I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 42 No Hee Hee

The fire at Chouyun Mountain burned all night long.

The flames burned the entire mountain into a bare expanse.

All the original spiritual herbs and medicines were gone, and the demons were turned into ashes, not to mention other animals.

The fire burned out the livelihoods of the herbalists in the town and also destroyed the Yuan family's treasury.

But there were also people from the underworld who were equally angry. They were invited here, and less than one-third of them were left dead. They were also full of anger.

The Yuan family no longer intended to pay the bounty that had been agreed upon, and the two sides fell out.

Another fight almost broke out last night.

Liang Zhanyun didn't sleep the whole night. He was arguing with the angry townspeople and dealing with the angry Yuan family.

When the sky turned pale, he waited for a long time before the officials finally arrived.

The local county lieutenant arrived here with a dozen constables, accompanied by an official wearing a black embroidered robe.

"Mr. Liang, could you spare a moment to chat with me?" the embroidered official asked politely. "Please explain the whole story to me. This is such a big deal that Jiangzhou can't suppress it."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard of the Southern Dynasty and the Embroidered Uniform Guard of the Northern Dynasty.

The two imperial court secret agencies were the court's eyes and ears specifically used to monitor the underworld.

Even the most prestigious master in a state would not dare to show displeasure to Xiuyi.

Liang Zhanyun told everything he knew.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard took out a booklet and wrote down everything verbatim, then asked, "Do you know the identity and origin of that white-haired boy?"

Liang Zhanyun shook his head silently and said, "I really don't know. His origins are very mysterious."

This was a lie, he knew that Bai Xuan was related to the Ningguo Mansion.

But if nine of them are true and one is false, it is the hardest to find the flaw.

In fact, before Chouyun Mountain, Liang Zhanyun had never met Bai Xuan, so he could completely say that he didn't know him.

Liang Zhanyun deliberately concealed Bai Xuan's identity, of course out of good intentions, and wanted to hide it as long as possible.

"Okay, I understand." The Embroidered Uniform Guard said, "Thank you for your cooperation."

Liang Zhanyun watched the group of people leave, then he jumped on his horse and left the town without stopping.

He learned from Bai Xuan that his junior sister was not dead, but he couldn't find her for the time being, so he could only go back to Huaping Villa to inform his master and ask for help.

Not far away, the Embroidered Uniform Guards were standing on the ground that was still emitting green smoke, biting the pen, and ashes were floating down from the top of the mountain.

Not far away, someone was dragging something to the entrance of the mountain road on a cart.

Looking closely, it was clearly a huge mountain spider head, but it had been burnt to a crisp by the flames.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard looked at the head thoughtfully.

The county lieutenant, who had been listening for a long time, asked, "Excuse me, sir, did the demon in this mountain really die at the hands of the white-haired young man?"

"It's unclear. The body is badly damaged, and we can't see much at the moment. We can only vaguely determine that it was a sword wound." The Embroidered Uniform Guard asked, "But if they say this young man can kill the demon that is causing trouble in this area, do you think it's credible?"

The county lieutenant shook his head: "I just thought it was an exaggeration in the storytelling."

"We'll know the truth once we find the person," the Embroidered Uniform Guard said calmly, "After all, the demon's death is a good thing. Now we have another way to cross the Wu River."

The government officials dismissed the townspeople who came to watch the fun and planned to bring the Yuan family and the surviving gang members back to the county government office for civil mediation.

After returning to the government office, the county lieutenant was about to take a breath when he suddenly caught sight of a missing person notice on the desk.

"What is this?" the county lieutenant asked his subordinate.

"To answer the County Lieutenant, this has just been delivered. It's said to have traveled 800 miles expedited. The person came here on a cloud roc, and wherever he went, he posted a missing person notice, asking our county office to help distribute one. I couldn't make up my mind, so I sent it here for you to take a look."

"Who posted such a big missing person notice?"

"It says on it, it's the Ningguo Mansion."

The Ningguo Mansion and the Jiangning families have dual backgrounds in the underworld and the imperial court. To a small county lieutenant, they are undoubtedly wealthy and powerful families and hereditary nobles.

