Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Dark Tide Surges
Although they all know that this matter has already been discussed, if the rumors are not channeled as soon as possible, and if they are delayed for a long time, I am afraid that something will happen.
Because the Xingyi Gate and the Bagua Gate are too strong, the other sects and factions will definitely fall into the ground, maybe they are the ones who are fueling the trouble, so as to hit the prestige of the two families.
And naturally careerists want to profit from it, so this kind of rumor must be curbed. Otherwise, under the three of them becoming tigers, not only Lin Zhining's reputation will be damaged, but also the two sects will become a laughing stock.
At the beginning of the rumors, Lin Zhining also heard a little, but he didn't care, and said in his heart, with his own kung fu, he killed a few old and young people who had already lost power, and it was not easy to capture.
Unexpectedly, he was secretly used as a gun, and the rumors were even more difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Of course, he wouldn't know that Zai Ze released these news, not just to find some trouble for Lin Zhining, but after seeing Lin Zhining's martial arts, he was afraid that the restoration of the Qing Dynasty was imminent, and he would provoke the martial arts masters who wanted to the Republic of China to assassinate him. In the years of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he didn't know how many assassination methods he had seen, and he couldn't help but guard against this.
So he regarded Lin Zhining as a target, a target to divert his attention, and transferred the attention of some patriotic masters and hot-blooded young people to Lin Zhining, so as to win time for himself and others.
In his mind, there are still many people who yearn for the Great Qing Dynasty, and when the restoration of the country is successful, the overall situation has been decided, and some martial arts people no longer have anything to do with the overall situation, and they will have the final say on how they want to be at their mercy when the time comes.
At the same time, the foreigners are also happy to see it, and they wish that the land of China would be more chaotic, as long as it does not affect their plundering of China's various resources, they are optimistic about the change.
Because the martial artists from all over China are unwilling to be lonely, they spread their life skills everywhere, strengthen the national body, and arouse the blood in the hearts of the people, which has already made the hearts of the great powers of various countries dissatisfied, and a strong and enthusiastic nation is definitely not what they want to see.
Therefore, although this is just a rumor in Wulin, there are still many businessmen and compradors who follow suit and create all kinds of rumors to confuse the public.
And the gangs and bandits in various places, the martial arts, the mountain bandits, naturally do not want to see a stronger sect, standing in the area of Jinmen, and they have to jump up and down, acting as a "vanguard of justice".
Ordinary people have always had little ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and they have always followed the crowd, hearing so many people who spread Lin Zhining's notoriety, they naturally believed most of them invisibly, not to mention that they have been bullied by foreigners over the years, although they rarely resisted, but they still resented their compatriots who took refuge in foreigners.
And Lin Zhining's former friend Li Yunyi was dissatisfied with Lin Zhining's delay in martial arts, and refused to go south as soon as possible to serve Mr. Sun.
So when the people in the alliance began to denounce Lin Zhining, he also dispelled the doubts in his heart, and decided that Lin Zhining was a moral loss, and he was willing to be a traitor.
This change came suddenly, and when Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhankui felt that the situation was not good, it was already very tricky, especially the disciples who were also ready to move, after all, for the sake of an uncle of unknown origin, it was too cost-effective to take advantage of the reputation of Xingyi Gate and Bagua Gate.
They were not unprepared, when Li Xingjie told Li Cunyi that there were rumors, they had already decided to refute the rumors, but before they could respond, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and in just one day, the rumors spread everywhere, various versions, if they didn't know the details here, I am afraid that they would not be able to distinguish the truth from the false.
At this time, if they still don't know that this is someone deliberately spreading words, and many people are adding fuel to the fire, then they have lived such a long time in vain.
But it is precisely because of this that this matter is really troublesome, this is someone who wants to destroy Lin Zhining in one fell swoop.
At this time, whether it is to give up or to protect Lin Zhining, if the truth cannot be revealed to the world, then the reputation of Xingyi Gossip will be ruined.
But they themselves know that at this time, it seems that there is still a choice, but in fact, the only way is to protect Lin Zhining and strive to make the truth come to light, and at that time, whether it is Lin Zhining or the two sects, they will benefit a lot. And once they give up Lin Zhining, then they can only watch the sect and their own reputation damaged, and they will pour dirty water on Lin Zhining's head, so if Lin Zhining is wronged, then they will inevitably be discredited and become a laughing stock.
Therefore, we can only protect Lin Zhining, and we must also protect him.
However, how to do it, but it makes it difficult for them, they come forward, if they support Lin Zhining, this trick is usually placed, with their prestige, it is naturally not a problem, but at present, there are obviously many people secretly promoting, which is not something that the two of them can solve by coming forward.
While discussing the solution, the two of them were also very annoyed, and they didn't know who was plotting against themselves.
However, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the minds of the disciples of the two sects first, lest he and the others be bent on protecting Lin Zhining, but the disciples will stab themselves in the back.
Fortunately, although they couldn't solve the trouble in one fell swoop, there was still no problem in temporarily calming the minds of the disciples, so the two sects temporarily unified their minds, because they themselves knew that it was now a situation of both prosperity and loss.
However, Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhankui also knew that although their prestige could temporarily appease their disciples, this time must not be too long, otherwise, under the fluctuation of people's hearts, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be nothing that will disgrace the two factions.