Zhu Nao

The team of Shu people set off with gongs and drums.At the same time, many people in the north are in dire straits.

In Qingyang Hou's mansion, Qingyang Hou Zhu Yue and his wife Liu Yan are arguing fiercely over the departure of their daughter Zhu Jiao.

"Nonsense! It's just nonsense!" Zhu Yue was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. He swept all the things on the table to the ground, pointed at the lady sitting opposite, and scolded, "You taught me a good daughter. Look at how you put her How spoiled she is! How dare she run out with only four people, what kind of world is this now?! Not to mention her family of a girl, even four big men dare not run around! It's crazy! "

Mrs. Qingyang Hou's wife Liu Yan's eyes were red, her chest was full of breath, and she sarcastically said: "You blame me? Who forced her to leave? And who provoked these things?"

Zhu Yue blew his beard and stared: "What do you mean who provoked these things? Could it be that I provoked it?"

"Who are you?!" Liu Yan said viciously, "What's wrong with just letting her marry Xie Wuji properly? What's wrong with you following her wishes??"

Zhu Yue's nose was so angry: "Is it because I don't want her to marry? Find out, it's Xie Wuji who doesn't want to marry her now, it's Xie Wuji who looks down on our family! She even sent her to the door by herself, her ancestor's face almost made her It's gone!"

Liu Yan spat and said angrily: "It's already at this time, and you still care about your face? The emperor is dead, how much is your Zhu family's face worth! Instead of blaming me here, why don't you think about it quickly?" Find a way to get A-Jiao back! I'm just such a precious daughter, if something happens to her, I don't want to live anymore!"

"You...you!" Zhu Yue was angry and anxious, "Do you think I didn't look for it? I sent someone to chase after me, but there is no news until now!"

The husband and wife sat at opposite ends of the gambling, one was upset, and the other kept wiping tears.

After a while, a servant hurried in and reported: "Mr. Hou, madam! Just now the envoy sent by Xie Wuji came, saying that Sister Jiao has arrived in Fu County and is currently in Xie Jun's barracks. People come to report peace."

"what?"

"Great!"

When Zhu Yue and Liu Yan heard the news that Zhu Jiao was safe, their hearts were finally relieved these two days.But soon, Zhu Yue's brows were furrowed hard again, and he sighed in frustration: "Ai, ai, ai! This bastard is so nonsense! She ran to Xie Wuji's place, what should I do?"

Liu Yan glared at him angrily, only caring about her daughter's safety and not caring about anything else.

Now that it was confirmed that Zhu Jiao was fine, it was time for Zhu Yue to think about the next countermeasures.He got up and wandered around the house for a few times, and told his servants, "Go and find Wang Yu."

As soon as Liu Yan heard Wang Yu's name, she immediately became angry again: "You are still looking for that villain?! If you hadn't been bewitched by that villain and had no clear connection with the cult, how could Gillian go to Fu County? Looking for Xie Wuji???"

Regarding this matter, Zhu Yue had already argued several rounds with Zhu Jiao, and also had several fights with Liu Yan.He was exhausted physically and mentally, he was too lazy to explain, he just said: "What do you women know?"

"Yes, I don't understand." Liu Yan said coldly, "I only know that Henry Zhang is a shameless liar, Xuantian Sect is a disgusting cult, and even the cult members are a group of animals!"

Zhu Yue was one head and two big, and said angrily, "I don't know if it's a liar, is it a cult?? But in this situation, what do you want me to do???"

While the two were arguing, Wang Yu, who was summoned, had already arrived outside the door.Hearing the quarrel in the house, he paused for a moment, then walked in and saluted Zhu Yue and Liu Yan: "Mr. Hou, madam."

Liu Yan had a quarrel with Zhu Yuezheng again, and she had already credited him with the account of Zhu Jiao's departure, so when she saw Wang Yu, she immediately scolded Wang Yu emotionally: "You shameless villain! You are the one who bewitched Duke Hou!" , forced A-Jiao away! If anything happens to A-Jiao, I will take your skin!"

