Ragnarok is born

It wasn't until this day, when Song Jiang and Wu Yong came to Dongtaiyi Palace together to visit Gongsun Sheng, that things changed.

The eighth volume of Xianxia Outlaws of the Marsh Chapter 68: the turning point

Regarding the Tiangangdisha, the gathering of one hundred and eight demon kings, it is obvious that it cannot be completed in a short period of time.

These reincarnations of Tiangangdisha are not only in Shandong, but in the north and south of the Song Dynasty.

Even in the original work of "Water Margin", when Liangshan's forces formed a certain scale, all the [-] demon kings of Tiangangdisha gathered.

It was also after a long period of time that Song Jiang had the opportunity to change "Juyi Hall" into "Loyalty Hall".

Especially the officers and soldiers who originally belonged to the imperial court, such as Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming and others, as well as their subordinates, all led their troops to attack Liangshan because of the imperial court's order, and eventually failed and became bandits. of.

Right now, because of the intrusion of the "traversing the heavens", Zhao Ji, or the imperial court, has taken the lead, so he issued a decree, intending to gather the one hundred and eight devils scattered all over the country to the capital. .

It is also a time-consuming thing.

If it belongs to the official army managed by the imperial court, such as Guan Sheng, Lu Da, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, and Huang Xin, it is okay to say.

These people were originally members of the imperial court. Naturally, they would not have any hesitation in the face of the imperial court's imperial edict, and they all entered Beijing without hesitation.

But the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, as well as Li Jun and others, are all heroes on the water, and they don't have a good impression of the court.

And what is different from ordinary people is that they are all secretly selling private salt, and even often invite people to eat "wonton noodles" and "bandao noodles".

Faced with the central purpose of the imperial court's measures suddenly, it will naturally take a long time to verify the authenticity of this news.

Therefore, when the envoys led by Zhongzhi came to the Xunyang River to look for traces of Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Li Jun and others, they could not be found at all.

In this way, when Zhao Fujin revealed to Zhao Ji in private, all the people on the list of "One Hundred and Eight Devil Lords of the Heavenly Gang and Disha" voluntarily entered Beijing under the imperial edict, and I don't know when it was.

Fortunately, this list is actually not very complete, only about two-thirds of the people on the list.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, most of the people on the list are people with fixed whereabouts.

Therefore, after these people received the decree, they were able to arrange their itinerary leisurely and gather in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Otherwise, traders like Guo Sheng, who traveled all over the country, and vagrants like Shi Qian, Xue Yong, Jiao Ting, etc., would have been erratic in the first place, and it would take a long time to find their traces.

If by chance, it doesn't matter if you find the traces of these people, I'm afraid that even if you spend a long time looking for them, you still have no clue in the end.

That's when the ducks fly and the eggs hit the eggs-both ends are empty.

If no exact person was found and returned to Bianliang City in Tokyo, how would the envoys who were ordered to go out of Beijing dare to return to the capital to return to their orders?

Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others naturally didn't know about this situation. After entering the Imperial City Division, they got used to it for a while and finally settled down.

Only in this way can we find an opportunity to come to the East Taiyi Palace together, look for Gongsun Sheng, and ask about Chao Gai.

Gongsun Sheng didn't go out that day. When he saw Song Jiang and Wu Yong, he heard their question and couldn't help sighing, "The Taoist who robbed Master Chao is very powerful. He is definitely a master."

"He deliberately avoids it, even though I have tried my best to search, I am still at a loss and have not made any progress."

Song Jiang and Wu Yong looked at each other when they heard the words.

In the eyes of Song and Wu, Gongsun Sheng has great powers, and it must be an easy task to find Chao Gai's trace.

However, looking at the anxious expression on Gongsun Sheng's face, it is obvious that he has such an expression because things are not going well.

This made both Song Jiang and Wu Yong feel a little unbelievable.

Song Jiang even thought to himself, with Gongsun Sheng's astonishing methods, they were unsuccessful, so what effect could he and Wu Yong come to have?

Both he and Wu Yong have a deep friendship with Chao Gai; especially Wu Yong, who is Chao Gai's fellow villager, is very worried about Chao Gai's current situation.

Thinking of this, Song Jiang secretly speculated, as Gongsun Sheng said, the Taoist who robbed Chao Gai was also a powerful ascetic?

Otherwise, it has been a while since everyone came to Bianliang City in Tokyo, and Gongsun Sheng still has nothing to gain?

Obviously, it is precisely because the Taoist who took Chao Gai away is not inferior to Gongsun Sheng in strength, and may even be stronger than Gongsun Sheng, so Gongsun Sheng always returns without success.

This is no different from the situation of martial arts practitioners. When the strength of the two parties in the duel is half a line apart, it is very likely to determine the final outcome.

Regardless of whether it is a powerful martial artist or a cultivator, they can take the lead and play with their opponents who are not as powerful as themselves.

