C10 The Immortal Cultivation Hall's Debate
C10 The Immortal Cultivation Hall's Debate
Yang Xiao was secretly delighted. He originally thought that Yu Xuezhong was deliberately making things difficult for him, but if Yu Xuezhong captured the thief from the Yang family, how could he still survive in the Immortal Cultivation Hall in the future? Yu Xuezhong would definitely use this matter to attack him in the future.
Fortunately, the thief was caught by him. As long as he handed the thief over to the Immortal Cultivation Hall, and added the half of prime minister Xu's authentic work from Yang Xuan's room, City Lord would have a good impression of him.
Yu Xuezhong did not have the right to compete with him!
However, this thief said that the treasure was with Yang Xuan. This matter could not be careless. After all, Yang Xuan still had prime minister Xu's authentic work. What else was impossible? It seemed that after he sent the thief to Immortal Cultivation Hall, he should come and interrogate Yang Xuan.
If there was really a problem with Yang Xuan, he would personally bring Yang Xuan to Immortal Cultivation Hall. So what if Yang Xuan was the son of Second Uncle?
Yang Xiao immediately ordered the guards, "Let's go to the Immortal Cultivation Hall."
When the group of people from the Yang family walked out of the Yang Mansion, Yu Xuezhong's men naturally saw the men in black who were captured by the Yang family. They immediately rushed to the City Lord's Mansion to report this matter to Yu Xuezhong.
In a short while, two groups of people had gathered in the Immortal Cultivation Hall.
The smile on Yu Xuezhong's face had disappeared. He stood at the side with a frown. No one knew what he was thinking.
On the contrary, Yang Xiao's face was full of delight. From time to time, he would glance at Yu Xuezhong with a provocative look in his eyes.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Sitting in the hall was an old man who was about sixty years old. At this moment, he was looking at the two of them with narrowed eyes. He found it a little strange. Today, he had authorized Yu Xuezhong to check on the Yang family, but Yang Xiao had caught the thief instead.
Yu Xuezhong seemed to understand what the old man meant. He said, "the deputy governor, although Yang Xiao captured the thief tonight, the Yang family has long wanted to rebel. They are in cahoots with the thief."
Yang Xiao snorted and said, "How could the Yang family rebel? Yang family's contribution in Qingzhou City over a hundred years is not something that can be casually slandered!"
A trace of a smile appeared on Yu Xuezhong's face. He took out the calligraphy that he had found a few days ago from his sleeve. He said, "This painting is Cang Lan Record. It was drawn by prime minister Xu when he was young. I found this in Yang Xiao's Second Brother's room. And there are two words, Yang Xuan, written on the bottom left corner of the calligraphy. "
Yu Xuezhong handed over the calligraphy and painting, then turned to Yang Xiao and asked," Deacon Yang, you said that I slandered the Yang family, so how do you explain this painting? If you did not collude with thieves, why would prime minister Xu's authentic painting be in Yang Mansion? The thief stole the treasures of the City Lord's Mansion, why would he hide in the Yang family? "
" Don't speak nonsense! " Yang Xiao was furious.
"Then let's hear what the deputy governor has to say!" Yu Xuezhong sneered and turned around.
The deputy governor took the words, and the more he read, the more shocked he became. This was prime minister Xu's authentic work!
He quickly calmed down, looked at Yang Xiao and said, "Yang Xiao, let's not talk about why that thief hid in Yang Mansion first. Shouldn't you give me the treasure that the thief stole first? Also, why is the real prime minister Xu in Yang Mansion? Could it be that this was a private collection of the Yang family? I remember that this painting was rumored to have been stolen by a thief. How do you explain that?"
Yang Xiao looked at Yu Xuezhong and felt very angry in his heart.
Yang Xiao also handed the other half of the calligraphy in his sleeve to the deputy governor and said, "the deputy governor, the calligraphy might have something to do with my second uncle, Yang Wuqi. My second uncle's talent in cultivation is top-notch! When he was twenty years old, in order to concentrate on cultivation, he traveled around the world. Unfortunately, he passed away long ago. This painting should have been found by my second uncle during his travels. Please forgive my Second Brother, the deputy governor. City Lord's treasure was indeed not with that thief. Yang family would never collude with thieves. Besides, if the Yang family really takes the treasure of the City Lord's Mansion, how are we going to establish ourselves in the Qingzhou City? The Yang family would never do such a thing."
