Chapter 99: Eradicate All Evil (Part )

"Sir, it's these three..." The doctor in the clinic looked around the room and found that one person was missing. He was shocked and said, "Sir, one of them is gone. They are the ones who brought an unconscious woman to seek medical treatment."

The leading soldier was a burly man, but his eyes beneath his thick eyebrows were unusually cold and sharp. He held the knife at his waist, waved his hand, and asked the men to disperse.

He walked into the room alone. He observed differently from others. He did not look at the face, but the hands first, then the legs, and finally the eyes.

His lower limbs are weak and his standing posture is natural and casual, which shows that he does not know any martial arts.

One of them holds a pen all year round and has a slender and bony wrist; the other one smells like medicine and has thin calluses on his knuckles. He must know some medical skills.

Looking at his eyes again, they are centered and not biased, and are as quiet as holding a pearl. He does not look like a person with evil intentions.

"I am Huo Chengsan, the commander of Longqiu. I have been ordered to thoroughly investigate and arrest the suspects on the run. According to reports, you are staying here with a suspicious woman..."

His gaze passed Gu Yue Jia Rong and Master Jia Shan and fell on the soft couch behind the beaded curtain, and he continued: "Come and investigate now."

Gu Yue Jiarong raised her robe sleeves, and her rosy and jade-like face contained a majesty that could not be violated.

"I'm sorry, but I can't obey your order. My friend is seriously ill and his clothes are in disarray. It's inconvenient for a stranger to check on him. Do you have any evidence or a written approval from the county government to track down the suspect?"

"This matter has bypassed the county government and is now under the jurisdiction of the Jisi Department. As for the evidence... the Grand Master personally ordered the arrest of the woman wearing a black skirt with gold weave. Wouldn't it be clear if we just look at her clothes?"

Huo Chengsan didn't know why. He was usually cold and intimidating when interrogating people, but today he unconsciously restrained his temper in front of these two people and answered their questions patiently.

He added, "You two don't look like ordinary people. I don't know how to address you."

Jiashan greeted him: "I am a monk from the Jialan Temple, Jiashan."

Gu Yue Jia Rong put down his hand and bowed his head: "Mr. Bai Luzhou Academy, Gu Yue Jia Rong."

Huo Chengsan was surprised and quickly clasped his hands to show his respect: "It's you two, Chengsan, I'm sorry."

When the doctor at the clinic behind them heard their names, his face turned pale and he was very scared.

"Sir, I don't know who they are... But that woman is indeed very similar to the suspect described by the Grand Master, and her clothes are the same. I didn't mean to..."

"Okay, I will make the decision."

Huo Chengsan was undecided for a moment when he heard this. Logically, he had to investigate, but how to investigate... he had to think about it.

People who work in their line of work are bound to offend many people, but if they want to do well and get promoted, they have to keep their eyes open and know who they can offend and who they cannot.

Seeing that he could not escape, Jiashan spoke up: "Since it is a public office, we dare not stop it, but there is a difference between men and women. Why don't you ask the adults to ask a woman to come forward to identify it?"

Huo Chengsan thought about it and decided that this face had to be given to the Guyue family and the Tang family, so he asked his subordinates to go to the lobby and invite a middle-aged woman up.

Soon someone came up and entered the room as he instructed. He lifted the quilt and saw that the woman was not wearing any outer clothes, only a thin undershirt and underwear.

She checked again and found no external wounds on the man's body. The soles of his shoes were clean. She sniffed his hair and neck and found no blood either...

After checking, I really couldn't find anything suspicious.

Seeing this, Gu Yue Jiarong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiashan glanced at him.

Gu Yuejiarong does have an extremely intelligent mind. He thinks ten steps ahead before he takes one step. Seeing that the situation outside was tense, he expected that this might happen, so he made some preparations in advance. Although they were not hasty, they were enough to deal with the test and suspicion this time.

Huo Chengsan still had some doubts in his heart. He asked, "May I take a look at the coats of our two friends?"

Gu Yue Jiarong opened the closet next to him and said, "Here."

It was a lotus-colored silk skirt with some dried medicine liquid splashed on it. He explained, "Some of it was spilled when I was feeding her the medicine, so I asked the kitchen lady to help me change it."

When the doctor in the clinic saw the gorgeous and bright dress, his expression changed.

No, this was not what she was wearing before.

But if it was exposed now, wouldn't it be equivalent to going against the Guyue family? How could a small person like him dare to take the risk and take the lead? So he swallowed his saliva and decided to keep silent.

Seeing that he could not find any substantial evidence, and that the woman had the monks from the Galan Temple and Mr. Gu Yue as guarantors, Huo Chengsan decided to withdraw his troops.

"Mr. Gu Yue, Master Jia Shan, Cheng San is disturbing you."

Gu Yue Jia Rong responded gently: "No, please be careful. Catching criminals is your job. Why bother you? Jia Rong wishes you to catch the suspect soon."

