Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 400 - 327: I Have a Legend in the Capital City_1

Chapter 400: Chapter 327: I Have a Legend in the Capital City_1

Li Xuan, dressed in Liudao Fumo Armor, happened to bump into Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue, who had just arrived in the capital city. It took them a bit of time to locate Earl Jingan’s mansion.

"How did it go?" Li Xuan asked with a playful smirk, "Did you gain anything?"

Just by looking at the radiant glow on their faces, he knew they must have indulged in some amorous adventures last night.

But to his surprise, he saw an awkward smile on Zhang Yue’s face, while Peng Fulai looked grave.

"After we left the palace yesterday, something happened--"

Peng Fulai briefly explained what happened last night, he then coldly said, "I don’t know what the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Son-in-law are up to, but they are definitely up to no good."

Li Xuan pondered for a moment, and then turned to Luo Yan, "Yan, show them."

Without delay, Luo Yan’s eyes revealed a touch of purple as she closely observed the two men. After a moment, she let out a light snort, "It’s a glamour technique from the Demon Sect, a type of illusion art. It was passed down from the ’Meixian Sect’ of the Tang Dynasty. Once complete, it can cause a deep sense of affection for the caster. It was rumored that Empress Wu Zetian came from this sect.

"This technique requires a woman of immense talent in magic, and they sure were willing to invest heavily in you, Li Xuan, as your codependents. It’s a pity it backfired."

Upon hearing this, both Zhang Yue and Peng Fulai’s faces changed slightly. Li Xuan also felt a pang of anxiety and asked immediately, "Is there a way to dispel it?"

"I have an illusion technique which could backfire on the casters, making them suffer the consequences. But it’s not necessary."

Luo Yan said in a casual tone, "This spell from the Demon Sect requires three rounds to be properly executed. You two only need to abstain from all desires for one or two months, and naturally you will be fine."

Only then did Zhang and Peng breathe a sigh of relief, but their troubles resumed as they had yet to visit the Eight Hutongs! Peng Fulai was slightly skeptical if Luo Yan was trying to scare them, but he could not be sure.

Next, the two of them accompanied Li Xuan to the main hall of Liudao Division, located in the eastern part of Nanxun Lane in Mingsi Lane. It shares a location with Qinglong Hall of Liudao Division and covers hundreds of acres, double the size of Zhuque Hall.

Li Xuan’s first visit was to the Fumo Venerable. The suggestion from the main hall was to place his jurisdiction directly under the Fumo Venerable.

Li Xuan originally wanted to report directly to Qinglong Hall. Although the headquarter of the Liudao Division oversees five divisions, seventy-four Zhenmo offices, and over a thousand Fumo divisions, it actually doesn’t handle much of the daily operations.

The key point is that there are a bunch of Fumo Zhonglangjiang in it. If he, a minor Fumo Xiaowei were to transfer, he would be just a little brother.

The head of Qinglong Hall is the Heavenly Master of the current generation, one of the three heavenly level masters in Tianshi’s mansion. Li Xuan believed that if he could have his jurisdiction under Qinglong Hall, even if he weren’t given any special treatment, he would at least not be discriminated against.

But after some maneuvering, Li Xuan and his jurisdiction were ultimately placed under the main hall.

Li Xuan’s authority sounded impressive. He was responsible for handling all difficult cases related to demons and officials in the entire region of North Zhili.

However, Li Xuan interpreted this as doing dirty and tiring work, similar to modern major crime teams.

Normally, he doesn’t have any specific divisions to look after and operates as a mobile unit. He was assigned tasks from the upper level, or wait for the sub-levels of Liudao Division to hand over their troubles and cases that they were unable to handle.

If it was just that, Li Xuan would definitely not want to transfer from Zhuque Hall. Therefore, Li Xuan added an extra condition that he has the right to intervene and investigate in any case in North Zhili that he finds of interest.

At that time, they agreed readily, but Li Xuan knew from his understanding of civil servants that this condition would definitely be discounted when it came to implementation.

However, when Li Xuan arrived at the headquarters he was not able to meet with Fumo Venerable as expected. The Venerable had apparently gone to the North Sea and it would be some time before he returned.

So Li Xuan went to the ’Tianguan Building’ instead, the place responsible for managing official promotion transfer was ’Tianguan’ in ancient times, so those who manage personal affairs in Liudao Division are called Tianguan Building.

Although his division had a quota of three hundred people, currently including him, there were only five people in the division.

His plan was to first select some elites from various locations in the Liudao Division and set up the framework of this division, and then gradually fill it up. But this needed the cooperation of ’Tianguan Building’ and their personnel registers and archives.

The master of Tianguan Building was a charming female Taoist around forty. She was very welcoming when Li Xuan came to pay his respects. She said in a pleasant manner, "The Venerable had already mentioned this. You can go to the second floor to find the three Tianguans. I will tell them to cooperate as best they can."

But when Li Xuan went down from the top floor to find the three Tianguans, he found that two of them were not present. The remaining one was very enthusiastic towards Li Xuan, but he stated that he was not in charge of the personnel archives and could not help.

With no other choice, Li Xuan then headed to ’Diguan Building’. Inside the Liudao Division, Diguan Building is in charge of finances.

