I'm only one year old, what the hell is the counterattack system?

Chapter 301 The mystery of that year! (Subscribe)
As the first rays of warm spring sunshine shone, Kyoto Prefecture also woke up from its slumber.

The crowds pouring in from the three city gates, east, west, and south, filled the entire Kyoto Prefecture. Most of the merchants from all over entered from the west gate and went to the West Market. A small number of businesses transporting luxurious items went to the East Market to restock the jewelry, ready-made clothes, and pharmacies along the street.

The hungover gangster stretched himself lazily and staggered out of the brothel, discussing last night's affairs in an ambiguous way while looking around for a stall to fill his stomach.

The young men from the noble families in the inn were dressed neatly, had a quick breakfast, and then rushed to the Dakong Temple impatiently.

Most of them have been in Kyoto Prefecture for a few days, and have gone sightseeing and playing. Now they are rushing to Daishoji Temple in advance just to occupy a position with a wide view when tomorrow's grand event starts.

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of this event. Registration ends at noon today. It is said that the number of young geniuses who have registered has exceeded 800. This is because the cultivation level has been temporarily limited to the lower fourth rank. Otherwise, the number would definitely exceed 10,000."

"No, age alone is not enough to stop the enthusiasm of those young geniuses. Many of them want to see the world. Otherwise, if we let those eighth-grade cultivators run over to sign up, wouldn't that just add to the joke?"

"That's true. Rules are dead, but people are alive."

More than 90% of the martial artists came here to broaden their horizons. After all, the scale of this event far exceeds those secret realms and competitions, and it is also very safe. It is impossible for dangers like those in the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm to occur.

But soon, as the five thousand black-armored guards marched out of the imperial city, the deputy commander Jiang Ziqi gave an order:
"Suzaku Street, clear!"

"Before the grand event begins, no one is allowed to appear on Suzaku Street!"

At the same time, the Night Watch and the runners from the two county yamen cooperated to divert the gangsters and noble families on Zhuque Street from the streets on the east and west sides.

Behind the black-armored guards who were spaced every ten steps, everyone was relatively cooperative and did not dare to say a word. They followed the instructions and left Suzaku Street, rushing from the periphery to all directions.

"Commander Jiang, thank you for your help." Ji Xingyun, director of the Night Watch Department, looked at the empty Suzaku Street and said with a smile.

Jiang Ziqi's eyes were sharp, and his black armor inlaid with golden and red threads made his aura full of murderous intent. He said without looking away:

"Serving His Majesty is not 'hard work'."

Ji Xingyun laughed in silence, and a hint of boredom appeared on his slightly feminine face. He disliked the Black Armor Guards the most, as they always acted so domineering.

Although he could understand that Jiang Ziqi and others were responsible for protecting the emperor, who in Kyoto was not serving the emperor?
"This event is very lively in Kyoto Prefecture."

"Director Ji, if you have anything to say, just say it." Jiang Ziqi said in a flat tone.

"It's my fault," Ji Xingyun said with a smile, "In the past two days, the department has captured several spies, some from the Western Buddhist Kingdom and some from Dongzhou Island. There seems to be something unusual. I wonder..."

Ji Xingyun paused, glanced around, and asked in a voice transmission, "Does Commander Jiang know why they are here?"

Jiang Ziqi frowned slightly and looked at him sideways: "This should be your duty as the Night Watchman, right?"

"Forgive me, forgive me," Ji Xingyun said, cupping his hands as if begging for mercy, "My subordinates were so incompetent that they accidentally killed two of them and were unable to pry open their mouths."

"As the grand event is about to begin, I am really anxious, fearing that those villains will jump out and cause His Majesty to be unhappy."

"If Commander Jiang has heard any news, please give me some pointers so that I can know the targets of those spies."

Jiang Ziqi was silent for a moment, then said indifferently, "Tell your people to pay more attention to the people coming from the Buddhist Kingdom of Western Continent. Two days ago, the great Buddhist master who was planning to come here confirmed that he would not come."

Ji Xingyun's mind raced, and he asked, "Buddhist Kingdom... or is it related to the incident in Buddhism?"

"Perhaps," Jiang Ziqi retracted his gaze, looked towards his left, and said meaningfully, "Do you know that Marquis Yingwu has returned to Kyoto Prefecture yesterday?"

