"Do you dare to do it?"
Hearing Feng Lao Hai's words, Li Yan stopped his movements, glanced lightly, shook his head and said, "Old senior, if you have anything to say, just say it."
He knew that the old man must have something on his mind.
It's not surprising to have small thoughts.
In this world, everyone has selfish motives. Even the closest parents, brothers, wife and children also have other considerations.
Emotions that are too pure are not only rare, but can easily go to extremes.
Having lived two lives, Li Yan has long been able to treat them peacefully.
He never minded other people's petty thoughts.
The reason why I got the name "Ghost's Bane" is just because there are too many people in this world who like to touch their noses and faces.
Just like the Feng Lao Hai in front of me, it's really boring to just keep talking and try to provoke him.
"Young Hero Li Please forgive me."
Feng Lao Hai is also a human spirit. Hearing that Li Yan was unhappy, he apologized directly and then said, "Although I haven't been in the Salt Gang for a long time, I know some things clearly."
"The grudge between Young Hero Li and Shu King Residence must have been hindered and fueled by someone, which led to the current situation."
Li Yan nodded slightly and said, "I also noticed something was wrong."
Their grievances with Shu King Residence seem to be too many coincidences.
First, there was a grudge between the two little girls "Zhao Yun Mu Yu". Then the Earth Fairy besieged them and he robbed them of "Wish-Fulfilling Pearl". Then things got out of hand.
"When the Salt Gang took refuge in Shu King Residence, I was very opposed to it."
Feng Lao Hai said in a deep voice, "First of all, Sichuan Salt Gang has been appearing since the Qin and Han Dynasties. They are neither black nor white, so that no matter the prosperous and troubled times, their brothers can have something to eat."
"Officially, management is indispensable, but if you really want to be someone else's dog, you will have to wait to be beaten to death."
"Secondly, King of Shu is powerful, but even in the middle of Shu, the man in the capital has never been a kind person. Even Qingcheng Emei is avoiding this matter. What qualifications does the Salt Gang have to participate?"
Li Yan nodded and said, "Senior is right."
"Yeah."
Feng Lao Hai sighed, "Actually, many old people in the gang agree with me, but we still underestimated the despicability of those people."
"The current Sichuan Salt Gang, the leader of the gang is Zhai TianBao, who is my senior brother's apprentice. Before he took the position, he was very polite and polite, but after he took the position, he arbitrarily placed his own people."
"Those who could threaten him were secretly eliminated, and we old people were also pushed away..."
Li Yan heard the smell, frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Senior, do you want us to take back the power of the Salt Gang?"
"With all due respect, we don't accept this job!"
They are a team of immortals who can fight for their own interests and exorcise demons and defend the Dao, but they will not be hired by others to fight for power and profit.
This is very important.
Although they often accept tasks from the court, most of them have the same goal, either to quell disasters or to eradicate evil ways.
If you can't stick to your heart, you will end up like Ghost Opera Troupe.
"Young Hero Li misunderstood."
Feng Lao Hai After hearing this, he looked calm and shook his head. "I will worry about these matters myself, and I will also contact other old guys."
"What I want to cooperate with is another matter."
"To be honest, before I was squeezed out, I went to Shu King Residence several times with Zhai TianBao, so I know what's going on inside."
"Now King of Shu is obsessed with something. He is only interested in cultivating Immortal Elder students. The palace has already been in chaos."
"In the palace, all the princes' subordinates have the power to gather together, looking for rare treasures and immortal secrets everywhere to please King of Shu."
"Whoever gets a compliment from King of Shu will immediately be in the limelight. They will compete with each other, and the brotherhood has long been gone."
Li Yan raised his eyebrows, "Senior, what you mean is that it was someone else who caused trouble for us, and King of Shu didn't know about it?"
"No."
Feng Lao Hai shook his head and said, "This King of Shu has experienced palace turmoil with the emperor and crawled out of the dead on the battlefield several times. How could he not know this?"
"He must know, but he doesn't care. There must be a prince who promoted this matter and made some serious promise that made King of Shu moved..."
"It's Elixir of Immortality!"
Thinking of a few things on the road, Li Yan answered in the affirmative.
Elixir of Immortality, Li Yan don't believe it, but it does exist in various Daoist records, and it is related to Queen Mother of the West and Ten Wu.
It was also because of this incident that I started to have a grudge against Shu King Residence.
He didn't believe it, so he told Feng Lao Hai the truth.
"That's right!"
Feng Lao Hai said in a deep voice, "The person Zhai TianBao took refuge in was the eldest prince. The reason why he took control of power in such a short period of time must be because of this incident."
"This is also their fate, that's why they are so impatient. If I guess correctly, the treasure Young Hero Li got is also related to this matter, and that's why they are so heedless of the consequences."
