"I will take my time to avenge the prince's revenge. Each of these people's lives will be counted one by one, and I will take my time to reclaim them."
Su Ziji did not intend to tell the wild Taoists this.
Although the two acted together tonight, they were still in the stage of testing each other. Naturally, they each had their own concerns. Not only was Su Ziji testing the wild Taoist, but the wild Taoist was also judging whether his choice was right or wrong.
The two of them walked slowly and soon arrived near Huang Tongzhi's residence, but the smell of incense could be smelled by lifting their noses.
"There is a shrine a little far away from here. It used to be quite neglected, but recently, for some reason, it has become very popular." The Taoist priest pointed out.
Su Ziji took a look at the closed door of Huang Mansion. The courtyard wall was quite high and the door was closed. It was impossible to see the inside from the outside. He looked towards the distant shrine and immediately had an idea.
"Go to the shrine first."
This shrine is smaller than the one I deceived Su Ziji to visit last time, but it is very new. It can be seen that there has been continuous incense burning recently and it has been renovated. The air is filled with the smell of incense and candles.
It was already dawn and the shrine was open. It was so early. When Su Ziji arrived at the shrine, there were already pilgrims queuing up to burn incense.
Su Ziji looked around and found that the temple was exactly what he had just visually inspected. The terrain was relatively high. When he climbed up and looked far, he could see the courtyard in the distance, and the Huang Mansion was also among them.
Now he headed towards the shrine, and the wild Taoist hurriedly followed and bought incense.
"Young Master, do you want to offer incense first?" The wild Taoist was startled, thinking that Su Ziji also paid attention to the shrine last time, and his heart moved.
Su Ziji followed several pilgrims into the shrine. The shrine is a long area, with the hall for worshiping the gods in front and the residence of the temple worshipers at the back.
Although it was early morning, there were many believers. The central door of the temple was an iron tripod, and someone had already lit incense inside.
Su Ziji looked into the hall, and there was also smoke curling up. A young girl was praying silently on the cushion in front of the shrine. She didn't feel comfortable going forward at the moment, so she stayed there for a moment and was suddenly startled.
Su Ziji stopped a pilgrim and said, "Is it okay for this person to come early to donate money for incense?"
"Spirit, true spirit, my father gasped for breath and made a wish, and everything was fine." The pilgrim said decisively: "I'm not the only one, who in the neighborhood doesn't know?"
"That's right, my mother-in-law is sick and she will be cured after praying and making a wish."
Several pilgrims kept saying that Su Ziji would not believe it in the past, but in this world, there are monsters, ghosts and gods, and it is difficult to say that it is not efficacious, so they can't help but doubt their belief.
"Is there really a god in this temple?"
"The most important thing is that I actually feel familiar and friendly. Could it be that the person worshiping the Dragon King of Shuifu is the one who is worshiping me, so I am in harmony with the temple?"
Su Ziji originally planned to just feint and leave, but not long after he stepped forward, he felt an invisible force. He even felt that his spiritual power corresponded to this force, and he couldn't help but become more and more surprised.
Su Ziji looked at the god he was worshiping. He saw that he was an unknown male god. He wore a long robe with wide sleeves and a high crown on his head. He must have been a few years old.
"Is it the Dragon King?"
But looking at this costume and the boy statues on the left and right, he feels more like a Taoist immortal king than a dragon king.
Su Ziji felt that the power indeed came from the temple, mixed with the aura that made Su Ziji feel familiar. No wonder the wild Taoist said that the incense here was gradually increasing, and there were rumors of efficacious effects.
"We can investigate this later." Su Ziji thought of the purpose of his trip and temporarily gave up his plan to observe here.
There were footsteps behind me, and the wild Taoist came over.
Su Ziji didn't squint his eyes, and after finishing the incense, he said to the Taoist, "Follow me there."
The wild Taoist looked in the direction Su Ziji was going and found that it was a short wall. Standing inside the short wall and looking outside, he could actually see the Huang Mansion.
However, although his eyesight is good, standing here, he can only see the mansion clearly, but cannot see the more detailed scene.
Su Ziji, on the other hand, observed the residence and found that the Huang Mansion occupied a large area, was beautifully built, and the exterior walls were quite high. In terms of specifications, it was in line with the residence of a fifth-rank official, and it was larger than the residence of Shang Youming, who had just been killed.
It's better, and obviously the security is tighter.
"I didn't expect that a fifth-grade official would have dozens of guards in his house." Su Ziji could even see that among the people walking in the distance, there were indeed martial arts practitioners.
The wild Taoist was well-informed and after hearing Su Ziji's emotion, he was able to answer Su Ziji's doubts: "Master, I heard that these people were hired by Huang Liangping with a lot of money after he was assassinated. They are different from ordinary guards. They are serious people."
They have practiced martial arts, and some have even seen blood."
"After all, he was once in charge of the salt affairs." He was greedy and evil-minded, and he had made many enemies. It is not surprising that someone assassinated Huang Liangping.
But in this case, the other party must be wary of assassination, and it will not be so easy to kill him without leaving any trace.
Su Ziji simply asked the wild Taoist: "I have a grudge against this person. Do you have any plan to kill him?"
The wild Taoist was shocked and didn't know whether the boat he was on was secure or not, but he said: "Sir, unlike the official who just took office, this is a current official of the imperial court or a magistrate. He can be called a Bailihou."
"If you kill him, the court will be furious. You can only do it slowly to weaken him first!"
"To make this official decline, simply reporting corruption is of little use; it will only make him fall into strife. We must investigate whether this official has any political enemies, and then kill him with a knife."
After saying this, the wild Taoist wiped his sweat and said, in reality, if he hadn't killed Shang Youming just now, he would have really wanted to run away. The involvement was getting bigger and bigger, and the way he looked at himself was already
Shaken.
If Su Ziji insisted on killing the prefect directly, he would have to find a way to escape even if he got on the pirate ship.
"Killing with a borrowed knife?" Su Ziji nodded, not saying he was satisfied, but still dissatisfied. He looked at the Huang Mansion with a cold look in his eyes.
"Let me let you, a villain, live a few more days for the time being." Thinking like this, Su Ziji became interested in the temple again.
"Which water god is worshiped in the shrine, and it actually corresponds to my spiritual power? It's not easy to let others know, and it's not easy to leave it to unscrupulous Taoists. I'd better come and find out in person some other time."
Su Ziji smiled as he thought about it. This time, he had half-coerced and half-deceived the wild Taoist people onto the boat. However, the current situation was completely beyond what Qian Yuan could handle. He didn't want to test people's hearts - this
Things cannot test you, but they can give you some confidence.
Then he threw the dragon-patterned jade pendant he was holding.
"I think you've noticed it. I'll let you play with it for a day and you can return it to me tomorrow."
The wild Taoist had indeed noticed that this bright yellow dragon-patterned jade pendant was too conspicuous. When he dropped it in his hand, he couldn't help but tremble, as if he had touched a red-hot iron block.
"This is really a royal thing."
"And it's not in the past, it's something that is still in effect now." The wild Taoist suddenly thought of a mysterious princely aura and what Su Ziji said about "the seller seeking glory".
Breaking into a cold sweat, I opened my mouth to ask, but I didn't dare.
"I have learned the art of slaying dragons all my life. I want to follow the Ming Dynasty, but now Mr. Ye loves dragons. Lu Fengyun, I don't want you to be like this!"