Two days later, Meng Zhao had made all the arrangements and comforted the women of the inner residence. Only then, on a silent night, did he quietly leave Meng Family Village with Gan Mingfeng. They boarded a small boat and drifted downstream toward Yanzhou.
As for the elusive Jian Si, the Imperial Guard, and the people of Seven Star Tower—such troubles could surely be handled calmly with Meng Hongdao here. This was the perfect chance for Meng Zhao to withdraw and see what methods the Meng Family possessed.
Even if Meng Hongdao could not hold the line, Meng Zhao still had Trump Cards in reserve. Liang Muqiu understood the stakes.
Gan Mingfeng proved highly cooperative along the way. With the Meng Family's precious medicines, and being a top-tier innate expert himself, he had already recovered more than half from the injuries inflicted by Luo Peng's desperate strike. They did not affect his daily movements.
The two set out from Kunnan County and traveled toward Yong'an County in Hongdu Commandery. The sights along the way were quite peaceful. The authorities and the powerful clans kept the situation stable, and the common people could barely scrape out a living. Yet there were indeed many followers of the Pudu Cult, while statues of Great Pudu Buddha Venerable had entered thousands upon thousands of households, truly becoming a great scourge.
It was not gods or Buddhas who were guilty. Gods and Buddhas were merely hopes and longings within people's hearts. Those truly guilty, truly harmful, were the ones who used gods and Buddhas to bewitch the hearts of men.
Meng Zhao said nothing, yet he was already making plans. If he conquered Yanzhou and destroyed the Pudu Cult in the future, how would he utterly shatter this cult and Great Pudu Buddha Venerable from