Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

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Another day and night later, Li An was in the bedroom, feeling his right hand recovering as before, his heart sank as he calculated the time.

No one knew where he went, who he met, or what he did the night before.

However, when the disciples saw their teacher coming back late at night, their expressions became much more relaxed.

"Yan! Xiao! Yi!"

Li An has decided. The first on the blacklist is Li Yunrui! The second is Yan Xiaoyi!

"Don't let me find an opportunity, or I'll have to pay you back with interest!" While venting his anger, Li An was also thinking about his own shortcomings. He didn't know if there was any body-refining technique in this world. Should he go ask Ku He? Or should he save money and wait for the lottery?

Li An shook his head. The uncertainty of this lottery was too high. How about learning archery himself?

Then, shall we have a snipe fight with Yan Xiaoyi through the middle gate?

Li An sighed, stretched, walked out of the room to have breakfast, and then gave morning lessons to his disciples.

With his masterful teaching skills, the disciples grew rapidly, and their aptitude and understanding were greatly enhanced. In addition, they were well fed and nutritious, and now everyone can read and learn the texts written by Li Ang. Even their martial arts skills have made great progress!

The four older disciples have already entered the second level, and the eldest brother Hong Kaijia is about to break into the third level.

Although in the early stage, if there are enough resources, relying on accumulation, ordinary people can easily cultivate to the fifth level, but it also takes time. Not to mention that you have to practice martial arts to match the combat power of the corresponding level, but this also highlights the horror of being a teacher.

That is the magical skill that can truly turn an ordinary person into a genius!

As for Li An's four disciples, their talents were not bad to begin with, but with the blessing of this magical skill, they became even more terrifying. It was like they were already geniuses, and now they have become super-doubled!

Just when Li An was teaching his apprentice wholeheartedly, someone came to Wanshizhai.

The voice of the person who came was shrill and unpleasant to the ear. It was the eunuch on duty in the palace.

"Mr. Li, His Majesty invites you to follow me into the palace."

Li An raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, what do you want to talk to me about? If it's about divination, I can bring my divination tools into the palace."

"Oh, we servants shouldn't speculate on your majesty's intentions." The eunuch covered his mouth and chuckled. Seeing that Li An's face had darkened, he quickly explained: "It must be because of the assassination that day, and it is related to the killing of Cheng Jushu by Master Fan the day before yesterday."

Li An nodded in understanding, counted his fortune with his fingers, and found that nothing was wrong. Then he slowly stood up and arranged the lessons for his disciples.

The eunuch said anxiously, "Oh, Mr. Li, please come with me quickly and don't keep His Majesty waiting for too long."

After a while, after giving instructions to his disciples, Li An patted his clothes and found nothing wrong, so he turned around and said, "Let's go."

Only then did he go to the palace with the eunuch.

At the same time, Fan Xian was also summoned by Emperor Qing and was on his way to the palace.

The two met at the gate of the Forbidden Palace. Fan Xian looked at Li An in surprise. He didn't expect that Li An was also called here. He was delighted and thought to himself that he now had company.

Perhaps Fan Xian himself did not realize that after meeting Li Ang, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had found someone to rely on and had put down some of the heavy burden on his shoulders.

In his subconscious, he has now completely separated the powerful people in this world from himself, and completely regarded Li An as his own. Compared with Li An's help and life-saving grace, the powerful people in this world are indifferent to human life, have classes, and there is inequality between people. That is not inequality in status, but inequality in personality level, which is in serious conflict with the core of his three views.

But Li Ang, who came from the same place as me, was different, which made me feel greatly relieved.

As Fan Xian walked, he whispered to Li An, "Those two assassins are the disciples of Si Gu Jian."

"I know." Li An nodded when he heard this.

Fan Xian continued, "Later, I found a lieutenant general who was targeting the divine arm crossbow, but after that, everyone in the lieutenant general's mansion had hanged themselves."

"The clues that Si Lili and you have been investigating ultimately point to people from Northern Qi. Even if you continue investigating, you can only find this much." Li An concluded, ending the conversation.

Fan Xian nodded in understanding and began to think: It seems that if I want to continue the investigation, I have to catch Si Lili.

While Fan Xian was thinking and Li An was silent, the two of them had already arrived at the palace, outside the hall where Emperor Qing was reviewing official documents.

"Please wait a moment, I will let you two go in and report." The eunuch said this, bowed, and entered the hall.

The two of them also bowed slightly, returned the greeting, and said, "Thank you."

After a while, a voice came from inside:

"Your Majesty, please invite Fan Xian and Li An in!"

Chapter 41 Do you want to stab me?

