Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 298: Policy Agenda to Break Up a Couple
After Kang Dabao finished drawing the map in his hand, he immediately gathered the backbone members of the sect. Soon, except for Ye Zhengwen who had been in seclusion to prepare for the foundation, all the others arrived.

Speaking of things happening one after another in the Chongming Sect, it is hard for the disciples to have a break. Delaying their practice is just one of the problems. When thinking about those disciples who died for the sect, Master Kang would feel ashamed.

But the instructions on hand were more important than the other, and even though Kang Dabao sympathized with his disciples, he had to do them.

"I've thought about it myself, and for now, I still need to do the difficult things first and then the easy ones. I should first do what Sima Fei said, and then the difficult problems given by Mr. Shan will be solved by themselves.

But we are short of people to use at the moment, so I have no intention of dismissing all the officials in Ping and Jin counties. Send someone to send a message to them, asking them to come to me as soon as possible, and we can discuss whether they should leave or stay in the end."

Pei Yi stood up and nodded in agreement, saying, "Master, what you said is very true. As long as we can find the evidence against those corrupt officials, we won't have to worry about them not serving us wholeheartedly."

"Well," Kang Dabao was not afraid that those people would disobey discipline. The title of "acting at one's own convenience" that Fei Sima had asked for from him, to put it more bluntly, was "the power of life and death."

In other words, as long as things don't get too ugly and taxes are collected, no one from the provincial government will care about Ping and Jin counties in the future.

"If we want to consolidate our power and make ordinary people live and work in peace, in my opinion, we should do this." Kang Dabao's eyes shone sharply, and he slowly spoke out his plan:
"To put it simply, we must first do a good job of 'clearing out bandits' and 'registering the common people'. Clean up the yard first, then set the rules. When the families in the two counties get used to it, there will be fewer problems. Finally, we must register the cultivators in the county, so that the sects and families can do whatever they want."

The fellow disciples were shocked when they heard this. Yuan Jin hesitated for a while before saying, "Brother, this is a good idea, but I'm afraid it will take a lot of energy to accomplish.

In my opinion, the world is in turmoil, and it is not something that can be resolved overnight. There are so many evil cultivators and bandit cultivators in the county now. You must know that it is difficult to recover from a serious illness. If you act too hastily, you may suffer the consequences. "

Kang Dabao frowned after hearing this and said sternly:
"We don't have that much time and energy to do these things. The longer this matter is delayed, the more difficult it will be. You guys can't afford to delay the preparations for the foundation building. Don't delay it any longer. After finishing these things, don't distract your attention.

Serious cases require drastic measures. We will first do a good job of clearing out the culprits with the force of thunder, and then use the power of victory to subdue the two counties. In the end, we will divide the jurisdiction, hold people accountable and punish them. I don’t believe that this world cannot be reversed.”

Sun Fu, who used to have little presence among his fellow apprentices, stood up at this time. Staring at Niu Kuang's somewhat surprised eyes beside him, he said respectfully:
"Junior brother is stupid, but I dare to speak up. Although I am from Ji County, I have heard that the people and bandits in the counties of Yunjiaozhou are one family. In my opinion, the relationship between the families in the county and the bandits and evil cultivators in various places is complicated.

Some families are now civilians but were bandits in the past; some families are now bandits but will be civilians in the future. If you want to accomplish this within half a year, it may be extremely difficult. You may as well take a long-term view and wait for the right time. "

It was the first time that Master Kang heard Sun Fu speak in such a scene. He was quite surprised, but he also felt a little happy.

Then he said: "Junior Brother Sun is right. The people and bandits in Yunjiaozhou have always been one family. But if you want to distinguish them, it is easy." Kang Dabao paused here and said in a deep voice:
"Those who listen to advice are civilians, and those who don't are bandits. The former should be used, and the latter should be suppressed! It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go! If there is a bad name or punishment, I will bear it!"

It is rare to see the murderous head of the Kang family at this time, and several fellow disciples in the hall couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

"Set a date and send a notice to all families. Tell them to pay taxes and gather at the county office without delay. If any family is late by even half an hour, their entire family will be sacrificed. Kang is a man of his word. If he says he will kill the whole family, then he will kill the whole family. If they don't believe it, they can try!"