The county lieutenant didn't dare to offend and said directly: "Then post it."

He glanced at the missing person notice. The boy in the portrait was quite handsome... wait?

The county lieutenant noticed the description in the following line - white hair?
I immediately thought of the white-haired young man mentioned by the group of people in the martial arts world before.

He grabbed the missing person notice and walked towards the mediation office of the county government. He grabbed a gangster and asked, "Is this the young man you have seen in the portrait?"

After receiving a positive reply, the county lieutenant was shocked and immediately went to see the Embroidered Uniform Guard with the news.

Both sides considered the information at hand, compared it, and roughly determined the whole process of what happened in the past two days.

"If our deduction is correct, this young man set out from Guandu two days ago and crossed the river overnight. During this time, he encountered pirates and the Jiang Prince causing trouble on the river. However, he survived and returned to Guandu alive. He then bought a carriage and traveled day and night to Chouyun Mountain. He also traveled through the mountain road overnight and was attacked by a demon... He was then captured by a mountain spider. Not only did he survive, he also released the person and set fire to the mountain last night..."

The Embroidered Uniform Guards looked at the sorted order, their hands trembling slightly: "This is outrageous! Open the door to outrageousness."

The county lieutenant also sighed: "It's really like a heifer chasing a bull."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard tilted his head and asked, "Does the Duke of Ning know that he's so arrogant?"

The county lieutenant shook his head and said, "The official ship sank two days ago, and Chouyun Mountain burned last night. I think he was trying to cross the river, and when he encountered a demon blocking his way, he killed it."

"By the way..."

"Yes, by the way." The county lieutenant nodded stiffly.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard asked again, "If, I mean if, if you had just escaped death from Prince Jiang's hands, would you still choose to cross the river through Sorrow Cloud Mountain, knowing that there are demons lurking there? Or would you travel all night without even taking a break?"

The county lieutenant laughed heartily: "Sir, you are quite humorous."

"So, do you dare?"

"It's not a question of whether or not you dare, but a question of whether or not you can." The county lieutenant rubbed his lower back and said, "I can't do it."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard said again: "Do you know what the most terrifying thing is?"

"Please sir, please clarify my doubts."

"He did so many things, but the Book of Heaven didn't even move, as if nothing had happened."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard's gaze gradually became deep and his tone became meaningful.

The county lieutenant didn't understand at first, but he realized it after a few seconds.

"grass!"

He swears, "He hasn't even entered the country yet!"

The county lieutenant wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to start. He just felt his mouth was dry and his tongue was parched. Finally, he was speechless. He felt like he had been living in a dog's stomach for the past thirty or forty years.

"The Ningguo Mansion has a unicorn child."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard slapped his thigh heavily, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"I will report this matter to King Yun immediately!"

"Such a great talent cannot be monopolized by her Ningguo Mansion!"

The county lieutenant nodded seriously, "That's right!" The Embroidered Uniform Guard laughed heartily, "Brother, the two of us can still achieve great wealth!"

The responsibilities of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are threefold.

First, monitor the underworld and control the scale of disputes; second, pursue and arrest the most vicious criminals; third, and most importantly, recruit talents from all over the world.

The world's best talents return to the country.

This is the national policy personally formulated by the current Emperor of Southern Chu.

Discovering and recommending talented people will be a great achievement and will be rewarded handsomely!

The fundamental goal of the imperial court is to maintain long-term rule, so it needs to ensure that military power is in its own hands. The ultimate form of this is to destroy all sects and families, leaving only warriors that can be trained by the imperial court, so as to achieve centralization.

But this is obviously impossible. If we can achieve this, we can ban weapons from the whole world.

In a world where martial arts are prevalent, it is difficult to ban martial arts from the world. Lonely Hou's approach will not work, because no matter how good the intention is, it will affect the fundamental interests of too many people; a century-old dynasty is not enough to compete with all the sects and families in the world.

So the Southern Dynasty simply changed its thinking and started competing with the aristocratic families and sects for people.

Recruiting talents without any restrictions is also an alternative way to remove the root of the problem.

……

The next morning.

