Stealing Home

Chapter 114 Stealing Home

If you want to say that the Ranshan Sect is declining, there are indeed no powerful figures after Zhao Kui. But if you want to say that it is not possible, Zhao Qi created a god before, and now Li Wuxiang is going to create a second time. He can be said to be the most daring thief among the thirty-six sects.

The villages and towns that Zhao Qi had harmed when he was looking for Zhao Kui before were all along the banks of Jinshui. Li Wuxiang followed the marks left by Pan Muyun and Helian Ji while chasing them, and went to those villages and towns to preach.

Unfortunately, things like separation from life and death, once there is enough time and a good environment, will always ferment into long-lasting grief-Zhao Qi was not talking nonsense in Jinshui before. In those villages and towns, he did obtain the consent of the local town owner before setting up the formation to invite gods and seize life. At that time, people in the villages and towns felt that sacrificing the elderly and the weak to make life better was always acceptable. But when the person really died and the days were a little easier, he would slowly remember the little kindness his parents had shown him, and the initial gratitude would turn into resentment.

That’s how the bounties on Zhao Qi on Zeng Jianqiu came about, which was in line with the way people in this world turn their backs on people and destroy bridges after crossing them.

Therefore, when Li Wuxiang told a few people that they could worship a "blood god" to ward off disasters and evil spirits, no one dared to believe him. So he stayed in the villages and towns for a while, chatting with people with his good looks, and quickly found one or two people who were in difficult life, weak and not very smart, and only gave them the talisman paper with the appearance of Zhao Qi, the blood god.

Then he told them not to let anyone know about this thing!

So when he passed through the last village and town that Zhao Qi passed through, some people really began to pray to Zhao Qi.

On the eleventh day after leaving Deyang, he returned to Jinshui.

But this time when he entered the town, Jinshui was empty. He led the horse along the street and found that almost all the tiles, door panels, and window frames on the roof had been taken away, and all the things in the house were gone. He knew that it was the people from Jinshui who moved away, not that they had suffered a disaster.

In this way, Chen Xin's actions were quite fast. It has only been one and a half months since he left Jinshui, and so many households have left without a single family left. He must have listened to Zeng Jianqiu's words - this place really invited evil spirits once, and if they stay here for a long time, they will attract many bad things.

Li Wuxiang continued to walk towards Lijiawan. At dusk the next day, he saw his destination.

The scenery here is more beautiful than Jinshui. Looking far along the river, you can see a wide river bay. The flood has receded, but the mud and sand washed up on both sides of the river bay are still there, and it looks like a golden beach from a distance.

The town of Lijiawan faces this bay, surrounded by crescent-shaped green mountains behind it, and cultivated land is scattered between the town and the back mountain. If we ignore the flood problem, this place seems much better than Jinshui - the water in the bay alone can provide a lot of fish.

When we get closer, we can see busy people in the fields and on the riverbank outside the town, who seem to be cleaning up the fields and rebuilding the docks. But at this time, the sun gradually set in the west, and people began to walk into the town, and smoke from cooking rose from the roofs of every household.

Li Wuxiang stopped his horse on a gentle slope covered with green grass and looked for a while, and let out a slight breath. Having seen Lingshan and Deyang City, he felt that this scene was like a paradise on earth at this moment. It would be great if it could always be so peaceful and peaceful.

He rode his horse slowly into the town along the road, and finally someone saw him.

Some people frowned when they saw him, and seemed a little afraid. They should be the people from Lijiawan who were gathered later. But there was a young man who looked to be about 24 or 25 years old in the crowd who was stunned for a moment, stared at him for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Are you... Li Xianshi?"

Li Wuxiang glanced at him - he had a slight impression. After dealing with Zhao Kui that day, a group of people crowded at the gate of the Chen family compound. This person stood close to Chen Xin, and because there was a tuft of gray hair on his forehead, he remembered it more clearly.

He nodded: "Well, what's your name?"

"Chen Jian! Chen Jian! Master, my name is Chen Jian!" Chen Jian smiled and immediately turned to the people around him and shouted, "This is the Master Li who exorcises evil spirits we talked about. Do you still remember my name!"

He quickly squeezed through the crowd and helped him get on the horse: "Master, are you going to the town master's house? Oh, the Xue family is next to the town master's house. I'll take you there. Master, are you not leaving this time?"

Li Wuxiang let him lead the horse: "I'm coming back for a meal."

"Okay, okay, that's great, having a meal is also good, we all miss you!" Chen Jian shouted to clear the way for him. On the way, some of the townspeople who were originally from Jinshui were immediately surprised when they saw him, and they ran around to tell others, shouting "that's great" just like Chen Jian before.

So Li Wuxiang realized that something might be wrong. Because the expressions on these people's faces all looked like "turning worry into joy".

