Zhutian: Everything starts from becoming a disciple of Uncle Jiu!

Chapter 594 Mao Xiaofang: Who is your apprentice?
"I was wondering how his injuries were so severe, how come he suddenly recovered? It turns out someone was secretly helping him practice evil magic!"

Looking at the gravel on the ground and the green light on Ah Chu's little finger, Lei Gang spoke with a cold face. Seeing Mao Xiaofang coming over, he made way and came to the soldiers who were hit by the gargoyle spell, and said with a gradually relaxing expression.

"Don't worry, it's okay!"

"Thank you, Master Lei, thank you, Master Lei..."

The soldiers spoke with tears of gratitude, which made Mao Xiaofang frown. He quickly walked to Ah Chu, who was sitting on the ground and had not yet recovered, and asked, "What's going on?"

"What's going on!"

Achu quickly got up from the ground and stepped back. Seeing Mao Xiaofang's concerned and worried eyes, he felt uncomfortable and angry.

"I am no longer a member of Fuxi Hall, why do you still care about me? And what evil method? You said I practiced evil methods, so I practiced evil methods. I also said you killed people, so please stop throwing all the dirty water on me!"

Ah Chu spoke with a stubborn mouth, which looked quite funny with his bruised face and embarrassed appearance. Lei Gang snorted coldly and looked at Mao Xiaofang: "Junior brother, why don't you check it carefully!"

"…Tell me, what's going on!"

Mao Xiaofang spoke with an unpleasant expression, and slowly approached Ah Chu. Ah Chu gritted his teeth and retreated, saying, "I said I didn't practice evil..."

As he said this, he was stunned, because he thought of the mysterious man who healed his injuries that night. Just as he was stunned, he heard a panicked voice from a distance.

"Oh no! Mr. Li's family has been wiped out!"

"Mr. Li's family was wiped out?"

Mao Xiaofang's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he saw Achu's face suddenly change, and he turned and ran away as if he had done something wrong, which made him feel cold in his heart.

"Achu..."

Mao Xiaofang subconsciously opened his mouth, but he found that it didn't matter whether he opened his mouth or not, because Achu couldn't leave at all.

As the surrounding soldiers bolted their guns and pointed them at Ah Chu, Ah Chu stopped in his tracks and said angrily, "Zhao, don't go too far. If you have the guts, kill me!"

"Achu!"

Mao Xiaofang's face darkened when he heard this. Lei Gang laughed in his heart. Just when he was about to persuade him,
bang——

A gunshot sounded,
Everything fell silent!
Ah Chu looked down at the bullet hole on his trousers with a pale face, subconsciously reached out to touch it, and then his face lit up with joy.

"No...it's okay!"

"No, you have something to do. I now suspect that you are involved in a family massacre. You have the right to remain silent, but what you say will be used as evidence in court!" Zhao Zheng got off the carriage and came to Mao Xiaofang and the other person and said to Achu.

After saying that, Zhao Zheng silently gave Mao Xiaofang a reassuring look and glanced at Lei Gang who was using his internal energy to treat his men. Since the other party had made up his mind, he would play along with him. By the way, he wanted to see what other tricks Lei Gang had up his sleeves!
"Mr. Zhao, don't go too far. It's not a big deal that you are rich..." Achu started to speak, and then he shut up. Mao Xiaofang successfully knocked him down with a knife.

"..."

I haven't said that having money is impossible!

Zhao Zheng glanced at Mao Xiaofang, who didn't know how to cooperate, and looked at his little finger, which was suppressed by Mao Xiaofang's talisman paper but was still glowing green, and the gravel on the ground.

"Well, this spell is indeed vicious!"

"Don't worry, I've checked them, it's nothing serious!" Lei Gang said. Mao Xiaofang didn't say anything, but frowned, picked up the stone on the ground and began to look at it.

"Thank you, uncle!"

Zhao Zheng thanked Lei Gang and listened to the noise coming from afar, "Let's go, two uncles, let's go to Master Li's house first to see what's going on!"

