Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 345 Murderous Aura in Letters

In the soft smoky spring, Liu Jiangpu, the Tongzhi of Huazhou, was soaking comfortably when he suddenly saw a slight fire from the incense burner on the shore.

Pushing away the two beauties in his arms, Liu Jiangpu took the incense burner and went to the elegant room on the second floor, dismissed the others, and quietly untied the magic circle on the incense burner.

A puff of green smoke rose from the incense burner, which turned into two lines:
"Raise one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Ten days later, it was handed over to Sui Shilang of the Ministry of War. "

Huazhou is rich and prosperous, and there is no need to raise one hundred thousand taels of silver, and you can take it as you need it.

But the emperor ordered him to pay in ten days, so Liu Jiangpu naturally did not dare to disobey, and prepared the silver and waited for Sui Zhi's news.

At the same time, Sui Zhi also received a letter from the emperor: "Huazhou will raise one hundred thousand taels of silver within ten days and give it to Aiqing. Half of it will be used by the evil army and the other half by the church. , You can make your own decision."

This letter is interesting.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, half to the Suppressing Army and half to the Nufu Sect, the emperor has already clearly divided it, why should Sui Zhi deal with it?
Sui Zhi handed the letter to Yang Jinghuan, after Yang Jinghuan read it, he frowned: "Da Sima, my subordinates are dull, I really don't understand what the leader wants."

The leader is the name given to Emperor Zhaoxing by the high-level figures of the Nufu Sect, because Emperor Zhaoxing is the nominal leader of the Nufu Sect. , Yang Jinghuan is also considered one of the core figures of Nufu Sect.

This nominal leader was not proclaimed by Emperor Zhaoxing himself, nor was it proclaimed by Sui Zhi and others. This is Nujun Tianxing and Nuzu himself.

Although Emperor Zhaoxing had never met Nuzu, he had seen the imperial edict written by Sui Zhi.

Yang Jinghuan couldn't understand Emperor Zhaoxing's letter, but Sui Zhi read it clearly.

"Can you smell murderous intent in the letter?"

Yang Jinghuan was startled, and really picked up the letter and smelled it. Except for the fragrance of ink, Yang Jinghuan didn't smell anything.

Sui Zhi asked: "The outer body of the true god, how many days have you been hungry?"

Yang Jinghuan sighed: "The Suppressing Army went around to kill the congregation. The altars in all counties were panicked and did not dare to collect raw food. Occasionally they raised some, but they were also robbed by the Suppressing Army. The outer body of the True God has been fasting for more than ten days."

Raw food refers to living people.

Under the intervention of the Suppression Army, Taotie's outer body has not eaten a living person for more than ten days.

Sui Zhi sighed: "If you go hungry for a few more days, I'm afraid that the outer body of the true god will rush into Yuling City."

Yang Jinghuan said: "Da Sima, this is not a joke. The day before yesterday I sent five insider disciples to inquire about the situation of the True God, and only one escaped back. The True God is indeed extremely hungry."

"The Department of Yin and Yang is secretly monitoring, and the Suppressing Army is out in the open. It is Xu Zhiqiong who is making trouble in the middle," Sui Zhi thought for a moment and said, "You wait and get ready to ask Liu Jiangpu for money, and I will go to the Suppressing Army by myself." Meet some old friends."

Yang Jinghuan's eyes lit up: "Da Sima, do you want to do it yourself?"

"What kind of action? Liang Jixiong is in the Suppression Army, but he told me how to do it? I went to discuss the business with them, the business of destroying the blood evil sect."

……

When the heavy rain came suddenly, Xu Zhiqiong and Liang Jixiong squatted in the grass, motionless.

Needless to say, Liang Jixiong, a person who has struggled all his life on the battlefield has to endure such hardships.

Xu Zhiqiong is used to eating and sleeping in the open, and getting wet in the rain is a common occurrence.

Liang Xianchun was a bit overwhelmed. These things were usually left to Canglongwei to do. In February, the spring was cold and the drenched clothes wrapped around his body. When the cold wind blew, his whole body was instantly cool. Liang Xianchun squatted in the rain for less than half an hour. Shi Chen couldn't help but complain:
"As a general, you should strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away. Why bother with such trivial details..."

Before finishing speaking, Liang Jixiong suddenly turned around and pinched Liang Xianchun's neck:

"If you dare to say one more word, I will strangle you to death!"

