Chapter 58 The First Plan
"Having said that, I'm sure you, my knight, also know what kind of status Taoist Sun holds beside the Imperial Master. If you kill me, Taoist Sun will lose such a useful lackey and will definitely cause trouble for you. It's better to let me go. Zhang promises that I will keep today's matter a secret. I will also give you a thousand taels of gold to comfort your pain."
The short and thin old man seemed to become more courageous as he spoke, and began to act like a bully by relying on the fact that he was the disciple of the national master.
Ruan Xing was unmoved and continued, "The second question is, when did you send people to Jiangning City? How many people went? Who are these people? Tell me the list."
This was the question the old man had anticipated, and he answered them quickly. Afraid that Ruan Xing would be dissatisfied, he took a pen and paper from the desk, dipped them in the blood on the ground, and wrote down the list.
Ruan Xing put away the list after reading it once, and said slowly: "Then, the last question."
"Can you ask Taoist Sun to come out from the Imperial Master's Palace to meet with you?"
"This, this..." The old man was so shocked that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
He could clearly hear the murderous intent in Ruan Xing's tone, which he had never expected. Ordinary people would be terrified when hearing the title of the national teacher's disciple. But the girl in front of him actually wanted to kill him?
Ruan Xing had naturally considered this. People like Taoist Sun did not deserve death, so she would naturally kill them if possible.
But the problem is that she doesn't know the other party's strength. In the world of immortal cultivation, if you want to know the approximate level of others' cultivation, you only need to use your spiritual sense to detect the fluctuations of the other party's spiritual power. Unless the other party has treasures or skills that are deliberately concealed, you can generally know the approximate strength of the other party.
But it is different now. Ruan Xing has only achieved perfection in her acquired state. She has not yet cultivated and cannot use her spiritual sense. She cannot see Taoist Sun's realm.
However, she guessed that the other party would not exceed the perfection of Qi training at most. Combining information from various sources, Taoist Sun went to the world of immortals when he was young. He had no literary talent or official luck, and his training speed was much slower than other inner disciples. Because he was looked down upon by other inner disciples, he came to the Mortal Dynasty to escape and relax.
The inner sect disciples are guaranteed to have built their foundation at the very least, and since he cannot fit in, his stage is lower than the foundation building stage. If his Qi training is perfect, the national teacher will certainly provide him with foundation building pills to help him build his foundation, so the most he can do is the ninth level of Qi training.
She had no pressure at all after reaching the third level of Qi training, but to go higher, she would have to fight to know.
The old man was too frightened to answer, so Ruan Xing couldn't help but emphasize his tone, "Yes? Or no?"
The old man made up his mind and closed his eyes, "Knight, you'd better kill me! Regardless of whether you succeed in assassinating Taoist Sun or not, as long as the Imperial Master knows that I was the one who made the connection, the lives of my entire clan will be in danger!"
"Since you are so determined to die, I won't force you." Ruan Xing sighed, raised her sword and swung it down. A blood mark appeared on the old man's neck. In accordance with the promise she had made before, she left him an intact body.
After killing the old man, Ruan Xing began to search the study to see if there were any secret compartments or secret rooms.
The old man had been interacting with Taoist Sun for so many years, she didn't believe that there was no trace of evidence.
Soon, Ruan Xing found a few thin pages of paper sandwiched between a book, on which were recorded some girls' names, ages, appearances, home addresses, and personal information in more colloquial terms.
This also includes Ruan Tao's.
On the last page, the ink was still fresh.
It seems that Taoist Sun has fallen in love with countless girls over the years.
Ruan Xing first imitated the old man's handwriting and wrote a letter to Taoist Sun, saying that she had encountered an extremely urgent matter and asked for his help.
She had never learned calligraphy systematically, so her imitation of the handwriting was not exactly the same, but it was somewhat similar at first glance. However, Taoist Sun himself was a sensitive, inferior and arrogant person, and he looked down on ordinary people. Therefore, Ruan Xing boldly predicted that he did not remember what the old man's handwriting looked like.
In order to prevent the news of the old man's death from spreading and alerting the enemy, she cleared out most of the people in the mansion and only left a few more obedient ones, such as the man she threatened when she hid in the carriage. She thought that the other party had good acting skills, so she sent him to the National Master's Palace to deliver a letter to Taoist Sun.
The reply came quickly, but the result was not satisfactory.
Taoist Priest Sun refused perfunctorily, telling him to figure it out himself as he didn't have time.
What a waste of time! He has no business at all. It is probably because he just sent Ruan Tao over there this morning and he is busy satisfying his hobby.
Ruan Xing looked at the information of the girls written on the paper, and while it was still early, she went to find three of the victims whose families lived in Huaining.
It is a bit sad that the daughters of two of the families were sold by their parents themselves, and only one family was abducted and expressed their willingness to listen to Ruan Xing's method to save their daughter.
