The new Purple Guard was not easy to talk to, and spoke in a tone of loyalty and patriotism. Master Zhu guessed that the money might not have arrived.
He is familiar with this, so just pay more money and it will be done.
Master Zhu smiled slightly, gave Lu Bei a look that showed he was a family friend, and took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and slowly handed it over: "The East Prince's Mansion is diligent in government and loves the people. It is well known far and wide, and the neighbors and villagers all praise it. I don't know where Lu Ziwei got the opportunity to believe the slander of the people, but the innocent are innocent. With Lu Ziwei's ability to see through the slightest details, I think the East Prince's Mansion has nothing to worry about."
"What do you mean, bribe this Purple Guard?"
Lu Bei raised his eyebrows with disdain, raised his hand to take the banknote, and counted it in front of the two of them.
Seeing this, Master Zhu felt relieved, and Ma Feiwei also breathed a sigh of relief. The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Just take the money. I'm not afraid of him being greedy, but I'm afraid of him pretending to be noble.
"It's only fifty thousand, it's not in line with the market!"
Lu Bei clicked his tongue. He was a good boy as pure as a piece of white paper. How could he know such profound knowledge as hush money? He only knew that there was a misunderstanding between him and the Zhu brothers last year, and the other party paid 50,000 taels to make him mute.
Things are different now. Mr. Lu’s status is different. The threshold for dual cultivation is at the level of a princess. Giving him 50,000 taels is a bit too much.
"Lu Ziwei, you are joking. It's just a small amount of change. I want to drink some tea to moisten my throat. The main course hasn't been served yet!"
Master Zhu bowed and smiled: "The village is a mess, full of unruly people who don't know the rules. There is neither good wine nor singing girls. Why don't you follow me to the East King's Mansion, where there will be good wine and delicious food to entertain you."
"Well said, you are speaking frankly about bribery without hiding anything. This Purple Guard will take it down as testimony."
Lu Bei raised his hand and shook it, stuffing the fifty thousand taels of silver into his arms: "And this stolen money, it's considered evidence, and it will be confiscated as well."
"As long as Lu Ziwei is happy." Ma Feiwei said with a smile.
"No, it doesn't matter whether I am happy or not, the key is you two."
Lu Bei raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Let's get started. It's almost dark. Have you decided? Who is happy?"
"What does Lu Ziwei mean by this?"
Master Zhu's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this man was greedy. He frowned and said, "If you ask for too much, Ningzhou is not the only Purple Guard. The East Palace can give the benefits to others."
"You mean that person..."
Lu Bei dragged out the words and spread his hands: "His mother is my godmother, we are brothers. I peed on him and made mud. What's the difference between giving it to him and giving it to me?"
He sounded quite helpless when he spoke. It was not that he was bullying others, it was just the arrangement from above.
Master Zhu's face darkened, and he said stiffly: "Even so, Ningzhou is not a place where your brother can cover the sky with one hand. The chief steward of the Dasheng Pass of the Huangji Sect and the East Palace..."
"Stop talking nonsense and give up!"
Lu Bei interrupted directly: "I am not afraid to tell you the truth. I came here on the orders of the Huangji Sect. The chief steward is in a hurry to distance himself from the matter and is unable to save you."
The more Master Zhu listened, the more panicked he became. His mind was in a mess and his expression became flustered.
Instead, Ma Feiwei noticed something was wrong and laughed, "Lu Ziwei really loves to joke. Between the Huangji Sect and the Xuanyin Division... those who understand will understand. The Huangji Sect has no right to command you."
Yes, Wu Zhou has its own national conditions. It is impossible for Xuanyinsi to be in cahoots with Huangjizong.
You almost got away with it!
Master Zhu suddenly realized something and looked at Lu Bei with an unfriendly look. He could even say such nonsense. This man really had no shame in asking for a bribe.
"some."
Lu Bei raised his hand and took out a token, and tied it to his belt side by side with the token of Xuanyin Division. "I forgot to mention that I hold two important positions. In addition to being the Purple Guard of Xuanyin Division, I am also the leader of Huangji Sect. The former confiscates property, and the latter exterminates the clan. Together, I am responsible for killing but not burying."
