More than a month ago.

Nandou Country.

Middle section of the Crocodile Dragon River.

Xuanlin City.

The streets were crowded with people.

The escorts escorted a machine prison van and walked slowly by.

In the prison car, a Jindan monk was bound by iron chains, with disheveled hair and his eyes closed.

When the city people saw this person, they were angry and cursed. At the same time, they threw countless rotten eggs, leftover vegetables, rotten rice and even stones.

"Smash, smash this corrupt official to death!"

"If he hadn't embezzled the disaster relief funds, my grandfather wouldn't have starved to death."

"A conscience is really called a dog to eat. It is precious to be a golden elixir. It is better to practice alone, but an official can absorb the wealth and ointment of the people. It is even more hateful than a demon cultivator! This is the end!!"

The Jindan prisoner always lowered his head, his eyes closed, and his expression seemed to be dead.

Looking at the noisy scene on the street from afar, Zhu Xuanji sighed quietly and said to the group of people around him: "It's almost time for me to set off."

The current city lord of Xuanlin City beside him saluted with fists: "This time, thanks to Lord Zhu, you took action and found the black sheep. If it weren't for this, I'll be kept in the dark."

Zhu Xuanji smiled softly and glanced at the city lord deeply: "Mr. Su, you should do it yourself."

After saying that, he turned over and left directly.

The city lord clasped his fists and watched Zhu Xuanji gradually move away, smiling all the time, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Ah, it's Lord Zhu!"

"Mr. Zhu is here."

"Mr. Zhu, thank you, thank you for finding out the truth! If it weren't for you, wuwu..."

"Mr. Zhu, don't leave, don't leave! Just stay and be our official!"

First, one person took the lead and knelt beside the street, followed by the second and third ones.

The citizens of the city knelt on the ground, cried bitterly, thanked and begged.

On the same road, Zhu Xuanji and the Jindan prisoner came over and received completely different responses.

Zhu Xuanji rode on the horse, smiling and constantly waved his hands.

After Wan Mingong gave him a visit, he walked to the city gate and finally looked back at the kneeling people and the standing lord at the end of the street.

"Su family..." Zhu Xuanji sighed and a gloomy look surged in his eyes.

He knew that the real messenger was the city lord of the surname Su, but the latter was cruel in his means and killed people in time to silence him, so that the evidence could not be put into Zhu Xuanji's hands.

The only thing Zhu Xuanji could catch was a Jindan monk under the command of the city lord.

Zhu Xuanji rode his horse and quickly caught up with the prisoner escort team in front.

The team walked windingly to a country road.

The monk in front suddenly scolded: "Who is the one who dares to intercept the court's escort team, and he will die?"

The person who intercepted the prison van quickly begged for mercy and his voice was old: "My lords, the villain is not a gangster, but a thank you to Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Xuanji swept his magical consciousness and immediately ordered: "Don't be impatient, I know this father-in-law, and I am not an enemy."

He kicked the horse lightly, rushed to the front of the team, and saw the familiar face, and couldn't help but chuckled: "Brother-in-law, we're meeting again."

The father-in-law bent down and bowed deeply, and said in tears: "I am ashamed, I have no eyes and do not know the true hero. I once passed by the tea shop, and I insulted the adults. If I don't come here to thank and apologize, I will be uneasy for my whole life."

Zhu Xuanji got off the horse, came to the old man, and reached out to help him up: "Brother-in-law, have your land returned to you?"

The old man cried again and choked and said, "I've returned it, I've returned it. Not only my family, but all the fertile fields in our village have been returned."

"That's good." Zhu Xuanji nodded.

The old man took out a bag of spirit stones: "Mr. Zhu, this is a thank you gift prepared by our village collectively..."

Zhu Xuanji pushed his hand: "I will never accept it."

"This bag of spiritual rice is also our village..."

Zhu Xuanji laughed: "Brother-in-law, I don't like these."

The old man was a little anxious: "This is just a little bit of my heart in our village. I just want to express my endless gratitude, Lord Zhu..."

Zhu Xuanji stretched out his hand: "Brother-in-law, I still remember the first time we met. I passed by the tea shop you opened at the entrance of the village."

"When you saw that I was exhausted, you invited me to sit down."

