We mentioned in the last article that Huang Donglai deceived Na Xiong Fengshan into kneeling down and begging for mercy without even using a single weapon.
When the surrounding onlookers saw this scene, they all realized that Xiong Fengshan was indeed a fake miracle doctor, and the one on the eaves at this moment was the real immortal.
So, in line with the principle of "we will support whoever wins", the people began to curse Xiong Fengshan at that time. It was buckled by Na Xiong Fengshan.
Of course, they are not stupid. They are just yelling and cursing from a distance. No one dares to step forward and hit people. After all, no one wants to try this "evil way" to see if they can jump over the wall in a hurry. Return a hand or something.
To make a long story short, when Huang Donglai saw that the situation was under control, he calmed the people present a little and asked them to stop scolding and listen to what he had to say.
When the crowd calmed down, Huang Donglai first explained that the conversation between Xiong Fengshan and Fang Pan just now was made possible by his "little trick" so that everyone outside the temple could hear it.
As soon as the common people heard that it was the work of the great immortal, they accepted the order and stopped worrying about the details.
Next, Huang Donglai said that although the demon was not very good, he had some knowledge of magic. Even if he handed it over to the government or the people, they would not be able to deal with it, so it was best for him to capture it and take it back. We will inquire carefully about his crime before making a decision. I hope you will not stop him.
When the people heard this, it made sense, but some people were still confused about it.
What are you struggling with?
Of course it is the money that was defrauded.
To put it bluntly, the people don't care much about Xiong Fengshan's life and death. What they care about is the money they have been defrauded in the past six months
Huang Donglai also understands this. So he immediately jumped off the roof and landed in front of a house.
There are dozens of people locked up in this room, some of them are the officials who went up the mountain with the fake Fangpan, and the other part are the fake monks who were put down by them before; in addition, the one who was hidden Zhen Fangpan, who was in the sedan chair, was also lying in this room.
At this time, Huang Donglai opened the door, hooked his fingers, and called someone out from inside.
That was none other than Mr. Zhao from this county.
When Huang Donglai and others brought down the government servant and the fake monk before, they deliberately did not knock him out, but restrained him and asked him not to act rashly and to stay quietly with those who were knocked unconscious. "There's something good going on" in the room.
As a result, Capt. Zhao hid in the house and watched the whole process of the Xiong Fengshan gang being broken up.
Why didn’t you ask him why he didn’t rush out before?
Does he dare?
After witnessing Fudozi, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell, they were instantly After defeating dozens of people, he dared to ignore their orders and come forward
When he heard the broadcasted conversation between Fang Pan and Xiong Fengshan and saw an angry crowd rushing into the temple, he Dare to come out and stop him
Even now, Huang Donglai personally asked him to come out, and he was stillHesitation
Because of Fang Pan’s corruption, perversion of the law, and collusion with Xiong Fengshan, Capt. Zhao undoubtedly knew; and as the county’s captivity and the right-hand man of the county magistrate, it was impossible for him not to be uninvolved Too good.
Now that Fang Pan’s actions have been exposed, Zhao Captou, the accomplice who helped the tiger, walked into the crowd and was beaten to death by random punches.
Of course, let Zhao What the catcher didn't expect was that after he came out, before he could say anything, Huang Donglai said, "Dear dear friends, I think everyone knows the catcher Zhao in this county. This time, it's all because of his ability to endure humiliation and bear the burden of justice." , reported to me the evil deeds of Fang Pan and Xiong Fengshan’s collusion, and today I can seek justice for you all.”
As Brother Huang said, he gave Capt. Zhao a look.
Captain Zhao also understood immediately. His look that was a little timid a few seconds ago has now been replaced by a look of righteousness and awe-inspiring.
"Today, Capt. Zhao and I cooperated internally and externally, and led Fang Pan up the mountain, so that the truth was revealed to the public." Huang Donglai saw that Capt. Zhao cooperated very wisely, and continued, "Now Fang Pan Pan and all the remnants of Xiong Fengshan's men have been tied up in the room behind Capt. Zhao. From now on, Capt. Zhao will act in accordance with the law and deal with them one by one. The money confiscated, Capt. Zhao will also return it to everyone after the liquidation is completed."
After Huang Donglai said this in one breath, he said to the already confused Capt. Zhao, "Isn't that right, Capt. Zhao?" Head."
At this juncture, facing the burning eyes of the masses, he surnamed Zhao dared to say "no"
What if he didn't do what Huang Dong said? , then there is absolutely no way you can walk out of this temple alive today.
