Chapter 939: Standing on the Side

Master Gu was stunned when he saw the big man in front of him, whose face was as bright as a blooming autumn chrysanthemum and whose smile was brighter than the sun.

Is this the Fan Jin Fan Diansi?

He almost didn't recognize him...

Mo Hua also smiled and said, "Fan Diansi, long time no see."

"Long time no see, long time no see." Fan Diansi said happily, then bent his tall body and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, "Young Master, Master Gu, please come in."

"Fan Diansi is polite." Mo Hua smiled.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Fan Diansi led Mo Hua and the others into the inner hall. After they sat down, he called out, "Come here."

The previous Zhisi came over.

Fan Jin said, "Serve tea." Then, fearing that his subordinate would do something stupid and not show his tact, he whispered, "Serve good tea."

The chief was stunned for a moment, and whispered, "Master, is it... the tea in the top compartment? The last time Master Gu came..."

Fan Jin shut him up with his eyes, and whispered, "A better one."

The chief stammered, "It seems... there is no better one..."

Fan Jin's old face turned red, and he began to get angry again.

This idiot, his brain is really made of elm.

With such a subordinate, he really can't make any progress.

"There is a small box above, and there is a jade box in the box..."

The chief nodded, and suddenly froze, "That's not the treasure of the chief..."

If it weren't for the distinguished guest, Fan Jin would have wanted to kick him.

"I told you to take it, so you just take it. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Since Fan Jin seemed to be really angry, he didn't dare to talk too much. He said "yes" and ran to steal the tea.

Fan Jin sighed, turned his head, and saw Mo Hua's clear eyes staring at him. His old face blushed and he smiled awkwardly:

"It's a remote place, and the subordinates I recruited are also stupid. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

"Fan Dianshi is modest," Mo Hua asked curiously, "But you used the tea of ​​the chief to entertain me. If your chief knew, wouldn't he blame you?"

"Of course," Fan Jin said with a smile, "If the chief knew that his tea could be used to entertain Mr. Mo, he would be so happy."

How could Fan Jin not know what kind of person this young man in front of him was.

The prodigy of the Eight Great Gates, the little monster of Taixu Gate.

The last time he heard Mo Hua's name, Fan Jin had a guess in his heart.

Later, he tried every means to verify it and found that it was indeed correct!

At the Dao Discussion Conference, with the realm of mid-stage foundation building, he overwhelmed the four sects, surpassed the eight sects, suppressed thousands of Qianxue sects, and became the "leader of formation" who dominated the world.

Originally, Fan Jin knew nothing about formations and didn't pay much attention to the discussion conference.

But there was no way, the leader of formations in the middle stage of foundation building was too "abnormal", so abnormal that he, a marginal Dianshi who was far away in Gushan City and never cared about formations, had also heard of Mo Hua's name.

Such a person drank the tea of ​​the chief.

The chief went out to brag, and there was no shortage of topics to talk about within three years.

Not only would he not blame himself, he might even thank himself.

After a while, the tea was served, the tea soup was bright green and the aroma was rich, it was indeed a good tea.

Mo Hua took a sip and nodded.

Fan Jin observed Mo Hua's expression and was relieved when he saw Mo Hua nod with satisfaction. At the same time, his smile became even bigger:

"I wonder why the young master and Master Gu came here?"

Mo Hua glanced at Master Gu and said, "Master Gu and I went to Gushan and found some traces when we came back, which seemed to be left by tomb robbers. I thought it was a bit strange, so I came to Daotingsi to inform Fan Diansi."

"Tomb robbery?" Fan Jin was a little surprised.

"Did Fan Diansi not find such signs before?"

"No," Fan Jin shook his head, a little puzzled, muttering in his heart, "Gushan is a place where no one lives, why would you rob a tomb? I'm afraid you have a hole in your brain..."

Of course, he didn't dare to neglect the problem Mo Hua mentioned, and immediately promised, "Don't worry, young master, I will investigate it strictly afterwards to prevent any villains from plotting against the law."

