Hidden moth

Chapter 186: Drunk to Remove the Evil Knife and Send the Buddha Back

Feng Zilong was originally an idle gangster. He and a few others occupied a scenic spot pier in Luzhou City to solicit customers. He often provoked or encountered conflicts and disputes and was a frequent visitor to the detention center.

He met Ku Cha seven years ago.

The day before, he cheated a tourist and offended the wrong person. He was taught a lesson by the other party and was taken to the police station and left hanging for the whole day. He was also fined a large sum of money and had no money left when he came out.

That night he saw a man in an alley near his home. The gold watch on the man's hand and the big gold chain around his neck were very dazzling.

He knew the surveillance in that alley was broken, so he had a sinister idea and followed them from behind hoping to make a little money...

The man turned around and was wearing a mask. He subdued him completely and displayed incredible methods. Feng Zilong immediately knelt and begged to learn from him.

This was how he met Ku Cha. Later, he followed Ku Cha to learn the secret method and carry out the tasks Ku Cha gave him. At first, he was a little timid, but as his cultivation level and skills grew, his courage also grew.

Feng Zilong was Ku Cha's first cleaner. In the six years since he began practicing, he'd carried out over twenty missions. Some were simple, like running errands, while others were serious crimes!

Ku Cha usually has only two requirements for assigning tasks: one is to achieve the goal, and the other is not to be exposed. As for what the cleaners did in the process of completing the task, he will not ask too much.

According to Feng Zilong's confession, there was a fire that made the headlines, which was caused by him and another cleaner.

It was a tragic murder that wiped out an entire family, and the fire also affected innocent neighbors. Feng Zilong didn't know why Ku Cha wanted to kill that family, not even sparing the women and children. He and his companions were just carrying out their mission...

When Ku Cha assigned him a task, he never told him the reason, nor did he allow him to ask questions. He just asked him to do it as he was told.

Feng Zilong kept on talking from midnight till the early morning. Not only because he had a lot to say, but also because the effects of the drugs had taken effect, his speech became slurred and he had difficulty speaking.

"Have you finished?" Although Ye Liangcheng had not spoken much, his voice was hoarse when he spoke again, and even his eyes were red. I don't know if it was because of staying up late.

Feng Zilong: "I have said everything I can remember. If Senior Huo Qing has anything else to ask, I will recall it carefully and try to provide as many details as possible.

Junior Brother Ye, no, Senior Brother Ye, under the tutelage of Senior Huo Qing, I should call you Senior Brother.

Everything that happened before was a misunderstanding. Now that Master Kucha is gone, we will all serve Master Huoqing from now on. "Please tell Master Huoqing that no matter what he tells me to do, I will do my best to complete it!"

Ye Liangcheng put away the recorder and mobile phone, stood up and picked up the wine bottle on the table. After thinking about it, he put it down, but his hands were still shaking.

Feng Zilong also noticed this and saw that he seemed very scared. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother, is this Master Huoqing very strict with others?"

Ye Liangcheng didn't even feel like talking at this moment, so he walked out without saying a word. He was indeed frightened by what Feng Zilong had said, but he was more filled with grief and anger.

The image of bitter tea in his mind has completely collapsed at this moment.

Ye Liangcheng was not a fool. A fool could not succeed in practicing magic. People with no problems in comprehension would also have no problems in IQ. After Senior Huo Qing appeared, he gradually realized that many things in the past were not right.

But when it comes to overturning existing cognition, the hardest thing to convince is oneself.

Looking back now, Ku Cha's behavior was so strange from beginning to end. If he was just a mysterious master who didn't want to reveal his identity, it would be understandable, but many things are not like that.

These "disciples" of the Ku Cha sect only used code names. Ku Cha strictly prohibited them from revealing their real identities to each other, contacting each other privately, or discussing their daily activities.

How could a master teach his disciples like this? Such bizarre behavior, even the underworld wouldn't do it, even more shady than the spy agencies.

Now everything was explained. Ku Cha was not training his disciples at all, but cultivating a group of tools to commit evil. Ku Cha assigned different tasks to different subordinates, and these people were firmly under Ku Cha's control.

Ye Liangcheng once naively thought that Master Ku Cha himself was a good person, but some of his disciples were doing evil things behind their back... But the facts revealed by Feng Zilong completely shattered this fantasy.

Ku Cha is the source of all evil. The bad things that Feng Zilong and others did were tasks assigned by Ku Cha. They didn't even know why they did that.

