Eternal Sword

Chapter 243 Targeting
"Lead the way to Cloud County."

At Chen Tang's urging, Li Jin and the four yamen runners left the open space and found their respective mounts.

Seeing that Chen Tang was of noble status and holding the golden medal bestowed by the emperor, Monk Ke Ren felt that there might be hope for his fellow disciples to be rescued, so he rode on a horse with a yamen runner and headed towards Yundu County.

Along the way, Li Jin asked a few more questions in a roundabout way.

Those who wanted to find out about Chen Tang's background were fooled by him with just a few words.

After walking for less than half a day, they arrived outside Yunduan County.

Because of the previous incident of poisoned porridge, the refugees here had already dispersed.

The guard on the city wall recognized Li Jin and opened the door to let them in.

Several people were walking on the streets of the city, and Chen Tang looked around.

County towns like Yunduan County, although some are large and some are small, are generally not much different from Wu'an County.

The county magistrate is the lord of a city and has a county lieutenant under him who is in charge of the government office and the city defense forces.

Chen Tang's imperial token has a great deterrent effect on people like the county magistrate.

However, there are two major forces in Yunduan County, which may not be within this range.

Xuantian Temple and Qinglongsi.

If you want to use the county magistrate's officials and soldiers to investigate Xuantian Temple, you will definitely encounter great resistance.

Mobilizing the Qinglong Division is even more unrealistic.

It's good enough that Qinglongsi didn't interfere.

At this moment, Chen Tang's heart moved, and he saw a tiny symbol engraved on the horse hitch outside an inn.

The Qilin Division was established not long ago, and it does not have many staff and insufficient money, and it does not have a fixed station in any place.

Whenever something happened, the Qilin Division would be dispatched from the capital.

This is the mark left by Qilinsi.

Chen Tang said to Li Jin beside him, "You guys go back and report first. I'll stay in this inn. As for this case, I'll make arrangements after I rest for a few days and gather my strength."

Li Jin smiled flatteringly and said, "Why don't you go to the mansion to rest? When the county governor learns that the imperial envoy is coming, he will definitely prepare a banquet and welcome you. This inn is a bit too simple."

"No need to bother."

Chen Tang waved his hand and said, "When I have rested enough, I will go to the mansion to find Yunduan County Magistrate."

Li Jin said: "Okay, I will go back and report now. If you have anything to say, please let me know."

After the officials left, Monk Keren could no longer bear it and said, "Sir, my senior master is in prison now. If we delay for a few days, I wonder if..."

"I have my own arrangements."

Chen Tang looked calm as he took Monk Keren into the inn.

After taking out some silver and arranging two rooms, he let Monk Keren go in to rest first, and then he walked around the inn himself.

Not long after, he moved his ears and faintly heard the sound of a conversation.

"Jingtou, the brothers have already investigated this matter clearly. It was done by the head of Xuantian Temple, Ye Zhi. He did not leave the city at that time, but stood on the city wall. He dipped the flying sword in poison and controlled it to stir the porridge."

"Yes, there was a guard who saw it with his own eyes, but he was afraid of the power of Xuantian Sect and did not dare to come out to testify."

In the "Arhat Subduing Demons Skill", there is a move called the Sky Ear Style.

After practicing, Chen Tang's hearing ability far surpassed that of others.

With the help of the Listening to the Wind Technique, even though he was far away, Chen Tang could still hear the low voices of several people in the room if he calmed down and concentrated.

The master of Xuantian Temple in this county town is probably at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm.

The range of controlling the flying sword can reach up to ten feet.

At a distance of ten feet, it is difficult to control a flying sword to hurt people, but it is easy to mix poison into porridge.

"The key point of this matter is still Xuantian Temple. If we don't solve the problem of Xuantian Temple here, there will be no way to overturn the case."

"How can we solve this problem? Qinglong Division and Xuantian Sect have been in the same boat for a long time." "With our current manpower, neither side can make a move."

"In my opinion, let's just drag it out and see what happens in the capital. If His Majesty can hold on, we will be fine as long as His Majesty favors us. If His Majesty... Sigh."

At this moment, the sound in the room suddenly disappeared.

The seven people inside seemed to have sensed something and looked towards the door, their hands reaching for the weapons at their waists.

"Boom boom boom!"

The next moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

A person in the room asked softly with a gloomy face.

"I'm from the capital, sorry to bother you."

Chen Tang's voice came in.

"You've got the wrong person!"

The people in the room looked at each other and ordered them to leave.

The man in the lead frowned slightly and let out a light exclamation. The voice outside the door sounded somewhat familiar.

The man said in a deep voice: "Wait a moment, my friend."

After saying that, the man stepped forward to open the door, then quickly stepped back, showing a defensive posture.

Seeing Chen Tang at the door, his eyes lit up, his face showed surprise, and he quickly asked: "Little brother, you are the lion and tiger of the capital..."

Chen Tang made a gesture to keep quiet, walked into the room, turned around and closed the door.

"What is your name for this gentleman?"

Chen Tang saw that this man was in his thirties, with slightly bulging temples on both sides of his forehead, and it was obvious that he had cultivated to the fourth level.

This person should be the leader of the Qilin Guards, with the rank of captain. Chen Tang then asked, "Do you recognize me?"

"My name is Jing Wuming."

The man clasped his fists and said, "More than a month ago, I had the honor of witnessing Brother Chen...ah, no, it should be Lord Chen's methods in the capital, and I was deeply impressed."

"My lord, you're welcome."

Chen Tang exchanged a few words.

Jing Wuming quickly introduced the man to the people in the room, saying, "This is Chen Tang, the Lion-Tiger Arhat that I mentioned to my brothers. He is also the current Prince Taibao! It was because of Lord Chen's actions that the young barbarian was killed, thus safeguarding the honor of our Daqian!"

The expressions of several Qilin Guards straightened up and they stood up and saluted.

The Prince's Guardian is, after all, a first-rank official position.

Chen Tang bowed and said, "I no longer hold an official position. You are all older than me. You can call me Chen Tang or Brother Chen."

"Brother Chen... Brother Chen."

Jing Wuming asked, "Why did you leave Beijing and come here?"

Chen Tang took out the imperial token from his bosom and said, "I am here on the emperor's orders to investigate the flood in Qingzhou. I have heard what you have just said and I still have two questions in my mind that I would like to ask you."

Seeing the emperor's imperial token, Jing Wuming and others were cheered up!
Several people looked at each other and were secretly shocked.

They were talking in low voices just now and didn't even notice that Chen Tang was eavesdropping outside!

Chen Tang asked: "What is the purpose of the master of Xuantian Temple doing this? Is it just targeting Changqing Temple? Have similar incidents occurred in other places in Qingzhou?"

Chen Tang was worried about one thing.

If this incident only happened once, it might just be an accidental incident targeting Changqing Temple.

If similar cases occur in various places in Qingzhou, then the target behind this incident may be Buddhism!
Although the development of Buddhism in Qian Kingdom is far inferior to that in Nanxia, ​​it is still considered a force with considerable influence.

(End of this chapter)