reluctant, they still bent down to lead the way: "Follow us."

(End of this chapter)