The soldiers guarding the city stopped him and asked with a cold face, "Lu Yin!"
Xiao Ran took out the Confucian token from Jiyin Academy. In addition to the two small characters "Jiyin" engraved on it, there was also the character "Yan", which represented his identity at the moment.
"I've seen you, sir!" the soldier hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Put away the token and enter the capital.
The capital of the Zhou Kingdom was similar to the capital of Daxia, both very lively and prosperous.
The market is full of people.
A completely dark place.
On both sides of the street, vendors were setting up stalls, and the shouts and cries made people couldn't help but stop and linger at their stalls.
"Master, do you want candied haws on a stick?" A little girl stopped in front of him, holding a wooden frame with dozens of candied haws on it.
A pair of big, bright eyes looked at him eagerly.
"How to sell it?" Xiao Ran asked.
"A bunch of five cents."
"I want them all." Xiao Ran took out an ingot of silver and handed it over.
"This, this is too much." The little girl didn't dare to pick it up.
"Take it!" Xiao Ran rubbed her head.
He took the wooden frame from her hand and walked towards Jiyin Academy.
Take off a bunch of candied haws at random.
I haven’t eaten this stuff for a long time. I had a great time with Zi’er last time.
Thinking of Zi'er, I wonder how she is doing now?
But with Tianpeng, with the power of Tianpeng's destiny, even if there is danger, I can retreat in advance, so it will be okay.
Bite off a candied haws.
It's very sweet, not sour, and quite delicious.
"It's money well spent." Xiao Ran smiled.
The location of Jiyin Academy is easy to find out. It is in the south of the city, located on Shenwu Avenue.
It is one of the most prosperous areas in Beijing.
The reason why he went there first was mainly because of his current status.
When he pretended to be Su Yan and went to the capital, he also used his identity token. If he didn't go there, they would inevitably be suspicious given their power in the capital.
Furthermore.
With an additional layer of official status, it would be much easier for him to carry out his next actions in the Zhou Kingdom.
a while.
Xiao Ran stopped at the entrance of Jiyin Academy and looked at the huge palace in front of him. It was surrounded by a huge courtyard. It was majestic, spectacular and shocking, with a strong visual impact.
There are two tall white jade lions placed at the door, which are vivid and contain a ray of awe-inspiring righteousness.
It gives people the feeling that it is not a dead thing, but as if it is alive.
A group of students are guarding here.
Seeing Xiao Ran coming, he was dressed in extraordinary clothes, had impressive equipment, and was very handsome. The leading student did not look down upon him. He took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "This is Jiyin Academy. May I ask what is going on here?"
"Su Yan! I was invited by Yuan Feng to come to Jiyin Academy to report." Xiao Ran said.
brush!
The student's expression changed, and even the way he looked at Xiao Ran changed, becoming wary.
"Do you have anything to prove your identity?"
Xiao Ran took out the identity token. The student took a serious look at it to make sure it was genuine, and then said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go in and report!"
He winked at the people around him and told them to look at Xiao Ran. If he wanted to leave, they would leave him behind while he rushed inside.
The inner court.
Su Zhitian, the executive vice-president of Jiyin Academy, sat on the chair with a cold face, even though there was ice spirit tea, the best spiritual tea in the palace, in front of him. It is a royal product of the palace and is specially consumed by members of the royal family. The quantity is rare and sufficient.
It's as precious as snow ginseng tea, but it still doesn't arouse any interest.
Too many things have happened in Jiyin Academy recently, including the fact that Wen Jinglei went to Xia Kingdom some time ago, and all the people he brought with him were destroyed, and no one escaped.
Coupled with other things, one head has two big problems, and my heart is very aggrieved.
Just in the morning.
Yuan Feng's natal jade tablet left in the academy was broken. The disciple responsible for guarding the natal jade tablet came to report it, which made him very angry.
He is from De Fei, Su Zhitian knows it well.
