Chapter 437: Severed Arm! Entering the Pavilion to Become an Official (6000)

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

Inside Ruyuling, True Person Master Qingding said to Li Fei:

"For different supernatural power seeds and different martial artists, the absorption methods are different. Some methods can increase the probability of successful absorption, but the classics of the Daluo Sect do not record examples of 【Mixed Origin Golden】 absorbing the 【Refining Object】 supernatural power.

What's more, your situation now is very special; it's not just pure 【Mixed Origin Golden】, but also the Flying Sword Body, which is the combination of law and martial arts. In this situation, there is simply no case that can be referred to."

Li Fei was silent.

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

You must know that many Martial Dao Masters, limited by resources and talent, may not be able to practice a second supernatural power in their entire life!

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

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

"Are there any universal means that apply to the absorption of 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 your body. Besides this, you are also a Marquis of a great country, and you also have a part of the country's luck. It's just that you don't specialize in this path, so these lucks are in a dormant state on you, and you can't use them actively. You just need to find a sorcerer who specializes in this path to help you stimulate the luck on your body 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 a few more tenths."

"What if this still can't make the success rate reach ten-tenths?"

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

"Understood..."

Li Fei exited Ruyuling.

For a sorcerer who specializes in the way of luck, he thought of National Teacher Yun Shu for the first time.

It was the other party who "loaded" a strand of the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi onto him, thereby winning against that controlled Imperial Camp Army.

But Yun Shu 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 northern border, the five northern provinces encountered a severe snow disaster, and the Zhang Xintian Society incident... these series of events probably damaged the national luck.

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

Even a biological son might not have this treatment...

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

"Marquis, Lord He Situ Jian is here."

The steward suddenly found Li Fei and said to him.

Li Fei specifically instructed that except for those who submitted visiting cards in advance, he let the steward directly decline the rest who came to visit, as long as their identities were not particularly important.

After all, his time is limited, and he still has to practice.

But some people are exceptions, such as He Situ Jian.

"Good."

Li Fei walked towards 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 are already very familiar, so Li Fei omitted the polite words and asked directly.

He Situ Jian was also very straightforward, handing a file to Li Fei:

"The case of the Zhang Xintian Society and the Rushi Society colluding has been investigated, and by following the vine to find the melon, I found key evidence that can prove that the assassination case at the Altar of Heaven is related to the Zhang Xintian Society. This case can be closed!"

Li Fei's spirit was lifted when he heard this, and he hurriedly took the file and read it.

For such a long time, he has been busy with his own practice and has hardly managed the investigation of the case, all of which was handled by He Situ Jian.

The three major cases at the beginning of the year, the two major cases involving the Prince of Cheng's son and the Third Prince, have already been finalized and cannot be investigated in depth.

So what He Situ Jian has been investigating during this period is the case of the collusion between the Rushi Society and the Zhang Xintian Society, and key evidence was finally found by him.

"Su Su Yifei was killed by Huang Jin?"

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

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

He Situ Jian: "Huang Jin is Miss Shentu Yue's senior brother, and he even challenged you before, but you refused."

"Oh..."

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

"Then why did he kill Su Su Yifei?"

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

"Ah?"

"Su Su Yifei has been pursuing Miss Shentu Yue, and Huang Jin has also been admiring Miss Shentu Yue. When you caught Miss Shentu Yue and locked her in prison, it was Su Su Yifei who manipulated public opinion and brought reporters to block the door."

"Are you crazy? You have to kill someone for this?"

Li Fei felt it was very incomprehensible.

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

"..."

"Because the day after Su Su Yifei died, Huang Jin was killed by Lord You Ming, and there was not much contact between the two, nor any grievances, so no one thought that Su Su Yifei was killed by Huang Jin at the time. After killing someone, Huang Jin deliberately directed the clues to the Zhang Xintian Society, but he used the channel of the Rushi Society, which led Su Su Xuesong to suspect that the Rushi Society was borrowing a knife to kill someone after investigating to the end."

"So in fact, this matter has little to do with the Rushi Society. Su 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 Rushi Society into the water, and incidentally suppress the Rushi Society.

As a result, the target of retaliation was wrong.

He Situ Jian: "It can't be said that the target was wrong. Huang Jin is also a member of the Rushi Society, and he is also a mole planted by the Zhang Xintian Society within the Rushi Society. I used this line to finally find the evidence of the Zhang Xintian Society's participation in the assassination case at the Altar 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 broken because of a crime of passion..."

