Chapter 437: Severed Arm! Entering the Cabinet and Appointed as an Official (6000)

"Supernatural power seeds have been recorded in the classics of the Daluo Sect."

Inside the Dream Order, True Person Qingding said to Li Fei:

"For different supernatural power seeds and different martial artists, the method of absorption is different. Some methods can increase the probability of successful absorption, but the classics of the Daluo Sect do not record an example of 【Mixed Element Heaven Gold】 absorbing the 【Refining Objects】 supernatural power.

What's more, your situation is very special now; it's not just pure 【Mixed Element Heaven Gold】, but also the Flying Sword Body, which is the unity of law and martial arts. In this situation, there is no reference case at all."

Li Fei was silent.

A 60% success rate is already not low; after all, it's directly obtaining a supernatural power.

You must know that many Martial Dao Grandmasters, limited by resources and talent, might not be able to practice a second supernatural power in their lifetime!

But this supernatural power seed in his hand has a different meaning for Li Fei. This is not just adding a new supernatural power.

To some extent, Li Fei regards it as another form of Hao Yi's existence in this world, so he only allows success, not failure!

"Are there any universal means that apply to absorbing any supernatural power seed?"

Li Fei asked.

"Yes, just improve your luck."

"Ah?"

"Luck to the extreme, everything can be fulfilled as one wishes, like heaven's help; this is luck."

"Luck."

"You are now recognized as the number one genius in history, and you have luck on you. Besides that, you are also a Marquis of a great country, and you have a portion of national luck blessing. It's just that you don't specialize in this path, so these lucks are in a dormant state in you, and you can't actively use them. You just need to find a sorcerer who specializes in this path to help you activate the luck on you and invest the luck into the matter of refining the supernatural power seed. With your current luck, the success rate should be able to increase by several more percent."

"What if this still can't make the success rate reach 100%?"

"Then you can only let the Emperor add national luck for you."

"Understood"

Li Fei exited the Dream Order.

For a sorcerer who specializes in the path of luck, he first thought of the Imperial Preceptor, Xiang Yunshu.

Back then, it was the other party who "loaded" a strand of Son of Heaven Dragon Qi onto him, thereby winning against the Imperial Guard army that was being controlled.

But Xiang Yunshu is in seclusion to heal his wounds, and he has already been called out of seclusion once because of his own affairs; can he be called out again now?

Moreover, after Qingxu rebelled, war broke out in the north, the five northern provinces suffered a severe snow disaster, and the New Heaven Society incident occurred—these series of events probably all damaged the national luck.

Under these circumstances, asking the Emperor to consume more national luck on himself would probably be very difficult.

Even his own son might not have this treatment

Li Fei walked out of the secret room, pondering countermeasures.

"Marquis, Lord He Jian is here."

The steward suddenly found Li Fei and said to him.

Li Fei had specifically instructed that except for those who had submitted visiting cards in advance, for the rest who came to visit, as long as their status wasn't particularly important, he let the steward directly decline them for him.

After all, his time was limited, and he still had to practice.

But there were some exceptions, such as He Jian.

"Good."

Li Fei walked toward the main hall.

Soon, he saw the familiar old man in the main hall.

After carefully observing the other party's complexion, after the treatment of "Green God," the other party's state was obviously much better than before.

"Looking for me for something?"

Both sides were already very familiar, so Li Fei omitted the pleasantries and asked directly.

He Jian was also very straightforward and handed a file to Li Fei:

"The case of the New Heaven Society and the Entering World Society colluding has been investigated, and by following the clues, I found key evidence that can prove that the assassination case at the Temple of Heaven is related to the New Heaven Society. This case can be closed!"

Li Fei was energized when he heard this and hurriedly took the file to read.

For such a long time, he had been busy with his own practice and had hardly managed the investigation of the case, all of which was left to He Jian to handle.

The three major cases at the beginning of the year, the two major cases involving the son of Prince Cheng and the Third Imperial Prince, had already been finalized and could not be investigated in depth.

So what He Jian had been investigating during this period was the case of the Entering World Society and the New Heaven Society colluding, and he finally found key evidence.

"Su Yifei was killed by Huang Jin?"

Li Fei looked at the conclusion on the file and turned to look at He Jian with some surprise:

"Who is Huang Jin? Why kill the son of the Inspection Envoy?"

He Jian: "Huang Jin is Shentu Yue's senior brother, and he once challenged you, but was rejected by you."

"Oh"

Li Fei tried hard to recall, vaguely remembering that there was such a person.

"Then why did he kill Su Yifei?"

"According to the clues I found, it should be a crime of passion."

"Ah?"

