Chapter 459

After receiving the mission, the thick fog dissipated immediately.

The Dragon Lady's power is very magical, allowing people to enter dreams silently, and even Li Yan doesn't know what's going on.

But the illusion of the hook document directly scattered it.

Opening his eyes, all illusions had disappeared.

Li Yan didn't care, he had already obtained enough information.

The son of the Chongqing Provincial Governor is easy to talk about; he was invaded by demonic energy since childhood, and the demon lord "Female Fork" is best at disguising, so it was only exposed until now.

And this matter seems to have been set up by someone.

Planting a seed, waiting for the evil flower to bloom.

What shocked Li Yan even more was the secret he overheard.

Manifest Saint Erlang Zhenjun has already reincarnated...

Must pass through the calamity to step into the Dharma Realm...

The calamity is related to the River God Great Lord...

This matter simply overturned his worldview.

Although the Manifest Saint Erlang Zhenjun is famous, he is a secular god in the human world, condensed by the faith of the people for thousands of years, and does not exist in reality.

But this famous secular god actually reincarnated!

And has to pass through the calamity to ascend to godhood!

That mysterious Lord in the Clouds is also in the same situation, originally natural clouds and thunder, born because of incense, and also has plans for reincarnation...

At this moment, Li Yan suddenly remembered the words of Yulongzi:

"Do not seek truth in everything..."

Could it be that this Yulongzi also knew something?

No matter what, this is an opportunity.

Li Yan doesn't know what to do for the time being.

But there must be huge benefits to be gained from it.

No wonder Yin Changsheng spent so much power and didn't leave his own inheritance, just leaving two jade accessories.

This is peeking at the secrets of heaven!

Originally it was just the Dragon Lady's entrustment, even with that ethereal Dragon Palace water mansion, Li Yan treated it as trouble.

But now, he has to treat it more seriously.

"Hmm..."

Just at this moment, a faint groan sounded.

Li Yan came back to his senses and looked forward.

He saw that one of them had already woken up.

It was not a Zhou family member, nor a Grain Transport Gang expert, but a strong servant of the Zhou family.

Subsequently, several other servants woke up one after another.

Li Yan was suspicious and turned to look at Wang Daoxuan.

Wang Daoxuan was thoughtful and whispered: "The curse has a sequence, the main target of the Pai Sect is the Zhou family bloodline, followed by the Grain Transport Gang and the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, these servants were just implicated."

"They have the best chance of survival."

Just as Wang Daoxuan said, the Zhou family servants woke up one after another, although they were still very weak and their eyes were confused, the curse had completely disappeared.

Subsequently, Han Kun and the others also began to groan.

They had practiced martial arts for many years, after all, they had a foundation.

But looking at their appearance, although they picked up their lives, they would become useless people in the future, unable to use their kung fu, and would suffer from pain on rainy days.

Seeing this, Li Yan just sighed slightly.

Although they were old acquaintances, some things were self-inflicted; from the information given by Wan Baoquan, Han Kun had contributed a lot to finding sorcerers for the Zhou family and giving ideas to let others block the disaster.

When they were at Manchuan Pass, Han Kun was still looking like he had seen through the world, ready to wash his hands of the martial world and retire.

Who knew that after suddenly becoming an elder, his ambition arose and his personality changed drastically.

Life is truly impermanent, and fortune and misfortune are hard to predict.

As for the Chen father and son, they all returned to the underworld.

Li Yan didn't know that this series of events was operated by this ambitious father and son, as well as the forces belonging to the Chen family's wealthy family behind them.

To him, they were just passers-by and he didn't care.

Finally, the Yin Sha Qi dissipated.

The ritual ended completely, and the only ones who survived were some servants of the Chen family and several useless people like Han Kun.

Sha Lifei ran out of the mansion and waved his hand.

Wan Baoquan was overjoyed, immediately led people into the house, and seeing Han Kun and the others who were still unconscious, although happy, he was still a bit anxious, "Everyone, when will they wake up?"

