The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 213 Death of Yang Zhi
As the sun rises, Tokyo city becomes bustling again.

The bustling crowd came and went, and everywhere was filled with the noisy and bustling atmosphere of hawking.

The streetside restaurants are full of storytellers telling stories about immortals, but the content is a mess and all kinds of things, and they are trying to ride on the popularity of the company to the fullest.

Mr. Zhan was waving his folding fan, wandering around the street with it shaking with every step, just like an ordinary second-generation rich kid.

Although the fairy palace is nice, it is too monotonous. The human world is more lively.

Master Zhan would often come to Bailongyu to have some fun with the people and spice up their lives. No one dared to follow him. As long as he did not reveal his identity, most people would not know him and would allow him to reveal his true nature.

He is now a VIP user in various brothels. He is known for his generosity and rewards with gold beans.

Especially since he only watched singing and dancing and never stayed overnight, he was even more popular with the girls.

Now that Mr. Zhao is practicing the "Supreme Yoga Tantra" in the palace and has no time to relax, so Master Zhan has taken the lead and is invincible.

As it was still early in the day, Mr. Zhan was not in a hurry to look for old acquaintances. He just wandered around the streets and watched the excitement.

It was almost noon, and Mr. Zhan was walking to the busy area of ​​Tianhan Street Bridge, intending to get some delicious food to satisfy his appetite. He had just found a tavern and went upstairs when he heard a loud commotion on the street and everyone ran away.

Mr. Zhan was sitting by the window in the restaurant, asking the waiter to bring out some wine and other things while he lowered his head and looked outside.

From afar, I saw a dark and ugly man, half drunk, staggering towards me. People around me avoided him and did not dare to meet him.

The ugly man walked to the street and saw an Englishman holding a knife with a straw tag on it, waiting for someone to buy it. So he staggered over, picked up the knife, and started asking the price.

When Master Zhan saw the knife seller, who was about seven feet five or six feet tall, with a big blue mark on his face and a few red beards on his cheeks, and wearing a Fanyang felt hat with the hat lifted on his back, with his chest exposed and a soft turban with grabbed corners, he was suddenly moved and thought of the Green-faced Beast Yang Zhilai.

Sure enough, the two men started arguing about the knife. Niu Er took out twenty coins as three coins, put them on the railing of Zhou Bridge, and asked Yang Zhi to chop the coins open to test the knife.

Everything that developed afterwards was just as it was written in the book. Niu Er tried to snatch Yang Zhi's sword for nothing, but was killed by Yang Zhi.

Mr. Zhan was watching the excitement upstairs with a smile, thinking he was watching the TV version of Water Margin. However, after Yang Zhi killed Niu Er, a white light suddenly lit up in the distant sky, and a star as big as a star suddenly fell from the sky and fell into Yang Zhi's body in the blink of an eye.

Under the eyes of Master Zhan, colorful lights suddenly appeared around Yang Zhi, making him look like the protagonist.

"Hiss..." Master Zhan couldn't help but sit up straight, his eyes shining, looking at Yang Zhi, his heart beating fast.

Master Zhan had never seen colorful light on Lin Chong before, nor had he seen this colorful light on Yang Zhi a moment ago, so Master Zhan thought that this world was not the world of the main text of "Water Margin", but was mainly about "The Robbery of Zhen Yun".

Who would have known today that it was not that the heroes of Water Margin did not have colorful light, but that the timing was not right and the evil star had never been born and activated.

Based on the existing information and a rough judgment, Mr. Zhan guessed that perhaps the Water Margin heroes needed to complete one of the destined deeds in order to become the protagonists.

The reason why Lin Chong had never seen the colorful light before was because he was disturbed by him and did not start the events such as "accidentally entering the White Tiger Hall" and "Fenghuo Mountain Temple".

Today's Yang Zhi has transformed himself into one of the protagonists of Water Margin probably because he completed the event of "Yang Zhi selling a knife".

I'm going to go!
If this is true, then I, sir, would have missed out on the Lu Zhishen who had already accomplished the feats of "Lu Tingjie punching the Zhen Guanxi" and "pulling down a weeping willow tree"!
What a loss!

Master Zhan felt secretly regretful in his heart. After muttering a few words, he put the matter aside and began to think about how he could get something good from Yang Zhi.

