Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading

Chapter 744 The truth is revealed? The strongest guard is back!

Luozhou, Qing'an Mansion.

Jinxiu Inn is a relatively large-scale inn in Fucheng. At noon, a young man who has lost his name in Enke came in.

This son is called Cao Ning, a native of Yuzhou, his family has some relationship with King Jing's Mansion, the owner is his great-grandfather, who is a second-rank Confucian who sits on the front line of the Southern Wilderness.

…

Chen Luo was sitting in the Tianzihao manor of the Splendid Inn, playing with the jade badge of "Cao Ning" in his hand.

Since it is a private interview on Weibo, it must have an identity. This identity should not be too ostentatious, so as not to attract attention; Fortunately, there is still a moderate force behind it, which makes the black hands behind the scenes afraid.

This Cao Ning is just right.

In the eyes of those big men, the descendants of the famous Sun Shan are indeed dismissive; but for ordinary people and the local government, it is better not to offend if they can; The confidence is not very strong, the problem is that behind the family stands a behemoth like Prince Jing's Mansion.

Gongsun Bo is worthy of being an old Jianghu, and the identity he arranged for Chen Luo took into account all aspects.

Of course, this identity is not fictional.

The real Cao Ning is drinking tea at the side.

How long to drink tea depends on how long Chen Luo intends to use this identity.

…

"My lord, someone brought it here." Xiao Qing walked up to Chen Luo and said softly.

Xiao Qing is the younger sister of Xiao Changfeng, the gold-character head catcher of the Six Doors who investigated Tang Anshi's case in Zhongjing, and also a female head catcher of the Six Doors, with a cultivation level of the sixth-grade master.

Since he is the son of an aristocratic family, he must have his entourage and maids by his side, which is also convenient for Chen Luo to investigate the case. However, since he has changed his appearance to hide his identity, the people who usually follow him, such as Mastiff Lingling and Luo Hongnu, cannot take him with him. caught.

"Well, bring it in." Chen Luo nodded, and soon, two attendants transformed into six-door headhunters led a well-built middle-aged man to Chen Luo.

"Are you Wen Ya from Qing'an Mansion?" Chen Luo asked lightly.

The middle-aged man smiled: "One, just one."

Wenya is a unique occupation of Daxuan. The main job is to contact literati and scholars to hold a literary meeting. According to Chen Luo's understanding, it is similar to event planning. There is also a part of Wen Ya who is dedicated to discovering geniuses from poor families, and then recommending them to aristocratic families to make profits from it.

Therefore, to ask who is the person who knows the local literati best, it is not the government scholars, not the head of the academies, but the group of literati.

Chen Luo's face remained unchanged, and he gestured to Xiao Qing. Xiao Qing took out a fist-sized gold ingot from his cuff and put it on the table.

"You must know my identity. You'd better tell me the truth about what I'm going to ask next. If you agree, this gold is yours."

Na Wenya looked at the gold ingot, his eyes seemed to be sunken in, and he quickly said with a flattering smile: "Young Master Cao, if there is any problem, I will tell you everything."

"Tang Anshi, do you know him?" Chen Luo asked.

At this time, Six Gates has not yet announced the news that Tang An is the champion of the new division, so there are only a few insiders who know that Tang Anshi is the champion.

Hearing Chen Luo's question, Wen Ya's expression suddenly turned solemn. He looked at the gold ingot on the table, then at Cao Ning, and gritted his teeth: "Mr. Cao, this... I'm really not familiar with it."

"It seems that today is not the day for me to get rich."

"You'd better invite another Gao Ming."

After finishing speaking, Wen Ya turned around to leave, but was stopped by the entourage behind him.

"Young master Cao, I really don't know Tang Anshi." Wen Ya turned around and said to Chen Luo.

Chen Luo patted the storage order, took out a thumb-sized piece of emerald-colored jade and placed it next to the gold ingot, and said, "This is the crystal of righteousness, which was condensed with awe-inspiring righteousness in the family, country and world of the great Confucianism. One drop is worth a month of penance for reciting classics, and it can also purify the righteousness in the body. You should know its value."

