Huangxiu

Chapter 42 Shinichi
Gao Lingfeng and four clerks came in carrying several black boxes.

The square box is made of black iron, one meter long and wide. It is pitch black and gives people a sense of solidity and heaviness.

They went in and out several times and brought in a total of thirteen boxes.

Following them came in a middle-aged man with a narrow horse face and a middle-aged man with a round face.

The middle-aged man with a long narrow face and small eyes looked very energetic. After he came in, he smiled flatteringly and bowed with his fists clasped: "My Lord."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Master Ma, thank you for your help."

"It is my honor that the prince can use me!" Ma Tianhe had a flattering smile on his face, and his smile was as beautiful as a blooming chrysanthemum.

The round-faced middle-aged man next to him was quite reserved. He just clasped his fists and saluted without saying a word.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded without saying anything more, and walked closer to the pile of secret boxes to take a look.

Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man each took out a long key, inserted the two keys into the holes at the same time, and opened the black iron boxes one by one.

Zou Fang presented him with files one by one, and he quickly read through them.

After reading one copy, he would put it on the desk. After reading all the files in the box, Ma Tianhe would organize them and put them back into the sealed box. He and the round-faced middle-aged man would close the box together, insert two keys and turn them in opposite directions to lock it completely.

Chu Zhiyuan read all the files one by one, closed his eyes and thought for a while, nodded with satisfaction, and nodded to Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man.

The two men directed the clerks who followed them to start moving the sealed boxes of ancestral volumes out.

After seeing off Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man, Chu Zhiyuan paced around the room with his hands behind his back.

……

The previous leader of Houtu Sect had two sons, Feng Yan and Feng Chang.

Both sons were outstanding talents of their time, and they preached in different regions.

Before the old leader died, his youngest son Feng Chang was unable to come back in time, and only his eldest son Feng Yan was by his side. So he passed the position of leader to his eldest son Feng Yan.

This is the leader of this generation.

In fact, the younger son Feng Chang was assassinated by a killer from Biluo Tower hired by Feng Yan at great expense. He was seriously injured and almost died.

By the time Feng Chang rushed back with his seriously injured body, the dust had already settled and the new leader had already taken the throne.

Feng Yan succeeded to the position of leader, and Feng Chang became an elder.

Feng Chang is extremely talented and has a very high prestige in the church.

Naturally, the leader Feng Yan was worried about him and had been trying to find ways to weaken his prestige and power. Eventually, he angered him and stole the Earth Dragon Ball, which disappeared.

After losing the Earth Dragon Ball, the Thick Earth Sect did not decline, but became even stronger.

One hundred years later, the Earth Dragon Ball reappears in the world.

The Houtu Sect immediately began to pursue.

Even though the Earth Dragon Ball was in the hands of the Feihua Sword Sect, which had just produced a grandmaster, they still did not give up on the pursuit and tried every possible means to get it back.

These are the records of the Ombudsman.

The ownership of the Earth Dragon Ball is indeed a problem.

The Earth Dragon Ball is one of the leader's keepsakes. Theoretically, it should be returned. Of course, you can also ask for some benefits when returning it.

But it happened to be stolen by Feng Chang, and was eventually picked up by someone by chance.

It has been separated by a layer. They didn't steal it. They just found it by coincidence. And Feng Chang has already noted that it is destined to be kept, so there is no need to return it to Houtu Sect.

Each has its own reason, it just depends on which side you stand on.

……

The files of the Supervisory Office also record the daily interactions of important disciples of the Houtu Sect and with whom they had close contacts.

It can be discovered that the high-ranking officials of Houtu Sect have close contacts with the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and the root cause is the Huai Palace.

The daughter of the leader of Hou Tu Sect is very much favored by Prince Huai, who often keeps her by his side. Because of his love for the sect, Prince Huai also treats the Hou Tu Sect very well.

It is said that she has the potential to become the concubine of Prince Huai.

Those officials who have close ties with the Huai Palace naturally have good relations with the Houtu Sect and often visit each other.

In addition to the officials of the Huai Wang faction, the Houtu Sect also has a good relationship with the four major sects, and many of them are friends with the disciples of the four major sects.

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to see a big net.

The Houtu Sect has unknowingly woven a large net, which includes both court officials and the four major sects.

Chu Zhiyuan became more and more curious.

Did the two Hou Tu Sect disciples cripple the Fei Hua Sword Sect disciples in order to force them to return the Dragon Balls, or was it to undermine the prestige of the Fei Hua Sword Sect?

Unfortunately, there are no more records about the Dragon Ball in the files. It only says that it is one of the leader's keepsakes, but does not mention its magical uses.

