Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 454: Give Up Porridge
"This Mulan Festival is really worth it."

"You didn't see it. There was mud on Qiu Shaoling's face at that time. His expression was so wonderful." Gu Baifeng said as she tried to make a face, causing everyone in the carriage to laugh.

After talking about Qiu Shaoling, everyone changed the subject and started talking about Huang Chao and Master Lingfa.

The two men fought for only more than ten moves, but to everyone's surprise, Master Lingfa was actually defeated and was suppressed by Huang Chao's swordsmanship.

At this point, Gao Yuting said in a deep voice; "This guy is stronger than before, not just in swordsmanship."

Xiao Ran was sitting next to him and nodded softly, "Indeed."

The strength of the great Zen Master Lingfa is extraordinary. If I don’t take it seriously and use my full strength, I’m afraid I won’t be his match.

But Huang Chao was able to defeat this great Zen master in just over ten moves, and he didn't even use his full strength. It is conceivable how much this guy's strength has improved.

Although Xiao Ran was unable to witness this battle, it was not difficult to see from the descriptions of Gao Yuting and the other two how aggrieved this great Zen master of spiritual methods felt when facing Huang Chao.

A person with Vajra Dharma has the power of Vajra, is invulnerable to swords and knives, and is immune to all kinds of attacks. This is definitely a unique skill of Buddhism.

But he happened to meet Huang Chao. Huang Chao's swordsmanship became stronger when facing a stronger opponent. The sword energy rolled up the power of heaven and earth in all directions and smashed down fiercely.

He treated the great Zen Master Lingfa as if he were a red-hot iron embryo, and smashed half of his body into the ground.

In the end, Master Lingfa was forced to surrender.

However, what really troubled Xiao Ran was not Huang Chao's superb swordsmanship, but the fact that after Master Lingfa admitted defeat and surrendered, he not only stopped immediately, but also personally pulled Master Lingfa out of the ground.

Then he praised the great Zen master for his profound Buddhist teachings in public, and held the Nine Dragon Golden Staff in both hands and gave it to the great Zen master.

This move not only gave enough face to the great Zen Master Lingfa, but also earned enough reputation and vision for himself.

If she didn't know that this guy was Huang Chao, if it was someone else, I'm afraid even Gao Yuting would have praised his extraordinary means and vision.

Now, everyone knew his strength, and he cleverly resolved Xiao Ran's plan to divert the trouble.

Even the great Zen Master Lingfa had to owe him a favor in the end.

These methods suddenly made Xiao Ran miss the arrogant and domineering General Chongtian in Wancheng.

"Brother Xiao, where did you go just now? Why didn't I see you?"

Gu Baifeng turned around and asked.

"Oh, I went to meet a friend. I haven't seen him for many years. We talked for a long time."

Xiao Ran responded with a normal expression.

The two sisters didn't think much about it and were still excitedly talking about what happened tonight.

When the carriage arrived in the city, the two sisters went their separate ways from Xiao Ran and the others.

The few of them agreed to go together to participate in the sword review seven days later, and then they said goodbye to Xiao Ran and the other two and left.

As soon as the two of them left, the carriage fell into silence.

Gao Yuting and Xiao Ran leaned against each other shoulder to shoulder.

Gu Baifeng and the others didn't understand how powerful the yellow tide was, but Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting knew how terrible the yellow tide was now.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished this move yet."

Xiao Ran patted Gao Yuting's shoulder.

"Well, I just always feel uneasy."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

After returning to the palace, Xiao Ran asked Gao Yuting to rest, and asked Li Jie to find a secluded place for her.

This is the place that the palace has the most of. There is a dungeon behind the garden.

This thing is standard equipment in the palace and is used to punish disobedient servants.

Xiao Ran came to the dungeon, locked the door, and then threw Zou Zicheng's body out.

Actually, I originally went there tonight for the lama.

Xiao Ran originally planned to kill the lama and frame Huang Chao for the murder in the temple.

So I asked the little ghost to keep an eye on Huang Chao's position early on.

I didn't expect the result to be like this.

However, this result was far better than Xiao Ran expected.

For the head of the Zou family, this was an unexpected great harvest.

The secret of the Zou family is now like a beautiful woman taking off her clothes, exposed nakedly in front of him.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Xiao Ran's lips. He took out a meat cleaver from the space, looked coldly at Zou Zicheng on the ground, raised the knife and chopped at this guy.

"Snapped!!"

The twenty-liang blue and white glass cup was smashed to pieces on the ground.

The fragments splattered on the face of the Zou family's housekeeper, leaving a bloody mark, but the housekeeper stood there like a piece of wood, not daring to move.

The servants behind him had already knelt on the ground and were trembling.

"Asshole, idiot, idiot, a perfectly normal person disappeared as soon as he left the house, are you pigs?"

The old man of the Zou family pointed at the housekeeper and cursed.

"Master, the master disappeared after entering the Great Xiangguo Temple. We have searched everywhere inside and outside the Xiangguo Temple, but there is no trace of the master."

"Stupid! If it's not in Xiangguo Temple, go out and look for it."

