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Chapter 444 Zhang Dingbian: What? Fang Guozhen is your sworn brother?
"Borrow strength? From someone outside the door?"

Zhang Dingbian was surprised. Chen Jie stood up and led Zhang Dingbian to the window. He pushed it open a little, and then he saw a dignified-looking man outside, who was instructing the waiter to serve the food quickly.

A man and a woman nearby advised, "Father, keep your voice down, keep your voice down, this is Dadu."

The man laughed and said, "So what? Can it affect my meal? You two are just too cautious. Come on, Susu, bring me the wine jar."

Gudu Gudu~
Pooh.

"It's tasteless, really tasteless. It's far inferior to the fine wine of my fourth brother. When this is over, I will go to my fourth brother to ask for more wine."

The man laughed, and the man and woman beside him said, "Father, keep your voice down."

The man didn't take it seriously. He just picked up a leg of lamb on the table and started eating it, looking quite heroic.

At this time, there was a crowd of people not far away. It seemed that they were soldiers in the city. They all came over to look at the people inside the gate.

It looks like they are soldiers from the city. Chen Jie frowned when he saw this. Could this guy have deliberately lured the imperial soldiers here, or wanted to attract their attention?

Chen Jie thought, that should be it, there is only the third brother, but not the eldest brother. I guess he is attracting the court's attention and buying time for his eldest brother.

After figuring this out, Chen Jie's eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt that he was probably right.

After thinking for a while, Chen Jie looked up and saw a waiter passing by. At this time, Chen Jie stretched out his hand and called the waiter in.

The waiter was suddenly dragged into the house, with a look of confusion and even a bit of fear on his face. At this time, Chen Jie took out a small jar of wine from his arms and placed it on the waiter's tray, and then put a piece of loose silver on the waiter's plate.

"Give this wine to the guest downstairs."

Upon hearing this, the waiter immediately said, "Okay."

The waiter only said one word, "OK," and didn't ask any other questions. All waiters know that the more you know these days, the faster you die, especially in a place like Dadu. It's best to know nothing about anything, as this is the way to survive.

The waiter went downstairs, and Chen Jie said to Zhao Ya behind him, "Yaya, go to the inn on the street and see if there are any rooms. We can't stay here for long."

Zhao Ya nodded slightly, and then went out immediately. Her identity had not been exposed yet, so she could move around the guest room normally. Moreover, it was impossible for her to climb over the wall in broad daylight, otherwise what would happen?

Zhao Ya went out, and no one paid attention to this ugly girl. At this time, the waiter also came downstairs with wine and came to the middle-aged man with a loud voice.

"Master, someone gave you a jar of wine."

"Ok?"

After hearing this, the strong man who was drinking strong liquor frowned, and the young man next to him said: "We only ordered a jar of wine, this..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw the sturdy man open the cork of the wine, smell it, and the next moment the corners of his mouth curled up.

Then he picked up the jar of wine and started drinking it in big gulps.

Seeing this scene, the girl next to him said, "Dad, be careful, there is poison in the wine."

Unexpectedly, the strong man said nonchalantly: "This wine is not poisonous."

After saying this, he began to drink in big gulps. At the same time, he was looking around. At this moment, he saw a window on the second floor suddenly closed, and a look of understanding immediately appeared on his face.

"Good wine!"

The sturdy man put the wine down, and the girl next to him said, "Dad, this wine has an unknown origin, why are you drinking it directly?"

The strong man laughed and said, "It's okay. How can I not drink good wine? Come on, daddy will pour you a glass."

The sturdy man poured a glass of wine for the girl. The girl looked at the wine in front of her and drank it in one gulp. But after a moment, she fanned her lips because it was so spicy, "Ah, it's so spicy~"

辣？
After hearing this, the young man who had been frowning changed his expression, looked at his father and said, "Father, can you give me a cup?"

My father smiled and said, "Of course."

After that, he poured a glass for the young man. The young man took the glass and smelled it, then drank it all in one gulp. The next moment, a smile appeared on his face and he said, "He's here too."

