Zhenlongting

Chapter 228
"Hurry up, our chance is here."

Taking advantage of the gloomy sky, the Patriarch of the Sun Family, Sun Chongli, forgot the support of his usual trips, quietly opened the corner door, and walked towards the county government with two capable guards like thieves.

After walking not far, they met the eldest son Qian Yaowen, the head of the Qian family.

The two watched from a distance, Hao Xuancai saw each other's identity clearly through the faint skylight, and both let out a heavy breath.

Sun Chongli laughed and said: "It turned out that my nephew was in front of me. I thought it was Bailong who would patrol the crowd. I was shocked."

"Isn't that right? The White Dragon Society is just a lowly mud-legged person. I didn't expect it to become a climate. A few days ago, it was so tyrannical that I couldn't breathe. To tell you the truth, my family's business is better than before. , it’s as much as [-]% less, and [-]% of the profits are taken from each other.

Qian Yaowen smiled, then sighed and complained.

For this matter, his father was already sick with anger.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to give up good fortune.

His family opened a pawn shop and sold jewelry, and it would take three years to complete a single business casually. A huge amount of wealth flowed into the family, and the usual expenses were extremely luxurious, even more than those of dignitaries.

When the family's wealth reaches a certain level, they can recruit strong men, hire good players, and their power will increase.

Moreover, spending a little money to gain access to the connections of county magistrates and county lieutenants, and fawning over big and small gangs in Shangyue Prefecture, it can be said that the Qian family has become prosperous by virtue of this kind of long-sleeved and skillful means.

On the surface, although it is still not as good as the Zhao family's backed by Beijing officials, and they have the background of their children seeking Dharma in Xianshan, but their wealth in secret is not small at all.

Qian Yaowen originally thought that his family's prosperity could continue like this forever.

Even after ten or a hundred years, they will become one of the largest families in the world, crossing the huge gap from civilians to officials, and it is not a dream to become a serious "family" one day.

Perhaps, it can be passed on for thousands of years, so that children and grandchildren will also be blessed.

However, the reason why hope is hope is because there are twists and turns along the way. Before the Qian family ushered in a transformation, their life gradually became difficult.

It's not that they didn't eat or drink, and they still earned a lot of money, but the [-]% commercial tax was so collected that it made people's scalp tingle, and made all the heads of the Qian family feel heartbroken.

"Why? Why does a Jianghu gang have such a big appetite to blatantly steal money from the Qian family. If you don't want to do it directly, isn't this the act of a robber?"

Yes, if Zhang Kun heard it, he would tell him that this was indeed done by robbers.

Because these businessmen, all the money they get is buying low and selling high, squeezing the people, secretly using various means to do things, blood is always hidden in invisible places.

The reason why Zhang Kun only collected business tax and didn't directly pull the list was because he was a newcomer and didn't want to break the original ecological circle of the states and counties in Datang.

After all, everyone from officials to businessmen, from wealthy families to ordinary people, is used to this way of life. Once they change, they may not get any benefits, and may even attract boundless resentment.

Let’s just say that some time ago, Zhang Kun ordered Bailonghui to collect grain, open warehouses to release grain, cook porridge and build roads, and help the poor.

On the surface, the big guys are all grateful, calling Zhang Bailing a great benevolent person and a living Bodhisattva.

However, after discussing it secretly, eight or nine out of ten people were secretly fearful, claiming that the Zhang family, Zhang Bailing, secretly wanted to rebel, maybe to kill everyone and pull everyone to resist the court.

While reaping the benefits, he secretly cursed Zhang Bailing for being restless and not being a son of man.

That's the status quo.

After doing this for a while, Zhang Kun simply stopped giving food, and loved whoever he liked.

Because, he found that the dragon energy points obtained by his family not only did not increase, but became more and more scarce, and he often did not get any dragon energy points for ten and a half months.

No one can tell whether there are methods of major merchants and wealthy families behind this.

