Zhu Xuanji walked out of the warehouse, thinking all the way. He had never thought that the clues of the black shadow demon cultivator would suddenly be delivered to him in this way. "Could it be that the City Lord's Mansion is using the same old trick again?" "Using this method to direct and act, divert my attention, distract my energy, and prevent me from going all out in the competition of the Lava Fairy Palace?" If so, Zhu Xuanji had to admit that this plan was extremely vicious! The other party must have seen through his heart and grasped it fiercely - he wanted to protect the strong desire of the majority of the city residents. The monsters besieged the city, and the City Lord's Mansion was stretched to its limits. Fei Si could not thoroughly investigate the entire fairy city, and could only rule out whether there were any fire persimmons buried in the key places. And so many fire persimmons, even if they were not buried in the key positions of the front line, would cause huge casualties if they were placed in the center of the city and detonated. Too many casualties in the city, after falling into chaos, would also affect the front line. Zhu Xuanji believed in his ability and tended to believe that Fei Si was not lying, but what about Meng Kui?
Although the Meng family is famous for its frank and direct temperament, Meng Kui is the only wise general among the four generals. Even if Zhu Xuanji confronts Meng Kui, he does not have much confidence in his lie detection method against the Nascent Soul level. Zhu Xuanji walked on the street, his eyes were blank, and all kinds of thoughts were in his mind. "But what if it is not?" "What if the City Lord's Mansion is just a victim? Meng Kui and Fei Si did not secretly arrange it?" "Then is this black shadow demon cultivator the same as the murderer who bombarded Huoshi Mountain?" Countless possibilities flashed through Zhu Xuanji's mind. He seemed to be in a fog, not knowing which one was the way to the truth. "Master Zhu! I finally found you!" A voice interrupted Zhu Xuanji's thoughts. Zhu Xuanji looked closely and saw that it was a foundation-building cultivator dressed as a servant. Zhu Xuanji asked the purpose of his visit. The monk servant bowed deeply and saluted: "I am the subordinate of Lord Zhu Hou. Lord Zhu Hou was selected to serve as the new director of the Ciyou Garden in Huoshi Xiancheng. He has been here for two days and is ready to take over." "Tomorrow, a succession ceremony will be held." "Lord Zhu Hou heard that you appeared in the fairy city, so he wanted to invite you to attend the succession ceremony." "After all, this position of Ciyou Garden was advocated by you." Zhu Xuanji was refreshed and smiled: "This is the only good news I heard today! You are right, I reported the matter of Ciyou Garden to the king and specifically instructed to select talents from my Zhu family royal family." "I didn't expect that my cousin Zhu Hou would take over this job." "With him, I feel relieved." "Unfortunately, I have important things to do and don't have time to attend the ceremony."
At this point, Zhu Xuanji's eyes moved slightly, revealing a hint of hesitation. He understood what Zhu Hou meant. If he, the master detective, attends the ceremony tomorrow, it will be equivalent to supporting Zhu Hou, which will greatly improve Zhu Hou's future situation and facilitate the work of the Charity Garden. "Since I have already promised Li Leifeng, why not do it thoroughly?" After thinking it over, Zhu Xuanji decided to compromise: "I will go to see my uncle now, let's go." As he said, he grabbed the old slave's collar and took him to the air, flying to the Charity Garden with great momentum. Zhu Xuanji's actions quickly attracted the attention of countless people. Just like before, he went to Ning Zhuo openly and implemented the strategy of stirring up trouble. From this moment on, he began to support and support Zhu Hou. Zhu Xuanji brought the slave monks to the Charity Garden and met Zhu Hou. Zhu Hou only had the foundation-building period of cultivation, was broad-skinned and fat, and was warm and generous. Zhu Xuanji immediately bowed to Zhu Hou. In his youth, Zhu Xuanji received a lot of leniency and support from Zhu Hou. Therefore, even though he became a Jindan-level cultivator, he was always respectful to Zhu Hou and never neglected him. Zhu Xuanji then apologized to Zhu Hou, saying that he could not attend the succession ceremony tomorrow. Zhu Hou smiled slightly and gestured for him to sit down first. Zhu Hou also sat down: "When I saw you flying over here with such fanfare, I knew your intention." "I am already very happy that you can take the time to come here." "From now on, I will take care of the Charity House, so don't worry." "I have seen you grow up, don't you know your ambition? You and I have the same ideas." "I will try my best to tap the talents among them and send them to the royal family." "Accumulating soil makes a mountain, and gathering feathers makes a coat. Such continuous accumulation will definitely help the royal family fight against many important officials." At this point, Zhu Hou sighed deeply. "Now in Nandou Kingdom, the Meng family, the Su family, etc., are now too powerful to be eliminated." "The emperor was deeply hurt in his later years and did not handle all this properly, leaving such a big mess for the younger generation." Zhu Xuanji remained silent. He did not want to blame his ancestors. No matter what, the founding emperor of Nandou Kingdom was able to open up such a foundation, which was definitely more meritorious than demerit. Zhu Hou saw Zhu Xuanji's melancholy expression and took the initiative to change the subject: "By the way, Xiaoji, I found a good thing when I was sorting out Li Leifeng's things!" "Come and take a look."
