Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 24 The Night Chapter of the Rivers and Lakes

When Long Jiu was full, he went to the side to check on the dead body. Zhang Chi washed the pots and bowls with the rain, and made tea, while Mu Liuyun meditated and practiced.

The face of the corpse was swollen, the eyes were still staring, and the whites of the eyes were congested and red, which was very scary.Long Jiu closed the eyes of the deceased, searched the body, but found nothing useful, so he packed up the body and threw it in a corner, and sat down beside the fire.

It was still early, the three of them were still sleepy, and they were fine anyway, so they chatted around the fire.

"So you are the one who asks questions." Long Jiu looked at Zhang Chi in surprise, "What level do you belong to?"

Zhang Chi poured a bowl of tea for Mu Liuyun and Long Jiu, and said modestly, "I was lucky, and I managed a few small things. I just got the Yexiao brand recently."

"Since you are 'Ye Xiao', you must know a lot of news that others don't." Long Jiu looked at him with twinkling eyes, and said shamelessly, "For the sake of you and I having a good relationship, Can you tell me something about the Red Lotus Sect for free?"

Zhang Chi was straightforward: "Everyone can get the evil cult and punish them. If Master Jiu wants to know anything, just ask, and I will definitely tell you everything."

Long Jiu waved his hands and said, "Don't call him Master Jiu, it looks awkward, just say what you know."

"Okay, Brother Nine." Zhang Chi scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Actually, I just got the Ye Xiao brand not long ago, and my memory is limited. Before that, I was mainly concerned about Jinghong Villa. Knowing some bits and pieces of news, where should I start?"

Mu Liuyun said indifferently: "Although I have heard the name of the Red Lotus Sect before, I don't know what kind of organization it is. Why don't you explain their origins in detail."

"Then let me start from the beginning." Having a rare opportunity to show his strengths in front of Mu Liuyun, Zhang Chi took a sip of tea and began to talk eloquently, "The Red Lotus Sect is also called the Fire Worship Sect by some people, and it worships the Great God of Fire They were originally a small sect that originated in southern Xinjiang. Over the years, they have taken advantage of several natural disasters to confuse the victims to join the religion while providing relief. Until recently, they started to frequently make some excessive actions, which made many sects start to fear them, and wanted to find out about them. However, the senior management of the Red Lotus Sect has always been mysterious, and we only found out that the headquarters of the Red Lotus Sect is in In the Yunnan area, it is not clear where exactly, as for the leader Wei Wuji, we only know that he was originally the prince of the Shen Dynasty."

"What is Shen Dynasty?" Mu Liuyun asked.

Long Jiu answered for him: "It was a small country in the north during the period of competing in the Central Plains in the early years. It was established for more than 30 years and only passed on for two generations. It was destroyed by the Great Zhou more than [-] years ago. Annihilated by the current Dachen—speaking of which, the Red Lotus Sect seems to have suddenly grown from that time on.”

"That's right." Zhang Chi added, "When the Shen Dynasty destroyed the country, Wei Wuji was only a teenager. He survived and exiled to southern Xinjiang. Zoroastrianism. Dazhou used to pursue and suppress the former prince until he was unable to protect himself. After Dazhou was destroyed, no one cared about him, so the Red Lotus Sect began to make progress and expand. According to some of the Judging from the news, this person probably has the heart to restore the country."

"If he is really allowed to restore the country, the great rivers and mountains that have finally stabilized will fall into war again." Long Jiu sighed, "I have been paying attention to the movement of the Red Lotus Sect in the past few years, but We still don’t have clear evidence that they want to rebel, and we don’t know when the higher-ups will pay attention to this hidden danger.”

Zhang Chi said comfortingly: "Ninth brother, don't worry. They have already shown such obvious behavior that the court will definitely not sit idly by. As for the apparent lack of action, I think it's just that the government doesn't want to scare the snake away."

"How do you know?" Long Jiu looked at him suspiciously.

"Think about it, the restoration of the country can only be achieved with a few masters and a few bottles of secret medicine. They must have done a lot of preliminary preparations, and they must not lack troops, food, military resources, and armor. Needless to say, the red The Lotus Sect has plenty. According to the information we have, the Red Lotus Sect may have more than [-] believers overtly and secretly. Excluding the old, weak, women and children among them, they can gather at least [-] to [-] soldiers. Now they are the most What is lacking is money—a lot of money, which is why the Red Lotus Sect has used unscrupulous means to plunder money in the past few years, and even dared to steal money from Jinghong Villa. Moreover, many members of the Red Lotus Sect are hiding in the unknown Not only Jinghong Mountain Villa, but also a large number of Red Lotus Sect's eyeliner hidden in the court, who would believe if they said they didn't intend to do anything wrong." Zhang Chi said, "Even a small person like me can understand things, the court will How could those big figures in the Central Plains turn a blind eye? If they were really so stupid, they wouldn’t have the last laugh in the battle for the Central Plains.”

