Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 264 Creating God
After returning to Chongguang Tower, Ren Yuan was called into the duty room by the Fifth Dimension.

"The owner of the building has returned to this room again."

"After taking a look around, I found that this room is the most comfortable to stay in." Diwuwei smiled and invited Ren Yuan to sit down.

While pouring tea for the two of them, Nangong said speechlessly: "How dare you say that? You thought this room was mine, but in the end I have to give it up to you."

Ren Yuan chuckled when he heard that, but Nangong rolled his eyes at him, so he quickly held back and didn't dare to say anything.

"Ah, be content." Diwu Wei took a sip of tea and said with a wry smile, "To get such a light punishment, do you know how much favor Chen Shuai owed?"

"Besides, it didn't hinder the brothers' promotion. Why should we be dissatisfied?" He smiled at Ren Yuan and said, "Right, Captain Ren?"

"Don't worry, Master. We'll solve two more big cases and send you up again." Ren Yuan said with a smile.

"Oh, you are full of confidence." The Fifth Dimension couldn't help but laugh. "That's right. Captain Ren has only been in Beijing for more than half a year, and he has eliminated the four villains by himself. What he lacks the most now is confidence."

"When did you do it on your own?" Ren Yuan said helplessly, "I've heard some rumors, too far-fetched, right?"

“Haha.” Nangong smiled faintly: “This is Chen Shuai’s usual routine, focusing the halo on one person to promote and enhance the reputation of the Gou Chen Division.”

"It's called 'God-making' in short. Of course, don't feel embarrassed. First of all, you have to be the right material to be chosen to be made, right?" The Fifth Dimension said to Ren Yuan, "But people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being fat, and trees will attract the wind when they are big."

"The owner of the building is the one that Chen Shuai 'created a god' for last time." Nangong sighed and said, "There are indeed many benefits after becoming famous, but there are also many open and secret attacks. If you accidentally fall, you will be pushed down by everyone."

"How harshly those people praised you before, how harshly they will scold you later." The Fifth Dimension said with lingering fear: "I hope you don't follow my old path again."

"What you should worry about now is not someone scolding you, but someone trying to kill you." Nangong said seriously, "This time, by killing Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze, you have completely forged a mortal enemy with the King of Linchuan. He is the powerful governor of Yangzhou. How can you afford his revenge?"

"Chen Shuai has already warned him, at least he won't do it openly." The Fifth Dimension was still heartless and said: "As for the tricks under the table, just let them come!"

"What does Yuan think?" Nangong looked at Ren Yuan. She was actually more worried about Yuan.

The Fifth Dimension had already opened up eight orifices, and he had many connections in Beijing, so it would not be easy for Xiao Hong to deal with him. But Ren Yuanchu had just arrived and was weak, so he could be destroyed at any time.

"Instead of being in a state of panic all day long," Ren Yuan replied in a deep voice, "it is better to take the initiative and strike first! Kill the person who created the threat, then there will be no threat, right?"

"What? You still want to kill Xiao Hong?" Nangong and Diwuwei were dumbfounded. The latter laughed out loud, "Hahaha, Nangong, don't call me arrogant anymore. This kid is the most arrogant!"

"You have been in Beijing for quite some time. I wonder what Xiao Hong's status is?" Nangong also laughed at Ren Yuan and said, "If we want to deal with him, it would be like an ant trying to shake a tree."

"There's no other way. If we don't deal with him, we'll die." Ren Yuan smiled bitterly and spread his hands, saying, "Since we're going to die anyway, of course we have to bite the bullet and fight him. Even if we can't kill him, we'll make him bleed!"

"That's right." The Fifth Dimension nodded, thought for a moment and said, "But we really can't deal with him. Even if we want to use the same old trick and kill him by angering the emperor, I'm afraid this way won't work."

"In fact, after the defeat at Luokou, countless people hated Xiao Hong and wanted to get rid of him." Nangong gave Ren Yuan an example:

"That year, someone reported that Xiao Hong's family had hundreds of heavily guarded warehouses, which hid weapons and armor. The emperor was very angry when he heard this, and went to the Linchuan Palace to drink under the pretext of drinking. Halfway through the drink, he suddenly wanted to check his warehouses in person. It turned out that more than 30 warehouses were filled with copper coins, and the rest were filled with countless jewelry, jade, cloth, silk, lacquer, honey, etc. " "Yes, I happened to be there at the time. Xiao Hong's warehouses had accumulated 300 million copper coins and countless rare treasures, but no weapons and armor. The emperor was not angry when he saw it, but was very happy. He said to Xiao Hong: 'A Liu, you can make a living!' Then he continued to drink until dark, holding a candle and returning to the palace."

"As a result, Xiao Hong turned a disaster into a blessing. After the emperor confirmed that he had no intention of rebelling, he restored his positions as Grand Marshal, Minister of Civil Service, and Governor of Yangzhou..." Nangong looked at Ren Yuan helplessly and said, "Do you understand?"

"I understand. The emperor can do whatever he wants except rebelling." Ren Yuan said solemnly, "And he has proven that he will not rebel."

"His nickname is 'Xiao Niang'. Rebellion requires courage." Diwuwei drank up the teacup and said worriedly, "For a character like this, we have no idea where to start if we want to deal with him."

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded, not knowing where to start for a moment.

As the three of them were discussing this, Chen Lingzhi's voice suddenly rang in his mind, asking him to come to the Hun Tian Terrace.

Ren Yuan confessed his crime, left the Diwuwei's duty room, and came to the Gouchen Yamen.

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When he entered the Hun Tian Terrace, Chen Lingzhi had been waiting for him for a long time.

"I've found the file you wanted." Chen Lingzhi pushed a thick file to him.

This is the information about Ren Fang and his son that Ren Yuan asked her to collect.

Since he couldn't think of how to deal with Xiao Hong anyway, Ren Yuan put it aside and decided to study the two people who were suspected to be his grandfather and father.

He thanked him, sat down opposite Chen Lingzhi, and couldn't wait to open the file to check Ren Fang's situation...

It is known that Ren Fang's ancestral home is Bochang, Le'an. His father, Ren Yao, was once a Zhongsan Doctor in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and his mother was a descendant of the famous Hedong Pei family.

He was very smart since childhood. He could write poems at the age of four and essays at the age of eight. He served in the Song, Qi and Liang dynasties. When he served as the secretary of Xiao Ziliang, the King of Jingling, in the Qi dynasty, he was one of the "Eight Friends of Jingling".

Fearing that Ren Yuan did not understand the significance of the 'Eight Friends of Jingling', Chen Lingzhi reminded him: "The Eight Friends of Jingling were eight talented people who were famous for their literature at the time, such as Shen Yue and Fan Yun, who were both prime ministers of this dynasty, and the most famous one among them was named Xiao Yan."

"Oh?" Ren Yuan looked at Chen Lingzhi in surprise: "So you are the emperor's die-hard supporter."

"You can say that." Chen Lingzhi nodded.

Ren Yuan continued to see that, as expected, after the establishment of this dynasty, this man rose rapidly in prominence and served successively as the Imperial Court Assistant Minister, Personnel Minister, and Chief Censor.

Especially during the three years he served as Chief Censor, Ren Fang impeached almost all the founding heroes.

Ren Yuan looked at the list of people he had impeached, and they included Xiao Yingda, Cao Jingzong, Xiao Hong, Xie Lan, Wang Bao...

Seeing the name 'Xiao Hong', Ren Yuan couldn't help but his pupils shrink.

(End of this chapter)