Chapter 92: Yu Family Banquet in Siming Prefecture When you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for something. If you show great courtesy to others, what you ask for will be great. Faced with the 180 top-grade spiritual jades proposed by Hu Weichang, Tao Tie was deeply tempted, but he finally refused because of his own moral constraints. Facing the 300 top-grade spiritual jades offered by the Five Ghosts Sect, Tao Tie was not tempted at all. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm, he rejected it directly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am sorry that I am not tactful. I respectfully decline the offer." Tao Tie added a little more emphasis and continued, "If your clan really wants that version of the Five Ghosts Moving Technique, please adjust your mind and talk to me again. Goodbye." After saying that, Tao Tie opened his right hand, picked up Yu Yingying who was slightly standing on the ground, and walked towards the county town. It was already off duty, and this matter was not official business, so he naturally had to go through the security check of the city protection array. The city defense soldiers under the county lieutenant were quite considerate and did not make Tao Tie wait any longer. They let him pass immediately. Several groups of people who were watching the excitement on the top of the city dispersed in an instant.
Only the middle-aged men, old men, old women, young boys and girls from the Five Ghosts Sect remained where they were and did not move. The young man said in a deep voice: "I told you long ago that although the Taodu Inspector is short of money and resources, he is not short of character. I told you not to test him, but you refused to listen. Now, a simple matter has become complicated." The middle-aged man raised his brows and was about to refute. The girl pinched the boy's arm before he could speak. "Shut up! Can't you see that the boss is annoyed? Why are you talking after the fact? If you really think your idea is right, you should stick to it. Why are you talking now? Are you trying to start an internal conflict? Why don't we just break up?" The old man and the old woman didn't say anything, but just watched the young couple joking and playing with a smile. "Let's go back." The middle-aged man suddenly lost the mood to talk and turned away. "Where?" The young man was pinched hard, but still didn't understand, so he asked loudly. As expected, the girl twisted it again. The young man didn't even turn his head: "Inn! Sleep!" However, the Five Ghosts Sect is a sect in Wuling Prefecture, and its scale and strength are comparable to those of Jingling Mountain. In order not to arouse suspicion and protest from Jingling Mountain, the five people did not rent or buy a house, so they stayed in an inn. Of course, who would believe it if someone said that the Five Ghosts Sect had no base in Siming Prefecture? It’s just possible that it’s not in Liuxian County. Tao Tie, who had gone ahead, had already arrived at the office of the Immortal God Department. Not only did he not say a word along the way, he also casually cast a "silence spell" to seal Yu Yingying's mouth. So as to avoid hearing some dirty words and dirtying your ears. As for the injuries on Yu Yingying's body, they were what she deserved, and Tao Tie would not treat her. Being able to stop the people from the Five Ghosts Sect, bring her to the office of the Immortal God Department, and throw her in the gatehouse was the limit of what Tao Tie could do.
The reason for this is also very simple. The inspector of the Immortal God Department can teach a lesson, beat or kill people, but no one else can. Otherwise, where is the authority of the Immortal God Department, where is the face of the Director General, and he, the Inspector General, will lose all face! "You come here." When Tao Tie left Yu Yingying behind and was about to go back to the cave, he suddenly heard his teacher's voice. He immediately stopped turning around and walked towards the duty room of the steward. "Teacher, you are looking for me." After entering the duty room, Tao Tie greeted respectfully. When on duty, personal relationships are of course the main focus and personal addresses should be used. "Remember to complete the procedures at the county government office." Huang Junshi said calmly, "The fact is that you were assassinated while performing your duties, and you had to fight back and kill the assassin. The procedures and documents should also be the same. Do you understand?" "I have already reported this to the county government, teacher." Tao Tie took out the communication terminal and pulled out a document to project in the air. "The county government also gave a receipt. The county magistrate personally took the criminal department's assistant to the scene to verify the situation." It turned out that Tao Tie was not idle when he used Yu Yingying to throw a stone to test the waters and find out the details of the people from the Five Ghosts Sect. The laws of the Celestial Empire are complete, but whether they are strict or not is a relative concept. If you follow the laws of the Celestial Empire, they will not be so strict that you feel suffocated. Only those who are unwilling to follow the law at all, or those who are restrained by the complete law from plundering, seizing power and making money, will feel strict and suffocated. For example, Tao Tie’s current situation. If you encounter someone who is armed with a sharp knife and has murderous intent, they will just think that killing is enough. But why do you have to report it and verify it? Isn't it annoying? Not comfortable at all! Not free at all! Tao Tie wouldn't think so. On the contrary, they are very willing to follow the law, take the initiative to report to the county government, and actively cooperate with the county government's investigation. "That's good." Huang Junshi nodded with satisfaction. The reason why he asked was because this time Tao Tie killed the Seven Killing Stars from the third branch of the Yu family and Yu Yingying's four guards, and the situation was completely different from the last time he killed Li Zeyuan. Li Zeyuan serves the evil god and is no longer a human being. Moreover, evil energy has entered his body, making him a demon. Killing demons and eliminating evil is what the Celestial Empire encourages practitioners to do. Huang Junshi felt relieved when he saw that Tao Tie did not become unbalanced or arrogant because of his cultivation and sudden increase in strength. "Come on, follow me to a place." Thinking of this, Huang Junshi stood up and walked out. "Okay, teacher."
