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Chapter 25 To be honest, can you change your life?

In the last chapter, we said that Huang Donglai's soldiers were cheating the hero on the hill, begging for mercy without bloodshed.

Seeing this, the onlookers around him realized that Xiong Fengshan was indeed a fake genius doctor, and the one on the eaves was a real immortal.

Therefore, based on the principle of "whoever wins will stand on whom", the people began to curse Xiong Fengshan at that time, and all kinds of shit pots that did not give birth to pigs or chickens did not give birth to eggs were buttoned to Xiong Fengshan again.

Of course, they were not stupid either. They were just yelling from afar. No one dared to come forward to hit people. After all, no one wanted to try whether this "demonic path" would be in a hurry to jump over the wall or something.

To put it short, Huang Donglai saw that the situation was under control, so he comforted the people present and asked them to curse and listen to him say a few words.

When the crowd calmed down, Huang Donglai explained first that the conversation between Xiong Fengshan and Fang Pan just now was something that everyone outside the temple heard by himself "using a little trick".

When the common people heard that it was done by the great immortal, they accepted everything and no longer struggled with various details.

Then, Huang Donglai said: Although this demonic Taoist is not very good, he is a little wise and can't deal with it even if he handed it over to the government or the people. Therefore, it is best for him to capture it, ask carefully about his crimes before making a decision, and hope everyone will not stop it.

When the people heard this, they made sense, but some people were still confused about it.

What are you struggling with?

Of course, it was the money I was cheated of.

To put it bluntly, the people don’t care much about Xiong Fengshan’s life or death. What they care about is the money they have been cheated of in the past six months?

Huang Donglai also understood this, so he jumped off the roof and landed in front of a house.

There were dozens of people locked up in this room, some of which were officials who went up the mountain with the fake Fang Pan, and the other was the fake monk who had been knocked down by them before; and the other was the Zhen Fang Pan who was hidden in the sedan chair, now he was also lying in this room.

At this time, Huang Donglai opened the door, hooked his finger, and called out a person from it.

That was not someone else, it was Captain Zhao from the county.

Before, when Huang Donglai and others brought down the yamen runners and fake monks, they did not knock him out, but just stopped him, so that he would not act rashly and quietly stay in the room with those who were knocked out to "see the good show".

As a result, Captain Zhao hid in the house and saw the whole process of the Xiongfengshan gang being destroyed.

What? You asked him why he didn't rush out before?

Does he dare?

After witnessing the immovable, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell instantly put dozens of people in an instant, how dare he ignore their orders and come out?

When he heard the conversation between Masao Pan and Xiong Fengshan being broadcast and saw an angry crowd rushing into the temple, he dared to come out to stop him?

Even now, Huang Donglai personally asked him to come out, he was hesitating...

Captain Zhao undoubtedly knew about Fang Pan's corruption and incompetence with Xiong Fengshan; and as the captain of the county, he could not have been without any benefit.

Now Fang Pan’s actions have been exposed. Captain Zhao, an accomplice who is accomplice for tigers, came to the masses. Who is the one who is beaten to death by random punches?

However, what Captain Zhao didn't expect was...

After he came out, before he could speak, Huang Donglai snatched: "Dear everyone on a blind date. I think everyone knows Captain Zhao from this county. This time, he has to endure humiliation and destroy his relatives for justice. He reported to me that Fang Pan and Xiong Fengshan's evil deeds were colluding with each other. Today I can uphold justice for you..."

Brother Huang said, and gave Captain Zhao a look.

Captain Zhao immediately understood. The look of a little timid a few seconds ago had now changed to a righteous look.

"Today, it was Captain Zhao who cooperated with me inside and outside, and led Fang Pan up the mountain to let the truth be revealed to the public." Huang Donglai saw Captain Zhao cooperated tactfully, so he continued to say, "Now Fang Pan and a group of Xiong Fengshan's remnants have been tied to the house behind Captain Zhao. Captain Zhao will do his own thing according to the law and deal with them one by one... As for the money Xiong Fengshan and Fang Pan have been plundering from you for many days, Captain Zhao will also return it to everyone after the liquidation is completed..."

Huang Donglai finished speaking this in one breath, and then said to the already confused Captain Zhao: "Is that right? Captain Zhao."

At this critical moment, facing the burning gaze of the masses, his surname Zhao dared to say "no"?

If he didn't do what Huang Dong said, he would never have thought of walking out of the temple today.

