Chapter 573: The people from Jingyesi all arrived. They were all pawns in Daqian’s plan, including the versatile Taoist Master Yi!
At night, the moonlight is like frost.
Qingshui County, Jingyesi Yamen.
The cold raindrops mercilessly hit the banana leaves outside the house, making crisp snapping sounds. The bright light on the windowsill cast two black silhouettes of sitting figures.
At this moment, two figures in the room were drinking tea.
One of them was dressed like a Confucian scholar, with a tall hat and a wide belt, but the beard on his face was quite strange.
The other person was a big man with a strong build and thick beard.
"Eunuch Wu, we have received an urgent report from Yangcheng. The situation is critical. It is said that traces of the ghost worshippers have been found. Why have you been preventing me from sending capable people to investigate?"
"If we delay any longer, it will be too late. We should act quickly and seriously rather than slowly!"
"It is said that many people in Yangcheng have been found to be infected with the Black Mark. If the situation is allowed to develop, the 200,000 people in Yangcheng will really be finished."
As the current chief officer of the Jingye Division of Qingshui County, Tieshi couldn't help but question the "scholar" in front of him in a hoarse voice, and his voice rose three points due to his anxiety.
"Chase? Why chase? Why not just let those idiots do it?"
"Why, Tieshi, are you questioning our family, or are you questioning the secret order from the Daqian Cabinet?"
The scholar glanced at the big man in front of him, and a hint of coldness flashed across his face. Then he thought of the complicated relationship between the Tie family and the Jingye Division, but he smiled, and the ice on his face melted instantly. He smiled and gave advice:
"Master Tie, I came here secretly with a secret order from the Central Government. You should know that even if I had ten heads, I would not dare to forge a secret order from the Central Government."
"The events in Yangcheng are not rare to Daqian now. Tieshi, you only saw a small corner of Qingshui County, but not the whole of Daqian. You don't know the difficulties faced by the officials in the court."
"If we put enough effort into the matter of Yangcheng, we can naturally solve it, but what about the future?"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar, who was called Eunuch Wu by the big man, sneered in a hoarse voice.
"What future? Why do you say that, Grandpa? We have the Tianxing Sect and Yanyue Sect to suppress the destiny of Hezhou in the East Land. Whether it's the Ghost Worship Sect or the True Blood Sect, as long as they dare to invade our borders, we will give them a head-on blow as before. What future are you considering?"
"Sir, you might as well make your words more clear."
At this moment, facing the explanation given by the middle-aged Confucian scholar, Tieshi's face showed confusion.
"Haha, so I said that you only see this corner of Qingshui County and fail to see the whole world. Well, Tieshi, you are also from a noble family. For the sake of Lord Tie Zongsi, I will say a few more words to you."
"Times have changed."
"The power of the stars is declining, while the power of the Ghost Worship Sect and the True Blood Sect is recovering. The masters of our dynasty have already found out that the ancestors of the Ghost Worship Sect and the True Blood Sect who were suppressed in the past have now shown signs of recovery. Tell us, how should our Daqian deal with ourselves in the future?"
"We in Daqian are facing the front lines of the Ghost Worshiping Sect and the True Blood Sect. Tieshi, do you want us in Daqian to shed every last drop of blood for the Tianxing Sect and Yanyue Sect?"
The middle-aged scholar looked at Tieshi, who had a puzzled expression on his face, and there was a chill in his tone.
Tieshi was silent for a long while, then he raised his head with difficulty and said in a hoarse voice: "So, according to what the father-in-law said, the noble families and Daqian have now decided to completely stand on the side of the aliens?"
"madness!"
"Iron Lion, you are loyal and brave, but you lack wisdom. We in Daqian are neither on the side of the aliens nor on the side of the Tianxing Sect. We in Daqian only want to preserve our ancestral foundation and stand on the side of the winners."
"Now, both the Ghost Worshiping Sect Leader and the True Blood Sect Leader are gifted by nature, and this is also the tacit understanding between our Daqian and them."
"Let's give up the border area and let the Tianxing Sect fight them. Kill them till the sky is dark. Even if the Tianxing Sect wants us to turn against the Ghost Worship Sect, they must show enough sincerity and can't just give us a few small gifts like before."
"I might as well tell you that I am not the only special envoy like you."
At this moment, the middle-aged scholar's face was indifferent. He sat upright like a chess player, and the countless people on the border of Daqian were chess pieces.
"Eunuch, how can we believe the words of aliens?" Tieshi said with difficulty, a look of disbelief flashed across his face, as if he was unwilling to accept the truth.
"Whether you believe it or not is not up to you, Iron Lion, and we in Daqian naturally have experts who have obtained reliable guarantees from other places."
"The next day, the flag on the city wall really changed. In this land of East Continent, our Daqian will still stand firm and will be immortal for thousands of years."