In front of the soldiers, Liang Jixiong also left Liang Xianchun a bit of a thin face. Now there are only three people here, but Liang Jixiong's attitude towards Liang Xianchun has become extremely harsh.

On the other hand, his attitude towards Xu Zhiqiong was quite different, with a pleasant expression on his face, as if Xu Zhiqiong was his own son.

Xu Zhiqiong may really be his own son. When Liang Gongping was alive, he once said after being drunk: Elder Shengde and Elder Shengci have affairs outside, and the rules of Canglong Temple will be broken in their hands sooner or later.

Feeling resentful in his heart, but dare not speak out, Liang Xianchun looked at Xu Zhiqiong viciously, wishing he could kick him off the hillside.

Xu Zhiqiong poked his head slightly out of the chaotic grass, then lowered his voice and said, "Here we come!"

A hundred or so farmers in the distance, pushing large and small wooden carts, came along the mountain road.

A few young and strong men followed the peasants, urging them to hurry up along the way.

Seeing that they were under their noses, Liang Jixiong gave Xu Zhiqiong a wink, Xu Zhiqiong went to the end of the team, Liang Jixiong went to the head of the team, and the two of them sandwiched the team in the middle.

Liang Jixiong asked with a smile, "Where are you guys going despite the wind and rain?"

The group of farmers thought they had encountered robbers, so they abandoned their cars and said to Liang Jixiong, "Hero, if you want to rob money, go elsewhere. We are all small businesses and have no money for you."

Liang Jixiong said with a smile: "I see that you are in business, let me ask what kind of business you are in?"

"We are going to sell wine in Yuling City."

"You are wine merchants in Yuling City? It doesn't sound like your accent!"

"We are from Shuiping County."

Liang Jixiong was stunned: "Shuiping County is more than three hundred miles away from Yuling City. What kind of good wine must be sold in Yuling City?"

"It's not good wine, it's village wine. If a hero wants it, we can just keep two barrels."

Liang Jixiong lifted the curtain on the car, and each car contained three to five wine barrels. Liang Jixiong smacked his lips and said, "How much can you sell for these three or five barrels of wine?"

A farmer answered honestly: "A barrel of wine costs three pennies."

Liang Jixiong exclaimed in surprise: "Three hangings for a barrel of wine? This is more expensive!"

The farmers said: "We agreed on the price when we arrived..."

Before finishing speaking, several strong men came up, and one of them saluted Liang Jixiong: "We are businessmen passing by, and we are also hard-working people. This good man, if you have something to say, you can speak it out. If there is something, we can discuss it."

A young man said to the strong man, "It's worth discussing with him, an old coffin!"

The strong man glared at the young man.

This strong man has walked through the rivers and lakes in a serious manner, and he can see that Liang Jixiong is not an ordinary person.

The young man standing at the end of the line was not easy to provoke. The two of them dared to come out to block the way, and there might be many bandits behind them.

Liang Jixiong smiled and said, "I'm here to buy wine. What's the secret? You just say the price."

The brawny man said: "It's easy to talk about buying wine, just pick which barrel you like, and just take it away."

"There are so many brothers in the mountains, one barrel is not enough, so buy more."

"Then take a few more barrels!"

"You don't have much in total, unload the car, I want it all."

Liang Jixiong always had a smile on his face, and the strong man also smiled: "This good man, if you are short of money for drinks, I'll treat you to a drink or two."

After speaking, the strong man took ten taels of silver and handed it to Liang Jixiong.

Liang Jixiong shook his head and said, "I'm here to buy wine, not to rob people. What do I want your money for?"

The brawny man stopped laughing, as if he couldn't use martial arts today: "If you insist on buying wine, I'll sell it to you. A barrel of wine is twenty taels of silver, the same price!"

"Twenty taels!" Liang Jixiong was taken aback, "Are you golden juice?"

"At this price, are you going to buy it or not? If you don't buy it, get out of the way!"

While speaking, a group of men were ready to use force, and the farmers shrank by the side of the road, trembling.

Liang Jixiong looked at the strong man and said, "That farmer at Shicai said that you would pay three ounces for a barrel, but you insisted on asking for twenty taels of silver. This is clearly bullying me."

