Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 136: Junshan Society's Intelligence and the Situation in Kyoto (Two-in-One)

"Why, why is it always like this?"

When the two clones arrived, they saw the clone who came to protect the people lowering his head helplessly.

Behind him were countless corpses.

The third clone looked at the other two clones, smiled bitterly and said, "I knocked down the guard at the door and came in, saying I was here to rescue them. Guess what they did."

The two clones already had the answer in their minds, but they still deliberately showed inquiring expressions.

The third clone laughed bitterly again, "They actually said that if we killed this guy, the Lu Family Castle would accept us as non-official disciples. Then, regardless of whether they were men or women, old or young, they all rushed towards me..."

"okay!"

The first clone interrupted him and said in an unhappy tone, "Stop playing the victim. Didn't we already predict the possibility of these people attacking us?"

Upon seeing this, the pain on the third clone's face suddenly faded. "You're really boring, but what happened today reminds me of when we came to this world..."

"Let's talk nonsense later!"

The second clone listened to the footsteps behind him and said, "The people from Lu Family Fort should be here. Should we take action?"

"Let's cut off this evil!"

The third clone snorted coldly and said, "If this place stays here, it will at least become a shabby place similar to a park."

At this moment, hundreds of strong men armed with swords, sticks and clubs rushed up from all directions. When they saw the three people, they rushed up with red eyes.

The three of them looked at each other, flames rising in their palms, and rushed forward directly.

Early the next morning, the once magnificent Lujiabao had turned into ruins.

In the ruins, except for dozens of old people, children, women and children who had done nothing wrong, the rest of the people in Lujiabao turned into corpses in the ruins.

One day later, near a scenic pavilion on the border between Huangzhou and Huizhou.

Five figures descended from the sky one after another outside the pavilion.

"They're all here!"

Clone No. 1 stepped forward and said, "How are things going over there? Did Xu Jingmu pull out any hard goods?"

The fourth clone who went to Xu Jingmu sighed and said, "We don't know much about Xu Jingmu, only four or five addresses and identities."

"What happened to the Xujing Wood?"

"How else can we deal with this? Xu Jingmu and his entire branch of disciples are colluding with the government, exploiting the people, abducting women, and forcing them into prostitution."

The fourth clone said in a cold tone, "Of course, we'll kill everyone in the branch and then burn it all down!"

"Isn't that a bit too much?"

After some thought, the second clone said, "The Inspection Bureau is no pushover, and Chen Pingping knows that the original has clones. He should be able to guess our relationship with the original!"

"So what if he guessed it? Chen Pingping and the original host share the same goal and wouldn't do anything like betraying their allies!"

The fourth clone said calmly, "Besides, the Junshan Society is also a thorn in his and Emperor Qing's side. If we help him remove the thorn, we will also be doing them a favor."

"All right!"

Clone No. 1 changed the subject and said, "Let's first list the Junshan Society members and locations we know about and see if there are any duplicates. Then the five of us will split up and eliminate these people one by one!"

After saying that, clone number one and clone number four shared the memories they knew with the other three clones.

The five of them closed their eyes and concentrated, taking in the members of the Junshan Society one by one.

After a moment, the five people opened their eyes, and their faces looked obviously not so good.

As they expected, most of the Junshan Society members that Xu Jingmu knew were among those that Lu Changsheng knew.

"There are only eight places in total, and there are five of us..."

Before clone number one could finish, clone number five, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly interrupted and said, "These eight places, four of you can divide them up. I'm going to Xinyang!"

"Xinyang!"

The other four clones immediately guessed the fifth clone's plan, "Do you want to explore Li Yunrui's memory?"

Clone No. 5 nodded and said, "That's right. If we keep going on like this, I don't know how long it will take. I might as well go directly to Li Yunrui to see if we can resolve this all at once."

After hearing this, Clone No. 1 quickly said, "But the Junshan Society is a single-line organization after all. Li Yunrui might not know much about the information of the middle and lower-level members. This is why the original body didn't go to find Li Yunrui in the beginning!"

"I can't take care of so much. If that doesn't work, I'll find out the identities of the other high-level members from Li Yunrui, and then search their memories for information about the middle and lower-level Junshan Society members."

After saying that, clone number five turned into light and flew into the air, flying away into the distance.

Seeing this, the other four clones didn't say anything, but instead assigned who would be responsible for the eight places.

Before parting, the number one clone reminded him, "Be careful when you act. Don't forget, Ye Liuyun is also in Jiangnan. His food, clothing, shelter and transportation are all provided by the Junshan Society. If we face him, we will have no choice but to fight to the death."

"What are you afraid of!"

The third clone laughed and said, "Anyway, Ye Liuyun and we are not on the same page. If it really doesn't work out, it would be nice to just kill him!"

The four of them chatted for a while before dispersing.

A few days later, in Danzhou, in Fan Mansion, Leng Feibai, who had just had a drink with Teng Zijing to reminisce about the past, was pretending to read a book in his room.