"Good!" ×2
Mao Xiaofang and Lei Gang nodded, and the two got on the carriage and set off with Zhao Zheng. With Mao Xiaofang, a permanent resident of Gantian Town, leading the way, they arrived at the street where Mr. Li's house was located in just over ten minutes.

Before he got off the carriage and entered the gate of Master Li's house, Zhao Zheng saw through the curtain of the carriage Zhou Sanyuan, who was leading his subordinates to surround Master Li's house and start to drive people away.

"Young Marshal, you're here!"

Zhou Sanyuan saw Zhao Zheng get off the carriage and immediately stepped forward with a smile. Zhao Zheng nodded slightly and winked at the accompanying soldiers to start clearing the area. When the area was almost cleared, he looked at Zhou Sanyuan and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"Hey... ahem, that guy, where is the night watchman Xiao Sanzi? Quick, ask him to come over and tell the young marshal what's going on!"

Zhou Sanyuan was unreliable as usual, but as the night watchman Xiao Sanzi came over and started telling the story, the story instantly became clear.

In fact, there is nothing much to say. It's just that Xiao Sanzi found that Mr. Li was too quiet, so he knocked on the door and looked around. As a result, he didn't see anyone. Instead, he saw one stone statue after another.

"Stone statue?"

Lei Gang frowned and looked at Achu who was unconscious and tied up and thrown on the horse's back. Then he snorted at Mao Xiaofang and walked into the gate of Master Li's house.

Mao Xiaofang followed with a frown on his face. Zhou Sanyuan felt strange and looked at the unconscious and tied-up Achu and some soldiers, then followed Zhao Zheng obediently.

After entering the gate, the first thing you see is stone statues, and then stone statues again. Stone statues that are more lifelike than the originals stand everywhere inside and outside the Li family mansion.
Such a scene, combined with the darkness of night, made Zhou Sanyuan and others who followed in feel inexplicably creepy.

"Isn't it a ghost..."

Zhou Sanyuan said something in a low voice, and found that Zhao Zheng immediately smiled and covered his mouth to shut up when he saw him. Zhao Zheng retracted his gaze and took a quick look around, then glanced at Lei Gang who was pretending to examine the stone statue. To be honest, this guy is really unoriginal.

Except that the object turned into stone statue has changed from the sheep-raising Uncle Mo's family to Mr. Li's family, nothing else has changed!
The reason why everyone in Mr. Li's family turned into stone statues is still the same as in the original book, because of the gargoyle magic, which is quite unoriginal.

"Ok?"

Okay, there's something new!
Zhao Zheng looked up at the copper coin with a missing corner in the sky above Mr. Li's house, and roughly understood where Ah Chu's good luck came from.

"You dare to do something that will damage your virtue? Do you really want to take back Fuxi Hall?"

Zhao Zheng murmured in his heart, thinking that he had underestimated Lei Gang's obsession with Fuxi Hall and his hatred for Mao Xiaofang.

"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Li's family was not silenced. These human-shaped stone statues are Mr. Li and his people..." said Mao Xiaofang after checking some of the human-shaped stone statues.

"Yes, and if I remember correctly, the spell they practiced should be the Gargoyle Talisman, which should be the same spell that Ah Chu practiced."

Lei Gang spoke lightly, and Mao Xiaofang frowned and looked at Lei Gang, only to see Lei Gang looking at him with a cold face, which made him sigh helplessly in his heart, but he did not speak.

"The magic that Ah Chu practiced?"

The soldiers and security team members who followed in were stunned, and Zhou Sanyuan spoke subconsciously.

"Are these people harmed by Ah Chu?"

"..."×1+2
"Ahem, I mean..."

Zhou Sanyuan chose to keep silent. Zhao Zheng said to Zhou Sanyuan, "Go wake up Ah Chu and find out what's going on."

"Yes, Marshal, don't worry, I will make him tell me everything he knows!" Zhou Sanyuan promised, patting his chest.

Seeing Zhou Sanyuan leading his subordinates out, Mao Xiaofang hesitated to speak, but did not say anything. He just frowned at the stone statues in the yard and said to Lei Gang, "I wonder if Senior Brother has a way to break this so-called stone gargoyle spell?"

