Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

Of course, although she kept her mouth shut, Lord Song, who was familiar with Erni's character, naturally understood what she meant. He stretched himself, looked at the starry sky of the imperial capital, and yawned comfortably.

"Who wakes up first from a big dream? I know it all myself... I had a dream and felt like I had aged seven years!"

Looking at the refreshed Song Xuan, Song Erni held her chin and thought for a while, and finally came to the conclusion that he was probably dreaming about a woman!

Boom boom boom!

Outside the courtyard, there was a knock on the door. Heishan walked quickly to the door, then turned around and said, "Sir, it's the Second Prince."

Song Xuan hummed and nodded, "Let him in!"

As soon as he entered the room, the Second Prince subconsciously wanted to bow, but Song Xuan waved his hand and said, "In the imperial capital, for the sake of caution, these empty formalities are omitted."

As he spoke, he pointed at Gu Daoyi who was grilling meat and said with a smile, "You came at the perfect time. You're in for a treat. This is some wild game I brought back from Moyuan. It's not common in the imperial capital."

The Second Prince smiled and said, "Then I'm really lucky. I've heard that the monsters in Moyuan fight all year round, and their meat tastes excellent. I can really taste it today."

Several people sat down around the campfire. Song Xuan took out several jars of precious wine brewed from spiritual fruits from his storage bag. "Let's eat and talk at the same time. It's just right. Please tell me in detail about the situation in the imperial capital."

......

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Emperor Zhao Pan threw the memorial in his hand to the ground with an unhappy look on his face.

"This year's tax revenue is nearly 10% less than last year. Someone is trying every possible way to hide their spirit veins and covet my spirit stones!"

At the door, the old eunuch holding a cup of tea stood obediently to one side, not saying a word, as if he had heard nothing.

After Zhao Pan finished his rage, he calmly walked forward and offered tea. "Your Majesty, the dry weather these days can easily cause you to get angry. Drink some tea to cool down first."

Zhao Pan glanced at him and said, "You old fellow, my money has been embezzled. Do you think I can calm down?"

The old eunuch smiled apologetically and said, "How about we summon Consort Shu to play a piece for Your Majesty to cool down your temper?"

Shufei is the mother of the second prince. She is beautiful and good at playing musical instruments and singing. She is also one of Zhao Pan's favorite concubines.

Zhao Pan laughed and scolded, "Old man, this is the imperial study, you think it's the bedroom!"

However, Zhao Pan's anger did subside a little after this interruption, and he asked, "How has the Second Prince been doing lately?"

"It's pretty standard. Nothing out of the ordinary, but nothing outstanding either."

Zhao Pan frowned slightly, "This won't do. It's just average, but it won't make a good knife."

"By the way, the good helper I arranged for the Second Prince, the Inspector of the Imperial City Department, is called Song..."

"Song Xuan!"

"Yes, Song Xuan, has he taken office?"

"Your Majesty, Song Xuan just took office today, and I received news that just half an incense stick ago, the Second Prince quietly went to Song Xuan's residence alone."

Zhao Pan smiled when he heard this, "He's not stupid at all. He even knows how to build relationships. He finally has some fighting spirit again."

The old eunuch echoed, "According to the news sent back by the delegation, the Song Xuan brothers and sisters are not ordinary fusion realm masters. They should have mastered many top-level magical powers and are very likely to possess the Hunyuan Sect's treasures. Their strength is extremely extraordinary and they are suspected to be able to fight against the peak fusion masters.

With two such capable helpers, the Second Prince should be able to compete with the Crown Prince."

Zhao Pan nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, I will put the pressure on the Crown Prince. If he can perform to my satisfaction, I can abdicate without any worries!"

Chapter 760 The Situation in the Imperial Capital

The next morning, Lord Song went to work for the first time as the Inspector.

He is late.

There's no reason, I just want to be late.

The salary I get for working hard is what I deserve, and the salary I get for slacking off is what I earn.

Song Xuan is in this state of mind now. If he doesn't take a break and slack off, he always feels that this class is a waste.

"grown ups!"

"grown ups!"

Along the way, he could occasionally see officials from the Imperial City Bureau standing respectfully on the roadside, nodding and bowing to him, and Song Xuan also nodded slightly in greeting.

"You all came quite early!"

