Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 366 Liu Futong's Crisis and Secret Deal

"Hurry up, hurry up, if Brother Caidie knew you were back, he would be so happy. You don't know, ever since Brother became the leader, he has been depressed every day. Seeing his sad face, I am also very worried..."

When Han Linger met Liu Caidie, they had endless things to talk about like best friends.

He kept muttering to himself, telling the whole story of Zoroastrianism along the way.

Chen Jie pretended to be an old servant and followed behind, step by step, and heard everything about the current Zoroastrianism.

The internal situation of Zoroastrianism is really a mess now, and Han Lin'er's position as the leader has been basically taken away by Du Zundao and Mr. Guan. All political orders are not passed through Han Lin'er, but are decided by the two Dharma Kings.

Han Lin'er was very annoyed by this because he had always wanted to turn himself into a capable monarch.

But the final result was that he couldn't do it at all, and no one paid any attention to this young leader.

Originally, Liu Futong could help Han Liner to maintain order, allowing him to do some of the daily affairs of a leader and make some decisions on the daily operations of the Zoroastrianism.

But not long ago, Liu Futong suddenly disappeared, and Mr. Guan and Du Zundao said that he was in seclusion.

Han Liner didn't believe it and wanted to go see Liu Futong, but when he arrived at the door, he found that there were a large number of guards at the door of Liu Futong's residence, and they did not allow Han Liner to go in to check on Liu Futong.

It is said that the Venerable is in seclusion studying matters concerning the life and death of the entire Zoroastrianism, and at this time, it is absolutely not allowed to be disturbed.

Therefore, Han Liner was directly blocked and is now lamenting his miserable fate.

After listening to Han Linger's introduction, Chen Jie frowned slightly, and became more and more suspicious that Liu Futong might have encountered a big event, rather than being in seclusion to study something concerning the life and death of Zoroastrianism as they said lightly.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie had to admit that the Zoroastrianism was also full of twists and turns.

Thinking of this, Liu Caidie said, "My grandfather has people watching outside, so even Brother Lin'er can't get in?"

Han Linger nodded, and Liu Caidie said, "How about we go see my grandfather?"

Han Linger said: "It's useless, I can't get in."

Liu Caidie: "Everything depends on human effort. Besides, if my grandfather really has something wrong, can't we help him?"

Han Linger hesitated for a moment after hearing what Liu Caidie said, and then she said, "Well, then okay."

After saying that, Han Linger took Liu Caidie and turned to go in another direction. On the way, Han Linger looked back and said, "You ugly and lame old man, where did you find him?"

Hearing this, Liu Caidie looked back at Chen Jiusi, and saw Chen Jiusi following without saying a word, dragging his 'lame leg'. Seeing him like this, Liu Caidie smiled and said, "Hehe, his name is Zhao Fu, and I picked him up on the road. If he wasn't ugly and lame, I wouldn't want him!"

Han Linger was stunned when she heard this and said, "Ah, Caidie, did you pick this person up on the road? This? Now is an extraordinary period, and the sect cannot recruit people who are not known to you."

Liu Caidie said, "Don't worry, don't worry. He looks ugly and lame. He can't do anything to threaten the Holy Church. Don't worry."

Liu Caidie repeatedly emphasized the words "ugly and lame" several times, as if she was taking revenge for some inexplicable grudge. Chen Jie knew that she was definitely taking revenge on him for kidnapping her in Lantian County. This girl has a childlike mind and a strong desire for revenge. She emphasized the words "ugly and lame" all the time. Of course, there was no malice in this kind of revenge.

Chen Jie could still accept it.

Han Linger pondered for a moment after listening to Liu Caidie's words, then nodded in agreement. She was also saying that such an ugly and lame guy could not pose any threat to them, and she must have been worrying too much.

"makes sense."

Han Linger was also a simple-minded person and directly acknowledged what Liu Caidie said.

The two of them then came directly to an inconspicuous independent courtyard, which was the residence of Liu Futong, the Master of Yushan, one of the two great Zoroastrianism masters.

The small blue brick and tile house is very unique and looks like an ordinary scholar's house.

