Chapter Eighty-Nine: "Cunning"
It has been half a year since he came to this world, and Zhou Ang began to understand more and more why his predecessor was so simple and naΓ―ve - in this world where there is no Internet, and there are not even interesting comics, it is indeed very hard to be an otaku who reads hard every day, although it is one of the reasons, but it is only the part of the huge iceberg that can be seen at first glance.
The reason hidden under the water is that the folk customs and hearts of this era are so simple!
If a word is agreed, then life and death will be practiced, if a word is compatible, then the heart is put in the heart, if a word is warm, then it will die without regret......
Before the crossing, Zhou Ang originally thought that in the big dye vat of society, he was the kind of person who had a special bottom line, a sense of justice and morality, and often boasted of himself to say that he failed to climb up last time, and there was a reason for it, but after coming to this world, he often felt that he was a little "cunning" recently.
For example, the people I know well, Jiang Yun and Jiang Bodao's loyalty, Fang Jun and Fang Boju's honesty are naturally examples, but if you look up, Gao Jing and Du Yike are definitely smart people, the former is honest and frank, the latter is cautious and thoughtful, but they are also sincere and gentlemanly, as for the teacher Lu Duan and Lu Zhengshan who he worshipped, it is needless to say, it is really a pure heart that worries about the country and the people......
Compared with them, Zhou Ang really felt that he was more or less "cunning".
Like the current one...... Zhou Ang's original intention of this trip was naturally to fish, if everything went well, according to his speculation, since the other party was a cultivator and sent someone to follow him, then he must be coveting his magic weapon "Taoyao", so the next action should naturally be to snatch it.
Therefore, when the other party catches up with the door and exposes himself, relying on the "Tao Yao" and the mirror, the idle underground cultivator, although he can't win easily, but the other party wants to win himself, or even kill himself, but it is absolutely impossible, and the key is that as soon as he reveals his official identity, the other party has a family business foundation that has been hidden for many years, and it is unlikely that the idle person will be abandoned, so there is a great chance that he will be forced to use it for his own use.
So, if you follow the vine, you will touch the roots of the underground trade fair.
As a result, the other party really came as he thought, but the other party did not grab or snatch it, but came to tell himself very sincerely: It is really not a good thing that you are an ordinary person with this thing in your hand......
If he is really an ordinary person who doesn't know what "Tao Yao" is, he may still think that this Guo Da is scary and intends to make profits, but he is obviously not an ordinary person, and what he said is that the magic weapon falls into the hands of ordinary people, it is really a curse and not a blessing, and there is no doubt that it is completely correct!
So...... At this moment, it seems that the trap he designed is a bit "cunning"!
At this time, Zhou Ang decided to choose to confess everything.
............
"Huh, are you from the county Zhu Yamen?"
"Yes!"
Sure enough, after the story was told, the "trap" was said, and Guo Da's first reaction was surprise, and then he hurriedly retreated, looking like he wanted to turn around and escape.
Since the person who ran to sell a magic weapon in his hand was an official cultivator, then this was obviously a huge pit.
But at this time, Zhou Ang did not have any action to pursue.
However, taking a few steps back, Guo Da finally stopped. He smiled bitterly, sighed to himself, and said, "Why are you here to do this! Although I am a cultivator, I have never done anything illegal and undisciplined, and I have only carefully run my blacksmith shop, not to mention that I have sent Lao Wu to report to you often......
Obviously, he quickly figured it out, of course it was easy for him to escape now, but he couldn't run the blacksmith shop if he ran away, and once he ran now, the other party could turn around and go and seal the blacksmith shop and arrest all the people - at that time, he would either be ruthless and don't want anything and run away, or he would still have to go back obediently.
But at this time, Zhou Ang smiled and said, "As I said, this trip is my own business, and it has nothing to do with the yamen, so you don't have to worry about anything! β
Although Guo Da is loyal, he is obviously not a stupid person, Zhou Ang said this, he was just stunned for a moment, and then he understood-he looked left and right in the courtyard, and looked up at the roof, but he didn't see anyone ambushed there, so he slightly relaxed his guard, but he still asked very cautiously: "You came to me, what are you going to do if you are so tempted?"
When Zhou Ang heard this, he suddenly sighed.
After a while, he said: "Originally, I had some suspicions, and I wanted to take this opportunity to lure people out, and then it was just a matter of coercion and temptation, but...... Your loyalty's loyalty is truly unbearable. β
After a pause, he said, "I am a man who sometimes acts decisively, sometimes recklessly, and sometimes with the kindness of a woman...... Well, I don't embarrass you, you just need to tell me what kind of charter you have joined in that underground trade fair, and you can go. I will never tell this matter to the yamen afterwards, and you, Master Guo, are still doing your job as usual. β
When Guo Da heard this, he looked up at the roof again, but still didn't find any ambushed archers or cultivators, and when he looked around, there didn't seem to be anyone else ambushing him.
"You said that you are a clerk in the county Zhu Yamen? You are a clerk, how dare you be alone like this......
Zhou Ang immediately sneered, "What's the matter, do you want to kill me altogether?" Then you can come and try it, just let me save that little bit of woman's kindness......"
Hearing this, Guo Da hurriedly raised his hand, "I don't have it! I definitely don't have that mind......
Zhou Ang smiled and said, "Then let's talk about it, tell what you know." β
Guo Da hesitated for a moment, but said, "You said that the underground trade fair ...... I know there are two in the city, but I don't like their style, and I don't go much, as for the rules of the fair...... Those underground cultivators, although I don't know much, do I know that they are very cautious on weekdays, and no one does anything to kill people and break the law. β
After listening to the first two sentences, Zhou Ang suddenly came to his senses.
