Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 89 A ruler does not compete with his subjects for credit; a mere Suihou Pearl is his!

Court of Justice, office. ♟👌 ❻❾ˢ𝓗Ⓤx.Ćᵒ𝓂 👺👤

Cui Puling was leisurely smoking and drinking tea, dreaming about his bright future.

A knock came suddenly at the door. "Sir, urgent intelligence."

Cui Puling stubbed out his cigarette and said sternly, "Come in!"

A guard rushed in and hurriedly said, "Reporting to the lord! Qin Feng has brought a prisoner from the No. 3 prison, saying he wants him released on medical parole!"

The mere mention of Qin Feng sent a headache through Commander Cui. "Good heavens! What are you doing now?! Didn't I tell you to be drinking tea and reading the newspaper at the Court of Justice? What are you doing running to the Imperial Prison?!"

Cui Puling rubbed his temples. "Another female prisoner?"

The subordinate said, "It's a man, a notorious thief!"

Cui Puling hesitated and asked, "What did he steal?"

The subordinate said, "According to the intelligence network of the seven kingdoms, the tomb robberies of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Mu of Zhou, King You of Zhou, and other royal tombs seem to be related to him!"

Cui Puling said, "In other words, he only stole from the six states and did not cause trouble in Qin."

The subordinate nodded. "That's right. As of now, his criminal record in the Qin Dynasty is zero."

"This!" Cui Puling sensed something was wrong. "This doesn't make sense. Since the other party hasn't committed any crime in Qin, why arrest him? The six states have been blockading Qin for so many years, and they don't have any extradition treaty with us. We have no reason to arrest people for the six states!"

The subordinate didn't say anything, but simply raised his left hand and extended his thumb, making a gesture.

The seasoned Cui Puling immediately saw through his subordinate's intentions; this matter was instructed to Qian by the head of the Court of Justice.

Cui Puling is now only nominally the third-in-command of the Court of Justice, but in reality, he is the second-in-command.

According to the power ranking of the Court of Justice, the real head of the Court of Justice was given leave by Fusu because he messed up the mission last time, and is still on vacation.

The second-in-command of the Court of Justice died in the line of duty due to overworking, and his position is currently vacant.

Now only Cui Puling, the third-in-command, has managed to stay in the game until the very end.

At this moment, the sudden intervention of the top leader, who was on leave, puzzled Cui Puling.

Cui Pu asked, "Did Qin Feng take the person away?"

The subordinate said, "He didn't get the pass and is being held up at the last door, drinking tea. Sir, should we call Lord Cheng? After all, he's the top leader."

After thinking for a moment, Cui Puling said, "I can't make the call about this! Lord Cheng was given leave by the eldest brother, the second brother was killed, and I, the third brother, am just reaping the benefits, which has already made the eldest brother very jealous. If I make the call, it will only be asking for trouble! This matter depends on Qin Feng. If Qin Feng can persuade the young master to give the eldest brother an order, the eldest brother will listen. If nothing unexpected happens, Qin Feng has already started calling Young Master Fusu."

Cui Puling's guess was quite accurate. At this moment, Qin Feng was thinking of calling Fusu, but he was still hesitant. After all, Qin Feng and Fusu had a grudge. If he called, would he be at a disadvantage?

Moreover, Qin Feng believed that Prince Fusu was not a fool; he must know about the affairs of the Court of Justice, it was just a matter of whether he would take action or not.

At this moment, Fusu, as the mastermind behind the scenes of the Court of Justice, indeed already knew everything that had happened.

The Prince's Palace, the warm pavilion.

Fusu rubbed his temples, writhing in pain. "I feel like every day Qin Feng goes to the Court of Justice, I'm going to work with him for a day!"

"Damn it, is he the one working or am I?!"

"Yesterday he forcibly abducted a woman, today he's become buddies with a prisoner and even wants to help her get medical parole!"

"Is that medical parole? You practically have it written all over your face!"

A trusted subordinate beside him poured tea for Fusu while saying, "But young master, this person's background is not simple; we can't let him go easily!"

Fusu glanced at his confidant, "What do you mean?"

The confidant said, "To be honest, young master, this man was ordered to be arrested by Lord Cheng! He specifically ordered his arrest. ☠🐲 💝🐻"

Fusu frowned and said, "Didn't I give that Cheng guy a holiday? How come he's overstepping his authority and meddling in the affairs of the Court of Justice!"

The confidant said, "Yes, he was given a leave of absence by the young master, but this person has a special identity. He is a notorious tomb raider wanted by the six kingdoms! He is the cousin of Dao Zhi, the leader of the Thieves' Sect of the Hundred Schools of Thought. It is said that his skills in feng shui and geomancy are comparable to those of the Yin-Yang School and the Taoist School! Moreover, he also possesses a treasure related to the flow of fortune."

