Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 115 Even Heretical Paths Can Be Exploited

Lei Huan was afraid that things might get complicated if he waited too long.

At this moment, Zhang Hua, carrying two swords on his back in Qiantang, is no different from a child carrying a thousand pieces of gold in a bustling city.

Who knows, some powerful figure might just happen to pass by and casually take it away.

If you scheme and calculate and put in so much effort, wouldn't it all be for nothing?

Driven by anxiety, he had no choice but to come up with a desperate solution.

Reveal your official identity.

This is a desperate gamble; if something goes wrong, the identity used for concealment will be exposed.

We arrived at the Qiantang County Government Office.

"Please inform them that Lei Huan, the magistrate of Fengcheng County, has come to visit."

Ultimately, I must pay a visit to Magistrate Song Youde.

This Magistrate Song was already a well-known role model in the officialdom. His great achievements in slaying evil spirits and assisting in literary gatherings had spread throughout the country.

There are no major problems with its performance.

The local officials and even the Minister of Personnel, who was a higher-ranking official, commented on this man, saying that with the emergence of such a talented individual, the people's hearts would be won over and great achievements would be made.

Such a person must have their own channels to contact Chongqi Academy.

Although Magistrate Song didn't know why this magistrate from hundreds of miles away had come all this way, he still went out to greet him.

In the side room, the two engaged in a series of business negotiations and mutual flattery before finally getting to the point.

I found it hard to believe after hearing it.

Why not go up the mountain?

"My apprentice is shy."

Magistrate Song sneered inwardly.

Your apprentice is shy? Your apprentice is shameless!

The Xie family of Dongshan won second place in the Jiangnan Literary Gathering, meaning they can easily be chosen for official positions or generalships in the future.

In terms of status and position, how could you and I, two county magistrates, compare? Especially since you are a county magistrate from Fengcheng who are completely unrelated to us.

I really don't understand how you dared to come all the way to Qiantang, hundreds of miles away, without having any serious official business to attend to. A mere inspector from the prefecture would be far from being rated as a lower-ranking official.

Is Zhang Hua your illegitimate son? Or your only son?

A reasonable suspicion, but in reality, Zhang Hua is now the father of Magistrate Lei.

Song Youde immediately wanted to get rid of this mess; it wasn't worth offending the academy and Young Master Xie for someone he had no connection with.

Having impersonated a scholar and infiltrated the imperial court for many years, Lei Huan was well aware of how presumptuous this commission was.

They had no choice but to offer a large sum of money to ask for the other party's help.

He was, after all, a master of the heretical path, possessing wealth, companions, methods, and a place of cultivation. As a cultivator, he did not partake in ordinary worldly food, but rather in high-grade incense offerings.

He had already cashed out some commercial drafts and taken out the treasures, or rather, rare treasures, that he carried with him.

It's a bit unfair to use it just to bribe this stupid pig.

Song Youde was different; his enthusiasm instantly soared to eight levels.

"Oh dear, Brother Lei, why do you have to be like this? I, Song, love making friends the most. These worldly things are somewhat tarnishing our friendship."

Shamelessly, he talked while rummaging through things, especially rare treasures, where he immediately started calculating their value.

He originally intended to make a fortune by extorting money from Qiantang.

Unexpectedly, he was given two great credits, and a promotion is on the horizon.

It would be a loss to accept money from ordinary people, so I can only make up for it by taking money from the people in front of me.

If these items are used to curry favor with superiors, then the chances of promotion become much more secure.

So he immediately sent it to his private storeroom.

Lei Huan sighed, "This is a sure thing."

But who knew that Song Youde was a kind and righteous man, he suppressed his joy and sighed.

"To be honest, even if I were to personally intervene, it would be very difficult to persuade Young Master Xie. There is no need to elaborate on what kind of family the Xie family of Dongshan is."

