Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

three days later.
Xiaokong looked haggard and his lips were pale. When he jumped into the kitchen, his legs went limp and he nearly fell. He pretended to have twisted his ankle while jumping, rubbed his calf and asked, "Tanggu, where is the fortune teller?"

After Tang Gu took a look at him to confirm his condition, she looked outside the house and saw Uncle Yu in the dark nodded.
Tang Gu retracted her gaze, lowered her eyes and busy herself with the things in her hands, and said lightly: "He is over at Xinglin Courtyard."
"Xinglinyuan?" Xiaokong jumped a few times on the spot. His soft feet seemed to have returned to normal, and his face became more rosy. "He was fine a few days ago, why did he go there when I woke up from my illness? Did he pretend to be sick and lazy because he didn't want to work?"

Tang Gu paused for a moment while stirring the soup. "He made Qingyun angry, so they taught him a lesson. The boy was weak, and he got his head broken after just two random hits. He was sent to Xinglinyuan."

"Why did Aunt Qing use such harsh force?" Xiao Kong asked.
For cultivators, minor injuries are not as serious as catching a cold. "Forget it. He is from Zhulixing anyway. I have nothing to do. I will go and get him back."

Tang Gu only said, "Be careful."
"I know, I know!" Xiaokong answered while running, and he had already run dozens of meters away while speaking.

Seeing that no one was following him, he leaned on his knees and panted.
After this illness, his recovery ability seemed to have declined. Xiaokong wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked slowly towards Xinglin Courtyard.

Uncle Yu appeared in the kitchen.
He was originally an old man with a peaceful face, but now his face was serious and his tone was rarely questioning: "Didn't I tell you not to touch him?"
Tang Gu glanced at Uncle Yu. Although she lowered her voice, she still couldn't hide her stubbornness. "There's something wrong with him! He's plotting!"
Uncle Yu frowned, watching the light golden light on Tang Gu's face appear and disappear. At the same time, Tang Gu's emotions became visibly calmer.
"You have recorded his whereabouts very clearly. I am the only one who has had close contact with him these days. What? Are you suspicious of me too?"

Tang Gu was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't believe that Uncle Yu spoke up for Pei Mingyan.
She said calmly, "Tang Gu dare not. But as the manager of Zhulixing, I have to ensure that all my subordinates are in good condition, so as to live up to the trust of the dean. There are too many doubts about Pang Yuan's appointment, and I have to be on guard. And the ambush in the courtyard was just a test. If he really didn't have a profound cultivation, with Qingyun around, Xu Bai and others would not kill him. But if he deliberately concealed his cultivation and came into the academy at this time, he had bad intentions. I tested him with desserts, and he did fall into the trap and showed his true colors. And he used the excuse that Bing Qilin taught me in exchange for the opportunity to meet the dean.

Not only that, when he confronted me under the ring, he also asked to see the dean. It seemed like he said it unintentionally, but he kept saying it, maybe just to cover up his tracks. His target was the dean. You might as well recall, did he also tell you that he wanted to see the dean?"

Uncle Yu hesitated for a moment. He thought about it for a moment and remembered what Pei Mingyan said.
"Then can I see the dean?"
"Ah? So, the academy is really full of hidden talents! How many guardians are there in the academy? Where do the guardians live? The main peak?"

This sounds like it's fine, but if you really have no ulterior motive, why ask these questions? But...

Uncle Yu said: "Although it's a little strange, I still believe in this child. His eyes can't lie."
Tang Gu chuckled and lowered her head to stir the soup. "Heh, when he taught me how to make the Ice Qilin, his movements were smooth and his skills were very skillful. But Qingyun reported that Pei Mingyan's cultivation was low, and he couldn't even use the lowest level of the Object Controlling Technique. Were their eyes deceiving them? Or were my eyes deceiving me? Or maybe he was using this as an excuse to sow discord between me and Qingyun and the others."

Uncle Yu had a complicated look on his face, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end he said indifferently, "Maybe you're just overthinking it."
"Then let me talk to you." Tang Gu put down the bowl and said to Uncle Yu.

Xinglinyuan.
The little servant began to doubt his life when he saw the man lingering at the door for nearly a hundred times without knocking.
The other party walked by several times and he raised his hand several times, but the result was that the other party didn't knock on the door even once.