But after all, he is a member of Jiyin Academy, he has also realized Haoran's righteousness, his cultivation is not weak, and his teaching is also very good. Now that he is dead, it is still unclear.
Whatever the reason, investigate.
"Teacher has news!" At this time, the student at the door rushed in from outside.
His name is Sun Zheng, Su Zhitian's favorite disciple.
See him stop.
Su Zhitian had a cold face and scolded him, "How can you behave in such a panic?"
"There is a man who calls himself Su Yan and is holding the Confucian token from Jiyin Academy. He is at the door."
"Is this true?" Su Zhitian's eyes lit up.
Su Yan's affairs were still handled by his hands.
As the executive vice president of Jiyin Academy, he was in charge of daily work. At the beginning, Yuan Feng approached him and wanted an outsider to be the great scholar of Jiyin Academy, but he refused directly.
But Yuan Feng was very thick-skinned, and he was an old man from Jiyin Academy. He kept pestering him and said a lot of good things about Su Yan, including that he had great righteousness, was good at fighting insects, had advanced cultivation, and was very young.
Not big, this kind of talent is suitable for attracting.
then.
He then relented and promised Yuan Feng to give Su Yan the status of a great scholar.
After taking Su Yan's identity token, Yuan Feng used an excuse to go find him and deliver things to him.
Unexpectedly, he never came back.
"Yeah." Sun Zheng nodded heavily.
"Bring him here!" Su Zhitian ordered.
"It's teacher!" Sun Zheng responded hurriedly and left quickly.
door.
Xiao Ran stood calmly on the spot with his hands behind his back. The appearance of the disciples around him did not escape his eyes. His expression remained unchanged and he thought to himself, "It's just as I guessed."
The sound of fast footsteps sounded from inside.
Sun Zheng ran out and stopped in front of him.
"please!"
He made an invitation gesture and took Xiao Ran into Jiyin Academy.
After walking around, we entered a majestic palace.
An old man was wearing a red robe and had red hair. He was sitting on a chair. He was not angry and powerful, but with a huge pressure. The momentum of someone who had been in power for a long time roared towards him. His majestic eyes fell on him like a blade.
Xiao Ran seemed to be able to see through him.
"Teacher, this is Su Yan!" Sun Zheng introduced.
Then he respectfully stepped aside.
boom!
A huge momentum, like the sun soaring into the sky, and also like the fearful power of heaven, erupted from Su Zhitian's body and suppressed it towards Xiao Ran.
Center him.
A huge crushing force came from the surrounding world, as if it was going to crush him.
Golden light rose, bloomed from Xiao Ran's body, and evolved into a golden shield, protecting him inside.
No matter how much Su Zhitian tried to suppress him, he still couldn't shake him, let alone hurt him.
It's not that Su Zhitian isn't strong enough, as the executive vice president of Jiyin Academy, how can he be just a mediocre person?
But suppressing the momentum was of no use to Xiao Ran.
Let alone him, even the evil god cannot harm him through his aura.
This is his background!
"Is this the way Jiyin Academy treats guests?" Xiao Ran's face was cold.
"Tell me! Did you kill Yuan Feng?" Su Zhitian pressed forward step by step.
Since Xiao Ran dared to come, he considered the possible consequences.
Including the scene in front of him, even the worst-case scenario, he has considered it, everything is calculated.
"no!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"I don't bother to lie. It's up to you whether you believe it or not!" Xiao Ran didn't take a step back.
"He went out of the city to find you and invited you to join Jiyin Academy. You have the identity token he brought with you, but you are alive and he is dead. How do you explain it?" Su Zhitian said coldly.
"We have been friends for many years, and our relationship is very strong! The friendship is thicker than the sky, and the friendship is deeper than the sea. Both he and I can go out of our way to help each other, so how can we do anything to hurt each other?" Xiao Ran
Righteous way.
"After Brother Yuan found me, he gave me the things and then left in a hurry. As for what he was going to do, I asked him, but he didn't tell me."
