Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 115: In the blink of an eye, everything is gone

There is unrest in Bojiji Lane tonight.

A big incident happened in the second branch of the Chen family. The family god that had been worshipped for more than 20 years turned into an evil spirit and turned against the head of the family, causing Chen Shicheng to die on the spot.

According to people who were present at the scene, the wolf god was very cruel. He ripped open Chen Shicheng's stomach, took out his heart and ate it.

After such a big incident, the second house was thrown into chaos.

Fortunately, the second son, Chen Guizhong, was at home and managed the situation. On the one hand, he dealt with his father's funeral affairs; on the other hand, he sent his retainers out to hunt down the escaped wolf god; and he also sent someone to inform the clan and seek help...

At dawn, Mingfeng, a Taoist boy from Changsheng Temple, did not see his master Taoist Song coming to collect the elixirs. When he entered the house, he found Taoist Song dead in the room.

He was killed by someone.

Kill with one sword!
Taoist Mingfeng was horrified and didn't even bother to guard Danhuo anymore, he ran out to look for someone.

It didn't take long before the entire Bojiji Lane became noisy, like a pot of boiling water.

……

Chen Jin got up and finished washing up.

Seeing Ye Yanke practicing sword, he stood by and watched with his hands behind his back.

After watching for a while, hurried footsteps and noise were heard outside.

Soon, Chen Shizhen ran in and said breathlessly: "Something big has happened."

Ye Yanke stopped his sword and asked, "What happened?"

"My second brother is dead, and there is also Taoist Master Song from Changsheng Temple..."

As Chen Shizhen was telling the story, he couldn't help but glance at Chen Jin.

Ye Yanke also glanced at Chen Jin.

If Chen Shizhen was still suspicious, then Ye Yanke could almost be sure that these two things were closely related to Chen Jin.

Such decisive and ruthless behavior is beyond the reach of second thought.

These days, Chen Jin has been practicing behind closed doors, keeping quiet. But in fact, he has already made up his mind to resolve the matter before the provincial examination begins.

Or maybe, from the beginning to the end, he never regarded Taoist Song and his men as real opponents, and let them do whatever they wanted.

In the blink of an eye, everything was reduced to ashes.

Facing the gazes of the two, Chen Jin looked calm and said with a smile, "Really? It's a coincidence that they died, but it's all other people's business... Mr. Chen San, the provincial examination will start tomorrow, and it will be inconvenient for me to stay here. So after lunch, I plan to go to Qingyun Inn near the examination hall to stay. Anyway, Mr. Hu has already booked a room, so it's a waste to leave it empty."

The provincial examination is different from the boy's examination. The rules are much stricter, and there are three examinations, each lasting three days.

During each exam, you have to stay in the examination room for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

The distance from Bojiji Lane to the Examination Hall is quite long. If you rush there on the same day, you will be very pressed for time and it is easy to make mistakes.

So it is reasonable for Chen Jin to arrive there early.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shizhen immediately forgot about the deaths of Taoist Song and others. After all, the other party was the culprit who caused his family to go bankrupt, and their death was a gratifying one.

As for who the murderer is, who cares?

The most important thing at the moment is Chen Jin’s imperial examination career, which cannot be lost.

So he said, "Okay. I'll ask Jin'er to prepare a lunch for you. Have a good meal and congratulate you in advance."

There is no need to prepare dry food for the exam.

During the Qianlong period, in order to prevent cheating, no one was allowed to bring into the provincial examination room except the candidates themselves.

The four treasures of the study, food and drink for the examination are all provided by the examination institute.

This is much easier.

Of course, for Chen Jin, eating is even simpler. As long as he takes a Five Qi Jing Yang Pill before entering the venue, it is enough to offset the hunger for two or three days without refining the essence into qi.

In terms of efficacy, it is similar to fasting.

It was almost noon when the banquet was ready. It filled a large table and was extremely sumptuous.

Chen Jin and Ye Yan were not polite and sat down to eat. After eating, they packed up their luggage.

In fact, there wasn't much stuff. Both Chen Jin and Ye Yanke were the kind of people who could just go wherever they wanted and travel light.

However, since Wangcai was not convenient to go with us, he let him stay.

After all, the Qingyun Inn was occupied by students who were concentrating on preparing for the exam. A dog coming in and out would be out of place. It would be bad if it disturbed anyone.

When Chen Jin does things, he will pay attention to the rules and etiquette and avoid them.

Anyway, he will come back here after the exam.

Chen Jin originally planned to have Ye Yanke send him off and then return to Chen Shizhen's home, but Ye Yanke was unwilling to do so and insisted on waiting at the inn.

"Master Chen San, I'll return this box of books to you."

Chen Jin held the book box and handed it to Chen Shizhen.

Chen Shizhen hurriedly said, "Mr. Chen, you don't have to rush to return the book. You can keep it and read it slowly."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "I have finished reading it and benefited a lot from it. Thank you very much."

"finish watching?"

Chen Shizhen couldn't help but be stunned.

The box of books he carefully selected contained thirty or forty volumes, each of which was quite thick and contained tens of thousands of words.

If you add them up, it’s not a small number.

From the time it was handed over to Chen Jin until now, in such a short period of time, even if Chen Jin read one book a day, he would not be able to finish it.

Besides, how can you finish a book in one day?
Wouldn't that be just swallowing the whole thing without understanding the whole content?

Not helpful for learning.

Suddenly, I thought that Chen Jin might have selected a few books from them. If we look at them in detail, then it would make sense.

In any case, on the eve of the provincial examination, Chen Jin said that having read these books should be of some help, more or less.

That's enough.

As for the final result, it depends on your performance on the spot.

Packed up and ready to go.

The provincial examination lasts only about ten days at most. It is not a long journey, so there is no need to feel sad about leaving.

Besides, when you are going to take the exam, those who see you off should give you smiles, encouragement, and congratulations.

Chen Jin gave Chen Jin a handkerchief embroidered by herself. On the handkerchief was a picture of winning the laurel palace. The meaning of this was self-evident.

Just as I was about to go out, there was a lot of noise outside and a large group of people came in aggressively and blocked the door.

The leader was Chen Guizhong, who was dressed in mourning, followed by more than a dozen retainers and guards.

Chen Shizhen hurried forward and shouted, "Ah Chong, why are you bringing people to block my door?"

Chen Guizhong was filled with grief and indignation: "What? You used despicable means to harm my father, and now you want to run away?"

Chen Shizhen was surprised and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? What does my family have to do with my second brother's death? The provincial examination is coming soon, and Master Chen is about to go to the examination hall. Don't make trouble here."

There was a loud clang.

Chen Guizhong drew the sword from his waist and raised it high in his hand: "I don't care! Anyway, no one can leave Boji Lane until the truth is revealed."

Ye Yanke's face was stern. He took a step forward and put his right hand on the hilt of the heavy sword. "You have a sword, but I have a sword in my hand. Who dares to hinder my master's future? Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Clattering.

The guards behind Chen Guizhong all had weapons in their hands, surrounded him, and looked at him with a fierce look.

The two sides were on edge, as if they were about to fight if they didn't agree on a single word, and were ready to stain the abbot's road red with blood.

(End of this chapter)