Fusu asked with great interest, "A treasure of destiny? What is that?"

The confidant asked, "Young master, have you ever heard of a perfect match?"

Fusu blurted out, "A perfect match, a pearl and a jade disc, the jade disc being the He Shi Bi, and the pearl being the Sui Hou Pearl! The He Shi Bi has long been lost, and the Sui Hou Pearl has never appeared in the world. Which one are you referring to?"

The confidant said, "According to the intelligence network of the Seven Kingdoms, eight years ago, near Pluto in the solar system, three stars appeared, and an unknown celestial tomb was opened! It is suspected to be the tomb of Duke Huan of Qi, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. The members of this theft gang were highly skilled, all of them were veterans in the industry. After completing the theft, they immediately fled and disappeared without a trace! We did not obtain any intelligence."

"In recent years, the State of Qi cracked down on an illegal and criminal chain, arresting one of the participants and learning the inside story!"

"And Daotian is the leader of the tomb-robbing gang involved in the theft of King Huan of Qi's tomb eight years ago!"

"Upon examining the tomb of Duke Huan of Qi, the most likely treasure found is the Suihou Pearl, which is hailed as being on par with the He Shi Bi jade!"

"Lord Cheng suspects that this person most likely obtained the Suihou Pearl, and therefore chose to retire from the martial world and come to live a life in our Great Qin!"

"Lord Cheng believes that a treasure like the Suihou Pearl should belong to the Qin Dynasty, so he arrested him in an attempt to force him to hand over the Suihou Pearl!"

Fusu asked, "Did that man surnamed Cheng tell you whether he was sure this fellow had the Suihou Pearl?"

The confidant shook his head and said, "No, but judging from the current situation, the fact that Qin Feng is willing to step in to bail him out can only mean that the matter of Sui Houzhu is very likely true. He has Sui Houzhu in his hands, or rather, important information about Sui Houzhu. We can't let him go."

Fusu, stroking his chin, muttered to himself, "The Zhuangzi's 'Letting the Throne' chapter records, 'If someone were to come here today and use the pearl of the Marquis of Sui to shoot a sparrow a thousand feet high, the world would surely laugh at him. Why? Because what he uses is heavy, while what he wants is light.'"

"The Suihou Pearl is as famous as the He Shi Bi, but while the He Shi Bi appears only once every hundred years, the Suihou Pearl has never appeared!"

"It's hard to say whether this precious pearl has the same effect as the He Shi Bi jade."

"Secondly, it's hard to say whether the Suihou Pearl is really in this person's hands."

"Given two uncertain circumstances, our obstruction of Qin Feng was undoubtedly extremely inappropriate."

The confidant said, "But if we release him, we'll lose the Suihou Pearl!"

Fusu glanced at his trusted aide. "If we force him to stay, do you think he'll reveal Suihou Zhu's whereabouts?"

The confidant said, "It's difficult, but not impossible. With the methods of the Court of Justice..."

"Enough!" Fusu interrupted his confidant, his voice stern. "Your vision is too narrow. My father taught me that a ruler should not compete with his subjects for credit; the merits of his subjects are the merits of the ruler."

"If Qin Feng can truly obtain the Suihou Pearl, it will be both Qin Feng's luck and his ability, and also my luck and my ability, Fusu's!"

"If he can't get it, then we can make our move!"

"Order Cui Puling to disregard the Cheng family's orders and release the man!"

Upon hearing this, the confidant hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, sir."

Fusu gritted his teeth in anger and said, "Wait! Don't release him now, wait until dawn tomorrow! I'll follow that brat to work every single day! Let him sit there all night, let him suffer!"

The confidant replied, "Yes!"

Fusu gazed at his confidant's retreating figure, his eyes gleaming, and muttered to himself, "A ruler should not contend with his subjects for credit. The merits of his subjects are the merits of the ruler, and the treasures of his subjects are the treasures of the ruler."

"Father is right, Father is absolutely right!"

"Meng Tian has already led his Golden Fire Cavalry Legion to the equatorial mountains and seas, ostensibly for military training, but why travel so far for training?"

"There's only one possibility: he has some kind of purpose."

"Judging from the brief time Meng Tian spent back in Xianyang, he only had contact with Qin Feng. And the mortal enemy of Gu Niantong, the maid Qin Feng recently took in, is the Qi-eating warrior from the Undying Mountain."

"The Qin Dynasty branch of the Immortal Mountain is conveniently located in the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Mountains!"

"Therefore, Meng Tian's move is aimed at investing in Qin Feng! If a minister like Meng Tian has such vision and magnanimity, as the prince, if I cannot see this, my father will be very disappointed!"

