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Liu Yunmeng turned to look at Ren Pingsheng, and blinked her watery peach blossom eyes.

"Perhaps the two pill prescriptions I sent to Baiyun Temple attracted Taoist Master's attention." Ren Pingsheng told the truth.

"Elixir?" Liu Yunmeng's eyes lit up and he became even more curious. He wanted to ask what kind of elixir could arouse Tao Zun's interest. Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Bai Youwei:

"Master usually likes to collect elixirs and improve them. The elixirs sent by Ren Shengsheng may not be of much use, but they are quite innovative and it is normal for them to be favored by the master."

Bai Youwei looked at Ren Pingsheng and naturally changed the subject: "The people from Jinyiwei have left. When will you follow me up the mountain?"

Ren Pingsheng glanced at Zhao Xue and saw that she looked worried, so he decided to ask what exactly happened just now.

"Excuse me, auntie, please wait a moment. I'll tell the servants a few words and then leave."

"Okay, I'll wait for you here." Bai Youwei didn't want to involve too much cause and effect, nodded gently, and stopped in front of the door.

Ren Pingsheng bowed to his aunt and returned to Ren's mansion with his guards.

Liu Yunmeng wanted to follow him, but then he thought that his nephew's friend was the assassin who assassinated King Jin after all.

Although she had almost no interaction with Prince Jin on weekdays, as a princess, it was best not to have too much contact with the assassin, so she stopped and chatted with Bai Youwei.

Fuzhong.

Screen back the guards.

Ren Pingsheng looked at Zhao Xue, who was ordinary after his disguise, and asked his doubts: "Did Cui Yu transmit the message just now?"

"Yes." Zhao Xue nodded slightly.

"What did he say?" Ren Pingsheng asked again.

"Let me stay in the capital and let bygones be bygones." Zhao Xue replied.

"Including assassinating King Jin?"

"Including assassinating King Jin."

Ren Pingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this.

Although he had already had similar speculations when Cui Yu communicated with him, it was still unbelievable when it was confirmed. After all, King Jin was the emperor's biological flesh and blood.

"In addition, he also told me that in a while, the court will set up a new yamen called the Demon Suppressing Division. I will be the first batch of officers of the Demon Suppressing Division and handle five cases within a year. , then I can leave. If I can’t, I will stay in the capital for three years.”

Zhao Xue's eyes were full of confusion about the future:

"He said it was the emperor's will."

The Demon-Suppressing Division?

There are demons, barbarians, gu, and Buddhas in this world. It is rumored that there are immortals and gods, but I have never heard of demons.

Ren Pingsheng frowned slightly and guessed: "Could the so-called Demon Suppressor refer to evil cultivators, such as murderers?"

"Maybe."

Zhao Xue sighed and said leisurely: "In recent years, there has been chaos in the rivers and lakes, and demons are rampant. The local officials are unable to deal with it, which has caused them to cause harm to the people and disturb the peace of the people. Now that the imperial court has set up a demon-suppressing department, it is not necessarily a bad thing."

Ren Pingsheng sensed concerns and concerns from her words, and said bluntly: "Nvxia Zhao doesn't seem to want the court to set up a demon-suppressing department?"

"really."

"Why?"

"Because before this, the imperial court and the Jianghu were clearly separated. Even if there were demons that harmed the people, and the local government was short of Confucian scholars and policemen, most of them were solved by the knights of the Jianghu, and the government rewarded them.

Nowadays, when the imperial court sets up a demon-suppressing division, it doesn't matter if it is small in scale, but if it is extremely large, it must recruit people from the world of martial arts. In this way, there will be no need for many Jianghu forces to exist. "

Ren Pingsheng said: "What's wrong with this?"

In his opinion, the emergence of Jianghu is essentially due to the imperfect establishment of local government, loose organizational form, lack of combat power, and the inability to form effective governance, resulting in a vacuum of grassroots power.

If the ruling power of the imperial court is weak in a local area, sects and aristocratic families will appear in the local area, relying on their influence to gather idle forces and assist the government in management.

Except for some casual cultivators, most of the so-called Jianghu knights come from these Jianghu forces.

Acting chivalrously and doing justice, eradicating violence and keeping good people safe may sound nice, but in reality they don’t do much.

Most of them rely on strength to prey on the common people and run rampant in the countryside, or else they fight with each other and compete for interests.

They are not corrupt officials, but their level of harm is almost the same.

Now that the imperial court has set up a demon-suppressing department and is personally responsible for killing demons, it shows that the imperial court's ruling power among the people has become relatively sound and can be extended downwards. For the lower class people, it is actually not a bad thing.

They are still being exploited anyway, but at least they don’t have to worry about being affected by the struggle between rivers and lakes.

Zhao Xue obviously understood the reason and replied: "There is nothing wrong with it."

"Then what is Miss Zhao worried about? The replacement of Jianghu forces by the Demon-Suppressing Division does not mean the death of Jianghu. Should you travel or travel, should you act chivalrously or act chivalrously?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Xue: "I'm worried about my father."

"?" Ren Pingsheng was stunned. She was talking about the Demon Division and the Jianghu. How could she have anything to do with her father?

Zhao Xue sighed and said leisurely: "My father is the largest force in the world. The reason why I am worried about being the leader of the Wulin League is that I am worried that the imperial court will set up a demon-suppressing department. On the surface, it is aimed at the evil cultivators who are causing trouble, but in fact it is aimed at the forces in the world. Especially the Wulin Alliance that can threaten the imperial rule."

The Wulin Alliance is the largest force in the world, with more than a dozen sects under it. Although they are not affiliated with each other, they all obey the orders of the alliance leader. The organization is not loose, and the strength cannot be underestimated.

The leader of the martial arts alliance himself is one of the five extraordinary warriors on the Great Friday, and is a third-level warrior like Ren Pingsheng's father.

"It turns out she is the daughter of the leader of the martial arts alliance. She really has a deep background."

Ren Pingsheng had long guessed Zhao Xue's identity, and was not surprised at this moment, but was a little curious: "Why did you, the daughter of the leader of the martial arts world, travel thousands of miles to the capital to assassinate the King of Jin, just because he was unscrupulous and committed all kinds of evil?"

This question had been asked before, and Zhao Xue's answer was ambiguous, giving people the feeling that she was not motivated enough, so for quite a long time, Ren Pingsheng regarded her as a silly girl with background and martial arts but no brains.

Zhao Xue opened her mouth and wanted to answer, but remembered that the person from Baiyun Temple was still waiting outside, so she said: "You go to see the Taoist first, and I will tell you the reason in detail after you come back."

"You are very tight-lipped, why are you willing to tell me now?" Ren Pingsheng raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Before I started my journey, my father told me that no one can be trusted, so no matter who asked me or what I asked, I just made excuses to avoid trouble.

You saved me, and I didn't want to lie to you, so I kept silent."

"You are quite principled."

Ren Pingsheng asked again: "Why are you willing to tell me now? Are you just making excuses?"

Zhao Xue looked at Ren Pingsheng with clear eyes, and there was a touch of tenderness in her eyes. She smiled and said: "Although I haven't experienced too many dangers and intrigues in the world, I can still distinguish right from wrong. If you treat me with sincerity, I will treat you with sincerity, that's all."