From Song Jiang's point of view, it is precisely because Gongsun Sheng's strength is obviously inferior to the Taoist who robbed Chao Gai, that's why he behaved so weakly in the process of searching for Chao Gai, and failed to achieve results several times.

Song Jiang even secretly thought of some dark thoughts. For example, even Gongsun Sheng didn't realize it. Maybe the other party still has a lot of energy. The current situation is just playing with Gongsun Sheng.

Of course, Song Jiang would not say such an idea directly in front of Gongsun, but secretly hid it in his heart, which is not enough for outsiders.

Otherwise, no matter how big Gongsun Sheng is, he will immediately turn against them, drive Song Jiang away, and secretly use methods to let Song Jiang see what is the real method of a cultivator.

Such secret curses, such methods of disgusting victory, such as being a villain and sticking needles, such as nail-headed seven-arrow books, in short, they are all small tricks that make Song Jiang feel so painful, but will not hurt Song Jiang's life.

Wait a minute, that book of Seven Arrows with Nailheads sounds so weird, is it really not life threatening?

In Song Jiang's heart, a trace of extremely vague worry suddenly appeared, as if he thought of some unbearable stories.

But he didn't know where and why did this sudden worry come from?

In just a short time of breathing, he regained consciousness and put this inexplicable worry behind him.

Song Jiang reorganized his thoughts and said to Gongsun Sheng with a smile, "Since this is the case, we must start from another place."

"Create another way to catch the enemy by surprise, so that he can be caught off guard and find the whereabouts of Brother Baozheng."

Gongsun Sheng sighed lightly, and asked back, "But I don't know, what's the Yasi's idea, why don't you tell me in detail?"

Song Jiang nodded to Wu Yong, and asked the latter to say, "During this period of time, we met a few locals from Bianliang City in Tokyo in the Imperial City Division."

"There are not only the coaches in the imperial army, but also the envoys of the palace commander's mansion, the county horses of the county prince's mansion, and the local snakes in the city of Tokyo."

Gongsun Sheng was startled when he heard the words, thought for a while, and finally revealed a look of enlightenment and said, "You want to ask that local snake to help you find the trace of Zhuang Zhuo?"

Song Jiang nodded heavily and said, "That's right, the local snake is called Cao Zheng, the swordsman, and he is the butcher of Bianliang City in Tokyo."

In the "History of the Later Zhou Taizu" in "History of the Five Dynasties", there is a saying, "There is a city butcher who is strong and healthy, and many people are afraid."

As a butcher who kills pigs and sheep, he is indeed a relatively wealthy group compared with ordinary people.

At least from the level of meat food, butchers will never be scarce, so they have developed a strong physique.

From ancient times to the present, in times of troubled times, many warriors have changed jobs from butchers.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei, Han Gaozu Liu Bang's general Fan Kuai, and the friend of the famous assassin Jing Ke in the Warring States Period, the long-awaited dog Tu.

Jing Ke himself thinks,

If you get the help of that dog, then the success rate of assassinating Qin Shihuang will be greatly increased.

It's a pity that because of Yan Taizi Dan's urging, he had to lead Qin Wuyang to the Qin State to assassinate the King of Qin in a hurry.

Some people in later generations often make assumptions. If Yan Taizi Dan was not so impatient, but let Jing Ke and Gou Tu assassinate Qin together, maybe it could really change the course of history.

Gongsun Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard Song Jiang mentioning Cao Zheng's identity, but his heart suddenly moved.

If he could get the help of Cao Zheng, the local snake in Bianliang City, Tokyo, it would definitely be more effective than wandering around without a clue by himself.

Seeing Gongsun Sheng's excited expression, Song Jiang continued to add fire, "Cao Zheng, the swordsman, is also the apprentice of Lin Chong, the head of the 80 imperial army."

When Gongsun Sheng heard this, his eyes lowered slightly, and he restrained the expression on his face, but he felt a little disapproving in his heart.

So what about the 80 forbidden army coaches?

For a cultivator, the status of a martial arts practitioner, no matter how strong his martial arts is or how noble his status is, how can he make a cultivator look up to him?

Even the great master Zhou Tong has a lofty status among the people because of his conquests in the South and the North.

However, according to the true teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, although Zhou Tong's combat prowess is amazing, he has had bad luck in his life, and he still has the whole mind to swim against the current.

As a result, after several efforts, he did not leave a deep impression in the mind of the emperor, so he had to spend the rest of the year teaching his apprentices.

Gongsun Sheng had also heard that Song Jiang's so-called Leopard Head Lin Chong was one of Zhou Tong's disciples.

But he is known as the 80 Forbidden Army gun stick coach, but he has no proud record handed down to the world, so how can he make Gongsun Sheng look up to him?

On the contrary, it was Cao Zheng, although he was only Lin Chong's apprentice, because he was a local snake in Bianliang City in Tokyo, he was able to organize manpower to assist Gongsun Sheng in finding Chao Gai, which made Gongsun Sheng feel that the other party was the person he needed most now.

