The Demon Soul is Coming

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The sky finally dawned.

Liu Sauna looked through the binoculars and looked at the plains in the distance.

There, "Cai Bo" led Chu Jiaojiao to Chu Tiannan who was waiting there anxiously.

Chu Jiaojiao's right hand was wrapped in white gauze, and it was clear that half of her palm had been severed. Her face was extremely pale, and she couldn't even stand upright. When she saw her father, she rushed over and cried bitterly.

Chu Tiannan hugged her heartbroken, comforted her softly, and when he looked up again, "Cai Bo" had disappeared.

***

In the town outside Youyi City, there is also a Momen stronghold, Liu Sang returned there.

At noon, he got together with Xiang Tiange, Chen Shenhe, Qiu Danyang, Xiaomei and others.

Liu Sang silently wrote down the account book he got from "Shadowless Pirate" Mo Bei, and handed it to Chen Shenfeng.Qiu Danyang said with a smile: "The Cao An Gang has lost the big backing of the Chu Clan. The Chu Clan is convinced that the Cao An Clan is secretly colluding with Young Yugong, so they must uproot him no matter what. Whether they have this ledger now is irrelevant." critical."..

Liu Sang said: "How is the current situation?"

Mo Mei said happily: "The Momen brothers who were inquiring about the news sent news that at dawn, Chu Tiancheng called Kui'an to come to question him under the pretext of asking about the details of the silver robbery. Kui'an was on the way to meet Chu Tiancheng. Suddenly received a secret report, and in a panic, he killed the general of the Chu faction who led the way and fled overnight. Chu Tiancheng was furious and believed that he was a guilty conscience, so he sent troops to kill the Cao An gang. Pity the Cao An gang. They were exhausted after a busy night last night. Sudden misfortune happened, except for the gang leader Kui An and a few people who fled, most of them died in battle, even the deputy gang leader "Cold Judge" Shen Su died in the random arrows."

Qiu Danyang said: "The Cao An Gang had many feuds in the past, and because of the great power, it blocked the way of countless people to get rich, and the tree was big to attract the wind. This time, the elites in the gang suffered heavy casualties, and the small gangs everywhere will definitely attack. Although incense altars are spread all over Nanyuan, they will be wiped out in a short time. However, once the Cao An gang falls, the underground forces in Nanyuan will inevitably fight each other in a short period of time, trying to fill the gap left by the Cao An gang. , there will be chaos for a while."

Mo Mei said: "This also happens to be the best time for our Mo Sect to stabilize our foothold in Nanyuan and take advantage of the opportunity to rise."

He also said: "The sisters who were imprisoned in the city have all been rescued, and under our arrangement, they went to the government to report the crime. I 'ran into' the squires invited by Mr. Qiu, because most of them were girls from good families. Many brothers spread the word everywhere, and the crowd was outraged, just when something happened to the Cao An gang. The Chu faction no longer stood up for the Cao An gang, but pushed all the crimes on the head of the Cao An gang. The looting and trafficking are only carried out in secret, and now everyone knows that the Cao An gang is really finished."

Liu Sang exhaled: "These people deserve it." Then asked: "What are you going to do next?"

Xiang Tiange smiled and said: "Chen Mochang was originally in charge here, and Xiaomei and I just came to help. Next, we will help establish Momen sub-helms in various places in Nanyuan, and we will inevitably run around."

Liu Sang whispered: "Do you plan to build one in Ningyun City? Let Xiaomei take care of it."

Xiaomei's face turned red all of a sudden... His "selfishness" was too obvious.

Xiang Tiange patted Liu Sang on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "Don't you want to miss Xiaomei? Why don't you just join my Momen, I think you are quite pleasing to the eye."

Liu Sang gave a dry cough... forget it.

***

In the west of Youyi City, there is a remote restaurant.

Although the restaurant was open, there was no business coming in. The windows upstairs were all closed, and a group of old people gathered there.

Two of them were Master Lu and Master Qiao from Cao An's gang.

