He said that those elders just said this in words, but in fact, they didn't think so at all, because when the ghost market of Loess Slope had just collapsed, Jisoulzhuang had proposed to operate the ghost market in Shu with Baiwu Mountain, which was strongly resisted by the elders of that generation, and they did this to prevent the real power from falling back into the hands of the master.

I'm curious, is it possible that after so many years, the elders of Baiwu Mountain have never changed their minds, and from generation to generation, they have all watched the decline of Baiwu Mountain in order to limit the power of the sect?

The fierce god said that this was because the elders of Baiwu Mountain were family system, and except for the first elder, who was responsible for managing the daily affairs of Baiwu Mountain, the other elders were passed down from generation to generation within their respective families. More than 2,000 years ago, the first generation of the elders of each house had overcome all difficulties with the patriarch and worked together to establish Baiwu Mountain, and the ancestor was grateful for their kindness and promised them that the position of the elder of Baiwu Mountain could be passed on to future generations, and if the descendants were really not successful, they would be selected by the contemporary sect.

The reason why the elders of the first house of Baiwu Mountain were elected from among the people was because at the end of the Han Dynasty, because the elders of the first house at that time collaborated with the enemy and were dismissed by the master, since then, there has been one less clan in Baiwu Mountain.

The fierce god also said that when the ancestor made rules in Baiwu Mountain, he said that each clan should choose an heir, starting from the family background, morality, and talent, and if there is one unqualified, he cannot inherit the great responsibility, but in any case, as long as the head of the sect does not intervene, the family background will still become the most important condition for the elders.

Speaking of which, such a system is very similar to the Jiupin Zhongzheng system before the Sui Dynasty.

Later, we mentioned the Hidden Elders, and the fierce god said that the Hidden Elders of the past dynasties were actually the previous generation of leaders after the abdication. One day, the old master passed the position to Yan Xiaotian, and he was the new hermit elder.

The rules for electing the Hidden Elders were also set by the Patriarch of Baiwu Mountain, but even if the Hidden Elders were the bearers of bull horns and had the absolute right to speak in Baiwu Mountain, the Patriarch set up a rule and ordered the Hidden Elders of the past dynasties not to interfere excessively in the internal affairs of Baiwu Mountain, unless there was a catastrophe in Baiwu Mountain, they could help.

The current Elder Yin Shi originally planned to deal with Zhao Dekai's affairs after half a year of retreat, but he disappeared in the first month of retreat.

Even the fierce god said that the disappearance of the hidden elder must have a lot to do with Zhao Dekai. As for whether the Hidden Elder is dead or alive now, the fierce god thinks that the living side should be bigger.

Listening to the fierce god talking about the affairs of Baiwu Mountain is like an outsider talking about an ancient sect that has nothing to do with him.

It seemed to be deliberately light-hearted, but I remember what it said to me not long ago when I walked through the gates of Baiwu Mountain.

Early on the morning of the fourth day, I heard the lock outside the door of the house being torn and a "jingling" sound, so I wrapped myself in a garment and sat up from the floor.

It didn't take long for the old master to open the secret door and come to the dark room.

When he came in, he saw that I was awake, so he nodded at me, and then came to the chair where Liang Houzai and I used to stack our clothes, and threw all our clothes on the floor with a muffled "bang". After that, the old master sat down and said to me, "The results of the investigation have been made, and things are getting more and more troublesome. ”

This was not the first time he had said such a thing, so I sat up straight and asked the old master, "What's the matter?" ”

The noise made by the old master throwing his clothes just now also woke up the others, Liang Houzai also rubbed his eyes and sat up, and I heard a sound from the other side of the bed.

The old master sighed and said, "Whether Zhao Dekai has joined the cult you said or not, we don't dare to say yet. But no matter what religion he joined, it was indeed true that he was collecting believers everywhere and collecting alms, and the sect he started was indeed a cult. ”

I've heard this the last time I've been here.

The old master said that the most troublesome thing is not these, but the people around Zhao Dekai.

Now he calls himself the sect leader, and he has two protectors of gold and silver by his side, these two protectors, one is Di Guangtong who is a corpse keeper, and the other is Jiang Bin, who is a well-known cultivator in the northern part of Shaanxi.

Although Jiang Bin is a powerful person, people in the cultivation world in northern Shaanxi know that this person is not right, and few people have dealings with him. As for Di Guangtong, this person is the Shaozhuang faction of the corpse keeper lineage, these young Zhuang faction feel that the rules of the corpse keeper line are conservative and conservative, and they have always wanted to reform the system, some people say that Di Guangtong's group even wants to remove Di Baoquan from the position of head and replace him.

The old master also mentioned that because the Jinjia corpse of Zhenmen in the line of corpse raisers has always been under the care of Di Guangtong's family, Di Guangtong's father died the year before last, and he became the direct manager of the Jinjia corpse, so he has a great say in the line of corpse raisers.

When he said this, Liang Houzai and I glanced at each other.

Liang Houzai must be the same as me, and he also thought of the golden armor corpse that appeared in Dongxiang when we arrested Liu Wenhui.

But neither of us said anything about this, and listened quietly to the old master's statement.

The old master said that the reason why Zhao Dekai's power has developed rapidly in the past year or so is because he has taken over the sphere of influence of the major clans in Baiwu Mountain.