Brother Lei, your face darkens. You haven't taken the money and are you not going to do the job, have you? Well then you'll have to see another side of me. This isn't the first time I've killed an official.

Fortunately, Magistrate Song changed his tune and narrowly escaped death.

“I have a younger brother who is an instructor in Chongqi. Although he is young, he has extremely deep connections and backgrounds.”

He was one of the leaders of the academy at this literary gathering, and he chatted and laughed with Bai Lu and the high-ranking officials of Jintian.

If we can persuade him, then there's a good chance Young Master Xie will come down.

Got it, it means you're collecting another copy for someone else, right?
OK OK! ! !
Lei Huan had never felt such deep hatred for the darkness of officialdom.

These people are even more ruthless than I am, a true member of the heretical sect.

Young Master Xie didn't even get a single hair on his head, and they still wanted to plunder his money twice. Even the heavens aren't your limit!

But then, thinking of his living father squatting in the restaurant...
They had no choice but to swallow their pride and take out some of their savings.

They paid a heavy price for those two precious swords, fighting and killing people along the way, expending countless magical treasures, and suffering a great loss upon arriving in Qiantang. Hopefully, they can succeed in getting things done.

This is our only demand. If even this demand fails, then let the people of Jiangnan see what a heretical person is like!

Magistrate Song happily accepted the money again and decided to really help the other party out.

For no other reason than to collect some offerings for his virtuous younger brother, Hanwen.

Those who are used to the hardships of life in the mountains are probably the only ones who can still reminisce about it.

As for whether Xie Yu will come down or not, he didn't guarantee it for his brother Hanwen.

Even if it doesn't come down, so what? Just give back a ten or twenty percent as a token gesture.

It's no big deal to deceive a mere magistrate from an outlying county.

Thus, Song Youde wrote a letter and sent it directly to his younger brother Hanwen.

Xu Xuan was also somewhat bewildered after receiving the letter.

Lei Huan and Zhang Hua, magistrates of Fengcheng County?
Please invite Xie Yu to come down the mountain to exchange knowledge?
That Zhang Hua was not the extraordinary person from the aristocratic family who captured the fox spirit; he was later expelled from the Chongqi Academy.

Half a year has passed, why are you still so vengeful and insist on coming over for a showdown?

Lei Huanxu's intuition told him that the other party was probably not a decent person.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. I am entangled in karma, and every time I descend the mountain, unexpected troubles will surely arise.

It was even more inappropriate to involve one's own disciples.

As for mere wealth, it's like fleeting clouds.

Let's do as Brother Youde suggested and keep it in the county government office for now.

If Zhang Hua has the guts, he should come up and spar with him; that would be fulfilling the other party's obsession.

In the blink of an eye, the two brothers had made their ruthless preparations.

Lei was furious when he received the reply in the restaurant.

"You're not a human being! You're really not a human being!"

Taking money and not doing anything—how can such a thing exist!

Do I, a dignified evil demon, not even have this much face?

He immediately lost his mind and tried to use magic to break Song Youde's official luck and extract his soul to seal it into the Earthly Fiend.

But when they reached the entrance of the government office, they hesitated.

It's not impossible to do this if we have to pay a huge price, but wouldn't this trip be a complete loss, putting us in a dilemma once again?

Lei Huan hesitated, but Zhang Hua did not.

He was punished by Heaven for killing the two spirits, and he also damaged his virtue by taking things from the tomb of King Zhao of Yan. He was truly exhausted and his life was over.

He survived only because of the demonic soldiers behind him, who were driven by a desire for revenge.

So what if we take a desperate gamble and climb this southern mountain?

He really wanted to know if Xie Yu was a fox spirit, and whether he was truly lacking in talent.

If Chongqi Academy is truly a place of jealousy and incompetence, a place devoid of learning, then today we should wipe out this den of iniquity.

“Master Lei, I don’t know what cultivators say, but I am a dying man, so why should I have so many concerns?”

(End of this chapter)