There are actually two?
But he remained silent and immediately said, "This has nothing to do with you." β
After a pause, he added, "They may not have broken the law, but I want to know a little bit about you underground cultivators, so I won't break the law, right?"
Guo Da was speechless for a moment before he said, "If I don't tell you, you'll have to deal with me, right?"
Zhou Ang's face was expressionless, and said: "Either you come up now and try to see if you can kill me on the spot and resolve this matter into intangible, but once you can't kill me, your ending will be miserable, or you will cooperate with me, for the sake of you, you don't have any intention of seeing money, and you are still a loyal person, I just ask for this charter, and after telling me, you can leave yours, and never disturb each other again...... The choice is yours!"
When Guo Da heard this, his mouth opened a few times, and he was a big man, hateful and stamped his feet, "Your official mansion ...... You official cultivators, you are deceiving others! We are just cultivators who have become cultivators by chance, and we have never done evil, let alone provoked you, so why are we so close to each other!"
Zhou Ang still had a blank expression, "Even if you haven't read a book, you can't have heard the words that Confucianism is chaotic and the law is forbidden, and chivalry is forbidden, right? As a cultivator, you can threaten the lives of others with a single gesture, but you are not allowed to supervise it in the slightest...... Isn't it a little unreasonable for you to be resentful?"
That Guo Daxu is also a powerful figure, but if it comes to the battle of words, how can he be the opponent of a person like Zhou Ang? Hearing this, he couldn't help but contaminate.
At this time, Zhou Ang didn't mean to stop just knocking on it, and continued to point at him: "Everyone thinks about things and will consider them from their own point of view, which is natural, but if you are willing to go to the archives of Zhu Yamen in our county, to look at those archives, to see the various tragedies that have happened over the years in Lingzhou alone, and to see how many innocent people have died, you may not think so." β
After a pause, he said, "If morality alone can restrain people's murderous intentions, what else do you need the law to do? If it's just the self-discipline of a cultivator, what else do you need an official practitioner to do?"
That Guo Da was choked at first, and he couldn't speak, but when he listened, he showed a thoughtful look, and when Zhou Ang finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, couldn't help but sigh again, and finally said: "Okay! If I tell you, this matter will end here, and you don't want to go back on your word!"
Zhou Ang nodded and said categorically: "Never force each other." β
Guo Da breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Actually, it's simple, no one knows how many underground cultivators there are in Lingzhou City, everyone is hiding, and no one dares to let others know that they are cultivators, they are all afraid of you official cultivators, and at the same time, they are afraid of being hunted by others." So...... Whether it is 'Mr. Big' or 'Old Dao Chief', the rules are almost the same, as long as you can find a proper 'member' to vouch for you, you can get the waist card, and from then on you will participate in the trade fair with the waist card!"
After a pause, he added: "There are about a dozen members like this on the 'Mr. Big' side, and about a dozen on the 'Old Dao Chief' side, but I don't know if there is any overlap between the people on these two sides. β
This is similar to what Zhou Ang himself expected, which is the implementation of the guarantor system.
Probably only this kind of system can prevent the exposure of these underground cultivators' small organizations to the greatest extent.
"The charter of joining that you're going to ask about, that's it. Now that I'm done, can I go?"
When Guo Da said this, he stared at Zhou Ang tightly, looking afraid that Zhou Ang would regret it.
Zhou Ang nodded calmly and said, "Of course, you can leave at any time, and you don't owe each other from now on." I will never use this as a threat to force you to do anything. β
Guo Da breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, turned around and was about to leave, but after hesitating, he still turned around, looked at Zhou Ang, and said: "Since you say that I am loyal, I also think that you seem to be a good person, so I will remind you again, you had better be cautious, you must know that no matter that 'Mr. Big' or 'Old Daoist', they are extremely powerful, and there are strong backers behind them, if you accidentally expose your bottom...... Anyway, you cherish it yourself!"
When he had finished speaking, he arched his hand and said, "There will be a meeting later!" and turned to leave.
Zhou Ang didn't mean to stay in trouble, and watched him walk to the door and open the door. Guo Da didn't go out, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart just now, but he suddenly heard Zhou Ang in the door say: "Brother Guo, I suddenly remembered, there is a deal you may be interested in, do you want to hear about it?"
Hearing this, Guo Da stopped and looked back in amazement.
Zhou Ang didn't care if there were pedestrians passing by in the alley, so he used a voice that was enough for Guo Da to hear, and said: "There is a person here who is very good at catching demons, so he can basically harvest one or two demon corpses every month, but he has nowhere to deal with it, and he himself can't use so much, so ...... If I can provide you with one every month, I wonder if you can be my guarantor?"
When Guo Da heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
After a while, he leaned out of the door, looked left and right in the alley, turned around and closed the door, and said with a bitter face, "Didn't you say that you would no longer force each other......?"
Zhou Ang smiled calmly when he heard this: "Yes, I just want to make a deal with Brother Guo, whether I want it or not, it's just Brother Guo's heart, where did I force you?"
That Guo Da was speechless when he heard this.
After hesitating for a moment, his face was full of confusion, but finally he raised his head, walked over a little more, and asked, "Can you really give me a demon corpse every month?"
Zhou Ang corrected when he heard this: "It's sold to you, not to you!"
Guo Da opened his mouth, still with that tangled face, and after a long while, he suddenly stomped his feet with hatred, sighed heavily, but raised his head to look at Zhou Ang, and said, "Why do I think I seem to have jumped into your pit?"
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