After hearing this, the girl looked at the young man in confusion and asked, "Brother, who is it?"

The young man said, "It's the wine my father always misses."

Ah!
The girl also understood, and asked in surprise: "Where, where is he?"

The young man said, "Don't look around."

The sturdy man said, "Well, eat, drink, and don't worry about the rest."

After hearing this, the girl and the young man reacted immediately. They stopped talking and started to concentrate on finishing the food in front of them.

After a quick meal, the group was also hungry. At this time, the girl looked up and saw a lot of sneaky guys appearing on the street across from the inn. She said, "Dad, the group of guys from the court are following us."

"Well, let them follow. The closer they keep an eye on me, the safer my side will be."

After hearing this, the girl asked, "But, what about Chen Jiusi and the others?"

Hearing this, the sturdy man said, "He is a strong man in the Melting God Realm. As long as he doesn't encounter those guys in the capital, he will be fine. Besides, I am still here. If the two of us join forces, unless Ba Siba takes action personally, even if Bolo Timur comes, he can't do anything to us."

After saying this, the strong man continued to eat and drink with big mouthfuls.

At this time, the imperial sentry in charge of observation outside immediately ordered his subordinates beside him: "Hurry back and report to the Prime Minister that Fang Guozhen, the head of the four Dharma Kings of the Zoroastrianism, the Dragon King of the Sea, has entered the city and is staying at the Nanguo Inn in the south of the city!"

"Yes."

The subordinate immediately went to report to the prime minister. At this time, upstairs, Zhang Dingbian looked at the man with extraordinary bearing downstairs and said, "This man has an extraordinary bearing. Where does he come from?"

After hearing this, Chen Jiusi smiled and said, "This man is my third brother, the leader of the four great Dharma Kings of Zoroastrianism, the leader of the overseas Dragon Sect, and the nickname in the martial arts world: Dragon King of the Sea!"

"The Dragon King who entered the sea, could it be that Fang Guozhen, the Dharma King?!"

Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie in surprise, and Chen Jie said, "That's right."

"Wait, you just said he was your third brother?"

Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie in surprise. You know, the Dragon King of the Sea is a well-known senior master in the martial arts world. He became famous decades ago. When they became famous, Chen Jiusi was not even born yet.

How could such a senior master be on good terms with Chen Jiusi?

Zhang Dingbian calmed himself down and looked at Chen Jie and said, "Mr. Chen, you just called Senior Fang the Dragon King the Third Brother. Could it be that there is also a Big Brother and a Second Brother?"

Chen Jie said: "Of course, there are four of us who are sworn brothers, so how can we not have the eldest brother and the second brother?"

Zhang Dingbian took a deep breath and said, "Then may I ask who these elder and second brothers are?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Big Brother is ranked seventh on the Heavenly Ranking, and is one of the two great masters of the Zoroastrianism, Master Yushan, Liu Futong."

gudu~
Zhang Dingbian swallowed his saliva. Those people that Chen Jiusi was talking about were all martial arts masters who were only heard of but never seen in person.

Chen Jie did not stop talking just because Zhang Dingbian looked like he had never seen the world. He continued, "Oh, by the way, my other second brother is the sixth on the Heavenly Ranking, the other of the two Zoroastrians, the Laughing Buddha Peng Yingyu."

Oh~
After hearing what Chen Jie said, Zhang Dingbian took a long breath. Wow, the two Zoroastrians and a Dharma King are your sworn brothers. Your network of contacts is really wide!
Zhang Dingbian was deeply shocked by Chen Jie's words.

You should know that each of these three is a well-known boss in the underworld. Fang Guozhen, who dominated overseas and established the Shenlong Sect, it is no exaggeration to say that he is a local hero.

Peng Yingyu, who occupied Hubei and even established the Tianyuan regime, proclaimed himself emperor. Xu Shouhui was a true giant in the southwest.

Then there is Liu Futong. Everyone knows that after Han Shantong's death, the entire Zoroastrianism was named after him. Although Liu Futong was nominally a venerable and not the leader, wasn't he exercising the rights of a leader?