One of the elders said: "The gang leader has already escaped, and the two deputy gang leaders are dead. I don't know how many of them, what do you think we should do now?"

Master Lu secretly sipped his tea and said, "Everyone has earned enough over the years, it's time to stop."

Another person said: "Then Cao An gang..."

Master Lu sneered and said: "We are just settling accounts. Whether the Cao An Gang is dead or alive, what does it matter to us? But how to deal with the property in the gang, you may wish to discuss it."

Master Qiao said in a low voice: "Of course we can't keep the ones in the open, but there are a lot of properties in the dark that even the leader of the chief gang and the two deputy gang leaders can't figure out..."

There was a silence upstairs, looking at each other, waiting for someone to speak.

After waiting for a while, no one spoke. Master Qiao cursed secretly, so he had to say first: "Even if those secret births are brought out, they will just end up with the Cao An gang. The gang leader has already escaped. Even if the gang leader is still there, no He also doesn't know the details of the ledger and these properties, and the two deputy gang leaders are already dead, and the incense altars are scattered everywhere, so why don't you... divide up those properties."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the others immediately started talking and discussing.

In fact, everyone has such a heart, it's just that they don't want to say it first.The Cao An gang is about to be destroyed, so naturally no one is willing to bury it with them. What's more, even if those secret births are taken out and sold at a low price, everyone here can become a rich man in one fell swoop.

I found that everyone had the same thoughts, and everyone calmed down, chatting and laughing.

These people are the most neglected group of old people in Cao An's gang, even if it is just an incense master of the incense altar, they are much more famous than them.But in fact, they are the backbone of the entire Cao An gang. They manage the big and small real estate and account transactions of the whole gang. Even if it is only a tael of silver, it must go through their hands. The Cao An Gang is still the Cao An Gang, without them, the entire Cao An Gang will become a disorganized tiger and a cramped dragon.

But now, they have decided to wash their hands. They are old and have no bigger or further pursuit. The only thing they want is money, more and more money. They can't finish eating in their next life.

We are all veterans, we should finish what we have to say, and then we tacitly turn to the daily chores, chatting with each other, and getting up together.Just going downstairs to leave.

Suddenly, darkness rushed in.

Although the curtains had already been drawn, it was daytime.In fact, the building was not considered dark, but the darkness came silently, trapping everyone in it at once.In the darkness, children's songs sounded.One after another, weird and inexplicable.

One of them lost his voice and said, "The eighteen boys from the Blood Prison Gate?"

The shrill children's laughter, coming from an unknown direction.There was a faint voice: "There is a way in the world, just go, there is no way to the blood prison...Why did you want to break in?"

The faces of those old people changed drastically, their legs became weak, and some of them fell to the ground with feces and urine...

***

Before I knew it, it was evening.

Liu Sang was alone.Walk around town.

Although the Cao An gang is the largest gang in Nanyuan, it has a very bad reputation. The news of the Cao An gang's accident spread unknowingly, and the people at the bottom started talking about it.Secretly happy, but not many people really know what happened.

And Liu Sang knew that although the Cao An gang did a lot of evil, it was hard to escape the guilt of the Chu clan who condoned the Cao An gang's evil. What's more, the Chu clan was not just conniving, but also the de facto backstage of the Cao An gang.However, most ordinary people don't understand these things. Seeing those rescued girls ran to report to the officials, the local officials who dealt with the matter directly attacked the Cao An gang and arrested many gang members, so all of a sudden, the officials became The Lord Qingtian whom everyone is willing to bow down to.

Liu Sang ate some peppery spicy food at a roadside stall, drank some tofu nao, listened to some people's discussions, and then continued to stroll.

As he walked, he thought in his heart: "Indulging Cao An's gang to do evil, and extracting bonuses and hidden taxes from it, on the surface, the Chu Clan also made a lot of money because of it, but in fact it was a loss-making business. Here is The Chu Clan’s fief, the public security problem, has a very bad impact on the Chu Clan’s reputation and prestige. The Chu Clan only sees the white money that goes into their pockets, but they can’t see the invisible but huge loss they have lost. wealth, which is really the most important thing.”