Wen Ya's eyes fell on the righteous energy crystal, and fell into hesitation.

After a while, he looked at Chen Luo and said, "The villain has the guts to ask, why did you ask about Tang Anshi?"

Chen Luo picked up the teacup, took a sip, raised his head, with a painful expression on his face, and his eyes were full of memories.

"My son hit it off with brother Tang in Zhongjing. In order to let me play well in Enke, he tutored me day and night. This feeling is unforgettable!"

"But! Heaven is jealous of talents!"

"Brother Tang had an accident in Zhongjing. I just wanted to see what kind of family he still has here, what unfinished promises he has, and arrange for him one by one."

"Did an accident happen to Tang Anshi?" Wen Ya looked surprised, then thought of something, and smiled wryly, "I'm afraid Mr. Cao will be disappointed."

"Tang Anshi is an orphan in the North, brought back by a veteran to be raised. Five years ago, the veteran passed away."

"However, Tang Anshi was extremely intelligent, and he became a disciple of Master Min, the vice-president. It's just that the villain thinks that Master Min may not need any help from the young master."

"Is that so?" Chen Luo put down the teacup, "It's no secret then...Why did you hesitate before?"

Wen Ya smiled, but didn't speak.

Chen Luo winked at Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing handed over the gold ingot and righteous energy crystal on the table to Wen Ya.

Wen Ya accepted the reward, quickly saluted, thanked Chen Luo, and planned to leave. But he found that the entourage behind him still had no intention of letting him leave.

"Young Master Cao?" Wen Ya looked at Chen Luo suspiciously.

Chen Luo didn't speak, Xiao Qing said: "You have received our son's reward, but our son's question hasn't been answered yet."

Wen Ya frowned, only to remember that Chen Luo asked himself why he had previously concealed that he did not know Tang Anshi.

"this…"

Then Xiao Qing continued: "You came here, met our young master, and received the young master's reward. Sooner or later, you will find out what you need to know. Whether you say it or not, it is the same in the eyes of caring people."

Wen Ya was taken aback, then looked down at the treasure in his hand, hesitated again, and finally sighed.

"Young master, you are going to smash my job!"

Chen Luo smiled: "My lord is just curious. If there is nothing else, I will return to Yuzhou tomorrow. Tell me as a joke, what effect will it have?"

Wen Ya shook his head, and said, "Forget it, although not many people in Qing'an Mansion know about this matter, there are some."

"Tang Anshi, he is in serious trouble. He escaped from Qing'an Mansion."

"Even Lord Min can't keep him!"

Chen Luo suddenly became interested, sat up straight, and said, "Tell me in detail."

Now that he opened his mouth, Wen Ya no longer hid it, and continued, "Sir, you should know about Qi Shui'an's family, right?"

I know, I just learned it yesterday.

The meat is here!

Seeing Chen Luo nodding his head, Wen Ya continued: "Qi Shui's family, in this generation, there is a young lady born from a concubine, whose single name is Qing."

"This year's sixteenth year, the birth is like a fish falling into a wild goose, and the moon is ashamed of flowers. The body is like a willow swinging in the wind, and the language is like a willow following the wind."

"She sings a good song, people in Qing'an Mansion privately call her Saihongnu..."

"Cough, cough, let's get to the point." Chen Luo coughed dryly.

Refuse to touch porcelain!

Don't come here!

"Yes, yes!" Wen Ya responded quickly, "This Sai Hong slave... No, although this Miss Qing is a concubine, her father is the current Patriarch of the An family."

"Therefore, there are many suitors!"

"But Miss Qing has taken a fancy to Tang Anshi?" Chen Luo asked.

"Exactly!" Wen Ya nodded, "It stands to reason that although Tang Anshi was born in a poorer family, he was Master Min's closed disciple. And An's family style doesn't care too much about the children of the concubine, so there is a relationship between the two. Not much hindrance."