After asking, the two stepped into the hall and walked forward.

Along the way, the eunuchs who led the way kept their heads down and walked quickly with light steps, so the two of them had to quicken their pace to keep up.

From the outside, I couldn't tell what was going on inside the palace, but once I got inside, I found the space was so huge. I didn't see Emperor Qing right away, but instead I turned left and right along the corridor, and after a while, I came to a room with very good lighting.

Of course, although it is called a room, its area is large enough for the entire working class family to stay together for decades.

Outside the door, Fan Xian saw Gong Dian and was very surprised. He quickly asked the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch replied, this is the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, the commander of the Palace Department. Fan Xian then realized that the nobleman in the Qing Temple that day was most likely the Qing Emperor. Although he had heard rumors that Li An had met the Qing Emperor, he did not expect that it was his first day in Kyoto.

Moreover, that day, Li An seemed to have said that this was his destination. He had made up his mind to meet Emperor Qing from the beginning. Thinking of this, Fan Xian tilted his head and glanced at Li An.

Li An had a blank expression on his face and nodded to Gong Dian at the door.

The eunuch stopped here and said, "You two can go in."

Li An and Fan Xian looked at each other, nodded, and said loudly: "I, Li An (Fan Xian), request to see Your Majesty."

In the imperial study, Emperor Qing had already been waiting for Fan Xian's arrival. This was the first time that the two father and son met.

This time, he did not hide and observe Fan Xian, but sat on the couch to develop his new arrow.

"Come in!" The voice of Eunuch Hou came from behind the door.

After the door opened, the two entered the imperial study. Unlike the others, they looked around the room with curiosity. The four walls of the room were filled with bamboo slips and scrolls. The light was good, but many candles were still lit.

In the middle of the room, there is a stove with charcoal burning.

The imperial study occupies a large area, with sword-wielding guards standing on both sides, making it look extremely majestic.

"I, Li An, greet your majesty!"

"I am Fan Xian, a humble citizen. I greet His Majesty!"

The two of them spoke in unison, but they both bowed instead of kneeling.

Eunuch Hou looked up at Emperor Qing and reminded Li An and Fan Xian to kneel down and salute, but was interrupted by Emperor Qing's wave of his hand.

"Fan Xian, Mr. Li, do you two want to kneel down?"

Emperor Qing looked up and smiled at the two of them. Without stopping for a moment, he had already assembled a feather arrow.

Li An remained silent, as if he hadn't heard anything. Fan Xian subconsciously replied that he didn't want to.

"If you don't want to, you don't have to kneel." Emperor Qing said gently.

The two bowed again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Qing nodded and said to Fan Xian, "Fan Xian, are you feeling better?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm fine now. That day, thanks to Mr. Li who saved me, I'm fine now." Fan Xian whispered, with a hint of fear in his voice, sounding heavy.

At the same time, he also felt deep anger and frustration in his heart. It seemed as if an invisible giant hand was controlling everything in Kyoto, making it hard to breathe.

And Li Ang standing aside was really almost out of breath!

It wasn't that he was silent, but since he entered the imperial study, he had been firmly locked by some invisible auras. The pressure was so great that Li An had to guard his mind and resist it, and the hem of his clothes fluttered without wind.

"Mr. Li is truly a man of foresight. He happened to be at the scene at that moment and saved Fan Xian's life, thus preventing such a tragedy from happening!" Emperor Qing said softly, as if he had made a conclusion about the matter.

Li An remained silent, his face looking even gloomier.

Eunuch Hou shouted in a low voice: "Mr. Li!"

Emperor Qing waved his hand and said in a more serious tone: "Sir, you are a strange man, you must not be rude!"

Eunuch Hou knelt down hurriedly and said in a panic, "I deserve to die! Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Qing snorted coldly: "Get up."

Eunuch Hou stood up upon hearing the voice, stepped aside, and said nothing more. He thought to himself: Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience."

Li An answered, cursing in his heart at the same time, what a good way of using force first and courtesy later, one plays the bad guy and the other plays the good guy.

Emperor Qing nodded, as if he didn't care, and turned to Fan Xian and asked, "Did you find out anything?"

"All the clues point to Northern Qi. Now all the people who knew the truth are dead. The only suspect is Si Lili, the courtesan of Zuixianlou. It is said that she has escaped from Kyoto." Fan Xian replied.

He was also somewhat disheartened after learning that Si Lili had fled Kyoto. He didn't know whether this matter was really related to her, or whether she was implicated and felt the crisis and therefore chose to flee Kyoto?

"What do you want to do after that?"