However, there was a group of gatekeepers standing at the door of the house. When they saw Han Linger and the others coming, they immediately came over and said, "Saintess."

Han Linger pointed at Liu Caidie and said, "This is Liu Caidie, Miss Liu, you all know her, right?"

The gatekeeper asked, "But is she the granddaughter of Venerable Liu?"

Han Linger immediately said: "Yes, it is the Reverend's granddaughter. Now she wants to see the Reverend. Please open the gate."

As soon as these words came out, the guard at the gate said, "I'm afraid that's not possible. No one can enter this courtyard without the consent of the Dharma Kings."

"How dare you! Caidie wants to see her grandfather and she needs the King's permission. Open the door quickly and don't make us angry."

"Saint, it's not that we don't want to open it, but we can't disobey the order of the King of Dharma. Please leave, Saint, and Miss Liu."

The gatekeeper's attitude was firm, which made Han Linger very angry.

Han Linger shouted angrily, "Whether you give way or not, if you don't let me in, I'll force my way in!"

As soon as these words came out, the gatekeeper immediately said, "Saintess, you are a Saintess of a religion and you must not do unwise things, otherwise your loved ones will be sad and your enemies will be happy, which is not good."

"You threaten me!"

Han Linger's eyes fixed, and she immediately shouted, "Do you have something to hide? If you are innocent, why are you afraid of us coming in to check? Open the door quickly, otherwise you will pay the price today."

After hearing this, the gatekeeper shouted, "Form a formation!"

"Oh, you're really going to fight me, right?"

Han Linger was furious, and immediately prepared to attack, but at this moment, she heard someone shout, "How dare you! Who gave you the courage to fight with our Saint?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the gate of the courtyard opened and a man slowly walked out.

Everyone was stunned when they saw the person coming.

“Aunt Han!”

When Liu Caidie saw the person coming out, she was stunned and called out the identity of the person. Yes, it was Han Miaozhen, one of the four Dharma Kings.

No one expected that Han Miaozhen would stay here.

Han Miaozhen saw Liu Caidie and immediately smiled and said, "Oh, Caidie is back."

Liu Caidie immediately bowed: "Aunt Han."

Han Miaozhen looked at the gatekeepers who were already lined up around him and said, "You have no rules. Who gave you the courage to fight the Saint? Go back and ask the Justice Department to punish you with twenty military sticks."

"Yes."

The gatekeeper immediately saluted, and then Han Miaozhen looked at Han Linger and said, "Linger, you are too impulsive."

Han Linger heard this and said, "Aunt Han, Caidie came back and missed Grandpa Liu. She wanted to see Grandpa Liu, but these guys didn't let Caidie see Grandpa Liu. Do you think they should be beaten?"

Han Miaozhen heard this and said, "Ah, you should be beaten, but Ling'er, Caidie, the Venerable is in seclusion to think of a strategy to defeat the enemy, so you really can't see the Venerable."

After these words came out, Han Linger said: "Aunt Han, you won't help us either?"

Han Miaozhen said: "What do you mean I won't help you? I really can't help you. This is a matter of life and death for the Holy Church, and we can't afford to be careless. You are not children anymore, you can't mess around, okay?"

After hearing what Han Miaozhen said, Han Linger said, "Aunt Han, please be flexible. Caidie really misses Grandpa Liu. Don't be so cruel."

Han Miaozhen shook her head and said, "This is the rule of the church. I can't have the slightest bit of luck. So you have to understand me, okay?"

"Aunt Han, I really miss grandpa. How about I just take a look from a distance? Just a glance, okay? I just want to see that he is still healthy."

Liu Caidie begged. After hearing this, Han Miaozhen shook her head and said, "It's not that my aunt is cruel. The rules of the church are the rules of the church. No one can shake them. You should go and have a rest. My aunt has an important matter and will not entertain you."

Having said that, Han Miaozhen turned around and prepared to leave, but before leaving, she swept her eyes over everyone. At just one glance, she saw Chen Jiusi, who was hunched over and looked like an old man.

