My enemies became my companions

Chapter 56 Ge Sheng
Lu Ying didn't understand why his master wanted to set foot in this unknown little village.

It was not until she saw someone summoning souls and recognized that the person summoning souls was the Goddess Taihua that she had some guesses.

"Master, are you trying to...give her a chance to gain enlightenment?"

The one-armed woman said calmly:
"The Tao is something you realize yourself, no one else can give it to you."

Lu Ying seemed to understand and said:
"Anyway, Master is helping her, but... why is he helping her?"

Zhou Yitang looked up into the distance.
"Cut off the three corpses of one person."

When Lu Ying heard this, he was shocked.

Seeking immortality through Taoism, beheading the three corpses and eliminating the nine insects has always been the path to immortality. Because of this, it often requires a lot of effort, careful arrangements, and a hint of indispensable enlightenment. The difficulty can be seen, so Taoists often behead their own three corpses.

But the master did this not for himself, but to kill the three corpses for others. Lu Ying couldn't help but feel curious and confused.

"Who is it... that is worthy of Master's great efforts?"

Lu Ying asked.

Zhou Yitang did not answer.

Lu Ying was even more curious, so he shook Zhou Yitang's only remaining arm and asked:
"Who is it? Is it the person from before?"

Zhou Yitang sighed softly and touched Lu Ying's head.
"Ah."

"But why?"

"He has evil thoughts and his crimes are extremely serious."

Lu Ying was shocked. If that was the case, a person like him deserved to be struck by lightning, but his master was actually going to kill three corpses for him.

"In fact, he is very kind,"

Zhou Yitang looked into the distance,
"It's just that he always hides his kindness deep down in his soul."

Then she stopped talking and just looked on silently.

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"Two messages released."

"What…"

"The West Factory's thousand households sealed off Yuxiu Manor to investigate the Prime Minister's major case."

Chen Yi said calmly.

Min Ming paused when she heard this and frowned her naturally charming brows. She certainly knew the severity of the case of the Prime Minister, so she asked:

"You... want someone to lose their head?"

Chen Yi laughed when he heard the woman's direct words:
"Why, you don't want me to die?"

Min Ming subconsciously wanted to deny it, but then he heard something infuriating.

"That's right...it's only natural that the concubine doesn't want her master to die."

The prostitute frowned and glared at him. Her angry look was not like Min Ning's, which was like thunder and lightning. Instead, it was as gentle as water.

After a moment, she softened her expression and said softly:

"I know that you went to check Yuxiu Manor for Min Ning. She told me everything. Qianhu looks like a tiger or a wolf, but his heart is full of tenderness."

“Thank you so much…”

Before she finished speaking, Chen Yi caught a glimpse of the smile on her lips and came to his senses.

"Are you calling me a beast in human clothing?"

"Where have you ever seen a concubine scolding her master? She doesn't even have time to compliment her."

Min Ming pretended to be an innocent woman. After a while, she became more serious and asked:
"Are you investigating the Xiangguo case for...us?"

Chen Yi said casually:
"What if it is?"

Min Ming moved his face closer and said coquettishly:

"It's really touching. Can you accept a kiss from a little girl?"

"No, I told Min Ning that I won't touch you for a year."

"I am willing to pledge my love to you."

She moved closer, but Chen Yi pushed her away.

He sneered:

"You want to induce me to break the contract so that Min Ning will be disappointed in me?"

Min Ming chuckled and asked back:

"Why can't it be that I fell in love with Qianhu at first sight?"

Chen Yi understood why she came close to him; it was a form of protection for her sister.

Perhaps it was the tolerance that night that made this quick-witted courtesan catch his style of behavior. In her eyes, although he was a bit of a beast, he was still a human being after all, and he would feel guilty for breaking his promise and would have compassion. She was trying her best to seduce him now, just so that she could use her guilt and compassion as a handle after she gave herself to him and hold it tightly in her hand. Min Ming exhaled softly and asked:
"Can you really bear it? Even if I come again?"

Chen Yi did not answer.

Min Ming's face suddenly changed, and he pretended to be terrified and said:
"Qian Hu has no reaction to women, right? He can't even get the top girl in Baihua Tower!"

Chen Yi glanced at her.

But she said it again with all her strength.

Chen Yi leaned forward and pecked her hard on the face.

Min Ming's pretty face turned pale, then red. She pushed him away in panic and shrank back.

"I am invincible when I talk, but I am powerless when I act."

