Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Everyone took a boat and arrived in Jiujiang a week later. They got off the boat here and without any delay, they rode on their fast horses and returned to Longhu Mountain in less than half a day.

In the evening, everyone walked on the mountain trail of Longhu Mountain, feeling the cool evening breeze, and everyone felt at ease.

They went down the mountain to help with the disaster relief and went to various disaster areas. They suffered a lot. After the relief work was over, they also saw many things that they didn't see in the mountains during the few days they spent in Yucheng.

There were many delicious foods and fun things to do, and they were reluctant to leave for a while. But once they stepped onto the mountain path leading to the mountain gate, they felt inexplicably at ease.

Sure enough, no matter how good the outside world is, it’s not as good as home.

Everyone went up the mountain and first went to the Zhengyi Temple at the front gate to register to return home. They met the abbot of Zhengyi Temple, Yi Qian. After Yi Qian asked some questions, they went to the Dashangqing Palace to meet the Heavenly Master Zhang Jingqing.

After Yi Qian asked, Zhang Jingqing did not repeat the details. He just asked everyone about their feelings and what they had gained from the trip.

This trip was not just talk. During the several months of traveling in the disaster area, I saw all kinds of human life, joys and sorrows. It is impossible to say that I didn't have any insights and gains.

Everyone gave a brief account of what they had said. Zhang Jingqing sighed, waved his hand, and said.

"You all should go back home and have a good rest. By the way, Zhang Zhiwei should stay!"

Everyone bowed and left.

"Master asked me to stay here alone. Is there something wrong?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

"What do you think about this flood?" Zhang Jingqing asked in a deep voice. He asked everyone except Zhang Zhiwei.

"It's a disaster that doesn't happen once in a century," said Zhang Zhiwei.

"anything else?"

"It's so frustrating!" said Zhang Zhiwei.

"How bad is it?"

"Everyone from top to bottom is upset!" Zhang Zhiwei said: "This world is sick, very sick, and there is nothing we can do about it."

"So what if it's up? So what if it's down?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

Zhang Zhiwei said: "Although many wealthy businessmen have contributed money and effort to fight the floods and provide disaster relief, there are also many landlords and profiteers who have formed groups to hoard grain and raise prices, hoping to make a fortune from the national disaster, but it is difficult for anyone to intervene."

"How did you do it?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

"The disciple used some small tricks that are not worthy of public display, and accumulated some good karma for them." Zhang Zhiwei said.

In the early days of disaster relief, wherever Zhang Zhiwei went, he simply provided disaster relief and rescue work, and then asked the church to collect grain for disaster relief.

Perhaps because they saw that he had collected too much grain, a few unscrupulous businessmen united together and purchased grain through various means and hoarded it, artificially creating the illusion of food shortage, and then raised prices in an attempt to make huge profits.

After Zhang Zhiwei found out, he didn't indulge them. He gathered them together in the name of collecting grain. He didn't take their lives directly, but used Blue Hand to modify their thinking.

Since they like to hoard food so much, they should sell all their assets to buy food, and then donate all the food in the form of porridge.

This group of unscrupulous businessmen are all well-known local capitalists. They have plundered countless amounts of money over the years, and used it all to buy food and provide porridge. It will take at least several years to use it all up.

For a long time to come, there will be some fixed soup kitchens in various places.

It is worth mentioning that some businessmen who had no intention of making a fortune from the national disaster noticed the abnormal behavior of these profiteers and guessed that they had been bewitched by some evil spell. They felt sympathetic and were afraid that they would also suffer. Zhang Zhiwei ignored them. After discussing it among themselves, they all donated grain to help with the disaster relief.

This is also the reason why the disaster relief efforts started to go smoothly in the later stages.

After listening to Zhang Zhiwei's detailed account of what he had done in this disaster, Zhang Jingqing did not blame him for abusing his means. Instead, he nodded and said:
"It's a good thing to be flexible and not rigid. What do you think of the officials above?"

Zhang Zhiwei pondered for a moment and said, "The official disaster relief efforts are very poor. The so-called disaster relief in many areas is just a show. They took reporters to the disaster area to distribute some supplies and take a few photos to get by."

"There are some places that have done nothing at all. They are too lazy to even put on an act. In short, I am very disappointed with this disaster relief. I am disappointed with them from top to bottom. If the world is handed over to them, I am afraid it will be very bad."

Zhang Jingqing did not comment on this. To be honest, he was quite satisfied with Jin Ling's power before. After all, it ended the era of endless wars among warlords and unified the Chinese Begonia Leaf.