Tao Tie immediately agreed and followed Huang Junshi without asking where they were going. The two men left the duty room and walked out of the yamen. When passing by the gatehouse, Huang Junshi deliberately glanced at Yu Yingying who was leaning against the door. The injury has been barely under control at this time. But there is a serious lack of energy and spirit. Even if Yu Yingying wanted to leave, she couldn't leave for a while. Of the five people who came to Liuxian County with her, Hu Weichang betrayed her and four male guards died. All of the Yu family's strongholds and personnel in Liuxian County were seized today by the county magistrate Miao Zongren. For a while, Yu Yingying found herself in a situation where she had no one to turn to for help. It is really sad and miserable. It makes people unable to help laughing when they see it. Huang Junshi is not a person with such a bad taste. He is a gentleman who believes in repaying hatred with revenge, repaying grievances with grievances, and repaying virtue with virtue. We should not do anything to kick someone when he is down, and we should not repay evil with kindness either. So this glance was just a glance, without any ridicule, nor was there any magnanimous treatment given to Yu Yingying. He just left like that. Yu Yingying, who had inexplicably developed some expectations, was shocked, then angry, and finally sad. As expected, a phoenix that has fallen to the ground is no better than a chicken. When you are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in your teeth. What kind of people are these! After leaving the Immortal God Office, Huang Junshi summoned two rays of golden light, which flashed and disappeared from Liuxian County with Tao Tie. Surrounded by the golden light, Tao Tie couldn't help but complain in his heart: The teacher always wanted to go wherever he wanted, and never cared whether it was inside or outside the government office. This time, he specially went outside the government office to set up the Tiangang method "Golden Light on the Earth", and it was definitely not to make fun of Yu Yingying. Well, that must be the case. "Don't think about anything stupid." After the golden light fell to the ground, Huang Junshi said something quietly before Tao Tie looked around. "Okay, teacher." Tao Tie immediately agreed, then quickly looked around and discovered that this was also the office of the Immortal God Department. It’s just the Immortal God Department of Siming Prefecture, not the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County. At this moment, a man with a beard, a rough appearance, a bold temperament, and a burly figure strode out of the gate, shouting as he walked, "Sword Immortal, you are here, come on, let's go to the banquet together."
Along with the voice came a carriage approaching from the side. The carriage was made entirely of fine steel and was pulled by three tall horses. There was no coachman and the back door was open. Tao Tie inadvertently glanced and saw that the three tall horses were not living creatures, but puppets, but they were vivid and lifelike. If you don't look closely, from the outside, it doesn't look fake at all. "Liu Duguan, sorry to bother you." Huang Junshi did not behave as extrovertedly as the bearded man. He clasped his hands and greeted politely. "Hey, hey, hey, Sword Immortal, are you humiliating me, Old Liu? It's off-duty time now, you and I are not in a superior-subordinate relationship." The bearded man tilted his head, glared at Huang Junshi, and criticized him in mock anger, then changed the subject and said, "Call me Old Liu, or call me Brother Liu in a more elegant way according to your Confucian custom. Calling me Liu is too polite, it's too polite." "Brother Liu." Huang Junshi followed suit and changed his name. "This must be our best disciple, Young Friend Tao Tietao." The bearded man, Liu Pingquan, the chief of the Immortal God Department of Siming Prefecture, looked at Tao Tie who was standing quietly behind Huang Junshi, "He is indeed a handsome man, not bad at all. Not bad!" As he spoke, Liu Pingquan reached into his bosom and took out a cloth bag. "Last time, I was busy and didn't go to the Eight Immortals Mountain. I missed it this time. I am a rough man, I don't understand elegance, I just like to be straightforward. These ninety-nine high-quality spiritual jades are my meeting gift, please don't despise them, please don't despise them, haha..." In just a few words, Liu Pingquan used both praise and explanation, and even used self-deprecating words, creating a rather wonderful atmosphere. The cloth bag containing ninety-nine top-grade spiritual jades was also handed to Tao Tie and stuffed into his hands. Tao Tie looked at Huang Junshi, and seeing his teacher nod, he accepted the gift from Liu Pingquan. The east corner is lost, and the mulberry elm is harvested. I didn't expect to reject two rounds of "windfall" today, and finally make up for it here. Although the numbers vary, there is a huge difference between having and not having. Moreover, this "windfall" is not honey coated with arsenic, it is not poisonous. "Thank you Liu..." Tao Tie bowed with both hands, ready to express his gratitude, but paused deliberately. "Just call me Old Liu or Brother Liu, we can talk about our own affairs." Liu Pingquan gave the answer before Huang Junshi. Huang Junshi nodded. Tao Tie said, "Thank you, Brother Liu." Now that you've spoken, I must listen. "Ha ha……"
