night.
Lu Bei ordered a batch of furniture and ornaments in Langyu County, packed some firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots and pans in a Qiankun bag, walked up the stone steps at high speed, and returned to Yuhua Gate before dark.
The cooked food was taken out, and the four of them, having eaten their fill, returned to their houses.
Lu Bei came to the headmaster's room, rubbed his hands, spread out his senior sister's quilt, crawled into the bed, smelled the fragrance, and fell asleep contentedly.
After a moment, he slapped his head and got up, groped in the corner of the backyard for a while, found the previous place, and dug a fox hole with a black gold straight knife.
After putting down a Spiritual Awakening Pill, Lu Bei turned and left, waiting to catch the thief tomorrow.
We must eradicate all evil and put the thief's family in order.
Before he even returned to the house, he heard chaotic footsteps. A group of burly men from the Emei Sect, with stern looks on their faces, either climbed over the wall to enter the courtyard or broke in through the main gate. The crowd surrounded him so tightly that he couldn't get out.
Lu Bei was stunned, suspecting that his senior sister had not paid the final payment, and the Emei Sect came to collect the debt.
Look, the contractor Ding is here too.
"Master Ding, why don't you sleep so late at night and come to my Sanqing Peak to enjoy the moon?" Facing the debt collector, Lu Bei was very polite.
"Bah, stop trying to be so close."
Ding Lei was filled with righteous indignation, and pointed his finger at Lu Bei like a sword: "You little thief are so shameless, this is the Yuhua Sect of Sanqing Peak, and Sect Master Lu went on a long journey, so he entrusted Ding to take care of it. I never thought that a little thief like you would occupy the magpie's nest without paying attention, and you even dared to pretend to be Sect Master Lu in front of me, I think you are asking for a beating!"
Lu Bei: “…”
He scratched his head and thought about it, but still couldn't understand.
"Huh, you have nothing to say!"
Ding Lei snorted coldly and waved his hand forward: "All disciples, listen up, take this little thief out and send him to the government to face the charges."
"Wait a minute!"
Lu Bei raised his hand to call for a stop, pointed at himself and said, "Master Ding, look again, I am Lu Bei from Yuhua Sect, look carefully, otherwise it will hurt."
"You still dare to be stubborn after all this. You all heard him threaten me."
"We all heard it, Master."
"I heard it clearly."
"… "
In the direction of the guest room, Zhu Bo and the other two opened the window and watched with a smile as Lu Bei was surrounded, with no intention of going forward to help.
There's no need for that. They're a bunch of small fry. Even if they double in number, they still wouldn't be enough for Lu Bei to beat up alone.
This is indeed the case. Although Dongqi County and Dongyang County are adjacent to each other, Dashengguan and Langyu County are more than 400 miles apart, and the gap between the practitioners is quite huge. Wei Mao once commented on Langyu as a place for retirement, saying that he would rather stay in Dashengguan and be the top leader than come to Langyu County and be the second in command.
Not to mention the strength of the sects on Jiuzhu Mountain. If you take any one of them alone, none of them are qualified to be classified as third-rate. The Huangji Sect found management too troublesome, so they gathered all nine peaks and called them the Jiuzhu Mountain sect, which barely reached the threshold of a third-rate immortal cultivation sect.
That's it, it still depends on the number of people.
So, although Emei Sect is a sect of cultivating immortals, the level of its disciples is really not that good. Including Ding Lei, every single one of their disciples is not enough to withstand a single charge by the group of fierce and wolves under Wei Mao if the numbers are equal.
Two minutes later.
There were wailing sounds everywhere in the backyard. The Emei disciples were groaning and unable to get up. Everyone had wounds on their faces and their cries of pain were so tragic.
"Master Ding, why is this?"
Lu Bei rode on Ding Lei, punched him, grabbed his collar and asked, "What did I do wrong? Why do you want to frame a good person? Why do you want to use your numbers to bully the minority?"
Why
I want to know why too!
Why has the pretty boy become so powerful after not seeing him for three months? Why did I not want to let go and bring so many people with me
Ding Lei was hit and his left eye was bruised. Seeing that Lu Bei was about to attack, he hurriedly said, "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. It's really Master Lu in person. It's too dark. It's all a misunderstanding!"
"Nonsense, I'm Lu Bei, a man of integrity, and you could just say it was a misunderstanding, but you actually used 100,000 taels to humiliate me."
Lu Bei's face suddenly changed, and he punched Ding Lei in the right eye, and said symmetrically: "Tell me, where is the 100,000 taels?"
"No, I didn't say one hundred thousand taels, I really didn't..."
Bang!
Lu Bei punched Ding Lei so hard that he rolled his eyes. He then skillfully took out a Qiankun bag from his arms, pulled out a stack of banknotes and started counting them.
"It's only 30,000 yuan, you're just giving alms to beggars!"
Lu Bei punched down, waking Ding Lei up physically, and snorted coldly, "Master Ding, I'm not trying to scare you. Among the three guests I invited today, there is a nobleman named Zhu. He is not only a royal relative, but his uncle is also a prefect. You offended the nobleman, and it's difficult for me to help you settle this small amount of money."
Zhu Bo: “…”
He was watching the fun, but he couldn't laugh anymore. He thought it was bad luck and slammed the window shut.
"Look, the noble man is angry!"