Su Zhitian said nothing, and his sharp eyes seemed to tell whether Xiao Ran was lying.
Facing his eyes, Xiao Ran looked at him calmly and did not dodge.
The eyes are so pure!
If you dodge at this time, you will look very panicked and have something in your heart, and the other party will definitely become suspicious.
By then.
It's not a matter of imposing force, nor is it just words, but real actions. This is not in line with his plan.
Minutes passed.
The violent momentum subsided and all turned into his body, as if it had never appeared before, and calm returned to the hall again.
"This dean made the mistake of blaming you." Su Zhitian said.
"Humph!" Xiao Ran flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly.
He took out the identity token of Jiyin Academy, waved it casually, and threw it on the table.
"It's you who invited me, and it's you who gave me authority! What do you think of me?"
Finished.
Turn around and leave, walking towards the outside.
Without any hesitation.
Sun Zheng wanted to speak, but didn't dare.
Su Zhitian's face was expressionless. He didn't know what he was thinking, but his eyes fell on Xiao Ran.
Seeing that he had already left the main hall and left completely after a few steps, I felt suspicious, "It's really not him?"
Think about it carefully.
If he did it, he couldn't be so calm and dare to run here and throw himself into a trap with the Great Confucian Token of Jiyin Academy.
Furthermore.
There is no interest relationship between them. Yuan Feng also said before that he and Su Yan have a very good relationship and have been friends for many years.
Think of this.
Su Zhitian eliminated Xiao Ran's suspicion.
Through the brief contact just now, he performed very well. He can actually look directly at himself and ignore the pressure of his aura. He is a talent, but it needs to be verified before he can be worthy of a big responsibility.
"Wait!"
While talking, he stood up from his chair.
Xiao Ran stopped but didn't look back.
After taking Sun Zheng out of the hall, Su Zhitian stopped in front of him, a smile appeared on his stern face, "It was my fault, dean, and I apologize to you."
Xiao Ran looked at it coldly and said nothing.
Su Zhitian grabbed the token from the air, took it from the table in the main hall, and handed it over again, "This dean solemnly invites you to join Jiyin Academy and become one of us."
"Will the scene just now happen again?" Xiao Ran asked back.
"No!" Su Zhitian shook his head.
Xiao Ran took the identity token and put him away.
"I heard from Yuan Feng that you are not only amazingly talented, but you have also realized the great righteousness on your own. Can you give it a try?"
"Okay." Xiao Ran agreed readily.
boom!
The majestic and righteous energy erupted from his body, illuminating his entire body and bathing him in golden light. He remained at the level of a great Confucian, neither too high nor too low, worthy of his current status.
The most yang and strong power evolves to restrain evil spirits and heretics.
"Not bad!" Su Zhitian praised.
"I heard that you are good at controlling insects. You can control most insects in the world, even poisonous ones. Can you show it to me?"
"Since Dean Su mentioned it, of course it can be done." Xiao Ran put away his righteous attitude.
"Are they poisonous?"
"Yes." Su Zhitian patted the Qiankun bag on his waist with one hand and took out a red insect as big as an adult's fist.
It is ferocious and terrifying, covered with special lines, and a fierce aura rushes towards your face.
"It's called the Dark Night Bloodthirsty Worm. It's my dean's spiritual insect. No one can control it except this dean. You might as well give it a try."
Place the Nightbloodworm on the ground.
Xiao Ran squatted down and faced his gaze. The Night Bloodthirsty Insect stared at him coldly, its eyes were very cold, its body was surrounded by blood, and it could strike at any time with a shocking blow.
"The art of controlling insects of all spirits!"
Secretly operating this magical power, a ball of golden light appeared in the palm of his right hand, covering the palm, and waves of strange fragrance came out from the golden light. I saw these strange fragrances overflowing from the golden light and rushing towards it.
The Dark Night Bloodthirsty Insect was stunned for a moment and didn't pay much attention.
