Lu Zhenghai entered the carriage, and the first person he saw was Princess Mingzhu.
She was truly stunning. Even in men's clothing, she was breathtakingly beautiful, no wonder she and Mu Wan were known as the twin beauties of the imperial city.
His second glance was at the saber on the tea table, and then he couldn't take his eyes off it.
His intuition told him that this saber was incredibly awesome.
Originally!
When Lu Zhenghai entered the carriage, Princess Mingzhu looked at him with a hint of disdain.
Hmph, he already had a beauty like Mu Wan, yet he was still mesmerized by her? He had no self-control at all!
Of course, beneath this disdain, Princess Mingzhu also had a subconscious sense of pride and arrogance.
Isn't this princess beautiful? Too bad, this princess is the goddess you can never have!
However, before Princess Mingzhu's smugness could fade... she witnessed with her own eyes that after Lu Zhenghai glanced at her, he was immediately captivated by the heaven grade low rank xiuchun saber.
It was clearly visible that Lu Zhenghai stared at the heaven grade low rank xiuchun saber, and as he stared, his breathing quickened, and his face flushed red.
Princess Mingzhu immediately became displeased.
The contrast was too obvious.
It was as if Lu Zhenghai was saying: Princess Mingzhu, your appeal is nothing compared to this saber.
Annoyed, Princess Mingzhu sneered, "What? Chief Lu, do you not know to salute when you see this princess?"
She was looking for trouble.
"Lu Zhenghai greets Princess Mingzhu!"
Lu Zhenghai thought, this saber seems to be a xiuchun saber!
Could this saber be her reward for him? If so, that would be truly wonderful.
"This saber was the personal saber of the first Commander of the Jinyiwei, and its Rank is, well, just heaven grade low rank!" Princess Mingzhu said casually.
Her tone made it sound as if a heaven grade low rank treasure saber was mere trash in her eyes.
Immediately, Lu Zhenghai's breathing was no longer heavy, but held.
Holy cow, heaven grade low rank?!
How brutal would this saber be when combined with One Sword Flying Immortal?
Crossing five or six minor Realms would be like child's play, right?
One must know that the higher one's martial Dao Realm, the harder it is to fight above one's Rank.
The difficulty of crossing five or six minor Realms in the Grandmaster Realm is equivalent to crossing eight or nine minor Realms in the Innate Realm.
In fact, after obtaining One Sword Flying Immortal, he had yearned for an awesome sword or saber.
Therefore, he had specifically paid attention to those awesome sabers and swords during his several visits to the Guangming Auction House.
However, even at a top auction house like Guangming Auction House, the highest-Ranked weapon auctioned was only Di Rank Lower Grade, and its price reached three to four hundred thousand taels.
He couldn't afford it for now, and the cost-effectiveness wasn't high.
He could only suppress the longing in his heart.
He didn't expect that Princess Mingzhu... Princess Mingzhu understood him so well!
She was like a roundworms worm in his belly, a kindred spirit with a telepathic connection.
At this moment, he felt various sins in his heart... Recently, whenever he thought of Princess Mingzhu, he would curse her as a dog, and he had done so many times.
It seemed he had cursed her a bit too soon.
"Do you like this saber very much?" Princess Mingzhu slightly raised her head, her fair swan-like neck seeming to glow.
Lu Zhenghai nodded heavily. Good heavens, a heaven grade low rank xiuchun saber! Any Embroidered Uniform Guard would love it to the extreme!
Princess Mingzhu understood. Hmph, although the saber was definitely going to be given to Lu Zhenghai as a reward.
But Lu Zhenghai's attitude of treating her like dirt and only having eyes for the saber truly displeased her.
Therefore, she couldn't let Lu Zhenghai get his hands on it so easily.
Princess Mingzhu's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and a playful expression appeared on her exquisite and noble face: "Chief Lu, in the imperial city, Mu Wan and I are equally famous. This princess has always been curious, who is more beautiful, Mu Wan or I?"
Qiu Hen and Summer Lotus, who were beside her, became excited.
This question was tricky enough.
If you dare to say Miss Pei is more beautiful, don't even think about taking the saber!
If you say the princess is more beautiful, hehe, we'll tell Miss Pei about this later.
Any answer was a trap.
Lu Zhenghai naturally realized that Princess Mingzhu was digging a pit for him.
Damn princess, what a truly wicked sense of humor.
"That would naturally be Princess Mingzhu who is more beautiful!" Lu Zhenghai answered directly without even thinking.
He's a man, capable of bending and stretching. It's not shameful to do so to get this saber.
My Mu Wan is so understanding, she'll understand me.
As for deep down in Lu Zhenghai's heart, who was more beautiful, Mu Wan or Princess Mingzhu?
He couldn't say.
The two women's appearances were both exquisitely beautiful, without any flaws. The only difference was their Aura.
One was an enhanced version of the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, and the other was a love-struck, somewhat naive version of Lin Daiyu.
Neither was superior.
"Hehehe... Chief Lu is formidable. This saber is for Chief Lu then, thank you, Chief Lu, for saving my life."