"You... you you..."
Master Zhu looked at the two tokens, his eyes widened, and he muttered to himself, saying that it was impossible and must be fake.
"Finally, I have to say one more thing. According to the order from the Huangji Sect, all the bandits on the mountain must be killed today, regardless of their surnames. Only you, the master, can survive."
Lu Bei narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the two of them with a smile: "I'm new here and everyone looks unfamiliar to me. May I ask, who of you is the master?"
"I am the legal advisor, I am the legal advisor." Legal advisor Zhu blurted out.
"You have no basis in words. I think this warrior is big and strong, with a strong back and strong waist, and looks like a master."
Lu Bei looked at Ma Feiwei with a smile and encouraged him, "Don't you think so, Master?"
The kind smile made people feel uneasy. Ma Feiwei was soaked in cold sweat and felt his calves go weak. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Excellency is right. He is not the master, but I am."
"You're talking nonsense, Mr. Ma. If you want to die, just tell me and I'll help you!" Master Zhu was furious and raised his hand to grab Ma Feiwei's collar.
Ma Feiwei then became tough and started to wrestle with Master Zhu. He knew that Lu Bei was trying to sow discord between them and was not trying to hide it, just to make the two of them kill each other.
The problem was that the more he looked at Lu Bei, the more scared he became. The difference in strength between them was too great, and he felt that he could not be his enemy.
Master Zhu is different. He might as well take his head as a token of his loyalty and exchange it for meritorious service.
As for the East Palace settling accounts with him in the future...
With the Huangji Sect and the Xuanyin Division joining forces, the East Palace has run out of luck and has no future.
The fight between the two men became more and more fierce, and soon it escalated to the point of demolishing the house. Palm-wide cracks appeared, and the bricks, stones and wooden beams in the hall collapsed. Lu Bei calmly retreated to the outside of the hall, shouting, "Stop fighting."
"Don't argue, don't quarrel, both of you remember what I said, only the strong are worthy of survival, and the one who survives is the master."
After saying this, he looked expressionlessly at the group of bandits who were slowly approaching. There were hundreds of them, and all of them looked filthy and did not seem like good people.
The bandits didn't know what was going on yet, and out of curiosity they came forward to watch the fun. Someone started a game to see who would be better, the legal advisor or the village chief.
The next second, the charm skill captured and judged it successful. A heavy sense of oppression like a mountain swept over, and hundreds of bandits rolled their eyes and fell to the ground. Then, the momentum of the incarnation realm swept across the whole place, and no one was left behind, and all of them fainted.
Before coming to the mountain village, Lu Bei passed by Dongwang County. A quick glance showed only the tip of the iceberg. Not to mention that the people here were living in poverty, but there were also zombies everywhere.
The people who live here have no brilliance in their eyes.
Just numbness.
The main peak of Xuanying Mountain was even worse. I walked around carefully and found no dragon traps. I found several mass graves of corpses, and the prison behind the mountain stronghold, which was the basement...
It is horrific and I have no way of commenting on it. I can only say that the evil of human nature is fully displayed here.
Perhaps some of the bandits were forced to become bandits to make a living, just to have a full meal, and had never done anything harmful to the world. It would be unfair to kill them all, but Lu Bei was very sure that if he picked one lucky person out of every ten and let him go, there would definitely be some that slipped through the net.
He did not intend to interrogate them one by one, as it was too troublesome. He would take them back to Xuanyinsi, where the technicians who were good at torture would treat them well.
"It's pretty good. There's a big scar on his head. It's too easy to die like this. It seems that God is very unfair. This is not how you cultivate immortality."
He was talking to himself, Master Zhu and Ma Feiwei had fought for their lives to the very end.
Facts have once again proved that if you don’t have money, don’t practice Taoism.
The two men were of average talent, but Master Zhu was born with good health and no shortage of cultivation resources. Even if he worked hard for three days and rested for two days, his magic power was stronger than Ma Feiwei's. Moreover, he had plenty of elixirs and a precious robe to protect his body. He quickly gained the upper hand in the stalemate, broke Ma Feiwei's broadsword with one blow, and severely injured him.