The old man pointed at the letter on the table with a dark face. "Ling Fa, that bald donkey, was able to lose someone right under his nose. This old bald guy wants to distance himself from the matter with just one letter. It's simply wishful thinking."

As he said this, he started cursing Lingfa, the bald donkey again.

After cursing for a while, the old man finally calmed down. "Tell me what happened yesterday, one by one."

"Yes!"

The housekeeper hurriedly reported everything to the old man.

Including the theft of Monk Lingfa's Nine Dragon Golden Staff, Monk Lingfa went out to chase after it, and then he fought with Zhang Wumeng and was defeated. He told the old man everything.

After hearing the whole story, the old man closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts.

After a moment, he took out the letter from Monk Lingfa and read it carefully.

"Lingfa, Lingfa, you have been hunting eagles all your life, how come you were blinded by a sparrow? What do you mean by stealing treasure? It's clearly a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

"Master, should we report this to the police?"

The butler fell silent after seeing the old man say this, and asked cautiously.

"No need. Since there was no body and no bloodstains, it means Zicheng is still alive. Let's wait. Someone will probably come to deliver a letter soon."

The old man from the Zou family's estimate was actually not bad, but he had no idea that his precious grandson had already been sent to hell by Xiao Ran.

"and many more."

At this time, Mr. Zou suddenly changed the subject, turned around and said grimly: "Let someone keep an eye on Zhang Wumeng. Even if he is not involved in this matter, he definitely has something to do with it."

"Also, have someone check the background of this Zhang Wumeng."

Although it is a way to lure the tiger away from the mountain, it cannot be done without cooperation.

Zhang Wumeng's origins are mysterious and he has never been heard of in the martial arts world before. And it was after he appeared that the Zou family was targeted by a mysterious master in the martial arts world.

This made the old man doubt the identity of Zhang Wumeng. After all, too many people died at the hands of the Zou family.

"Come on, come on, those who want to eat porridge should go inside and line up!!"

Early in the morning, a porridge stall was set up outside the Zou family rice shop to distribute rice porridge to people.

What was different from the past was that the rice porridge this time was thick and mushy, and everyone was thoughtfully given some pickles.

Now all the people in the city praised the Zou family master for his kindness.

Those refugees who are fleeing can at least survive this cold winter by relying on this bowl of rice porridge.

"The Zou family has given in."

At the breakfast shop nearby, Xiao Ran and Gao Yuting were eating hot buns. Looking at the long line in the distance, Gao Yuting couldn't help but smile.

The next sentence after giving porridge to help the people is killing the rich to help the poor.

There are rules in the underworld kidnapping.

If one of your family members is kidnapped and you can't find the kidnapper, you can hold a porridge-giving party to show your sincerity.

In this way, you can avoid making a fuss and tell the kidnappers that you have kidnapped my family member, I have not reported to the police, my warehouse door is wide open, you can propose any conditions you want.

The kidnappers can also take the opportunity to blend in with the crowd, eat a bowl of porridge, and inquire about your family's financial situation.

Find out about the situation.

For those scoundrels, forcing the rich to give out porridge is also a way to accumulate good karma for themselves.

They all say they are doing justice for the people, but in fact, everyone knows that it is mostly just to satisfy their own selfish desires.

Now, I contribute and everyone has something to eat. Even if I can't go out and tell everyone about it, I feel happy.

If you are in a good mood, you will naturally not kill someone.

Xiao Ran nodded and took a vicious bite of the bun in his hand. He felt that although the bun was vegetarian, it was indeed delicious.

However, the porridge stall in front of him could not put Xiao Ran in a good mood. On the contrary, from Zou Zicheng's memory, Xiao Ran saw too many things that made him feel bad.

The emperor wanted to build a mausoleum, and five hundred boys and girls were used to light sky lanterns.

Over the years, the Zou family has provided countless people as blood food to the emperor and the royal family in Chang'an City.

The exact number is incalculable, but the Zou family earns 100,000 taels of gold every year from this alone.

In the end, more than half of the Zou family's money was given to the emperor. To put it bluntly, the Zou family was nothing more than a running dog of the emperor.

The Zou family set up a porridge stall, but the porridge originally belonged to the common people. Taking it out now is just a drop in the bucket in the Zou family’s granary.

Xiao Ran has found the so-called Huaxue Temple through Zou Zicheng's memory.

It is enshrined in the royal temple, or you can understand that the emperor is the abbot of Huaxue Temple.

"This world is hopeless!"

Xiao Ran sighed, then turned to look at the second in command, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him.

"What?"

The second in command was eating a bun when he took the letter and took a look at it. He saw the three words "ransom letter" written crookedly on it. He was immediately shocked and quickly put the envelope in his arms.

“For the Zou family?”

"Well, it would be more convenient for you to go and deliver the letter."

Xiao Ran nodded. Although he had many ways to get the envelope into the Zou family.

But after much thought, it is still most convenient to let the second in command deliver the letter. He can control a cat or dog at will and send the letter in. The key is that even if the Zou family wants to investigate, they will not be able to find any clues.

"What do you plan to let the Zou family do?"

Gao Yuting asked curiously in a low voice.

Xiao Ran raised his head: "Nothing, just help me kill someone!"

(End of this chapter)