The lord of Diguan House was a shrewd and experienced middle-aged man with a scar on his face. When Li Xuan came to visit, he was busy dealing with documents the whole time without even raising his head: "I can’t provide the funding you need, the silver and supplies promised by the court haven’t been allocated yet. You will have to wait a few days, I will let you know once it’s ready. Your station has been determined though, it’s in the east courtyard of the main hall, a total of seven courtyards that can accommodate three hundred people."

When Li Xuan came out, he felt something was wrong, thinking to himself, was this a case of ’burning the bridge after crossing the river’? Wasn’t this too quick?

Peng Fulai also knitted his brows.

"It feels like he is trying to stall, are we being targeted?"

Luo Yan also stated coldly: "It indeed feels off, these people don’t seem to like you."

Li Xuan was solemn, and he recalled the conversation he had with Qiu Qianqiu before leaving Jinling.

Luckily, his next visits to the ’Treasure Tower’ and ’Internal Affairs Building’ went smoothly. The Treasure Tower willingly approved the magical instruments he wanted and even opened its storehouse for him to choose from...

The head of the Internal Affairs Building was a Confucian scholar, who personally sent Li Xuan off, with sincere advice: "You should keep calm and be patient with them, or wait until the Divine Venerable returns. The Divine Venerable is keen on reform and has always intended to clean out the corruption in the Liudao Division. He moved you to the capital city to use you as an unparalleled and unique sword.

However, this move has touched many interests and caused disturbances. Coupled with the recent unfounded rumors about you, you are bound to be targeted."

"Unfounded rumors?" Li Xuan looked at the head of the Internal Affairs Building: "Can you elaborate?"

"Some rumors are from the south, suggesting that you have cultivated a technique specifically designed to charm women. A woman would be infatuated with you at first glance, and her soul would be ensnared at the second glance.

This has made everyone in the hall feel threatened, but many women have become curious about you because of this."

The Head of the Internal Affairs Building noticed Li Xuan’s gloomy face and couldn’t help but laugh: "The other part is about your position. Some people say that your moving to the main hall is due to the recent dissatisfaction with Qinglong Hall in Beijing; others say that the Divine Venerable brought you here to make a move against Qinglong Hall and the main hall.

Some people also say your position oversees too wide a range, isn’t this suppressing the 24 divisions of Qinglong Hall? Some even think that you, Li Xuan, are not true to your reputation due to your young age. It’s as if because Zhuque Hall doesn’t have a tiger, it arbitrarily promotes an upstart. In short, there are all kinds of rumors. Li Xuan, you need to be prepared. Otherwise, it would be hard for you to stand firm here."

Li Xuan pondered for a moment and understood the situation. He said solemnly while making a fist and palm salute: "Thank you for the reminder, my lord."

Li Xuan spent a whole day in the main hall and only left with a tired face. He felt sore and achy all over, even feeling more exhausted than when he had the fight with Li Zhetian at Longhu Mountain.

However, there were gains from the day. Li Xuan managed to establish the structure of his division successfully.

Without funding, Li Xuan borrowed money from Luo Yan to tide things over. All he needed to prepare were some talismans, and then he would distribute some pay after a month, which wouldn’t require much money.

If the Diguan House wasn’t willing to cooperate, he would ask Zhuque Hall for personnel. Long Xuhu had promised to reassign twenty Fumo Youjiao at the fourth house level, fifty Fumo Xunjian at the third house level, along with three Fumo Duyu at the sixth house level to him.

He couldn’t ask for more, although Nanjing had been quite peaceful recently, the pressure Zhuque Hall faced was still immense.

After the defeat at Tumu Fort ten years ago, seven heavenly level warriors died in the Jin Dynasty, along with thirty fourth-gate level generals, which led to a significant decline of the dynasty’s power, creating loopholes everywhere, hence, increasing the pressure on the Liudao Division.

Before leaving Nanjing, Qiu Qianqiu also gave him a list of his old division in Baihu Hall, about twenty people.

This division finally had an official name, which Li Xuan named ’Shenyi Department’, he personally thought it was awe-inspiring and it was the only satisfactory thing that day.

Just as Li Xuan returned to Earl Jingan’s mansion ready to have a sleep, his housekeeper, Li Sihai, handed him an invitation.

"Earl Huichang’s mansion? We are invited to a banquet tonight?" Li Xuan squinted his eyes and then started to laugh: "Interesting, I remember Yan saying that the Magic Door Glamour Method has to be applied three times to take effect, right? Do you think we should go to this night banquet at Earl Huichang’s mansion or not?"

"There’s no good banquet, why should we go? That is crap," Peng Fulai scoffed: "But there’s no need to refuse outright, just make up the excuse that we have just arrived and are busy with official duties, and can’t spare the time. Once we get our footing in Beijing, we’ll be much more relaxed—in dealing with this royal uncle, whether we wish to confront him or feign compliance."

Li Xuan nodded slightly in agreement. But then he saw Zhang Yue blushing, looking as if he had something to say.

He couldn’t help but feel puzzled, "Zhang Yue, what’s so awkward about what you want to say?"

Zhang Yue hesitated and stuttered for quite a while before he finally uttered with a somewhat embarrassing tone: "I think we can go and take a look. Apart from the glamour method, I don’t think that the royal uncle has any other way to deal with us. I also want to see Wu again."

Li Xuan was suddenly taken aback, he exchanged glances with Peng Fulai.