Chapter 203 - Down the Mountain
"Down the mountain? What to do when you go down the mountain?"
Tang Zian didn't expect that Xia Sheng actually made such a request, which surprised him a little.
Of course, this is why Tang Zi restless. If someone else was changed, he would definitely feel that Xia Sheng’s request was simply crazy.
As an honorary teacher in the academy, he has taken all the benefits after being admitted to the hospital, but he has not done any work at all.
I won’t say that I have been staying in the back mountain for the previous month. I have just left the seclusion for a day, and almost caused civil strife in the entire Spirit Academy. Not only did I bewitch the disciples of the Spirit Academy and the academicians as enemies, but I also got Pei Yuanji to issue a life-and-death battle letter on the spot.
Now, I'm in trouble. The spring exam list is still not a single word. This guy is actually embarrassed to take leave and leave the hospital?
Faced with Tang Zi'an's questioning, Xia Sheng just smiled: "Of course there is something important to do."
Upon hearing this, Tang Zi'an couldn't help but frown subconsciously. Obviously, he was dissatisfied with Xia Sheng's answer, but out of trust in Xia Sheng, he still didn't ask the bottom of the question, but just sighed slightly: "When will you come back?"
"A day is enough."
"Okay." Tang Zian shook his head helplessly, wrote a handwritten warrant for Xia Sheng, and instructed: "Go early and come back soon."
Xia Sheng took the order, responded with a smile, without delaying it. He waved goodbye to Tang Zi'an and walked out of Zhengyang Palace.
But even Tang Zian didn't expect that Xia Sheng did not leave the academy immediately, but went to Xuanpu Garden in the back mountain to meet the mute mother-in-law.
No one knew what he said to his mute mother-in-law, but when he left Bujushan, there was already a jade pendant with a bright color on his waist.
After walking out of the mountain gate, Xia Sheng did not stop all the way, but rushed back to the capital without stopping, and then arrived at Shantang as soon as possible.
Although more than a month has passed since the Qin family, no one in the Shandao dares to forget who Xia Sheng is. Bi Qingwen rushed to Xia Sheng as soon as he received the news, and spoke in surprise and respect: "Young Master Xia! Why are you here!"
Xia Sheng nodded with a smile. Instead of giving more greetings, he said bluntly: "Take me to see your lady."
Upon hearing this, Bi Qingwen immediately looked embarrassed and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Xia came by unfortunately. Miss has just left the capital a few days ago and went to Qingzhou to handle the job."
"Qingzhou?" Xia Sheng was stunned: "Isn't that where Master Qin Si was before?"
Bi Qingwen nodded: "Mr. Xia is indeed a good memory. Good. This time, the lady went to Qingzhou to complete the second assessment set by her family and temporarily took over as the manager of the Qingzhou branch. It lasted for one year to observe the results. If it weren't for the fact that I needed to stay a few more days and hand over the affairs of the main hall, I would probably not have seen Mr. Xia."
Xia Sheng frowned immediately: "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"
Bi Qingwen shook his head helplessly: "Miss has gone to Bujushan many times before leaving Beijing, but I heard that Mr. Xia, you are in seclusion, and the lady is not inconvenient to disturb her, so she had to leave without saying goodbye."
Xia Sheng knew that Qin Yan could not blame this matter. After all, the birth of Haoran Jian was too sudden, and he had to move into the back mountain under the pretext of seclusion. But he did not expect that the second round of assessment arranged by the Qin family for Qin Yan would come so soon.
Thinking of this, Xia Sheng couldn't help but ask again: "Has the case of Qin Erye being killed before been resolved?"
Bi Qingwen replied to Xia Sheng with gratitude: "According to Mr. Xia's method, it was indeed solved! Although the real culprit has not been punished for the time being, the impact of this matter has been minimized, and the inside and outside of the clan also approves of the lady's methods of acting."
Xia Sheng nodded, guessing in his heart that it was probably because of this that the Qin family began to gradually face Qin Yan's ability. So he assigned the task of handling the branch to her in advance.
But now Qin Yan left Luoyang, which made Xia Sheng’s next move very inconvenient, and the most important thing was...
Another whole month has passed, and Shantang still has no progress in finding Dad Xia!
Bi Qingwen seemed very ashamed of this because this situation had never happened before.
Xia Sheng also knew that both Qin Yan and Bi Qingwen had made the greatest efforts in this matter, but why? With such a powerful intelligence network in the Qin family, they could not find their whereabouts?
As a last resort, Xia Sheng had no choice but to make the last request to Bi Qingwen.
"I want to see Master Qin Si."
The fourth master of the Qin family, Qin Tai, was the former manager of the Qingzhou branch, and was also Qin Li's father. Because of the Qin family's battle, he was promoted to the manager of the Luoyang General Hall. To this day, he has become the most powerful figure in the entire Qin family except Qin Xiaohua.
Now that Qin Yan is away from Beijing, Xia Sheng needs to go through this Fourth Master Qin if he wants to continue to get help from Shantang.
Of course, Xia Sheng came too suddenly this time, and it was not easy to see Master Qin immediately. So after handing over this matter to Bi Qingwen, Xia Sheng did not stay in Shantang for a long time, but went to another place first.
It's not the Weining Marquis Mansion.
Although he also wanted to know what Ning Zheng was like in this month and whether Ye Xiao'e returned from the Netherworld Secret Realm.
But compared to what Xia Sheng is going to do now, everything else can be postponed.
Because he didn't want his whereabouts to be revealed, he needed to prevent Mrs. Ye from sending someone to watch him. After all, this fact is of great importance. If he had to force him, he would probably not have used his trump card so quickly.
Where Xia Sheng went this trip was not Yanyulou, nor Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, nor the Judgment Office.
It's a place that no one expected.
He went to a temple.
And interestingly, the name of this temple also has a lot to do with Xia Sheng’s hometown.
They all have the word "white horse".
Naturally, it is the most famous White Horse Temple in Luoyang City.
If you think about it carefully, this is actually not the first time Xia Sheng has come to White Horse Temple. He has been there as early as the Qin family's competition.
After escaping from Princess Pingnan, the reason why he did not rush to the tribe competition was because he went to the White Horse Temple on the way and stole a spirit gathering pill from it, which made Qin Yan regain his vitality in the tribe competition and defeated Qin Luo in one fell swoop.
And today, it is his second visit to this place.
In order, it is naturally no longer a spirit gathering pill, but another thing.
A treasure he temporarily placed in the White Horse Temple five hundred years ago.
Chapter completed!