Huangxiu

Chapter 36 Asking the Sky
There were also four guards surrounding him.

He was dressed in a brocade robe, with a dignified demeanor. He was standing with his eyes closed, practicing martial arts, which showed his diligence.

Hearing the noise, he opened his eyes and faced Chu Zhiyuan.

The two groups met, the guards dispersed, and the two men walked side by side.

"Fourth brother, the Supervisory Office has already given instructions, so you can go and find Leng Nanfeng, the Leng Division Master."

"Thank you, third brother."

"Why are you being so polite to me? You don't need me to accompany you, right?"

"Third brother, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go there myself this afternoon."

"If you want to know anything, just tell Master Leng. He will try his best to satisfy you. I have already received the order from my grandfather."

"it is good."

The two parted on the busy street and were escorted back to their respective palaces by guards.

After Chu Zhiyuan returned to the palace, he saw Chu Yi with a look of despair on his face, like an eggplant hit by frost, completely wilted.

He smiled and took out a small purple box from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi took it and opened it with confusion, and found a black and white seed in the box. He immediately perked up again.

Chu Zhiyuan discovered that Bai Ningshuang began to change her previous plain decoration style and put on some bright jewelry, making her, who was already beautiful, look more gorgeous and radiant like a fairy concubine.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head secretly.

Although I have shown sufficient qualifications, the time is still short and the effect of these qualifications has not yet been truly demonstrated.

Therefore, it failed to fundamentally change their thinking and could not bring enough confidence.

During lunch, Bai Ningshuang grumbled a few words, complaining that he did not go back to the palace to sleep last night, and told him not to fool around outside and sleep with prostitutes.

He said he was practicing martial arts outside, but he was at the age of full of vigor and vitality, and he might be bewitched by the vixen if he was not careful.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded from time to time, but ignored what he said.

After a short rest, I went to the Supervisory Office.

The Supervisory Office is not well-known in the martial world, and the people of Dajing know very little about it, and most have never even heard of it. But for court officials, it is well-known and they are extremely wary.

The duty of the Supervisory Department is to supervise the world.

What the common people knew was that it was the censors who reported matters upon hearing news that restrained the court officials, but they did not know that it was the Supervisory Office that really frightened the court officials.

The Inspectorate’s eyes and ears are everywhere, making it hard to guard against them.

Not only does it supervise officials all over the country, it also has the Zhenwu Division. Its most important responsibility is to have ears and eyes everywhere outside the imperial court, including the Great Meng, the Great Zhen, and various small countries.

The Supervisory Office was located to the west of the Tianbao Office, not far from the Ministry of Rites.

When he arrived at the Supervisory Office, he was stopped by the stern-faced guard at the door. He gave his name and asked to pass inside. Soon a middle-aged man with a horse face came out.

His narrow face was full of pits and his eyes were small but sparkling with a bright light. He had a smile on his face and said enthusiastically, "My Lord, I am Ma Tianhe. I am sorry for not coming in to greet you. Please come in quickly."

"Master Ma, thank you for your help." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists and said with a smile.

"It is my great honor to serve the prince."

"Master Leng, he...?"

"Unfortunately, the Master happened to be out on business, and before he left, he specifically asked me to do my best to serve him. The Master has already said that the Prince can check it."

"Well, then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Ma." Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile.

The boss Leng Nanfeng might not want to see me, or of course he might just happen to have something to do. Since I am not sure what to do, I can only believe it and not investigate further.

Guo Chi stayed outside the yamen, and Zou Fang followed him like a shadow.

Ma Tianhe knew the rules for the princes and the crown princes. The eunuchs were always with them and were almost never away from them, so he pretended not to see them and led Chu Zhiyuan into the gate, around the screen wall, through two open courtyards, and finally came to a room in the third courtyard.

Inside the room were rows and rows of bookshelves filled with files.

Ma Tianhe pointed to a bookshelf and said with a smile, "My Lord, these are all Wen Tianya's files."

He took nine boxes of files from the bookshelf next to him and placed them on the desk under the window: "Here are all Cheng Tianfeng's files."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded and smiled, "Are there so many people from Wentianya?"

"These are only records from the past hundred years." Ma Tianhe said with a smile.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

If I were Dazhen, I would never allow such a powerful sect to exist, and I would have found a way to dismantle the Wentian Cliff long ago.

But I don’t know much about Wentian Cliff yet, I’ll have to see it first.

