Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 980 The Messenger and the Altar Master
Although Ma Weisan was terrified to death, he knew it was useless to hide, so he and Hu Qi'er went out to meet the "Master".

"Disciple welcomes Fajia." When they saw Xuan De appearing, they knelt down and put their hands on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.Ma Weisan was afraid, his hands were trembling unconsciously, and suddenly found that Hu Qi'er's hands were trembling too

Xuande was a well-known master in Jianghu in his early years. He was half a Jianghu man from Dongxiliufu in Shandong to Nanzhi Ma Weisan. Ma Weisan saw with his own eyes that he suddenly shot out the iron bullet at the banquet, directly smashing a person's skull.

As soon as he heard Xuan De's name, he would think of the red, white and white brains flying all over the place.

What's more, this person is in charge of the Neifa Hall—specially patrolling the altars under his subordinates to investigate and correct illegal activities. Of course, it is also his responsibility to punish negligence and traitors.

Even if you are the altar master of the local sub-altar, as long as he gives an order, he has to obediently pack up his bed and go to the main altar to meet the "chajiu" of the Shou Nei Fa Hall--as for whether he can come back safely, it depends on his good fortune and peace Will he "be a human being" in the day?

Ma Weisan is very perfunctory to the people in the general arena no matter how high or low they are.When sending incense instruments to Jinan once every six months, it is necessary to present a copy to the deacons, big and small, etc. of the main altar.For Xuande, he tried his best to flatter and perfunctory.So over the years, although there have been people in the sub-forum in Yizhou who have been "petitioning", no one can touch him.

Xuan De stopped and glanced at them: "Get up."

"Thank Fa Lord!" Ma Weisan hurriedly stood up, took a few steps sideways, and bent forward to lead the way.

Seeing Xuan's livid face, Ma Weisan became more and more panicked.This time the matter was too much trouble - it was his idea to ask someone to kill Zhang Daoshi.Now not only Taoist Zhang is not finished, but the entire Yizhou branch has been torn apart. This crime alone is enough for him.

From the arrival of such a heavyweight personnel as Xuan De from the main forum, we can know how much shock this matter has caused among the top leaders of the main forum.

Thinking of this, beads of sweat kept falling from his face.

There is a three-entry courtyard specially used for sub-altars in the Ma's house.The main hall was filled with ice cubes according to Ma Weisan's order, and he sat down on the grand master's chair in the middle where Ma Weisan normally sat.Several guardians of Neifa Hall who came along occupied the seats beside them.All faces were expressionless.

Hu Qi'er and Ma Weisan knew that they were wearing a sinful body, so they didn't dare to sit down, they just stood in the slant, bowing their waists and backs.

He stealthily observed several Dharma protectors, some of whom he knew - all of them were well-known masters in the sect.He has dealt with each other through the gift of three festivals and two respects every year.There was only one woman he didn't recognize, but she seemed to be of very high status.Probably the secret protector of the Neifa Hall.

Someone had already sent them some face water, and they brought Longjing again——the Longjing in Ma Weisan's house was a tribute to Da Nei.A Grand Canal feeds many people who live on the river, and all kinds of goods traveling from south to north must "drift" part of it during the voyage.This was normal wear and tear at the time.Even if it is a tribute to Jinyu, as long as you have money, you can get it in Jining.

Xuan De washed his face under the service of the maid, and took another sip of tea.After a while, he glanced at the two of them:
"It's a good thing, I have done this for you. What else can you say?"

After all, Hu Qi'er was young, and her face turned pale with fright at his words, not to mention that she knew much more about the methods of this inner court guardian than Ma Weisan, so she immediately lost her balance and knelt down, shaking her body and saying:

"Prayer, please calm down! This disciple does have some disadvantages in handling things, but I never expected that heretical magic is so powerful..."

"You are not his opponent," Xuan De sneered, "What use is there to keep this kind of trash?"

Hu Qi'er leaned on the ground and didn't even dare to catch her breath. After a long while, she said in a trembling voice: "The disciple is incompetent, but he dare not complain when he is punished by the Dharma Lord—it's just that the magic power of the outsider is really unpredictable, please pay attention to the Dharma Master."

Xuan De didn't say a word, but turned his attention to Ma Weisan.Ma Weisan maintained his identity and did not kneel down, but his clothes were already wet with sweat under his gaze.

"Master! This disciple is really incompetent in dealing with heretics," Ma Weisan barely suppressed the panic in his heart, "However, that heretic didn't show that he had magical powers at that time, and my disciples only saw that he was very effective in practicing medicine—the general disaster victims They are all worshiped as gods, and the disciples are worried that they will spoil the plan of the sect, so they think of dealing with him."

He tried his best to defend himself. After all, Ma Weisan was born as a local bully.He knew that it would be very difficult for him to clear himself of his crimes.The disintegration of a sub-altar in a state is a heinous crime in the church, no matter what the reason is, it cannot be justified.So he only worked hard on hinting "good and bad".

