After going down to Xiayunling, walking for more than ten miles, and coming to a mountain place, Li Fu stretched out his hand and pointed to a ruined temple not far in front of him, and said to Ding Youchang and the Mo brothers: "The three leaders, the second leader of the family are placed in that broken temple. ”

Ding Youchang and the Mo brothers looked up, and saw that there were indeed some minions next to the ruined temple not far away, about twenty or thirty people, standing or sitting in several small circles, and it seemed that they were cooking a fire. The three of them glanced at each other, then quickened their pace and walked over.

The minions who were roasting the fire had apparently also discovered them, and at first they were a little panicked with knives and guns, but when they got closer, they saw that it was their own people who regained their composure, and except for a leader who greeted them, the others continued to bake the fire and ignored it no more.

The leader who greeted him approached and greeted Li Fu at the front: "Brother Li, you are finally back, but you are in a hurry." ”

Then he hugged his fist to the Mo brothers behind him and flattered: "The two Mo leaders have worked hard all the way. ”

Li Fu didn't bother to greet him, and hurriedly asked, "How is the second master, has there been any improvement?" ”

The leader sighed and said, "Alas, the second boss is still the same, his body is quite weak, he can't even sit up, and his spirit looks worse than when he withdrew here." If he has three longs and two shorts, how can we explain to the fourth and fifth masters when we go back, and then I will have to apologize to death. ”

Li Fu's face was also full of sadness when he heard this, but Ding Youchang and the Mo brothers were happy in their hearts. I thought, it seems that Liu Wanbao is extremely seriously injured, and he can't support the mountain without medicine, so it saves a lot of trouble. And judging from Xu Laosan's reaction, the rhetoric of martyrdom for the Lord is still very realistic.

At this time, I heard that Xu Laosan said again: "It's good that you guys are here, the second master instructs, as long as there are reinforcements from the mountain, go to the temple to see him immediately, he has something to entrust." Then he led Li Fu and Ding Hechang to the broken temple, and the hundred minions who came with them naturally had other leaders beckoned to the side to roast the fire.

The light in the broken temple is dim, and in the middle is a statue that cannot be named, and there is an offering table in front of the statue, and there is a person lying on it, which should be Liu Wanbao. There were several people around the offering table, all of whom bowed their heads and stood silently, presumably Liu Wanbao's cronies. In addition, there are also a few people standing next to the temple gate and in the corners around them, because of the light problem, they can't see the faces and expressions of these people clearly, they must be pro-soldiers or something. Xu Laosan asked Li Fu and the others to wait for a while, and then walked to the offering table and reported to the person who was lying on the offering table: "The second master, the reinforcements from the mountain have arrived, and they are brought by the Mo brothers from the fifth master. ”

Then I heard Liu Wanbao's weak voice say: "Oh, it's good to come, it's good to come." ”

Ding Youchang and the Mo brothers were both a little nervous and a little excited at this time, although they couldn't see the appearance of the person lying on the table clearly, but from the voice, they could conclude that it was Liu Wanbao, and it was Liu Wanbao who was dying. So the three of them hurriedly walked a few steps, came to the offering table, knelt down and saluted: "My subordinates have seen the second master." ”

After a while, Liu Wanbao didn't respond, only heard the temple door ringing, as if someone was closing the door, and the temple seemed to be lit with torches, and the light became much brighter. The three of them were a little puzzled, thinking that the good weishenme was going to close the door, since there were torches, why didn't they light it just now. So they looked up a little uneasily, but they were shocked. I saw Liu Wanbao sitting upright on the offering table, neatly dressed, ruddy face, a pair of eyes shining, looking at himself with a look of disdain and disgust, the expression on his face looked a little hideous under the reflection of the firelight, where there was a little sign of injury.

After a brief moment of astonishment, the Mo brothers collapsed first, they thought that their plot had failed, and Liu Wanbao already knew about their jihua, and was waiting for them to throw themselves into the net. Thinking of this, a cool breath rose from the two brothers' backs, and their hearts were even more frightened. At this time, they were completely out of shape, and the two tremblers kept shaking, only knowing that they were blindly kowtowing like pounding garlic there, and they kept begging in their mouths, hoping that the second master could spare their dog's life.

