Chapter 51: Cutting Cause and Effect
"Father, what did Bai Shaoxia mean by what he said just now?" Seeing the stagecoach go away and the group walked back, Meng Qiao asked his father suspiciously. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Hehe, I didn't expect it! After walking the rivers and lakes for many years, the old man still has time to go...... Perhaps in the eyes of others, this little thought has long been as vivid as the fireflies at night. ”
Meng Fang sighed with emotion, turned his head and asked Meng Qiao, "Qiao'er, in your eyes, what kind of person is this Bai Shaoxia?"
"A chivalrous man who keeps his promises...... There is also a resolute heart, and when it should be decisive, it will be decisive!" Meng Qiao thought for a while, and then replied solemnly.
"That's true, is there anything else?" Meng Fang asked with a smile.
"What else did my father see?" Meng Qiao asked in surprise.
"In addition to what you said, this man has a ruthless heart and does not act informally, although he often behaves with a big grin, but in fact he is delicate and sophisticated. Whoever wants to underestimate him, I'm afraid that he will have to suffer!"
Meng Fang thought about it and said, "The old man is just strange that at his age, and he is the Tianjiao of the sect held by Qingcheng, he can have such a sober mind, and he knows the world, it is really a rare person......"
"Oh, why did my father say that?" said Meng Qiao.
"The old man hasn't let you take care of the chores, so you don't know the reason for this arrangement. Meng Fang groaned and said, "The old man feels that the world is about to start chaos over the years, so he has always wanted to find an immortal martial sect as a backer......
"It's just that after all, we are from the Green Forest, although the old man is in charge of the Green Forest Gang in a county, but if he takes refuge in an Immortal Martial Sect, he will easily be regarded as an outcast by others...... "Meng Fang sighed and said, "It is not easy to find someone who can be trusted in these years." ”
"I see, if there is a righteous sect like Bai Shaoxia, Qingcheng should not treat us as abandoned sons at will......," Meng Qiao realized, "That's why my father is so hard-working?"
"Stinky boy, do you treat your father as a play?" and still work hard...... Meng Fang scolded with a smile, and then said, "However, this Bai Shaoxia obviously saw through the old man's thoughts, now you understand the meaning of his previous words, right?"
"Father is saying that Bai Shaoxia was hinting at you just now, integrating the Green Forest Gang in the two counties of Padang and Brazil?" Recalling what Bai Ya had just said, Meng Qiao was taken aback.
"That's right, that's what he meant!" Meng Fang's eyes flashed, and he said indifferently, "And the direction of expansion he was looking for just hit the old man's mind." ”
Padang County is located in the easternmost part of Yizhou, adjacent to Jingzhou Wu County, and to the southwest are Brazil, Ba County and Fuling.
Because of the presence of the Qu family in Fuling, Qingcheng will not allow Meng Fang to stretch out his hand.
There are too many ethnic groups in Ba County, and Meng Fang can't interfere. What's more, Ba County is too close to southern Xinjiang among the counties in Yizhou, and the place is a little remote, and it is worth the loss to spend a lot of effort to integrate the green forests of Ba County.
Therefore, if Bangladesh wants to expand its territory, the best direction is Brazil County.
Padang is one of the smallest counties in Yizhou, while Brazil is one of the largest counties in Yizhou. Moreover, in addition to the size of the territory, the population and economy of Pasir County far exceed that of Padang.
It is surrounded by Hanzhong County in the north, Zitong and Guanghan Counties in the west of Chengdu, Ba County in the south, and Badong County in the east.
If Meng Fang can control the green forest gangs in Padang and Brazil counties, Qingcheng will be able to influence the seven counties of Yizhou centered on Brazil County during the great catastrophe and turmoil, which can be said to account for half of the entire Shu country's green forests and lakes.
And the Brazilian green forest and the Padang rivers and lakes themselves are not very good, and most of the green forest warriors who chased and killed Meng Fang in the past came from Brazil. The two families can be described as a feud, and the three-eyed Pixiu has long been thinking about those people.
On the other hand, Bai Ya has not told Meng Fang for the time being. They went to attack Pasir County, in fact, there was another very favorable factor, that is, Chen Ming's Panlong faction was in Langzhong in Pasir County.
The Panlong faction and Qingcheng advanced and retreated together in the battle for succession this time, although it was not an alliance, but the relationship was much closer. With the cover of the Panlong faction, the Meng side attacked Brazil County, at least it would not attract suppression at the level of the Xianwu Sect.
Of course, the reason why Bai Ya didn't explain this for the time being was because he still had to look at Meng Fang's methods.
If the Bangladesh side does whatever it takes to attack Brazil and cause a big disaster in the local area, implicating the government and innocent people, then Baiya will definitely not care if he lives or dies.
Therefore, he could only hint at the Meng side, and would not explicitly encourage him to invade Brazil County.
"If you can integrate the Brazilian green forest, you must have seen your father's ability. When the time comes, Bai Shaoxia will naturally say something for us. Meng Fang said with a smile.
"There are so many bends and bends in this, this Bai Shaoxia is really powerful...... The child should get acquainted again!" Meng Qiao said with a strange expression.
"This is the strange thing about the old man, it stands to reason that a person like him shouldn't be so shrewd......" Meng Fang smiled bitterly, "Maybe it's really the old man who is lonely and unheard, and the sect Tianjiao should have such intelligence!"
"Master, master!"
While the father and son were talking, the housekeeper of the house came to the two with a small cloth bag.
"Master, the old servant took the things left by the young man according to your orders......"
"Hehe, come, Qiao'er, let's see what my white brother left behind!" Meng Fang unwrapped the cloth bag indifferently.