" Deacon Yang, this is only your one-sided statement. Master the deputy governor, I will go and search the Yang family thoroughly tonight. Yang Xiao's Second Brother also needs to be interrogated." Yu Xuezhong said. He thought that even if he couldn't bring down the Yang family today, he would make Yang Xiao feel ashamed to stay in the Immortal Cultivation Hall any longer. For example, Yang Xiao's Second Brother dared to shamelessly stamp prime minister Xu's real work with his personal seal. If this matter was spread out, what would all the disciples of the Immortal Cultivation Hall who admired prime minister Xu think?
"Sir, our Yang family's loyalty will never change. If the treasures of the City Lord's Mansion were really found in the Yang family, it would be because someone had framed the Yang family. If the Yang family really wants the treasures, why would they send the thief to the Immortal Cultivation Hall? If we had the intention to seize the treasures, we would have killed him long ago. After we killed him, no one would know that the thief was in the Yang family. Why do we need to do something unnecessary?" Yang Xiao looked coldly at Yu Xuezhong and said.
The deputy governor looked at Yang Xiao and Yu Xuezhong and said, "You two will follow me to the City Lord's Mansion. The reappearance of prime minister Xu and the theft of the treasures of the City Lord's Mansion are very important. I need to report to City Lord immediately before making a decision."
Master the deputy governor ordered his men to take the man in black into custody and put away the calligraphy. After that, the three of them immediately rushed to the City Lord's Mansion.
The City Lord's Mansion was not far from the deputy governor's hall.
There was a red gate, and a small but delicate garden. Not far ahead was where City Lord usually rested.
City Lord was an old man who had passed his prime.
When the three of them arrived at the mansion, he was using a spoon made from a gourd to pour water onto the plant.
If he wasn't in the most luxurious mansion in the Qingzhou City, many people would have thought of him as an old farmer.
Master the deputy governor came forward and bowed. He said respectfully, "City Lord, the thief who stole the treasure has been captured by the Yang family. He is now imprisoned. But the treasure has yet to be found. It must be hidden somewhere. I will interrogate him and try to return the treasure to him as soon as possible. Another thing, we found the true whereabouts of prime minister Xu in Yang family."
" The real prime minister Xu? " City Lord seemed to be indifferent to the treasures that he hadn't found. When he heard the real prime minister Xu, the watering stopped instead. Then he wiped his hands and feet. He rolled up his pants and pointed at the direction of the lobby. "Let's go to the lobby."
Entering the lobby, the deputy governor immediately unfolded the authentic work on the table.
City Lord looked at the authentic work with infatuation and said, "That's right, this is prime minister Xu's authentic work. Look at these words, they are ever-changing..."
Something was not right.
This should be fake...
City Lord had been obsessed with calligraphy all his life, and prime minister Xu's calligraphy was his favorite. prime minister Xu's cultivation level and talent were profound, and he hid his cultivation experience in his handwriting. A genuine work should have a feeling of immortal Qi floating around. However, these words were much more realistic. If it wasn't for the person who wrote it having a lower cultivation, he might not have been able to recognize it.
This calligraphy had nearly fooled his eyes.
Who wrote this? City Lord looked towards the place where the signature was placed and looked at the three people who were waiting quietly beside him. He asked, "I saw that there were two characters of Yang Xuan written on the cover of this calligraphy. Who is this Yang Xuan?"
After Yang Xiao heard this, he immediately reported, "Yang Xuan is my Second Brother. Because he is playful and does not know how precious prime minister Xu's authentic work is, he stamped his personal seal on it. When I go back, I will definitely punish him severely."
City Lord immediately found it funny. He couldn't help but have a trace of interest in this person. "No need. Tomorrow, send someone to summon Yang Xuan to the City Lord's Mansion."