Su Yun, Hua Hu and a few little foxes were terrified and wanted to flee: "This Wenchang Academy is really not a school for the kind!"
Monk Tu Ming opened the window and looked out, only to see the driver still driving the beast forward. He closed the window and shook his head, saying, "If he heard our conversation, he would have run away. He didn't run away, which means the doors and windows are soundproof and he didn't hear what we said."
The young monk laughed out loud: "Don't be nervous, everyone. We are teachers and gentlemen of the Wenchang Academy, not bandits who rob and kill people! We should be role models, role models! Hahahaha!"
The monks hurriedly straightened their appearance and looked solemn and dignified.
Su Yun, Hua Hu and the others secretly complained in their hearts: "It seems like we are on a pirate ship..."
Huahu quietly looked out of the window and saw that they were walking on the cloud bridge without knowing when. It was snowing heavily outside. The beast chase was moving on the cloud bridge. The small building was swaying and creaking, as if it might fall from the sky at any time.
The cloud bridge was higher, and they were walking in the misty sky. If they jumped out of the car and ran away at this time, they would definitely be smashed into the mud.
"I can't escape now. I have no choice but to go to Wenchang Academy to have a look."
Su Yun was also looking out the window, feeling a little sad: "I hope this Wenchang Academy is not too bad, otherwise I will be sorry for the trust of Mr. Yehu and Mr. and Mrs. Lao Gou..."
He was a little worried. As a student of Mr. Yehu, he had to take good care of his classmates. The old Gou couple also told him that Shuofang was the territory of humans, and as a human, he had to take good care of Huahu and the others.
"Oh, there's one more thing."
Monk Tu Ming took out two small money bags from his pocket, gave one to Li Muge and the other to Su Yun, and said with a smile: "This is a thank-you gift from the supervisor of the Jiehui Factory for helping you two deal with the Jiehui monster riot last night."
Li Muge opened the purse and was surprised and delighted: "One Qinghong coin! The factory supervisor is really generous. It's more than what I earned from my training in Yangcheng in the Great Wall!"
Monk Tu Ming smiled and said, "You helped him deal with the riot of the Gray Monsters and saved hundreds of miners. He saved a lot of money. A few Qinghong coins are just a drop in the bucket for him."
A monk sneered, "We helped him put down the riot of the Gray Robbers and rescued so many miners, but this guy still wanted to keep his money. It took us a long time to extort money before he finally gave us any money!"
Monk Tu Ming coughed and said, "Brother, we are Buddhists, and money is something outside of our body. Besides, haven't we already extorted money? How can we scold others?"
The monk hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "You bastard, you want to use the Tong family to pressure us. Amitabha!"
Huahu opened Su Yun's purse and said disappointedly, "Only five Qinghong coins. How stingy."
In Tianshiyuan, Qinghong coins are not valuable. They are coins that grow on the Qinghong crabs of the North Sea. In the past, they would carry crabs to the market to buy things.
This time, because Su Yun and his friends were going into the city, they saved up some Wuzhu coins and Qinghong coins. They had about 100 to 200 Wuzhu coins and about a hundred Qinghong coins.
"Not stingy anymore."
Li Muge smiled and said, "Qinghong coins are treasures for refining spiritual weapons. Which spiritualist doesn't want to collect enough Qinghong coins to refine his own spiritual weapons? One Qinghong coin is worth a thousand five-zhu coins, which is more valuable than gold."
"A thousand five-zhu coins? Worth more than gold?"
Su Yun and the four fox demons were stunned. There were about a hundred Qinghong coins in their bags. Didn't that mean they were worth a hundred thousand coins
No wonder Yuan Wu from Yuanjialing insisted on killing them, it turns out Qinghong coins are so valuable!
But they immediately thought of the Qinghong coins they had sold in Huangji Town, and they couldn't help but hold their hands over their chests, feeling distressed: "Those damn profiteers in Tianshiyuan are not honest at all..."
Huahu felt even more pain in her heart: "Mr. Gou is also a profiteer. He asked me for two Qinghong coins for the transformation technique! I thought he was my uncle!"