Chen Jiusi is a brother to these people, so they have high status and position.

It was so high that even Zhang Dingbian couldn't imagine it. At this time, Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie with admiration in his eyes.

He never expected that Chen Jiusi's status was so high. Thinking about what Chen Jie said to him, about breaking into Dadu, it seemed that it was not just empty talk.

Maybe they will really have a chance to break into Dadu in the future!

"Brother Dingbian, Brother Dingbian!"

Zhang Dingbian was daydreaming when he suddenly heard someone calling him in his ear. Zhang Dingbian was stunned and looked at the other person.

"Oh, Mr. Chen."

Zhang Dingbian said, Chen Jie asked: "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Dingbian came back to his senses and said, "No, nothing. I was just shocked by the identity of Chen Daxia. It is really shocking that he can be brothers with these three Jianghu giants."

Chen Jie heard this and said, "Haha, that's nothing, they are all very nice people, I will introduce you to them later."

Chen Jie said this in a very casual manner. After hearing this, Zhang Dingbian smiled nervously. Although he was well-known in the martial arts world, he was still a rookie in front of these martial arts giants, so he was a little nervous.

Chen Jie noticed his shyness and tried to comfort him again.

Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie at this time and felt that the person in front of him was different from when he first met him. When he first met him, he felt that although Chen Jiusi was quite capable and had great ambitions, his strength had not yet developed and he seemed a little immature. But now, although he didn't know how strong Chen Jiusi was, he was definitely a pig in disguise.

He has such a strong background but he doesn't reveal it at all. It really shows that you can't judge a book by its cover.

Thinking of this, the two fell into silence. Chen Jie ignored Zhang Dingbian and sat down cross-legged, adjusting his breath and meditating.

Zhang Dingbian was staring outside nervously. After a while, he turned around and saw Chen Jie actually immersed in meditation. He was stunned. It must be extraordinary that he could practice in such an environment.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dingbian also sat down and slowly entered into meditation.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Jie's eyes suddenly opened. Zhang Dingbian sensed the change in Chen Jie's aura and asked, "What's wrong?" Chen Jie said, "They are here."

After saying this, Zhang Dingbian stood up and looked outside. He saw that it was already pitch black outside, and the sky was dark.

At this moment, the door was gently pushed open, and three people came in the next moment.

The leader immediately saw Chen Jiusi and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, are you waiting for me?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately said, "Haha, of course. When I saw Third Brother drinking alone downstairs today, my drinking bug was tempted out. I was thinking that Third Brother should come up and have a good drink with us. Why did Brother come so late?"

After hearing this, Fang Guozhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Brother, why don't I come downstairs to meet you? Have you seen through my brothers' plan?"

Chen Jie laughed after hearing this and said, "How can I understand the plans of my brothers? I just saw a few lackeys of the imperial court at the door, so I have some guesses."

"Oh, I'd love to hear the details."

Fang Guozhen looked at Chen Jie and asked.

Chen Jie said: "Brother, your purpose in entering the city in such a high profile today is to attract the attention of the court. What my brother said is right."

Fang Guozhen said: "Haha, that's right, but these are all things on the surface. You can see it, Tuotuo can naturally see it, what else can you see besides this."

Chen Jie said, "You and Big Brother didn't act together. It's obvious that you made a division of labor on the way. Now you are in the light, and Big Brother is in the dark. Am I right about one in the light and one in the dark?"

Fang Guozhen said: "That's right, that's right, but it's not hard to guess. You know that I went to Beijing with Lao Liu, so you can guess that it's nothing for us to be one in the open and one in the dark."

"Tell me why we have to be one light and one dark."

Fang Guozhen intended to test Chen Jie.

Chen Jie smiled and said, "There are only two reasons for being willing."

"Oh."

Fang Guozhen said, "Oh!" and then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Third brother, your wine won't be gone, will it?"

