Xuanxia

Chapter 21 Confrontation
The fire crackled and Jiang Yunfeng lowered his head respectfully with an extremely humble attitude, but the questions he asked were more detailed and sharper than the last, and he asked faster and faster, as if he didn't intend to give him any room to think.

"Where does your Excellency live?"

"Yingsong Street. As for which house it is, you'd better not ask."

"Well... Is your Excellency married?"

"No."

"I wonder what direction the door of your bedroom in the capital faces, and what trees are there in the courtyard?"

"It faces south and there are two trees in front of the door, one is a jujube tree and the other is also a jujube tree."

"grown ups……"

From his date of birth to his family background, from his home address to the layout of his rooms, from his relatives and friends to his eating and drinking preferences... Jiang Yunfeng asked everything clearly.

Fu Qingzhou also answered quickly. He had just compiled these answers in the room not long ago, and now he recited them like a book without much thinking.

According to his arrangement, he was actually the illegitimate son of a high-ranking official of the Mingjian Pavilion, and had been raised secretly in the mansion. Now, the eldest son of that official had a bad temper and got into trouble outside, which made his father dissatisfied. In addition, Fu Qingzhou "showed amazing wisdom", so his father began to consider training him.

If we really want to investigate, it is easy to find the son of a high-ranking official, but difficult to find an illegitimate child.

Which of the powerful people in Beijing doesn't have eight or ten illegitimate children? If you really want to find these, it's harder than finding some unsolved murderers.

After the conversation, Jiang Yunfeng's expression gradually became solemn, while Kua Ye, who knew the inside story, became gradually astonished - probably because he didn't expect that this kid could answer so tightly.

"Almost?"

When Fu Qingzhou was asked which bookstall he liked to go to for reading, he finally showed his impatience: "I am not stupid. I know you are testing me, but isn't it a bit too much to ask so many questions?"

Jiang Yunfeng frowned.

"You are cautious in your work at Wandu Mountain, and I understand that."

Fu Qingzhou said coldly: "You are smart and sensible. You didn't ask about the affairs of Mingjian Pavilion. Otherwise, the crime of probing the imperial court's secrets alone would be enough to have you beheaded!"

Jiang Yunfeng's face became a little stiff, and Kua Ye smiled at the right time: "Brother Jiang, since Master Fu said so, we don't need to act anymore."

"... Junior Brother Kuaye is right."

Jiang Yunfeng let out a long breath and clasped his fists towards Fu Qingzhou earnestly: "Please forgive me, sir. It is not that Wan Du Shan deliberately offended you. It is just that the place for curing strange curses is an important place for our sect. It is really inconvenient to let people of unknown origin enter."

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Although this reason is a bit awkward, it is barely acceptable. It seems that these guys have really put in a lot of effort to test me.

Strange... I had clearly shown in front of the elder that I had no interest in the Long Dabai incident, so why did he still do this?
"Actually... my uncle-master already has an idea about the adult's strange curse." Jiang Yunfeng said, and moved slightly to the side so that Fu Qingzhou could see Elder Ma directly.

Elder Ma took a deep look at his disciple, who was of the same generation as his apprentice, and then said quietly, "There is a Phoenix Blood Pool in our sect, located in a remote place, in the secret place of the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain. If you soak in it and use our sect's unique magical skill 'Hundred Evils', you can get rid of all the curses and poisons."

"But I don't know your unique skills."

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "You can't teach me."

“Yes… but even without the aid of divine power, the Phoenix Blood Pool is not completely useless.” Elder Ma said slowly: “The Master’s strange curse is ancient and complex, and its origin is hidden deep within the body and cannot be detected. But if you soak in the Phoenix Blood Pool for half an hour and endure the initial severe pain, the origin of the curse will be revealed, making it easier for us to detect it.”

"So that's how it is." Fu Qingzhou frowned and pondered for a moment.

If he had gotten this answer as soon as he entered the Thousand Witches Tower, he would not have had too many doubts.

But after Jiang Yunfeng's interruption, he still had some doubts.

"My lord, please rest assured."

