Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1319 1 Inch Lovesickness Continuation 8

Zuo Qingci really didn't treat Wen Siyuan as an outsider. In addition to telling the other party Su Yunluo's true identity, he also told him another identity. Of course, he also made speculations about the identity of Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai who was beside Jiang Xinxin. So Wen Siyuan felt that if he could get in touch with Emperor Ai, at least the inside story of that year could be quickly investigated.

In this way, he wouldn't have to keep hiding his identity, and there wouldn't be such a deep hatred between him and Shen Manqing, so they would have a good outcome.

As for whether Emperor Ai could accomplish what he wanted to do, and how to arrange for this half-meritorious minister afterwards, he was not too worried. After all, judging from Jiang Xinxin's behavior, the disciple he taught was more or less a decent person, and would never do such a blatant thing as to abandon the donkey after it has done its work.

Wen Siyuan then told Emperor Ai about his life story, and Emperor Ai said frankly that what he needed was the information about Shanshui Ferry, and it didn't have to be provided for free. He just had to buy it with money like other people outside, or exchange it for information of equal value. In this way, he would not let Wen Siyuan leave any handle in public.

Wen Siyuan became more confident when he heard this, and immediately bowed to the lord. Emperor Ai then told him some news: "You don't need to mention the Sword Demon Su Xuan. I also want to save people. After all, he was the one who escorted me back to the Central Plains. But Jin Xu was hypocritical. He took advantage of Su Xuan's exhaustion and poisoned Su Xuan. Su Xuan killed many Zhengyang Palace disciples in public, and now he has become a demon who is despised by everyone."

"For these years, I have been busy hiding my identity and unable to clear Su Xuan's name. Thanks to the teacher's help, I can now walk out openly."

Emperor Ai was almost about to give his own name, and Wen Siyuan was indeed more convinced after hearing this.

Emperor Ai continued: "You are a man of the Jianghu. Now Shanshuidu has been infiltrated by the imperial court, so you as the sect leader must be upright. The relationship between you and me is limited to you, me and my master today. Others must not know about it."

"Tomorrow morning, after watching the competition, my master and I will set off to detoxify Su Xuan. You'd better inform Su Yunluo about this matter first and ask her to evacuate Tiandu Peak as soon as possible. Jin Xu is not a pushover. He took out the Crane Tail White as a prize and is just waiting for Su Yunluo to show up."

Wen Siyuan also agreed with Emperor Ai's idea, but over the years, he had gotten to know Su Yunluo a little better. Su Yunluo might not be willing to place all his hopes on Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai, whom he did not know well.

Jiang Xinxin then took out a one-inch-sized blue and white porcelain bottle and handed it to Wen Siyuan, explaining, "There are three Heart-Protecting Pills in it. As the name suggests, they can protect the heart pulse and save people from desperate situations. As long as the person's breath does not exceed one stick of incense, they can be saved."

When Wen Siyuan took such an important thing, his hands couldn't help but go weak. He hurriedly put the small porcelain bottle to his chest and carefully protected and hid it.

Emperor Ai saw this and smiled and said, "The three Heart-Protecting Pills that the teacher gave me are naturally one for Su Yunluo and one for you. The rest are just a favor for you."

Wen Siyuan understood that this was the sincerity of Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai. He took a deep breath, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to Emperor Ai, formally confirming the relationship between the monarch and his subject.

Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai didn't bother to care about what happened in Zhengyang Palace. Wen Siyuan felt relieved and tried his best to persuade Su Yunluo to give up the pursuit of Heweibai, so she almost died in the trap of Jin Xu in Zhengyang Palace. She escaped by chance only because she or Zuo Qingci was one step ahead, and because Jin Xu needed Su Yunluo's help to lead the way, and he wanted Su Xuan to die.

And Chaomu Pavilion was determined to eradicate the Blood Wing Divine Sect because Zhu Yan used the tactics of the Southwestern Demon Sect, and they also kidnapped the other four sects.

Jin Xu thought that Su Xuan's affairs should not be known to others, so in the face of Chaomu Pavilion Master Kou Subai's insistence, Jin Xu could only put Su Xuan's affairs aside for the time being, and he took the disciples of Zhengyang Palace and followed the other four sects to the southwest.

Su Xuan’s hiding place was not difficult to find. It was in Wu’er Village. The village chief of Wu’er Village, Xie Li, was also one of the nine great masters of the previous generation and had also participated in the events of ten years ago.

Wu'er Village is easy to find and enter, but what is more important is to let Emperor Ai see the real suffering of the people.

"…The people you see working in their own fields are not considered poor. Those who have lost their fields and properties, and even their civilian status, and who have no control over their marriage, life and death, are the truly miserable."

"A severe drought, a flood, or a plague can easily wipe out entire villages and towns."

After meeting these people, Emperor Ai even gradually let go of the pain and suffering he had suffered over the past ten years.

It is indeed hard to work hard, but he has no worries about food and clothing. Compared with those people outside who work hard for a year but still have to worry about starving to death, he is much happier.

There are even more shocking examples that Jiang Xinxin doesn't want to talk about or take Emperor Ai to see. After all, what she wants is not only for him to feel sympathy for the suffering of the common people, but also for him to maintain this sympathy and actively serve the people.

Wool is a good thing, and the Guze people are a nomadic people, so Jiang Xinxin has not only been thinking about teaching Emperor Ai in the past few months, but has also secretly formed a caravan to go to the Guze country to purchase wool. Calculating the time, they should almost bring back the first batch of wool.

Two strangers in gorgeous clothes suddenly appeared in Wu'er Village. The guards did not dare to make any decisions on their own when seeing this situation. They could only ask Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai about their names and origins so that they could report it to the village leader Xie Li.

Emperor Ai stepped forward, bowed, and introduced himself, saying, "I am Lingjun, and this is my teacher, whose name is Shangyuan Xiashen. I came to Wuer Village today to see the village leader, the great hero Xie Li, for an important matter."

Lingjun is the name given to Emperor Ai by Jiang Xinxin. In this world, only pure people of the world would not give a name. Any scholar would give a name under the guidance of his teacher.

Emperor Ai missed his coming-of-age ceremony and could not tell anyone his name, so Jiang Xinxin gave him the courtesy name Lingjun, hoping that he could work for the welfare of the people like the descendants of the ancient sage kings.

However, Jiang Xinxin and Emperor Ai did not expect that they would meet Zuo Qingci and Su Yunluo who came to Wuerzhai to look for the whereabouts of Ceylon Star Leaf. They even arrived two days earlier.

Emperor Ai didn't know Zuo Qingci's identity yet, and Jiang Xinxin didn't tell him, so he had no way to investigate. But he knew that Su Yunluo was Su Xuan's only disciple, so he trusted Su Yunluo a little. When they met, he smiled and bowed, "Miss Su Yunluo, my name is Lingjun. We met once at the Zhengyang Palace Sword Test Conference a few days ago."

Su Yunluo was more concerned about Jiang Xinxin who was standing next to Emperor Ai. Even though Wen Siyuan said in person that Jiang Xinxin had a way to detoxify her master Su Xuan, she couldn't believe it completely without seeing her. Now she could confirm it in person. "Hello, Taoist Yuan Xin. I'm Su Yunluo. Maybe Sect Master Wen told you about this."

Jiang Xinxin nodded, "Master Wen did mention that Sword Demon Su Xuan was poisoned by the Sala Dream Poison, and I also told Master Wen that I was sure I could cure the poison."