Chapter 313 Demon Sect, Retreat
After Du Shanzhu yelled, everyone present recovered from his previous surprise. Looking back on the previous scene, Du Shanzhu seemed to say that he could not do this batch of goods, but there was only a condition. However, because he was shocked before, the fact that the masked girl was actually an elder of Du Shanzhu's Master Sect, everyone ignored the following words for a while.
"Mr. Du, what did you say just now? I was distracted and didn't hear clearly. Can you please repeat it again?" Sha Zongtian asked Xie Zhushou with a little embarrassed look.
Perhaps because I heard Xie Zhusou say that I could choose not to do this batch of goods, the most fundamental conflict between the two no longer exists, and Sha Zongtian's attitude towards Xie Zhusou has eased much less than before.
The evil bamboo old man Du Shanzhu glanced at Sha Zongtian and snorted, obviously quite dissatisfied with it, but he still held back his temper and said it to Sha Zongtian again.
This time, everyone present clearly understood the words of Xie Zhushou, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and speculated about what the Xie Zhushou was meant to do. Before, everyone saw Du Shanzhu leading a large number of Zhushou gangs coming, and they thought Du Shanzhu was just thinking that he was just a matter of wealth and could not withstand the temptation of the huge treasures protected by the Ling family. Therefore, they did not hesitate to break the rules on the Green Forest Road and crossed the line to commit the crime.
At this time, when Du Shanzhu said this, it seemed that his purpose was not just as simple as greed and robbing wealth. It was like he had any grudges with Wang Kaizhi, the governor of Luozhou. This robbery also had the meaning of seeking revenge and venting anger. Otherwise, how could he make such a suggestion? However, although Du Shanzhu and Wang Kaizhi were officials and bandits, they were born enemies, but one was an official in the Central Plains and the other was in Jiangnan. They were not next to each other, and were thousands of miles apart. How did they make enemies?
Sha Zongtian asked, "Old Master Du, aren't you joking?"
Du Shanzhu glared at her eyes: "Sha Zongtian, do you think I am so idle? Will you run to Huizhou to play with you for nothing?"
Sha Zongtian couldn't help but frowned slightly. It was simple to say that Du Shanzhu's condition was simple and difficult to say. It was simple because as long as he nodded and said something, Du Shanzhu would give up this huge amount of treasures, which was extremely simple.
It is difficult to say that it is extremely difficult to implement it after nodding and agreeing. Who is Wang Kaizhi? He is a rank of Mu Shou, and he can be regarded as a high-level person in the entire Daxia court. Are such people so active?
Although it is not impossible to kill him if the assassination method is adopted and the plan is appropriate, the consequences are terrifying. This is different from this robbery. If they really robbed this batch of goods, they would certainly anger Wang Kaizhi. But that was only Wang Kaizhi's personal matter after all, and it was only a revenge of Wang Kai. They were in Huizhou, and they were not under the jurisdiction of Wang Kaizhi, and they did not take Wang Kaizhi's slight revenge at all.
But if Wang Kaizhi is assassinated, the meaning of it will be very different. The open assassination of high-ranking officials in the court and the chief officials in the border areas has undoubtedly touched the bottom line of the court and will be regarded by the court as a serious provocation of its majesty. If the court does not want to lose its prestige, it will inevitably try its best to catch the murderer.
If the imperial court, a giant, started to launch all his strength, what would these bandits be? If the court found out that it was their actions and pursued them with all their strength, not only would his Hell King Village not be able to be protected, but he himself would not be able to survive the pursuit of the court!
Although treasure is good, if you send yourself into a dead pit for the sake of mere treasure, you are stupid! Sha Zongtian is obviously not stupid. Otherwise, he would not have become the chief lord of Huizhou Green Forest. So when he heard Du Shanzhu's conditions, he knew that he would not be able to agree to this condition no matter what, otherwise he would be seeking death!
But if you really want to give up such a sentence, you can get a large amount of treasures and let it go, Sha Zongtian is unwilling to give up. That is a huge product worth millions of taels. If you get it, it will be enough for him to live comfortably and freely for the rest of his life!
