The regent did not show up, but sent guards to surround the people. When they heard that the troublemakers were executed, some of the people wanted to retreat.

Those people who had lost hope insisted on asking the regent for an explanation, and ended up being killed.

The tyranny of the imperial court made the people miserable. With no way to seek justice, the people knelt down and begged God for mercy, and some even went to the Shangjin Zhenren Temple to kneel down and pray.

The officials turned a deaf ear to what was happening continuously in the Eastern Capital City, but some ambitious students, filled with anger, dared to expose the ills of the time and wrote articles one after another denouncing the inaction of the government.

Baili Jin didn't take these weak scholars seriously and asked his confidants to deal with them.

Mu Chaochao and his group disguised themselves as scholars, mingled among the common people and gave advice, and persuaded many of the victims' families who were unwilling to give up and wanted to seek justice outside the palace to give up.

At the same time, they gathered a group of students with conscience and courage, who often wrote articles to satirize those officials. They named themselves the Youth League, and when the imperial court sent troops to arrest people, they often came up empty-handed.

Two days later, a scholar, covered in blood, collapsed at the youth group gathering place.

"Brother Xu, what's wrong with you?"

"I found a secret in the temple. If they find out, you will die. I give this to you. You must..."

"Brother Xu! Brother Xu!"

"I'm out of breath."

"Look what he brought back."

The secret was written on a piece of cloth, torn from the scholar's body and written in blood.

After reading the blood letter, the five young men angrily said, "This is outrageous. We have all been deceived."

"What? The Shangjin Zhenren Temple was set up by a demon to deceive the people into paying their respects."

"There are no gods at all. Look at what the country has become now."

"Do you remember the words left in front of the temple? Brother Xu went to check it out of curiosity, but he didn't expect to discover this secret."

"What should we do now?"

"Brother Xu is a widower with no relatives or friends. Let's bury him first, then go back and write an article to let the world know about this scam."

"Okay, let's split up." Now many officers and soldiers were searching for people everywhere. They found a bamboo forest and buried the person hastily.

"Brother Xu, I'm really sorry, the current situation does not allow it. I will bury you here first. I will find a better place for you in the future when I have the chance."

After paying their respects, a few people left, followed by Tianshu and Ye Linlang who appeared in front of the grave.

"Tianshu, hurry up, dig!"

Ye Linlang and Tianshu picked up small hoes and started digging. "They buried it quite deep."

"Sixth Princess, I'll do the digging."

Ye Linlang looked at Xiao Yu who was leaning leisurely against the bamboo.

"Mr. Xiao, why don't you come here to help?"

"Come out for a walk!"

"I'll treat you to a meal, and you help me dig."

It’s not like Ye Linlang hasn’t done heavy work before. The ground in the bamboo forest was relatively damp, and her skirt got stuck to the wet soil, making her feel dirty, wet, and uncomfortable.

"can!"

This scholar named Xu was actually Yuheng in disguise. In order to deceive those scholars, he took a fake death drug. They had to give him the antidote in a short time.

After taking the antidote and coming back to life, Yuheng took off his mask and put on new clothes.

"The things have been given, and we are just waiting for them to write the articles. I will go and protect them in secret."

"Oh no! Their lives are in danger." Xiao Yu jumped away, and the other three followed.

Several scholars looked solemn and couldn't help discussing in low voices on the way back.

"Has the fortune of our country really been ruined by the evildoers?"

"The Regent is cruel to begin with, and I have no doubt that he is colluding with the evildoers."

"If that's the case, how can we, scholars, save the country?"

"We agreed earlier that we would use our pens to awaken more people with conscience, and this will take time."

"Brother Chen is right. Who says that scholars are useless? Our pens are our weapons."

What the five people didn’t know was that their whispered conversation on the busy street was heard by passers-by.

Baili Jin, who was traveling incognito, looked at the five people and winked at the followers around him.

The five people returned to their residence and were about to write an article when they heard heavy and hurried footsteps outside.

"No, leave quickly!"

There was no time to clean up, five people ran from the back and kicked the front door open.

"Arrest all the people inside."

A team of soldiers rushed in.

The two people running behind were caught up and hacked to death.

Baili Jin followed him to the courtyard, which was where Mu Chaochao originally lived. The two went to Ruishan, but Baili Jin couldn't find anyone.

Xiao Yu rushed over and rescued the three when they were about to be killed.

"Master Xiao!"

"You guys leave here quickly and go south."

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

"Capture him and bring him to the Regent."

A group of soldiers surrounded Xiao Yu, and he knocked them to the ground with a palm strike.

Ye Linlang and the other two rushed over and said, "We've been discovered."

"Get out of here quickly."

Xiao Yu sensed the danger and pulled Ye Linlang to run. Before they had run a few steps, a figure flashed in front of them.

Xiao Yu held Ye Linlang's hand tightly.

"Could he be Baili Jin?" Tianshu had only seen Ye Huaichen and Mu Chaochao with such a fast speed.

It’s terrible. They are going to die here today.

"Where are Mu Chaochao and Ye Huaichen? Tell me, and I might spare your lives."

"Baili Jin, you are not such a generous person, why are you pretending to be merciful?"

"It is an honor for you, a few ants, to have me help you today."

Baili Jin waved his hand, and an invisible airflow rushed towards them.

Xiao Yu pulled Ye Linlang to dodge, a strand of hair was cut off and fell to the ground, Tianshu and Yuheng failed to dodge and were injured.

"He is actually a practitioner as well."

"I am not a match for you because of my low cultivation level. They are not in the Imperial City. I can tell you where they are. How about you not killing us?"

"A charlatan!" Ye Linlang looked at him in surprise, "You can't tell him."

"Sure!" Baili Jin agreed readily.

The four were put into cages and dragged out of Dongdu City.

"What did you tell him?"

"Save my life!" He calculated that he would not die for the time being.

"Why not just tell him about some random place? Why mention Ruishan directly?"

"Lying to him will only make you die faster."

"Did you figure out something?"

"What must come will come."

Yu Heng asked, "Mr. Xiao, are you talking about the final battle?"

"clever!"

Ye Huaichen and Mu Chaochao found Ruishan and reunited with Ye Huaiming.

"Sister, we can't get close to where Baili Han is in seclusion."

"It's okay, no need to look for Baili Han again, he should be coming out soon."

"We can't keep these people from the Wangshen Sect." Ye Huaichen took out the poison and put it in the water source.

"it is good!"

At night, the four were escorted to Ruishan and pulled out and placed outside the Wangshen Sect.

"They are so confident in tying us up here, aren't they afraid that we might run away?"

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