Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 48 Flower Appreciation Record
The drizzle is like a curtain.

The stiff corpse fell on the cold ground, its clothes already soaked by the rain. The coroner from the yamen was busy around the corpse, while Zhou Ye, the chief constable, was looking at a figure not far away.

He Yufu was holding an umbrella, while Zhu Ju was standing at the foot of the mountain with his hands behind his back. His clothes were fluttering gently in the wind, and there was a hint of impatience on his face.

"Mr. Zhu."

Zhou Ye walked over:

"You said he died of exhaustion while fleeing?"

"That's right." Zhu Ju nodded.
"The people in the forest farm can testify to this. At that time, Patriarch Leng came running over covered in wounds, but he suddenly lost his strength."

"That's right!" Ding An, the forestry director, nodded repeatedly.
"I can vouch for that."

"I..." He Yufu also raised her hand cautiously:
"I saw it too."

"Don't worry." Zhou Ye said with a smile:
"Zhou didn't doubt Brother Zhu's intentions. He was just curious about who would attack the head of the Leng family. Speaking of which, the head of the Leng family has offended quite a few people over the years, so it's not surprising that someone would come to his door."

"I don't know about that." Zhu Ju shook his head.
"There was indeed a masked man in black behind us, but he didn't come over when he saw there were more of us."

"Captain Zhou." The coroner looked up and replied:
"Master Leng suffered five types of injuries, and he was also poisoned. He must have died from the poison attacking his heart while he was traveling so fast."

"Apart from the poison, the knife wound is the most serious. The flesh of the internal energy master was torn apart alive. There must be an internal energy master among those who attacked."

A master of internal energy?

Zhou Ye frowned slightly.

He basically knew the number of internal energy masters in Leping County, and none of them had a grudge against Leng Chi and could kill him.

So it's foreign?

As for Zhu Ju...

With the hidden means of the Zhu Mansion, there is no need to go through so much trouble to kill Leng Chi, and it would not be necessary to expose it.

"Brother Zhou."

Zhu Ju spoke:
"It's getting late. If there's nothing else, Zhu will take his leave."

"Brother Zhu, take care." Zhou Ye came back to his senses:
"Thank you for letting me know about this. Thank you for your hard work."

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Zhu Mansion.

After watching Zhu Ju return to the house and close the door, He Yufu pursed her lips and walked to the front yard with a complicated expression.

The scenes of Leng Chi's death came to mind one after another.

The others were too far away to see clearly, but she was right beside her, and in a trance she seemed to see Zhu Ju raise his hand.

then,

Leng Chi fell from mid-air.

Ma Xun is still practicing martial arts, and his swordsmanship is becoming more and more proficient.

"that……"

After hesitating for a moment, He Yufu stopped Ma Xun and asked in a low voice:

"Have you ever seen the young master practicing martial arts?"

"No." Ma Xun shook his head and replied honestly:
"I have never seen it since I came to your house."

"Isn't it!" He Yufu's eyes lit up:
"I've never seen it either, so do you think the young master doesn't know any martial arts?"

"Yes!" Ma Xun said, as if it was a matter of course:

"Young Master knows martial arts."

"Really?" He Yufu's heart tightened, as if she had discovered an unknown secret, and her whole body began to tremble slightly.

"Young Master is practicing a very hard skill called Thirteen Horizontal Training. It is a very powerful skill. This is what Master told me personally." Ma Xun said:

"But the young master didn't practice well, so the master asked me to practice hard so that I can protect the young master in the future."

"Uh..." He Yufu's expression was stiff:

"Ok."

Seeing that she did not continue to ask questions, Ma Xun turned around and continued to hone his swordsmanship, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

The young master's strength is a secret, of course I can't tell you.

backyard.

Zhu Ju rubbed his fingers, thinking about something.

"Alien internal energy!"

Leng Chi’s death was of course closely related to him. At that time, the two were fighting in the air, and their qi, blood and internal energy collided.

However, Leng Chi's internal energy was far beyond his expectations. Although it seemed like he had practiced it incorrectly, there was still a stream of internal energy that was corroding along with the external Qi and blood.

If it weren't for the powerful Five Elements Boxing Sutra, I might have really been injured.

"According to Ye Chongshan, this kind of true qi often reaches the innate level directly, and is a legacy only possessed by top sects. How could such a small place like Leping County have it?"

"It's rumored that Leng Chi had a miraculous encounter when he was young, which allowed him to soar to great heights in such a short period of time. It seems this may not be false."