Xinglin Courtyard is no different from other courtyards. Its gate is tightly closed and will only open when someone knocks.
It's all because Mr. Yao Huichun, the manager of Xinglin Hospital, said: "The highest level of running a clinic is to close it down for good."
The little servant never understood this great sentiment, but he knew that he just wanted to twist the head of the man outside off.

He opened the door and scolded, "It's not easy for me to be a doorman. You can come in and go out as you like. Why do you keep walking back and forth?"

Xiaokong turned to look at him with a puzzled look on his face.

The servant's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly looked surprised. "Xiao Kong, it's you! Why don't you come in?"

Xiao Kong looked at him with annoyance, "What are you doing? I'm thinking about something here! I'll go in when I've figured it out. Don't bother me."

The little servant made two "eh eh" sounds, pushed the door open to both sides, waited patiently there, and said nothing more.
Looking at the entire academy, no one can afford to offend Xiaokong.
He is special.
I heard that he has a childish temper. He does whatever he wants and no one can or dares to stop him.
I also heard that even with the dean, the managers of several major branches could not get a say from him.
The most outrageous thing is that none of the stewards dislike Xiao Kong. They all dote on him and obey his will in everything except not letting him leave the academy.
This naturally also includes the medicine rejuvenation and medicine management of their Xinglin Academy.

Xiao Kong walked for another half an hour, and finally got over the embarrassment of being known as someone so ugly. He said to the servant, "Hey, it's you. Go and send our Zhulixing fortune teller out."

The little servant said "Hmm?"

"What are you saying?" Xiao Kong thought the other party didn't listen to him, so he said in a bad tone, "It's the ugly guy I sent to you two days ago! I'm here to take him home."

"Ugly?" The servant was confused. "We don't have any ugly people here."

Xiao Kong frowned, "I'm not talking about you guys. I came here to treat my injury. It seems that I hurt my head!" Seeing that the other party still didn't react, Xiao Kong added: "It's the pockmarked face."

The servant looked embarrassed and said, "No. There is no such person as you mentioned here."

“How could there be nothing? It was delivered two days ago. His name is...his name is..." Xiao Kong was speechless for a moment. Confusion crept up on his cheek. He couldn't tell what the other person's name was.

"What's your name?" asked the servant.

Xiaokong pursed his lips and remained silent. After a long while, he said seriously, "I forgot."

The servant looked at him and thought he was just making trouble, so he took the initiative to say, "Three days ago, the academy did accept a lot of injured people from your Zhulixing. However, almost everyone left within two days, and only one person remained here. He was sent here by Pang Yuan, the steward of Songwu Academy."

"Hmm? Many people in Zhulixing were injured? And Manager Pang? What does this have to do with Manager Pang? Where is the fortune teller? How is he? Why doesn't he go back?"

The servant noticed that he had said something he shouldn't have, so he avoided answering. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's hard to explain. I heard from Manager Pang that he was sent here because he might have gone crazy due to excessive shock. After making a fuss a few times, he completely fainted and couldn't wake up."

Xiao Kong's forehead wrinkled, "Are you crazy?! Can't wake up?! What are you doing in Xinglinyuan?!"

The little servant sighed, "His symptoms have puzzled all the brothers and sisters in Xinglin Academy. As soon as he wakes up, he calls everyone he catches his son."

"Son...son?"

The little servant nodded. "Maybe he's not a son. Anyway, the pronunciation sounds a bit strange. But after thinking about it, it can only be a son. When he came here, he was knocked unconscious by Manager Pang. We were asked to check him. He said that he was injured in the face and head because he was caught in the chaos."

Xiao Kong was getting impatient. "Who cares if he's a son or not. I just want to ask you, is he from our Zhulixing?"

"Manager Pang did say that he is from Zhulixing and his name is Pei Mingyan." said the little servant.

Xiao Kong was delighted. "Yes, yes, yes! Pei Mingyan... yes, that's the name, Pei Mingyan! How could I have forgotten it?"

"You..." The servant licked his dry lips and swallowed back his concern about whether he was sick. "Then you wait here for a while, and keep an eye on the door for me. I'll be back soon."

After the people left, Xiao Kong stood there wondering, he couldn't figure out why he had forgotten Pei Mingyan's name.

