[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-99":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231515,4184,"Chapter 99: I Was Right, Wasn't I?","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>Since Pei Chuyun had to adapt to the role in advance, Lu Xingzhou naturally had to do his own performance well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they got closer to the capital, Lu Xingzhou no longer climbed mountains to watch the scenery, but went back to doing what a cripple should do, hired a carriage, and took his maid and page boy to hide in the carriage and go to the capital leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huo Lu will mostly be escorted back to the capital; once he goes back, the fact that you aren't a cripple will be exposed, so what are you pretending for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun leaned in the carriage and peeled an orange leisurely, but it wasn't for the \"Young Master\" to eat. She stuffed a petal into her little mouth comfortably, and her mouth had to babble to mock the Young Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this how you act as a maid? Eating the orange yourself?\" Lu Xingzhou was also leaning in the carriage, pondering a jade slip, without raising his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do we still have to act in the carriage?\" Pei Chuyun despised: \"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking; you just want to use the excuse of acting to take advantage of a maid. Do you think I look like such a cheap person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything in the world has a price.\" Lu Xingzhou responded casually: \"Helping you investigate your background, what good is it for me? If it weren't for the fact that I could earn a maid to take care of my study time, why would I take on this matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun said: \"Isn't it because you also want to use this matter to build a good relationship with the Pei family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That counts too, but no one knows what the result of this matter will be; maybe you don't have half a copper relationship with the Pei family, then what good can I get? In the end, the only one who gets the benefit is you, who confirmed your background. Whether you are a Pei family girl or not, getting a confirmation is always a big worry off your mind, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun had nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou pointed to his mouth: \"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun stuffed a petal of orange into it angrily: \"Choke you to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou ate the orange with satisfaction and said leisurely: \"As for pretending to be a cripple, I don't want the Emperor to think I'm a cripple now either; it's not conducive to... to my official career. So in the capital, I will definitely find an opportunity to completely throw away this setting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what are you pretending for now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My wheelchair has so many integrated functions, I'm not really willing to throw it away for a while... Anyway, I'll bluff for as long as I can. Who knows, some fool might come to deliver themselves. The feeling of suddenly landing a kick to the crotch is quite satisfying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pop!\" Pei Chuyun squeezed the orange until it exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A'nuo was also huddled in the corner secretly eating oranges, carefully staring at her, fearing the little enchantress would explode and hit Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, from the moment Pei Chuyun wanted Lu Xingzhou to help investigate her background, she was completely taken hold of, and she didn't dare to act out even if she wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun gritted her teeth for a long time and said with a stinky face: \"Then what bad thing are you pondering with the jade slip now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, I need to ponder my own cultivation technique; I need to cultivate, okay?\" Lu Xingzhou said helplessly: \"Your little mouth is babbling, eat your orange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun was stunned: \"If you are someone who cultivates even while sitting in a carriage, why are you only at the sixth-rank middle stage until now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because my broken leg was real before. If I wasn't someone who cultivated even while sitting in a carriage, I might not even be at the seventh rank now.\" Lu Xingzhou laughed: \"Do you know what I was doing when you lived in the cave next to mine... A'nuo and I were practicing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou's spirit was still immersed in the jade slip: \"When I asked you about dual cultivation techniques before, I didn't mean it as a joke. My cultivation technique is very particular about the harmony of yin and yang; I haven't studied this item deeply before, so I'm pondering some concepts very tiredly now, and Shen Tang is about the same as me... and you happen to be an expert in this area, so I want to ask you for some advice on some things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun hesitated for a moment: \"You said it, everything in the world has a price. I can provide experience for reference, but you have to write poems for me. And I will only help you analyze some conventional concepts at most; don't count on involving core secrets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou laughed: \"That's enough. I'm not interested in the core secrets of your Joyous Union Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Lu Xingzhou's disdainful attitude toward her sect's cultivation technique, Pei Chuyun hummed twice, and gave herself a petal of orange leisurely: \"I changed my mind; I'll only tell you if you beg me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A'luo, do you want to know the full version of the poem from yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun urgently stopped the orange that was about to be stuffed into her mouth, and quickly stuffed it into Lu Xingzhou's mouth, apologizing with a smile: \"I want to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou pointed to his shoulder: \"Knead it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't say it, forget it, go to hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the official road, the carriage carriage jumped a few times with a \"clatter\" and returned to silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange that the conversation began to come faintly: \"The light cold of the desert is on the small building, the dawn gloom is like the late autumn......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The yin and yang are the foundation of the Dao. It is the qi of cold, heat, life, killing, movement, and stillness, and the clear, floating, round, moving, and bright yang, and the turbid, sinking, square, still, and dark yin......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The light smoke and flowing water are quiet on the painted screen......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yang cannot be born alone, it waits for yin to be formed; yin cannot be formed by itself, it must have yang to be born.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Free-flying flowers are light like dreams, boundless silk rain is fine like sorrow. The treasure curtain is hung idly with a small silver hook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One extinction and one breath, there is emptiness and fullness, the two qi are harmonious, and all phenomena are formed......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You say you have such awesome Great Dao cognition, how did you cultivate into a Joyous Union......