Chapter 113 Feng Wu Returns

Chapter 113 Feng Wu Returns

Chapter 113 Feng Wu Returns
A heavy rain had just passed, and on the muddy official road, a convoy was moving forward. There were official soldiers guarding around, and the official title card of the inspector was held high.

This group of people was none other than the ceremonial guard of the newly appointed Imperial Censor Feng Xifeng.

"Sir Feng, the river ferry is ahead. If we take a boat across, we will reach the territory of Yingtian Prefecture."

After traveling all the way, the officers and soldiers were very tired.

In this era, the fatigue of traveling by boat and carriage was not an empty talk. Even the official roads were often bumpy, and the comfort of two-wheeled carriages was extremely poor. In many cases, it was better to travel by horse or sedan chair.

Feng Xifeng chose to ride a horse.

Along the way, he took in the mountains, rivers, geography, customs and people, and made a lot of preparations in advance.

After all, he is now the new Inspector General of Southern Zhili, and who knows what will happen in a few years.

When they were about to reach the ferry, a large group of people were blocking the ferry, all dressed in coarse linen clothes. The government troops went to question them and quickly found out the situation.

"Sir Feng, these are the people who have fled here from Songzhou Prefecture and Jiangning Prefecture. They say that there are treacherous officials in the court who are 'changing rice to mulberry' and taking away their fields. They have no way to survive. When they heard that the inspector was going to pass through here, they gathered here and asked you to make a decision."

In folk operas, the Inspector General of Nanzhili, also known as the "Inspector General of Eight Prefectures", was an imperial envoy sent by the emperor who had the power to execute first and report later.

Of course, the actual situation is very different, but ordinary people often believe this.

Feng Xifeng frowned.

At this time, Feng Wu, who was dressed as a man, rode up to Feng Xifeng and said, "Dad, these people are definitely not ordinary people. There are several leaders among them who are strong and must be behind the scenes."

It turned out that she had just left her body and checked the person in front of her.

Feng Xifeng was of course aware of his daughter's methods, and immediately gave an order: "Go, capture those strong men, I want to interrogate them."

He knew that this was a test from the local gentry in Southern Zhili.

Feng Xifeng was of course ruthless.

As soon as the government troops took action, the leader saw that the situation was not good and immediately caused a riot to stop the government troops.

In order to prevent civil unrest, the government troops did not dare to take any ruthless action without Feng Xifeng's order.

I saw the leading few people trying to escape to the riverside.

At this moment, arrows shot from nowhere and hit their knees, and they immediately lost the ability to escape.

After a while, the government troops finally separated the civilians, chased after them, and brought these people away to see Feng Xifeng.

In fact, the soldiers under Feng Xifeng didn't know who shot them.

But when he saw that Lord Feng was confident, he knew that he must be one of his own.

Some people couldn't help but wonder, could it be that there are masters from the Inner Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard secretly protecting Lord Feng?

Feng Xifeng captured the people who were shot by arrows, but he didn't expect that these people were so tough and actually committed suicide by taking poison.

But the government army also had capable people who induced vomiting in time for one of them. However, he was half dead, and if he did not receive medical treatment in time, he would probably not live long.

Feng Wu said to Feng Xifeng, "Dad, I will take my men across the river to see Danxi Weng. He is an expert in medicine and should be able to save this man."

Danxi Weng is a miraculous doctor in Tianjing City. He has a strange temper and is quite close to Feng Wu.

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A remote ancient alley in Tianjing City.

"Su Lie, your life is saved, but you must not use dark energy again, otherwise you will not live for more than three years."

"Thank you, Mr. Danxi." Su Lie, the chief constable of Yingtian Prefecture, was injured in the internal organs after being hit by Lin Tianwang's palm last time. He took the life-saving pill that Danxi Weng had given him before, and with all his might, he returned to Tianjing City to find Danxi Weng.

Thanks to his miraculous healing skills, he managed to save his life from the hands of the King of Hell.

But from now on I can no longer use hidden power, and most of my kung fu skills are gone.

Moreover, he failed to complete the task this time, and Lord Xu was quite dissatisfied with him.

Danxi Weng sneered, "No need to thank me. That Lin Tianwang wanted to test his palm power, so he gave you a chance to survive. If it were an ordinary master of internal organs, that palm would have damaged your internal organs, and the power would definitely not be controlled to such a subtle degree. You would have died on the spot and would not have lived to see me."

Su Lie said with lingering fear: "After this man has practiced martial arts, his kung fu has reached perfection. I am afraid that in a few years, he will become a martial arts master. The court let him go during the last crackdown on bandits. He will definitely become a big trouble in the future."

