Chapter 131

More than a month ago.

Nandou Kingdom.

Middle reaches of Crocodile Dragon River.

Xuanlin City.

Both sides of the street were crowded with people.

The guards escorted a mechanism prison car and walked slowly.

In the prison car, a Golden Core cultivator was heavily bound by iron chains, disheveled, and eyes closed.

When the city people saw this person, they were indignant, and while cursing, they threw countless rotten eggs, leftovers, rotten rice, and even stones.

"Smash, smash this corrupt official to death!"

"If it weren't for him embezzling the disaster relief funds, my grandfather wouldn't have starved to death."

"Conscience is really eaten by dogs. As a Golden Core, it is good to practice alone, but as an official, he absorbs the people's fat and ointment, which is more hateful than a demon cultivator! This should be the end!!"

The Golden Core prisoner always hung his head, eyes closed, his expression like death.

Looking at the noisy scene on the street from afar, Zhu Xuanji sighed faintly and said to the group of people beside him: "It's about time I set off."

The current City Lord of Xuanlin City beside him clasped his fists and saluted: "This time, thanks to you, Lord Zhu, for taking action and picking out the black sheep. If not for this, the old man would still be kept in the dark."

Zhu Xuanji smiled softly and looked at the City Lord deeply: "Lord Su, you should take care of yourself."

After speaking, he turned on his horse and left directly.

The City Lord clasped his fists, watching Zhu Xuanji go further and further, always smiling, with cold light flashing in the bottom of his eyes.

"Ah, it's Lord Zhu!"

"Lord Zhu is here."

"Lord Zhu, thank you, thank you for finding out the truth! If it weren't for you, woooooo..."

"Lord Zhu, don't go, don't go! Just stay and be our official!"

First one person took the lead, kneeling on the side of the street, followed by the second, the third.

The city people knelt down one after another, crying bitterly, thanking, and begging.

On the same road, Zhu Xuanji and the Golden Core prisoner walked over, and the response they got was completely different.

Zhu Xuanji rode on the horse, smiling, waving his hands constantly.

Under the respectful send-off of the people, he walked to the city gate, looked back at the kneeling people for the last time, and the City Lord standing at the end of the street.

"Su family..." Zhu Xuanji sighed, and the gloom in his eyes surged up.

He knew that the real mastermind was the City Lord surnamed Su, but the latter used ruthless means and killed people in time to silence them, so no evidence fell into Zhu Xuanji's hands.

The only Golden Core cultivator Zhu Xuanji could catch was the one under the City Lord.

Zhu Xuanji urged the horse to speed up and soon caught up with the prisoner escort team in front.

The team walked along the winding road and walked to a country path.

The cultivator in front suddenly scolded: "Who is it? Dare to intercept the imperial escort team, don't you want to live?!"

The person intercepting the prison car hurriedly begged for mercy, his voice old: "Everyone, I am definitely not a gangster, but specifically came to thank Lord Zhu."

Zhu Xuanji swept with divine sense and immediately ordered: "Don't be impatient, I know this old man, not an enemy."

He kicked the horse's belly lightly, rushed to the front of the team, saw a familiar face, and couldn't help but smile: "Old man, we meet again."

The old man bent down, bowed deeply, and said with tears in his eyes: "The old man is ashamed, has no eyes, and does not know the true hero. Once the adult passed by the tea shop, the old man scolded the adult, and if I don't come here to thank and apologize, the old man will never be at peace in his life."

Zhu Xuanji dismounted, came to the old man, reached out to help the old man up: "Old man, has your field been returned to you?"

The old man cried again, choked: "Returned, returned. Not just mine, the good fields of our village have all been returned."

"That's good." Zhu Xuanji nodded.

The old man took out a bag of spirit stones: "Lord Zhu, this is a thank-you gift prepared by our village..."

Zhu Xuanji pushed his hand: "I will never accept it."

"This bag of spirit rice is also our village..."

Zhu Xuanji smiled: "Old man, I don't look down on these."

The old man was a little anxious: "This is just a little bit of our village's heart, just want to express endless gratitude, Lord Zhu..."

Zhu Xuanji reached out: "Old man, remember the first time we met, I passed by the tea shop you opened at the entrance of the village."

"You saw me dusty and took the initiative to invite me to sit down."

"I smiled and said, I have no money, I can't afford tea. You took the initiative to treat me to a bowl of sugar water."

The old man nodded and wiped a tear: "How can the old man not remember?"

"Sir, you drank sugar water and asked about people's livelihood. I told the sir that Xuanlin City has officials who don't do anything, corruption."

"Adult, you were asking for details, but I was old and confused, thinking the adult was protecting corrupt officials, and was so angry that I overturned the adult's sugar water."

"Hahahaha." Zhu Xuanji looked up and laughed a few times, "As long as you remember!"

He clasped his fists and said: "If I am lucky, can I ask the old man to treat me to a bowl of sugar water again?"

The old man was stunned.

Seeing Zhu Xuanji's serious and sincere look, his vision blurred again, tears streaming down his face, and he nodded repeatedly: "Please, please! The old man is lucky in three lives to be able to treat Lord Zhu to tea again."

Zhu Xuanji shook his head: "Don't drink tea, I just want to drink a bowl of sugar water."

The old man took out the storage bag and made a bowl of sugar water for Zhu Xuanji in front of him.

