Chang'an is a very big place, and the ruined temple is in the west city. Yuan Anning kept walking eastward, and it was obvious that he wanted to leave the city through the east gate.
Yuan Anning walked quickly in front, Nanfeng Yuyu followed. Yuan Anning was captured by Long Yunzi before. Not only was his cultivation level deprived, but he was also tortured. He had to remove the tattoo on his face from Fengming Mountain and lost a lot of blood. To make matters worse, his vitality was severely damaged. Since time is still short, he has not yet recovered.
Judging from the time, Yuan Anning set off immediately after receiving the news. He could not fly across the sky, so he had to ride horses. It was a thousand miles away, so you can imagine the hard work.
"Cough." A dry cough came from not far away.
Nanfeng tilted his head and saw Li Chaozong appearing on the roadside. He was in a low mood at this time. Li Chaozong's appearance made him very bored, so he gave Li Chaozong a cold look.
Li Chaozong's previous dry cough was a gloomy sound that Yuan Anning couldn't hear. He was still walking briskly at this time.
Li Chaozong naturally saw Nanfeng's dislike for him and didn't take it seriously, "She is from Yingchuan, right?"
Nanfeng didn't answer or even look at him.
Li Chaozong followed up, walking on the right side of Nanfeng, "Didn't you say goodbye to her before leaving?"
Nanfeng didn't want to pay attention to him, but subconsciously shook his head.
"Some things should be made clear." Li Chaozong sounded like someone who had come before.
"Can you get away?" Nan Feng glared.
"No," Li Chaozong shook his head, "I don't want to be an eyesore here, but I can't let go of the opportunity to get the Book of Heaven."
Nanfeng frowned upon hearing this, "Do you want me to kill you again?"
Li Chaozong shook his head again, "I don't want to, but you don't dare to kill me. Don't forget your current identity. You are an official in heaven, no longer a gangster in the market."
How could Nan Feng not hear that Li Chaozong was scolding him in a roundabout way, and said casually, "I don't seem to be a very careless person."
"You're a bit deceiving yourself. You don't seem to have done anything reckless." Li Chaozong said with a smile.
Nanfeng did not answer. Li Chaozong was right. He was indeed deceiving himself. In fact, although he was bold, he was not reckless. No matter what he did, he would always look ahead to the consequences.
At this moment, a group of night patrol soldiers came forward, and Yuan Anning hurriedly hid in the corner of a shop.
"She is a prisoner of the imperial court. She has put herself in danger and seeks you alone. You should make it clear to her both emotionally and rationally." Li Chaozong said again.
Nanfeng still didn't answer. Li Chaozong's words had both sides of yin and yang. Apart from the superficial meaning, the underlying meaning was that there was no need to take action personally. As long as a little reminder was given, Yuan Anning's whereabouts would be discovered by the officers and soldiers, and now Yuan Anning was lost. With your spiritual energy cultivation, you will definitely not be able to escape safely.
After the officers and soldiers passed by, Yuan Anning came out of his hiding place and continued to the east city.
"She must know the contents of the Book of Heaven." Li Chaozong returned to the subject.
"Do you really want to force me to kill you?" Nanfeng asked casually.
"I said, you don't dare to kill me." Li Chaozong was very confident.
Nan Feng did not argue. In fact, Li Chaozong was right. He did not dare to kill him because Li Chaozong was different from the previous City God. He had no fault. If he killed him, he would definitely be punished by heaven. You must know that there are people above. Countless eyes were staring at him, waiting to catch him.
Li Chaozong didn't speak for a long time after that. It wasn't until Yuan Anning arrived at the east gate and was about to climb the city wall that he said again, "Are you really not going to show up to meet me?"
Nanfeng shook his head. To be fair, he wanted to see him. The reason why he didn't see him was because he didn't want Yuan Anning to see him again. When he can't continue to protect and take care of a woman, it's best not to let her miss him, otherwise she will be very unhappy. It's hard to forget, and if you don't forget, you can't start over.
"You used the borrowing method to save her," Li Chaozong said again.
Nanfeng didn't answer. Yuan Anning's baggage contained many items, including a tiger claw for climbing the city wall. Yuan Anning had already thrown out the tiger claw and started to climb the city wall.