My eyes narrowed slightly. Why does this person feel so familiar?
Han Miaozhen frowned and looked at him several times, and Chen Jie also clearly felt Han Miaozhen's eyes scanning his body several times. There was always an inexplicable sense of familiarity emerging in Han Miaozhen's eyes. This person really looked familiar.

But she looked again carefully and couldn't remember anyone whose appearance matched the ugly old man in front of her.

In the end, she gave up pursuing the matter and turned away.

Watching Han Miaozhen leave and close the gate, Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief. Han Miaozhen was really perceptive.

At this time, only Han Linger and Liu Caidie were left outside the yard. Liu Caidie looked at the yard so close to her, and for some reason she always had a very bad feeling.

"Grandpa, something happened!"

Liu Caidie said this, and Han Linger looked at her and said, "No way, with Grandpa Liu's strength, who can hurt him?"

Liu Caidie frowned: "I'm not afraid of outsiders, I'm just afraid of the people around me."

Liu Caidie said this, and Han Linger muttered: "People around you, you mean."

"what!"

Han Linger's eyes suddenly widened and she looked in the direction of the closed door, where was Han Miaozhen.

Liu Caidie stood at the door for a long time, then said, "Sister Ling'er, let's go."

"Ah, you're not going to save Grandpa Liu?"

Han Linger asked. After hearing this, Liu Caidie said, "We can't save Grandpa now, so don't alert the enemy."

After saying that, he walked away and came to Chen Jie and said, "What do you think of my analysis?"

Chen Jie whispered, "Based on the reactions of Mr. Guan and Han Miaozhen today, I'm afraid that Venerable Liu may really be in danger."

Liu Caidie asked, "Can you help me save Grandpa?" Chen Jie said, "Han Miaozhen is guarding here. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to deal with him before my strength recovers."

"I see. Then let's find a way to get to Guixu first, find the Qiankun Dafa, and then explore other things."

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "That's exactly how it should be."

Liu Caidie nodded slightly and left immediately. Chen Jie followed behind her. Han Linger said, "Wait for me, Caidie, where are you going?"

"Go find Brother Lin'er."

Han Linger said: "Oh, my brother is not in the main hall, he is in the ancestral hall!"

……

Inside the courtyard, Han Miaozhen heard the sound of Liu Caidie and her group leaving outside, sighed softly, came to the window and said, "Your Excellency, Caidie is here."

Inside the room, there were several huge iron chains embedded in the solid walls, and several huge hooks hooked on Liu Futong's scapula.

At this time, Liu Futong's hair was half white and hung down on his face. He looked up when he heard this, his eyes full of fatigue and sadness.

I didn't expect that after working so hard for the Holy Church, I was framed by the person I trusted the most and trapped here.

How sad it was. At this moment, he remembered a divination Yuan Sanjia had once told him: A gentleman will be in poverty, while a villain will be common. So be careful of the people around you.

Liu Futong ended up like this because he was not careful about the people around him. He was stabbed in the back by people around him.

If we want to know why Liu Futong was so miserable, we have to mention the three powerful factions of Zoroastrianism that we mentioned before, namely, the pro-young faction, the pro-strong faction, and the self-reliant faction.

This time, the imperial court joined forces with the six major sects to besiege Guangmingding, which brought terrifying pressure to Guangmingding. Under this circumstance, Mr. Guan, the wise fox, and Du Zundao, the down-to-the-mountain tiger, strongly demanded that the leader be replaced. At this critical moment of life and death, a young leader cannot be allowed to take on the heavy responsibility, otherwise the thousand-year foundation of the Holy Religion will be destroyed. Who can take the responsibility?
But Liu Futong was not prepared to replace the young ruler, so there was no choice but to have a coup d'état on the spot. At the scene of the coup, Mr. Duozhi Huguan and Du Zundao joined forces, and poisoned Liu Futong's wine, and secretly captured Liu Futong.

Of course, only Liu, Guan and Du participated in that meeting, so not many people knew that Liu Futong was arrested.

After capturing Liu Futong, Mr. Guan and Du Zundao actually had a big dispute over how to deal with him. In Du Zundao's opinion, since Liu Futong had been offended, it would be best to kill him directly. If he really couldn't do it, the best way would be to destroy his cultivation.