As more and more strange fragrances entered its body, its guard relaxed, and even its attitude towards Xiao Ran changed. From the previous fierce look, it looked like it could take action at any time.
Now, as gentle as a kitten, she walked over on her own initiative, stopped in front of Xiao Ran, and put her head on the palm of his right hand affectionately.
"Want to try again?" Xiao Ran asked.
"Good job!" Su Zhitian praised.
Putting away the magical power, the golden light disappeared, and the strange fragrance disappeared. The night bloodthirsty insect gradually recovered from that state.
But compared to before.
Even if he didn't please Xiao Ran, he would no longer be hostile to him like before.
Put away the Night Bloodworm.
"This is not the place to talk. Let's talk inside the main hall." Su Zhitian said.
"Yeah." Xiao Ran had no objection.
The three of them entered the palace.
Sun Zheng poured tea. He had the lowest status here. He was a student of Su Zhitian. Xiao Ran was now a great scholar and was considered to be a middle-level member of Jiyin Academy.
"Yuan Feng died just this morning, and the jade tablet he left in the academy was shattered." Su Zhitian said in a deep voice.
boom!
Xiao Ran's face was very cold, and he squeezed his palm roughly, crushing the space in his palm, and said with murderous intent, "Who did it?"
"I don't know!" Su Zhitian shook his head.
"The dean is still investigating, and there is no news yet."
"It's best not to let me know, otherwise I will kill him and avenge Brother Yuan!"
"Yeah." Su Zhitian nodded.
Pointing to the Bing Ling Tea.
"This is the royal tea in the palace, or a spiritual tea. It's rare to find it, so you might as well try it."
"Okay." Xiao Ran held the teacup, pressed the tea lid, and took a sip.
The rich fragrance came, and it also contained sufficient spiritual power. Although this spiritual power was useless to him, the tea was good, comparable to snow ginseng tea.
“Good tea.”
Drink all the tea in the cup.
"I have no other hobbies. My only hobby is drinking tea."
At this point, he stopped and did not continue.
But everyone who should understand understands, and Su Zhitian is not an idiot, so how can he not understand.
If your heart aches, you shouldn't provoke him.
But Xiao Ran had already spoken. If he didn't give it, he would be in trouble in terms of face.
"The dean doesn't have much ice tea left in his hands, but since you asked, I will reluctantly part with you."
He took out two kilograms of iced tea and handed it over.
"The inventory is all here."
"Thank you, Dean Su." Xiao Ran was not polite and put the things away.
"You have just arrived and are not familiar with the situation in the academy. You are not required to teach for the time being. You should get familiar with it during this period. After a while, the dean will arrange work for you." Su Zhitian said.
"Okay." Xiao Ran knew that the other party still didn't believe him and would have to investigate for a while.
"Do you have a place to stay in the city?"
"I plan to go to Yaxing and find a quiet courtyard nearby." Xiao Ran said.
"Food and accommodation are included in the academy. The food is pretty good, so there is no need to spend such unjust money."
"Now that I'm here, I'm going to return to my roots here. Prepare the yard now so that when I meet someone I like in the future, I can give him a home." Xiao Ran smiled.
"It's just that the dean didn't think it through well." Su Zhitian smiled slightly.
"Although Yuan Feng is dead, the things he promised you before still count. Although there is nothing for you to do in the academy for the time being, you still have a salary. In addition, you can also read the books collected in the academy."
"Yeah." Xiao Ran remembered.
Chatted for a while again.
Su Zhitian asked Sun Zheng to send Xiao Ran away. When he left, he gave him a separate small courtyard in the academy and gave him three sets of clothes belonging to a great scholar, including a set of daily necessities.
Everything that can be thought of has been taken care of.
Return immediately.
"How are you, teacher?" Sun Zheng asked impatiently as soon as he came in.
"He is a talent." Su Zhitian stroked his beard.
"What the student is asking about is not this matter, but about Yuan Feng, the great scholar."
"He didn't do it." Su Zhitian said firmly.