But... if he really did what Huang Donglai wanted, Huang Donglai and his group would pat their butts and leave afterwards. However, all the aftermath work and the responsibility of "back stabbing Fang Pan" would have to be carved down by Captain Zhao.

This "hero" is not easy to be a good person. Who can tell whether you will be a blessing or a disaster after you take this matter down?

Justice is justice, and the king's law is king's law. You are a captain who earns the salary of the court. You join forces with the eccentric figures to become your boss, that is, the highest administrative officer in the local area... If the people pursue this matter, will the people protect you then?

Captain Zhao also wanted these questions, but the situation in front of him did not allow him to have any other choice.

"Yes...yes." Captain Zhao could only grit his teeth and replied, and then he took the opportunity to speak loudly at the crowd, "Dear villagers, don't worry, I, Zhao, will definitely bring these evil parties to justice and give you an explanation. I will also return all the money I have been cheated based on the evidence I have collected!"

When the villagers heard that they wanted to refund the money, they were filled with joy. They pressed all the good words on Captain Zhao, and they almost shouted long live.

So what happened later?

The book here secretly states that after Captain Zhao woke up the confused detectives under his command that day, he really arrested Fang Pan and the fake monks.

He also did not do it all, knowing that he could no longer turn back, so he had to quickly "handle" Fang Pan and his related people to prevent Fang from contacting him in the court (basically, the more corrupt the official, the more he has a backer in the court. Of course, the backer is maintained by interests, and there is no real friendship) to get rid of his crime.

Captain Zhao knew very well that if Fang Pan could survive this time, he would be the one who would die.

Therefore, not long after, Fang Pan "died due to illness" in prison. His only few family members also died in accidents in a short period of time. One of the sons was "dead because of bad people trying to kill money" on the way to Beijing, while his concubines and others scattered in birds and beasts.

There is nothing to say about those fake monks. They are bandits, and when they check their identities, they basically have a criminal record. In addition, the corpses of monks who were killed by them and impersonated in Wuren Temple are still buried in the temple. If they are confirmed, they will be all guilty of death.

And there is... the matter of "returning the money to the people".

In fact, this is not difficult to do, because the Xiongfengshan gang wants to share the spoils with Fang Pan, so there must be an account book, and every citizen has a record of how much they should return.

As for that money, there is still a part of it left in Wuren Temple. If you don’t have enough money, you can make up for the money that Fang Pan has obtained from his corruption over the years.

When everything was settled, Captain Zhao wrote a letter to the superior yamen, reporting the causes and consequences of the case.

When the leader sent someone to investigate in this county, there were only a bunch of "iron evidence" that had been filed and some cremated corpses left here.

Some people may wonder when they see this. Can he, a headmaster, do things to this extent?

Of course not.

This entire aftermath process can be completed so carefully and meticulously, so Captain Zhao alone cannot do it, but if Fang Pan's master helps him... it will not be difficult.

As we have mentioned earlier, in the administrative system of Dazhong, the magistrate and the constable both eat public food and are public officials, but the magistrate is not. The magistrate is the secretary who is the magistrate’s privately hired.

In theory, 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 turn against him in this incident and stood on Captain Zhao's side, so Captain Zhao can handle the matter so neatly.

If you want to ask why this master made such a choice, I can only say that Fang Pan has a lot of concubines, and he may not be able to take care of him alone, and the master has also taken great pains to help the master take care of some of them.

Of course, Captain Zhao and the Master's glory did not last long, and both of them did not end up well in the end, but those things were no longer worth it.

As for the people of Zheng County, after abstaining from the "Mengxinfang" of Xiongfeng Mountain, their lives were still there.

In order to commemorate the "Xudong Old Immortal" who once helped them, they simply changed the ownerless Wuren Temple into the "Xudong Temple". They also created a statue of gods for him in the temple according to the appearance of Xudong Old Immortal. From then on, the temple has been in Xi'an for a long time, and the incense has become a great scene, but that's a story.

Now, let’s talk about this story...

After Huang Donglai and others made a big fuss in Wuren Temple, they captured Xiong Fengshan and left.

In the afternoon of that day, there was a forest.

Xiongfeng Mountain, who was kneeling on the ground, just met Huang Donglai, Budzi, Lin Yuancheng, and Tyrell, the group of four people.

Even now, he didn't know that he had been fooled, nor did he know the abilities of the four people in front of him... It can be seen that his Taoist skills are indeed low.

