Knife splashing

Chapter 83 The Aftermath
"Master Xiang, draw here."

Hearing the man's question, the concubine in white quickly took out a cylindrical scroll box from under the bed and handed it over respectfully with both hands.

The man took it, opened it carefully, and took out a scroll.

After slowly unfolding, an ancient landscape scroll suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

In the painting, there are continuous mountains stretching across the sky, like a winding dragon, majestic and imposing. The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the peaks are looming.

Even an ordinary person can see that this painting is extraordinary.

Shopkeeper Wu couldn't help but praise: "Excellent painting skills, Xiangzhu, what's so strange about this thing?"

The concubine in white was also puzzled. "I once tortured Eunuch Lu, but he didn't know the reason. He only knew that Princess Fu'an loved this painting the most."

The man carefully examined the scroll and said, "This painting is very well done, but the artist is not famous. His name is Jiao Fayuan."

Shopkeeper Wu was stunned. "Someone from the Dharma lineage?"

The man nodded. "Yes, he was a sorcerer from the Sanshan Sect in Ganzhou during the Daxing period. He was proficient in Fengshui and geomancy, and was also worshipped by a prince at that time."

"At that time, Daxing was in a standoff with the Golden Horde. Later, Daxuan seized power and rose to prominence. Daxing was about to perish. Jiao Fayuan followed the order of this prince and hid part of the national treasury's silver and weapons in the Qinling Mountains, waiting for the restoration of the country in the future."

"Later, the map fell into the hands of Prince Pingyang, who hid it privately. He participated in the fight for the crown prince and was convicted of treason. Princess Fu'an took the map with her and fled to Guanzhong."

"Unfortunately, she has not been able to comprehend it for many years, and she also leaked the news, attracting the attention of the capital. I accidentally learned about this and secretly arranged to intercept it."

"I see."

A trace of excitement flashed in Shopkeeper Wu's eyes, "Master, with this batch of things, can the Divine Cult start a new uprising?"

"Disaster!"

The incense master sighed, took the bone flower from the fire ghost, opened the back cover, and poured out some black granular powder. "The reason why I stayed in Chang'an for a few days was to sneak into the government office and steal the formula of this thing."

"Gunpowder?" The concubine in white was a little confused.

The incense master shook his head. "It is much more powerful than ordinary gunpowder. It was accidentally created by an alchemist. The Li family got it and did not dare to keep it privately. They presented it to the court and got the position of frontier official."

"Unfortunately, I only got a can of finished product, but not the formula."

"The Xuan Dynasty is on the rise, and getting this thing will be like adding wings to a tiger. I'm afraid that in the near future, the entire martial arts world will be suppressed. If we continue to gather the villagers and believers to start a rebellion, it will only be a waste of lives."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Wu's eyes dimmed, "What should we do?"

The incense master said calmly: "The great way has its own balance. If the world is decided by who has the most power, how can there be a change of dynasties?"

"In today's Great Xuan Dynasty, the people respect the law and dare not violate it in the slightest. If villains use the law as a tool to pursue their own selfish interests, it will cause disasters in the long run!"

"More than a decade ago, the leader was eager to start a rebellion, which caused the Divine Cult to fall apart. Now, the talent is dwindling, and everyone has their own agenda. The strength is not as good as before. All we have to do is accumulate strength and wait for the right opportunity."

"I observed the celestial phenomena at night. In two years, there will be a great disaster in the Central Plains. After I go to Qinling to take out the treasure house, I will go to the Central Plains to hide. Then I can take the opportunity to strengthen the Divine Religion."

"The incense master is wise!"

…………

Bang!
A loud noise woke up the sleeping Sharifei.

"What's going on? Did the earth dragon turn over?"

He was startled and ran out of the door in panic, only to see Li Yan practicing the Ten Great Exercises in the yard, with the stone trough thrown aside.

Sharifei looked up at the sky and immediately complained, "What's wrong with you so early in the morning? You're disturbing my sleep. Practice your Kung Fu. You're crazier than your father..."

Li Yan rolled his eyes and said, "You are living on the edge of a knife. If you don't practice martial arts, are you just going to practice talking?"

Sharifei was thick-skinned and didn't care about the ridicule. He shook his head and said, "Hey, don't underestimate your words. If you use them well, they can defeat a million soldiers!"

Li Yan slowly finished his work and said thoughtfully: "Uncle Sha, you haven't made a breakthrough in many years. One reason is that you haven't practiced enough, and the other is that your master passed away early, so there was no one to help you. Now that I have entered the dark energy, I can help you, and maybe you can break through."