Danxi Weng sneered, "You think the imperial army can catch this kind of person? I think he is trying to escape on purpose. The imperial army's suppression of bandits was so successful this time, there must be a lot of tricks involved."

As a doctor, he doesn't understand military affairs, but he understands people.

Su Lie sighed and said, "You are right."

He was talking with Danxi Weng. Not long after, a constable came over and whispered something. After Su Lie heard it, his face turned pale.

The constable didn't dare to stay any longer and left after saying this.

Danxi Weng was very psychic and said with a smile, "It's just that you lost your position as a police chief. Why are you so depressed?"

Su Lie smiled bitterly.

That's easy to say.

This is the chief constable of Yingtian Prefecture, the capital of Nanzhili, and Nanjing of the Dayu Dynasty.

When he sat in this position, many of the heroes of the Green Forest Road in Southern Zhili would show him respect.

Now that he has lost his position as captain of police and most of his kung fu skills, who will look up to him in the future?
Thinking of those people who used to curry favor with him and the way they looked at him later, Su Lie really wished he could die at the hands of King Lin that day.

"Mr. Danxi, please help me save someone." A crisp voice appeared in the alley.

When Danxi heard this, he went out to see what was going on. He saw a young man in blue clothes. He smiled and said, "According to the date, you should be back with your father. I've been keeping the zither for you. When you have time, remember to play another song for me."

"If you save this man, I will play three songs for you."

Behind the young man in blue, someone was carrying a stretcher with a patient with a dark complexion on it.

Danxi Weng took a look and said, "He committed suicide by taking poison? And he was a dead man. Even if you saved him, you might not be able to get anything out of him."

"I have my own way. You save people first."

"Row."

Danxi Weng then had a stretcher brought in and started working.

The young man in green shirt was waiting outside. He took a look at Su Lie and said, "You look familiar. Could it be Captain Su from Yingtian Prefecture?"

"Who is this young lady?" Su Lie had a sharp eye and could naturally tell that the girl was a woman dressed as a man.

He was now a little discouraged, and his words were not as precise as before, so he directly pointed out the other party's identity.

"My father is the newly appointed Inspector General." The girl said calmly.

"Inspector Censor?" Su Lie recalled the recent rumors in the officialdom that the new Inspector Censor was Feng Xifeng, the scholar who ranked fifth in the provincial examination last year.

It is true that in the morning he is a farmer, and in the evening he is the emperor's palace.

Last year he was just a so-called scholar, but this year he became an imperial censor and the fourth most powerful figure in the civil service system of Southern Zhili.

Su Lie subconsciously bowed and said, "Su meets Miss Feng."

The girl asked, "What happened to Captain Su?"

When she was in the capital, she often read the letters that Magistrate He wrote to his father, and knew that Xu Qing was now a well-connected figure in both the black and white worlds of Jiangning Prefecture.

Thinking about the history books I read, I knew that those heroes all recruited a large number of talents.

Seeing Su Lie's expression, he guessed that the other party might have encountered some difficulties, and subconsciously wanted to recruit him.

Anyway, Old Feng also needs help in Yingtian Prefecture. When Old Feng leaves office, this person can be left to Xu Qing.

In fact, she didn't have any particularly deep feelings for Xu Qing, but as the successor of the Way of Destroying Love, she was bound to be moved.

It doesn't matter who you ask, why not try Xu Qing?

Moreover, people in this world cannot control many things. In the past, Feng Xifeng was just a scholar, so she naturally didn't care. Now that Feng Xifeng is on the rise, it would be bad for her to hold him back.

So marrying Xu Qing was also a necessity of the times.

If she refuses this, it will be bad for everyone around her.

The skill of eliminating emotions is that the deeper you fall in love, the more difficult it will be to extricate yourself in the future. The advantage is that the deeper you fall in love, the greater your achievement will be in cutting off the emotional ties in the future.

If the girl hadn't introduced herself, Su Lie wouldn't have bothered to tell her about himself.

However, the other party's father was the Imperial Inspector, and Su Lie instinctively felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he told him about his experience.

After hearing this, the girl smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, but it's just that I lost my job as a constable. How can a man like you be so discouraged by such a thing?"

"Ms. Feng, how can you, a noble person, know the hardships of us at the bottom of society?"

The girl said: "You are a big shot in the Nanzhili underworld, and your kung fu is pretty good, so how can you be considered the lowest class?"

"In the eyes of people like the Duke of Wei's Mansion, there is no difference between me and a slave or a lackey. I have suffered for their affairs at the Duke of Wei's Mansion, but no one has come to ask about me so far." Su Lie said self-deprecatingly.

Girl: "There is a saying among scholars that the heaven is vigorous and self-strengthening. If this place doesn't want you, there will be other places that will. If Yingtian Prefecture doesn't want you, won't you look for other places to go?"

