Chapter 63: Destroying the Way
Chapter 63: Destroying the Way
"Did she teach me?" The face of Feng Wu, the girl from the Feng family, flashed through Su Lianqing's mind.
Feng Wu's master, the Blue-Eyed Fox, was a master who joined the Luo Sect halfway through, and he himself inherited the ancient Destruction of Love. Destruction of Love is a sect that cultivates both sex and life, and focuses more on Taoism.
She spied Xu Qing practicing the Eight Diagrams Swimming Palm during her night wandering. This palm technique was not considered top-notch in the martial arts world, but it was the entry-level foundation for the Heavenly Net Hand of the Way of Destroying Love.
"People who have eliminated the path of love will never marry. Even if they find a lover, it is for the sake of forming a bond. When the bond is over, they will naturally cut off the emotional ties..."
Luo Jiao originally wanted to force Feng Wu to join Luo Jiao after the Blue-Eyed Fox died. However, this girl who always loved freedom and wanted to travel the world did not buy into Luo Jiao's tactics at all.
Moreover, the other party has already gone to the capital. No matter how powerful the Luo Cult is, it is impossible for them to control the niece of Zhou from Taicang in the north. Moreover, Feng Xifeng has also passed the imperial examination and will participate in the spring examination next year. Once he passes the imperial examination, with his qualifications in Dongzhou Academy, he will definitely get a lot of resources from Dongzhou Academy, and his future prospects will be bright.
That's not all. Xu Qing not only has a close relationship with Feng's father and daughter, but also has close contacts with Prefect He and the newly appointed Inspector Wu. He can even make friends with ruthless people like Shanglin Tianwang in the underworld.
Even though Luo Jiao was always good at dragging people into trouble, he felt like he was defenseless when facing Xu Qing.
This time, she used Taoist magic and her soul wandering at night to gain nothing, so Su Lianqing had to give up.
"It's really hard to mess with such a person. It seems that our sect won't get any advantage in Jiangning Prefecture." Su Lianqing made a decision and stopped testing Xu Qing.
With their strength, even if the Lotus Sect, a branch of their own sect, has the ability to deal with Xu Qing, the cost will definitely be high, and there will be no benefits.
If it weren't for Inspector Wu's matter tonight, Su Lianqing would not have come to spy on Xu Qing secretly.
Because according to intelligence, after Wu Xun'an took office, he would probably investigate some things in Yingtian Prefecture. Therefore, there has always been controversy in the church about whether to assassinate this person.
Moreover, some people in Yingtian Prefecture also strongly requested them to eliminate this hidden danger for them.
"If our sect assassinates Inspector Wu, I'm afraid the entire Nanzhili and our sect's influence will be wiped out, which will be in line with those people's wish to sever ties with our sect." After Su Lianqing's soul was damaged, he became more sober.
She vaguely suspected that the court's appointment of Wu Xunan to Yingtian Prefecture might be a bait to lure the snake out of its hole.
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"The people from Luo Sect didn't come to see me before, but now they come suddenly. It seems to be related to tonight's banquet." Xu Qing looked at the moon in the ancient well and thought secretly.
The incident with Zhao Xiong happened a while ago, so it doesn't make sense for the other party to come now.
"Judging from the fact that the Embroidered Uniform Guards are hiding in the dark and monitoring, the court should be using my old mentor as bait. If someone really can't help but take action, the bigwigs in the court can take advantage of this opportunity to track down the culprit. If..." Xu Qing made malicious speculations. If something happened to Inspector Wu, it might be exactly what some bigwigs in the court wanted. They could take this opportunity to send troops to Nanzhili to eliminate dissidents and deepen their control over Nanzhili.
For example, in his previous life, he read the history of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone in the court knew that Prince Ning was going to rebel, and of course the emperor knew it too, but he kept it to himself.
What for?