"The boy is quite energetic!"

"Hey, with your physique, you can't even kill a cow. Are you married?"

...

When he walked into his inspector's office, many people in the courtyard looked at each other in confusion, and no one reacted for a moment.

"Our Lord is a bit easygoing."

"He looks kind, and he's obviously a good person!"

"If good-looking people are good people, then people like me who are not good-looking deserve to be bad people?"

"Don't talk, ugly man. Tell me, what does the lord mean by 'butting a cow to death'?"

"That's exactly what it means!"

Someone straightened his waist and said, "Okay, just like that. This push will kill the cow."

"I see!" A big dark man asked curiously, "What if I can't kill him in one blow?"

"That's because the other party is awesome!"

"Hahaha~~"

Bursts of cheerful laughter rang out in the corners of the yamen. It was obvious that everyone had a good feeling about the new inspector. They felt that their lives would be easier working under such an easy-going person.

Inside the office, Song Xuan listened to the laughter outside, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

As a boss, you need to have dignity, but dignity is not gained by sternly scolding people all day long. Instead, it is developed slowly by clearly distinguishing between rewards and punishments and using both kindness and authority.

As long as it does not affect work, he never minds his subordinates, and the working atmosphere can be relaxed and cheerful.

Sitting at the desk, Song Xuan sorted out what the second prince had said about the situation in the imperial capital last night.

First of all, there are many masters in the imperial capital. There are several masters who are known to be in charge of the palace alone. According to the analysis of the second prince, there are definitely some masters at the peak of Mahayana.

In addition, besides the imperial palace, some of the deeply rooted families in the imperial capital are mostly led by old monsters in the Mahayana period.

These old guys have lived for countless years, but they just refuse to overcome the tribulation and ascend to heaven.

According to the second prince, the imperial capital is covered by the imperial treasure because of its national defense artifact. As long as the old monster in the Mahayana period does not leave the imperial capital, even the heavenly calamity will not come.

It is for this reason that in addition to these openly-appearing Mahayana monsters, there are also some old monsters in the Dao Song territory who, in order to avoid the heavenly calamity, are secretly lurking in the imperial capital to practice in seclusion.

Perhaps a juggler performing on the street, or a man playing the erhu under the overpass, could be an old monster in the Mahayana stage who is attached to the human world and refuses to transcend the tribulation.

Of course, as to how many Mahayana monsters there are in the imperial capital, the Second Prince has limited power and he cannot analyze it.

We can only give a rough estimate, at least in the double digits.

This is also the reason why the Fortune Compass prohibits high-level cultivators from using force in the imperial capital. There are too many old monsters in the Mahayana stage. If a full-scale outbreak occurs, not to mention one imperial capital, even ten imperial capitals will be destroyed.

Outside the imperial capital, the rules are not so strict.

As long as the city and ordinary people are not affected, the Fortune Compass does not prohibit the monks from fighting.

Song Xuan guessed that the Destiny Compass might be hoping that the old monsters in the Mahayana stage would take action outside the imperial capital, preferably to bring about a heavenly calamity and kill these immortal old creatures!

A group of old guys, who stubbornly refuse to leave the imperial capital, neither work nor contribute, and have long enjoyed the blessing of the dynasty's fortune. It would be strange if the Fortune Compass had a good impression of them.

Song Xuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and he had a rough idea of ​​the situation in the imperial capital.

In the imperial capital, force cannot be used at will. The struggles between various forces are basically carried out according to the rules of officialdom. At the very least, there must be a reasonable reason.

You can also carry out assassinations, but the highest strength of the killer is only the fusion realm, and it is absolutely impossible for an old monster in the Mahayana realm to take action.

This is not a bad thing for Song Xuan. No matter how arrogant he is, he dare not say that he can fight against dozens of Mahayana monsters who have been hiding for who knows how many years in this imperial capital where there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

On the contrary, precisely because of this limitation, it is a huge advantage for him.

Because Song Xuan is not in the Mahayana stage. He is a martial arts celestial being. In essence, he is still in the fusion stage, but his combat power is comparable to that of the Mahayana stage.

Therefore, he no longer needs to worry about any heavenly tribulation, and can enter and leave the imperial capital at will, and dare to take action outside the imperial capital at any time.

This is something that other Mahayana monsters cannot do.

