Chapter 174 Report the Truth

Outside the capital, a carriage was moving slowly, stopping from time to time to look around before continuing to move forward.

After walking for a long time, it stopped in front of a deserted temple. A man in a black robe and a mask got off the carriage and walked into the ruined temple.

"Squeak"

Pushing open the door of the ruined temple, two black-robed men with the same mask were sitting by the fire. Seeing someone coming, they looked back and smiled, "Tianshu, you are late."

"It's New Year's Day, the road is not easy to walk, there's nothing we can do..." Tianshu walked in with a lack of expression, and sat down to warm himself by the fire calmly.

"Have you solved the problem in the city?"

"I failed. That guy is too cunning. I dare not make too much noise in the capital."

The two of them looked at each other, and finally sighed, "Lu Wenyu picked up a good seedling. God is unfair..."

"Shut up Kaiyang! I just failed once. It was my mistake, not Lu Wenyu's cleverness!" Tianshu said angrily, and his voice was already gritting his teeth.

"Okay, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Why are you so angry..."

"Okay, let's talk less. We don't have anything to be proud of. I thought there would be good news from your side." The last person sat cross-legged, and his words were full of disappointment.

Tianshu asked in confusion, "What? Is it not going well for you?"

"Not going well, the old man is dead, and there is no information from the body. It is almost equivalent to dying in vain!"

The three of them were silent, staring at each other, and they didn't expect that all of them were not going well.

After a moment, Tianshu sighed and said in a deep voice, "The master has an order."

"Oh?" The two spoke at the same time.

"The master said Kaiyang and I will go to Hexi, and you will go to Jiangnan. Yuheng is already waiting in Lin'an. When you arrive in Jiangnan, listen to Yuheng first." Tianshu nodded and said quietly, although he did not understand the master's intention.

After hesitating for a moment, Kaiyang asked doubtfully, "Master, do you mean that Xuantian Baojue is not looking for it? In my opinion, Xuantian Baojue must be in the hands of that kid!"

"That's what the master said. I tried it, and I didn't find Xuantian Baojue at that kid's home. He has a strong true energy, so it is most likely not Xuantian Baojue, but Bu Tian Baojing!"

"Impossible! Bu Tian Baojing must be in the palace! I saw it with my own eyes!" Kaiyang waved his hands repeatedly, not commenting on Tianshu's words. For the vague guesses, he was more willing to believe his own eyes.

The last person lowered his head and asked, "What about me? Why go to Jiangnan? It will soon be a place of right and wrong!"

"Fentian Baojian is in Jiangnan!"

Tianshu's words made the two of them raise their heads at the same time, with doubts in their eyes.

"Confirmed news!"

The two people's confusion turned into shock, and their eyes were unusually bright, "Then why are you going to Hexi?"

"I don't know! I'm just doing what I'm told."

The three nodded to each other and left. Before leaving, Tianshu looked back at the disemboweled corpse, shook his head with a sad face, and quickly walked out of the deserted temple and got into the carriage.

The driver reined in the horse, turned the carriage around, and headed west on the snow.

......

In the backyard room of the Lu Mansion, Zhao Jue and Lu Wenyu sat opposite each other, each holding a cup of hot tea, sipping it, and saying nothing.

But the expressions on their faces were different. Zhao Jue's face was as calm as water. Anyway, he couldn't make the decision, so he simply let Lu Wenyu make the decision.

And Lu Wenyu frowned, with a face full of deep hatred, and his eyebrows were full of sorrow.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao "kindly" reminded him, "Fifth Master, make a decision. At the very least, the emperor must know. This kind of thing cannot be concealed. The person is dead, and there is no way to investigate..."

Lu Wenyu understood everything. This guy was giving himself a shot of prevention. It means that Zhao will not make the decision, take responsibility, or take the blame for this matter, and he doesn't even want to investigate.

As for what to do? You decide, it's none of his business!

I wanted to say a few more words, but I couldn't speak when the words came to my lips. After hesitating for a moment, Lu Wenyu could only drink tea helplessly. The dead cannot be resurrected!

He had no choice.

"How about transferring some of the other stolen goods?"

"What about the account? What if the higher-ups investigate? Are you only living today and not tomorrow? The emperor attaches great importance to this matter, and it can't be faked!" Lu Wenyu's words were a little sad. To be honest, he was in a mess now.

"Why don't we burn down the warehouse and say that the account book is gone and that's all we got?"

"Are you crazy? How many people in your clan are enough for the emperor to kill if we settle the accounts like this? Don't let me get in trouble if you're alone!" Lu Wenyu was frightened and almost couldn't hold the teacup steady, and quickly scolded.

"This is deceiving the emperor!"

"There are wolves in front and tigers behind, so what do you think we should do, Fifth Master? It's only the second time that something went wrong..." Zhao didn't dare to continue, and waited while smacking the tea.

After thinking for a while, Lu Wenyu asked with some hope, "Did Lord Chen say anything before he died?"

"What else can he say? A bunch of meaningless words. For example, he wanted money for rebellion; I knew it a long time ago; he was the only one..." Zhao drank tea and told the truth about what happened in the Lord's mansion.

Since it can't be concealed anyway, it's better to just say it out loud, maybe there is a way.

"Stop, stop!" Lu Wenyu seemed to have caught something, and hurriedly called for a stop, stroking his beard.

After thinking silently for a moment, he said, "Then write it truthfully. If there is anything that cannot be written in it, you don't need me to teach you, right?"

"I know, if you know the news in advance, you won't write it. What's the reason? Coincidence?" Zhao asked quietly after putting down the teacup.

Lu Wenyu nodded, "It's indeed a coincidence!"

"Hahahaha..."

The two looked at each other and laughed unconsciously. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that Lu Wenyu is willing to take care of it. More people mean more ways. The blame can't be borne by one person. Everyone has to participate.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Zhao asked with a smile, "Isn't this deceiving the emperor?"

"Alas," Lu Wenyu also picked up the teacup and responded with a smile, "How can reporting truthfully be called deceiving the emperor? Truthfully! It must be truthful!"

"Truthfully, definitely truthfully!"

Back in Zhaoyu, Zhao wanted to write it himself, but when he thought of his own handwriting, he gave up.

Zhao specially found a centurion whose handwriting looked comfortable, and wrote one sentence after another. It took him almost an hour to write a short memorial. It was less than five or six hundred words, and I don't know how many sheets of paper he changed. The centurion who was writing was so tired that he could hardly lift his hands.

"Lord Zhao, do you need to revise it?"

Zhao glanced through it and thought there was no problem. "No, I'll go find Lord Lu, you go back."

It was the same study room again. Lu Wenyu lowered his head to read the memorial, nodded hurriedly, and smiled.

"It's well written, go back first."

"I'm going to the palace. You can't hide this from the emperor!"