"But the An family has other arrangements for Miss Qing."

Chen Luo frowned slightly: "Marriage?"

"Yes!" Wen Ya sighed, "Shuangmu Anjia in Fucheng, the owner of the family was originally surnamed Lin, who was Qi Shuiweng's companion school boy. After Qi Shuiweng became a saint, he was given the surname 'An' , allowing it to establish a family on its own, so it is called Shuangmu Anjia."

"The Shuangmu An family has respected the Qishui An family for generations, and it is true that they have received the luck of the An family, and the style of writing is at its peak. Now there are two great Confucian scholars sitting in the family."

"In order to maintain the relationship between the two families, Qi Shui'an's family negotiated to betroth Ms. Qing to the eldest grandson of Shuangmu'an's family."

"But after Tang Anshi heard the news, he discussed elopement with Miss Qing."

"It's just that they were discovered when they were escaping. In order to protect Tang Anshi, Miss Qing agreed to get married, and forced her to let Tang Anshi go."

"But no one expected that Miss Qing would commit suicide after Tang Anshi left!"

Listening to Wen Ya's narration, Chen Luo frowned slightly.

That's it?

"So, Qi Shui'an's family angered Tang Anshi?"

Wen Ya hesitated to speak when he heard Chen Luo's words.

"You have something to say, but it's okay to say it." Chen Luo noticed Wen Ya's strangeness, and said.

Wen Ya frowned, and said, "Actually, Qi Shui'an's family didn't make any moves."

"On the contrary, Shuangmu Anjia's reaction was very violent."

"After the news of Miss Qing's suicide spread, Shuangmu An's family even dispatched the great Confucianists in the family. The whole city searched for Tang Anshi, and released a message, regardless of life or death."

"If Master Min didn't help, Tang Anshi would probably be beaten to death by Shuangmu An's family!"

Seeing Chen Luo's puzzled face, Wen Ya explained: "At that time, Miss Qing had already made a marriage contract with Shuangmu Anjia."

"It stands to reason that Miss Qing at that time was already the daughter-in-law of the Shuangmu An family."

"and…"

Speaking of this, Wen Ya gritted his teeth and took a step forward. Xiao Qing hurriedly stood in front of Chen Luo. Wen Ya smiled awkwardly, and Chen Luo patted Xiao Qing on the shoulder to let her push away.

Only then did Wen Ya walk up to Chen Luo, and lowered his voice: "There are too many rumors to count."

"I heard that Miss Qing was not perfect at that time!"

"That's why Shuangmu Anjia is so angry!"

Chen Luo's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Wen Ya in surprise.

Wen Ya took a few steps back; "Young Master Cao, can the villain leave?"

Chen Luo nodded and waved his hand, and then the attendant walked away, indicating that Wen Ya could leave.

…

"Fa Xiang, it seems that the ins and outs of this case have been revealed." Xiao Qing made another cup of hot tea for Chen Luo and said.

"Is it clear?" Chen Luo smiled, picked up the tea and blew on it, and said, "Tell me about it."

"Isn't it because Tang Anshi and An Qing have overstepped the rules and become men and women? Qi Shui'an's family wants to betroth An Qing to Shuangmu's An's family. Whether it's because Tang Anshi and An Qing really love each other, or if they are afraid that their affair will be exposed, they will elope. And got caught."

"Tang Anshi fled, An Qing committed suicide."

"There is only one doubtful point here, and that is whether An Qing committed suicide or committed suicide after telling the truth."

"But no matter what, An Qing was considered the daughter-in-law of Shuangmu An's family at that time, and they didn't dare to be dissatisfied with Qi Shui's An's family, so they could only vent their anger on Tang Anshi."

"So the pursuit is endless!"

"The murderer is Shuangmu Anjia."

"Whether it is motivation or strength, it is in line with the previous judgment on the murderer of Tang Anshi's death."