Now we know that it is a sharp tool for cultivation, a precious treasure to assist cultivation, extremely important to Hou Tu Sect, and not just a token of the sect leader.

A genius like Feng Zhihao would definitely make rapid progress if he had the help of the Earth Dragon Ball. Especially after he was defeated by me, Feng Zhihao would probably desire the Earth Dragon Ball even more.

The Houtu Sect will definitely not give up. On the one hand, they will force them directly, and on the other hand, they will probably put pressure on the Feihua Sword Sect through the imperial court or the four major sects.

The Feihua Sword Sect can withstand it this time, but can it withstand it next time?

Would Seinfeld still take action if she knew all this?
Earth Dragon Ball, everything is because of this Earth Dragon Ball. As expected, this treasure will cause bloodshed.

He thought about it again and again, and suddenly he had a strange intuition that this Earth Dragon Ball would be very useful to him.

He suddenly brightened up.

I have the Di Yuan Jue and Tian Yuan Jue, so the Earth Dragon Ball should be of little use to me. Why do I have such a strange intuition?
He believed in his intuition and wanted to see the Earth Dragon Ball.

……

"Sir!" Gao Lingfeng shouted outside the house.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Come in."

Gao Lingfeng came in with a wax-sealed file and presented it with both hands: "This is an official letter forwarded by the Zhenwu Division."

Zou Fang took it and opened it to check before presenting the stack of letters to Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan took it and read it one by one. There were confessions from thirteen people in total, including the four people who were arrested and the eyewitnesses who witnessed the incident.

The statements of these thirteen people clearly recorded everything that happened at that time, including every question asked.

Through these records, the situation at that time was clearly restored.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

According to what is written here, it was indeed the disciples of Hou Tu Sect who provoked first, but there didn't seem to be anything wrong.

After all, anyone who encounters that situation will be unable to control their anger, as if they were cuckolded. It would be strange if they could hold back.

The Earth Dragon Pearl was actually mentioned in it. Although the name of the Earth Dragon Pearl was not mentioned, this incident was mentioned, and the Feihua Sword Sect was called thieves.

In this way, it is not to damage the reputation of Feihua Sword Sect, but for the Earth Dragon Ball.

That's better.

In the thirteen confessions, the people from the Zhenwu Division deliberately asked about the disciples of the four major sects. These thirteen people had not seen the disciples of the four major sects in the Zhenlong Library.

It can be preliminarily concluded that there are no four major sects behind this.

That is a pure fight for the Earth Dragon Ball.

This made him feel relieved, as it prevented Song Feiqiong from confronting the four major clans and prevented drastic turmoil in the court.

If there is a grudge between grand masters, the impact will be too great and far-reaching.

Now that it's clear that it's just a fight over the Earth Dragon Ball, it will be easy to handle.

He thought for a moment, then sat back at his desk and asked Zou Fang to grind the ink. He then picked up the pen and wrote on a few sheets of paper in one go. He blew on the air, stuffed the pieces into an envelope, and sealed it with beeswax.

Finally, he handed it to Gao Lingfeng: "Master Gao, please present this petition to Master Langzhong."

"Yes." Gao Lingfeng nodded solemnly, took the envelope, clasped his fists and left.

Chu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

When it comes to the Grand Master, I, as a Yuanwailang, am only a deputy and cannot act on my own.

If he could find out the whole story of the matter and report it to his superiors, he would have fulfilled his duty as a Yuanwailang.

He walked out of the Ministry of Rites with his hands behind his back and strolled outside. As he walked, he came to a street he had never been to before.

Sanfu Street.

The disciples of Feihua Sword Sect are temporarily living here.

On the way here, Chu Zhiyuan took a detour and came to the vicinity of the altar of the Zhenyi Sect.

He had always wanted to find out whether these sects were secretly practicing the way of incense and whether they were violating the taboos of the court.

The Zhenyi Sect's altar is a large mansion, as spacious as Houtu Hall, and is bustling with people coming and going.

The believers believe in the only great way.

All things in heaven and earth ultimately return to one, the true one.

What Zhenyi Sect pursues is the eternal Tao, the true source of all things, the one that gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.

Everything in the world is superficial. If you want to find that one, you must discard the superficial appearance, return to the essence, and look for the essence of the essence, the purest and truest one.

The method of pursuing the true one is the method of observation.

Take the bright moon as the main deity, observe the present moment, observe the heart, observe the soul, and thus peel off the surface layer by layer, see through all things, and see the only one.

The method of contemplation is to use a bright moon as the deity for visualization.

The object enshrined in the altar is a bright moon.

From what Chu Zhiyuan saw, this bright moon was exactly the same as the one in the night sky.

(End of this chapter)