"Of course I heard about it. Not only did he come back, but his mother and her group also came back. I have to say that Lord Yingwuhou's cultivation and skills are beyond compare. It took him less than an incense stick of time to get back to Kyoto Prefecture from Beizhili."

As the head of the Night Watch Department, Ji Xingyun was the first to learn about the return of Yingwu Marquis Chen Yi to the capital. "Forgive me for getting off topic. Yingwu Marquis' return to the capital has something to do with Buddhism... eh?"

"Commander Jiang is saying that Lord Yingwu Hou has other plans for the Buddhist sect?"

Jiang Ziqi nodded slightly and transmitted his voice: "The master came last night. Before that, he went to the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion."

"I see."

Ji Xingyun nodded thoughtfully, and had a clear understanding of the recent abnormalities in Kyoto Prefecture.

Previously, he only thought that those spies came for the grand event of the Wei Dynasty and wanted to obtain intelligence about the geniuses, but such almost transparent information was not worth those people coming out in full force.

Now, combined with what Jiang Ziqi said, he understood - the great master of the Western Buddhist Kingdom should have noticed the Wei Dynasty's arrangements for Buddhism and decided to cancel the trip, which is why the spies from the Buddhist Kingdom came.

Then the Dongzhou Islands...those people have been away from the Central Plains for too long, maybe they just want to understand the cultivation level of the Wei Dynasty's genius.

"Then last night..."

"That's all I have to say. I hope Director Ji will keep his mouth shut!" Jiang Ziqi said nothing more. After saying this, he rode his horse and patrolled Suzaku Street.

"..."

Ji Xingyun looked at his back. Although this information was enough for him, people are always greedy.

At this time, a Silver Flag Officer came over and asked carefully, "Sir, what should we do next?"

"Adjust the direction," Ji Xingyun thought, "Give orders to have our people use Xishi as the center to strictly check for people coming from the direction of Hexi Prefecture."

"I will take people there right away."

"Wait!" Ji Xingyun asked, "How much money did the Sword Cultivation Holy Land outside the palace receive?"

Silver Flag Order took out a book from his bosom and flipped through it, saying, "Director, a total of 843 sword cultivators have entered before today. According to their different cultivation levels, a total of 120,000 yuan was collected, as well as hundreds of elixirs, secret manuals, and swords and weapons."

Ji Xingyun nodded slightly, smiled and said, "Send the gold note to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion."

"How much to take?"

"all!"

"..." Silver Flag Commander opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "Sir, the holy land has not been opened for a full month. I am afraid..."

Ji Xingyun's face turned cold, and he snorted, "That money may be useful to other noble families, but it's nothing to the Chen family!"

"Especially the Marquis Yingwu. He doesn't care about a little money or treasures at all!"

"That……"

"Don't be so picky, just do what I tell you to do!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Ji Xingyun shook his head secretly.

The people in their night watch are good at interrogation, arrest, search and investigation, but they don't know much about the ways of the world.

That holy land was certainly a treasure trove, with sword practitioners coming and going in an endless stream. Even some descendants of sword sects came here because of its reputation. In just half a month, the place earned over a hundred thousand gold coins and numerous treasures, but those were only external things.

How can such mundane things be compared with the friendship of a powerful being in the realm of supernatural powers who has a promising future?

In Ji Xingyun's opinion, even if the money did not cause any ripples when sent to Wu'an Marquis Mansion, he still thought it was worth it.

He did not ask the young Lord Yingwu to look at him differently, he just hoped that the other party would treat their Night Watch normally because of his understanding.

"Lord Yingwu Hou is only seventeen years old. As long as he doesn't die, he will be able to shine brightly on Tianyuan Continent for a thousand years in the future."

Ji Xingyun felt even more fortunate that he had set up a checkpoint in that holy land before, taking the opportunity to establish a relationship between their Night Watch Division and Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

"With this relationship, my Ji family will be worry-free for a hundred years!"

Not only did the Black Armor Guards and the Night Watch move into action, but the soldiers in the camp outside the city also surrounded Kyoto Prefecture, and every street and alley was heavily guarded.