"I'll sell you a favor and let her go." Li Chaozong said.
Nanfeng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Chaozong, then looked away and did not answer his question.
When a smart person talks, he won't chatter endlessly, but he also won't deliberately keep something secret in order to express clearly.
Nanfeng didn't answer, but he didn't refute, which meant that he tacitly owed Li Chaozong a favor, which was indeed the case. Li Chaozong had the reason to keep Yuan Anning and the ability to keep her.
Yuan Anning managed to climb over the city wall, threw out his tiger claws to hang on the suspension bridge, and swung across the moat.
Nanfeng stood on the city tower and stopped to watch. It was not until Yuan Anning took the horse out from the forest in the east of the city and rode away that he looked away.
"You can really let go." Li Chaozong said.
Nanfeng smiled, but in fact he couldn't let it go, but he couldn't just care about his own feelings. He would not forget how he attained the throne and ascended. Even if Fatty and others saved his body, they would not be able to interact with him when he returned to the earth in the future. Yuan Anning felt like a son and daughter again, and Zhuge Chanjuan sacrificed her life to save Yuan Anning, directly knocking Yuan Anning out of the game.
Zhuge Chanjuan knew him very well and knew that he was not a heartless person. This may be the reason why Zhuge Chanjuan dared to sacrifice his life to save him. I can die for you, but I will never allow others to possess you. This is Zhuge Chanjuan. Although not noble, she is Very true.
"If there is no progress, they may not let you stay in Chang'an." Li Chaozong said.
"It's all day and night, do you really have no patience?" Nanfeng sneered. Li Chaozong had just talked with him not long ago.
"You can't blame me for this, I can only blame you for being too smart," Li Chaozong said with a smile, "If you continue to do this in such a drastic way, it won't be long before the entire Chang'an incense is taken away by you."
"I still haven't figured out what the incense is used for." Nanfeng didn't lie either.
"The more incense you bear, the more powerful your divine power will be." Li Chaozong actually gave an explanation.
"Go on." Nanfeng said, Li Chaozong would not mention this matter without reason.
"You have to allow me to do business." Li Chaozong said.
Nanfeng nodded. No matter how complicated the matter was, the truth was actually very simple. Li Chaozong still wanted the Book of Heaven and Han Xin to be happy.
"Go to the City God's Temple for a drink?" Li Chaozong invited.
"I'm not going." Nanfeng glanced at Li Chaozong and Tu Dun left.
Returning to Tutu Temple, Lao Huai and Zhu Lao Er immediately came up to them. They originally wanted to report the receipt of the sacrifices, but seeing Nan Feng's dark face, they cautiously asked, "Sir, what happened?"
Nanfeng didn't answer, raised his hands to the two of them, and went straight to the back hall.
There are beds and other things in the back hall, but they are just decorations. Even if you lie on the bed, you can't sleep.
Nanfeng didn't want to fall asleep, he just wanted to be alone and quietly.
Li Chaozong appeared earlier to give him a warning. If he did not take the initiative to hand over the Book of Heaven, Li Chaozong and his party would attack his relatives and friends. This was both a warning and a threat.
However, the Heavenly Book and Han Xin Shuangling must not be handed over to Li Chaozong and others. These are the last amulets. If they are handed over, their own safety cannot be guaranteed. At that time, the other party will find any reason to reincarnate him, which is equivalent to killing him. Because once reincarnated, the memory of the previous life no longer exists, and even though you are alive, you are still dead.
The only thing that can be done at the moment is to delay time and wait for news from Fatty and others. Everything is based on the premise that the physical body can survive. If the body is destroyed, everything is lost. Although he can still manage to retain his memory and reincarnate as a human being, if he is given birth to a baby, when he grows up, he will already be a different person.
He had already asked Changle to go to Fengming Mountain to look for Fatty and others. It is estimated that the news will come back soon. While waiting for the news, he must bear as much incense as possible. Incense can be accumulated.
Sooner or later, he will be transferred out of Chang'an. Once he leaves Chang'an, it will be difficult to obtain incense. The incense he has endured during this period and the spiritual energy brought out by his soul from his physical body will be his last capital.
