Chapter 23
"Senior, what does this mean?" Although the situation in front of him is quite clear, Meng Yuhan, who was trapped in the formation, still plans to put a few words first, after all, there will not be too much information before the war.
"Hmph...... And even ask me what I mean? At this moment, Shan Hansong has changed his face, and he is like two people who were submissive before, "Who do you think you are talking to?" ”
"Oh?" Meng Yuhan heard that there was something in the other party's words, so he continued, "Could it be ...... You just lied to me? Actually, you're not the head of the sect here? ”
"I'm the one in charge here." Shan Hansong replied, "But at the same time...... I am also the Director of the Federal Special Operations Force 'OPA' (occult_phenomenon_Administration), the Paranormal Authority. ”
As soon as these words came out, Meng Yuhan was stunned, because it was the first time he had heard of the name of this institution, and Zilin had not reminded him at all before he went out on the mission that the Taoist priests here had been recruited by the Federation to become civil servants.
It stands to reason that it is impossible for Zilin not to know about the existence of this organization, so there are roughly two reasons why he doesn't say it: first, he feels that it is unnecessary; Second, he has other calculations.
Judging from the fact that Zilin deliberately arranged for the "four murderers" to go with Meng Yuhan, it is obvious that the probability of the latter is relatively large.
"Heh......" Meng Yuhan sneered after thinking for a while, and shouted loudly, "As a descendant of the Taoist Sect, I don't think about self-cultivation, inheritance of Taoism, nor chivalrous acts, and enter the WTO to save the suffering, but instead run to be a dog for this kind of corrupt court, don't you feel ashamed?" ”
This sanctimonious set, Meng Yuhan played like a thief, and people who were not familiar with him couldn't see half of the flaws at all, and after he roared like this, there were really a few people around him who were ashamed.
"Nonsense!" But Shan Hansong didn't eat this, and shouted, "You talk to me about Taoism? Hum...... When we Taoist priests are displaced and precarious, where is the Tao? You let me enter the WTO to save the suffering...... And who saved me when I was suffering in the world? ”
What Shan Hansong said is not wrong.
Since the Wittstock Empire purged religion from the face of the earth more than 200 years ago, the Daomen also declined, and the remaining descendants have all gone underground; Due to the absence of Taoist temples and mountain gates, the matter of accepting disciples has become basically dependent on "fate", so there are fewer and fewer heirs.
Over the past two hundred years, after the fall of the empire and the rise of the Federation, although the Taoist temple is now there again, it has become a tourist attraction. "True Taoists" like them have lost their formal identity and industry, and most of them are living a very hard life.
Almost all of them have been in elementary school, and they can't receive much cultural education or go on to higher education like normal people, not to mention anything else...... Let's talk about Meng Yuhan, before he was called up by the Reverse Cross, he made a living by renting, which was not an easy and lucrative job.
Shan Hansong is the same, he has been an orphan since he was a child, he was taken in by a Taoist priest, and he naturally became a Taoist priest when he grew up, but this was not his own life choice.
What about the Dao Method? What about high seniority? Struggling on the poverty line all day long, a piece of clothing is still worn after five years, and the patches on the robe are almost more than the original fabric, and they are still in use...... has lived this virtue, and the master also asked him to "help the world", or use Taoism to help people without asking for anything in return.
Shan Hansong helped many people when he was younger, and most of the rewards he received were cold eyes and swearing, and he was misunderstood, distrusted, treated as a psychopath, or playing "big adventures......
Even if someone believes in him, gratitude is only temporary, and when he turns around, he is a stranger.
Shan Hansong doesn't blame those people because he understands them.
In the current world, we can't summarize it with a simple "there are many good people" or "there are many bad people", it can only be said that when a social environment makes its bottom line quite low, everyone is forced to become bad; If you choose to be a good person, you may be cheated by bad people, and the people standing by will say that you are being cheated because you are stupid.
When a society's own system cannot protect the "good people", people can only make a choice - either to pay a corresponding cost for their integrity and goodness, of course, this cost is not affordable for everyone; Either that's a compromise to some extent......
Shan Hansong finally compromised, and the opportunity for his compromise was called "Qiu Zhengyi".
Back then, after Qiu Qingping "borrowed the corpse to return his soul" to "Qiu Zhengyi" and defected to the Federation, he rose to prominence as a "capable person", and soon established a firm foothold in the Federation and held a high position; At this time, he regained the original plan of "merging the sect into the federation and relying on the power of the government to establish a special department".
Qiu Zhengyi didn't want to use this to inherit the Taoist system or anything, he just hadn't given up his ambitions yet, and at the same time, he was also a little weak-hearted......
After all, he made his debut and did such a thing as killing the teacher and destroying the door, although he had changed his identity with the method of "borrowing the corpse to return the soul", he was still afraid that one day a descendant of Zhengyi would come to settle accounts with him.