The wanderers and nobles who had arrived earlier just took a second look and then rushed to Dakong Temple as if nothing had happened. And those who had just arrived, especially the nobles who seldom went out, were all very excited when they saw such a big scene.

"It is worthy of being the capital of our Great Wei Dynasty!"

"I've been waiting for this event!"

……

Inside the Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

"Brother Yi!"

Lin Xueru, who had just come out of confinement, sensed Chen Yi's return at the first moment, and immediately ran over to him, opened his door and rushed over.

Chen Yi woke up from his training, put his arms around her waist, and said with a doting smile, "Be careful."

"No way." Lin Xueru hugged him tightly, her pretty face resting on his shoulders, her eyes full of joy.

"Brother Yi, when did you come back?"

"yesterday."

"Why didn't you call me, or tell me in advance? I wanted to wait for you in the yard in advance."

"You work so hard, how can I bear it..."

The two were talking and laughing, but they didn't notice that the sunlight was shining through the doors and windows onto the carpet, reflecting several beautiful shadows.

Hua Youxiang stretched her neck and saw Chen Yi and Lin Xueru hugging each other through the crack in the window. She couldn't help but wrinkle her nose: "Shame on you... Sister, please don't look at anything inappropriate. As your younger sister, I'll watch this scene for you."

Fairy Flower subconsciously patted her and softly said, "What a joke! Senior Brother Chen and Senior Sister Xueru haven't seen each other for a long time. This... This is normal."

Having said that, she turned her head away and didn't wait for Erhua to make way.

She could imagine what Chen Yi and Lin Xueru were looking like at the moment, and there was indeed a hint of bitterness in her heart.

The flower fairy was very envious, not only because of the engagement between Chen Yi and Lin Xueru, but also because she could have such close contact with Chen Yi.

She couldn't help but think that if she had been as bold as she was yesterday when Chen Yi returned to Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

Xiao Xuan looked at them with amusement, then walked straight to the door and knocked on it, saying:
"You two aren't married yet, is it appropriate for you to cuddle like this?"

Hearing the voice, Lin Xueru reluctantly separated from Chen Yi, blushing and pouting:

"Senior Sister, I haven't seen Brother Yi for a long time, I can't help but..."

Chen Yi bared his teeth and made a ferocious expression.

Xiao Xuanzhen was not afraid at all. He quietly raised his fist, then came to Lin Xueru's side, hooked her wrist and said:
"Junior sister, you only have your brother Yi in your eyes. I'm afraid you don't know the current situation of Chunheyuan?"

"what?"

"Junior Brother Chen Yi's mother is back, along with his grandfather, uncle, and others..."

"ah!"

Before she could finish her words, Lin Xueru broke away from Xiao Xuanzhen and ran out of the room, "Brother Yi, I, I haven't washed up yet, wait a moment."

"Hey?" Xiao Xuanzhen glanced at his wrist, then looked at Chen Yi and said in a low voice: "Is she afraid of her aunt?"

Chen Yi looked at her unkindly, "Senior Sister Xiao, I think it's been a while since we last had a fight, so let's do it today."

Lin Xueru hadn't seen Xia Wanwan for more than ten years, so of course she would be nervous.

"Don't give me that." Xiao Xuanzhen rolled her beautiful eyes and half rolled her eyes, "I won't be fooled."

These days, there have been a lot of news in Kyoto Prefecture about Chen Yi's trip to the Demon Court. Even though some of them are exaggerated, there are a lot of facts in them.

Just what Xiao Xuanzhen knew was enough to completely kill her desire to compete with Chen Yi, even though she had long since given up on the idea.

"Today is the last day to register for the event. Junior Sister Xueru and I will be heading to Dakong Temple later... What are your plans?"

Chen Yi regained his composure and shook his head, saying, "I won't participate. Master and my great-uncle are all aware of this." "I knew it!"

Xiao Xuanzhen snorted and said, "Then we will go to the Zhenbei Palace to meet Du Yan, Du Yanqing and others later. Do you want to go?"

"Let's go together." Chen Yi looked out the window, winked at Erhua who was peeking, and said, "Let's go and see our dynasty's genius."

"you……"

"Great!"

Hua Youxiang shouted in understanding, pulled the flower fairy in, and kept Xiao Xuanzhen's words to herself.

"Brother, if you don't come back, your sister will suffocate to death in the mansion."