"This...is there a chance?" Sharifei was obviously tempted.

Li Yan said seriously: "Maybe it's just window paper, it will break if you poke it."

"Okay, let's try it!"

The hand-to-hand combat is all about slowing down the pace, countering each other's moves, and carefully feeling the changes in the hidden power when fists and feet collide.

Bang!Bang!
After a while, Sharifei lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"No more playing! No more playing!"

Sarifei immediately rubbed his buttocks and yelled. At this moment, Wang Daoxuan also pushed the door open and walked out, stretching his waist, and his complexion was almost the same as that of an ordinary person.

"Master, how are you?" Sharifei asked hurriedly.

Wang Daoxuan was a little embarrassed and said, "I want to eat a bowl of mutton."

Li Yan was happy, "The stomach is full, it seems that the Taoist priest is completely recovered."

Sharifei quickly pulled the two of them along, "What are you waiting for? Let's go..."

……

It is still Wei’s old street and Wu’s old store.

The mutton here is cooked to perfection, but this is not a high-end restaurant. The rows of benches are filled with people squatting, and all kinds of people gather here.

The three of them ate while listening to the people chatting next to them.

"Did you hear that there was another fight last night?"

"It must be Hei Lao San and his gang, right? Humph, they don't do anything on weekdays. Now that the Zhou family has collapsed, we naturally have to ask them for some things back!"

"What's going on with the Zhou family?"

"I'm not sure, but it must be a big deal. Didn't you see that all the people from the Duwei Division are here? I heard that everyone present is forbidden to leak any information to the outside world."

"Is Mr. Zhang going to take over as the president of the Divine Fist?"

"That's right. I heard that it was going to be a grand event and officials from Chang'an would come to celebrate, but the old man is very low-key and said that a simple event would be fine."

"Look at him, Zhou Pan is really far behind, no wonder he ended up like this..."

"This is not the worst. I heard that after Zhou Pan died, the Zhou family fell into chaos. They fought over the property. Zhou Peide was imprisoned and executed. Zhou Bai and his unruly mother had no one to back them up, so they were thrown out of the Zhou family."

"Tsk tsk, I saw him showing off last month..."

Hearing everyone's conversation, Li Yan and the other two were not surprised and continued to eat and drink.

This is how many things are. Once the source changes, waves will follow.

The changes in the officialdom in Chang'an were spread to Xianyang, and the Zhou and Zhang families were separated. The fate of those who followed them for a living would also change.

Wow…

At this moment, a large group of beggars ran down the street, all of them were in panic. Some fell to the ground, and their broken bowls were broken.

"Don't run, stop!"

Several ferocious yamen runners followed closely, waving water and fire sticks in their hands and beating the beggars until they cried for their parents.

Some people couldn't stand it and shouted, "Officer, what happened? Why are you so angry? Why do you have to embarrass these poor people?"

"You coward, where did you come from?"

The yamen runner with a face full of flesh turned around and cursed, but seeing that many people were indignant, he stopped cursing and instead stiffened his neck and shouted, "What do you think they are?"

"We raided their lair in the city this morning and found many kidnapped women and children, all of whom were abused. They are scolding us right now, why don't you go and see if your family is there?"

"The magistrate is furious. The cavalry officer, Lord Fan, has been ordered to go to the mass grave. He will wipe out the beggars' den today!"

The words sounded righteous, but people obviously didn't buy it.

How could these wanderers not know what kind of people the Beggars' Sect is?
There are also these yamen runners, who usually receive a lot of gifts from the Beggars' Gang. They turn a blind eye to many things and are even the backers of some human traffickers.

But now he comes to pretend to be a good person in front of them.

Moreover, most of these beggars who were beaten were poor people. They were controlled by the Westward Journey Beggars' Gang, and their daily earnings from begging were confiscated, so they could not even get enough food.

Having said that, no one cared about it anymore.

They knew that there must be some hidden reason behind the sudden action by the government.

After the yamen runners drove the beggars away, Sharifei shook his head and said, "The Beggars' Gang on the Journey to the West is finished. It seems that the Taixuan Orthodox Church has taken action to clear the obstacles before the sacrifice."

Wang Daoxuan nodded and said, "Appointing the mountain god is a big deal. If we let them do whatever they want at the mass grave, sooner or later there will be evil. With the mountain god guarding, it will be much quieter in the future."

Then he stood up and said, "Let's go and see fellow Taoist Wu, who sacrificed his life to save me. Thinking of this, I feel restless..."

(End of this chapter)