Although the internal problems are quite serious, at least it is not like the previous years, where thousands of troops would fight each other at every turn. It is still a great improvement. If we can reduce the military power of those warlords in the way that the ancient emperors did, and completely integrate and start to develop,
This made him think for a time that China was about to get better, and that there would be a period of rapid development with great vitality and flourishing of all things.

But later, his views changed a little. Now that the world has just been settled, there are many internal contradictions and all parties are not united. It is really not suitable to start a war.

In addition, a natural disaster is happening right now. In Zhang Jingqing's view, this is both a disaster and an opportunity, an opportunity to win the hearts of the people.

At this time, the most important thing to do is to transfer the 300,000 troops that are going to the war to quell the disaster, win the hearts of the people, and stabilize the rear.

He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. If you can quell the disaster and win the support of the people, whatever you do will be as if you have divine help.

But what puzzled him was that the other party actually ignored the disaster. When the disaster and flood were devastating, they instead wasted people's money and resources and mobilized 300,000 people to do something that they shouldn't have done.

The key point is that not only did they fail to rescue the flood victims, but they also suffered a defeat despite having an advantage in numbers and equipment that was ten times greater than the enemy.

This is simply a case of one thing being stuck in two directions.

This is not the end. To make matters worse, the Japanese pirates invaded. Zhang Jingqing originally thought that they would respond actively.

After all, any internal problem can be dealt with by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops. Now that the Japanese pirates have invaded, the problem is much bigger than before. Don’t we have to fight to the end?
But he never expected that there was no action at all. The civil war was in full swing, but the foreign war was silent. Is this reasonable?
Although according to the latest intelligence, there are still forces outside the Great Wall that are actively resisting the Japanese pirates.

But that has nothing to do with us. It's just that they have their own courage. They are generals in the field and they don't obey military orders.

This made Zhang Jingqing very angry.

Zhang Jingqing said, "You are right. It is very bad. I feel the same way. I don't see any hope for them."

"During this period, I have calculated many times, but I still cannot predict the future."

"If there is no prediction, that means it's a good thing!" Zhang Zhiwei said.

Zhang Jingqing nodded: "It is indeed a good thing. If he is going to die in the future, his luck will be scattered and collapsed, and we will definitely be able to get a glimpse of it. But now the secrets of heaven are hidden and we cannot see the future. This means that there is a terrifying existence with great power in destiny, which has affected the entire secrets of heaven and made all calculations invalid."

In fact, Zhang Jingqing, like Zhang Zhiwei, did not like fortune-telling, but as a Taoist priest, he had to make some judgments about the future situation. He did not like the feeling of confusion of not being able to see the future. Of course, with his level of meditation, he would not make a desperate attempt to seek medical treatment or make random bets.

"Master, you are right. I think so too. There should be quite a few people like this." Zhang Zhiwei nodded.

Zhang Jingqing glanced at Zhang Zhiwei and said unhappily, "The person that Master was talking about who has great power over destiny is not you!"

Zhang Zhiwei felt a little puzzled and said, "I didn't say it was me. What I meant was that there are many people like this all over the world. So even if we want to predict the future of other countries to see our future situation, it won't work."

Zhang Jingqing nodded. He had indeed calculated it as Zhang Zhiwei said, but it was unsuccessful.

"Let's not talk about these things. By the way, I'm very relieved that you didn't go to the border this time. Not long ago, I got the news that the Japanese pirates have deployed quite a lot of strange people there. Even the chief priest of Ise Shrine, the head of Shintoism, has come there and set up a trap, just waiting for you to get in."

"..." Zhang Zhiwei said: "That's bad, Huaiyi ran over."

Zhang Jingqing: "......"

"Huai Yi went there? Given his personality, it doesn't seem like he would get involved in this!"

Zhang Jingqing was a little puzzled. Huaiyi was a rat, the best at hiding and alert. It was impossible for him not to know the current situation in Northeast China. Zhang Zhiwei didn't go, so how could he go?

"He was invited by his good friend!" Zhang Zhiwei repeated what Tian Jinzhong said to Zhang Jingqing.

"An invitation from a friend?!" Zhang Jingqing hesitated for a moment. If someone could be called outside the Great Wall to fight against the Japanese pirates, then he must be a friend for life and death.

But... with Huaiyi's personality, can he really make friends like this?
Zhang Jingqing couldn't quite believe it. It wasn't that he, as a master, was belittling his apprentice. It was because he knew Zhang Huaiyi's character too well that he had such doubts.

You know, before he was pointed out, Zhang Huaiyi had been in Longhu Mountain for many years.