Having missed Lu Zhihe, I can’t miss the Green-faced Beast again!
After eating Zhang Ruozhen and her sister, the golden finger caused a large amount of spiritual energy to grow in the blessed land, and each of them gained different magical powers, but this Yang Zhi... Tsk!

Well, if you think about it carefully, there is a similar situation in the world of the Dream of the Red Chamber. Jia Baoyu is a person with colorful light, but the way he gets the benefits... is a bit not very decent!

But compared with the benefits of the golden finger, a little disgrace is nothing!

Seeing that Yang Zhi had caused trouble and took the initiative to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to surrender, Master Zhan casually threw a golden bean on the table, went straight back to the Immortal Palace, and asked someone to call in the steward who was waiting outside the door.

There are always people waiting outside the gate of the Immortal Palace, just waiting for Master Zhan's orders. However, Master Zhan has never used them to do anything. Now when they hear Master Zhan calling them, they hurried over to receive orders.

"Go to Kaifeng Prefecture, clear the Green-Faced Beast Yang Zhi of his crime, and bring him to the Immortal Palace to see me."

The steward didn't know who the Green-faced Beast Yang Zhi was, and didn't dare to ask more questions. He hurried out of the Immortal Palace, rode his horse and rushed to Kaifeng Prefecture, where he found Sheng Zhang, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Kaifeng Prefecture Governor" often appears in film and television dramas or novels. This is not a permanent official position, but is usually assigned to the crown prince.

The official position in charge of the administrative affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture was called "Acting Prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture", or "Prefect" for short. He was one of the important central officials during the Northern Song Dynasty. People like Kou Zhun, Bao Zheng, and Ouyang Xiu had all held this position.

However, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture at this time, Sheng Zhang, was not as upright as Bao Heizi. Upon hearing the immortal's order, he immediately agreed without saying a word. He was about to send someone to find out who Yang Zhi, the Green-faced Beast, was when he heard a commotion outside the yamen. The lawyer came in to report that someone had come forward to surrender.

Sheng Zhang went out to the court and asked what happened. Yang Zhi told him the situation and was willing to plead guilty and be punished.

But when Prefect Sheng heard his name, he was overjoyed. How could he judge him for a scoundrel? He immediately pronounced the sentence:

"The deceased, Niu Er, was a well-known scoundrel in the capital, nicknamed the hairless bug. He was fond of making trouble, committing crimes, and making trouble in the streets. Even I have heard of his evil deeds."

"Niu Er was trying to rob people in the street, which was a crime first. Although you killed him by mistake, it is excusable. You also have the circumstance of turning the head over to the police to mitigate your crime. The two factors combined, you should not be convicted."

"I will sentence you to three months of hard labor, without tattooing or wearing shackles. Are you satisfied?"

Yang Zhi thought he had met a great lord, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, expressing his gratitude.

"I am convinced and will serve you wholeheartedly to atone for my mistakes. Thank you for your kindness, Master."

Prefect Sheng stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Wait in the corridor. Someone will guide you to your service place in a moment."

The official had the final say on how to judge the crime. Even the routine beating of the person who filed the complaint was cancelled by him.

Although the other yamen runners and the people were surprised, no one dared to say anything. They just thought that Yang Zhi was lucky and had the favor of the prefect.

After driving away all the onlookers, Prefect Sheng changed into casual clothes and personally led Yang Zhi to the Immortal Palace.

If he doesn’t cherish this opportunity to curry favor with the immortal, then all his years as an official would have been in vain!

After arriving at the Immortal Palace, Yang Zhi finally understood why he had never been convicted.

The fairy palace today is very different from the day when they landed. After experiencing two revivals of spiritual energy, there is no need to use dry ice to create fake fairy air in the fairy palace. Wisps of spiritual energy diffuse outward from the resurrection spring, and the difference can be seen with the naked eye.

If you take a few more puffs, you will suddenly feel as if you are floating in the air and ascending to heaven, and even your body will relax a little.

Compared with these tangible benefits, the shock of the Immortal Palace is nothing.

"Haha...it's you!" Master Zhan brought Xue Pan and Jia Rong to the door and invited Yang Zhi into the hall.

Sheng Zhang and others were extremely surprised, and they all looked sideways at Yang Zhi, wondering what was so special about him that worthy of the immortal to come and welcome him in person.

Could it be that he also has a beautiful wife who is as pretty as a fairy?

