Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 241 Understood, co-author to bully good people!
On the Qingjiang River, Jiang Qingyu's abbot, the Sixth Patriarch, stepped forward and disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the same time, the Buddha's light above his head, which looked like a great sun, also gradually dissipated, turning into red clouds all over the sky, and dyed the entire Qingjiang River with a layer of gold.

"Congratulations to the abbot!"

Everyone looked pious and put their hands together:

"The sixth patriarch, Abbot, has the ambition to save all sentient beings!"

"He could have not participated in this struggle, but in order to save the common people in the world, he was willing to take the risk of offending that one. He did not hesitate to exhaust the thousand-year-old incense in Nanshan Temple, but also brazenly took action to subdue demons. This is the real Buddha!"

"In contrast, Beishan Temple has colluded with the royal family in recent years, so it seems disappointing!"

"The grace of saving life cannot be repaid."

"I must go to Nanshan Temple to offer a stick of incense in the future!"

"Add me one!"

"How about... let's go directly now? Anyway, after this incident, I don't dare to go to the capital for the time being. I just changed my way to Nanshan Temple to offer incense."

"This statement is very reasonable!"

……

Not far away, the people in several villages also witnessed the scene where the Sixth Patriarch and Xing Yi joined forces to subdue the demons.

An elderly carpenter even memorized the appearance of the Sixth Patriarch, and immediately took out a carving knife and wood to start carving Buddha statues, so that he could burn incense and pray day and night in the future.

"Old Litou, hurry up and carve out the Buddha statue. This old man will find a few brothers to start working overnight to build a small temple for the Living Buddha! From now on, the Buddha statue will be placed in the small temple, and every family can go to burn incense and pray!"

"Okay, old village chief! I'm going to carve out the scene where the Living Buddha smashed the snake demon with a golden wheel! Let future generations remember his achievements!"

"That's good! When I was a child, I heard my grandfather tell the legend that there was a giant python eating people in the Qingjiang River. I always thought that the old man was making up stories to deceive children, but I didn't expect it to be true! Tsk, it's really scary. Fortunately, today A living Buddha has appeared, and we will join hands with another adult to kill him, otherwise the thousands of people in our village will be eaten by the snake demon sooner or later!"

"Yes, old village chief! Do you still remember? Last month, all the people in Xiaotian Village and Liuyin Village were killed, no matter whether they were old, weak, women, children or young and strong men. For what the bandits did, the King of Qingjiang personally led people to arrest a group of bandits and sink them in public, but now it seems that there are no bandits looting, most of them are snake demons eating people!"

"Hush, I can say this here, but don't go outside and talk nonsense! Don't you know what kind of people Yang County Magistrate and King Qingjiang are? They are not good at suppressing bandits and demons, but they can search for people's fat and people's anointing , oppressing the common people is more ruthless than the other! If they find out that you say they don't do anything, they will have to take your skin off!"

"Don't worry, the old village chief. How dare I go outside and say it? Last year, Liu Tiezhu from Qingliu Village next door said that the tax was too heavy to keep people alive, and he couldn't even afford to eat. County Magistrate Yang sent someone to arrest him. Go to prison, saying that he will never be released, and he will have nothing to do with him for the rest of his life! But I heard later that Liu Tiezhu was tortured to death within a month after entering the prison!"

"Oh, this life is not for people!"

"Speaking of which, the royal family has reduced or exempted some taxes for Qingzhou, but King Qingjiang increased the taxes without authorization, and the officials below increased taxes layer by layer in order to fill their own pockets. This made us miserable!"

"Bah, do you think the royal family is a good thing? The royal family's hawks and dogs collect information from all over the world, so the emperor himself doesn't know that the people of Qingzhou are in dire straits? Isn't it because King Qingjiang is his younger brother, so he let it go! Occasionally show kindness and put on a show, Reducing taxes by [-]% or [-]% is already a great favor from the emperor, but it does not cure the root cause at all!"

"Hey, who made us just pariahs!"

"Untouchable? Taohua Village in the neighboring county, just because there are a few 30- or [-]-year-old girls who are pleasing, they were arrested by the county magistrate Zeng and made No. [-] concubines. Taohua Village was moved that night. I've become a bandit, and I heard that some officials were slaughtered not long ago! Old Li, your little Que'er is about to turn sixteen, right? If this continues, we're afraid we'll have to take this step!"

"Being a bandit? That's a rebellion! With the strength of our village, the woman who has no innate talent and the highest cultivation level is Li Zizi's wife who dared not even kill a chicken on weekdays. She is the seventh rank in the day after tomorrow. How can she be the magistrate of Yang County?" The opponents of the group of officials under his command?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, it's annoying! Old Li, hurry up and carve Buddha statues. Maybe we will worship Buddha more in the future, and it will turn around!"