At the beginning, Zhao Dekai made a lot of money outside, and the major clans were bewitched by him, and when they saw the money, they bought shares one after another, and some clans with weaker power even sold their properties in exchange for cash in order to get more shares.

In the early days, these people did make money, but Zhao Dekai didn't know what means he used, he froze these people's funds overnight, and since then he has refused to give them dividends, and the shares they bought at the beginning have also become scrapped shares. Moreover, Zhao Dekai was originally engaged in a cult, and they took a stake in the cult, and they did not dare to speak out if something happened.

Don't look at Baiwu Mountain, which has declined now, but these clans are all big families, even those relatively weak clans, there are hundreds of people in the clan. Zhao Dekai cut off their financial route, how can they live?

Later, Zhao Dekai reached an agreement with several of these small clans, and Zhao Dekai said that he could continue to give them dividends, but the local power of these families must be seen by Zhao Dekai.

In order to keep the family going, these clans could only accept Zhao Dekai's proposal, but after Zhao Dekai took over their power, he didn't give them dividends, and only gave them a little living expenses every month, and the amount of living expenses was only enough for these families to last for a month.

If Zhao Dekai knew that there was a family that carried him to do other industries, he would not have to take the living expenses.

In this way, many small clans in Baiwu Mountain have become vassals of Zhao Dekai, and the city where Yan Xiaotian's company is located is the Cao family's sphere of influence.

Although the head of the Cao family is the second-room elder of Baiwu Mountain, the Cao family is at the bottom of the sixteen clans in Baiwu Mountain.

After listening to the old master's words, Liang Houzai smiled meaningfully: "In other words, Zhao Dekai has cleared the assets of the major clans?" Hehe, this is not bad, he is like this, he can be regarded as helping Yan Xiaotian shuffle the cards in advance. ”

The old master was already a little upset, probably because he couldn't see Liang Houzai's smiling face, and asked sullenly: "What do you mean?" ”

Liang Houzai stuck out his tongue and didn't answer the old master's words.

I said to the old master: "The Cao family, which was controlled by Zhao Dekai, must also want to break free from this control now." ”

The old master sighed helplessly: "How to break free?" Zhao Dekai is now grasping the lifeblood of their whole clan, they are now Wang Ba who is tied up by hemp rope, and they can't move. ”

I said, "If Yan Xiaotian can pull the Cao family into the shares, won't the Cao family have financial resources?" But the premise is that we must figure out how Zhao Dekai knew that these clans were doing other industries behind his back. ”

Liang Houzai said to me on the side: "It should be to install eyeliner in each clan, and for Zhao Dekai, this should be easy to do." But if you want to catch the traitor, you must have the help of the Cao family, I don't know if there are any credible people in the current Cao family? ”

When he said the last sentence, Liang Houzai looked at the old master.

The old master did not respond directly to his question, but asked: "But now that the Cao family has no money, how can they become a shareholder?" ”

Liang Houzai said: "You can short the shares first, and then make up for it when the Cao family has money." However, this kind of empty shares is empty money and not empty power, and the Cao family can also enjoy equity. Hehe, but for now, this is just an idea of mine, and how to operate depends on the specific situation. ”

To be honest, I didn't fully understand the words of "empty shares", and the old master also looked at a look of confusion, but he still pretended to understand, pretended to clear his throat, and then said to us: "Well, this idea is still good." If you want to unite with the Cao family, you can go to the eldest lady of the Cao family, and she will definitely help you. ”

I nodded, "How are we going to find her?" ”

The old master was silent for a moment, then handed me a letter and said, "If you want to find her, you may have to venture deep into the Cao family, and after meeting the eldest lady of the Cao family, give her this letter." ”

Liang Houzai said beside him: "Since you can find out the details of Zhao Dekai, I think there are a lot of eyeliner." They should be more familiar with the Cao family than we are, why don't they contact the eldest lady? ”

The old master showed a helpless smile: "Although I have a lot of eyeliner, these guys can't show their faces." ”

Liang Houzai was puzzled: "Why? ”

The old master paused, and replied in a slow voice, "None of them are human. ”

Think about it, the old master has been controlled by the Council of Elders since he became the head of Baiwu Mountain, and now Baiwu Mountain is completely controlled by Zhao Dekai, he has very little contact with people, and he has no friends in the industry, even if he has a few friends, with his current state of almost being imprisoned, he can't contact them.

At present, if the old master wants to investigate Zhao Dekai, it seems that he can only use some inhuman forces.

As for what his eyeliner was, whether it was a demon or a ghost, Liang Houzai and I didn't ask, and the old master didn't say.

In this investigation, the old master not only figured out Zhao Dekai's power divisions and how these forces came about, but also found out the scope of Zhao Dekai's own activities in the past two months.

Zhao Dekai's forces are mainly concentrated in the uninhabited area of Qinghai and Shaanxi, and his scope of activities is basically concentrated in the three regions of uninhabited areas, northern Shaanxi, and Guanzhong, and in these two months, Zhao Dekai has frequent activities and seems to be preparing for something very important, and the place he goes to the most is located in the southwest of the uninhabited area, where it is a wasteland, except for the loess is wind and sand.