Chapter Seventy-One: The Danger of Destroying the Dao
In the evening, Wu Ge heard some voices. He smiled.
He stood up, ignored Lu Dongbin's reprimand, and swaggered into the "finance room." Lu Dongbin and the team leader then followed, and then Cheng Yingxia came in.
Wu Ge took out wrenches, documents and other things by himself.
"Wu Ge!"
The team leader yelled. But despite Lu Dongbin's support, he still looks very inward-looking.
Lu Dongbin also wanted to get angry, but the expression on Wu Ge's face made him feel that something had happened that he didn't understand.
"Don't you want to tell the truth now?"
Wu Ge stared at the team leader, making the latter feel a burst of creepy.
"Y-Why didn't I tell the truth?"
Before he could finish speaking, the team leader heard the sirens from far and near. His face changed.
"Did you run?" Wu Ge pulled him back.
"I've got something to do...... There is an urgency. β
The team leader's face turned pale, and he looked at Lu Dongbin begging while struggling.
"What's wrong with you?"
Lu Dongbin asked suspiciously. He had no idea what the sirens outside the building had to do with what was happening in front of him.
"Uncle Shi, I told you that they are liars. Now the police are coming, and they want to run. Cheng Yingxia said.
"Is that so?" Lu Dongbin was still a little unconvinced.
"Uh, this ......" The team leader dodged Lu Dongbin's gaze, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Dad, junior brother and sister. I brought the police to ...... Also, that villain really wanted to run, and I caught him. β
Xiaoxiao jumped in from outside the door and said happily.
The team leader collapsed.
"I didn't do anything bad," he said pleadingly, looking at the people in the room, "I'm just getting paid." I'm not an organizer and I haven't hit anyone......"
"I told the police. Wu Ge let go. The team leader rushed out of the house without a second of delay, but the sound of slamming the door was already heard outside the door.
"Open the door, we're the police. β
"Alright, let's go. Wu Ge said, "First stealth." Master, you take your sister ......"
"Why should we run, we should assist the police in the investigation. Cheng Yingxia said dissatisfied.
"Help, what?" Wu Ge glared at her, "Of course you're fine, but can the master and Xiaoxiao get their ID cards when they get to the Public Security Bureau?"
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The incident was later reported in the newspapers, but the process of solving the case was not mentioned. Folklore is much more exciting in comparison. Although the details of these folklore vary, they all mention a little girl who is about ten years old (the age of the little girl is the most controversial detail in the legend), and the general plot is: the little girl's father strayed into the pyramid scheme den, the little girl saved her father alone, and finally intercepted the pyramid scheme leader who tried to abscond with money on the street, beat the other party to his knees and beg for mercy, and so on.
Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know about these rumors, but this did not prevent her from being proud that she had saved her father and younger brothers and sisters. But the fly in the ointment is that Wu Ge's original idea was to let Lu Xiaoxiao intercept the manager when he was absconding, and first get back the money they had been defrauded - and they should take an extra three or five thousand, because they also spent so much money on the road and suffered so many crimes - and then call the police to copy the pyramid scheme den. But Lu Xiaoxiao only cared about punishing the bad guys at that time, and forgot all about taking the money. When they arrived at the train station, Lu Xiaoxiao remembered this stubble. If it weren't for Wu Ge who scavenged some scattered silver taels in the "finance room", they would have had to fly back with some energy.
Money is not a big deal -- Jigong is originally trying to play, and money is just a game prop for him; as for Cheng Yingxia, there are still 70,000 or 80,000 yuan of New Year's money saved from childhood to adulthood. Besides, Lu Dongbin is a little father, so she didn't have any complaints about it. But although no one complained about Lu Dongbin because of this, Lu Dongbin himself couldn't forgive himself. He doesn't think money is a big deal, but as an immortal, he is so greedy for money, he doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and he almost hurt his apprentices and nephews, which makes him feel that he has made a big mistake and is no longer worthy of being an immortal.
This is no small matter, and it can be called a crisis. The reason why immortals are immortals depends on qi. Qi is an extremely unstable substance (energy), and manipulating such a substance requires a strong and stable consciousness - from this point of view, it cannot be said that it is wrong to refer to the ability of the gods as "spiritual power" in some novels or games - so the immortals have always emphasized inner peace and pursued the state of "clear conscience". Negative emotions such as guilt and self-blame can lead to inner turmoil, which in turn leads to a decrease in the ability to control qi. Once such a situation occurs, it will be a matter of dissipation and retreat, or a ruin of the road and death.
Sun Wukong, Jigong and Wu Shenxian and others were worried about Lu Dongbin's mental condition. They guarded Lu Dongbin all day long in the stilted building of the Martial Immortals, never leaving an inch.
"Fellow Daoist, the matter has passed, let's still want to open a little. Martial Immortal admonished.
"That's it. A cadre of people echoed the voice.
ββ¦β¦ Alas. Lu Dongbin wanted to speak and stopped, shaking his head and sighing.
"Isn't it just 10,000 yuan, what's the big deal? I still owe Xiaoxiao a mobile phone. If you really don't want to go, let's find a way. "Sun Wukong is a little anxious.
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Lu Dongbin still sighed and shook his head.
"Brother Dao, as the old saying goes, getting drunk relieves a thousand sorrows. How about the old monk take you to a good restaurant?" said Jigong tentatively.
Lu Dongbin is still like a piece of wood.
"Master, don't be sad. I'm to blame for this, I haven't mentioned these things to you. β
Wu Ge also tried his best to persuade him.
Lu Dongbin finally reacted. A tear oozed from the corner of his eye and slid across his face.
There was chaos in the hut, and everyone secretly shouted, "It's not good." β
Tears from immortals are a rather terrifying thing, because immortals have long been cultivated to the extent that they can control their own physiological reactions, and it is almost impossible for such a thing as tears to happen. There are only two possibilities for the immortal to shed tears, one is that he doesn't want to control it, he wants others to see him crying - this is the case with Lu Xiaoxiao's crying, and the other possibility is that he can't control it, his consciousness is no longer enough to control his aura - Lu Dongbin's current situation undoubtedly belongs to the latter!
"Martial Immortal, you have to think of a way. Sun Wukong shouted anxiously. In this room, the cultivation of the Martial God Immortal is the highest.
"This ......" Martial God Immortal also looked helpless. Mortals who want to commit suicide are easy to deal with, you just need to hold him, but what can you do if the gods are tired of living? Besides, immortals who want to commit suicide are really rare, and no one has any experience in solving this matter?
"Master, don't ...... like that"
Wu Ge's tears also came down - of course, he had not yet cultivated to the level where he could control his physiological reactions, and he didn't deliberately use tears to scare people - although he was reluctant to cultivate immortals at first, but the master and apprentice were also emotional, no matter what. Besides, Lu Dongbin has always taken good care of him, of course he doesn't want to see Lu Dongbin end up in anger.
Lu Dongbin trembled and reached out to pull Wu Ge's arm.
"Go'er," he said with teary eyes, "Master can't stand you. In the future, you must listen carefully to the words of the two masters and practice diligently...... Little girl, the master will entrust you. β
"Master......"
Wu Ge's heart was like a knife, tears were like rain, but he didn't know what to do. He was eager to kneel down for Lu Dongbinβthough he had always hated such etiquette, and felt that it was too hypocritical to do so now.
The door "creaked", and Lu Xiaoxiao rushed in. The little girl knew that it was powerful, and she was so frightened that she cried after just looking at Lu Dongbin.