"That's right, why didn't I think of that." Long Jiu slapped his head, "Brother Zhang Chi, I think you're too talented to ask questions. Why don't I introduce you to a general to be a military advisor?"

"Brother Jiu was joking, is there a military adviser like me who can't recognize all the surnames?" Zhang Chi smiled and folded a piece of firewood and threw it into the fire.

Mu Liuyun was a little confused: "If the purpose of the Red Lotus Sect is to rebel, they should concentrate on fighting against the imperial court. Why did they startle Hongshanzhuang and the Qing Palace? Are they impatient?"

"At least judging from the current clues, the Red Lotus Sect doesn't want to mess with the Qing Palace at all. As for Jinghong Villa, it's an inevitable conflict of interest, and it's not that they don't have to mess with it if they don't want to." Zhang Chi gestured with his hands, "Benefits are like a piece of cake. They are only so big in total. If the Red Lotus Sect wants to eat one more bite, Jinghong Villa can only eat one less bite. Jinghong Villa must not be happy. What if you don't like it? Robbery. As I said just now, if the Red Lotus Sect wants to revolt, it will inevitably have a large number of weapons and armor to arm its own army. Now most of the iron mines in the south are in the hands of Jinghong Mountain Villa. If Jinghong Mountain Villa sits on the ground to raise prices Or refuse to sell it to them, and then cut off the northern trade route. The Red Lotus Cult relied on the bit of iron they got together, I am afraid that even the spatula is not enough, let alone the armor. So they must Scrambling for iron ore from Jinghong Mountain Villa is their most fundamental conflict of interest. As for snatching money and shops after robbing iron ore, they are all smoke bombs. .”

"Snatching iron ore to make weapons, the intention of rebellion is too obvious, I hope the higher-ups really know it, and don't be caught off guard by them." Long Jiu said, "I heard that Jinghong Villa is holding a martial arts conference this time. I just want to gather fellow martial artists to attack Honglianjiao, but I don't know if it's true or not?"

"I know as much as you about this matter." Zhang Chi said, "Anyway, the martial arts conference is about to be held in half a month, and I will know when the time comes."

"It has to be like this." Long Jiu said, "By the way, I heard you just said that you are mainly concerned about Jinghong Villa. Can you tell me about Jinghong Villa?"

Zhang Chi sighed: "I'm ashamed to say that Jinghong Villa is nothing to Bao Inquiry, and our understanding of Jinghong Villa is only limited to some old things. If you are interested, let's listen to it as a story." Fortunately, it is of little use to the current situation."

"Anyway, it's still early, so you just say it's a pastime." Long Jiu smiled and added a bowl of tea to himself.

So Zhang Chi started rambling like a storyteller: "There has always been a saying in the Jianghu that 'the martial arts family is only brilliant for three generations', which actually has some truth. I don't know how many martial arts families in the past and present They flourished for a while and then declined rapidly, basically they can’t escape this rule. The reason why many sects like Shangqing Palace can last for hundreds of years is that the heads of the past dynasties chose the most capable disciples among the next generation of disciples to live there. The disciples themselves are all one-in-a-million talents, which determines that the quality of each generation of masters will not be worse. However, the power of the martial arts family has always been handed down from father to son, and son to grandson. Which generation of descendants will not be successful. This Jinghong Villa was originally built by a father and son surnamed Ye..."

Long Jiu interrupted him in surprise: "Wait, isn't the owner of Jinghong Villa surnamed Qin?"

"That's why I said it's an old story." Zhang Chi said, "Back then, the father and son of the Ye family were shocking talents, making Jinghong Villa the same for a while, but in the third generation, the two All the talented grandsons died young, and the only one left, Ye Qinghong, was a person with average talent. Although he was kind, upright and loyal, he could be considered a good person, but he was not top-notch in terms of martial arts, and he was not top-notch in terms of dealing with the world. The means are not strong enough. In a place like Jianghu where the jungle preys on the jungle, if you want to be invincible, you need two essential qualities - 'strong' and 'tough'. He doesn't take either of them. To be bullied and annexed by other gangs, the power of Jinghong Villa has already declined in his hands. Everyone guessed that the words of "the martial arts family is only brilliant for three generations" may be fulfilled again. But no one thought that, Everything began to change from the moment Ye Qinghong met Qin Wushang, a poisonous genius doctor."

He spoke so fascinatingly that Mu Liuyun and Long Jiu, who were just passing the time, were firmly attracted by this "story", waiting for him to continue.

Zhang Chi took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and then continued in a leisurely manner: "On this day, Ye Qinghong was ambushed by a group of killers, and all the guards around him were killed in battle. The genius doctor Qin Wushang met. This Qin Wushang is a well-known strange person. His medical skills are so superb that he may not be able to find a miracle doctor who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him in a hundred years. However, his practice of medicine has never been to save People, just to use other people's bodies to study more profound medical skills, do you think this person is strange."

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