Those old monsters have been hiding in the imperial capital for many years, relying on the imperial capital's imperial luck to suppress their own cultivation aura, conceal the perception of the heavenly calamity, and avoid the arrival of the heavenly calamity.

The purpose is to avoid tribulation and ascend to heaven.

But if he takes action outside the imperial capital and emits the aura of a Mahayana cultivator, and this is sensed by the heavenly tribulation, then he will be in trouble and will be struck by lightning.

Either he would die under the heavenly tribulation, or he would successfully pass the tribulation and ascend to become an immortal. Of course, based on the success rate of passing the tribulation that Song Xuan knew, the probability of him turning into ashes under the heavenly tribulation was high.

Therefore, this is a big advantage for Song Xuan. He can take action outside the imperial capital. Although there are some old monsters who dare to attack him outside the imperial capital, he dare not say that there are none, but he estimates that there are very few.

If those old guys really had the confidence to successfully overcome the tribulation, they wouldn't have stayed in the imperial capital for so many years.

While deep in thought, Song Xuan drew a circle on the white paper in front of him, and then wrote the four words "Secret World" inside the circle.

The secret world is the only thing Song Xuan needs to pay attention to.

According to the information the second prince knew, in the secret world, the way of heaven is incomplete. Although it is attached to the world of all spirits, it is not under the control of the will of heaven and earth in the world of all spirits. The old monsters in the Mahayana stage can act at will without worrying about attracting heavenly calamity.

Therefore, it is rare to see Mahayana monsters fighting each other in this world, because even if they fight, it happens in a secret world and is difficult for the world to know about it.

Song Xuan casually drew a cross on the four words "Secret World" and gave up the idea of ​​going to the Yaoqing Dynasty in the short term to look for the treasure that had not yet been fully formed.

"There's no rush for this. If handled well, perhaps we can use it to set up a trap and kill a bunch of people!"

The most precious treasure is one that even the old monsters in the Mahayana stage are attracted by. It has a significant bonus on improving the rate of tribulation. As long as you have a heart to become an immortal, you will be attracted by it.

Just as he was thinking about how to set up a trap to trick people, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Sir, the Left Emissary has sent over some case files. Would you like to review them now?"

Chapter 761 A Tricky Case

"Case file? Bring it in!"

Song Xuan frowned slightly. It was only his first day at work and his boss started assigning work tasks?

Feeling somewhat unhappy, Lord Song made up his mind that the position of inspector was still too low and he had to continue to climb up.

One day, only he, Song Xuan, will be able to assign work to others, and no one else will be able to assign tasks to him!

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and a tall female captain walked in respectfully holding a pile of jade slips, and carefully placed them on Lord Song's desk.

"Sir, I'm right next door. You can always use me if you need anything!"

Song Xuan nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work. Go and get back to work first. I'll call you when I have something else to do!"

The captain was startled, and immediately stood up straight, saying loudly: "I obey your command!"

After walking out of the room and closing the door, Qianhu breathed a sigh of relief, with an indescribable excitement on his face, and his heart was even more excited.

"Thank you for your hard work! You actually said I worked hard."

'Is he interested in me?'

...

Song Xuan naturally didn't know that just a casual polite remark from him had actually made his female subordinate become infatuated with him.

At this moment, he spread out his consciousness and placed a jade slip between his eyebrows.

What is recorded in this jade slip is a case, or to be more precise, an unsolved case that has not yet been closed.

In the Dongcheng District of the imperial capital, a student from the White Horse Academy died mysteriously.

Baima Academy is a very famous academy in the imperial capital. It can be said that all the children of nobles in the imperial capital, as long as their families have the conditions and want to pursue a career in officialdom, want to study there.

Basically, all students who can successfully graduate from the academy will become Jinshi after taking the imperial examination. It can be said to be a truly top-notch institution of learning in the entire imperial capital and a holy place that countless people dream of.

But in such a holy place, students have died one after another in the past decade.

One or two cases might just be accidents, but every year, a student would die inexplicably. This incident caused quite a stir in Dongcheng District and gradually attracted the attention of the Imperial City Bureau.

Initially, the Imperial City Department did not intervene directly, but urged the local governor of Dongcheng to find out the cause as soon as possible.

But after a long investigation, the local authorities concluded that it was an accident!