Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 714 - 589 - The Auspicious Sign within the Auspicious Sign_1

Chapter 714: Chapter 589 - The Auspicious Sign within the Auspicious Sign_1

Xue Yunrou’s face slightly changed, and she immediately flew up and swept away towards the exterior of the Under Palace.

In fact, her Red Cloud Phoenix and Li Xuan’s Divine Blood Thunder Phoenix were circling outside the Under Palace at this time, observing the surrounding land for eighty miles.

The Red Cloud Phoenix has recently not been progressing as fast as the Divine Blood Thunder Phoenix, but it has just acquired a new ’Vision of Xuanling’ bloodline Divine Skill.

This Divine Skill could detect all traces of spiritual power within eighty miles around.

According to the Divine Consciousness feedback from the Red Cloud Phoenix, the Black Deer Demon King escaped from its observation range three hundred moments ago.

However, the Black Deer Demon King was good at hiding, so it’s possible that the Red Cloud Phoenix was deceived.

Luo Yan, thoughtful, said: "We did see a heavenly level Demon King guarding outside the Under Palace when we came in just now. But this guy is quick and decisive in escaping, his escaping skill is also very remarkable, now he has probably reached a hundred or two hundred miles away. Huh? Li Xuan, where are you going?"

She noticed that Li Xuan did not have the intention to leave, and he was walking towards the back of this palace.

"I’m looking for someone!" Li Xuan had already stood in front of the storage room at this point.

Although he couldn’t move just now, he still retained some sensing abilities. He knew that the golden-armored girl with whom he had shared an intimate night was hiding in this room.

Li Xuan wanted to prove himself, that the overreaching state displayed by the ’Mirror of Six Desires’ at that time was not due to the Bashe Queen, but someone else.

Even though this ’truth’ might put him in a more dangerous situation.

But Li Xuan would rather die proving his ’innocence’, proving his taste.

The next moment, Li Xuan swung open the door to the storage room.

But the sight inside made him pause slightly.

There was no trace of the golden-armored girl inside, but a Jade Kylin was furiously eating and drinking next to several baskets of North Sea ice fish.

The storage room set up by the Bashe Queen also stored a lot of food, among which were many North Sea ice fish and Yuhanzhu shrimp, and the Jade Kylin was feasting on them.

Even after seeing Li Xuan, it did not stop.

The Jade Kylin just glanced at Li Xuan, then continued to gobble ferociously.

"Little Jade?" Li Xuan exclaimed in surprise, calling the nickname he gave to the Jade Kylin and looked around in confusion: "How did you get in here?"

Then he noticed a narrow passage on the other side of the storage room.

Li Xuan suddenly understood, thinking that the golden-armored girl must have slipped out from this passage.

Her stealth and hiding skills were reallyly exceptional, having managed to quietly slip away under the watch of Xue Yunrou and Huang Wuhuan.

"Your mount is quite loyal, it even came all the way here. Much better than your Divine Blood Thunder Phoenix."

Luo Yan was surprised to see the Jade Kylin and let out a chuckle: "Unfortunately, food is still more important than its master."

She guessed that the Jade Kylin had chased here, found a large amount of shrimp and fish stored, and forgot about the situation of its master.

Li Xuan’s mouth twitched. He shook his head then, turned into a red electric light, and flashed away towards the exterior of the Under Palace.

Dugu Biluo, who was far away, looked at him from afar: "My lord, what about this Bashe? Shall we kill it?"

"Kill what? Take her to my mansion and lock her up! I will torture her for answers when I return."

Thinking back on his experience today brought in the ’Mirror of Six Desires’, Li Xuan got angry.

Of course, he wouldn’t just slaughter such an important chess piece he had stationed in the southwest of the Jin Dynasty. But if he just let the Bashe Queen go, Li Xuan would feel unwilling.

He had to figure out a way to punish the past and prevent the future. Also, the Bashe Queen might know the whereabouts of the Black Deer King.

But as soon as Li Xuan finished this sentence, he felt a sharp gaze piercing his back.

Luo Yan’s eyes were full of wariness, she was wondering if Li Xuan wanted to take the Bashe Queen back to his mansion, was he still planning to catch the Queen?

Li Xuan did not understand. He stiffly faced Luo Yan’s knife-like gaze and arrived outside the cave. Then he continued to rise up to a thousand feet high, standing beside Xue Yunrou in the air.

He scanned his surroundings, sharing his vision with the ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’: "Yunrou, did you find anything?"

Xue Yunrou shook her head with a hint of disappointment: "It has escaped far away. He even removed all his escaping traces."

Her jade-white hands clenched tight, and an abnormal blush appeared on her face.

Although they couldn’t find the Black Deer Demon King immediately, just the fact that her brother could recover was enough to make her overjoyed.

Her brother’s injury had always been a knot in Xue Yunrou’s heart.

Li Xuan frowned, then said with a calm face: "It’s just a delay of one or two days, send a talisman paper to Hanyun and ask her to help."

Just a month ago, Jiang Hanyun was promoted to Fumo Zhonglangjiang and became the general of Chilei Department. The original Zhu Chiling was transferred to Xuanwu Hall and promoted to Immortal Master Fumo, the vice lord of Xuanwu Hall.

The current Jiang Hanyun was famous in the Liudao Division and the Capital City. As soon as she took office, she captured three of the top fifty fugitives on the black list in a row.

Jiang Hanyun had a six-tail Spirit Fox named Lei, who had awakened the Divine Skills of Baize. As long as those fugitives left a trace, they couldn’t escape her palm.

Utilizing such ability on the Black Deer Demon King, he could easily be captured by hand.

Unfortunately, Jiang Hanyun is currently out on official business, otherwise, today, the Black Deer Demon King could have been apprehended.