His purpose had been achieved, but he didn't really care about what was left behind in White Cliff. In his mind, it was nothing more than a pill magic weapon, or he left himself a copy of Qingcheng's road goods martial arts.
Bai Ya guessed correctly, although Meng Fang was just a green forest warrior, he had been a scoop leader in Badong for many years, and his net worth could not be compared with ordinary green forest figures. There may not be high-quality magic elixirs, but there are still a lot of low-quality things, otherwise with Meng Qiao's chronic illness, it would not be able to drag on until now.
"Sure enough, it's a cheatbook!"
As soon as Meng Fang opened the cloth bag, he couldn't help but smile, as expected, it was a book of martial arts secrets, as well as a handwritten letter left by Bai Ya. It's just that he just turned two pages with the cheats book, and he almost popped out his eyes.
"Father, what's wrong?" Meng Qiao, who was next to him, saw that the three-eyed Pixiu trembled with excitement, and suddenly asked in surprise.
"Hiss~" Meng Fang took a deep breath, took his eyes off the cheats with difficulty, and solemnly opened the letter left by Bai Ya.
"Hahaha, this person can't guess, the old man has seen it this time!"
After reading the letter, his face showed relief, the corners of his mouth slowly cracked, and he looked up to the sky and laughed wildly.
"Qiao'er, look at ......" Meng Fang handed the letter left by Bai Ya to his son.
"Oh!" Meng Qiao took the letter suspiciously, just looked at it, his eyes slowly widened, his mouth opened wide in shock, and he stammered, "He actually left us a copy of the Innate Sword Sutra......"
"Whisper!" Meng Fang was excited, and hurriedly covered his son's mouth, looked around the courtyard in a ghostly manner, and was relieved to see that there were no outsiders here.
He said in the letter that this scripture was already related to the Meng family. This time, he just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, but he got a past cause and effect of Xu Xianling. Meng Fang stretched out his hand and patted the "Qingying Sword Sutra", and said with emotion.
"However, in the eyes of us and others, this favor is still too big......"
Back then, Bai Ya rescued Meng Fang and obtained the Xu Xian Ling in his hand, thus also obtaining all the relics of Wanqing Cave Mansion.
Although in the eyes of many people, this is just a transaction, but in the eyes of Taoists, saving people is their duty, and coercing them to repay them is inferior.
Buddhism reincarnates the afterlife and talks about cause and effect, while Taoism cultivates this life and talks about the law of fate, and the two principles are somewhat similar.
In the matter outside Fuling City, Baiya is equivalent to robbing Meng Fang's opportunity in disguise, and in terms of the law of cause and effect, he will have to compensate for it sooner or later.
Among all the relics of the Wanqing Cave Mansion, the "Qing Ying Sword Sutra" is his main practice, and everything else is a foreign object.
Therefore, Bai Ya took this opportunity to give Wan Qing's "Qingying Sword Sutra" to the Meng family, not only repaying the great favor owed this time, but also making up for the causal fate of the last time.
In the dark, it is equivalent to returning the opportunity that the Meng family deserves to Meng Fang, and from then on it will be a real grievance and grievance. As for what the two fathers and sons of Meng Fang thought in their hearts, that was another matter.
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Putting aside the Meng family's side, Bai Ya is also in a very good mood this time.
In fact, he was also very reluctant to give up the "Qingying Sword Sutra", even if this sword scripture could not be practiced at the grandmaster level, but after all, it was an innate sword scripture.
On some occasions, this Sword Sutra alone could help him exchange for a large amount of cultivation resources.
But when he endured the distress and decided to return the opportunity of the "Qingying Sword Sutra" to the Meng family, he suddenly felt that his mind was clear, as if a layer of dust had been erased from the spirit, and his heart was peaceful and natural.
He had experienced this feeling before, that is, when he successfully peeked into the mass grave outside Wancheng.
At this time, he realized that he had once again followed his own Heavenly Dao and cut off a section of the roadblock thorns on the martial path.
The way of heaven in everyone's heart is different, and not returning the "Qingying Sword Sutra" is not the point. If you come to another person, maybe you don't return the Meng family's "Qingying Sword Sutra" in order to calm your mind.
But the bottom line of the principles that Bai Ya adheres to is different, perhaps from the moment he remembered Meng Fang and saw this three-eyed Pixiu for the second time, his heart was already covered with a layer of dust.
It wasn't until now that I returned the "Qingying Sword Sutra", and I felt that I no longer owed the other party the opportunity and favor, and my soul was cleared again, and I realized the true meaning of my own heavenly way.
"The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep ......"
Bai Ya hummed indiscriminately, the joy in his heart was indescribable, but Zong Shen, who was lying on his side, was irritable.
"Hmph, does catching a certain make you so happy? Back in Qingcheng, what will Qingdu Guan reward you?"
"Hehe, it has nothing to do with you, it's just that I just returned someone else's adult favor, and I'm just happy!"
Bai Ya tilted his head and thought about it, feeling that Zong Shen would not be able to come out of the mountain again when he returned to the mountain this time. This way was boring again, and I didn't hold back in my heart, so I poured beans into the bamboo tube and told Xu Xianling and the "Qingying Sword Sutra" all the things.
"Are you saying that you gave a ready-made Innate Sword Sutra to that green forest grass mang...... What the hell are you thinking?"
Zong Shen was dumbfounded when he heard it, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart.
He didn't suspect that Bai Ya had deceived him, but he felt that the person in front of him had been shrouded in clouds and fog. I used to imagine that he was a chivalrous man, and last night I thought he was a scoundrel, but now this person seems to make himself unable to see clearly.
"Don't you think it's a pity?" Zong Shen couldn't help but ask.
"It's a pity, why pity?" Bai Ya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly stretched out his finger and pointed at Zong Shen.
"You don't understand, you won't understand!"