Chapter 73: Sword Heart Perfection? [Seeking monthly votes! ]

"Ah?" Liang Yue looked suspicious, "Do you have evidence?"

What's going on here?

The pros and cons suddenly started to step on each other.

When Mrs. Zhang accused the Longya Gang of murdering people, she was very sure of it.

But from Bai Zhishan's tone, he was extremely certain.

"If someone else asks about this, I will never mention it. But Liang Duwei, with your background... and ability, it is possible for you to seek justice for him. I also believe that you are a good person, so I am willing to tell you." Bai Zhishan said in a deep voice.

He took out a letter from his bosom. "Although we haven't met yet, he wrote me a letter. In the letter, he said that he had been collecting money for the Ministry of Industry over the years, and he had long been fed up with Lu Yuanwang's oppression of the people and squeezing of the national treasury. He secretly collected a lot of evidence, and he didn't know whether he should submit these things. The letter also agreed with me to meet and discuss, which was supposed to be yesterday. But I waited for a long time at the agreed place, and he didn't come. At that time, I knew something was wrong..."

Liang Yue took the letter and saw that the handwriting was very skeletal.

The letter was just as he said, telling how Zhang Xingkai had been doing evil for the Ministry of Works for many years, and he didn't want to continue. He secretly collected a lot of evidence, but he didn't know whether he should submit it to the higher authorities. He wanted to meet with his classmate Bai Zishan to discuss it. They agreed to meet at Wangshan Pavilion, 18 miles south of the city, yesterday. That was the place where the two of them had traveled together when they were classmates.

"Your name is Bai Zishan?" Liang Yue raised his eyes and looked at the other person.

"Oh, I used to be." Bai Zhishan lowered his head and smiled bitterly, "Then I encountered some problems, so I changed my name to Bai Zhishan."

"You didn't wait for him, and then you heard about his death." Liang Yue asked again: "Then why do you think it was his wife who did it?"

Bai Zhishan said, "First of all, Xingkai is a cautious person. I can't think of anyone who would know his plan except his wife. And the attack she suffered that day. I heard that when she was blown up by the Zhengyang Thunder, were your Yudu Guards also there, or did the Liangdu Guards save her?"

Liang Yue suddenly smiled.
He had already guessed that the other party had the same idea as him. He had also become suspicious because of this matter that day, but he did not say it first. He just said: "Master Bai is well-informed."

Bai Zhishan continued, "It's very simple. If someone deliberately stole the Zhengyang Thunder and planned to do something, he would definitely be careful to hide the Zhengyang Thunder and save it for later use. If he used the Zhengyang Thunder to kill the woman first, then the matter would become a big deal and would immediately arouse vigilance. No one would do such a thing."

"Unless... this is simply a self-torture trick by that woman."

Bai Zhishan's guess was roughly the same as Liang Yue's. He had already had this question after the explosion, but he didn't say it out loud at the time.

However, he still said: "But these are just your suspicions, and they cannot be called evidence. According to what you said, it is more likely that the Ministry of Industry sent someone to kill him."

"That's right." Bai Zhishan replied, "The evidence I mentioned is here. When Xingkai returned to Shendu, the gang leader asked Yingtang to investigate his background, and Yingtang dug up an interesting thing."

"There's nothing to dig up about Xingkai himself, but Yingtang found out that his wife used to be a singing girl from Yuezhou. It was Lu Yuanwang's people who redeemed her so that she could get close to Xingkai and marry him. She was Lu Yuanwang's spy planted by Xingkai!"

"Is this true?" Liang Yue was surprised. "Zhang Xingkai doesn't even know the origins of the person next to him?"

"When he started in Yuezhou, his trusted assistants were all from the Ministry of Industry. Lu Yuanwang placed people around him, so it's normal that we can't find out the real details." Bai Zhishan shook his head sadly, "I guess this time he trusted the person next to him wrongly, and that's why he lost his life in vain."

……

Since returning from the Longya Gang, Liang Yue found things becoming more and more interesting.

Zhang Xingkai's murder case was already full of doubts, and now after both parties had stepped on each other, it became a bit confusing.

As for Zhen Changzhi, he was buried deep under the thread and it was even more difficult for him to show his head.

Liang Yue was sure that even if they told lies, they were definitely covered up by 90% of the truth, which made it difficult to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of the information.