Zhu Hou showed a mysterious expression, took out a jade slip, and handed it to Zhu Xuanji. The surface of this jade slip was smooth, the kind of smoothness after being used and rubbed frequently. Obviously, Li Leifeng often used it when he was alive. Zhu Xuanji took the jade slip and scanned the contents inside with his spiritual sense. He immediately discovered that this was Li Leifeng's diary before his death. This diary mainly records some outstanding orphans in the Salesian Home. Li Leifeng was very good at discovering the advantages of these children and then judging whether they were excellent seeds of cultivation. Li Leifeng even made a detailed form. In the form, detailed records were made according to name and time. Zhu Xuanji looked at the form carefully and found that Li Leifeng not only took care of the orphans in the Salesian Home, but sometimes he also helped some poor children outside the home. Although the Salesian Home received funding from all parties, overall, the resources were still limited. From this form, we can see Li Leifeng's philosophy of running the Salesian Home. He did not make a big pot meal, and did not divide the resources equally, but rather invested in more qualified orphans. On the one hand, he hoped that he would have successors. So he has been actively cultivating successors all the time. On the other hand, he also hoped that these resources could be used in more valuable places and get as much positive feedback as possible. He hoped that he could cultivate some successful monks. After these monks have spare energy, they can continue to give back more resources to the Charity House, thus forming a positive cycle. Zhu Xuanji sighed: "As expected of Li Leifeng, his kindness and care spread from this jade slip." He felt that this old jade slip was very important in his hand. Li Leifeng was very attentive in running the Charity House. In Zhu Xuanji's opinion, such a kind of heart was even more valuable than a magic weapon! Zhu Hou saw Zhu Xuanji's expression change and smiled: "Are you happier now?" He continued to comfort Zhu Xuanji: "Xiao Ji, you are under too much pressure." "You should know that it is not just you who is working hard, everyone is moving forward together." "Don't be too hard on yourself and demand too much of yourself." "You have done a great job." "Maybe, sometimes you will make mistakes, but who can be without mistakes?" "As long as they are cultivators, they are all human beings, and as long as they are human beings, they will make mistakes." "Now our royal family is short of talents, and you are the only one who has produced such a cultivation seed." "Don't take on too much, and don't think that you have been fighting alone." "People like me, my uncle, although my cultivation is not good and my qualifications are not good, can also contribute to the royal family. When a little adds up to a lot, this power should not be underestimated." Zhu Xuanji said seriously: "Thank you for your concern, uncle."
