A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 368: The Grand Altar Envoy
Duan Rong had just finished talking with Xiao Yu and learned some information when he heard a rustling sound from the other end of the dark room.

Xiao Yu immediately stood up and half-knelt, nervously grasping the hilt of his knife.

Duan Rong said, "It's okay. It's Yang Zhen."

Although Xiao Yu did not take her hand away from the hilt of the knife, her tense body obviously relaxed a little.

After a while, with the sound of footsteps, a figure walked out, and it was indeed Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen placed a cotton-covered basket in front of the three people and said, "Beef soup and pancakes."

Duan Rong immediately opened the basket and saw a black porcelain jar inside. He picked up the jar and smelled it. It was the beef soup he had been thinking about all day.

Duan Rong looked at Zhu Xiaoqi and said, "Xiaoqi, bowl!"

When Zhu Xiaoqi was hiding here alone, Yang Zhen only prepared sesame cakes and water for her. She hadn't eaten anything hot for many days.

Zhu Xiaoqi immediately took three porcelain bowls from the wall behind him.

Duan Rong first shook the black porcelain jar gently, and then filled the three porcelain bowls.

The hot beef soup immediately stimulated the appetite of the three people. They each picked up a porcelain bowl and began to eat it with slurps.

While eating beef soup and pancakes, Duan Rong suddenly raised his head, looked at Yang Zhen, and said, "No chili?"

Yang Zhen's face darkened and he said, "I might as well move the beef stall over to you."

Duan Rong said, "That's not necessary. Just bring the chili can."

"Bah!" Yang Zhen was so angry at Duan Rong that he paused and turned to leave.

Duan Rong suddenly called him. "Yang Zhen, come back, there is something important to do."

Yang Zhen reluctantly stood at the door. "What's the matter?"

Duan Rong drank the beef soup in the bowl in two gulps, put down the bowl, stood up, and reached into his crotch to pull out a piece of paper.

The paper wasn't torn from anywhere, and there was still some dried glue on the back.

Duan Rong said, "I don't trust others, so you should go there in person. When you get to the city, give this letter to Ximen Kankan."

"letter?"

Yang Zhen's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (river) as he looked at the wrinkled paper in Duan Rong's hand. There were indeed densely packed small characters on it, but under the dim light, one could also see a curly hair on it.

Thinking about where Duan Rong had taken it out just now, Yang Zhen looked disgusted and was not willing to reach out to take it.

Duan Rong also noticed Yang Zhen's expression. He looked down and immediately shook his hands to get rid of the hair. Then he turned his head and looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, let me use that envelope of yours."

Xiao Yu understood, took out the envelope from his arms, carefully took out his father's suicide note, and handed the blank envelope to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the envelope, put the stack of papers inside, and then handed it to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen then reached out to take it and asked, "When will it be delivered?"

"The sooner the better." Duan Rong said, "You'd better set off today."

Yang Zhen's eyes moved and he said, "Okay!"

Yang Zhen put the letter in his sleeve and left the dark room.

Duan Rong watched Yang Zhen leave before turning around. He picked up the black porcelain jar, but found that the beef soup inside was gone.

"Did you two eat everything?" Duan Rong looked at Xiao Yu and Zhu Xiaoqi with dissatisfaction and asked.

Xiao Yu and Zhu Xiaoqi touched their round bellies and burped embarrassedly.

Although the beef soup in the black porcelain jar had been poured out, Duan Rong still used his spiritual sense to explore and accurately took out several slices of beef from it.

The beef is all stuck to the inner wall.

Duan Rong rolled the beef into pancakes and ate them.

After eating, Duan Rong had no time to rest. He stood there, and instantly his bones exploded, and his body shrank in circles, and soon he became the little beggar. The only difference was that his belly was slightly bulging.

Duan Rong wrapped his ragged clothes over his stomach and turned around to leave.

Yang Zhen sent a letter to Ximen Kankan, and he had to continue to gather information to determine the next move of Ruan Fengshan and Sun Qian.

The moment Duan Rong turned around, Xiao Yu said, "Duan Rong, be careful!"

Duan Rong turned his head and smiled, saying, "Don't worry. I won't let you be a widow."

"Bah." Xiao Yu spat on the ground.

But Duan Rong had already walked out of the dark room.

When Zhu Xiaoqi heard Duan Rong's words about being a widow, her heart skipped a beat. She looked at Xiao Yu and asked, "Miss, you and him..."

Xiao Yu's face turned slightly red. She and Zhu Xiaoqi were as close as sisters, so she told Zhu Xiaoqi about her and Duan Rong. She also said that Duan Rong had originally planned to propose marriage to her father when he came back this time, but she didn't expect such a big change after he came back.

As Xiao Yu spoke, her eyes turned red.

After hearing this, Zhu Xiaoqi felt mixed emotions, and couldn't tell whether it was sweet or sad...

