After being homeless, he was picked up by God and brought home to be his husband.

When the sky was bright, Lan Yu squinted drowsily for a while. The weather today seemed not to be very good. The sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind was howling, and the bamboo forest outside the door was crushed to the ground, creating green waves one after another.

The window seemed unable to withstand the strong wind, and was blown open violently. It hit the walls on both sides with a clang, and a celadon vase was also brought down.

Inside the bottle is a magnolia flower that Lan Yu picked from the mountain road yesterday. At this moment, the flower branches fell suddenly, and the water in the bottle dripped out. The petals hit the table and broke into pieces, falling alone on the water.

Lan Yu suddenly woke up from his sleep, his sleeves were already soaked by water, and he saw that the vase had been blown over, and the magnolias were lying in the water, falling to pieces.

Lan Yu frowned, feeling a little confused and uneasy as he had a very bad premonition.

While he was concentrating on his thoughts, he saw a figure appearing outside the window. Lan Yu was startled and suddenly looked up to find Chu Yitang standing outside. His face was still darker than the bottom of the pot. The only difference was that he was holding a bird in his hand.

The little bird had thick and gorgeous wings, and a cluster of bright red feathers on its head, which was as dazzling as flames. However, it was held too tightly by Chu Yitang. It was struggling hard in his hands, screaming and whimpering. Its black bean eyes seemed to be filled with tears, and it looked uncomfortable. Pitiful.

Lan Yu recognized it at a glance. It was Tianjing's special messenger bird.

"You were screaming outside so early in the morning. It was so noisy." Chu Yitang had a cold face, raised his hand and threw the bird into Lan Yu's arms without any love, and even wiped his hand with a handkerchief in disgust before giving up. .

Yes, yes, we are both deaf, so you can chop wood without making a sound in the morning...

Lan Yu looked a little distressed at the pinched bird in his arms, with messy feathers and crying, and touched its head to comfort it.

Guessing that Chu Yitang was still in a bad mood at the moment, Lan Yu didn't touch his bad luck and just thanked him briefly.

Chu Yitang glanced at the bird. The little guy was combing his own hair with his beak. Seeing the fierce man staring at him again, he rolled his eyes, tilted his neck, and started to pretend to be dead in Lan Yu's hands.

Withdrawing his eyes, Chu Yitang snorted coldly, flicked his wide sleeves, and turned around to leave with nobility and coolness.

Lan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and untied the strip of cloth wrapped around the bird's feet. Suddenly a line of words jumped into the air, which was Hong Ran's handwriting:

"Lanyu, the Huangrong Mountain Incident is critical. I call you to return to Beijing quickly."

Something happened again in Huangrong Mountain?

Lan Yu frowned even more tightly, and he suddenly remembered who this matter was related to.

It was precisely because of Huangrong Mountain that he was able to be reused by his superiors and ascend to the immortal world.

It's Mazha.

Qingxin Tower is where all the immortals gather in the morning, and there are usually people coming and going, so the guard is not strict. At this moment, there are heavy soldiers stationed outside the building, and no one is allowed to linger around. The silver guards, wearing silver armor, are divided into several columns and are patrolling in front of the palace.

When Lan Yu arrived, Yuan Qing was pacing back and forth outside the hall, looking around from time to time, and a folding fan clattered in the palm of his hand.

When he saw Lan Yu, his brows relaxed slightly. Yuan Qing stepped forward quickly and grabbed Lan Yu's sleeve sideways. Seeing that there was no one else around, he hesitated for a moment, then looked embarrassed and whispered:

"Yun Yi is dead."

Lan Yu's heart was shaken, and his mind suddenly ran through the blurred faces of many people, and finally found some fragments piecemeal.

He was a very shy young man who didn't talk much and was a little timid. He always stood timidly behind others. When he saw Lan Yu, he looked like a frightened rabbit, not daring to raise his head.

The only communication between the two was limited to that day when Lan Yu went to fetch him the keys to the warehouse on behalf of Yuan Qing. He lowered his head and stammered the words "Xianjun, please go slow," but there was no other conversation.