This is of the greatest benefit to him, because Du Zundao's strength is stronger than Mr. Guan. As long as Liu Futong dies, the Zoroastrianism will have only one choice, which is to support him as the leader.

Moreover, Han Miaozhen had been persuaded by him and was willing to serve the new leader.

However, Mr. Guan absolutely disagreed, because Mr. Guan's starting point was entirely for the development of the Holy Religion, that is, his starting point was not to fight for power and profit. What he wanted to do was to support Liu Futong as the new leader. Given Liu Futong's qualifications, him becoming the new leader would be the best choice for the entire Holy Religion.

He forced Liu Futong in order to make him make a decision, preferably to agree with his idea and become the leader of Zoroastrianism.

But now Du Zundao, the tiger who had fallen from the mountain, actually wanted to kill Liu Futong. That was simply destroying the white jade pillars that supported the sky and the purple gold beams that spanned the sea of ​​Zoroastrianism.

He couldn't agree to anything Mr. Guan said.

The two men were deadlocked in their opinions, so they finally had to compromise and trapped Liu Futong, lying to the outside world that Liu Futong was practicing and thinking about how to deal with the enemy.

But everyone knew that with Liu Futong's level of cultivation, he wouldn't be trapped for long, so he had to make plans early.

At this time, Mr. Guan was discussing with Du Zundao in the small gathering hall. At this time, Mr. Guan looked at Du Zundao and said, "Guixu is finally about to open. This time we must get the Qiankun Dafa. The court and the six major sects are besieging us. If we don't have some means, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist these bastards. The Qiankun Dafa is related to the life and death of our Holy Church, so this time we must get all the skills of the Qiankun Dafa."

Du Zun said: "Yes, that's right, so this time, I plan to enter the Guixu in person to look for the Qiankun Dafa."

Mr. Guan was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Isn't this a bit risky?"

Du Zun said: "For the sake of the Holy Religion, taking a little risk is nothing."

"When I joined the Holy Church, I put my life and death aside. Why should I be afraid of entering a dangerous place to gain a chance of survival?"

After saying this, Mr. Guan looked at Du Zun and said, "Old Du is righteous, I admire him."

Du Zundao heard this and said, "Whether you admire us or not is another matter. You also know that this Qiankun Dafa is not only the sect's defense method, but also the escape route of our sect. This time the imperial court and the six major sects came to besiege us. It is almost impossible for us to resist. We have to use the great teleportation technique in this Qiankun Dafa to open the door of the tunnel and lead the entire sect to evacuate safely."

"Otherwise, there will be danger of the demise of the religion. We must be careful!"

After hearing this, Mr. Guan said, "Well, that's true."

Du Zundao looked at Mr. Guan and said, "Old Guan, let me tell you the truth. I am the one who enters Guixu. I will bear the danger. Whether I live or die is up to me. But I need your definite answer for one thing."

Mr. Guan looked at Du Zun and said, "You go ahead."

"If I can return safely from Guixu, obtain the Qiankun Dafa, and cultivate successfully, can you support me as the leader?"

As soon as these words came out, Du Zundao stared at Mr. Guan with eyes as sharp as lightning.

Mr. Guan frowned and looked at Du Zundao.

Du Zundao said nothing but stared at the wise fox.

After a long while, Mr. Guan said, "If you can save the Holy Church, what's wrong with respecting you as the leader?"

Du Zundao grinned and laughed, "Okay, okay, Old Guan, please be frank. I know you are a man of your word. If that's the case, you won't deny what you said, right?"

Mr. Guan said: "What I said must count. If you can take back the Qiankun Dafa, I will recognize you as the leader."

Du Zun said: "Okay, it's settled then, hahaha..."

Du Zundao laughed happily after receiving the promise from Duozhihu. After laughing, he stood up and sat back in his seat, then poured himself a cup of tea.

While drinking tea, he said, "Old Guan, brother, I will not treat you unfairly when I become the leader. How about making you a venerable?"

Duozhi Fox frowned and said, "Venerable? If I become Venerable, how will the Master deal with it? I'd better just be my Dharma King."