Chen Jie quickly took out a bottle. Fang Guozhen took a sip of the wine and said, "Tell me about those two points."

"First, it is more convenient for one to do things in the open and the other in secret. If there are some things that are inconvenient for you to do, the big brother in secret can do them, and he can use you to attract the attention of the court."

"What about the second one?"

"The second thing is, of course, if you guys don't come out, how can Tuotuo be confident in carrying out his plan? If he doesn't carry out his plan, how can he reveal the flaws? If there are no flaws, how can we find the Little Ming King?"

"Instead of letting him be on guard against us, it would be better for us to take the initiative to reveal some flaws to him. This way, he can act with confidence, and Brother Liu and his men in the dark can find something on Tuotuo and deal with him accordingly. Am I right?"

Fang Guozhen took a sip of wine and said, "Haha, Jiusi, Jiusi, no wonder Lao Peng recommended you so much, you are really smart."

"You actually saw through Lao Liu's plan."

Fang Guozhen said, and then Chen Jie said, "So do you think your plan is foolproof?"

Fang Guozhen said: "It's not foolproof, but it's a relatively good plan, right?"

Chen Jie asked: "Then do you think Tuotuo can know about your plan?"

After hearing this, Fang Guozhen frowned.

At this time, the Big Buddha Temple.

A man slowly came to a guest room. The room was very small and the furnishings inside were very simple. There was only one bed, but the empire's prime minister, Tuotuo, lived inside.

The living environment and dining environment here are totally incomparable to those of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Apart from other things, the house where the prime minister lived was very spacious, and inside there were all kinds of precious rosewood furniture. Any one of them could be exchanged for several thousand taels of silver, or even tens of thousands of taels.

The bed she lived in was made of golden nanmu wood, and was covered with a natural silk cup, which was very soft. And every night before she went to bed, there would be a maid to warm her feet.

What is a foot-warming maid? She is a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. She takes off all her clothes and puts herself into the master's cup. Then the master comes in and puts his two cold feet into the girl's arms. The girl warms up the cold feet with her body temperature. This is a foot-warming maid.

But look at what they live in here, a hard bed with only an ordinary quilt on it, there is not even a teacup in the room, and to drink water you have to go to the kitchen, which is quite far away.

Drinking tea is out of the question.

But Tuotuo did not dare to complain at all, because this was the dojo of Living Buddha Ba Siba, and everything here was done according to Living Buddha Ba Siba's instructions.

The room of Living Buddha Phagpa is like this. All the rooms in the whole Buddhist temple are of this size. Phagpa's original words were: "Don't ask for too much of the external factors, don't get too much of them!"

It is precisely because of this order from Living Buddha Bashiba that the entire temple has such an environment. Not to mention Tuotuo, even the current emperor would have to live in this kind of house if he came here, and would not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Another thing is the food. The food is even worse. Tuotuo came at noon and only had one meal a day, which was cabbage stewed with tofu.

You have to know that in his own residence, Tuotuo had bird's nest for mouthwash and all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, but here he only had tofu and cabbage because he was the prime minister. If others came, they might only have cabbage soup.

And no one dares to find fault with it, because everyone in the temple, including the living Buddha, eats this dish. How can you have an opinion about it? What you mean is that you are more noble than the living Buddha.

And due to the requirements of the Big Buddha Temple, once you enter the Big Buddha Temple, you are not allowed to bring in any outside food.

You said you were greedy and secretly brought in a roast chicken. If someone finds out, you will never be able to enter the Big Buddha Temple in your life.

It can be said that the conditions were extremely difficult, but even under these difficult conditions, many people still came to the Big Buddha Temple, including dignitaries and ordinary people.

However, the Big Buddha Temple treats everyone equally, no matter whether you are a king or a commoner. It only receives ninety-nine people a day, and no more than one person will be received.

Even if the emperor came, there would be no special treatment. If such arrogant temple rules were applied to others, they would have been dealt with long ago, but in the Big Buddha Temple, everyone thought that this was how it should be.

Not flattering the powerful and not despising the suffering, this is what the Big Buddha Temple should be like.

