Factory owner is king

Chapter 179
The bottom line is the interests that cannot be compromised or given up.

Literal confrontation, eight-party game, in this battle where no sword is seen, the weaker side will always give up a lot in order to be able to stick to its bottom line.

"The sacred fire is indestructible, and the sun and the moon are in the sky. This is the bottom line in my heart, and both are indispensable."

Tang Sai'er's answer was straightforward and decisive, expressing his determination very clearly, and let the venerable Dharma protectors present understand the difficulties involved.

"It's hard."

One person spoke softly and expressed everyone's thoughts.

Tang Sai'er followed the voice and saw that it was Shi Zhen who spoke, and said with a smile: "Of course it is difficult. The fire in the Xuzhou government has been burning more and more vigorously. They gathered here, and it is clear that they want to deal with it. Us. Don't look at their intrigue in the past, but this time they are against us."

The people Tang Saier said of course understood that people from all over the world rushed to the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, and they naturally thought about things thoroughly on the way, but they didn't have any good ideas, which caused the current silence.

One hundred and eight bells were struck, but the monk's chanting was not over yet.This was also the only sound in this open area, and it was heard by the distracted people, making them feel even more disturbed.

Sikong Xuan snorted coldly, and got up abruptly: "Since we can't come up with an idea, let's go straight to Shaolin Liangliang, and beat up all the three religions. The masters of our religion are almost all gathered. You may not be afraid of them."

. . . . . .

"As far as I know, many White Lotus cultists are now gathered in the Kunlun area, preparing to rebuild Guangmingding under the banner of the Sun and Moon God Sect. If you follow my opinion, it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity and catch them all in one fell swoop."

He has a refined temperament, even if he is talking about bloody things, there is a sense of righteousness as if he is doing justice for the heavens.

The old monk with a haggard face was wearing a red cassock, his eyes were slightly closed, he didn't seem to hear Yue Songting's determination, but the beads in his hand stopped turning.

The immortal old Taoist beside him glanced at the old monk, then at the middle-aged literati facing him, he swung his hand whisk between his elbows, and shouted loudly: "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, Master Yue, The benevolent loves others. Although the White Lotus Sect is a heresy, it is still a creature of flesh and blood. The killing is too much, it is against the peace of heaven."

There is still some time before August [-]th. Among the three sects and seven sects, only Yue Songting, the leader of Huashan Mountain, and Xuan Cong, the leader of Wudang who is closest to Shaoshi Mountain, have arrived.

But a martial arts leader, a Shaolin abbot, plus a real Wudang teacher, there are some things that are qualified to talk about.

It's just really hard to talk to people who practice Taoism and Zen.

With a smile on his face, Yue Songting nodded and said: "Master Dao, after the battle in Xuzhou Prefecture, the White Lotus Sect and my righteous way of martial arts are in the same situation. If there is more mercy, maybe my righteous way will suffer more."

"This..." Xuan Cong hesitated and turned to look at Lingxin, wanting to hear the opinion of this uncrowned king of the righteous martial arts world.

"Amitabha, Master Yue wants to gather various factions and besiege the Bailian disciples in Kunlun? Is there a perfect plan?"

"There is no surefire solution, but there is still a [-]% certainty."

"Why?"

“There is strength in numbers, and we must make a move at every step.”

"White Lotus is powerful."

"But with the imperial court at their side, they must have scruples, and they may not be able to use [-]% of their strength. If the Guangmingding can't be built, Tang Sai'er's power will be greatly reduced. If the hearts of the people are scattered, the White Lotus Sect will have nothing to do." As."

"The imperial court may not do anything."

Master Emei Huizhen walked into the meditation room under the guidance of the Zhike monk and spoke.

"Do you still remember Xu Ruyi?"

Hearing Mrs. Huizhen mention Xu Ruyi, Taoist Xuan Cong and Master Lingxin were puzzled, and they didn't remember who it was for a while. After all, they had never been to the martial arts conference in Qingcheng Mountain before. Although someone mentioned it to them, it has been a few years. , and did not take it to heart.

On the contrary, Yue Songting had some impressions: "The ghost sword that turned the tide at the martial arts conference?
Since then, I haven't heard any news about him, so I don't know how the teacher mentioned this person?"

"No news?" Master Huizhen snorted coldly: "You must have heard of his name, but you just didn't take it to heart."

Since the last martial arts conference, Mrs. Huizhen seemed to be a different person, with a very violent temper.

At first, I thought this was just a rumor of a troublemaker, but seeing her today, and hearing her tone and attitude, this rumor is really not groundless.

