Volume 1: The Case of the Talented Man in Linzhou Chapter 14: Seven Statues and Twelve Writings
The pavilions and pavilions are beautiful, and the fish are enjoying the scenery.
Duan Ming wandered in the courtyard under the leadership of the housekeeper.
"Master Fang is worthy of having read to the prince. You can see his talent just by looking at the scenery in the mansion." Duan Ming couldn't help but admire.
"That's right." The butler on the side said with a smile: "My lord is very talented, even in the entire Da Qi Kingdom, he is ranked among the best."
"Indeed." Duan Ming nodded: "I heard that the adults in your family invited themselves to return home. With all due respect, I originally thought that the adults in your family were not very talented and knowledgeable. That's why it was like this. I never thought..."
"Nothing?" The steward's mouth twitched slightly: "My lord, although you are a distinguished guest in my house, you are not allowed to slander my lord at will."
"Don't mind, don't mind. I told you, it's what I thought before." Duan Ming said with a smile: "But why did your family invite you to go back to your hometown? You are obviously so talented."
"This... I don't dare to say anything about my adults' affairs," the housekeeper said.
"Okay, by the way, where is your young master's residence? Take me to see it." Seeing the butler's expression, Duan Ming knew that there was probably nothing he could say, so he changed the topic and said.
"Please follow me." The housekeeper nodded and led Duan Ming towards a house.
At this moment, in a room, Xing Qianqiu and Mr. Fang were sitting looking at each other.
"Commander Xing..." Mr. Fang gently turned the tea cup with his fingers and whispered: "It's not that I don't want to make it public, but that I can't make it public."
"Why do you say that?" Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"Oh, I saw clearly that day that this matter has something to do with them." Mr. Fang clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.
"Are you sure?" Xing Qianqiu frowned.
"I'm sure." Mr. Fang nodded: "Back then, I was forced to resign and retire. I thought I could protect my life in Linzhou, but I never expected that I would be targeted by them."
"So, the death of your son..." Xing Qianqiu tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"It must have something to do with them." Mr. Fang nodded.
"Then why didn't you notify us in time?" Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"To be honest, Commander Xing, I only trust you in the entire Mirror Division." Mr. Fang said solemnly, "I can't trust anyone else."
"I'm sorry for you, Mr. Fang." Xing Qianqiu sighed.
"Oh, if it weren't for my family, I would fight them to the death!" Mr. Fang gritted his teeth and said, "By the way, Commander Xing, their actions seem to be a little too active recently. There must be some conspiracy. Can you?"
Be careful."
"Yes." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "Master Fang, you too."
"Don't worry, I will definitely stay here, and I will make them pay the price sooner or later!" Mr. Fang nodded, and changed his voice: "By the way, Commander Xing, the one who came with you is probably the Nancheng lame man.
Sixth child, right?"
"Exactly, Master Fang knows this person?" Xing Qianqiu looked at Master Fang in confusion.
"Haha, back then he and a boy came into my house to steal food. My mother found out and had someone drive them out with sticks." Mr. Fang smiled and shook his head: "By the way, who else did he come to that year?
Oh, yes, 'Thirty years to Hedong, thirty years to Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty'."
"Hedong? Hexi?"
While Xing Qianqiu was talking to Mr. Fang, Duan Ming had already arrived at Fang Wei's courtyard under the leadership of the housekeeper.
Even though it had been more than half a month since Fang Wei's death, and even the corpse was somewhat putrid after being stored in the Mirror Department, this small courtyard was still spotlessly clean.
Arriving at Fang Wei's room, Duan Ming saw that the various displays here were still the same as before, as if someone had been reading and writing here just now.
"My lord said that nothing here should be touched. Even the daily cleaning is just to clean up the floating dust." There was a trace of sadness in the butler's eyes: "I miss my young master, who is as talented as your lord. Why is he so talented for no reason?
Died young."
"Does Fang Wei have any enemies in his daily life?" Duan Ming came to the desk and looked at it carefully.