"Su Yifei had been pursuing Shentu Yue, and Huang Jin had also always had admiration for Shentu Yue. Back then, you caught Shentu Yue and locked her in prison, and it was Su Yifei who manipulated public opinion and brought reporters to block the door."

"Is he crazy? He wants to kill for this?"

Li Fei felt it was very incomprehensible.

He Jian looked at him: "There are many lunatics in this world who are unreasonable. Huang Jin is a person with a very strong possessiveness and extreme selfishness in his heart. It is normal to kill in a moment of impulse."

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"Because the day after Su Yifei died, Huang Jin was killed by You Ming. Coupled with the fact that the two didn't have much contact before and had no grudges, no one thought at the time that Su Yifei was killed by Huang Jin. Huang Jin deliberately directed the clues to the New Heaven Society after killing, but he used the channel of the Entering World Society, which led Su Xuesong to suspect that the Entering World Society was borrowing a knife to kill."

"So actually, this matter has little to do with the Entering World Society, and Su Xuesong's crazy retaliation was looking for the wrong target."

Li Fei sighed.

A dignified Inspection Envoy, a frontier official, was willing to give up his official position to forcibly drag the vice president of the Entering World Society into the water, and incidentally suppress the Entering World Society.

As a result, the target of retaliation was wrong.

He Jian: "It can't be said that he looked for the wrong target. Huang Jin is also a member of the Entering World Society, and he is also a mole planted by the New Heaven Society inside the Entering World Society. I used this line to finally find the evidence of the New Heaven Society participating in the assassination case at the Temple of Heaven."

Li Fei looked at the evidence chain written on the file and felt some emotion:

"I didn't expect that after investigating for so long, the case could finally be solved because of a crime of passion"

He Jian's expression remained serious: "Many cases are actually solved because of some seemingly unrelated clues."

Li Fei smiled at him, stood up, and bowed to him: "In any case, this case is thanks to Lord He; I will definitely ask for credit from His Majesty personally!"

He Jian waved his hand: "No need, this old man has self-knowledge. If you hadn't carried it for me, where would it be my turn to solve this case?"

The Prince Cheng Mansion incident had already let this old detective see through many worldly affairs.

In the past, he could solve major cases repeatedly and get the name of "God Detective," just because those cases didn't involve much interest, and there were big figures behind them who needed him to solve the cases.

Now, from the assassination case at the Temple of Heaven to the three major cases, all made He Jian deeply realize a truth:

Solving cases is about right and wrong, but the game at the upper level doesn't talk about right and wrong, only interests!

Although such cognition wouldn't change He Jian himself.

He was already old, and some things had been engraved in his bones long ago and couldn't be changed.

But at least he could clearly realize that after the Great Court Meeting at the beginning of the year, the reason he was able to smoothly investigate the case of the Entering World Society and the New Heaven Society colluding was because Li Fei helped him carry all the pressure on the surface!

Whether it was slapping the Prince Cheng Mansion in the face or standing up at the Great Court Meeting to publicly support He Jian, Li Fei's attitude was clear.

Investigating the Entering World Society would inevitably touch the interests of many people, not just the behemoth of the Red Dust Pavilion, but also the "tentacles" of the Entering World Society in the mortal world, and the connections with court ministers, etc.

Among the three major cases, the "danger" level of this case was the lowest, but it still wasn't something that He Jian, this mere official, could carry.

It wasn't until Li Fei "manifested his holiness in front of people" on March 1st, breaking through his realm in public, and causing a sensation in the world again, that He Jian's investigation progress became unprecedentedly smooth!

The case that had been investigated for almost a year without being solved was closed in just half a month.

This actually already explains many problems.

So at this time, He Jian would say such words to Li Fei.

"I have already handed the closing file to the Supervision Pavilion, and it just so happens that a Great Court Meeting will be held tomorrow. His Majesty should mention this matter, so it can be considered to have a beginning and an end."

He Jian looked at Li Fei, "After this case, any case you want me to help you investigate, as long as the Supervision Pavilion authorizes it, I can start at any time."

Li Fei was silent for a moment and nodded:

"Good!"

March 18th.

Another Great Court Meeting of the Great Lan Dynasty.

Li Fei was still wearing the Golden Thread Jade Qilin Armor, carrying a sword to the court, standing behind the Supervision Pavilion Pavilion Master, Lou Hongtao.

"Start."

On the Ji Longyi, the Emperor said casually.

"Your Majesty, this subject has a memorial!"

