Chapter 708 – Zongshi
Zheng Lihai was jusoodlum, because there was a policeman taking care of him in Jinling Mansion, he could do whatever he wanted in this place. This was one of the drawbacks of a world where cultivators were revered. This was because very few cultivators in the dynasty in power cared about the actions of a small figure like Zheng Lihai. Most of the ordinary people who made up this world were nothing compared to those in power.
They were high and mighty, like gods in the eyes of ordinary people.
An Zheng cared.
Not to be mean, not to be mean, not to be mean. Of course, it was not because Zheng Lihai was a small fry and did not care about what he did. To An Zheng, eliminating evil was only a matter of how much he got rid of it, and it did not depend on a person’s status. Zheng Lihai was indeed out of place, but he had done much more evil than some big shots.
He did evil directly, while the big men did evil indirectly.
After Du Xu returned to his residence, he reported what had happened. An Zheng gave a loud growl and instructed, “These people will never correct their mistakes, never. This was because they had already tasted the sweet taste of evil. Even though they knew that they could not withstand the pressure of fleeing Jinling this time, they still committed evil in another place. For dozens of people to gather together is already a disaster to our village. ”
Du Xu asked, “Sect Master, what should we do?”
An Zheng said: “There’s no rush, althougerson like Zheng Lihai is a small fry, he will definitely not give up on everything that he has obtained. Money, status, women, and the feeling of being bullied by others made him unwilling to give up. So let’s wait and see if this little character can drag out any more big fish. ”
Du Xu nodded: “Then this subordinate will tighten the string.”
An Zheng said: “You go ahead, I still have matters to attend to so I’ll be going out. The Zongshi’s Sect Leader, Zhuge Wenyun, invited me to go over. He said that Chen Zhongqi from the prince’s mansion had to take out many things and auction them off. This time, the Zongshi is in charge of the external affairs. ”
The so-called outer circle was something that happened in the martial arts world, apart from the great characters in the imperial court. The majority of the good stuff was divided among the big people, and those that could be sold for money but not needed by the big families would have to be sold off for auction. If it was an external auction, it would be impossible to enter the official auction because there were many people around. Holy See felt that it would be a shameful matter.
Du Xu said: “Sect Master should still be careful, the last time I saw Zongshi and the rest, they were still hostile, but suddenly their faces changed, such a good relationship, when master was born, there must be a demon.”
An Zheng laughed: “I know, I’m afraid it’s related to white tower view and Prefecture Song being humiliated by me. The Prefecture Song is a scarecrow, but at least he has the support of the Song Family. As for the Zongshi, they have a good relationship. ”
Du Xu also laughed, “I’m afraid they want to dig a hole for Sect Master to jump into.”
An Zheng got up, and tidied up his clothes: “If I’m too small, I might not be able to fit me in.”
He gave Du Xu an item: “This is the artifact that I discovered when I went to see Niu Zhong yesterday. You arerson with a messy mind. If you were able to put so much effort into cultivation, you wouldn’t be as strong as you are now. Golden-Rank tools are still a little high for you, so you temporarily cannot use them. Just keep them, when you need them in the future, just train hard and learn them. ”
Du Xu’s expression changed, “Sect Master... “It’s too valuable.”
An Zheng laughed: “Have you forgotten what I said when I joined the Heavenly Awakening Sect? I want everyone in this world who does good, who is kind, who is free of evil, to live better than those who do evil. The food, the drinks, the clothes, everything is better than them. ”
He patted Du Xu’s shoulder. “Regarding Zheng Lihai, you only need to remember four words … To eliminate evil. ”
After An Zheng finished giving instructions, he left for the Zongshi. Zongshi was not very far from An Zheng’s residence, and it only took An Zheng twenty minutes to walk to the outside of Zongshi’s sect.
In fact, any sect that could establish itself in a place like Jinling was something that could not be underestimated. For people on the Sect Master’s level, it was simply impossible to establish themselves without the help of Higher Completion Stage. white tower view’s attention on Lan Xiaosheng, who was praised as the number one sword dao under the Lower Celestial Stage, was not faked praise. Zhang Zhenjun actually looked down on Lan Xiaosheng’s character, and was only making a comment on his sword dao.
As for Zongshi’s Sect Leader, Zhuge Wenyun, his cultivation should be even stronger than Lan Xiaosheng’s. Although he had not entered the Lower Celestial Stage s yet, he had probably touched that layer of barrier.