But he never opened up to his fellow disciples and was very stingy with his money. Not to mention treating his fellow disciples to food and drinks, even for group activities, this guy was unwilling to pay and rarely participated.

For someone like him who doesn't even participate in group activities with his fellow apprentices, he would risk his life after going out for a few years to gain experience and meet a few people, whom he met by chance and has no relatives or friends with? !
He felt that this kind of thing was possible for any of his disciples.

But with Zhang Huaiyi, there is not even a possibility!

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. What is this kid planning? Zhang Jingqing pondered in his heart.

Speaking of the entire Longhu Mountain, the only person that Huaiyi can't bear is Zhiwei.

Could it be that his trip to the Northeast this time has something to do with Zhiwei?

Zhang Zhiwei went to Northeast China several times and killed many Japanese pirates.

Could it be that this kid also wants to follow suit and see who kills more?

With this kid's competitive spirit, he could really do it. However, considering that Zhang Zhiwei had killed too many people in the previous two times, it was unlikely that he would go there to compete with Zhang Zhiwei in this.

If not...

Zhang Jingqing was also somewhat confused about Zhang Huaiyi's thoughts.

"Master, you just said that the Japanese pirates have set up a tight net outside the Great Wall. Wouldn't it be very dangerous for Huaiyi to go there? Do you want me to bring him back?"

Zhang Jingqing waved his hand and said, "The Japanese pirates' trap is not aimed at him. Huaiyi is a smart guy, he will be fine."

"Besides, if you don't go, the Japanese pirates' net will remain open, and the foreigners there will be safer."

"If you go, I'm afraid you will play into the hands of the Japanese pirates, which will only cause more trouble and bring trouble to your fellow travelers there!"

When Zhang Zhiwei heard this, he thought it made sense. Isn't this the same as nuclear deterrence in later generations?

If he doesn't take action, the opponent can only lie in wait. Once he takes action, the intensity of the battle will instantly rise to many levels.

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and said, "So even if I didn't go to the Northeast, I still contained a large number of Japanese pirates and alien forces?"

"That's right!" Zhang Jingqing nodded and said, "Speaking of which, during this period, in addition to the Ma family, Gao family, Wu Liu faction and other righteous people in the Northeast who were fighting against the Japanese pirates."

"Quan Xing also sent a group of people there to deal with the Japanese pirates. The battle was very fierce. The Japanese pirates clearly had a large number of powerful aliens stationed there, but they kept waiting and allowed them to cause trouble!"

"Did Quan Xing go too?" Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself.

"Very surprised?" Zhang Jingqing said, "Although Quanxing is an evil sect, most of the people in it do not cultivate their moral character and advocate indulgence. But it is precisely because of this indulgence that when facing the invasion of Japanese pirates, their tempers are particularly fierce and they fight back fiercely."

Zhang Zhiwei nodded and said, "I know this. When I first went to Liaodong, I met the leader of Quan Xing, but he was not the leader at that time!"

At this point, Zhang Zhiwei's heart moved. If Wu Gensheng could go once, he might go a second time. Could it be that the big-eared thief was called by him? !
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed to him. However, this kind of thing was all based on speculation and he had no evidence to support it. He also had no way of telling his master directly. After all, he just liked to tell the truth, not to gossip.

If I tell him, what if the master angrily brings Huaiyi back and finds out that it is not the case at all?
Moreover, Huaiyi only said he was going, and it is hard to say whether he really went or not.

"Master, how about I contact Huaiyi and ask about his current situation?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

"There's no need. If he wants to tell us, he will tell us. If he doesn't want to tell us, it's useless to ask." Zhang Jingqing shook his head and said.

You know, back then, he invaded all his Qi into Zhang Huaiyi's Dantian, and only then was he able to trick out Zhang Huaiyi's hidden cultivation.

Zhang Huaiyi wanted to hide something, so how could a thick-skinned guy like Zhang Zhiwei get the information out of him?

Zhang Zhiwei nodded and said, "Then let Huaiyi do whatever he wants outside. Anyway, with his current cultivation level, except for the very advanced ones among the older generation, they can't pose any threat to him."

"But..."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and said, "Since the Japanese pirates have set up a net for me to jump into, it would be unreasonable for me not to cooperate with them. This will also help the righteous men there to put out their fire and keep the Japanese pirates' eyes on me."

Zhang Jingqing frowned: "How are you going to cooperate?"

"I'm going to go in and out, jumping back and forth!" Zhang Zhiwei said with a smile. (End of this chapter)