Chapter 186 Doubt

Yin Song downplayed the involvement of the students in the academy in this matter. Their purpose was to get to the bottom of the insect-man incident in Luchuan. The key point was that Mo Rushi's past actions in Longhu Mountain were only to provide his insects with a meal of flesh and blood for reproduction. It was enough to know this, so why bother with the details?
Ever since Yin Song brought up the topic of the deadline, Cao Ye's heart has been on edge. He did not bother to investigate the matter of Mo Rushi's arrest in detail. Following Yin Song's train of thought, he seriously inquired about Mo Rushi's background.

Zhang Ziwang and Lin Jingle, who were lagging behind, looked at each other without saying anything, but they were confused.

Liu Jing, who was following Cao Ye, also frowned and tried to remind Cao Ye several times but couldn't get a word in.

Mo Rushi’s background is certainly important, but how could Mo Rushi, with such a high level of cultivation and careful actions, be suddenly caught by the academy?
He just inquired and heard that when Mo Rushi caught that fertilizer student, it was already dark. At this time, did the Great Shangqing Palace and the Academy react so quickly?
As far as he knew, students went missing in the academy every year.

They were said to be missing, but upon deeper investigation, we found that those were just rumors spread by word of mouth. The actual situation was that every year there were students from the Longhushan Academy who could not bear the pressure of further studies and cultivation and skipped school; or they simply did not want to be Taoists and returned home to become laymen.

He had investigated cases of missing and dead students in Longhu Mountain over the past three years, and found only one student who first disappeared and then died.

He couldn't stand the food in the academy, so he ran to the river to catch some fish for a snack. He slipped and fell into the river, was washed away by the water and drowned.

For this purpose, the academy specially improved the cafeteria and began to supply meat once every three days. Although the amount was small, since then, no student has died from falling into the water due to greed for fish.

So Liu Jing knew that the academy actually had a set of procedures for dealing with missing students, and would never react so quickly, with a large number of teachers running down the mountain to rescue people as soon as they were lost.

There must be something they don't know.

But Cao Ye was led by Yin Song, especially after seeing Mo Rushi and the preserved rotten corpse, he only focused on Mo Rushi's past. As for why he was caught, he didn't care.

The man was captured by people from Longhu Mountain. There can’t be anything wrong with the people from Longhu Mountain, right?
Cao Ye was in a hurry and did not ask any questions. He asked people to prepare the carriage and coffin, and immediately took Mo Rushi and the rotten corpse to Luchuan.

Pan Yun was amazed by the speed.

She hid in the alley and watched them tie the coffin in an orderly manner and escort the people to the car. Her eyes slid from Cao Ye to Liu Jing.

Liu Jing's cultivation level is not high, but he is very perceptive.

Pan Yun looked at him for three breaths, and he immediately raised his head and looked around sharply.

Pan Jun turned around and hid behind a pile of firewood, retracted his gaze, and left quietly.

Miao Zhen Miao He was waiting at the other end of the alley with a bunch of medicinal herbs in his arms. When she came back, he immediately went to ask, "Little Master, did you see clearly? Are they the people who are at odds with your family?"

Pan Yun nodded, "That's them."

When Wang Zhen wanted to recruit people from the Jinyiwei, he would naturally use the people he trusted, so Cao Ye was his man, or at least was biased towards him.

However, Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is Wang Zhen's lackey. How could the Jinyiwei not obey Wang Zhen?

Pan Yun sneered, took a bag of medicinal herbs from Miao and Miao Zhen, raised his chin and said, "It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. I am still young and have plenty of time. Let's go back to the mountain!"

Miaozhen and Miaohe nodded in agreement, and the three of them returned to the mountain in high spirits.

Feng Yan stood behind them and saw them running very fast using their Qinggong skills. Before he could open his mouth to say anything, they disappeared.

Feng Yan: "...Master hasn't given me the purse yet~"

Feng Yan watched the three people disappear, not daring to shout loudly, and could only go back with his head down.

Yin Song saw it and thought something had happened to the three of them. He was secretly worried but did not dare to show it.

He waited until Cao Ye arranged for someone to guard Mo Rushi before he found an opportunity to pull Feng Yan aside and asked, "What happened?"

Feng Yan: "Master, my uncle and sisters took the purse away and forgot to return it to me."

"Did they go up the mountain?"

Feng Yan nodded, "They bought a lot of medicinal herbs, and I paid for them all, but they forgot to return the purse to me."

"If you forget it, then forget it. It's not a big deal. Go pack your luggage and we'll go with Captain Cao and the others."

Feng Yan: "But that's all the money we have, Master. We don't have any money left."

Yin Song's body stiffened, and he asked, "No money left? Did you put it all in your purse?"

Feng Yan nodded.

Yin Song rubbed his forehead and said, "Forget it, I'm used to it. My fortune in Sanqing Mountain seems to be getting worse. Following the Jinyiwei, I still have enough to eat. I'll see if I can earn some money on the way."

Feng Yan nodded sympathetically.

The Jinyiwei were calling, and Yin Song hurriedly went to say goodbye to Zhang Ziwang and other people from the Tianshi Mansion, then mounted a horse, while Feng Yan went and sat on the shaft of the carriage that was escorting Mo Rushi with the coachman.

