"Buddhist evil skills?" Lin Ji frowned, which suddenly reminded him of Zhang Mi a few years ago.
"Yes." The boatman nodded and continued, "Zhao Weiguo has been hiding in the water prison to practice martial arts, firstly to avoid people's eyes and ears, and secondly because of the evil spirit there, which is as effective for him as the spiritual veins of a blessed land.
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"Zhao Weiguo originally practiced swordsmanship, but due to his limited talent, he was always stuck in the middle of the Five Realms. Later, he accidentally obtained a white jade Buddha statue from a fisherman, with the cultivation techniques of the evil Buddha's technique engraved on it.
So, like me, he is greedy for evil methods to improve his speed, but after all, his identity is there, so he can only practice secretly in this water prison."
"I listened to Li Nan's orders and sneaked into Weicheng. I searched around for a place suitable for practicing evil arts. When I went down to the water prison, I met him face to face. Although I was at a higher level than him, the water prison was very weird. There were things in it.
The formation can increase his power, but he fought with me and both of us were injured."
Lin Ji secretly said: "This should be what happened five or six years ago when He Kui came to Beijing for him."
The boatman continued: "Maybe he didn't dare to tell this matter. I also couldn't bear to give up on the water prison, a holy place for cultivation. I fought more than ten times, and each time there was no winner. But there was one fight.
He was so cruel that he cut the Jade Buddha in half. I snatched the Buddha's body, and he took the Buddha's head. It was also that time when he and he hurriedly escaped and opened the secret passage in the water prison, and I learned about it."
"Then, I merged Li Nan's evil magic with half of the evil Buddha's skills, and increased my speed, reaching the peak of the six realms. I originally wanted to grab the Buddha's head again, learn the entire evil Buddha's skills, and then enter the Tao, but
When I went back, there was someone else in the water prison."
"There's an extra person?" Lin Jiqi asked, "Who is it?"
"It's an old man!" said the boatman. "It's the snake catcher who is said to have poisoned his brother Zhao Weimin and dozens of members of the Zhao family, and was later dragged into a water prison and tortured to death by him."
"Actually, that old man is not a snake catcher at all! Or he used to be."
Lin Ji heard something strange, frowned slightly and said, "What on earth is going on? Please tell me in detail."
The boatman continued: "That year, a salesman came to the city. He loved to inquire about strange things. Somehow he heard that the fishermen had caught a jade Buddha, and then he sold it to Mr. Zhao several times.
thing."
"That night, I sneaked into Zhao's house to look for him, but I was blocked by Zhao Weimin. He made a move, and the man lost his hair. He turned out to be a monk. When the monk saw that his secret was exposed, he became violent and used evil tricks to kill Zhao.
There were dozens of people in the family, but the heads of the four great families were alarmed. The four heads came and killed the monk, but the monk came looking for the evil Buddha. Although his cultivation was not high, he was very cunning.
He actually deceived the four masters of the family into entering the Taoist realm and snatched away the snake catcher who was passing by."
"Then I don't know what method was used to force Zhao Weiguo into the water prison!"
Lin Ji was very puzzled when he heard this: According to what He Kui heard, Zhao Weiguo had arrested the old man to avenge himself. But the boatman said that Zhao Weiguo had been taken away.
Naturally, there is another link in this.
That is, before the Zhao family was destroyed, Zhao Weiguo sent He Kui to the capital to deliver a secret letter.
It stands to reason that in a place like Weicheng, where there has not been a single evil case in a year and a half, why should such a confidential matter require sending letters all the way across the country?
Is this intentional or unintentional?
Who did Shen Lian give this secret letter to in the end?
Fang Yunshan? Gao Qunshu? Or...
"Then what?" Lin Ji then asked.
"That old man. That monk's cultivation is not very high, but he is very strange. Plus Zhao Weiguo, I am no match at all. Fortunately, I escaped quickly, otherwise I would have been destroyed!"
"After I recovered from my injury, I didn't dare to go back easily. And I heard that the Lu family had another Taoist master from Jingzhou, so I didn't dare to act rashly. A few days ago, I just received a call from Li Nan. The secret message said that on the fifth day...that is, yesterday, there would be a sudden chaos in the city. The four masters and all the monks had no time to care about this place, so I took the opportunity to kill Zhao Weiguo."
"Sure enough, at ten o'clock at noon, several demon kings joined forces to attack the city, and several major families in the city were in chaos. I sneaked into the water prison, killed Zhao Weiguo, and took away the Buddha's head."
"As soon as we returned, news of the battle ahead spread all over the city. It was said that the heads of the four major families killed each other, and you also killed several demon kings. Li Nan himself ended up disappearing. "
"I was planning to take the Buddha's head away from Weicheng. I had prepared soft dry food and just set out to sea not far away. I couldn't help but take out the Buddha's head with joy and look at it. Who knew that the Buddha's head..."
"Gone?" Lin Ji answered.
The boatman shook his head and took out a round stone ball from the fish hold in the bow.
Lin Ji was stunned when he saw it.
The head of the stone statue is carved lifelike, just like a real person.
Astonishingly, it was the appearance of Wu Nan in my memory!
The stone statue gritted its teeth and closed its eyes tightly, as if it was a terrifying nightmare while sleeping.
Lin Jizheng was shocked when he saw that the stone statue seemed to have come to life. He suddenly opened his eyes and his face was twisted as if he was shouting something, but not a single sound came out.
But in the blink of an eye, it returned to its original state, but the expression on his face was even more painful!
The direction of the stone statue's face was facing Lin Ji. The boatman did not see it and continued: "A good Buddha head turned into the face of a little monk. I thought I was in a hurry yesterday and didn't look carefully. Really The Buddha's head had been hidden by Zhao Weiguo for a long time, so he hid the boat and sneaked in again. Unexpectedly, not long after I entered, I heard someone shouting that Lin Tianguan was coming. I was so frightened that I hurriedly hid. Then...and then... Tianguan, you stabbed me in the leg with your sword."
Lin Ji came to his senses and shouted strangely: "So, the sound of the stone ball hitting the ground was not caused by you?"
"Of course not!" said the boatman, "I know you are here, how can I dare to mess around? It turned into black mist and stuck tightly to the wall, not daring to move."
Lin Ji thought for a moment and said, "In that case, didn't you just get a fake Buddha head? How can you be sure that the person you killed yesterday was not Zhao Weiguo?"
"Because..." the boatman took a breath and said, "I came a little earlier than you, and I saw with my own eyes that Zhao Weiguo cut off his own head and replaced it with a Buddha's head! Moreover, it seemed that the house was still there before you came. More than one person!”
Lin Ji nodded and said with great certainty: "There must be another person! When we were in the water prison just now, I set up a trick to ask for directions by throwing stones. That person thought I chased you all the way and lured the tiger away from the mountain. In fact, Lin was trying to lure the snake out of the cave. "
The boatman was confused: "Lin Tianguan, what on earth is going on?"