Liu Sang knows very well that in troubled times, the support of the people is often related to the survival of one party. Of course, having the support of the people is not enough, but having the "people's support" can bring many intangible assets, from the source of troops to talents, from morale to morale. To the cohesion of one mind.It is precisely because of this that the successful people in ancient times, no matter how dark their hearts are, have to take the attitude of treating the people like their sons, and those overlords in history who treated the people like dirt and only thought that they could do whatever they wanted with their evil reputation, such as Huan Xuan, Hou Jing and his ilk, even though they were rampant for a while, did not end well in the end.

Of course, people's hearts must be able to "gather" and "use", otherwise, it is nothing more than Liu Biao and Zhang Lu in the Three Kingdoms period, and they are not comparable to Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Like Cao Cao, he did not do less to massacre cities, but Even if there is nothing wrong on weekdays, you still have to show the righteousness of the king, step on the wheat of the peasants by mistake, and make a gesture of "cutting the hair and acting as the head", expressing that you disturb the people and you should be beheaded according to the crime, but as the superior, To keep a useful body for the country and the people, so cut off the hair and act as the head, and show it to the people of the world.

As for Liu Bei, before he met Zhuge Liang, he fought and failed repeatedly, and he was like a dog who lost his family, but no matter where he fled, he could always easily gain a foothold and pull up the team to start again. The main reason is, It is because he has always maintained a good reputation of "benevolence". Everywhere he goes, he shows a good gesture of being considerate of the people and loving the people like a son. Or hypocrisy, this is what they need.It is precisely because of this that no matter how Liu Bei is defeated or how he escapes, even if he is defeated with only a few troops left, he will be welcomed by the people.

However, many aristocratic families are most likely to forget this point. They have been the public and ministers for generations, so they take it for granted that they are the superiors with noble blood, and whether the people support them is not their concern at all.In the history of his previous life, Huan Xuan at the end of Jin Dynasty was like this. When he was powerful, almost no one could stop him. Rong, but also from a powerful family, Li Yuan, Li Shimin and his son at the end of the Sui Dynasty, were not as powerful as Heng Xuan when they raised their troops, and the opponents they faced were stronger and more powerful, but they knew the importance of buying people's hearts. The end result is completely different.

Liu Sang was walking on the street, listening to the sentiments of the local people, but shook his head helplessly. This is the outskirts of Youyi City. In whose hands, the people of Nanyuan would not have much nostalgia for the Chu Clan.

For Ningyun City.In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, but the problem is that such Namwon.He can't stop Zhiyu Gong at all, and it is conceivable that once Zhiyu Gong, who has been preparing for many years in secret, sends out troops, he will be swept away by wind and clouds.It swept across most of the South Plains at once, except for a few strong cities and a large area of ​​land.They will all fall into the hands of Young Yugong, and the Chu Clan will suddenly become a desperate beast. The major families that used to be attached to the Chu Clan will either flee or surrender, and along with it, Xu Dong will also become a man waiting to be killed by the strong wind. Swept leaves.

Although the Cao An gang is full of evil, but at this time.Is it really a good thing to kill the Cao An gang, who are the minions of the Chu clan?

This idea came together, and Liu Sang quickly put it behind him, because the matter has reached this point, and then he went to investigate whether it is good or bad.It doesn't make sense. What needs to be done now is to continue to calculate based on the current situation and see what else can be done next.

Thoughts were moving rapidly in his mind, but he suddenly noticed something in the corner of his eyes, and turned his head away, looking into the distance.

After a moment of silence, he strode out of the town and came to a bamboo forest.

<b天即将到来，土里蕴藏着新的生机。

A girl stands among the rows of yellow bamboos in front of her.

The girl is not very old, she looks like ten or 11 years old, she stands there quietly, the flying fairy buns of the double husks are gently swaying with the cold wind blowing into the bamboo forest, like a peacock, the gorgeous clothes dance gently , making her look like a seductive little rose.

Her eyes were gray and dull, without luster, and her slightly childish face concealed a mysterious charm.

