Chapter 53 Ask for advice

Coming out from Tianbao Tower at the hour of Xu, the waning moon was like a willow eyebrow, covering the Luo River, like a veil of silver scales stretching for thousands of miles.

The headless corpse and bloodstains at the door had long been cleaned up. Hu Ji supported Zhou Tieyi on both sides, seemingly unaware of the man's ferocity.

"Senior sister? Why are you here?"

Zhou Tieyi looked forward and saw a man standing by the bank of Luo River. He was wearing a Taoist hat and ancient clothes, with long fluttering sleeves. His skin was as white as the moon and he was as quiet as water. He seemed to be separated from the fame and fortune seekers around him by the Luo River, isolated from the world.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the Hu girls on both sides, and suddenly understood what a vulgar woman meant.

He pushed away the people around him with disgust and hurried forward to greet them.

Before he came, he asked Ah Er to go back home and inform them, because he was afraid that he would be used by others to establish his authority.

Miaoyu saw Hu Ji helping Zhou Tieyi out. Her expression remained calm, but she smiled faintly. "Gongshu Guanshi said he had something important to do today, so he asked me to come and take a look."

"So that's how it is. Thank you for troubling me, Senior Sister."

"It was no trouble at all, but I saw a good show."

Miaoyu's smile remained calm. She saw Zhou Tieyi's fierceness in front of the door and his aggressiveness inside the building, but she had no intention of trying to persuade him.

Zhou Tieyi was slightly stunned. He thought that this senior sister from the mountains would give him some advice. After looking a little embarrassed, he asked, "Then shall we go back?"

Miaoyu nodded.

The group walked from the banks of Luoshui River, along Xuanwu Lake towards Zhushen Division. Zhou Tieyi had just killed someone to establish his authority, so of course, he should not leave Zhushen Division at this time.

Even if you want to leave, you must prepare a leave application!
Halfway through the journey, Zhou Tieyi patted the pills in his stomach. With two Tiger and Leopard Strengthening Marrow Pills as a tonic, he could go without food for at least a month. Moreover, the medicinal power would slowly improve his bones. This was the preciousness of the Tiger and Leopard Strengthening Marrow Pills.

As a Taoist sixth-grade elixir, it is difficult for ordinary sixth-grade warriors to even see it once.

Just as I was thinking about visiting Tianbao Tower more often in the future, his eyes suddenly became fierce, and he changed from a digesting tiger to a crawling beast.

Only Ah Da and Ah Er felt vaguely uncomfortable, but they couldn't tell what the discomfort was.

"Sister."

In Zhou Tieyi's real vision, two shadowy figures, like black fog, were following behind him, watching him secretly.

Miaoyu looked at Zhou Tieyi curiously, "You actually sensed it?"

"what is that?"

Zhou Tieyi did not take action directly. If he wanted to solve the problem, he could only use the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] with all his strength, but that would expose too many things.

"It's just a spy on the Yin God. It's the way of the corpse reincarnation immortal. It's not worthy of being on the stage."

"Can Senior Sister solve it?"

Miaoyu did not refuse and took action directly.

She raised her sword finger, focusing light on her fingertips.

He pointed his sword horizontally and chanted, "The wind is rising."

A hundred meters around the few people, a strong wind suddenly blew up.

He raised his sword finger again and chanted, "Clouds are coming."

The mist is like clouds, coming with the wind and forming a barrier.

The storm was surging, and Ada and the others couldn't help but squint their eyes, finding it difficult to see the overall situation.

The two spying Yin Gods noticed something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but under the rolling wind and clouds, the Yin Gods were erratic and could hardly break through the cloud barrier.

"Five Fire Thunder Serpents ordered by Taiyi She to come quickly to protect us, to destroy the demons and slay the evil, as ordered!"

A bright silver lightning pattern appeared in the clouds, and then the dots of lightning patterns connected together into pieces, like fine snake scales.

Zhou Tieyi can see the scenery within a radius of 100 meters.

In his eyes, there was a walking lightning snake, half hidden in the wind and clouds, with its head raised high and a single horn growing out of it.

Just as the two dark Yin gods were about to beg for mercy, the snake head came down like lightning and swallowed them directly. The thunder was refined and turned into invisible. Miaoyu put down the sword in her hand, the wind stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the lightning snake disappeared.

