When their identities were revealed, the four people on the ground trembled and all lowered their heads.
Li Yan said in a deep voice, "Do you know Captain Chen?"
"I've heard of this man."
Chen San replied, "They are Acrobatic Troupe from Ji Province Wuqiao. They hang out along the Huitong River coast. They are quite famous. I heard that they even had a conflict with another group and asked someone to mediate."
As he spoke, he sneered and said, "I don't know what kind of courage I have eaten to dare to collude with the demon to rebel!"
"Rebellion?!"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Lao Hai on the ground suddenly raised his head and gritted his teeth and said, "We are all fellow gangsters. If I fall for you, I will fall for you. You can kill or behead me as you please, don't talk nonsense!"
Don't blame him for being anxious, murder and rebellion are completely different things.
One is that if one person does the work and the other person takes responsibility, the consequences will be as big as a bowl.
But treason will bring down relatives, and I don't know how many people will suffer.
"Yo ho, I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
Chen San was happy, his eyes full of ridicule, "This is the famous Twelve Yuan Chen, think about it with your stupid brain, if it is just an ordinary Jianghu matter, why do they need to take action? To tell you the truth, Commandery Commandant Office and Mystic Sacrificial Official have already been dispatched, this matter is far from your involvement?"
"Twelve Yuan Chen?!"
The old man on the ground was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Yan and the others in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice, "How could it be you? That's not what he said..."
Seeing his panicked look, Li Yan was not surprised.
This old man is good at building a building with one floor at most.
It seems that the method is fancy, but in fact it is just a simple illusion combined with the inheritance of the Acrobatic Arts Sect.
Fooling laymen, you can see through them at a glance when you meet them.
Thinking of this, Li Yan said expressionlessly, "It seems that you have also been deceived. You might as well explain this matter clearly, so that you can atone for your sins and avoid being treated as a scapegoat by others."
However, when the old man on the ground heard it, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Look at this virtue, Li Yan already knew it, and winked at Chen San next to him.
"Someone is coming!"
Chen San understood this and roared angrily, "If you are stubborn, punish those three little ones on the spot!"
"Yes, helmsman!"
Just then there were several Cao Gang men who pulled out their knives and came over fiercely.
"Master!"
"Spare me, it has nothing to do with us!"
The three children turned pale with fright and cried for their father and mother.
But Li Yan was standing aside, just watching with cold eyes.
When you embark on the road of martial arts, you are no longer an innocent person.
These three brats didn't blink an eye when they committed murder and arson. They must have many innocent souls under their hands.
Bao Hua Book Company, Meng Mansion, a large number of corpses are still parked in the Yamen's room.
No matter what the reason is, he will never be merciful.
"Shut up!"
Yang Lao Hai on the ground, his face full of veins, cursed, "I told you when I brought you in with the blood wine, sooner or later, if you eat meat and play with women, don't be a coward when it comes to beheading you!"
"I can't escape this, I might as well die like a man!"
He spoke impassionedly, but the three disciples didn't buy it at all.
"Fart!"
"You old guy, that's easy to say!"
"It's not just to protect your son, don't hold us back..."
Under the knife's edge, the three apprentices began to talk about everything.
"Foolish egg!"
Yang Lao Hai wanted to bite these three little cubs to death, but he couldn't fight and could only sigh.
Chen San struck while the iron was hot and finally pried open the old man's mouth.
"I came to Zhang Qiu because I heard that when my senior brother was approaching old age, he recruited several apprentices named Kong here, which made things very popular, so I came here to have a good time..."
Listening to his story, Li Yan and others also understood the cause and effect.
The birth of the Acrobatic Arts Sect runs through the history of Divine Land.
Although it gradually formed a system through the "Hundred Operas" of the Han Dynasty and the "Sanyue" of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the history is much longer.
The origin of martial arts comes from hunting by ancient tribal ancestors, and the same goes for acrobatics.
Throwing javelins and throwing knives, climbing, and taming animals, you can vaguely see its shadow.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when princes were vying for hegemony and the practice of "nurturing scholars" became prevalent, there were not only roosters and dog robbers, but also warriors and strongmen with unique skills.
These people are the prototype of the Acrobatic Arts Sect.
Today, it has become an important force in the world.
According to the division of rivers and lakes, they belong to the "cai" and "gua" of gold, leather, cai, and gua.
Although Lü Dongbin is regarded as the ancestor, he is considered a side sect in Xuanmen.
Study "skills" instead of cultivating the Tao.
Acrobatic Arts Sect is spread all over Divine Land, with large and small sects such as Guojiangzhiqing, mainly concentrated in Puyang and Zhoukou in Yuzhou, Linquan in Huizhou, Jianhu in Suzhou, Liaocheng in Luzhou and other places.
Wuqiao or Ji Province is the best among them.
The children there have been practicing Qigong since they were young.
After they grew up, they formed Acrobatic Troupe and traveled all over the country.