Wang Yu hurriedly said: "Ma'am, I misunderstood. I have served Duke Hou and his wife for many years, and I have been loyal to Duke Hou and his wife. I am more anxious than anyone else when Sister Jiao runs away. I have been unable to eat or sleep for the past two days. Miss Jiao is safe and sound..."

"Damn!" Liu Yan raised her brows upside down, "Stop putting on airs in front of me. You are a running dog of a cult, dirty and shameless!"

Wang Yu said helplessly: "Why did Madam say that? I am wholeheartedly for the good of Duke Hou and Madam, and I have no other intentions."

"You have no second heart? I think your heart has been eaten by dogs, do you still have heart?"

Zhu Yue saw that Liu Yan went to quarrel with Wang Yu after she finished arguing with him, and the sharp noise made his temples throb, and he was flustered and short of breath.He patted the table repeatedly, interrupted Liu Yan, and shouted in a broken voice: "Shut up, shut up! Liu Yan, get out, I beg you, don't make trouble for me here."

Zhu Yue has always been in charge of Qingyang's affairs, big and small, and Liu Yan is usually only in charge of the affairs of the Hou Mansion.Now that Zhu Yue insisted on using Wang Yu, and insisted on getting entangled with Xuantian Sect, she really had no choice.She didn't bother to waste any more words, and said viciously: "Okay, I don't bother with your dirty things. Anyway, remember, but if Gillian has any problems, I will die, and you all don't want to feel better!" He flicked his sleeves and strode away.

Zhu Yue stared at her back, trembling with anger, almost unable to catch his breath.Wang Yu hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Mr. Hou, are you alright, Mr. Hou?"

Zhu Yue was patted on the back by him for a long time, and he finally felt better. Thinking of his daughter who had run away and his wife who spoke sarcasticly to him, he couldn't help frowning and sighing.

Wang Yu softly comforted: "Hou Gong, they don't understand you. In fact, who are you doing this for? Isn't it also to let them continue to live a good life? When this matter is settled, I believe they will understand you. painstakingly."

Zhu Yue was silent for a long time, patted Wang Yu's shoulder, and sighed: "You are still caring."

Wang Yu hurriedly said: "I regard Duke Hou as my father, as long as I can share the worries for Duke Hou, I would be willing to die."

In the past few years, Xuantian Sect has spread rapidly in the north like a plague. Although Qingyang is located in the border, it has not escaped its torment.

Some people don't know that the Xuantian Sect can only spread so fast. Apart from its teachings that make the suffering and ignorant people willing to follow blindly, what's more important is its cruel methods.

In the teachings formulated by Henry Zhang, believers of Xuantian Sect have the right to wantonly kill non-believers and plunder their property to dedicate to the sect. Not only will this not be condemned, but it is even encouraged.And all those who oppose or try to suppress the Xuantian Sect will be charged with various crimes by the believers and treated with cruel methods.

Not long ago, an official tried to suppress a cult. As a result, he was killed by crazy believers only three days after the territory promulgated a decree prohibiting the promotion of cult teachings. He was even massacred. corpse.

Under such circumstances, it was really difficult for Zhu Yue to be alone.

As early as a few months ago, Henry Zhang had started sending letters to Zhu Yue.Zhu Yue was asked to spread the Xuantian religion in Qingyang, so that all the people in Qingyang became believers, and offered family wealth to the sect.He also asked Zhu Yue to suppress all those who dared to oppose Xuantian Sect in the area under his jurisdiction.If Zhu Yue is willing to cooperate, Henry Zhang will make Zhu Yue the head of the Xuantian Sect, and from then on, Zhu Yue can also enjoy the offerings of believers.

When he first received Henry Zhang’s letter, Zhu Yue was very angry.He knew that Henry Zhang was a godly stick who bullied the world and stole his name. He didn't believe a word of the teachings of Xuantian Sect, and this magic stick dared to bully him, it was lawless!

