Chapter III. The sword asked Beiyan 97.Demon Suppression Venerable
Zhang Wen and Mrs. Zhixian have this 'bad relationship', in fact, it can be explained clearly in a few words. About a year ago, Lord Chen, the magistrate of Julu County, whose term of office had expired, went to the capital to clear the way with 50,000 taels of 'social expenses' from the Heavenly God Sect.
Although flies don't bite seamless eggs, the reason why this county lady 'caught fire in the old house' is indeed because she fell into someone else's 'trap'.
What is the moral character of Mrs. Chen herself, we will not talk about it for the time being; She is a true believer in the Huashen Sect, and she has been awarded the glorious title of the 'Holy Mother of the Giant Deer Altar' of the Huashen Sect for three consecutive years! Therefore, she was not defensive against this Huashen monk Zhang Wen; In addition, she was originally only a shopkeeper in a small oil mill, and her knowledge and wisdom were already limited; Now is the time when he is nearly fifty years old and old, but he has to 'resist' a young handsome young Taoist priest who is young and handsome, and the Taoist is profound, and the 'double cultivation invitation' thrown to him can be regarded as a natural result.
If you add this Zhang Daoye, as well as the kind of 'Great Zhou Tianhong Baodan' who is 'not good at the time', and wants to capture the heart of this county magistrate, isn't it easy?
So as early as a year ago, all the thoughts of this lady of the inner hall palm print had been all on Zhang Wen; And Zhang Wen was blocked in the wing room by the county commander today, which is a matter of course.
According to Zhang Wen's own confession, although the organizational structure of their Huashen Sect seems to be loose, in fact, when you finally climb to a certain extreme, the appearance of the Huashen Sect will 'become' very mysterious and unfamiliar. Even if he is a 'top first-line talent', so far, he has still not been included in the inner circle of the Huashen Sect; and the middle-aged fat Taoist that Shen Gui captured back today is actually an 'alchemy enthusiast' that he Zhang Wen has worked hard to cultivate; and the reason why he will make such a 'technical talent' is also because he wants to successfully break into the core layer of the Tianshen family with the 'Xuan Miao Elixir' he refined; even if only this fat Taoist can be absorbed by Zhang Yuan in the end, it will be for him Zhang Wen in the future. Promotion' is also an extremely advantageous thing.
As for the time when Qi Yan sneaked into the county government to investigate the situation, Zhang Wen and the county magistrate were also in the wing room at that time 'double cultivation method', and the four men Qi Yan met over the wall were not his Zhang Wen's subordinates, but Zhang Wen was extremely sure to say to Shen Gui: "Those four men must be the 'Demon Suppressing Venerable' in the Huashen Sect."
Most of them, the front-line personnel of the Huashen Sect, come from the market, although their conduct and morality are inferior, but everyone has the ability to make a living with one hand. You Fang Dao people, responsible for defrauding money; Huashen monk, responsible for demagoguery; And those Demon Slaying Venerables are the killers who are responsible for 'clearing the obstacles' for the Huashen Sect.
By the way, the few practitioners who rescued the Lord of the Tiger Neck Village back then were the first batch of 'Demon Suppressing Venerables'.
These 'Demon Slaying Venerables' have neither a fixed 'place of work' nor a fixed 'way of working'; they only receive direct orders from Zhang Yuan, and they are an independent department with a vertical structure. Even in the Huashen Sect, few people know their appearance and identity; I only know that they often appear around some wandering Taoists or Huashen monks......
And these people don't seem to be afraid to reveal their identities either! There are also a number of Demon Slaying Venerables, who are so clearly tracking and monitoring their targets; Or after a few days, they disappear of their own accord; Or maybe after a few days of following, they disappeared with the 'target person'......
And the four men who slashed Qi Yan with a knife have been following Zhang Wenzu for more than two months!
Thinking about it this way, those four people should have been the Supreme Sect Venerable of Huashen - Zhang Yuan, in order to prevent this Zhang Wen from lying about the military situation and secretly swallowing the Zhenlong nail that originally belonged to Chen Zhi County, he sent four Demon Suppression Venerables to follow and monitor Zhang Wen's every move; Presumably, Zhang Yuan also wants to see if he, who has a 'unique taste', is really 'secretly in love' and 'private collusion' with Mrs. Zhixian.
As for Qi Yan, who was seriously injured, it was obviously just a coincidence.
Not being afraid of revealing their identities does not mean that they will not hurt the innocent; For these 'martial arts scum' who have long been rejected by their fellow practitioners and elders, how can there be any evil things they can't do in this world? Since a 'little thief' came out of the county office, and he may have seen Zhang Wen do a good thing, then he will be cut down and killed! At least the matter of 'killing people and destroying mouths' is no different from crushing an ant to death for them, Demon Slaying Venerables.