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Upon returning to his mansion, the first thing Li Xuan sensed was the impact of today’s ’Golden Knife Case’ on the Court.

At this moment, more than a hundred civil and military officials were waiting outside his mansion. Even by midnight, they were unwilling to disperse, with even more rushing over endlessly.

The objectives of these people vary. Some of them came to inquire about the situation from the Marquis of Guanjun’s mansion; some wanted to persuade Li Xuan to intervene in this case, to show fairness to the civil and military officials. Some, like Wei Zhen, came to discuss countermeasures with him.

Regardless of their intentions, all of them were deeply worried.

This also evidenced Li Xuan’s status in the court. He was undoubtedly a major figure, with many civil and military officials revolving around him, forming a sizable faction.

Especially among the military ministers, during his tenure as the ’Judge of the Central Army’, he offended many. Yet, many local officers were gravitating towards him.

The nobles who the Jin Dynasty had discarded in the south naturally began to regard him as their representative in the Capital City.

Li Xuan was eager to punish the Bashe Queen, hoping to retaliate for the anger he suffered today.

However, he could not but patiently receive these civil and military officers in batches.

As one of the Court’s senior ministers, Li Xuan had the duty to appease everyone.

He knew that the more stable the court is at this time, the more leeway Jingtai Emperor and Yu Hongchang would have.

As for those who were persuading him to take charge of the Golden Knife Case, Li Xuan adopted the same stance as when dealing with Prince Yi, Yu Jianshen.

He was dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager and her brother and thus needed to avoid suspicion.

The Saint said: How do you repay kindness if you bear resentment with kindness? Resentment should be repaid with honesty, and kindness with kindness.

This was the principle advocated by the Saint and the character of a gentleman.

At the moo-hour of early morning, Li Xuan became restless. He hastily entered the palace to seek out Yu Hongchang and inquire about the situation.

After entering the palace, Li Xuan found out that the Emperor had come out of his residence.

Jingtai Emperor received Li Xuan at Qianqing Palace, his face pale without a trace of color, and Yu Hongchang’s eyebrows were slightly frowned as if lost in thought.

Li Xuan wanted to ask about Jingtai Emperor’s condition, but he ultimately held it back.

——"We will assign the ’Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong’ to investigate this case thoroughly. Since he reported the Golden Knife Case, he surely will be more devoted when handling the case."

Jingtai Emperor’s expression was somewhat ferocious, with bloodshot eyes.

"Apart from that, we will assign Zuo Daoxing and the heads of the Three Law Divisions to oversee this case! Minister Li, you can inform the outsiders that we will judge the case impartially. If our royal brother does have the intention to restore his power, we will deal with him according to the law. If he does not have such intentions, we will not wrong him."

Upon hearing Jingtai Emperor’s order to let ’Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong’ take charge of the investigation, Li Xuan thought to himself whether the Emperor had a change of character?

If the whistleblower were to investigate the reported, how could a fair end emerge?

But hearing Jingtai Emperor announcing that the heads of the Three Law Divisions would oversee the matter, he sighed quietly, realizing that the Emperor’s temperament, as always, remained unchanged.

However, what Jingtai Emperor said next comforted him a bit: "From today on, the Shenji Left Battalion under your command will be expanded to 24,000 members, of which 12,000 will be permanently stationed on Wansui Mountain! All weapons, armors, materials, will be prioritized by the Ministry of War."

Jingtai Emperor looked at Li Xuan: "We only have one requirement, all the officers in the Shenji Left Battalion must be absolutely reliable."

Li Xuan immediately accepted the order: "Your servant obeys! Your servant will prepare a list of officers for Your Majesty soon."

Actually, this Shenji Left Battalion was the result of a partnership between him and Jingtai Emperor.

Li Xuan integrated a large number of house servants from Earl Chengyi’s mansion, but Jingtai Emperor also interfered in the appointment of many key positions.

Jingtai Emperor immediately nodded slightly: "Actually, this is not necessary. We trust the Marquis of Guanjun without any doubt. In addition, the Shenji Left Battalion will take over the defense of Wu Gate from today until further notice. We hope that from now on, the body of Marquis Guanjun can enter the Wu Gate for night shift, for half a month."

After hearing this, Li Xuan frowned: "Your Majesty, could this matter be postponed for two days, or could Your Majesty please choose someone else?"

Seeing the displeasure on Jingtai Emperor’s face, he quickly explained: "It’s not that your servant is unwilling to serve Your Majesty, but recently your servant has noticed the trace of a Black Deer King in the Capital City. In the next few days, your servant wants to make every effort to capture this Demon King. Its blood essence would greatly benefit both Your Majesty and the Crown Prince."

At once, Yu Hongchang’s expression slightly changed, and she turned her fiery eyes towards Li Xuan: "Really?"

Li Xuan saw a flush of color creeping up Jingtai Emperor’s pale face.

He couldn’t help but feel puzzled: "Your Majesty, while the blood essence of the Black Deer King would greatly benefit you and the Crown Prince, it won’t cure you."

Jingtai Emperor’s injury resulted from the accumulation and mingling of multiple Wuyis in his body; as for Crown Prince Yu Jianju, he lost a portion of his soul during his feigned death.

Thus, the blood essence of the Black Deer King couldn’t heal them.

"How could you be confused? When the Qin lost their deer, the world chased after it." Yu Hongchang, unable to utter a word, shook her head: "The source of the elite battle between Chiyou and Emperor Huang was the dwelling place of the former Black Deer. Since then, the deer also represents the world."

Li Xuan then came to his senses and realized that this Black Deer King was a potential symbol of good fortune.

If their Court could capture it, its impact on the stability of people’s hearts would be no less than that of the Jade Qilin. Moreover, it would reinforce Jingtai Emperor’s legitimate succession to the throne.