Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 632 631. Overlord (Two in One)

Ever since he suffered a loss in Pegasus City, Li Zhen believed in one thing.

stay out of trouble...

Therefore, he resolutely resists all kinds of threats such as personal insults, attacks, threats, temptations, etc. in any form of violence.

In line with the principle of turning hostility into friendship, it is better to resolve enemies than to tie them together, to not do anything if you can do it, and to kill whoever wants to do it, and firmly fulfills the sacred mission of being a people's Taoist priest.

And seeing Zhiluan and the old nun retreating, this strengthened Li Zhen's thoughts even more.

Sure enough, violence cannot solve all problems.

Li Zhen is really too kind.

Sanqing had to shed tears when he came, and he had to donate some incense money before he could leave.

"You can shut up."

Li Zhen, who was riding on the horse, rolled his eyes angrily.

"Da da da……"

Riding a horse, all he thought about all the way was these things...

In fact, to put it bluntly, these are all thoughts of keeping quiet.

Since he was there just now, he has been yelling for A to go up, saying that killing one person is a crime, and killing two people is at most an added crime, and the words of making money have been clamoring in his ears.

This made Li Zhen very annoying.

How can this man be such a slob.

Grinding...

As for why Zhiluan was here, and why she attacked that hot girl, that was beyond Li Zhen's consideration.

He tried his best to push the horse, and walked south along the official road.

Just now I inquired, from here to Leping, and after arriving in Leping, there is a road leading straight to Dunqiu, and when Dunqiu arrives, continue walking southeast for half a day, and you will almost reach Dingyuan.After Dingyuan, it is Jiangdu.

If you hurry up, the journey will take up to two and a half days.

He has to hurry up.

……

Needless to say, on the way, it was still dark in Leping, so he did not enter the city, but started to run again after giving the horses food and water at the post station.

But obviously at this time the gap came out.

After running continuously for a day, the horse couldn't run any longer, and had to take a rest after running for a few steps.

Helpless, Li Zhen had no choice but to ride it forward at a leisurely pace.

And when it got dark, the horse said nothing and stopped running.

If this is chasing thunder, it is estimated that at least I can run two hundred miles...

He had some regrets, but he had to rest on the side of the road, and because he came out in a hurry, he didn't even have a bedroll, so he had to cut down some weeds and shrubs, and built a big fire.

After resting for about two hours, he continued to urge the snorting horse to start on its way.

Along the way, he slowed down and ran at a constant speed. When it was almost dawn, he suddenly stopped the horse.

In front of the empty official road, there are three riders running towards this side.

Li Zhen thought for a while, and rode off the official road.

Make way for these three riders.

"Da da da……"

The horseshoes were getting closer and closer, and soon, the three riders rushed in front of Li Zhen.

It's nothing at first, you go your way, I'll go mine.

But when the three riders saw Li Zhen from the side of the horse gnawing grass with its head down, suddenly, the three of them made a movement of reining in the horse.

Li Zhen also frowned.

The outfits of these three people...

Why are you so familiar?
Wearing a cloak and a face scarf, you can't see your face clearly...

Not a lot of gray.

Then, the three of them took out a portrait in unison, looked at the portrait, then at Li Zhen, and one of them suddenly said:
"But the Priest Shouchu?"

"...?"

Li Zhen was completely stunned, and nodded subconsciously:

"It's Pindao. The three... Could it be the generals of the Baiqi Division?"

In an instant, the three turned their horses around:

"Not five or three."

"Not eighty-seven."

"Shen [-], I have met Taoist Priest Shouchu!"

Are you really from Baiqisi?

Seeing the three people who got off their horses, Li Zhen took a step forward:
"Fortunate life is immeasurable, the god of heaven, the poor will keep the beginning."

The three looked at each other, and in the end, Wei five three one handed over:

"Shouchu Taoist priest, under the order of the leader, came to find the Taoist priest and go to Liyang."

"...Going to Liyang? Isn't Sir Shi Lang in Jiangdu?"

"This... I don't know about it. The order arrived at midnight last night. The brothers in Zhongli City found out the news of the Taoist priest and sent it back to the leader. The leader personally ordered us to follow Dingyuan, Dunqiu, Leping came to look for the Taoist priest. The rest is unknown."

"...I see, that's fine."

Li Zhen nodded:

"Then let's go. However, the pace of the three should be slower. The poor horse can't run anymore."

"It's okay."

Wei Wusan shook his head, touched his arms, and quickly took out a black pill, and put it in front of Li Zhen's horse's mouth.

"This is the Qianli Pill produced by Laojunguan. It is specially given to horses. After eating, it can last all day and night."

"... so amazing?"

