Chapter 467 Return [Two in One]

Divine Capital, outside the Imperial City.

Wei Lingfeng was waiting outside the long white stone corridor, pacing back and forth. After a while, he saw a courtier with a chubby face and a broad physique walking out from the door. He hurried to greet him.

"Master Tan." He smiled broadly, "How is it?"

The visitor was the newly appointed Minister of Personnel, Tan Jin. The previous Minister of Personnel resigned shortly after Liang Fuguo initiated a thorough investigation into the imperial examination case. It could be said that this retreat eliminated the impact of the imperial examination case.

Soon after, Zhao Faxian was involved in an incident and Liang Fuguo asked to be imprisoned, allowing the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to safely survive this wave of Liang Fuguo's attacks.

This Tan Jin was previously the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, so he naturally filled the vacancy of the Shangshu. He has been very successful recently.

Of course, those who know something about the officialdom know that the so-called Minister of Personnel is just a puppet of the Right Prime Minister Song Zhili. The real power of appointment and dismissal is firmly controlled by the Right Prime Minister.

The Wei family’s partner in Shendu has always been the Song family, which means that their backer in the court is the right prime minister.

On the surface, Song Zhili would not have any connection with the Wei family, but secretly the Wei family had given a large amount of gold, silver and land to the Song family in Shendu over the years, in exchange for a big umbrella in the court.

In the past, when Wei Lingfeng came to the Divine Capital, Song Zhili would at least meet him in person.

But now only one official minister came forward, and Wei Lingfeng had to flatter him. Even though he knew that the other party was running errands for the right prime minister, he didn't dare to show his disdain on his face.

"Don't worry, Patriarch Wei." Tan Jin waved his hand, signaling him to be at ease. "The complaint has been submitted. Liang Yue has committed atrocities in Yunlu City, forced innocent people to death, and caused the destruction of many families. Such heinous crimes will definitely force him back from Yunlu City. His Majesty has long been dissatisfied with him. As long as the lawsuit drags on for a while, it will be the same as killing him."

"Thank you for your help, Lord Tan." Wei Lingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt in his heart that this was a great idea.

Second uncle is right. Why would we bother to compete with a dying man?

Like the Qi family, they hired someone to kill and also did the killing themselves, but in the end, they failed to kill anyone and their entire family was implicated.

Tan Jin continued, "The court has been in turmoil recently, and there are many memorials. In order to let His Majesty see our memorials first, I also asked the palace servants to prepare a lot and put the memorials at the top."

"Master Tan has helped so much this time, the Wei family will certainly not let Master Tan run around in vain." Wei Lingfeng smiled and said, "There is a Guanhe Valley outside Yunlu City, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and pleasant scenery. It is an excellent place for retirement. The land price there is still very cheap. A manor with landscape gardens can be bought for only a hundred or so taels of silver. If Master Tan likes it, I will prepare a retirement home for you?"

Tan Jin then smiled and said, "Master Wei, you are too polite. However, I was born and raised in Shendu and I don't want to move out to retire in the future. I would like to trouble Master Wei to help me rent out the manor and pay the income to me every year. I don't know how to run the business, so I'll leave it to you."

"Haha, that's easy." Wei Lingfeng replied with a smile: "The manor is not expensive to buy, but there are many tourists nearby, and the rental income is good. It is definitely worth 18,000 taels per year."

"That's great." Tan Jin nodded with satisfaction.

Wei Lingfeng said with some concern: "It's just that the Crown Prince is nominally in charge of Qingdu's affairs. I wonder if this will displease the Crown Prince?"

He remembered that he went to the prince to plead for mercy, but the prince only obeyed Liang Yue. If he offended the future emperor because of this matter, the Wei family might die ten years later.

"No matter how much your Highness trusts him, he will never disobey your Majesty." Tan Jin signaled him not to worry, "Your Majesty has repeatedly sent people to use soft means to stop Liang Yue, but he still refuses to listen. Now we can find a reason for your Majesty to stop him, and your Majesty will definitely be willing to support us. As long as your Majesty stands on our side, what else do you have to worry about?"

"That's good." Wei Lingfeng smiled.

The two walked out of the corridor and came to the outside of the imperial city, where two carriages were parked.

"Then I won't invite Patriarch Wei to dinner." Tan Jin said, "It would be bad if others saw me. They might think I accepted your bribe to help you."

"Haha." Wei Lingfeng smiled and thought to himself, you beast, you are still pretending to be a big shot. Not only did you accept it, you also asked for it actively.

Before he finished speaking, he saw a horse and carriage driving out of the imperial city and stopped when passing by. The carriage curtain was opened, revealing an old face with a greasy face, "Lord Tan, just left?"

"Eunuch Cheng." Tan Jin greeted him. "I just went to the Qinzheng Palace to hand in a memorial, waiting for His Majesty to review it. Are you out on business?"