After a while, a little servant and a man in red came out pushing a cart.
There was a wounded person lying on the cart, face down, and it was hard to see clearly.
Xiaokong's attention was attracted by the person in red. The pure red color of the clothes was so eye-catching that it seemed to be glowing in the sun.

The servant looked at him and explained, "Xinglinyuan is different from Zhulixing. Everyone is distinguished by their medical skills. New disciples usually wear pure red. The higher their level, the lighter the color of their clothes. In the end, they wear pure white like the medicine manager."

Xiaokong nodded indifferently, without saying whether he understood or not, and reached out to help Pei Mingyan.

The servant stopped him and said, "Wait a minute! The medicine manager said you are not feeling well, so he sent a car to take you back. The spiritual animal we often use when traveling in Xinglin Academy is a deer. I asked someone to prepare it as soon as I entered. It should be here soon."

At this time, Pei Mingyan, who was lying face down on the cart pretending to be unconscious, finally started to do business: "..." This little fool is quite popular in the academy, and he is treated with courtesy everywhere? It's like he has connections.

Soon, the spirit deer carriage arrived, with a canopy on top and gauze all around, which should have made it look like a fairy, but the gauze was pink. The fairy air disappeared instantly, and it became even cuter.
The little servant and the man in red pulled Pei Mingyan up and were about to move him onto the carriage.

Xiaokong suddenly shouted, "Wait! Don't move!"

The little servant was startled and didn't move.
Xiaokong rushed over and hugged Pei Mingyan's head, holding his face straight with one hand, staring at him for a long time, and then let go.

Pei Mingyan, who almost twisted his neck: "..." Brother, I'm not kidding, we have a big grudge!

Xiao Kong pointed at the face and said, "He is not Pei Mingyan! Pei Mingyan doesn't look like this!"

The servant patted his shoulder and said, "Don't mess around. Manager Pang brought it personally, and also gave gifts to several senior sisters and brothers. He said that although he is from Zhulixing, he is a distinguished guest of Songwu Academy, and asked us to take good care of him."

Xiao Kong was also anxious. He was worried that Pei Mingyan might be dead and these people had faked it to deceive him. "But he is not dead! Pei Mingyan's face looks like this."
He gestured as he spoke, "The most obvious thing is that he has a lot of pockmarks on his face. Here, right here." He pointed to the cheek just above his mouth, to the right of his nose, "Right here, there is a particularly large black mole with hair!"

"..." The little servant stared at Pei Mingyan, but couldn't match him with the person Xiaokong mentioned.
This Pei Mingyan could be said to be the most handsome person he had ever seen.
The nose is a nose, the eyes are eyes, and every facial feature is just right. The long eyebrows are sharp, but now that he is unconscious, this sharpness is gone. The skin has a cold white color of lack of blood, which makes the lips stand out.
But facing Xiao Kong, he could only ask: "The man in your courtyard is called Pei Mingyan, right?"

"It's Pei Mingyan, yes, but..."
The servant said, "It's nothing, it's him."

"But this face?"

The little servant explained, "I heard that his entire head was sucked into the chaos. I didn't see it when he was brought here. It was probably because his face and head were injured together. It looked too bloody, which affected the brothers and sisters from saving him, so they cleaned up his face."

Xiaokong obviously felt it was unreliable, "But... is it possible?"

The servant nodded, "That must be the case." Of course I'm lying! You can even get a person's name wrong, let alone what he looks like.

Pei Mingyan, whose head was raised by the man in red, smiled inwardly without saying anything.
This face...of course it was him!
This is a long story, but to make it short, he originally wanted to go in with the Chaos Roll and say that his face was injured, and when he was sent for treatment, he would make a small astronomical phenomenon to fool people, saying that he had picked up the Qingling Grass, and then he would go back to Zhulixing to continue his work as a woodcutter. By the way, he would try to see if the abnormal behavior of the group of people in Zhulixing was because he was ugly.

As a result, no matter how much you plan, nothing can compare to God's plans.
The moment he opened his eyes and saw Pang Yuan, he felt something was wrong.

What's wrong here?
His character of a genius who was destined to ascend to heaven was not false. His eyes were the eyes of destiny. Not only were ordinary formations of no use to him, but he could see the end of a person's life with just one glance.

After being in the academy for so long, he was used to it, because almost everyone he met died on the same day.