"No need to wait."

Li Yan directly lowered his voice and said: "Just now when performing the ritual, I already divined the whereabouts of that Young Master Du through them."

Wan Baoquan was overjoyed, "Where?"

"Pai Sect, Dragon King Temple!"

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Another morning.

The thick fog covering Chongqing Prefecture had dissipated, but the sky was still overcast, and a light rain began to fall.

The autumn rain was continuous, wetting the fallen leaves, and the chill entered the bones.

Just like this weather, a haze also shrouded the hearts of the people of Chongqing Prefecture, and all kinds of absurd rumors were flying.

Monsters disguised as imperial officials eating people...

Chongqing Provincial Governor taking children to refine pills...

Among them, there was no lack of people from the Prince of Shu's mansion fanning the flames.

Every household in the city closed their doors, hung peach branches, and pasted yellow charms; regardless of whether they were useful or not, they first sought peace of mind.

There were even some martial world heroes who didn't know the inside story, cutting chicken heads and drinking blood wine, preparing to sneak into the yamen to kill the Provincial Governor's family.

Speaking of which, it was the Chongqing Provincial Governor's own fault.

They were instructed by high-ranking court officials to operate in Sichuan, with the purpose of balancing the Prince of Shu's mansion to avoid future chaos.

The purpose was fine, the bad thing was the use of people.

These officials had mostly surrendered to the Open Sea Faction early on, mostly being people obsessed with profit, and after arriving, they wantonly seized power and made money.

The officials on the Prince of Shu's side were not good people either, many had long been dragged into the water by the Salt Gang, and they didn't collect little dirty silver.

But some things are just so strange.

Most of these officials in the Prince of Shu's mansion were locals; they took silver, damaging the national treasury, but in the eyes of the people of Sichuan, it wasn't too bad, they were still their own people.

In comparison, the outsiders were unpopular.

The anger that had been accumulated on weekdays was finally completely ignited because of this matter.

Although the garrison sent soldiers to guard outside the yamen and the mansions of those officials, they still couldn't stop the people from splashing feces.

In short, it was a mess.

And Company Commander Liu Qian, instructed by his superiors, finally understood his situation and completely turned into a mad dog, regardless of whether they were outsider officials or people from the Prince of Shu's mansion, as long as they disturbed Chongqing Prefecture, he would bite them.

Because of this mad dog, Chongqing Prefecture didn't fall into complete chaos.

And Liu Qian himself was also on the verge of collapse.

He knew that only by resolving this matter as soon as possible and then finding a way to deal with the aftermath, letting the two sides stop fighting for the time being, would he have a chance of survival.

"My Lord, Constable Wan requests an audience!"

Just when he was irritable, his subordinate suddenly came to report.

"Let him stay wherever it's cool!"

Liu Qian waved his hand impatiently.

He couldn't even protect himself, so he couldn't care about Emei's face.

Moreover, the information given before was originally a trap for Wan Baoquan, and he knew about Du Young Master's escape earlier.

"But, Constable Wan said he found the person."

"What, go invite him quickly!"

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Soon, the entire Commandant's Office was in motion.

Not only that, even the garrison troops were mobilized, and even several cannons and a team of musketeers were pulled out.

The Chongqing Provincial Governor had an accident, and the Commandant's Office had taken full control, and other forces went with the flow, so Liu Qian, this small Company Commander, temporarily controlled the military power of Chongqing Prefecture.

Other forces also received the news at the same time.

Inside that secret old mansion.

The old man in the Confucian robe of the Prince of Shu's mansion slowly put down the book and said with surprise: "Went to the Dragon King Temple?"

"That's right."

The subordinate who came to report respectfully cupped his hands: "Wan Baoquan found the Zhou family, some leaders of the Grain Transport Gang and the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce suffered curses, an Emei expert took action to save some people and asked for information. Now, the Dragon King Temple has been surrounded, Liu Qian, that mad dog, directly ordered to open fire, killing many people..."