"Three hangs are the capital, twenty taels is the current price, and the time is when he didn't make it clear, and asked you if you want to buy it or not!" The strong man suddenly showed a fierce look. If it was an ordinary grassroots bandit, just looking at his face would be frightened Ran.

Liang Jixiong's eyebrows twitched slightly. The savagery would cause fear to cultivators of all levels, but the impact of this fear on Liang Jixiong was limited to this.

The strong man was shocked, and was about to lead people forward to besiege Liang Jixiong, but Liang Xianchun suddenly jumped in front of Liang Jixiong from the grass, and subdued the strong man with a pan python.

Liang Jixiong was secretly happy, Liang Xianchun had been causing him trouble these days, and this time he finally got back to business.

This strong man is obviously the leader of this group of people, and capturing him alive is the biggest gain of this trip.

The strong man's expression became more ferocious, and he tried his best to break free from the shackles of the pan python skill.

Liang Xianchun saw that the strong man had amazing strength, and he added some energy to his skills.

The strong man exerted strength, and Liang Xianchun also exerted strength accordingly. Liang Jixiong saw that the situation was not good, and was about to stop him, but there was a crisp sound, and the strong man's neck was broken.

The operation, the most important target, died.

Liang Xianchun turned his head and said with embarrassment: "He is a person who refuses to subdue the law..."

Liang Jixiong gritted his teeth and kicked Liang Xianchun into the grass.

I wanted to save some face for her, but the second elder really couldn't bear it.

The rest of the young and strong men were about to flee for their lives, when Liang Jixiong suddenly unleashed the dragon's fury, and everyone immediately bowed their heads.

Xu Zhiqiong manipulated the mandarin duck blade with the power of imagery, quickly picked the hamstrings of the group of men, fetched the rope, and tied them together with Liang Xianchun.

Liang Xianchun didn't want to take another look at Xu Zhiqiong, she was extremely ashamed and indignant, she really wanted to scold Xu Zhiqiong, but in front of Liang Jixiong, she didn't dare to be presumptuous, she only dared to complain in a low voice: "No matter what I do, I don't know what to do. Make the ancestors hate you!"

Liang Jixiong raised his foot to kick her again, but the group of peasants were still on the sidelines. If he talked too much and let them hear him, can he let them go?
Xu Zhiqiong took out some scattered money and handed it to the group of farmers: "You take this money and divide it, and it will be used as travel expenses, so you can push it in the car and go back.

If you want to sell wine in the future, you have to weigh it yourself, how much is the wine your family brews worth, and how many idiots are there in Yuling City? "

The farmers pushed the carts and hurried away. Xu Zhiqiong escorted the prisoner and Liang Jixiong back to the camp.

It's useless for these people to go back or not.

They are all inside disciples of the nufu sect. They tricked these peasants here to feed gluttons. Based on Tao Huayuan's news, Xu Zhiqiong had already intercepted more than a dozen waves of inside nufu who were feeding gluttons. They have a common feature, only the leader knows the inside story, and the rest follow orders.

Just like the strong man just now, only he knew the purpose of this trip, and the rest of them only knew to use these people to sacrifice to Xing Lord, and they didn't even know which Xing Lord to sacrifice to.

"Tuwu cultivator, Taotie cultivator, Nuhujiao, Nujun Tianxing..." Liang Jixiong called Xu Zhiqiong to the camp alone, and asked, "Zhiqiong, I always feel that these people are not from the Blood Evil Sect. Lu, are you hiding something from me?"

"I'm not hiding it, I don't have a chance to tell you that these people..." Xu Zhiqiong hesitated to speak.

Liang Jixiong looked outside the tent door and shouted, "Get out and talk!"

Liang Xianchun walked in with his head down: "Old Ancestor, the imperial court has sent someone here."

"Who sent it?"

"Military Minister Sui Zhi."

"What is he here for?"

"It is said that they have sent us reinforcements and food."

Liang Jixiong thought for a moment and said, "Does he know I'm here?"

Liang Xianchun said: "He didn't mention it."

"Did you mention me to him?"

Liang Xianchun shook his head: "The old ancestor ordered first, and we will naturally keep our mouths shut."

Liang Jixiong looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Zhiqiong, follow Xianchun to deal with Sui Zhi, if Xianchun says something wrong, stop her, and if you can't stop her, you can stop her with her mouth." Sew it on!"

(End of this chapter)