However... Pang Yuan, at first glance, this man's future was like the chaos that enveloped him, neither black nor gray, like a huge smog, he could not see anything clearly, and could not see through anything.
He instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this man. How could Pang Yuan come to him for no reason and even asked him to go out with him? Maybe he was poisoned by the Heavenly Dao and wanted to take him away. So he immediately adjusted his plan.

The plan was to first pretend to be crazy and stupid to avoid Pang Yuan's questioning, and then pretend to be unconscious and become a living dead.
The academy will definitely not send him out, and probably won’t let him die. If they really want him to die, it’s fine if he wakes up again.
If there are no accidents along the way, he will become a dead salted fish lying there and successfully ascend to heaven.

As for the face that Xiaokong and the others were talking about, it was actually an illusion array called the Face of Likes and Dislikes. As the name suggests, once the array is activated, you will see an illusion. This illusion is usually the kind of person you hate or the kind of person you like, it all depends on which side the person who activates the array uses.
When he met Xiaokong, he used "evil". After deciding to change his face, the moment he saw Pang Yuan, he used "joy".

So of these two faces, one is the one Xiaokong hates the most, and the other is the one Pang Yuan likes the most.

After the little servant finished speaking, he packed up the people and stuffed them into the car. After Xiaokong got in, he asked with concern: "Can you drive? Do you want someone to take you back?" In fact, Linglu knew the way himself, he was just expressing his concern.

Xiaokong shook his head, "No need. We will go back by ourselves!"

The snow-white deer kicked its hooves, and with a "yo" sound, the carriage gradually flew up and ran in mid-air.
The wind blew the pink and white gauze hanging on the ceiling away. Xiaokong turned around and lay on Pei Mingyan, touching his face with ten fingers, pinching his face and pulling it, but could not find any problem.
He murmured, "Could it be Aunt Murong's human|skin|mask? But...how could Aunt Murong help him so easily?"
Xiao Kong couldn't figure it out, so he turned back to look forward. Within three seconds, he turned back again, "Impossible... How could it be..."

Pei Mingyan: “…” I’m asleep, you can figure it out on your own.

Xiao Kong looked at the long legs of the running spirit deer and couldn't help but look back. "I still think you are not Pei Mingyan. No, I have to go back and take a look. Do you think Pei Mingyan is in trouble and they are afraid that they can't explain it, so they found someone who can't wake up to replace him?"

Xiaokong let out a sigh.
The white deer called out "Yo Yo" and slowly stopped.
Xiao Kong let out another "whoa", and the white deer seemed to understand his instructions, turned the car around and flew back.
Pei Mingyan: “…” This little fool seems to be able to speak animal language?
Before he took a few steps, Xiao Kong muttered, "Looking at the way they are, they will never admit it. I'd better go and ask Uncle Yu to come with me!"

Xiaokong stopped Bailu and turned back again.

This time he didn't say anything, just remained silent. The car became quiet, with only the faint sound of the pink and white gauze being blown by the wind.
Pei Mingyan felt a little uncomfortable and was about to doze off when he heard -

"You are sick, I am sick, and the master is sick too."

Pei Mingyan: “?” The dean is sick?
"I have a lot of questions to ask, but I don't know who to talk to." Xiao Kong turned to Pei Mingyan and started talking to himself, "Tang Gu is hiding something from me, I want to ask her... but I can't ask because Tang Gu will be unhappy. I want to ask Uncle Yu, but he treated me like an ignorant child and fooled me."

Pei Mingyan: “…” This, this, this?

"I woke up this time and three days had passed."

"Yes, that's right. I suddenly fell ill in an unknown place and was brought back for treatment. When I woke up, Uncle Yu looked at me, fed me medicine, and told me to rest well."

Pei Mingyan understood that this living dead man who couldn't wake up was a ready-made tree hole.

"When I asked him, he would tell me who came to see me, and he would also tell me that every time I was sick, the hospital owner came to see me."

"The head of the hospital has always been in poor health. Every time he comes to see me, he falls seriously ill. So, I have always taken good care of myself, hoping that I will not get sick again."

Xiaokong's thoughts were scattered, and he spoke almost as he thought. "When I woke up this time, I forgot a lot of things. I don't remember where I fainted, or where I went. I suddenly felt very scared."