In fact, he was exchanging information with his clone who stayed in Kyoto through the air.

Shortly after Fan Ruoruo and Sang Wen left Kyoto, Prince Jing suddenly wrote a letter to the emperor requesting permission for his son to marry Fan Ruoruo.

But Li Hongcheng had caused trouble because of Yuan Meng, and because he and Li Chengze were too close.

Neither Fan Jian nor Fan Xian wanted to agree to such a marriage, and they directly rejected it on the grounds that Fan Ruoruo was noticed by the Grandmaster Ku He and was to be accepted as a disciple.

In addition, Emperor Qing still issued an edict to marry Ye Ling'er to Li Chengze.

Although neither the man nor the woman was very satisfied, they could not resist so nothing happened.

As for Fan Xian, after he took over the position of the First Division of the Inspection Institute, he took Yan Bingyun to tidy up the Division and then took action against the Vegetable Inspection Division.

He led people to surround the Vegetable Inspection Office and forced out the head of the Vegetable Inspection Office, Eunuch Dai.

Afterwards, Fan Xian deliberately accepted three thousand taels of silver from Eunuch Dai, making the matter a big deal, which led to the intervention of the Censorate. They discovered that Eunuch Dai had forced women of good families into prostitution and successfully brought him down.

Fan Xian, through Chen Pingping, deliberately brought a group of corrupt officials under the Second Prince into the sight of the Censorate.

Coupled with the instigation of his father-in-law Lin Ruofu, the Censorate was forced to investigate this group of corrupt officials.

Li Chengze was furious about this, but because all the evidence related to Baoyue Tower had been handed over and Leng Feibai's threat was in his ears, he could only suppress his anger.

Not only did he not send Fan Wujiu to hunt down Fan Sizhe, he also did not do anything else unnecessary.

"Fan Xian, this brat, his methods are really crude!"

Leng Feibai sighed secretly. The corruption investigation only targets Li Chengze's subordinates. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that you are investigating corruption to target Li Chengze.

If I were to do it myself, I would probably find a way to persuade Li Chengqian to hand over a few unimportant corrupt officials under his command, mix them into the roster to make up the numbers, and use them to divert everyone's attention.

This way, it can be handled better.

"Forget it. Chen Pingping will be there to help him fill in the gaps later. I don't need to worry about it."

Leng Feibai stretched lazily and said, "But the final payment to Chen Pingping should be received by now. Otherwise, I won't be able to bother him next time if something happens."

"Young Master Feibai!" The servant's voice came from outside the house, causing Leng Feibai to run out of the house quickly.

The servant panted and said, "Master Feibai, Miss Ruoruo is here."

"Ruoruo is here!"

Leng Feibai raised his eyebrows slightly and hurried to the gate of Fan Mansion.

"Brother Feibai!"

When Fan Ruoruo saw Leng Feibai, she immediately rushed over and asked, "Grandma, how is Grandma?"

Hearing this, Leng Feibai felt extremely embarrassed and pointed inside the house, saying, "Go in and take a look, and you'll know!"

Looking at Leng Feibai's appearance, Fan Ruoruo immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If Old Madam Fan was really seriously ill, Leng Feibai's expression would definitely not be so relaxed.

Thinking of this, Fan Ruoruo ran in quickly, lifting her skirt.

Sang Wen, wearing a windbreaker, also came to the door, bowed to Leng Feibai and said, "Greetings, my husband!"

Leng Feibai stepped forward to help the man up and said soothingly, "You've had a hard time on this journey. Come on, let's go see grandma!"

Sang Wen nodded and followed Leng Feibai into the house.

When Old Mrs. Fan, who was meditating in the garden, heard that Fan Ruoruo was coming, she hurried out on her crutches.

When she saw the grown-up Fan Ruoruo, Old Lady Fan stepped forward with a smile, took Fan Ruoruo's hand and said, "Grandma's Ruoruo has grown up too. Grandma didn't even recognize it was you."

Fan Ruoruo looked at Old Madam Fan's radiant face, walked over and snuggled into her arms, crying, "Grandma, Ruoruo misses you so much. How is your illness?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Mrs. Fan smiled and said, "Grandma is in good health and not sick at all. You've all been deceived!"

Fan Ruoruo was stunned when she heard this. She turned to look at Leng Feibai and asked, "Really?"

Leng Feibai nodded and said helplessly, "When I arrived in Danzhou, I knew I had fallen into a trap. Grandma sent a letter to Kyoto at the time, but it seems you didn't receive it."

"Sister-in-law Sang Wen and I were in a hurry. We left as soon as we bought all the herbs and didn't see the letter."

After hearing this, Fan Ruoruo said angrily, "Who is so reckless as to make up such a rumor?"

Leng Feibai snorted coldly after hearing this, and glanced at Xiaohuan beside him inadvertently.

Xiaohuan couldn't help but shiver when she saw Leng Feibai's gaze.

"All right!"

