In fact, I know in my heart that Lao Bai said he was asking my master for his opinion, but in fact he didn't want to take this case from the bottom of his heart. He felt that Qi Ye and his people deserved it, and wanted to discuss with my master to see if there were any other ways to deal with Tianmeng.
This is normal. He is a wanderer. In his mind, people die for money and birds die for food. This is the truth since ancient times.
If he succeeds, he will have a house and a car, and a fortune. If he fails, his family will be broken up, and his wife and children will be separated.
No matter what the result is, he has to accept it.
I also told him a long time ago that he can't look at things absolutely. There are very few people in this world who are really so hard-hearted. The four words "willing to gamble and accept defeat" have another meaning, that is, knowing is easy but doing is difficult. Look at how many evil villains in this world have committed crimes, killing and setting fires, without any inner waves, but when they are executed, the bullet hole points to their foreheads, and they are immediately scared to shit and urinate, and ask for leniency.
This is human, and the requirements cannot be too high.
Besides, Qiye and his men were not so evil that they could not survive. There were ordinary people who robbed and killed people because they could not survive. They just went into the mountains to poach. They were bad because they did not know what they were doing. It was normal for them to suffer the consequences of their mistakes, but it was not right for the whole pastoral area to suffer with them, right? To be fair, even from the perspective of those foxes, the murderer should pay with his life. You just wanted to kill Laoqi and his men. The bandits in the old society were all about not letting the harm to the family be affected. It was really unreasonable to ask hundreds of people to pay with their lives at once.
Unfortunately, Lao Bai could not listen to it and still stubbornly called my master and exaggerated the things that happened in the pastoral area. But before he could say a word of retreat, my master had made up his mind.
"We have to take care of this matter."
My master said calmly: "Even the great immortal of the Hu family should not be so domineering. I have never heard of such a fierce character. I will inform Yaozi and Xinya in a while and ask them to find you early tomorrow morning."
This sentence is completely settled. I saw a trace of disappointment on Lao Bai's face.
Then, my master pondered for a while and said: "Don't be too stressed. Although this matter sounds extremely horrifying, it may not be unsolvable. Just remember one sentence-take the head of the general in the midst of thousands of troops!"
Lao Bai muttered on the side: "Mr. Zhang, you are talking lightly. There is no Zhao Zilong among us brothers. How can we take the head of the general in the midst of thousands of troops?"
My master smiled and said not to worry, and listen to him slowly analyze this matter for us.
He believes that the reason why the pastoral area is so chaotic is because someone has deceived the secrets of heaven!
As the saying goes, life and death are orderly, and yin and yang have their own way.
There are more than tens of thousands of ghosts wandering in the world. In fact, how many people have really encountered unclean things and lost their lives in the end?
Everything is because of the word "rules".
As the saying goes, people are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people.
The reason why evil spirits are afraid of people is not that they can't fight people, but that living people, as the most intelligent creatures, are protected by the way of heaven.
Let alone other things, even if an ordinary person walks on the road at night, three yang fires will burn on his body. If the yang fire is not extinguished, the evil spirits dare not attack him. This is the guarantee given by God!
Even if there are some powerful things that harm people, they will be sensed by the way of heaven and will not have a good end. They will either be captured by the underworld or be strangled to death by five thunders.
Many lonely ghosts have existed for too long. When they have reached a certain level of spiritual power, they will be robbed. The sky will be covered with fire and thunder, leaving no life. They will be directly shattered without even the chance of reincarnation. This is all because they have harmed people before and will eventually be liquidated!
Just like killing people in the world must be paid with life, ghosts and monsters also have rules to govern harming people. These rules are the rules of God, the biggest rules in the world. The net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape. If you break the law, you can't escape!
Of course, it is not ruled out that there will be some stubborn people, or those who carry deep hatred, who are not afraid of being liquidated, but they are a minority after all. Now that the law is so sound, won't those who take risks be repeatedly banned? But after all, they are very individual cases.
My master believes that the ones who harmed Qiye's mother might be the wandering ghosts around. Because there are powerful people who have obscured the secrets of the pastoral area, the harm to people will not be sensed by the heaven, so the place has become a lawless place in the eyes of the wandering ghosts, and naturally some of them can't help but jump out.