Otherwise, pretend to agree first, and then break your promise and become fat?
A thought suddenly surged in Sha Zongtian's heart, and once it appeared, it irresistibly expanded in his heart. In this way, he would certainly offend Du Shanzhu and his Zhuhua Gang, but now he would not offend him if he started to grab escorts with him? Anyway, it was just offending him, so why did he worry about so much?
Although the Zhuhua Gang is powerful, it is making a living in Jiangzhou. The so-called strong dragons do not defeat local snakes. This time, the Zhuhua Gang was able to quietly run to Huizhou to rob the robbery because they had never thought of this before, and had no precautions in advance. If they were wary of it in the future, the Zhuhua Gang would not want to get a good idea when he came to Huizhou. Without the help of the Zhuhua Gang, no matter how powerful Du Shanzhu was, would he dare to go to the King of Hell to settle the score with him?
Although if he really did this, his untrustworthy things would have to spread to the world, which would have been a big blow to his reputation, but for the huge amount of money and millions of taels of money, some reputation losses were nothing. Moreover, Du Shanzhu did not keep his promise and committed crimes first, so no wonder he used his own way to cure him!
Thinking of this, Sha Zongtian wanted to agree.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard the evil Zhu's sorcerer Du Shanzhu say again: "Sir, please think about this before answering, because this is not my Du Shanzhu alone, it is related to my master's elders. If you really want to agree, you must do it, otherwise my master's elders will never let you go. You must think about it before answering."
As he spoke, Du Shanzhu took out a silver token from his arms and threw it to Sha Zongtian with his hand: "Sha Zongtian, I suggest you should check this out before making a decision. Then the matter will not be done and your life will be lost. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"
Sha Zongtian was not sure, so he caught the token that Xie Zhusou threw over and looked at the token. He saw that the token was silver all over. There were a strange snake with wings on the front of the token, and there were clouds and mist stripes around it. On the back of the token, there were two simple seal characters engraved. Although Sha Zongtian didn't read too much and did not know much about seal characters, he happened to know these two words, which were exactly the word "king of heaven"!
As soon as he saw this token, Sha Zongtian's face changed suddenly. When he looked at the Xie Zhushou and the masked girl, a hint of awe had already quietly brought a hint of awe in his eyes. He handed the token back to the Xie Zhushou Du Shanzhu, and said with respect: "It turns out that Old Master Du is... I don't know Mount Tai. Please don't be surprised by Mr. Du and that senior. I will forgive me for not being able to do the request of Mr. Du and that senior. I will not dare to have any inappropriate thoughts about this batch of goods anymore. I will take my leave now!"
As soon as Sha Zongtian said this, the Huizhou thieves behind him were in a panic. I wonder what was going on. He could get the treasure by just opening his mouth. Why did his leader suddenly become cowardly and stupid? He would give up all the wealth he got?
The bandits in the Yanwang Village dare not say anything. The bandits from the other seven villages, including Dulonggang, Luanshi Village, Qingfeng Village, etc., who came with Sha Zongtian to rob the raid, stopped doing it. The reason why they obeyed Sha Zongtian's leadership was that among the Huizhou thieves, Yanwang Village had the most powerful force, and Sha Zongtian had the strongest martial arts skills, but more importantly, it was because Sha Zongtian could lead them to make a fortune together! Now that Sha Zongtian was about to give away the wealth he had obtained, how could they agree?
The masters of the Qijia Village shouted and said, "Master Sha Village, what are you saying?"
"Is it just assassinating a dog official? Is it okay to agree!"
"Master of Shazhai, if you want to leave your Yanwang Village, we will not leave Dulonggang!"
"Yes, our Qingfeng Village is not leaving!"
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Since Sha Zongtian turned his back to the Huizhou thieves, the Huizhou thieves under his command did not see the token that Qingxie Zhusou threw to him, nor did they notice the change in expression on Sha Zongtian's face. So they didn't know the root of his sudden change in attitude.
