Chapter Forty-Six: Gathering in the Capital (Part II)
In the capital, in a Taoist temple where the incense is not bad, the leaders of the Qingyun Temple, the Demon Slaying Temple, and the Idealistic Sect who entered Beijing in the evening gathered here.
Among the three, Liu Huikou, the sect leader of the Idealistic Sect, spoke first.
"In my opinion, on this full moon night, let's simply set up the battlefield on the surface of the Hehuan Sect and return to the Dream Tower, and after killing Hua Xueji, we can immediately eradicate the rudder of the Hehuan Sect in the capital, which can also save us a lot of trouble. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, his proposal was opposed by the Qingyun Guanguan Master Tour Dragon Daoist.
"It's not okay to do this, the people who have fun in Huimenglou are all high-ranking officials and nobles, if one doesn't do it well, it will offend these ministers of the court, and it will leave a bad impression on the court, which is harmful to the development of the sect. Besides, even ordinary people can't hurt the innocent. It's better to find a way to lure her out, as for the matter of the rudder of the Hehuan Sect's capital, as long as Hua Xueji dies, the entire sect is just a plate of scattered sand, and it will be destroyed at will. ”
As soon as You Long Daoren's words were finished, Liu Huikou stroked his beard, which had few roots, and nodded in agreement.
"I didn't think about this matter well, or did you think about it well and take a long-term view!. ”
In the eyes of the old man, this encirclement and suppression was unexpected, and the Hehuan Sect didn't have time to react at all, why not stand up and fight with Hua Xueji in a bright and bright way, the poor monk didn't believe that she would be able to escape this time. Besides..."
The abbot of the Demon Slayer Temple, who had been silent, opened his mouth, and halfway through his words, the Yuankong Master, who was originally an outsider, also thought about it for a while before continuing.
"Our righteous path sect has already violated the rules of martial arts with many enemies. If we have to resort to sneak attacks, it will not be in line with the purpose of our righteous people. ”
Master Yuankong, the abbot of the Demon Slaying Temple, who was holding the Demon Slaying Zen Staff, said word by word.
"Hahaha! Master Yuankong, are you too rigid in form, this demon slaying thing is for the sake of the common people in the world, and it is good that it can be completed, so why care about the way we complete it? This is not a competition between our major sects, if it is a decent one. What if that Hanayukihime runs away?"
"Amitabha. ”
Hearing Liu Huikou's words, the abbot of the Demon Slaying Temple just clasped his palms together and sang a word of Buddhist compassion.
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In the east direction of the capital, there is a combination of two men and a woman walking on the road, dressed as ordinary people, and only one woman wearing a red dress is slightly eye-catching.
But this seemingly ordinary combination, if what they say is listened to by others, they will definitely be scared to death.
"Big brother. Let's go to the capital, can the three of us brothers and sisters do a big deal! For example, grab a palace treasure trove or something. ”
It was the woman in a red dress who said this, and her somewhat bewitching face was unusually playful.
"I said, Second Sister, what do you want? It's not good to live! Just because the three of us still want to rob the palace. Except for the eldest brother who can run away, the two of us are just looking for death!"
At this time, it was a young man with a delicate face and a long robe, judging from his appearance, this should have been a scholar.
"This bullshit world, if it weren't for the fact that there is still a big brother and Mo Sheng in you, it would be good if you would be dead for a hundred years!"
"Don't think about the palace!"
The middle-aged man, who was called the eldest brother by both of them, opened his mouth, and then smiled softly.
"But if there is an opportunity. It's not impossible for us to find a prince to start. ”
The three people who spoke, the origin is not simple, they are known as the three leaders of the Tianying Gang, the first bandit gang in Liaodong, this land in Liaodong is the border of the Great Chu country, and it has not been peaceful these years, so the bandits are much more rampant than in the mainland.
In fact, if you really want to count it, there are mountain bandits and grass bandits who have first-class masters in the world, and this Skyhawk Gang is the only one, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the largest bandit gang in the world.
The Sky Eagle Gang can now be said to be infinitely beautiful, integrating most of the mountains in Liaodong, demarcating their respective territories, and setting up a rule of three robberies and three non-robberies, so that the people of Liaodong are not allowed to live in dire straits.
These three do not rob, that is, first, do not rob the old, weak, sick and disabled, and second, do not rob soldiers of military salaries.
On the battlefield, I would have pinned my head to the waistband of my trousers, and if I didn't have that meager income, my wife and children would not be able to live, and then I would really shed blood and tears.
The last one is very interesting if you don't rob it, and it's a fellow traveler who doesn't rob the mountain bandits.
In the past, in Liaodong, it was not enough to rob the silver, but also to prevent being hacked and eaten black, everyone racked their brains to guard against each other, so that in this way, they couldn't make a few dollars all year round, which was really thankless.
As for the three robberies, they are just some ways to rob the rich and help the poor, which is no different from other mountain bandits who are under the banner of Tianxingdao.
Although the current Aquila Gang has a great cause, it is not easy to go all the way.
Duan Wudao, the big boss, was just a poor homeless man at the beginning, but he was lucky enough to find a good secret book in the cave.
Later, he began to walk on the rivers and lakes, once, in a small county town in the territory of Dachu Youzhou.
There was a big family that was about to marry a woman, forcing her parents to die, not to mention, and forcing her to enter on the day of their parents' death, and the woman was angry and killed a total of 17 members of the big family. was sentenced to death by the county government.
On the day of the execution, it was considered that this woman's life should not be extinguished, and she happened to meet Duan Wudao, who only had the strength of the fourth grade at that time.