"Let me take a look first." Chu Zhiyuan was not in a hurry to read Cheng Tianfeng's information. He looked at Wen Tianya's first: "Do you have any structural information about Wen Tianya?"

"Yes." Ma Tianhe walked to the shelf and quickly took out a volume and handed it to Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan flipped through it quickly.

He read very quickly, taking in ten lines at a glance, and imprinted them directly in his mind, while he began to analyze what he saw.

After reading it, he asked for information about all the previous cliff masters of Wentian Cliff, followed by other information.

Ma Tianhe knew all the information on this shelf, and he could immediately retrieve whatever Chu Zhiyuan wanted to find. This was of great help to Chu Zhiyuan.

Although he watched them one by one and was able to organize them in his mind after finishing them, it was far from being as efficient as this.

In the evening, as dusk fell, he finally finished reading all the files.

Ma Tianhe has always been respectful and diligent.

Chu Zhiyuan saw that he was an ambitious man, and if he had enough backing, he would have a bright future.

"Master Ma, has anyone else come to review these recently?"

"...As far as I know, there is no such thing. The prince is the first one. These are all top secrets and outsiders are not qualified to read them."

"Will it be given to the general on the Northwest Frontier?"

"These are top-secret files of the third rank. A copy will be sent to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, but only the generals can read them in the Zhenbei General's Mansion. They cannot be leaked."

"Except for General Zhenbei, no one else can see it?"

"Yes."

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to be thinking about something.

Through these files, what he saw of Wentian Cliff was indeed astonishing.

The inheritance of Wentian Cliff is more than a thousand years old, but there are only a dozen people in Wentian Cliff, who live on Wentian Cliff all year round and never go down the mountain.

It can be said that Tianya's influence is enormous.

Every cliff master is the national master of Dazhen, and in every generation, there are several disciples of the Dazhen royal family who worship at Wentian Cliff.

He was amazed.

The four strongest sects in the Dajing Dynasty are the four major sects. The disciples of the four major sects enter the Zhenwu Division and the Supervisory Division, and the grand masters enter the imperial court to serve.

But even if the four major sects were combined, their influence on Dazhen might not be as great as Wen Tianya's.

This influence is a direct impact on the emperor and the royal family, and even a direct impact on the emperor's power.

Emperor Dajing would never allow such a sect to exist.

The emperors of the Dazhen Dynasty were all wise rulers, but they allowed Wentianya to occupy such a transcendent position. It might be because Wentianya was beyond imagination, or there might be some other reason.

This Cheng Tianfeng is the last disciple of the national master. He has been practicing in seclusion in Wentian Cliff and seldom comes down the mountain. The Supervisory Department assesses that he should be at the eighth level.

In addition, the Supervisory Office was unable to figure out what martial arts Cheng Tianfeng practiced and what method he used.

This time, Cheng Tianfeng went out in person, one to challenge the prince of Dajing Dynasty, and the other to find the prince's wife.

Obviously he was the candidate for marriage.

Chu Zhiyuan stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking solemn.

Cheng Tianfeng is not easy to deal with. If you are not careful, you will be defeated by him.

So many files record the deeds of Wen Tianya and how Wen Tianya's disciples punished the evildoers and helped the imperial court.

There is also the achievement and deeds of Wen Tianya's disciples, including the royal disciples.

As for Wen Tianya's inheritance and martial arts, there is no useful information.

It's really strange that it can remain so mysterious despite such a long tradition.

He looked at Ma Tianhe and said, "Don't you have any useful information about Wen Tianya's martial arts?"

Ma Tianhe smiled bitterly: "Wen Tianya disciples will not enter the secular world unless they have reached the level of Grandmaster. Moreover, Wen Tianya has a very high prestige in Dazhen. Whenever they encounter Wen Tianya disciples, they often surrender without a fight."

"...Are there any other files on Wentianya?"

"The earlier files are sealed in Tsutenkaku."

"Master Leng has the right to review it, right?"

"Yes."

"Then please ask Master Leng to find all the files about Wen Tianya's martial arts. I will come and take a look tomorrow."

"……Yes."

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The next morning, after rolling the clock, Chu Zhiyuan came to the Supervisory Office, and Ma Tianhe came out to greet him warmly again.

"Master Ma, is Leng Sizhu absent today because of something else?"

"...Yes, Leng Sizhu has been busy these days and has been out all the time."

"Okay." Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

This is to avoid suspicion and also to avoid being humble, which is understandable.

He went to the room, looked through the thirty or so selected files, and shook his head.

Finally found some vague records of Wen Tianya's martial arts.

(End of this chapter)