Mrs. Fan smiled and said, "Grandma, you're fine. Hey, who is this girl?"

Seeing this, Sang Wen quickly bowed and said, "Sang Wen greets the old lady."

Seeing this, Old Lady Fan stepped forward and helped Sang Wen up, saying, "You are Sang Wen, and you are a well-behaved girl. Just rest well in the mansion these days. Come, take this child to Feibai's yard."

Seeing this, the two servants hurried forward and took Sang Wen out of the house.

As soon as Sang Wen and Xiao Huan left, Leng Feibai quickly said, "Grandma, I'll take Ruoruo to the garden to enjoy the flowers, and I'll come back to accompany you later."

Looking at Leng Feibai's expression, Mrs. Fan guessed something and nodded on the spot.

In the garden, Leng Feibai looked at Fan Ruoruo, "Ruoruo, how's things going at home?"

After hearing this, Fan Ruoruo quickly said, "Dad and brother were worried about Sizhe, so they sent him to Northern Qi. Besides, brother has already accepted the first place of the Inspection Institute and started..."

After listening to Fan Ruoruo tell what she knew, Leng Feibai nodded and said, "Ruoruo, in fact, grandma almost got into trouble!"

"what"

Fan Ruoruo was startled and couldn't help asking, "Brother Feibai, what on earth is going on?"

Leng Feibai sighed and said half-truthfully, "I traveled all the way, sleepless for three days, and finally made it back to Danzhou. But I didn't rush back to the mansion. Instead, I staked out the outside for a while and discovered that a man in black had sneaked into the Fan Mansion's kitchen and sprinkled drug powder on the snacks that Grandma was eating. I killed the man in black and put the drug powder away."

As Leng Feibai spoke, he took out a white paper bag from his arms and said, "I scraped this bag of powdered medicine off a piece of pastry. Take it back and have Fan Xian check what kind of medicine it is!"

Fan Ruoruo nodded, emptied the sachet she was carrying, and put the medicine bag in it.

"Brother Feibai!"

Fan Ruoruo couldn't help but ask, "Then do you want to go back with me?"

Leng Feibai shook his head and said, "No, I have to stay for a few more days. After all, the identity of the person who poisoned grandma is unknown. I stay here to prevent them from doing the same to grandma again."

After hearing this, Fan Ruoruo nodded and said, "That's good. With Brother Feibai protecting us, we don't have to worry about grandma in Kyoto."

"Don't rush back!"

Leng Feibai sighed and said, "The situation in Kyoto is not peaceful either. You should hide in Danzhou for a few days."

After hearing this, Fan Ruoruo said nothing. She didn't refute but didn't agree either. She turned around and went to find Old Mrs. Fan.

"You really don't know how to communicate with women!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the clone who had come to protect Fan Ruoruo and the others descended from the darkness and came to Leng Feibai's side.

"How is it? Has the journey been peaceful?"

The clone smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be watching. Even if there are a few petty thieves on the road, they'll be easily dealt with. But you really don't plan to return to Kyoto?"

"I'll go back after the Spring Examination is over!"

Leng Feibai continued, "Otherwise, who knows what trouble that old loach Li Yunqian will cause. Okay, you should go back to Kyoto first. When Ruoruo returns, I'll have my two clones in Danzhou escort her back."

Listening to Leng Feibai's words, the clone nodded. After all, there was only one clone left in Kyoto. If any trouble occurred, one person might not be able to handle it.

After watching his clone leave, Leng Feibai touched his chin and returned to his own yard.

As soon as he entered, bursts of pipa sounds reached Leng Feibai's ears.

I guess Sang Wen was bored and was playing the pipa to pass the time.

After hearing this, Leng Feibai did not rush to leave, but leaned against the wall outside the yard to admire it.

After singing one song, Leng Feibai walked straight into the yard.

For some reason, there was a hint of loss on Sang Wen's face at this moment.

"You look a little unhappy!"

Upon hearing this, Sang Wen was frightened and turned pale. She was about to stand up to explain, but Leng Feibai gestured for her to sit down.

"It's okay, Sang Wen just felt a little bored!"

As Sang Wen spoke, a hint of embarrassment appeared on her face, and then she boldly asked, "Husband, do you not like Sang Wen?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "We've only met a few times, so how can there be any such thing as liking or not? Even if I want to like you, do I have to cultivate feelings first?"

Sang Wen couldn't help but stiffen after hearing this. She stood up and walked to Leng Feibai's side and sat down, leaning against him and said, "Husband, you don't like the fact that Sang Wen comes from a brothel. So..."

"no!"

Leng Feibai looked at Sang Wen and said calmly, "Although the place of fireworks is a den of filth, the women there, apart from those who have fallen into depravity, most of them have tragic backgrounds and have lived a miserable life. How could I possibly look down on those women? It's just..."

Leng Feibai took the opportunity to bite Sang Wen's ear and said, "Do you really think I don't know that you are a chess piece sent by His Majesty to be by my side?"

(End of this chapter)