Lou Hongtao was the first to come out and said loudly:

"Your Majesty ordered this subject to investigate the case of the former Inspection Envoy of Gan Province, Su Xuesong, accusing his colleagues, and now the case is closed"

This Supervision Pavilion Pavilion Master clearly stated the content of the case closure.

These contents were similar to the contents on the file Li Fei saw yesterday, mainly listing the crimes committed by many officials in Gan Province, and these officials were almost all related to the Entering World Society.

After listening to Lou Hongtao's statement, the Emperor asked calmly:

"How did the Judicial Pavilion judge it?"

An old man immediately stood out from the queue.

He was the Judicial Pavilion Pavilion Master, Wei Boyu, who was sixty-one years old this year and had no cultivation, so he would probably retire honorably within the next two years.

"According to the judicial statutes, all officials involved in this case have been convicted, except for the Head of the Stop-Weapon Department of Gan Province, Chi Chengyu, who has committed multiple crimes and should be beheaded according to the law. But because his official position is a Pavilion Official and he is a Martial Dao Grandmaster, it needs to be decided by Your Majesty."

Wei Boyu said.

After speaking, he took out a written memorial, which was about the final sentencing results of all officials involved in the case.

"For those who have already been convicted, I won't look at them. As for Chi Chengyu, Chi Chengyu."

The Emperor called out.

"This subject is here!"

Chi Chengyu walked out of the queue.

This Head of the Stop-Weapon Department had previously only been suspended to accept investigation, and today he also wore his official uniform to participate in the Great Court Meeting.

Even though he already knew his ending in advance, Chi Chengyu's voice was still a little trembling at this moment.

Decades of struggle and hard work, all turned into nothing in one morning!

"What do you have to say to me?"

The Emperor looked down at Chi Chengyu below and asked.

Chi Chengyu knelt on both knees:

"This sinful subject knows he was wrong and is willing to go to the northern border to make amends for his crimes, hoping for Your Majesty's approval!"

The current Son of Heaven can be considered benevolent, and since his ascension to the throne, not a single Pavilion Official has been directly sentenced to death.

Chi Chengyu is not only a Pavilion Official but also a Martial Dao Grandmaster, so he would even less be sentenced to death.

Martial Dao Grandmasters are already very important combat forces; as long as they haven't committed the crime of rebellion, they are usually given a chance to make amends for their crimes.

Secret Realm exploration, special missions, or participating in war at the border are all choices.

Chi Chengyu now actively chooses to go to the northern border to participate in the war there.

Last month, although Prince Cheng fought a great victory at the northern border, the war there hasn't stopped, and there is still fighting to be done.

"Good, I will give you this opportunity; go to the northern border to kill the enemy well and redeem your crimes."

The Emperor agreed directly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chi Chengyu knocked his head heavily on the ground, performed a great bow, and then retreated silently.

"Your Majesty."

After dealing with Chi Chengyu, the former Inspection Envoy of Gan Province, Su Xuesong, took the initiative to stand out and said tragically:

"This subject governs a region for Your Majesty, shouldering the responsibility of Inspection Envoy, but Gan Province has produced so many corrupt officials, and this subject is also responsible. This subject is old and muddled, requesting to retire to his hometown!"

He took the initiative to choose to retire.

In fact, having reached this point, even if he went back, he wouldn't be able to sit firmly in Gan Province anymore.

Having offended so many people, he should give the Red Dust Pavilion an explanation, so it's impossible for the Emperor to let him go back and continue to be an official.

Su Xuesong also understood this point, so he resigned on his own initiative, not making it difficult for the Emperor, and could also leave behind a little monarch-subject friendship.

This is choosing decency for himself, rather than letting the Emperor help him "be decent."

Sure enough, the Emperor's gaze toward him softened a lot:

"Su Qing, although you have the responsibility of ineffective supervision, you have also worked hard to govern Gan Province for me these years. You are enfeoffed as Marquis of Huaiping, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and allowed to retire to your hometown."

Generally, for a frontier official like Su Xuesong to retire, being enfeoffed as a Marquis is normal.

But Su Xuesong chose to "flip the table" this time, breaking too many rules and offending too many people, completely killing one thousand enemies and damaging himself by twelve hundred!

Being able to be enfeoffed as a Marquis and retire like this can be considered imperial grace.

"This old subject thanks Your Majesty for your great grace!"

In the main hall, Su Xuesong bowed and wept bitterly.

After Su Xuesong retreated, Lou Hongtao continued to report the second matter:

"Last month, the Marquis of Jing'an, Li Fei, was ambushed by fierce criminals, and finally captured a group of Western spies, discovering that someone was privately trading martial arts manuals with Westerners. This subject was ordered to try this case."

The second matter he wanted to report today was the Western spy case reported by Li Fei.

