Chapter 21: Shocking
No one looks down on Wang Lang, eye-piercing is a situation that every instrument master will encounter, how many celebrities have a time to look away, not to mention that he is still so young.
As for Feng Zhiping, everyone was convinced.
Although this kid's knowledge is far inferior to Wang Lang, his "intuition" is accurate enough, and he can be blinded by things that even famous teachers and apprentices can't see, even if it really depends on guessing, it is not something that ordinary people can do.
Wang Lang is a stubborn person, losing the dagger can only make the knot in his heart untie a little, although he no longer eats stones after being released, he still treats Feng Zhiping with a teacher's courtesy, and his humble appearance everywhere makes people cry and laugh.
"Leave him alone, he has that temper, he was originally a good cultivator, but he was arrogant and unsociable. Later, he was accepted by Su Shibo, and he focused on developing the machine, but once it involves the instrument path, it will relapse into the old ways, and it will be more serious than before. Losing to you this time is a big blow to him, and if he doesn't do it, he can really die for you. ”
Chang Jiakang's words frightened Feng Zhiping, and glanced at Wang Lang, who was busy making tea for himself, and felt related.
"Senior Brother Chang, take the liberty of asking, are all the people in your sect who study the Dao of Instruments this problem?"
"Eh, this isn't my family's legacy!"
Chang Jiakang waved his hand and approached: "Senior Brother Feng doesn't know anything, but everyone has quirks, and those who study the Dao of Instruments and Medicine are the ones who are the most 'sick'. Stubbornness and nitpicking are just the most basic manifestations, Senior Brother Wang is not bad, and when you meet Master Su, you will know what is really 'outrageous'. ”
Feng Zhiping was horrified: "How outrageous?"
Seeing that Wang Lang didn't pay attention to this, Chang Jiakang put his arm around Feng Zhiping's shoulders and turned his back.
"Which foot to stretch first when you get up in the morning, which arm and which leg to stretch first when dressing, you have to put a few leaves to make tea, you must never swallow it without chewing it thirty-three times when you eat, every furnishing in the room must be exactly according to his requirements, and you will be beaten if you make a mistake! This is just a trivial matter, I heard that the rules are stricter when teaching and practicing instruments, and the eight masters of Qiyuantang have the highest skills and the least apprentices, because his temper is the most unbearable. ”
Swallowing his saliva, Feng Zhiping's legs and stomach trembled a little, Ma Shang stubbornly fancied his own "talent", and he didn't have to think about it to know that he would definitely have to deal with that strange person in the future.
No, you have to mix the yellow, you have to mix the yellow!
The young master only likes to practice martial arts, and he has no interest in making weapons, and with the support of the Sword Marquis Mansion, he is not short of money or food, and the wealth and scenery that ordinary people fancy are not rare at all, I haven't heard that those who like to eat fish have to build a fish pond by themselves, right?
What's more, it takes a lot of time and energy to drill and develop a machine, which is also the reason why the cultivation of the instrument master is generally not high.
It must be yellowed!
Seeing Feng Zhiping's earthy face, Chang Jiakang misunderstood his thoughts, patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and turned his words around.
"Don't be afraid, Master Su's temper is a little weird, but he is still quite good, and the most important thing is that he has high ability. He is the top three martial artist in my Tianyuan Kingdom, and all of his subordinates are elites, if you can worship him, the future is limitless!"
Feng Zhiping wanted to cry, but he couldn't explain it, if he dared to say that he didn't want to be a carpenter and blacksmith at all, let Ma Shangyan know that those dead fish eyes would definitely kill him.
"Chang Shaoxia. Wu Bo walked over and interrupted the two of them.
Feng Zhiping hurriedly pulled people to his side and hyped up his exploits, what "thousands of difficulties and dangers", "nine deaths and one life", "a stroke of inspiration" and "insight and pearls" used a large string, and Wu Bo's face turned red several times when he heard it, and he wanted to interject several times, but he couldn't interject at all.
Chang Jiakang understood Feng Zhiping's thoughts, and smiled and hugged Wu Bo's fist.