After some greetings, when Huo Chengsan was about to take his people away, there was suddenly a loud commotion downstairs, but the noise was quickly brought under control, and a dense sound of footsteps came up to the second floor.

Huo Chengsan hurried out, only to see that the people he led had been quickly disarmed and controlled by another team. His eyes immediately changed, and he drew his sword to prepare for the opponent, but an extremely fast shadow passed by and knocked the blade back.

He was horrified, and when he looked up again, he saw a group of people with stern faces, heads lowered, waiting respectfully, while a noble and slender figure walked straight up to him.

When Huo Chengsan saw the person coming, his eyes widened, he immediately put away his sword, bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

When Gu Yue Jiarong and Jiashan heard the words "Thank you, Sir" in the room, they suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Sure enough, when they saw the man entering the room with several followers, they knew he was not a good person.

This man had deep and stern facial features and a calm and indifferent expression. The shadows cast by his drooping eyelashes fell on his eyes, making his innate sharpness even more obvious.

It was actually Xie Yujin!

He is not as easy to deal with as Huo Chengsan.

Xie Yujin raised his eyes slowly, the light from the window glimpsed across his eyebrows, giving off a kind of noble and cold air, and bringing out a majestic and intimidating look.

He glanced behind the beaded curtain and saw a figure lying peacefully on the bed.

"Huo Chengsan, is this how you investigate cases?"

Although the tone was light and calm, it gave Huo Chengsan a chill.

He stepped forward bravely: "Thank you, sir, the person has been checked, you..."

"Really?" He raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then check it again."

Someone must have informed Huo Chengsan about the secret, otherwise why would Lord Xie suddenly appear here?

It's just a suspicious report. Sir Xie, there's no need to make such a fuss, unless... there are other circumstances involved.

Xie Yujin was staring at the woman on the bed through a beaded curtain. Just now, the Grand Master's people came to tell him that the Grand Master suddenly had heart pain and was sweating all over. She kept muttering that the threatening thing was in the city, and it was growing stronger while weaker, so she must destroy it.

At the same time, Ling handed Xie Yujin a letter. He opened it and saw "Yue Lai Inn" written on it.

Xie Yujin didn't know what the threat was to the Grand Master, was it a person, an object, or a force. Of course, the Grand Master himself couldn't figure it out, but this time the sensation was so strong and fierce that he was afraid it was in Longqiu without a doubt.

So he came to the "Yue Lai Inn" and happened to meet the suspects who were investigating the Jin Wang Mansion massacre in the inn. He thought that Huo Chengsan would arrest all the reported suspicious people for interrogation, but unexpectedly he went up and did nothing.

A strange feeling made Xie Yujin no longer hesitate and entered "Yue Lai Inn."

"Sir Xie, this matter is not for you to investigate. Since Lord Huo of the Tijisi has already investigated it, you are exceeding your authority and interfering in the case." Gu Yuejiarong stood in front of him.

Xie Yujin looked at him with a gentle and polite expression: "This is..."

"He is Gu Yuejun of Bailuzhou Academy. Sir, Mr. Gu Yue is a virtuous man, and the Gu Yue family is also a noble family. They would never do such cruel and vicious things." Huo Chengsan whispered. More importantly, the students taught by the Gu Yue family are spread across various fields, and many of them are loyal ministers in their court. The Gu Yue family cannot afford to offend them easily.

The only person in the world who is known as Gu Yue Jun by his elegant name is Gu Yue Jiarong.

Indeed, the person is as flawless as jade, dignified and elegant.

"What about this one?" He looked at the monk again.

Huo Chengsan said quickly: "This one is Master Jiashan, the disciple of the abbot of the Galan Temple, and also the one from the Tang family. He has an excellent reputation among the people."

He is the most valued disciple of the abbot of Galan Temple, and is said to be the future successor to the abbot. Offending him is no different from offending the entire Galan Temple. In addition, there is the Tang family, the richest family in Jiangling and the most powerful business family in Jingguo.

Apart from this, after that, I heard that he lived up to his name, had good intentions and did good deeds, helping those in trouble and rescuing those in danger. Many powerful people who had been rescued by him were protecting him in secret.

Although Xie Yujin was in the court, he had naturally heard of some legendary figures among the people.

If it were any other day, he wouldn't mind making friends with them, but today's situation was special, and even if there were some loopholes, he would get to the bottom of it.

"Gu Yuejun, Master Jiashan, it is indeed not my duty to investigate the case of the extermination of the family. However, the Grand Master wants to thoroughly investigate not only the case of the extermination of the family, but also the assassination of the King of Jin. This matter is of great importance and cannot be neglected."

The Prince of Jin proclaimed himself emperor, and the people in Jing State who supported the emperor would not acknowledge a traitor, so they still called him the Prince of Jin.

Gu Yue Jiarong and Jiashan didn't know how to stop it for a moment. Too much rejection and obstruction was a bit too much.

