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

Chapter 61 Night in Kyoto
Fan Jian was also confused after hearing this. "There are many people in Kyoto. It's not easy to find this middleman."

"In fact, this matter is fundamentally about those two words!"

Leng Feibai's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom as he said, "Benefits. Fan Xian's death. Whoever can gain greater benefits from it will be suspected."

"The one who benefits the most from Fan Xian's death is naturally the eldest princess. And the crown prince, who is related to the eldest princess..."

Fan Jian looked at Leng Feibai and said, "You mean the princess asked the prince to instruct his retainers to go to Zuixianju to seize the spy token. But which retainer under the prince would take the risk of confiscating the property and exterminating the clan?"

"This person is absolutely hostile to Fan Xian. His family has sufficient background and he is also a retainer of the Crown Prince."

Leng Feibai said calmly, "How many people can meet these three criteria at the same time?"

"Lin Gong!"

Fan Jian couldn't help but sneer after hearing this. "It's certainly possible for him to do that. He even drew his sword and attacked Fan Xian when he visited his fiancée. It's really possible for him to do such a thing."

Leng Feibai sighed and said, "It all depends on whether Fan Xian can get something out of Si Lili. But if Si Lili reacts quickly enough, the person would have already escaped by now."

"Snapped"

When Fan Xian heard that Si Lili had left Kyoto that afternoon and headed north with great fanfare, he couldn't help but feel annoyed and punched the wall beside him.

Wang Qinian, who was standing by, saw this and stepped forward to comfort him, "Don't worry, sir. Even though the person has escaped, we can still track him down."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian quickly asked, "Can you catch up?"

Wang Qinian said modestly, "There are two great tracking experts in this Inspection Institute. One is Zong Zhui, who follows the director all year round. The other is none other than me."

Fan Xian's eyes widened, and he grabbed Wang Qinian's shoulders and said, "Old Wang, I'm counting on you. If you can catch up with him for me, I will reward you handsomely."

Knowing Wang Qinian's greedy personality, Fan Xian immediately threw out the bait.

Wang Qinian was overjoyed and clapped his hands, saying, "Great! I heard that under your command you get fifty taels of silver every month, as well as land and cattle..."

"If you can catch him, I'll give you ten pigs!"

"Excellent!"

Wang Qinian laughed and said, "Your Excellency, you may not know this, but my daughter loves pork belly the most. If this..."

Leng Feibai's clone, who was staying in the dark and had changed his appearance, couldn't help but roll his eyes when listening to the two people's banter.

Just at this moment, an extremely powerful aura appeared in his perception not far away.

"Another ninth-rank master?"

Leng Feibai immediately looked into the distance and saw a guy dressed in black from head to toe hiding in a dark corner.

"Is it a shadow?"

Leng Feibai looked at the shadow who was also silently protecting Fan Xian and Wang Qinian in the dark, and he was certain that Chen Pingping seemed to have known about the assassination on Niulan Street, otherwise he would not have sent the shadow to come and secretly protect Fan Xian.

At this time, Fan Xian and Wang Qinian decided to split their forces into two groups.

Wang Qinian went home to get various tools for tracking, while Fan Xian set off for the royal villa to comfort Lin Wan'er who was worried about him. The two agreed to meet outside the north gate at 2:15 am the next morning.

A night passed, and early the next morning, Leng Feibai confirmed from his clone's observation that Fan Xian and Wang Qinian had successfully left the city through the north gate.

Perhaps because of Leng Feibai's intervention, Wang Qinian did not peek at the official documents this time to avoid being stopped by Zhu Ge, the spy who was looking for trouble.

Just like the original plot, Fan Xian and Wang Qinian, with the help of Black Cavalry and Shadow, successfully killed a group of Northern Qi assassins at Pijia Hill and successfully captured Si Lili.

On the way back, due to the secret interference of Leng Feibai's clone, Fan Xian and Wang Qinian could not return to Kyoto City before dark.

I could only stay in a nearby town for one night and prepare to return to Kyoto the next day.