"Yes!" All the fellow disciples could hear Kang Dabao's determination. Although they were a little surprised, they still obeyed the order immediately without saying anything more.

After all, in the Chongming Sect, there is really nothing that Master Kang wants to do but cannot accomplish.

Kang Dabao had just arranged things with his fellow disciples when Qin Sufu, who had been waiting for a long time, came to resign.

At this time, the latter's bitter smile had not yet faded. When he saw the head of the Kang family, he just clasped his hands and said, "It's just as I expected. Not only did I fail to persuade Senior Hei Lu to change his mind, but I was also severely scolded."

"Don't take it to heart, brother. Uncle Master scolds you because he loves you. This is the treatment only given to very close juniors." Kang Dabao tried to comfort him after hearing this, but secretly felt in a good mood.

Seeing that Qin Sufu, who had never been scolded in front of the elders since he was a child, still had a frustrated look on his face, Master Kang felt a sense of pleasure in his heart.

"You, my good brother, deserve this day!"

Qin Sufu just shook his head after hearing the consolation. After all, he was an extremely outstanding person among his peers. In front of his brothers, the depressed look on his face could not last too long. He turned his face and said seriously: "Senior Hei Lu, I can't persuade you, but I don't know if you will listen to me?"

Kang Dabao felt heavy again when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he looked directly at Qin Sufu and shook his head, saying, "Brother, in my opinion, the Yue family may not be trustworthy."

"Yes, but now there is nothing I can do. My leaf rank is low, far inferior to yours. If I don't find a big family to rely on and earn food, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a fake elixir, let alone a genuine golden elixir. Since the Yue family is willing to give me trust and Jingji Yuancong is unwilling to give it, then there is nothing I can do."

Qin Sufu was not surprised by Kang Dabao's reply. After all, the Fei family had invested a lot of money in Sheshan Hall.

He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly and sighed sadly, "From now on, you trust your Yue family, and I rely on my Yue family. In the end, you and I, brothers, won't become enemies, right?"

Kang Dabao hurriedly shook his head and continued, "Brother, you are exaggerating. The Hakka and the Tujia people only have different political views. They are not enemies. How can they become enemies?"

Qin Sufu smiled suddenly: "Brother, what you said makes sense. There are still people waiting in front of the mountain master. I can't stay for long. There is one more thing I need to discuss with you."

There was a hint of doubt on the face of the Kangda headmaster, and Qin Sufu's handsome face showed a hint of hesitation: "I saw Wanying before."

The former frowned and said nothing.

————The courtyard of the head of Chongming Sect
After Qin Sufu left, Huo Ying cooked for him that night, and Kang Dabao held a banquet in his own courtyard. On the table was a plate of dumplings stuffed with elm seeds, and a few exquisite side dishes were placed next to it.

Kang Dabao sat alone opposite He Wanying and his Feng Wan, not saying a word for a long time.

"Senior Brother, Brother Qin Shi is looking for you today, right? We. We..." He Wanying spoke first, forcing a smile, hesitating for a long time, but unable to utter a word.

He Wanying didn't look like this when she was a girl. She was not afraid of the fat senior brother in front of her at all.

Because the latter was a very easy-going person, and never had the slightest air of a senior brother. He doted on the headmaster's only daughter in every possible way, and could be described as being completely obedient.

But now it was a different situation. Firstly, she felt guilty for coming back with such trouble; secondly, as Kang Dabao had been the head of the sect for a long time, he had acquired some of the aura of a superior in a high position.

Kang Dabao looked coldly at He Wanying who was forcing a smile. His expression remained stiff, but his heart softened. He whispered, "Let's get a divorce."

The night wind was chilly, but it was no match for the icy tone of Sect Leader Kang's voice.

As soon as Kang Dabao uttered these three light words, the couple opposite him trembled.

Feng Wan looked towards his wife with a painful expression, and saw He Wanying's firm expression and a strong sense of guilt on his handsome face. He only heard him say, "Wanying, I won't drag you down any longer."

"No, Wanlang, Senior Brother is trying to scare us!" He Wanying reached out and held her husband's arm tightly.

"Who is scaring you? You are almost forty years old, how come you still don't know how powerful we are?! Can we afford to offend the Yuan family in Jingnan? I have protected him for such a long time with the lives of everyone in the family, isn't it enough?" Kang Dabao shouted, scaring He Wanying so much that she trembled like a sieve.