The banquet had already been set up in the hall, so Mr. Zhan invited Yang Zhi to join him, and Xue Pan and Jia Rong accompanied him at the table.

Yang Zhi was so frightened that he did not dare to take a seat. Master Zhan smiled and said:
"My dear brother, you are a Dark Star descended from the sky, not an ordinary mortal. You don't have to be so cautious. Just sit down."

"W-what?"

Everyone was stunned and surprised, even Yang Zhi himself found it hard to believe it.

However, the identities of immortals and mortals in this world are defined by Master Zhan. Whoever Master Zhan says is an immortal who has descended to the earth is an immortal who has descended to the earth.

Under the persuasion of Mr. Zhan, Yang Zhi sat down at the table in a daze. Sheng Zhang also wanted to sit down, but found that there were only four seats and there was no place for him.

However, Master Zhan did not treat his meritorious officials unfairly. He casually threw a bottle of "longevity pills" over and said, "This is your reward!"

"Oh, thank you, my Lord!" Sheng Zhang held the precious pill in his hand and knelt down to express his gratitude. He didn't care about being ignored at all.

Originally, there shouldn't be a seat for him at the gathering of immortals!
Master Zhan waved his hand and drove Sheng Zhang out.

As for the errand boy, he gained a large ingot of gold, and he took a few deep breaths of spiritual energy before leaving, so it was not a loss at all.

After all the strangers had left, Master Zhan personally filled Yang Zhi's glass and began to urge him to drink.

The identity change was too fast and Yang Zhi couldn't get used to it for a while, so he just treated Mr. Zhan as an official, drinking till the glass was dry and answering whatever he asked.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Master Zhan finally showed his true colors and said with a smile:
"Brother, do you know how I recognized you?"

The alcohol content of the wine in this palace is quite high. Yang Zhi was a little tipsy at this time, and his cautious nature was much less. He smiled and said:
"Master Zhan is an immortal, maybe he has some divine power like the clairvoyance!"

Mr. Zhan shook his head, pointed at the blue birthmark on his face, then pointed at Xue Pan and Jia Rong beside him, and said nonsense:
"My dear brother, you may not know that this blue birthmark on your face is not an ordinary mark, but a token of your love for him and the other two!"

“Huh?” ×3!

This time, not only Yang Zhi was shocked, but even Xue Pan and Jia Rong were shocked as well.

"Master, don't talk nonsense!"

"He and I are not from the same world, so how could there be a token of love?"

Master Zhan shook his head and sighed, and said nonsense:
"It is said that a grain of sand is a world, and a tree is a bodhi tree. The six realms of reincarnation involve three thousand worlds. Who knows which world you will be reborn into?"

"The three of you are destined to be together in your previous lives. You have been entangled in love and hatred for ten consecutive lives. Sometimes you are a man and he is a woman, sometimes you are a woman and he is a man, sometimes there are two men and one woman, and sometimes there are two women and one man... The entanglement is endless and difficult to resolve."

"It just so happens that in the last life, the three of you all became immortals, but even after you went to heaven, you three would not stop and would always make trouble." "Later, because of this love affair, the three of you got into trouble and were banished to the mortal world. Before reincarnation, Tian Anxing secretly found Rong'er and wanted to leave a magic mark with her so that they could meet in the future. Who knew that Pan'er also secretly planted a mark on him. The two marks overlapped and became the trace of this green-faced beast, and it was unrecognizable."

"If I hadn't been able to see through the cause and effect, I would have missed you, my dear brother."

"If I miss my brother's chance, it won't be a big problem. I'm just afraid that I'll ruin the marriage of the three of you and be blamed by you three in the future."

After hearing what Master Zhan said, the three of them looked at each other in shock.

Xue Pan and Jia Rong did have a preference for a man who is not their own, but they both liked handsome young men like Baoyu. However, Yang Zhi's face was so dark and half of it was covered with birthmarks. He was so creepy just to look at him that they couldn't bring themselves to eat him!
As for Yang Zhi himself, he is a straight man. Although he doesn't like women, he doesn't like men even more!

"Well... I appreciate the master's good intentions, but since we are all men now, it is better to end this evil fate right here!" Jia Rong raised his wine glass tremblingly and smiled awkwardly.

"Oh, yes, yes, it's better to break this evil relationship!" Xue Pan also hurriedly raised his glass.

"It's better to break it off, it's better to break it off..." Yang Zhi also shuddered and echoed.

