The treasure ship traveled for half a day to the outskirts of Jianping County, and the group landed outside the city to clean up. Hao Lianfeng specially stuffed a jade plate into You Ziji's arms, and explained: "It will take some time for the identity nameplate that belongs to you to come before the uncles and uncles can make a suitable one." This piece is lent to you, you have to remember that the identity plate of Xuan Ming Dao is also a magic weapon, don't inject true qi and destroy it. ”

Hao Lianfeng and several disciples admonished: "The forces in the city are mixed not only by the Ji family, but also by the forces of the Luoyan Sect and the Mountain Sect. The Miojiang Cao Gang of the Luoyanmen Branch, as well as the two caravans, are one of their pillar industries, and there must be high-ranking people stationed there. The Mountain Sect has taken root in Jianping County for more than 100 years, and the sect's elixir talisman business has always been traded in this city, so there are also representatives here. Everyone must remember not to mess around, otherwise it will cause trouble, and several families will not look good on their faces, so that others will see the joke in vain. ”

Then the group blended into the procession of entering the city like ordinary people, not wanting to be discovered by other forces.

I thought that I could enter the city normally, but I didn't want the flow of people to be huge, and the backpack of the bag was very conspicuous, so it was difficult to use means to avoid trouble, so I could only move forward with the team.

Hao Lianfeng felt that the scene at this time revealed a lot of unusualness, he pulled the old man who was pushing the cart beside him, and asked: "Old brother, why are there so many people at the gate of this city?" ”

The old man was also upset, happy to have someone chatting, he saw that Hao Lianfeng had an excellent temperament, even the old man and wife who were pampered in the compound did not necessarily have such a neat spirit, if it were not for the fragrance of rice cakes on his body, he thought he was an immortal.

"This is the first time this master has come to Jianping?"

Hao Lianfeng waved his hand again and again, "My brother has tormented me, I'm not a master." It's just some handiwork, and I made some things with my apprentices to sell here. It's not the first time, I've been here a few years ago, and the city was not as lively as it was at that time. ”

"Craftsmanship, that must be a master. The master should not have heard that the largest merchant in our city, Jijia, should take the opportunity of the 80th birthday of the old man to wholesale all the backlog of goods to us traders, which is of good quality and low price, but it is a great thing. Master Hao is just in time, why don't you try to buy some goods together, and save some money for coffin boards. ”

Hao Lianfeng said secretly in his heart: "I don't know who came up with the poisonous plan, after throwing out the ordinary goods, even if Ji Zibai's guy shows up to oppose it on the day of the birthday banquet, there is no bargaining chip in his hand." ”

Seeing that Hao Lianfeng didn't react, the old man thought that he was still hesitating, so he added: "Master Hao is afraid of being deceived?" This is too much to worry about, I heard that the governor of the Governor's Mansion also came, just to take the opportunity of the birthday to preside over this commercial grand occasion, there is Tianfu as a guarantee What are you afraid of, it is a great thing for us and other small people. ”

Hao Lianfeng was stunned and exclaimed: "Changshi is also here?" ”

The old man didn't seem to notice Hao Lianfeng's disrespect in the title, or he just thought that he was amazed.

"My old man can't lie to you, Changshi entered the city yesterday, and the notice was issued on the same day."

Hao Lianfeng's heart was shocked, "Changshi stepped down directly, is it necessary for the Governor's Mansion to be so obvious and anxious?" ”

He doesn't know what is hidden in it, but in any case, Zhongzhou Tianfu will inevitably take action to suppress this trend, and then it will be up to the Governor's Mansion to deal with it.

"Let my brother say very excitedly, but unfortunately I don't have any money left, let's wait until all the gadgets in my hands are sold."

"The master is right, you always need some capital to do business."

The old man turned around and looked, and saw Bao Shan carrying a big package behind Hao Lianfeng, seeing that the old man seemed to be honest and smiling as a greeting, who knew that the old man exclaimed, "I drop God!" Mo was not born from the reincarnation of the mountain master. ”

attracted everyone's sideways, and after seeing it clearly, although they all secretly scolded the old man for talking nonsense, he also secretly praised Baoshan in his heart for being so big.