"Uncle Yu wouldn't lie to me, but I don't remember the place he mentioned. Also, just now, Tang Gu and I said we were coming to pick you up, but I couldn't remember your name at all."

"This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!"

"I know I'm stupid, but I've never had a problem remembering people. I remember everyone I've ever met, their looks, their voices, their names, and even every mole on their face." Xiao Kong looked panicked and glanced at Pei Mingyan, "Just like the pockmarks on your face. I remember there were 145 of them. But... just now, I couldn't remember your name. When I think about it, I was only sick for three days, but many of my memories from the past half month have become blurred, like fog stuffed into my brain. My head has become heavy, and I'm dazed and can't see clearly."

After hearing this, Pei Mingyan had no choice but to understand. It was obvious that Tang Gu and her group had tampered with Xiao Kong's memory in order to discourage him from going on the mission.

But who exactly is this Xiaokong?
He had seen Xiao Kong many times, and although he had not deliberately studied him, he never attracted his attention, which meant that the time of Xiao Kong's death was no different from that of other people in the academy.

Pei Mingyan thought of the book again.
A total of five villains were mentioned by name, the dean, the deputy dean, two protectors, and Xiaokong.

Uncle Yu is a very secretive person, and people like him don’t even have a chance to be mentioned by name. Why is Xiaokong the only one who has a name?
"I'm scared... I'm really scared... I don't want to die." Xiao Kong hugged his knees, his voice muffled and choked with sobs, "But I'm more afraid that one day I'll wake up and forget who I am."

Pei Mingyan is a soft-hearted person. He hates to see others crying in front of him.
Hearing the suppressed sobbing, his heart was in turmoil and he kept thinking about giving advice.
He brainwashed himself in his mind: "I can't hear or see anything."

However, Xiaokong didn't give him a chance and continued talking.

"I was born in a small fishing village by the sea. When I was born, the fortune teller said that I was born unlucky and would bring disaster to the village, so my father and mother threw me into the sea. For some reason, I didn't die and floated to the shore. An uncle who made fishing nets in the next village took me back. Maybe because I drank too much sea water, I was always stupid compared to my peers, but the uncle didn't despise me and raised me as his own child. Later, a traveling fortune teller came to this village and said that there was an ominous aura in the village, so they found me. The fishermen were very scared, and they begged the uncle to throw me away, but the uncle disagreed. Later, the fishermen talked to the uncle, and the uncle took me to move to another place. He couldn't sell his fishing nets, so he made clothes for me with the fishing nets."

"I will always remember that night. There was a scorching thunder and heavy rain. The sea wind was so strong that it rolled up the waves and washed away the hut where we lived. When I woke up, there was nothing around me. There was only me left."

"It was the head of the monastery who picked me up and taught me to read and write. Later, the head of the monastery fell ill, and Aunt Tang began to take care of me. I hate fortune tellers! Aunt Tang told me that fortune tellers are harming people.
They would make up a story about who brought disaster upon themselves. If the villagers did not listen to them, the disaster would happen as they said. The villagers would then turn to them for help.
Not only did they gain fame, they also took money, and everyone should be grateful to them. They are the real murderers and liars!"

Coincidentally, according to this statement, he was born into a family of con men.
Pei Mingyan lay down calmly.

"But, since I came to the academy, every time I get sick, the academy master also gets sick."

Xiao Kong was silent for a long time. "Tell me, is it because of me that the dean got sick?"

Pei Mingyan sat up suddenly.

He had heard Xiaokong speak in the same tone before. It was an old lady who came to him to find out where her daughter was. That old lady said in the same tone: "Sir, is my daughter... already dead?"

Looking at the old lady's empty eyes and the trembling fine lines at the corners of her eyes, he wanted to continue to lie to her but he couldn't say anything. He even wondered - are white lies right?
It is said that time can dilute everything. Yes, maybe it can for some people, but some people can never get out of it.
That so-called white lie may only prolong the suffering of the person who survived.

By the time he finished thinking, the old lady had already left.
The next day, he received the news that the old lady had hanged herself on the tree in front of the marble archway in Qingxi Town.
The tree is at the entrance of Qingxi Town. As long as you return to Qingxi Town, you will definitely pass by the archway.

His sudden action caught Xiao Kong off guard. Xiao Kong instinctively leaned back and almost fell off the car, "Why are you pretending to be dead?!"