"Tell me, what is your origin? Where did the master come from? Who did you learn magic from?" Huang Dong did not take off his disguise at this time, and stood in front of Xiong Fengshan in a tone and asked.

"Yes..." Xiong Fengshan lowered his head and said with a very honest look, "The youngest's real name is Xiong Ashan. He was born in this Qinling area. He grew leeks with his parents since he was a child... When he was thirty, his parents died. I am a poor man, and I haven't married a wife even when I am in my thirties. As the saying goes, I think of changing things if I am poor... I heard that selling medicine is more like selling vegetables, so I switched to the mountains to collect herbs and sell it to the pharmacies in the county. After working like this for a few years, I also know a lot of medicinal materials and know how to use a few medicines.

"Later one day, I was collecting herbs in the mountains and encountered heavy fog. I accidentally lost my way and was trapped in the mountains for two days and two nights. On the third day, I accidentally found a doe in the forest that I couldn't afford to be injured. At that time, I was hungry and wanted to kill her for meat. Unexpectedly, as soon as I raised my knife, a young deer rushed out from the forest next to me and rushed to block the doe.

"When I saw this, I thought that my parents were dead and alone. If I killed the doe in front of me, the young deer would be lonely and helpless. So I felt compassion, put down my knife, and took some herbs to apply to the wounded deer.

"I didn't expect that when the medicine was halfway through, the Erlu in front of me disappeared without a trace. Then a masked Taoist nun appeared in front of me. She said that I had good intentions and deserved the opportunity. Then she passed on some fur skills and then left.

"It's a pity that she has never told me her name from beginning to end. For many years, I can only refer to her as my master..."

Xiong Fengshan's words are sincere and vivid, and do not look like a lie.

Lin Yuancheng and Tyrel almost believed him.

Of course...

"Edited, continue to edit it." Huang Donglai didn't care about Xiong Fengshan's description.

Xiong Fengshan's trick may have deceived others, but in the eyes of Huang Donglai who is a person who is a brag (that is, "just brag, just be so serious") and who is still mingling with Sun Yixie, an old scammer, all day long, that's funny.

Huang Donglai knew very well that even when a professional fraudster like Xiong Fengshan was dying, he might not be 50% of the truth, not to mention that Xiong Fengshan was originally a liar who was good at speaking and acting skills... Can he trust the whitewashing remarks he described as pitiful and kind?

"Hey? Great Immortal, this...I..." Xiong Fengshan saw Huang Donglai's remarks to him and didn't know what to accept for a moment.

Because Xiong Fengshan is still very confident in the lines he carefully arranged. After all, this is the ultimate means to "guaranteed" and "saving his life", so he has already mastered his acting skills in telling this lines to the point of perfection, and he never thought that he would be denied immediately.

Furthermore, Xiong Fengshan couldn't figure out what flaws could be found in his statement that "seven parts real and three parts false" could not be proved or falsified.

"What am I?" Huang Donglai said impatiently when he was speechless, "Your story can make up four kung fu..." As he said, he stretched out his hand and muttered, "I saved Bambi's mother this month on the first day of the month, gave Quasimodo a plastic surgery on the second day of the lunar month, changed the Titanic's channel in the third day of the lunar month, and turned into a giant of light and slapped down a big dinosaur... Look, who can't blow hair?"

Everyone, just the four things he said, the few people around him didn't understand a single word, but from his context, he could guess his argument.

Perhaps to prevent Huang Donglai from further making the topic wrong, Wudie also spoke at this time: "If you dare to say something lies in your mouth, don't blame me for being ruthless..."

"Master, please calm down, calm down..." Huang Donglai said he was unable to move and quickly went up to dissuade him, for fear that the latter would make the old liar with an impulse.

When Xiong Fengshan saw this "Xudong Old Immortal" calling the young Taoist priest next to him "Master" and his heart was shocked. Only then did he realize that the Moddyzi was the most powerful master on the scene, and he was a person who had reached the "rejuvenation of old age". With such cultivation, Xiong Fengshan only saw one in his life, his master...

"Okay...I said..." I knew that I was unlikely to get away with it, and I would not have a chance to escape. Yuong Fengshan's tone changed again, "I will tell you all the truth, can I live a life, right?"

"You talk first, we have to worry about whether to keep your life or not." Huang Donglai did not give him a positive answer.

Because at this time, if Huang Donglai agreed immediately and said, "As long as you say it, we will keep you alive," Xiong Fengshan knew that this was a perfunctory word to let him speak as soon as possible. Such a promise would be unreliable.

