The overall area of the city lord's mansion is not very large, divided into two courtyards, the front and back yards, the front yard and the back yard are inhabited. Meng Yuan and Shen Qingluan visited, and Wang Hongji and Liu Ziping greeted them in person.

When everyone arrived at the conference hall, Wang Hongji took the lead in preaching: "The two Taoist friends have worked hard all the way, please drink a glass of thin wine after the old man." After saying that, he raised his glass and toasted from left to right, and everyone drank it together.

After a cup, Wang Hongji continued: "Yesterday, there was an abnormality in the aura of Hongcheng Heaven and Earth, and I think it was because the Taoist friend broke through the ladder successfully. Such a fortunate thing should have been congratulated immediately, but the old man and his junior brother thought about it again and again, so they did not go for fear of disturbing the rest of the Taoist friends. I wanted to visit today, but I didn't think that Taoist friends would come first. Be careful, please smile. ”

After speaking, the next person gave Meng Yuan a box, and Meng Yuan urged his soul power to check it, and there were ten orange spirit stones inside. I thought to myself, this old man is so generous. Shen Qingluan has only saved a dozen yuan in several years, and there are so many gifts for this meeting, and he has nothing to do, and he is either a traitor or a thief.

Meng Yuan raised his wine glass and said, "Fellow Daoist, my senior sister and I will go down the mountain and travel through this place, and we will leave in a few days." Thanks to the gift of Taoist friends, I am very grateful. If he comes to my Canghai Sect, my sister and I will do our best to be the landlord and invite the Taoist friends to see the scenery of the mountain gate. ”

Meng Yuan's words are interesting, I accepted your gift, I don't have time to do what you ask me to do, and he doesn't bother to care about the future.

After Shen Qingluan heard this, he snickered in his heart, this guy really didn't change his life, and he just wanted to take advantage. The gifts of these two old foxes are so easy to take. Sure enough, I heard Liu Ziping say: "Taoist friends travel through the mountains and rivers, presumably to break through the Taoist realm and accumulate Taoist meaning. My senior brother and I have lived in the Taoist realm for many years, and I dare not say how deep I know, but I still have some understanding. Wouldn't it be nice for you to stay a few more days, and we would discuss it together?"

Meng Yuan scolded in his heart, Lao Tzu is only the seventh order of Lingyuan, and he feels a fart. On the surface, he responded with a hesitant expression: "Dao is friendly to the two of us, but in fact, there is something important to do, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time." ”

Wang Hongji brushed his beard and said: "If you have anything important, you might as well say it." The old man is an elder of Beichuan Academy, and he may be able to contribute a little. ”

When Shen Qingluan heard this, he felt that the time had come, and said, "Qingluan is here to thank you first. A few days ago, my younger brother and sister encountered pirates when they passed through Hongcheng, and the two of them did not forget the teachings of their master, except for a few pirates. I also heard that there was a bandit on Beihuai Island who was very rampant, and went to suppress the bandits, but the bandits were cunning and unfortunately captured. Senior Brother Meng and I are going to go to the island to save people this time, so we can't delay. ”

"Haha... Daoyou don't have to be anxious, that bandit has done a lot of evil, and the old man and his junior brother are also discussing how to get rid of this thief. Since we have the same purpose, why don't we join hands to fight the enemy?" Wang Hongji said with a smile.

"Very good, we are not familiar with the situation, just ask Daoyou to plan everything. Shen Qingluan said.

Wang Hongji glanced at Wang Wenbin, Wang Wenbin nodded and took a step forward and said, "According to my investigation, the pirate leader's name is Lang Tiaozi, and he is a Taoist cultivator. Now that I have two uncles in the Taoist realm, plus two seniors, I will definitely be able to suppress the bandits easily, and Hongcheng will be peaceful. ”

Shen Qingluan asked, "What about the other bandits?"

