Yinshan Record

Chapter 339 A Tumble Inside, Extraordinary
A heinous crime?

Su Che looked at Wang Jian, who was looking uneasy. Although he was wearing official robes, his face was rather pale. Su Che thought to himself that the Langya Wang clan was getting worse with each generation.

Indeed, casually keeping a prehistoric alien species by your side is a crime.

The ancient and exotic species are all unruly in nature. Who knows if this docile little pet will turn around and smash Jiankang City into a wasteland?

To put it another way, this behavior is like putting a car full of explosives in the trunk and then going out to play bumper cars.

The crime is indeed serious.

But who are you and her? One is the Prince of Langya, and the other is Xie of Chenjun.

If you don't do such illegal and taboo things, what are ordinary people supposed to do?
The reason why the world's top-tier aristocratic families are top-tier is precisely because they possess the magnanimity to disregard the laws and regulations of the imperial court.

After a moment's thought, Su Che roughly understood some of Wang Jian's ideas.

That's true. The Prince of Wuling is the least favored of the emperor's sons. The fact that this Chief Secretary of the Prince of Wuling was assigned to do chores for him shows that he's not much of a figure in the Langya Wang clan.

This Chief Secretary Wang is probably an incompetent member of the Langya Wang clan; it's just a mystery why Lady Xie chose him in the first place.

“Which wealthy family in Jiankang doesn’t have something to ward off evil spirits?” Su Che reassured Wang Changshi, “It’s impossible to investigate this matter in detail.”

There must be a natural reason why powerful and influential families could survive through several dynasties.

It's not something the imperial court can just casually fabricate a charge to confiscate property and exterminate an entire family.

"Normally, it would be true that the law does not punish the masses, but now it involves the disappearance of a prince. Haven't you heard about the law enforcement? There's also a civil uprising in the south. Sigh, I've only just taken office, how come I've already run into so many troubles?"

Wang Jian sighed dejectedly, his brows furrowing into a deep frown.

Su Che nodded in agreement.

The civil uprising in Wenning County could be a big deal or a small one, and it was indeed a difficult matter to handle.

What Wang Jian said is indeed true, but that's how things are in this world. Often, no one cares about the background or cause of an event; they only care who is responsible.

It's definitely inappropriate to pin the current problems in Cizhou on Wang Jian; he's only been in office for a short time and hasn't even warmed his seat yet. But if you're saying the problems in Cizhou are all with the court or with the previous administration, then why was there nothing wrong when Yu Ze was in charge, but problems have arisen as soon as you take over?
can not say it clearly.

Wang Jian looked ashamed; as a wealthy young master who had grown up in luxury, he had never experienced such pressure before.

The Prince of Wuling has disappeared, his wife is nowhere to be found, and there's Su Che, a guy who's both an enemy and a friend, by his side.

Wang Changshi was once a promising young talent with a beautiful exterior, but now he has been exposed as a rotten flower and laid out to dry in the sun.

"If those two ask about it later, I hope you can help me out."

Wang Jian looked at Su Che, feeling utterly helpless. He would never ask Su Che for help if there was even the slightest chance.

However, circumstances are beyond our control.

"How do we turn things around?"

Su Che was somewhat curious. These were all matters of Wang Changshi's family affairs. He asked him to help mediate, which meant that Su San Gongzi was just eavesdropping on the couple's private conversations.

"As long as Li Xing mentions it, there are many things about my wife that I am unaware of."

“Alas, Brother Wang, why do you have to be like this? Husband and wife have always been one, you are overthinking it.”

Su Che didn't want to linger with this person any longer. He clasped his hands in a fist salute with his folding fan in hand and headed straight for the inner hall.

In the main hall, two imperial censors, dressed in official robes, were already seated on grand chairs.

The man was tall with a long beard that reached his chest. His eyes held a hidden sword intent, and his hair was streaked with gray, but his face looked like that of a young man.

This Imperial Censor Xingyou was from Yuyang Mountain and his name was Xiong Shou. In terms of seniority, even Xue Baizhi would have to respectfully address him as her senior uncle.

