Fu Shifeng

Chapter 225 Open and honest

Cheng Sanwu stood in the gray wilderness, surrounded by the corpses of gluttonous beasts that gradually turned into black clouds and drifted away. He lowered his head and stroked the horizontal knife in his hand, silently.

"I advise you not to waste your efforts."

A few feet away from the opposite side, Taotie, who was exactly the same as himself, was sitting on the skull of a taotie. He tilted his cheek and smiled sarcastically: "Don't you find it boring to have such an endless competition? You can't defeat me. I can't defeat you either. Apart from torturing yourself and letting Fu Shifeng and his gang laugh, what good can you do?"

Cheng Sanwu didn't reply. Here, he spoke little and was almost indifferent. On the contrary, Taotie was quite enthusiastic.

"Stop talking again." Taotie shrugged his shoulders: "But I want to advise you, even if Fu Shifeng really gets rid of me one day in the future, do you think you will be safe and sound?"

Cheng Sanwu paused, and Taotie continued: "And not only Fu Shifeng, but those guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also have ulterior motives. If you help them deal with Fu Shifeng, they will deal with you next.

"The dominatrix understands this clearly. She has no intention of being loyal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at all. She simply starts a new business in Jiangnan and arranges an escape route for herself. However, in my opinion, this is not a long-term solution."

Cheng Sanwu seemed to still be indifferent, Taotie jumped down from the hill-like taotie dragon skull and came closer.

"As for you, you seem to be following the crowd, but in fact you have much deeper thoughts than the dominatrix..." Taotie showed a strange smile: "You plan to help that brat Changqing to rise to power, right?"

Cheng Sanwu's eyebrows moved when he heard this. Taotie caught this momentary change and laughed loudly, causing black clouds to billow in the gray sky.

After the gluttonous laughter subsided, he said: "I guess, after the fierce battle with Liu Xuantong, the fetal essence and blood belonging to Li Zhaozhen were greatly stimulated, and thus you sensed that the blood in Changqing's body was vaguely similar to your own. , and immediately understood his true identity. When you were in Luoyang, you took Changqing to Guoseyuan to deal with those flower spirits, and you had already started planning, right?"

"If he doesn't want to, I won't force him." Cheng Sanwu put away his knife and spoke.

"Just verbal temptations won't work." Taotie said: "It's not your turn, and no one can be sure what his plans will be. If you really want to help him rise to power, then you have to try to arouse his ambition and bring him to power. The desire hidden in the depths has been aroused. Now the Evergreen brat doesn't even dare to touch a woman. He is full of doctrines, articles, and knowledge from sages. He is just like someone like Master Wen, sour and smelly!"

"You don't know him." Cheng Sanwu said calmly.

Taotie laughed: "Yes, I don't understand him, but I understand you. If you kill the dragon and pretend to be dead, doesn't it just give the Changqing brat a chance to show off? Those idiots like Zhang Jida will definitely not be able to help but take action. , Mrs. He can't support it, and with Chang Qing's soft heart, she has no choice but to help."

Cheng Sanwu didn't answer, Taotie said with a smile: "You are doing this to prepare a rich foundation for Changqing kid, so that he can have something to rely on in case he does something big in the future. To be honest, a father in this world That’s it, I’m afraid that the Evergreen kid will be short of food and clothing.”

"It's obviously Ah Fu who wants to seize Wulingzhuang's foundation, but you're overthinking it," Cheng Sanwu said.

"After all, a dominatrix is ​​just a dominatrix. With her temperament, it is impossible for her to openly fight with others." Taotie said bluntly: "Wulingzhuang has no successor, and the courtyard is full of old women and young girls. If there is no reliable man to support the scene, It will never change. The dominatrix probably wants you to control Wulingzhuang openly, but you want to leave it to Changqing brat. No..."

Taotie immediately noticed something strange, stared at Cheng Sanwu and said, "Are you making arrangements for your funeral?"

"I have nothing to arrange for my funeral," Cheng Sanwu said.

Taotie looked at Cheng Sanwu and shook his head slightly, as if with emotion and resentment: "You are becoming more and more human."

Cheng Sanwu said: "You are more like me."

……

When Cheng Sanwu opened his eyes, it was already bright outside. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Hu Meier sitting on the edge of the bed, her hands folded and resting on her chin, looking at him with a smile.

"what the hell!"

Cheng Sanwu sat up suddenly, feeling sore and tingling all over his body. He had fought with the iron-backed dragon to the death, and his true energy had exceeded the limit. His muscles and bones were as strong as his, but he would still suffer backlash. If it were an ordinary warrior, what would he do? If not, he would be burned inside and out by the violent energy on the spot.

