The first eighty-ninth chapter: the rain is about to come and the wind is full
It wasn't until noon the next day that Shen Rui woke up and found that he was already lying on the bed. He didn't know who helped him in. Wu Qiang walked into the room and saw him waking up. He smiled and said: "Brother Shen, you Wake up, you were a good drinker yesterday, you drank no less than me and Lin Xiaotian."
Shen Rui couldn't remember how much he drank yesterday. He only vaguely remembered that Wu Qiang and Yan Xiaotian kept toasting to him, and he didn't refuse, so he became drunk without knowing it. He couldn't see Yan Xiaotian. Then he asked: "Where is Brother Yan?"
Wu Qiang said: "He got up early in the morning and rushed back. You were not awake at that time. By the way, he asked me to apologize to you and said that he had to go back first because he had something to do."
"Oh." Shen Rui knew that Yan Xiaotian was responsible for the security of Nantong County, so he didn't care.
He suddenly remembered something and said to Wu Qiang: "Damn it, I was just drinking yesterday and forgot about important things."
Wu Qiang asked strangely: "What's the big deal with you?"
Shen Rui said: "There are spies from Feihumen in Qingfeng Temple."
Immediately, he told the story of how he left Nantong County and was ambushed. Wu Qiang said: "We have known about this for a long time. The three major forces in Nantong County have sent people to monitor each other in order to contain each other. The three major forces have reached a consensus on this point. , they all pretended not to know." Shen Rui was dumbfounded. He originally thought that his piece of information would be useful to Qingfeng Guan, but he didn't expect that it was already in his grasp.
Shen Rui said: "I killed Lin Zhan, the eldest disciple of Feihumen, and I'm afraid it will hurt you. I can't stay here. If the spies who stay here in Feihumen know that I am here, they will definitely inform the people of Feihumen as soon as possible. .”
Wu Qiang sighed and said, "It's too late."
Shen Rui jumped up from the bed and asked in surprise: "It's too late? Do the people in Feihumen already know that I'm back?"
Wu Qiang nodded and said: "I didn't know in advance that the feud between you and Feihumen would reach this point. As soon as you came back yesterday, the spies in the temple had already sent a message to Feihumen. In the morning, people from Feihumen had already come to the door. They want people from us."
Shen Ruiqiang smiled and said: "Fortunately Zhu Heihu hasn't come out of seclusion yet, otherwise things would have been terrible."
Wu Qiang shook his head again and said: "You are wrong. Zhu Heihu had been released from prison a month ago. Otherwise, how could he have the clowns under him to come to our temple to ask for people."
Shen Rui's eyes widened: "He...he has been released from seclusion and has been promoted to the intermediate martial emperor?"
Wu Qiang nodded heavily and said: "Yes. Not only did he come out of seclusion, but he also recruited many forces to serve under him as soon as he came out of seclusion. Several small aristocratic families in Nantong County, such as the Zhang family, the Wu family and the Zhao family , all joined his disciples one after another."
Shen Rui had contact with these aristocratic families in Tianyin Mountain. Although their families Zhang Feng, Wu Han and Zhao Yigang were only intermediate martial arts kings, their family power had been entrenched in Nantong County for decades. They were known as the three major aristocratic families in the county and were not tolerated. Look down upon.
Wu Qiang added: "His men have already made wild claims. If you are not handed over within three days, they will fight at Feihumen."
Shen Rui's head exploded, and he knew that he would cause big trouble for Qingfeng Temple. If it were before, Changchun Master and Zhu Heihu were equally powerful, Zhu Heihu would not dare to do anything to Qingfeng no matter how much he hated himself. What will Guan do to Shen Rui? But now that Zhu Heihu is stronger than Changchun Zhenren, it’s hard to say. Maybe Zhu Heihu will use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to destroy Qingfengguan. And with his current strength, how many people can he deal with at most? A high-level Martial King, even a junior Martial King might not be able to deal with him. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Wu Qiang patted Shen Rui and said, "Don't worry, my master is taking care of this matter. By the way, my master has something to do with you, so go see him."