Although Ding and Chang had the same idea as the Mo brothers at first, they soon discovered the problem. He clearly remembered that when Li Fu went up the mountain to ask for help, he said that the attack on the Yuxu Palace failed, the big boss died, and the second boss was seriously injured. It was precisely because of this news that his side planned this strategy to seize power. But now Liu Wanbao is sitting here in a dignified manner, and he is not injured at all. Liu Wanbao obviously didn't react like this because his side wanted to murder him, and it was a trap for Li Fu to go up the mountain to ask for help from the beginning. Since Liu Wanbao was not injured, is Wei Caisi really dead? If not, where is he? What are they going to do if they want to make up such a lie to lure their side in?

A series of questions confused Ding and Chang, he really didn't have the ability to solve this riddle, the only way to leave this dangerous place now was to find a way to leave this dangerous place, rush back to the mountain to meet with Brother Shi and Wu Dangjia, and then discuss how to deal with it. With a plan in mind, Ding and Chang began to observe the surrounding situation, planning to find an opportunity to break out of the temple gate. As long as you get out of this gate and go outside, you will be able to escape from this place by yourself.

But after quietly observing the surroundings, Ding Youchang had to give up his plan to escape. Because he found that the people guarding around him were all in very good positions and could take care of each other, and it was difficult to find flaws in them. What's more, he saw a few acquaintances among these people, a few acquaintances that made him grit his teeth with hatred. Those were a few people dressed as Taoist priests, to be precise, those enemies of the Jade Void Palace that he did not share. Although he could not name all of them, he recognized their appearances.

The closest to him was the Taoist priest named Qingchen who was present to listen to the verdict when Liangxiang County announced the verdict of his apprentice and righteous son's wounding case. It is said that this Qingchen is a relatively small junior among these Taoist priests of the Jade Void Palace, but his martial arts are quite powerful. At this time, this Qingchen was carrying a sword, although the sword was not yet unsheathed, but it could be seen from his eyes that he was deeply guarded. It is estimated that as long as he moves slightly, he will immediately draw his sword and kill. Ding Youchang thought that his martial arts were by no means the opponent of this Taoist priest, not to mention that there were several Taoist priests of his junior uncles next to him, and he wanted to escape only for fear of ascending to the sky. ,

After judging the situation clearly, Ding Youchang gave up the idea of escaping, but he didn't kowtow and beg for mercy like the Mo brothers, but just stood up slowly, threw the knife in his hand to the ground, and stopped talking. It looks like he wants to kill and listen to him.

At this time, a person turned out from behind the statue, came to the offering table, and asked Liu Wanbao: "Brother Liu, who is this person, and he looks more backbone than the two kneeling on the ground?" ”

Before Liu Wanbao could answer, Qingchen next to him had already given him an answer: "Uncle Yu, this man is none other than the master of the young man who accidentally injured Uncle Liu in Liangxiang County, named Ding Hechang." The little nephew had a lawsuit with him in Liangxiang County, and he was very impressed. ”

As he spoke, he turned to the other side of the offering table and said, "Uncle Zeng should have seen him too." ”

"Lao Zhang, Qingchen is right, it's that red-faced man. I remember the scar on his left cheek very well. Zeng Zhilin, who was standing on the other side of the offering table, also recognized this person.

When Liu Wanbao heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "It turns out that you have dealt with this person, and Liu really didn't expect it." As far as Liu knows, this person came to the cottage three months ago. Wei Da saw that his kung fu was good, and he was ruthless, so he left him. Well...... he did take an apprentice with him when he went up the mountain, and he guess it's the one you said. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Wanbao nodded understandingly, and continued: "It turns out that he has a holiday with you, no wonder he would instigate the attack of the Great Boss Wei on the Jade Void Palace with that Shi Feibao." No, though. Since it was his apprentice who hurt you, it should be you who are looking for trouble with him, why is it that he is making trouble for you now? ”

Liu Wanbao didn't say this, as soon as he said this, Ding and Chang couldn't help but feel sad, and no longer cared about their own situation, and said with a sad face: "Liu is in charge, although Ding doesn't know why you are involved with these stinky Taoist priests, but what these Taoist priests just said is not the truth. Yes, Ding's apprentice and Ding's righteous son did accidentally hurt the Taoist priest surnamed Liu. But the Taoist priest was only injured a little, and he was fine for a few days. Ding saw that the Taoist priest was fine, and he wanted to settle the matter and pay him a sum of money, and the matter was over.