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

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

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

The matter of the Prince of Cheng's mansion has already made this old detective see through many worldly affairs.

In the past, he was able to break 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 break the cases.

Now, from the assassination case at the Altar of Heaven to the three major cases, He Situ Jian has deeply realized a truth:

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

Although such cognition will not change He Situ Jian as a person.

He is already old, and some things have long been carved into his bones and cannot be changed.

But at least he can clearly realize that after the Great Morning Meeting at the beginning of the year, the reason why he was able to smoothly investigate the collusion between the Rushi Society and the Zhang Xintian Society was because Li Fei helped him carry all the pressure on the surface!

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

Investigating the Rushi Society would inevitably touch the interests of many people, not only the behemoth of the Hongchen Pavilion, but also the "tentacles" of the Rushi Society in the mortal world, and the collusion with court ministers, etc.

Among the three major cases, the "danger" level of this case was the lowest, but it was still not something He Situ Jian, a mere seat official, could carry.

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

The case that hadn't been investigated for almost a year was closed within just half a month.

This is enough to explain many problems.

That's why He Situ Jian said such things to Li Fei at this time.

"I have already handed the closing file to the Supervision Pavilion. It just so happens that a Great Morning Meeting will be held tomorrow. The Emperor should mention this matter, which can be considered a beginning and an end."

He Situ Jian looked at Li Fei, "After this case, any case you want me to help 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 Morning Meeting of the Great Lan Dynasty.

Li Fei was still wearing the Golden Jade Kirin Armor, carrying a sword to court, and stood behind Lou Lou Hongtao, the Pavilion Master of the Supervision Pavilion.

"Start."

On the Dragon Throne, the Emperor said casually.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial!"

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

"Your Majesty ordered me to investigate the case of Su Su Xuesong, the former Inspection Envoy of Gan Province, accusing his colleagues. Now the case has been closed..."

This Pavilion Master of the Supervision Pavilion stated the content of the closing case with clear logic.

These contents were about the same as the content 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 Rushi Society.

After listening to Lou 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 is Wei Boyu, the Pavilion Master of the Judicial Pavilion, who is sixty-one years old this year and has no cultivation base himself, so he will probably retire honorably in the next two years.

"According to the judicial statutes, all officials involved in this case have been convicted, except for Chi Chi Chengyu, the Chief of the Stop-Fighting Department of Gan Province, 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 Master, it needs to be decided by the Holy One."

Wei Boyu said.

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

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

The Emperor called out.

"I am here!"

Chi Chi Chengyu walked out of the queue.

This Chief of the Stop-Fighting Department had only been suspended for investigation before, and today he also wore his official uniform to attend the Great Morning Meeting.

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

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

"What do you have to say to me?"

The Emperor looked down at Chi Chi Chengyu below and asked.

Chi Chi Chengyu knelt on both knees:

"The guilty minister knows he is wrong, and is willing to go to the northern border to make up for his crimes, hoping for the Emperor's approval!"

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

Chi Chi Chengyu is not only a Pavilion Official but also a Martial Dao Master, so he will not be sentenced to death even more.

Martial Dao Masters are already very important combat power. As long as they haven't committed the crime of rebellion, they will usually be given a chance to make up for their crimes.

Secret realm exploration, special missions, or participating in border army battles are all choices.

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

Although the Prince of Cheng fought a great victory in the northern border last month, the war there has not yet ended, and there is still fighting.

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

The Emperor agreed directly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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

"Your Majesty."

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

"I governed one side for Your Majesty and shouldered the responsibility of the Inspection Envoy, but Gan Province had so many corrupt officials, and I am also responsible. I am old and confused, and I request to retire and return to my hometown!"

He took the initiative to choose to retire.

In fact, having reached this point, even if he returned, he would no longer be able to sit firmly in Gan Province.

Having offended so many people, he must give the Hongchen Pavilion an explanation, so it is impossible for the Emperor to let him go back to continue being an official.

Su Su Xuesong also understood this point, so he took the initiative to resign, not to embarrass the Emperor, and could also leave a little monarch-minister affection.

This is choosing decency for himself, without letting the Emperor help him be "decent."

Sure enough, the Emperor's gaze towards 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 all these years. I confer you the title of Marquis of Huaiping, reward you with a thousand taels of gold, and allow you to retire and return to your hometown."

Generally, it is normal for a frontier official like Su Su Xuesong to retire and be conferred a Marquis.

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

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

"The old minister thanks Your Majesty for your great grace!"