The girl walked towards him step by step, from slow to fast, then rushed over suddenly, threw herself into his arms, and hugged his waist tightly.

"Youyou..." Liu Sang stroked her back with both hands, and shook her head helplessly. This daughter sometimes looks like an adult, and sometimes looks like a child, even he can't figure it out.

***

In the bamboo forest, Liu Sang caught a pheasant, collected the dead branches and leaves, and roasted it there.

Youyou just kept quiet, kneeling beside him, with her gorgeous skirt spread behind her, like a peacock with its screen closed.

Liu Sang found that her adopted daughter, like a lady, also likes to wear a flying fairy bun, although this kind of bun is actually not suitable for a child of her age.It's just that although Youyou is young, it gives people a sense of mystery. The flying fairy bun was originally combed by a fairy in the sky in legend, but Youyou also looks like flying from outside the sky. He is obviously in this world, but It's like not being in this world, illusory and incomprehensible.

Liu Sang said, "Youyou...are you the blood princess?"

An orchid-like smile appeared on Youyou's delicate face: "Well... I knew I couldn't hide it from Daddy."

Liu Sang shook his head helplessly, this daughter is too capable, taking advantage of the time when he and his wife went to Yangzhou, she made a lot of tricks at once.

Although I know that the past is over, everything must be based on the "current situation" to think about. Ningyun City has already ruled Xu Dong, no matter whether the father-in-law and the wife have ambitions, it is already difficult to get off the horse, so let's think about what this girl will do. Whether those are good or bad, right or wrong, it doesn't make much sense anymore, it really doesn't make much sense... But I really want to catch her and spank her hard.

While rubbing oil on the roast chicken, he asked, "Why do you use the name 'Dark Demon'?"

Youyou whispered: "Dad is angry?"

Liu Sang said: "No, I just asked."

"If you don't pull out a big banner, how can you pull so many people all at once?" Youyou said softly.

"But those people are not kind?" Liu Sang said, "What do you want me, a 'dark demon', to do?"

"It's very simple," Youyou showed a cute childish expression, "If the 'Dark Demon' wants to be a bad guy, just take advantage of this moment to stand up, there will be so many thugs at once, if the 'Dark Demon' wants to be a good person, Just say, my daughter set a trap to help daddy kill all these people, and then everyone will know that these people are acting in the name of daddy, so that the wicked are afraid of daddy."

Liu Sang smiled wryly, "Anyway, you want to put your father and me on the fire."

Youyou suppressed a smile.

Liu Sang shook his head helplessly, because he already knew that no matter whether he wanted to be a good person or a bad person, the so-called "dark alliance" would not end well in the end.It is conceivable that Youyou has already made plans to use the name of "Dark Devil" to recruit those people first, and help her get rid of the people she wants to get rid of, and when those people help her do all kinds of evil things and become notorious , she will help him, the "dark demon", first inform the world, let everyone know that these people have nothing to do with him, the dark demon, and this is the truth, and then drive these people to extinction, so everyone knows, Acting in the name of the dark devil, offending the dark devil will not end well, and the "dark devil" will become even more famous.

After the pheasant was roasted, the two sat side by side and ate it separately.

After eating, I went outside to find a stream and washed my hands.The stream was so cold that the girl's hands turned purple from the cold.

Liu Sang knew that no matter how smart Youyou was, her body was still just a little over ten years old. Although she and Xiaoying were both the result of the star gate's "sanctification", the two girls, one is the dark goddess One is an auspicious goddess, and like Xiaoying, she has the ability to use the fantasy spirit flag, but she is limited by her weak body and blind eyes since she was a child. count well.

So he took her two little hands over and put them together in his palms to help her relax.

The setting sun in winter casts a light yellow afterglow, and the water surface is glistening. In such weather, there are actually a few fish swimming in the stream.

The two stood facing each other, with a pair of big palms and two small hands folded together.Liu Sang looked down, and saw the girl standing slenderly in front of him, quiet and well-behaved, with a childish smile flashing on her immature face...

... (To be continued.)