Qi Lei smiled when he heard this: "Sect Leader Zhang's words are a bit big. Those Mongolian magnates are indeed innocent, and their relatives and servants are also dogs and people, even if they are suspected of harming the pond fish, but it is also reasonable. But that fire burned half of the capital, and Sect Leader Zhang boasted that he had never burned a good person, I'm afraid it doesn't match the truth. ”

Zhang Wuji still replied without humility or arrogance: "What the predecessor said is good, that fire really burned half of the capital. But did the seniors know about the curfew at night in most of the capital? ”

Qi Lei frowned and asked, "Curfew?" ”

Zhang Wuji nodded and said, "Not bad! The deity was in the capital for many days that day, and the place where the fire was set was also carefully calculated and investigated. At that time, the deity just wanted to create some chaos so that it would be convenient to rescue the people of the six major factions. ”

Therefore, the place where the fire was set was the residences of the officials, princes and nobles in the capital, and the yamen of the ministries. And the common people live far away from those places. ”

"And most of them have curfews at night, so people have to stay at home. And no one went out on the streets. And their dwellings are far away from the fire, so naturally they can't be burned. That's why the deity dared to boast that the fire had not killed a loved one. ”

Hearing the sincerity of Zhang Wuji's words, Qi Lei nodded silently.

Then Qi Lei bowed his head to Zhang Wuji.

Zhang Wuji hurriedly helped Qi Lei and asked, "Senior, why is this?" ”

Qi Lei replied: "Sect Master Zhang is kind-hearted and deserves the worship of the old man." The old man had a lot of offense before, and asked Sect Leader Zhang not to be surprised. ”

Zhang Wuji didn't know what was wrong with this old man, he was quite dragged for a while, and he was weird for a while, and now he knelt down for himself again, with a very respectful attitude. Chameleons didn't change as fast as he did.

Zhang Wuji still replied: "The seniors are serious, this time the seniors are willing to go out of the mountain to help, which is enough to give me enough face for Mingjiao." Where would the deity be surprised? ”

Qi Lei said: "Alas, the old man listened to the rumors of the rivers and lakes before, misunderstood the Ming Sect, and misunderstood the Sect Leader Zhang, which is really a crime that deserves death." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wuji was very curious. He asked, "I wonder what kind of rumors my predecessors have listened to?" ”

Then Qi Lao told Zhang Wuji all his previous concerns.

It turned out that during this period of time, Mingjiao was very fierce in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, because of the propaganda of the imperial court, it was natural to promote Mingjiao into a chaotic party, and then promote Mingjiao into a demon religion. called the rebels in various places "bandits", and said that Zhang Wuji became the big "devil" who brought disaster to the world.

And it's not just government propaganda. And the world's largest gang of beggars is also fueling the flames. The beggar gang, the Haisha faction, the Shenquan Sect, etc., can be regarded as saying all the bad things about the Ming Sect during this time.

The Mingjiao is still portrayed as an image of adultery, plunder, and all kinds of evil. Even the bad things they do on weekdays are blamed on Mingjiao.

And there are quite a few people in the rivers and lakes who went to Longquan Qi Mansion to ask for swords, and the three of them became tigers, and over time, Qi Lei also believed these rumors.

But it's not that there are no good rumors flowing in, and when Qi Lei once went to other places to transport charcoal back to Longquan, he passed by the occupied area of Liu Futong under the command of Mingjiao.

Among them, their convoy encountered the Ming Sect army wearing red scarves.

In this era, "soldiers are like grates, bandits are like combs", whether it is a soldier or a bandit, it is basically a goose plucking.

At that time, Qi Lei was ready to be blackmailed by these "bandits", and he was also ready to pay tribute to these "soldiers" with a hundred taels of silver.

Who knew that these Red Turbans only passed by them, stopped and checked, and did not rob their belongings.

After this incident, Qi Lei opened his eyes, he has lived for such an age, and he has never seen a soldier who does not rob the people.

After that, Qi Lei took the charcoal he bought all the way south from the jurisdiction of Liu Futong, Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

These rebels wearing red scarves ignored them. And when you pass the checkpoint, you just check it carefully and confirm that there are no other contraband.

Not only did they not ask for bribes, but they did not even have a little loss, and the people in their jurisdiction, although not rich in food and clothing, were at least much more stable than the people in other places.

Then Qi Lei took his goods and went all the way south to Longquan safely.

This incident made a big question mark in Qi Lei's heart. First, the word "Devil Sect" is explained by the people in the rivers and lakes, the Red Turban Army is a "bandit", and Zhang Wuji is a "devil" who eats people's hearts and livers.

But what he saw with his own eyes was a different picture.

Although what he saw with his own eyes was different from what he had heard, Qi Lei did not have any change in his opinion of Mingjiao, after all, before Zhang Wuji took office, although Mingjiao did not dare to say that he had done all the evil things, he had not done anything good.

Qi Lei had a good relationship with Yin Tianzheng, just because he wanted to use Yin Tianzheng's power to protect Qi Mansion.

After all, before the Heavenly Eagle Sect returned to the Ming Sect, the Heavenly Eagle Sect was the largest force in the Jiangnan region. Qi Lei naturally wanted to stammer with the Sky Eagle Sect.

This time, King Yin Ye personally invited him out of the mountain, and he didn't want to come. Therefore, the lion opened his mouth and opened a high price of 10,000 taels of silver, intending to make the other party retreat.

And King Yin Ye agreed to Qi Lei's price, and Qi Lei could only come by order for the sake of money.

Before, he was holding a shelf, and he was a little weird about Zhang Wuji, because of these rumors.

But Qi Lei is also opposite to these people in Mingjiao these days, Wu Jincao not only came by himself this time, but also brought some craftsmen from Ruijin Banner to follow, and between the conversations, Qi Lei found that Wu Jincao and others were all real men who were bright and upright. It's not as evil as it seems.

Just as Bo Yazi can know his heart by the sound of the qin, Qi Lei and Wu Jincao jointly repaired the Dragon Slayer Knife and the Heavenly Sword, they are both top casting masters, and naturally they can see each other's heart from the sound of each other's beating and the attitude towards weapons.

Today, Qi Lei asked Zhang Wuji again, although he didn't mean to be tempted, he just told the truth. But when he heard Zhang Wuji's answer, he completely changed his opinion of him, and realized that what he had heard before was just someone else's malicious slander.

Hearing Qi Lei's heartfelt words, Zhang Wuji smiled: "I see, I see." No wonder there is such a misunderstanding between the seniors and the deity. In fact, it is not surprising that the beggar gang and other sects slander the deity. Do your predecessors know that more than a year ago, the six major factions surrounded and suppressed my Guangming Ding General Altar? ”

Qi Lei nodded and said: "Everyone knows about this matter. And before leaving, many people from all factions ordered weapons from the old man. Saying that, Qi Lei waved his hand ashamedly.

Zhang Wuji continued: "On that day, the deity fought against the six major factions at the Guangming Peak, and not long after the six major factions left, the people of the Beggar Gang, the Haisha Sect, the Divine Fist Gate, and the Giant Whale Gang took advantage of the fire to rob and attack the Guangming Peak again. At that time, I couldn't afford to fight again, so I had to avoid the edge for the time being. And these people took advantage of my absence, robbed my main altar property, destroyed my main altar palace countless rooms, and after I recovered from my injuries, they killed all these people. That's why I formed a bond with these beam-jumping clowns. ”

(End of chapter)