The old eunuch in front of him was also a servant of Emperor Mu Beidi. Although his rank was not high, he was very important. Tan Jin was much more polite to him.

"Yes." The old eunuch smiled and said, "The popular Liang Xianguan has made great contributions in Nanzhou, and His Majesty has directly conferred him the title of Earl! I am going to his house to present him with a seal, a ribbon, a plaque, etc.... He is so famous, but his family still lives in an alley in the south of the city. I have to travel for a while."

When Tan Jin heard this, he was startled, "Which Liang Xianguan?"

The old eunuch said, "Of course it's Liang Yue, the one who served as the left prime minister Liang Fuguo...Haha, Lord Tan, don't you know him?"

After a few pleasantries, the old eunuch's carriage slowly drove away, leaving only Tan Jin and Wei Lingfeng disheveled in the wind.

The two looked at each other for a while, and then Tan Jin turned and walked towards the imperial city, asking as he walked, "Do you have any banknotes with you?"

"How much do you want?" Wei Lingfeng immediately rummaged through his sleeves.

"A few hundred taels." Tan Jin said, "We have to use it to bribe the palace servants."

"Didn't we just take care of it?" Wei Lingfeng was stunned.

Tan Jin said unhappily, “Just now it was the money that was used to put the memorial on the top, and now it’s the money that is used to take the memorial back!”

Wei Lingfeng frowned as he listened, thinking that being a eunuch in this imperial city was really lucrative, why don't I stop being the head of the family tomorrow and just come here to work.

Okay.

After all this back and forth, nothing happened and thousands of taels of silver were gone.

He was also a little confused about this turn of events.

Didn’t you just say that the emperor couldn’t stand Liang Yue’s actions? What does it mean to confer a title on him now?
Please, stop checking?

Then this emperor is too spineless!
This is also the reason why Tan Jin's attitude changed drastically.

The most important thing for a court official is to figure out the emperor's intentions. When the emperor opposes this matter, you can do whatever you want to hinder him. Now that the emperor supports Liang Yue so much, and you still oppose this matter, aren't you simply stumbling yourself in life?
Wei Lingfeng handed the banknote he took out of his pocket to Tan Jin, and then asked: "What about my family's affairs..."

Whoosh.

Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of wind.

When he raised his eyes again, he saw Tan Jin's afterimage flying into the imperial city.

Let’s not worry about the Wei family’s affairs for now. The most important thing for him now is to ensure that he still has a family!

……

In the north of the city, there is the evil-killing department.

Wen Yifan walked out of the Zhuxie Yamen from the main gate and glanced at the deserted streets.

It is normal that there are few people in the northern section of Tianjie. Those who come here are either dignitaries or people who come to the government for business. Ordinary people don't dare to hang around here.

However, the road in front of the Zhuxie Division is an exception. In the past, it was always crowded with Wen Yifan's fanatical fans, all of whom wanted to come and ask to see Fairy Wen, holding out a slim hope.

Since the battle to capture the city, Wen Yifan has become more famous, but people like him have disappeared.

Because the relationship between Wen Yifan and Liang Yue gradually spread, everyone knew that they had an ambiguous relationship. In fact, there were such rumors before, but at that time everyone thought, who is Liang Yue? Why is he ambiguous with our Fairy Wen?

Definitely fake.

Maybe this guy spread the rumors himself, trying to make us despair of Fairy Wen so that he could pursue her alone.

It was just like brushing teeth outside Fairy Wen's house every day. But after the battle to capture the city, everyone in Longyuan City soon knew that he was the key hero who won the battle, and he even paid the price of his life for it.

While everyone was respectful to him, no one felt that he was unworthy of Fairy Wen anymore.

In the last stage of his life, everyone stopped hating them and instead blessed them both.

The harassment at the gate of the Zhuxie Division therefore disappeared.

Wen Yifan had only taken a few steps when he suddenly felt a slight breeze behind him. His eyes sharpened and he immediately turned around and thrust out two fingers, with sword energy gathering at his fingertips.

laugh--

"It's me!" Liang Yue's hair on his forehead was lifted up by the sword energy from his fingertips, and he shouted loudly.

"You're back?" Wen Yifan's expression suddenly relaxed. He retracted his sword and asked.

"Hehe, yes." Liang Yue said with a smile: "I came back for something. I wanted to give Senior Sister Wen a surprise, but I didn't expect you to just..."

"Don't do that next time." Wen Yifan said, "If I hurt you, I won't be responsible."

Although she said this, her eyes gradually softened and a faint smile appeared on her face.

Liang Yue chased after her and walked side by side with her on Tian Street. Wen Yifan asked again, "Why don't you go directly back to the Zhuxie Division?"