Chen Luo took a sip of tea and shook his head lightly.

"It does sound reasonable and logical."

"But, these are all human words!"

"If you listen to both, you will be bright, and if you listen to it, you will be dark. Make arrangements, and invite Master Min to a banquet in the name of the Cao family."

Xiao Qing nodded: "I'll give orders now."

…

The words are divided into two ends.

Let's say that Wen Ya walked out of the Jinxiu Inn, lowered his head, and hurriedly turned into a remote alley.

He skillfully crossed the alleys and streets, turning his head from time to time to see if anyone was following him. In this way, after walking for about half an hour, this Wenya stopped at the door of a gambling house.

Wen Ya walked into the casino and didn't gamble, but went straight to the counter of the casino, knocked on the counter with his hand, and immediately a waiter stepped forward and said, "How much do you want to borrow? What do you take as collateral?"

Na Wenya lowered his voice: "I don't want to borrow money, I want to sell the goods."

Hearing the words, the gambler took a look at Wen Ya and smiled, "We don't accept junk!"

"Good product!" Wen Ya lowered his voice and said again.

The man raised his eyebrows, looked at Wen Ya again, then nodded, and said softly, "Come with me!"

As he said that, he opened a barrier on the counter, Wen Ya quickly got in, and then the clerk opened a partition on the ground, revealing the stairs going down, and Wen Ya quickly followed.

After walking down a hundred steps, another wooden door was locked tightly. The clerk took out the key and opened the door, and suddenly his eyes opened up.

It's like an underground hall.

This is the underground black market of Qing'an Prefecture.

Wen Ya is not stupid, Zheng Qi Jing is a bit too eye-catching for his status, it is most practical to quickly replace it with gold and silver. As Wen Ya, some literati and scholars who have good friends will also have some things that are inconvenient to show others or sell, so they will do it for them. Naturally, they are very familiar with the black market.

"Little Six, is this distinguished guest here to buy or sell!" A shrill voice sounded, and a sharp-mouthed woman stepped forward, with a long rat tail trailing behind her.

This underground black market was actually run by the Rat Demon.

"It's for sale, it's for sale!" Wen Ya quickly replied.

The female mouse demon heard this, and said with a smile: "What is the guest wanting to sell, please tell me."

Wen Ya directly took out the righteous energy crystal, and the female mouse demon's eyes lit up immediately.

Righteousness crystals have the effect of pure righteousness for low-level Confucian scholars. The purer the righteousness, the greater the power of poetry, and there are many people who need it.

Right now, for some special reason, they are short of this kind of goods.

"Guests, please follow me." The mouse demon bowed and led Wen Ya into a small stone room.

After a while, Wen Ya walked out of the stone room with a smile all over his face, apparently he got a satisfactory harvest.

Looking at Wen Ya's back, the female rat demon who had received Wen Ya before waved her hand, and immediately two more rat demons stepped forward.

"Go and find out where he has been before, who he has met, and make sure where his righteousness crystal comes from."

"We need a lot of positive energy crystals now!"

The two mouse monsters cupped their hands and chased them out.

…

Splendid Inn.

"What? Master Min isn't in Qing'an Mansion?" Chen Luo frowned, looking at Xiao Qing, "Don't know where you went?"

Xiao Qing nodded: "I left half a month ago."

"I heard from people around that because of Tang Anshi's affairs, Shuangmu An's family had repeatedly troubled Mr. Min. Mr. Min was so annoyed, so he took a job and went to the county below to inspect education and politics."

"It's an inspection, but it's actually an asylum."

"So apart from Xuezheng, even his family members cannot contact him."

Chen Luo stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

Now after investigation, only this Master Min is the person closest to Tang Anshi, and only he can look at the problem from Tang Anshi's perspective, so this is a key person who wants to find out the case.

Chen Luo stopped, walked to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote a line, then took out his own Dharma seal, stamped it, and handed the letter to Xiao Qing.

