Chapter 106: Investigating News (Part 1)

  Next to Xiao Ziyang was a window outside which was the vast and deep auxiliary country public house. At this time, he was slightly tilting his head looking out of the window, as if thinking about something. If someone walked closer to look, they would find that there was a very faint purple light in his eyes, which was the scene when the air-watching technique was activated.

  As expected, the Auxiliary Imperial Palace was one of those three places where the spiritual light was exceptionally brilliant.

  Now that the distance is close, through the art of divination, Xiao Ziyang discovered that there were actually a dozen or so cultivators gathered in the Auxiliary Country Duke's mansion. These dozen or so cultivators each had an extraordinary aura, and they were obviously all masters.

  There was only one ray of spiritual light that seemed extremely dim, and it could be said to be almost imperceptible. At first, he didn't notice it at all. But when he carefully observed it, he found that this almost imperceptible spiritual light was actually crystal clear like jade, transparent and unparalleled, although dim but extremely solid, as if it were a substance. This discovery made him secretly astonished.

  He watched for half a moment, then let out a dejected sigh, dropped his wine cup and turned to go downstairs.

  Xiao Ziyang took up residence in a courtyard house within the Moon-Embracing Building.

  Sleepless for a night, thinking back and forth, Xiao Ziyang could only follow his original idea to see if he could use that letter and Su Laoze's political enemies against him.

  The next morning, Xiao Ziyang went up to the Moon-Embracing Building and ordered a few small dishes. He ate a bowl of meat porridge with his mind elsewhere, thinking about how he could get close to Wei Guogong, the old rival of Fu Guogong.

  At this time, the low discussion of the guests at the next table happened to mention Weiguo Gong. Xiao Ziyang hurriedly concentrated and listened carefully. The more he listened, the more frightened he became.

  It turned out that just three days ago, more than 500 people from the Weiguo Gongfu were imprisoned by the emperor on charges of treason!

  The Su and Murong families, the two largest aristocratic families in Western Liang, had been at odds with each other for over a hundred years, and finally, one of them emerged victorious.

  After the initial shock, Xiao Ziyang's face gradually calmed down and showed a thoughtful expression. There is a saying that goes, "A hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen." He suddenly realized that this might be his opportunity.

  Thinking of this, he threw down a few silver ingots and hastily descended from the Embracing Moon Building.

  Xiao Ziyang was not old, but he was an old hand. He naturally knew where to go to gather information. He arrived at a teahouse that served breakfast and tea, ordered a set of dim sum and a pot of tea, and sat down.

  The fall of the Murong family can be said to be the most shocking thing that has happened in Xiliang in over a decade. He indeed heard some information he wanted to know in this teahouse.

  When people talked about Weiguo Gong's rebellion case, they all whispered secretly, but none of them escaped his ears.

  Everyone is talking about the crime of Weiguo Gong's imprisonment, and many people do not believe that Weiguo Gong, who has been defending the border for decades with the reputation of "Western Cool City", will commit treason. As a result, everyone began to speculate on who would deal with Weiguo Gong.

  But Xiao Ziyang was completely indifferent to these rumors, he only cared about one thing, the place where Weiguo Gong was detained.

  An hour later, Xiao Ziyang left the teahouse and hastily departed in a horse-drawn carriage.

  Half an hour later, the carriage stopped under another tea house. Xiao Ziyang got off the carriage, glanced at the official mansion opposite, and then turned around to enter the tea house.

  On the gate of the official mansion opposite, the wide horizontal inscribed board above was written with three vigorous and powerful big characters "Da Li Temple".

  Xiao Ziyang went up to the teahouse and sat down at a table by the window. The topic that was still being discussed by people in the teahouse was the case of Weiguo Gong's rebellion.

  In one day, Xiao Ziyang changed three tea houses and two wine houses. All of these shops have a common feature, which is not far from the Temple of Great Rites.

  The Dalit Temple was exactly where the Weiguo Gong family was imprisoned.

  As the sun gradually sets in the west, the officials in the Dali Temple all left in a hurry by car or sedan chair. Xiao Ziyang ignored these officials who were leaving by car or sedan chair; it wasn't until one person walked out of the gate that he perked up.

  That man was tall and large in stature, with a full beard, looking extremely fierce. His footsteps were steady, obviously possessing strong martial arts skills. He wore a seventh-grade military officer's uniform.

  This man is exactly the kind of person Xiao Ziyang would like to get his hands on.

  Xiao Ziyang possessed the Soul-Controlling Technique, which could control people's minds and easily make them reveal their deepest secrets. However, when it came to high-ranking officials, Xiao Ziyang dared not use this technique lightly.

  The reason is simple. Any cultivator who has practiced the Heart Stabilization Technique will be extremely sensitive to the Soul Confusion Technique. As long as someone nearby is affected by the Soul Confusion Technique, they will immediately sense it.

  Those high-ranking officials have the opportunity to enter and exit the palace, if they are discovered by the monks in the palace, it is unlikely that someone will cast a soul-searching spell on the officials.

  This martial artist's rank is not high, and he has no chance of entering the imperial palace. As a seventh-rank military officer, he also holds a considerable position in the Grand Justice Temple, making him an ideal target for soul control techniques.

  The home of the military officer was probably not far from the Dali Temple, so he didn't notice the horse-drawn carriage soliciting business beside him.

  Xiao Ziyang followed him from a distance, walking for a while before watching him turn into a small alley.

  The houses in Jin'ancheng are extremely neat and tidy. Apart from the horizontal streets surrounding the hills, all other streets and alleys are straight as a line.

  The alley where the officer was taken was very narrow, and there were few passersby. To prevent the man from becoming alert, Xiao Ziyang did not dare to follow him immediately.

  He stopped beside a stall at the entrance of the alley and pretended to select goods, but in fact he had already attached his divine thought to that military officer.

  Xiao Ziyang has been diligently cultivating the "Clear Mind and Refine Spirit Mantra" over the years, so his spiritual awareness is extremely strong. If he were to release it indiscriminately around himself as the center, he could put everything within thirty zhang under his mental surveillance. This distance was also the farthest Xiao Ziyang could control his flying sword law instrument to attack.

  If it's like now, attaching divine sense to a person for tracking purposes can expand the surveillance distance to hundreds of feet.

  Until the martial officer walked into the alley for 70 or 80 yards, Xiao Ziyang moved again and followed him into the alley.

  The alley was very narrow, only two steps wide, and stretched straight down. The military officer walked through the alley to the next cross street.

  Xiao Ziyang followed the military officer through streets and alleys, after a while, the other party finally walked into a courtyard in a small alley.

  Xiao Ziyang pretended to be nonchalant as he walked past the courtyard, but his mind had already scanned every nook and cranny of it.

  The courtyard is not very large, with only three rooms inside and outside.

  Xiao Ziyang quietly left after confirming that this was the home of that military officer. He settled down at an inn not far from the alley.

  At midnight, a figure wearing night-traveling clothes emerged from the inn and jumped onto the roof. He didn't stop at all, his toes touched the tiles, and he turned into a wisp of smoke, disappearing silently into the night sky.

  Xiao Ziyang's lightness skill was so remarkable at this moment that it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the only one in the martial arts world who could achieve such a feat. In just over ten breaths, he had traversed more than a dozen courtyards and arrived at the residence of the military officer.