"Pai Sect!"

The old man in the Confucian robe snorted, "I thought they were just implicated, I didn't expect them to do such a big thing in secret..."

Just as he was speaking, not knowing what he thought of, his expression suddenly changed, uncertain, and then he said urgently: "Quick, let all our people leave, this matter must not be participated in anymore, eliminate all traces, don't leave any handle!"

"Yes, My Lord!"

Although the subordinate didn't understand what had happened, seeing the old man so urgent, he had to leave quickly to handle it.

After he left, the old man still had a gloomy expression.

"My Lord, could it be that the situation has changed?"

The woman adding fragrance to the red sleeves beside him asked in a low voice.

The old man in the Confucian robe was silent for a moment and said slowly: "This old man suddenly remembered one thing."

"Many years ago, a strange person came to the Prince's mansion, his conversation was amazing, his chest contained the universe, and everyone in the mansion respected him, and even the Prince talked to him by candlelight many times."

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"The other party once said that the Prince of Shu's mansion had reached its peak and would sooner or later be feared by the imperial court, so he left a dark hand, which was 'Wood and Earth have no son'."

"At that time, I only thought it was a joke, now thinking about it, 'Wood and Earth' isn't that 'Du'?"

The woman beside him said with surprise: "That was many years ago, could it be that the other party had already calculated that the Chongqing Provincial Governor would be Du Ling?"

"It's not calculation, it's operation!"

The old man's expression was gloomy, gritting his teeth: "A few days ago, a secret agent from the Commandant's Office sneaked into the mansion and was discovered by the Chief Clerk, who lured him to speak out his purpose."

"The other party came to find an evil person named 'Zhao Changsheng', who was the leader of the Great Song Ghost Sect, and was the strange person who entered the mansion at that time."

"Fortunately, this person left many years ago and has no connection with the mansion, so we fooled them."

The woman shook her head and said: "This is the evil person's own claim, it has nothing to do with us, right."

The old man in the Confucian robe was silent for a moment, "Back then, the one who introduced this evil person into the mansion was the Dragon Head Huo Jiao of the Pai Sect, who was entrusted by the Second Young Master."

When the woman heard this, her face turned pale, "Now is the critical moment, we must not implicate the Second Young Master."

"This old man knows!"

The old man in the Confucian robe's eyes also became gloomy, "Huo Jiao must die, we will return to Chengdu Prefecture immediately."

"This matter is not simple, the Second Young Master wants the position of Heir, I'm afraid we need to plan carefully, so as not to fall into a trap..."

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"Still not surrendering, are you trying to rebel!"

On the bank of the Jialing River, Liu Qian roared.

On the river surface near the shore, there were dense bamboo rafts, connected to each other, almost forming a small island, on which there were not only people's houses, but even shops and chickens and ducks being raised.

This was the Pai Sect, also the people on the rafts, who lived by rafting all their lives and always lived on the water.

This kind of life is very bitter.

Being oppressed by the government and forces along the way was a common occurrence, so the people of the Pai Sect were also exceptionally united.

At this moment, many corpses had already fallen on the river surface.

Blood stained the river surface red.

Many of the Pai Sect men who blocked the imperial soldiers died, they didn't care about anything else, hearing that they were coming to arrest the raft leader, they immediately picked up blades to resist.

However, the times had changed.

These were considered good hands at playing with blades, but in front of a whole row of musketeers, they were no different from ordinary people.

Many remaining old, weak, women, and children still blocked the front.

Although they were afraid, they didn't retreat a single step.

The people on the rafts never lacked bloodiness.

"Wuwu~"

In the crowd, the sound of a child crying came, but in the blink of an eye, it was covered by an adult's mouth, facing the government soldiers with angry eyes.

"Heh heh... ungrateful."

Liu Qian looked at the Dragon King Temple in the distance, his anxiety grew, his face became a bit distorted, and he sneered: "Prepare!"