However, with the continuous expansion of the Xuantian Sect's influence and the continuous expansion of the war, Zhu Yue's anger gradually turned into fear.

With the death of the little emperor and the fall of the imperial court, the status of Marquis of Qingyang no longer brought him honor, but crisis.

News of the overthrow of the old dignitaries continued to spread from all over the place. As long as no one can revive the Zhu Dynasty, then he will become a remnant of the previous dynasty from a relative of the emperor.Even now, many people regard him as a remnant of the previous dynasty. Countless people want to take advantage of the chaos to steal his family wealth and take his head. The opposition to him in Qingyang is getting higher and higher day by day.

In this case, he must find a strong backer, otherwise, not to mention wealth, even his life is in jeopardy!

In the beginning, Zhu Yue actually pinned his hopes on Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji.

Needless to say, Zhu Nao, what year has it been?Who cares if he came from the right way?Zhu Nao is now the last hope of the Zhu Dynasty!And Xie Wuji has tens of thousands of soldiers, he is a fierce general who can recruit and fight well, and his future is limitless.If he can embrace the thighs of these two, Zhu Yue's crisis will be resolved, and he may be even richer in the future!

But what Zhu Yue never expected was that as soon as he moved his mind, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji lost again and again as if they had been hit by a Gu.First one lost Yanzhou, and then the other lost Shizhou.Now Xie Wuji is in a dilemma in Fu County, Zhu Nao is also rumored to be a liar, and even Chengdu Mansion is in jeopardy.

After hearing the news, Zhu Yue was heartbroken, he didn't think about tea, he didn't want to eat, and his hair turned gray with worry.But even if Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji were unreliable, he was not at the point of desperation—he still had another choice, Xuantian Sect.

In the past few months, although Zhu Yue has not fully complied with Xuantian Sect's request, he has never rejected it with righteous words.What he adopted was a policy of appeasement - he had been secretly providing money, food and other assistance to the Xuantian Sect's army in exchange for their tolerance of Qingyang.

And when the news of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji's defeat came, seeing that Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji's thighs were not worth hugging, some of Zhu Yue's cronies began to actively lobby him to join the Xuantian Sect.Wang Yu is the one Zhu Yue trusts the most.

Wang Yu squatted at Zhu Yue's feet and said, "Hou Gong, although Sister Jiao is headstrong, she is the most beloved daughter of Hou Gong. Tell Xie Wuji about the connection with Xuantian Sect. Let's send people to Fu County as soon as possible to bring back Sister Jiao, so that it will be too late for Xie Wuji to discover the clue after a long time."

Zhu Yue worried: "What if Gillian still refuses to come back?"

Wang Yu said: "Sister Jiao is only 15 years old. She ran away from home and went to find Xie Wuji. Xie Wuji probably only regarded her as a wayward young lady. Why don't we send someone to apologize to Xie Wuji, saying that Sister Jiao has caused him trouble? , we are ashamed of him, as long as he is willing to return Sister Jiao to us, we are willing to immediately send troops to help him deal with Xuantian Sect. He has always wanted our troops, so even if Sister Jiao refuses to leave, he will I want to send Sister Jiao away."

Zhu Yue frowned, and looked at Wang Yu: "Send troops to help him?"

Wang Yu nodded, and said: "Yes, Lord Hou. Once we agree to join forces with Xie Wuji, we will know how he plans to deal with Xuantian Sect and how to deploy troops. At that time, we will send these news to Zhang Shijun, so that Zhang Shijun sent people to use their tricks and win Xie Wuji, wouldn't we have made great contributions to the Xuantian Sect? Zhang Shijun must be very grateful to Hou Gong. At that time, Hou Gong is still afraid that the glory and wealth will not be preserved?"

Zhu Yue was terrified when he heard it. He felt that it was wrong, and it seemed that there was no better way.

