Chapter 23: Ghost-faced Daogu
The headquarters of Changle Fang is located in the northeast corner of Xining Chengxi City, which is a location away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Chang Jiu Da Ma Jin Dao sat on the main seat of the head and watched his subordinates report to him. Beside him, on his side, there was a beautiful maid who was feeding grapes to his mouth.
The people present were all his cronies, and they naturally spoke much more casually. At this time, a middle-aged man with a thin figure and a mustache on his mouth stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Ninth Master, I have collected all the money below today." And also brought back a group of newcomers, how do you arrange it? ”
Chang Jiu nodded approvingly and said: "Cui Accounting, your ability to do things is getting stronger and stronger, and when the time comes, I will definitely give you a few more kind words in front of the Guo Tan Master, and maybe I can take you back to the Holy Sect General Altar after a while." ”
Cui Jiaofang's face was overjoyed, "Thank you Lord Changxiang, my subordinates will definitely die for the Holy Sect." ”
Chang Jiu waved his hand, "The fact that you can earn so much silver for the Holy Sect is the best credit." You must know that the war situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty is very chaotic now, and the south has begun to be unstable. The Sect Leader, his old man, was already planning to start an incident in the south, which is why he asked us to hand over so much money. ”
When everyone in the hall heard this, they all became excited, "Great, it's finally time to wait for this day." At that time, the Holy Sect, under the leadership of the sect leader and his old man, will definitely be invincible and sweep the entire southern and Eastern Wei Dynasty. ”
Chang Jiu sighed, "It's a pity that although the lord of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is weak, the wealthy families in the territory are good at business and not good at war, so they can't provoke civil strife like the Eastern Wei Dynasty." Otherwise, our Holy Sect would have spread all over the world. ”
At this time, Scar laughed and said: "I don't know if the Holy Sect can hit Xining City by then, if Xining City can be defeated, Lord Chang Xiang may be able to make a Zhizhou pawn, and then let the brothers also make a petty official to do it, and live an official addiction." ”
Chang Jiu also followed along, and quickly said: "Just talk about this here, go out and keep your mouth tight, don't say that if you leak your mouth, it will cause trouble." ”
At that moment, another woman's coquettish voice answered: "Ninth Master, don't worry, what should be said and what can't be said." We all have the bottom in our hearts, and we will definitely not go wrong. It won't cause trouble to the Holy Sect and Changle Fang. ”
Chang Jiu shook his head and frowned, "You have been with me for a long time, so I naturally trust you." However, I need to pay more attention recently, and if there is a stranger coming in or out, be sure to report it to me in time. ”
Everyone was shocked, Cui Ledger relied on the fact that he had made a lot of contributions today, and he was not afraid of being punished by Chang Jiu, so he asked worriedly: "Ninth Master, but what happened?" ”
Chang Jiu said: "The master of the Guo Altar sent someone to deliver a message to me a few days ago, saying that the five party inspectors in the main altar began to walk in all directions to monitor whether there is any illegal thing in the sect, so let me pay more attention." Don't be found out about anything bad, otherwise he won't be able to plead with the old man. ”
"Therefore, you should pay more attention to this period of time, and it is best to keep to yourself, and some things should be closed, and some should be closed. I heard that this year's five-party inspection in the general altar has changed people, and the owner of the altar does not know his old man. ”
When everyone heard this, their faces changed. As a person in the rivers and lakes, who has nothing unclean on his hands? Not to mention anything else, Chang Jiu's own Changle Fang, which is nominally the property of the sect, but he is full of private pockets, and the embezzled property is probably more than the property handed over to the general altar every year.
Moreover, many of the rules that the Holy Religion stipulates are not allowed to be violated, Chang Jiu can't say that he has violated them all, but he has also done a seven, seven, eight, eight.
In particular, they lend usury, offer thousands of tempting gamblers, force good people to become prostitutes, and sell people. These things that violate the rules of the church and make money quickly, Changle Fang has done all of them.
It was precisely because he was afraid of being found out by the five-party inspection envoys of the General Altar above that Chang Jiu asked Cui to complete all the violations below today.
Everyone stood up in unison and shouted to Chang Jiu: "My subordinates must obey the order of the incense master. ”
At this moment, I suddenly heard a dull knock on the closed door of the hall.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Who's out there?" Chang Jiu shouted loudly, pushed away the maid beside him with one palm, and picked up the big knife that was resting on the desk with his backhand.
Everyone in the hall also drew out their weapons one after another, and slowly turned to look in the direction of the door.
"Squeak!"
The latch of the hall door, which had been tightly fastened, broke abruptly in the middle, and the hall door was pushed open. A Dao Gu wearing a dark Taoist robe stood at the door of the hall, glancing coldly at everyone in the hall.
In the end, his eyes fell on Chang Jiu, "You are the incense master of the Holy Sect in Xining, Great Xia?" ”
Chang Jiu's face was gloomy, and although he already had some doubts in his heart, he couldn't help but ask, "Who are you, why did you trespass on my Changle Fang?" ”
The Dao Gu turned her hand and took out a token from her sleeve, and raised her hand like a sharp arrow shooting away.
"Smack!"
Chang Jiu shook his right hand, like a divine dragon probing his claws, and held the token in his hand.
I saw that the whole body of the token is silver-white, not gold or jade, but it is very heavy in the hand, and the front is engraved with the word "witch", the style is simple and breathtaking. On the reverse side, a majestic white tiger is carved, and the words "Five Directions Inspection" are engraved at the bottom.
"The White Tiger Envoy who patrols the five parties of the West?" Chang Jiu's heart fell straight to the bottom, but he didn't expect her to come so quickly.
That Dao Gu snorted coldly: "When you see the White Tiger Order, you still don't see the courtesy, is it because you want to betray my Holy Sect?" ”
Everyone secretly glanced at Chang Jiu, only to see that the expression on his face was very complicated, and he was obviously struggling in his heart. This meeting just talked about the matter of the five-party inspection envoys, and as a result, others came to the door.
The most important thing is that there was no movement outside just now, and I don't know how much she heard outside?
The girl looked at him with a smile, and the cyan birthmark under the corner of her eye seemed to come to life, at the door of the hall where the lights and shadows were shaking, like a hideous ghost, wanting to choose people to eat.
Chang Jiu looked at the White Tiger Order in his hand, then at the ghost-faced Dao Gu at the door, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Do you say that this is the White Tiger Order, do you have any evidence?" ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, why do you say yes, we haven't seen the five-party inspection order, how do we know its authenticity?" ”
At this time, even if it is true, they dare not admit it. Others don't know, haven't they counted it in their own hearts?
Although the money handed over by Changle Fang every year ranked in the middle and upper reaches of the various altars, in fact, most of them were embezzled by themselves, and very little money was actually used for the development of the Holy Religion.
The children bought from all over the world every year did not develop into members of the Holy Church, and most of the boys were trained to become thugs or thieves; The girl was sent to a brothel opened in Cheung Lok Fong and forced to become a prostitute.
What they have done, once they are found out by the five-party patrol envoys, they will face the fate of cleaning up the portal.
Once it is reported to the general altar, the martial arts will be abolished, the three swords and six holes will be expelled, and the holy sect will be expelled, and in the most serious cases, it will be killed as a typical warning to others. The light ones will also be relieved of their duties and start anew from the lowest level of the congregation.
Like Changle Fang, Chang Jiu and several leaders will end up at the lightest, and they will also be abolished martial arts and expelled from the Holy Sect.
For a person in the rivers and lakes, abolishing his martial arts is more uncomfortable than killing him!