The White Dragon Society is just a local gang. Although Xiao Liyu manages it well with his "strong" personality charm, it is still a new gang and cannot take root in the local area and be convincing.

Nor could they find out much useful news.

After this incident, Zhang Kun actually understood the inappropriateness of his approach.

Each dynasty has its own characteristics.

In this strange Tang Dynasty with gods, demons and immortals, the common people are in awe of the strong, uneasy about the status quo, complex and changeable, and cannot use their past experiences to judge at all.

Gods, demons, and immortals have come up with tricks one after another, and all the people have learned to secretly imagine the future, dreaming that one day they will rise to the top, but they have to endure the suffering of reality, suffering in silence, and can only look forward to the afterlife.

This is a strange state of mind that wants to resist but dare not, has hope but deeply despairs.

Perhaps, they are even thinking about whether there is a big demon destroying the city, swallowing those dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and wealthy families, and whether they will die together. Some people really don't think so far.

In this environment.

But any kindness expressed to the common people makes them want to change in their hearts, which is a kind of harm to the big households and businessmen.

The problem is very simple.

The people no longer suffer from hunger or cold, no longer worry about being frightened, no longer despairing of the future, so how can they be squeezed?

People know how to think, know how to pursue, and have choices, so are they still people?
Therefore, although what Zhang Kun collects is only business tax, it is only to make people's lives better indirectly. For businessmen and big households, this has completely dug their foundation and hurt their fundamental interests.

So, after hearing that the eminent monks from the Bodhi Court came to the county government office, and the county magistrate summoned the order to calm the people, all businessmen who had some ideas gathered in the county government office in a swarm.

On the way, I was afraid of meeting people from the White Dragon Society and being intercepted.

Hearing Qian Yaowen's angry words, Sun Chongli shook his head slightly, thinking that the young man was still a little impatient.

Even if you think something in your heart, don't say it directly.

In addition to making people see their shallowness, it has no effect.

On the contrary, the sick head of the Qian family not only knows how to delegate power, but also knows how to avoid disasters, which is the real wisdom.

It's a pity that because of his illness, he couldn't rush to the county office in the first time, but he lost the opportunity, and the benefits he could get might be much less than that of his own family.

Sun Chongli's family runs a weaving and embroidering cloth business with a very large stall, relying not on one or two nobles, but on all the nobles. The principle he pursues is to be kind to others and to give many gifts.

I would rather make a little money for my own family, but also have to serve the elders.

Of course, this kind of service is not without principles. He can enshrine wealth to officials, big and small, but he is absolutely unwilling to enshrine it to a humble commoner who acts recklessly with courage.

He doesn't deserve it.

This is Sun Chongli's idea. What he wants most in his life is to get a half-job, so that the Sun family can get a leap forward. Money is nothing, and power is the master. This is his idea.

Therefore, when he got the news from the county government, he immediately wanted to go to Jingjing. If he had the money, he had the money, and if he had the strength, he would first get rid of the black sheep, such as the White Dragon Society and Zhang Bailing, who were harming Baling. Wait a moment.

"Yes, such thieves must not be condoned and raped. In the past, the county officials were weak and were threatened by others. Now there are eminent monks from the Bodhi Court to help, and their strength has greatly increased. And don’t just wait and see, you need to help a lot.”

His voice fell.

At the corner ahead, someone chuckled softly: "Brother Sun, it's better to be far away than Wang."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a short fortune, a wide body and a fat body. At this time, the sky was getting pale, and he could see the smile on his face.

This person is Wang Youcai, and his family is really rich, running the grain business of most of the city.

To be able to do such a big business that is related to people's livelihood, Wang Youcai is certainly not an ordinary guy without a foundation.

It is rumored that he is related to the governor of the state by marriage. This is just a rumor, and no one has delved into the details.

However, Fatty Wang's food business spreads all over the five counties, with tentacles extending from south to north. Over the years, his family has become more and more prosperous, and people have to look up to him.