Bianliang City in Tokyo is the capital of the Song Dynasty, with a population of one million, if there is no help from local snakes.

Gongsun Sheng wants to rely on his own strength to find out the same level master who is dedicated to hiding in the vast crowd, just think about how difficult it is?

Song Jiang and Wu Yong's visits made Gongsun Sheng discover a turning point.

The eighth volume of Xianxia Outlaws of the Marsh Chapter 69: Everyone has their own selfish plans

Gongsun Sheng's idea is very simple.

Inspired by Song Jiang and Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng felt that since he and the Taoist who plundered Chao Gai could not always win the competition at the level of Taoism, he simply stopped competing.

Instead, it is better to stop the search, and Cao Zheng, the swordsman recommended by Song Jiang and Wu Yong, led a group of gangsters in Bianliang City, Tokyo, as a local snake, and helped to find them with the help of his familiarity with the surrounding environment.

In this case, the unknown person who robbed Chao Gai might show his flaws because he lost his sense of himself.

Moreover, the gangsters led by Cao Zheng were all ordinary people, and they were no threat to the Taoist whose strength was not inferior to his own.

Therefore, he never thought that these people were hired by him to search for Chao Gai in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

When Gongsun Sheng thought of this, he suddenly felt that his thoughts were clear. He searched hard for many days, but he couldn't find Chao Gai.

Who would have thought that the arrival of Song Jiang and Wu Yong would be a helpful aid?

Seeing Gongsun Sheng's smile, Wu Yong knew that the other party must be in a happy mood at the moment, so he took the opportunity to ask, "The search for Baozheng has been settled."

"But I don't know, when and by what means will Daoist Yiqing plan to enter the palace to meet His Majesty?"

Wu Yong and Song Jiang couldn't help but suddenly became so anxious.

These days, they have been able to see the heroes who came to Beijing from all over the world every day.

Different from others, this group of people from Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, several people have heard Gongsun Sheng talk about the one hundred and eight demon kings of Tiangangdisha.

If it is said that Tiangangdisha is a vague concept, then one hundred and eight demon kings have already named this gang, roughly the number of people.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong discussed in private, since the name is "One Hundred and Eight Demon Lords", then the number of them will definitely be controlled below one hundred and eight.

And after they entered the Imperial City Division, in a short period of time, they saw many heroes rushing from all over the place.

Looking at the more and more people in the Imperial City Division, it is obvious that the imperial court's order to recruit the one hundred and eight demon kings of Tiangang Disha is proceeding in an orderly manner.

From Song Jiang and Wu Yong's point of view, as the number of people continues to increase, in the end, this matter will eventually come to an end.

But on the other hand, Gongsun Sheng has no news, it seems that he has long forgotten the agreement with Wu Yong.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong discussed in private, could it be that during this period of time, Gongsun Sheng had been concentrating on looking for news about Chao Gai, so he didn't follow the discussion with Wu Yong and tried every means to enter the palace to meet the emperor Zhao Ji?

In this case, how can Wu Yong's hard-working plan to rely on Gongsun Sheng's identity as a retreat be realized successfully?

So Song and Wu came to Dongtaiyi Palace hand in hand at the time of Xiumu, planning to investigate Gongsun Sheng's thoughts.

Sure enough, as the two of them thought, in the recent period of time, Gongsun Sheng has been trying to find Chao Gai, and he has been defeated repeatedly, and he has long forgotten the agreement with Wu Yong. Two clean.

Fortunately, when I came to Dongtaiyi Palace this time, I discovered Gongsun Sheng's abnormal state, and recommended Cao Zheng to him.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong secretly rejoiced.

In this case, as long as Cao Zheng can lead the hooligans in Tokyo City to find Chao Gai's trace.

Then Gongsun Sheng can relax and approach the emperor as a monk according to the original agreement.

Finally turning Gongsun Sheng's attention back to the right path, Song Jiang and Wu Yong let out a long sigh of relief.

Gongsun Sheng noticed what Song and Wu were thinking, but felt a little disapproving in his heart.

From the beginning, he wanted wholeheartedly to get rid of Tiangang Disha [-] Demon Lord, this tiankeng with no good end.

I accepted Wu Yong's proposal, but I also didn't want to get too close to them, and be regarded as a member of a team by outsiders.

just.

I don't know what the emperor will think?

Gongsun Sheng faintly thought that the biggest doubt in this matter is how did today's son come into contact with the truth about the one hundred and eight demon kings of Tiangangdisha?

Judging from the current situation, the Son of Heaven knows more about the situation than himself, and it is more detailed.

Gongsun Sheng looked across the void and looked in the direction of the palace.

He thought to himself that more than sixty years had passed since the escape of the demon king in the Renzong Dynasty, and it was inevitable that some news would flow into the palace.

No one can really guess how terrible a court that is fully functioning is.

Regardless of whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, in the face of such violent institutions, they can only guard the mountain gate in desperation and wait for the time to change.