Wang Wenbin replied: "Tomorrow I will organize the Hongcheng guards to set off by boat, and the ordinary pirates will be dealt with by the guards, and when there are cultivators, I will deal with them with my senior brother." As for the prodigal tiaozi, I need my seniors to cooperate with my uncle to exterminate it. ”

When Meng Yuan heard it, his feelings were good. Only by bullying the small with the big and "bullying the weak" can we be invincible. pretended to be a senior at the moment, and praised Wang Hongji a few words. Everyone talked happily, drank a few glasses of wine, and Wang Wenbin arranged a residence to rest.

On the second day, Meng Yuan sat in the cabin, holding a map in his hand and thinking about something. Seeing this, Shen Qingluan asked, "What are you thinking?"

Meng Yuan looked at the map, touched his chin with his hand and said, "Where do you say that Lang Tiaozi will put the treasure he snatched? This map is not detailed enough to judge the location of the treasure house." ”

Shen Qingluan was drinking tea, squirted out, and said angrily: "I thought you were thinking about how to attack the bandits, but I didn't think you were studying other people's treasure houses." Don't you know that there are space treasures? Those important things must be on Langtiaozi, so don't think about those useless ones. ”

Meng Yuan sighed and said, "Alas, then it's troublesome, we will definitely not be able to rob those two old men, it seems that we will work for nothing." ”

The big ship had already arrived near Beihuai Island after two hours, and according to the original plan, the guards attacked the pirates first. The Langtiaozi pirate group has dominated the sea route for many years, and its influence is still very large, and those guards dare not land on the island.

Wang Hongji promised a heavy reward, killing a pirate and rewarding ten taels of silver. There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and the guards began to move. As soon as the guards were killed, there were heavy casualties, and Wang Wenbin had no choice but to fight with Wei Xingchang to stabilize the situation.

Meng Yuan couldn't sit still in the cabin, so he quietly got off the boat and walked towards the island. What he thought was that the pirates of Beihuai Island would rush out, so the rear would definitely be empty, and he might be able to reap some benefits by taking advantage of the chaos.

After landing on the island, he headed in the direction of the treasure house he judged, entered the pirate base camp, grabbed a tongue and forced the location of the treasure house. The pirate pointed Meng Yuan in a direction, and he slammed into the wall and fainted.

Meng Yuan smiled: "You are very smart." ”

Following the direction he was pointing, he scurried all the way and heard a moan as he passed a room. Summoning soul power to investigate, it turned out to be a pirate who was violently assaulting a woman.

Meng Yuan didn't want to do much and wanted to go around, but Di Yu didn't agree.

Meng Yuan said helplessly: "Brother, if the pirate hadn't done it, I would have saved the woman, but this is all going on, does it make sense for me to go in? Do you believe it or not, if I break in now, the woman will still resent us." ”

Di Yu said disagreeingly: "How is it possible, let's save her, even if she doesn't thank her, she can't be resentful." ”

Meng Yuan looked at Di Yu and said with a wicked smile: "Brother will teach you a lesson today." After saying that, he rushed in, and the pirate was having a good time, and he didn't notice that Meng Yuan broke in.

Meng Yuan mischievously slapped the pirate's big buttocks, and the pirate turned around in pain. looked at Meng Yuan and scolded: "Mom, are you tired of living, dare to spoil Lao Tzu's good deeds?"

Meng Yuan pretended to be anxious and reported: "The officers and soldiers have landed on the island and are about to be killed." ”

"Your grandmother, this little is just screaming. As he spoke, he slapped Meng Yuan.

When Meng Yuan saw the pirate coming, he clenched his fist and sent the pirate first, knocking the pirate to the ground and kicking him behind him. looked at the girl, and scolded in her heart, she looks really good, and she is cheap for these beasts.

smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, girl, there are already officers and soldiers attacking outside, and they will rescue you soon." ”

The woman looked at Meng Yuan and wanted to cover herself with clothes, but unfortunately there was nothing around. I could only squat down and didn't dare to look at Meng Yuan.

Emperor Yu reminded Meng Yuan that the pirate was not faint and was going to attack him. Meng Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, the show has just begun." ”

Meng Yuan knew that the pirate was going to beat him, so he pretended not to know and looked at the woman. The woman moved back, glanced at Meng Yuan, and didn't say anything. The pirate punched him, and he ate the punch and slammed into the woman.