Yin Song said to Cao Ye: "Don't think that this Taoist boy of mine is silly, but his horoscope can suppress evil spirits. Letting him sit on the shaft of the cart is just the right way to suppress evil spirits."

Cao Ye asked the Jinyiwei who was driving the carriage to take good care of Feng Yan.

He had also heard some rumors about Feng Yan. It was said that since Feng Yan appeared beside Yin Song, his money loss rate slowed down and his savings increased.

Normally he was skeptical, but at this moment, he could believe it and hoped that Fengyan really had this effect.

Zhang Ziwang and others watched them leave.

A tribe member nearby sighed, "I didn't expect Yin Song to be so highly valued in the court. Alas, Sanqing Mountain is about to rise."

"The real people don't really care about things..."

Zhang Ziwang glanced over and the other party immediately dared not speak.

Zhang Ziwang and Lin Jingle returned to the academy and immediately asked people to check on Pan Yun. When they found out that they had gone up the mountain a long time ago, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Ziwang: "Given the relationship between the disciples of Sanqing Mountain, would Pan Yun and the other two buy the herbs instead of seeing them off and go back to the mountain directly?"

The two looked at each other, and the answer was self-evident: no!
Lin Jingle: "Although Yin Song is an official in the court and has many complaints about this year's certificate examination, according to his past style of avoiding any trouble, he will not surpass us to highlight himself in front of the Jinyiwei."

Zhang Ziwang: "There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. There is no problem with Miaozhen and Miaohe's identities and origins. It's Pan Yun."

Lin Jingle frowned, "How old is she? What problem could there be?"

Zhang Ziwang: "Pan Yun said that her mountain god master's surname is Pan, but does the mountain god really have such a requirement and hobby? Wang Feiyin is still the eldest disciple, and he didn't change his surname."

Lin Jingle asked: "Have you ever predicted Pan Yun?"

Zhang Ziwang was silent for a moment and then said, "I have divined before, but nothing came out. If I ask more often, it will show that there is nothing wrong with her identity. She was indeed born a slave and was sold as a slave by her parents."

Lin Jingle tapped the tabletop lightly with her fingers, asking a rhetorical question, but also asking herself, "Can a servant, a daughter of a commoner who was sold by her parents, really have such determination and confidence?"

Lin Jingle was born into a commoner family. When he first entered the academy, he was truly a country bumpkin coming to the city.

His cultivation level was not low at that time, but he still felt inferior in front of his classmates.

He always feels inferior. Pan Yun's situation and background are worse than his. How could he be so confident and determined?
Lin Jingle stood up and said, "I'll take it once, too."

Lin Jingle went to get his tortoise shell and started divination.

Zhang Ziwang watched from the side and saw him calculate after throwing the dice three times, and he knew the result at a glance.

There is nothing wrong with Pan Jun, and there is nothing wrong with her identity.

Zhang Ziwang frowned, and after a moment he said, "If we are not wrong, then someone has done something to hide her fate."

The two looked at each other and said at the same time: "Yin Song!"

Zhang Ziwang stood up and turned around on the spot. "It must be Yin Song! He has mastered astronomical techniques, and few people in the Tianshi Mansion can match him. If we want to figure out Pan Yun's origins, unless those elders take action, we can only wait."

"When time passes and the divination technique weakens, the result can be revealed."

Lin Jingle: "Won't he become stronger if he comes to the academy again? Can we still stop them from meeting each other?"

He said, "Besides, don't forget, there is also Zhang Li. Although her avoidance skills are not as good as Yin Song's, it is more than enough to stop the two of us from spying."

Zhang Ziwang: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Lin Jingle: "Investigate. Since we can't take shortcuts through divination, we can do the same as the government investigating a case. Send someone to Pan Yun's hometown to investigate her parents and have them draw a portrait."

Zhang Ziwang backed off again and said, "Why not just forget it? That girl hasn't done anything bad, there's no need to investigate her."

"If you haven't done anything wrong, why would you pretend to be someone else? Using a fake identity is a wrong thing in itself, how can it be innocent?"

Zhang Ziwang: "You are just too dogmatic and stubborn. Maybe she has something to hide. Although the child has a sharp tongue, is disrespectful to teachers and is fierce, her behavior is indeed acceptable."

Lin Jingle: "You are talking about her shortcomings. How did you come to the conclusion that her character is good?"

Zhang Ziwang stood up and said, "I won't debate with you. I can't win the argument anyway. I just have one opinion. I don't agree with investigating a student in that way."

Lin Jingle sneered: "Hypocrite, if you don't agree, you shouldn't have talked to me about Yin Song and her abnormality in the first place. You just want to encourage me to investigate, but you are just pretending to be a good person."

Lin Jingle directly asked him to leave, and said: "I am not that idiot Zhang Zifang. Now that you have mentioned it, don't even think about leaving safely. If Sanqingshan asks, I will say that you and I both think she is abnormal."

Zhang Ziwang: “…”

So sometimes he really hated Lin Jingle, and at one point the other person even became the most hated person in his heart.

(End of this chapter)