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None of your business, if you don't want it, there are plenty of people who do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the time Lu Xingzhou was sightseeing and indulging in learning on the road, the demonic cultivator case in Dream Return County was concluded after many days of trial by Garrison Commander Meng Guan, and the shocking child-killing case finally spread throughout the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonic cultivator Infant Ghost, under the name of the Buddhist abbot Yuanhui, had been hiding in Hongfa Temple for many years, and a large number of early bones were excavated in the temple, which were identified as the remains of women who had been harvested and nourished by the Infant Ghost in his early years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bones in recent years were all infants, used for practicing a kind of \"Evil Infant\" demonic technique, the so-called \"forming a Nascent Soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classics do have the saying of \"Nascent Soul,\" but the method has long been lost. Those who are knowledgeable know that \"Nascent Soul\" is just a method of ancient cultivation; at that stage, it doesn't necessarily have to have a Nascent Soul, and ancient times paid more attention to shining the Mingtang, the so-called Huiyang. At this stage, the yin spirit is released, looking like a little person appearing, and you can also be a round little ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Infant Ghost's cultivation hadn't reached the stage of being able to attempt to form a Nascent Soul, and using evil arts to forcibly form it was not a correct path of cultivation for himself, and it was even more insane for others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to get a large number of infants, a single temple was too conspicuous. The Infant Ghost used various forms such as bribery or teaching evil arts of longevity to let officials in the county and other powerful families participate together, weaving a criminal network. The Qian family acted too arrogantly and was discovered by the victims, which started the prelude to this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original County Chancellor colluded with the Infant Ghost and forcibly suppressed this case, and was beheaded by the original commander of the Demon Suppression Division, Jing Ge. Huo Lu, the Fourth Young Master of the Huo family, filled the vacancy. He had just arrived in Dream Return City and hadn't officially taken office yet, when he, because of a private conflict with Lu Xingzhou, brazenly instructed the Infant Ghost and another demonic enchantress to assassinate Lu Xingzhou, which was witnessed by thousands on the long street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this battle that the Infant Ghost was exposed, captured by Meng Guan, and the Hongfa Temple was broken into, excavating a large number of bones as evidence of the crime, and this case finally became clear to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the case file sent to the capital was Meng Guan's rage at the people in the county being poisoned, and the impeachment memorial against Grand Tutor Huo Liancheng: \"Huo Lu colluded with demonic cultivators and had no regard for the king's law. If it was an individual act, Grand Tutor was negligent in discipline, a fault of governing the family; if the Huo family style is like this, what does Grand Tutor Huo intend to do? Huo Lu was familiar with the Infant Ghost as soon as he arrived; when did they meet? May I ask Grand Tutor if you know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impeachment memorial exploded in the capital like a nuclear bomb. The entire officialdom of the capital was shaken, falling into a state of solemnity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhanting also slammed the table in rage and gave an attitude first: \"Escort Huo Lu to the capital; I will interrogate him personally!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with this case, Lu Xingzhou's name also entered people's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people secretly marveled. This matter was very interesting. Wherever Lu Xingzhou went, there was either a demon case or a demonic cultivator case. His presence in previous cases was still hazy, but in this case, it was colorful, clearly exposed because the Infant Ghost assassinated Lu Xingzhou on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was the Infant Ghost so stupid? There was a lot of article here; how did it look like Lu Xingzhou used himself as bait and deliberately lured it out...... Since this case had Lu Xingzhou as the protagonist, what about the previous two times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more interesting is that in several cases, the Huo family sons were involved. Last time, Huo Yu died at the hands of demons, and this time Huo Lu colluded with demonic cultivators. No matter which one was the real Huo family style, in short, the substantial result was that the Huo family sons were very miserable......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that Lu Xingzhou is Huo Shang......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who talked about this matter exchanged glances, all very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can basically be concluded that even Huo Yu's time was at the hands of Lu Xingzhou...... This is public revenge, not even acting anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Gu Zhanting, after expressing his personal interrogation, asked those around him: \"Lu Xingzhou, is he the guest minister recruited by Yitang in Xiazhou? I remember seeing him on the New Talent List; is he a good alchemist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Your Majesty. It is said that when the Princess first arrived in Xiazhou, she rented Lu Xingzhou's house to gain a foothold, and thus got to know him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...... What did he go to Dream Return City for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The quota for the Capital Alchemy Academy recommended by Dongjiang County is him; he must be going to the capital to participate in the assessment, passing through Dream Return City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh......\" Gu Zhanting became interested: \"Will he go to the capital?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell the Alchemy Academy that I will go to see this assessment personally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the city, Sheng Yuanyao was carrying a wild boar, riding a horse back from hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she arrived at the city gate, she heard a group of people chatting, faintly hearing the words \"Lu Xingzhou,\" Sheng Yuanyao pricked up her ears and immediately leaned over: \"What melon, what melon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others said a little, and Sheng Yuanyao's expression became strange: \"Huo Four bumped into him again? Tsk, I think the Huo family disciples should stay away; with Lu Xingzhou staring outside, the surname Huo is too dangerous......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, but Lu Xingzhou is coming to the capital. We are all looking forward to what sparks he and the Huo family will have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Yuanyao blinked her eyes hard, and her mood became very good for some reason: \"Today, this aunt will treat, divide this pig!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danxia Mountain, Shen Tang sighed: \"I knew that Huo Lu couldn't stop him...... But what's going on with the demonic enchantress in this news? Why did they only mention it once? Was she caught or did she run away? Why is it a bit wrong......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the south, Miaoyin Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Muyu slightly lifted her head, looking down at her subordinate: \"I was right before, wasn't I? Xingzhou wouldn't stay in Xiazhou for long, and he went to Dream Return City, didn't he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate wiped sweat: \"The Yama King sees everything, this subordinate admires.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2308,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b24c52abd9abe4a4baad9c853fe3954c6de69b349e0744ca1ae1dbb2c81f1d45","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-100","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-98",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]