But the Ling family and his group were all opposite Sha Zongtian, but they saw everything in their eyes. They knew that all the dramatic changes were because of the silver token Du Shanzhu handed to Sha Zongtian. They couldn't help but secretly called themselves in their hearts. They didn't know what token the Evil Zhushou gave Sha Zongtian, which actually made Sha Zongtian's posture change so much!
"Brother Yun, have you seen clearly? What token did the Xie Zhushou Old Man take out? He actually scared Sha Zongtian, who was coquettish before, into this look?"
Huang Rong was curious in her heart, wanting to know what the silver token was. It actually contained such a huge power that could scare the giant green forest bandit like Sha Zongtian who was licking blood on the knife. However, because the distance was far away, she could not see the appearance of the token clearly, so she asked Ling Muyun. She knew that Brother Yun's eyes and ears were much stronger than ordinary people.
Ling Muyun really did not disappoint Huang Rong. He actually looked at the token. When Huang Rong asked, he simply described the token he saw: "One side of the token seemed to be carved with a strange snake with wings, and the other side was carved with two seal characters. However, the distance here is too far and there are many strokes in seal characters, so I couldn't see clearly what the two seal characters were."
After hearing Ling Muyun's words, Huang Rong was not doing well yet. Ling Zhennan, who was beside him, suddenly changed his face, grabbed Ling Muyun's wrist and asked, "Yun'er, look, the strange snake carved on the token has two wings and cloud and mist stripes next to it?"
"Yes, that's exactly that." Ling Muyun nodded and looked at his father and said, "Why, Dad, do you know the origin of that token?"
Ling Zhennan's face was solemn. He did not answer Ling Muyun's question. Instead, he asked: "If I was not wrong, are the two seal characters behind that token the word "Heavenly King"?"
Ling Muyun thought about it carefully and found that the two seal characters in his impression were indeed similar to those of the two words "Heaven King". He nodded: "Yes, those two words should be the two words "Heaven King"."
"That's right." Ling Zhennan nodded with a serious expression and said, "We may be in big trouble this time."
"Father-in-law, what do you mean? What is the origin of this token?" Huang Rong couldn't help but ask curiously.
Not only Huang Rong, but Ling Muyun also also looked at his father. After all, outsiders don’t know the strength of the Ling family. How could Ling Zhennan, as the head of the Ling family, not know? But even though he knew his own strength, Ling Zhennan still said this, which shows that the other party’s strength is not easy, so even Ling Muyun became curious, wanting to know what the token is, and it is worthy of his father’s fear?
Ling Zhennan glanced at Ling Muyun and Huang Rong and said in a deep voice: "Although I have never seen such tokens with my own eyes, I have heard a lot about the difference between tokens in the world. There are not many sects that indicate identity, and the most famous of them is the Demon Cult! It is said that the tokens used by the Demon Cult to identify identity are gold, silver, copper and iron, and are equipped with tokens of different materials according to the status of the church members. Ordinary church members are iron cards, deacon level one is bronze medal, incense master level one is silver medal, and above the church master are gold medals."
"And according to the halls and responsibilities of the believers, the patterns engraved on the token are also different. However, the seal characters "Tian Wang" are engraved on the back of the token to show the name of the Demonic Cult. The Demonic Cult divides gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder. Each hall has a corresponding divine beast pattern as its representative icon. The icon of Xunfeng Hall in the seven halls is the ancient divine beast Teng Snake. The Teng Snake looks like a snake, but has two wings on the back and can fly into the clouds and fog, which is exactly the same as what Yun'er saw from the silver token."
Ling Muyun spoke with a serious face and said, "Dad, that is to say, the leader of the Zhuhua Gang Xie Zhusou Du Shanzhu is actually a fragrant master under the jurisdiction of Xunfeng Hall of the Demon Sect?"
Ling Zhennan nodded and understood: "No, if you read it right, that's it!"
Everyone fell silent immediately, and their faces were not very good-looking for a moment.