"I don't want to make a big fuss about it. The matter in Yunlu City is not settled yet. I came back this time because I have some things to do and I don't plan to go home... I just came to see you first." Liang Yue answered slowly.

Wen Yifan smiled softly again, without saying anything, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After walking in silence for a while, she said, "I heard that you are going to be knighted, and you are going to be an earl. Congratulations."

Liang Yue scratched his head. "I am having a headache because of this matter. I guess they may think I am going to die, so they gave me such a high title. If they suddenly find out that I am not dead, I guess many people will want to make trouble for me."

"Who dares?" Wen Yifan said in a calm tone, paused, and then said: "Recently, my cultivation has made progress again."

"Hey." Liang Yue smiled again.

What's going on with this inexplicable sense of security?

……

After walking for a while, the two of them separated calmly. Wen Yifan went to do her business, while Liang Yue came to the south of the city.

The tavern on Linmen Street has not been open often recently. I heard that the business is not good and the owner is preparing to close the shop. The young but generous girl who runs the shop is still very popular with the neighbors. She always gives the neighbors some drinks and food when she has nothing to do.

Maybe it's because I'm too generous, so I don't run my business well.

When talking about this, everyone still feels a little regretful.

When Liang Yue arrived, even though it was broad daylight, the doors were all closed.

He went forward and knocked on the door. After a moment, an impatient voice came from inside, "The store is closed. Didn't you see it?"

"I'm here to see Shopkeeper Zhu." Liang Yue said.

With a creak, the door opened from the inside, revealing Erhu's ferocious face, peeking out from the dim light through the crack in the door.

If you are a timid person, seeing this face would be enough to scare you to tears.

Seeing that it was Liang Yue outside, Erhu frowned, opened the door and said, "Come in."

Liang Yue walked into the lobby of the tavern, closed the door, turned on the light, and then went back to the backyard to report.

After a while, Zhu Nanyin, wearing a rose-red dress, walked out from the back hall. Her bright and beautiful temperament brightened up the whole room.

"Brother." Zhu Nanyin smiled and said, "When did you come back?"

"I just arrived today." Liang Yue responded with a smile, "I came here to ask Shopkeeper Zhu for a favor."

"Oh?" Zhu Nanyin said, "If there's anything I can help you with, just ask."

Liang Yue said lightly, "I want to send a message to Uncle Lu and ask him for someone."

"Uncle Lu?" Zhu Nanyin looked puzzled. "Which Uncle Lu?"

"Of course it's Lu Renxian." Liang Yue said, "Aren't you from the same place?"

Zhu Nanyin's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"I've known for a long time that this guy has bad intentions!" A shout came from upstairs, "He really knows who we are!"

There was a gust of wind coming down from the second floor, and Da Hu, like a monster, with a roaring aura, landed behind Liang Yue and was about to put his hand on his neck!

But Liang Yue reacted very quickly. He turned around and stood up. He put his hands together, grabbed Dahu's pulse, and then pulled down!
Bang!
The aggressive Da Hu was easily pressed down on the table by him, his arms twisted with one hand and his head pressed with the other hand, making it impossible for him to move at all.

The true method of subduing the tiger!

"Miss, run!" Dahu kept shouting.

The moment Liang Yue mentioned Lu Renxian, they knew their identities were exposed, which is why they suddenly attacked.

At the same time, Erhu on the other side also drew out his steel knife and chopped over with a fierce blade light, "Come and die!"

Liang Yue glanced around, summoned the nameless sword with his right hand, slashed in the air, and a red light swept across.

Big Question Moon!
The sword energy of Erhu was drowned by the mighty sword energy. It flew away with a bang, hit the wall, and turned into a human-shaped groove.

But even if Liang Yue pulled his hand out, Dahu no longer had any energy to condense and was completely suppressed by the Tiger Subduing Technique.

"Miss..." Erhu squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Run..."

But when Zhu Nanyin saw this happening, he just shook his head and said, "If Senior Brother really wanted to arrest me, he wouldn't have come here alone. He would have come with the Three Dragon Abyss Guards."

Liang Yue said: "I have always admired the heroes of Bashan. You are doing business here peacefully, so I will naturally not take the initiative to arrest you. I really have no ill intentions in coming here, I just want you to help me contact Uncle Lu."

As he spoke, he exerted a little force with his palm, and Da Hu's skull suddenly tensed up and he felt a sharp pain.

He said loudly: "Miss, I don't think Liang Xianguan is a bad person. I think I can help you."

Erhu climbed out of the hole in the wall and frowned, "Brother, how can you be so spineless? How can we compete with the court's lackeys..."

Before he finished speaking, Liang Yue drew out the Anonymous Sword again. The sword energy was cold and the murderous intent was even stronger.

Erhu paused and said, "But I think Liang Xianguan is also a good eagle. Why not listen to what he has to say..."

(End of this chapter)