"These ghosts are nothing but clowns."
My master said calmly: "As long as we kill the guy who deceived the heaven and let the pastoral area return to the sunshine, these ghosts will naturally disperse and dare not harm the living again."
I asked: "Is it the fox that was shot and wounded that deceived the heaven?"
"If it has such ability, how could it be shot and wounded by a few ordinary people?"
My master laughed and said: "This is the young ones who were beaten and the old ones jumped out. These foxes are not ordinary foxes, but the Hu family of the five major families of Hu, Bai, Huang, Hui and Liu in Northeast China.
These things are almost the same as people. They gather together in nests, and they have to judge the seniority and inferiority inside, just like the big families in the old society.
That Seventh Master may have killed the younger generation of the Hu family in the mountains, so the older generation jumped out to settle accounts with them, deceiving the heaven and making the place a lawless place."
"I say, Mr. Zhang, is this task too difficult for us?"
Lao Bai interrupted and said, "You also said that the real attacker was an old fox, and he has boundless magical powers. Can we deal with him?"
"Under normal circumstances, you really can't deal with him."
My master laughed and said, "But this one, that may not be the case.
As people get older, they become less courageous, and the same is true for foxes.
If this old fox really gets angry and rushes into the pastoral area to kill everyone there in one breath, then we really can't do anything. But after all, that's hundreds of lives. The cause and effect are too great. Ordinary ghosts will be struck by five thunders if they touch ten lives. That's a life or death. If they can bear it, they will continue to be free and easy. If they can't bear it, they will be reduced to ashes. With hundreds of lives, I think the old fox is afraid and feels that he can't bear the punishment of heaven, so he used a stupid trick to deceive the secrets of heaven. He wants revenge, but he doesn't want to be liquidated. Where in the world is there such a good thing?
Why don't you think about it, is the secret of heaven so easy to deceive?
The crime of deceiving the emperor is punishable by death, let alone deceiving heaven?
I have seen such old demons who deceived the heavens and eventually hurt themselves so badly that they could not recover for several years.
So, if you really find this old fox, it will be a piece of meat on the board and you can kill it with one knife. Can't you deal with the remaining little foxes with just a few of you? "
I thought about it and asked, "But if that is the case, after the old fox is seriously injured, it will definitely find a place to hide and let its disciples come out to move around. It will be difficult for us to find it!"
This time it was my master's turn to be silent. He seemed to be thinking. After a long time, he suddenly said, "The mountain! The answer must be in that mountain!
Hu Baihuang Huiliu, the five great immortals, is also a spiritual animal. It is said that they have two hurdles in their lives, one is called asking for a title, and the other is called giving way.
Asking for a title means that when they have reached a certain level of cultivation, they will ask Yang people whether they look like humans or immortals. If the answer is affirmative, they can enter the next stage. If it is rejected, they will fail.
Giving way means that when they are extremely powerful, they must leave alone and wander alone in various famous mountains and rivers. They will never stay in front of the younger generation. Because it is said that when they are very powerful, their luck is too great, and they will take away the luck of the younger generation. If they continue to stay at home, the younger generation will have no way out. Only by leaving can the younger generation grow up.
This time, the fox fairy, since it can deceive the secrets of heaven, it is time to give way, but it stays at home and refuses to leave. There must be an unusual reason!
Didn't the Seventh Master say it? They call that mountain a holy mountain. Why is it holy? I think there must be an answer in their pastoral area. This may be the reason why the old fox did not give way when the time came. If this reason is found, it will not be difficult to find the old fox! "
In just a few words, my master analyzed this extremely weird and murderous incident clearly.
I listened carefully and wrote down every word he said. My mood suddenly became clear. I felt that there was a lot of potential in this matter. After asking my master to rest early, I immediately hung up the phone.
Looking at Lao Bai again, after listening to my master's analysis, a smile appeared on his face. He said that a master is a master and he saw the key to the problem at once.
We chatted for a few more words and were about to go to bed when my phone rang. I saw that the caller number was my master's.
I thought he had some urgent arrangements, so I picked up the phone immediately.