“Two flowers…”

"Sister, I know you don't feel bored, but I can't stand practicing like this all the time, right, Brother Chen?"

The flower fairy was helpless, and her beautiful eyes fixed on Chen Yi, "She, she still likes to play."

Chen Yi looked into her eyes and said with a smile: "Erhua wouldn't be Erhua if she didn't do this."

"whee……"

While a few people were talking and laughing, Lin Xueru was in the side room with a sad face.

During the days she came to the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, she did not bring many clothes with her and was still wearing the Taoist robe of the Taixu Taoist Sect.

"How do you meet your aunt?"

Lin Xueru touched her burning cheeks and could only hesitantly send a message home to ask her mother for help.

Coincidentally, the Mansion of Duke Xing also learned the news of Chen Yi and Xia Wanwan's return, and the wife of Duke Xing, Zhu Yu, had already prepared gifts and was about to set off.

Zhu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she also knew what her daughter was thinking.

"You, wait there, I'll bring you some suitable clothes."

"Thank you, mother."

Lin Xueru felt relieved and stayed in the room obediently, carefully sensing the movements around her.

At this time, Chen Yi had already left the room and came to Xia Wanwan to pay his respects.

"Yier, has Xueru come out of confinement?"

Just as Chen Yi was about to answer, he heard the pitiful voice of the little girl, so he changed his words and said, "She still needs to consolidate her strength. I will bring her to see her mother later."

Lin Xueru breathed a sigh of relief, but was so embarrassed that she buried her head in the quilt.

Xia Wanwan smiled and nodded. Just as she was about to ask more questions, she saw two figures appear outside Chunhe Garden, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

"Yier, your aunt Wanyi and Faner are here, go with me to greet them."

Chen Yi frowned secretly, but followed Xia Wanwan calmly.

After finding out everything about the Zhou family, he only felt a little angry towards Zhou Wanyi, and no longer had the intention to kill her.

After all, Zhou Wanyi is just a poor person who was implicated by Zhou Guanwu and Zhou Tiance.

If Chen Yi's guess was correct, the original ceremony of grasping the week-old child and the subsequent poisoning were both done by Zhou Tiance.

"Sister Wanyi, long time no see, how are you?"

"Not bad," Zhou Wanyi's eyes fell on Chen Yi, she sighed in her heart, and said with a gentle smile:
"I haven't shown up since Yi'er came back, and I hope you won't blame me."

Chen Yi nodded calmly, "Auntie is sincere in worshipping Buddha, and everyone knows it."

Zhou Wanyi met his gaze, her heart trembled, and she said with a complicated expression: "I, I just want peace of mind."

Chen Yi nodded without commenting: "I'm afraid something might happen in Buddhism, so you'd better go out more often in the future."

"Yier said..."

Chen Fan, who was standing by, didn't notice their strange behavior at all. He just bowed and said, "Fan'er greets Second Madam."

When he was born, he was mostly raised by Xia Wanwan, so his performance at this moment was full of genuine emotion.

"Second brother, thank you for what happened last time."

Chen Yi knew that he was talking about those short-sighted young men from aristocratic families, so he nodded and suggested that they go back to the side rooms first.

Before entering the wing room, Zhou Wanyi seemed to have made up her mind, looked at Chen Yi and said:

"Yier, your mother and I have something to talk about. How about...how about..."

Chen Yi vaguely guessed what she was going to say - he had only talked about the Zhou family's affairs with Chen Taiping and had not told Xia Wanwan because he did not want his mother to worry.

At this moment, Zhou Wanyi seemed to be telling the whole story...

Xia Wanwan noticed something was wrong, "Yier, take Faner to stroll around Chunhe Garden first, or take him to meet the top disciples of Taixu Dao Sect."

Chen Yi frowned slightly, but after looking at Zhou Wanyi's pleading eyes and Xia Wanwan's inquiry, he could only remind her ambiguously:

"Mother, my son and father already know everything. As for the rest...just listen to what you have to say."

After saying that, he waved to Chen Fan: "Come with me."

"What what everything?"

Xia Wanwan looked at them blankly, not understanding what Chen Yi was saying.

"Wanwan, let me tell you."

"Sister Wanyi knows? Then tell me quickly."