Mo Hua nodded, lowered his head and sipped a sip of tea, feeling the sweet aftertaste of the tea entering his throat, and his mood became better.

But when he looked up, he found that Fan Jin was pouring tea into his mouth like a cow chewing a peony. He looked normal on the surface, but he was uneasy, as if he was a little restless inside.

Mo Hua's mind moved slightly, and he asked: "Fan Diansi, is the promotion not going smoothly?"

Fan Diansi was surprised and asked: "How did you see that?"

Mo Hua drank a sip of tea and said nothing.

Fan Diansi didn't ask any more, and sighed, "To be honest with you, young master, recently... everything has not been going well."

Mo Hua asked: "Last time we encircled and suppressed the Demon Sect, Fan Diansi should have made a lot of contributions, right?"

A large part of the information about the Demon Sect was "leaked" to Dao Tingsi after Mo Hua dug it out with thunder magnets.

Mo Hua also knew many of Dao Tingsi's plans clearly.

Although Fan Diansi didn't make any great contributions to the suppression of the Demon Sect, he worked diligently and was not afraid of hardship. Even if it was just an ordinary small contribution, it accumulated a lot.

Mo Hua roughly calculated that with Fan Diansi's desperate spirit, his achievements would not allow him to rise to the fifth-rank Qianxue Daotingsi in one step, but it should be no problem for him to be promoted to the fourth rank, or transferred to other slightly more prosperous third-rank states.

Fan Jin felt aggrieved, and there was no one to talk to in Gushan. Now that he had opened his mouth, he spoke to Mo Hua like pouring beans:

"To be honest, young master, my contribution should be enough. I even asked Gu Diansi for advice before. Gu Diansi said that according to the regulations of Daotingsi, generally speaking, there is no problem. Even if he is not promoted , at least it can be relocated.”

"I was so happy that I just sat at home and waited for the good news. But who knew that the process would go on and on, and at the end, I got stuck. It said that I was not qualified enough and still needed to be inspected. His grandma's... …”

Fan Jin didn't pay attention and said dirty words.

Mo Hua asked: "Do you know who stuck you?"

Fan Jin smiled bitterly, "How can I, a small and powerless Diansi, know about this kind of promotion matter within the Daoting Division? I'm just like a chess piece, at the mercy of the superiors."

Mo Hua glanced at Fan Jin quietly.

As far as he knew, Daotingsi's appointment mostly depended on interests and connections, but the promotion of a small Diansi would not be blocked for no reason.

Maybe someone wants to keep Fan Diansi in Gushan City?

It is better to be still than to move.

Some people don’t want the Daoting Division of Gushan City to undergo personnel changes...

"Fan Diansi," Mo Hua asked, "Are you familiar with the Shen family?"

Fan Jin was slightly shocked, "The Shen family?"

"Um."

Fan Jin thought about it for a moment, "I have had some contacts, but the threshold of the Shen family is too high. I can't make friends with them, and I don't know them well."

Mo Hua nodded and asked: "North of Gushan, there is a large mountain top owned by the Shen family. Is the Shen family still mining that mountain top?"

Fan Jin shook his head, "I don't know anything else, but it's absolutely impossible to mine that mountain top again. Back then, all the major families were like locusts passing through, and they ate up everything that could be harvested in Gushan, and there was no soup to drink. Now, now How could there be any more?"

"Since there is nothing to collect, why do the Shen family still occupy that hilltop and prevent others from getting close?" Mo Hua was a little confused.

"This... is indeed a bit weird." Fan Jin frowned, "But the mountain is bought by the Shen family after all. They can do whatever they want, and no one else can control it..."

Fan Jin said, glanced at Mo Hua suspiciously, and asked in a low voice: "Young Master, why are you... asking about the Shen family?"

"It's nothing," Mo Hua blinked and said casually, "I passed by and saw it. I was curious, so I asked by the way."

"oh……"

Fan Jin was doubtful.