"Brother, are you going to hand over Wanlang when the Yuan family hasn't found us yet? That's really unreasonable!" He Wanying became aggressive and protected her husband tightly behind her.

Kang Dabao glanced at Feng Wan's handsome face, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes: "I don't want to cause any more trouble. Just look around, haven't we had enough deaths in Chongming Sect over the years? Isn't it enough!"

"Okay, you are afraid of the Yuan family, I will go find Xiao Sanzi, Xiao Sanzi will definitely help me." He Wanying gritted her teeth, still not giving up. "Are you thinking about him losing another arm, you stupid girl!?" These words were so heavy that He Wanying's eyes were filled with tears after hearing them. She said sadly: "Then I will go and ask my uncle, my uncle will definitely take care of us!"

The head of the Kang family sneered: "You really think He Wanying is so great. The fake Dan Dan master of the Yuan family and the dozens of foundation builders, the uncle will keep you out."

"Then what are you going to do! Are you going to hand over Wan Lang because you, Kang Dabao, are afraid of death?"

"Shouldn't we hand you over? If you stay here, the dozens of people in Chongming Sect and tens of thousands of mortals in Chongming City will risk their lives with you, right?!"

He Wanying was stunned after hearing this, and then she started crying again. She threw herself on the table and threw a tantrum, breaking dishes and bowls all over the floor. She cried and shouted, "I don't care. You can't hand Wanlang out. If you want to hand him out, I'll die! No, no."

"We'll just run away, no need to ask you for help, that's it. That's it..." She stopped talking before she finished, thinking that she and her husband couldn't even shake off several Qigong monks, and they still needed help from their brothers from her mother's family, she felt even more confused about the future.

"Cry, cry, cry. You have been doing nothing but crying since you were little. You cried away all the good fortune that I had worked so hard to gather! Back then, Master clearly wanted you to marry Brother Qin Shi, and he agreed! You are so shameless that you eloped with a servant from an inferior family and had a child with her.

Look at what happened to you today! Do you know who Qin Sufu is now? A true cultivator who has built his foundation, a military commander in the state court, the legitimate son-in-law of the Yue family, and favored by the uncle!
If you had married honestly, the family would have to rely on you to take care of us, and at least we wouldn't have to suffer so much. Back then, we brothers would have been more respectable when we went out, and we wouldn't have to listen to other people's ridicule.

But you are so good, you stole several carts of dowry and didn't see a penny of the betrothal gift, and in the end you still need your parents to help you deal with things, and it would be embarrassing for the master if you tell others about it. You are really good at choosing, and you chose a girl who was chosen by the foundation-building true cultivator as his concubine!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Wan clenched his fists and stood up. He looked at Kang Dabao fearlessly for a long time, which was unusual. Then he moved to the side of his wife who was crying loudly and said in a gentle voice, "Ying Niang."

"Hmph," Kang Dabao snorted coldly. A strong wind suddenly arose in the yard, easily blowing Feng Wan, who was about to pull He Wanying up, off balance.

"Feng, you really think you are such a big shot! Believe it or not, I will kill you right here."

"you dare!"

As soon as the head of Kangda finished speaking in a cold voice, He Wanying jumped out like a female leopard.

"Ahem, ahem, Sect Leader Kang." Feng Wan finally realized that he had just taken a fatal step. He rushed to his wife, ignoring the blood flowing from his mouth, and said respectfully:
"Please don't take your anger out on Wanying, Master Kang. It's all Feng Wan's fault. We should never let a lowly person like Feng Wan hurt the harmony between the sisters of your family."

"Let's get divorced. Wanying and I are getting divorced!" Feng Wan's eyes were bloodshot and her heart ached as if a knife was cutting her.

"Wanlang!" He Wanying was unwilling to do it, but was grabbed mercilessly by the head of Kangda and thrown into the arms of Huo Ying, who was standing aside with a look of shock on her face.

"Bang" a storage bag hit Feng Wan's side. The handsome and elegant monk turned his head away to avoid his still crying wife.

"Pick it up. Even if you want to be tough, you have to choose the right time." Kang Dabao's cold tone reached Feng Wan's ears. The latter's face flushed and he felt endless humiliation in his heart, but the only remaining rationality forced him to reach out his hand.