Pei Mingyan stretched out his hand and pulled the man back, coughing "weakly" a few times, "I'm fine at all. Pang Yuan was attracted by my...ability and wanted to trick me into helping them at Songwu Academy. I didn't want to go, so I had to act crazy. When I arrived at Xinglin Academy, I wanted to wake up, but as soon as I woke up, Pang Yuan's men came to see me, so I had to continue to act crazy. Later, I found out that the people from Songwu Academy came three times a day, so I just pretended to be unconscious."

Xiaokong looked unconvinced.

Pei Mingyan said: "You have to believe me, otherwise you can ask me. If I lie to you, let me be struck by lightning!"
The thunder from heaven was going to strike him anyway, and Pang Yuan couldn't come back anyway, so he was the ready-made scapegoat.

"Then why didn't you wake up just now? And why did you eavesdrop on my conversation!"

"..." Are you sick? Didn't you tell me that yourself?
"I haven't eaten for three days. I'm almost dizzy from hunger. As soon as I opened my eyes, I heard you talking about whether you were sick or not."

Xiaokong was skeptical.

Pei Mingyan spread his hands and smiled bitterly.

"How much did you hear?" Xiao Kong asked.

Pei Mingyan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it started when you said you hated fortune-telling."

"What do you mean by probably? Where did you hear that?"

Pei Mingyan leaned back as if he was exhausted and lay flat under the car. "I haven't eaten for three days. I feel dizzy, cold all over, and shiver from time to time. I can only remember one or two sentences."

Xiao Kong reluctantly believed it, "That's good. Remember, if you talk nonsense, I will let Uncle Yu, no, let the dean kill you!"

"Oh." Pei Mingyan responded, "Before that, can you give me a steamed bun first?"

Xiao Kong took out the small cloth bag that he had been hanging around his waist and took out a piece of plum cake. "Here, there is only one piece left. I stole it from the academy owner."

Pei Mingyan took the plum blossom cake and performed a smile that gradually froze on the spot - there was a very faint smell of blood in the plum blossom cake, hidden under the light fragrance of plum blossoms.

"what happened?"

Pei Mingyan put the plum cake away and didn't eat it.

"Aren't you hungry? Why don't you eat?" Xiao Kong asked.

Pei Mingyan smiled slyly, "I've heard a saying before, that if a person is willing to share food with others, it means they are friends. You have always disliked me, this piece of cake is a testimony of our friendship. I will keep it well."

Xiaokong rubbed his hands awkwardly and stopped looking at Pei Mingyan.

Pei Mingyan pretended to sit up with great effort, "Before that, I want to clear the fortune teller's name. Listen to me, the Mei family's fortune-telling is not a lie..."
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In the kitchen.
Aunt Tang looked at Uncle Yu with a cold face, "Pei Mingyan's cultivation is still in doubt. I was the only one who saw him use magic that day. And during the entire bamboo trip, the only people whose images could not be recorded were you, me and Xiaokong. And the three of us are the people Pei Mingyan has the most contact with. This is really a coincidence!
I can't use the photos to prove that Pei Mingyan has cultivation, but this is what I saw with my own eyes. If he has cultivation, why did he pretend that he doesn't have it when facing Qingyun and others, unless he had other intentions? "

Uncle Yu closed his eyes and said, "For thousands of years, there have been people whose spiritual power has sometimes been effective and sometimes not. This is not uncommon."

Aunt Tang stared at Uncle Yu and said, "You are just making excuses for him. This is indeed possible, but is it really such a coincidence?"

Uncle Yu rubbed his forehead and said, "This reason doesn't convince me, is there any other reason?"

Tang Gu said, "Pang Yuan has never been close to Zhulixing, and even dislikes him. Why would he suddenly name Pei Mingyan, who is unknown in Zhulixing?"

"Pang Yuan loves to eat. The news about the Ice Qilin spread throughout the academy. It's normal for him to be a little curious and want to meet the person after hearing about it."

Tang Gu smiled and said, "I'll just trust your answer for now."

Uncle Yu nodded, "What else?" After asking this question, Uncle Yu added: "It's a good thing that you are thinking about the dean, but being too suspicious of newcomers is not conducive to the long-term development of the academy. We can't let the newcomers feel cold."