The three families of Wang, Sun and Qian, together with the Zhao family in the past, are well-known big families in Baling County.

The four of them joined forces, and if any movement was made, Baling County would be shaken three times.

Now that the Zhao family has fallen, Wang, Sun and Qian's family have also been disgraced by the various rules of the White Dragon Society. Thinking about it, one can understand the resentment in their hearts.

It doesn't matter if you don't find a backer, once you see an opportunity, it's the first time you will act.

Apart from the three giant merchants of Wang, Sun, and Qian, today's Baling was extremely noisy in the early morning.

Following these three merchants, another thirty merchants and heads of big households rushed to the county government office one after another. This was to show their loyalty to County Magistrate Wen under the prestige of the eminent monks from the Bodhi Academy entering the city.

……

"Okay, very good, this county already knows your wishes, and you are not welcome to promise gold and silver property. By the way, Master Guangming made a great wish to save all sentient beings. I heard that all the wives and daughters Even if they are beautiful, why don’t they all call the county government to help the master to cultivate the joyful meditation skills and the Vajra Dharma body, and in the future, your wives and daughters will have a heavenly maiden position, and all the family members will ascend to the heavens, and ascend to bliss, wouldn’t it be good.”

County magistrate Wen was full of kindness, and he said absurd words in a righteous and stern manner, pouring cold water on the heads of the big businessmen.

Everyone was almost stunned by this stick.

I suspect that there is something wrong with my ears, and I misheard the words of the county lord
"Wife...wife and daughter?" Qian Yaowen was young and vigorous, so he couldn't hold back on the spot and questioned.

"This, that, is the county lord asking the master to teach us the method of cultivation?"

"You heard me right, just practicing Huanxi Zen Kungfu, the master is in a good mood, maybe you can make your daughter's womb darken, what a blessing it is, and if you don't see it, you don't know how to cherish the blessing, and it may happen in the future regret but too late."

Wen Zhongguang was a little dissatisfied.

He said it so clearly.

How are these people so stupid?The ability to understand is too poor.

No wonder, after all, they are all unscrupulous businessmen who are ignorant and chasing money.

"Look, Zhuojing is so happy now, and her little girl Lingfang, it is a great opportunity for so many masters to transform at the same time."

County magistrate Wen's eyes were full of joy and excitement, and he pointed to the left with innocent eyes.

Where the curtain rises.

The flowers are in full bloom.

I saw the ghostly face of the magistrate's wife, and the county magistrate's daughter who passed out a long time ago...

The key point is that the two of them in the group of great monks have no equipment.

"My lord, are you serious?"

Qian Yaowen's heart suddenly felt chilly, and he looked at County Magistrate Wen, as if he was looking at a psychopath.

"What? You don't want to? That's okay, please go ahead and go to the eighteenth level of hell. Since you are so rebellious, what's the use of keeping you?"

As County Magistrate Wen opened his mouth, a monk came out, standing up, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, and knocked down with one palm, pressing down from the top door, and beat Qian Yaowen into meatloaf on the spot.

The big monk was bare-chested and fierce-browed, his body about nine feet tall and short looked around, extinguishing all the clamor from all directions.

Because, they saw that there are dozens of people behind such a powerful monk.

Soon, there was a burst of crying and howling in the county government.

Gradually the noise subsided.

There were nearly a hundred arresting yamen servants, together with some monks, who went out one by one to take away the family members of the rich merchants.

These people didn't come to the door by force. What they held in their hands were not only the county government's summons, but also the posts written by the heads of the various families.

The strange thing is that during the process of "recruiting people", the White Dragon Society did not take any action. Instead, it protected the common people on the street and guarded against death, and did not take the initiative to act.

I don't know what to plan.

……

"This this……"

When the county captain Chen Zian heard the news from all directions, his eyes were a little straightened, and he didn't know how to describe his mood at all.

Shocked by the operation of the county government, it is hard to say anything.