At this time, Kua Ye seemed to see through his thoughts: "Although there are not many disciples in the sect who can practice the Hundred Evils, once they are hit by a strange poison or curse, they will enter the pool to make the source appear, so as to facilitate further exploration of the solution. Although it is dangerous, with our protection, nothing will happen."

Fu Qingzhou was surprised when he heard this: "Can people from your Wandu Mountain be subjected to incomprehensible poisons and curses?" This question stunned not only Kua Ye, but also Jiang Yunfeng and Elder Ma.

"This... this is a secret of our sect, so please don't ask about it, sir."

Jiang Yunfeng smiled and said, "Your Excellency only needs to know that the Phoenix Blood Pool is indeed the first step for our sect to break the mysterious Gu curse."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Jiang Yunfeng breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, please go back to your room and rest first. We will arrange for you to go to the Phoenix Blood Pool tomorrow."

Fu Qingzhou nodded and was about to leave with Kua Ye.

At this moment, Jiang Yunfeng's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he spoke abruptly: "Sir, when I was studying at the Palm Sword Academy, Master Li Jingzhe of the Ming Sword Pavilion was my guest teacher and taught me the Dayan Law, which benefited me a lot. Now I haven't seen him for ten years. I wonder if Master Li is still as strong as before?"

Fu Qingzhou stopped, his fingertips feeling slightly cold.

The countless questions before were not important at all, but this question is what the other party really wants to ask!
The capital city is very large and there are many people in it. As long as someone with a purpose makes a little arrangement, it is not difficult to make up an identity for oneself as a person from the capital city, and it is almost impossible to investigate across thousands of mountains and rivers.

But the identity of a Mingjian Pavilion spy... is not so easy to disguise.

When Tang Jiao was describing the affairs in the capital before, she mentioned that the Palm Sword Academy and the Ming Sword Pavilion had a close relationship, and it was even equivalent to a training institution that specialized in supplying elite talents to the Ming Sword Pavilion. So it was indeed normal for people from the Ming Sword Pavilion to occasionally serve as teachers in this academy.

Jiang Yunfeng's question bypassed all the official affairs and secrets of Mingjian Pavilion and went straight to the core of Fu Qingzhou's identity!

Aren't you a spy from Mingjian Pavilion? How could you not be able to answer this question?

But Fu Qingzhou didn't even know whether this Lord Li Jingzhe existed or not.

Kua Ye did not seem to have expected this sudden change. His face turned pale and his expression became solemn. He stared at Fu Qingzhou, as if waiting for his reaction.

After a while, Fu Qingzhou slowly turned around and looked at Jiang Yunfeng expressionlessly.

Jiang Yunfeng stood there with a flawless smile on his face: "What's wrong, Master Fu? Don't you know Master Li?"

"It seems that you still haven't given up testing me."

Fu Qingzhou's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Coincidentally, you just mentioned the Dayan law. Now I want to ask you, according to the Dayan law, what crime should the murderer be punished for?"

Jiang Yunfeng's face froze slightly, and after a few breaths, he said in a hoarse voice: "After the local magistrate of the murderer's registered residence or the magistrate of the crime scene makes a judgment, the murderer will be detained and executed in the autumn."

"good."

Fu Qingzhou sneered, "Then did you take Meng Zhugang, the murderer I caught you with, to the Lingxiang Town government?"

Jiang Yunfeng swallowed subconsciously, lowered his head and looked away unconsciously.

"grown ups……"

The one who spoke was Elder Ma: "The murderer has already..."

"I know." Fu Qingzhou interrupted him: "It's been so many days since your elders' council interrogated me. During those days, you must have gotten a lot out of Meng Zhugang. I believe..."

He stared at Jiang Yunfeng with a half-smile: "He must have died just right. He didn't say a word that shouldn't have been said."

Jiang Yunfeng was silent for a moment, slowly raised his head, and stared at Fu Qingzhou.

His overall performance before this was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was polite and decent, but at this moment there was clearly some murderous intent in his eyes.

"Master...Fu."

He said in a deep voice: "You are forcibly changing the subject this time. Is it because... you can't answer my question?"

(End of this chapter)