Chapter 81: Wind Rises over Yudai River (Part ) The section of Yudai River flowing through Liuxian County is shaped like a Chinese character "几". There are six river bends with some sharp and some gentle turns. On this side of the county town, there are six docks of varying sizes. Slightly away from the six docks are six water forts of varying sizes. It is called Liuhe Lianhuanwu. Although it is called a water fort, Liuhe Lianhuanwu never does any petty theft. Just eating, taking and asking for money. Even if the ships sailing on the Yudai River have a navigation permit issued by the government, they will find it difficult to sail safely if they do not pay tribute to these water forts. Either today's fish is defective and not fresh, or tomorrow's salted fish is moldy and has spots. Or the meat and eggs that should have been delivered in time are rotten and smelly.
Or the boat might hit a reef on a nice river. In short, there are constant problems. The amazing thing is that after resuming contribution, all problems are no longer problems. It's like it never happened. The Shahe Gang, a small gang that makes its living from the Yudai River shipping and dock handling, has never been able to develop, nor has it dared to develop. It's because Liuhe Lianhuanwu is too... It is omnipresent and yet has omnipotent powers! It is also because the person standing behind Liuhe Lianhuanwu is the third branch of the Yu family. In the territory of Siming Prefecture, as long as the Yu family does not go too far and completely cut off the paths of the lower-class people, causing the people's families to be broken up and their lives to be destroyed, and thus crossing the red line of the Imperial Empire, they can act with impunity! What is the Shahe Gang? Even the magistrate of Liuxian County is not worthy of the third branch of the Yu family! With the support of the confident third branch of the Yu family, Liuhe Lianhuanwu has enjoyed good weather and peace since its establishment. Until now... With a loud bang, it exploded like thunder! The gate of Ugly Village, the first village in Liuhe Lianhuanwu, was shattered into pieces by the sudden attack of the black tiger under the crotch of the divine general Shenxiao Zhao Gong, who was trained by Tao Tie Nei Lian. The water fort burst open with a loud bang. Gravel and dust were flying everywhere, and water was splashing under the plank road. "The Immortal God Department is doing business, outsiders should stay away." Tao Tie was the first to walk through the dust and debris, holding the waist badge that matched his official robe in his left hand, and began to shout. Speak softly and kindly. However, he is extremely murderous. There were 106 inspectors from the third shift, including regular, non-regular and temporary inspectors. Led by two ninth-rank inspectors, Mo Yuhan and Taoist Qingyun, they rushed in from both sides of Tao Tie. Like a wolf or a tiger, he looks ferocious, as if he wants to bite someone.
"The Immortal God Department is doing business, outsiders please stay away!!!" Those inspectors, who were extremely excited before going out, shouted the same words, their tone was not gentle at all, and their actions were even more violent. Anyone in Zichou Village who was a little slow in dodging would be severely beaten. If someone is used to being high and mighty and cannot tolerate this humiliation, he will want to stand up and fight against the hegemony. Ha ha…… The excited inspectors were eager for this. "what!" "Spare your life!" "I surrender!" "Village leader, save me!" Screams, pleas for mercy, and cries for help immediately rang out everywhere in Zichou Village, one after another, continuously. When a person dies, his blood flows everywhere. The intensity of the fight was kept within a certain scale. In just one encounter, twenty or thirty people died in Zichou Village in an instant, but there was no fire. Nothing and no buildings were burned. Zichou Village is vulnerable! It's not that Liuhe Lianhuanwu has recruited a bunch of clowns who have no skills and can only bully others by taking advantage of their power. But the situation within the Immortal God Division is too complicated. A lower-rank ninth-rank cultivator couldn't even hold a position as a temporary worker. If you perform poorly or your boss gives the order, you can be fired at any time. Haven’t you seen that Chen Luhui, the former captain of the third team of Class A, and that rude old fox, were immediately and quietly stripped of their clerk qualifications and expelled from the Immortal God Department by the law officers after the Inspector General was rewarded by the Heavenly Dynasty and granted official positions? These two people are still formally employed. The inspector general is usually very easy to talk to, but he really holds a grudge. How did he say that? "Whoever makes me unhappy will never be happy again." It was obvious that Liuhe Lianhuanwu did not take the Inspector General's words to heart, which made the Inspector General unhappy. The broken gate of Zichou Village is a clear proof of this. The three shifts of inspectors, including Mo Yuhan and Taoist Qingyun, did not want to perform too badly and upset the inspector who was obviously determined to deal a heavy hand on Liuhe Lianhuanwu. As for why they killed people but didn't set fire... The inspector said that Liuhe Lianhuanwu is a place where filth and dirt are hidden, and there must be a lot of stolen goods in the village.