Ma Feiwei fell into a deep pit, smashing the hall of the village into ruins. He spit out blood and propped up half of his body. As he retreated, he left a tragic blood trail.
"I've already told you that I'm the master!"
A fierce look flashed in Master Zhu's eyes, and he stepped forward with a knife, intending to chop off Ma Feiwei's head.
The dog dares to bite its master, it deserves to die!
Buzz!!
Master Zhu heard a slight ringing in his ears and only felt the sound of wind blowing past. He caught a glimpse of a fleeting white light in his peripheral vision. In shock, the long sword he was holding high broke into two pieces.
He felt a chill in his heart and looked at the smiling Lu Bei with caution, wondering what sinister and treacherous trick this man had come up with.
"Master, please spare their lives. If you have anything to say, please talk it over nicely. Fighting and killing only hurts the harmony. You two were just sitting together drinking!"
Lu Bei tried to persuade him with kind words, and said with a smile: "According to the order, the bandit leader should be put to death, but I, the Purple Guard, feel that there are two kinds of death. One is to die with a loud cry, and be a hero again in the next life. The other is to die with a loud cry for a long time, and regret being a hero in this life, and wish to be a pig or dog in the next life."
"You bastard, you're not going to get away with killing people."
Hearing the implication of Lu Bei's words, Ma Feiwei roared with bloodshot eyes, and slashed towards his neck with the broken knife.
Hiss!
A white beam flashed by, and Ma Feiwei held the empty hilt of the knife, his fleshy face full of confusion.
"What a way to kill people. I'm sure many people have said this to you."
Lu Bei grinned, his figure became a shadow, instantly covering the two people's heads: "You two are in trouble, accompany me to Xuanyinsi to have fun!"
Above the mountain village, two screams suddenly stopped.
Suddenly there was a strong wind, golden light appeared everywhere, the great roc swept up the strong wind and swallowed up all the people on the mountain, then flapped its wings and disappeared into the clouds.
After a while, a group of ragged men and women stepped out of the prison. Seeing that there was no one around the village but two large pots of stewing food, they rushed in and started to devour the food.
There are merchants, there are civilians, there are meat tickets, there is meat...
Having not eaten enough for many days, most of the people vomited continuously when they suddenly ate meat, and then they ate voraciously again.
…
East Palace.
Lu Bei hid behind the wall, rubbing a golden sword in his hand.
This is the first time I have done something wrong, and I feel a little excited when I think about it.
He was not the kind of person who liked to meddle in other people's business. The task given by his superiors was to kill the bandits and keep the master as a warning to others. However, cultivating immortals required a clear mind.
His thoughts are not clear, and with his talent, his future path of cultivation will be quite difficult.
If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth (×)
If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth (√)
"Just a golden sword is far from enough. Rebellion is such a serious matter that could cost you your life. It would be hard to convince the people without the imperial seal..."
"Speaking of which, the words engraved on the jade seal of the Immortal Cultivation Realm are also ordained by heaven, and they mean longevity and prosperity?"
"My imperial edict doesn't seem to have this stamp. How many seals does the emperor have?"
"Go back and ask Fox Three, he should know."
"Oops, I was thinking wrong. The imperial seal of the East Palace has a broken corner. I have wasted a piece of this fine jade!"
"Forget it, let's cut our losses while the house is being raided."
"As for the imperial robe, Wu Zhou prefers the phoenix over the dragon. As for the design, the bird on it should be copied from the emperor's roc. No one should be able to tell, right?"
"Let me think about it. If I fill up the rebellion package at once and then the whole Xiangrui... Forget about the White Snake. Give Sister She and Sister Snake some face. It's too late to fill the room with red light now..."
After much deliberation, Lu Bei decided to keep things simple. He went up the mountain to dig up a huge rock, and carved eight big words on it with his sword.
The Emperor of Heaven is dead, the King of the East should be enthroned!