Mo Hua took another sip of tea, then stood up and said goodbye, "It's getting late, I should go back."

Fan Jin panicked and said quickly: "The young master has come all the way. You must let me fulfill my friendship as a landlord and entertain the young master well."

"Fan Diansi is too polite." Mo Hua excused himself.

Fan Jin begged: "You must please the young master to show your face."

He didn't want the "noble man" who came to his door to just leave. Wouldn't his work have been in vain?

At least we have to have a meal and have some friendship. Otherwise, if you miss this village, you won’t know if there is still this shop in your life.

Mo Hua hesitated.

It wasn't that he was being polite, but his time during the ten-day break was limited, and he really had other things to investigate.

When Fan Jin saw this, he immediately said: "Young master, I invite you to be a guest at the Hongyan Tower. This is the largest restaurant in Gushan City."

The biggest restaurant?

Mo Hua thought, "Is this dining room the property of the Shen family?"

"Exactly." Fan Jin said.

Mo Hua's eyes flashed slightly and he nodded, "Then let Fan Diansi spend the money."

"Where is it?" Fan Diansi was overjoyed and cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please."

"please."

Master Gu on the side saw this and muttered in his heart: "This Fan Datou is really willing to spend a lot of money... But then again, he can have this vision and the drive to work, if he is not really from a poor background, has no power and no connections. , he must have gotten out of it a long time ago.”

Fan Jin then led the way, and the group left Daotingsi and went to the largest restaurant located in the most prosperous area of ​​Gushan City:

Hongyan Tower.

When they arrived in front of Hongyan Tower, Mo Hua looked up and was a little surprised.

This building is so grand.

A marginal and poor third-level immortal city, the dining buildings in the city are no less magnificent than some high-end dining buildings in Taixu City within the boundaries of the fifth-level state.

Sure enough, no matter how poor a place is, there are rich people.

On the other hand, it is precisely because in some places the rich are too rich that the poor become poorer.

"The Shen family..."

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly.

Fan Jin booked a private room in the Hongyan Building and ordered a table of delicacies to treat Mo Hua.

During the dinner, Fan Jin kept adding wine and food to Mo Hua.

He is obviously a golden elixir and has a burly figure, but he is extremely skilled at doing these things, not much worse than his hammer-wielding demon-slaying cultivator.

Mo Hua praised him as a talent.

After drinking for three rounds, the three of them exchanged pleasantries and gossip, and the atmosphere became quite familiar.

Mo Hua then asked: "How many properties does the Shen family have in Gushan City?"

"That's natural." Fan Jin drank wine, his face was red, and he pointed to the roof, "This Hongyan Tower belongs to the Shen family. In addition, on the way here, we saw those Dan Pavilion, Weapon Refining Pavilion, and Shang Family." The pavilion... also belongs to the Shen family."

There are some things that are not suitable for children, but Fan Jin didn't mention them.

Those places of smoke and willows are mostly vulgar and vulgar, and are used to welcome people and discuss business.

The young master is as gentle as the moon as he is, and he cannot tolerate these slanderous qualities.

Fan Jin said: "These are the properties that the Shen family built here in order to mine bright chalcopyrite when Gushan was prosperous."

"The Shen family bought a hilltop, mined the mines, made a lot of spiritual stones, bought a food, drink and entertainment industry, and made another lot of money."

Mo Hua frowned and remembered something: "As the saying goes, you can eat the mountain if you rely on the mountain. According to the general laws of the Taoist court, Gushan City is adjacent to Gushan, so the minerals in Gushan should be jointly owned by the monks in the city. Why was it sold to the Shen family? ?”

"This situation is more complicated..." Fan Jin was a little embarrassed to say.

Mo Hua poured him a glass of wine.

Fan Jin was immediately flattered, and finally sighed, "That's all, everyone with a discerning eye knows this kind of thing, and I won't hide it from the young master..."

