The news quickly spread throughout Jiangzhou City, and those who watched Ling Xin'an kill Jianghu people in the street vividly described what happened this morning.

In a wine shop, someone immediately slapped the table and shouted: "A small government official in Jiangzhou can talk so nonsense, let's go and kill him."

Someone immediately responded, most of them were sneering, and some were saying: "What sect are those three disciples in the morning? The Jiangzhou government office has completely offended this sect."

"The rivers and lakes and the temples have always been in harmony with each other. As the person said, the disciples of these three sects are used to being domineering in their sects and don't know the rules of the rivers and lakes."

"It's not surprising. If one can get spiritual veins, not to mention temples, even heaven and earth. There are people who will try it. Those who can get spiritual veins will have a longer life."

"But being so blatant, you really don't take the Zhou Dynasty seriously. Even if the current dynasty is on one side, no sect can resist it."

"So those three sects died in vain?" Some people were dissatisfied.

"How is that possible?" The man sneered: "People in the world are extremely important to their appearance, especially those from well-established sects. Since you can't kill them blatantly, you can send disciples to assassinate them. Have you ever seen someone

How many officials who have offended Jianghu sects have ended well."

Everyone thought so.

The person who was slamming the table just now couldn't help but muttered in anger when he heard the crowd's voices: "A bunch of Novs."

The sharp-eared man heard this and sneered: "Hero, I see that you have wonderful bones and are quite chivalrous. How about you go?"

The man said: "So what if I go?"

Someone laughed and said: "If you can bring the head of that government office here, would we admire you?"

"Huh, why not? Watch a certain house and I'll kill that guy to bring face to my fellow gangsters." After that, he drank a bottle of wine and immediately walked downstairs. Then he heard the chaotic sound of horse hooves outside, waiting for him

When I walked out of the door of the wine shop, I saw only shadows.

Ling Xin'an had just finished breakfast and was about to go to the hall when the sound of messy footsteps came from the middle courtyard.

"Sir." The guard Yamen hurriedly ran in. Behind him, seven or eight people wearing dark red official uniforms of the Zhou Dynasty followed closely.

Ling Xin'an stood up, clasped her fists and said, "Your Majesty, Ling Zhian, is here to see you."

The crowd parted, and a man about forty years old slowly walked out from the middle. He had a fair face and a gentle smile, which made people look even more sinister.

"Jiangzhou Prefectural Government Ling Zhian accepts the decree." He glanced at Ling Xin'an, took out the imperial edict from his sleeve, and shouted.

Everyone knelt down quickly. Ling Xin'an resisted instinctively, but when he thought of his identity at this time, he slowly knelt down: "I accept the order."

"Ling Zhi'an, the government official of Jiangzhou, discovered a spiritual vein, dug it privately, did not report it to the imperial court, did not pay tribute to the imperial court, and despised the royal law. He is now dismissed from his post and awaits action. The imperial envoy will conduct a detailed investigation. If there is any concealment, all matters will be handed over to the imperial envoy.

"

Ling Xin'an's expression suddenly changed, and she was shocked. How could she have forgotten this matter? He had really forgotten to report such a major matter to the court.

"I accept the decree." Ling Xin'an took the imperial edict from the imperial envoy, who was looking at him with a sneer.

"Master Ling, I am also acting under the emperor's orders, so I have offended you a lot." The imperial envoy said with a thin smile.

Ling Xin'an's face was extremely ugly. This time, she really made a mistake and forgot that there was a huge dynasty behind her.

Not to mention giving the spiritual stones to the Great Zhou Dynasty, he didn't even send one to the Ling Mansion, and his mind was racing at a rapid speed.

"Whatever it is, I can check it at will. I just hope that when you ask, you don't scare those servants."

The imperial envoy smiled and said, "That's natural." After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the others immediately dispersed and went about their business.

Soon, the servants were pulled out one by one for questioning, and some went in and out of various rooms to search, including Ling Xin'an's room.

Ling Xin'an led the imperial envoy to sit at the table in the main hall: "Sir, I don't know what you want to know. I will answer everything you want to know."

After thinking for a while, Ling Xin'an finally spoke.

Officials cannot ask the imperial envoy's surname privately. This is also the default rule of the officialdom, and Ling Xin'an naturally abides by it.

The imperial envoy narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Sir Ling, why bother, just take your time." After that, he closed his eyes.

Ling Xin'an sat beside him and became quiet when he saw this.

But everywhere in the inner courtyard there were the cries of servants and the sound of broken items being dropped as people searched the room.

Soon, two quarters of an hour passed, and the imperial envoy soldiers walked into the main hall one after another, whispering in the ears of the imperial envoy for a while until everyone had finished speaking.

Ling Xin'an sat there quietly without saying a word. Someone had already served tea. Ling Xin'an drank two cups, while the imperial envoy just took a sip.

At this time, the imperial envoy opened his eyes, looked at Ling Xin'an and said, "Sir Ling, do you need me to say something?"