"The people who are pushing this matter are Zhai TianBao and the eldest prince!"
"King of Shu must have given them a deadline and they can acquiesce to some things, but the price of failure cannot be afforded by the eldest prince."
After hearing what Feng Lao Hai said, Li Yan also understood the reason.
Indeed, I didn't feel anything bad about going against the Salt Gang before, but since I got "Wish-Fulfilling Pearl", Shu King Residence started to go to war.
Shu King Residence is rich and has many treasures.
There must be another reason for caring so much about "Wish-Fulfilling Pearl".
"Senior, what should we do?"
Thinking of this, Li Yan asked directly.
"Simple, just take the heat out of the cauldron!"
There was a trace of ferocity in Feng Lao Hai's eyes, "There are many people in the Salt Gang who are dissatisfied with Zhai TianBao, so I used my life to overturn his table!"
"Without the support of King of Shu, other princes will inevitably fall into trouble. My old friends will take the opportunity to clean up the Salt Gang and break away from Shu King Residence."
Li Yan said thoughtfully, "Senior, if you do this, Zhai TianBao will certainly be unlucky, but the Salt Gang may also have a hard time."
"Hahaha..."
Feng Lao Hai laughed loudly, "Since the heavy tax on salt and iron, our salt gang has never been cut off. After eating in this industry, we are still afraid of the imperial court. The Jianghu is the destination of the salt gang!"
As he said that, he turned around and shouted, "Kids, I want to return to the Salt Gang and take back what you deserve, but I have to do it with my head high. Do you dare?"
"Hui Clan Chief, you dare!"
"Laozi, I'm afraid of a ball!"
"Yes, I don't want to miss a single day of this day!"
Everyone immediately shouted in response.
Li Yan was not surprised after seeing it.
Once you step into the world of martial arts, it's not easy to leave. Sometimes you can't help yourself, and sometimes you don't want to quit.
If you are used to being a wolf, how can you endure the life of a sheep?
But if you want to be a wolf and eat meat, you have to snatch it from the mouths of other ferocious beasts. There is no tomorrow, and you will be worried all your life.
This is someone else's choice. Li Yan didn't bother to say more and said in a deep voice, "Then what do you want me to do, senior?"
"Nothing to do."
Feng Lao Hai shook his head and said, "It concerns the future. Neither the eldest prince nor Zhai TianBao will give up easily. Attacks will inevitably come in waves."
"Zhai TianBao was able to stabilize the situation of the Salt Gang because he spent a lot of money to recruit a group of martial arts masters to eliminate dissidents everywhere and put everyone in danger."
"The masters recruited by the palace are not fools. If there are too many people who have seen death, they will naturally refuse. At that time, Zhai TianBao can only use these people."
"After this separation, I will lead my tribe to hide in the dark and contact those old friends and those who are dissatisfied with Zhai TianBao."
"As long as Young Hero Li kills these people, you can just watch the show for the rest!"
"Okay!"
Li Yan agreed without hesitation.
Anyway, we have already had a stalemate with Shu King Residence.
Whether you agree or not, those people will take action.
Why don't you see what this old man can do...
"Everyone, see you later!"
"Farewell!"
Fu River At the ferry, Demon Hunters bowed their hands and said goodbye.
Feng Lao Hai is worthy of being a former salt gang elder. After making up his mind, he immediately took action and sent people directly back to White Creek Village, taking the women, children, old and young to disperse and hide.
From now on, they will hide in the dark.
Stepping back into this bloody world.
And these Demon Hunter are not fools either.
They followed Wang Dao Xuan because they wanted to hug "Rooster Daoist"'s lap and make a living.
But it does not mean that they dare to go against Shu King Residence.
Dragon Worship Sect What happened in that village made them even more frightened, knowing that they would no longer be able to participate in it.
Therefore, he said goodbye directly when he arrived at the ferry, planning to leave Shuzhong by boat and go to other places to beg for food.
Li Yan and the others knew it tacitly and were too lazy to tell the truth.
Watching these Demon Hunter boats gradually move away, Sha LiFei shook his head slightly, "Yan XiaoGe, what should we do next?"
Li Yan looked into the distance and said thoughtfully:
"Qingcheng Mountain can't go there for the time being. The fight for the position of headmaster over there is still in chaos. If you rush up the mountain rashly, you might be a target. We will wait until the position of headmaster is settled..."
"After the winter solstice and entering the twelfth lunar month, there is a Yellow Springs Organization party in Fengdu. We don't have much time left now, so we can't go too far."
"Dragon Worship Sect has run away with a few demons, and with Shu King Residence, there will definitely be many people who want to cause trouble for us, and we can't hide from them. We might as well take advantage of this moment to deal with them first."
Wang Dao Xuan thought for a while, "How about we come to that barren mountain to practice, so that there won't be too many people and we can't let go and fight."