This is where the Living Buddha should stay.

And there is another advantage of being in the Big Buddha Temple. No matter how much hatred you have caused in the outside world, as long as you enter the door of the Big Buddha Temple, as long as the monks of the Big Buddha Temple are willing to take you in, even if you want to assassinate the king, no one will dare to touch you in the Big Buddha Temple.

In a word, you are absolutely safe in the Big Buddha Temple. The reason is very simple: there is a land god sitting here.

Who is so blind as to dare to take action in front of the Living Buddha himself?
After Tuotuo experienced the assassination attempt in the prime minister's residence, he knew that he could no longer stay there, so he followed the principle that a gentleman should not stand in a dangerous hall.

Tuotuo rushed to the Big Buddha Temple. Although the food and sleep here were not good, it was safe.

Those Zoroastrians seem to be shouting happily, but let them come to the Big Buddha Temple and try to do something to themselves.

If you have the guts, let them kill me in front of the Living Buddha!
Tuotuo said that he would give them a hundred courages, but unfortunately the Living Buddha's support for him was limited. Otherwise, he would directly invite the Living Buddha, this powerful weapon, to suppress the rebels in Dadu, and those rebels would not be able to survive!
It’s a pity that the Living Buddha is unwilling to leave the Big Buddha Temple easily.

But if he doesn't want to go out, he doesn't have to. There are ways, such as sending Xiao Ming Wang and Ruyang Wang to the Big Buddha Temple, where the Living Buddha is watching. No matter how many tricks and changes these people use, how can they take people away from under the Living Buddha's nose!

Tuotuo is very confident.

At this moment, one of his subordinates suddenly came to report.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister."

Tuotuo glanced at the guard who came in and asked, "What's wrong? Have you found the trace of the assassin from last night?"

The subordinate then said, "No, sir, it was our city defense camp that discovered the Zoroastrians."

"Zoroastrians? There are many Zoroastrians here. Why are you reporting such a small matter?"

After hearing what the City Defense Battalion said, an attendant beside Tuotuo shouted sternly, although he was just an attendant, he was a seventh-rank official at the prime minister's door, and this attendant was of high status. Even when facing the fourth-rank captain of the patrol battalion outside, he still showed no mercy.

But the captain of the patrol battalion dared not say a word and could only lower his head.

Tuotuo stretched out his hand and said, "Wait, Captain Yu is a steady person. You can't bother me with such trivial matters. Now, who did you find about the Zoroastrianism?"

Captain Yu heaved a sigh of relief, and then said, "We found the leader of the four great Dharma Kings of Zoroastrianism, the Sea Dragon King Fang Guozhen, at the Nanguo Inn on South Street!"

"Oh!"

Tuotuo narrowed his eyes when he heard this, Fang Guozhen.

"How did you find out?"

Tuotuo asked, and Captain Yu said, "They wanted to hide at first, but our soldiers saw that there was something wrong with these people, so we followed them to check. Later, we compared them with the portraits and found that they were really them."

"Well, they made you recognize them at a glance just like that?"

Tuotuo asked back. After hearing this, Captain Yu said, "No, they changed their appearance, but our eyes have been trained for many years. We can remember anyone once they pass by us."

"Oh, okay, I understand. You go down first."

"Yes!"

Captain Yu said something and left immediately. Watching Captain Yu leave, Tuotuo's confidant said, "Fang Guozhen has revealed clues so early, I'm afraid he has some conspiracy."

Tuotuo laughed after hearing this and said, "Haha, it's just a trick. They want to use Fang Guozhen as bait to attract my attention, and then secretly let Liu Futong act to investigate the whereabouts of the Little Ming King. How can I not see through such a petty trick?"

"So what should we do, sir?"

After hearing this, Tuotuo laughed and said, "What to do? There is no need to do anything. Just stay the same in the face of ever-changing circumstances. They want to find Little Ming King. Little Ming King is in the Big Buddha Temple. If they have the guts, come and save him!"

(End of this chapter)