But this "self-calculation" is very real, which makes Xiong Fengshan feel that the chance of survival is higher.

"The part I just said, the ones in front of me are all true..." Xiong Fengshan said, "It's just... I lied in the part where the deer was killed." He paused and said in a deep voice, "That day, when I saw the deer jump out to protect the doe, what I thought was... the doe was seriously injured and even if it was rescued, it might not be able to survive. But if I could eat its flesh, I would definitely survive. Therefore, this doe must die. Once the doe died, the deer would be difficult to survive. In addition, the separation of their mother and son was very miserable, so I would just kill the deer first and then kill the doe... to save them from suffering."

After hearing this, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrel, who had just believed in Xiongfengshan, had both frowned.

One person, one face, two skins.

One thing, one mouth, two words.

At this moment, the old liar Xiong Fengshan really taught Kobayashi and Tyrel a lesson, making them more careful in everything in the future.

After all, there are too many people like Xiong Fengshan in the world. When a person kneels down in front of you, his words and deeds may make him look like a person worthy of sympathy and let go. But in fact, you may never know what his true heart is and when he will reveal his sinister side.

"And your 'master' decided to accept you after seeing you doing such a thing?" Buddyzi looked at Xiong Fengshan and asked with the flow.

"Not bad..." Xiong Fengshan nodded, "She didn't take me away because I saved the deer, but because I not only killed the deer, but also killed the two deer together, so she took me away."

"Hmph..." Buddy sneered, "and you actually know the name of your master, right?"

"Yes, but my master told me not to pass the news, so I usually use the words I just said..." Xiong Fengshan had nothing to hide in order to survive. "My master's surname is Pan Hui. According to her, she is a wandering cultivator for the rest of the world, and people in the Taoist world call him the Immortal Demon King."

Hearing this, even the expression on Irving's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but chant: "It's her..."

"Hmm?" Huang Donglai immediately asked softly when he saw this, "Master, do you know this 'Immortal Demon King'?"

"I just heard of her name..." said Wu Zhizi. "It is unknown how long this person has lived. Anyway, as far as I have heard, she is at least from my master's generation..."

Speaking of this, even the Immovable was a little scared and thought to himself: Fortunately, Xiong Fengshan in front of him only got some of the superficial magic of the Immortal Demon King Sect. If he was a formal disciple, he would probably have a fierce battle today.

"What about later?" A few seconds later, Huang Donglai said another sentence, signaling Xiong Fengshan to continue to say it.

"Later..." Xiong Fengshan also recalled, "I learned some magic from my master, so I no longer wanted to do the chore of collecting herbs anymore. I wanted to make a fortune by relying on the skills I learned...

"However, I am a Yamano Village man, and I am clumsy. After becoming a clerk, I am not even able to do anything but fake Taoist priests who are not capable of cheating.

"So... slowly, I also joined them and learned a clever liar... and I did know magic, so naturally I gradually became rich and prosperous.

"I have been doing this for decades, cheating everywhere from east to west, south to north, and changed a lot of identities. Until half a year ago, I got involved with Liu Er and his group, and I started to pretend to be a miracle doctor in this Wuren Temple."

Speaking of this, Xiong Fengshan suddenly spoke quickly and said: "Oh, but I have to make it clear... The original monks in Wuren Temple were all killed by Liu Er and the others. That was really not my idea. I was not there at that time. When I arrived, everyone would die." As he said that, he even voiced high, "I swear! Although Xiong Ashan has been cheating everywhere with some fur spells over the years, I have never killed anyone!"

Although his words were eager to beg for mercy, they were still credible.

It is true that Xiong Fengshan is very indifferent to the life and death of others, but he is indeed not a bloodthirsty person.

Just like when he was facing the two deer, he had a set of life and death logic at the critical moment of life and death, but in normal times, there was still a difference between him and Liu Er and those who would kill for the sake of profit or on a whim.

It is precisely because of this that the Immortal Demon King looked up to him and taught him something.

"Okay, I believe you." After hearing this, Buddyzi 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 arts on you should not be kept."

After saying this, Xiong Fengshan lost consciousness before he could make any response.

For Buddy, it is very easy to destroy the Taoist skills of a small character like Xiong Fengshan and make it impossible for him to practice in the future.

But this unmovable man who can calculate and calculate did not expect that his move to keep this hero and serve the mountain today would be the inspiration for a catastrophe in the future.
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