An Zheng had a better understanding of the Zongshi than him. Back then, had personally killed the Junior Brother of his. This person, seeking longevity, had already reached the point of Qi deviation, and had actually attacked a Star Observation Scholar of the Star Observation Pavilion at night. Although his identity was not exposed, An Zheng still found out later on. Because the people of Zongshi were not aware of this matter, An Zheng did not pester them too much.
But exactly because of that matter, An Zheng had done a very detailed investigation of the Zongshi. He knew that in the Zongshi, the person with the strongest cultivation was actually Zhuge Wenyun’s martial uncle, Old Taoist Chu Shaoxian, who had already retired. Ten years had passed, and it was unknown whether this Old Taoist was still alive or not. Other than Chu Shaoxian, there was also a Great Formation of Immortals in Zongshi, it was the sect protecting array of the Zongshi, it was said that its power was boundless.
When An Zheng arrived at the entrance of the Zongshi, he saw a familiar person … Zheng Lihai.
He sneaked out of the side door with a smug look on his face. An Zheng frowned slightly. This unranked little fellow was actually related to the Zongshi, so this matter was not that simple.
An Zheng took out the Communication Leaves that were used to communicate between Heavenly Awakening Sect s, reminding Du Xu to be careful, for the next two days, he would not come into contact with Zheng Lihai. Du Xu quickly replied, saying that his subordinates noticed that Zheng Lihai had gone to Zongshi.
An Zheng told him not to be impatient and that he should go back and take care of anything. After that, he put away the message leaf and entered the Zongshi.
When Zhuge Wenyun heard that An Zheng had arrived, he led a group of disciples to quickly welcome him. His smile was extremely friendly and warm, it was not fake at all. This old fox in the imperial court of the martial arts world would naturally not be easily seen by others.
“Chen …” Martial Uncle, please come in. ”
Because the Zongshi’s Dao Friend Jiu De had addressed An Zheng as junior brother the moment they met, even though the Zongshi’s sect master and his nephew Zhuge Wenyun was almosundred years old, they still had to address An Zheng as senior brother.
An Zheng promptly shook his hand, “Sect Master is too courteous, please do not call me that again. Dao Friend Jiu Ku is my senior, so you should treat him aeacher. ”
“Martial Uncle went wandering the world. He just left yesterday.”
Zhuge Wenyun laughed: “When he heard about Wu Dang Mountain’s peach trees blooming, he insisted on smelling it, and couldn’t even stop it.”
In reality, because Dao Friend Jiu De held An Zheng in high esteem, Zhuge Wenyun was worried that if Dao Friend Jiu De knew that he had made his move on An Zheng, he would stop him. Dao Friend Jiu Ku asked with all his heart, his cultivation was not considered a true expert, but Dao Master Jiu Ku and Chu Shaoxian were martial brothers, so his opinion had a great impact on Chu Shaoxian.
As the previous Sect Master, Chu Shaoxian had passed the Sect Master’s position to Zhuge Wenyun in advance, but he would still ask about the matters within the sect by chance. Furthermore, that old monster’s cultivation was truly terrifying, Zhuge Wenyun did not dare to casually offend him.
To deal with such an old monster, he could only trick him not to go head to head with him.
Zhuge Wenyun welcomed An Zheng in, but at the moment, he was not far away. He turned around and glanced at the young Taoist who had just entered the Zongshi.
When he thought that he would soon be able to take revenge, his heart felt extremely comfortable. He just didn’t want to die, didn’t want to lose everything he had, so he bravely went to find Prefecture Song. Unexpectedly, he sent a gift of ten thousand silver in, but this Prefecture Song, such a big shot, actually received him.
Hearing that his two subordinates had been killed, the Prefecture Song became furious. But when he thought about how her two officers were indeed tainted with evil deeds, and how he would use the Jinling Mansion’s methods to investigate, this case could not be explained in the end. So he thought of a way to write a letter to Zheng Lihai, telling him to bring it to the Zongshi’s Sect Master, Zhuge Wenyun.
Zheng Lihai felt as if he was in a dream, to think that he would actually see sucigh and mighty figure in a row. Because with Prefecture Song’s handwritten letter, he had actually seen Zhuge Wenyun.
