"Little lady, is it alone? Lonely or not lonely? A shrill voice came from behind her, and Li Rou turned around to see two middle-aged men appearing behind her, looking like a few pilgrims who had just come out of the temple.

Li Rou frowned, didn't answer, and walked quickly in the direction of the mountain gate, and a man suddenly grabbed in front of Li Rou: "Little lady, don't go, you look so handsome, uncle, I've never seen such a handsome chick, let's find a place to have a good chat." ”

Li Rou was a little scared, the place where she was standing was still some distance away from Puming Temple, and she definitely couldn't outrun these two people, so she shouted loudly: "Who are you?" I don't know you. ”

The person in front of Li Rou said with a cruel smile: "Little lady, are you shouting so loudly?" At the critical moment, Li Rou did not desperately break free, but moved forward, and at the same time raised his right arm straight, only to see that the man's eyes suddenly widened, and he barely squeezed out the word "you" in his mouth, and fell straight down.

At this time, several monks appeared at the gate of the temple, and the monks ran quickly to Li Rou's side, and another man saw this, turned around to run, Li Rou raised his left hand this time, facing the man who fled, and then the man also fell to the ground.

The monks all knew the relationship between Li Rou and Yao Guangqi, and when they came to the front, some checked the man who fell to the ground, and some stepped forward to ask, "Miss, are you okay?" Li Rou palpitated, looked at the two people lying on the ground, and fell into deep thought.

Not long after, Yao Guangqi, who learned the news, led everyone to rush, Yao Guangqi held Li Rou's hand, looked up and down with concern, Li Rou was a little aggrieved, wow threw herself into Yao Guangqi's arms, and cried, Yao Guangqi regretted in his heart, and couldn't help hugging Li Rou.

After dinner, Yao Guangqi and Li Rou were alone in a room, half-boasting and half-asking: "Can't you see, you can deal with two men as a weak woman?" is still a man with good martial arts. ”

Li Rou had calmed down at this time, she untied her cuffs, took out a very thin bamboo tube from her sleeve and handed it to Yao Guangqi: "This is called the Amazing Needle, which was given to me by the Linglong girl before I went out, and she only told me that this needle can save my life at a critical moment, and those who are within twenty steps will die." ”

Yao Guangqi was stunned, Li Rou hadn't mentioned a word to herself before: "Linglong gave it?" That's right, she used to think about some strange things, and it turned out that she could really make them useful! Yao Guangqi looked at the thin bamboo tube, this bamboo tube is very finely made, the two ends and the outer walls around it are polished very smooth, the overall look is nothing special, but the weight is very heavy, much heavier than ordinary bamboo, presumably there is some complicated mechanism in it, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the bamboo tube.

Li Rou snatched back the bamboo tube: "Don't touch it, let you break it again, this thing seems to be really useful." ”

Yao Guangqi smiled: "When did you have such a good relationship with Linglong?" ”

Li Rou said with a smile: "Once she found me and asked me to join the Wen'an Society, saying that this society has a lot of energy and will have a chance to let me take revenge in the future." ”

"Why didn't you say it before? How did you reply? Promised? Yao Guangqi asked with concern.

"Of course not!" Li Rou smiled smartly: "I guess, this must be some secret organization that you and King Yan are pondering, either they are assassins and dead soldiers, or they are engaged in spies to spy on secret information, I have always hated that kind of secret business, so I just found a reason to shirk it." ”

"What reason did you use?" Yao Guangqi suddenly felt that Li Rou was smarter than himself.

"I said I'd ask you first to see if you let me participate." Li Rou blinked again.

Yao Guangqi was puzzled: "For such a simple reason, she didn't look for you again?" ”

"yes, I haven't looked for it again." Li Rou nodded: "Miss Linglong is really understanding, she said that it is right for women to listen to men, and she also said that she doesn't want to offend you because of this." He laughed again.

Yao Guangqi didn't understand what Li Rou was laughing at, so he laughed along.

Li Rou suddenly stepped forward and slapped Yao Guangqi's chest twice: "If I didn't have this thing, I would be in danger today, and it's hard to say whether you can see me or not." You don't reflect well, and you're still giggling here. Don't you think today's events are a little strange? ”

"It's really weird!" Yao Guangqi pondered for a moment and said: "These two people are good at kung fu, and the disciples in the temple recalled that they walked around the temple for most of the day, and they followed you out as soon as you left the temple, maybe they were going for you." ”

"Who do you think sent them? What is their purpose? Li Rou asked again.

Yao Guangqi hesitated for a long time, blinked his eyes, and said mischievously: "It's hard to say now, purpose, want to use you to blackmail me?" However, who made you pretty? ”

Li Rou glared at Yao Guangqi, and then smiled again.

On the sixth day of the fourth month, the concept of innate nature.