Du Zundao took a sip of tea and said, "Master, yes, there is another Master. I was just about to talk to you about the Master. Lao Guan, if I really become the leader, what will the Master do to me when he escapes from the predicament?"

Duozhihu glanced at Du Zundao and said, "Do you want to kill someone?"

Du Zun said, "It's not that I want to kill him, but if the Master is not dead, I will not be able to be a stable leader. You know, the Holy Church can no longer withstand the turmoil of fighting. If the Master escapes and sees that I am the leader, given his temper, he will definitely support Han Lin'er, the little kid, to seize power from me. It will be difficult for me to deal with it then."

"If I fight too fiercely with the Master, we will both lose in the end. It will be the Holy Church that suffers. Old Guan, aren't you most concerned about the collective interests of the Holy Church? You won't watch the Holy Church fall apart under our fight, will you?"

When these words came out, Mr. Guan frowned and said, "Master, you can't kill me."

"If I don't kill him, how can I be the leader?"

Mr. Guan said, "Kill Han Lin'er."

Du Zundao shook his head and said, "It's useless. Killing him will anger the Master even more. Then the fight will end until one dies."

"Laoguan!"

Du Zundao looked at Mr. Guan very seriously and said, "I will be uneasy if the Master does not die."

Mr. Guan said: "But the Master has made great contributions to the Holy Religion..."

Du Zundao chuckled and looked at Mr. Guan and said, "Great merit, what merit? If we talk about merit, who among us doesn't have a few merits? But the overall situation is like this. If he doesn't die, I can't be in danger of my position as the leader. How can I let others sleep peacefully beside my bed?"

Mr. Guan looked at Du Zun and said, "Is there no other way?"

Du Zundao laughed when he heard this and said, "Old Guan, why do I find that you are so stupid when it comes to things related to the Master? You can even ask such childish questions. You are called the wise fox. The position of the leader has always been bloody. How can there be any other way? Don't joke around."

Mr. Guan was silent after hearing this, and after a while he said, "Anyway, the Master cannot be killed."

"Why can't you make sense?"

Du Zundao opened his mouth, then looked at him and said, "What if we can't kill him?"

The wise fox did not answer.

After a while, Du Zun said, "Okay, I'll take another step back. I can spare your life, but your cultivation must be abolished. Otherwise, our Zoroastrianism will never have peace. This is my bottom line. Lao Guan, please don't make it difficult for me, your brother."

After saying this, Duozhihu fell into deep thought. He looked up at Du Zundao, who seemed not ready to reason with him on this issue, and sighed, "Forget it, I'll do as you say and cripple Master's martial arts."

"But you must take back the Qiankun Dafa. If you don't take back the Qiankun Dafa, all our deals will be void. Do you agree?"

Du Zundao looked at Duozhi Fox and said, "Okay, I agree."

The two of them hit it off immediately, and then they both fell into silence. After a while, Du Zundao looked at Mr. Guan and said, "Old Guan, have you ever worried that the Master will retaliate against you after he recovers his cultivation?"

"Kill you or cripple you?"

Mr. Guan said: "Never worried."

"Impossible, how can you be so at ease?"

Du Zundao asked in disbelief. Anyway, he hadn't been able to sleep well recently.

Mr. Guan said, "Because I never felt that I was stabbing you in the back. As long as you agree to let me take the position of leader, even if you kill me immediately, I will have no complaints. I have always hoped that Zoroastrianism can get better and better. I am selfless and naturally fearless."

Du Zundao glanced at Mr. Guan and said, "You are selfless. Haha, you are so noble. Am I the only one who is selfish? When Master Han was alive, when did I ever have second thoughts? Now the Holy Church is at stake. I am not up to the task. If I am not the Master, who will? I am also trying to save the church from collapse. When the Zoroastrianism becomes the common master of the world in the future, you will all come to thank me."

Du Zundao said, Mr. Guan looked at Du Zundao and said, "I don't care whether you are selfish or not. Now that things have come to this, if you have done what you promised me, I will support you to become the leader. If you don't do it..."

Mr. Guan didn't say anything, but stood up and said, "Let's talk about other things..."

(End of this chapter)