After entering the city, Ji Wenyi said: "There is an inn in front, let's go there and order some food." You don't have to stay here, I'll pick you up when I get home first. ”

But Hao Lianfeng already knew about many unexpected situations, and he didn't want to do so, so he suddenly changed his mind, "Let's not go to the inn, let's go directly to the territory of the Mountain Sect to live." ”

Ji Wenyi didn't know why, "Shi Bomo is not afraid of running out of money, just put it in my family's account." ”

"Haha, let's finally come to Jianping once, how can we not meet old friends, don't think nonsense, let's go home first." But remember not to reveal our arrival and whereabouts today, and wait for me to take advantage of this time to learn about this place, and prepare in advance before going to Jijia. Wait until tomorrow to find us at the Mountain Sect. ”

Ji Wenyi saw that Hao Lianfeng had other ideas, so he no longer insisted and went home first.

Hao Lianfeng took his disciples and asked the pedestrians about the location of the Mountain Sect, and rushed over together.

But seeing the endless stream of pedestrians in the past, and the shops are also doing good business, it is worthy of being the commercial center of Longzhou, and it seems to be more prosperous than the state capital Jianzhou City.

The manor of the Mountain Sect is in a secluded place, not far from the downtown area, and it is important to occupy such a large area here for Qing cultivation, which shows that the economic strength of the Mountain Sect is also very strong.

Everyone was about to come forward and knock on the door, and they saw two little Taoist priests running out of the door, but they saw that the little Taoist priest was only twelve or thirteen years old, chasing and laughing all the way.

"The whole chapter, you have to run out to play again, and you haven't finished your homework yet."

"Always sit in the house, don't suffocate people to death, there are a lot of fun on the street, our predecessors chose this place to let us combine work and rest."

"You are talking nonsense, this is obviously because the seniors wanted to train their disciples not to be disturbed by external objects, so they chose this place."

"You've started preaching again, and you're becoming more and more like an old pedant in a private school, chattering endlessly."

The two jumped up, chased and fled, and suddenly saw a group of pedestrians in front of the door dressed differently, old and young, tall and short, a very strange combination.

Fortunately, the two little Taoist priests thought that their elders should pay attention to their own image when they were teaching outside, so they reined in. But seeing that the five people in this group seemed to be about to enter the door and could find the front door, they didn't think that they didn't know that this was the manor of the Mountain Sect, so they asked curiously: "Several donors, did you come to my master for something?" ”

The little Taoist priest asked, Hao Lianfeng had a disciple by his side, and he would not take the initiative to answer. Bao Shan replied: "We are looking for the predecessors of the Mountain Sect, and whoever has the highest status here, we will find whomever we want." ”

"That's looking for our elders."

The little Taoist priest who asked the whole life only felt that the breath of the people in front of him was unpredictable, so he was a little cautious in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak too much. Quan Zhang, a friend next to him, was obviously not polite, "Where are you from, what are you looking for my master." ”

Yao Yi saw that the little Taoist priest's tone was not good, so he became interested, stepped forward and said, "We are here to kick the hall, do you dare to take it." ”

Quan Zhang snorted coldly, "Are you here as a martial arts hall, if you want to kick the hall, you have to kick the hall, and you don't look at your appearance, just like the sick-looking one next to you, don't die here." ”

Yao Yi's face was cold, she couldn't treat Zhang Xingwen as if she hadn't heard it. Until she looked at Zhang Xingwen's face, she laughed out loud.

It turns out that Zhang Xingwen often turns day and night upside down, and often uses spells to observe the starry sky, which is already extremely expensive, and he has not closed his eyes until this time last night, and his energy is already insufficient, and the two panda eyes have already been hung up, and he does look like a sick ghost.

"And you crazy girl who doesn't know where you came from, giggle vigorously, don't infect your stupidity to my fellow sect members."

"Quan Zhang......" Seeing that his companion was talking more and more outrageous, Quan Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, so as not to annoy the other party.

It's a pity that his malice has been completely transmitted to a few people. Hao Lianfeng tilted his head to the side and looked at the scenery, Bao Shan stopped talking, and Zhang Xingwen and Yao Yizi, who were bearing the malice, were no longer polite, so they wanted to step forward to teach a lesson.