But if he really did what Huang Donglai wanted, Huang Donglai and his party would just pat their butts and leave afterwards, but all the aftermath work and the responsibility of "stabbing Fang Pan in the back" would be It was all up to Capt. Zhao to carry it down.
It is not easy to be a "hero". Who can tell whether it will be a blessing or a disaster for you after taking on this matter?
Justice is justice, the king's law is the king's law, you If a headhunter who receives a salary from the imperial court joins forces with a gangster to kill his boss, the local chief executive, will the people protect you?
These questions, Zhao The head catcher also wanted to get it, but the situation in front of him did not allow him to have any other choice.
"Yes, yes." Zhao Captou could only reply with all his strength. Then he borrowed Poxia's donkey and shouted to the crowd at the top of his voice, "Fellow folks, don't worry, I will Zhao will definitely bring these evil gangs to justice and give you an explanation. I will also return all the money you have been defrauded based on the evidence collected."
When I heard that I wanted to refund the money, the villagers were so worried. It was a scene of great joy. All the good words were hurled at Mr. Zhao, except for shouting "Long Live Long Live."
Then what happened next?
Here is a hint in the book that after Capt. Zhao woke up the confused policemen under him that day, he really took Fang Pan and That gangAll the fake monks were arrested and punished.
He also kept doing nothing, knowing that he could no longer look back, so he had to "deal with" all Fang Pan and his related people quickly to prevent anyone named Fang from contacting his backers in the court. Basically, the more corrupt an official is, the more backers he has in the DPRK and China. Of course, backers are all based on interests, and there is no real friendship to escape guilt.
Captain Zhao knew very well that if Fang Pan could survive this time, he would be the one who would die.
Therefore, it wasn’t long before Fang Pan “died of illness” in prison. His few family members also died in accidents within a short period of time. One of his sons was still in Beijing. On the way, he "died because of the gangsters seeking money and killing their lives", while his servants, concubines and others scattered like birds and beasts.
Those fake monks have nothing to say. They are just bandits. Once their identities are checked, almost all of them have criminal records, plus the bones of the monks they killed and impersonated in the Wuren Temple. They are all still buried in the temple. If they are found guilty, they will all be punished by death.
There is also the matter of "returning money to the people".
In fact, this is not difficult to do, because the Xiong Fengshan gang wants to divide the stolen goods with Fang Pan, so there must be an account book, and each citizen has a record of how much he should withdraw.
As for the money, there is still part of it in Wuren Temple, and the shortfall is made up with Fang Pan’s property that he has gained through corruption and perversion over the years.
After everything was settled, Capt. Zhao wrote a letter to the superior government office, reporting the ins and outs of the case.
When the superiors sent people to Hu County to investigate, there were only a bunch of "irrefutable evidence" that had been filed and some corpses that had been cremated.
Some people may wonder when they see this, can a head catcher like him achieve this?
Of course not.
It would be impossible for Capt. Zhao to complete the entire aftermath process in such a thorough and meticulous manner, but it would not be difficult if Fang Pan's master helped him.
As we said before, in the administrative system of Dashu, the magistrate and the policeman are public servants and are public officials, but the master is not, and the master is a private secretary hired by the county magistrate.
Ordinarily, this master should be the person Fang Pan trusts the most and the person who should do his best to rescue Fang Pan. However, Fang Pan’s master chose to switch sides in this incident. Standing on Capt. Zhao's side, that's why Capt. Zhao was able to handle the matter so neatly.
If you want to ask why the master would make such a choice, then I can only say that the reason is that Fang Pan has too many concubines, which he may not be able to take care of by himself, and the master wants to help the master take care of them. Some of them have also taken great pains.
Of course, the prosperous days of Capt. Zhao and Master did not last long, and neither of them ended up well in the end, but those things were insignificant.
As for the people of Hu County, after quitting Xiongfengshan's "Mengxin Prescription", their lives continued as usual.
In order to commemorate the "Xudong Old Immortal" who once helped them, heThey simply changed the ownerless Wuren Temple into the "Xudong Temple" and built a statue of the old immortal Xudong in the temple according to his appearance. From then on, the temple has been established in Xi'an for a long time and has not been popular. Customs have become a scene in Dashu, but that is a story for another time.
For now, let’s get back to the story
After Huang Donglai and others made a big fuss in Wuren Temple, they captured Naxiong Fengshan and left.
This afternoon, in a forest.
Xiong Fengshan, who was kneeling on the ground, had just seen Huang Donglai, Fudozi, Lin Yuancheng, and Tyrell at the same time.
Even now, he doesn't know that he has been fooled, and he is not very clear about the abilities of the four people in front of him, which shows that their Tao skills are indeed low.
