Chapter 89: Dao Bureau Transactions
We came to a common shop in a ghost market.
I heard Zhang Tiancheng say that this is the outer gate of the "Heavenly Dao Bureau", and there is an elder of the "Heavenly Dao Bureau" inside, who is responsible for the activities of the outer disciples and handling some things within his ability.
I walked in and saw that it was full of gossip, charms, mahogany swords, bells, and other evil things.
At the forefront, there was a gray-haired old man, who was concentrating on drawing a charm, and it didn't take long for a piece of yellow rune paper to turn blue.
This shows that the old man in front of him has a certain Taoism.
The other party didn't raise his head, and when he heard the footsteps, he said: "1,000 pieces of Bagua Mirror, 500 pieces of peach wood sword, 1,000 pieces of charms, etc., the higher the grade, the greater the value, you can choose at will." ”
The old man's name is Qian Huahui, and he speaks very smoothly, and he introduces these things to people a lot.
We went straight to the point, took out the letter of recommendation that Wang Yangming gave us, put it in front of him, and said: "Senior, we are disciples of the Taishang Daomen, and Senior Wang recommended us to come here, and asked the old man to show us the way and take us to the head of the Heavenly Dao Bureau." ”
The other party was stunned and raised his head, his eyes showed a natural domineering spirit, and he took out a lighter to destroy the envelope, saying, "This letter of recommendation is invalid." ”
"Why?"
"The Taishang Daomen has fallen, and now there is one less door in the Xuanmen rivers and lakes, it can be seen that the people in the evil sect have a huge background, you are the fish caught in the Taishang Daomen, if our Heavenly Dao Bureau takes you under the door, isn't it asking for trouble for yourself? And this letter was given to Wang Yangming when we saw that the Taishang Daomen was still in its prime, and now that you are lonely, we don't have to keep our promise. ”
Qian Huahui turned his face faster than a book.
There was a trace of anger in my heart, and for the sake of his seniors, I didn't care about him, and then said: "Old man, you are just an elder of the outer sect, and you can't be the master, as for whether to accept us or not, it is a matter of the head of the family, are you qualified to speak for him?" ”
This sentence angered the old man in front of him, and when he saw him raise his hand and slap it on the table, the whole table was directly shattered with a bang, and the air wave blew in, shaking the three of us juniors back three steps.
Is this a disadvantage for us? So that we can retreat?
But our will will will never be so weak, after all, Wang Yangming's life and death are uncertain now, and we need to know his whereabouts.
The Heavenly Dao Bureau's eyeliner is all over the place, and the Taishang Dao Sect has only fallen for a few days, so they know it first, which shows that their ability to collect information is very high.
"Hmph, how dare you be so disrespectful to the old man?"
Qian Huahui in front of him is also an elder of the outer sect, in charge of thousands of people, and his cultivation is naturally prominent.
His own ability is several days higher than ours, and forcibly fighting him will only be self-inflicted.
"The old man is responsible for introducing people, and the head has no right to ask, so the old man can take whoever he likes, and if you make the old man unhappy, you can go back where you come from!"
I can't imagine that the huge "Heavenly Dao Bureau" is actually afraid of the four evil sects?
Zhang Tiancheng did not give up and said: "Senior, if you miss us, it will be a great loss, the Heavenly Dao Bureau has been 'carrying by heaven' since its establishment, regarding the way of heaven as the king, and following the law, this young man next to me, but the chosen one, isn't your Heavenly Dao Bureau flattering the way of heaven?" ”
As soon as the old man heard Zhang Tiancheng's words, he squinted his eyes and looked me up and down a few times, and then asked for my birthday and pinched his fingers, and his expression changed suddenly, and Zhang Tiancheng's words had been verified.
"I believe that the 'Heavenly Dao Bureau' has the obligation to protect him, and our Taishang Dao Gate was destroyed because the other party lurked the inner ghost in my middle gate for a hundred years and destroyed the foundation, in the same way, you were in the Xuanmen back then, but you seriously injured the four evil sects, can the other party not hold a grudge against you?"
The old man looked confused, not knowing what we were talking about.
"Senior, the head of the Taishang Dao Sect is an inner ghost, and he told me before he died that there are also ...... in your 'Heavenly Dao Bureau'."
As soon as I spoke, the old man's face turned pale with fright, and his brow furrowed, as if he were considering whether what we had said was true or false.
"If you introduce us in and get what we want, maybe we will lure out the inner ghost, and then you will still be an elder of the outer gate?"
It's a bargain of interests.
It's also a make-or-break gamble between each other.
Qian Huahui thought for a long time, closed his eyes, hung up a smile, and said: "If there are really internal ghosts in the 'Heavenly Dao Bureau', what ability do you little ghosts have to find out others?" It's a good deal, but it's risky, so you'll have to prove it to me! ”
How do you prove that?
Zhang Tiancheng beside me is an innate Dao body that cannot be encountered.
As the leader of the Taoist system in the Twelve Xuanmen, "Jade Qingzhenren", he praised him one or two, and told me that as long as Zhang Tiancheng survived the two major tribulations, he would definitely rise to the top in the future.
Now that his life and heart tribulation have passed, and he has also broken through the realm of the four rank angels, they really don't want such talents?