"No."
Li Yan shook his head, "If it were in the past, this would naturally be the best, but it's different now."
"Shu King Residence has created a few musketeers, all of them are New Style Firearm. If there are masters of Xuanmen planning, once we are surrounded in the wild, we will have no advantage at all."
"But he doesn't dare to use the firearm openly, so it's safer to go to crowded places."
"Guangde Temple is holding a Dharma conference for several days in a row. We just happened to go check out the excitement and inform Dragon Worship Sect about it. No matter how much they don't want to cause trouble, they are also the leader of the orthodox Buddhist sect in Sichuan. There is no way they can just sit idly by..."
"Let's go, this time we will enter the city with great fanfare!"
The old town of Suining has a long history.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, Deyang County was established and the county government was Deyang County.
In the third year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen pacified Shu, dismissed Deyang County, and established Suining County in the southeastern border of Deyang County, with the meaning of "putting an end to chaos and tranquility".
The name "Suining" began from this point on.
Because of Guangde Temple, the leader of the southwest Buddhist sect, Suining had a strong worship of Buddhism, and Prosperity wealthy gentry often contributed funds to build temples in the countryside.
Most of them are Attendant Guanyin Bodhisattva.
After winter, the weather becomes even more abnormal.
There was salt snow falling a few days ago, and today it suddenly started to rain with freezing rain. The sky was gloomy, and the bamboo forest seemed to have become dark.
Both sides of Official Road leading to Suining City are densely covered with old trees or bamboo forests. The freezing rain knocked down the dead leaves, leaving a sticky mess on the ground.
When the cold wind blows, it freezes into pieces again.
Click! Click!
Walk up and make a crisp sound.
Several monks wearing bamboo hats walked on Official Road.
They lined up in a row, with the leader holding a tin staff and an alms bowl in his hand, walking silently with his head down.
When he sees a pedestrian passing by, he waits by the roadside to salute.
This is a wandering monk in Buddhism and an ascetic.
They travel around the world, carrying only ancient Mahayana Eighteen Possessions of a Bhikkhu, namely poplar branches, bath beans, three clothes, bottles, bowls, tin sticks, incense burners, water bags, etc.
People passing by often stop when they see it.
These ascetics are highly respected, but they do not accept money, so passers-by often offer food such as steamed buns and water.
The ascetics will also stop to chant sutras and pray.
Not long after, the monks arrived outside a teahouse.
The teahouse is not small in scale. It was built in a clearing of bamboo forest next to the road. It has a brick and wood structure and is dark in color. When the windows are opened, air leaks everywhere.
The only bright color is the red lantern hanging at the door.
This kind of small teahouse can be found all over central Sichuan, even on top of Sichuan Road. It is not uncommon, and is specially used for passing tourists to rest.
Especially on this cold day, drinking a cup of hot tea is so relaxing.
The monks had been traveling for a long time, and although they were all in good health, their faces were inevitably livid from the cold.
"Amitabha."
The leading monk came outside the inn, clasped his hands and said, "Honor, can I ask for a cup of hot water?"
The manager hurriedly walked out from behind the counter and said, "What did you say, master? Come in and sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."
Suining worships Buddhism, and if you go to certain places, the shopkeeper will just drive the monks away impatiently.
"Thank you very much."
The monks were also very polite. They specially found the most remote and uninhabited corner, which would not affect the shopkeeper's business. They only needed hot water and stiff dry food.
The shopkeeper doesn't even want to give me some vegetarian food.
Eminent monk...
When the shopkeeper saw this, he became even more respectful.
There were many people gathered in the teahouse.
Because of the Guangde Temple Fa conference, Three Religions and Nine Schoolss from all over the country gathered together, and business was much better than usual.
There were people chatting, mostly about the arrangements for the Dharma ceremony.
Suddenly, someone took two sips of wine and said mysteriously, "Everyone, the Dharma Conference happens every year, but this year I would rather have another big event!"
"Wang Laizi, don't be so pretentious. If you have anything to say, please tell me immediately. As promised, I'll pay for your drink!"
"Okay!"
The speaker was waiting for this sentence and immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "There is a lot of excitement in the city today."
"Have you heard of Rooster Daoist?"
"It seems to be quite famous recently."
"Not only is he famous, it turns out that there really is Twelve Yuan Chen, and they are the same ones who were rewarded by Shu King Residence before. I heard that they have come to Suining."
"Hahaha, what a joke!"
One of the men said happily, "I heard that several senior people in the world have fallen into trouble. Is it possible that there are still people who care about this bonus?"
"It's not a big deal to miss."
Wang Laizi took a leisurely sip of wine and said, "I just heard that the disciples of the suffering master have united and invited Divine Fist Society from Shuzhong and are rushing to Suining to help them."
"This Over the River Dragon is not easy to take..."