Chapter 152: On the list

Chapter 152: On the list

Chapter 152: On the list
When Chen Shi arrived at Hongshan Hall, the moon had already disappeared and the sun appeared, with the sky illuminated in red.

There are colorful clouds in the sky, so it is expected to rain.

The guards of Hongshan Hall saw him coming with the dying Zhao Kaiyun, and hurried forward to greet him and ask what happened. Chen Shi was exhausted, so he said casually, "Brother Zhao was killed by the Tianmu Society. I took down the Caisheng Hall of the Tianmu Society. I am tired and need to rest."

The guards were shocked and horrified when they heard this. One of them quickly took Zhao Kaiyun's body, and the other led Chen Shi to the guest room of the main hall.

Chen Shi planned to wash the blood off his body, but his injuries were severe, and the Tianpeng Subduing Demon Technique consumed a lot of energy and blood, so he was too lazy to wash. He just lay down on the quilt, not knowing whether he was asleep or unconscious, but he just fell asleep.

The guards saw that his body was covered in blood and had marks from being bitten by ghosts, so they hurried to ask for a doctor and Lu Xiangzhu, Xiao Xiangzhu and others.

Xiangzhu Lu is still in the incense hall helping Xiangzhu Xiao to protect the Dharma. Xiangzhu Xiao is still activating his Nascent Soul and using incense oil lamps to heal his wounds.

A guard came over and said something hurriedly.

Master Lu was shocked, and hurriedly stood up, saying in a lost voice: "Brother Zhao is dead? Chen Shi went to the Tianmu Association to take over the incense hall?"

Master Xiao Xiang was wholeheartedly healing his wounds, but when he heard these words, he lost his concentration and his wounds nearly exploded. He quickly calmed himself down and dared not be distracted.

Master Lu lowered his voice and asked, "Which incense hall will we go to after we pull out the Tianmu?"

"It is said to be Caishengtang."

Master Lu Xiang said quickly: "Caishengtang? There are many masters in Caishengtang, especially Yu Daozhi, who is an expert in the Nascent Soul Realm! How many people did he kill? Is his injury serious? How did he escape from Yu Daozhi's hands? Hey! You are too slow to answer, I will ask him myself!"

He walked out in a hurry. When Xiao Xiangzhu heard this, he didn't even bother to heal his wounds, but hurriedly got up and chased after him. Unexpectedly, his old injury was aggravated, and he stumbled over the threshold and fell to the ground with a thump.

"You are so badly injured, why did you follow me?" Master Lu Xiang quickly turned back, helped him up and complained.

Master Xiao Xiang said, "With something as serious as this happening and brothers in the guild being killed, how can I rest and heal my wounds?"

Master Lu did not force him, and the two of them quickly came to the guest room, only to see Chen Shi still sleeping. When they touched his body, it was hot all over.

"There are bite marks on his body and he has lost too much blood. Don't wake him up."

Master Lu Xiang asked, "Is the doctor here?"

Not long after, the doctor arrived and the two incense masters hurriedly asked the doctor to treat them.

The doctor said, "Although he lost too much blood, his vitality is still very strong. The blood in his body is still flowing, and his bone marrow is producing blood. He will not die. It's just that his vitality is damaged. I will prescribe some medicine to nourish his vitality, and some ointment to promote tissue regeneration and heal the wound, and he will be fine."

The two incense masters thanked him and quickly sent someone to get some medicine.

Xiangzhu Lu and Xiangzhu Xiao came to Zhao Kaiyun's body again. Seeing Zhao Kaiyun's miserable state, they were furious. Xiangzhu Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "Caishengtang has done so many evil things. It should have been removed long ago! Now it has implicated Brother Zhao! I don't know how many demons Master Chen has killed. I will go over and kill them all!"

Master Lu stopped him immediately and said, "Now that the hall master is not here, don't worry. Your injuries haven't healed yet, wait until the hall master comes back! Someone, go find out how many people from Caisheng Hall were killed by Master Chen? Also, go and invite all the masters over!"

He frowned slightly. Master Yu was out and Master Xiao was injured. Now he was the only one left in the hall who had the ability to fight.

"Yu Daozhi suffered such a great loss, he will definitely lead Han Mingyu and Hu Yiqi here to call for justice."

He comforted Xiangzhu Xiao and thought to himself, "I am not afraid of Yu Daozhi and the others, but I am afraid that he will tell other strong men of Tianmu Association. If the Wu Hall Master and the other two Xiang Masters of Tianmu Association also come here, I am afraid that my Hongshan Hall will be in trouble..."

Master Lu was restless. After half an hour, a disciple from Hongshan Hall who had been looking for news came back and reported, "I met the inspector from the government office. They sealed off the Tianmu Society's Caisheng Hall. It was said that there was an evil spirit inside and many people died. I paid a little money to ask a yamen runner, and the runner said that everyone in the Caisheng Hall had died, not a single one was left."

Master Lu was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "Where is Yu Daozhi? Where are Han Mingyu and Hu Yiqi?"

"They are all dead too."