"The owner of Dongchang, the three of you should have heard of his name, right?"

"Master?" After pondering, he was surprised: "Xu Ruyi? Are they the same person?"

They had heard the name of Dongchang Changgong for a long time, but they didn't take it to heart. It's still the same sentence, the world and the court are not involved much, and what happened to Dongchang has nothing to do with their world.

And the "ghost sword" in their impression was clearly a handsome young man. They never thought that he was a eunuch, and he was also a high-ranking and murderous eunuch.I just thought the two had the same name.

Master Huizhen nodded: "The poor nun has just received the definite news that the ghost sword back then is now the factory owner."

"Then why did the teacher still say that the court would not do anything?" Yue Songting was puzzled: "The eunuch was also trapped in the cave with us back then, and almost died."

"I don't know this either, but the information I received said that the eunuch seems to have reached an agreement with the White Lotus Sect.

The poor nun didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it again, it might not be impossible.After all, the White Lotus Sect is a rebellion appointed by the late emperor, if there is no official position in the court, how can they dare to appear in front of people without authorization and rebuild the main altar?"

"This..." Yue Songting thought about it and realized that it really made sense.

The White Lotus Sect has fought with the imperial court for decades, and the reason why it has been banned repeatedly is because since the imperial court's iron-shoeed horse stepped on the bright summit, the White Lotus Sect has been broken into pieces and hidden in various places, and the imperial court has nowhere to use it.

If they really gather together one day, the imperial court will be the first to not tolerate it without the help of these Jianghu sects.

"Oh~" Yue Songting said thoughtfully, "That's why Tang Sai'er came up with the name of the Sun Moon God Sect, and wanted to sell dog meat as a trick, which can be regarded as a step for the court.

How could the current emperor, who has a reputation for benevolence and filial piety, disobey the late emperor's will and support the imperial court's rebellion? There is a lot to be said for this. . . "

"Amitabha." Finally, Master Lingxin said: "The path of all sentient beings must be walked by themselves. Although we have a little reputation in this world, we cannot represent the will of all sentient beings. Since we think about many troubles now, If it doesn’t make sense, then we might as well wait until the leaders of each faction arrive before discussing it, it’s not too late.”

In the following days, the leaders of Kunlun, Tianshan, and Kongtong sects rushed to Shaoshi Mountain one after another, with a time difference of only a few days.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike some sects in the martial arts conference who only sent elders to go through the process, this time all the sect leaders who came to Shaolin were without exception.After all, this time, we have to discuss the candidate for the next martial arts leader.

Whenever Master Lingxin arranges guests to stay in the meditation room, Yue Songting will visit him in person later on.

First they exchanged pleasantries and recalled the glorious years of each family, and then he casually led the topic to the White Lotus Sect.

There is only one central idea, and that is that for evil people like the White Lotus Sect, the righteous martial arts community should join forces to suppress and eliminate them without hesitation, especially the big forces like the three sects and seven sects, which are unshirkable.

Regarding Yue Songting's proposal, among the six sects, Murong Qing, the head of the Tianshan Sect, He Chongxiao, the head of the Kunlun Sect, and Tang Sansheng, the head of the Tang Sect, all expressed their firm support. Those who want money, money, and strength.

The reason for this is actually very simple. The main altar of Guangmingding that the White Lotus Sect is about to rebuild is located in Kunlun, the Kunlun Sect is also in Kunlun, and the Tianshan Mountain is not too far away.If the White Lotus Sect is really allowed to take root, life for the two factions will definitely not be easy.

But Tang Sansheng's support was more due to personal grievances, and everyone had heard about it.

But apart from these three families, the attitude of the Demon Sword Sect is somewhat ambiguous. No matter how hype Yue Songting said, Dongfang Yu is just indifferent, and does not follow up on key issues.

Yue Songting secretly speculated that in view of the "deep friendship" between the Demon Sword Sect and the White Lotus Sect, the two might have reached some kind of deal in private, exposing the grievances in the Xuzhou government last time.

If Yue Songting could understand Dongfang Yu's ambiguity, then the attitudes of the Kongtong faction and Huashan faction who came at the end were a little confusing.

Don't say support or objection, you talk to him about the White Lotus Sect, and he talks to you about Shaoshi Mountain.If you talk about Guangmingding again, they will talk to you about the salty food, as if they are not on the same channel at all.

This made Yue Songting very angry, but also a little helpless.Something must have happened here, but if Tie Sihai and Yanying didn't tell, he couldn't help it.