Wang Yu saw Zhu Yue's hesitation, and hurriedly said: "Hou Gong, whether it's Xie Wuji or Zhu Nao, they are already in danger. If Hou Gong wants to put pressure on them, I'm afraid he will die with them at that time. What's more, Duke Hou condescended to marry his daughter to him, but Xie Wuji still pushed back, obviously looking down on Duke Hou. He is just an unworthy son who was expelled from the family by Xie's family. How dare you look down on Duke Hou, it's really embarrassing. It is understandable that Duke Hou is unrighteous to him because he was unkind first."

Because of Xie Wuji's refusal to agree to the marriage, Zhu Yue has long been dissatisfied with Xie Wuji.But for Zhu Nao, he still didn't give up hope - after all, this is the most powerful Zhu family disciple right now.He struggled and said: "Let's not talk about Xie Wuji, but Chengdu Yin may not be... just lost a Shizhou. The Shu Mansion is vast, and his power has even extended to Guanzhong and Liangzhou..."

Wang Yu rolled his eyes and changed his words: "If Chengdu Yin can rejuvenate the dynasty in the future, it will be the best. But Hou Gong thinks about it. In just a few years, he himself has not established a firm foothold in the Shu Mansion." , and immediately went north and west, it was too ambitious, but not steady enough in doing things. Didn't everyone say that the reason why he ran to Liangzhou last year was because of the civil strife in Shu, and he was forced to seek refuge in Liangzhou? Like him In such a rush to expand, the emptiness of the Shu Mansion is inevitable, which led to Shizhou's defeat in the first battle."

After a pause, he said again: "If the defeat of Shizhou can give Chengdu Yin a warning, he must calm down and concentrate on governing the Shu Mansion in the next few years. After all, the Shu Mansion is his foundation. If He still insists on going north and resorting to military force, I am afraid that the disintegration of the Shu Mansion is just around the corner."

Zhu Yue has governed important border towns for many years, and he is very aware of the evil consequences of not being down-to-earth and eager to expand his power.

Seeing that he had listened, Wang Yu said in a low voice: "Mr. Hou, right now our Qingyang is facing internal and external troubles, and whether or not Zhu Fu Yin will gain power in the future, but now he wants to deal with Changsha Mansion, it must take three to five years. It's exhausting. And how long can we wait? Three months? Five months?"

Wang Yu's words were like a knife piercing Zhu Yue's heart, every time he said a word, Zhu Yue's face turned pale.

Indeed, the threat to him from the Xuantian Sect has become more serious every time, and the appeasement policy can no longer suppress the cult.There are also many forces around Qingyang trying to replace him.Even if he knew in his heart that the cult was just a deceit, it would not last long, but now, the knife was hanging on his head, and he had to make a choice.

Finally, Zhu Yue collapsed on the back of the chair as if his strength had been drained.He waved his hands weakly and said, "Just do as you say... Send someone to Fu County as soon as possible to bring back Gillian."

Wang Yu lowered his head, with a fleeting smile on his face, and said respectfully, "Yes, Duke Hou."

Zhu Jiao and Liu Yan did not wrong Wang Yu, he was indeed bought by Xuantian Sect.It's a pity that Zhu Yue was so blinded that he couldn't see his intentions, and thought that he was really sincerely making suggestions for him.

Wang Yu thought to himself: Zhu Jiao ran to Fu County precisely because she couldn't accept that Zhu Yue would succumb to the cult. She was a little girl and had no other means but to rely on Zhu Yue and Liu Yan to spoil her, and wanted to use herself as a hostage to threaten her. Zhu Yue chose Xie Wuji instead of Xuantianjiao.Zhu Yue really felt sorry for this daughter, if he didn't get Zhu Jiao back, he couldn't let go and frame Xie Wuji.

However, she is a girl after all, apart from crying, making trouble and hanging herself, how can she change the situation?After all, you can only watch.

This time, as long as Zhu Jiao is successfully brought back and Xie Wuji is killed, the Xuantian Sect will penetrate into Qingyang thoroughly, and they will rule the north just around the corner.No one can stop this anymore... As for Junao?Hehe, let's have a good time with that Changsha army dog ​​in Shizhou!