The disciple said, "I heard that the statue of Tianmu was smashed, and her clone disappeared. The people of Tianmu Society are extremely angry, and many incense masters and instructors are rushing to Caisheng Hall."

Master Lu Xiang felt his scalp tingle, and he quickly asked the guard, "What did Brother Chen say to you before he fell asleep?"

The guard said, "He said that Brother Zhao was dead and he tore down Caisheng Hall."

Master Lu took a deep breath and murmured, "So the Baxiang Hall he mentioned is really the Baxiang Hall."

Although "Baxiangtang" only has three words, it is extremely cruel.

Removing incense halls is as serious a matter as cutting down mountains and destroying temples. During the True King period, permission from the imperial court was required and an order from the Xijing Tianshi Mansion was required to allow cultivators to cut down mountains and destroy temples or remove incense halls. There were strict rules in place.

The incense hall is a place for offering sacrifices to the gods, so it is not enough to just destroy the incense hall. According to the rules of the True King period, the number of heads should be counted according to the number of incense offerings, and all the disciples who have offered incense to the statue of the gods should be chopped off as evil demons, the incense oil lamps should be kicked out, the incense hall should be smashed, and then the statue of the gods should be executed!
This is the real Baxiangtang!

However, after the True King period, the Baxiangtang was just talk, and it was rare for people to kill all of them, even the statues of gods.

Master Lu Xiang had not expected that Chen Shi's Banxiangtang was actually carried out according to the rules of the Zhen Wang era. If he said Banxiangtang, then he would count the heads according to the incense sticks and kill them all!
"Master Chen did a great job! However, I'm afraid the revenge from the Tianmu Society will be even more terrifying!"

Master Lu felt relieved after getting rid of his anger, but now that Master Yutang was not here, how could he resist the revenge of the Tianmu Society?

At this moment, a voice shouted joyfully: "The hall master is back!"

Master Lu was overjoyed, and finally felt relieved. He hurried forward and thought, "With the Hall Master here, it won't be a problem to deal with any revenge from the Tianmu Society!"

Tianmu Meeting, Caisheng Hall.

Xiangzhu Sun, Xiangzhu Zhou, and Wutangzhu of Tianmu Society, as well as a group of instructors, looked at the corpses lying on the ground with gloomy expressions.

The inspector came over and said, "The bodies have been cleared out. There are three bodies in the hallway, twenty-seven bodies in the front yard, and twenty-eight bodies in the back yard."

He paused and added, "In addition, there are 16 bodies on Changxing Street not far away. A total of 74 people died. As for these pots and jars..."

He looked at the martial arts master meaningfully and said, "The martial arts are righteous, I will just pretend I didn't see it."

The head of the Wu Hall bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Inspector. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

He waved his hand gently, and a disciple brought him a bag of silver.

The inspector weighed it, turned around and left.

The head of the Wu Hall tilted his head and asked, "How many people are there in Caisheng Hall?"

"Reporting to the Hall Master, including Yu Daozhi and Yu Xiangzhu, there are a total of seventy-four people." The muscles at the corners of the Wu Hall Master's eyes twitched. Not a single one would be left alive!
"Who did it?"

"I can't summon the souls. All the disciples, including Master Yu's soul, are gone. If I want to know the murderer now, I'm afraid I can only ask Tianmu..."

The martial arts hall master snorted angrily and turned to go to the headquarters.

Not long after, Cao Yunshen, the leader of the Cao Lao Society, also got the news. He was extremely shocked and immediately ordered people to find out the details.

"The night watchman said that he saw a man covered in blood, holding a corpse, coming out from afar. There was a car and a dog parked at the door. The man went to Hongshan Hall."

Cao Yunshen was very interested and laughed, "The people from Hongshan Hall tore down the incense hall of Tianmu Society? This matter has become a big deal."

He was a little excited: "Now I was seriously injured by the boat girl from Xinxiang, and the Minjiang grandma was also injured. I was worried that other halls would take advantage of me, but I didn't expect them to beat me even harder. This time I can sit back and watch the fight. Let's go find out which incense master of Hongshan Hall did this?"

At noon, a disciple of the Cao Lao Society came to report: "We have found out that it was not done by the incense master of Hongshan Hall, but by a scholar from another place. His name is Chen Shi, and he came to Gongzhou to take the imperial examination. He just joined Hongshan Hall yesterday and is a new instructor."

Cao Yunshen was stunned. A scholar who came to Gongzhou to take the imperial examination pulled down the incense hall of the Tianmu Society?
In Gongzhou City, the leader of another gang, the Yanlao Society, also received the same news and was equally shocked.

Baxiangtang is a big deal!
Chen Shi went alone to Caisheng Hall, cleared the incense hall, called out names according to the incense sticks, killed everyone, and destroyed Tianmu's clone. It was shocking!

"It's not that a fierce dragon can't cross the river. This Chen Xiucai came from Xinxiang and crossed the Minjiang River to Gongzhou. He is really fierce."

The leader of the Salt Association gloated over the misfortune and said with a smile, "I'm afraid the governor is having a headache now."