It can be said that from birth, you are a member of the world.
This Yang Lao Hai was not only born in Wuqiao, but he was also a warlock. He knew a lot of illusions and secret techniques. Naturally, he was very good at it. He returned to his hometown every year and received an endless stream of visitors.
But people in his hometown didn't know that this old man had gone astray a long time ago. He didn't care about the hard-earned money from performing at each show. Instead, he was secretly hired to kill people and steal goods to earn money from human lives.
However, everything has a price.
If you do this kind of business again and again, you will inevitably get injured.
It was okay when you were young, but when you get older, you are already a little unable to do what you want.
What's even more troublesome is that when he was young, he only cared about his own leisure, and the elders in his family were too pampered, so that the only son became a troublemaking bastard, causing trouble to his neighbors, doing many evil things, and he couldn't even stay in his hometown.
That's just the way it is, and it's okay to say.
Yang Lao Hai has saved a lot of money, so he can become a rich man in another place.
However, his son was engaged in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Not only did he lose his family fortune, but he also owed a lot of money to the casino. He was caught by a group of mysterious people and blackmailed.
Over the years, Yang Lao Hai has taken his apprentices around to commit crimes, all driven by others.
Making money is only one of them, but what is even more worrying is that the Yang family's only seedling will lose its roots.
"What a joke!"
Chen San's face was full of sarcasm, "Look, you are also a ruthless person who has his head stuck in his waistband. This is clearly Horse-Tying Post. Why don't you want to break the situation?"
"Hahaha~"
Yang Lao Hai smiled sadly, "How can it be that simple?"
"That group of people are highly skilled and vicious. They also gave us medicine. As long as we don't take it for a few days, we will be scratching our hearts and lungs. It's like falling into purgatory. Even if we try our best, we can't even think of it..."
As he was talking, the two young apprentices next to him started to act strange.
First, he broke into a cold sweat, and then his body twitched unnaturally, as if he was holding back something.
But soon, they couldn't hold on anymore, "Gentlemen, we all know about this old guy. You can ask whatever you want. We are drug addicts. Let... let us take a sip..."
As he spoke, tears and mucus flowed from his nose.
Take a puff?
Li Yan frowned and his voice turned cold, "What are you smoking?"
"It's the medicine those people gave me."
At this time, Yang Lao Hai also showed similar symptoms. He gritted his teeth and his forehead was full of veins. "Everyone, let us take a sip, otherwise these three little brats will not be able to bear it and will bite their own tongues."
Li Yan sniffed, "Where is the thing?"
"Just... right at Hejin Inn..."
At this time, Yang Lao Hai was also sweating on his forehead.
"Take a few people and go get it!"
Chen San also noticed something was wrong and immediately asked his men to get something.
Soon, these people's baggage was fetched.
Yang Lao Hai and three apprentices knelt on the ground like dogs, with trembling hands. They each took out a box from the bag. After opening it, they found some dark brown paste inside, which was sticky on the surface and smelled of old urine.
They stuffed it into cigarette sticks, then lay on the ground and puffed away the smoke.
All the previous symptoms disappeared, and his expression was all ecstatic.
"This... what is this?"
The people around looked at it with horror on their faces.
Yang Lao Hai is a warlock, and even though he is old, his spirit and will are strong enough.
His three young apprentices must have endured a lot of hardships to be able to practice such excellent bone-shrinking skills.
Why can't I resist this thing?
Li Yan, on the other hand, looked gloomy and cold.
Opium!
He didn't expect that this harmful thing would actually appear.
At this moment, there were many people around.
The Kong family father and son also gathered nearby to watch the fun.
When the young scholar Kong Shangzhao saw this, his eyes were thoughtful, and he walked over in the eyes of everyone, twisted some opium in his hands, and rubbed it in his hands, "This seems... to be Mi Nang Flower."
Wang Dao Xuan also looked solemn, "Does Master Kong know this thing?"
Li Yan is also a little curious.
This was definitely opium, but this was the first time he heard the name "Mi Nang Flower".
"I read it in the book."
Kong Shangzhao nodded, stood up and said, "This product was produced in the Western Regions and was introduced to Central Plains during the Six Dynasties. <Old Book of Tang> It is recorded that it was donated by the Fuhu Kingdom, and Tang Era poet Guo Zhen also wrote a poem <Mi Nang Flower>..."
"The flowers are better than the grass, and the fruit is fruitful. It has never helped the people, but they laugh at the wild fields of grain and millet, and do not listen to the strings to pass the youth. At first, this thing was used for viewing. Many literati praised its beauty, and some doctors also used it as medicine..."
"Song Era, this substance is regarded as a nourishing medicine. The 'Yingsu Soup' mentioned in the Su Shi poem is this substance. It is also made into 'Buddha Porridge' and 'Fish Cake' for consumption..."
As he spoke, his expression became solemn, "I also heard one thing."