Therefore, Aki Shoichi thought of this plan - first, through his position and a little bribe, he moved around the relationship within the federation to put the idea of the "OPA" as an institution on the agenda; Then, he went to contact the heads of those sects who were interested in being "recruited...... As a result, he and Shan Hansong hit it off.
A few years later, OPA was officially established, and its headquarters was located in Longhu Mountain...... There are also many Taoist priests who are willing to follow Shan Hansong.
Originally, most of those people were just gatekeepers, spoon-turners, and commissaries...... Behind the scenes, they are also responsible for the identity of a Taoist priest, and now they are only required to add a civil servant establishment on the original basis, so that they can receive an extra salary higher than their own work; In addition, apart from the regular meeting twice a month, there is basically no additional work for them to do.
According to Qiu Zhengyi's vision, he hopes that the OPA organization can slowly grow, and when the strength is enough, he will use the advantage of the organization's backing to the government to make the OPA the "only orthodox", and then absorb all the scattered Taoist descendants in the world, what can't be absorbed...... put on a hat of "side door and left road" to suppress and eliminate it.
This is undoubtedly a big project, but there is no need to rush, it is done steadily and gradually; Anyway, he Qiu Zhengyi can borrow the corpse to return his soul, even if it is fifty or a hundred years, he can wait.
One day, the plan will come true, and he will become the behind-the-scenes controller of "Daomen Authenticity"; At that time, he will control all speech and knowledge within the Daomen...... No one will know what he has done in the first place, he can turn black and white upside down, refer to a deer as a horse, or even describe himself as a god for others to worship, and ask his disciples to regularly send him a "sacrifice" of one out of ten thousand for him to borrow the corpse to resurrect his soul.
Of course, his grand plan had long since been shattered with the end of his own life.
And Shan Hansong didn't know Qiu Zhengyi's plan, he only regarded Qiu Zhengyi as the savior of the Daomen, compared with those old guys who could only talk about big truths all day long, Qiu Zhengyi provided him with real official establishment and real money.
In addition, Qiu Zhengyi also told Shan Hansong that he used to be Qiu Qingping - because he was a fellow Taoist, Qiu Zhengyi understood that it was difficult for the matter of "borrowing the corpse to return the soul" to escape the eyes of the other party, so he simply admitted it himself.
Qiu Zhengyi put a different way of saying that he killed his master and his classmates...... said that he wanted to take them to the Federation, but the other party not only did not appreciate the feelings, but also made the first move, and he could only defend himself, and was injured in the process and had to borrow the corpse to return his soul.
Originally, only Li Bingyi and Meng Yuhan knew about that little thing, and they didn't deliberately spread it everywhere, plus Shan Hansong had a soft mouth and a soft hand to take people, and he was listening with tendencies, so after listening to it, he must have chosen to listen and believe partially.
Therefore, from Shan Hansong's point of view, he was hostile to Meng Yuhan.
Later, the "Nine Prisons" were broken and Qiu Zheng died in battle, and the PLA, as one of the federal agencies, naturally received relevant notices; In the list of the "chaotic parties" of the anti-cross group, Meng Yuhan's name is on the list again...... The moment Shan Hansong saw this name, he immediately decided that Qiu Zhengyi's death was related to Xiao Meng.
Today, in public and private, Shan Hansong does not plan to let the other party leave alive.
Previously, Shan Hansong acted in front of Meng Yuhan, just to make the other party relax his vigilance, so as to buy time...... In this way, he was able to gather all the OPA members in the surrounding area and form a siege here.
"It seems...... You have already convinced yourself first......" Meng Yuhan saw that Shan Hansong had a firm attitude, and he knew that it would not work to kidnap the other party with the rules of the ancestors plus courtesy, righteousness and shame, so he took advantage of the situation to turn on the mockery mode, wanting to continue to exert pressure in a way that disturbed the other party's mood, "As the so-called ass decides the head, once a person gives up his ethics and is in the same stream...... Like you, you will devalue what you originally insisted on, and then rationalize your existing behavior for various reasons......" He said this, spreading his hands, shrugging his shoulders and laughing, "Huh...... A 'Taoist priest' like me, in your eyes at this moment, must be a special obstruction, right? ”
Meng Yuhan's words were really heart-wrenching, like a knife cutting Shan Hansong's heart.
Take the example of an online writer (yes, I'll take this as an example, if you offend someone...... If a writer never cheats and doesn't swipe data, then even if he fights the streets, he can not admit that he writes badly (of course, in most cases, it is actually bad writing), and scolds those who preempt various website recommendation resources by swiping data.
But if a writer has also swiped the data himself, and the brush is more obvious, and he can't recognize it, he won't have the confidence to scold this kind of behavior (in fact, there are a lot of people who laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps), and then he will say, "The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys", "This is the current norm", "This is called operation", "Everyone does this", "I am also helpless", "As a god, I have to take care of face, and I have no choice but to follow the brush when I am brushed by a newcomer on the list" and so on.
Human compromise is a process of self-persuasion, and once the position changes, words and deeds will change with it.
