The word "Smiling Tiger" is familiar to every core member of the Inspectorate.
Fifty years ago, a mysterious scripture was obtained by the Inspectorate. After learning about it, the emperor requested that it be destroyed. Later, for unknown reasons, it was not completely destroyed. Half of it was burned and half was kept. The remaining half was taken by the Inspectorate.
The collection was listed as the top secret of the Inspectorate. The person responsible for destroying this object at that time was Tiger Guard 2 - Smiling Tiger.
Although the Smiling Tiger was on Tiger Guard No. 2 at that time, he had been seriously injured in a previous mission, and his martial arts skills were all poor, and he was almost disabled. At first, nothing changed, and everyone thought the whole thing was over. But two months later
, Smiling Tiger, a useless man, suddenly recovered his martial arts and became even more powerful than before he was injured.
Smiling Tiger's changes attracted internal attention from the Inspectorate. With step-by-step investigation, it was finally determined that Smiling Tiger did not destroy the second half of the mysterious scripture, but secretly practiced the above exercises.
The Inspectorate will never tolerate traitors. As the No. 2 of Humen, Smiling Tiger is more aware of the Inspectorate's work style, so he escaped before the matter was exposed. During this period, he experienced many twists and turns, and finally asked the Inspectorate to pursue him.
, fled to the Guanyin Temple and became a host. From then on, the smiling tiger transformed into a grass lamp monk and was not discovered for fifty years.
In order to evade the investigation by the Inspectorate, Cao Deng tried his best. Back then, the Smiling Tiger was a fat man weighing two hundred pounds, but now Cao Deng is a skinny old man. It is unknown how much it will take to change his body.
.If Xia Shang hadn't disturbed his Buddhist mind, no one would have known his identity in this life.
The Smiling Tiger has disappeared, but the legend about the Smiling Tiger and the mysterious scriptures is still circulating in the world. Who knows about the second in command of Humen back then? He was seriously injured, his martial arts skills were poor, and he was reduced to a useless person.
, at that time, he invited the best doctors in the world to treat him, but to no avail. Who would have thought that he would suddenly recover his martial arts? Moreover, his martial arts would not retreat but advance, which shocked everyone in the world.
Everything comes down to that mysterious book.
After the disappearance of the Smiling Tiger, not only the Supervisory Office but also various forces in the world were looking for him. Even after fifty years of dust, the desire of people in the world for the scriptures has never diminished.
When Chun Kui heard that the Laughing Tiger had reappeared, her first reaction was disbelief, and her second reaction was shock and nervousness. She did not hesitate to spend a lot of time telling the secrets from fifty years ago.
Chun Kui looked solemn and asked again: "My lord, are you sure that the Caodeng monk who presides over Guanyin Temple is the Smiling Tiger back then?"
Xia Shang nodded, with doubts in his heart: "What is the origin of that mysterious scripture? Can the Inspectorate and the Jianghu care so much? After so many years, is there still another turmoil?"
"My Lord, I don't know how powerful it is. My subordinates also heard from predecessors that the scripture is a supreme magical power and has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth. In order to compete for this book, several Jianghu sects were destroyed. If this news gets out,
It will definitely lead to a bloody storm, and the city of Yangzhou will never have peace."
Chunkui became more and more serious as she spoke. She paced back and forth in the bamboo house. Suddenly she paused and said again: "No, the smiling tiger must be found. The scroll must not fall into the hands of the Jianghu people. Your Majesty, if your subordinates dare to do so, I will certainly
In your name, you summon the important officials of the Supervisory Authority in the Jiangnan area to investigate with all their strength."
Xia Shang was silent, his thoughts uncertain.
If you want to know what the text on the cassock is, you must find Monk Caodeng to explain it. Obviously you can't do it by yourself. It is not impossible if you rely on the power of the Supervisory Office.
But Xia Shang knew very well that his position as the leader of the Inspectorate was unclear, and he did not even dare to reveal the real reason. If he was too involved with the Inspectorate, would the incident be exposed? Can he control other people?
It is very possible to get yourself into trouble.
Xia Shang thought for a long time and shook his head: "You can keep this matter a secret for now and let me think about it again."
Chunkui frowned slightly after hearing this, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be thinking.
I didn't learn much useful information in Jiang Nanchun, and Xia Shang didn't stay long. After saying a few words, he got up and went home.
Chun Kui and Chun Jiao saw each other off until Xia Shang disappeared from sight.
Looking at Xia Shang's retreating figure, Chun Kui whispered to her daughter: "Send a few people to keep an eye on him and inform the chief about the Smiling Tiger."
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Xia Shang was walking on the street, thinking of buying some small gifts for Yazhi to make her happy.
Next to an inconspicuous tailor shop was a newly opened restaurant, and a few waiters were hanging a sign on it. After a moment of careful attention, they discovered that it was actually "Quality of Grain" and there was a small symbol of "Tian Zi No. 3" in the lower right corner of the sign.
It seems that Wuliangye has one more distribution store in Yangzhou City.
After the warm-up in the previous month, Wuliangye has officially entered thousands of households.
Although the taste of Wuliangye is not as good as the real Wuliangye, it has completely subverted people's perception of alcohol in this era. The price has gradually dropped from the sky-high price at the beginning, and the quality of the alcohol has also been classified, from five taels to five taels.
It varies from ten taels to ten taels.
Xia Shang didn't know anything about the opening of the new store, but looking at the long queue at the door, he thought the wine industry was developing well.
Since it was his own property at the door, Xia Shang planned to go in and take a look.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to step forward, a man walked beside him. Surrounded by several other shirtless men, he bypassed Xia Shang and walked directly to the person who was listing the sign.
"Stop it!" The uninvited short businessman had a loud voice, and he shouted, breaking the calm in the room.
A thin middle-aged man came out of the shop. He seemed to be the shopkeeper of this semicolon. He frowned when he saw this scene.
Soon, one short and one fat were chatting in front of the shop.
Xia Shang was far away, so he couldn't hear what the few people were talking about. He could only see the tall and thin shopkeeper asking the fat man to come in.
At this time, the people in the queue began to talk.
"Isn't that the shopkeeper of Fangjiu next door? What's his name?"
"Fang Yuan."
"Yes, yes, let's call him Fang Yuan! This is not a good person. I heard that he has raised a lot of workers. With this grain essence arriving at his door, it's no wonder that he will cause trouble. In my opinion, these two families must have
Make a fuss."
"I don't think I can open my business today. It seems that I can't find a place closer to buy Wuliangye."
As he said that, someone in the crowd left. Xia Shang felt angry when he saw it. How dare an ordinary evil businessman dare to bully him?
So a few steps forward, walked to the door of the store, pushed aside a few strong men blocking the door, and went to meet the fat and ignorant man.
But Xia Shang didn't have much chance. Before he entered the door, he saw the shopkeeper coming out with a short and fat man. He was smiling and holding hands all the way. He didn't know what to say, and he looked very intimate.
Just listen to the short and fat guy patting his chest and swearing: "Don't worry, as long as my brother does what he said, I will keep it for both of us to make money! I said your boss is really good. You have such a good idea, why didn't you do it earlier?
Tell me? That’s all, I have something to do today, and I’ll meet my brothers for a drink tomorrow.” (To be continued)