"Method……"

"Of course there is a way!"

A voice answered first, Lei Gang was startled and looked at Zhao Zheng, while Mao Xiaofang saw Zhao Zheng's feet move.

When Zhonggong flew over, the golden Qimen Bagua light visible to the naked eye suddenly flashed throughout the Li family, and the next moment,
Bang! Bang! Bang——

The light disappeared and the rocks shattered. Screams and screams were heard. Lei Gang looked at everything in front of him in silence. Mao Xiaofang looked at Zhao Zheng blankly. Zhao Zheng looked at the two of them strangely.

"Is it difficult to break this spell?"

In his opinion, there is no difference between the so-called gargoyle magic and the alchemy, as they both involve the transformation of material levels.

Moreover, compared with the serious Taoist technique of turning stone into gold, this kind of petrification with the help of external force is much easier to break. You just need to break the external force, or in layman's terms, break the evil spirit in it.

"Hmm? Is it really that hard to break this spell?"

"..."×2
"Oh, I see. It's you who find it difficult!"

"..."×2
Not to mention that Lei Gang felt that this was completely different from his plan, Mao Xiaofang began to understand why Uncle Jiu never asked him when Zhao Zheng would return!

"Oh, shut up!" "..." ×2
"Ahem, what are you standing there for? Can't you see that these people are alive? Hurry up and ask them one by one what's going on, or the people in this town will think that Young Master Zheng is holding a grudge against this guy named Yu!"

Zhao Zheng pointed at the people in Li's house and gave instructions to his men. After doing this, he looked at Mao Xiaofang and Lei Gang who had not yet recovered and said, "Two uncles, I will take care of the next thing. Anyway, no one is injured or dead now. I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

"Good!" ×2
Mao Xiaofang and the other two nodded. After watching Zhao Zheng leave, Lei Gang glanced at the people in the Li Mansion who were being interrogated, and said to Mao Xiaofang: "Junior brother, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do, so I'll leave first!"

"it is good!"

Mao Xiaofang nodded and did not try to persuade him to stay, which made Zhao Zheng, who had just got on the carriage outside the mansion, mutter in a low voice that he was too concerned.

"I don't know how to avoid suspicion..."

Zhao Zheng felt helpless. He looked at the people in the distance who wanted to come over to watch the excitement but were stopped. He waved to Zhou Sanyuan who was interrogating Achu.

"Sanyuan, come here!"

"Yes, Marshal!"

Zhou Sanyuan came over as always, very observant. Zhao Zheng didn't say anything, but just said that his uncle had to save face and the matter had to be tried openly.

"Understood, understood. Young Marshal, don't worry. I promise that the townspeople will not gossip about this matter!"

Zhou Sanyuan patted his chest and assured that although he always liked to be lazy, would sit instead of standing, would lie down instead of sitting, and would take things when he could eat, it didn't mean that he was stupid!

He is also very smart, okay!

"Well, here, take it, don't refuse. Just think of it as inviting your brothers to tea. Okay, you go and get busy first." Zhao Zheng took out a silver note from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Sanyuan.

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Zhou Sanyuan took the banknote with a smile, and watched Zhao Zheng leave with his body straight. Seeing that the remaining soldiers were still maintaining order, he immediately stepped forward with a smile.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, we've split another piece..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get to work!"

"Okay, Brother Zhang!"

Zhou Sanyuan nodded with a smile and then began to follow Zhao Zheng's instructions to interrogate Mr. Li about how his family was almost wiped out.

Zhao Zheng did not pay too much attention to it. After making sure that Lei Gang would not make any more moves, he focused on confiscating the house with Jin Tianyi.

By the time he had ransacked the homes of those local gentry who had wanted to bully him but were bullied by him instead, it was already late at night.

Zhao Zheng returned to the treasury villa and looked at the boxes carried back by his men. To be honest, there is no country gentry these days who is not corrupt, and he is no exception!
All the same!!

All crows are black!!
"How about killing a few more?"