Late night
After much hesitation, Yue Songting decided to see Yanying again.He didn't want to go to Kongtong anymore. His relationship with Tie Sihai wasn't very deep, so it would be useless to ask. However, the Hengshan sect was different. He and Yanying still had some friendship. If they talked a little more, they might be able to get the truth. end.

Thinking of this, Yue Songting stared at the ancient book for a long time, but put down a page of the unread ancient book, stood up, and before he took two steps, he heard a sudden knock on the door.

"Brother Yue, open the door, it's me."

This is Yanying's voice.

Yue Songting hurriedly took two steps, opened the door, and said in surprise: "Brother Yan, I knew that you and I would definitely have an explanation for our friendship."

Yanying turned around and closed the door, then turned around and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if I am right or wrong in coming here tonight."

"Brother Yan, what happened on the way here? Why did you have a certain attitude when I mentioned the White Lotus Sect to you today..."

"Heh." Yanying came to the table and sat down, untied the long sword around her waist and put it on the table, looked at Yue Songting with a hesitant expression, as if she didn't know how to speak.

Yue Songting picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of warm tea, then sat opposite him, waiting gently.

After a long while, Yan Ying sighed and said, "Actually, I understand Brother Yue's meaning. Your term as leader is about to expire, and you want to lead everyone to have a fight with the White Lotus Sect to boost Huashan's prestige."

"Yes, Yue did have this intention." Yue Songting smiled and nodded, not hiding anything: "People often say that there are four religions and seven sects. The four religions are in front and the seven sects are behind. But Yue is unwilling to accept it. In terms of background, I am Huashan With Quanzhen inheritance, in terms of martial arts, it may not be as good as Shaolin Wudang, but it is not much worse than Emei, so why can't it go further?"

"Brother Yue, you use the White Lotus Sect as a guide, do you know that it is difficult and dangerous?"

"If the three religions and the seven sects can share the same hatred, plus the entire orthodox martial arts world, are you still afraid of him?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid?"

Yan Ying picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "Yan met a man on the way here, and he asked me the next question, which made me unable to answer."

"What's the problem?" Yue Songting asked with a frown.

"If one day, the White Lotus Sect besieges the Hengshan Sect, will the Hengshan Sect be able to withstand it?"

"Why can't I withstand it?" Yue Songting waved his hand and said displeasedly: "Even if the strength is low, as long as we persist for a while, comrades from all directions will come to help. Not to mention others, my Huashan sect will be the first..."

"What if the White Lotus Sect also attacks the Huashan Sect?" Yan Ying interrupted Yue Songting's impassioned speech: "You know, the White Lotus Sect has this strength, not to mention you and my two factions, but also the Kongtong Sect. It's the same, if the White Lotus Sect attacks our three factions at the same time, what will happen? They have this strength."

"But the court..."

"They will use the name of the Sun Moon God Sect, and the imperial court will not interfere in the grievances of the world."

Yue Songting was silent.The imperial court, the White Lotus Sect, and their righteous ways of the martial arts, restrain each other.The imperial court was unable to destroy the White Lotus Sect, so it borrowed the power of the righteous way of martial arts.Otherwise, relying solely on the righteous way of martial arts, it would be no match for a professional rebel faction like the White Lotus Sect.

After a long time, Yue Songting seemed to have sorted out the cause and effect, and his face became a little gloomy: "Who did you meet on the road?"

"One of the Venerable Tianwei of the White Lotus Sect, Lei Gong Bi Jinglei."

"I understand." Yue Songting nodded: "It seems that Kongtong is the same."

"Yeah." Yanying nodded agreeingly: "When the court acquiesces to the actions of the White Lotus Sect, we loose sands actually have nothing to do."

"Master Huizhen once told Yuemou about the collusion between the White Lotus Sect and the imperial court, but Yuemou didn't believe it too much, and didn't ask carefully. How did brother Yan know?"

"That Bi Jinglei said."

"You believe what he says?"

"Without a doubt."

"Why?"

Yanying took out something from her bosom, put it on the table, pressed it with her hand, and pushed it in front of Yue Songting.

Yue Songting picked it up and took a closer look. It was a black iron token with two big characters "Dongchang" written on it. Turning it over again, an eagle and a dog were engraved on the back, with sharp claws and sharp teeth. Throwing the token on the table: "A sign, maybe they forged it?"

"Maybe." Yan Ying looked sad: "But my brother-in-law must have heard of Dongchang's reputation. The eunuch of the factory is said to be deeply favored by the emperor. What if this brand is real? Yan really loses to the ancestral foundation. Sorry."

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