Chapter 1893
The Cowherd 12
Four people left the mural.
The boy hugged himself, trembling. Would his master really throw him into the underworld?
Liu Dong chuckled and reassured the boy, "They're just teasing you! The underworld has its own rules, and Judge Cui is very busy. He can't possibly take care of a soul like you who doesn't know anything. If you go to the underworld, you'll only increase their workload."
The boy breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
The next day, the boy very diligently ran into Xiangyang City and bought breakfast for Liu Tong and the other two.
The boy stood in front of a stall selling lard cakes and pointed out to the owner to add more chopped green onions.
One person who witnessed this scene was slightly taken aback.
His companion asked, "What's wrong? What did you see?"
The man said, "I saw someone who looks a lot like Marquis Anle."
Companion: "The son of Grand Tutor Pang, who was executed by Judge Bao? Could he be a relative of the Pang family?"
The man said, "Perhaps."
Companion: "The appearance of Grand Tutor Pang's relatives in Xiangyang is hardly simple. Do you think it's possible that Grand Tutor Pang is colluding with the Prince of Xiangyang?"
The man said, "It's possible, but not certain. We'll have to steal the alliance document to be sure."
Companion: "I'm going to sneak into Chongxiao Tower tonight."
……
The boy, unaware that people were talking about him, returned to the temple with the breakfast he had bought.
The temple had already been cleaned up with several rooms—the work was done by magic—so Liu and the other two were too lazy to move and decided to stay in the temple during their time in Xiangyang instead of going to the inn.
Even if an inn is well-maintained, it's never truly clean; those beds have been used by countless people.
Who knows if it's clean enough or if there are any bacteria left?
The three praised the boy for his diligence, and then assigned him a number of training tasks.
The boy stayed in the temple to cultivate himself, while the other three went to Xiangyang City to travel.
Boy: o(╥﹏╥)o.
In the evening, Liu Dong and his two companions returned from their outing and brought dinner for the boy.
The boy immediately pounced on the food.
With the boy's cultivation level, he was already able to abstain from grains.
But the boy, like his master, was a foodie; he felt uncomfortable if he didn't eat for a day.
After dinner, the boy, clutching his bulging belly, was chased out of the temple by his master and sent out to digest his food.
The boy arrived at Xiangyang City, but the city gates were already closed. He used a spell to enter the city—as for why they hadn't used spells to enter the city before? That was their own fun.
The boy walked down the street.
Unlike Bianliang, which is a city that never sleeps, Xiangyang City at night is a place where no one dares to walk outside.
Apart from the so-called "martial arts heroes" recruited by the Prince of Xiangyang's mansion.
The boy saw a white figure flash by and curiously followed it.
The boy followed the white figure into the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion and saw him slip into a tall building.
The boy followed him inside and discovered that the building was full of traps and mechanisms, making it extremely dangerous.
The man in white had some knowledge of mechanisms and avoided all of them, eventually reaching the top floor.
He still got injured during this time.
The mechanism on the top floor is an iron net formation, which is more dangerous than all the other mechanisms combined. Anyone who falls into it is almost certain to die.
The young man couldn't bear to see someone die in front of him, so he stepped in and saved the man in white.
The main reason was that the young man disliked the Prince of Xiangyang. He had heard from the people of Xiangyang that the Prince of Xiangyang was no good.
The King of Xiangyang's enemies must be good people! That's how simple and honest the boy's thoughts were!
The boy led the man in white out of Chongxiao Tower and also took a box from the top floor that was guarded by numerous traps.
The boy took the man in white back to the temple.
The man in white was covered in wounds and was barely clinging to life.
The boy took out a pill and put it into the white-robed man's mouth, and the white-robed man's injuries were immediately healed.
The man in white regained consciousness, recognized the young man before him, and asked, "Pang Yu?"
The boy frowned: "Pang Yu? That name sounds familiar!"
The man in white had now clearly seen his surroundings and was astonished to find that all his injuries had healed.
"You saved me?"
The boy nodded.
The man in white stood up and bowed to the young man, saying, "Bai Yutang thanks you for saving my life, young man. I will repay you in the future."
The boy waved his hand: "No need, no need, just tell me more about Pang Yu."
Bai Yutang stared at the boy's face. He had never met Pang Yu, but Zhan Zhao said that this boy looked very much like Pang Yu, so he was afraid that this boy really was a member of the Pang family.
Perhaps Grand Tutor Pang has a son who is still living away from home?
Bai Yutang told the boy about Pang Yu, but he didn't know much about him, except for the incident in Chenzhou.
The boy jumped up when he heard that Pang Yu had been beheaded by Judge Bao with a guillotine.
"No, that person isn't Pang Yu, I... I am Pang Yu!"
He finally regained his memories.
Bai Yutang looked at Pang Yu in surprise: "You're Pang Yu? Then who was the one who was beheaded?"
Pang Yu: "It was someone impersonating me! Those people found someone who looks exactly like me to impersonate me, and they even tried to kill me. Luckily, I was saved by my master. However, I also lost my memory and it's only now that it's back."
Bai Yutang: "So all those evil deeds were done by imposters. You certainly don't look like a bad person."
The boy in front of me looked simple and honest, like a spoiled child who had been pampered since childhood. He didn't seem like the kind of person who would do evil.
Because of the life-saving grace, Bai Yutang had a very high level of affection for the boy.
Despite Bai Yutang's many adventures, including storming Chongxiao Tower and being rescued by Pang Yu, not a single night actually passed.
Bai Yutang didn't want Zhan Zhao and his sworn brothers to worry, so he wanted to return to Xiangyang City immediately to find them, lest they break into the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion out of concern for him.
After Bai Yutang left, Pang Yu realized that he had not handed over the box he brought from Chongxiao Tower to Bai Yutang.
Curious about what was inside the box, he opened it and took it out to look.
This contains the alliance agreement between Prince Zhao Jue of Xiangyang and the Western Xia, as well as evidence of his bribery of officials in the court.
Pang Yu saw the correspondence between his father, Grand Tutor Pang, and Zhao Jue inside.
Pang Yu: "..."
Father! Why did you have to rebel?!
The official is now your son-in-law, while Zhao Jue has nothing to do with you. How can you help Zhao Jue deal with your brother-in-law?
However, after seeing the contents, Pang Yu cried.
His father conspired with Zhao Jue to rebel because of him.
His father thought the fake was him and wanted to avenge him.
The emperor favored Bao Zheng and forbade Grand Tutor Pang from dealing with him, so Grand Tutor Pang colluded with Zhao Jue, intending to use Zhao Jue's power to kill Bao Zheng.
Waaaaah, his dad is so good to him!
He just has bad eyesight and didn't recognize that the fake wasn't him!
While crying, Pang Yu turned the correspondence between Grand Tutor Pang and Zhao Jue into ashes.
Without evidence, besides Zhao Jue, who would still know that his father once plotted a rebellion?
Even the government couldn't do anything about his father! (End of Chapter)