Some stolen goods must be recorded in the accounts. Some stolen goods cannot be recorded in the account books! What does it mean that it cannot be included in the account books? It means that some things weigh less than 10 grams if they are not weighed, and they weigh more than 1,000 kilograms if they are weighed. Neither the Yu family behind Liuhe Lianhuanwu nor the state, prefectural and county governments wanted to see certain stolen goods exposed to the sun. At that time, it will not only be a matter of interests, but a matter of life and death, a matter of whether one can keep his official hat. Most of the inspectors in the third shift were rough people who did not quite understand or care about this. All they knew was that after the distribution, they could take a share of the stolen goods that were not included in the account books. The inspector general made it clear that this was not a private transaction, but a legal income with approval documents from superiors. This opportunity only comes once. Next time, whoever dares to reach out and take something that he shouldn’t take should think about whether it is worth his life. No one took the inspector's words lightly. On the contrary, the vast majority of inspectors know that this is not just a threat. But precisely because it was not an empty promise, the third shift of patrol officers worked even harder in killing people and seizing stolen goods. This official business trip not only establishes authority and achieves merit, but also brings extra benefits. I really made a lot of money. Anyone who doesn't want to work hard is either a fool or has bad intentions. I have to stay away from those people in the future to avoid being splattered with blood. If we say that yesterday there were only dark clouds and occasional thunder in the Yudai River. Today, the Yudai River is experiencing strong winds and thunder, heavy rain, and there is even a risk of the dam bursting and causing a flood. The inspectors of the third squad of the Xianshensi of Liuxian County changed their lukewarm style after their establishment and suddenly turned from a sleeping lion taking a lazy stroll into a fierce and murderous lion that chased the enemy and pursued the north. Although this lion does not set fire, it kills people. Zichou Village was broken into as soon as they met because some people resisted, so Tao Tie ordered the killing of all the people in the village. Soldiers are valuable and quick. After breaking into Zichou Village, Tao Tie left Taoist Qingyun with some people to seize the stolen goods, and quickly led his men to the remaining five villages. The Yinhai Village, Maoxu Village, Chenyou Village, and Sishen Village either failed to react at all, or reacted but did not respond in time and correctly, or reacted and responded but not in a timely and correct manner, and Tao Tie ordered them to be killed. When they arrived at Wuweizhai, the last water fort in Liuhe Lianhuanwu, Tao Tie still wanted to carry out the idea of keeping the people in the fort but not leaving them, but he failed to give the order. The leader of Wuwei Village led more than a hundred people to kneel outside the village gate, disarmed, tied their arms, put thorns on their backs, and pretended to be sincerely apologizing. "Surrender!"
Upon seeing Tao Tie and the third squad inspector, the leader of Wuwei Village burst into tears and shouted, "Master Tao, we surrender. Please put us in jail or transfer us to the county government. No matter what the sentence is, we will accept it. Please forgive us, Master Tao, and allow us to surrender!" "Ha ha……" Tao Tie sneered when he heard this, "Surrender?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and shouted in a deep and cold voice: "Too late!" As he spoke, his right hand was already raised, and he was about to swing it down, ordering the third shift of inspectors to kill them. "Amitabha." Suddenly, a Buddhist chant was heard, and a monk came from the river. Suddenly, it landed in front of Tao Tie. He also stood in front of the people of Wuwei Village. This monk was no other than the only stranger among the twelve subordinates that Eighty-Seven Sons brought to Wushan Temple that night. It was handed over together with the original chief clerk of the eleventh division of the underworld of the City God of Liuxian County to the City God Ke Youqiu. Unexpectedly, he was released by Ke Youqiu. He even dared to show up openly and interfere with Tao Tie's law enforcement. Either you are stupid or you are fearless. "God is merciful and kind. Since they have surrendered, why must Donor Tao kill them all?" The monk clasped his hands together, looking solemn and serious, with a compassionate face and a tone full of sympathy, and said, "I feel that there has been too much killing in the world, and it is better not to add more sins. What do you think, Mr. Tao?" "What did you call me?" Tao Tie looked directly into the monk's compassionate eyes and asked indifferently. The monk was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and immediately changed his words: "Please forgive me, Master Tao!" Tao Tie asked again indifferently: "Are you teaching me how to do things?" "The poor monk dare not." The monk lowered his eyes slightly, put his hands together, looked at his nose, and looked at his heart. "I am just giving Master Tao a suggestion, and I am also begging Master Tao to be merciful." "Ha ha……" Tao Tie smiled and asked, "When you followed the Eighty-Seventh Son and disrupted the order of Yin and Yang in Liuxian County, did you also make such suggestions and requests like this?" Upon hearing this, the monk's face showed a look of pain and self-blame, and he said in a shameful tone: "It's a pity that the eighty-seventh son donor didn't listen to my advice and entreaties, and still committed many sins." "Ha ha……" Tao Tie laughed again, but his laughter was much colder. "You mean, Liuxian County has had a disordered order of yin and yang for so many years but has not been in a big mess? Is it because you fed the tiger with your own body and stood by the Eighty-Seventh Son and tried hard to persuade him? And it was not because City God Ke subdued the civil judge, the military judge, the ox-headed man, the horse-faced man, the day and night wandering gods, and a bunch of ghost messengers without showing any emotion, that he was able to do it?" "Amitabha." The monk chanted the Buddha's name and earnestly explained, "I dare not compete with Ke Chenghuang for merit."