With an order, the garrison soldiers pulled out the cannons, quickly filled them with gunpowder and projectiles, and raised torches.

Although these were not new-style cannons, they used scattered projectiles, and one shot would kill a large area.

"My Lord, no!"

Seeing this, Wan Baoquan was anxious and hurriedly blocked him.

"Get lost!"

Liu Qian was already blood-red in his eyes, "If the person runs away, I'm completely finished, don't tell me any nonsense..."

Before he finished speaking, his body stiffened.

He saw a flying blade suddenly appear, pressing against his throat.

"Mess around again, and I'll slaughter you mad dog first!"

From the crowd, an indifferent voice came.

It was Li Yan who took action.

He originally thought that the Pai Sect had many people, so he would let the government soldiers disperse them first, so he would have a chance to enter and catch the person.

Unexpectedly, the people of the Pai Sect were so stubborn.

And even more unexpectedly, Liu Qian had already become this crazy.

Flying sword?

Liu Qian didn't recognize the Soul-Severing Duanhun Feidao, but seeing this magical skill, he also calmed down, but in front of everyone, he couldn't save face, and still said stubbornly: "Wan Baoquan, are you trying to rebel?"

"Stop playing this trick on me!"

Wan Baoquan was also a bit angry, stopped paying attention to Liu Qian, walked out of the formation and shouted: "Everyone, you should have heard my name, Wan Baoquan, the matter of the evil person in Chongqing Prefecture has made people panic, the culprit is in the temple, I, Wan Baoquan, have no false words!"

"Think about your children, the river is full of wronged souls, if you let the evil person run away, can you still stay here with peace of mind?"

As soon as these words came out, many people hesitated.

However, several angry voices sounded in the crowd again:

"The government is all lying!"

"They killed so many of us, what else is there to say!"

"Yes, this matter is not over!"

It was several raft leaders of the Pai Sect shouting among them.

"No time, cover me!"

Li Yan looked at the Dragon King Temple in the distance, gave a low shout, then jumped up, exerted force under his feet, and rushed directly towards the crowd.

"Stop him!"

Those few people from the Pai Sect hurriedly shouted.

However, their good hands who dared to fight with blades had already suffered heavy losses, so how could they stop Li Yan.

Li Yan leaped directly over the crowd, exerted force under his feet, as if shrinking the ground into an inch, and rushed directly towards the Dragon King Temple.

"Charge!"

Seeing this, Liu Qian didn't think much, gave a high shout, let his men open the way for him, and he took two people, took out new-style firearms, and rushed into the temple.

He was not a general in the army after all, seeing Li Yan rush through the crowd, the first thing he thought of was that he was afraid the credit would be snatched by others.

Soon, the people of the Pai Sect were dispersed, and a group of good hands from the Commandant's Office, as well as Sha Lifei, Lu San, and others, also rushed towards the Dragon King Temple.

Outside the temple, there were still many good hands from the Pai Sect.

Seeing Li Yan arrive, they shot arrows one after another to block him.

Li Yan didn't stop, the blade light in his hand flickered, his feet stepped on the chain, and with his own strength, he deflected all the arrows.

However, he was ultimately delayed.

"Stop them!"

Liu Qian was secretly happy, gave an order, let his men open the way for him, and he took two people, took out new-style firearms, and rushed into the temple.

"Stupid bird!"

Li Yan cursed and didn't pay attention.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Inside the Dragon King Temple, three gunshots soon sounded.

"Dragon Head!"

The people of the Pai Sect were anxious.

However, they soon discovered something wrong.

Inside the Dragon King Temple, black fog suddenly rose.

Gurgle!

Three heads rolled out, it was Liu Qian and the others.

Their eyes were still full of fear and incomprehension.

And Li Yan also stopped, retreated quickly, and blocked Wan Baoquan, Sha Lifei, and the others.

He could feel that inside the Dragon King Temple, a dark and gloomy consciousness was waking up...

(End of chapter)