Chapter 58: The Divine Capital at Night

The middle-aged daoist nun never imagined that things would end up like this. After vomiting a mouthful of blood, it was unknown whether it was a coincidence or on purpose, she actually passed out just like this.

Xu Yu and Yu Ke two people had livid expressions. The two of them stared fixedly at Chen Chao, the killing intent in their eyes too strong to hide.

Chen Chao also looked at these two qi refiners with a slight smile on his face, looking like he was totally unconcerned.

He turned to look at Han Pu and asked, "How long do I have to carry these things?"

Han Pu smiled and waved his hand to have people unlock Chen Chao's shackles. He asked, "Want to go to the Court of Judicial Review for a sit?"

"I've stayed in that place long enough. I'm prepared to go elsewhere for a look." Chen Chao scratched his head and glanced at Xie Nandu.

Han Pu sighed and said, "You know that's not what I mean."

Chen Chao chuckled and did not answer.

Han Pu did not say anymore. He brought those three cultivators and left. They might be staying in the Court of Judicial Review for a while.

The Minister of Censors stood up and looked at Chen Chao, as if he wanted to say something. But in the end, after he thought about it, he shook his head and dropped the matter too. He left on his own, vanishing from everyone's line of sight.

Vice Minister Li wanted to leave too. But he suddenly remembered that this was the Ministry of Penalty's main hall and immediately felt a little embarrassed. Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

Chen Chao looked at Xie Nandu and said, "Got no place to go."

Xie Nandu smiled and said, "I can ask someone to find a house for you in the Divine Capital."

This was not a difficult thing for the Xie Family.

Chen Chao feigned stupidity and said, "I heard that the academy's scenery is excellent."

"I stay next to South Lake. There's a small courtyard there. If you sit by the window and look out, you'll see an excellent view."

Xie Nandu glanced at him and took the initiative to invite him, "Want to go and have a sit?"

"Then I'll accept deferentially than decline courteously." Chen Chao nodded with a smile, looking rather happy.

Xie Nandu nodded her head. Then, she looked at Wei Xu.

Wei Xu said, "Since Little Junior Sister was sent here by me, I'll naturally send Little Junior Sister back."

After saying this, Wei Xu saw that Xie Nandu was still looking at him and said with a slight smile, "The academy never had a rule that outsiders are not allowed to enter."

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The Three Judicial Chief Ministries trial that happened in the Ministry of Penalty finally had a result before sunset.

But, when the result came out, it was destined to be another sleepless night too.

If it was just the story of the young warden killing cultivators without permission, then no matter how huge things blew up, it would merely be a story about that boy paying with his life. Or him producing some evidence to wash away his grievances and the foreign cultivators giving up.

But now, the youth was not guilty, but things became increasingly more consequential.

The southern qi refiner lineage actually dared to covet the Great Liang Dynasty's dragon vein and sent their disciples to steal the Great Liang Dynasty's dragon vein. This sort of thing was harming the destiny of a dynasty. If not too many people knew about it, then it was fine. But, this matter had already blown up until everyone knew about it now.

What happened in the Ministry of Penalty's main hall could not be hidden at all.

The moment Chen Chao took the demon bead out, the news had already spread.

That incident already transformed from a warden killing foreign cultivators without authorization, to a major matter between the southern qi refiner lineage and the Great Liang Dynasty. If there was any carelessness, it could even become a major issue between the foreign land cultivators and the Great Liang Dynasty.

The Great Liang emperor thought about it and snorted coldly, "Forget it. We'll see if it's what We want or not first."

The empress nodded and naturally had no objections.

She suddenly remembered something and said, "It seems that it's that time of the year again."

When she mentioned this, the Great Liang emperor's brows furrowed and he said, "If it's that time of the year again, so be it. Everything is as per usual."

The empress knew that the Great Liang emperor's mood already became irritated at this time. But, she still reminded, "It's held in the Divine Capital this year."

The Great Liang emperor had an indifferent look, "So what if it's in the Divine Capital? Everything is as per usual."

He practically repeated what he said before word for word.

The empress said to herself, "That Xie Family's girl has just started cultivation, I presume that she can't take part when the time comes too. There should still be a few talents in the academy. As for the Heavenly Imperial Institution, it can't be that they failed to groom a decent fellow even after all these years, right?"

Her expression was very serious, like an overworked peasant woman counting how many chickens she had.

Seeing how she looked, the Great Liang emperor's irritated mood went away completely and he was in a great mood.

But, the empress was not too happy when she saw him and said, "This is an important matter, are you really not concerned at all?"

The Great Liang emperor reached out to take the lantern. At this moment, the weather was not cooperating. The bright moon in the sky was covered by clouds. If not for this lantern, there would probably be darkness left between heaven and earth; unable to see anything clearly.

"True. If we were to lose face all the way home, that would be rather ridiculous."

The empress opened her mouth and said, "Then Your Majesty will need to prepare well."

The Great Liang emperor waved his hand and said with a smile, "Got it."

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The Divine Capital at night did not fall asleep. What happened in the evening was too major, so even if night had fallen, there were still many people who were busy.

When the news was transmitted to the various manors, there was a thin piece of paper than was sent to the little house next to the Xie Family's ancestral hall.

The arrival stood for a moment in front of the willow tree and then left straight away.

There was no noise coming from the house.

The old man in front of the ancestral hall was lying on that old chair. Looking at tonight's moonlight with squinted eyes, he felt rather emotional.

"How is it?"

Suddenly, an old voice sounded out. It came from inside that house.

The old man immediately answered, "He's naturally quite good. His intellect and talent are adequate. But, there's some problem with his background. Even we can't uncover it, the problem isn't small."

"Actually, it's easy to guess since we can't find out. I reckon that it's one of those few 'impoverished families'. It's just, don't know if it's the largest one or not."

The old man's voice was a little reminiscing as if he remembered some old departed friends at the same time he was talking.

The old man said with vicissitudes of emotion, "If he came from that family, that's actually a troublesome thing."

"He might not be too. It's been so many years, I assume that they have no more tricks to play as well. Even if they have these means, do they have the face?" This time, the old man's voice was full of mockery.

The old man chuckled and said with a smile, "What face can those who could become an impoverished family want? They already became impoverished families, what face do they want still?"

The impoverished families is explained later on. To be more precise, the term they use describes a family that has now declined. It's deliberately left ambiguous for suspense. You'll find that the author deliberately keeps things ambiguous so that there is an element of mystery that will be unveiled later in the story.