Xu Qing's understanding of history is that Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, who always wanted to collect commercial taxes and strengthen his control over the army, actually wanted to lead his own troops to the south by personally leading an expedition against Prince Ning, so as to further control the south with the help of the army's power.
Because the successor of Emperor Wuzong of Ming, Emperor Jiajing, actually strengthened his control over the south by suppressing the Japanese pirates. Later, Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also made many southern tours for the same purpose.
There is nothing new under the sun.
In fact, if a censor representing the emperor was assassinated, it would actually weaken the prestige of the imperial power. There are always gains and losses.
"If I were Luo Jiao, I would definitely not choose to assassinate my old mentor, but others would probably like to put the blame on Luo Jiao."
Anyway, the Luo Sect and the Lotus Sect have both rebelled, so they are not afraid of being punished by the imperial court.
"It seems that even if there are no religious bandits taking action when our old mentor goes to Yingtian Prefecture to take up his post, I'm afraid someone will deliberately pretend to be a religious bandit." Xu Qing had already anticipated the difficulties that Wu Xun'an would face on this trip, and after a careful analysis, he felt that the road ahead was even more dangerous.
"Let's see how heavy the black energy in my destiny is, and then make a decision." Xu Qing felt overwhelmed when he thought about these things. If he wasn't involved in a conspiracy, he wouldn't want to get involved in this mess.
It was impossible for Inspector Wu to refuse the court's appointment.
This is a matter of principle.
On the way to take up his post, Wu Xun was pressed to death, which would be good for the whole family. If he refused, haha...
However, if Wu Xunan takes office smoothly and secures his position as Xunan Yushi, it will be a huge benefit to Wu Xunan's career and Xu Qing personally. The saying that the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish is is not entirely true.
In fact, the bigger the wind and waves, the more fish you can catch.
Xu Qing pulled a dead branch from the old sycamore tree.
In fact, the old sycamore tree is magical. Even in this season, the branches are still quite lively. But it was night and Xu Qing’s eyesight was not good.
Anyway, he saw that it was a dead branch, so helping Brother Tree pull it down would be for its own good.
If Brother Shu feels that he has done something wrong, he can speak out.
If you don’t say anything, it means you have accepted it by default!
Holding a branch, Xu Qing drew a map of the official road from Jiangning Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture on the snow.
"We passed through Qixia Mountain, which is also the weakest point of the government."
Xu Qing looked at the geography of Qixia Mountain and couldn't help pondering.
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early morning.
"Second brother Guo, this time I need you to go to Qixia Mountain to bring a message for me." Xu Qing sent Xu Fu to find Guo Li and spoke directly.
Guo Li: "To serve you, I will go through fire and water, even death."
Xu Qing smiled and said, "This time it's not as dangerous as last time. When you go to see King Lin, tell him that I thank him for the gift he gave me last time. Now I heard some rumors, so I sent you to remind him. It's a bit muddy, don't wade into it. Brother Guo, do you remember this?"
"I've got it." Guo Li nodded quickly.
He didn't know what the young master meant.
But just do it, you won’t go wrong.
After all, the two brothers have never suffered any losses since following Xu Qing.
Seeing this, Xu Qing said, "This is urgent. Brother Guo, please go and come back quickly. I will wait for your news."
"promise."
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Qixia Mountain, Black Wind Village.
When King Lin heard the message brought by Guo Zhuang, he was surprised and said, "How can Brother Xu be so powerful? I just got the news, how did he know it?"
"I am just passing on the message. I know nothing else." Guo Li shook his head.
He still felt quite pressured when meeting King Lin. The big leader of the mountain stronghold had such a strong sense of oppression that it seemed as if he could be killed with just one slap.
King Lin: "I understand. Brother Guo, please sit down for a while. I have something to take care of."
He immediately ordered his men to watch Guo Li, turned around and left the hall, and went to the inner courtyard of the stronghold.
At this moment, King Lin looked gloomy.
Before he even made a move, even Xu Qing knew that someone was trying to harm him.
(End of this chapter)