It's a pity that they shouldn't have expected that Qi Yan's 'ant' vitality was extremely tenacious, and he was not 'crushed to death' by them, but was able to escape even though he was seriously injured!
If you don't die if you fight a tiger, you will have endless troubles! Now Shen Gui, the 'Northern Tiger', has begun to help his brother avenge!
However, Zhang Wen only knew that he was being watched by the four Demon Suppression Venerables, but where the other party settled was not something that he could find out as an ordinary person. However, Zhang Wen, who was bent on survival, still drew a rough 'search range' for Shen Gui.
According to him, there are only three possibilities for the four Demon Slaying Venerables to choose a temporary 'foothold' in Julu County: the Huashen Business Group located at the east gate of the county, the Huashen Taoist Temple located on Chunxiao Street, and the 'Yangliu Inn' located on the back street of the county's Yahou.
Judging from the current speculation, the possibility that they choose to settle in the Huashen Business Group is actually not very big. Although it can be known from the name alone, this Huashen merchant group is definitely an industry affiliated with the Huashen Sect; However, the people of the merchant group have always claimed to the outside world that the reason why they chose this name is only because the founder of the merchant group is called 'Zhao Huashen', and their merchant group has absolutely nothing to do with the Huashen Sect.
But no matter whether they denied the relationship with the Huashen Sect, whether it was out of commercial considerations, or to avoid the risks that they might face at any time, it was absolutely impossible for Zhang Yuan to arrange for those four 'Demon Slaying Venerables' who were prone to murder at every turn to settle down in the residence of the Huashen Merchant Group.
After all, the 'cornucopia' of the Huashen Merchant Group has only been 'born' for a short time, and at least for now, it can't withstand the slightest bit of wind and rain
Chunxiao Street, where Huashen Taoist Temple is located, is the most prosperous main street in Julu County; So at least in broad daylight, these four 'double wanted criminals' of the imperial court and the rivers and lakes would never dare to swagger near the Taoist temple!
Not only to bring trouble to the Huashen Sect, but also to yourself!
Therefore, the first stop that Shen Gui chose to investigate was the Yangliu Inn located in the back street of the county ya! Frankly speaking, although this Julu County is also an 'ancient battlefield', there are no world-famous mountains and rivers nearby after all, so in the entire Julu County, except for a few 'Tongpu car shops', there is only one inn that can be put on the table, and his 'Yangliu Inn' is the only one.
However, opening an inn in such a small county is not much different from opening an inn in a big city;
The inns in the big cities generally only lodging and feeding the livestock; As for the catering business, they usually 'outsource' to some restaurants, so after dark, there are only some emergency refreshments and some simple snacks.
But the big inn in the county town is a 'comprehensive industry' that integrates catering and accommodation, and even according to Zhang Wen, as long as Shen Gui is 'on the road' enough and can say a few words to the shopkeeper about his temper, it is not impossible to let him help find some 'fun'.
So since those four scum are in their prime and have practiced good martial arts, they don't know how to be self-disciplined and self-controlled; Just eating without wine and meat is enough to kill them! Therefore, according to Shen Gui's judgment, they will never choose to settle in the Huashen Taoist temple of abstaining from alcohol, meat, killing, and hatred.
So for these four martial arts practitioners who have embarked on the wrong path, this 'compound management' Yangliu Inn is simply tailor-made for people like them!
When Shen Gui passed by the alley of the back gate of the county ya, he also deliberately went to the place where Qi Yan was injured to investigate; When he noticed the marks of the fight around him, he fell into a brief contemplation. It's a pity that after Shen Gui observed for a while, he realized that the trip he ran was basically equivalent to a pounce.
He could only see that these four Demon Suppressing Venerables should all be experts in using knives; But now the knife marks on the walls of the alleys are ordinary moves that can be seen everywhere on the rivers and lakes; Although judging from the curvature and strength of the sword marks, it can be proved that these four Demon Conquering Venerables all have good martial arts cultivation; But even if Shen Gui racked his brains, he still couldn't simulate the number of sword techniques that the other party was good at......
Although Shen Gui has always believed in not fighting 'unprepared battles', he has never lacked the courage to face unknown enemies.
Shen Gui had just stepped into the Yangliu Inn on his front feet, and he had already heard the sound of Suo Suo's argument in the guest room on the second floor. With his sensitive hearing, after calming down a little, he can already vaguely hear what the other party is saying:
"! If you want to do what I say, let's just don't do it twice, just chop off the head of the 'Wang Bazhi County', and take it back to hand over the errand! Always nesting in this place, when will it be a head? ”
"Old Lei, you sit down first, it's not as simple as you say! Killing one or two dog officers is still a matter for our buddies? But what should we say on Sect Master's side? When they told us to come, they could say it clearly, he wanted the 'Zhenlong Nail', not the head of the county magistrate! As long as we don't get that treasure, no matter how many people we kill, we won't be able to pay the difference! ”