You must know that the innate Dao body is released, it is a hot item, take Zhang Daoling, who founded the "Dragon and Tiger Mountain" and soared, for example, for thousands of years, the ability of the younger generations can surpass him?
And the foundation that created his transcendent ability was to have an innate Dao body.
What kind of gourd is the old man selling in front of him?
I saw him take out an address from the cabinet, put it in my hand, and said: "It's 'gambling' is risky, if you want to minimize the chance of losing, you have to have the brain and ability, someone came to me a few days ago to handle the funeral, if you do well, I will take you to the 'Heavenly Dao Bureau', introduce you to Master Li, and tell you Wang Yangming's whereabouts, how about it?" ”
The conditions he said made our hearts move.
However, he had a strange condition, the matter that we had to deal with, when the other party talked about the price, we had to ask for 100,000.
What is this?
We have no other choice.
Since Wang Yangming asked us to come to the "Heavenly Dao Bureau", he naturally has his reasons.
Therefore, we came to a backward mountain village according to the address on the paper.
This village is located in a large mountain, surrounded by lush greenery, the mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, and the weather is myriad, as if there is a volcanic dragon dormant here, waiting for the day when it will awaken and soar.
The people in the village are relatively simple, living in dilapidated old houses.
Seeing this, Zhang Tiancheng said: "Strange, I think the feng shui here is excellent, the village is surrounded by mountains, and there is a river rushing behind, according to the theory of feng shui, there should be a lot of nobles here, but why is it so backward?" ”
We came to the house with curiosity, and stared at the old renovated house in front of us, and the simple things inside, which made me feel pity, and before I could go in, a child ran out with a lollipop in his mouth.
When he saw us, he showed a puzzled face, and hurriedly shouted to the grandfather and others inside.
An old man came out to meet us and asked, "Who are you?" ”
"Hello old man, we are Mr. Qian's recommended folk gentleman, don't you have a funeral at home? We're here to help you deal with your problems. ”
As soon as these words came out, the old man was puzzled and doubted the ability of the three of us.
I can understand him, in the eyes of ordinary people, it seems that the older you are, the higher your ability, but this is not necessarily the case.
In the face of the old man's questioning, I directly took out a piece of yellow rune paper, used my own breath, and lit it out of thin air, which immediately made him exclaim, showing an apologetic face, and hurriedly led us into the door.
"The three Taoist leaders, our family is relatively poor, please bear with me, don't be surprised." As he spoke, he gave us a few hundred dollars.
Staring at the crumpled money, I laughed dryly a few times and pushed it back, embarrassed: "Old man, the matter of money will be discussed later!" ”
The old man was embarrassed a few times, so he took us into the inner room, and as soon as I entered the door, I smelled a sour smell, as if a person had not taken a bath for a long time.
I endured my nausea and stared at the side of the bed, where it seemed that there was a person wrapped in a futon.
And as soon as I came here, I was invaded by a faint yin qi, and my body shivered with coldness.
So, I cautiously went there and lifted the futon, and the appearance of the dead frightened me several steps backwards.
The old man had an old face, his face was swollen as if it had been blistered, his arms and face were covered with black tendons, his eyes were bloodshot, and his mouth was wide open.
After so many things, I have already gained some experience, and people like him must have been tortured inhumanly in his life, otherwise he would not have been resentful after death.
He Mingxi asked: "Old uncle, do you have something to hide from us?" Have you noticed something strange in your house lately? Otherwise, the other party has corpse spots and has been dead for three or four days, and you haven't buried him yet. ”
The old man's expression was complicated, as if it was true, but he quickly removed a trace of melancholy, and said: "Alas, my father must be complaining about me, our family is already poor, the child is so young, and he has to go to school, and his parents are not angry, so we two old people have to raise it, where is the spare money in our hands?" ”
His father, who had appendicitis cancer months earlier, was clamoring for surgery.
How can they have such a large amount of money!
So as a son, he refused his father's request, and watching his father endure great pain, he didn't feel a good feeling in his heart.
"I know I'm a brute, and I'm not worthy of being his son, but I can't help it, we have been poor for eight generations, either we haven't worked hard, or we can't get rich, how can we treat diseases without money? So my dad couldn't stand the pain a few days ago, so he secretly got out of bed and went outside to relieve his anger, who knew that he accidentally fell to his death, and then it became what we saw. ”
Originally, the old man wanted to bury his father, but his father refused to leave, and several strong men were stunned and couldn't lift the coffin.
And at night, they could hear the small cries coming from their father's room, which scared them to death.
So I went to Qian Huahui to solve the problem.
Zhang Tiancheng nodded.
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.
It's hard to argue about right and wrong.
Zhang Tiancheng said: "Old man, your family's affairs are supernatural events, and if we deal with it, we may face danger to our lives at any time, so we want 100,000!" ”
"What?" Old Man Gao was taken aback, his face was embarrassed, and he kicked us out without saying a word, "You three little dolls are lions with big mouths, right?" Roll on! ”
I knew it would come out like this.
The old man is clearly making things difficult for us.
Wait until the second day.
We heard the news that Uncle Gao had returned with a young Taoist priest with a smile.
The other party is willing to pay money instead of asking for money to help him solve the strange things at home.
Eventually, the Taoist priest was invited into the door of his house......