Zhang Xingwen made a slight trick, and blessed the clairvoyant spell he had been using to watch the stars to Quan Zhang, and things a hundred meters away appeared in his eyes, only close, and he couldn't see clearly under his feet.

"Come and help me, I seem to have fallen under their magic and can't see anything in front of me."

Under the panic of the whole chapter, coupled with the fact that he doesn't practice on weekdays, the chassis kung fu is too poor, and in the case of seeing and feeling completely different, his legs are soft and his feet are slippery, he can't keep his balance, and he can't stand up by himself, so he relies on the support of his whole life.

Quan Sheng hurriedly apologized to a few people, "Senior and a few senior brothers and sisters, my junior brother is open-mouthed, and he already knows that he is wrong after receiving the punishment, so please open the net and withdraw the illusion." ”

Yao Yi smiled: "I don't even know what spell I have fallen into, and I am not afraid of embarrassing your master with such strength." ”

One of the young disciples scolded: "Okay, you are a clever girl, you dare to come to the gate of our mountain sect to spread wild, but I want to make you look good." ”

After that, the Taoist priest split out with a palm, pinching the talisman in the palm of his hand, and there was a flash of thunder in it, seeing that the power had reached the Xuan Realm. Zhang Xingwen Ling Ran was not afraid, stepped forward to meet a move, a shuttle flew out, shattering the thunder talisman, and he also said: "If you talk about yin and yang weirdness, your junior brother is the master." ”

The two of them were evenly divided after one move, and the young Taoist priest was obviously a little unconvinced, and shouted: "Good magic weapon, let you also see my magic weapon." ”

Then he drew his sword and started his work. Zhang Xingwen Ling Ran was not afraid to raise his hand and want to fight with the other party.

Yao Yizai was still fanning the flames beside him, "I can't do it with a small disciple of the Mountain Sect, and it turns out that the big disciple can't either, I can't even tell what moves the other party is using, open your eyes and see, where my junior brother uses the magic weapon." ”

Hao Lianfeng and Bao Shan had no intention of stopping it, it was just a small fight at the moment, and no outsiders saw it here, so it was nothing, if there were elders to make a move, they would need to enter.

Quansheng saw that the young Taoist priest and Zhang Xingwen were facing each other-for-tat, both of them were obviously Xuanjing strength, and the other party was clearly only sixteen or seventeen years old, and they were by no means ordinary.

"Senior Brother Quanming, the other party is not a mediocre hand, let's make a judgment after reporting to Uncle Junior."

At this time, the full name of the young Taoist priest also reflected, the girl was still the senior sister of this person, and she would not be far behind, and there were two people behind her, and her breath was unfathomable, I am afraid it would be even more powerful. He put away his long sword and said to Youziji and the others: "Although I don't know your purpose, but the mountain sect is definitely not afraid of you, let's open the skylight and speak brightly, if you have the courage, you will meet the master and uncle with me, and explain it face to face." ”

Bao Shan finally reacted at this time, "I can't ask for it." ”

Surrounded by the Taoist priests of the Mountain Sect, the group walked into the manor, and this battle seemed to regard Xuanming Dao and his party as the enemy of life and death. Yao Yi was a little apprehensive in her heart, she walked up to Hao Lianfeng and asked, "Uncle Shi, did we make trouble just now?" ”

Hao Lianfeng comforted her and said: "It's okay, just give some warning to the Mountain Sect, so as not to take us seriously." ”

This is indeed Hao Lianfeng's idea at the moment, he wants to solve the problem of the Mountain Sect as quickly as possible, and determine whether he will also treat himself as a member of the Seven Sects, and continue the original policy of checking and balancing the Governor's Mansion formulated by the Zhongzhou Heavenly Mansion.

Soon, two elderly Taoist priests were led over by their disciples.

As a sect that has been flourishing among the seven sects, the mountain sect is more arrogant than the Tianyu Guan, which has been a little lonely in recent years, and also sends monks to the county town.

Hao Lianfeng hadn't been out for a few years, and he didn't often walk around with the Mountain Sect, so he didn't know the two. In addition, he was the person with the highest realm present, and it was easy to hide his cultivation.

