Sure enough, the storyteller in the audience clapped his wake-up stick hard, and the musicians played and sang to create a perfect prelude to the performance. The storyteller began to tell the story of the God of War Dong Yao.
At first, Fengming thought this was someone arranged by Xingwu and Su Wei, as their propaganda plan included hiring a storyteller to spread the word. But as Fengming listened, he realized something was wrong. While the storyteller was telling the true story of Sheng Jicheng, he was completely flattering him. And speaking without bias, the storyteller's stories and storytelling methods were truly captivating and intriguing. The more he listened, the more he felt that Sheng Jicheng was truly a good person!
This is different from what they arranged. They clearly arranged to praise openly and criticize secretly. It seems that they are praising Sheng Jicheng, but after listening carefully, you will slowly realize that Sheng Jicheng is a scheming villain who is trying to curry favor with others.
Fengming didn't expect that she just came to the teahouse to rest, but she saw a fugitive who was suspected to be a heinous criminal that Daqing had never caught, and heard a story that was inconsistent with her own plan. She didn't know whether this was a counterattack arranged by Sheng Jicheng himself because he didn't want to sit and wait for death, or if there was something wrong with their arrangement. She would have to talk to them about it later.
Now, since the story is good, let’s listen to it.
"He's truly worthy of being the number one storyteller in Mingcheng. Even though I don't understand what he's saying, I feel like this old man is no ordinary person, no worse than our Daqing storyteller!"
The storyteller's story also mentioned the accident of the three members of the Xin family and the absolute end of Sheng Jicheng's infatuation. The whole teahouse erupted in cheers and applause, and there were constant rewards. Feng Xiyun praised them and also instructed his attendant to send ten taels of silver.
Fengming was not stingy. Regardless of whether the old storyteller was Feng Sanshi or not, he did tell a good story.
However, when Feng Ming instructed his men to deliver the reward silver, he also added, "Keep an eye on where that old man goes!"
After the storyteller left, a group of pretty girls in cool clothes came on stage to dance. Not only did no one leave, but the atmosphere in the entire teahouse became even more lively. Fengming thought that it was indeed worthy of being the number one teahouse and it really had a way of running the business.
Feng Xiyun was still standing by the window watching the performance below the stage, while Feng Ming sat by the table waiting for the person who came to inquire about the news to come back.
Soon, the servant came back and brought back a piece of news that Fengming had never expected: the storyteller actually went to the private room where Sheng Jicheng was!
Could these two actually have some entanglement? Without wasting a moment, Feng Ming instructed Bi Chun to have the secret guards quickly deliver the news of the suspected discovery of Feng Sanshi to Ye Xiuwen. He also informed Su Wei of Sheng Jicheng's suspected connection to Feng Sanshi, and asked them to investigate. As for the discrepancy between the storyteller's story and the one they had arranged, Xing Wu was notified to handle it. On Xing Wu's home turf, she handled many matters quickly and efficiently.
Looking at the happy backs of Feng Xiyun and Feng Yuyun, Feng Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.
After Feng Sanshi occupied the temple, he initially only did some things like administering drugs and stealing gold and silver from merchants who came and stayed at the temple. Later, he gradually tasted the sweetness and his ambition grew.
I don't know where he learned it from, but Feng Sanshi was actually very good at publicity and marketing. He used the gold and silver he stole from traveling merchants to do good deeds everywhere. Yes, it was a lot of good deeds.
He gave out porridge, repaired bridges, paved roads, and delivered medicine to the poor... Wherever there was a disaster, he would be there. Thanks to his diligent marketing and promotion, the temple where he worked became a well-known and popular temple. There was an endless stream of pilgrims going there to burn incense and pray every day, so more and wealthier merchants came to stay there, but as more people went, fewer and fewer came back.
Feng Sanshi was no longer content with simply stealing bits of gold and silver, and he resumed his business of murder and robbery in the temple. He would target traveling merchant groups that had traveled far and whose disappearances hadn't attracted much attention, but were carrying large quantities of goods. He would kill them, take the goods, and exchange them for silver, thus amassing a large amount of ill-gotten gains.
It is said that when one is well fed and clothed, he will yearn for sex. Since Feng Sanshi entered the temple, he has actually never been a monk who has lived a pure and ascetic life for a single day.
Because his temple was so popular, it naturally attracted a large number of female pilgrims. If he saw a good-looking one, one who was eager to have children, or one who was poor and powerless, he would go up to her and ask her to stay in the temple for a night. However, the female pilgrims who actually stayed in the temple would often be drugged that night and be wantonly abused by the fake monks in his temple who were as impure and evil as he was.
Especially if they meet a girl who is pretty but doesn't seem to come from a good family, they will directly kidnap her and keep her in the temple for the fake monks to play with. When they get tired of her, they will sell her as a commodity and exchange her for some money.
In any case, during the years when Feng Sanshi was not discovered, he harmed many innocent people.
He had been a wolf in sheep's clothing in that temple for years, undetected. This was partly because women who had lost their virginity often had no recollection of their experiences, not even of the harm they had suffered, due to the effects of drugs. Later investigations revealed that several innocent women had visited the temple to burn incense before their weddings. Unaware of their experiences, their husbands discovered their virginity on their wedding nights, leaving them unable to defend themselves and committing suicide.
The families of the traveling merchants didn't know who to look for. The temple did these things in secret and had a good reputation. Who would think of doubting the abbot who looked like an immortal?
Since they hid it so well, how were they finally discovered?
As the saying goes, if you keep watching geese all day, one day you will get your eyes pecked out by wild geese.
Feng Sanshi was exposed because he encountered a businessman with paranoia. The businessman had previously experienced a robbery in a shady shop and nearly lost his life and money. Therefore, he was extremely cautious. Even when using the temple, he refused to let his guard down. Not only did he bring highly skilled guards, but he also required the guards to take turns on night shifts. That's how he noticed something was wrong the moment the smoke was blown into the room.
The merchant was awakened by the guards and discovered that he had encountered the same situation as the black shop while staying at the temple. He could not hold back and immediately started shouting loudly, waking up the entire temple. This stirred up a hornet's nest. An old maid who was also staying at the temple went to check on the young lady, but found her unconscious and disheveled. The old maid also panicked and started shouting loudly. Feng Sanshi, seeing that his secret was discovered, actually wanted to kill everyone to silence them.
In the end, the merchant who was suffering from paranoia broke out of the siege under the protection of the guards and rushed to the government office to report.
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