"I smiled and said, "I have no money on my body and can't afford to drink tea. But I took the initiative to invite me to a bowl of sugar water."

The old man nodded and wiped his tears: "How come I don't remember?"

"Sir, you drank sugar water and asked about people's livelihood. I told you that there is an official in Xuanlin City that is ineffective and corrupt."

"Sir, you were asking for details, but I was so confused that I thought I was defending corrupt officials, so I was so angry that I knocked over my sweet water."

"Hahaha." Zhu Xuanji raised his head and laughed a few times, "Just remember!"

He clasped his fists and said, "If I were lucky, could I ask my father-in-law to invite me to have another bowl of sugar water?"

The old man was stunned.

Seeing Zhu Xuanji's serious and sincere look, his vision blurred again and burst into tears, he nodded in a hurry: "Please, please! I am lucky to invite Lord Zhu to have tea again after my whole life."

Zhu Xuanji shook his head: "If I don't drink tea, I just want to drink a bowl of sugar water."

The old man took out the storage bag and made a bowl of sugar water for Zhu Xuanji in front of him.

Zhu Xuanji held the stone pottery bowl and drank a big mouthful, looking very happy: "Okay, what a sweet water!"

The guards saw this and spoke silently.

After saying goodbye to the village elder, Zhu Xuanji continued on his way.

No one robbed the prisoner, and the road was calm.

When he entered the capital, he was summoned by the king immediately before he could stop.

He met the king, knelt down on one knee, bowed with fists, and said loudly: "I went to Xuanlin City, and found the details of the corruption. Fortunately, I have not been humiliated..."

Bang.

The king of Nandou slapped the table and shouted, "Zhu Xuanji! You have entered the capital and handed over the prisoners. Don't want to come and report to me. Do you have to call you?"

"Haha."

"How did you explain to you before you set out?"

"As a result, when you went to Xuanlin City, you still did your own thing and left the orphan's explanation behind. Are you lucky to be unfair? Do you think orphan is going to summon you to praise you?"

"I dare not." Zhu Xuanji smiled bitterly.

The king of Nandou sighed: "Zhu Xuanji, Zhu Xuanji...you are a member of the royal family, don't you know the weight of the Su family in our country?"

"This time you arrested the subordinates of Jindan, which made the Su family look dull. Several old ministers of the Su family have already submitted a letter of resignation, saying that the reputation of the Su family cannot be destroyed."

"I asked you to investigate the case, not to disturb the court!"

Zhu Xuanji looked up and looked serious: "What the king said is not agreeable to me. I think that the great tribes in the Nandou Kingdom are already in a mixed manner and cannot lose their heads. The Su family and others themselves control many immortal cities, and many people are in charge of key positions in the court, excluding newcomers and controlling government affairs."

"If this continues, they will become a major crisis in our Nandou Country."

"As the royal family, we should support the new tribes and new people, reshape the new atmosphere of the court, take care of the common people, recruit talents from the people, and balance the old tribes."

The King of Nandou snorted coldly: "Nonsense! In the past, when the Supreme Emperor opened up his country, how many sacrifices did the Su family sacrifice? How could such founding merits be harsh? If it is reported, how do foreign talents view our country?"

"Others have given you a title, calling you 'Zhayin Anmin Zhu Xuanji'. Are you really proud of this?"

Zhu Xuanji lowered his head: "I dare not."

The king of Nandou sighed lightly: "Forget it."

"Maybe I always expect too much from you. This time you deal with it, it's actually much better than before."

"I have read your secret song."

"The Lord of the Su family cannot escape, and everyone in the court knows it."

"But this matter is over and the Jindan monk was beheaded at Caishikou and displayed to the public to end it."

Zhu Xuanji volunteered: "I am willing to serve as the executioner!"

The king of Nandou shook his head: "The court is unstable. As a member of the royal family, you have to think about being alone."

"With your status as an executioner, is it the royal family's meaning? Is it the lonely meaning? How can the court subjects not think about it?"

"Don't stay in the capital, go out."

“Just…”

The King of Nandou took out a memorial from a corner of the table, threw it to the ground, and threw it to Zhu Xuanji: "Get up and take a look."
To be continued...