Meng Yuan pretended to be injured, gasped, coughed a few times, and stared at the woman in disbelief with a pair of eyes, as if asking why she hadn't reminded herself. Seeing the pirates picking up knives from the side and slashing at them, they rushed up and hugged the pirates and fought together.

Meng Yuan and the pirate were in a stalemate, and shouted to the woman, "Come and help me." ”

The woman tried to get up, but saw the pirate glaring at her fiercely and crouched down again. Meng Yuan roared angrily and slammed the pirate against the wall. The pirate's brain was shattered, and he fell down bleeding. Meng Yuan swayed, his body was weak, and he also fell.

Only the woman curled up in the room, looking at the fainting two. After a long time, the woman found that both of them had fainted, walked to Meng Yuan's side and called him, but found that she couldn't wake up and walked to the pirate. Looking at the fainted pirate, remembering what happened to him, he picked up the big knife and slashed down.

Meng Yuan woke up, slowly raised his right hand with a painful look on his face, and said, "Help me." After saying that, he fainted again.

The woman looked at Meng Yuan and wanted to help him up, as if she had thought of something, and her outstretched hand was stretched out again. Still holding a long knife in his hand, looking at Meng Yuan seemed to have made a decision.

I saw that the woman's eyes were fierce, and she actually raised a big knife and slashed at Meng Yuan. Meng Yuan grabbed the long knife and knocked the woman unconscious. He sneered and said to Di Yu: "See, this is the person you want to save." Ignore the dazed Emperor Yu and continue to search for the treasure house.

I crossed a corridor and saw four pirates guarding a doorway, thinking that it must be a treasure trove inside. Rushed over, knocked the four unconscious, and walked towards the treasure house.

The treasure trove is filled with gold, pearls, medicinal herbs, cloth, and other goods. Meng Yuan screamed and made a fortune, took out the Qiankun bag and put it inside. After a while, the Qiankun bag was also full.

Meng Yuan seemed to think of something, and took out some things that he thought were worthless and put them back in the treasure house. When the matter is done, turn around and slip away.

On the way back, Di Yu didn't believe that the woman would kill him, and he really couldn't understand the reason for asking Meng Yuan.

Meng Yuan taught: "You are too simple, you have to read more psychology books in the future, otherwise how will you mix with society." In fact, the reason is very simple, that woman is not an ordinary woman. ”

"What do you mean?" Di Yu asked.

"You're blind, you didn't see the pirates doing their work, and the woman didn't have the slightest intention of resisting. What does this mean?" Meng Yuan asked rhetorically.

Seeing that Di Yu shook his head, he explained: "It means that she wants to live! Ordinary women have to resist a few times when they encounter violence by men, right? The woman obviously didn't mean this, which means that this is not the first time she has been violently attacked by pirates, and she has become numb." But when I rescued her and said that the officers and soldiers came to save her, she had hope of living. ”

"But what does that have to do with her killing us?"

"Of course it does. She killed pirates to vent her anger, and she killed us to protect her reputation. If she is rescued, will she marry in the future? But if her story is spread by us, then how can she marry? Would you like to marry a broken shoe that has been played with?" Meng Yuan taught.

"But I won't say it!"

"Then how can she guarantee that you won't say it, the mouth of a dead man is the safest. Of course, this is also to blame me, magnifying her evil thoughts of human nature and giving her a chance. Don't call me cruel, I'm just trying to make you aware of the sinister nature of this society. Meng Yuan defended himself.

In fact, he only saw a similar story in a psychology book. After reading it, he ridiculed the author for being too brainless and making up such a story. But when he came into the world, he began to wonder if he had the right idea, so he had the test in front of him. It's funny that he misunderstood the author before, and the sad thing is that the story actually happened to him.

If a society loses checks and balances, even saints will find it difficult to suppress the evil in their hearts. Human nature is inherently good, where does the good come from? Human nature is inherently evil, where does the evil come from?