Zhao Zheng touched his chin, then shook his head and gave up the idea. This was not something that could be solved by killing alone. Besides, he thought that those who could be killed had already been killed today.

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, Zhao Zheng looked expressionlessly at Kindaichi, who was concentrating intently as his subordinates carried in gold, silver, and jewelry.

"Ok?"

"whee……"

Kindaichi looked at Zhao Zheng's eyes, and immediately jumped over and hung on Zhao Zheng: "Zheng, are we going to search the house tomorrow?"

"..."

"Ah? You're not going to confiscate the house?"

"……copy!"

"Really? Ugh..."

Kindaichi stared at Zhao Zheng with his beautiful eyes wide open, kissing her and carrying her into the house. He understood, this was the beginning of copying...

A night of silence,
The next day, August 6,
Fuxi Hall, living room.

"Ah Zheng, thank you for what you did last night..."

Looking at Zhao Zheng burning incense, Mao Xiaofang spoke with gratitude. Although he was confused due to concern, he later realized that Zhao Zheng was helping him and helping him avoid those gossips, such as, his apprentice harming others.

"It's my duty, but Uncle Master, have you ever thought about a question..." Zhao Zheng put the incense away and turned to Mao Xiaofang.

"what is the problem?"

“…It’s all right!”

Zhao Zheng looked helplessly at Mao Xiaofang, who didn't know what the question was. He refused to ask any more questions, but changed the subject and said, "Uncle Master, I'm a little curious about the method of fortune-telling cards you mentioned before. Can you lend it to me to take a look?"

"This one……"

Mao Xiaofang smiled bitterly with some embarrassment on his face and said, "The Soul-Hiding Stone Tablet is something that is not passed down by the Tiandao Sect of Longhu Mountain..."

Just when Zhao Zheng was about to say that he didn't want it, a golden light flew out from the portrait of the ancestor on the altar, hit Mao Xiaofang's forehead with a bang, and then fell into Zhao Zheng's hand.

Zhao Zheng blinked as he looked at the bamboo slips of the Soul-Hiding Stone Method in his hand, then looked at the bump on Mao Xiaofang's forehead and Wan Yi who was hit dumb. He coughed and turned back.

"Ahem, thank you for the Dharma, Grandmaster!"

After the ceremony, Zhao Zheng walked out of the living room holding the Stone Soul Concealment Technique, which weighed at least three pounds, and left Mao Xiaofang, who squatted down with his hands covering his head with a look of pain on his face and a twitching mouth after Zhao Zheng left.

No,

Between me and him, who is your apprentice?

Besides, he is from Maoshan, okay!

Mao Xiaofang looked at the portrait of the ancestor with mixed emotions. Just as he was thinking about it, he felt a chill.

bang——

"Hey, Master, why are you lying on the ground?"

“…Practice!”

"What kind of skill requires lying on the ground to practice?"

Ah Hai, who came out from the back door of the living room carrying breakfast, looked at Mao Xiaofang lying on the ground strangely, and then said in a daze.

"Master, why do you have two bumps on your head?"

"..."

"Ahem, I'm going to cook!"

Ah Hai left the living room in a start, leaving Mao Xiaofang, with a painful look on his face, lying on the ground with his head in his hands, looking at the altar.

Again,
Who is your apprentice?

"..."

I think you should just shut up!
Zhao Zheng, who had finished reading the method of sending soul tablets to stones outside the door, listened to Mao Xiaofang's thoughts, then looked at Lei Zhenzi who was looking for something opposite the portrait of the ancestor, and he thought for a while and said.

"Uncle Master, I won't have breakfast!"

Hearing Mao Xiaofang say "OK", Zhao Zheng strode out of Fuxi Hall. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he heard a bang.

"Horrible...disrepair!"

Zhao Zheng smacked his lips in amazement as he looked through the wall at the lamp ring that had fallen off the roof of the living room in Fuxi Hall due to years of disrepair.
And Mao Xiaofang under the light circle,
Well, Mao Xiaofang was hit! !

(End of this chapter)