Tang Gu heard that this was a warning to her, but she still insisted: "I don't know how Pei Mingyan gained your and Xiaokong's trust, but I still believe that there is something wrong with him. His appearance involves the safety of the dean. For the dean, even if it violates the rules of the dean, I will not hesitate."
Tang Gu handed the first few jade slips to Uncle Yu, "This is what made me suspicious. The people in the academy had never met him before, but the first look they had when they saw him was definitely not the look they would get when they first met him."

Uncle Yu took the things and said, "I know that no matter what I say, you will still have doubts. I will inform the abbot of this matter."

Tang Gu was surprised and suspicious, "Why should it be handed over to the dean? The dean... the dean has just recovered a little, how can he worry about these things?"

Uncle Yu sighed, "The dean should do something..." Seeing the other party's expression, Uncle Yu took back half of his words, "Okay, okay, I'll go check it myself, okay? Anything else?"

Tang Gu added: "I received news from Xinglinyuan that when Pei Mingyan was sent to Xinglinyuan, he had no scars on his body. Not only that, his appearance was also very different from what we knew."

Tang Gu took out a new jade slip, and the images recorded in it appeared.

The picture clearly shows the scene of Pang Yuan carrying Pei Mingyan into Xinglin Courtyard, but every time Pang Yuan's face appears, the picture seems to be disturbed by something and becomes blurry.
The Pei Mingyan who was carried on his shoulders was no longer the pockmarked Pei Mingyan.

Uncle Yu was really surprised this time, "How could it be?"

Tang Gu took out another jade slip, "Look at this again. This is the magic array that Qingyun and the others prepared for him. Although this array is exquisite, the cultivation of the others is insufficient, and there are still loopholes. These loopholes can be made by making mistakes in three or two steps, but every step Pei Mingyan took was in the 'right' position. This step is too clever, as clever as if it had been trained thousands of times."

Uncle Yu stared at it intently and gave a positive answer, "Indeed, this move has some of the Mei family's life skills in it. The Yongshan branch of the Mei family cannot perform such a sophisticated move."

Tang Gu pointed to a spot in the photo and said, "Here, Pei Mingyan's hem is shaking slightly. The wind is blowing from his front to his back, but his hem is not moving in the right direction. His right foot should be moving."

Uncle Yu glanced at Tang Gu and said, "According to the illusion, he is indeed about to take his right foot and water the other flowers."

Tang Gu chuckled, "Look at this again, the timing of him falling from the tree was very coincidental. If he was a step slower, he would have died on the spot."

Uncle Yu didn't respond. He just remained silent and looked at Tang Gu. He seemed to want to say something, but felt it was inappropriate.

Tang Gu was confused by his look and stopped talking.

"You'd better not investigate this matter any further." Uncle Yu said.

"You have just confirmed that there is something wrong with him, why can't you check it out?" Tang Gu asked puzzledly.

"Xiaokong believes in him. Since Xiaokong believes in him and quite likes him, you should give Xiaokong some face and let him be Xiaokong's playmate. Anyway, he is staying in Zhulixing, under your nose, and he can't cause any trouble." Uncle Yu advised.

Tang Gu suddenly felt dizzy, "Do you know something?"

Uncle Yu paused and said, "Knowing the answer is not a good thing for you."

Tang Gu held her head and took a few breaths. "You talk, I listen."

Uncle Yu sighed, rolled up his left sleeve, and revealed the mark on his arm.
"You should recognize this brand."

As soon as Tang Gu saw it, she immediately stepped back and bowed her head to show respect, "This is the mark of the master of the academy. It represents absolute trust and supreme honor."

Uncle Yu nodded, "This mark has only been possessed by two people."

"Yes! This is an honor that belongs exclusively to you and Manager Pang of Pang Garden."

Uncle Yu put down his sleeves.

Tang Gu then raised her head, a puzzled look in her eyes.

Uncle Yu saw that she still hadn't reacted, so he said, "There is a zither pattern on Pei Mingyan's arm that was branded by the dean himself."

"What?!" Tang Gu's eyes went blank, she lost her balance and knocked over the soup she had just been carefully preparing.

Uncle Yu repeated, "There is a Qin mark on Pei Mingyan's arm that was personally branded by the dean. The second day he entered the academy, the Qin mark was already on his arm."

Tang Gu's head ached again, "So... all these coincidences are caused by... the Dean... Sir?"

(End of this chapter)