Li Ye looked serious. Even though Cui Keli was not taking the place of patriarch of the Cui family, he could be of great help in ruling the states and counties of Pinglu as long as he remained the Confucious master in his realm. Let alone other matters, just enlightening the people of Pinglu would greatly contribute to the promotion of his cultivation.
Cui Hucheng left in dejection. He could not defeat the rival either by force or by intelligence. There was no hope for him to contend anymore.
The elders had left the room. Cui Shulin went in alone. After praising his article, Cui Shulin asked Cui Keli, "Where did you invite Mr. Li from?"
Cui Keli answered, "Childe Li was not invited by me. He is the friend of Taoist man Su. I heard that they got to know each other on the way to Qingzhou."
Cui Shulin thought for a moment before he looked at Cui Keli and said meaningfully, "Have you noticed something special about him?"
With the status of the Cui family, it was a big event in the whole Qing Prefecture that Cui Keli would succeed to the home lord, so a lot of people would be invited to the ceremony and it would take time to prepare. Considering that the Convention of Penglai Immortals and Taoism was approaching, the final decision was that the ceremony would be held after the Convention of Penglai Immortals and Taoism ended. Under the guard of some cultivators on horseback, a carriage drove out of the gate of Qing Prefecture along the official road to the east. The carriage was quite spacious, and Cui Keli was sitting in it. This Confucian scholar couldn't keep himself idle for a second. He read in the carriage on his way. Although the carriage swayed, Cui Keli wasn't affected because of his cultivation. When he was interested, he would also take some notes. Li Ye, Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang were riding horses in front of the carriage.
They went out of Qing Prefecture and entered the territory of Lai Prefecture. Cui Keli opened the curtain and poked his head out of the carriage. Pointing to a fork in the road not far ahead, he said to Li Ye and the others, "Along this branch road for about ten kilometers, we will arrive at the Jimo Villa. I will drop in on an old friend and take him to Penglai." Li Ye slowed down the speed of his horse, parallel with the carriage. He turned his head and said to Cui Keli, "Is your old friend also a Confucian scholar?" Cui Keli smiled. "My old friend is the owner of the Jimo Villa, and indeed, he is from the same sect of me. But he is much more powerful than me. He is a Confucian scholar and a good writer, but he succeeds in business and becomes very rich. Confucius has said we should provide education for all people without discrimination, while he learns everything without discrimination. He also learned carpentry in his early years."
It would take a lot of time to deal with the aftermath of the Jimo Villa, but Li Ye and the others couldn't stay here for long, so they could only gather up the corpses hastily, and Cui Keli wrote to Cui Shulin to let him arrange the people of the Cui family to come and take over the things in the Jimo Villa as soon as possible. When leaving the Jimo Villa, Cui Keli bowed three times on the ground towards the villa in front of the gate. When this Confucian scholar looked up, his expression had returned to normal, however, Li Ye and the others wouldn't know what he had sworn in his heart. ... In the carriages carrying goods, Yang Feng held a straw plucked from the roadside in his mouth and rested his hands on the piled goods of the carriage. A tiny smile appeared on his face as he saw his fellows follow the carriages with dusty faces. These fellows were armed with knives. Some of them were young, only in their teens and some wer
Yang Feng's limbs were stiff. Just now, he said to the black-robed childe that swordsmen always violated the law by violence and that there wouldn't be vicious murder incidents in broad daylight, expect the Penglai Taoist sect that was very powerful and that even the Pinglu government couldn't control. But now, in his sight, Skinny Monkey was falling down with his life uncertain and the Big Master of the carriage gang fell on the ground, his right arm flying away from his shoulder. "How could this happen?" "Who wanted to fight against the carriage gang?" "Are they the bandits coming for robbing the goods of the carriage gang?" When Yang Feng saw the childe with a gloomy look, he understood. He looked familiar. He was the incapable childe who was beaten by Yang Feng because he injured a fellow of the carriage gang at the courier station yesterday and who said to destroy the carriage gang
Thanks to Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang's prompt assistance, everyone at the carriage shop was unharmed with the exception of Big Master and the skinny guy, who were already under attack in the first place. To most people, that was only a crisis without much real threat. Big Master came up to Li Ye and the others to express his gratitude once his condition stabilized. His broken arms would never be normal again, but with the help of the Cultivation Pill, he was able to make a nearly full recovery from his injuries. Li Ye then asked Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang to continue guarding Cui Keli and the carriage gang, continuing the journey towards the east, while he made up some excuses to leave and went in pursuit of those from Wang family. Li Ye never told them about his plan truthfully, as he still couldn't reveal his true identity and intention before his preparations were finished. Otherwise, his actions would be made known to Penglai sect.
Mu Qingliu, the Taoist in white robe, looked up to the sky in the east as he walked out of the villa, then shifted his horsetail whisk to another side and sighed. "I heard that the new commissioner of Pinglu, Li Ye, has arrived in Qi Prefecture. He suppressed both the Wu family and the Huafuzhu Mountain sect in one day, and has gained control over the court and the Jianghu of Qi Prefecture." "In just one day..." "This Prince An might be a newcomer, but he's definitely not to be underestimated. It's truly impressive for a young man in his early twenties to be so experienced and vicious, surprising everyone with his actions before they even realized he'd taken any." He was impressive indeed, because not even the head of the Penglai sect had time to react. Mu Qingliu also heard that Prince An established a department called the Black Office to gain control over the Jianghu of Pinglu, all sects must submit to them reg
Wang Lingyu buried his face in his arms, feeling wronged."What's the point of beating up a hundred weaklings like me? Why don't you beat up those who bullied me instead?" Wang Hanshan still couldn't suppress his anger, he sat down in his sandalwood chair and said, "That small carriage shop had at most thirty people, and their leader was only at Level 1 of Qi-refining. How were they tough to handle? Who exactly were those two Taoists and that young man?" "They definitely weren't anyone significant! They dressed like beggars! Also, they were only using one peach wood sword, not even one spiritual sword! The thought of those people just makes me angry!" answered Wang Lingyu still covering his face. Wang Hanshan slammed the armrest of his chair. Had he slammed any harder, it would have shattered to pieces. If Wang Lingyu's mother never spoiled him till he became such a good-for-nothing, he wouldn't be saying such stupid things right now.
Sharp fragments sliced across Wang Hanshan's face and blood started oozing out. His big eyeballs were fixed at the corner of his eyes, filled with despair and fear. The pit next to his face was as deep as an abyss that seemed to lead straight to hell. Wang Hanshan felt as if he was summoned by Yama, as if his soul had already left his body and fallen into that pit. Wang Hanshan started breathing heavily as soon as Li Ye loosened his grip. Staring at that pit by the side, he still couldn't believe Li Ye's punch didn't kill him. He knew that if Li Ye wished, he could easily have killed him. As for Wang Lingyu, he'd already passed out when Li Ye's fist hit the ground. Li Ye squatted in front of Wang Hanshan and said with a smile, "To deal with ordinary people, violence only comes after courtesy. In order to make a soldier trust my capabilities, I must instead show my strength through violence first. I wonder if my qualification me