At the beginning, you will meet a fox demon and be taught the art of immortality

Throughout history, both in China and abroad, human beings have always lacked one quality - that is curiosity.

When Su Rui put away his sword and picked up the dagger dropped by the green-skinned leader, he found that he was surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

When the onlookers saw Qingpi being beaten, many of them applauded and cheered.

But people seem to be more curious about Suri's identity.

"Whose child is this with extraordinary skills?" someone asked.

"You have no vision. This is Erlang, the son of County Magistrate Su! Can the son of a county magistrate be the same as that of ordinary people?" someone answered.

Su Rui looked at the noisy and pointing crowd and felt like he was being watched, so he ran away immediately.

He made up his mind to wear a mask before fighting in the future.

After finally escaping from the crowd, Su Rui ordered his servants to return to the county government office and ask the officers to come and deal with the aftermath. Then he took Wu Qianqian and Xiao Shitou into the restaurant, found an empty table and sat down. He ordered some snacks for the two to fill their stomachs, and then asked about the cause of the incident.

It turns out that Little Stone's original name was Shi Yi, and he was the child of Wu's neighbor. When his mother was pregnant with him, Shi Yi's father went into the mountains to hunt and never came back. When he was three years old, his mother died of overwork, leaving him and his mother-in-law to live, or more accurately, to survive. He grew up healthily thanks to the help of his neighbors. Two years ago, he became an orphan after his mother-in-law passed away.

Captain Wu's mother loved him very much and often called him home to provide him with soup and rice. Although he was young, he knew how to please the old lady. Every time he went to Captain Wu's house to eat, he would sometimes bring a fish, sometimes some wild fruits, but he would never come empty-handed.

Captain Wu felt sorry for his life and was loyal and filial, so he accepted him as his apprentice, which gave him some guarantee of survival. Otherwise, as an orphan, he would have become a beggar. Seeing that he was young, Captain Wu also found him a job as a book boy in the county school, so that he could read more books after work.

But after going to the county school, he didn't study well but instead got a lot of banditry. Not only did he hang out with the poor students in the county school, but recently he also started fighting for territory with the young gangsters.

Captain Wu was very angry about his recent behavior and never treated him well.

This morning he brought Wu Qianqian to see the "kingdom" he had built, but unexpectedly they were ambushed by this group of young men!

Shi Yi, who was 11 or 12 years old, was not very tall, but probably because he had been practicing martial arts with Wu Butou in recent years, he was quite strong, and his ability to use hidden weapons was comparable to Wu Butou's. In a one-on-one situation, a 13 or 14-year-old Qingpi was no match for him. Today, he was beaten up because there were too many opponents.

Wu Qianqian was also implicated. If Su Rui had not acted in time, the consequences would have been disastrous. Even so, it was difficult for him to explain to Captain Wu what had happened.

Therefore, even though all the young men were dealt with by Su Rui, he still looked depressed.

It is worth mentioning that although he knew Su Rui's identity as a nobleman, he showed no sign of asking him for help, which shows his responsibility.

If you do something wrong, you will be punished!

This is the law. Otherwise, without rules, even greater disasters will inevitably arise.

Su Rui did not comfort him, but asked him curiously where the "kingdom" he had conquered was.

Although Shi Yi was not happy, it was obvious that he wanted to show off his achievements in front of Su Rui, so he proposed to take Su Rui and Wu Qianqian out for an "inspection".

After Su Rui had a fight with the young men, he came up with a plan and was about to use his territory, so he readily accepted his invitation.

The three of them quickly devoured the remaining cakes and after Su Rui put down the silver to pay the bill, they walked out of the restaurant.

As for the young people, Su Rui believed that Magistrate Su would educate them well.

Shi Yi took Su Rui and walked along the wild river for a while in the direction Su Rui came from. They stopped beside a riverbank covered with overgrown weeds and thorns.

He reached out and pushed aside the weeds that blocked his view, pointed at the wild river with duckweed floating on the surface, and said proudly: "This half-mile long river is the land I conquered with my fists!!"

Looking at the wild river, Su Rui was speechless for a long time, thinking: "What is there to fight for in this wild river?"

"This isn't much of a place, but it's a good place for fishing!" Wu Qianqian was happy and ran to the river to look around.

"Hey~, it's a bit desolate, but it's still a base!" Su Rui sighed and comforted himself.

Ever since he pointed his sword at Qingpi, he decided to use the evil forces throughout the county as a touchstone to hone his sword skills, anonymously of course, and he planned to use this as a base for future operations.

Although fighting crime and eliminating evil is the job of his original father, Magistrate Su, but as a young master with the ambition to be a knight, he feels that this is also his responsibility!