Su Lie: "Miss Feng, are you planning to recruit me? But I have internal injuries, and most of my skills are gone. I may not be of much use to you and your daughter."

Girl: "Danxi Weng didn't tell you the whole story. It's not that your injury can't be healed, it's just that he can't do it."

"What do you mean by 'can't'? If I can find those spiritual medicines and let me refine them into pills, why can't I cure him? The question is, can he find them?" Danxi Weng came out and muttered. The girl smiled slightly: "It's okay not to use spiritual medicine. If there is a master who practices Zang and is proficient in medical theory, how difficult can it be to cure his injuries?"

Danxi Weng: "He was injured by a great master of Zang training. Ask him how many masters of Zang training he has seen in his life. Such people, let alone being proficient in medical knowledge, even if there are, how could they save him? You make it sound easy, then find one for me to see?"

Girl: "Of course I can't find him now, but maybe my father can help me."

Although she said this, she thought in her heart that Xu Qing was very good at making friends, and maybe she would meet such a person in the future. In any case, she might as well trick him here first.

What she valued was not only Su Lie's ability, but also the fact that he had been the chief constable of Yingtian Prefecture for many years and was familiar with the affairs of the underworld and officialdom in Southern Zhili. This would be of great use to Old Feng.

It just so happens that the other party is in a bad state.

This is called "if you don't take what heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences."

Su Lie couldn't help but feel moved, mainly because he had been dismissed from his job by Yingtian Prefecture. If he didn't find a new backer quickly, he might not be able to keep his previous shady industries.

There is no shortage of people in Yingtian Prefecture who would take advantage of someone's misfortune.

"Ms. Feng, if you and your father do not despise my incompetence, I am willing to serve you, Master Feng. However, your father..."

"I can make the decision on this matter."

"Mr. Su greets the lady." Su Lie no longer hesitated.

He was now soaked, and it was good enough for him to find a new backer. As for whether this move was risky, for a half-gangster like him, the risk was not scary, but the lack of opportunity was scary.

If a low-level warrior wants to stand out, he must desperately seize any opportunity that may change his fate.

What's more, we have to try our best for the sake of future generations.

Danxi Weng shook his head, walked to the nearby zither room, and chanted leisurely: "Riding a cow far past the front village, the sound of a short flute can be heard across the ridge. How many fame-seekers in Chang'an are not as good as you in all their tricks."

Su Lie understood that Dan Xi Weng was mocking him, and his face turned red, but he did not refute.

But he thought in his heart that no matter how nice the words were, the hermit of Zhongnan would never become a shepherd.

Isn’t the purpose of becoming a hermit to become an official?

The girl ignored the poem that Danxi Weng was reading, and thought to herself, when will I ask Xu Qing to write a poem for me? If this guy is not attentive, then he definitely doesn't care about me, so I don't need to worry too much about him.

She then called Su Lie and walked into the room. Seeing that the man had woken up, her eyes were like whirlpools as she questioned him.

The man failed in his suicide and lost a lot of spirit. Then he was bewitched by the girl's magic and soon he answered whatever the girl asked.

While asking, the girl asked Su Lie to record and also asked Su Lie to help ask questions.

After all, he is an old criminal lawyer and must be more professional than her.

Su Lie got involved and asked many questions, which made him feel somewhat regretful, but now he was in a difficult situation.

This was also the girl's intention.

No matter how loyal you are, I will drag you into the water first.

Such things are explained very clearly in history books.

People on the same boat are the most reliable.

Su Lie made a record himself, in black and white, so he couldn't deny it. And he also saw that the girl was extraordinary. Just the method of bewitching her showed her skill.

Moreover, his father was a patrol inspector, and he had the support of the emperor. If he could make meritorious contributions this time and get into the Embroidered Uniform Guard or the Inner Palace, he wouldn't have to worry about being retaliated.

Now that he was on the ship, he could only comfort himself. He also felt relieved. The girl allowed him to participate in such a confidential matter, at least she was not using him as cannon fodder.

"Miss, where are you taking this man next?"

"Take it to the official post."

"Yes." Su Lie quickly got into the role.

Being involved in such a big event, he felt alive again.

The girl had a badge of the Inspector General, so after arriving at the post station, she directly occupied the best courtyard.

Su Lie, under the girl's instructions, began to connect with his old subordinates.

While all the big and small figures in Tianjing City are running to welcome the Inspector, the girl needs to take this opportunity to collect more information.

"I am not as capable as Xu Qing in doing these things. Forget it, let's go to my uncle's house first."

She left a letter and went straight to Zhou Tixue's house.

She had lived in Yingtian Prefecture for several months and was quite familiar with the city.