"Tell me, where are you from? Where did you come from and who did you learn the magic from?" Huang Dong didn't take off his disguise even when he arrived, and stood in front of Xiong Fengshan in an airy voice and asked.
“Yes,” Xiong Fengshan lowered his head and replied in a very honest manner, “The younger one’s real name is Xiong Ashan. He was born in the Qinling Mountains. He has been growing leeks with his parents since he was a child. When I was thirty years old, my parents both died. I, a poor person, had not married a wife in my thirties. As the saying goes, if you are poor, you want to change. I heard that selling medicine makes more money than selling vegetables, so I Instead, I went to the mountains to collect herbs and sell them to drug stores in the county. After doing this for several years, I also got to know a lot of medicinal materials and how to use them.
"Then one day, I was in the hospital. While collecting herbs in the mountains, I encountered heavy fog and accidentally lost my way. I was trapped in the mountains for two days and two nights. On the third day, I accidentally found an injured doe in the forest. At that time, I was hungry. I wanted to kill her for meat, but as soon as I raised my knife, another young deer jumped out of the forest next to me and rushed to block the doe.
“When I saw this scene, I thought that I too had lost both my parents and was all alone. If I killed the doe in front of me, the young deer would be alone and helpless, so I felt compassion. , put down the knife, and took some herbs to apply on the injured deer.
"Unexpectedly, halfway through applying the medicine, the two deer in front of me disappeared without a trace, and then they appeared in front of me. A masked Taoist nun said that I had good intentions and deserved an opportunity, so she gave me some superficial skills and then left.
"It's a pity that she never told me her name. Over the years, when I mentioned her, I could only refer to her as master."
Xiong Fengshan's words, The words must be sincere and vivid, and they don't look like lies.
Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell almost believed in him.
However
"Edit, then edit." Huang Donglai didn't take Xiong Fengshan's description seriously.
Xiong Fengshan's trick may have deceived others, but in Huang Donglai, this kind of bragging is "just bragging, so serious about making hair", and he hangs out with Sun Yixie, an old liar, all day long. In the eyes of those who are together, it is funny.
Huang Donglai knew very well that a professional fraudster like Xiong Fengshan would never say anything even at the moment of death.The truth may not be 50% true, not to mention that Xiong Fengshan is a liar who is good at speaking and acting. Can he believe the whitewashing remarks he made now to describe himself as pitiful and kind?
"Hey, Great Immortal, this is me." When Xiong Fengshan saw that Huang Donglai didn't buy what he said, he didn't know what to say.
Because Xiong Fengshan is still very confident in the lines he carefully arranged. After all, this is the final means to "guarantee" and "save life", so he has already told the lines I have perfected my acting skills and never thought that I would be immediately rejected.
Furthermore, Xiong Fengshan also couldn’t figure out what flaws could be found in his “seven percent true and three percent false” statement that could not be proven or falsified in an instant.
"What am I?" Huang Donglai said impatiently when he saw that he couldn't speak clearly, "I can make up four stories like yours in the time it takes me to poop." He said, stretching out his hand. He raised his hand, clasped his fingers and chanted, "I saved Bambi's mother on the first day of the month, gave Quasimodo a plastic surgery on the second day of the month, changed the course of the Titanic on the third day of the month, and transformed into the Giant of Light on the fourth day of the month. Lay down a big dinosaur and look, who doesn't know how to blow hair?"
Everyone, these are the four things he said. Several people around him didn't understand a word, but from his words From the context, we can already guess his argument.
Perhaps in order to prevent Huang Donglai from distorting the topic further, Fudozi also spoke at this time, "Xiong, if you dare to tell a lie again, don't blame Pindao for being ruthless."
"Uncle, calm down, calm down." Huang Donglai was impatient and said he wanted to take action, so he quickly went up to dissuade him, fearing that the latter would beat the old liar into a pulp on impulse.
When Xiong Fengshan saw that "Old Immortal Xudong" actually called the young-looking Taoist priest beside him "Uncle," his heart skipped a beat; only then did he realize that he didn't Dongzi is the most powerful expert on the scene, a person who has reached the "state of rejuvenation", and Xiong Fengshan has only seen one person with this kind of cultivation in his life, and that is his master
"Okay, I'll tell you." Knowing that it was unlikely that he would get through and there would be no chance of escape, Xiong Fengshan's tone changed again, "I'll tell you everything truthfully, I hope I can survive in exchange for something else."
"You tell me first, we will decide whether to keep you alive or not." Huang Donglai did not give him a definite answer.
Because at this time, if Huang Donglai agreed immediately and said, "As long as you tell us, we will keep you alive," then Xiong Fengshan would know that this was a perfunctory attempt to get him to speak as soon as possible. In other words, such a promise has no credibility.