He had been stuck at the sixth rank for a long time, and disheartened, he went down the mountain to seek worldly riches. However, it was in the mortal world that he honed his Dao heart and actually attained the fifth rank of the Rejuvenating Pill. Going down the mountain was easy, but going back to Yuyang Mountain was extremely difficult. So Xiong Shou became a wandering censor in the Censorate. He was from the orthodox Xuanmen sect, had profound magical power, and his magic sword was far more powerful than his colleagues. Even in the Censorate, he was a rare master.

When Wuzhiqi caused a great disturbance at the Censorate, it was he who led other censors to surround and kill him, which shows how important his position in the Censorate was and how skilled he was.

The other was thin, with no pupils in his eyes, only a pale white. His hair was held in place by a bone hairpin, and a small blue snake was wrapped around each of his ears, constantly hissing.

This Li Yizhen was once a well-known rogue cultivator in the Central Plains, traveling all over the country, his actions both righteous and wicked. He once fought Yuwen Rui in the north several times. Later, as the power of the Grand Tutor of Northern Wei expanded, he had no choice but to go south to make a living.

However, the fact that he could escape to the south and make a living after falling out with a genius like Yuwen Rui shows that he must have considerable skill and expertise, and was by no means an ordinary person.

The two sat there without saying a word to each other, as if they were clay or wooden puppets enshrined in a temple.

"Your Excellencies, Junior Su has arrived."

A minor official standing nearby offered a word of advice.

Both of them were veteran fifth-grade pill cultivators, so their senses were naturally sharp. They knew exactly whether Su Che had come or not, and where he was, but they still remained calm and collected.

"Brother Li, now that Xiao Su has arrived, why not listen to what he has to say?"

When Xiong Shou spoke, it sounded as if a sword was chanting.

He had been cultivating his sword for many years, and his sword intent had accumulated to an extreme point, manifesting extraordinary phenomena in every movement and posture.

"it is good."

Li Yizhen looked toward the door: "Let's go invite our little Su."

During the Northern Expedition of the Great Liang Dynasty, the defeat at Fangtou resulted in the near annihilation of the elites of various clans in Yongzhou who followed the current imperial family. The Su clan of Duling was particularly devastated, with almost the entire family wiped out. If it weren't for the emergence of that extraordinary individual in the palace who reached the fourth rank of martial arts within a few years, the Su clan of Duling would probably have ceased to exist.

That person, with a martial arts level of fourth grade, was capable of fighting the Grand Tutor of the Northern Kingdom, and was respectfully addressed as "Lord Su" by everyone in the court.

At the time, it was thought that the Su family of Duling was just having a brief resurgence, but unexpectedly, not long after, one of the three remaining male members of the Su family of Duling became a disciple of the immortal Huang Tiandao. When the news reached Jiankang, countless people were astonished.

Later, he rapidly advanced to the fifth rank and entered the ranks of those who held the reins of power. Therefore, within the Censorate, the Grandmaster of the fourth rank of martial arts was called "Old Su," and this up-and-coming Xuanmen cultivator was called "Little Su."

The Su family, which had originally relied on Old Su's painstaking efforts and Wei Huaiwen's dedicated support, is now showing signs of a resurgence.

This is truly the biggest variable in the court.

Even though Xiong Shou and Li Yizhen were both fifth-rank cultivators and pillars of the nation, they both felt a subtle sense of defeat when facing the rising star "Little Su".

Time flies, and yet another such person has emerged in this world.

Before long, Su Che, waving a beautiful fan, slowly walked up to the main hall of the Cizhou Imperial Censorate.

Xiong Shou and Li Yizhen were seated separately, and their auras collided directly.

This is a spiritual clash.

In Su Che's perception, Xiong Shou was like a sharp sword forged from pure ice, cutting through anything the cold wind touched. Li Yizhen, on the other hand, was unassuming, her body like a deep pool, yet teeming with life and vitality.

As expected of a fifth-grade Rejuvenating Pill from the Censorate, that water monkey was indeed extraordinary to have escaped their encirclement and annihilation.

A thought flashed through Su Che's mind, while Xiong Shou and Li Yizhen felt very different.

Xiong Shou felt as if Su Che were a towering mountain, its imposing presence reaching the earth and pointing straight to the heavens. Li Yizhen's feeling was even more pronounced, as if he had seen a natural enemy, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

It is better to meet than to be famous.

The two imperial censors exchanged a glance.

Xiao Su is indeed extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)