This case has now also been tried to a result:

The behind-the-scenes force that secretly took out martial arts manuals to trade with the Deni Kingdom was the Zhao family of Qingli Prefecture in Feng Province.

This is a new noble family that has risen in the past ten-plus years, and the family head is now the Garrison Commander of Qingli Prefecture, the highest official in the region.

But the ancestral home of the "Canglin Lu family" is in Qingli Prefecture, and this place is equivalent to the "back garden" of the Lu family.

In the previous Lanxun Pavilion referendum vote, Qingli Prefecture cast a total of 28 votes, all of which were cast for that supporter of the Lu family!

So to say that the Zhao family secretly traded with the Deni Kingdom of the Western Continent, and there was no Lu family participation behind this, none of the ministers in the main hall would believe it.

But the result investigated by the Supervision Pavilion was just like this.

The Lu family was clean in this case and wasn't involved in the slightest!

In the queue, Li Fei listened to Lou Hongtao's statement with a calm expression.

He had expected this long ago.

How could the survival skills of a gate-family that has been passed down for over five hundred years like the Canglin Lu family be simple?

If it were so easy to be toppled, why would it be passed down longer than the Great Lan Dynasty?

It can be seen from this case that the Zhao family of Qingli Prefecture is just a "white glove" specially supported by the Lu family, specifically used for trading with Western countries.

The Lu family profits, and if something goes wrong, the imperial court wants to investigate, it can only investigate the Zhao family.

A gate-family like the Lu family doesn't lack dead soldiers at all, and there are plenty of people to take the blame for them.

Of course, the game at the upper level doesn't talk about right and wrong, only interests.

He Jian can understand such a truth, and Li Fei naturally understands it even more.

If the imperial court really wants to move the Lu family, it's not something a mere Zhao family can "block the knife" for.

Such an investigation result can only show that the benefits of letting the Lu family exist steadily are far greater than dealing with it.

"Hmph!"

After listening to Lou Hongtao's statement, the Son of Heaven on the Ji Longyi snorted coldly.

In the main hall, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, as if a thunderclap sounded from the depths of their souls!

"Secretly colluding with the Western Continent, illegally selling martial arts manuals, and even having the inheritance method of top-tier Dao Foundations, it is truly hateful!"

The Emperor said angrily, "No need to transfer to the Judicial Pavilion; the Zhao family of Qingli Prefecture, execute the whole family!"

The Son of Heaven is angry, and a million corpses lie.

With one word from the person on the Ji Longyi, the heads of the Zhao family in Qingli Prefecture, thousands of miles away, will roll!

The civil and military officials of the whole city, no one stood up to oppose.

Thus, the fate of the Zhao family was decided like this.

Since the Son of Heaven ascended to the throne, the number of families whose whole families were executed does not exceed the number of one hand, and now one more has been added!

The Zhao family head is the Garrison Commander of Qingli Prefecture, involving many officials. The Zhao family was executed, and the officialdom of Qingli Prefecture will inevitably usher in a major purge!

Qingli Prefecture is the "back garden" of the Lu family, and now this result is equivalent to the Lu family being severed of one arm!

Li Fei understands that this result is both the Emperor's warning to others and a kind of "explanation" to him.

The Son of Heaven naturally doesn't need to give any explanation to his subjects, so this can be seen as imperial favor to Li Fei.

And Li Fei also understood another layer of meaning from it: this matter ends here.

The Lu family plotted against Li Fei, and the Emperor cut off "one arm" of it, giving Li Fei an explanation.

If he goes further, it's Li Fei, this subject, who doesn't know what's good for him.

"Li Fei."

In the main hall, Li Fei's name was suddenly called.

Li Fei walked out of the queue and bowed to the Son of Heaven on the Dan steps:

"This subject is here."

The Emperor looked at him: "I ordered you to investigate the assassination case at the Temple of Heaven; what is the result now?"

Li Fei took out the file He Jian gave him unhurriedly:

"With the help of the first-class investigator of the Supervision Pavilion, He Jian, this subject finally investigated this case clearly"

He said the content on the file roughly, emphasizing the role He Jian played in it.

After he finished speaking, Feng Cheng walked down the Dan steps, took the file in his hand, and returned to present it to the Emperor.

After the Emperor looked at it simply for a few glances, he put down the file and said to Li Fei with a smile:

"You said this case is thanks to others' help, but in my view, this case could be solved, you should take the first credit!"

After speaking, he nodded to Feng Cheng on the side.