After Zhu Hou's care, he felt much better. However, just when Zhu Xuanji was about to hand the jade slip back to Zhu Hou, his face suddenly changed. Because his consciousness scanned the end of the form and he found a familiar name. Ning Zhuo!!! "How could he be in this form?!" Zhu Xuanji hurriedly checked carefully. Li Leifeng made a detailed record in the jade slip in the column about Ning Zhuo. More than ten years ago, Li Leifeng performed a puppet show in the Charity Garden and accidentally found a child hiding in the corner to peek. The child not only peeked, but also took some leftover cakes to eat when the guests left. After that, Li Leifeng saw it twice more. The third time, he felt sorry for the child, so he took him backstage, took some new cakes, and invited him to eat. As a result, the child came more frequently. The child often huddled in the corner to watch the puppet show, and he was fascinated every time. This is very different from other children. Generally speaking, children are not very focused and their attention is easily distracted. The first few times they saw new and unfamiliar puppet shows, they were able to concentrate for most of the show. When they saw old and familiar puppet shows, they often ran around in the audience and could not sit still for a long time. But Li Leifeng found that every time, the child was very focused. This aroused Li Leifeng's interest. He secretly paid attention and was surprised to find that the child was imitating his method of manipulating the mechanical puppet! Others were just watching the show, but the child was constantly learning. During Li Leifeng's performance, he kept imitating his various methods of manipulating the puppet, practicing while watching. The child huddled in the shadows to learn secretly, with a pair of small hands in his sleeves, waving constantly. After secretly observing for a while, Li Leifeng was amazed. He found that the child could learn some simple operating methods just by watching two or three times. After discovering this, Li Leifeng was very interested. Whenever the children came to peek, he would add some plays temporarily, often adding some plays that were more complicated and difficult to operate. As a result, these puppet shows would only trouble the children for two or three scenes, or at most four or five scenes. Then, he would learn almost everything. Finally, when it came to the Fang Xixi Yuan play, because there were many characters in several scenes, the operation was extremely complicated, which troubled the children for more than ten scenes. But after more than ten scenes, the children had already mastered the degree of almost everything. "He has a strong talent for machinery!" Li Leifeng wanted to accept him as a disciple. After secretly investigating, he found that his surname was Ning and his name was Zhuo, and he was a disciple of the Ning family.
Before Ning Zhuo was born, his father had died. When he was two years old, his mother also lost her life. Although he had a biological uncle, for some reason, he still lived alone and his life was extremely difficult. After discovering this, Li Leifeng consciously kept some more cakes and invited Ning Zhuo to eat whenever he came to watch the show. Ning Zhuo was quite greedy, but very polite. He was very respectful to Li Leifeng every time and knew etiquette very well. Every time he saw his little appearance and bowed to him respectfully, Li Leifeng couldn't help but reach out and touch his head. Li Leifeng wrote in his diary: "Ning Zhuo is a kid with a big head. He looks very smart at first glance." He also commented on the Ning family: "The Ning family is a big family of cultivation, but it's just like this. Just from Ning Zhuo, you can see how sad the disciples of the branch are." After Li Leifeng invited Ning Zhuo to eat many times, he felt that the time was right. Once, when there was no one around, Li Leifeng specifically asked Ning Zhuo if he wanted to recognize him as his master, and he would teach Ning Zhuo more tricks to control puppets. As a result, Ning Zhuo's answer was beyond Li Leifeng's expectations. He said that he didn't understand any manipulation techniques at all, and he just liked to watch puppet shows. Li Leifeng knew that this was a lie. He had seen too many people, and from Ning Zhuo's eyes every time he watched a puppet show, he was very sure that the latter loved puppets very much! Li Leifeng thought, haste makes waste, slow down first, and then invite again. However, since the failure of the first invitation, Ning Zhuo rarely came to the Salesian Garden to watch plays. Occasionally, Li Leifeng would specially add a show of "Fang Xixi Yuyan" for him. This is the most complicated puppet show to manipulate. Even Li Leifeng would be physically and mentally exhausted after each performance. Li Leifeng knew that only such a puppet show could attract Ning Zhuo to watch the show and come more times. When Ning Zhuo was four years old, he was able to move his fingers while watching Fang Xixi Yuyan. The manipulation skills he had trained were already 50% of Li Leifeng's. Such talent made Li Lifeng conclude that this child would become a great man in the future! "Even if the needle is hidden in the bag, it will only be temporary. After he turns six, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself!" This is the judgment made by Li Leifeng in his diary. Seeing this, Zhu Xuanji was shocked and stood up. He widened his eyes and stared at the jade slip in his hand! He continued to read. It turned out that there were very few records of Li Leifeng afterwards. This is because Ning Zhuo's visits to the Charity Garden have dropped sharply! When he was five years old, he only came two or three times a year. When he was six years old, he simply stopped coming. "Ning Zhuo, Ning Zhuo!" Zhu Xuanji murmured for a while, his eyes shining with golden light, and his expression was scary. He did not expect to get such a key clue from Li Leifeng's relics. This made him understand the true side of Ning Zhuo!