"hypocritical!" Tao Tie rebuked without hesitation, "How hypocritical!" The so-called not daring to compete for credit implies that one has made the credit! But is it really useful? Anyone with eyes knows that there isn’t one! Not at all! However, these are not very relevant to Tao Tie, he just used this matter to make another point. Tao Tie said coldly, "Monk, I'll give you ten seconds to get out of my way. Otherwise, you'll be buried with them. Don't say I didn't warn you." The last six words are the ultimatum. The monk didn't react much after hearing this. The leader of Wuwei Village, who was kneeling on the plank road, was frightened out of his wits. Yesterday, when Tao Tie brought his people to order them to close the business and rectify the situation within a certain period of time, he also said these six words. At that time, the six village chiefs did not take it seriously. The result is that the other five village chiefs are now dead! The leader of Wuwei Village did not want to follow in their footsteps, so he used the advantage of terrain to buy time and led the villagers to kneel outside the gate and surrender. He doesn't want to die! Then the leader of Wuwei Village suddenly raised his head and shouted to the monk: "Master! Master, save me! I am willing to surrender, I am willing to repent, I am willing to lay down my butcher knife and become a Buddha right now! Master, save me." "Amitabha." The monk chanted a Buddhist name, met Tao Tie's indifferent eyes, and pleaded, "Master Tao, please have mercy and give them a chance to correct their mistakes, don't..." "Noisy!" Tao Tie suddenly shouted coldly. A swish sound. The inner cultivation god general Shenxiao Zhao Gong led one hundred and fifty lower-rank ninth-grade soldiers and horses and appeared out of thin air behind the monk and in front of the people of Wuwei Village. "Marshal Zhao, kill!" Tao Tie's order followed closely. At the same time, the sound of clanging swords suddenly rang out. Whether it was the sword in the hand of the third patrol officer, the sword at his waist, or the sword on his back, Be it a sharp sword, a magic sword, or a flying sword, They all trembled, letting out moans of excitement, delight and pleasure, and couldn't wait to be unsheathed. Taiyi splits the light, and all the swords return to their origin! In the battle between Wushan Temple and Eighty-Seven Sons, Tao Tie completely mastered this move.
He also has a very deep understanding of the sword principles of "sword is qi, qi is sword" and "if there is a sword in the heart, everything can be a sword", and has put them into practice very effectively. Although he is not wearing a sword now, as long as he thinks about it, the swords of everyone present will become his swords. If this sword strikes down, the result will be either death or injury. As long as the monk dares to say another word, no matter what his background is or what reasons he has for allowing Ke Chenghuang to release him so quickly, Tao Tie will kill him without hesitation! Monks usually know how to adapt to the changing times. The same is true for the monk in front of him. The monk slowly closed his eyes, with pain and guilt showing on his face. When Lord Zhao of Shenxiao led one hundred and fifty soldiers to kill, he became more compassionate and solemn. Soon, Lord Zhao of Shenxiao finished the work neatly and efficiently. "Marshal Zhao, thank you for your hard work. Please take a rest!" Tao Tie bowed to Marshal Zhao Gong, politely asked to go back, then waved his right hand lightly, "Seal it." "Here!" After witnessing the one-sided killing of people cutting melons and chopping vegetables, the third shift of inspectors became even more motivated. They immediately received orders and rushed into the last village of Liuhe Lianhuanwu. At this time, Tao Tie looked at the monk who had just opened his eyes and was about to pray for the deceased people in Wuwei Village, and said in a deep voice: "Monk, I will not argue with you, but a butcher knife is a butcher knife. If you put it down, you can become a Buddha. But that Buddha is filthy, disgusting, and dirty." When saying this, Tao Tie thought of "Journey to the West" which he had read in his previous life. The once fearless and unruly Sun Wukong, when he saw the city of the Lion Country, was "frightened and fell down, unable to struggle again." The blue lion is Manjusri's mount, the white elephant is Samantabhadra's mount, and the identity of the Peng bird is even more special. Although it is just a fantasy novel from previous life, you should not take it seriously. but…… Tao Tie thought of the few encounters he had with the Buddhist sect in this world, and sneered in his heart, then said with a stern face: "Monk, ten breaths are coming." With this light shout, swords of various types flew up. Whoosh. The monk disappeared. Tao Tie laughed in silence and sighed: "This is a monk!" Then he turned and looked towards the Yudai River. In addition to Liuhe Lianhuanwu, there is another place that cannot be avoided when combing the Yudai River. That is Yueyuji. The so-called reef refers to the protruding rocks or stone beaches by the water.
Yueyuji is not very large and not very high. Looking down from the sky, its shape looks like a leaping carp. A temple was built on the site of Yubei. This temple worships only one god, and that is the water god of Yudai River. Liuhe Lianhuanwu, controlled by the third branch of the Yu family, is so vulnerable, yet the Liuxian county government is unable to do anything about it. Is the reason simply because of the support of the Yu family? The Water Temple is right there watching. (End of this chapter)