Lin Jiaolu didn't have any dreams that night and she slept very soundly.

Until my stomach growled and I was awakened by the smell.

At the entrance, Bai Xuan was turning the bamboo, which emitted bursts of fish fragrance.

"woke up?"

"Hmm..." Lin Jiaolu suddenly thought, whether she would be able to get used to the feeling of having someone by her side when she wakes up after she gets married.

"Go freshen up and then eat."

"it is good."

It should have taken a long time for the woman to wash and groom herself, but she only had a close-fitting comb at hand. The hairpins in her hair had been washed away by the water, and her hair was still tied up with a rope, so she skipped many steps in dressing up and looked fresh and natural.

Lin Jiaolu's fingers were braiding her hair quickly, and her eyes unconsciously looked at the boy's back. She noticed that his clothes were already worn out and had many small holes. Although his coat had been dried, it didn't match his clothes at all.

...How handsome it would be if he changed into a white Shu brocade robe and carried a long sword.

The little deer couldn't help but imagine it.

The more I thought about it, the more regretful I felt. I had a strong urge in my heart to give him a beautiful dress and dress him up to look the way I wanted.

Bai Xuan actually felt that this set of clothes should be changed. It was soaked in water and torn. If he continued to wear it, it would look like a beggar's outfit.

There's just no other way at the moment, so I'll just have to make do with it.

"This fish tastes delicious." Lin Jiaolu took a bite of the fish. "No matter how I cooked it yesterday, it was burnt... And why doesn't yours smell like mud?"

"I saw a bamboo forest nearby, so I dug some bamboo shoots, sliced ​​them, and added some lemon leaves. I then wrapped them in bamboo when grilling. These steps are to remove the fishy smell." Bai Xuan explained simply. He took a bite himself and was not very satisfied because there was too little seasoning.

In his previous life, the Kitchen God was always very particular about food.

Even if you have to survive in the wilderness, you have to find a way to have one dish and one soup.

"You... are so good at cooking?" The little deer looked at the boy in disbelief.

With such strong swordsmanship and good temperament, he can even cook?

If he could also compose poetry and couplets, wouldn't he be a perfect person?

From her point of view, Bai Xuan is indeed a perfect person, but not born that way, but rather a full-level human being accumulated over hundreds of lifetimes.

I ate two grilled fish to replenish my energy.

Bai Xuan began to prepare for leaving, putting out the fire, sorting out the kitchen waste, and even sweeping the floor and dusting the Water Temple as a token of his consideration.

Lin Jiaolu came along to help, and she even asked innocently, "Do you think it was Prince Jiang who saved us?"

"in the case of?"

“I’ll definitely be back to donate!”

"Great, what can I donate?"

“Donate to a temple!”

After that, we came to the gate of the Water Temple.

Next.

The road leads to the sky.

Maybe it's time to say goodbye.

Bai Xuan still had to send the shopkeeper back to Beijing, so he couldn't take any other route.

He couldn't take on the task of sending the American back home.

Just about to say goodbye.

"Wait!" Xiaolu raised his hand to interrupt: "Let me speak first!"

She took a deep breath, and her chest suddenly felt bloated.

"I also have relatives in the capital."

"that……"

"Young Master, can you take me with you?"

She poked her fingers and tried her best to put on a flattering expression, but the little girl who had been spoiled since childhood didn't know what flattery and fawning were. Her expression looked like that of a giggling fool.

Bai Xuan decisively refused: "No, this coffin is heavy enough. Don't you know how much it weighs?"

Lin Jiaolu immediately fell silent, and her beautiful eyes suddenly widened. She didn't expect that she would be rejected.

The little expression changed from laughing to not laughing.

"but……"

Bai Xuan changed the subject: "If you follow me on your own, I won't chase you away."

Lin Jiaolu suppressed the feeling of grievance that was coming up and was about to drop her little pearls.

When he heard these words again, his eyes immediately lit up again.

It can be said that one thought can lead to hell or heaven.

"...Bad guy!"

She raised her little fist angrily and hit Bai Xuan's shoulder lightly, not laughing.

"I've decided not to talk to you until I figure it out! Humph!"

(End of this chapter)