"The Living Buddha saved the whole village. I will do my best to carve Buddha statues. But old village chief, don't be foolish! You worship Buddha day and night, can't you worship County Magistrate Yang and King Qingjiang to death?"

Old Li clenched the carving knife and wood in his hands, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind:
"How about I find a chance to send Xiaoqueer out of Qingzhou?"

"There are many merchant ships on the Qingjiang River. At night, I can row the little bird to the merchant ship and find a kind person to be a maid!"

The old village head quickly shook his head:
"How can it be done? There is no business without treachery! How can there be any good people on the merchant ship? If the person you entrust is full of evil, wouldn't it be harm to Xiao Que'er?"

Unexpectedly, Old Li said:
"Hmph, no matter how evil you are, you can't compare to County Magistrate Yang!"

"That's the decision, I'll take Xiao Que'er to the river to see tonight! As long as you leave Qingzhou and Yang county magistrate, you can go anywhere!"

After finishing speaking, he looked down at the buddha statue in his hand, and said again:

"Amitabha. Blessed by the Living Buddha, little Que'er can find a kind master, and don't live as hard as me for the rest of her life!"

On the side, the old village head looked helpless, but he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Sending the little bird out might be the best choice for their village.

After all, who would want to be a rogue if they were not forced to do so?
……

at the same time.

On the Qingjiang River.

When the Sixth Patriarch left, everyone on the fleet fell into another predicament.

"Next, where should we go?"

On a giant ship, Xiong Ying, a woman from the Xiong family who lived in the Haoyue Realm, said with a worried look on her face:

"Capital, are you still going?"

"The monster that was jointly suppressed by the sixth patriarch and Lord Xing was closely related to the one in the capital. Now we have not only learned the secret of that monster and cannibalism, but also witnessed the monster's death with our own eyes. Meteor, I'm afraid he's already on that one's must-kill list!"

Going to the capital is undoubtedly throwing yourself into a trap!
But Xiong Hui didn't think so.

"Go, why not go?"

He glanced at Xiong Ying coldly:
"My Xiong family is full of loyal families, and I have been friends with the Murong family who was born as the empress for generations. I believe that as long as we know enough, the royal family will not do anything to us!"

"But……"

Xiong Ying was still terrified and wanted to refute.

But Xiong Hui interrupted:
"No but!"

"Today's event has already happened. With so many people present, it must not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the royal family! If you and I don't go to the capital at this time, don't you know that you have ghosts in your heart?"

"You are afraid of death, so you want to run away! But what about the gambling stone workshop we opened in the capital? What about the nearly ten thousand people in Xiong's family? Can everyone escape?"

"..."

Xiong Ying was speechless.

On the side, Xiong Xing slammed his fist on the board, and said angrily:

"So, is this all over?"

"Are we just going to pretend that nothing happened?"

"Even if that monster raised by him almost ate all of us on the Qingjiang River, we still have to continue to enter the capital to present jade to the royal family to show our loyalty?"

"Bad or not!"

Xiong Hui snorted coldly, and taught:
"A man who can bend and stretch is a real man!"

"For the continuation of the family, not to mention being cheap, even if I let the old man take the initiative to become a monster, the old man will not hesitate!"

Xiong Xing sneered, without saving face for the other party at all:

"Why didn't you say that when the monster was still alive?"

"Now it has been killed by Lord Xingyi and the sixth patriarch, Fangzhang Zhen, yet you pretend to be righteous and awe-inspiring. It's ridiculous!"

"..."

A look of anger appeared on Xiong Hui's face, and his eyes were a little cold:

"You can scold me, it doesn't matter, but everything I do is for the family, I have a clear conscience!"

"You Xiong Xing are young and energetic, can't you swallow this breath?"

"Yes, the old man will teach you!"

"Either you go to two or three ranks in succession now, step into the star-seeking or even dragon-raising realm, and go outside the gate of the capital and yell at that person's crimes directly, or you can go to one rank, and after you enter the Yaori realm, you, the master, will do it with an order." Now, the entire Xiong family can go through fire and water for you, and even this old man can accompany you to death!"

"But if you can't do it, you have to swallow it obediently! If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it!"

"otherwise……"

"In order to prevent you from causing trouble after entering the capital and bringing disaster to the Xiong family, this old man will kill you with his own hands!"

After the last word fell, both Xiong Ying and Xiong Xing's expressions changed slightly.

They never imagined that the First Elder, who had always treated people kindly and kindly, would show such a ruthless side at this time.

"Elder, we know the seriousness of the matter!"

"You decide what to do next, we all listen to you!"

Xiong Ying hurriedly opened his mouth to soften, and at the same time tugged at the corner of Xiong Xing's clothes, signaling him to calm down.

Xiong Hui nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Now the old man is giving everyone an order on behalf of the head of the family. Everything I saw and heard today is rotten in the old man's stomach, and I am not allowed to spit out a single word!"

"I can't control other people, and I can't control them, but the people of the Xiong family must keep their mouths shut!"