"They don't have any conflict of interest. Furthermore, if it was really him who killed him, it would be too late to escape, so how could he fall into a trap?"
"Who could have done it?" Sun Zheng scratched his head, looking puzzled.
"Yuan Feng is a member of Concubine De. Qing Concubine leaves the palace this time. Considering the grudge between her and Concubine De, some bad things will inevitably happen! My teacher guessed that he should have died in Concubine Qing's hands."
"Ah!" Sun Zheng was shocked.
"Then, do we still need to continue the investigation?"
"Check!" Su Zhitian glared at him.
"If you don't even do the superficial work, wouldn't it mean that you have lost the face of Jiyin Academy?"
"Then why didn't you arrange things for him just now?"
"Go and realize it yourself!" Su Zhitian said.
…
Leave Jiyin Academy.
Looking at the sunset on the horizon, it is about to set.
"Time flies so fast." Xiao Ran said.
Walk towards the cheap tooth.
According to Ya Fei, Fair Price Dental Store was originally Feixue's secret intelligence agency and was in her hands. No one except her knew about it.
As Feixue's core troops were annexed by the Divine Prison, they are now members of the Divine Prison.
The person in charge is called Fu Xue, who is responsible for the intelligence work in the capital.
It was also Concubine Ya's suggestion that Xiao Ran appointed the judge.
If the position is too low, you will not be able to control the huge intelligence agency here, but the position of judge is just right.
Comment: Yaxing is located on Shenwu Avenue, two streets apart.
Among the many restaurants in the capital, it is neither too big nor too small, and is considered medium.
Got here.
As soon as he entered the store, a maid greeted him enthusiastically, "Sir, do you want to buy a house or sell a house?"
"A house with three entrances and three exits, facing north and south at the same time, like spring all year round, a wealthy and noble house?"
The maid kept her composure, but her heart tightened. This was their incision communication code, and her smile did not diminish. "As long as we have enough money, we will make it now."
Xiao Ran was invited to sit down, served tea, and winked at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper understood and turned around and walked inside.
a while.
A young woman, wearing a white short skirt, super short (just like you think), moved her waist and walked out.
Every move is full of charm, charming people to death.
In addition to her hot figure, her face is also pretty. It is not an exaggeration to call her a fairy. She stopped in front of Xiao Ran and said, "Go down and do your work. I will greet this young master."
The maid leaves.
The young woman introduced herself, "My name is Fu Xue. I am the owner of the Cheap Dental Shop. What do you call the young master?"
"Su Yan." Xiao Ran said.
"Young Master looks strange. I guess this is your first time coming to our store, right?"
"Um."
"Your request is too high. Three in and three out is a trivial matter, even facing north and south. But if you want spring all year round, no matter how wealthy you are, who can achieve this?" Fu Xue said seductively.
"However! I do have a courtyard in my hands. The location is quite good, but it's a bit small. Can you, Master, go and have a look with me?"
"Okay!" Xiao Ran agreed.
Out of teeth.
Under the leadership of Fu Xue, we walked towards the front.
The other side.
Qiongqifang.
This is one of the five places with the highest housing prices in the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. Just like Zhuquefang in Daxia, you can't buy it even if you have money, and you have to subscribe. The people who live here are either rich or noble, and they all stand in the capital.
People in upper circles.
No. 21, the residence of the sixth prince Zhou Yuan.
study.
Zhou Yuan's face was expressionless, and his face was covered with frost. A terrifying evil aura came from his body, like an ancient ferocious beast that chooses people to devour. Its eyes can kill people.
"waste!"
Angrily, he grabbed a vase and threw it on the ground, shouting curses.
"All the things have arrived in the capital, and yet they can still be snatched by others! If he hadn't been dead, I would have skinned him and cramped his muscles to show him how to write the word "death"!"
Opposite him sat a middle-aged man, dressed in luxurious purple clothes. His name was Feng Donglai, the head of the Feng family and a confidant of the sixth prince.