Therefore, as soon as the two Taoists arrived at the scene, they were attracted by Bao Shan at first sight, and in their perception, Bao Shan was similar to his cultivation, only a little weaker.

One of the Taoist priests greeted: "Where is this strong man, since he is a master of the Moon Gazing Realm, why should he be embarrassed by my disciple?" I don't know what to do with me? ”

As soon as he said this, all the Taoist priests dropped their jaws on the spot, and the two brothers of Quan Zhang Quanming, who had done it before, were scared into a cold sweat, and secretly congratulated that the other party was not ordinarily knowledgeable, otherwise the two of them would have died a long time ago.

Bao Shan said: "Disciple Bao Shan has seen two seniors. ”

The Taoist priest waved his hand and said: "The strong man is polite, the master of the world comes first, and your cultivation is almost the same as that of the two of us, why do you still call yourself a junior." ”

Another Taoist priest said: "My Taoist name is Dejing, this is my senior brother's virtue, if you are not used to calling us by name." ”

Bao Shan bowed and said respectfully: "Don't dare, I am a disciple of Xuanming Dao, and I should call the two uncles according to my seniority." ”

At this moment, not only the disciples were surprised, but even the two old Taoist priests were also a little surprised, "What? The master and nephew are actually disciples of Xuanming Dao, I don't know who the teacher is, so do you have something important to discuss here? ”

Bao Shan still said respectfully: "My master is Hao Lianfeng, the master of refining, and he is right next to me. ”

It was only at this time that the people of the Mountain Sect focused their eyes on the little old man behind Bao Shan, if it wasn't for Bao Shan telling his identity, no one would have thought that this old guy was also a master of the Moon Gazing Realm.

At this moment, Depin Dejing no longer dared to slack off, and hurriedly ran to Hao Lianfeng to worship and said, "I've seen Senior Brother Hao, your name is like thunder in our ears." ”

Hao Lianfeng's face was also full of smiles, "The two junior brothers praised it falsely, they are all false names. ”

They all put aside the unhappiness of the disciples just now, and must march to the hall.

Depin has the highest status here, and he has a lot of questions in his heart at the moment, so he said, "Why did Senior Brother Hao come here at this time?" It won't be a matter of cooperating with the Ji family, I heard that Old Man Ji has a good personal relationship with several senior brothers of Xuan Ming Dao. ”

Hao Lianfeng did not deny it, "I did come here for my friend's birthday banquet at this time, although he didn't send an invitation to me, I remember his birthday, so I naturally want to come over." ”

Depin said: "Senior Brother Hao doesn't know, Old Man Ji has been in retreat for a long time, and now the Ji family is in charge of the Ji family's uncle Ji Longwei, how can he give Xuan Mingdao an invitation." ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "So, your business cooperation didn't let Old Man Ji know?" ”

Depin said: "Senior brother said that he laughed, and the business is naturally said to the person who is in charge of the Ji family now." ”

Hao Lianfeng's face was serious, "After I heard that the Mountain Sect cooperated with the Ji Family Chamber of Commerce, the Ji family fully transferred to the cultivation world and concentrated on the monk's business, and the previous mortal business was not done at all?" ”

"It is true." Depin didn't hide anything, but seeing Hao Lianfeng's expression, he seemed to be a little displeased, "It's normal for the Ji family to do this, people go to high places, they naturally have to make trade-offs if they want to make a lot of money." ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "If I have nothing to do with the Ji family, it naturally doesn't matter to me what they do, but Ji Zibai and I are former friends, and I will never watch him go astray." ”

Dejing, who had never spoken, heard Hao Lianfeng's words, his face was a little unpleasant, what is it called going astray, is it not good to do business with the Mountain Sect? He said: "I don't dare agree with Senior Brother Hao's words, how can it be considered astray if the main monk is in the business of monks, and he exchanges a small amount of resources for more benefits. ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "There is no problem with who does what kind of business and what kind of business not to do, the Ji family does not do the business of mortals, and naturally other people will do it, but how can the reputation that he Ji Zibai has accumulated for decades be made without his knowledge being decided, and his reputation as invincible in Jiujiang will be ruined." You look at the vendors who rush to buy outside, the goods are circulated on such a large scale, and without the inventory of the family, it will only reduce the price in the end, and when there is a problem, who will solve it? Who will bear the infamy? ”