Because the servants in the Zhou residence were all servants of the Zhou family in Taicang, and had served or met Feng Wu's mother before, they all came to pay their respects to Feng Wu.

Feng Wu heard from the housekeeper that Xu Qing also lived here, and his heart was moved.

After all, she was a girl, so it was not easy for her to go and meet him directly, so she asked a maid to go and ask Xu Qing for a poem. She herself stayed to chat with Zhou Tixuena's aunt.

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Xu Qing wanted to hide from Wu Dinghou and Zhao Taijian here, so he didn't leave directly, but stayed. Anyway, he had lived here before, and this time he stayed in the same courtyard, so he felt at ease.

After Xu Qing visualized the "Vajra Bell", he comprehended the wisdom of Prajna and gradually touched upon the mystery of practicing the internal organs.

He just felt that he was only a thin layer of window paper away from the realm of practicing dirty.

Xu Qing is not in a hurry.

Because in addition to comprehending the realm, practicing internal organs also requires elixirs to penetrate the medicinal power into the internal organs in order to complete the transformation.

However, without a certain realm, spiritual medicine alone will not be enough.

vice versa.

The good thing is that while staying in Yingtian Prefecture, his Xuantian Visualization Method, which had been stagnant in the "Jiao Meridian", the first of the seven meridians of the Eastern Canglong, has made some progress again.

It’s not far from being opened.

"The dragon vein of Yingtian Prefecture is really helpful for me to nourish the Purple Star and open up the seven veins of the Eastern Azure Dragon." Zhou Tixue's official residence is not the best location for the dragon vein of Yingtian Prefecture.

The best location is in the old imperial city, also known as Taicheng. Nowadays, no one dares to live there, and it is in a semi-abandoned state.

The second is Wuyi Lane, where the powerful and wealthy, headed by the Duke of Wei, live.

Since the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Five Horses Crossing the River, Wuyi Lane has been the place where the top dignitaries live.

“Although the dragon energy in Zhou’s residence is relatively scarce, it is enough to help me open up the horn meridian within a few days.”

This was the first ordinary hidden meridian that Xu Qing opened up. He was still very curious about what effect it would have after it was opened up.

Taking the impact into consideration, Zhou Tixue did not let Xu Qing go to welcome Feng Xifeng. This was a private matter and there was no need to mix it with official business.

He felt that Xu Qing and Feng Xifeng's father and daughter should wait until Feng Xifeng finished his social engagements before meeting.

However, Zhou Tixue did not expect that Feng Wu would not play by the rules and would go to Zhou's house without permission.

At this time, Zhou Tixue had already gone to the dock to welcome him.

Feng Wu sent someone to ask Xu Qing for poems. Xu Qing also sensed the movement in Zhou's house. He left his body and observed for a while, and realized that Feng Wu had come.

He just waited and saw what was happening and did not go to meet him.

After all, if you go there in public, you'll easily become a laughing stock.

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The official residence of the eunuchs.

"Master, are you still going to give me this antique calligraphy and painting?" the steward under Eunuch Zhao asked him.

Eunuch Zhao originally wanted to take Xu Qing out for a drink, to talk some things over, and to build a relationship with him, but he unexpectedly was pulled away by Zhou Tixue.

If it were someone else, it would be fine, but Zhou Tixue is Feng Xifeng's elder brother-in-law, and Old Zhao doesn't want to offend him now. Besides, Zhou Tixue is the provincial education commissioner, and it is only natural for him to discuss official business with a scholar, and no one can stop him.

In the past two days, Eunuch Zhao has looked for many opportunities to meet Xu Qing, but has not been able to do so.

Since I haven't seen the person yet, it's naturally not a good idea to send the antique calligraphy and paintings I have prepared over first.

It happened that the Inspector General's ceremonial procession arrived at the dock.

Eunuch Zhao had an idea. Since Xu Qing couldn't find an opportunity to send gifts, he could just send them directly to the post station. The more he thought about it, the better it seemed. "We are all the emperor's spies sent to Nanzhili. If you return my gift, I can naturally tell His Majesty that these civil officials look down on eunuchs like him."

In this way, if Feng Xifeng impeached him, His Majesty would have a preconceived impression that Feng Xifeng had some personal grudges against him.

"Pick out the best ones and send them to the post station," Eunuch Zhao ordered.

The steward asked again, "There is a statue of the Buddha Ming Wang sent by the salt merchant. I heard that it is a wonderful masterpiece that even Lord Fang has appreciated. Sir, do you want to send this painting over as well?"

Eunuch Zhao said calmly, "Of course we have to choose good gifts when giving them. Since Lord Fang has praised them, they must be to the liking of scholars like them, so we can just send them over."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)