As night fell, Leng Feibai stood in the Fan Mansion garden with his eyes closed, concentrating.

The servant who was sweeping the floor nearby couldn't help but feel uneasy when he saw Leng Feibai's appearance.

"What time is it!"

Leng Feibai's voice suddenly rang out, startling the servant. He quickly said, "Master Feibai, it's five minutes past midnight now!" "Almost!"

Leng Feibai finished speaking and quickly left the garden. The servant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, wiping his forehead with his hand and saying, "This Master Feibai, why is he a little bit weird? But he and Master Fan Xian are not bad people!"

After speeding all the way, Leng Feibai arrived at a secluded path in the Fan Mansion.

After making sure that there was no one around and no spies secretly monitoring him.

Leng Feibai immediately turned into a ball of black smoke and flew away.

In the sky, Leng Feibai overlooked the entire city of Kyoto and used his mind to outline talismans.

"Tongtian Lu·Amplified Notes"

A light blue talisman immediately appeared around him. Leng Feibai, who turned into smoke, immediately used ventriloquism to change his voice and used the talisman to spread his voice throughout Kyoto.

"Do you want to know the truth about the Niulan Street assassination?"

The faint voice echoed throughout Kyoto. Many people with guilty consciences and those who wanted to know the truth ran out of their houses and came to the yard.

Inside the Imperial Palace, Emperor Qing, standing by the lake in his bedroom, looked at Eunuch Hou and asked, "Eunuch Hou, did you hear anything just now?"

Eunuch Hou hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "I think I heard someone say they want to know the truth about the Niulan Street assassination."

Emperor Qing's expression changed slightly after hearing this. He looked up at the sky and couldn't help but say, "That's quite interesting. Let's see what this guy wants to do!"

“There aren’t many people!”

Leng Feibai looked at the few people in the city, and his pair of golden eyes surrounded by smoke flashed with a gleam.

"Nine-Layered Thunder Talisman"

The Tongtian Talisman took effect again, and nine Five Thunder Talismans surrounded the smoke and released azure lightning in the air.

Under the flash of lightning, the entire night sky of Kyoto suddenly became as bright as day, attracting more than 80% of the people in the city to run out to see what was happening.

"It's now!"

Leng Feibai sneered and took out the image recording talisman.

The talisman shone, and the scene of Lin Gong and Si Lili communicating immediately appeared in the eyes of everyone in Kyoto.

In an instant, many people's faces changed. They had never expected this.

Si Lili, the most popular courtesan at Zuixianju, turned out to be a spy from Northern Qi, and she even colluded with the son of the prime minister of Qing to deal with an illegitimate child.

Inside the East Palace, the unsuspecting Crown Prince slumped to the ground, muttering, "Lin Gong is finished! He's my retainer, and he actually did this behind my back!"

"That's unreasonable!"

Lai Mingcheng, the Imperial Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate, angrily said, "As the son of the Prime Minister, he actually colluded with Northern Qi spies. I must report him and his father to the police."

"Kakaka!"

Eunuch Hou looked at Emperor Qing in horror. At this moment, Emperor Qing had no expression on his face, and his fists made crackling sounds.

"Lin Gong, he actually has such courage. I really underestimated him!"

Listening to Emperor Qing's words, Eunuch Hou couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the origin of this thing in the sky is unknown, and we don't know whether it is true or false!"

"Hoo, pass on the palace code!"

As soon as Emperor Qing gave an order, the eunuchs around him immediately started shouting.

After Gong Dian came in, Emperor Qing gradually regained his composure. "Eunuch Hou, you and Gong Dian go take Lin Gong to the dungeon of the Inspection Bureau and cooperate with the Inspection Bureau to investigate the truth of the assassination on Niulan Street. Also, let Lin Ruofu into the palace. I have something to ask him!"

Inside the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruofu looked at Lin Gong in front of him with a sullen face and said, "Gong'er, was that broadcast from the sky just now real?"

Lin Gong said nothing. Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't imagine how the conversation between him and Si Lili could appear in the sky.

(End of this chapter)