Zhou Tieyi looked at Miaoyu, "Is this the end?"

Miaoyu asked, "What else?"

Zhou Tieyi opened his mouth and said, "I thought I would advise you to be more ruthless, but now it seems that my worries were in vain."

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The Mei Mansion on Yujing Mountain is far less spacious than the Zhou Mansion, but it has three entrances and a small courtyard.

However, no one in the court or the country dared to look down on the master here.

Mei Qingchen, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, disciple of the Grand Simin, and a fourth-rank Confucian scholar.

Every identity is respected.

What is even more admirable is that Mei Qingchen reached this point on his own.

When he was young, his family was poor and he had no education, but he had a desire to learn. He practiced writing with tree branches and made a living by copying books. He entered school at the age of 20, became a scholar at the age of 30, and passed the imperial examination at the age of 40. After that, he shone like a rough jade and became a disciple of the great Confucian scholar Dong Xingshu. After ten years, he became a fourth-rank official.

Inside the main house, the lights were on.

Mei Qingchen was dressed in black and purple. Although his temples were gray, he looked reserved and did not look like he was fifty years old. Rather, he looked like a young man with some gray hair.

Sitting on his right was his young wife, who was fifteen years younger than Mei Qingchen.

It’s not that Mei Qingchen is greedy for beauty.

Instead, he focused on studying when he was young, and his family was poor, so he could not get married. So he waited until he was 30 years old and passed the imperial examination to be selected as a son-in-law by merchants in the village. As a result, he received financial support and was able to continue his studies. He has also been very respectful to his wife over the years.

Standing in front of Mei Qingchen was his only son, Mei Juncang, who looked 70% like Mei Qingchen when he was young. He was wearing a scholar's long gown and looked gentle and elegant.

However, Mei Juncang's gentle face was now filled with shock and anger after he told what he had heard Zhou Tieyi did in Tianbao Tower tonight.

Mei Juncang said with some fear, "Father, the Zhou family wants to use us to establish their authority!"

If he had not been invited to the literary gathering today and recited a few poems, he might be in the same situation as Shentu Yuan and the other two now.

He took a sneak peek and saw that he had been beaten so badly that he looked like a nobody!

Mei Qingchen nodded slightly in response, but his eyes were a little vague. He was not looking at Mei Juncang, but was thinking about something.

Seeing his father's response, Mei Juncang immediately gained confidence and said quickly, "Although the Zhou family is a military hero, how could they use a weapon to kill people in the street? Father only needs to contact the Sima family tonight and ask the censors to write a letter to investigate his request for military system. Otherwise, he can really say that there is a demon in Tianjing just by his mouth. What a joke!"

"When the time comes, someone will agree to investigate. After all, the Yinzhushen Division is not just a matter for our family..."

At this point, Mei Juncang became more confident. He sneered, "This fool is being used as a knife by others. Does he really think that their Zhou family can cut off the road to promotion for civil and military officials in the court?"

"When the time comes, not only Zhou Zhongman, but even his Zhou family will suffer!"

After hearing what Mei Juncang said, Mei Qingchen seemed to come back to his senses and looked at his son, "Do you really think so?"

"Isn't it right to think so?"

Mei Qingchen sighed, "It seems that I have really neglected your discipline over the years."

He had a son when he was old, so he loved him very much. Naturally, he hoped that his son would suffer less, considering the suffering he had endured in his past.

Mei Juncang is not bad either, at least he has some reputation as a writer, although he failed the imperial examination last year, but that is also normal. After all, the talent for studying is much more difficult to inherit than the talent for martial arts.

So Mei Qingchen helped Mei Juncang get an official position, thinking that while he was studying, he would also learn to handle practical affairs and understand the sage's principle of the unity of knowledge and action sooner.

Mei Juncang and his father looked into each other's eyes, and the resentment in his heart could no longer be hidden. He said, "Zhou Zhongman wants to use me, Mei Juncang, to establish his authority. How can I not retaliate twice as much?"

Mei Qingchen sighed again and asked his son, "The sage said, why complain?"

Mei Juncang sensed something was wrong, but under his father's scrutiny, he could only bite the bullet and answer, "Repay evil with good."

After hearing Mei Juncang's answer, Mei Qingchen turned to his wife and said, "Go to the statue and ask for the stick."

(End of this chapter)