Chen Yi made a grabbing and kneading gesture and said teasingly.

The prostitute blushed and muttered:

"You lecher...if you have the guts, do it for real. You are just a hypocrite who talks but doesn't act."

Chen Yi just said:
"I'm not in a hurry. You're just a concubine who hasn't married into the family yet."

Min Ming straightened his clothes, softened his flushed face, and asked:
"What's the second message?"

"On August 30th, the third year of Huanglong in Dayu...

Chen Zunming, the captain of the Western Factory, hangs his sword and slays the dragon. "

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In the teahouse, rumors were everywhere.

"Have you heard that the commander of the Western Factory is going to hang his sword and kill the dragon?"

"How come I haven't heard about it? It's being spread everywhere. How can he, a Jinyiwei, do the work of a Taoist priest? Isn't this like a dog trying to catch a rat? He's going to kill a dragon, why would he need a Taoist priest?"

"He sealed off Yuxiu Manor a few days ago and defeated the Feng family father and son in just a few moves. Looking at the capital, he is also a well-known figure in the martial arts world."

There were discussions everywhere in the museum. Almost no one was optimistic about Chen Yi's plan to slay the dragon. After all, it was a matter of a dog trying to catch a rat. Even if he could really catch it, it would take a lot of effort. What's more, this rat was not an ordinary rat, but an evil dragon.

Since the day of eliminating bandits and demons began, the river north of Beijing has risen three feet, overturning countless fishing boats and cargo ships, and even flooding and collapsing buildings on the shore. Despite all these disasters, the dragon has not appeared. People only occasionally see its shadow on the water. No one knows what will happen when the dragon actually appears.

The Taoists were not completely unresponsive. Fei Yuan Zhenren of Shangqing Dao once took action personally and went to the source of the river to try to seal the dragon. It is said that after a fierce battle, the evil dragon was badly injured, but Fei Yuan Zhenren was even worse off. His Taoist foundation was damaged and his fifty years of cultivation were gone.

Even the accomplished Taoist masters of Shangqing Dao were unable to seal the dragon, but the captain of the Western Factory said he would hang up his sword and slay the dragon. Who could believe this?

In the teahouse's wing, a one-armed woman with a lotus crown on her head was sipping tea while flipping through the Book of Songs with the paper spread out in front of her.

Lu Ying put the ground tea powder into the teacup, poured water in, and whisked it with a tea whisk to make the water and milk blend together and the tea foam rise. She was very experienced in making tea and was a master of it.

Compared with the unruly Western Jin Dynasty's love of brewing tea and drinking it, Dayu was more like the Song Dynasty, when people were fond of making tea by ordering it. Therefore, the people of Dayu often denounced the people of the Western Jin Dynasty as northwestern barbarians.

Lu Ying ordered tea so that Zhou Yitang could drink another bowl of tea after finishing the one she had.

"Master, why is he doing your job?"

She asked as she ordered some tea.

Zhou Yitang intended to kill the dragon when it escaped from the water. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, not even the disciples of Yinjian Mountain knew about this matter. Even Lu Ying only found out about it in the past few days.

"I don't know."

Zhou Yitang did not look up, but concentrated on the Book of Songs in his hand.

Compared to Zhou Yitang's coldness, Lu Ying is warm-hearted. She said to herself:

"He is a captain of the Western Factory. No one believes that he can kill a dragon. I guess the evil dragon doesn't believe it either. So if he spreads the news, not only will it not alert the evil dragon, but it will also make the evil dragon complacent and underestimate the enemy, thinking that no one in the capital can stop it from transforming into a dragon."

Zhou Yitang said nothing.

Lu Ying looked up curiously and glanced at the Book of Songs.

boom!
Zhou Yitang closed the book and tapped her head with his remaining hand.
"Order some tea."

Lu Ying hugged her head and said coquettishly:

"I just took a look, and Master hasn't finished drinking yet."

The one-armed woman drank it all in one gulp and pushed the bowl towards Lu Ying.

“It’s empty now.”

Lu Ying was stunned for a moment, then quietly took the tea bowl and smiled secretly.

Just now, with a quick glance, I discovered what poem my master was reading - wasn't that "Ge Sheng"?

I have read it myself and still remember the last two sentences.

Summer days, winter nights. After a hundred years, return to your home…

Winter nights, summer days. After a hundred years, he returns to his room.

I modified the first chapter and some of the previous text, that is, I changed the Jiaofangsi to the Laundry Bureau, and reduced the perspective changes in the first chapter
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