He immediately tilted his head: "Is there something wrong in the town?"

"Master, it's all a small matter when you come back!" Chen Jian said happily, "You'll know when you get to the town master's house, he hasn't left yet! The bastard has come several times in the past few days! Now that Master, you're back, someone will take charge of us!"

Hearing this, Li Wuxiang stopped asking. Since they said it was a small matter, it shouldn't be a big deal.

After walking a distance and passing a small square paved with bluestone, Li Wuxiang saw a big house - more imposing than Chen Xin's original house, it seemed to have three entrances. Next to this big house were two other courtyards with two entrances, separated only by a narrow aisle. He guessed it should be Xue Baoping's residence.

But Chen Jian did not lead his horse to the big house, but to the second-entry building on the east side: "Master Immortal, we are here, it is in front!"

Li Wuxiang looked towards the door of the house - he saw about a dozen town soldiers standing outside the door, and some people from the town gathered together. They looked like they were wealthy households in the town, with worried faces, looking towards the closed door. Looking inside the gate. Naturally, he couldn't see anything, so he talked to the soldiers, as if he was asking about what was going on in the yard. The town soldiers also looked a little angry, shaking their heads and sighing, looking sad.

Li Wuxiang raised his face towards the big house with three entrances: "Where is that house?"

Chen Jian just stared at the door of Chen's house: "That's Master Xue's house. We're practicing martial arts with Master Xue over there - Master Xian, I'll help you down!"

Li Wuxiang jumped off his horse, threw the reins to him, and strode towards the door. A sharp-eyed town soldier saw him and was stunned for a moment. He immediately separated the crowd with a short stick in his hand and shouted: "The Immortal Master! The Immortal Master is back!"

Li Wuxiang nodded to him, opened the door and walked in before the group of people at the door started making noise again.

The courtyard of this house is much smaller, but very delicate. Although it is not as beautiful as Feiyun Temple, it is clean and refreshing, the ground is flat, and it is comfortable to look at.

But the scene in the courtyard made him uncomfortable - Chen Xin and several others were standing in the courtyard, and Xue Baoping was also there, all facing the main hall. All eight doors in the main hall are open, and there is a square table where the Chen family used to eat, with wine and food lined up on it. A man with a bun and a brocade robe, who looked to be about forty years old, was sitting at the table holding a small wine cup, with two young men standing behind him, like his servants...

No, it should be a disciple. This man seems to be a spiritual practitioner.

What's going on. I haven't been back for a month and a half, and my house was robbed?

Hearing the clang of the door, everyone standing in the yard turned to look.

When Chen Xin saw him, his eyes lit up: "Master Immortal!"

Xue Baoping also saw him, but was stunned in place, as if he was wondering if he had seen it wrong.

Li Wuxiang smiled and nodded to Chen Xin. He walked towards Xue Baoping and found that she was holding a sword in her hand, which was held upside down behind her arm. He raised his eyebrows: "It seems that you have practiced swordsmanship well these days. Is that the set of swords that Lao Zeng taught you?"

Xue Baoping's mouth was still slightly open. When he came in front of him, he leaned slightly and paused again. He just grabbed his hand and shook it: "You...why are you back?"

"I have to go do some work and have a meal when I come back. I have to leave in the evening." He turned to look at Chen Xin, "What's wrong? Are you going to use a sword?"

His question made Chen Xinlue a little frightened, and he quickly said: "No, no, Master Immortal, yes...yes..."

"You asked me to dance with the sword." Xue Baoping said, "The mayor didn't ask me to dance."

"Sword dance." Li Wuxiang frowned, glanced at Chen Xin, and then at the man in the main hall, "Who told you to dance sword."

The man glanced sideways, then returned his gaze to the wine cup in his hand: "Are you the immortal master they said? Such a big sigh, have you become an immortal?"

Li Wuxiang ignored him and went to see Chen Xin: "What's wrong?"

"It's about Lijiawan." Chen Xin sighed, "We came to Lijiawan. As soon as we settled down these days, people from Qingjiang City came. This...Qiu Gongfeng came a few times and said he would send a message to the city lord. , saying that either the tax paid to the city should be raised by another 30% every year, or... that Lijiawan is an ownerless land and should belong to Qingjiang City. "

Qiu Zongfang in the hall frowned and put his wine cup on the table: "I'm asking you a question."

Li Wuxiang nodded towards Chen Xin: "Then what should we do?"

Chen Xin glanced at the worshiper and whispered: "It stands to reason that, in fact, in some places, for example, two towns are fighting to the death, and one party occupies the other's land, so as long as the taxes paid are still the same as before, I don’t care—”

This is indeed the way of this world.

"What should we say this time..." Chen Xin looked at Li Wuxiang's face, "Xiuxiu, Master Xian, you also know what happened before. When she got older, she and the Li family in Lijiawan Li Jiye, this..."