Ye Liangcheng also felt a little fortunate. Ku Cha had originally taken a fancy to this abandoned park and wanted to build a secret Taoist temple and let him be the guard here.

Therefore, his identity was relatively semi-public, and he had to stay here most of the time. Perhaps to avoid exposing him, Ku Cha did not send him on too many missions, especially those that were illegal.

If not for this, Ye Liangcheng simply couldn't imagine what his fate would be... At this moment, he heard the voice of Senior Huo Qing, summoning him to the fifth floor.

Ye Liangcheng climbed up to the fifth floor with a dull expression. As a third-level sorcerer, his steps were somewhat heavy, and he even dragged his feet as he climbed the stairs. When he arrived at the fifth floor, Senior Huo Qing was sitting in the dark, without turning on the lights.

Ye Liangcheng said in a hoarse voice, "Senior Huo Qing, he has already explained everything. I have recorded it. Would you like to listen to it yourself, or let me briefly explain it to you?"

He Kao waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything, I heard everything... Ye Liangcheng, are you scared? Why are you shaking all over?"

Ye Liangcheng suddenly fell to his knees and said in a trembling voice, "Senior, you have given me a new life, a favor I will never be able to repay in my lifetime. From now on, I am willing to go through fire and water for any task you have, but..."

He seemed unable to continue speaking here.

He Kao said with a pleasant face, "But what? Just say it."

Ye Liangcheng: "But I can't do it, and I can't do what the big cannon fort did."

It turns out this is what he is really afraid of!
Senior Huo Qing suddenly appeared here, claiming to be an old acquaintance of Ku Cha. He also told him that Ku Cha had an accident, and then continued to guide him in practicing the secret method and taught him the techniques that Ku Cha had never taught him.

Ye Liangcheng also couldn't figure out the origin and intentions of this senior Huo Qing. Did Huo Qing want to expose the true face of Ku Cha and his disciples, or did he want to replace Ku Cha and incorporate the forces and resources left behind by Ku Cha?

Ye Liangcheng knew clearly that if Senior Huo Qing wanted to replace Ku Cha, he would never be willing to do what the Great Cannon Fort had done.

If Huo Qing just wanted to incorporate the forces left by Ku Cha, Ye Liangcheng would not be able to object, but he still wanted to persuade Senior Huo Qing - never become the second Ku Cha, but he expressed his meaning in a more tactful way.

He Kao smiled and looked at Ye Liangcheng and said, "Oh, so that's what you're worried about. If it's the truth, I don't have to punish you."

Ye Liangcheng kowtowed and said, "These are truly from the bottom of my heart! I don't know what your relationship is with bitter tea, but I would like to implore you to please not do anything like bitter tea again."

He Kao hesitated, "Is that so? I don't want to be another bitter tea, but Ye Liangcheng, listen carefully. I can give you two choices.

First of all, you can replace Ku Cha and recruit Ku Cha's disciples under your command. You don't have to do the dirty work yourself, they will do it for you.

The secrets Kucha has passed on to you are incomplete. Not only are the fundamental principles missing, but the various applied techniques are also missing. I will teach you all of these. You only need to practice diligently and follow my instructions.

The second option is, since you don't even know my identity, I'm not afraid of you revealing any secrets. I will take away everything Kucha left behind in this base, and from now on, you will fend for yourself."

After He Kao finished speaking, Ye Liangcheng knelt there, his forehead touching the ground and his shoulders shaking constantly. He didn't move for a long time.

In the end, He Kao spoke first: "Have you thought about it? I don't have time to wait for you until dawn." Ye Liangcheng raised his head, his face full of tears: "Senior, I will not choose the first path."

He Kao: "That's the second option?"

Ye Liangcheng: “Yes!”

He Kao suddenly changed the subject: "Before you went upstairs just now, you seemed to want to pick up that bottle of wine. Why?"

Ye Liangcheng: "I want to feed Feng Zilong."

He Kao: "Why didn't you do it?"

Ye Liangcheng: "I dare not act on my own, so I decided to ask you for your advice first."

He Kao: "You may have heard of the idiom 'Put down the butcher knife and you will instantly become a Buddha.' I have no objection to your decision. Just do as you wish."

When Ye Liangcheng heard this "idiom", he thought that He Kao wanted to let Feng Zilong go and use him for his own benefit, and he was inevitably disappointed. However, when he heard that this was not what he meant later, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

He Kao: "What doubts do you have?"

Ye Liangcheng: "You said to lay down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. I thought you wanted to let him go."

He Kao: "I'm not a monk, but I've heard that all living things have Buddha nature. You have it, and so does he. I was just talking about you. You chose the second path, which is to truly lay down your butcher knife.