Princess Mingzhu immediately became happy, and a smile appeared on her face, a masterpiece of Nuwa's divine craftsmanship.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Princess, I shall take my leave!"
Lu Zhenghai directly grabbed the xiuchun saber and turned to get off the carriage.
His movements were so smooth and flowing that Princess Mingzhu was a bit dumbfounded.
After a long while, Princess Mingzhu said, "This scoundrel, he's too materialistic!"
After Lu Zhenghai left the carriage, he mounted his warhorse and began to examine the saber.
First, the feel of the saber in his hand was cold.
Holding it, he seemed to become more clear-headed.
Additionally, when he channeled his true essence into the saber, he felt an indescribable smoothness.
He was sure that using this saber to perform One Sword Flying Immortal would increase the speed of the saber light by at least three times.
Truly awesome.
As for its extreme sharpness, extreme toughness, and so on, those were merely insignificant side effects.
"It's time to visit the Lu Family Sword Tomb soon!"
Before, even though he knew the Lu Family Sword Tomb was a huge Treasure Trove, he didn't dare to go.
Because his strength was insufficient, he might be injured by the Sword Intent within the Sword Tomb.
Now, he was in the Grandmaster Realm and had confidence.
"With One Sword Flying Immortal in hand, and a heaven grade low rank treasure saber, if I can also grasp Sword Intent, I might even be able to fight across major Realms!"
Lu Zhenghai continuously played with the treasure saber.
Soon, he replaced his original xiuchun saber with this treasure saber.
"heaven grade low rank, it should have a name. Let's call it 'Black Dragon'!"
Because this saber was entirely ink-black, and the various patterns on it looked somewhat like some ancient or primeval Yao Beast.
Calling it Black Dragon might be even more awesome, but imperial power is supreme, so it's best not to casually use the word "Dragon" to avoid trouble. Who told him his strength wasn't enough right now?
Continue the journey.
Lu Zhenghai and Huang Xiu led the way side by side.
Amidst the swift journey, Huang Xiu couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Ahem, Brother Lu, what did Third Miss Yu want with you?"
"Hahaha... I can't say."
Two hours later.
They arrived at the depths of the Tianmu Bamboo Sea. Before them was a wide road, twenty to thirty meters wide, winding through the bamboo sea like a long Dragon.
At a glance, along both sides of this road, there were truly many shops.
There were also many travelers coming and going, including merchants, travelers, refugees, and many Jianghu people.
"This road is twenty-five li long and has hundreds of shops gathered along it." Huang Xiu sighed, then looked up at Lu Zhenghai: "Brother Lu, you are good at investigating cases, we will all listen to you. Please give your orders!"
Lu Zhenghai thought, the intelligence system said: [The inn 170 li north of the Imperial City's North Gate is the Human Flesh Inn.]
The starting point of this Bamboo Sea Road is 155 li from the Imperial City's North Gate, and the end point is 180 li from the Imperial City's North Gate.
That is to say, walking 15 li from the starting point, they would see that Human Flesh Inn.
But he couldn't just directly lead people to the Human Flesh Inn, could he? He had to at least pretend to investigate the case.
Lu Zhenghai:
"Everyone listen up, form into two-person teams, and interrogate house by house. There are three key pieces of information to clarify."
"First: In the past year, which restaurants or inns on this road have had relatively good business?"
"Second: Which inns and restaurants have opened new in the past year?"
"Third: There should be places similar to brothels on this road, right? Focus your inquiries on them, ask if any of their patrons in the past year were shopkeepers of inns or restaurants on this road? And have these shopkeepers inadvertently told them anything particularly special?"
"Record everything down with pen and paper!"
..."Yes!" Nearly a hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards, each standing tall and proud with full Aura, shouted in unison.
For a moment, the people coming and going, as well as the nearby shopkeepers, were all terrified, lowering their heads, wanting to look over but not daring to.
Princess Mingzhu had already stepped out of the carriage and appeared beside Lu Zhenghai.
But Princess Mingzhu was wearing a veil.
Even so, her figure and Aura were undeniable; anyone could guess that she must be extremely beautiful.
Sure enough, Chief Huang couldn't help but glance at Princess Mingzhu a few more times.
Then, Princess Mingzhu's Grandmaster Aura directly suppressed Chief Huang.
Chief Huang's face turned pale, and he dared not look at her again.
Chief Huang felt a pang of jealousy.
You, Third Miss Yu, you're so aloof, you won't even let others look at you twice... then why did you let Chief Lu enter your carriage?
Isn't that too much preferential treatment?
Of course, any more jealousy was suppressed in the next moment.
The most important thing on this trip was to investigate the case.
Huang Xiu immediately led his Squad Leaders and lieutenants to interrogate house by house.
Lu Zhenghai then looked at Liu Quan, Wei Xing, Zhou Hu, and Qian Sheng: "You four go too. Remember, don't miss any details during your inquiries."
"Yes."
After the four Squad Leaders led their men away, only Lu Zhenghai and Princess Mingzhu remained.
Princess Mingzhu: "What do we do?"
Her tone was not very good.
Before, Lu Zhenghai's immediate change of expression after getting the heaven grade low rank xiuchun saber had made her very displeased.