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Chapter 33 Witch God Cult

After asking around, Chen Sanshi found out that he lived very close to Xu Bin, only about five minutes' walk away.

He knocked on the door and introduced himself, and soon a young woman opened the door.

Chen Sanshi noticed the other person's slightly bulging belly: "Is this Xu Bin's house?"

"Yes."

The woman quickly called the person out.

Xu Bin, with a slap mark on his face, came out and greeted awkwardly: "Chen, Flag Officer Chen."

I still remember that not long ago, he asked the other party to call him by his position.

It hasn't been long since we all got the same job.

"I really don't think of myself as an official. Just call me Stone or my name."

Chen Sanshi smiled and took out a note from his sleeve: "This is back to you."

"This is……"

When Xu Bin saw that it was a note from the armory, he remembered that he had indeed lent out a bow and arrow before.

"What are you still standing there for? Apologize to Little Stone!"

Old Xu rushed out and kicked Xu Bin in the butt.

Xu Bin's face suddenly turned red.

He never gave gifts to curry favor with others in the military camp, but always proved himself through hard work.

"Binzi, hurry up!"

Old Xu was so anxious that he jumped up and down: "Without Shitou's help, we have offended Captain Wang. I'm afraid my family won't even have enough food to eat in the future!"

"I……"

Xu Bin felt his face burning, but he looked at his wife's bulging belly and finally compromised: "Chen Qiguan, I..."

"I've already told you, no need to call the flag officer."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Sanshi: "In the future, there is no need to distinguish between positions in the military camp and at home. If you don't mind, I'd still like to call you Brother Bin."

"What?"

Xu Bin suspected he had heard wrongly: "You don't blame me?"

"Why complain?"

Chen Sanshi was calm.

If he had not borrowed the heavy bow, it would have been impossible for him to gain the favor of the centurions so easily, and it would have been even more impossible for him to develop qi and blood so quickly.

Admittedly, Xu Bin’s attitude may not be very good.

But helping is helping.

People don’t have to borrow it.

"Captain Wang is a bit..."

Chen Sanshi really couldn't praise Wang Zhi's character: "Anyway, I will go and tell him, it's alright."

"That's right, I know Xiao Shitou has a good heart, how could I not help you."

Old Xu said, "Why don't you thank them right away?"

Xu Bin looked at the boy.

In this world, repaying kindness with enmity is considered good.

There is actually someone who is willing to put aside the past and even call him brother?

What's more, for him, it was just a piece of cake.

How embarrassing for him?

I don't know why, but when Xu Bin looked at Chen Sanshi again, he began to feel that the other person had an indescribable aura that made him admire him.

The word "admiration" is not quite accurate, but he didn't know how to describe it more appropriately for a moment.

After holding it in for a long time, Xu Bin finally clasped his fists and said, "From now on, if you need anything, just let me do it for you!"

Chen Sanshi smiled and said, "That's too much, but I really do have a favor I would like to ask you for.

"I would like to ask Brother Bin to practice shooting with me when he is not busy."

I benefited a lot from the last discussion.

"On call."

Xu Bin agreed immediately: "But I really can't accept this."

He handed the note back.

"It's enough for me to have a knife. If you insist on giving it to me, it means you still resent me in your heart."

"it is good."

Chen Sanshi didn't refuse anymore.

"Little Stone, don't leave, let's eat together!"

Old Xu refused to let us go no matter what.

At noon, Chen Sanshi and Gu Xinlan both stayed for lunch.

Lan Jie'er and Xu Bin's wife Tong knew each other. In addition, they both liked needlework, so they had many common topics and got along very well. They also agreed to keep each other company in the future.

"Buzz——" Halfway through the meal, the assembly call was blown in the military camp.

"Dad, we have to go."

Xu Bin hurriedly put on his armor and took up his sword: "Shi Tou, hurry!"

"What's going on?"

Chen Sanshi looked up at the sky and saw no smoke signals, which meant that there were no enemy invading.

When they arrived at the military camp, they saw the commander with an angry face.