"You are in love with me?"

"Hey, yes, yes."

After Chen Xin said this, he rubbed his hands. Li Wuxiang laughed: "That's good."

He had known that Chen Xiu was different from Xue Baoping. She is an ordinary girl in this world. She has just started to fall in love, and her feelings come and go quickly. She likes one person and then another person. Maybe she doesn't even know what she likes.

Or maybe after knowing that she is a practitioner, she feels that she is "unreachable", or after experiencing what happened more than a month ago, she realizes that all she wants is a stable life in a corner. But the young master from Lijiawan is a good match, so it's a good place to end up.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xin immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "So after this happened, this place belongs to our two families. Besides, the people from the two towns have gathered together, and we have also divided the food..."

"So the tax should be based on the previous tax?"

"Yes, yes."

"What about the sword dance?"

Chen Xin's face suddenly became solemn: "Ah, well, this worshiper has been here three times and knew that Master Xue was teaching people in the town to practice martial arts. This time he bumped into me here again, so he insisted on... adding to the fun. ”

He lowered his voice: "Master Immortal, I'm stopping you. But my master told me not to talk about the swordsman before he left. I don't know if it will cause trouble for you. I don't know if it will cause you trouble. I really..."

Qiu Zongfeng pushed on the table, stood up and walked to the door, his face as dark as water: "Where did this wild thing come from? Do you have a sect? I heard that you were an evil spirit in the town? You are also a man who wants to become an immortal or a god. Evil? You are so capable——"

Li Wuxiang glanced at him and asked Chen Xin: "Did he kill or injure anyone in the last three days he came to town?"

"Wild thing! I'm telling you-"

A bit of sword light suddenly emerged from Li Wuxiang's sleeves, buzzing and turning in front of him. The second half of Qiu's words immediately stopped in his mouth, he took a step back, and suddenly sat back on the round stool.

Chen Xin hurriedly said: "Ah, that's not true..."

"What about other things? There's nothing evil about it?"

"Not...not really."

"What a pity." Li Wuxiang sighed and turned to look at Qiu Zongfeng, "You want to see a sword dance? Is this sword dance beautiful?"

Qiu Gongfeng opened his eyes and stared at Xiaojian for a long time: "You... you... Your Excellency, you... Immortal Master, you..."

The sword light buzzed again and stopped, revealing the light red sword body. Li Wuxiang asked him to look carefully before taking the flying sword back: "Do you recognize this thing?"

"I recognize it, I recognize it..."

Li Wuxiang stared at him for a while, and when his face turned pale, he suddenly laughed: "Wu Jian. Lord of the town, this man has no bad behavior here. What about other times and other places? What about you in the past?" Haven’t you heard of it?”

Just as Chen Xing was about to speak, the round stool squeaked, and Qiu Zongfeng fell to his knees with a pop. The two disciples behind him didn't seem to understand the situation, but they quickly followed him and knelt down: "Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal, there really is no such thing! I practice carefully and don’t do anything harmful to heaven and earth. I’m afraid of karma. I’ve been a worshiper in Qingjiang City for more than ten years. There’s no need for me to do those things!”

Chen Xin tugged on his sleeve from behind. Li Wuxiang then turned to look at Xue Baoping: "What do you think?"

Xue Baoping frowned: "I want to see him dance the sword."

Li Wuxiang laughed: "Okay, listen, she wants to see you dance the sword."

Qiu Gongfeng immediately jumped up from the ground and walked quickly to the yard. He didn't have a sword on him, so he looked around hurriedly, found a broom, and danced smoothly: "Sword Immortal, this is a set of swords, and it can also be used as a sword..."

Li Wuxiang turned to look at Xue Baoping - she stared at Qiu Chongfeng. After a while, her brows gradually relaxed and she curled her lips: "It doesn't look good, forget it."

"Yeah. That's very stupid. Qiu Zongfeng——"

"Yes, yes!"

"Go back and tell your city lord that I often walk around. Last time I was in Jinshui to eliminate evil spirits, I felt that the people in Jinshui were living quite well. If additional taxes were added, their lives might not be so good, and it would make me confused. Tongda, this is ruining my practice. If he asks you to come here again, I will stop."

Qiu Gongfeng immediately stopped, put the broom back far away, walked backwards, saluted repeatedly, and ran out of the door.

When his two disciples also trotted out, Li Wuxiang heard cheers outside the courtyard. He closed his eyes slightly and felt a slight heat spreading throughout his body.

He opened his eyes and exhaled: "Town Master, it's time for a Taiyi Temple to be built in this town. I'll leave tomorrow and give you a picture."

Two chapters in one. Today, Kuanggan has 9,000 words, and finally the update time has been adjusted back...