At the Gongzhou government office, Governor Fei Tianzheng invited the governor of Gongzhou Province, the general, the inspector, the commander-in-chief, the provincial governor, the provincial governor, the provincial governor, the provincial eunuch, and other senior officials to sit down. He said politely, "My dear brothers, you have heard about what happened in Gongzhou, right? What should we do? Do you have a plan?"

Among the senior officials in the government office, some came from the Xia family, some from the Yan family, and some from the Li family, Zhang family, Yang family, Xu family, and almost all the thirteen families. There were also eunuchs guarding the lineage of the eunuchs in charge of the seal, and the power was distributed very evenly.

Many senior officials gathered together. General Xia Chuli said with a smile: "It's just a small matter in Jianghu. It's just a few deaths. There's no need to mobilize the army."

Others nodded in agreement.

"Master Xia is right. The reason why Gongzhou has been peaceful in recent years is all due to the maintenance of the underworld organizations such as the Cao Lao Society, the Yan Lao Society, the Hongshan Hall, and the Tianmu Society. We don't need to interfere in these underworld affairs."

"Master Xu is right! These gangs are just minor fights, how many people can die? Hongshan Hall eliminates a lot of evil spirits every year, and Tianmu Society appeases the people, both are indispensable. They are just minor fights, so a little warning will do."

……

Governor Fei Tianzheng listened to the opinions of the Gongzhou officials with a smile on his face. He nodded continuously, laughing secretly in his heart.

These underworld gangs are indeed small-time gangs, but they receive a large amount of silver every year, so no one is willing to cut down these cash cows.

Governor Fei Tianzheng was also well aware of these things.

"So, who is the person who caused this?"

Governor Fei Tianzheng smiled and said, "You should at least give an explanation to the Tianmu Association, right?"

General Xia said, "Bring the real murderer to justice, and let Hongshan Hall compensate Tianmu Society with some silver. Yutian City will host a banquet to apologize to Wu Daozheng. We will be witnesses, and this matter will be over. Do you know who the real murderer is?"

"Chen Shi, a scholar from Xinxiang."

Everyone was silent for a moment, thought about it, and felt that the name was somewhat familiar.

But Gongzhou is not Xinxiang, and officials in Xinxiang Province must know the name Chen Shi, because Chen Yindu lived in Qianyang Mountain in Xinxiang County. But Gongzhou is far away, and the officials in Gongzhou have not changed for more than ten or twenty years. Even if they have heard of the name Chen Shi, they will not associate this Chen Shi with the child scholar ten years ago.

The governor Fei Tianzheng said: "Then let the education commissioner first remove this scholar Chen from his position as a scholar, then issue a warrant for his arrest and execution, and once he is captured, execute him on the spot."

Everyone nodded.

In the afternoon, when the notice was posted, Grandma Sha squeezed into the crowd, read the content of the notice clearly, and quickly squeezed out of the crowd.

The bearded men Hu Xiaoliang and Qingyang came over quickly. Granny Sha asked in confusion, "Don't the officials in Gongzhou know about Xiao Shi? They actually issued a capture and kill order!"

Qing Yang was startled and asked in a lost voice: "Are they so bold?"

Granny Sha said, "I am also wondering why they are so bold."

Hu Xiaoliang stroked his beard and asked, "What crime did Xiao Shi commit?"

Granny Sha said, "In the Baxiang Hall, seventy-four people died."

Hu Xiaoliang and Qingyang both fell silent.

Granny Sha murmured, "We are just one day late, just one day..."

Quanzhou, Li family.

Li Tianqing leaned over the desk and wrote on the paper, "Mr. Chen Shi: I am writing to you. How are you recently? Have you recovered from your old illness? I have returned home. My mother is doing well. Please treat me and my mother well. Don't worry. I have been studying hard and improving my knowledge. I have heard that there is a corpse cloud in Xijing, floating in the air, sixty miles above the ground. I think it is the Creator Xiaowu."

He bit the tip of his pen, thought for a moment, and continued writing: "Soon, I will set off for Gongzhou to take the imperial examination. I will go to the autumn examination with you and have my name on the list of successful candidates."

Signed: Tianqing.

Li Tianqing wrote the letter, sealed it, and planned to ask someone to mail it. He thought to himself, "Xiao Shi's knowledge and cultivation are not inferior to mine. I'm afraid he will be a strong rival for the title of Jie Yuan. In this autumn exam, the first place will be either him or me! Our names will definitely be ranked first and second!"

There was a gleam in his eyes: "At this moment, he must be working hard, right?"

In Hongshan Hall in Gongzhou, Chen Shi woke up slowly, feeling extremely hungry and a little dizzy.

He sat up, feeling pain all over his body and the taste of medicine in his mouth.

He got out of bed and walked around, pulling at the wound, grimacing in pain and breathing in cold air with a hiss.

He held onto the wall and moved forward. When he opened the door, he saw a tall man standing outside. When he heard the door open, he turned around and looked at him with a smile.

"Master Chen is awake? Hongshan Hall Yutian City, meet Master Chen."

(End of this chapter)