My Wife Is A Sword Immortal
Chapter 436 - 305 Two Good Friends, Two Letters_2

Chapter 436: Chapter 305 Two Good Friends, Two Letters_2

In the serene carriage, Lin Wenruo smiled as he finished reading Zhao Rong’s letter.

He felt that Ziyu remained the same old self, seemingly living well at the Academy.

Lin Wenruo carefully tucked away the apricot leaf sent by his good friend, laden with concern.

Turning his head to gaze out the window, he squinted in the direction of Du You City, silently contemplating something.

"Du You City, I should visit sometime soon... Hmm, and there are some matters concerning Zhongxiu Pavilion..."

In the distance, the sky was a canvas of rolling clouds, bright and splendid.

But soon, the brightness visibly dimmed as a passing cloud veiled the spring sun.

Boom...

The spring thunder rumbled ominously.

It was the Jingzhe solar term, the midst of early spring.

The weather was unpredictable, swiftly oscillating between clear and overcast.

Inside the carriage, Lin Wenruo quietly watched the changing skies.

The tall Confucian scholar’s eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

He started thinking about the affairs of Great Wei once again.

Initially, when the explosive catastrophe struck the Qin family mansion in Lanxi, ravaging it completely in Great Wei’s capital, he paid it little heed.

But as details trickled in sporadically, Lin Wenruo soon concluded that it was Ziyu’s doing.

Moreover, the rascal had even staged a deceptive play of false identities.

Using the Heavenly Immortal Cave Clothes of the Zhongnan State Preceptor, the Spirit Jade, and similar items, he had managed to deceive both the Wei Emperor and the Qin family of Lanxi...

Right, there was also the Spiritual Object that Ziyu was desperately looking for at the time. What was it called again... Spicy strips? Hmm, I should have someone look into this item.

Afterward, having seriously inquired into the underlying grudges, Lin Wenruo understood the whole story clearly.

Unexpectedly, it all started due to a reticent man who had once taken refuge with Ziyu in the Lanxi Manor.

Lin Wenruo felt quite a headache coming on.

It was not because he was worried about Zhao Rong masquerading as him and causing trouble.

On the contrary, following the incident in Great Wei, Lin Wenruo diligently strategized, deployed people to cover for Zhao Rong, and cleaned up the mess.

In the life-or-death debate on Confucianism, the Lin family of Lanxi owed Zhao Rong a tremendous debt.

Anxious about being unable to repay it, he was now rather eager to reciprocate in this way. He suspected that this was deliberate on Ziyu’s part; without words, the two shared a tacit understanding.

As for reputation and the like, Lin Wenruo cared the least about that.

However, there were some things that even if Lin Wenruo wanted to take on himself, to let the Lin family of Lanxi bear on behalf of Zhao Rong, he simply couldn’t manage it.

In Great Wei, whether the ’Lin Wenruo’ who was given the status equivalent to a National Scholar by the Wei Emperor and who razed the Qin family of Lanxi was real or fake.

Anyone with a mind to find out need only come to Zhongnan and ask around a little to get clarity.

This was a burden Lin Wenruo couldn’t shoulder for Zhao Rong.

The accusations were still pointing straight at Zhao Rong.

This was what truly troubled Lin Wenruo.

Furthermore, he noticed that this long-dormant matter, which seemed as if it couldn’t end without satisfaction, hadn’t settled down...

Nowadays.

Regarding the two forces pursuing Ziyu... Lin Wenruo felt he should add the word ’overtly.’

Overtly, they were the Imperial Family of Great Wei and the remaining Qin family of Lanxi.

The Wei Emperor’s side of Great Wei was somewhat better.

After the incident at the Qin residence, although the Wei Emperor was shocked and enraged, calling for a nationwide manhunt, he also sent people to Zhongnan to investigate and question Lin Wenruo.

But Lin Wenruo and the Lin family of Lanxi were not intimidated by them.

They had their ways of dealing with the situation and making arrangements.

Moreover, his previous work in hyping up Ziyu’s ’true identity’ for the Confucian debate had thus far completely convinced the people of Zhongnan.

They believed he was the Direct Disciple of a certain Mountain Master of Linlu Academy who had yet to reveal himself to the world.

Consequently, the people sent by the Wei Emperor withdrew quietly after a short investigation.

It seemed they were merely going through the motions, after all, the death of the current Prime Minister demanded some form of gesture from a sovereign.

In Lin Wenruo’s understanding, well aware of court politics, it was all just for show.

That faction would not pursue Ziyu any further.

The other party was the remnants of the Qin family of Lanxi.

Their main lineage had all but been wiped out by Zhao Rong’s ’fireworks.’

Following the incident, they retreated from the Wei Dynasty’s court, seemingly intent on both tracking down the murderer and recuperating.

The death of a Cultivator in the Golden Core Realm, apart from Weiwei Mountain and Xinran Sect in the northern mountains, whose power was immense and who contended with each other,

Would be considered a tremendous loss for other prominent families and forces of Immortals anywhere else, even causing some smaller and less well-established powers to dissolve directly.

It seemed the Qin family of Lanxi did not belong to the latter category.

Other than the Imperial Family, they were among the top-tier scholarly clans of Great Wei, having stood firm for hundreds of years. They appeared to have a deep foundation.

In Lin Wenruo’s view.

They harbored a deep-seated hatred for Ziyu.

Even knowing that Ziyu and his Lin family of Lanxi were extremely close and suspecting the possibility of an Academy Mountain Master’s Direct Disciple identity,

Even if they dared not take action, the enmity between the two sides had been forged, and the Qin family of Lanxi probably also needed to prevent Ziyu from returning to strike decisively.

So, at least this faction was always on the trail of Ziyu.

They at least needed to clarify who exactly Ziyu was.

Lately, they indeed seemed to have kept up the pursuit relentlessly.

Lin Wenruo knew that the Qin family of Lanxi had even sent people to chase after Ziyu to Du You City.

He wasn’t surprised by this because he had always had the Feathered Forest Guards keeping watch.

He even helped Zhao Rong get rid of several batches of pursuers.

However, he didn’t think they could cause much trouble.

Therefore, until today, Lin Wenruo had not been too worried.

Setting aside whether the Qin family of Lanxi had any chance of finding Zhao Rong in the vast sea of people, even if they did find him, they wouldn’t dare to harm a scholar still studying at the Academy.

Moreover, Lin Wenruo didn’t believe that Zhao Rong would have neglected to consider these matters and these people, and he must have his own ways to cope.