"Just now, Master said that the factory supervisor used the Tong family to suppress you. Is this Tong family the Shuofang Tong family?"
Su Yun collected his thoughts, smiled, and asked, "Is the Jiehui Factory the property of the Tong family?"
Monk Tu Ming was awed and asked tentatively, "Is the envoy here to investigate the Tong family?"
Su Yun did not comment.
The carriage fell silent again. Monk Tu Ming's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He looked at the other monks and stopped talking.
Outside the window, there were bright lights and revelry, tall buildings like clouds, and cars coming and going like a weave. The beast chariot passed through one cloud bridge and tall building after another, and finally arrived at the Wenchang Academy.
Su Yun looked outside, his heart slightly trembling: "Is this the Wenchang Academy, which ranks low among the official schools in Shuofang City?"
Huahu, Qingqiuyue, Hu Buping and Li Xiaofan lay by the window and looked out, exclaiming in surprise, their eyes sparkling with excitement.
Monk Tu Ming saw this and secretly praised in his heart: "No wonder they were sent by the emperor to investigate the case. Look how well they pretend to be country people! But investigating the Tong family may be very dangerous. They may even drag my Wenchang Academy into trouble..."
He looked worried, "I originally thought that the envoy from Dongdu was not investigating a big case, but since it involves the Tong family... Blame me for being stupid! How could the emperor send a scholar from the Tiandao Academy to investigate a small case? It must be a big case that can cause a big earthquake in Shuofang! It's just that my Wenchang Academy is caught between the court and the local forces..."
We have arrived at Wenchang Academy.
This academy was built on a mountain in the city. A series of jade-like buildings surrounded the mountain, which was more than ten feet lower than the mountain.
The buildings were covered with glazed tiles, reflecting the light of the ash in the night, like emeralds. The cloud bridges were also hung with ash lamps, which extended from the roofs like ribbons in the sky, and spread to the front of the ancient palace buildings in the academy.
The palace was covered with snow, dyed white by tonight's snow. Fortunately, the lights were bright and you could see people clearing the roads. There were also some scholars staying in the academy, taking advantage of the snow scenery to enjoy the scenery.
Su Yun also saw a lake on the mountain, with rippling blue waves and not covered by snow. The lake was illuminated by ash lamps everywhere, and it looked like a green gem in the white snow, setting off the entire academy and making it look extraordinary!
There was another person on the lake who was stripped naked and hung upside down on the water. Under the water, a huge fish with a mouth full of sharp teeth jumped up and tried to eat the man, scaring the man so much that he was shaking.
"Are the academies ranked higher more impressive?" Huahu murmured.
Monk Tu Ming smiled and said, "In Shuofang, my Wenchang Academy is the only official academy that is willing to accept country scholars and monster scholars. As for whether the school is grand or not, is it really that important?"
Su Yun looked away from the man on the lake, and said with deep emotion: "There is no distinction between the two in education. This is the act of a saint."
Monk Tu Ming clasped his hands together and said, "It's easy to know, but hard to do. This is why Wenchang Academy has never been ranked higher among official schools."
Su Yun and Hua Hu exchanged a glance, and Hua Hu whispered, "Xiao Yun, Wenchang Academy doesn't seem that bad."
Su Yun glanced at the man hanging on the lake again, hesitated, and whispered: "If it is really a good school, then study here. If not, then just do poorly in the exam and get out as soon as possible."
Huahu nodded.
The beast carriage carried them along the Cloud Bridge and stopped in front of a building of the academy halfway up the mountain. Everyone got off the carriage, and Monk Tu Ming said, "Junior Brother Tu An, take them to stay first, and we will discuss everything tomorrow."
A monk said yes.
Monk Tu Ming left in a hurry.
Su Yun and the others followed the monk into the building. The monk arranged the rooms and said, "I'll ask the canteen to send some plain noodles. Let's eat some first."
Everyone had worked hard all day and was hungry, sleepy and tired, especially Su Yun, who had not had time to rest since last night.
He first experienced the pursuit in the snowy forest of Tianshiyuan, then eliminated more than ten ape monsters in Yuanjialing in the temple of an important person, and then experienced the pursuit of the Third Ape Patriarch, and had a desperate battle with the Third Ape Patriarch on the Zhulong Chariot.