Thinking of this, Wang Yu lowered his head and smiled, and went out complacently.

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The gavel slammed, and the crowded teahouse fell silent.The eyes of the tea guests gathered on the storyteller standing on the stage, waiting to hear the story he was going to tell today.

However, this storyteller didn't have a book to pick up the gifted scholars and beautiful ladies he talked about halfway in the last chapter, but started a new one.

"Today I'm going to tell the story of a demon who deceived the world and stole his name."

"Let's go back to the Great Zhou Kingdom in the past. There was a hero who cultivated the truth and cultivated his nature. A fairy elder, surnamed Su Kejie, Taoist name Jinjiang Zizushi."

"After the Jinjiangzi ancestor ascended, he still cared about the sufferings of the people and often gave alms. In drought years, rain falls, and in flood years, tides are curbed, so that the world will have good weather and good harvests."

"However, Jinjiang Zixian Master had a free and unrestrained temperament when he was a mortal. He punished rape and eliminated evil. Willing not to set up a sect, not to accept disciples, always walking alone, very chic."

"Although he has ascended, he often walks around the world. When ordinary people see him, because they lack a pair of insight, they can't see that he is a god, and they only regard him as a mortal. However, if a cultivated spirit meets him and smells With the immortal energy in his body, one knows that this is a master of Taoism."

"A few years ago, Master Jinjiangzi went down to earth again, and happened to catch a weasel that stole a child in a village. When the master was about to execute the weasel, he didn't expect the weasel to speak human words suddenly. It turns out that this weasel has been cultivated for a hundred years and has become a weasel demon. It begged the immortal master in every possible way, saying that he had no choice but to become a spirit, and his appetite became better and better. He had to steal a chicken or a duck every day to continue his cultivation. , but now that the chickens and ducks in the village have been stolen by him, he started to eat children."

When the storyteller said this, there was a booing of disgust in the teahouse.The weasel has always been a pest that everyone shouts and beats. Stealing chickens and ducks is enough to make people gnash their teeth, but now they are stealing children.

The storyteller continued: "This weasel essence is an unforgivable crime, but Jin Jiang Zi Xianshi has always been benevolent, thinking that if he kills it, his hundred-year cultivation will be destroyed once, it is a pity that it is not destroyed. But if we can guide it away It might not be a better way to go on the right path, to repay the merits and help the common people. So the immortal master brought it back to the immortal mansion, and brought him to practice together."

Most of the tea drinkers felt a little pity when they heard this, but didn't hear that the weasel spirit was killed immediately.But people's appetites are also fully slackened, wanting to know what will happen to the weasel spirit when he returns to the Immortal Mansion.

The storyteller said: "After returning to the fairy mansion, the weasel spirit really devoted himself to cultivating with the fairy master and did not do any more evil. Seeing that he had repented, the fairy master gradually relaxed his supervision. It's a pity that the fairy master didn't know Well, that Weasel Essence is bad in nature and has no remorse at all, but it's just pretending in front of the immortal master. Two or three years ago, when the immortal master reached the Mahayana realm, he began to retreat and cultivate. The weasel essence took advantage of the immortal master to enter When I was in the cave, I stole the magic weapon of the fairy master, wounded the Taoist boy of the fairy mansion, and slipped back to the world!"

There was a sound of gasping for air-conditioning in the teahouse, and some people smashed their fists on the table angrily.Damn weasel spirit!It really deserves a thousand cuts!

"Let's talk about the fairy artifact stolen by the weasel spirit. Because it was infused with demonic energy by the weasel spirit's method, it turned into a demon weapon that helps to abuse evil spirits! That demon weapon can absorb the lifespan of mortals and transform into the cultivation level of a weasel spirit. However, There is also a limit to the use of demon weapons: mortals need to make a wish to the weasel spirit, and every time they make a wish, ten years of life will be taken away."