Xiang Tingchun ordered in public that starting from that day, half of the men in the Qianhu Division would search the city of Poyang every day for followers of the Wushen sect. Even martial arts schools would not be spared and would be searched strictly one by one. Once anyone was found, they would be charged with treason and treason.

What is Wushen Cult?
Why do they have to investigate the martial arts gym as well? Didn’t they previously cooperate to encircle and suppress the barbarian assassins?
"I am not sure as well."

Captain Xiong was puzzled and said, "I only know that the captain went to Tianyuan Martial Arts Hall with Luo Dongquan yesterday. After returning, he was furious and said that they were all parasites of the court and they should be taught a lesson."

"I'm afraid the captain is planning to make the county masters bleed."

Captain Liu stroked his chin and asked, "Isn't he afraid of the people above him?"

The Dasheng court was in serious deficit, and even the grassroots officers and soldiers knew this.

In the early years, the garrisons often owed wages.

On the contrary, martial arts schools and local gentry are extremely wealthy.

The money in the hands of these centurions is just a little leftovers from the masters' teeth. To put it nicely, it is a bribe, to put it bluntly, it is to give away beggars.

It would naturally be a good thing to be able to make some money from the martial arts school.

But the problem is.

If it were that simple, the court wouldn't have had such a difficult time.

Many of the martial arts schools and gentry were retired officials from the court. Some were even the property of high-ranking officials of the time. Who could afford to touch them?

On the surface, their Qianhu Suo is the most powerful one.

In fact, which martial arts school doesn’t know people from the prefecture or state?
They couldn't quite understand Xiang Tingchun's actions.

"Unless Xiang Tingchun has something on them."

Chen Sanshi thought about it in his heart but didn't say it out loud.

He was right.

This group of people were searching for magical treasures without telling the imperial court.

Xiang Tingchun was planning to use this matter to blackmail the martial arts school, but it seems the negotiations broke down.

"set off!"

Five centurions, leading more than four hundred soldiers, left the military camp in a mighty procession.

Chen Sanshi and his men were also among them.

Wang Zhi was not there, so they were led by two general flags.

One is surnamed Miao and the other is surnamed Fang.

"General Fang."

Chen Sanshi asked: "Wasn't he a barbarian assassin before? How did he become a witch god cult?"

Fang Zongqi shook his head. "The masked man who rushed out to rescue the assassin that night said he was from the Wushen Cult. He seemed to be a very powerful evil sect, but I don't know anything else."

"I know this, I know it!"

Xu Wencai raised his hands high and chased after him.

"Mr. Xu knows?"

Chen Sanshi said, "Please speak."

"Cough cough!"

Xu Wencai cleared his throat and said solemnly: "This Wushen religion originated from the barbarians and has a history of two hundred years, but it declined a long time ago.

"Until the past ten years, they suddenly became active again and supported the Yuwen tribe to annex the three grassland tribes in one fell swoop. From a small tribe, they transformed themselves into one of the four hegemons. Over the years, the barbarians that invaded the border of Dasheng were mainly from the Yuwen tribe, and the other three hegemons were mostly on the sidelines."

"Oh, you know a lot!"

Zhu Tong was half-believing and half-doubting: "It's not made up, right?"

"Pooh!"

Xu Wencai said proudly: "I traveled all over the world in the early years. Do you think it was in vain?"

"No wonder you weren't at home when your father died of illness a few years ago!" Zhu Tong spoke frankly.

Xu Wencai's face turned dark and he stopped talking.

"Wu Shen Cult, Yuwen tribe, border, fairy treasure..."

Putting all these things together, Chen Sanshi realized that it seemed like a big deal.

After five hundred soldiers entered the city, they began to search house by house.

However, I have not checked the four major martial arts schools and the first-rate martial arts schools yet. Basically, I have searched for small and second-rate martial arts schools.

Xiang Tingchun is killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

The search of the city lasted until dusk, and they left. There was no conflict in the process, but this was just the beginning.

After wasting an entire afternoon, Chen Sanshi returned to the Qianhu Office and went straight to the armory, ready to exchange his weapon bars and then for a bowl of blood-replenishing soup.

(End of this chapter)