"Tsk!"

Seeing that the three of them were so ungrateful that they even dared to reject the marriage arranged by the gods, Master Zhan slammed the table in displeasure and shouted:

"childish!"

"You are so childish!"

"You two, a couple who have been enemies for ten lifetimes, are born out of fate, luck, cause and effect. To put it bluntly, it is a destined marriage. Do you think you are just joking?"

"Have you never thought about this: in your previous nine lives, you were both male and female, but why are you all male in this life?"

"If the couple who have been enemies for ten lifetimes can be freed in this way, then why do they need to wait for so many lifetimes?"

"You are not ordinary people. You should know the matter of reincarnation. Men and women are just appearances. How can you use these appearances to measure the feelings between each other?"

"Let me put it this way, Master. I have determined that in this life, there will still be a love-hate entanglement between you two, and it will be hard to separate them."

"If it's handled properly, the three of you will be able to love each other and ascend to immortality together."

"But if it's not handled properly, I'm afraid they will end up loving and killing each other, dying, and entering the cycle of reincarnation again."

"Hiss..." ×3!

The three of them immediately became nervous. Who would want to roll around in the mundane world when they could attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven?
But when they took one look at the dignity of the "lover" next to them and thought about "spending the rest of their lives" with this person, the three of them couldn't help feeling nauseous and wanted to vomit out the food and wine they had just eaten.

"Hmm..." Xue Pan covered his mouth with one hand, ruminated for a while, and then forced himself to hold back the words. Then he subconsciously hugged Jia Rong in his arms and said with a sullen face, "Master, Rong'er and I are close friends and have deep feelings for each other. We really cannot tolerate a third party interfering!"

Compared to this new Green-faced Beast, a young and tender boy like Jia Rong is more in line with his aesthetic taste.

Moreover, the two of them had been having an affair in private for a long time, so it would not be wrong to say that they were lovers in their previous life.

"That's right, that's right..." Jia Rong also felt as if he had been pardoned. He hurriedly dived into Xue Pan's arms, pretending to be affectionate. He held Xue Pan's face with both hands and was about to kiss him.

"Ugh..." Yang Zhixian couldn't stand it anymore. He turned around and vomited, almost vomiting out his gallbladder.

He was originally skeptical about what Mr. Zhan said about "ten lifetimes of resentment", but suddenly he saw Xue Pan and the other man doing this, and his heart was immediately in turmoil.

Could it be that he really had a predestined relationship with these two people in his previous life?

It’s really...disgusting!

Master Zhan frowned and looked at Yang Zhi who was vomiting non-stop. He knew that he might not be able to trick him by cheating him, so he had to think of another way.

He snapped his fingers, and the vomit on the ground turned into smoke and disappeared. Then he asked someone to prepare clean water for Yang Zhi to rinse his mouth.

After Yang Zhi calmed down, he sighed:
"Forget it. It seems that the power of predestined marriage has not yet taken effect. I will not interfere and let everything take its course."

"Ah, yes, yes, it's best to let everything take its course, it's best to let everything take its course..."

Yang Zhi hastily agreed without saying a word, but what he was thinking in his heart was that he would turn around and say goodbye and leave, and never come to the capital again, to see what the power of fate could do to him!

After all, he was a military candidate and an official in the palace. Although he lost the flower and stone embassy, ​​his skills have not disappeared. At worst, he can serve in the army and carve out a future with his own swords and guns. It is always better than being a prostitute!
He no longer cared about whether he could become an immortal or not.

After all, he was a hero of Liangshan and had some heroic spirit in his heart. He was not like the court officials and dignitaries who were so obsessed with becoming an immortal and living forever.

If becoming an immortal means going against one's own wishes and doing such things, then it's better not to become an immortal!

After he figured it out, he became more free and easy, but after drinking the wine, he never mentioned the matter of marriage again.

Master Zhan also changed the subject and just chatted with him about some street gossip while drinking. When he heard that he was convicted for losing the flower and stone gang, he took the responsibility and agreed to do the thing, promising to exonerate him, reinstate him, and even give him a promotion and make him rich.

However, Yang Zhi didn't dare to hope for these anymore, for fear of being matched up again. He only asked Mr. Zhan to help him avoid the crime of Hua Shi Gang, and declined all other requests.