After Zhuge Wenyun pondered for a while, he assigned three disciples to follow Zheng Lihai and let these three disciples settle the matter with Zheng Lihai. However, the condition was that in the future, Zheng Lihai would have to hand over 90% of what he got from the gambling den to Zongshi. In addition, every month, Zheng Lihai would find a girl from outside the Jinling and deliver her to a brothel controlled by the Zongshi.
With the support of the Zongshi, Zheng Lihai had to snatch all the dark business in this region over within a month. The Zongshi did not think much of money, but Li Tai Lai and Dong An’s area of control had a population of at leasundred thousand. If Zheng Lihai could take over the underworld business, he would earn at least a few hundred thousand taels of silver every year.
Of course, people at Zhuge Wenyun’s level couldn’t care less about silver, but he could still use the expenses of the sect to reward his disciples.
Zheng Lihai turned around and looked at the three Zongshi disciples who followed behind him with solemn expressions. He thought to himself that no matter how fierce that fellow was, he was finished.
He let the three Zongshi s go to his own residence to wait, then he immediately went to look for Du Xu. He was worried that Du Xu’s family had an expert, so he planned to trick Du Xu out before killing him.
Arriving at Du Xu’s doorstep, Zheng Lihai called for a good long while, but no one paid attention to him. He did not give up and waited outside for an entire hour, but there was still no one. At this time, An Zheng was in the Zongshi and sent a message to Du Xu via the message leaf.
Three minutes later, Zheng Lihai, who was just about to leave, suddenly felt his head go black. Someone carried him in a gunny sack with a gunny sack and ran away. Zheng Lihai didn’t know what was going on as he wailed like a ghost. In the end, he was hit on the head with a stick and fainted.
When Zheng Lihai woke up, he did not know where he was. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Du Xu’s extremely friendly but terrifying face.
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Chapter 709 – Who Plotted Against Who
The sect master of Zongshi, Zhuge Wenyun, had been thinking about one thing, how could he let Chen Liuxi be fooled … The Song Family only gave them a plan, but how to implement it was not easy.
“Regarding the auction, I would like to ask for your help.”
Zhuge Wenyun was still humble, “Last time at the auction in Ming Fa Si, I witnessed Senior Master’s outstanding skills in appraising treasures, and I naturally admire you. Martial Uncle knows that there are all sorts of people in the auction, and there are also many experts in the people. As the representative of the Zongshi to the Great Xi, if something were to happen, I really can’t afford to take responsibility. ”
“When Uncle-Master Jiu De is here, I could have invited him out of the mountain. However, Junior Master Jiu De … He never felt like he came from the Zongshi … It would be disrespectful to say that way, but I do have something to hide. ”
An Zheng replied with an “oh”.
Zhuge Wenyun saw that An Zheng did not seem to reject his, and immediately continued: “Everything else has already been arranged, as long as Senior Master you take care of it, it will be fine. No one in the Zongshi has talent in this area. As for me, although I am considered to be well-versed in cultivation, I am still not very well versed in other aspects. ”
“When the time comes, we will place the items to be auctioned in the auction house and I will personally host the auction. Martial Uncle just sat there and watched him bid. If anyone disagrees with the value of the treasure, Martial Uncle will come forward to appraise it. About the price over at the auction house, we have almost given them out already, there’s no need for Martial Uncle to worry. ”
Zhuge Wenyun thought for a while, and then took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it over. “Although we are all Dao disciples, and you are my martial uncle, the reward cannot be small. “This is a medicinal pill personally concocted by my uncle master Jiu De. Of course, it cannot be compared to the medicinal pills of the Hollow Jade Temple, but this pill has a special use …”
Zhuge Wenyun leaned over and whispered mysteriously: “We are all cultivators, so we know the importance of an avatar. However, in this world, apart from those demonic beasts that had this ability, there was no way foerson to train a clone. This pill can absorb one’s Cultivation Power and Qi and form a clone within a short period of time. Of course … Neither attack nor defense can compare with this noble one’s. ”
He smiled and said, “However, in the path of cultivation, there is still a mountain higher. If we run into any trouble, this doppelganger can save our lives. I know that Martial Uncle’s cultivation is astonishing, but I can’t guarantee that he won’t encounter any danger in the future, right? ”
An Zheng took the pill and opened the box. When An Zheng lowered his head, Zhuge Wenyun did not notice that the three blue star point s in An Zheng’s left eye had begun to spin rapidly.