"Wu Bo's merits, Chang has written it down, but it is inconvenient to present it to Master Master now, and I will submit it after verifying whether that small river really has mineral deposits, and I will not disappoint you. ”
Wu Bo hurriedly waved his hand: "Chang Shaoxia's words are serious, the old man is just a coincidence, and if it weren't for Brother Feng's help, no matter how good the baby is, it will have to be dusted in the hands of the old man." In addition, the old man did not come to ask Chang Shaoxia for merit this time, but to ask for something. ”
Chang Jiakang was stunned, nodded and said, "Please speak." ”
"Here's the thing, the old man has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and in recent years, when he is older, he has settled down in Ping'an Village in the west of Jiulian County. Originally, it was a quiet place, but the year before last, a vein was found in the mountains near the village, and the mining rights were purchased by the Tiger Head Gang. ”
"I know this, the iron ore reserves of Cui'an Mountain are not large, but the purity is very high, ordinary iron ore 100 catties of raw ore out of a catty of refined iron, there are more than 70 catties of iron ore can be done, and I heard that not long ago in the depths of the vein found natural iron essence, without quenching has reached the human grade of the middle grade, is an excellent material for forging the human grade medium grade and the top grade blade. Why, is there something going on in the mine?"
Chang Jiakang interjected, and Wu Bo nodded and sighed deeply.
"Alas, mining of mineral deposits was originally a good thing, and the nearby residents were a lot richer because of it, but as soon as the iron spirit broke out, the Tiger Head Gang wantonly plundered the villagers to dig mines, including my Ping'an Village, many villages were deserted. ”
"That's it, as long as the salary is sufficient, the lack of food in the coming year is to ask the official to buy some, but Chang Shaoxia should be clear, but all the places where natural iron essence is born are in the extreme depths of the vein, where the air is polluted and often infested with poisonous insects, even if I practice martial arts, it is difficult for people who practice martial arts to stay for a long time, ordinary people must be exposed layer by layer if they want to mine, and they must ensure air circulation even if they are not good, so that there will be no danger. ”
Hearing what everyone present here understood, Chang Jiakang's eyes were cold: "But the Tiger Head Gang did not follow the rules and forcibly drove the villagers into the ground to mine?"
"Yes!"
Wu Bo nodded, his eyes red.
Not only that, in order to ensure that the iron elves were not lost, they not only ignored the life and death of ordinary villagers, but also forcibly captured many people from the martial arts to join them. One of the old man's nephews was kidnapped, not long ago someone found his body in the wild forest, the old man saw it, he was swollen and his skin was black, it was obviously a sign of miasma deep seed, he had good talent, he had cultivated to the level of internal breath condensation before his death, if he didn't have time to drive away the poison, how could he be killed by the miasma?"
Speaking of this, Wu Bo was in tears, and Feng Zhiping hurriedly hugged him.
It was the first time he had seen this optimistic old man so sad after a few days of getting along, which showed the pain in his heart.
Gratitatively patted Feng Zhiping's hand, Wu Bo said: "The Tiger Head Gang is a gang with a head and a face in the local area, and the old man didn't believe that they would do this evil deed at first, so the old man sneaked into the mining area at night to find out the truth, and found that it was really them who did evil! Chang Shaoxia didn't know how bad their methods were, the mine cave was not to say ventilated, and even the passage was difficult, especially the section leading to the iron essence, the width and narrowness only allowed two people to bend down to enter, and the mined ore could only be carried by the warrior with manpower!"
"Unrefined natural iron essence is poisonous, and long-term contact with quasi-innate cultivation can't stand it, your nephew is not poisoned by miasma, but poisoned by the poison of iron essence!" Wang Lang walked over with a teacup, his face was extremely gloomy.
Chang Jiakang's face is also extremely ugly, martial artists are like this, what is the situation of ordinary people.
"Why don't you report to the official?" Feng Zhiping frowned, "The imperial court has clearly stipulated the mining standards for all kinds of mineral veins, and they ignore the royal law, and it is impossible for the government to report to the governor!"
"Report to the official?" Wu Bo sneered, "Brother Feng, can you know who Sun Wancai, the leader of the Tiger Head Gang, is? He is none other than Wu Siyuan's wife and brother of Jiulian Zhi County, if it weren't for this relationship, how do you think the mining rights would fall to his family? Not only that, Sun Wancai also has a close relationship with the Blood Knife Gate, with the support of the Blood Knife Gate, Wu Zhi County has gained benefits, and he turns a blind eye to the affairs of the mine, not only does the dead person care, but even the Tiger Head Gang has been in arrears for several months!"
"Bastard!" Feng Zhiping was furious, "I have strict laws, how can I allow such a dog official corpse to eat vegetarian food, what are the spies of the Heavenly Listening Prison doing!"
Tianting Jian is a secret agent of the imperial court, specializing in supervising the officials of the world, acting in secrecy is almost pervasive, if there is a loss of virtue, it directly reaches Tianting, which is the eyes and ears of the emperor, and it is also a sword hanging over the heads of officials at all levels.