Depin pondered for a moment and said, "What Senior Brother Hao said is indeed this principle, but the current head of the Ji family insists on this, and it is not something that my mountain sect can change. ”

Hao Lianfeng narrowed his eyes and said, "Then who can change it?" In Jianping County, except for the Mountain Sect, only the Ji family has the most power, it will not be the trough gang of Luoyanmen, they rely on mortal business to eat, how can they smash their own jobs. ”

Depin and Dejing glanced at each other, and between eye exchanges, they seemed to understand Hao Lianfeng's true intention of coming here, so they said, "Naturally, it's from the Governor's Mansion." ”

"So the Mountain Sect is cooperating with the Governor's Palace?"

"Is Senior Brother Hao expressing his own opinion, or can he represent the meaning of Xuan Ming Dao?"

Hao Lianfeng leaned back in his chair and said in a flat tone: "Since I have come here, I can naturally represent the meaning of Xuan Ming Dao." ”

Depin and Dejing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said: "The sect master originally wanted to carry it for a while and solve it by himself, but I didn't expect Xuan Mingdao to also find out about the strangeness here, and now that Senior Brother Hao is here, we must have a little more chance." ”

These words made Hao Lianfeng a little confused, and he said, "The Mountain Sect is in trouble? ”

"Indeed." Depin said with a sad face: "I don't know when it started, the Ji family almost lost the ability to control their various industries, and moved closer and closer to the governor's palace. This is completely contrary to the principle that the old man Ji has always treated the land equally, we have long found out that there is something wrong, and after investigation, it was found that the Ji family was divided into three factions at this time, among which the eldest young master of the Ji family was the strongest one, just because he accepted the help of the governor's palace. ”

Hao Lianfeng couldn't help but say the question that pressed in his heart: "But isn't the Governor's Mansion afraid that the Zhongzhou Heavenly Mansion will punish them?" ”

"Of course they are afraid, if they can find an ally, the best option is naturally Xuan Ming Dao, but they themselves know that they will not succeed, and they may expose themselves, and it is even more unlikely that Luoyanmen will be an option. Therefore, there can only be another way, with a legitimate reason, to grasp the sect monks, the administrative power of the governor's palace, the military power, and the financial power of the chamber of commerce. That is to have a common enemy. ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "Enemy? Now that the world has been peaceful for a long time, he has a hard time fighting the evil gods, where is the enemy? ”

"If you don't have one, make one."

"What? Then you are still aiding in the abuse. ”

Depin said: "What our sect master means, if you don't take the initiative to draw out the hidden danger, it will be a disaster sooner or later. It's better to get in on the game yourself, and if you can know their plans, you might be able to stop them. ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "I didn't expect things to be so complicated, so the long history of the Governor's Mansion is here for this?" ”

"We don't know about this, it stands to reason that the farther away we are, the less suspicion there is. Maybe something had to happen to him. ”

Hao Lianfeng said: "Do you know who the enemy created by the Governor's Mansion is, and when will this enemy be revealed?" ”

Depin said very ashamedly: "We don't know about this, after all, the Governor's Mansion hasn't given us the next plan." ”

Hao Lianfeng secretly calculated the strength of the Mountain Sect, since the Mountain Sect Sect Master was sure to solve it on his own, if he and Baoshan solved this crisis, it should be said that it would be nine out of ten stable, but for the sake of safety, he still had to send the news back to Xuanming Dao.

"Two junior disciples, there is an inconspicuous inn here, and my disciples and I will go there to stay, so as not to be discovered and affect the plan."

Depin said: "Why do you need to do this, it doesn't hurt to stay again, how can the people in the Governor's Mansion know the appearance of Senior Brother Hao." ”

Tokui also chimed in: "When the senior brother and nephews change into the robes of our mountain sect, how can outsiders doubt it." ”

Hao Lianfeng also thinks that this method is good, if something really happens, it will be faster to communicate with each other. "Then I'll take a few disciples to disturb me, I still have a disciple who is planning a family, I'll go and explain to him tonight, the two junior disciples can have drawings in the city, so as not to get lost."