"If you don't want to die, just follow the path I told you to take."

Feng Wan tightly grasped the storage bag and the remaining dignity in his hand, raised his head and looked at the head of Kangda, who said indifferently: "Maybe it can delay your death."

A glimmer of hope appeared in the eyes of the handsome monk, and He Wanying's crying stopped abruptly.

The courtyard suddenly became quiet, just like before.

————The next day, Biha Cave Mansion
After hearing Kang Dabao's narration, the Taoist Heishi just shook his head:

"Why are you so presumptuous this time? The second daughter of the Yuan family practices the Buddhist mother Mingfei Dao of the Xuemi Buddhist family. Whether she can absorb the pure and spiritual body of Feng Wan is related to whether she can combine her body with the abbot of Benying Temple to practice dual cultivation and form a golden elixir together.

Although the Yuan family member who discovered Feng Wan's identity had been silenced, the Yuan family's power meant that the secret could not be concealed for too long. By then, even old man Yuan Buwen might not be able to hold back and take action himself.

Even if Feng Wan is in Chongming Sect, we can hardly protect him. You let Feng Wan join the team that will follow you to Pingjing. With his cultivation level, you can only give him a minor position at most. How can he scare the Yuan family?"

Kang Dabao did not refute, and responded: "I thought that since it is difficult to protect him in the sect, it would be more cost-effective to release him outside. After he is dressed in an official uniform, the Yuan family will be more or less wary, right?"

Taoist Hei Lu nodded, then shook his head: "It's hard to say. Yuan Buwen is not an ordinary fake Dan. The one from the Yunwei Zheng family can hardly stop him. Apart from Yue Jing and Kuang Liuting, the others from the state court, including Gun Shilu, may not be his opponents."

But the head of the Kang family spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders: "If that's the case, I can't do anything about it. I can let him do his best for the people of the two counties before he dies, and he can also wear a layer of official skin before he dies, which can be regarded as a worthy death for him."

The black-shoe Taoist looked at him unhappily and snorted, "Even if your junior sister cried to death on the spot, you wouldn't care?"

As soon as the Taoist Heilu said this, Kang Dabao suddenly stopped the lazy look he had just put on in front of the Taoist Heilu, and said seriously: "My nephew, I am the head of Chongming first, and then Senior Brother Wanying."

After hearing this, the Taoist Hei Lu remained silent, then carefully looked at Kang Dabao for a while before nodding his head: "You are right, this is the way to go. But there is one thing you didn't say,"

He paused, then changed his tone to be more relaxed: "There is another reason why you don't like Feng Wan." Seeing Kang Dabao's puzzled expression, he continued jokingly: "He is good-looking, and you are jealous."

Kang Dabao's face turned red instantly, he looked extremely embarrassed, and he stammered, not knowing what to say to explain to his uncle.

The embarrassment of Master Kang made the Taoist Heilu laugh out loud.

He turned his head to look at the deep green water outside the cave, and felt a little guilty. He thought blankly, "How can I have the face to blame this junior? If I had progressed faster, how could I have embarrassed this junior and let my eldest brother's daughter suffer such an injustice.

If Feng Wan has a little more luck, maybe when I come out of the Guanshan Cave, I won’t be afraid of Yuan Buwen anymore.”

Taoist Hei Lu calmed down and turned his gaze back to the head of Kang Da. "Okay, I won't keep you here. Go and get busy. You said in advance that you can turn Ping and Jin counties into paradise in half a year. I'm waiting to see it."

Kang Dabao hurriedly said in fear: "Alas, Uncle Master, I never said that. I only said that we can eliminate the evil cultivators, bandit cultivators, and cultivators who harm the people, and make the people equal and set rules."

The Taoist priest with black shoes laughed out loud: "What I said is what you said. In today's world, if you can accomplish these things, it will be enough to make thousands of people live and work in peace and create a peaceful scene with prosperity and peace for the people.

This is the paradise that all the ordinary people in the world dream of. Go ahead and do it. If you accomplish this, your master will be happy too."

The black-shoe Taoist laughed lightly, but the head of the Kang sect felt heavy in his heart when he heard it. "Boy, I will live up to your trust!"

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