After arriving in the city, he experienced the riot of the ash monsters and the explosion of the ash monsters, which really left him with no strength left.
After eating the plain noodles, everyone fell asleep and entered their own dreams.
Wenchang Academy, Wenchang Emperor Hall.
Monk Tu Ming put his hands together and followed an old man respectfully. The old man was wearing a coarse Taoist robe that had been washed to a white color, and had a crooked bun on his head. He was burning incense to Emperor Wenchang.
"Are you really a scholar from Tiandao Academy?" The old man bowed to Emperor Wenchang, stood up and walked out of the hall.
Monk Tu Ming hurriedly followed him and said, "Who can forge the Tiandao Order of Tiandao Academy? The Tiandao Order is a symbol of the identity of Tiandao Academy students. Once you graduate from Tiandao Academy, the token will be taken back. The token on him is indeed the Tiandao Order. I will not make a mistake!"
The old man raised his foot and stepped over the threshold. His straw sandals fell to the ground and he shook his head and said, "Having only the Heavenly Dao Order does not necessarily mean that one is a Heavenly Dao Academy Scholar. If a Heavenly Dao Academy Scholar dies outside and someone finds the Heavenly Dao Order, they can also pretend to be a Heavenly Dao Academy Scholar."
Monk Tu Ming closed the door of the Emperor's Palace and said, "I have seen his technique. It uses the Great Furnace Transmutation, which is exactly the technique used by the scholars of the Tiandao Academy to build their foundation. This technique cannot be fake, right?"
The old man looked towards the center of Shuofang City and said calmly, "Honglu Transmutation has spread to Shuofang. I heard that a teacher from Dongdu came to the city to teach some scholars from the noble families how to practice. He is very knowledgeable. He teaches Honglu Transmutation. There are rumors that this teacher from Dongdu is also from Tiandao Academy."
Monk Tu Ming looked puzzled and asked, "The Tiandao Academy has already sent this gentleman, why did they send another envoy?"
"Most likely one is in the light and the other is in the dark."
The old man retracted his gaze and walked towards the building where Su Yun and his group were staying. He said calmly, "Master, are you saying that the young envoy you met wanted to investigate the Tong family in Shuofang?"
Monk Tu Ming nodded and lowered his voice and said, "He deliberately established a relationship with Li Muge, a scholar from the Sword Academy, and came to the enclosure near the Jiehui Factory. As soon as he arrived, a riot of Jiehui monsters broke out at the Jiehui Factory, and he happened to encounter it. How could it be such a coincidence?"
The old man frowned and said, "And then he deliberately revealed the Heavenly Dao Order to you?"
Monk Tu Ming was stunned and stopped involuntarily: "He was fighting with the Jiehui monster, and his bag was torn, and the Tiandao Order fell out. I have sharp eyes..."
When he said this, his face changed drastically. He quickly caught up with the old man and said in a lost voice, "What the Minister of Justice meant was that he deliberately let me see the Heavenly Dao Order?"
The old man frowned and sneered, "Since he is the messenger of the Great Emperor and a ruthless person from the Heavenly Dao Academy, he must be very cunning! He got to know Li Muge and went to Youlou because he wanted to get in touch with you and use the power of Wenchang Academy to investigate the Tong family. If he didn't want you to see the Heavenly Dao Order, could you have seen it?"
Monk Tu Ming was stunned, and suddenly he said in a lost voice: "He looks only thirteen or fourteen years old, how could he be so cunning and shrewd?"
The old man shook his head and said, "Who are those people in Tiandao Academy? They are all evil-like characters! Those who can be selected by the emperor to investigate cases are the evilest of evil! Back then... hehe!"
Monk Tu Ming's eyes were blank, and he muttered, "Then I saw that he was a teenager, and I thought it wouldn't be a big case, so I wanted to use him as a clue to get to Tiandaoyuan..."
"So you fell into his trap and had no choice but to board his pirate ship!"
The old man put his hands behind his back and said with a half-smile, "You are an old man in the world. You think you are very cunning, but you have been trapped by him without knowing it. It is difficult to get off the tiger."