I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 181 Calculation
Li Qingtian remembered the other person.

That day, he forced his way into the coronation ceremony planned by Qi Changbai's kid. In order to shock everyone that day, he did not hold back and showed his full momentum. Those sorcerers and civil officials outside the barrier could not even stand firm. Even the captain of the five armies, who was also a warrior, could not stand firm in front of him.

Only this kid, who seemed to have not come out and was hiding behind, was the only one in the whole audience who dared to observe him secretly.

It has been many years since I have met anyone who dares to observe me when I am in such a powerful position.

"Greetings, His Royal Highness the Duke." Zhang Rui stepped forward and saluted. His attitude was respectful and there was nothing wrong with it.

Li Qingtian looked at the other party curiously. He had used both internal force and momentum to oppress Hong Lie. Now that Hong Lie had surrendered, he had retracted his internal force but not his momentum. Who was this skinny boy in front of him?

"Lord Zhang really can be seen everywhere." Jiang Linfeng frowned, his eyes uncertain. Why is this guy everywhere?
It can't be possible that this guy is behind Hong Lie, right?
Wait a moment.
He suddenly remembered that the girl from the Shen family went to find this boy first that day. This boy sent the girl from the Shen family back and didn't seem to take any action. But after that, the mysterious woman took action.

Thinking about Hong Lie's abnormal behavior, could it be that...
"Master Jiang, you are joking." Zhang Rui said with a smile, "I am the chief judge of the Dali Temple. I am here to investigate a case."

"Oh? Really?" Jiang Linfeng sneered, "I wonder what kind of case could have allowed Lord Zhang to investigate it in the Imperial Guards camp?"

"Tianyi Sect External Affairs Elder: Taoist Ling Yunzi died tragically yesterday. His body was found and immediately sent to the Dali Temple." Zhang Rui sighed and smiled bitterly, "I didn't really want to take this case, but the other officials seemed to have important matters to attend to, so I had to take it over in the end."

Ling Yunzi is dead?
Everyone was shocked!
Jiang Linfeng was also stunned, and then his emotions became more complicated.

First, Shen Yuan got into trouble, and now the foreign affairs elder of Tianyi Sect also got into trouble. There are undercurrents in this, and it is definitely not simple, but I can't even grasp the edge. If it weren't for what the other party said today, I wouldn't know about this.

Why do I feel that the major events in the capital have less and less to do with me?

"When Senior Ling Yunzi got into trouble, I thought about it for a long time. Since my superiors in the Dali Temple wanted to avoid the case, I had no choice but to ask the coroner to perform an autopsy. In the end, they concluded that the fatal wound on Ling Yunzi was from the Pure Yang Qi of Tianyi Sect. Combined with the fact that Senior Ling Yunzi was killed by a single sword, I believe that the crime might have been committed by a fellow Taoist of Tianyi Sect, so I finally came to Commander Hong for help."

Li Qingtian laughed when he heard this: "You mean, you did this today to catch the murderer?"

"I'm not that bold," Zhang Rui said with a wry smile, looking at Hong Lie.

When Hong Lie saw Zhang Rui looking at him, his face twitched and he cursed in his heart, but on the surface he looked like a hero: "Use extraordinary means in extraordinary times. This is what your majesty taught you!"

"Ah!" Li Qingtian pouted with amusement: "You are so lawless and yet you have the nerve to let His Majesty take the blame? You are such a pushover."

Hong Lie snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Jiang Linfeng frowned: "In this case, can we find the real culprit?"

"I and others are also very curious. I wonder if Lord Hong has found any clues with such fanfare?"

Behind the military camp, a group of Taoists walked out slowly, and the one who led the questioning was the head of the Tianyi Sect: Tian Yunzi.

"Who told you to release them?" Hong Lie immediately stood up and said angrily.

The deputy general of the "Grand Commander" did not dare to look directly at his master, and said cautiously: "It was Master Zhang's idea."

Zhang Rui also smiled bitterly and said, "Commander-in-chief, there is only one day, how can we find out? Now that so many people have been alarmed and come here, even the Duke of Jin has come, it is obvious that we can't investigate further."

"You useless thing, I'm here to hold you accountable, what are you afraid of?" Hong Lie roared with his neck red.

"Evil beast!" Qing Yunzi said angrily, "Can you put something in your brain?"

Hong Lie's neck shrank, as if he was a little afraid of Qing Yunzi, and then he said carefully: "Isn't this just to catch them off guard, so as to find out the murderer who killed Ling Yunzi's uncle."

"Do you think people are as stupid as you? Can you blow up the murderer with just a bluff like that?" Qing Yunzi sneered, "With a pig's brain like yours, it's a miracle that you can become the commander of the imperial guards."

Hong Lie shrank his head and dared not refute. It seemed that Qing Yunzi still had the intimidation over him.

The headmaster saw this and a smile flashed in his eyes.

I see. I thought it was a big deal. I should have thought that Ling Yunzi's body was taken away by the people from the Dali Temple, so how could there be no movement at all?
But I didn’t expect that it would be Hong Lie who took action.

