After Du Xinhai reluctantly walked away, the group continued to move forward.
Liu Mizhou was riding a tall horse and was closest to Feng Jiuxiao. He asked Feng Jiuxiao: "Do you really believe him?"
Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Of course I don't believe it!"
Liu Miezhou said: "But the shortcut he mentioned might be true."
Feng Jiuxiao stared at the alleyway where Du Xinhai left and said: "So what if it is true? The entire Western Shu Dynasty is covered with mountains. Even if Yangguan Avenue is so rugged, the so-called shortcut is naturally covered with thorns! If the road is difficult to walk,
It will inevitably delay the marching time. Soldiers are expensive and fast, but taking the so-called shortcut may delay time, especially how to get by with the baggage? This Du Juren has ulterior motives! In addition, he knows this road. Is it possible that the Rongcheng sect with countless disciples and countless vassals does not
Do you know? If the Rongcheng faction ambush in that more dangerous location, wouldn’t we suffer even greater casualties?”
Liu Miezhou said: "Then what do you think this Du Ju man's intentions are?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "I think it's nothing more than spying on us and digging a hole. It's best if we fall into the hole. If we don't fall in, they will at least know our marching speed and the size of our troops. It will be a sure profit for them."
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Liu Miezhou said: "Is Du Juren a fake one? I think he looks ordinary and has no martial arts background. He dares to risk intercepting us. He is very brave!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Wealth is sought in danger! I'm afraid he is the one who takes advantage of others!"
Liu Miezhou said: "As far as I know, the reputation of the Rongcheng Sect in Yuzhou City is not very good. I also have a few friends in Xishu. Their impression of the Rongcheng Sect is not good. They are really not good at some things.
It’s hard to imagine that this was the work of a big gang!”
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Oh? Tell me about it."
Liu Mizhou said: "Twelve branches of the Rongcheng sect are distributed throughout the territory of Yuzhou. There are branches in Baxian, Jiangjin, Wanshou, Nanping, and Bishan. They rely on their large numbers and wealth to gradually encroach on the local sects.
Business, and then colluded with some high-ranking officials in the court to infiltrate some government-run businesses, and each branch more or less monopolized one or even several businesses. During this process, some dirty methods were inevitably used!"
Feng Jiuxiao smiled contemptuously, "What businesses are you monopolizing? Monopolizing pig head meat?"
Several people nearby laughed out loud.
Monopoly on pork head meat? No way, right? It’s like a goose plucking its hair, and it can’t be put on the table!
Liu Miezhou said: "Do you think they only care about the butcher shop Du Xinhai mentioned? People from the Rongcheng faction may want to be bitches and build memorial arches. On the surface, they will not take a fancy to this kind of small business, but some
Butcher Zhang and Butcher Li are not that patient and cannot pretend to be aloof. In their eyes, this kind of small business is a big business! Don’t underestimate a stall that sells cooked pork head meat. There are many customers. For example, in Yuzhou City
How many people there are, how many customers there are! If one person eats one tael of pig head meat a month, how much does that cost to the hundreds of thousands of people in the city? One tael of pig head meat counts as three yuan, and Yuzhou counts as 300,000 people. Do the math.
How much is it? And once they have a monopoly, they don’t have the final say on the price? And it doesn’t matter if they monopolize pig head meat. In some places, cucumbers and potatoes are monopolized!”
"What?" Feng Jiuxiao was a little surprised. Isn't this too outrageous?
Liu Miezhou said: "You have hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars in banknotes, so naturally you don't care about these trivial matters. However, these seemingly insignificant details are a big deal to the common people. People need to eat.
For God's sake, a little makes a tower, and a little makes a lot. Don't underestimate these inconspicuous things, you just need to know the meaning of the word monopoly!"
Feng Jiuxiao murmured and repeated: "Monopoly?"
Liu Miezhou said: "Some people are greedy to the point of being outrageous, so they have to find ways to get benefits the size of a pinhead, but it is difficult to achieve the goal without someone's backing!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "These leaders of the Rongcheng sect, big and small, have become the accomplices of Butcher Zhang and Butcher Li for the sake of small profits?"
Liu Mizhou sighed: "When the quantity accumulates to a certain level, it will be an astonishing number, and it will no longer be a small profit."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Looking at the numerous restaurants and shops in Yuzhou City, it is quite prosperous. The people are not as resentful as they seem. It seems that the local evil forces are not as rampant as imagined."
Liu Mizhou laughed and said: "The Rongcheng sect doesn't dare to be too rampant? It even has a monopoly on cucumbers and isn't it rampant?"
Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Is Emperor Shu so cowardly? His people surrender to another man and obediently pay tribute, but he is indifferent?" The expressions of all the people in the Sixth Hall of Yuzhou changed drastically! How dare you say such treasonous words?
explain?