Fan Xian did not say that it was a big shot in the capital who secretly joined forces with Northern Qi to kill him. He was just angry about all this. Thinking of the few times he had interacted with Si Lili, she did not seem like an ordinary courtesan, so he was more inclined to believe that she had revealed his whereabouts.

"I want to capture Si Lili, bring her back to Kyoto, and find out everything."

Emperor Qing sighed when he heard this: "Zhu Ge from the Supervisory Council reported that he had already found out Cheng Jushu's background, and released Cheng Jushu just to take advantage of the situation. Now you have killed him and ruined his plan. What do you have to say?" He asked Fan Xian, but his eyes were fixed on Li An.

After hearing this, Fan Xian did not make any excuses and waited for the rest of the story.

Li An curled his lips, but his eyes were directed towards Emperor Qing.

You can't hide the look in someone's eyes that wants to kill you.

Emperor Qing was secretly angry about what his sister Li Yunrui had done, but he still felt that it was insignificant. Instead, he was slightly happy about the Northern Qi people involved in this matter. But Li An understood that the person Emperor Qing wanted to kill the most was not the forces behind Li Yunrui, but himself!

Li An in front of him should know everything behind the scenes and his own layout, which makes the cunning Emperor Qing feel uneasy, as if all the secrets have been exposed to the world. Not only that, Li An's martial arts are also very strange. I don't know if he is hiding it intentionally or for other reasons. If it wasn't for saving Fan Xian this time, how could his ninth-rank strength be exposed to the world?

"You were wrong to kill someone in the street, but you have to understand that Cheng Jushu is just a Northern Qi man. Killing him is fine. This is the pride of us Qing people! Let this matter end with you capturing Si Lili!"

"Your Majesty?" Fan Xian's face was full of surprise, and he understood what Emperor Qing meant.

The first point is that Fan Xian was charged with murder in the street, which was forgiven. The second point is that he heard that Emperor Qing had told him to arrest Si Lili and not to continue the investigation. How could this be possible?

"Fan Xian killed a powerful enemy in the street, so he is specially appointed as the Assistant Law Officer of the Taichang Temple. Go and catch the criminal as soon as possible!" Emperor Qing said in a tough tone, but he actually used such an excuse to give Fan Xian an official position.

Fan Xian looked helplessly at his 'father' in front of him. Just as he was about to thank him, he heard the voices of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince asking for a meeting outside the door.

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, "I haven't done anything yet, but you have come to my door! Fan Xian, please leave." He turned to Eunuch Hou and ordered, "Tell them that I don't want to see them at this moment. Let them go back to their own houses and both of them face the wall for three days. If I find out about it again and anything out of the ordinary gets out, I will punish you severely!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." After saying this, Eunuch Hou didn't even dare to breathe, and hurried out to convey Emperor Qing's oral order.

Seeing this, Fan Xian could only helplessly follow Eunuch Hou and retreat. Before leaving, he glanced at Li An worriedly, and after catching his gaze, he felt a little relieved and turned to leave.

"Next, it's Mr.'s question!"

Emperor Qing had a serious expression!

Chapter 42 The showdown.

Li An looked calm and was not frightened. He spoke softly, "I don't understand what your Majesty meant by this. I wonder what my question is?"

Emperor Qing glanced at Li An, picked up the feather arrow, raised the longbow, pulled the bowstring, and prepared to shoot.

Li An stared at the floor with his eyes squinted, as if the person being pointed at by the arrow was not himself.

This is what Eunuch Hou saw when he returned to the room!

He was secretly surprised and took a step back, watching everything in the field. Once there was any unusual movement, he would call on the guards on both sides to go out and capture Li An.

Just when the atmosphere was about to explode, Emperor Qing spoke up: "Sir, of course there is something wrong! I wonder who exactly is he?"

"Aren't I just me? My name is Li An. Your Majesty knows me. I'm just a fortune teller." Li An replied with a smile.

Whoosh!

The feather arrow brushed past his side face and shot towards a piece of armor behind Li An!

Ding!

The arrow penetrated three points into the armor!

Emperor Qing shook his head, seemingly dissatisfied with the result. Li An stood aside, unmoved.

"You first appeared at the beach of Danzhou Port. No one knew where you came from. Your past seemed to be blank, as if you appeared out of thin air!"

Emperor Qing continued, "Then he went to the Fan Residence. Was he trying to get close to Fan Xian?"

Li An knew that Emperor Qing had more to say, so he did not speak in a hurry, but remained silent. He was secretly surprised that Emperor Qing's control over the empire had reached an exaggerated level, and he investigated him so carefully!

"After that, you became famous for your physiognomy and greed! But I know that this appearance is just your disguise, and you have some unknown purpose!"