"Why are you here?" Cheng Sanwu looked around and saw only Hu Meier in the room, but Afu was not here.

Hu Meier smiled and said: "We finished our work elsewhere, and as soon as we arrived at Wuling Village, we heard about Cheng Langjun's majestic deeds of slaying demons and dragons."

"What's not majestic? It's just that it's rare to encounter a good opponent, so I fight with it desperately." Cheng Sanwu asked: "Where is Afu?"

"Sister Fu is talking to Mrs. He." Hu Mei'er stood up and said, "Since you're awake, I'll tell her right away."

"No need to worry." Cheng Sanwu waved his hand and lay down again: "If they want to talk about business, don't disturb them."

Hu Meier simply sat beside the bed, exuding seductive charm silently: "Cheng Langjun doesn't seem to care at all about Sister Fu's arrangements?"

"Among the two of us, I have never been the one who uses my brain." Cheng Sanwu laughed at himself, and then asked: "What have you been doing these days?"

Hu Meier did not hide anything: "We have roughly figured out the situation of Mr. Zhang. The rebels indeed relied on his secret funding to recruit troops quickly. Even among the martial arts people who came to Wuling Village yesterday to attack, some of them had already been killed by him. buy."

"It's hard to guard against thieves during the day and at night." Cheng Sanwu also found it strange that people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually planned to rebel. What was their intention?
"We also found out where the deposed emperor's heir is, but we don't dare to risk kidnapping him right now, otherwise we will alert the other party." Hu Mei'er said.

"Abducted?" Cheng Sanwu was confused: "Shouldn't this kind of person be killed directly? After all, he is the leader of the rebels."

Hu Meier tapped her chin with her finger: "Actually, as far as we know from our investigation, the scion of the deposed emperor should be just a puppet. The traitor mainly follows the orders of Mr. Zhang and Gu Lianshan."

"It's Gu Lianshan again." Cheng Sanwu snorted coldly, with fighting spirit in his chest: "This guy's ability has been boasted to the sky, but in the end he just hid his head and tail. If you really have the ability, come directly to fight with me." Come on, this will save trouble."

Hu Meier said with a smile: "When word spreads about Cheng Langjun that you killed the dragon, Gu Lianshan might find you."

"Hey, I hope so."

……

In a secluded courtyard of Wulingzhuang, with scattered shadows of lotuses and the scent of incense, Afu picked up a delicate and thin celadon tea cup and tasted the delicious tea.

"The soup is pure in color, sweet and fragrant, good tea!" Afu rarely drank a full cup and praised: "The tea in the south of the Yangtze River is the best produced in Huzhou and Yuezhou. If I guessed correctly, this should be Waterfall Immortal Tea in Yuyao area."

Mrs. He, who was sitting across from the table, was slightly surprised, and then said: "I didn't expect Mr. Shang Zhang to be someone who knows tea." "You don't think I look like a person from the Central Plains, so you think it's strange?" Afu didn't blame her, and said lightly. Gently put down the tea cup that looked like an ice sculpture.

"I really don't understand." Facing Afu, Mrs. He did not deliberately try to please her, but was much more straightforward and straightforward.

After roughly finding out the situation of the rebels, Afu came to Wulingzhuang without any notification. Instead, she went directly to Mrs. He and explained her identity, so she had this moment.

Mrs. He actually expected that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had an ulterior motive for coming here, probably not just for the reward for killing Fan Zhongming, so she was not very surprised by Ah Fu's arrival.

"Has the old lady ever heard of Yaksha?" Afu asked.

"I have read it in Buddhist scriptures." Mrs. He looked at Afu's young face, but her mysterious temperament, and said, "What Mr. Shang Zhang said is probably not the words of gods and Buddhas."

Ah Fu had a smile on her face, her whole body exuded a deathly aura, and her green eyes were glowing red. Madam He felt that the energy and blood in her body surged involuntarily, as if they were about to seep out of her body and be absorbed by the woman in front of her.

But this situation only lasted for a moment, and it returned to normal before Mrs. He felt uncomfortable.

"I just remembered it. It turns out that he is a yaksha who sucks blood and flies into the sky. There are legends related to it in the countryside of Yuezhou." Mrs. He looked at Afu: "Could it be that Mr. Shangzhang is one of them?"

"To be precise, he is the only remaining Yaksha in the Central Plains." Afu replied.

Mrs. He frowned. Although it was not the first time she had seen monsters and monsters, it was the first time in her life to talk face to face like this.Although he was uncertain in his heart, he also felt that the other party was too frank. Can the extinction of the species be disclosed to outsiders casually?
"I understand that the old lady has scruples, but since I'm visiting in person, I intend to be candid and don't want to misunderstand each other." Afu didn't show any humility when she said this.