"Let alone the Suihou Pearl, even if the He Shi Bi were here, I wouldn't hesitate to give both the He Shi Bi and the Suihou Pearl to Qin Feng. This young master's motto is magnanimity..."

At this moment, at the main entrance, it was almost dawn the next day.

Qin Feng and Dao Tian had already drunk countless pots of tea and eaten countless peanuts.

The security guards were also in a difficult position; they dared not disobey the top leader, nor did they dare offend Qin Feng.

Dao Tian kept glancing at Qin Feng, whispering, "Are you even confident you can get me out of here?"

Qin Feng sat there, his face still calm and composed. "Don't worry, if we weren't going to release you, we would have sent you back long ago. We wouldn't have waited until now. The fact that we haven't received any orders can only mean one thing: we're allowed to release you. But to punish me and teach me a lesson, the Court of Justice will definitely make me sit here all night to disgust me!"

Dao Tian nodded. "That makes sense. I hope nothing goes wrong."

Qin Feng looked at Dao Tian opposite him, recalling the words Dao Tian had written on his palm: "A perfect match, all for you!"

A perfect match, but most people might not know what this is.

But Qin Feng knew that the pearl was the Suihou Pearl and the jade disc was the He Shi Bi, both of which were the most precious treasures of the Spring and Autumn Period, treasures of destiny that the rulers of the seven states were vying for.

To Qin Feng's astonishment, it had now fallen into the hands of a tomb raider.

Faced with the perfect match of the two treasures, all Qin Feng had to do was lend them a hand and get them to join his team. For him, this was a highly profitable deal.

Qin Feng didn't believe in fate or destiny at first, but now he's becoming more and more of a believer!

This perfect pair of treasures, if Qin Feng could get his hands on either one, he would be able to break free from being restrained by Fu Su and turn the tide of his destiny!

At that time, with three blessings bestowed upon me—a totem, a marriage certificate, and the He Shi Bi/Sui Hou Zhu—my fortune will be so great that I might be able to ascend directly to heaven!

Finally, the phone rang.

The holographic phone rang throughout the duty room. It was Cui Puling, "Qin Feng! I was busy just now and I'm only just getting back. You want medical parole, right? No problem, release him!"

Qin Feng said into the phone, "Thank you so much, Lord Cui, for your help!"

Cui Puling said, "It's alright, I just finished. You should hurry up and pack up to go home! I'm leaving get off work too!"

Qin Feng gave the thief angel a look, "Let's go!"

With the court official's respectful farewell, the two left the court prison.

Qin Feng took Dao Tian to Ruyi Restaurant for a delicious meal. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Dao Tian led Qin Feng to a rented room.

"What I say I'll do, I will do!"

"We gangsters value loyalty above all else!"

In the dim light of the rented room, Dao Tian found a wooden box the size of a human head in a hidden compartment in the wall and handed it to Qin Feng. "The Suihou Pearl, genuine! I personally snatched it from the tomb of Duke Huan of Qi!"

Qin Feng looked at the wooden box in his hand. "The mighty Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, thousands of years after their deaths, had their graves dug up by a bunch of petty thieves. How tragic."

"Cat's tears, feigned compassion!" Dao Tian chuckled. "That Qi Xiaobai wasn't any better. In his later years, he acted perversely, and when he died, no one gave him a bowl of rice. He starved to death, and his body rotted in the palace for sixty-seven days, covered in maggots, with no one to collect it! In the end, it was Gongzi Wuqi who cleaned up the mess and gave him a grand funeral according to royal rites!"

"Qi Xiaobai never knew until his death that without Guan Zhong, Duke Huan of Qi was just an ordinary man; the real power lay with Guan Zhong, not with Qi Xiaobai!"

"I've been to Qi Xiaobai's tomb. I understand him better than you do. He was still resentful of Guan Zhong until his death! I felt no guilt whatsoever about robbing such a powerful figure from the Spring and Autumn Period! Opening his tomb was like opening a blind box—full of excitement, without any sense of guilt!"

"Furthermore, young hero Qin Feng, don't forget, you're now one of those petty thieves too!"

"We're all in the same boat!"

Qin Feng placed the wooden box on the table and was about to open it.

Daotian hurriedly said, "Don't drive! Find a secluded place to drive by yourself! Driving with too many people will cause an accident."

Qin Feng asked, "If the Marquis of Sui's Pearl is here, then where is the He Shi Bi?"

Dao Tian chuckled, "If you can subdue the Suihou Pearl, then the clues to the He Shi Bi will appear. At that time, our team can help you open the He Shi Bi! From then on, the two pearls will be combined, and both the He Shi Bi and the Suihou Pearl will be in your hands. Wouldn't that be wonderful!"

Qin Feng looked at Dao Tian and said, "You guys probably have your own agenda too!"

