CH 348

Li Huowang looked up and saw a black pigeon looking down at him, which was the pigeon Tuoba Danqing used to deliver messages.

When Li Huowang opened the letter on the pigeon's leg and saw its contents, he immediately forgot about eating and walked towards the door.

Li Huowang never expected that Jixiang was still in Yinling City! Not only did he not leave, but he also specifically requested to see him. This was an opportunity.

To Li Huowang's surprise, the meeting place Jixiang arranged was not a grand location, but a simple study.

As soon as he entered, Li Huowang was immediately drawn to a withered tongue.

It was a somewhat withered human tongue, with its root nailed to a rotten wooden ruyi with a coffin nail.

As soon as he saw this thing, Li Huowang immediately remembered Tuoba Danqing's bragging about it, a treasure made from a heartless tongue.

After taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, Li Huowang bowed to the white-faced eunuch who was doing calculations.

"Greetings, Jixiang."

"Hehehe~ It's not like we're in the palace, why be so polite with family? Sit down."

Following Jixiang's finger, Li Huowang saw that the tea had already been brewed on the side table.

Li Huowang did not sit down, but went straight to the point and asked, "May I ask Jixiang if you have any orders for me?"

He remembered that when the eunuch rode away on horseback, he was in a panic. But now he was sitting here calmly, so something must have happened that he didn't know about.

"Oh hehehe~ no rush, I heard you're pretty good, huh?"

Being scrutinized from head to toe by an old eunuch made Li Huowang feel uncomfortable.

"Hong Da said they three fought against you alone, yet you still managed to escape? It's a bit of a waste for you to be just a small Renwu."

Li Huowang didn't think the other party was complimenting him. Instead, he became uneasy.

"Jixiang, please speak your mind."

"Alright, you're straightforward, so am I. I guess you already guessed what our family does, right?"

Seeing Li Huowang standing in silence, Jixiang continued, "Yes, our family's job this time was to retrieve the Heart of Impurity hidden in the temple of Buddha's bones, but the mission failed! What should we do?"

"Going back and admitting our mistake is not an option, so we have to make up for it!"

Jixiang, who had been sitting all along, suddenly stood up. "Let me tell you the truth, this matter is not trivial. We can't afford to mess it up again!"

With that, he inserted his finger into the redwood table and drew a line.

"If we can't complete the mission, all the potatoes on this line will be pulled out!"

After saying so much, Li Huowang finally understood what the other party meant. "Jixiang, are you saying...we need to find another Heart of Impurity to hand over?""Smart! That's the kind of talent our Monitoring Bureau needs!" Jixiang's round face lit up with a smile.

"Never mind where the impure heart came from, if the higher-ups want impure hearts, we'll give them impure hearts. But, previously, the Buddha Bone Temple was dead. This time, we're going after a live one."

Hearing this, Li Huowang's heart rate suddenly accelerated. "A live impure heart? Is it an existence like me, with a live pure heart?"

For some reason, Li Huowang began to feel a bit sympathetic towards the impure heart, even though he didn't even know the other person's name.

While Li Huowang was still thinking, Jixiang's words exploded in his ears like a bomb.

"I understand that this isn't an official job within the Bureau, and there's no reward. Plus, capturing a live impure heart is definitely dangerous. If you don't want to go, I understand. But I heard that you've always wanted to see the Taoist sects that deceive beings in the Four Treasuries. As long as you can handle this task nicely, I'll risk being demoted and personally help you memorize it in the Four Treasuries!"

Li Huowang's breathing became heavy. On one hand, there was an unknown impure heart, and on the other hand, there was information that could help him break free from his pure heart. This choice seemed easy.

Li Huowang bowed to Jixiang again. "Yes, Lord Jixiang!"

Seeing Li Huowang agree, Jixiang smiled like a flower. He could only use incentives now. This kind of outsider, if the other party didn't agree, he couldn't do anything about it.

Moreover, this guy was said to have a bad temper. If he threatened him, it might backfire. Fortunately, he finally agreed, giving him a few more chances.

Looking at the eunuch in front of him, Li Huowang's heart stirred slightly. "Lord Jixiang, our impure heart was intercepted at the Buddha Bone Temple before. Will that person come again this time?"

"Who is this person? How dare they intercept something from our Monitoring Bureau?"

Hearing this, Jixiang was indifferent. "The impure heart is not something else. One is enough. Zhuge Yuan won't grab this one again. If the live and dead impure hearts are combined, it will be enough to make him suffer."

"And rest assured, the Taoist sects that deceive beings will make a fortune this time. Before the new fortune rises, they won't make trouble again."

"So this time, besides the live impure heart, there's nothing else to worry about."

Jixiang smiled and patted Li Huowang's shoulder, but it made Li Huowang furrow his brows slightly.

The other party talked for so long but ignored his question directly. He still couldn't judge whether Zhuge Yuan was good or bad.

"Lord Jixiang, what is Zhuge Yuan's background? This person is so strange that I'm afraid I'll encounter him in the future. Please give me some guidance."

Li Huowang raised his head and looked at Jixiang, his eyes showing a hint of persistence and determination.

Since the other party had a request for him, he might not have another chance if he didn't ask now.

Hearing Li Huowang's request, Jixiang couldn't ignore it. He sighed softly.

"Originally, mentioning this person was inauspicious, but since you insist on hearing it, I'll tell you."

"Do you know Zhuge Yuan's nickname? Everyone calls him the storyteller."Jixiang paused and slowly sat down, pinching his jade ring with his fingers.

"He's a very strange person. He's dressed like a scholar, but he never takes the imperial exams. Instead, he likes to go to lively places and tell stories."

"He doesn't tell stories about romance, nor about generals going to war. He only talks about history."

"History?" Li Huowang was taken aback.

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"Yes, history. And it's a history that he made up himself. He claims that 900 years ago, the Qi State didn't have internal strife, and the Emperor of Daqi unified the world. Today, the new emperor of Daqi ascended the throne, with the reign title Yinghui, and auspicious signs descended from heaven. A hundred birds came to pay homage to the young monarch, and the room was filled with a red glow."

"It's utter nonsense! If Daqi hadn't been in chaos, where would the current Daliang State come from? And where would the Four Qi States come from?"