"Of course not." The housekeeper wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "My young master has always been gentle and gentle, treats others with humility and courtesy, and never makes enmities with others."
"Oh." Duan Ming gently flipped through the books on the desk. Suddenly, a piece of white paper came out of the book and slowly fell to the ground.
Duan Ming picked up the white paper on the ground in confusion, and his expression suddenly changed when he took a look at it.
I saw an extremely complex symbol drawn on this white paper. It was extremely mysterious and very similar to the symbols in the strange book "The Lament of Immortality".
Duan Ming stared at this symbol carefully, and his thoughts kept rolling like a stormy sea. Many things he didn't understand when he studied the book before, he actually figured it out under the reflection of each other.
"Is this Fang Wei's?" Duan Ming suppressed the shock in his heart and looked up at the housekeeper.
"Yes." The housekeeper looked at it and nodded: "This seems to be the rune of the Immortality Cult."
"The Sect of Immortality?" Duan Ming frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his heart: "Does Immortality... have anything to do with "The Sigh of Immortality"?"
"Mr. Duan." At this moment, Xing Qianqiu and Mr. Fang came over.
"Did you find anything?" Xing Qianqiu came to Duan Ming's side.
"No, I'm just curious after seeing this symbol." Duan Ming shook his head and said.
"This? Oh." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "This is one of the twelve runes of the Immortality Sect. Haven't you seen it before?"
"Indeed I have never seen it before." Duan Ming said: "What kind of sect is this Immortality Sect?"
"Dewu rectifies the Dharma and cultivates immortality extensively." Mr. Fang stepped forward and said, "The Immortality Sect is the number one religion in our country of Qi. There are many followers in this religion, almost all over the country of Qi."
"Is it a state religion? I've never heard of it before." Duan Ming sighed. He still didn't know much about it, and he didn't even know such important information.
Duan Ming then handed the white paper in his hand to Xing Qianqiu: "What twelve runes did you just say? What's going on?"
"Oh, it's like this. The Immortal Religion has seven twelve statues." Mr. Fang said: "These seven are the seven sages of the Eternal Life Palace, and they are jointly in charge of everything in the Eternal Life Palace. And the so-called 'twelve statues'
Wen' is the twelve protective runes of the Palace of Eternal Life. It is said that if you can understand these twelve runes, you can achieve immortality."
"So that's it, a protective rune?" Duan Ming nodded: "So, there should be one such rune in the Immortality Sect? But why is it here with the Young Master?"
"The Immortality Religion is different from many sects." Xing Qianqiu said: "The Immortality Religion distributes twelve runes to the whole country. No matter who can study the true meaning of the runes, they can join the Immortality Religion, or even directly rank among them.
It’s not impossible, Your Majesty.”
"It is said that these runes contain extremely profound abilities." Mr. Fang added: "The seven palace masters have many methods that are difficult for ordinary people to understand because of their deep research on runes."
"Research the true meaning of runes..." Duan Ming fell into deep thought: "Have means that are difficult for ordinary people to understand? Then make dry ice..."
"Wait, that's not right." Xing Qianqiu suddenly frowned, looked at the runes on the paper in his hand and said, "I have also seen the runes of the Immortality Sect, but they are somewhat different from this one."
"Really?" Mr. Fang took the paper and frowned: "There is indeed something different."
Then Master Fang looked at the housekeeper: "Do you know where Wei'er got this?"
"I heard from Young Master that Mr. Ji gave it to Young Master," the steward said.
"Master Ji? Ji Qianfan!" Xing Qianqiu nodded: "Master Fang, perhaps your son's death is directly related to this."
"Then Commander Xing Qianqiu knows everything!" Mr. Fang nodded and handed the paper to Xing Qianqiu.
"Okay, we've said what we need to say, so we won't interrupt you and let's take our leave first." Xing Qianqiu patted Duan Ming on the shoulder and said to Mr. Fang.
"Okay, walk slowly." Mr. Fang clasped his fists again: "Thank you, Commander Xing, for your concern."
Duan Ming then left Fang Mansion with Xing Qianqiu... This chapter has been completed!