Zhu Xuanji held the coarse pottery bowl and drank a big mouthful, very happy: "Good, good sweet water!"

The guards saw this scene and said nothing.

Saying goodbye to the village elder, Zhu Xuanji continued on his way.

No one robbed the prison, and the road was calm.

Entering the capital, he hadn't rested yet, and was immediately summoned by the monarch.

He met the monarch, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and said loudly: "The minister went to Xuanlin City, investigated the details of corruption, and fortunately did not disgrace the mission..."

Pa.

The Nandou monarch slapped the table and scolded: "Zhu Xuanji! You entered the capital, handed over the prisoners, don't think about coming to see me to report, must I summon you?"

"Fortunately did not disgrace the mission? Hehe."

"Before you set off, how did I explain to you?"

"As a result, you went to Xuanlin City and still went your own way, throwing my explanation behind your head. You still fortunately did not disgrace the mission? Do you think I want to summon you to praise you?"

"The minister dare not." Zhu Xuanji gave a bitter smile.

The Nandou monarch sighed: "Zhu Xuanji, Zhu Xuanji... You are a member of the royal family, don't you know the weight of the Su family in our country?"

"You caught the Golden Core subordinate this time, making the Su family lose face. Several old officials of the Su family have submitted resignation letters, saying that the Su family's reputation cannot be destroyed."

"I let you investigate the case, not let you stir up the court!"

Zhu Xuanji raised his head, his face serious: "The monarch's words, the minister dare not agree. The minister thinks that the great families in Nandou Kingdom have already had roots and knots, and the tail is too big to fall. The Su family and others hold many immortal cities, and many people hold important positions in the court, squeezing out newcomers and holding government affairs."

"If this goes on, they will become a major crisis for our Nandou Kingdom."

"As a royal family, we should support new families and newcomers more, reshape the new atmosphere of the court, take care of the common people, widely accept talents from the people, and balance the old great families."

The Nandou monarch snorted coldly: "Nonsense! In the past, the Retired Emperor opened up the territory, how much did the Su family sacrifice? How can such founding merits be blamed and treated thinly? If it spreads out, how will the talents of the outside world look at our country?"

"Others gave you a title, calling you 'Zhu Xuanji who investigates hidden things and calms the people', are you really proud of this?"

Zhu Xuanji lowered his head: "The minister dare not."

The Nandou monarch sighed: "Forget it."

"Maybe I always have high expectations for you. Your handling this time is actually much better than before."

"I have already read your secret memorial."

"The Su family City Lord cannot escape the relationship, and everyone in the court knows it."

"But this matter stops here, and the Golden Core cultivator is beheaded at the vegetable market to make an end."

Zhu Xuanji took the initiative to ask for the task: "The minister is willing to serve as the executioner!"

The Nandou monarch shook his head: "The court is unstable, you are a member of the royal family, you must also think for me."

"With your identity, serving as an executioner, is it the meaning of the royal family? Is it my meaning? How can the court subjects not think wildly?"

"Don't stay in the capital, go out."

"Just right..."

The Nandou monarch took out a memorial from the corner of the desk, threw it to the ground, and threw it to Zhu Xuanji: "You get up and see."

Zhu Xuanji: "Yes."

He slowly got up and reached out to grab.

An invisible force took the memorial on the ground and fell into his hand.

Zhu Xuanji unfolded the memorial and read it quickly, his face showing surprise: "Lava Xian Gong?"

Nandou monarch: "Not bad."

"This is the former palace of the Three Sects Masters, which was built together when he and the Retired Emperor were in love. It was originally buried in Fire Persimmon Mountain, suppressing the volcanic riot, changing the evil land into a blessed land."

"Originally it had to suppress the ground fire in the mountain for more than a hundred years, but now it has come out."

"In this, there must be something strange."

"In this, you must investigate the cause of the Lava Xian Gong's birth."

"This Xian Gong contains the mechanism inheritance of the Three Sects Masters, you should meet this standard. As for whether you can get the inheritance, it depends on your personal fate and ability."

"Your trip to Xuanlin City, although you have merit, you also have faults. I have difficulties, I don't reward you, and I don't punish you. You go to the Lava Xian Gong and see if you can get the inheritance yourself."

"The minister accepts the reward!" Zhu Xuanji thanked, "The minister has mechanism art attainments, which is also because of the royal family's cultivation. The minister will go to the Lava Xian Gong and will definitely do his best to find out the truth."

The Nandou monarch nodded: "I have three points to exhort you."

"First, the Three Sects Masters and our royal Retired Emperor have a deep relationship. It can be said that our clan can establish a country, relying heavily on the power of the Three Sects Masters. Its merits and influence can almost be regarded as the national teacher of our country."

"In his later years, the Three Sects Masters arranged the Lava Xian Gong in Fire Persimmon Mountain, with deep intentions, which cannot be guessed. You must not be reckless on this trip, follow the nature, and do not disturb the painstaking efforts of the Three Sects Masters."

"Second, the Retired Emperor had no royal order that year, and relied entirely on the Three Sects Masters to cast the divine ability thread of life for him, only then did he have the benefit of harmony."

"After the Retired Emperor, no one in our Zhu family has obtained the inheritance, and the thread of life has become a swan song."

"One of the focuses of your trip is this divine ability. If possible, fight for it with all your strength!"

"On the other hand, if you find that others understand this divine ability, eliminate it with all your strength and kill it in the cradle in advance!"