Wu Siyuan, as a magistrate, is an official who is unkind and abusive but no one rectifies it, which is definitely a dereliction of duty of the Heavenly Listening Supervisor, but the Heavenly Listening Prison has always enforced the law impartially, as long as the law is broken, his father and mother will also deal with it in the same way, how can there be such an omission?
Could it be that Wu Bo made a false accusation?
The others also had this question, and Wu Bo's smile became even colder when he saw this.
"Do you know, where did Wu Siyuan come from? His teacher is Kang Youdao, the prefect of Quanzhou, this person has a great relationship with the Feng family of Quanzhou City, it is said that Jian Houye often drinks and feasts with him in the mansion, with the support of these two big people, how dare the heavenly eunuch touch him?"
"You mean, the Sword Hou Mansion is also involved?The Red Sword Hou Mansion in Quanzhou City?" Feng Zhiping was stunned, and he couldn't believe it.
Father's half a life in the rivers and lakes and half a life in the horse, after a thousand hardships, the Feng family led the Feng family to a wealthy and powerful family, but the Feng family is by no means a nouveau riche, on the contrary, the Feng family rules are strict and attach great importance to etiquette and righteousness, especially this righteous word, my father is often on his lips, don't say that he violates the law and discipline, that is, he bullies and teases the people, and other small things are resolutely not allowed, which makes the Feng family also have a great prestige in the rivers and lakes.
I think that Feng Zhiping went to the Qinglou for the first time to quarrel with other families, and only smashed a few tables and chairs during the period, but it caused his father to be furious.
Feng Moxiu couldn't bear to scold him, but he took him to the door to apologize in person, and compensated for the loss three times the price, and the whole city praised the morality of the Sword Marquis Mansion, such a father would collude with the dog official to fish and flesh the people?
Feng Zhiping didn't believe it when he was killed.
It was a little strange why Feng Zhiping's reaction was so big, Wu Bo glanced at him and said: "I don't know if it is involved, but it is true that Wu Siyuan often talks about Kang Zhifu and Jian Houye, how dare I and other small people dare to investigate deeply, and no one dares to provoke the disciples of the prefect." ”
"It should be, if there is no support from the Sword Marquis Mansion, even the prefect will not be able to prevent the intervention of the Heavenly Hearing Supervisor. ”
Chang Jiakang's words made Feng Zhiping's heart sink even more, thinking about the evidence found on the killer, and then thinking about Wu Bo's words, he had mixed feelings for a while.
Daddy, is it really you?
Is there really a dark side to your heroic exterior that I never knew about?
didn't notice Feng Zhiping's abnormality, Chang Jiakang thought for a while and asked, "Having said so much, do you mean that you want me to ask Cangshan to come forward to solve it?"
"Yes, that's what the old man means!"
Wu Botong fell to his knees.
"Chang Shaoxia, the old man didn't want to participate in this operation at this age, but the old man still came, just thinking that he could make some merits and exchange the reward for asking your faction to help!
"Hurry up, please!"
Chang Jiakang hurriedly went to pull, not only did Wu Bo not get up, but several people came out of the onlookers and knelt down together, pleading in unison.
Looking at the person kneeling on the ground, Feng Zhiping clenched his teeth, eager to return home immediately to ask his father for an explanation.
"Senior brother, they are so pitiful, help them!" You Shuang'er came over at some point, and when he saw this, he grabbed Chang Jiakang's arm, changed his previous playfulness, and begged softly with tears in his eyes.
This scene made Feng Zhiping's face even hotter, and he was about to help together, but he saw Chang Jiakang's face was solemn, and he opened his mouth.
"Everyone, please get up, there is no need to do this! I point to Cangshan as the head of the eight factions, and this matter involves people in the rivers and lakes, since our faction already knows about it, it will never stand idly by, and wait for me to ask for justice for you! In addition, I dare not say anything else, but the character of Jian Hou Ye Feng Mo Xiu's predecessors is well known, I believe that he must not know about this matter, and must be deceived by the villain, otherwise he will never sit idly by! Please also rest assured for the time being, when this matter is over, we will solve it!"
"Xie Chang Shaoxia!"
Wu Bo took the lead, a group of people bowed their heads and worshipped, Chang Jiakang hurriedly recruited people to help him up, Feng Zhiping helped, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Well, this matter can't be left alone!
The family was humiliated in vain, and the young master wanted to see which crooked person dared to pour feces on the Feng family!