But these stinky bullnoses were unforgiving, and instead colluded with the government to blame Ding and Yizi. not only confiscated all of Ding's savings, but also beat Ding and Yizi's board. Pity my son, who was beaten with eighty boards and put in a flail for a month, and when he was finished, I took him back to his lodgings and died in less than three days. Ding and his righteous son are closer than father and son, this revenge of killing the son is not shared, how can Ding not repay it.

Yes, the reason why Brother Shi and I instigated the attack on Yuxu Palace by the Wei family was indeed to kill people with a knife and get revenge. It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, I can't imagine that Wei Da is in charge of not succeeding, and you Liu Er's family has already colluded with these Taoist priests and betrayed the brothers in the cottage. Now that it has fallen into their hands today, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it, if Ding Mou frowns, he will not be a man. ”

After speaking, this Ding Hechang raised his head and closed his eyes, looking righteous and awe-inspiring and waiting for death. Liu Wanbao was blushing when he said that he betrayed his brother, but no one else saw it under the cover of the firelight. At this time, even if he had a stomach full of bitterness, he didn't know who to tell it, and he could only bear it silently.

And Qingchen, Zeng Zhilin, Zhang Weixin, as well as Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao, Yang Xin and others who were arranged by the Executive Committee to participate in the operation, were made to cry and laugh by his reversible rhetoric, and felt that they were simply more wronged than Dou E. They didn't know until today that the showboy had lost his life because he couldn't be tortured, which was definitely not what they wanted to see. Although they were angry at their brother's stabbing, they never thought of asking the perpetrators to pay for their lives. As for colluding with the government, it is even more difficult to talk about, although through Zhong Yuanwai's relationship, they are also acquainted with Hu Zhixian and Zheng Zhutou. However, in the course of the trial of this case, he did not use any personal relationship to influence the trial of the case at all, and everything was ruled by Hu Zhixian in accordance with the laws of Liao. That guy's death was a complete accident, how can it be counted on his own head.

But now it makes no sense to say this, this Ding and Chang have already decided that they are the enemies of the murderer, and there is no way to undo anything. Therefore, Zhang Weixin and the others did not bother with him about this matter, there are still many things to do in the future, and they can't waste too much time on this old matter. Zhang Weixin motioned for Qingchen to tie Ding Hechang and the Mo brothers first, and gag their mouths. Then he ordered Xu Laosan to go outside the broken temple and call all the leaders at all levels of the reinforcements sent by the Five Tiger Village to the temple, so as to implement the next step.

When Xu Laosan went out for a short time, he brought more than a dozen people from the chief to the captain of the reinforcements into the temple. Then the scene experienced by Ding Youchang and others just now was staged, and those unknown big and small leaders knelt on the ground, with a blank look in their eyes. After seeing Ding Youchang and others who were tied up, it caused a small commotion, but soon quieted down again under Liu Wanbao's coercion.

Liu Wanbao coughed lightly, sorted out his thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, don't be bored, listen to Liu explain the reason to you clearly." ”

Subsequently, Liu Wanbao started with the failure of last night's night attack on Yuxu Palace. How the attack attempt failed, how the brothers in charge of Wei and the main attack were almost completely annihilated, how he allowed the intercepting team to retreat, how he was captured, how he returned to the Yuxu Palace for the lives of the remaining brothers in the cottage, how he made the plan to subdue the cottage Jihua, how he caught up with and successfully persuaded the interception team in the process of retreating, all of them are clearly explained. Zuihou told these leaders that the main reason why he sent Li Fu to the mountain to report the false letter was to bring the remaining minions in the cottage here in batches, so that he could persuade them to win over everyone to be willing to return to the Yuxu Palace.