"Don't come forward, let the people below contact the local Six Gates. Then let Six Gates go to the Xuesi Yamen, and ask Xuezheng to call Master Min back."

Xiao Qing took the letter, and on it was written "Enke cheated, sealed the file, assisted investigation and pending participation" in twelve characters.

"My lord..." Xiao Qing looked at Chen Luo suspiciously, and Chen Luo said lightly, "Changing your name to take the exam is not considered cheating!"

He, Min Youwei, changed Tang Anshi's name to Tang An, and changed the qualifications of the provincial examination so that Tang Anshi could enter the Gongyuan under Tang An's name. This has actually violated the Daxuan Law.

There is nothing wrong with this file!

"Your subordinate will do it now." Xiao Qing arched his hands and was about to go out, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the room. When Chen Luo went out in doubt, Xiao Qing hurriedly put away the letter and followed Chen Luo subconsciously.

At this time, I saw a young man dressed in fine clothes rushing in with several people, and the innkeeper of the Splendid Inn kept trying to stop them.

"Mr. An, this is a distinguished guest, a distinguished guest..."

"What kind of distinguished guest is a naughty son of a second-rank great Confucian family!" A thug behind the young master yelled angrily, and was about to kick the shopkeeper with his leg. There was a "click" on the raised foot of the thug, and the thug screamed directly, hugging his legs and crying on the ground.

The leading young man looked up at Chen Luo and Xiao Qing who came out, and frowned slightly: "Finger magic?"

"I'm not good at learning, but I'm good at martial arts." Chen Luo said slowly, "Everyone trespassing on my residence, is it itchy?"

At this moment, the shopkeeper quickly stepped forward and said, "My lord, don't say a few words. This is the son of Shuangmu An's family..."

Chen Luo's face moved, and he looked at the other party.

So fast!

They got the news just as soon as they made a move.

Whether Na Wenya leaked it, or Xiao Qing and the others were noticed when they were looking for Master Min, it means that their actions have come into Shuangmu Anjia's sight.

Not only did he know his superficial purpose of coming, but he also figured out his superficial identity!

This is just a vassal family of the An family.

From this we can also see how powerful the aristocratic and holy clans are in Daxuan.

"Mr. An? What do you want from me?"

The leading young master took a step forward and said, "Cao Ning, right?"

"My Shuangmu'an family and your Cao's family in Yuzhou don't interfere with each other. I don't know the relationship between you and Tang Anshi, but this person has a grudge against my Shuangmu'an family. You'd better not inquire about his affairs."

"My son came this time to advise you to leave early and return to Yuzhou. This Qing'an Mansion is not a place for you to stay for a long time, so as not to get involved in some muddy waters that your family may not be willing to mix in."

Chen Luo sat down directly on the chair in the yard, and said with a smile, "It's a joke."

"I am a citizen of Daxuan, in the land of Daxuan, I can't stay there for long."

"Could it be that Qing'an Mansion was assigned to your Shuangmu'an family as a holy city?"

Mr. An's face turned cold: "Your Excellency, don't toast and eat fine wine."

Chen Luo looked at the other party with great interest: "I've grown up so much, I've only had a toast, not a fine."

Mr. An also sneered: "In this case, my Shuangmu Anjia will naturally arrange it."

"But for drinking, you have to go home to be sincere."

"Young master Cao, please come back to An's house with me, and wait for the Cao family to pick you up!"

After finishing speaking, Mr. An waved his hand, and immediately several thugs stood up behind him.

Chen Luo frowned slightly. He could tell that each of these thugs was a master of the fifth rank or above, and there were even two masters of the fourth rank. It was impossible for such a person to be a thug.

They are in disguise!

This time, Shuangmu Anjia came to prepare for himself!

"Don't touch my young master!" Xiao Qing quickly stepped forward and stood in front of Chen Luo.

Just as Chen Luo was about to speak, his eyelids twitched suddenly, and a smile appeared on his face.