Lu Bei punched down again and whispered in Ding Lei's ear: "One hundred thousand taels, I will help you settle this matter, otherwise... Oh, I forgot to tell you that the governor has a very good relationship with Lin Guanshi of the Dasheng Pass of the Huangji Sect."
"I...I...don't know!"
Ding Lei was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Regardless of whether what Lu Bei said was true or not, if one out of ten of his sentences was true, the prefect and the steward could crush him to death with just one finger.
"It's not too late to know now. I can let bygones be bygones for the misunderstanding between you and me, but that can't be said for the nobleman living in the house. If you don't follow the etiquette, the Zhu family will lose face!"
Lu Bei sighed, took out a piece of paper and pen from his Qiankun bag, and handed it to Ding Lei: "We are all friends, don't say I won't help you, I will advance the 100,000 taels, you can write an IOU and use the land deed of Sijing Peak and Lingzhu business as collateral."
"It's impossible. Even if Ding dies..."
Bang!
It is difficult for a businessman who only thinks about cultivating himself and strengthening his body to face life and death. Ding Lei overestimated himself. He didn't even have the courage to face Lu Bei's fist. After getting beaten up, he wrote the IOU in a whimper.
After leaving his fingerprints, Lu Bei put away the IOU, waved his hand and told Ding Lei to get out with his men, and said that he would come to collect the debt soon.
Two debts!
One is the IOU, and second, when Mo Buxiu left, the Emei Sect, as a closely related sect of the Jiuzhu Mountain, did not show any expression at all, which was really disheartening.
When Ding Lei heard this, he felt as if a bolt of thunder had struck his head, which once again refreshed his perception of Lu Bei. He said in grief and indignation, "When the old master passed away, Master Lu did not inform me, nor did he arrange for the funeral. I didn't even have a bite of food to eat. How could I have known that he had passed away?"
"You are being unreasonable. You are still trying to flatter yourself at this time. I, Lu, have seen through the fickleness of human nature. I know that you will not come to my house even after the funeral, so I deliberately kept everything simple and avoided wasting on food and wine."
Lu Bei snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "How realistic! In order to save a sum of money, he didn't even attend the funeral. Fortunately, God has a good heart. I have endured hardships for three months and today I am able to avenge my humiliation."
"puff-"
That night, Master Ding was carried down the mountain by his disciples.
…
The next morning, Zhu Bo was stretching his legs in the backyard when he saw Lu Bei sneaking towards the back mountain, so he grabbed him.
"Brother, are you catching a thief so early in the morning?"
"Brother Bo has a keen eye. I really caught the thief."
Lu Bei replied with a smile that the Qi Ling Pill was gone and he should go dig out the fox hole.
Zhu Bo didn't know what Lu Bei was thinking, and thought that he was going to bully the Emei Sect. He couldn't help but said, "Brother Lu, you and I are cultivators, so we should be considerate of each other. The more friends we have, the easier it is to get by. Even if Sect Leader Ding was wrong first, with your level of cultivation, you can just bully him a little and give him 50,000 taels as a token of respect. Why bother pushing him to death?"
If I don't push him to death, he won't go to other peaks. If they don't join forces, how can I unify Jiuzhu Mountain? If I can't unify Jiuzhu Mountain, I have no territory, no people, and no money. How can I attract players to work here
Lu Bei cleared his throat and whispered, "Brother Bo, I am doing this for you and Brother Kui. When I take over the spiritual bamboo industry of Sijing Peak and even the entire Jiuzhu Mountain, we brothers will join forces to monopolize the business and make it bigger and stronger. Then I will ship the goods and you will sell the stolen goods... Bah, you just raise the price, isn't it wonderful?"
"Ah, this..."
Zhu Bo's mind moved. The world is bustling with people seeking profit. Lu Bei's words made sense and it was difficult for him to refuse.
“Don’t worry, Brother Bo. I will act with discretion. I will borrow the reputation of your Zhu family and will not tarnish your reputation.” Lu Bei promised with a smile and turned to walk towards the back mountain.
"Wait a minute, there is one more thing. Last night I saw you..."
Zhu Bo stopped Lu Bei. Last night, Lu Bei skillfully rummaged through Ding Lei's Qiankun bag. He felt very happy to see that there were people who were more unlucky than him. But then he came to his senses and realized that his thoughts were too mean. He failed to prevent tragedy from happening to him again. He felt it necessary to remind Lu Bei to get rid of his bad habits as soon as possible.
Killing monsters and picking up gold coins, is there any problem
Lu Bei didn't understand, so he said as a matter of course: "Brother Bo, a bad guest named Ding has come to our house. As the victim and the victor, I want to check his Qiankun bag to prevent him from stealing important assets of Yuhua Sect. Is that okay?"
"There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not appropriate to always do this."
Zhu Bo said earnestly, "It is wrong to rummage through other people's Qiankun bags. If it is a female cultivator, your reckless behavior will make everyone very embarrassed. If the other party blames you, you will suffer a great loss."
"That's true."
Lu Bei agreed with this, and then said, "Thank you, Brother Bo, for reminding me. I will cover my face when I search the Qiankun bag next time."
Zhu Bo: “…”
"Don't worry, I understand."
Lu Bei winked and said, "People who practice cultivation have sharp senses. They will be recognized even if they cover their faces. I'm not that stupid."
"That's good."
"I covered the nun's face. She couldn't see anything, so she couldn't blame me."