Liu Wanbao talked about the work of a pillar of incense, and those big and small leaders finally understood the current situation, and then they all started to think about it. Most of them still have an attitude of indifference, and for these people, whoever is in charge of this is the same. What you should do and what you should do, it will not affect either eating or drinking, and these Taoist priests are very rich, if they are submissive, they may have more money than now. Only a few leaders were a little hesitant, they were all more related to Wei Caisi, for fear that after changing the master, those who were close to the old master like themselves would be excluded and be put in small shoes in the future. ,

But no matter what kind of leader he has in mind, he doesn't dare to show any reluctance at this time. None of them are stupid, and the current situation can still be seen. Don't look at the surrounding Taoist masters, all of them are kind and purposeful, what they hold in their hands is not a dust whisk to chase flies, but a sword that can cut off people's heads. As long as he expresses even the slightest reluctance, it is estimated that he will immediately be splashed with blood on the spot, and his body will be in a different place.

Therefore, when asked whether Liu Wanbao was willing to return to the Yuxu Palace, they almost unanimously agreed, and several leaders also swore loyalty to the sky. The Mo brothers, who were gagged next to them, also nodded vigorously, wanting to show their obedience. It's a pity that they can't make a sound, and they can't swear poisonous swear like other leaders, so they are so anxious that the two of them are sweating profusely.

Liu Wanbao and the people of the Yuxu Palace are very satisfied with this result, no matter whether these leaders are really obedient or forced to temporarily succumb to the form, as long as they don't make trouble now, then when the Yuxu Palace team successfully takes over the Five Tiger Village, they will regret it, and they won't be able to make any waves.

Seeing that the loyalty of the leaders was almost expressed, the time was not early, and there were still many things to be done in the future, Liu Wanbao told all the leaders to calm down. Let them wait to the side first, and when the matter is over, he led the team back to the cottage with him, and then brought Ding Youchang and the Mo brothers to the offering table. The Mo brothers immediately knelt on the ground, and after the rags in their mouths were taken out, they began to kowtow vigorously and beg for mercy. Ding and Chang were still tough, neither kneeling and kowtowing, nor begging for mercy, and there was no fear when they stood there.

Seeing his appearance, Qingchen didn't come anywhere, and went up to raise his foot and kick his leg socket. Ding and Chang carried two shoulders and finally couldn't resist, and had to kneel on the ground, but their faces were full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Liu Wanbao got down from the offering table, walked up to Ding Youchang, and asked solemnly: "Ding Youchang, what are you still dissatisfied with so far, don't you deserve today's fate?" ”

Ding Youchang obviously disagreed with Liu Wanbao's statement, snorted heavily, and said: "Ding thinks that there is nothing wrong with his son's revenge, and there is nothing to say about being caught by you at this time." ”

Liu Wanbao saw that he was still obsessed, so he asked again: "Ding and Chang, do you have any grudges with you?" ”

Ding Youchang was stunned by his question, and subconsciously replied: "Ding and Liu are naturally free of hatred and resentment. ”

"Since you have no grudges and no grudges, then why did you collude with Wu Xinji, Shi Feibao and others, wanting to use drugs to charm Liu, and then kill him quickly? Why don't you stop killing Liu, and you still want to murder my righteous son and nephew, and take over my daughter? Liu Wanbao stared at a pair of red eyes and asked sharply, obviously having been filled with angry blood.

This sentence hit the nail on the head, and Ding Youchang was speechless when asked. He had been struggling with the loss of his son just now, and as a result, he had forgotten the actual purpose of his visit. At this time, after Liu Wanbao asked, he remembered that he had come to conspire to harm others. Now that people are not harmed, they have become the prisoners of the other party. What frightened him even more was that Liu Wanbao, who had conspired with Shi Feibao and Wu Xinji, knew everything clearly, how could this be? Could it be that these Taoist priests really have the ability to predict the future, and have figured out all their conspiracies and tricks?