Some people compromise, but the non-contemplation is still there, so they feel helpless, and more often than not, they will remain silent instead of justifying themselves, because they also know that justifying the nature of the matter is not going to change the nature of the matter, because they are still not fully convinced......
But there are still some people who have indeed convinced themselves, but in their subconscious they still know right and wrong...... This contradiction, when provoked, erupts into anger and hatred...... Point to those who have not made compromises.
"You think you're tall?" Shan Hansong was angry and hateful at this moment, and he couldn't wait to tear Meng Yuhan's arrogant face apart immediately, "You understand us again?" What kind of thing are you? Worthy to teach me a lesson? ”
"Okay~ Then I won't pretend to be tall." Meng Yuhan still looked relaxed, and muttered softly after replying to this, "Although I am indeed qualified to pretend in front of you......" He cleared his throat and raised his voice again, "Let's talk about something practical...... May I ask who gave you the confidence to make you think ......" At this point, he glanced around again, "...... Call such a bunch of rotten sweet potato stinky bird eggs, and put on a 'four unique formations', you can deal with the four murderers and my Meng Daoye? ”
"Hah! It's a joke! After hearing this, Shan Hansong smiled cruelly, "Even if your master Li Bingyi is here today, he will definitely be my Shan Hansong's opponent...... When you step into these four battles, you will already be a dead man! He paused, "As for these four demons...... It is indeed a bit difficult to do, but in front of the magic weapon left by Zhang Tianshi, even if it is the four murderers, it is also a dead end! ”
As soon as the words fell, Shan Lao Dao already raised his sleeves, pulled out a silver plate-like gossip mirror from his robe, and held it high above the top.
Not only him, but at this moment, the Taoist priests who surrounded them around the mountain col also took out a magic weapon; Judging from the spiritual power emanating from those treasures, they were all things that came out of the Heavenly Master's secret realm.
"I see, ......" Seeing this scene, Meng Yuhan immediately figured out some of his previous doubts, "It seems that everyone present, as long as they are a little bit of Taoism, have basically entered this hole, right?" ”
He was actually quite sorry when he said this, every one of these people present was much older than him, and the weakest Dao power was more than three times that of him, and no matter how many times they "Dao Xing", they were still taller than him.
"What do you think?" Shan Hansong said, "Even the entrance that you can find, how can our local Taoist priests not find it?" He replied in a contemptuous tone, "It is because I know the inside of the cave that I will let you in." ”
"Hmm...... Since you've all been there, why hasn't the hole at the entrance of the cave been broken? Meng Yuhan asked thoughtfully.
"Zhang Tianshi is not a fool, how could he leave behind a Concealment Spell that was cracked once and disappeared forever?" Shan Hansong continued, "Let's put it simply...... This trick resets every twelve hours, you know? ”
It's unlikely that people who are not locals will know about this.
"Oh, no wonder......" Meng Yuhan nodded, "So, you have all seen Jin Luoshi and passed the test later?" ”
"Not bad." Shan Hansong continued, "I was thinking...... With your cultivation, and you entered with four demons, you may have a conflict with Jinluoshi, lose both, and finally die from the formations and traps left by the Heavenly Master...... We wanted to wait another half a day before we went in and reaped the benefits of the fisherman, but we didn't expect it...... You're out. He shook his head and said quite confidently, "Well, if you're lucky, you can successfully get a 'magic weapon'...... Nor will it change the results. We have one man on our side, how are you fighting us? ”
Hearing this, Miss Di Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud; Owl and Tao Wu were also smiling there, trying to control their expressions.
Only Fang Xiangqi still looked unhappy, tilted his head, and said to Meng Yuhan: "Are you done talking?" The set of information is almost complete, right? Since just now, that thing has been screaming so happily, I can't eat him too much, right? ”
"Okay...... Meng Yuhan responded, then looked at Tao Wu and said, "Brother Tao Wu, when I sacrifice the magic weapon to break the formation in a while, I hope you will continue to transmit some spiritual power into my body, not too much, enough for me to control the amount of twenty or thirty magic weapons, too much I am afraid that my body will explode." ”
"Okay." Tao Wu is a simple man, he doesn't have too many ideas, after hearing the request, he just quickly made eye contact with the eldest brother Owl, and after getting the agreement, he came to Meng Yuhan's side in three steps and two steps, and directly put his hand on the latter's shoulder.
"Everyone, after a while, the old man will eat it, and the others may still be useful, just subdue it, try not to kill." At this moment, Meng Yuhan had already realized the intention of Zilin not giving him complete information, so he made this request.
"Xiaodao ......" At this time, Di Yu also understood his intentions, and immediately turned around and smiled evilly at Meng Yuhan, "You are very smart, I will invite you to have a drink when it is over...... Let's talk more, how about getting close? ”
Meng Yuhan was thrown away by the goblin's flattering eyes, he shuddered, quickly turned his head away, and replied: "Let's talk about ...... again"
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