"And if the Tianxing Sect gains the upper hand, we can also change our ways immediately. As a price, this head of ours will be a gift to the Tianxing Sect. It is because of us eunuchs who are in charge of the situation that things have become like this."
The middle-aged scholar took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table and then continued to speak slowly,
"And we are not leaning towards either side. We just don't help either side."
"Even if the Tianxing Sect asks us about this in the future, we will have something to say. Didn't we also send a team of people to support Yangcheng?"
"We don't care about anything, that's an attitude problem, but if we really can't spare any manpower, then it's no wonder that we're doing it."
"You want the horse to run, but you don't want it to eat grass. It's not that easy."
"Father-in-law, is there really no room for maneuver? Many people will die if this continues."
"Countless people will die in this catastrophe."
Tieshi put his hands in his sleeves, his knuckles turned pale from exerting too much force, and he spoke again.
This time, the middle-aged scholar fell silent after hearing Tieshi's hissing words. After a while, he raised his head and said, "Tieshi, maybe this is life."
"These people on the border are bargaining chips, and our family is nothing more than a pawn being pushed out."
"Once you are in the arena, you have no choice!"
The middle-aged scholar put the teacup down heavily before speaking, and the tea soup that was stirred up actually wet the tabletop.
"Eunuch, the Tianxing Sect is not stupid and will not allow us to act in a double-edged way!" Tieshi racked his brains and finally found another reason to continue asking.
"Iron Lion, do you think you are the only good person who cares about the people of Yangcheng, and that we are the heartless and ungrateful evil people? We are also from Qingshui County, and we are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless? However, there is no way, this is a matter decided by the officials of the court."
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"I can tell you another piece of news. It's not just our Daqian. Now more than half of the sects in the East Continent are standing by and watching like our Daqian. Some are even colluding with the Ghost Worshiping Cult."
"If you really want to be serious, we in Daqian still have some dignity to uphold."
"The Tianxing Sect and the Yanyue Sect are not gods. If they really want to start a war, then there is no need to fight this battle. The entire East Continent will be in chaos in an instant, with smoke everywhere."
"Moreover, the Tianxing Sect and the Yanyue Sect have been high and mighty for a long time, and the officials have tolerated them for a long time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"Of course, in order to avoid being the first to be shot, His Majesty has given an oral order that we can open the treasury and use treasures and jade coins as rewards to privately invite heroes who are willing to fight against the Ghost Worshiping Cult and the True Blood Cult to quell the rebellion."
"As long as they are not afraid of having a life to earn but no life to spend."
"In short, Daqian's elite soldiers cannot lead the way for others and die in the darkness before dawn. This is our bargaining chip with the major forces in the future."
The middle-aged scholar took a deep look at the man in front of him. Seeing his red eyes, he couldn't help but feel pity for him for a moment.
He gently patted the shoulder of the lion-like man in front of him and said, "Iron Lion, you are a loyal and brave man, but loyal and brave people usually don't live long."
"Today, my father-in-law will give you four words - take it slow and you'll be happy!"
"Don't be too pessimistic. People die for money, and birds die for food. With a huge reward, we can invite the masters among the independent cultivators to wade into this muddy water."
"In this way, we can give an explanation to the common people, the Tianxing Sect, the imperial court, and even to the aliens on the other side of the continent."
"I have accumulated jade coins, treasures, elixirs, and magic tools for countless years, aren't they prepared to be used at a time like this?"
"So, just wait and see, don't do anything stupid. You are a member of the Tie family, but in the current situation, this layer of skin is nothing!"
After warning Tieshi once again, the middle-aged scholar flicked his sleeves and strode out of the room, leaving Tieshi standing in the room in a daze, his tall back hunched slightly in the flickering candlelight.
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The storm is coming.
Guangzhou is particularly lively today.
When the sun was at its zenith, another group of people and horses galloped over from afar.
The leader was as thin as a bamboo pole, and it seemed as if a gust of wind would break his slender waist.
Behind him were seven or eight gray-haired barbarians, their formation scattered and looking around. If Yi Chen were here, he would definitely know that these people had a unified label, called old foxes.
But of course Yi Chen could not see this scene, because at this moment he had already lost contact with Hua Manlou.
Although today was the day he mortgaged his house to the three major families in Yangcheng, the three major families in Yangcheng had already started their banquet today, so naturally no one bothered him with the contract.
Of course, Yi Chen is not afraid if they really want to do this. The land deed he wrote that day was written in advance after he fiddled with it for a while and made some adjustments.
This technique is called chemistry. It is a small formula that Yi Chen accidentally saw in his previous life. Its function is also very simple. If Yi Chen is not mistaken, if anyone from the three major families opens the mortgage document now, they will find that there is nothing on it, just a piece of white paper.
There's nothing he can do about it. It's because Yichengzi was such a talented person who went to prison in his previous life. His amazing wisdom has already overflowed. Although this skill was not used in his previous life, it is of use now. This is what they call "it's always good to have many skills."
(End of this chapter)