Obviously, seeing his hesitation, Qingchen next to him said: "Don't doubt it, we do know about the conspiracy between you, Shi Feibao and Lao Wu." Xiaodao pretended to be a soldier and went up the mountain with Li Fu at noon, and after entering the cottage, he searched around the cottage. Because he heard that the Wu family blindly refused to send troops down the mountain to rescue, he sneaked into his residence to find out why he was unwilling to send rescue troops. While you were plotting in the living room of the back hall, the trail was on the beam next door, and I heard your conversation word for word. ”

Qingchen paused, and added with some contempt, "I'm afraid you didn't expect that when Wu Xinji and you were plotting to kill someone, his own soldiers were ambushed in the next room. As long as Wu Xinji felt that Shi Feibao could not be trusted, these pro-soldiers would rush in and take him down. It's ridiculous that these so-called masters don't even notice that the trail is on the beam above their heads. ”

Ding and Chang finally understood everything now, but it was too late. At this time, his face was like ashes, he shook his head helplessly, and said: "Providence, providence!" I, Ding and Chang, were so defeated that I had nothing to say. ”

After speaking, he lowered his head, closed his eyes, and said nothing. Liu Wanbao was already very angry at this time, he turned around suddenly, and with a "swish", he pulled out the single knife on the waist of his confidant Xu Laosan, and cut off Ding Youchang's head when the knife fell. If it weren't for Zhang Weixin, Zeng Zhilin and Qingchen to hide quickly, they would definitely be sprayed with blood all over their faces.

Although the people of the Jade Void Palace, especially the Crossing Crowd, did not want to put this Ding and Chang to death, in their eyes, they only felt that he was both hateful and pitiful. A good man who has lost his mind because of the loss of his son will do whatever it takes to get revenge on someone he considers to be his enemy. As a result, one wrong step and one wrong step, and finally ended up in such a fate. Besides, from modern times, they really can't kill people who have been arrested, but they are not dissatisfied with Liu Wanbao's behavior. You must know that if you hadn't gotten the news in advance, Liu Wanbao would have lost his life at this time. Even now, Liu Wanbao's family is still in danger, and they must speed up their actions.

Zhang Weixin and others stepped forward to persuade Liu Wanbao to dissipate their anger, and asked Xu Laosan to lead people to clean up Ding Youchang's corpse to the side. Although the ruined temple is full of blood, it is not uncomfortable for those big and small leaders who often kill people and oversell goods. Many people are still secretly glad that they expressed their stance quickly just now, otherwise it would be such an end. Only the Mo brothers were already scared like chaff at this time, for fear that they would be the next to lose their heads, and they couldn't even say words of begging for mercy.

Under the persuasion of everyone, Liu Wanbao's mood gradually calmed down. He held a knife in one hand and pointed at the Mo brothers with the other, and threatened: "Mo Dan, Mo Liang, wait and listen." Although the two of you were sent by Wu Xinji, you and Ding and Chang came together to murder a certain family. But Nian Zai'er is acting according to orders, just an assistant, and can be lightly dismissed. As long as you follow the instructions of the Daoists of the Jade Void Palace, you will spare your life. Did you hear me clearly? ”

When the Mo brothers heard this, they were like being amnestied, so there was no reason not to agree. The two of them immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, and hurriedly said that they would definitely do what Liu Dangjia and the Taoist masters of the Yuxu Palace had ordered.

Seeing that they were almost frightened, Zhang Weixin called the Mo brothers and other leaders together and told them how to cooperate with the action next. After confirming that all the leaders understood, they asked them to go outside the temple to gather the team and wait for Liu Dangjia's lecture.

The leaders came out of the ruined temple, and soon gathered all the minions and lined up outside the ruined temple gate. And on the periphery of this group of minions, the more than 100 minions who had already returned to the Yuxu Palace in the early stage formed an encirclement without a trace, in case Wu Xinji's cronies who might exist among them took the opportunity to make trouble or escape the news. Subsequently, Liu Wanbao walked out of the broken temple, and in the confused eyes of the minions, he explained the previous events one by one, and asked everyone to express their stance on whether they were willing to return to the Yuxu Palace.

Although it is difficult for these new minions to fully understand this series of changes for a while, as ordinary soldiers, they are usually the ones who follow the general's will. Now that his boss and boss have taken refuge in the new master, he just has to follow. Therefore, the persuasion of these minions is quite smooth, and the next step can be implemented immediately. After a short assignment of tasks, these 200 minions rushed to the Five Tiger Village in Xiayunling at the speed of a rapid march under the leadership of the people of Yuxu Palace and Liu Wanbao.