But this "self-care" is very real, but it makes Xiong Fengshan feel that his chances of survival are higher.
"The part I just said and the previous ones are all true," Xiong Fengshan said. "It's just that I lied about the part about killing the deer." He paused and said in a deep voice. , "That day, when I saw the young deer jumping out to protect the doe, I thought that the doe was seriously injured. Even if I rescued it, she might not survive, but if I could eat its meat, I will definitely survive, so this doe must die, and once the doe dies, the young deer may not be able to live long. In addition, the separation of mother and child will be very miserable, so I simply kill the young deer first. , and then kill the doe to save them pain. "
Hearing this, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell, who had just believed Xiong Fengshan, both frowned.
One person, one face, two skins.
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One thing, one mouth, two words.
At this moment, Xiong Fengshan, the old liar, really taught Xiao Lin and Tyrell a lesson, which will make them more successful in the future. Be careful.
After all, there are too many people like Xiong Fengshan in the world. When a person kneels down in front of you and begs for mercy, his words and deeds may make him look like someone worthy of sympathy. A person worthy of letting go, but in fact, you may never know what his true heart is like and when he will reveal his sinister side.
"And yours. That master decided to accept you only after seeing you do such a thing." Fudozi looked at Xiong Fengshan and asked.
"Not bad" Xiong Fengshan Nodding, "She didn't accept me because I saved the deer, but because I not only killed the deer, but also killed two deer together." "
"Humph" Fudoko sneered, "And you actually know your master's name, right?"
"Yes, it's just that master asked me not to tell anyone about it. So I usually use the words just mentioned." Xiong Fengshan had nothing to hide at this time in order to survive. "My master's surname is Pan Minghui. According to her, she is a wandering cultivator in this life. People in the Taoist world call her the Immortal Demon King. . "
Hearing this, even the expression on Fudozi's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but said, "It's her."
"Yes." Upon seeing this, Huang Donglai immediately whispered He asked, "Uncle, do you know this immortal demon king?"
"I have only heard of her name," Fudozi said, "It is unknown how long this person has lived. Anyway, according to what I heard, she is at least from my master's generation."
Speaking of this, even Fuzi felt a little scared, and thought to himself that it was okay that the Xiong Fengshan in front of him was just If he had acquired some furry magic taught by the Immortal Demon King, if he were a formal disciple, I'm afraid he would have had a hard fight today.
"What happens next?" After a few seconds, Huang Donglai said again, signaling to Xiong Fengshan.
"Later," Xiong Fengshan also recalled, "because I learned some magic from my master, I no longer wanted to do the hard work of collecting herbs. I wanted to rely on learning. Use your skills to become rich
"However, I was born in a mountain village and am clumsy in speech. After becoming an alchemist, I didn't even get along as well as those fake Taoist priests who had no skills and were swindling.< /p>
"So slowly, I followed their lead and learned to be an eloquent liar. Plus I knew magic, so naturally I gradually became rich.
“I have been living like this for decades, cheating everywhere in the east, west, north and south, and changing many identities, until half a yearBefore, I hooked up with Liu Er and his gang, and I started pretending to be a miracle doctor in Wuren Temple. "
Speaking of this, Xiong Fengshan spoke quickly and urgently, "Hey, but I have to make it clear that the original group of monks in Wuren Temple were all killed by Liu Er and the others. That's really It wasn't my idea, I wasn't even there at the time, and everyone was dead when I arrived. "As he spoke, he even raised his voice, "I swear, over the years, although I, Xiong Ashan, have been fooling around with some furry spells, I have never killed anyone."
What did he say? , although it sounds like an urgent request for mercy, it is still believable.
It is true that Xiong Fengshan is very indifferent to the life and death of others, but he is not a murderer.
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Just like when he faced the two deer, he had his own logic of life and death at the moment of life and death, but in normal times, he and Liu Er were still people who would kill for profit or whim. There is a difference.
That’s why the Immortal Demon King looked up to him and taught him something.
“Okay, I believe you. Fuzi listened and said without thinking too much, "But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be spared. Your life can be kept, but the Taoist skills in you should not be kept." ”
After these words were spoken, Xiong Fengshan lost consciousness before he could make any response.
For Fudozi, it is necessary to abolish Xiong Fengshan. It would be very easy for a small character to be unable to practice Taoist skills in the future.
It’s just that Fuzzy, who is capable of pinching and calculating, didn’t expect that today he would leave Xiong Fengshan alone. This fateful move will actually lead to a catastrophe in the future.
Of course, the story of "Four Demons Chaosing China" is another story.