When Yang Zhen arrived at the yamen, he immediately asked for leave from the chief constable Ding Xingxing.

When Ding Xingxing heard this, his face turned cold and he said no. "The government office is busy right now. How can I give you leave now?"

Yang Zhen said, "Captain, I really have something to do. If you don't give me leave, I will have no choice but to leave my post."

Ding Xingxing saw Yang Zhen's insistence, and his eyes moved slightly. In the past three years, this was the first time Yang Zhen asked him for leave. Usually, this guy would not leave the front line even if he had a minor injury. He immediately understood that Yang Zhen really had something to do. "Well, then, go ahead. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back! I still have a lot of things to do!"

"Oh...Thank you, Captain!" Yang Zhen thanked him happily and left in a hurry.

Ding Xingxing looked at Yang Zhen's back and smiled slightly. After three years of getting along, he still liked this guy quite a bit. However, the county lord had just called Rang to the flower hall and asked him to find a reliable person to investigate the social relations of Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, two registered disciples who entered the sect three years ago. He was originally going to give this job to Yang Zhen. Since Yang Zhen has something to do, let Zhu Baogui do it.

Ding Xingxing thought so, took a sip of strong tea, and went to the constable's room.

Yang Zhen did not go to the yamen's stable to pick a horse, as the horses in the yamen were not fast horses. He ran out of the yamen quickly, ready to go to the horse dealer to spend a large sum of money to get a good horse that could run long distances.

Yang Zhen ran out of the county government gate and saw a little beggar huddled in the sun at the entrance of an alley not far away.

That was Duan Rong who had just been there and lay down not long ago.

The two looked at each other and then looked away.

In this place, Duan Rong could see everything inside and outside the yamen, including Ruan Fengshan's every move in the secret room under the backyard of the county yamen, by releasing his spiritual consciousness.

Duan Rong had been monitoring Ruan Fengshan all day. He had never expected that Ruan Fengshan would be so careful about his life that he would hide in the secret room and not come out at all.

Even his three meals a day were delivered to him in the secret room by the short spy.

In the second half of the next night, Duan Rong was in a daze and seemed to be about to fall into a deep sleep.

Watching a person like this day and night is really the most boring job in the world. At this moment, in the secret room where Ruan Fengshan was staying, a bell in the corner suddenly rang.

Ruan Fengshan was awakened by the crisp sound of a bell. He moved his sore arm, sighed deeply, struggled to get up, walked to a stone wall, turned a secret mechanism somewhere, and a stone door in front of him opened with a rumble.

The stone door opened, and a short boy in black stood in the corridor. He raised his right hand, and in his hand was a bamboo tube the size of his little finger. He presented it to Ruan Fengshan and said, "A reply from the temple. I just got it from the temple keeper Xu Dongyang."

When Ruan Fengshan heard this, his eyes lit up and all his sleepiness disappeared. He immediately took the bamboo tube and looked at it under the light. He saw that both ends of the bamboo tube were sealed with sealing wax with seal patterns.

Ruan Fengshan pinched off the sealing wax, poured out the paper in the bamboo tube, and looked at it carefully.

Upon seeing this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

There was only one line of words on the note: Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, both outer disciples.

The moment Ruan Fengshan looked at the words, Duan Rong's consciousness also swept over them. The ringing of the bell and the rumble of the stone door had already awakened Duan Rong. The reason why he was drowsy was because Ruan Fengshan's secret room was dead silent. Now that it was lively, Duan Rong naturally lost all his sleepiness.

Ruan Fengshan closed the stone gate and let the short spy retreat.

He paced back and forth in the secret room with his hands behind his back.

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu were both outer disciples.

Even if they could set up a trap to scare Duan Rong away, how could they scare Xiao Yu away? How could she back down from the revenge for her father's murder?
Ruan Fengshan was at a loss for words, and suddenly he pressed a button somewhere on the wall.

At the moment Ruan Fengshan pressed the button on the stone wall, a ticking bell sound came from the cupboard in the corner of Sun Qian's room.

Although it was already the late night, Sun Qian had not fallen asleep yet.

Just now, the spy also brought him a secret letter, which was also from the gang.

The two secret letters were sent to the temple priest Xu Dongyang together. There were bamboo tubes tied to the legs of a carrier pigeon. One was for Ruan Fengshan and the other was for Sun Qian.

As soon as Sun Qian opened the secret letter and took a look, the bell in the cupboard rang. His eyes moved, and he knew that Ruan Fengshan must have also received the secret letter, and the identities of Duan Rong and Xiao Yu should have been confirmed.

Ruan Fengshan was anxious to discuss something with me at this time.

Sun Qian stood up, turned the screen behind him, and came to the bed. He came to the side of the bed and pressed a hidden spring somewhere.