They could sell their daughter for money, so they could naturally go find her for money. Ruan Xing used a gold ingot to hang them and took the three families to the Xun'an Division to report the case.
The patrol department of Huaining City is better than that of Jiangning City. They are not so inactive, but they will not stand on the side of civilians to oppose the Imperial Master Palace, so they will not accept the case.
Ruan Xing had anticipated this and gave a look. The people behind her followed the agreed upon response method and sat down on the steps in front of the Patrol Security Office and began to wail loudly.
"Give my daughter back to me! My poor daughter has been captured by the Imperial Master Palace!"
"My daughter is only nine years old. She has to be separated from her parents at such a young age!"
"The Imperial Master kidnapped my daughter, and you, the Patrol Security Division, don't care? Where is justice?"
The crying was deafening, attracting many people to stop and watch from afar. The guards guarding the gate of the Patrol Security Office changed their expressions and immediately wanted to draw their swords to drive the people away. Ruan Xing stepped forward and stood in front of them.
The atmosphere was tense.
Just when Ruan Xing thought that action was about to be taken, a voice came from afar.
"Who's making so much noise outside?"
A dark-faced man in official uniform came out and said with a frown.
Judging from the style of his clothes, he most likely belongs to a deputy officer of the Xun'an Division. Although I didn't expect to meet the highest leader of the Xun'an Division so soon, this is also a good thing.
After paying their respects, a guard whispered a few words to the assistant official, who sneered, "Who gave you the guts to defame the Imperial Master's Palace? Leave now! Otherwise, you will be charged with framing others and disrupting public affairs!"
The families Ruan Xing had found were all low-income civilians who were struggling to make ends meet. They were timid when they saw the official and stopped crying and nodded without saying anything. Ruan Xing had no choice but to ask loudly, "You only heard a few words and then arbitrarily convicted someone. Is this how the patrol officers always judge cases?"
Her voice was crisp and childish, but her pronunciation was clear. The small person stood between the two, her back straight and as proud as a green pine or snowy bamboo, making it impossible to ignore her.
The assistant official smiled with contempt and said, "Just a few words? The Grand Master Qingfeng Langyue is known to everyone in the country. Do you think a few ordinary people want to tarnish the reputation of the Grand Master's Palace? Get out now!"
"You don't care about the lives of ordinary people, so you don't care about the lives of the Thousand Feather Guards of your Patrol Security Division, who are one in a million?"
The deputy officer's eyes became sharp and heavy, looking at Ruan Xing and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You should know that the twelve Thousand Feather Guards that the Imperial Master's disciple borrowed from you a few days ago, do you know what they did? Do you know that they are dead?" "It's all nonsense. Although the Imperial Master's Palace has a high status, it is not a superior-subordinate relationship with the Patrol Security Division. How could they borrow the Thousand Feather Guards from me?"
His voice sounded anxious and angry, but Ruan Xing could see a hint of guilt.
She smiled softly, "I have evidence. I wonder if you dare to argue with me in front of the Imperial Master."
For a moment, a murderous aura rose from the body of the deputy, but he quickly suppressed it. He didn't know what the evidence was or where it was, and he also didn't know whether those Thousand Ling Guards were really dead.
Lending Qian Lingwei to the National Master Gong Ben was against the law. If Qian Lingwei died again as a result, then... he had an unshirkable responsibility and would be held responsible for a serious crime. He could only deny it.
Ruan Xing's evidence was the secret room in Taoist Sun's residence and the bodies on the hillside outside the north city gate.
The corpse was poisoned, so it must still be in the same place and has not been moved.
The assistant minister went with her to the Imperial Master's Palace. This was the first time she entered through the main gate of the Imperial Master's Palace.
A straight road led to the Star-Picking Platform, where Ruan Xing was able to see the true face of the Imperial Master.
After she told the Imperial Master all the causes and consequences, as well as the location of the evidence, the Imperial Master said indifferently, "I understand."
Immediately, her body turned into powder.
After escaping from the memory, Ruan Xing sat up and couldn't help but curse angrily, "Old thief!"
He miscalculated. Although the National Master would be angry about this matter and completely disappointed in his disciple, he would also be angry at the person who exposed the matter, making him lose face. So after listening to what he said, the National Master took action.
I thought he was such an immortal figure... Jindan Zhenren's character is just like this.
The Jindan stage, which was originally out of reach, became more concrete at this moment.
Ruan Xing couldn't help scratching her head. The opponents that the protagonists of other novels encountered after traveling through time and space were all gradually improved. How come she was at the Jindan stage right away? Please, she hasn't cultivated yet!
Isn't she the protagonist?
No way, no way, she has a simulator! She must be the protagonist.
After feeling resentful for a while, Ruan Xing perked up and started thinking about countermeasures.
Since there is no way to get the imperial teacher to punish him by exposing him, I can only find a way to save my sister first.
