Ruins of the past

Chu Qiguang asked the liar to explain the process of his deception, and squeezed another ten taels of silver from the other person. Seeing the other person's constant begging for mercy, Chu Qiguang asked with a disappointed look on his face: "You don't have any backers? Brother? Master?" "

"No...no...no..." the liar said with a sad face: "Sir, all the money I have on me has been given to you. I really have nothing left."

"Then make a note. You still owe me one thousand taels of silver." Chu Qiguang saw that the other party refused, and kindly persuaded: "Thirty years to the east of Hedong, thirty years to the west of Hexi, how do you know what you will do in the future? Can't you come back with revenge? This IOU is just to give you a goal in the future."

But Chu Qiguang dealt with the liar, but Grandma Sun still didn't believe that the master was a liar. She only blamed Chu Qiguang for forcing the master to admit his mistake, and cried and begged Chu Qiguang to let the master go, which made Chu Qiguang laugh out loud.

He knew that some people were superstitious and were unwilling to admit that they were wrong even when the facts were in front of them. Granny Sun was obviously such a person.

In her cries, Grandma Sun told how in the past eight years since her grandson was born, in order to make her grandson better, she had cooked, washed clothes during the day, and done some sewing and mending work at night to supplement the family income. , most of the money I had worked so hard to earn over the years was sent to the Taoist temple to pray for blessings, hoping that the Taoist Master would bless his grandson's health and get better.

According to Grandma Sun, it was her persistence and piety over the years that moved Taoist Master Xuanyuan, so Taoist Qingling who came to Qingyang Taoist Temple two years ago often prescribed some elixirs to help Sun Xian regulate his body.

However, in recent months, Qingling Taoist priest has gone out to investigate corpse mutiny cases from time to time, and has not continued to help Sun Xian recuperate his body.

Listening to Grandma Sun's story, Chu Qiguang thought that although the Tianshi Sect was already very vicious and exploited the people to no end, in comparison, other cults and swindlers had no lower limit. But the reason is still because the Han Dynasty now relies on religion to resist the state of being possessed by demons. For this reason, Chu Qiguang feels a headache just thinking about it.

Looking at Grandma Sun who was still complaining, he suddenly didn't want to say anything anymore. She was talking like a chicken.

Wang Cailiang on the side sighed and said that the liar knew people from Huangtian Dao and was worried that Chu Qiguang would get into trouble with this sect.

"Huangtian Dao?" Chu Qiguang's mind flashed. He had also heard that Qiao Zhi had taught him about this sect before. Like the Immortal Dao, it was an organization classified as a cult by the Han Dynasty.

However, Huangtian Dao is not as evil as the Immortal Dao. They believe in Huangtian God and expand their followers in Yongzhou by treating people and giving away rice and food. They develop very quickly, just because they have mastered the "Book of Humans" and "Book of Humans" in the 25th Zhengfa. "Five Thunders Zhengfa".

'I heard from Qiao Zhi that the Five Thunder Zhengfa can cast thunder in the palm after entering the Tao, and Renshu can make talisman water to cure diseases and save people. ’

In the following days, Chu Qiguang moved directly to Wu's house, relying on Chen Gang to communicate with the outside world and communicate with cat monsters and dog monsters every day.

In the Wu family, he mainly practiced martial arts, meditated, or chatted and exchanged feelings with Wu Wei or the young masters and ladies of the Wu family.

Eight days later, Chu Qiguang finally had Qi flowing through his limbs and was able to use his own power to push the blood in his body, reaching the third level of sensing and circulating Qi and blood.

Qiao Zhi also returned to Qingyang County the next day and brought back more than ten copied account books in one go.

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Qiao Zhi boasted: "Da Qian was very polite to me. They also knew that the big men wanted to trade with each other and the Ding family was holding them back. Knowing that I wanted to take revenge on the Ding family, they directly gave me a copy of the account book and told me to be careful."

Qiao Zhi sighed again: "There are so many monsters over there."

Although the wolf tribe is now the most respected on the grassland, the wolf tribe also rules a large number of other monster tribes. Even a large number of cat tribes and dog tribes migrate from the human world of Han Dynasty every year.

Chu Qiguang said: "But it's not a good life, right?"

Qiao Zhi nodded. The demon clan is not as good at forging and weaving as humans. The shortage of various living materials will certainly not make things easier for the lower-level demon clan. This has also caused the entire demon clan's strength to never increase.

It can be said that most of the demon clans in Daqian are eager to trade with the Han Dynasty.

In Chu Qiguang's view, Daqian in the north was still in the process of transforming from a slave system to a feudal system, which made it worse than the Han Dynasty.

Chu Qiguang lowered his head and continued to flip through the account book in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

There are records of the smuggling trade between the northern demon clan and the south in the past ten years. There are five local tycoons like the Ding family, all of whom are high-ranking Jinshi officials. In addition, there are Jiubian military towns haunting them. Chu Qiguang even saw There are transactions in weapons and food.

"The Nine-Border Military Town has become so rotten."

The situation of the border troops was worse than Chu Qiguang imagined. It had completely become a country within a country, and the tail could not be lost.

Chu Qiguang shook his head and sent all the dozen or so account books directly to Wu Wei. Then he called the Taoist Taoist Priest Fayuan to send them to Shenjing via the Tianshi Sect route and hand them over to Wu Pavilion. Old hands.

After all, Li Changqing has been released by the Taoist temple at this moment. Although he is still recuperating because he was starved for seven days, his subordinates from the Demon Suppression Division have begun to deal with the Wu family and the Hao family again.

These account books are useless in the hands of Chu Qiguang and Wu Wei, because the involvement is too great. If the Jiubian Army Town can be so wanton, there must be someone among the high-ranking officials of the court who colluded with them. The cabinet, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the eunuchs must all be involved. Have a share.

After getting along with each other these days, Wu Wei has grown to trust Chu Qiguang more and more. Now that he has received these dozen account books from the other party, he is even more impressed by Chu Qiguang's methods.

Wu Wei said: "When these account books are delivered to my father, they will certainly not be made public, or even be seen by the emperor through regular channels. Otherwise, not only will the Nine-Border Army be unstable, but once a big prison breaks out, it will be even easier It triggers party strife, magnifies it, and even puts everyone in danger, triggering a backlash."

Wu Wei said thoughtfully: "It's better to hold it in your hand than to hand it over. Instead, it can become a bargaining chip."

Holding the account book in his hand is of course in the best interest of Mr. Wu Ge, but it is not in the interest of Chu Qiguang, and it may not be what Wu Wei wants most.

After getting in touch with him during this period, Chu Qiguang had a thorough understanding of Wu Ge Lao's second son. To sum up, he was ambitious and talented, and he was greedy for gold and silver. He is not interested in all kinds of interests that will last for ten years or a hundred years. On the contrary, the things that can be obtained now are more in line with his requirements.

So Chu Qiguang took advantage of the situation and said: "The Ding family is doomed this time. Thinking about how much money they have received every year from ten to two hundred thousand taels, we don't know how much money they have hidden in the family."

Seeing that Wu Wei's eyes changed and his breathing became slightly faster, Chu Qiguang sighed again: "Oh, it's a pity that the Demon Suppression Division and the officers and soldiers who ransacked the houses will have to take advantage of them."

Thinking of this, Wu Wei also sighed and showed a pity expression. At this moment, he wished he could go and ransack Ding Daoxiao's house right now.

Chu Qiguang said: "The Ding family destroyed their spiritual veins and colluded with demons. This is a naked traitor. I think the people of the whole county should join forces to catch the traitor."