"To be honest!" Dao Tiandao said, "For super tomb raiders like us, we're not so much interested in the treasures themselves. What we love more is the process of stealing them! Like the theft of the Suihou Pearl, from the Three Stars Bring Prosperity to entering the blessed land to steal the tomb, defeating the tomb beasts—do you know how thrilling the whole process was? And what we love is that thrill of life and death!"

Qin Feng looked at Dao Tian, ​​his eyes cold and clear. "I believe you are speaking from the heart, but that's not enough to explain why you've held onto the Suihou Pearl for so long without refining it!"

Dao Tian stroked his rat-like mustache with his fingers, seemingly quite fond of his two tufts of hair, and said slowly and methodically, "To be honest, it's nothing much, it's just that the Suihou Pearl wasn't prepared for humans! Humans simply can't refine it!"

Qin Feng was taken aback. "If it's not for someone else, then who is it for?"

Daotian laughed, "Totem."

Qin Feng chuckled and said, "While totems are rare, they're not impossible to find. We could give this to a Confucian, Mohist, or Yin-Yang school—maybe—and ask for a windfall!"

Dao Tian chuckled and began to read aloud, "According to the *In Search of the Supernatural*, long ago, the ruler of the State of Sui, Marquis Sui, saw a large, injured snake writhing in agony by the roadside during a journey. Moved by compassion, Marquis Sui ordered medicine and bandages applied to the snake before releasing it back into the grass. After recovering, the snake brought a luminous pearl to Marquis Sui's residence, saying, 'I am the son of the Dragon King. Grateful for your life-saving grace, I have come to repay your kindness.' This is the 'Spirit Snake Pearl,' also known as the Marquis Sui Pearl."

Qin Feng seemed to understand something. "Snake Treasure, for totem use only. Could it be that only dragon totems can use this thing?"

"That's right," Daotian laughed. "As far as I know, there are no fewer than thirty totems in the world! But not a single dragon totem! Dragon totems are far too few! Of course, jiaos don't count! There are quite a few jiaos, but they are not dragons, and they cannot suppress destiny! Dragons are born that way; it's impossible for them to be born through acquired advancements or bloodline transformations!"

"Fortunately, heaven rewards those who persevere. I finally learned of the Dragon Totem some time ago, and this news came from you!"

"In the final of the 'Amazing Swan' competition, the battle between Qin Feng, the young hero, and Zilu, the disciple of the Sage, and the duel between Xueyu Jinghong and the Golden Dragon of Fortune spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms. This delighted me beyond expectation. Wasn't the Divine Dragon Totem, which I had been searching for everywhere, right here in Xianyang?"

"Then I brought the Suihou Pearl to Xianyang, intending to give it to you, young hero, and recruit you into our group. Once your divine dragon totem beast refines it, we can obtain the whereabouts of the He Shi Bi from the Suihou Pearl!"

Qin Feng said, "How can you be sure that refining the Suihou Pearl will definitely lead to the He Shi Bi? If we don't find any clues about the He Shi Bi, wouldn't we be at a loss?"

The man with the twin pupils of the Thief said firmly, "There definitely will be! The He Shi Bi and the Sui Hou Zhu are a pair. 'A perfect match' is not just an idiom, but a secret of heaven and earth. The famous prime minister of Zhao, Lin Xiangru, once told the King of Zhao that when the He Shi Bi and the Sui Hou Zhu meet, they will unlock a treasure trove of great fortune! I can give you both the He Shi Bi and the Sui Hou Zhu, but what I want is the treasure trove of great fortune that will open when they are together!"

Qin Feng looked at Dao Tian's confident gaze and smiled knowingly, "So, even if I didn't go looking for you, you would have found a way to get someone to ask me to bail you out, huh?"

Daotian spread his hands, "But you came to rescue me! This is the art of destiny, mysterious beyond words. We clearly didn't know each other, but the totem and the Suihou Pearl attracted each other, and then we met and became allies. Isn't that wonderful?"

Qin Feng held the Suihou Pearl and said, "I need to go back and refine the Suihou Pearl for my totem. I predict it will take quite a while to digest this pearl. The clues to the He Shi Bi jade may not be available to you for some time."

Dao Tian laughed and said, "It's alright. I've waited all these years, so a few more won't make a difference. But there is one thing I need to remind Brother Qin."

Qin Feng asked, "What is it?"

Dao Tian looked at Qin Feng and said, "Gu Nian Tong is really beautiful. Take care of yourself. Don't let me not hear from you before you fall at her feet, hahaha—"

As he spoke, Daotian leaped out of the window!

Qin Feng chased to the window and saw that Dao Tian's figure had already disappeared. It seemed that this guy's lightness skill had been truly passed down by Dao Zhi. He estimated that only a few guys like Bai Feng could rival him in lightness skill.

(End of this chapter)