At present, the Yizhou sub-forum has begun to disintegrate. Some Xiangtang rebelled, some headed to both ends, and some collapsed directly, and the losses were extremely serious.Only Xiangtang under the three forces of his horse and Wei is still stable.Once Ma Weisan was condemned or deposed, this part of Xiangtang would inevitably collapse.

And the sect is in Yizhou, there is no second powerful congregation like Ma Weisan to come forward to act as the leader of the branch altar.When people's hearts are scattered, it is not a matter of one or two years to clean up again.

What's more, now that Taoist Zhang is preaching and attracting people's hearts, it is impossible for him to give the general altar enough time to clean up the mess.

Of course, Ma Weisan stated this interest in an extremely cryptic manner—with the ability of everyone present, it is not difficult to understand his implication.

As he considered the words, he secretly prayed in his heart that the money and various expensive gifts he had spent on him over the years could save his life.

With a cold face, Xuan De listened to his words without saying a word.It was not until a long time after he stopped talking that he opened his mouth and said, "You two have committed a felony, and you should face the wall in the inner hall first!" He stood up and announced, "I will take care of the affairs of this altar from now on!"

"Follow the law and dictate!" Everyone shouted together.

In the wing room at the back of the main hall, Ma Weisan and Hu Qi'er were detained by people brought from the main altar.The two are "face the wall and wait for the crime".

The courtyard was very quiet. This place was originally the most important place for the owner of the horse altar, and the general congregation did not dare to enter.Now, the internal and external defenses are taken over by the people from the main altar, Ma Weisan himself is in danger, and even fewer people are willing to approach.

Although the wing room is not a "shabby house", the sun is shining all day in summer, and the room is still extremely hot at night.He is now "to be punished", even if he is in his lair, his subordinates dare not flatter him, so naturally he does not have the ice cubes and various enjoyments of the past, so he can only sit shirtless on the couch Fan the sunflower.

Opposite is Hu Qi'er's room, and the door curtain is tightly hung.Ma Wei said thoughtfully: I don't know how she lives?

Thinking of Hu Qi'er, Ma Weisan couldn't help but think of the woman in his house—originally, he couldn't fall asleep in the hot summer night, so he always wanted to call a woman, take a bath and take off naked to fight, and get out freely sweat.Now it's hard to even see each other.

Thinking that this is the lair that I have been running for many years, but now I let a group of outsiders issue orders here, and even my own life and death are in their thoughts, I am very annoyed in my heart while panicking.

It's not good to be a good local uncle, why did you go to the secret sect?In the years since he joined the religion, he has been good at dancing with his sleeves. Not only has he expanded his power many times, but he has also changed from an ordinary toubob to an upstart with a lot of money.

At this moment, he suddenly understood a truth, his power and wealth were actually not his but belonged to the sect.He always thought that he was using the sect, but in fact, the sect was not using him?
For a moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and suddenly the door curtain was lifted.Xuan De walked in.

"Disciple welcomes Fajia," he quickly dropped his fan and knelt down, "I don't know Fajia is here..."

"No need, get up." Xuan De sat down on the couch.

"Thank Fa Lord." Ma Weisan stood up, quickly took a long gown and put it on, because he didn't know what he was coming for, his heart beat wildly a few times, he took a few deep breaths before he calmed down, and raised his strength to stand firm.

Xuande's martial arts skills were extremely high, he was silent for a moment, knowing that the secret whistle outside the door had followed his instructions to a place where they could not hear their conversation.He looked at Ma Weisan, sneered and said:
"You're having a good time here."

"Don't dare, the disciple originally had some property in the local area. Compared with his colleagues, he really enjoys it a little bit."

"There is no money from Xiangyi in it?"

There was a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, his pupils remained motionless, waiting for Ma Weisan's answer.

Ma Weisan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Don't dare! The incense instruments are sent to the main altar on time and according to the amount, the disciples don't even dare to delay for a moment, never dare to be full..."

"I don't know how many people have sued you at the general altar," Xuan De sneered, "who can't understand your tricks? It's the same virtue as the government in the world! Send it to the general altar for one or two, and you will at least fall behind." The benefits of paying three or four taels. You don’t know if you are my seat? Not to mention your matter this time, which is to investigate the money of incense instruments in the Yizhou sub-altar over the years, you are a heinous crime and an unforgivable crime!"

Ma Weisan hurriedly said: "I definitely don't dare to be full. It is necessary to collect some extra incense rituals on weekdays—it is also for emergencies. This money is stored in the altar, so that it can be offered at any time when there is something to do in the altar. ..." As he spoke, he glanced at Xuan De, "The Dharma master is here to eradicate heretics this time, and this disciple is willing to enshrine this incense pen."

Over the years, he used various names to search for incense instruments, in addition to embezzling some of them himself, another part was specially proposed to save the people in the main altar and others.There is still more than 5000 taels of this money-the amount of incense instruments handed over by Yizhou every year is only 800 taels.Ma Weisan is going to use the money to buy his own life.

(End of this chapter)