Seeing Li Zhen's surprised look, there were a few laughs from under Wei Wusan's mask:

"These are all necessary things for us, and they are just small tricks. Daoist Shouchu, it is not too late, the leader calls, let's go first."

"it is good."

Seeing the horse that didn't seem to be doing well after eating the elixir, Li Zhen rode on it dubiously.

then……

After running with the three of them at full speed for two hours, and the horse didn't look tired at all, Li Zhen was somewhat convinced.

only……

Is this thing worthless?

He murmured in his heart.

At the same time, he also saw the style of this group of Baiqisi.

If you can not dismount, you will never dismount.

Li Zhen even found out that they would be convenient immediately...

With a straight waist, a stream of water came out from one side of his body, and Li Laodao was so shocked that his jaw dropped.

Not to mention the food, a pill, a square cake, and a bag of water.

That's all.

And their horses should have also eaten Senli Wan, and they did not drink water or hunger all day long.

only……

When they were riding in the evening, the horses of the three suddenly slowed down, and then twitched, and even began to exhale white foam.

But they seemed to have gotten used to it, and after quickly feeding another pill, Wei Wusan took out a crossbow arrow and shot a loud arrow into the sky.

The voice was shrill and hurried.

When the horse heard this movement, it immediately became quiet.

If it wasn't for the breathing in the stomach, Li Zhen would have thought the three horses were dead.

While the horse rested, they didn't leave. Just now, they seemed to have expected it, they got off the official road and arrived at a forest.

At this moment, the war horses were resting, and they were preparing to rest in place.

Because Li Zhen was led to Liyang by them, he didn't know where this section was. When he was about to ask, suddenly, he sensed that someone was walking towards the grove.

No more, no less, three rides.

But there are four horses.

"Chen Sanjiu, I was ordered to meet the Taoist priest Shouchu."

Before the leader entered the woods, he yelled.

Wusan also nodded to Li Zhen:
"The Taoist priest will go with them. Leave the horse and leave it to me, and the Taoist priest will replace it with a new one."

"..."

Li Zhen glanced at Chen Sanjiu, who didn't enter the woods, but was waiting outside, who seemed to be dressed the same, and nodded:
"it is good."

After patting the mount that had only been with him for less than two days, he walked out of the woods alone.

"Poverty Shouchu, I met three generals."

And Chen Sanjiu's vigilance didn't seem to be low. After seeing Li Zhen, he took out the portrait and looked at it. He confirmed Li Zhen's identity from head to toe, and then he handed over:

"Prince Daoist, please get on your horse. The leader is waiting in Wujiang, and I have been ordered to escort you there within a day."

"it is good."

Li Zhen didn't write a word, and rode directly to the spare horse, and bowed to the three people in the woods, and the four of them rode away.

Compared with Wusan, Chen Sanjiu seems to have a much higher status.

But he is a character who doesn't know what to ask. He doesn't say a word on the road, and just takes Li Zhen to Wujiang, where the location is still unknown.

And along the way, Li Zhen didn't really appreciate the prosperity of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

I just think... the houses here are better than those in the north.

I can't comment on the others because I haven't seen them up close.

I wanted to ask Chen Sanjiu some things, but he didn't answer at all, and just said "Taoist priest, please hurry up" to prevaricate.

Then, on the fourth day of Li Zhen's departure, in the afternoon, he finally saw a city.

Wujiang, here we come.

And at the gate of the city, there was a man standing.

It was Xue Rulong.

However, this Wujiang City seemed to be a bit different. Li Zhen saw many people with swords and knives, and people dressed in all kinds of rivers and lakes, passing by Xue Rulong and entering the city.

And Chen Sanjiu and the others didn't come this way at all, but after seeing Xue Rulong, they followed the man's cryptic gesture, turned their horses' heads, and left without saying hello.

"Tsk tsk, professional."

Li Zhen sighed and rode to the gate of the city.

Before he could speak, Xue Rulong had already turned his head and walked towards the east of the city gate.

He didn't even enter the city.

After walking a few steps, she seemed worried about Li Zhen, so she turned her head and gestured at him.

Meaning: keep up.

"..."

I just wanted to say that I haven't seen you in the past few months, but Li Zhen, who seems to have changed a lot, has fed his blood to the dog.

Pretending not to know you?

have to.

go.

Report to your leader!

Although he didn't understand why he didn't go into the city, Li Zhen still led the horse and followed behind him obediently.

Walking along the city wall all the way to the end of the moat, Li Zhen saw an ordinary-looking man waiting here with two horses.

Xue Rulong went straight to one.

And it goes without saying who the other one is for.

Li Zhen gave the man the horse he had ridden for a day, and got on another horse, following behind Xue Rulong.

He felt that he had done his best in the past 20 days.

Riding a horse is really nauseating.

But no trick.