Although Ling Muyun had heard of the name of the Demon Sect and had known that it was powerful, he could not help but be shocked by the powerful strength he showed when he encountered it! Who is Du Shanzhu? He is a congenital master who has been famous for many years and the leader of the Zhuhua Gang. The general manager of the Green Forest Road in Jiangzhou, with over 10,000 people under his command, he is a person like a overlord. But such a person is a fragrant master of the Demon Sect?
According to the hierarchy of the Demon Sect, there are seven hall masters above the Incense Lord. Ten Great Dharma Protectors, the Heavenly Lord on the left and right, and then the Holy Heavenly King of the Sect. And each of the seven halls of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder has several incense masters under their jurisdiction, ranging from three to four people, and at most six to seven people. Among the Demon Sect, the strong have always been the supreme. If you want to occupy a high position, you must have the strength to match it, otherwise you will not be able to sit steadily.
In other words, among the Demon Sect, there are at least dozens of masters who are comparable to the evil bamboo sorceress Du Shanzhu, who are even better than others. What a terrifying thing? Ling Muyun was once complacent that his family had seven innate masters, but compared with the terrifying strength of the Demon Sect, the Ling family immediately became a witch!
It is precisely because of understanding these things that Ling Muyun and others are so solemn. Although the strength of the Ling family has been improved by leaps and bounds, even compared with many famous sects, it is still too weak compared to the giant demon cult!
Just as the Ling family was worried, the face of the big village leader of the King of Hell Village, Sha Zongtian, was almost darkened. As soon as he said he wanted to retreat, his subordinates turned over. How could he, the general of the Green Forest Road in Huizhou, have no face?
Although he also knew that the reason why the other counterfeit villages obeyed him was that in addition to his greatest power and strongest strength, in the final analysis, he was able to bring the whole family to make a fortune. Once he couldn't do this, these people would naturally bear him, but when things really happened in front of him, he still couldn't help but get angry!
"You don't want to leave, I, Sha Zongtian, don't force me, but I, the King of Hell Village, will leave today. Dan Lao Er, let's withdraw!"
Although Sha Zongtian was angry, he did not let his anger burn away his mind, and did not change his mind because of the opposition of various counterfeit villages. Although he would leave like this today, his prestige would inevitably be greatly damaged, and even the position of the Huizhou Green Forest General Plut can still sit, he had to leave.
Because he had already seen through the previous incident that Zhuhua Gang came to Huizhou to rob the robbery this time, and even robbery was not the main purpose, otherwise he would not be able to give up this batch of goods in just one sentence. But the problem is that the other party dared to give in, and he would not dare to accept it! Assassinating a high-ranking official of the court is a task that would lose his head. He would only do it unless his head was kicked by a donkey.
But if he didn't take on this job, he would not get these treasures. If he hadn't known Du Shanzhu's true identity before, he would still dare to fight with him. But after knowing Du Shanzhu's true identity, he could no longer be brave enough to fight with him. He could not be afraid of the leader of the Zhuhua Gang, but it did not mean that he could not be afraid of the fragrant master of the Demon Sect!
Although Sha Zongtian didn't know the specific purpose of this robbery, he keenly realized the dangers. This was probably a game between the Demon Sect and the court. Once he stayed, he would probably be involved in the game between the Demon Sect and the court.
But whether it is the court or the Demon Sect, he is a huge creature that cannot be provoked. Any one can easily crush him to death, so all he can do is to withdraw immediately, which is also the best way for him to get rid of danger.
Although the bandits in the King of Yanzhai did not understand why the Great Village Master suddenly made this move, because Sha Zongtian was very prestigious in the village, although these people did not understand in their hearts, they still followed Sha Zongtian's orders and quickly formed a lineup under the guidance of the second village master's solo, retreated like a tide, and left in a short time.
Looking at the backs of the people from the King of Hell Village, the other Huizhou thieves were dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that Sha Zongtian would insist on his own actions, and he insisted on retreating despite the opposition of these people, and he retreated so firmly and neatly! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!