"What are you going to do down the mountain?"

Tang Zi'an didn't expect that Xia Sheng would make such a request, which surprised him a little.

Of course, this is Tang Zi's peace of mind, if he were a different person, he would definitely feel that Xia Sheng's request was simply mad.

As an honorary teacher of the college, he can be said to have taken all the benefits after being admitted to the college, but he did not do any work.

Not to mention that he had been staying in the back mountain retreat for the past month, it was only a day after he came out of the customs, and he almost caused civil strife in the entire Spiritual Academy, which not only bewitched a group of disciples of the Spiritual Academy to become enemies of the academicians, but also caused Pei Yuanji to issue a life and death battle letter on the spot.

It's good now, I've caused a lot of trouble, and the drafting of the list of spring is not a word, this guy is embarrassed to leave the hospital?

Facing Tang Zi'an's questioning, Xia Sheng just smiled: "Naturally, there is something important to do." ”

Hearing this, Tang Zi'an couldn't help but frown subconsciously, obviously very dissatisfied with Xia Sheng's answer, but out of trust in Xia Sheng, he still didn't get to the bottom of it after all, but just sighed slightly: "When will you come back?"

"One day is enough. ”

"Okay. Tang Zi'an shook his head helplessly, wrote a warrant to Xia Sheng, and instructed: "Go early and return early." ”

Xia Sheng took the warrant, responded with a smile, and did not delay, when he waved goodbye to Tang Zi'an, and walked out of the Zhengyang Palace.

But what even Tang Zi'an didn't expect was that Xia Sheng did not leave the academy immediately, but first went to the Xuanpu Garden in the back mountain and met with the mute mother-in-law.

No one knew what he said to the mute mother-in-law, but when he left Buju Mountain, there was already a bright-colored jade pendant on his waist.

After walking out of the mountain gate, Xia Sheng did not stop for half a moment along the way, but rushed back to the capital without stopping. Then I came to the good hall for the first time.

Although more than a month has passed since the Qin family at this time, no one in the good hall dares to forget who Xia Sheng is, Bi Qingwen rushed to Xia Sheng as soon as he received the news, and said in surprise and respectfully: "Xia Gongzi, why are you here!"

Xia Sheng smiled and nodded, didn't say much to greet, but said bluntly: "Take me to see your young lady." ”

Hear the words. Bi Qingwen suddenly looked embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Xia Gongzi came unfortunately, Miss just left the capital a few days ago and went to Qingzhou on an errand. ”

"Qingzhou?" Xia Sheng was stunned: "Isn't that where Fourth Master Qin was before?"

Bi Qingwen nodded: "Young Master Xia really has a good memory. Yes, this time the young lady went to Qingzhou, in order to complete the second assessment set for her by the family, and temporarily accepted the position of the treasurer of the Qingzhou branch for one year to see the results. If it weren't for the fact that I needed to stay a few more days. The affairs of the main hall will not be handed over, and I am afraid that I will not be able to see Mr. Xia. ”

Xia Sheng suddenly frowned: "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

Bi Qingwen shook his head helplessly: "Miss has been to Buju Mountain many times before leaving Beijing, but I heard that Master Xia is in retreat, and Miss is inconvenient to disturb, so I can only say goodbye without saying goodbye." ”

Xia Sheng knew that Qin Yan could not be blamed for this matter, after all, the birth of Haoran Sword was too sudden, and he really had no choice but to stay in Houshan under the pretext of retreat. It's just that he didn't expect that the second round of assessment arranged by the Qin family for Qin Yan would come so soon.

With this in mind. Xia Sheng couldn't help but ask again: "Then about the case of Second Master Qin's murder, has it been resolved?"

Bi Qingwen replied to Xia Sheng gratefully: "According to Xia Gongzi's method, it was really solved! Although the real murderer has no law for the time being, the impact of this matter has been minimized, and the methods of the young lady inside and outside the clan are also quite praised." ”

Xia Sheng nodded, guessing in his heart. I am afraid that it is precisely because of this matter that the Qin family began to gradually face up to Qin Yan's ability, so they assigned her the task of managing the branch hall in advance.

But Qin Yan has now left Luoyang, which suddenly makes Xia Sheng's next actions very inconvenient, and the most important thing is ......

It's been another full month. Shantang still hasn't made any progress in finding Daddy Xia!

In this regard, Bi Qingwen was very ashamed, because such a situation had never happened before.

And Xia Sheng also knew that in this matter, whether it was Qin Yan or Bi Qingwen, they had already made their best efforts, but why, with such a powerful intelligence network of the Qin family, there was no way to find the whereabouts of their father?

As a last resort, Xia Sheng could only make one last request to Bi Qingwen.

"I want to see Fourth Master Qin. ”

The fourth master of the Qin family, Qin Tai, the former shopkeeper of the Qingzhou Branch, is also Qin Li's father, because the Qin family was promoted to the shopkeeper of the Luoyang General Hall, and today, he is the most powerful person in the entire Qin family except for Qin Xiaohua.

Now that Qin Yan is away from Beijing, Xia Sheng needs to go through this Fourth Master Qin if he wants to continue to get help from Shantang.

Of course, Xia Sheng came too suddenly, and it was not easy to see Fourth Master Qin immediately, so after handing over the matter to Bi Qingwen, Xia Sheng did not stay in Shantang for a long time, but went to another place first.

It's not the Marquis of Weining.

Although he also wanted to know what happened to Ning Zheng in this month's time, and whether Ye Xiao'e had returned from the Netherworld Secret Realm.

But compared to what Xia Sheng is going to do now, everything else can be postponed.

Because he didn't want his whereabouts on this trip to be revealed, and he needed to prevent Mrs. Ye from sending someone to keep an eye on him, after all, this matter was really important, and if he hadn't had to, he probably wouldn't have used his hole card so quickly.

The direction of Xia Sheng's trip is not Yanyu Building, nor the Zhenguo Mansion, nor the Adjudication Division.

It's a place that no one thought of.

He went to a temple.

And interestingly, the name of this temple is also very related to Xia Sheng's hometown.

Both have the word white horse.

Naturally, it is the most famous White Horse Temple in Luoyang City.

If you think about it carefully, in fact, this is not the first time Xia Sheng has come to the White Horse Temple, he has been here as early as the time of the Qin family.

After he escaped from the hands of the county lord of Pingnan, the reason why he didn't rush to the clan in the first place was because he went to the White Horse Temple on the way and stole a spirit pill from it, which allowed Qin Yan to regain his vitality in the clan competition and defeated Qin Luo in one fell swoop.

And today, this is his second visit.

For this reason, it is naturally no longer a gathering elixir, but something else.

A treasure that he temporarily stored in the White Horse Temple 500 years ago.

However, it was much more difficult to get this thing than the last time he stole the Gathering Spirit Pill, because the person responsible for guarding this thing in the temple was the contemporary abbot of the White Horse Temple, Master Xinkong! )