Chen Yi's mind had been focused on Xia Wanwan and Zhou Wanyi. He didn't need to be wary of Zhou Wanyi doing anything bad to Xia Wanwan. He just wanted to listen to what the two would say.

"Second brother, have you noticed that my mother is acting strange?"

Chen Fan looked around Chunhe Garden and saw Xiao Xuanzhen, Flower Fairy and others, as well as Taoist Xuanjian and Li Qingzhou who left the wing room.

He smiled with a slightly reserved expression and said, "My mother has been staying in the Buddhist temple these days. I heard that Second Mother came back last night, so I decided to visit her this morning."

"But looking at her expression just now, it seems like she has something to say."

Chen Yi did not explain too much, and said calmly: "It is not convenient for us to interfere in the affairs of adults."

Just as Chen Yi guessed, what Zhou Wanyi and Xia Wanwan were talking about was what happened during the "Zhuazhou" ceremony when they were children.

The pill that day was indeed given to Chen Taiping by Zhou Wanyi, but she was not aware at first that the pill had been tampered with.

Because Zhou Wanyi poured two pills from the same porcelain bottle, and she fed one of them to Chen Yuan in front of Chen Taiping, Chen Taiping gave it to Xia Wanwan and Chen Yi without any precautions.

But what Zhou Wanyi didn't expect was that as soon as Chen Taiping left, a maid came over quickly and fed the antidote to Chen Yuan...

Chen Yi knew everything that happened afterwards - Zhou Wanyi hurriedly tried to remedy the situation and could only bring some pastries, hoping that it would not affect his one-year-old ceremony.

As for the fruits...

In the wing room.

At this moment, Xia Wanwan's chest was heaving and her face was pale and bloodless.

When she thought about how there was such a secret back then, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine and wanted to slap herself a few times.

Although she had encountered an assassination attempt before, she only thought it was sent by demons and evil spirits, and never thought it would be the Zhou family.

Zhou Wanyi sat beside him with a gloomy expression. She had already anticipated Xia Wanwan's reaction.

But now that she said it, she was able to breathe a sigh of relief, and the huge rock that had been weighing on her heart fell to the ground.

She is ready for everything.

"Ever since Yi'er and Xueru were kidnapped, I knew that my grandfather had gone mad. After that..."

"After that, he must have done a few more things, but none of them succeeded."

"What if I succeed?!" Xia Wanwan stared at her and said with tears in her eyes:
"You, you are so cruel! At that time, Yi'er was so young!"

"You, you, how could you do this?!"

"I……"

……

Hearing this, Chen Yi did not immediately explain everything through voice transmission. Instead, he used the power of swordsmanship to shield the surroundings of the room to prevent anyone from hearing him.

At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with Zhou Wanyi.

But after thinking for a moment, he decided not to take action.

After all, Chen Taiping is still alive, and as the head of the Chen family, it is most appropriate for him to deal with Zhou Wanyi.

"Second brother, do you think that eldest brother can come back?"

At this time, Chen Fan saw that he didn't speak, so he glanced around and asked carefully: "Second brother, you have a very close relationship with the eldest brother, and you know him best. He, he shouldn't do anything to betray the court, right?"

Chen Yi glanced at him and shook his head gently: "I will take care of your brother's affairs, just practice peacefully."

"But the court..."

"If anyone outside discusses this matter in front of you, tell them that I will come to visit them in person!"

"Ah this..."

"In the future, besides studying at the academy, you can come back more often when you have free time."

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then nodded in confusion: "Don't worry, second brother, I will definitely do it."

Chen Yi patted his shoulder and motioned for him to follow him. The two of them met up with Xiao Xuanzhen and others and came to Lin Xueru's room.

Lin Xueru blushed and said, "Brother Yi, I don't have the right clothes yet. Wait a little longer..."

Chen Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not convenient for my mother right now."

He knew that Xia Wanwan was in a state of shock and would not be able to recover for a while, so he suggested:
"Don't change your clothes yet, let's go to Dakong Temple first."

The little girl hesitated, "Now?"

"Don't you want to sign up? If you go too late, you'll miss it."

Chen Yi pulled her without saying anything, and called Xiao Xuanzhen, Chen Fan and others to walk out of Chunhe Garden together.

"Let me see the geniuses in our dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)