Sun Qian's footsteps were heard on the stone steps of the secret room. Ruan Fengshan looked over immediately, and soon he saw Sun Qian walking out from the shadows.

Ruan Fengshan immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "Big Brother!"

Sun Qian hummed lightly and asked, "What are their identities?"

Ruan Fengshan's eyes jumped and he said, "They are both outer disciples."

"Are they all outer disciples?!"

"Correct!"

Sun Qian walked slowly to a simple bamboo chair and sat down, with a solemn look in his eyes.

Ruan Fengshan knew that Sun Qian was deep in thought at this moment and did not dare to disturb him for the time being.

Sun Qian suddenly looked up and said, "Put this aside for now, take a look at this first."

As Sun Qian spoke, he handed the secret letter in his hand to Ruan Fengshan.

Ruan Fengshan took the note from Sun Qian and looked at it carefully. It said: Four days later, I will accompany the chief altar envoy Wei Ziyang to inspect Xiangu. Ge Qinglei, April 9th.

There was also a small seal on the signature area.

"The chief altar's envoy is coming?" Ruan Fengshan raised his head with a look of surprise.

Under the leader of the Filthy Blood Cult, there are five chief altar envoys. These five people are almost equivalent to the leader's representatives, and their power is so great that they are second only to the leader and above ten thousand people.

Sun Qian stood up and took two steps. It was obvious that this matter made him very excited.

"Some time ago, I submitted a proposal to the hall master Ge Qinglei. The hall master replied that he would seek resources for us from the headquarters. I think it is for this reason that the Dharma Envoy came to investigate."

"The fact that the French envoy can come to inspect is a great recognition of Xiangu!" Ruan Fengshan was also excited.

He has been the leader of Xiangu for so many years, but he has never met the Lord of Law. The Lord of Law reports directly to the leader. The Lord of Law came to Xiangu for inspection, which means that the leader may also know about Xiangu soon.

If this stronghold in Xiangu County really had direct access to the imperial court, he and Sun Qian might be able to rise to high positions.

Sun Qian suddenly said, "Let's put the matter of Duan Rong and Xiao Yu aside for now. Tell the brothers to take strict precautions. We can talk about it after the legal envoy has finished his investigation."

As Sun Qian spoke, a hint of fatigue emerged in the depths of his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Fengshan remained silent.

Sun Qian rubbed his temples, but in his heart, he already had the answer. He was ready to abandon Ruan Fengshan!
Since Xiao Yu is an outer sect disciple, she cannot be killed easily. But how can she not avenge her father's murder?

The key to ending this matter was to abandon his brother Ruan Fengshan. This answer was not even something Sun Qian thought of, but it came out of his own accord.

In the final analysis, Xian Gu's cause is the most important. Any price is worth it.

Under the bright moonlight, Duan Rong huddled in the corner of the alley in the night wind.

When he used his spiritual sense to find out that Wei Ziyang, the chief magician of the Filthy Blood Sect, and Ge Qinglei, the hall master, would come to Xiangu for an inspection in four days, his nose twitched suddenly.

Originally, there were thirteen Qi realm masters in Xiangu County, and all major forces were controlled by the Filthy Blood Cult. It can be said that this place has been built by Sun Qian into a stronghold of the Filthy Blood Cult.

Duan Rong's original idea was to take down this stronghold. He felt that with this achievement, it should not be a problem for him to advance to the inner sect disciple.

Moreover, he wanted to slaughter all the members of the Filthy Blood Cult in Xiangu County. To accomplish this task, he had to transfer some helpers.

He asked Yang Zhen to send a letter to Ximen Kankan, asking Ximen Kankan to bring Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan to Xiangu County.

Duan Rong estimated that with his great perfection in the Qi realm, plus the help of Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizhi, Liu Shushan, and Xiao Yu, killing the thirteen Qi realm masters of the Filthy Blood Sect should not be a problem.

He also asked Ximen Kankan to make a secret weapon for him.

Duan Rong not only wanted to kill all the thirteen Qi Realm masters of the Filthy Blood Sect, but he also wanted Xiao Yu to kill Ruan Fengshan with her own hands and avenge her father.

Now, he had just asked Yang Zhen to send the letter out when something unexpected happened again.

Four days later, Wei Ziyang, the chief priest of the Filthy Blood Sect, and Ge Qinglei, the leader of the Yuanyang Hall, were both coming to Xiangu County.

At one time, two big fish came!

Any single mission is enough to shock the sect!

Especially Wei Ziyang, the chief magician of the Filthy Blood Sect, who is one of the five great magicians of the Filthy Blood Sect!

Such a big fish is hard to come by!
However, he had no idea of the cultivation realm of these two people! However, he didn't know, but the sect should know.

It seems that I have to go to the secret contact point of the Ministry of Public Security.

(End of this chapter)