While he was worried about his own situation, he was even more worried about Fatty and others. Now that they had no freedom, if they could not get the Heavenly Book from him, they would definitely attack Fatty and others. I thought that giving away the Heavenly Book to everyone was a benefit to relatives and friends, but I never I thought it was harming them.
But worrying is in vain. What the other party is going to do, I have no power to stop at this time. Even if I am willing to hand over the Heavenly Book, it will be useless. After Li Chaozong and others get the Heavenly Book, it is very likely to kill Fatty and others to silence them. It is better to maintain the status quo. .
After daybreak, Nanfeng came to the main hall, called Zhu Lao Er, summoned the government servants, and continued yesterday's business. There was a guy who was treacherous and refused to repay his debts. He had to go and punish him.
Everyone may encounter difficulties while living in this world, and borrowing money to save money is nothing, because it is fine if you are too poor to repay, but it is abominable that some people clearly have the ability to repay but refuse to repay.
The man's name was Zhang Dayi. He had a good name, but his character was not that good. Before that, Lao Huai sorted out the documents and found that there were hundreds of people with similar crimes. There were not many who failed to repay a single debt, and most of them had multiple debts. When people borrow money from one person, there are at most forty or fifty people who borrow money and food from the same person but refuse to repay it. Zhang Dayi is one of these forty or fifty people.
Feeling doubtful, he looked at the creditor's situation. The creditor was Root, a dye shop owner. He was born in poverty. He was diligent and thrifty and managed his family. He accumulated some wealth and bought some land. Most of the people who lent him money and food were his relatives and friends.
Everyone, including Zhang Dayi, had surprisingly similar reasons for not repaying their debts. Zhang Shenggen was rich.
"Zhang Yougen also worked hard to manage his money and earned it through hard work. Why do you want to embezzle it? Give me a fight."
"It's a matter of love to help you, but it's a duty not to help you. Why should someone help you if he has money? You are his father. Beat him. Beat him."
"Zhang Yougen is not related to you, but he lent you a handful of rice, and you still accuse him of being rich and unkind? Are you satisfied if he gives you all his money and grain? Beat him, beat him hard."
"You borrowed money from Zhang Yougen seven times, and you owed twenty-two taels. Just because he refused to lend you the money the last time, you turned against him and ruined his reputation everywhere. Do you know what ingratitude is? A dog eats it. This guy's rice still knows how to wag his tail, but you are worse than a beast, beat him, beat him to death."
"Today I must return the rice I owe to others. Damn it, it is precisely because of you group of ungrateful people who repay kindness with hatred that there are so few good people in the world."
The screams that came from all over the city from time to time alerted the government. In the afternoon, the court issued an edict and invited the monks to come out. The main purpose was to determine whether Nanfeng and others really belonged to their own land. After all, Nanfeng had done what he did. It doesn't look like a land official, but like a monster causing trouble.
There were monks who had clairvoyance and were sure that Nanfeng was really our own land, so they didn't dare to stop him, so they had to go back and report the truth.
It was fine if the imperial court did not send monks. Seeing that the imperial court wanted to intervene, Nanfeng simply abandoned the common people and went after the officials. He attacked the county magistrate first, "Why does that old immortal molest a good woman? Why punish the woman but let her go?" Over that old man? Is it just because he is old? There are so many old guys with bad moral character, but you are partial to and condone them? You are not respecting old people and respecting virtue, you are encouraging unhealthy tendencies. Beat him until he no longer has it. So far, it’s all about fame and reputation.”
After beating the county magistrate, it was already dark.
After a tiring day, Zhu Lao Er and others were all tired, so they took a rest for the night.
The next day, they wanted to attack the officials of Dali Temple again. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Laoer and Lao Huai kept trying to persuade them. The land should not interfere in the affairs of the government. Nanfeng had seriously overstepped his authority. He would not let him do it anymore. I am afraid that my temper will soon hit the emperor.
Nanfeng didn't listen and insisted on going. He could clearly feel the incense coming in sharply, which showed that what he had done before had won the hearts of the people.
Just as the two were trying to persuade them, a shout came from outside the temple, "Nanfeng, are you here..."