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

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

"Last month, the Marquis of Jing'an, Li Fei, encountered a sneak attack by criminals, and finally captured a group of Western spies, discovering that someone was privately trading martial arts secrets with Westerners. I was ordered to try this case..."

The second thing he wants to report today is the case of Western spies 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 secrets and traded with the Deni Kingdom is the Zhao family of Qingli Prefecture in Feng Province.

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

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 had a total of 28 votes, but all of them were cast for that offering of the Lu family!

So to say that the Zhao family secretly traded with the Deni Kingdom of the Western Continent, and the Lu family did not participate in this, no minister 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 was not involved in the slightest!

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

He had expected this long ago.

A sect family like the Canglin Lu Family that has been passed down for over five hundred years, how could their ability to save their lives be simple?

If it were so easy to be overthrown, 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 a "white glove" specially supported by the Lu family, specifically used for trading with Western countries.

The Lu family profited, and once something happened, the imperial court had to investigate, and it could only investigate the Zhao family.

A sect family like the Lu family is not short of dead soldiers at all, and there are plenty of people to take the blame for them.

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

He Situ 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 is not something a mere Zhao family can "block the knife."

The result of this investigation can only show that the benefits of letting the Lu family exist stably are far greater than dealing with it.

"Hmph!"

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

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

"Secretly colluding with Western countries, illegally selling martial arts secrets, and even having the inheritance method of top-tier Dao Foundations, it is 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 are lying down.

This one sentence from the one on the Dragon Throne will make heads roll in Qingli Prefecture thousands of miles away!

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

So the fate of the Zhao family was decided like this.

Since the Emperor's ascension, the number of families whose whole families have been executed does not exceed the number of one hand, and now one more has been added!

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

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

Li Fei understood that this result was both the Emperor's warning to others and an "explanation" to him.

The Son of Heaven certainly doesn't need to give any explanation to his subjects, so this can be seen as the Emperor's 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" to give Li Fei an explanation.

If he goes further, it is Li Fei, the 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 saluted the Son of Heaven on the Dan steps:

"I am here."

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

Li Fei took out the file given by He Situ Jian unhurriedly:

"With the help of He Situ Jian, a first-class detective of the Supervision Pavilion, I finally investigated this case clearly..."

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

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

After the Emperor looked at it simply for a few eyes, 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 opinion, this case can be broken, you should take the first credit!"

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

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

"He Situ Jian, a first-class detective of the Supervision Pavilion, has made meritorious service in investigating the case, conferred the title of Viscount of Lu'an, rewarded with one million in money, and granted a mansion.

The rest of the investigation team, all promoted one level, rewarded with one hundred thousand in money!"

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

His official position is a 15th-level first-class detective, which is already the peak of seat officials. If he rises 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 Situ Jian go one step further.

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

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

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

Clear-sighted, captured the thief alone, captured Western spies, and made 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 vast sea flows horizontally, showing the true colors of a hero.

At the age of twenty, able to block a full-strength blow from a peak powerhouse, 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 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 made meritorious service here, so he must be rewarded:

Promoted one level, entered the cabinet to become an official, still serving as the Lanxun Special Envoy!

Concurrently serving as the leader of the inspection group of the Lanxun Pavilion, 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 them.

Li Fei was conferred a Marquis at nineteen, and it is impossible to be conferred a Duke at twenty, because there is no one to confer above.

According to the ancestral teachings of the Great Lan Dynasty, never confer a king of 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 Situ Jian, both are at the peak of seat officials, 15th-level officials.

Going up is one step to leap the dragon gate, entering the cabinet to become 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 many people's expectations.

After all, Li Fei has the Emperor's 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 the Lanxun Special Envoy?!

The power of the Lanxun Special Envoy is too great:

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

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

Even for seat officials at the 15th level, as long as they are suspected, they must immediately submit a memorial to explain themselves!

As for Pavilion Officials above the 15th level, although they cannot be directly investigated, they can report to the central government. As long as the central government agrees with the 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 positions of those who served as Lanxun Special Envoys in the Great Lan Dynasty have not exceeded the 15th level.

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

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

In the main hall, Feng Cheng was still reading the imperial edict. The rewards given to Li Fei by the Emperor this time included a large number of cultivation resources.

These rewarded cultivation resources are rare treasures that are difficult to buy outside. Even if Li Fei can't use them himself, he can 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 audience.

Conferred a Marquis in front of the hall at nineteen.

Entered the cabinet to become an official at twenty.

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

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