"So since then, the weasel spirit has pretended to be an immortal in the world, and he has deceived many people by relying on some small sorcery. He started a sect and let ordinary people worship and worship him. Claiming to be able to realize the grievances of the people, in fact, it is taking the opportunity to use the demon weapon to absorb the lifespan of the people and strengthen its own cultivation. And those mortals whose lives were taken away by it were deceived by him, thinking that they were protected by the immortals, but they did not know that they had already It's a lifespan..."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned: there is such a thing?That weasel spirit is simply heinous, extremely hateful! !

"Crack!" The storyteller grabbed the gavel and slammed it hard on the table, and it exploded with a loud thunder.He roared angrily, "The pseudonym of the weasel spirit in the world is none other than Henry Zhang! The sect he founded is exactly the Xuantian sect!! Such a goblin who deceives the world and steals his name, when Master Jinjiang Zixian leaves the customs , will take his life and punish its sins!"

When hearing the previous paragraph, some people already vaguely feel that this story is somewhat familiar.When the storyteller clearly pointed out Henry Zhang and Xuan Tianjiao, everyone was shocked.In the huge teahouse, there was a moment of silence.

The famous Master Zhang Xuanzhang turned out to be the incarnation of a weasel?This... is really fake...

In the elegant room upstairs of the teahouse, someone listened to the whole passage, smiled slightly, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, and said, "That's very well said. Give it to him as a reward."

The young man beside him hurriedly picked up the silver and went out, stood by the railing on the second floor and took aim. With a "bang", the money was accurately thrown into the reward basin on the stage.Several people downstairs also moved in response, throwing copper coins onto the stage one after another.

"Okay, well said!"

Amid applause and surprised discussions, the man in the private room also left the teahouse with the young man.Outside the teahouse, a carriage was waiting for them.

Getting into the carriage, Jing Zhe thought of the stunned faces of the tea customers in the teahouse just now, and couldn't help laughing: "Master, this move is really powerful."

After they left Shu, they did not rush on their way.After arriving in a town, Zhu Nao asked people to find all the storytellers, singers, and opera singers in the city, and handed them the scripts and plays that had been written long ago, and gave each of them a reward, asking them to Immediately learn a new script and start using it immediately.

Not far from the Shu Mansion, these towns were not greatly influenced by Xuantian Sect, and the number of believers was not large.So folk artists from all over the world collected the money, and of course they were happy to obey.Zhu Nao brought a lot of storytellers and singers with him, and asked them to teach them word by word, and he quickly taught them all.So the streets and alleys of the city, teahouses and taverns will soon begin to speak the same script and sing the same play.

In a few days, keeping this story can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Believe it or not, at least people have such an idea in their minds.When the power of Xuantian Sect goes south, the people who have long been impressed by these stories will not be so easily influenced by the cult.

Moreover, folk stories are spread very quickly, and business travelers can quickly bring these stories out when they travel around.As for which story is more provocative, it will take some time.Zhu Nao brought a lot of folk artists with him, and everyone continued to discuss and revise the script every day, and they must come up with more moving stories soon.

Jing Zhe once asked Zhu Nao why he called Henry Zhang a weasel spirit instead of directly exposing his tricks of pretending to be a ghost.Zhu Nao didn't explain too much, he just said: This will be more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Now is an extraordinary time, it takes too long to educate the people, the effort is too deep, and the effect is unknown.If Jun Nao wanted to compete with the cult for the hearts of the people, he would naturally resort to special means.

——Fighting poison with poison, using the way of the other, and giving back to the other, there is no more effective method than this.

Zhu Nao ordered: "Remember to send more people these few days, and find out how the people in the city react."

Right now, he has just left Sichuan, and he is walking slowly, just to see the time and effect of this move.After that, he can speed up and leave these things to someone else.

"Yes, young master." Jing Zhe responded, stuck his head out of the car window, and gave a few instructions to the guards on both sides of the carriage, and then everyone passed on the order.