"The regulations of the Taoist court are just regulations. The mines in Gushan are nominally occupied by all the monks in Gushan City. But in fact, who can occupy it, who can occupy more, and who can occupy less, there are too many doorways here. ”

"The local small family has ancestral property and can occupy a small piece of hilltop."

"Rogue cultivators who come from the same clan and have the same surname can also mine on fixed hills."

"There are also some scattered mines for homeless monks to make a living by mining."

"Of course, Daotingsi can also occupy a piece..."

"Although the overall situation is chaotic, it is relatively reasonable. Everyone can have something to eat, and the entire Gushan's mineral resources are enough to feed the people of this city."

Fan Jin shook his head and sighed: "But later, when various aristocratic families, especially the Shen family, came, things were different..."

"Most casual cultivators are ignorant and short-sighted. The Shen family came over and wanted to buy the mines at a high price. Many of them were greedy and sold them immediately."

"Those who don't sell will be persecuted by the Shen family."

"Some people want to gather a crowd to resist the Shen family. But people's hearts are different. Some are greedy for money, some are greedy for sex, and some want to cling to them. Once they are secretly used by the Shen family, they will be divided and they will not be able to make a difference."

"This time, a large area of ​​the mountain was sold to the Shen family."

Mo Hua frowned slightly, "Now that the mines are sold, how can the monks of Gushan City still rely on them to make a living?"

Fan Jin said: "The Shen family promised that after they bought the mine, they would still recruit casual cultivators to mine for them, and the promised price was not low."

Fan Jin couldn't help but sneer. He didn't know whether he was sneering at the Shen family or the casual cultivators.

"As a result, once the mine is sold, if you try to get the Shen family to fulfill their promise, others will ignore you."

"A wealthy family like the Shen family has a developed industry. They build large-scale spiritual weapons and use formations to mine, just like running water. Where do we need those low-level casual cultivators who work hard to hammer away with hammers and pickaxes?"

"The casual cultivator knows that he has been fooled, and it will be useless to try to cause trouble. The mine already belongs to someone else. It is clearly written in the spiritual contract."

"Even though there were several fights between aristocratic families and casual cultivators later on due to disputes over the mine, how could the arm be twisted past the thigh?"

"After a few bloodsheds and a few people died, the casual cultivators became nothing more than a piece of loose sand, and nothing was done..."

"What's next..." Fan Jin looked out the window at the withered Gushan. "After the family mined the mines, they took the rich minerals and withdrew directly, leaving behind the tattered Gushan. The monks in Gushan City had no way to make a living. Ben, he died, he fled, and the population of Gushan City fell sharply, becoming what it is now..."

After Fan Jin finished speaking, he looked sad. Master Gu also felt emotional.

The atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he said to Fan Jin: "Tao Tingsi has something to do with this matter, right?"

The aristocratic family coerced and lured the loose cultivators, signed spiritual contracts, annexed the mines, and then suppressed the rebellion of the loose cultivators.

There is no need to think about it, Daotingsi must be adding fuel to the fire.

Otherwise, the Shen family would not be able to do many things regarding rules and regulations.

Mo Hua looked at Fan Jin silently.

Fan Jin was flustered by the sight of Mo Hua, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "It has nothing to do with me."

The ink painting is noncommittal.

Fan Jin said helplessly: "This is all a matter of the last Dao Tingsi. At that time, I had not even joined the Dao Tingsi, and I didn't know the specific ins and outs."

"What about the people from the previous Dao Tingsi?" Mo Hua asked.

"Promoted."

"Promoted?" Mo Hua looked a little complicated.

Fan Jin sighed: "They helped the Shen family, annexed the mines, mined so much ore, and earned so many spiritual stones, which made Gushan City 'prosperous' for a time. On the bright side, this is naturally a great achievement. With this, Due to his merits, coupled with the Shen family’s operation and the related bosses, Dian Si was naturally promoted early and prospered. "

"By the time I became a pawnbroker, it was already a mess. I didn't even have a chance to 'help the evildoers do evil'."

He was honest and said what was on his mind.