Mrs. He probably understood: "I wonder what Wulingzhuang can do for Mr. Shang Zhang?"

"I need Wulingzhuang as my foundation." Afu was straightforward.

Madam He was silent for a moment, and instead of reprimanding Zhang Jida as coldly as she did to Zhang Jida, she calmly said: "Excuse me, may I ask, what is the relationship between Lord Shangzhang and Lord Zhaoyang?"

Afu has always been smart and smart. Lying and deceiving people is simply instinctive for her. If she really wants to deceive the other party, there will be no flaws at all.But this time when she wanted to tell the truth, she hesitated unusually.

"To be honest, I have no relationship with him." Afu said bluntly: "But if Mrs. He entrusts Wulingzhuang to Zhaoyang Jun, he will not take care of it and will definitely leave it to me."

"Shang Zhangjun is worried that I won't give up this manor?" Mrs. He shook her head: "Since I have agreed, I will definitely not break my promise. However, in the face of the invasion by the powerful people yesterday, I had to use some means to ease the situation. .”

Afu smiled and said: "The old lady is well aware of the changes in the situation. She must know that those gangsters will not let it go. Besides, mortals only have a limited number of years. Has the old lady thought about what happens after death?"

Mrs. He was silent. In fact, what worried her most was what happened after her death.

In fact, there are no male members of the Guan family in Wulingzhuang now. Not counting the Yuezhou children who have been invited by Mrs. He in recent years, the rest are just a few widowed children and grandchildren. The Guan family in Wulingzhuang has long been an empty shelf in name only. He The old lady relied on her attachment to the past to support her.

Thinking that even the other relatives of the Guan clan in Huzhou don't want to see her now, and all of them are only thinking about how to get more of the family property, Mrs. He can't help but feel that her hard work over the years has been in vain.

"If the old lady is willing..." Afubi's eyes exuded the power of charm, and her tone was faint: "I can make you a member of the Yasha, and you will gain endless longevity from now on."

Mrs. He's eyes tightened, and then she took the initiative to avoid looking at the decaying and withered lotus in the pond. She murmured: "I have long passed the age of knowing destiny, and some things do not force the result. Besides, I no longer care about Huzhou." If you are happy, why should you live in the world forever and bring resentment upon yourself?"

After hearing these words, Afu had some respect for Mrs. He.She has always looked down upon mortals, feeling that their life spans were short, their knowledge was shallow, and they were trapped by all kinds of worldly worries.

But Mrs. He understood clearly that her rejection of Afu was not out of fear of turning into an inhuman being, but because she had an extremely clear view of her own situation.

If you really become a yaksha, you will certainly have a long life with no end in sight, but the shortcomings such as fear of sunlight and difficulty in wading in running water will be difficult to overcome.Moreover, the Yaksha Familia may not be able to maintain their sanity like a high-level vampire like Afu. Over time, they will inevitably become greedy for blood, harm one party, and eventually lead to a crusade.

Mrs. He laughed quite relaxedly and looked at Afu again: "It's rare to have such a relaxed conversation with an outsider. Thanks to Mr. Zhang who values ​​​​it so much, I can't hide it anymore."

"What does the old lady want to say?" Afu asked with interest.

"I do want to preserve Wuling Village, but I don't want to simply stick to this real estate." Mrs. He said: "The direct lineage of the Guan family has no descendants, but as a martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River, Shang It needs to be passed on and developed. I have selected a few disciples from the Guan clan in Huzhou to train them, but they have not become successful."

"Does the old lady want us to protect Wuling Village?" Afu asked.

"At the very least, we must carry forward the ancestral sword-handling martial arts." Mrs. He said with a smile: "As for whether the Guan family's children will be in charge of Wuling Village in the future, I actually don't care too much."

"These words are quite open-minded."

"If I hadn't been open-minded, I would have been choked to death."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tone of their conversation was not like host and guest, but like friends who had known each other for many years.

"I can help you with this matter, and I also need to use Wulingzhuang to retreat and practice deeply." Afu said bluntly.

"Then I'll make arrangements right away?"

"There's no rush." ​​Afu smiled and said, "There is one more thing I want to tell the old lady."

"But it doesn't matter."

Afu looked at Mrs. He seriously: "Have you seen Gu Lianshan in the recent period?"

After hearing this, Mrs. He fell into silence for a while.

"Looking at you like this, it's obvious that I have seen it before." Afu sighed: "That's right. After all, the two heroes of Yushan were famous in the world and were regarded as a great martial arts couple. Gu Lianshan reappeared in Jiangnan, how could he not come? Meet you?"

(End of this chapter)