Cologne drinks alone in the rivers and lakes!

Chapter 15
  Jiangnan is good, West Lake is even better.

Spring in West Lake is the most beautiful.

Whenever spring comes, the grass grows and orioles fly beside the West Lake, boats come and go, and the lake ripples, the whole place is filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

There are also many restaurants near West Lake.

But the place Meng Xinghun brought Wang Huan to was not the West Lake where the grass grew and the orioles were flying, nor was it a restaurant where the singing and dancing swallows were dancing.

It's an inconspicuous tavern not far from the West Lake.

The tavern was nothing more than three wooden huts. The rooms looked dark and damp, and they were filled with wine jars.

Outside the tavern, there is a green cloth wine curtain raised high with a bamboo pole. It has been washed and turned white. On it are three Chinese characters with dragons and phoenixes written on it, which is their signboard.

The name of this signboard is also very strange. It has three words: "Gu Daoren"!
  When Wang Huan saw this sign, his heart suddenly moved.

"Will King Wanpeng come to this place?"

"The Wanpeng King Meeting."

Wang Huan asked: "Is he dating Wang Fei, the master of Perak Hall?"

Meng Xinghun said: "Yes!"

Wang Huan said: "Have you ever investigated this tavern?"

Meng Xinghun said: "I checked! It was investigated by Uncle Yi himself. This stronghold was originally related to the Qinglong Society. It was the branch of the Qinglong Society on the second day of February. Many tycoons gathered here to gamble, and Wang Fei would come here often. "

"However, three years ago, this place was destroyed by the descendants of the 'Jasper Sword', and there was only a little leprosy man left to look after the store. It is no longer as lively as before!"

This stronghold is related to the "Jasper Sword" in the "Seven Weapons"!

Wang Huan nodded: "Very good, it seems that you understand a lot. So this is the location that King Wanpeng and Wang Fei decided on for this deal?"

Meng Xinghun said: "Exactly!"

Wang Huan asked: "Where are they now, old man?"

Meng Xinghun said: "I don't know either."

"You don't know either?"

"This time our actions are extremely secretive. In order to avoid leaking the news, the old man only brought one person with him."

Wang Huan asked: "Is it Sun Jian or Han Tang?"

Meng Xinghun said: "No! Sun Jian was sent by the old man to attack a branch of the Feipeng Gang. We pretended to make a feint attack, built a plank road openly, and secretly attacked Chen Cang!"

"Han Tang didn't come either. Han Tang was sent to kill people outside Feipeng Castle! He also wanted to attract the Feipeng Gang's attention!"

Wang Huan said: "If it's not these two people, what other masters does this old man have?"

Meng Xinghun said: "I don't know either."

"Where's Uncle Yi Qianlong?"

"He has returned. He has to pretend that he doesn't know that King Wanpeng will come. After the deal he negotiated fails, he will naturally return. So he is really on his way back to the Yangtze River!"

Wang Huan suddenly fell silent. He understood that the old man was spying on King Wanpeng. Why didn't King Wanpeng have any information about the mobilization of the old man's garden power?
  If the old man takes Sun Jian and Han Tang with him and goes to the West Lake together, then King Wanpeng will definitely notice it!

This action is likely to alert the enemy!

So the old man chose to bring only one person, and even Meng Xinghun didn’t know who that person was!
  After careful calculation, there are only four people in the old man's camp, Wang Huan, Meng Xinghun, the old man, and the master who doesn't know who he is.     Seek victory in danger, this is the old man’s plan!
  Can these four people really kill King Wanpeng with just these four people?

Wang Huan said slowly: "This must be a vicious battle!"

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  Bad weather.

Wang Huan had just enjoyed the beautiful wind and sunshine of the West Lake for half a day, and the weather had turned cold. The sky was covered with dark clouds and there were thunderstorms. It seemed like a heavy rain would fall at any time!
  Meng Xinghun and Wang Huan also separated.

They must ensure absolute secrecy. Before taking action in the tavern at night, they must not let King Wanpeng notice any clues in advance!
  Wang Huan didn't know where Meng Xinghun and the old man were hiding. He only knew that he really didn't want to be soaked in the water.

Of course, he couldn't just sit in the "Gu Dao Ren" pub blatantly.

So he went to a temple next to the "Gu Daoren" tavern to take shelter from the rain.

This temple is called Fenglin Temple. There are many tourists in West Lake. The incense here is usually very strong. However, on such a cloudy day, not many people come to pray to the Buddha to offer incense.

Wang Huan found a corridor in the temple and sat down.

Not long after, the raindrops started pouring down from the sky. The big raindrops fell down, and the whole temple seemed to be cut off by the heavy rain and isolated from the world.

The rain was so heavy that it even extinguished the candles lit by the pilgrims at the door.

Wang Huan laughed to himself and said: "It's strange to say that it just rained, but it seemed to scare those who keep saying they believe in Buddha. The weather is not good, so I won't worship Buddha today."

He has no ill intentions towards Buddhism. It’s just that he knows that there are many people who believe in Buddhism in this world, but they are empty inside and empty of themselves, so they just come for comfort, which is not true practice of Buddha’s teachings.

Such people's belief in Buddhism is nothing more than drinking poison to quench their thirst, numbing themselves, and unable to remove their evil obstacles.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, an old monk walked out of a small room on the other side of the corridor.

"Amitabha, although the donor's words are not good, they are also reasonable."

The old monk had downcast brows and kind eyes, his body was thin, and his whole body was wet from the rain, but he didn't even notice it.

Wang Huan looked at his age and cassock and knew that he was probably a senior in the temple. He stood up and saluted, "I have met the master. What I just said was just a joke. Master, don't be offended."

While Wang Huan was sheltering from the rain under someone else's roof, he was still scolding other people's pilgrims. He still felt a little embarrassed.

The old monk said: "Why should I be surprised? What you said is true, this is the case for the world. Not to mention the world, even the monks in the Shaolin Holy Land today, who can guarantee that this is not the case?"

When Wang Huan saw that he was criticizing Shaolin directly, his heart skipped a beat and he asked, "I wonder who the master is?"

The old monk smiled bitterly and said: "The old monk is the abbot here. Today, a group of uninvited guests came to the backyard of the temple, with murderous intent. Therefore, the old monk came here to hide, and unexpectedly met the donor."

When Wang Huan heard him talk about "uninvited guests", his heart couldn't help but move.

"What kind of uninvited guest is this?"

The old monk said: "It is said that he is from a gang in the south of the Yangtze River. One of them is very lecherous and wants to have sex with men and women in the temple. If the old monk had not stopped him with his death, the integrity of our temple would have been lost."

Wang Huan already knew who these people were.

He said to the old monk: "Abbott, protect yourself. If you can't, just take an umbrella and go out of the temple to hide. I will drive these people away for you!"

Wang Huan jumped forward and headed towards the depths of the temple!

The old monk watched him go away, sighed, turned around the corridor again, and hid in a small door.

(End of this chapter)