A moment later, An Zheng returned the pellet and said with a smile, “You and I are disciples of the Dao, of the same origin. Even though our Hollow Jade Temple is not under the tutelage of the virtuous Sky Sovereign, we have no outsiders in the end … So I helped, but I can’t take this reward. ”
Zhuge Wenyun said: “If Senior Master does not accept, then I will have to ask for someone else’s help. Although Zongshi is not considered a big sect in the Great Xi, I still have some friends that I know.”
An Zheng had no choice but to say: “Since that’s the case, I’ll keep it.
He got up, “I still have something to take care of. If the auction starts one day, just send someone to inform me.”
Zhuge Wenyun stood up and sent him off, all the way to the main entrance.
Halfway through, An Zheng was caught by a disciple and whispered a few words to him. An Zheng nodded, then turned and headed in that direction. After walking around on the street for a bit, An Zheng knew that there would be people following him after he left the Zongshi, but getting rid of these people was nothing.
An hour later, An Zheng had already arrived at Du Xu’s small courtyard.
Once he entered, An Zheng saw Ye Xiaoxin standing there with the sword in her hand, her face full of contempt. The three disciples of Zongshi were tied up, with their cultivations being crippled, they hung on the pillars in the corridor one by one.
But this time, that Zheng Lihai had truly destroyed his courage; he truly did not think that even the actions of the sect’s people would be useless. The miserable appearances of those three disciples reminded him of his own fate. The scene of Li Tailai and Dong An being beaten to death involuntarily appeared in his mind. In that instant, he pissed his pants again.
Seeing An Zheng coming in, Zheng Lihai’s body involuntarily trembled. He finally remembered that this young Taoist was the same person he met when he intercepted the auction house’s staff members. He had also seen him outside the Zongshi not long ago.
Once An Zheng entered, Du Xu immediately moved a chair over. After An Zheng sat down, he looked at Zheng Lihai: “You still haven’t given up yet?”
Zheng Lihai kowtowed and said, “Dao Lord, I know I was wrong, I did not know I would offend you. “I’ll go back and raise some money now. Three hundred thousand silver, even if I have to sell it for a lot of money, I still have to gather some for you.”
“300,000 silver.”
An Zheng shook his head, he casually took out a silver note and threw it in front of Zheng Lihai. Zheng Lihai subconsciously looked at the words on the banknote: five hundred thousand taels of silver. Such a large amount of banknotes could only be opened by the Da Xi ticket number. Furthermore, it was the official ticket number.
“It’s yours.”
An Zheng glanced at Zheng Lihai.
Zheng Lihai trembled in fear: “Dao Lord, I beg of you, please let me go. This time, I know my wrongs. “As long as you let me go, I’m willing to do anything. As long as I don’t die, I’ll be your dog in the future.”
An Zheng asked: “Did you say that in the Zongshi?”
Zheng Lihai shook his head. “No, no, I really don’t want to go to the Zongshi.
“Prefecture Song.”
An Zheng couldn’t help but laugh, “Such fate.”
He pointed at the banknotes, “The money is for you to do something. There’s something you have to do in a few days. Zongshi and I will make a choice, and I guess you won’t make the wrong choice. Three days later, even if the Zongshi did not collapse, there would be no Zhuge Wenyun left. If you think that the backer you have found is truly reliable, then just continue to oppose me. ”
An Zheng turned his head and asked: “Where is he?”
Du Xu immediately replied: “We’ve caught them all.”
An Zheng waved his hands, and the west room’s door was opened by the Heavenly Awakening Sect’s disciples. At least seventy to eighty of Zheng Lihai’s subordinates were stuffed inside like a mountain. His hands and feet were all broken, and his mouth was stuffed with something. The sound he made was murky and weak.
“These people must have done a lot of harm after following you all these years, right?”
An Zheng said: “I havabit, and that is to leave myself a way out. What if these people stay and flee with you? If I don’t give you some shackles and you escape, what will I do? ”
He waved his hand, and the disciples of Heavenly Awakening Sect pulled everyone out and threw them on the ground.
An Zheng pointed to those people and said, “Are these people considered to have gone through a life and death struggle with you? These words were a bit praiseworthy. He should have done all sorts of bad things. This way … You don’t believe me when I say I won’t kill you, do you? I’ll give you a chance. You’ll identify them one by one, and you’ll point out the ones under you who have lives in their hands and those who have died without blood on their hands. If you point out one, I’ll spare you one. Do you know what I gave you that 500,000 silver for now? “Yes, it’s the money for running away.”
