Xuanxia

Chapter 602 Follow the clues
“I came into contact with the monks of disaster before the epidemic began.”

Old Wang lowered his head and spoke, but his eyes were always fixed on his son: "That day I was praying for him at Qianshi Temple outside the city. After leaving the temple, I was stopped by a monk..."

"He can read faces and saw my troubles at a glance... He was very accurate in his descriptions of my life and A Zhao's life, and he described everything word for word, including the resentment in my heart..."

Old Wang talked a little too much, but Fu Qingzhou didn't interrupt him and listened very carefully.

No one knew who the monk who came to contact Lao Wang was, but Fu Qingzhou was very clear about his methods.

Typical behavior of a charlatan.

After investigating Lao Wang's family situation in advance, he approached him pretending to be an expert, and told him what he was thinking. Then he played hard to get, and left without giving him a solution, leaving Lao Wang feeling anxious.

When the epidemic broke out, Lao Wang "accidentally" met the monk again. When they met again, the monk was practicing medicine - Anyue City is very large, and Doctor Liang certainly could not pay attention to every patient, so the monk certainly had the opportunity to demonstrate his noble character and superb medical skills.

As expected, Lao Wang fell into it and regarded the monk as his spiritual support, but the monk told him that he was just an insignificant junior among the monks in distress, and the truly powerful one was "Master Yuanzhao" and "My Buddha of a Hundred Disasters".

After that, there was a round of deep brainwashing and deception… The monk said that the Buddha wanted to save the world, but people were ignorant, so they had to suffer first and then be saved, then they would understand the Buddha’s painstaking efforts.

The monk said, the world is full of suffering and ugliness, do you think Chi Tiancong is a good person? At the beginning, your child did not really save him, but was just used as a human shield by him. But now Chi Tiancong is a general and holds military power in Anyue City. How dare your child tell the truth?
The monk said, Magistrate Yang is also our believer, so you can do it boldly. We are trying to save people. We just need some white lies, otherwise they will have no idea of ​​the Buddha’s kindness and will continue to sink in the sea of ​​suffering.

The monk said...

Lao Wang was originally an ordinary, honest man with little education. He had lived in a muddle for decades. His greatest pride in life was his children. But when his son became paralyzed, his life also fell into disarray.

Therefore, when a glimmer of light shone into his life...even if it was a false glimmer, he tried desperately to catch it.

"He also gave me a bottle of medicine."

Lao Wang said in a trembling voice: "He said that someone would definitely try to stop us from doing what we are doing. By then, I will drink the potion and become powerful. Even practitioners will not be my opponents... Therefore, General Chi wanted to talk to me alone today, so I turned my back and drank the potion quietly..."

Fu Qingzhou shook his head.

"so what?"

He asked, "Do you still believe in that monk now?"

Lao Wang lowered his head and said nothing.

Fu Qingzhou knew that he still did not fully believe in himself, and that he could not get rid of the monk's brainwashing so quickly. Now he was just succumbing to his "tyrannical power".

But this is enough for now.

"I know you won't believe me easily, so I won't bother to say anything."

Fu Qingzhou spoke leisurely and raised his hand. Between his fingers were the four pieces of paper found from the corpse.

"I won't ask you why the Buddha, who saves people from suffering, would use the corpses of poor people to deliver messages. I won't ask you why you are so sneaky if what you are doing is truly righteous and even the prefect fully supports it."

He sneered and said, "I'm just asking you, what does 'the beginning of the hour of Xu, Santang Shoucaizhuang' mean?"

"..."

Lao Wang said helplessly: "It means that I have to go to Santang Shoucai Manor at the beginning of the evening."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? Can't I read?"

"Old Wang!" Chi Tiancong frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's already this late, and you still don't tell the truth!"

Old Wang sighed deeply, then said slowly: "Even the people in the rice shop can't get the complete prescription... Part of the prescription is with me, I need to get the other part of the medicinal materials and send it to Shoucai Manor before the hour of Xu, and then wait until the next refugee camp needs coffins, and then send all the medicinal materials..." Fu Qingzhou frowned slightly.

"They are really careful in their work..." He asked, "But if this happens, won't the people in Shoucai Manor know the complete prescription?"

"No, they probably don't."

Lao Wang said weakly: "Whether it is Mi Zhuang or me, there are many useless medicines in the prescriptions in our hands. Even if others get two prescriptions and use the medicine according to the prescriptions, they can't make the nectar of disaster."

Upon hearing this, Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Did the monk tell you this?"

"No..." Old Wang sighed, "I have taken care of Zhao'er for so many years, and I can be considered a doctor through long-term treatment. Some of the medicines in that prescription don't look like what they are..."

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "Even you can see that? Then I feel relieved. These monks really don't know much about medicine. If I give the prescription to Doctor Liang, he should be able to identify it."

After saying that, he stood up with satisfaction and stretched.

"Okay, Lao Wang."

He said slowly, "You know what I am going to do - hand over your prescription, then you should get the medicine, make the contacts, and be our undercover agent. Before we catch all the monks in trouble, you must hide yourself, otherwise..."

As he said this, he looked down at Wang Zhao who was still unconscious.

Lao Wang trembled and nodded slowly.

"grown ups."

At this time, Chi Tiancong called out, "Can I have a word with you?"

Fu Qingzhou nodded and followed him to the side: "What's the matter?"

"Your subordinate...would like to ask about your next plan." Chi Tiancong forced a smile and said, "If there is anything I can help with, I can make preparations early."

Fu Qingzhou looked at him out of the corner of his eye, with a look of suspicion in his eyes.

"Sir, I have no other intentions."

Chi Tiancong was startled, and then he realized that what he had just said was obviously inappropriate, and hurriedly said: "It's just... I am now under the command of Governor Yang, and I will most likely have to help transport coffins and other things many times. It's okay if I didn't know before, but now that I know the whole story, isn't this... helping the tyrant to do evil?"

"Or does your Excellency want me to continue to work with the prefect and secretly collect the rest of the evidence?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and patted his shoulder: "I want you to control that Yang Zhifu."

Chi Tiancong was shocked: "Control it?!"

"of course."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes and sneered, "In the entire Anyue City, Yang Zhifu has the highest status. Once we take action, he is the most likely to pass on the news!"

"This this……"

Chi Tiancong was still a little hesitant: "But even if I am willing to do this, how can I convince those soldiers to arrest Governor Yang? They don't know the whole story. Frankly speaking, our military discipline is not that strict on weekdays... And you also said that there is a traitor among my soldiers..."

"It's not that complicated."

Fu Qingzhou waved his hand and said, "It's still a few hours before the hour of Xu. You stay here and keep an eye on Lao Wang and his son. I'm going to the refugee camp... Then someone will teach you how to lead troops."

(End of this chapter)