For this day, Tianchengzong made preparations early, and explained to the pilgrims and believers who came to worship a month in advance: From the beginning of April, the Tianshengguan will renovate the temple, and it will not be possible to accept pilgrims to worship throughout April. On this day, Tianchengzong arranged a large number of disciples at the foot of the mountain early, and set up a lot of street signs, stating that the Taoist temple was being renovated, and invited pilgrims to come back every other month. In addition, in order to ensure safety, Tiancheng Sect mobilized all the masters in the sect and arranged nearly a thousand people around the Tiansheng Temple for defense.

Early in the morning of the sixth day of the fourth month of April, the hall masters of the incense halls in various places, with the representatives and leaders of merchants, weavers, and peasant households from all over the country, as well as the disciples who have made special contributions to the sect from all over the country, entered the Tiansheng Temple early, and the first night in the view has been properly arranged, everyone does not enter the main hall, but all sit in the square in front of the main entrance of the main hall, ordinary disciples and merchants each have a small pestle one foot high, and high-level disciples, large merchants, weaving household leaders and hall masters each have a Taishi chair and sit on both sides of the front row. The small view of innate nature suddenly became crowded.

At two o'clock in the morning, Xu Zhongmou confirmed that everyone had arrived, so he came to the steps in front of the main hall, and shouted loudly below: "Brothers, this year's conference is the first meeting of the new sect master, some brothers have not seen the new sect master, the new sect master is tolerant and benevolent, everyone has hope in the future, take us to live a good life, please ask the new sect master to give instructions." ”

As Xu Zhongmou's words fell, there was already a round of applause below. In the applause, Yao Guangqi slowly walked to the middle and motioned for everyone to stop, and it took a long time for the voice to completely calm down.

Yao Guangqi looked at the people below, and said with a smile: "I went to the incense halls in various places last month, some of them we just met not long ago, and now we meet here again, some people are looking forward to this day, and some people are afraid of this day." Why, every year today, the sect is going to set the proportion of the year's rake, and after the set, some people are happy and some are sad, but it should be said that there are few happy people and many sad people. Why, the imperial court originally leaned heavy taxes on our Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the people, merchants, and weavers were already miserable, and then paid a part of the tap to the sect, and there was even less left in their hands, and some people even had difficulty supporting their families, and they had to live by borrowing debts everywhere. Brothers, what are the people throwing themselves into my Tiancheng Sect for? Back then, King Zhang was benevolent and lightly endowed, and the people received favors before they would be grateful to King Zhang. Now they join Tianchengzong, also for stability, for someone to protect them, from bullies, from landlords and employers compradors, in the final analysis, they are to provide food and clothing for their wives and children. And what did we leave for the people when we received the people's donations? Is this kind of Tiancheng Sect still the Tiancheng Sect that everyone wanted when the sect was established? ”

Speaking of this, Yao Guangqi stopped, walked down the steps, and came to a weaver: "I remember that your name is Liu Sanhao, and your family has planted eight acres of mulberry trees and has three looms, right?" ”

The man named Liu Sanhao hurriedly stood up and nodded excitedly: "Yes, yes, sect master, you still remember me." ”

Yao Guangqi patted Liu Sanhao's shoulder and motioned for him to sit down, and said loudly: "I remember that Liu Sanhao's family can be full, and occasionally eat some meat, there are many weavers like Liu Sanhao, there are many in the sect, and they can make a living, but there are many weavers and farmers, they are far less than Liu Sanhao, they can't even eat enough." ”

Yao Guangqi's words, many weavers and farmers wept, and the hall owners and big merchants in the front row also sighed. Yao Guangqi continued: "The original rule in the sect was that all the merchants, weavers and farmers hanging under the sect would draw one out of fifteen after paying the imperial court's taxes, which is easy to say, but in fact it is a big burden. I declare that from this year onwards, weaver households with less than three acres of mulberry forests at home will no longer have to pay a rake to the sect, and peasant households with less than 30 acres of water and dry land at home will no longer have to pay a rake. But the question is, when I talked to some weavers and farmers, they were afraid that if the sect didn't take their rakes, would the sect still protect them? If someone bullies them, and there are bullies who trouble them, will the sect just ignore them? I solemnly and clearly tell you here, if you don't pay the rake, the sect will still care about you, and there will be bullies who bully you, and the sect will still give you a head. ”

As soon as Yao Guangqi spoke, the people below him were excited, and everyone couldn't help but applaud, and some disciples even stood up and stood on the small pestle to applaud loudly. After a while, the applause and applause gradually stopped, and the excited crowd sat down.

Yao Guangqi then continued: "If there is one who does not accept it, then what about the others, all the other disciples, no matter how big or small, rich or poor, no matter how many dry fields and mulberry forests you have, all of them will be changed from one in fifteen to one in thirty." ”

There was another burst of thunderous applause and cheers, and the sound was higher and higher, and a few disciples even stood up excitedly, rushed up and carried Yao Guangqi up, carrying Yao Guangqi in a circle in the square, this time the cheers and shouts lasted longer.