Shen Rui was in a mess and couldn't think of any other way, so he had to follow Wu Qiang and walk to the Guanyuan in the valley behind the mountain. The stream in the valley was clear and the scenery was beautiful, but Shen Rui had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery. He just wanted to see it quickly Master Changchun, so that I can ask for his forgiveness.
In the temple, smoke filled the air and the aroma was fragrant. A real man from Changchun was putting incense on a statue, with a calm expression, as if nothing had happened. Standing next to him were Tie Ying, Jiang Xing and Liao Wang, but they all looked solemn.
Wu Qiang did not dare to disturb Master Changchun when he was offering incense and stood quietly aside. Seeing their posture, Shen Rui had no choice but to stand with his hands down and wait for Master Changchun. After Master Changchun finished offering incense, he turned around and said to Shen Rui with a smile: "My dear friend Shen Rui, I haven't seen you for a long time. It's great to congratulate you that your strength has made great progress."
This sentence was an ordinary greeting, but Shen Rui felt it was like a thorn. He knelt down to Master Changchun with a plop and said: "My disciple has been careless and brought great trouble to Master. Please punish me." . Otherwise, let the disciple go to Feihumen in person to bear all the blame."
Changchun Master hurriedly helped Shen Rui up and said with a smile: "Get up quickly, things are not as bad as you think, nor are they as simple as you think."
Shen Rui stood up and said: "Zhu Heihu saw his disciple Lin Zhan die in my hands with his own eyes. He hates his disciple deeply and will definitely not let it go this time."
Master Changchun said: "This morning, Feihumen has sent someone to ask me for someone. On the surface, this matter is a grudge between you and him, but in fact it is a game of chess played by him to Zhu Heihu."
"A game of chess?" Shen Rui said in confusion: "My disciple is stupid and would like to hear the details."
Changchun Master said: "Zhu Heihu has long had the ambition to dominate Nantong County. In the past, our three sects were equally powerful, so he naturally hid it deeply. But now that he has advanced to the intermediate level of Martial Emperor, his ambition has been exposed. However, He didn’t have a good reason, and he had such a little friendship with me, so he couldn’t get away with it. You just happened to come back this time, which gave him a good excuse. Of course, if you didn’t come back, he would definitely come back. Find other excuses to trouble me."
Only then did Shen Rui realize that he had become a pawn on someone else's chessboard.
Changchun Master continued: "However, long before Zhu Heihu's retreat, Xu Hongyi, the leader of the Hongyi Sect, and I had secretly discussed the alliance policy. Both parties are closely dependent on each other. If Zhu Heihu's retreat is successful, his strength will be promoted to the intermediate level of Martial Emperor. , if we dare to take action rashly, as long as one of us is in danger, the other side will definitely send troops to help. Even if Zhu Heihu comes in person, I, Qingfeng Guan, will not be afraid of him."
Shen Rui said: "That being said, can you, Zhenren, and Xu Hongyi join forces to deal with him?"
Changchun Zhenren said: "He has just been promoted to the intermediate Martial King, and his strength is not yet stable. It will be difficult to deal with me and Xu Hongyi together. The subordinates he recruited are just Martial King, not enough to cause trouble. But after a while In a year and a half, when his strength stabilizes, Xu Hongyi and I may no longer be his opponents."
The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly solidified, and everyone knew what it would mean when that day came.
Wu Qiang and other disciples knelt down and said, "Master, forgive me for your incompetence."
Master Changchun sighed and said: "You all get up. This is a blessing, not a curse. It is a disaster that cannot be avoided. This disaster will come sooner or later."
Shen Rui stood there, heartbroken. He hated himself for wasting more than half a year on the seal, otherwise maybe he could have been of some help.