Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 309 Premeditated Counterattack
Cheng Shiyao is playing the piano outside a teahouse by the pier. An old storyteller here invites her to play the piano. He often comes at night when the workers are off work.

The rough tea in the teahouse is given away for free, and they will sell some high-quality and cheap sesame seed cakes, buns and other snacks, which are very popular among the nearby coolie river workers.

Therefore, once work is over, the teahouse must be full of strong and shirtless men.

Although the old gentleman can't make a lot of money here, he has a wide audience and is not short of food and clothing, and because his books are not bad, he has brought a lot of business to the teahouse, so tea and snacks are provided for free every day.

Cheng Shiyao does not underestimate the working people here because of her low status, on the contrary, she has always been kind and considerate, and she is loved and supported by everyone.

The story told by the old man today is based on the Maitreya religion punishing beggar gangs as the prototype. It is assumed that the disciples of the future Buddha will punish rape and eliminate evil among the people and fight against bullies.

Every story has a prototype, until today, the last chapter, which is the story of Maitreya's extermination of Hu Mazi, but the content has changed from an assassination to a frontal duel, which can be described as soul-stirring.

Cheng Shiyao's piano sounds are mostly soothing, and occasionally change with the plot of the story, making the audience want to stop.

After the story ended, everyone present applauded loudly, talking to each other about all the evils of the Beggar Gang in the past, and their admiration for Maitreya.

Amidst the noise, Cheng Shiyao accepted the more than 1000 Wen that the old man gave her. The two of them are indeed in a cooperative relationship, and the money they earn is split [-]-[-].

After distributing the money, the old gentleman asked eagerly, "Miss Cheng, may I ask Mr. Cai if he can help me find out whether the sect will allow me to become an official congregant?"

Cheng Shiyao knew that this old man was a loyal supporter of Maitreya Sect. He was originally a scholar in the Jiangnan area, and was abducted and sold by the gang of beggars because of his son in his early years.

After that, he and his wife scattered all their wealth and searched all over the world, but they came to Yangzhou and found that their son had been cut off and his limbs were raised in an altar to beg on the street.

He and his wife frantically tried to snatch their son, but not only were they beaten severely by members of the beggar gang, but his wife was also kidnapped and humiliated, and then sold to a brothel, and his son was thrown to death in public.

The old gentleman ran to the yamen to file a complaint, but was thrown out after being extorted by the subordinate staff after all the entanglements on his body were extorted.

During this period, he was repeatedly beaten by the beggar gang in retaliation and almost died. He has been rescued several times by the Maitreya Sect, and he already has a good impression.

After that, Fan Zhuoyuan led people to destroy the Beggar Gang and retrieved his wife.

Since then, the old man and his wife have completely become the most loyal believers of Maitreya Sect. They hope to become formal followers, so they often ask Aunt Cai Bo for introductions.

But to join the Maitreya Sect, there must be at least three recommendations, and the assessment is strict. Cheng Shiyao doesn't know how to answer him, so she can only tell the truth.

The old gentleman sighed, and smiled optimistically: "Although it is said that entry into the teaching school is strict, there is always a chance. Thank you, my lady."

The old man packed up his things and was about to leave. Cheng Shiyao also picked up the guqin, and suddenly her ears moved, and she heard a murmur among the chattering crowd that caught her attention.

Since the law and order in Yangzhou is more chaotic than that in Suzhou, Cheng Shiyao always carries the Tianmoqin when she goes out. When connected to the body of the piano, she can recover a certain amount of martial arts and play a role in self-protection.

At this time, amidst all the noises praising the Maitreya Religion with superb internal strength, the whispers he heard were somewhat malicious.

"These mud legs are very proud now."

"Hmph, with Maitreya Sect supporting me, I'm certainly proud of myself."

"I used to wag my tail and beg for mercy in front of our beggar gang like a dog, if it wasn't for the Maitreya sect!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, do you want to be caught and cut off the thumbs of both feet! Those who were thrown to the countryside to do coolies, died and buried in the mountains, no one cares!"

After a while of silence, the man said: "Yangzhou City cannot be controlled by the Maitreya Sect! Now many people are dissatisfied with them.

The Cao Gang in Jianghuai believes that they have raised the wages of the trackers too much, and the major warehouse companies at the wharf are also disgusted with those coolies who fight for a few pennies to go on strike.

Even the foot-to-toe people in other car and boat shops on the rivers and lakes also found that this group of people was not well protected by the Maitreya Sect.

There are also those wine merchants, because the new wine produced by the Maitreya Sect in the countryside has seized a lot of their business, and each of them is also full of complaints.

These people are not small merchants and peddlers, they are all under the control of powerful people.

As the old saying goes, those who have attained the Dao will be helped a lot, but those who have lost the Dao will be given little help. The Maitreya Sect has acted so overbearingly and offended so many forces on the Dao. I think they will end sooner or later! "

"That's right, sooner or later we have to get back everything we lost! Hehe, I'm afraid you don't know that the Liangjiang Escort, which was subdued by the Maitreya Sect, has also played tricks behind the scenes.

The Shaolin Temple has already sent the first head of the Bodhi Temple to the south, and brought a few elite disciples with him. If the blind leader can fight, can he beat the Zen master of the Shaolin Temple? "

One person asked suspiciously: "Hasn't this news been spread for a long time? So many forces hate the Maitreya Sect, but none of them take the lead. Don't you think it's strange?"

"Hey, no one wants to be the first bird, after all, the Maitreya Sect is gaining momentum, and anyone who stands out will face a fierce counterattack.

They are all waiting, waiting for the Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect to make their move!I have news that the two major sects have recently resolved their internal conflicts and sent people to Yangzhou. "

"What's going on with the internal conflict?"

"I heard that the last time they came to Yangzhou, it was because the Maitreya Sect seized the opportunity to counterattack and failed because of the infighting between the two sects, and the members of the White Lotus Sect were still killed by the people of the Wenxiang Sect.

Of course, this matter needs to be dealt with before we can do it. Hey, I won’t hide it from you, it is the news from an elder of our Beggar Clan.

He was not in Yangzhou when the Maitreya Sect attacked our beggar gang, so he was lucky to escape the disaster, and then actively mediated between the two major sects.

Now they have successfully persuaded them to send people. It is heard that the deputy leaders of the two sects will lead a number of guardian elders there. This kind of momentum is probably the biggest event in the world after Liu Shengyijian's death! "

"Aha! In this case, the two major sects will come out with all their strength, and the other major forces will certainly not sit idly by. Even if they play side drums, they will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Maitreya sect."

The group was immediately excited, and worried that they would be heard by nearby workers, so they left in a hurry.

Cheng Shiyao could distinguish clearly, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but start to worry about Maitreya Sect.

Originally, she didn't want to meddle in Jianghu affairs, but saw with her own eyes that the fate of ordinary people in Yangzhou City had been greatly changed under the various actions of Maitreya Sect, so she didn't want to sit back and watch such a sect organization be destroyed.

So he quickly returned to the main altar of the Maitreya Sect, hoping to meet Fan Zhuoyuan and tell the matter, hoping that he would make preparations early.

At this time, Fan Zhuoyuan was receiving an important guest in the reception room of the General Forum.

This guest is Qin Baichuan, the owner of Jiangnan Seven Star Building.

(End of this chapter)