As Xie Yujin was about to push aside the bead curtain, an urgent report came in, an urgent voice rang out: "Master Xie, there is a man holding a woman in black in Rongdong and behaving suspiciously. We are chasing and arresting him. From the looks of it, he should be the one described by the Grand Master."

Xie Yujin frowned when he heard that, thought for a while, and then withdrew his hand.

"Walk."

When Jiashan and Guyue Jiarong saw that Xie Yujin was led away at the critical moment, the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

Woohoo~
Just as Xie Yujin turned around, a low humming sound like that of a sea breeze came from his waist. He paused and turned his head suddenly.

The others didn't hear it. Seeing Xie Yujin standing there motionless, the subordinate couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Sir..."

"Shut up!"

He took down a jade conch and stretched it forward. In the wind, it produced a beautiful sound like the humming of the sea.

His throat rolled in disbelief.

I thought he was going to leave, but unexpectedly he ignored the important matter and tried to lift the bead curtain again, insisting on taking a closer look. Jiashan subconsciously stepped forward to stop him.

Gu Yue Jiarong's eyes were like the cold dew in late autumn, cold and crystal clear. He said, "The one lying inside is my fiancée, the granddaughter-in-law of my Gu Yue family. If Lord Xie insists on offending her, and if it is finally proved that she is not the suspect you are looking for, my Gu Yue family will report this matter to the emperor!"

Xie Yujin turned around: "What did you say?"

There seemed to be a violent storm surging in his calm pupils.

"The person inside is my fiancée." Gu Yuejiarong repeated again. His determination to protect Xu Shanshan was clearly revealed at this moment.

Xie Yujin lowered his eyes.

Ah.

His laugh was full of disdain.

"so what?"

As he shouted, a black shadow appeared and blocked Gu Yuejiarong. Then the followers of the Xie family also controlled Jiashan. Then Xie Yujin lifted the bead curtain without hesitation and walked in.

The dim light was like a layer of gauze, gently covering the girl's body. She lay quietly on the bed, giving people a sense of tranquility that came from the silence of time.

Her skin looked an unhealthy pale color, and her bones were prominent on the outside, making her look so weak and frail. Only her lips were full of rosy red, like delicate petals, which made her look not like a corpse.

This face was completely unfamiliar to him.

After approaching her, the jade conch in his hand stopped singing.

...No, not her.

Disappointment surged onto his face like an undercurrent, and his hollow pupils instantly flashed red, but his voice was extremely calm: "All suspicious persons must be brought to the Grand Master for inspection and taken away!"

"Xie Yujin, she is still unconscious, where are you taking her——"

Master Jiashan and Gu Yuejiarong were restrained by Xie's followers and were unable to resist. They could only watch Xie Yujin pick up Xu Shanshan and take her away.

"Longqing Temple."

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Longqing Temple

"Woo woo... Why are they arresting us? It's so dark here, I want to go home..."

The woman's sad and mournful cries echoed in the temple.

"Okay, you've been crying for almost an hour. There's no water or food here. Aren't you afraid of dying of thirst or hunger?"

"Wow... I don't want to die of thirst or hunger, I want to go home, Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, please come and save me..."

"Okay, don't scare her anymore. The Grand Master has always been kind and fair, and will not wrongly accuse a good person. As long as we are verified tomorrow and we are not the female assassin, I believe he will let us go."

When Xu Shanshan woke up, he happened to hear a group of women talking.

When she woke up this time, she didn't feel groggy or had a headache. Instead, she felt as if she had had a deep sleep and was well rested, with a clear mind and smooth breathing.

A little girl nearby saw her wake up and immediately went forward to help her up in surprise: "Girl, you are awake. You have been unconscious for a long time. I thought you were seriously ill and was worried about you."

Xu Shanshan sat up from the ground and found himself locked in a Buddhist temple with a group of little girls.

"This is where?"

"Longqing Temple, were you caught while you were sleeping?" She looked at Xu Shanshan curiously. She was only wearing a light blue middle-length shirt and her hair was loose, but compared with the other panicked sisters, she was so calm that she seemed like she had come in by mistake.

"Shan, you woke up, but it was too late. You have been captured by Xie Yujin's men and brought to Longqing Temple." Maomao said regretfully.

Xie Yujin?
Why did he come to Longdong? Was it for the King of Jin, or for something else?

Xu Shanshan was talking to the little girl, but in his heart he was thinking to Maomao, "Didn't he recognize me?"

It is not difficult for Xu Shanshan to do two things at the same time.

"Of course not. But when the jade conch you gave him rang at first, he seemed a little suspicious. But Maomao immediately covered it up for Shan. He probably didn't recognize you." The bird was proud.

"But there is one more thing, it's very serious, you need to know it immediately." Maomao said suddenly with a serious expression.

It was rare for Xu Shanshan to see it sitting upright like this: "What's the matter?"

Mao Mao said angrily: "While you were unconscious, the Prince of Jin's Mansion was wiped out, and that fake 'Grand Master' also came to Longqiu!"