He stretched out his hand, grabbed Xiao Qing's arm, pulled him to his side, and said, "Young master fights, why are you a maidservant joining in the fun!"

"But..." Listening to Chen Luo's words, Xiao Qing blushed slightly. She naturally knew Chen Luo's ability, not to mention these rotten chicken heads and rotten eggs, even if the great Confucianism from Shuangmu's family came here, they would not be the opponent of Lord Zhu Guo. But I am a subordinate, so there is no reason for adults to do it themselves.

"Hmph, it's a pity for the fragrance and the jade!" Mr. An waved his palm, and immediately those disguised thugs rushed towards Chen Luo.

On Chen Luo's side, instead, he was leaning on the back of the chair with a smile on his face.

Just when the other party entered within one meter of Chen Luo, suddenly, the wind blew up.

A huge coercion enveloped the small courtyard, and several sword shadows appeared out of thin air above the small courtyard, and the sword shadows fell instantly, shooting through the chest of the person who did it.

All those who made the move flew backwards and landed on the ground with no injuries, but they all vomited blood. At the same time, a figure suddenly appeared like lightning, and stood in front of Mr. An in the blink of an eye.

A broken sword rested on his neck. Only now did Mr. An see clearly that in front of him was a young man with a stern face, his brows were full of murderous intent.

"My lord, did you kill him?" the swordsman asked softly.

"No way, Xiao Ji, my lord must abide by the law now." Chen Luo looked very happy, "I'll be knocked out first, and then we'll interrogate together, maybe there will be some death penalty on me."

"Yes!" The swordsman shook his body slightly, and immediately there were countless thumb-sized colorful sword shadows flying out of his body, and the sword shadow quickly passed through the heads of everyone in the An family. .

It wasn't until this moment that the swordsman turned around and saluted Chen Luo respectfully: "Guard Ji Zhong, I have seen the young master."

"Oh, you're a second-rank Martial God, Xiao Ji, not bad!"

Lying on the ground at this time, Mr. An, who was still awake for the last time, looked at the swordsman and "Cao Ning", and felt a kind of unconcealable terror in his heart.

Ever since they knew that there was no hope of marrying Chen Luo, the aristocratic families have all set their sights on those extremely talented warriors who followed Chen Luo.

If Chen Luo is Confucius, then these people are the seventy-two sages!

The future is limitless.

Among them, there is a person whose name is almost unique, even higher than Shaolin Adama and Wudang Song Wuji.

Sword God Ji Zhong!

In the Lunjian Pavilion in Dongcang City, this name almost overwhelmed a generation, including not only martial arts, but even Confucianism and Taoism!

Someone who can call him a son...

Mr. An's vision gradually blurred, and he looked at "Cao Ning" with the only remaining eyes.

That's not Cao Ning, that's...

Grandpa, the matter of Tang Anshi~www.wuxiamtl.com~ is getting big!

This was Mr. An's last consciousness. Immediately, because his soul was sealed by the colorful sword shadow, he closed his eyes and gradually lost consciousness...

…

At the same time, in a secret room in the deepest part of the gambling house's underground black market, an old mouse demon was preparing a concoction, and the whole secret room was filled with an unpleasant smell.

And on the only stone bed in the secret room, lay a human race about fifty or sixty years old, his eyes closed, and he seemed to have fallen into a coma.

The rat demon prepared the medicine, walked to the stone bed, helped the man sit up, and poured the medicine into his mouth, but just after taking the medicine, most of the medicine flowed out from the corner of his mouth, only a small part He held it in his mouth.

The mouse demon took out the righteous energy crystal that had just been collected and placed it between the opponent's eyebrows. The righteous energy crystal instantly turned into a wisp of green energy and penetrated into the opponent's brain. Only then did the concoction in his mouth go down smoothly.

"Master Min...we will definitely cure you." The mouse said softly, and continued to feed the concoction into the opponent's mouth...