What the short and thin old man, Chairman Zhang, told her was that they knew about Qian Lingwei's death the day after the caravan was robbed and killed, so Taoist Sun urged him to get the little girl from Jiangning City and bring her here as soon as possible.
Several days have passed. I believe they must have arrived in Jiangning City by now, but they have not yet succeeded.
She had to go out of the National Master's Palace to call Jian Lai to do this. Because she didn't know the principle of the National Master's Palace's barrier, she always let Jian Lai stay outside alone. Anyway, he didn't need to eat, drink, or sleep, so he could just stay invisible somewhere and hang up.
Nominally, as a servant of the Imperial Master's disciple, she could not leave the Imperial Master's Palace, but in fact there was a way, such as the Taoist boy who drove the cart out when she first simulated going to the Imperial Master's Palace.
Even though she had killed him several times in the simulation, he was still alive and well in reality. If she treated him kindly and courteously, he should do her a favor, right?
Ruan Xing started the simulation.
After paying a large gold ingot, the Taoist boy from the logistics office agreed to let Ruan Xing go out. He reminded her, "Although I can let you go, you'd better come back as soon as possible and don't let others find out, especially the disciples of the national teacher you serve. If you are found out, you will be expelled from the national teacher's palace."
Ruan Xing thanked the Taoist boy for his kindness, but she didn't take it seriously. Even if she was away for several days, no one would know except Cai Wen, and Cai Wen didn't care what she was doing at all.
He summoned the sword, copied the list in his memory to him, and gave him a task: "Cooperate with Hu San and kill everyone on the list. Don't leave any alive."
The pure white boy took the list and slowly disappeared into the air, while Ruan Xing rushed to Chairman Zhang's house without stopping.
Even if the people on the list were killed, there would be no safety. After a few days, the old man might find out that all the people he sent were missing, and he would send another wave of people. There are still more than ten days before the National Master returns to the world of immortal cultivation. Taoist Sun must be in a hurry. If nothing unexpected happens, the National Master will definitely take him with him when he returns to the world of immortal cultivation. Then he won't be able to be so free and arrogant.
According to the old man's explanation, except for the ones who took action personally by Taoist Sun, he helped to send all the other targets to the National Master's Palace using various methods. After all, this kind of thing had to be kept secret and not too many people knew about it. He had already been punished by the National Master for this matter once and there couldn't be a second time.
After cleaning Chairman Zhang's house inside and out, Ruan Xing wrote a letter to Taoist Sun in the name of Chairman Zhang. She wrote a few words without any hope, but the words were concise and to the point, "There are new goods, come quickly."
I thought it would be another fall on deaf ears, but unexpectedly, the message from Taoist Priest Sun was a turn for the better. "Where is he?"
Ruan Xing was overjoyed and quickly decided on a place with less crowds to send her there, and they agreed to meet in the evening.
At night, Ruan Xing booked the whole restaurant and asked the boss to drive out all the outsiders in advance. She then carefully arranged every corner of the restaurant and took out all her stocks of talismans.
Taoist Priest Sun arrived as promised. Seeing the empty restaurant, he walked in without any doubt, muttering in a low voice: "Why are you being so secretive? You might as well send me directly to the Imperial Master's Palace..."
The veil fluttered, and as soon as Taoist Sun went up to the second floor, his eyes lit up. A delicate and lovely girl in a goose yellow veil skirt looked up at him.
Is this the new product? Although it looks really good, it's not surprising... Thinking of this, he bent down with a gentle smile on his face, "Little girl, are you waiting for me here?"
"We are waiting for Master Sun. Are you Master Sun?" Ruan Xing blinked her bright black eyes and answered innocently.
We? Taoist Sun couldn't help but pay attention to this subject. He said softly, "I am Taoist Sun. Are there any other people with you?"
"And my sister is in there. We look the same. Taoist Priest, you are so powerful, you should be able to tell us apart, right?"
Hmm? Twins? This is indeed a surprise. Taoist Sun's smile widened, and he could not wait to quicken his pace and walk towards the room pointed by Ruan Xing.
However, the moment he opened the door.
boom--
After one explosion, there were continuous explosions without stopping.
Only talismans that can enter the spirit world can cause fatal harm to cultivators, but Ruan Xing has no spiritual food now, and cannot use the spiritual energy emitted from the spiritual food to draw talismans. She can only try to see if quantity can improve quality. Since she learned how to cast talismans, she has drawn hundreds of [Break] talismans off and on. Except for the more than one hundred she used when rescuing Cui Yurong outside the north city gate, the remaining more than two hundred were all used here.
The activation of her true Qi at one time to cast two hundred talismans almost drained all of the true Qi in her body. Even though she had already reached acquired perfection, she could not bear it.
The restaurant was already in ruins, with dust everywhere. Ruan Xing breathed heavily and sat down leaning back against a half-broken pillar. The dust she inhaled into her nose made her cough violently, and she looked around with a dazed look.
Is he dead?
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(End of this chapter)