On the phone, my master's tone was particularly uneasy and he hurriedly asked: "By the way, is that Seventh Master with you now?"
I said no, our funds were limited and we couldn't afford to let him stay in the hotel, so he went to live outside.
But before I finished speaking, my master shouted: "Oh no, he is in a very dangerous situation now, you go find him immediately! ! "
After saying this, he sighed and said quickly with self-blame: "How could I forget this? Those evil creatures had promised in advance that they would watch the people they love die in front of them. If he stayed in the pastoral area, I'm afraid he would be the last to die. But now he has escaped, and those evil creatures will probably think he ran away. I'm afraid that all the promises are invalid. If they catch him alone, they will kill him!"
After saying this, my master hung up the phone.
Lao Bai and I looked at each other in silence, and Lao Bai said: "Didn't you leave the phone number of Master Qi? Call him quickly! "
Life is at stake, I was a little panicked at this time, trembling with fear, holding the phone and searching for it, and when I found the number, I dialed it but it showed that it was out of service area.
"No signal…"
Lao Bai muttered to himself: "Something really happened, that kind of thing appeared, the magnetic field was chaotic, and the phone often had no signal…"
I jumped off the bed, pulled up my pants, kicked him, and cursed: "What the hell are you doing? Put on your clothes and go out to find someone!! "
Lao Bai came to his senses and started to work.
But when we rushed downstairs, we were dumbfounded standing at the door of the small hotel.
Qiye and I agreed to contact each other by phone, but I didn't ask for his address. Now the phone is not working, where can we go?
I pulled Lao Bai to sit at the door, forced myself to calm down, and recalled every detail of my time with Qiye.
When we met in the teahouse, the other party was dusty and looked like he had just arrived in Taiyuan and rushed here before arranging to check in.
However, when Lao Bai and I were sent to the small hotel, he did not stay with us.
Recalling the scene when he was about to pay for the meal, his hands were full of change, which was only three or four hundred yuan, which was estimated to be just enough for the return trip!!
In other words, he had no money to stay in a hotel, but he was embarrassed to say it, so he could only sleep on the street.
And where is the best place to sleep on the street? Everyone who has slept on the main road knows it - under the bridge!!
There was no wind in that place, and it was even damp and stuffy. There was a strange sense of gentleness. There were just a few more bugs, but it was much more comfortable than the lounge chairs in the park!
Qi Ye was a herdsman, used to living in the open air, so it was impossible for him not to know this common sense!
I lived in Taiyuan for a long time and was quite familiar with it. If I remember correctly, the Fenhe Bridge was not far from here!
Thinking of this, I pulled up Lao Bai, identified the direction around, and immediately ran towards the Fenhe Bridge. The distance was not far, and it was reached in a snap.
At this time, it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening, just after midnight, there was no one around, the bridge was deserted, only the dim street lights illuminated the four directions, and the moon was shining in the sky, the light was pretty good, not bright, but not too dim. Following this light, I could see a thick layer of white fog on the surface of the Fenhe River, and on the shore under the bridge, a person was staggering forward...
I looked over and found that the man looked familiar. I looked again and saw that he was the Seventh Master we were looking for.
I was overjoyed and quickly went to the bridge to wave at Seventh Master and shout, trying to attract his attention. However, Seventh Master turned a deaf ear to my shouting and continued to walk towards the river!
"Something is wrong!"
Suddenly, Lao Bai grabbed my hand. His hand was very cold and sweaty. He said to me with some difficulty: "This place is so empty. Unless you are deaf, how could Seventh Master not hear us when we shout? You see the way he walks, it's like he has lost his soul. I'm afraid there is something wrong with Seventh Master. Brother, we are unlucky and bumped into him! "
When he said that, I also felt a chill on my back, as if a cold wind was blowing across my spine. Looking at the Seventh Master, he was indeed a little different. His body was swaying, and his walk was not like a normal person. He ran straight to the river, and he did not stop when he got there. He staggered into the river!
"This guy is going to jump into the river!"
Lao Bai exclaimed!
I could see it without him saying it!
The situation was urgent and human lives were at stake. I could not care about anything else. I ran under the bridge, forgetting my fear and only thinking about saving people first!