Sword Saint.

The short two words made Xia Sheng's heart sink immediately, and his eyes became more solemn than ever.

In the five hundred years of history of the Dajin Dynasty, many saint-level powerhouses have emerged. Among these saint-level powerhouses, there are definitely many people who use swords as their natal tools.

For example, Mu Chenyi, among the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, was called the White-clothed Sword Saint by the world.

For example, the dean of the Imperial Academy during the Xingzong period, the Lingkong Sword Saint, and Zhao Shou.

But there is only one person who is truly qualified to be without any prefixes.

Pei Xu.

For Xia Sheng, this name has been mentioned countless times since his rebirth, and it is well-known and does not feel strange at all.

He knew that Pei Xu was the head of the Pei family, and that Pei Xu had called him a saint more than 300 years ago, and he also knew that Pei Xu was one of the two remaining saints in the Dajin Dynasty today.

But these are not the real reasons why he is uneasy at this moment.

At least not the most important reason.

If he had just killed Pei Yuanji on the Life and Death Platform, Xia Sheng would have felt that Hu Tianxing's remarks were a major benefit to him, and he would even take this opportunity to use all means to push the Pei family to the forefront of public opinion.

Even if it cannot shake its roots, the reputation of the Pei family will plummet and be infamous for thousands of years!

But before participating in the spring exam competition, he became Pei Yuan as his teacher!

From a relationship perspective, Pei Xu is his Grand Tutor!

Fortunately, from Hu Tianxing's tone, the other party's identification of Pei Xu did not seem to be as certain as the previous ones, or to be more precise, this is actually just a guess by the former prince Zhao Rui.

There is no conclusive evidence to prove it.

But in the dark, Xia Sheng thought of something for no reason.

The assassination case of Osmanthus Alley!

On the same day, on Xia Sheng's way back from Baima Temple, he encountered a magical situation in Guihua Lane and was surrounded by all forces.

So far, Xia Sheng has figured out the true face of the four forces.

They are the prince, Pei Yuanji, Tianxingyuan, and Hetang.

But in addition, in the battle of Guihua Lane, there was a detail that aroused Xia Sheng's great vigilance and anxiety.

It was the reaction of the Xu family.

You should know that Tongtu Street where Duke Zhen is located is less than a hundred feet away from Guihua Lane, and the soldiers of Duke Zhen Guo’s mansion are all from the army, which is definitely not comparable to those of the servants of other houses. However, until Xia Sheng escaped from the danger with the help of Wei Qiuyue, the soldiers of the Judgment Office had already appeared within sight. The people of the Xu family still did not move!

So afterwards, when Xia Sheng went to Shantang as soon as possible and met Qin Xiaohua, he asked Qin Xiaohua to investigate the Xu family secretly.

Unfortunately, the matter ended up in the end. Even with the power of the Qin Family Shantang, nothing was found out.

In this regard, Xia Sheng always thought that his suspicion was too serious. After all, the Xu family had no grudges and grudges with him. It can be said that he was the only one among the five major families in Luoyang who had no intersection with him. Therefore, it was unreasonable for the Xu family to participate in the battle of Guihua Lane.

Or, there is no motivation.

But at this time, Xia Sheng invisibly discovered the possibility that the Xu family would take action against him.

If Pei Xu was really one of the murderers who murdered Emperor Gaozong...

Then, the Pei family and the Xu family are the most natural ally relationship!

But the same is true, all of this is just Xia Sheng’s inner guess. He has no evidence. Even from a deeper emotional perspective, he hopes that this is just his imagination.

After all, the Pei family is not his enemy now.

Now he already knows that the reason why Hu Tianxing trusts him so much is because he has inherited the Haoran sword technique from Emperor Gaozong. From this perspective, he can indeed be regarded as a disciple of Emperor Gaozong.

Therefore, Hu Tianxing believes that Xia Sheng will not ignore the truth about the cause of Emperor Gaozong's death. In addition, this relationship between the Spring and Autumn Academy, Xia Sheng is the most likely ally he will be able to attract.

But what Hu Tianxing didn't know was that although Xia Sheng clearly distinguished from love and hatred, he was definitely not a person with a weak righteousness and righteous spirit.

If it is finally confirmed that Pei Xu is really one of the culprits of the killing of Emperor Gaozong, what choice will Xia Sheng make and whether he will let Hu Tianxing down this trust is really hard to say.

Compared to the truth that has been buried by history and nearly two hundred years ago, in Xia Sheng's view, it is of course more important to the people in front of him.

Even if Pei Xu is aside, just talking about the Xu family, which has been confirmed as one of Hu Tianxing's accomplices, is Xia Sheng really able to take action and put the descendants of his former good brother to death for the sake of the emperor of the Dajin?

Of course it is impossible!

Justice and truth are never that simple.

This may also be one of the main reasons for the failure of the Chengtian Gate Incident back then.

Of course, Xia Sheng did not intend to tell Hu Tianxing all this, but instead asked: "I remember you said at the beginning that the real murderer behind this matter was the emperor of the dynasty, but the five people you mentioned, except the prince and the Grand Tutor, have nothing to do with His Majesty, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Tianxing immediately said in a deep voice: "It does not matter, but we also received letters from Emperor Jin and the barbarian high priests back then. It clearly mentioned that Emperor Jin, who was still the crown prince at that time, would help the barbarian high priests and gull his father!"

Xia Sheng frowned secretly and asked, "Where is that letter now?"

At this moment, a bitterness suddenly appeared on Hu Tianxing's face, and he sighed softly: "This most important evidence is not in my hands."

In other words, this letter should have been kept by former crown prince Zhao Rui himself!

In this way, if nothing unexpected happens, this direct evidence that Emperor Jin killed his father should have turned into ashes with the failure of the Chengtian Gate Incident.

Xia Sheng shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Okay, now I understand everything. If you want to overturn the case for Zhao Rui and to justify Emperor Gaozong, I am afraid that this matter will be discussed for a long time. Now, you have two choices. Either leave this place immediately and go to Buju Mountain to wait for my news, or follow me to continue to explore this secret realm."

After a pause, Xia Sheng added: "We have been delaying here for a long time. Judging from the time flow rate you have experienced here, the time outside will only pass faster, so I need you to make a decision immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man who had his arms wrapped around his bandage and fell to the ground couldn't wait to speak, "I'm going out!"

Hu Tianxing frowned, turned around and looked at the other party, sighing: "Ahu..."

"I want to go out!" The young man interrupted Hu Tianxing's words with a loud shout, holding his head with one hand, and repeating over and over again: "I want to go out...I want to go out...I want to go out..."

Xia Sheng knew that this person could not withstand the blow of facts after all. Faced with the unreasonable loss of a century of time, he was on the verge of collapse, so he nodded simply and neatly: "Okay, I'll send you out."

After saying that, Xia Sheng turned his head and looked at the other four people and asked, "Where are you all?"

This time, no one answered immediately, but instead looked at Hu Tianxing.

Hu Tianxing didn't even hesitate at all, so he nodded decisively: "I'll go with you!"
Chapter completed!