Then follow Xue Rulong along the official road that is either a carriage or a pedestrian, and continue walking all the way to the southeast.

That destination seems to be a mountain.

And many people came down from the mountain one after another.

There seems to be some other building on the mountain, which is mysterious, and a bluestone step is paved to the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Xue Rulong stopped walking, but pointed to the mountain:
"Taoist priest, go up."

Li Zhenxin said Sun thief, you dare to talk to your Taoist master.

So I asked:
"What's up there?"

"You'll know if you go and have a look? Go up, don't keep your lord waiting."

Xue Rulong urged.

Li Zhen was speechless and knew his virtue, so he didn't ask any more questions, but walked up the bluestone steps in the opposite direction to some people who were going down the mountain.

Along the way, he could feel that these descendants were not ordinary people.

There are practitioners and there are practitioners.

All of them are also holding swords and swords, no matter men or women, they don't seem to be very annoying.

Of course, that's relative.

Li Zhen didn't have much to do, as if he himself was a Taoist priest in the mountain gate, with his hands in his cuffs, he walked up the mountain stepping on the bluestone steps.

After walking less than 200 meters, I finally saw a Taoist temple... No, it's not a Taoist temple, but an ancestral hall.

There is also a stone tablet in front of the mountain gate, on which I don't know who wrote it: "Xiangwang Pavilion" (Note 1)

King Xiang? ……and many more.

He looked at the ancestral hall inside the mountain gate, a little surprised.

Wouldn't this be the place where the tomb of Xiang Yu in later generations is located?

As he thought about it, he bypassed the stele and walked into the mountain gate.

Then at a glance, he saw a figure in white standing next to a clay sculpture in the ancestral hall, wearing a bamboo hat.

"Bad woman!!! Bad woman!!!"

There was a sound of keeping quiet in my mind.

But Li Zhen didn't respond at all.

Instead, look at each other's silhouette.

She was like a bystander. At this moment, in the mighty Bawang clay sculpture ancestral hall, there were still a few people who looked like quacks were offering incense and worshiping.

And she didn't do anything, just raised her head and stared at the clay sculpture.

It seemed that she didn't know that Li Zhen was coming.

But immediately Li Zhen frowned.

Bad woman...ah no, Mr. Huqiu...has a little thing on her body.

Just tuck it up her sleeve.

is alive.

It's like dead again.

Neither dead nor alive, with a strange aura.

Feeling this weird thing, he stopped being in a daze and walked directly into Bawang Temple.

Ignore the clay sculpture... Just kidding, no matter how mighty your sculpture is, can it look as good as Sanqing?

Sanqing's head has been chopped off...

After entering the ancestral hall, amidst the scent of burning incense, before he could speak, he heard Mr. Huqiu say:
"Taoist priest, I heard that you have made great progress in cultivation?... There are too many idlers, let's send them away. Let's talk."

"..."

The corner of Li Zhen's mouth twitched.

And the complexions of those people from the rivers and lakes in the palace immediately turned ugly.

Subconsciously, several pairs of hostile and dissatisfied eyes fell on Li Zhen.

"This... Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, ah, haha~ Pindao has met all laymen."

Li Zhen hurriedly said haha:
"Everyone heard it too...how about...it's convenient? Pindao would like to thank you all for your generosity, thank you in advance."

A polite salute.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Such a polite attitude made these Jianghu people feel more at ease.

But just when he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the Taoist raised his head and pinched his fingers:

"Poverty offended."

No, this Taoist wants to...

As soon as the thought came to him, the Taoist stomped his feet on the green bricks. The green bricks and mud all over the ground seemed to come alive. Under a regular rhythm, they seemed to be being sent out by themselves by the tumbling earth. .

In the blink of an eye, he was sent out of the gate of the ancestral hall.

Came to the outside courtyard.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Several people froze for a moment, then left without looking back.

The means of this Taoist... I don't understand.

I can't afford it.

Then leave immediately.

After Li Zhen borrowed Shoujing's authority, he just sent people out, and when he saw them turn around and leave, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard Master Huqiu, who was not a big deal in front of him, say:
"It's not domineering enough, it's not good. Come on, use a more domineering move. For example, the move you did outside Zhongli City."

"My lord, don't embarrass the poor."

Li Zhen also wanted to be polite.

But suddenly felt a wave of qi in the ancestral hall.

A tiny, undetectable flame appeared on the fingertips of Master Huqiu:

"You don't need it, then I'll come?"

"!!"

Li Zhen was surprised...

Doesn't it mean that if you don't realize the Tao, you can't move your Qi?
how……

But he didn't dare to fool around.

Cutting off Sanqing's head is nothing, we are all colleagues and subordinates, and at worst, we will be put on little shoes.

But this Yu is someone outside the system, and there are two systems on both sides.