This time, he was in charge of dealing with Concubine Qing.
"Your Highness, the matter has come to an end. Now is not the time to talk about this." Feng Donglai looked solemn.
"The top priority is to mobilize all forces and find that thing at all costs. It must not fall into the hands of others. Otherwise, once things fall apart, it will not only affect your title of king in three days, but also make you irrecoverable.
It's unjust. The imperial censor and other princes will definitely not miss this opportunity and add insult to injury to kill you. Even the empress will be implicated."
Contempt in my heart.
"I advised you at that time not to let your lower body dominate your head! But you didn't listen. You decided to take advantage of the fact that the eldest princess was out of the capital and secretly attacked her. It was just a matter of fun, and you tortured her to death and burned her whole body. Otherwise,
How can there be such nonsense now?"
I just thought about this in my heart and said I didn’t dare to say it.
"Do you have any good ideas?" the Sixth Prince asked with a cold face.
"Treat a dead horse like a living horse doctor, and send people to keep an eye on the eldest prince. Once strangers approach, as long as they show any abnormality, they will be captured immediately! It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss one.
"Feng Donglai was full of murderous intent.
"In addition, I will send people here to secretly search the city to find the other party, get the thing and then destroy it."
"Move quietly and don't alert the eldest prince!"
"Yeah." Feng Donglai agreed.
"After this prince is crowned king, he will inform his father and then marry Xiaoqian." Zhou Yuan said.
Xiaoqian's full name is Feng Qian, and she is Feng Donglai's daughter.
They were already engaged, and with this relationship, Feng Donglai had been doing his best to do things for him.
Including offering God's will, he also contributed a lot in it.
If not.
With his lustful temperament, I would have stopped looking at him for a long time.
"Yeah." Feng Donglai's face looked better.
"Father-in-law, I leave everything to you!" Zhou Yuan held his hand and said enthusiastically.
"Alas!" Feng Donglai sighed.
"Your Highness, please rest assured that I will do it with my heart."
After a few more words, Feng Donglai took his leave.
After he left, Zhou Yuan felt uneasy and looked in the direction of the palace, "No! I have to go to the palace now to meet my mother and concubine."
Thinking of this, he immediately led the people out of the mansion and rushed towards the palace.
…
Yujing Street, No. 16.
A courtyard with three entrances and three exits is relatively luxurious, but the layout is very particular, and simplicity contains profound meaning.
Fu Xue and Xiao Ran stopped here and said with a smile, "Master, what do you think of this place?"
"You won't know until you see it." Xiao Ran said.
"Yes." Fu Xue took out the key, opened the courtyard door, waited for Xiao Ran to come in, and closed the courtyard door from the inside.
"Watch it as you walk, and I will introduce it to you."
The layout of the courtyard is quite good, and it also smells like books.
There is also a small artificial lake in the backyard. The water is clean and tidy. A wooden bridge path runs through both sides of the lake, and a pavilion is built in the middle.
There are some fish in the lake, which are not only for people to watch, but also for food.
"What do you think of the scenery?"
"It's okay." Xiao Ran smiled.
"Let's go take a look inside the room again." Fu Xue greeted.
He took the initiative to enter the master bedroom and stopped here.
thump!
He knelt on the ground on one knee and saluted respectfully, "I have met your Excellency!"
"Get up!" Xiao Ran said.
"Do you have any clues about Qian Xuan?"
"A little bit, but it's not Qian Xuan's." Fu Xue said.
"Some time ago, a group of people were secretly transported back. We still don't know who this group of people were and what their identities were. After arriving in the capital, they mysteriously disappeared. My subordinates have already ordered them to investigate with all their strength. Until now,
Still no news at all.”
"Do you suspect Qian Xuan is among these people?"
"Yeah." Fu Xue responded.
"Which department of the imperial court escorted him?" Xiao Ran asked.
"I don't know!" Fu Xue shook her head.
"This matter is very hidden, and all information about it has been blocked."
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