Liu Pingquan smiled heartily, looking very happy, and praised, "Good! A good man should be so straightforward. People who are fussy, shy, and effeminate are not to my taste. You are a man who suits my temper. Come, let's add each other's contact information and visit each other often." A communication terminal painted in gold was taken out and handed to Tao Tie. Tao Tie did not hesitate to take out his communication terminal which had high-end texture but plain appearance and added Liu Pingquan as a "friend". He even specifically set the note to "Brother Liu" in front of Liu Pingquan. "Good! Good! Good!" Seeing this, Liu Pingquan praised repeatedly, and then said, "Come on, Sword Immortal, Brother Tao, let's go to Yu's house for a big meal. Even if we can't bankrupt the Yu family, we must eat enough to get what we paid for." Holding Huang Junshi's arm with his left hand and Tao Tie's shoulder with his right hand, Liu Pingquan led the two of them onto the tall and wide steel carriage, cursing as they walked: "Damn it, that piece of shit Yu Kouzhong, didn't he just have a grandson? He made such a big fuss by holding a hundred-day banquet, inviting all the important people in Siming Prefecture. Is this to celebrate his grandson's hundredth day? He's just being a slap in the face to me!" Yu Kouzhong is the eldest master of the Yu family's main branch and also the patriarch of the Yu family. One of the main reasons why the third branch has been so rampant over the years is that although the brothers of the first branch of the Yu family have many grandchildren, none of them have born legitimate grandchildren. For these big families, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children has been ingrained into their bones. Don’t you see, the dirtiest curse among the young men of these big families is “your mother is a servant”? Having finally had a legitimate grandson, Yu Kouzhong certainly wanted to make a bigger fuss. Not only did he announce to the Yu family that he had a grandson and a successor, but he also had to publicize this matter to the outsiders of the Yu family. Regardless of whether Huang Junshi was a third-rank sword immortal or the director of the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County, he was naturally among those invited by Yu Kouzhong. Tao Tie was not invited and only attended as Huang Junshi's attendant. Everyone sit down in the carriage. Liu Pingquan was still not satisfied after scolding, and he kept shouting: "Brother Tao, to be honest, I heard that you killed the Seven Killers of the Third Branch of the Yu Family with one sword, and killed the four male actors of Yu Yingying who had her eyes curled up to the sky, and seriously injured her. I was very happy. Hehehe... to deal with the Yu family, you have to be so rough. What etiquette, what law, they are a bunch of bumpkins in the Yu family, they don't care about these, they are only afraid of fists!" The Immortal Gods Department of Liuxian County is under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Gods Department of Siming Prefecture. It is not surprising that Liu Pingquan, as the chief of the Immortal God Department of Siming Prefecture, knew about this matter at the first time. What worries Tao Tie is that Siming Prefecture's capital city is the base camp that the Yu family focuses on after their retreat. Liu Pingquan, the governor of the Immortal God Department appointed by the Heavenly Dynasty, has such a strong stance towards the Yu family, and the Yu family still does not know how to restrain themselves. In other words, you want to restrain yourself, but it is difficult to turn around quickly. What's the point of not dying? Two sounds: bang, bang. When Tao Tie's mind flickered, Liu Pingquan patted his chest vigorously: "Brother Tao, don't worry. If the Yu family dares to cause trouble for you because of this, I, Old Liu, will be the first to disagree. When we get to the Yu family later, I will warn Yu Kouzhong to behave himself. I have been wanting to kill the Yu family for too long!" After expressing his attitude in a heroic manner, Liu Pingquan, a burly man with a beard and a rough appearance, suddenly lowered his voice like an old woman at the entrance of the village: "Sword Immortal, Brother Tao, there is a joke about Yu Kou Zhong, do you want to hear it?" Without waiting for Huang Junshi and Tao Tie to answer, Liu Pingquan chuckled and said, "I heard that Yu Kouzhong's grandson is not actually his grandson, but his son who was born out of wedlock." "Ha ha ha ha……" Huang Junshi and Tao Tie, the master and his apprentice, did not react much. Liu Pingquan threw his head back and laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. "It's really hilarious!"
(End of this chapter)