What if you light a fire on someone's grave and burn down the house...

Can you still get around yourself?

So he quickly shook his head.

In an instant, the qi of heaven and earth on the entire mountain began to change into a rule that ordinary practitioners could not understand at all.

golden light...

In the evening of Wujiang River, the whole mountain was lit up.

"Boom!!!"

The golden light soaring into the sky suddenly appeared, spreading towards the surroundings, directly covering the entire mountain top completely.

The blazing light is not to mention the people at the bottom of the mountain, it can be clearly seen even on the other side of the Wujiang River!

I don't know how many people were shocked!

The people at the bottom of the mountain, and those who hadn't come down the mountain yet, were shrouded in this golden light, subconsciously wanting to use energy to defend themselves.But his face changed instantly.

Why……

Qi not moving?
This mountain...

Who is here! ?
At the foot of the mountain, Xue Rulong turned his head and took a look at the golden light.

Not saying a word.

I just took a big breath for some reason.

……

"Oh?"

Under the bamboo hat, the woman looked at the halo behind the Taoist's head, and suddenly chuckled:
"Ha, so that's the case. Unexpectedly... you actually found your own path to enlightenment."

But Li Zhen shook his head, and the golden light under his feet, like a sea tide, instantly bound Mr. Huqiu's left arm.

The woman was not moved, but took off her bamboo hat with her right hand, revealing her beautiful face, which was much paler than the last time Li Zhen saw her.

"Hiss..."

A black snake suddenly appeared in the golden light. It wanted to wander quickly in the golden light, but it couldn't take a single step.

It was terrified, as if it was afraid of the golden light, and wanted to flee back quickly...but it was caught by the golden light for seven inches, and the tail of the snake hooked on the woman's wrist couldn't hold it anymore.

But at this moment, a woman's voice sounded:
"I still use it."

"..."

After a golden pause, Li Zhen frowned.

"it works?"

"Ah."

Even though the black snake retracted her sleeves again, the woman felt the truth of the return of all things in the golden light, and nodded in satisfaction:

"In this way, no matter what in the future, you will have the power to protect yourself."

But Li Zhen finally set his eyes on her face.

"...My lord's complexion...why is it so bad?"

The woman was taken aback, touched her cheek subconsciously, and asked with a smile:

"Have it?"

Li Zhen said nothing.

Just frowned:
"In the past few months...what happened to your lord?"

"Nothing happened."

The woman shook her head:

"Okay, let's go. The light in the back of your head looks dazzling... What, do you really want to be a fairy?"

"..."

The golden light dissipated without a sound.

The woman turned her head again, looked at the carved mighty and domineering sculpture, and suddenly asked:

"Taoist...you said that Xiang Yu...why didn't he want to cross Jiangdong?"

"Uh……"

Before Li Zhen answered, she stared at the statue and said to herself:
"Obviously, as long as you cross the Wujiang River and meet Jiangdong's elders, then with his prestige, you will definitely be able to make a comeback. But...in this land of the Wujiang River, you drew your sword and killed yourself. Why do you think this is?"

"I'm out of breath."

After the golden light dissipated, Li Zhen also looked at the sculpture and said:
"Unlike Liu Bang, who came from the lower class, Xiang Yu came from a famous family, and his greatest pride was beaten to pieces by a person from the lower class. How could he have the face to face the elders of Jiangdong? Killing him is still uncomfortable. Therefore, compared to dying at the hands of Liu Bang, committing suicide may be the best choice."

"...That is to say, when a person is alive, he is actually taking a breath? When he is out of breath, he is relieved, he is vented... This person probably won't live long, right?"

"..."

Li Zhen frowned, and turned to look...

"My lord...what's the matter?"

"……what."

The woman didn't answer him, but just laughed to herself:
"Well, it's okay... With your explanation, it seems that I can live for a while longer."

"!"

Li Zhen's expression changed;
"grown ups!?"

But the woman waved her hand, put on the bamboo hat again, and said:
"Let's go. You will have to work hard on this journey."

"My lord hasn't answered Pindao's question yet!"

"Answer what?"

Hearing the Taoist's extremely serious voice, and seeing his attitude of trying to get to the bottom of it.

The woman chuckled lightly:
"Ha~ want to know?"

"……think!"

"Then let's chat on the way. Xue Rulong is going back to Jiangdu and won't go with us. I'll answer whatever you want to ask along the way. It's just that there's no time to wait there, so... let's hurry up. "

After finishing speaking, she has already taken this step out of the ancestral hall.

Li Zhen hurriedly asked:

"Where are you going?"

"Li Yang."

When the voice fell, the woman had floated out of the mountain gate and disappeared.

(Note 1: Xiang Wang Temple was actually built in the Tang Dynasty, and I have changed it here.)
(End of this chapter)