Lan Yu and Yuan Qing walked into the palace side by side. There were not many people there. Except for Hong Ran, Wei Wei was also present. Hong Ran was listening to what his subordinates were reporting, and his expression became increasingly ugly.

Seeing that Wei Wei was there, Lan Yu bowed and said, "I've met Mr. Wei."

Wei Wei didn't seem to be in good spirits. He just nodded and signaled Lan Yu to sit down, then turned his head and closed his eyes to rest.

Lan Yu did not call him Immortal Lord, but called him Mr. Wei as the God Emperor did.

After listening to the reports from his subordinates, Hongran walked over with a sullen face and shook his head at Yuanqing: "He refused to say it. He just refused to admit that Yun Yi's death was related to him. He spent the whole night screaming in the prison. .”

"Yun Yi's death is related to Huangrong Mountain?"

Lan Yu didn't understand how someone like Yun Yi could be related to Huangrong Mountain. He strictly abided by his duty and rarely even went to the lower world on weekdays. How could he die suddenly and unprovoked now.

Seeing Lan Yu's question, Hong Ran nodded with a heavy face: "The priest who was guarding Huangrong Mountain last night came to report that there was a dead body hanging next to the dead tree at the stone steps at the entrance of Huangrong Mountain. The death state was extremely tragic, and the muscles were twitching. The bones and internal organs were all broken, and the people sent to investigate came back and said it was Yun Yi who died."

"How to confirm?"

"Yuan Qing and I have both gone to see it, and he still has an official seal engraved on his body."

"Why do you think it's related to Mazha?"

"He went to see Yun Yi yesterday afternoon. The maid said that the two of them chatted alone in the study for a while. Yun Yi went out that night. He just asked his personal servant not to reveal his whereabouts. He never came back again until he was discovered. He died in Huangrong Mountain."

Lan Yu rubbed his forehead and sat down on the chair. The pain between his brows was severe: "Mazha refuses to recruit, is there any other way?"

Hong Ran glanced at Yuan Qing and said in a lower voice:

"There are no other clues at the moment. The priest of Huangrong Mountain said that there was no unusual movement in Huangrong Mountain before. He was ordered to remove the mountain spirits with several other priests yesterday, but he was not in the mountain. No other person knew the content of their conversation. If Ma Zha still refuses to let go, then the only option is to impose punishment."

"If he doesn't do anything, not to mention torture, even if I pick off his immortal bones, he still has to tell me the truth."

Wei Wei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. He stood up, looked around everyone, and finally set his sights on Lan Yu: "Lan Yu, you were not present for half of the day before yesterday at the Grain God Festival. Someone wrote an excerpt for you to participate in." Regarding this matter, I will sue you for dereliction of duty and ask Your Majesty to punish you for dereliction of duty, do you know?"

"It's not a dereliction of duty, it's just a matter of urgency. I didn't return to the ceremony after something unexpected happened. I hope Mr. Wei will understand."

"Let's put aside all this for the moment. You probably don't know who wrote this excerpt, so let me tell you that it was Yun Yi who wrote this excerpt for your reference."

As soon as these words came out, Hong Ran and Yuan Qing suddenly raised their heads and were shocked speechless by these words.

Lan Yu was still calm. He said calmly, "That's what your Majesty means."

Wei Wei suddenly laughed. He found that Lan Yu was smarter than he thought. He understood very well and didn't need to waste any words on his part.

"What he means is that you will be the presiding judge of this case." After saying this, Wei Wei took out a roll of brocade silk from his sleeve, handed it to Lan Yu, and said, "I know you and Ma Zha have never been on good terms. If you If you want to take this opportunity to expel him from Tianjing, Your Majesty will only turn a blind eye. You know, he has always been most partial to you."

Lan Yu had an idea in his mind. He stood up, saluted respectfully to Wei Wei, and took the brocade silk from his hand:

"My minister, I will definitely investigate the truth until it comes to light, so as to relieve His Majesty's worries."