Zheng Lihai was so scared that he kowtowed, but he did not dare say anything, his face was as white as paper.
An Zheng: “You don’t plan to tell me?”
He waved his hand, and the silver note flew back. An Zheng looked at the people who were helped, and waved the five hundred thousand silver in his hand: “You all should know about Zheng Lihai, right? Just tell me one damned thing, and I’ll spare the life in his hands. The first to say, take the five hundred thousand silver and flee. ”
Wuu wuu wuu wuu!
Those people scrambled to nod their heads. Although they couldn’t make a sound, they were all so excited that they didn’t know what to do. It was as if the person who was about to die had finally grasped onto a floating wooden board and was unwilling to let go.
An Zheng sighed: “Look, they are much more active than you.”
Zheng Lihai suddenly raised his head. “I’ll say!”
He stood up and walked over to the nearest person, “This person is called Du San, he was the first to follow me, he had no less than four or five lives at his hands. If it wasn’t for the fact that I still needed him to do some work under my banner, I would have gotten rid of him long ago. “I’ve collected a lot of money, but I haven’t been able to repay you at all!”
Du San shouted, but couldn’t make a sound.
Du Xu then took off the cloth in Du San’s mouth. Du San opened his mouth and scolded, “Zheng Lihai, fuck you! Which one of the people I killed, wasn’t it you who asked me to? I’ve followed you for so many years, you haven’t even eaten a single mouthful of meat or soup, if I hadn’t thought of a way to earn some silver, would you have given it to me?! I’ll bite you to death, I’ll bite you to death! ”
Zheng Lihai stomped his foot on Du San’s face, “You are such a bitch. If it wasn’t for me taking you in, you would have f * cking died long ago.
He turned around and looked at An Zheng: “Dao Lord, kill him! This person has the most casualties. ”
An Zheng nodded: “Kill.”
The Heavenly Awakening Sect disciple chopped down his blade without any hesitation, the blade came down suddenly and fiercely, Zheng Lihai who was still shouting could not avoid it and lost a face of blood.
A head rolled across the room.
“Next.”
An Zheng said calmly, “Continue.”
At this point, there was nothing that Zheng Lihai couldn’t break out of, one by one, he identified them, and there were six or seven people in a row who had their lives in their hands. In this era, if the government was not in a hurry to solve the murder case, there was no hope at all. Sometimes, even if the government were to overthink things, they would still not have a clue. For example, those who came to the Jinling from outside the city, were dragged out to be buried by Zheng Lihai and his men, who knows?
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
Zheng Lihai identified one and An Zheng said the word kill. Within a few minutes, a river of blood flowed through the courtyard. More than a dozen people’s heads were chopped off. The sticky blood spread out along the limestone floor and soon dyed a large area red.
The heads rolled off one by one, everywhere.
Zheng Lihai went all out and told his everything that his subordinates had done in the past few years. From the looks of it, deserved to die once, so it was not wrong for him to die dozens of times.
“No more?”
An Zheng asked after seeing that Zheng Lihai had stopped.
Zheng Lihai sweated profusely, and his entire person was on the verge of collapse, “Dao … “Dao Lord, the rest of you have lost your life.”
An Zheng nodded his head: “Alright, then let the rest of the people go, but to guard them, whoever wants to run away will be killed without mercy. If you stay in your own home, I’ll spare them. Do you know why I didn’t kill you? ”
An Zheng lifted his finger and pointed it at Zheng Lihai: “It’s because of him. You all have remembered that you all didn’t die because he didn’t remember. Those who died were also because of him. You all should remember this for your entire lives, right? But your lives were not given to you by him, they were given to you by me. When you guys want to kill Zheng Lihai, tell me. ”
An Zheng smiled as he looked at Zheng Lihai: “Take a guess, when they denounce you in the future, will they miss anything?”
He threw a silver note at Zheng Lihai’s face: “Go, remember what I taught you to do.”
Zheng Lihai didn’t even know how he got out. It was as if he died once.
Du Xu felt his heart ache when he saw Zheng Lihai leave, “Sect Master, those are five hundred thousand silver.”
“It’s fake.”
An Zheng waved his hand: “I wrote it myself. The ticket stubs are correct, but the seal and the note are fake. Besides... “Where would there be a banknote worth five hundred thousand silver taels? If it’s such a large sum, why not just give it to me directly …”
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