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Duke, for your help." The head teacher stepped forward and saluted.

"You're welcome." Facing the headmaster of Tianyi Sect, Li Qingtian was not arrogant. He nodded and said, "Your master and I are also old friends. Although this kid deserves to be scolded for his mess, it was for his own uncle. Please don't blame him."

"Hong Lie is so attentive to Junior Brother Ling Yunzi, I should be grateful. Although his method is a bit ridiculous, it at least shows that he still has his heart set on Tianyi Sect." He then looked at Qing Yunzi and said, "Senior Brother, you have found a good disciple."

"Humph!" Qing Yunzi snorted coldly with his hands behind his back: "I can't afford a disciple like this!"

Having said that, he turned away.

The head of the sect immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head, then bowed to everyone and said, "This is my temper, senior brother. I hope everyone can forgive me." The others returned the greetings, but did not take it seriously.

Lu Chengfeng smiled and said, "I'm sorry for not entertaining you well before. Please follow me back to the Lu Mansion. I'll ask the butler to prepare a few tables of wine and food to calm you down, Sect Leader."

"Then thank you for your help, benefactor." The headmaster said with a smile.

Jiang Linfeng saw this and frowned slightly. Did the Lu family really win over the Tianyi Sect?
"Lord Jiang has helped a lot today. If you have nothing to do, why not come to your house for a drink?" Lu Chengfeng invited.

Jiang Linfeng glanced at the other person, thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Then I'm sorry to bother you."

If the Lu family really had an idea, they should try to win them over through today's invitation. And after the loss of the Shen family, the alliance on their side does need a new partner.

"Haha, then it looks like everything is alright?" Li Qingtian said with a smile, "If everything is alright, then I will leave now!"

"Why don't you come to my house, Lord Jin?"

"Then there's no need for that." Li Qingtian put away his smile and said coldly, "The things in your family's house are so delicious that I can't even eat."

Lu Chengfeng: “.”

Just like that, the situation of a group of people coming to call for an explanation seemed to be resolved so easily. Until everyone dispersed, Hong Lie was still a little unresponsive.

It wasn't until the people walked away that he asked cautiously, "That's it?"

"What?" Princess Yunyang glared at him and said, "Do you still want to be whipped by the Duke of Jin?"

Hong Lie immediately shrank his head, smiled brightly, and then looked at Zhang Rui: "Is it done?"

Zhang Rui nodded and took out a piece of ice. Inside the ice was a centipede with black air wrapped around it.

"Is this the centipede?" Hong Lie approached and observed curiously: "Can this thing control my master?"

"As long as the spinal nerves are successfully possessed, not to mention Senior Qingyunzi, even the Duke of Jin just now can be controlled."

"That's really a dangerous thing." Hong Lie looked at the densely packed centipede legs in the ice and got goose bumps all over his body.

Princess Yunyang also felt uncomfortable watching this, but she still asked, "Master Zhang, didn't you say that this thing can contact its compatriots?"

"Yes," Zhang Rui nodded. "If we forcibly take it out or kill it, it will attract the attention of other centipedes and the main body. It is very likely that the people from Tianyi Sect will attack us directly. After all, they can use the fact that we killed Senior Qingyunzi as an excuse."

"But now that you've taken out the centipede, won't the master be recognized?"

"So, we are pretty lucky today." Zhang Rui took a deep breath.

It was indeed lucky that I waited for that knife. If it had been a little worse, the situation today would have been difficult.
"Your acting skills are pretty good"

Qingyunzi, who was leading the way, was caught up by Tianyunzi. Seeing that Qingyunzi was still taking the Lu family residence, Tianyunzi breathed a sigh of relief, but did not completely let down his guard. Instead, he used his true energy to get closer.

After all, Qing Yunzi's performance just now was too much like Qing Yunzi.

At this time, Tian Yunzi's eyes, which were approaching, turned green like cat's eyes, which was extremely strange.

"Not bad, right?" Qing Yunzi turned around, his eyes were the same green as Tian Yunzi's, and looked even more enchanting.

Seeing this scene, Tian Yunzi finally let down his guard: "As expected, you are made from the blood essence of Lord God. In just one day, you can become like Qing Yunzi."

Qing Yunzi smiled slightly, but didn't say much. Instead, he turned back to look at the Lu family: "Hong Lie doesn't look like he recognizes that there is something wrong with us. What should we do next? Continue to play the role of affectionate master and disciple or completely surrender to the Lu family?"

"Then is it possible for Murong Yunji to enter the palace?" Tian Yunzi asked after thinking for a while.

"She will definitely be able to enter the palace." Qing Yunzi nodded: "As a young person, no one can stop her!"

"A ten-year-old half-step master, what force is behind the scenes? How was he trained?" Tian Yunzi was still very surprised.

"If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"In that case, let's split into two factions." Tian Yunzi said with a smile: "We will still be guests of the Lu family, and you can go back to find your apprentice. It's a good opportunity to use Murong's quota to enter the palace. Then you can also find out who is behind that Zhang!"

(End of this chapter)