"We can't afford to offend the royal family, let alone that one!"

This is the sorrow of the weak!

Xiong Ying couldn't help but said:

"What about the sixth patriarch?"

"He saved us. Instead of publicizing his achievements, we have to go to Beijing to show our loyalty to the royal family. Isn't it ungrateful?"

Xiong Hui was silent for a moment, narrowing his eyes slightly:

"The abbot has a kind heart and will definitely understand us."

"and……"

"Offending the abbot, as a living Buddha, even if he feels uncomfortable, he will definitely not condescend to deal with us ants and the Xiong family behind him, but the royal family..."

"Don't look at your Majesty who has been working hard since he took the throne. He has a good reputation and is tolerant, but in fact his temperament has changed a lot in the past few years. Although he is still a wise monarch in the court, he is a violent monarch behind his back. Every year, there are no fewer than a hundred court ladies who are ordered to be executed by him just because of a trivial incident!"

"Once we offend him, the entire Xiong family will cease to exist!"

Xiong Ying and Xiong Xing looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

Understood, let's co-author to bully good people!
Xiong Hui glanced at the two of them and suggested:
"If the two of you feel sorry and feel sorry for the Sixth Patriarch, you can donate a sum of incense money to Nanshan Temple in your own name."

"The family will pay the money."

"However, in order not to offend the royal family, you can also donate the same amount of incense money to Beishan Temple, which is friendly with the royal family, in the same name."

The two nodded.

That's all for now.

Going out to publicize the achievements of the Sixth Patriarch in slaying demons is slapping the royal family in the face and asking for death, they dare not.

But donating a sum of money is easy.

After all, the Xiong family, which is in the jade business, has never been short of money.

At this time, many people in the rivers and lakes in the fleet felt resigned after this incident, and one by one came to Xiong Hui to say goodbye and leave.

Xiong Hui was also willing to let everyone disembark, and set aside boundaries with himself and others.

After all, most people in the Jianghu are chivalrous and courageous, and there will inevitably be a few stupid people who are not afraid of death in order to be famous. Heaps of unnecessary trouble!
Therefore, even though the journey was less than halfway done, and he might encounter bandits and robbers in the future, he still didn't ask to keep the person who proposed to leave, but instead showed a chasing expression on his face.

Of course, he didn't ask the other party to get his reward back.

"Today, the three sunken ships were seriously damaged, and two of them had cargo on them. You are responsible for sending people to distribute the cargo to other ships. You must set off again within two hours!"

Xiong Hui looked at Jiang'an, and turned his attention to Jiang Langya and his party:

"This is Qingzhou, the death of the monster cannot be hidden from King Qingjiang."

"The old man speculates that King Qingjiang, as a direct descendant of the Jing family, should know the identity of the monster. Presumably, he will take action soon after learning the news!"

"We have to leave as soon as possible, otherwise things will change!"

Xiong Ying frowned and said:
"Then what about the Prince of the North and General Jiang Langya and his party?"

"Should we still go with them?"

Xiong Hui's face was uncertain, and he finally sighed:
"The old man wants to politely drive them away."

"After all, His Royal Highness brought five hundred soldiers to Beijing this time. There are so many people, and there is a high possibility that something will happen!"

"But to reject the grievances between King Bei and King Qingjiang, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will not agree to disembark."

It takes at least five or six days to get off the boat and take the official road on land.

And with King Qingjiang's temperament, he will never miss this opportunity for revenge!

Xiong Xing snorted coldly:
"Then give them a few empty ships and let them go by themselves!"

"Such a big thing happened today, the monster almost swallowed all of us, but I saw that His Royal Highness, the son, was unconscious all the time, and even the sixth patriarch, Abbot Xing, joined hands to suppress all of us. You didn't even blink your eyelids when you killed the giant python! I don't know how to lead an army to take down Beidi with such a weak physical foundation?"

Xiong Hui laughed at himself:
"No matter how you take down Beidi, it's the father and son's ability. It's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks!"

"Forget it, let's take them with us."

"Besides, the Xiong family is located in Bingzhou, we can't afford to offend the royal family, how can we afford to offend the King of the North?"

……

at the same time.

When the Sixth Patriarch in his own incarnation disappeared from everyone's sight, Jiang Qingyu's Yin body did not immediately return to his original body.

Instead, they came to the bottom of the Qingjiang River.

In a hidden natural cave at the bottom of the water, there was a fainting Sunshine who was healing his wounds with his legs crossed.

Even though he was in the water, the strange thing was that this person's robe was scorched beyond recognition, and only a small half of the mask on his face was shattered, and his body was covered with burn scars!

It was Chen Feng who jumped into Qingjiang to try to escape, but was struck by lightning from the python in the end.

But at this moment, Jiang Qingyu's gaze was not on this person's face.

but in its left hand.

Because in that hand was holding a glowing black jade bead!
(End of this chapter)