"Moreover, it's not just Daotingsi who has been promoted." Fan Jin's eyes darkened, "The Gushan mineral deposit is a symbol of the rise of the Shen family. The Shen family relies on the wealth they made in Gushan to operate everywhere. This step by step With its current status.”

"Some branches of the Shen family have also made huge profits due to the operation of the mine, and have become the core of the family."

Fan Jin kept shaking his head when he said these words, not knowing whether it was envy or jealousy.

Master Gu said nothing, but his expression was obviously angry.

It's just that the Shen family is too powerful, and monks like them dare not speak out even if they are dissatisfied.

The ink paintings also show deep contemplation.

The banquet ended in a slightly dull atmosphere.

Fan Jin breathed a sigh of relief. At least his goal was initially achieved.

He invited Mr. Mo to dinner and told so many secrets.

This friendship is more or less deep. If I have the chance in the future, I will help this young master a little. After a few times, the friendship is deep.

I finally got a leg up with someone of extraordinary origin.

After dinner, the three of them left the private room and walked out of the building along the gorgeous corridor. They met a group of people. The first one was a young man from a noble family, followed by three or four people.

The two sides crossed each other. Mo Hua was thinking about something and only glanced at them, not paying much attention.

But he hadn't taken a few steps when he suddenly heard someone shouting at him:

"Stop!"

This stop was very abrupt, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

Mo Hua turned his head and found that the one who asked him to "stop" was the young man from the noble family opposite.

This young man from the noble family was dressed in brocade and had an arrogant look.

But Mo Hua didn't have any impression of him, and he didn't seem to be familiar with him. He didn't understand why this person shouted at him for no reason.

"I recognize you, you are Mo Hua." The young master of the aristocratic family said.

"Oh..."

Mo Hua responded casually.

He is now a "celebrity", and it seems normal to be recognized on the street.

Mo Hua has gradually adapted to it.

"Don't you know me?" The young master of the aristocratic family said with a cold face.

Mo Hua wanted to say that he didn't know him, but felt that it was not polite, so he was a little more tactful, "You are..."

Mo Hua was so "arrogant" that a trace of hostility appeared in the eyes of the young master of the aristocratic family, "On New Year's Eve, Qingzhou City, you and I met once, I was behind Master Linshu..."

Mo Hua remembered and suddenly realized:

"You are the follower."

Follower...

Standing in the middle of the crowd, the young master of the aristocratic family, who was surrounded by stars, immediately turned pale.

It is true that he is Shen Linshu's "follower", but not everyone is qualified to say this "follower".

I dare not say other places, but this is in the remote Gushan City. He, the son of the Shen family, has a one-handed control over the sky. He always does whatever he wants.

No one has ever dared to call him a "follower".

"What a blind thing..." The son of the noble family looked ugly, and ordered the people behind him, "Go, tear his mouth apart, dig out his eyeballs..."

Behind the son, a golden elixir stepped forward immediately, exuding murderous aura.

Master Gu's expression was stern, and he stood in front of Mo Hua without thinking, and the aura of the golden elixir emanated.

"Golden elixir?" The son of the noble family sneered, "In Gushan City, you want to compete with me in manpower?"

Before he finished speaking, another golden elixir stood up behind him, with his hands as sharp as claws and a sinister smile on his face.

Another golden elixir appeared on the opposite side.

At this time, another golden elixir behind Mo Hua was a little at a loss, not knowing whether to stand up.

"No, what's going on..."

Fan Jin's forehead was sweating.

He just wanted to curry favor with someone, and he hadn't done anything yet, just had a cup of tea and a meal, but in the blink of an eye, he had to face such a severe test of "standing in line" as a sea of ​​fire and a mountain of swords?

On one side was Mo Hua, and on the other side was the Shen family.

If he took action, he would offend the Shen family.

If he didn't take action, he would offend Mo Hua.

Isn't this going to cost him his life?

Fan Jin was numb.

This fucking cultivation world is too difficult to survive...

He just wanted to curry favor with someone, why is it so difficult? !