First, we can extract some from the public statements of both parties.

Zhang Xingkai was deliberately rescued by Lu Yuanwang and arranged as a pawn to do business in Yuezhou. He used his power for personal gain and used all the money he earned to improve the reputation of the Sixth Prince.

This is true.

According to Mrs. Zhang, the Longya Gang was about to be cut off by the Ministry of Industry, and then they had ulterior motives and killed Zhang Xingkai to show their non-cooperation.

According to Bai Zhishan, it was Zhang Xingkai who had ulterior motives towards the Ministry of Works and the Sixth Prince, and was killed by Madam Zhang at the behest of his superiors.

In this sense, the Ministry of Industry has become an extremely important weather vane.

Liang Yue secretly thought that he could ask the Ministry of Justice to pay attention to who the Ministry of Industry was clearing out, and that person would have a greater chance of telling the truth. But he couldn't be too hasty on his side. Although he wanted to find out the truth, dealing with these people would easily alert the enemy if he was not careful.

The more complicated it is, the more gradual you should take it.

The next day, he got up early again.

Today is the day to go up the mountain to practice.

No matter how important the matter is now, I cannot delay my practice. After all, I have an agreement with my master to fight for the city.

As soon as I walked into Yunzhi Temple, I didn't see the little Taoist boy Bai Yuan. I only saw Wang Rulin lying on the wall inside the temple, with his butt sticking out, and stealing glances towards the direction of the mountain top.

The martial arts grandmaster's hearing and vision were close to divine. Liang Yue didn't know what he could see, so he called out softly, "Master?"

"Hey!" Wang Rulin jumped down immediately as if he was a thief who was discovered, rubbed his hands and looked at Liang Yue, "You're here? Bai Yuan went out and will be back later."

"Master, what are you looking at?" Liang Yue asked curiously.

"Nothing, nothing." Wang Rulin said repeatedly, and then suddenly he exclaimed, looked Liang Yue in the eye, and asked: "Have you experienced a life-and-death crisis recently?"

"Master, can you even see this?" Liang Yue was somewhat surprised at how the other party could see it.

"Your sword heart is perfect and you are close to success. This is a level that Bai Yuan, your sparring partner, could never reach." Wang Rulin smiled with relief. "I was worried that if you could never reach perfection, how would I find someone to kill you? I didn't expect you to solve it yourself."

Liang Yue: “?”

Good guy.

Find someone to kill.

Is this something a normal master would say casually?

"To achieve perfection in swordsmanship, one must have experienced life-and-death crises and realized the word 'courage' before one can strike with the sword fearlessly." Wang Rulin continued, "Courage is the first sword of a swordsman. I believe you have understood this principle by now."

Liang Yue recalled his experience of obtaining the Lin character heavenly book. It was really because of his momentary bravery that he was able to win in the midst of danger.

Just as Wang Rulin said, courage is of vital importance.

If he didn't have the courage to draw his sword against Wu Mozi, he would get nothing.

At the same time, he also discovered the habit of this master. He didn't seem to like telling him the truth in advance, but let him do it first. Only after he had some understanding, he would point out the key to it in one sentence.

The advantage of this is that he gained everything by himself and has a deep understanding of it.

The downside is, what if you can’t understand?

Then you might not learn anything.

"I have gained some understanding." Liang Yue nodded and asked, "What else should I practice now?"

"I have already achieved the Great Perfection of Sword Heart. It is a long journey to merge with the Dao. I am still on the road of integrating the Dao rhyme, let alone you?" Wang Rulin's eyes were full of satisfaction. "Now I can teach you the sword moves that I created."

Liang Yue looked serious. Now that the basic skills were mastered, it was finally time to practice sword moves!

"But..." Wang Rulin's ears suddenly moved, and he turned to the direction he had just been in. He seemed to have heard something, and after a while he turned back and said, "Come with me to the top of the mountain first."

He led the way loudly in front, and Liang Yue followed behind with a puzzled look on his face, wondering what his master was taking him to do. Before leaving, Wang Rulin even went to the kitchen to fold a bag and carried it with him.

Could it be that he wants to dig some wild vegetables in spring?

The two walked to the top of the mountain and saw another simple and elegant building with green tiles surrounding the mountain. It should be a nunnery.

A plaque with the three characters "Liuyun Temple" hangs in front of the door.

(End of this chapter)