After knowing the woman's grudge, he rescued her and took her to the rivers and lakes together, and she has been messing around in the rivers and lakes for a long time, because her name is Qiuhong, and she loves red dresses, so she has the nickname of a blood lady.
There is also the three-master Zhao Mosheng. He was originally a real scholar, he was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, and he was admitted to Jinshi in the second year.
It's a pity that his name as a jinshi was impersonated. He was replaced by the son of a wealthy local gentry. In order to never suffer from future troubles. The family wanted to kill him quietly.
Fortunately, when he was besieged in the suburbs, he met Duan Wudao and Qiu Hong.
Later, these three people, who were originally unrelated to each other, were involved by the thread of fate.
They swore to brothers and sisters of the opposite sex, and with mutual support, they founded the Aquila Gang, which has come to this day step by step.
In fact, in this world, it is not uncommon for things to happen to Snow Lady and Xiucai.
Compared to the other people who were killed and killed, the two of them were already very lucky to be rescued by Duan Wudao.
Therefore, the original intention of these three siblings to establish the Sky Eagle Gang was to do justice for the heavens and chivalry.
Because of this, when they heard that there was a batch of one million taels of imperial bars passing by their cottage, they didn't do anything, and they robbed the court money endlessly.
For this matter, Xie Wuya was scolded by Emperor Chu Zheng, which is why Xie Tianya, who has six doors, regards Duan Wudao and them as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh.
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"Come on, come on, tell fortunes for others, no matter what you want to calculate, I won't take any money from the old man!"
An old man carrying a patch cloth bag and wearing a shabby robe and holding a rag banner in his hand shouted all the way on the official road to the capital.
"Hey! fortune teller. You can't be deceiving people, are you? The other fortune tellers all say that they don't want money, so how can you calculate that you don't want money for anything?
"Hahaha, you kid, the old man, I have a word, this fortune teller naturally doesn't want a penny, but the result of the fortune telling is all up to the old man's happiness. Old man, I have set a rule for myself, but if it is a fortune teller, the old man, I will tell the truth in one hexagram, and one hexagram will be false. So you don't know if what I said is true or false, old man, so do you believe it or not?"
The old man's beard is quite long, and when he touches it when he says this, he really feels a little like a real person.
"I'll go, old man, is it really as mysterious as you say?"
"Hahaha! You offspring boy will know if you try it!"
The old man shook the rag banner in his hand, and bewitched the young man who looked a little excited with his eyes.
"Then old man, you come and show me the math, what kind of fate am I? Do you want to see your face or your palm?"
The young man, who had not been deeply involved in the world, really fell into the trap of this old man, and pushed his face forward vigorously to get closer to the old man, and then showed his palm for the old man to see clearly.
"Don't look at it, don't look at it! There are thousands of causes and effects in the world, and all kinds of fate and debts, all of which can't escape the old man's fingers. ”
The old man pinched his fingers pretending to be a braggass.
"Hey, your kid has a good life, and he will be a general in the future, listen to the old man, and when I go back, read those military books at home!"
"Hehe, you old man, don't you know? My Li Li's least favorite thing is to read, but you can't be the general you said, your hexagram must be fake!"
The boy was overjoyed, thinking that he had exposed the old man's deception.
"You doll is so stupid and cute, old man, I tell fortunes, the truth is only determined by heaven. How can you have the final say, if you can be a general in the future, you can be a general, if you don't believe it, let's ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see!"
"Okay, then I'll wait! If I can really become a general! I believe you're a master of the world!"
"You trust me? You don't know who I am, old man! The people in the world who want to ask me to count a hexagram can line up from here to the capital! If you know who I am, I don't believe that you can still say such things as not believing me!"
"Old man, tell me, who are you?"
The old man didn't answer the young man's question, and after laughing a few times, he shook the old cloth banner in his hand, stepped on the rotten straw sandals on his feet, hummed a little song in his mouth, and walked step by step in the direction of the capital.
This old man who doesn't want to mention his name is the person who stands on the opposite side of the Imperial Court's Divine Calculation Pavilion, because he has some ability to calculate the heavens, so he is called the old man in the rivers and lakes.
Recruited some colleagues with lofty ideals who loved to rebel against the court as much as he did, and formed a disturbing faction.
Although there have been no major turmoil over the years, because of the loyalty of the Divine Calculation Pavilion, the imperial court hates this sect very much......
Five days passed, and the major sects that were still on the road rushed to the capital one by one, and one morning, three black shadows passed over the city, and no one found them.
Then at noon, a group of people came outside the capital, led by a man and a woman.
"Master, we're in the capital ahead. ”
A crisp woman's voice broke the silence in the team, and the woman who spoke was not unfamiliar, it was Lin Xuanqing, the young sect master of the Star Moon Sect.
Then, the identity of the leading woman is about to come out, it is Lin Xuanqing's master Mo Ruyue.
And the other man who was the leader was taking his apprentice Wu Feng and meeting Lin Cangsheng, the sect leader of the Sword Sect of the Xingyue Sect, on the road.
At this moment, Wu Feng's eyes, who were standing behind Lin Cangsheng, would drift to Lin Xuanqing from time to time, and along the way, this lively and cheerful girl left a deep impression on him.
"Qing'er, the other sects have arrived in the capital a few days ago, so we don't have to delay, just go directly to the agreed meeting place. ”
"Yes, Master!"
As the last two first-grade sects to arrive in the capital, the arrival of Mo Ruyue and Lin Cangsheng marked that all the first-grade sects on the rivers and lakes except for the scattered cultivators had arrived in the capital.
As for this battle that makes both the righteous and the demonic realms well-intentioned, it remains to be seen whether the righteous path is a superior move or the demon path is narrowly defeated.