I don't want to be a bitter tea, nor do I want to train you to be another bitter tea, but I don't know what you think, so I point out two paths for you to choose.

If you had chosen the first path, you would have obtained everything Ku Cha once possessed, as well as the various secret techniques I taught you. But you gave it up, preferring the second path. This is the true meaning of laying down the butcher knife."

After thinking for a while, He Kao added, “This is the true meaning I understand!
When I was in graduate school, I read a lot of miscellaneous books, including some Buddhist books, and this is how I personally understand this sentence. It has nothing to do with the monks in the temple.

Ye Liangcheng was a little surprised and asked, "Senior, have you studied for a master's degree?"

He Kao: "I'm not an ancient person. There are so many people taking the postgraduate entrance exam now, why can't I study?"

Ye Liangcheng also realized that his question was abrupt, and said awkwardly, "That's right, but it's a pity that I haven't read it."

He Kao: "If you want to study, go ahead and take the exam! Let's get down to business."

This interruption made Ye Liangcheng feel a lot more relaxed, even though his tears were still there. He asked again, "What about the big cannon fort? Didn't you say he also has Buddha nature?"

He Kao: "Do you think he should die?"

Ye Liangcheng gritted his teeth and said, "He deserves to die, of course he deserves to die. This is simply an unforgivable crime, he deserves death a thousand times!"

He Kao shrugged. "After drinking a bottle of wine, will he still be able to pick up the butcher knife? This is helping him! This is also called laying down the butcher knife and going to paradise right away. He may even become a Buddha there.

He can become a Buddha wherever he wants. I only said whether he has the possibility of becoming a Buddha, not whether he is dead or alive... Either I drink the bottle for him, or you drink it for him yourself."

Ye Liangcheng quickly said, "How can I trouble you to do this kind of thing personally?"

He Kao: "Then you can go and see him off."

"Yes, sir!" Ye Liangcheng agreed and immediately got up and went downstairs, his steps much lighter than before.

Not long after, Ye Liangcheng came back and said, "Senior, he has already finished the bottle of wine. Do you want to open another one?"

He Kao: "One bottle is enough, so don't waste it."

Ye Liangcheng: "It's not a waste. He poisoned the remaining three bottles. I can't drink them anyway."

He Kao: "Keep it, maybe it can be used for other things, just don't drink it by mistake.

Even if you don't drink it, when you have mastered the art of identifying objects in the future, you can compare it with normal wine as a reference, so that you won't be unable to distinguish it like you did today."

Ye Liangcheng: "Then let's do as you wish, Senior."

He Kao: "That wine won't send people away immediately after drinking it. The fort won't be destroyed in a short time. Why do we have to wait a little longer? How did you get up so quickly?"

Ye Liangcheng lowered his head even lower: "I have never killed anyone, and I don't want to watch..."

He Kao interrupted him and said, "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. I understand your feelings."

Ye Liangcheng: "Senior, your knowledge is truly impressive! Do you have any further instructions?"

This is the true words. Today He Kao explained two allusions, namely "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot" and "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen". Ye Liangcheng felt that he really learned a lesson!
He Kao said calmly, "It would be troublesome if he died here with you. I will take him away when I come back.

The two choices just now were actually questions about the heart of Tao. You chose to lay down your butcher knife, very good! In that case, I will give you a third path.

No matter what method is used, try to find out the identities and past behavior of Ku Cha's other disciples, just like investigating Feng Zilong today, and help them put down their butcher knives.

Either let it go like you do, or let it go like he does.

I will continue to guide you in your esoteric cultivation and teach you various applied techniques. Those people should not be your match. Do you have any specific ideas on how to proceed?"

The two choices He Kao just gave determined whether Ye Liangcheng would live or die.

Either Ye Liangcheng is kind and upright and chooses not to do evil; or Ye Liangcheng is smart and insightful and guessed He Kao's intention... In short, he made the right choice, no matter what the reason. In fact, it is best to be both smart and kind.

Then He Kaocai told Ye Liangcheng that there was a third way.

Ye Liangcheng replied, "There are two ways to find those people. One is that I continue to guard here. Many people will surely be like the big artillery fortress, and after a while they will be unable to resist running back to investigate.

Secondly, there is another ready-made clue.

You just heard that Da Paotai also revealed the identity of "Redwood," the Gao Chenshu he was trying to impersonate. I can investigate Gao Chenshu and bring him a bottle of wine. Perhaps I can learn more about the situation."

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