"The upper limit of strength in the main world is too high, so it's inevitable that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It seems that even in the county town, we must be careful and cautious, otherwise we will easily run into tough opponents."

"Fortunately..."

After silently feeling the changes in the breath in his body, Zhu Ju smiled.

"I can already feel a little bit of the Tongyuan realm." Then he flipped his hand.

A lotus-shaped jade pendant appeared in his palm.

This also comes from the cold pool.

…………

Lengfu.

"Bah..."

In the dark secret room, the tinderbox emitted a faint glow.

Leng Xing lit a candle, took out a tattered book from the drawer, placed it on the table and slowly opened it.

"Flower Appreciation Record!"

"Hehuan Immortal Sect..."

As the contents of the book came into view one by one, Leng Xing's expression became more and more excited, the veins on his neck bulged, and his eyes were red.

"No wonder he was able to cultivate internal energy so quickly. No wonder that beast was so obsessed with beauty. So that's how it is. He can actually use the natural Yin energy in women to cultivate."

"pity……"

"The secret book is incomplete!"

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Yuecheng.

Zhu Ju sat upright on a tiger-skin chair, narrowing his eyes as he listened to the business performance of Wancai Cloth Shop this month. His expression did not change much, but the atmosphere in the room was extremely serious.

"So..." After finishing the report, he spoke slowly:
"Without my consent, you took out 50,000 taels of silver and gave it to the new prefect?"

"Head."

Yan Jingfu's face turned pale and he said:

"Severe drought in the middle of the year, no snow at the end of the year. This situation has lasted for three years. The victims of disasters across the country have become the source of chaos. Coupled with some people stirring up trouble, except for a few states near the capital, all other places are in chaos."

"The imperial court ordered the guild to contribute 50,000 taels of silver, firstly to distribute porridge and grain, and secondly to suppress the rebellion."

"Heh..." Zhu Ju chuckled.
"Do you believe whatever others say?"

"Headmaster, we have no choice." Xiang Zhongyuan of the Cao Gang had rejoined the guild since the threat from the Giant Whale Gang was resolved. He said bitterly:

"Not only the guilds, but the Cao Gang will also have to contribute 20,000 taels of silver, but they can offer work-for-relief, help transport goods, or offset it with their catches."

"We too." Patriarch Zhao sighed.

"All the major families in the city have to pay donations, some thousands, some hundreds."

"The new prefect is treating us like fat sheep to be slaughtered!"

"That's right." Shen Hu said with a gloomy face:
"It would be great if Lord Fang were here. Even if the court really needed money, they wouldn't squeeze us so hard."

"It's a pity that he was promoted to the state capital..."

"Head." Yan Jingfu laughed dryly.
"It's really because the new prefect is pressing hard, and you still haven't come back. We have no choice but to hand over the silver first."

"..." Zhu Ju touched his chin:

"So, you haven't thought about not handing it over?"

Not paying?

Several people's expressions changed slightly.

Yan Jingfu said anxiously:

"Head of the Council, if you don't hand it over, you'll offend the imperial court. Then you'll be known as someone colluding with bandits and plotting rebellion..."

"Although fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, we can use dyed cloth to offset it, so we don't have to spend so much money."

The others nodded.

Unlike other places, Yuecheng has been living a decent life in recent years and has not reached the point of rebellion.

"Don't be afraid, I'm just saying that." Seeing Yan Jingfu's nervous expression, Zhu Ju smiled and waved his hand:

"Zhu only holds a little over 20% of the guild. Even if I were to say no, I wouldn't be able to gain any influence."

"Let's forget about this!"

"Also." He sat up straight and said:

"I heard that Ye Liuyun of the Ye family wants to challenge the leader of the Red Blood Sect, Dugu Wuwang, to compete for the title of the world's number one expert?"

"Yes." Yan Xiuxin nodded and introduced the information she had heard:

"On the second day of April, the Red Blood Cult broke into the 'Ba Dao Manor' in southern Thailand, a place as famous as the Ye family, and massacred 127 of its inhabitants.

May 17th,

The ancestor of the Ye family challenged the leader of the Red Blood Sect, Dugu Wuwang, to a duel at Pingshan, and was killed by him on the top of the mountain after a hundred moves.

June,

Lady Fu Huanlian led a group of people from the martial arts world into the Liehuo Hall, one of the eight halls of the Red Blood Sect, and captured the leader of the Liehuo Hall alive.

……

On the ninth day of the tenth month, Ye Liuyun challenged Dugu Wuwang to a duel, also in Pingshan."

(End of this chapter)