Ink Blade Chapter 36 (Part 2)
Translated by Sylver
Confused Poison Guardian (part 2)
Xu Fangchuan silently widened his eyes. He felt that the situation seemed to be going in another direction and that he could not pull it back.
He coughed hurriedly and heavily, trying to turn the tide. "Cough, cough, cough, Palace Master Chu! Actually - in fact, Xu came today, it’s because he found some clues regarding the poison..."
"Oh? Young Master Xu, please speak." After hearing the clue, Chu Yan also temporarily calmed down - but he did not put down the hand holding the teacup. Mo Ren had no choice but to drink the fragrant tea hastily from his hand.
Chu Yan then put down his hand and turned his gaze back to the piece of paper again, and heard Xu Fangchuan say, "It's the place where it was grown. The raw materials of this poison are all rare and weird things. Last night Miao'er and the Fourth Guardian checked in ancient books and found that most of them were grown in Southern Xinjiang, and some are even unique there." (TL: or Southern Border)
"Southern Xinjiang..." Chu Yan frowned, and he immediately thought of the poisonous insect that day, "A place where the poison technique is popular... It's not surprising. Did your Xuyang Sword Sect have any enmity with Southern Xinjiang?"
Xu Fangchuan sighed and shook his head, saying, "Never. Moreover, my sect is strict, and the background of the disciples must be investigated clearly. If someone from Southern Xinjiang sneaked in and learned our moves secretly, Xu really can't believe it."
Chu Yan shook his head, took a sip of tea, and said, "Tsk, once the Jiwu Order came out, I was still wondering who was behind the scenes to push the Alliance Leader Mansion to cause mischief. Now it seems that Huang Tianyou, could it be that he.."
After speaking for a while, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he said with murderous intent, "Is trying to collude with foreign barbarians and disrupt the Central Plains?"
"Palace Master Chu, be careful of what you say!" Xu Fangchuan's pupils shrank and he was shocked.
No, it’s not that he had never had this idea.
He just didn't expect that Chu Yan would dare to declare it directly and boldly.
After all, no matter how unbearable Huang Tianyou was, he was still the Wulin Alliance Leader in the Central Plains. The Alliance Leader Mansion colluding with Southern Xinjiang to infringe the forces of the Central Plains. This...If this is true, it is more than just a shame and a huge insult to say!
Chu Yan instead laughed happily, "It's just a casual remark. What does Senior Brother Xu have to be afraid of?"
The corner of Xu Fangchuan's eyes twitched, thinking about the murderous intention just now. How come it didn't look like he just said it casually...
At this moment, a dark shadow passed outside the window, and a sharp and long eagle cry came, reaching the ears of the three of them.
Mo Ren looked at Chu Yan with a stern expression, "Master, it’s a messenger eagle."
The latter nodded willingly, then saw Mo Ren's body tense up, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only the window that had been opened at some point, blowing in a warm summer breeze.
Chu Yan looked out the window and saw that Mo Ren's body had already flashed above the eaves.
A golden-eyed black eagle swooped down from mid-air, chirped happily, flew around Mo Ren twice, and stopped obediently on his outstretched arm, allowing him to take off the letter tied to its leg.
The palace master couldn't help but think to himself: Ah Ren really likes eagles...It seems that there are no intelligent eagles in the Jiuzhong Palace that are not close to him. What kind of constitution is this?
To be honest, seeing Ah Ren handling the eagle so smoothly and not trying to avoid being nudged by the eagle, he was really a little jealous...
"This eagle is quite intelligent," Xu Fangchuan also looked out and marveled, "But what should we do if the enemy intercepts the message halfway?"
Chu Yan narrowed his eyes rather mysteriously and said nothing. Xu Fangchuan knew that he probably had an exclusive method, so he wisely stopped asking.
After a few breaths, Mo Ren came in from the window, handed the letter to Chu Yan, and said, "Master, this is Qiu Jin's letter. She and Bai Hua are already not far outside the city."
"It came quickly." Chu Yan took it and glanced at it, and then the letter turned into ashes in his hands.
"Isn't it a good thing to come early?" Xu Fangchuan had a smile as bright as the spring breeze on his face, and the light flashed in his eyes like a cunning fox. He stood up gracefully and clasped his fists, "It seems that the Palace Master has private matters to deal with, therefore Xu will take his leave."
Chu Yan glanced at him and knew that he knew very well what was on his mind. He lifted the tea cup angrily and said, "Won't be seeing you out."
Xu Fangchuan didn't mind, still smiled warmly, and walked away leisurely.
When Xu Fangchuan walked away, Mo Ren suddenly took out a golden pill from his arms and said, "Master, the pill message is here. Please open the pill."
Here it is. Chu Yan knew that this was the top-secret information that the messenger eagle really wanted to send. He raised his chin at Mo Ren and said, "Just take it apart."
Mo Ren was startled, "Master, the message pill has always been opened by the Palace Master himself, how could this subordinate dare!"
Chu Yan held the teacup in both hands, with a teasing smile on his lips, "But this Master is too lazy to open it today."
"......."
Guard Mo had no choice but to deal with the upright and unscrupulous palace master, and helplessly said in a soft voice, "Master, this is against the rules of the palace..."
However, the rebuttal was useless. Under Chu Yan's smile which did not increase but decreased, Mo Ren was afraid of making mistakes, so he accepted his fate and opened the pill. After opening it, he discovered that this letter was not Qiu Jin's handwriting, but the handwriting of Yang Yifang, the head of the Punishment Hall.
What was clearly written on it was that a maid of Lianhua Palace sent a secret letter in the name of buying cakes for Bai Hua.
Yang Yifang finally wrote at the end of the letter that the detailed process and investigation results were already in Qiu Jin's hands, and asked the palace master to be careful of Bai Hua and the people behind him.
"Sure enough." Chu Yan nodded coldly after reading it, and once again used his inner strength to disintegrate the letter into pieces, watching it disappear with the wind. He stood up and said word by word, "It seems that it's time to go and meet this Master’s Hua’er for a while."