Liu Miezhou said: "Haha, what you say is a bit exaggerated. The Rongcheng faction is at best a relatively powerful local tyrant and evil gentry. How can they be compared with Emperor Shu? No matter how rampant they are, they only dare to act in secret! Who dares to do it blatantly?
Bad thing? After all, the world of Shu is still the world of the Meng family."
Feng Jiuxiao saw that Liu Mizhou's expression was slightly strange, and knew that he was unhappy, so he laughed, "I almost forgot, Emperor Shu is kind to you after all, so naturally you won't be happy when I say that to him, I'm just saying that,
However, if the Emperor of Shu is so aloof and does not consider the people's sentiments, and allows unscrupulous Jianghu organizations like the Rongcheng Sect to prey on the people and exploit them, the embankment of thousands of miles will collapse in the ant nest.
It’s a scene of uprising!”
Liu Mizhou said: "This Shu Emperor actually had a countermeasure for a long time. The reason why the Rongcheng faction moved to the Yuzhou faction was because of the Shu Emperor's handiwork."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Support Tiandu, contain the Demon Sect, and suppress Rongcheng?"
Liu Miezhou said: "That's right! The Rongcheng Sect was originally based in Rongcheng, but now they can only rely on Yuzhou. They cannot penetrate anywhere except Yuzhou, so they are trying their best to squeeze the people of Yuzhou!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Oh, it turns out that the Rongcheng Sect can only hide in Yuzhou. I thought that the Rongcheng Sect was spread throughout Western Shu like the demonic sect!"
Liu Miezhou said: "Although they are stuck in Yuzhou and seem helpless, that's exactly what happened. They run Yuzhou like an iron barrel, and hundreds of gangs in Yuzhou have surrendered under their feet, so I guess this
There will be many people expressing their loyalty along the way.”
Feng Jiuxiao said: "To show your loyalty? If you intercept us halfway, you are not afraid of being cannon fodder?"
Liu Miezhou said: "They don't dare to come in the open, why don't they dare to come in secret? Dig some holes, lay some mines, shoot cold arrows, light fires, and keep harassing us. It would be very troublesome to do this."
Feng Jiuxiao frowned and said: "Damn, it's really troublesome to do this. The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. He is really a fly, so he deserves to be panicked!"
After walking for a while, we left the city and passed Wenjiapo. The crowds gradually became sparse and the terrain gradually became steeper, and we soon entered Baoding Town.
Baoding Mountain is located in Baoding Town, Dazu County.
Entering Baoding Mountain, many stone sculptures began to appear along the way, mostly Buddha statues.
The road is paved with gravel, which is fairly flat. After all, this place is considered a Buddhist holy land, and there are many pilgrims every day.
Naturally no one will come to offer incense today.
Because Feng Jiuxiao had someone let out the news that they were going to attack the Rongcheng Sect's main hall, and the Rongcheng Sect's main hall was on Baoding Mountain. Anyone who dared to go up the mountain to worship Buddha at this time was in trouble!
Feng Jiuxiao looked at the treasures of stone carvings carved on the mountain wall one after another, and couldn't help but sigh that the craftsmen involved in the carvings back then were amazing and amazing! The statues that stand out in her impression include the "Dharma Protector Statue", "Six Paths of Reincarnation", and "The Three Saints of Huayan"
, "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands", "Picture of Sakyamuni's Holy Relics", etc., with vivid images and profound meanings.
When passing by the "Picture of Herding Cows", Feng Jiuxiao took a few more glances. The "Picture of Herding Cows" is ten feet long, carving out the forest, spring, mountain stream, and mist-shrouded background. The words "Ten Cows, Ten Herdings" are interspersed in it, which vividly depicts the picture of herding cattle.
Scenes. In addition, the "chicken girl" who is full of inner joy, the "father and son who don't know each other" who are drunk and confused, the "husband and wife who don't know each other", the "brothers who don't know each other", the "drunk picture" who "sisters don't know each other", etc. are all there.
It vividly reflects the subtle observation and precise restoration of the sculpting masters, which is amazing!
Among them was a "flute girl" playing a flute solo, which made Feng Jiuxiao stop and take a second look.
The woman playing the flute looked calm and seemed very happy.
That flute reminded Feng Jiuxiao of the dragon-controlling saint who drove the sky-covering blue dragon to kill the Luoyang tiger and break through the Jingyang city gate!
But Feng Jiuxiao has never seen the true face of the Dragon Controlling Saint.
He saw another girl playing the flute.
Zuo Sisi.
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Obviously he is a human being, why do you pretend to be a stone statue?"
Everyone was surprised. They all looked at the stone statue of the flute girl and thought to themselves: Could it be that the stone statue is a real person pretending to be a real person? This is too realistic!
Unexpectedly, after Feng Jiuxiao finished speaking, she stopped looking at the stone statue and made a gesture to move on!
Big Wolf suddenly said from the side: "Master Feng, what did you mean just now? That stone statue is fake?"