On the contrary, the three captains, Miemo and Quyao, were all sinking like water at this moment, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Rare is more strange. Nowadays, there are 360 ​​states in the world. Strange things happen frequently in states and states. Big monsters cannibalize people, and things like flesh and blood forests have happened. Since the beginning of spring in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Tiance Mansion has received news that the people of seven cities in the Central Plains have already been eaten by monsters." into a wasteland, within a hundred miles there is no human habitation..."

Zuo Donglin's eyes were as cold as ice.

"Like the Huanxi Sect of the Bodhi Court, there are more than a dozen such monstrous monks, and all sorts of weird and bizarre acts of cruelty to the people emerge in endlessly.

I waited for the generals of Tiance Mansion to go to various places on the left, there was not enough manpower, only in the territory of Yuezhou, more than ten school lieutenants had already died in battle.

Just in Pingjiang County, where the Bodhi Academy is located, two lieutenants who eliminated demons died. Master Qin Shoudao couldn't escape, and was restrained in the area of ​​Dongting Junshan. It was too difficult for me to wait. "

"Could it be that I just watched them make a move like this? I'm afraid, I'm afraid they will target the county captain's mansion."

Chen Zian was not a good official who loved the people like his own son. At the beginning, the Black Tiger Gang was controlled by him, and they amassed a large amount of money, and human trafficking took off... At this time, the worry is not whether the people of Baling will suffer, and they are going against the law. Under the cruelty of the county magistrate and the demon monk, can he survive?

What he was worried about was his official position, or in other words, his wealth and life.

"Brother, please save my husband and wife."

While talking, Chen Zian held his wife's hand, and looked at Zuo Donglin pitifully, his face full of panic.

He knew that he could not survive this matter on his own.

"It's okay, no matter how vicious the Bodhi Court is, after all, it came from a long way away. It looks like that bald donkey of Guangfa is still guarding Pingjiang, and has never left. If he is just a demon monk of Guangming, he should not be so stupid as to directly attack Tiance Mansion. With the support of the three of us, my brother-in-law's family will be safe."

Zuo Donglin looked at his two subordinates, half of them were Wei An's own sister and brother-in-law, half of them were comforting himself, after thinking about it, he said: "The luckiest thing for you is actually not your county captain, but you incompetent."

Even though Chen Zian was terrified, his face turned red.

His strength is not strong, but for so many years, in Baling and the county magistrate, he has been able to fight against each other, guarding one side, and in terms of brains and means, few people can compare with himself.

Being judged as incompetent is a bit too much.

"You are not convinced, haha, actually this is a good thing. It is precisely because of your low strength that you can swallow it in one gulp at any time, so the other party doesn't take you seriously. If my guess is right, that guy Guangming will deal with it first. It is the White Dragon Society. Or Zhang Bailing. As long as they are killed, Baling County can get whatever they want, and that Guangming can also use a female family member of the county to understand the art of joy and evil, and practice it into a vajra dharma body. "

"How about that?"

Chen Zian was both happy and worried.

Of course he was happy because Zhang Bailing and Bailonghui might be in trouble.

The worry is that the dead monk will practice into a vajra body.

That's worth it.

Nor is he uninformed.

The practice of Buddhist Kungfu to become the Vajra Fruit and the dharma body is equivalent to the practice of Taoism to become the real person of Yuanshen.

Martial arts practitioners, and only masters of the Divine Martial Realm, have the qualifications to fight with them.

This kind of character, if he just moves his hands casually, he will urge mountains to fill seas and destroy cities easily, so can he stop it?
"Hey, this kind of wishful thinking, only those monks who are not clear-headed will fight, but that Zhang Bailing is not an easy person, just wait for them to fight, there will be a good show, and when the two lose, it will be me Wait for a good opportunity."

Zuo Donglin showed a sneer on his face, as long as he made great contributions in this battle, no matter how big the loss was, he could accumulate merits and move to the left to make further progress.

(End of this chapter)