Ling Xin'an stroked the tea cup and said, "I don't know what you want to ask, sir. I have nothing to say."

"Humph, Lord Ling, are you planning to resist the decree?" the imperial envoy said angrily.

Ling Xin'an said: "My lord, how dare you, a subordinate? Your lords have also searched this house and asked all the servants in this house. I don't know what they found?"

"But there's nothing."

"Back to my lord, I have indeed discovered the spiritual vein."

"Then the emperor has not wronged you, why don't you offer the spiritual stone to the emperor?" the imperial envoy said angrily, his feminine face looked like a poisonous snake in the dark, and he didn't know when he would suddenly pounce and bite someone.

"Sir, I want to make an offering to you, but I don't have any spiritual stones to offer it to you."

"Is it because you kept it for yourself?"

"Sir, what you said is different. The lower official and the garrison Master Hu sent people to dig together, but there was an accident on the way."

"Oh?" The Imperial Envoy narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Ling Xin'an and said, "What's the surprise?"

"I wonder if your Excellency has ever been to that area to investigate?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Ling Xin'an immediately said: "Xiaguan didn't dare. Since you went there, you must have seen the corpses of ferocious beasts everywhere. If the villagers didn't take them away, there should be a lot of them. Xiaguan and Master Hu were digging together, and they were killed by the ferocious beasts from Motou Mountain."

The beast snatched it away, and Xiaguan and Mr. Hu were seriously injured. If the beast hadn't succeeded, how would I have dared to conceal the report and not pay tribute?"

The imperial envoy's face was slightly startled, he did not expect Ling Xin'an to say such a thing.

"Why do I see Lord Ling full of energy and radiant?"

Ling Xin'an bent down and said: "Sir, although Xiaguan did not get the spiritual veins, he did get some spiritual stones, but they were very broken. At that time, Xiaguan used them to save his life. Otherwise, what do you think?"

"Haha, do you think I am a three-year-old child?" The Imperial Envoy sneered.

Ling Xin'an shrugged: "Sir, if you don't believe what I said, you can ask Master Hu and others. Master Hu fought against the beast with his own strength and almost died in the battle. This was seen by all the soldiers. The spirit stone was destroyed by the beast.

The beast snatched them away. If you had rushed there earlier, I guess I could still find some."

"Come here, go and bring Hu Bing." Lord Qinchao said.

Soon, just after two quarters of an hour, Hu Bing was seen arriving at the main hall of the government office with several imperial soldiers.

"The last general, Hu Bing, pays homage to the Imperial Envoy." Hu Bing came immediately.

Hu Bing's face was still pale, and his energy and blood were obviously low. Seeing this, Ling Xin'an couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This guy had obviously expected this day, otherwise, he had made a miscalculation.

"I heard that you also participated in the excavation of the spiritual veins that day. Why didn't you report it and pay tribute?"

"Back to your lord, the spiritual veins were indeed mined by Master Ling and Beizhi. However, they caused a sneak attack by the peerless ferocious beast from Demon Head Mountain. Beizhi and Master Ling were seriously injured. They failed to protect the spiritual veins and were robbed by the ferocious beasts.

Please punish me, sir."

"Taken away?" The Imperial Envoy sneered: "The two of you are talking about the same thing. Could it be that they have already discussed it?"

Hu Bing immediately said: "Sir, how can you dare to be humble? The entire spiritual vein has indeed been robbed by a ferocious beast. Your Excellency can send people to Motou Mountain to investigate. As for the broken spiritual stones, Beizhi and Lord Ling do have some, but

It was also used by me to heal my wounds."

Looking at the two of them, the imperial envoy had an ugly expression. After a while, he said: "Since you two are like this, this imperial envoy is also acting according to the emperor's order. You two also admitted that they have discovered spiritual veins. I will report the truth to the emperor. But if there is any concealment,

Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Ling Xin'an and Hu Bing said in unison: "I don't dare to deceive you, sir."

"Master Ling."

"The official is here." Ling Xin'an immediately stood up and said.

"The Emperor said that his food has been a bit bland recently. I heard that your mansion has some that can soothe your appetite. I wonder if Lord Ling still has some?"

Ling Xin'an was startled, then immediately smiled and said, "Here comes someone."

"Here, sir." Lu Fengxian said immediately.

"The Emperor has something to say, why don't you prepare some?"

"Okay, sir."

Ling Xin'an said again: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, is tired of traveling and traveling. Jiangzhou Prefecture has some specialties. If you don't dislike it, I hope you will accept it."

The imperial envoy smiled when he heard this and said, "Sir Ling, you are too polite."

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" the two of them said with a smile.

In the main hall, the atmosphere suddenly became a little more relaxed.

At this moment, there was sudden shouting at the door.

"Dog officer, get out of here, young master, and take your dog's head."

Ling Xin'an frowned slightly, but Hu Bing's face was ashen. The imperial envoy looked at the two of them and closed his eyes again.
To be continued...