Mr. Zhan did not force him, allowing him to make his own choice, but he urged him to drink more, not only Yang Zhi, but also Xue Pan and Jia Rong.

The wine in this fairy palace was good to begin with, and now with some spiritual energy in it, it became even more mellow and delicious. Yang Zhi was also a wine lover, and he had to give face to the fairy, so it was difficult to refuse, and he drank too much without realizing it.

Mr. Zhan then went to get Xue Pan and Jia Rong drunk, and soon they were also drunk.

Seeing that the three men were drunk, Master Zhan asked Yang Yougong to help the three men up, sent them to the guest room, stripped them of their clothes, and threw them on a bed.

Seeing that the three men were lying in a pile and had not woken up, Yang Yougong knew that they were not pretending to sleep, so he reported to Master Zhan.

Mr. Zhan snapped his fingers, and the doors and windows of the guest room closed, with a faint mist filling the room.

This mist is not some kind of spiritual energy, but an aphrodisiac gas created by technological means. It is specially designed to stimulate men's sexual desire, make them lose their reason, and perform some instinctive behaviors. It is more effective when combined with alcohol.

One can imagine what will happen in this guest room that night.

After doing all this, Master Zhan went to talk to Zhang Ruozhen and her sister with a smile on his face. As for how the situation would develop, he would just leave it to fate.

I think the three of them are "enmity lovers for ten lifetimes", and their entanglement will definitely not be resolved.

If even this method can't bring the three together, then Master Zhan thought that he might as well use the second male magic skill prepared for Gao Yanei on Yang Zhi first, and use it to lock up the man.

Anyway, no matter what means he uses, he must get the protagonist energy of the Dark Star!
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Master Zhan woke up from the lotus arms and jade legs. He felt the spiritual energy in the blessed land and found to his regret that there was no progress at all.

This means that I didn’t get anything good last night!

"Alas! You guys forced me to do this!"

Master Zhan sighed, called Yang Yougong over, and prepared to ask him to arrange people to take down the Green-faced Beast.

This kind of thing cannot be left to outsiders. It is too beneath your dignity and it would be embarrassing to tell others about it!

Before he could give the order, he heard a shrill roar coming from downstairs.

"what……"

The scream was so shrill and mournful, like a cry or a complaint, it was unbearable to hear. Even a man as hard-hearted as Master Zhan felt a little guilty after hearing it.

This is Yang Zhi’s voice!
Could it be that things have suddenly taken a turn for the better?

Mr. Zhan was pleasantly surprised and hurried downstairs to watch the fun.

When they got downstairs, they saw Yang Zhi, naked, covering his butt with one hand and holding a knife with the other, shouting and threatening Xue Pan. Jia Rong was lying on the bed, burying his head in the pillow and crying loudly. Flowers were already blooming behind his naked buttocks.

Only Xue Pan was safe and sound. He was holding something like a tablecloth around his waist, jumping up and down, dodging around obstacles such as beams, tables and chairs.

Although he had never taken Master Zhan's secret medicine, his physical condition had been slowly improving as he immersed himself in the spiritual energy of the blessed land these days. Although he was still not as strong as Yang Zhi now, Yang Zhi could not kill him for a while as he was concentrating on hiding.

"Master, Master, help me..."

After seeing Master Zhan appear, Xue Pan became spirited and hurriedly took big steps and ran towards Master Zhan.

Master Zhan blinked his eyes. Looking at the three of them, it seemed as if nothing had happened last night. But how come... nothing benefited from his own stones?

Is this method not working?
But how could Baoyu do it at that time?
It seems that this method is useless in the Water Margin world!
If that’s the case, then Yang Zhi is useless!

Looking at the green-faced beast that was furious and whose eyes were full of shame, anger and hatred, Master Zhan knew that this experiment was useless.

"Tsk, what a pity, such a wasted opportunity."

Master Zhan sighed and flicked his fingers. Yang Zhi's head exploded, and the dead body shook and fell to the ground.

Just when he was about to call Yang Yougong to clean up the mess, he saw a flash of light inside Yang Zhi's body, and the evil star that had entered his body before actually came out again, turned into a rainbow and flew away.

"Go away!"

Master Zhan gave a light shout and with a thought, the demon star was bound by the paradise. After struggling for a while, it finally calmed down and was embedded in the top edge of the paradise.

Under the blue sky and broad daylight, there suddenly appeared a star next to the sun above our heads.

(End of this chapter)