He felt that there was no better person to test his sword skills than someone who could both practice sword skills and do work!

Of course, he had no intention of giving away his life. He still had to eat one bite at a time, and his plan must start with the weakest member of the evil gang, Qingpi!

"Shitou, what's the name of the gang you joined?"

Su Rui asked as he approached his two companions who were "giving advice".

"Gang? I haven't joined any gang. My master once said that if I dare to join any gang, he would break my legs!" Shi Yi responded after hearing this.

"Don't call him Shitou, call him senior brother..." Wu Qianqian corrected him seriously.

"How about we form a gang? Just the three of us. As long as we three don't tell anyone, Teacher Wu won't know!" Su Rui suggested.

"Okay, I want to be the gang leader!" It was Wu Qianqian who agreed first.

"Okay then, I'll be the second gang leader..." Shi Yi hesitated for a moment, then agreed. Su Rui guessed that he followed suit reluctantly after seeing Wu Qianqian agreed so enthusiastically.

"Then I will be the third leader!" Su Rui finally nodded in agreement. He didn't care who was the leader, he just wanted to use the name of the gang to let Shi Yi take him to Qingpi to test the sword.

"Then what should we name our gang?" Wu Qianqian asked.

"Why not call it the Qinglong Gang?" Shi Yi suggested, and then explained: "It is rumored that there is a Qinglong in Tongqu River. If we set up a gang here, it will also be in line with Qinglong's intention!"

"How about calling them the Three Heroes Gang?" Su Rui suddenly thought of the sworn brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He still remembered clearly the plot of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu, so he opened his mouth and said.

"The Qinglong Gang is too tacky, let's just call it the Sanying Gang, it sounds better!" Wu Qianqian made the final decision.

Although there was no blood oath, the Sanying Gang was established by the Yehe River in Tongqu County.

The three of them stayed for a while, inspected the gang base, and felt that the wind was strong by the river, so they started to walk back.

Su Rui wanted to continue going to the City God Temple to see if the City God was Magistrate Su and verify his guess.

Shi Yi had to accompany Wu Qianqian to the county government office and accept the punishment from Captain Wu.

After agreeing to meet in the yard of Captain Wu's house at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, Su Rui parted ways with the two.

When Su Rui returned to the restaurant alone, two servants were standing outside the door asking the waiter about his whereabouts.

Seeing him come back safe and sound, they were relieved. Although they were very anxious about Su Rui's rash departure, they did not dare to blame the young master, and only dared to gently warn him.

Su Rui naturally agreed to all of them and dealt with them. Although he was a servant, it was for his own good and he couldn't let him down.

It's almost noon.

Accompanied by his servants, Su Rui came to the City God Temple again.

The City God Temple is much quieter today, but the restaurants in the street are still very lively. I asked the servants and found out that the storytellers here love to tell supernatural stories and have cultivated a group of stable "diners", so it is also bustling on weekdays.

Su Rui could understand this. It was like a movie theater that specialized in showing American blockbusters, which could attract a lot of loyal fans!

He even thought that if he was short of money in the future, he could write a novel like Investiture of the Gods or Journey to the West and sell it to storytellers to earn some royalties.

He thought it would be very interesting to see a group of ancient people watching a drama.

After walking forward for about a quarter of an hour, a temple covering an area of ​​more than an acre finally appeared in front of Su Rui. It was not magnificent, but looked quite simple in appearance.

There is a plaque hanging on the archway at the gate, with three large dark golden characters "City God Temple" inscribed on it, which looks majestic.

After passing through the gate, there is a large incense burner in front of you, and further ahead is the main hall of the City God Temple. In the center of the hall is a statue of a deity, and on both sides are civil and military judges, sun and moon gods, and various ghost and god officials, just like a government office with complete functions.

Su Rui looked up at the statue of the City God, and found that it did not look like Magistrate Su.

He couldn't help but feel a little bit sorry, but this was also within his expectations, so he wasn't too disappointed.

Su Rui donated two taels of silver, took the long incense from the temple keeper, and bowed three times respectfully to the City God.

When he looked up again, Su Rui discovered that the statue of the City God was glowing brightly and was actually alive.

The City God who had come back to life saw that he was staring at him with burning eyes, and knew that he had seen through the Yin and Yang, so he looked up and blinked at him, and then returned to normal.

In a deep space in the temple, the City God withdrew his gaze and asked the guard: "Who is burning incense in the temple at this time?"

The guard replied, "It's Erlang from Magistrate Su's family!"

The City God hummed, made no comment, and began to write at his desk.