Feng Cheng immediately took out the imperial edict prepared in advance and read it loudly:

"First-class investigator of the Supervision Pavilion, He Jian, has merit in investigating the case, is enfeoffed as Viscount of Lu'an, rewarded with one million in money, and granted a mansion.

The rest of the investigation team members are all promoted by one level and rewarded with one hundred thousand in money!"

He Jian's hometown is called Lu'an Town, and now he is enfeoffed as Viscount of Lu'an, which can be considered an honor to his hometown.

His official position is a 15th-level first-class investigator, which is already the peak of the official position, and if he goes up again, he can enter the Cabinet and become a Pavilion Official.

But although Li Fei tried his best to fight for credit for this god detective, he still couldn't let He Jian go one step further.

From official to Pavilion Official, this step is a dragon gate that is difficult for many people to cross in a lifetime!

After rewarding He Jian and others, Feng Cheng took out another imperial edict and read it loudly:

"Marquis of Jing'an, Li Fei, received the order to investigate the case, although dangerous and not afraid, although difficult and successful, should take the first credit!

Observing the autumn hair, capturing thieves alone, capturing Western spies, and making another contribution!

The enemy invaded, one man guarded the pass, did not fall into dignity, frustrated the enemy's edge, and made another contribution!

The sea is flowing, showing the true colors of a hero.

At the age of twenty, able to block a peak blow, can be a pillar of the country!"

Feng Cheng paused slightly when he read this.

The ministers in the main hall also subconsciously held their breath, and many people showed a look of yearning.

At the age of only twenty, blocking a full-strength blow from a peak powerhouse, what kind of miracle is this?!

Looking at this posture, Li Fei is probably going to be heavily rewarded again this time!

Feng Cheng's voice continued to ring in the main hall:

"Li Fei has merit in this, so he must be rewarded:

Promoted by one level, entering the cabinet and appointed as an official, still serving as Lanxun Special Envoy!

Concurrently serving as the leader of the Lanxun Pavilion inspection team, patrolling the four directions for me!

Rewarded with ten bottles of Soul-Returning Pill.

Ten bottles of Taixuan Guiyuan Pill.

"

In the main hall, Feng Cheng's voice kept ringing, but many people no longer had the heart to listen to the rewards behind.

Li Fei was enfeoffed as a Marquis at nineteen, and it is impossible to be enfeoffed as a Duke at twenty, because there is no one to be enfeoffed further up.

According to the ancestral teachings of the Great Lan Dynasty, never enfeoff a king with a different surname!

It is impossible for the title to change, which everyone can think of, so it can only be reflected in the official position.

Li Fei, this Lanxun Special Envoy, is the same as He Jian, both are at the peak of the official position, 15th-level officials.

Going up again is a step to leap over the dragon gate, entering the cabinet and appointed as an official!

Although a twenty-year-old Pavilion Official is even more exaggerated than a nineteen-year-old Marquis.

But this also didn't exceed the expectations of many people.

After all, Li Fei has imperial favor, and he did indeed cause a sensation in the world on March 1st.

What truly shocked the ministers was Li Fei's official position—

Actually still serving as Lanxun Special Envoy?!

The power of the Lanxun Special Envoy is too great:

Out of Lanling City, for officials below the official position in various places, as long as there is conclusive evidence, they can be beheaded first and reported later!

Can unconditionally require officials below the 15th level to be suspended to cooperate with the investigation, and the suspension time can be up to one month!

Even for 15th-level officials, as long as they are suspected, they must immediately submit a memorial to state their case!

As for Pavilion Officials above the 15th level, although they cannot be directly investigated, they can report to the central government, and as long as the central government agrees with the imperial decree, the other party must also cooperate.

Such power has led to the number of Lanxun Special Envoys being strictly controlled, and throughout history, the official position of those who served as Lanxun Special Envoys in the Great Lan Dynasty has never exceeded the 15th level.

Now, the Emperor actually wants to set a precedent for Li Fei, letting Li Fei serve as Lanxun Special Envoy with the 16th-level Pavilion Official status!

Compared to this, the position of the Lanxun Pavilion inspection team leader is just a garnish.

In the main hall, Feng Cheng was still reading the imperial edict, and the cultivation resources rewarded to Li Fei this time included many rare treasures that are difficult to buy outside. Even if Li Fei couldn't use them himself, he could take them to exchange for other resources.

Looking at the length of this imperial edict, these resources are enough for Li Fei to practice a single path to the realm of a Grandmaster or a top-tier True Person!

In the main hall, Li Fei once again became the focus of the whole scene.

Enfeoffed as a Marquis in front of the hall at nineteen.

Entering the cabinet and appointed as an official at twenty.

Such a legend, throughout history, is only this one person!

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