"At the time of Golden Horde Wolf Country, it was recorded in the "Tianzhu Records" that in the 23rd year of Yuanjing, Privy Council Tutuo Timur led an army to conquer Tianzhu and saw Afurong strange magic that could penetrate the underworld and mess up people's minds."
"I remember the original words were like this, Afurong, Sanskrit name Mara tears. Its flowers are as red as blood, and they are really like poppy sacs. When you cut them open, you can get black ointment. The demon monks of India can use it to combine corpse oil and human bones to refine the fragrance. If you smell it, you will see the illusion of immortals and gods, which will last for three days..."
"The captured demon monk Naluoyan confessed: Afurong ointment can make a 'ghost soldier'. If you take the ointment on a dying person for three days, you will be able to fight even if you are dead, and you will be invulnerable..."
"Golden Horde Wolf Country wanted to use this thing to train troops, but then he gave up."
Chen San heard it, and felt the hairs on his back stand on end, and his voice was trembling:
"You mean, it's the remnants of Golden Horde Wolf Country who are behind this?"
He was not afraid, but excited.
If we really catch the remnants of Golden Horde Wolf Country, this will be a huge achievement.
It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Daxuan Dynasty, but the fear brought by Golden Horde Wolf Country to Divine Land has still not dissipated.
There are many weird legends related to it in the countryside.
Even the rebellion in northern Xinjiang decades ago had the participation of Golden Horde Wolf Country remnants.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple..."
Li Yan shook his head slightly, feeling that there was another reason for this.
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice, "After all, who should be in charge of the house?"
As soon as this was said, no one else was surprised.
Wang Dao Xuan just got Xu Fu's posthumous letter, and not many people know about it.
Moreover, the other party first lured the snake out of the hole and then sent someone to run directly to Wang Dao Xuan's room. Someone must have tipped off the information and responded accordingly.
The four Yang Lao Hai masters and disciples on the ground had calmed down after taking a few puffs of opium. Their eyes were dull, their pupils were dilated, and they had no resistance at all. They opened their mouths to speak.
However, before they could speak, a figure suddenly turned around and ran out the door.
Surprisingly, he is a middle-aged man from the Chen family.
Li Yan recognizes this person as the gardener in the mansion.
But there are disciples of Cao Gang guarding the door of Chen Mansion, and the gardener is an ordinary person, so there is no way he can escape.
After running a few steps, a Cao Gang man grabbed his neck and pushed him to the ground.
Chen San's eyes were full of murderous intent, "Tell me, who instigated it, to keep your body intact so as not to harm your family."
Putting an eyeliner in the house has already touched his reverse scale.
"Master Chen, please spare my life..."
The gardener was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kept kowtowing, "I didn't know it was such a big deal. It was Temple Keeper Wang from Ren Fengzi Temple who gave me twenty taels of silver to pay off his gambling debt and asked me to inquire about it."
"Ren Fengzi Temple, let's go!"
Chen San immediately gave the order and led many Cao Gang brothers out.
After Li Yan inquired about the location, he directly used Jia Ma Technique, stepped on the water, and flew with the strong wind, arriving at Ren Fengzi Temple first.
Although this lunatic is suspected of being one of the Eight Immortals, the temple was only built by the common people to commemorate him. No one knows where the real place where he became an immortal is.
When Chen San and others arrived, Li Yan was the only one looking at the blazing temple.
"The person has run away."
Li Yan shook his head slightly and looked towards the dark canal in the distance.
"Chen San, report this matter immediately."
"Let Commandery Commandant Office check those Japanese people and Red Haired Foreigners to see who does this again."
"This matter is definitely not that simple..."
Early the next morning, Li Yan and others boarded the ship and left.
That "Rotten Document Mister" Kong Hui is also taboo in Kong family. After these years of reincarnation, it is estimated that he has lost contact with Kong family long ago. If he stays here, he won't be able to find anything.
But people like Yang Lao Hai provided some information.
Those people who set up a trap to trap his son,
Right in Tianjin!
This time Li Yan and the others took the boat, which was personally arranged by Chen San.
There were all Cao Gang people on the boat, so there was no one to mess with along the way.
All water bandits and road hogs should be avoided at a distance.
This also allowed Li Yan to see the power of Cao Gang.
Compared with the Raft Sect, Cao Gang is closer to the imperial court, so in the Northern Canal, Cao Gang is basically the world, and Raft Sect cannot even get in a small sampan.
After a day's sailing, it was almost dusk.
Li Yan was meditating in the cabin when he heard disciple Cao Gang say respectfully on the deck outside, "Everyone, we have arrived in Linqing."
After everyone heard this, they immediately got up and walked out.
The so-called Hedong in thirty years, Hexi in thirty years.
Divine Land Fortune changes, Divine Capital not only the decline of Luoyang, but also the rise of other cities.
For example, this Linqing City is now even more famous than Jinan.
"It's as prosperous as Qi County, and its prosperity overwhelms the two capitals" refers to this place...