Chapter 139 The Tang Family in Suzhou
"Although my Tang family is in Gusu, the surname in Gusu is not Tang, and it is different from the Cui family in Qinghe." In the carriage, Tang Buqi leaned in the arms of the maid and sipped wine, briefly introducing the situation in Gusu to Zhao Changhe: " My Tang family is not a top-notch family like the Cui family, so it’s hard to compare. I suggest you keep an eye on Cui Yuanyang, ah, and don’t think about anything else.”
Zhao Changhe was speechless and leaned against the wall of the compartment, one leaning against the maid and the other against the compartment wall. He was already upset, and he was even more upset by these words: "Introducing Gusu, just introduce Gusu, why are you talking about the Cui family?"
Tang Buqi felt quite comfortable: "Isn't this convenient for you to make an intuitive comparison?"
“I don’t need you to compare. Everyone has heard of Qinghe Cui. Has anyone heard of Gusu Tang? The rookie seems very proud of it.”
“…The Tang family was at least a famous family in the current dynasty! It has the merit of following the dragon! How could others not have heard of it? Who is a novice among the Beimang bandits?”
"I think if it hadn't been for the late Tang Dynasty makeup, who was ranked among the top three at a young age and was one of the best in the dynasty, he was able to support this family... If everyone is like you... sne, in the future, the former Yan of the Tang family will fly into a bandit's house , it’s not unimaginable…”
Tang Buqi glared angrily: "Every family has people who focus on studying, and they don't rely on martial arts to govern the country!"
"Really? Why is your aunt so eager to break through that she hurts the lung meridian? I suggest your family think about it carefully. Don't take advantage of others' hard work and leisurely lean on the little maid to eat grapes. You are simply doing this. Drink her blood."
Tang Buqi was startled, his anger gradually disappeared, he looked at the wine in a daze and stopped talking.
Zhao Changhe looked at him sideways for a long time, and finally said nothing more, turning to the main topic: "So there are many large and small families in Gusu, right? The Tang family should be considered the leader in the local area by virtue of its position as the head of the Demon Suppression Division."
"…good."
"Speaking of which, is there Gusu Murong? I think they are more famous than the Tang family."
"I've never heard of it. How did you hear these nonsense?"
“Do you have any clues about the suspected evil place? Is it the Tiger Hill Sword Pond?”
Tang Buqi was a little surprised: "Hey, where do you know about Gusu? Haven't you been in the north all your life?"
“Hmm, is that right?”
“That’s right! Huqiu Sword Pond is on the hill behind my house!”
Zhao Changhe: “Grass.”
"But having said that, a long time ago, oh, let's say in the last era, there was indeed talk about the problem of evil spirits in the Tiger Hill Sword Pond, and there might be evil swords hidden in it. But my family has already circled this place, and generations before and after have been here for a long time. It was clear that there was nothing there, so what I said this time should have nothing to do with it.”
Zhao Changhe rubbed his chin and pondered. It may not have anything to do with it. Judging from the previous experience in Gujian Lake, there might be a copy. It's just that a group of strong men in your family were patrolling and the copy was closed.
"Are there any rumors of haunting in your family? Has anyone been attacked by evil spirits? Could your aunt's illness be related to this?"
"I know what you are thinking...but unfortunately, no. My aunt's illness was caused in the capital last year, not at home."
"…" Zhao Changhe still felt that the possibility existed. Based on current experience, the rumors related to the "last era" were beyond the understanding of the low-level martial arts people of the time. It was normal for them to be confused.
Of course, this is only a possibility and does not represent a fact. You still have to go to Suzhou to explore for details.
“What about other rumors? How does Fa Yuan judge that the thing is more likely to be in Gusu?”
“How do I know what Fayuan is based on? I haven’t finished writing the letter yet.”
During the discussion, the maid who had been feeding Tang Buqi wine and grapes hesitated to speak: "There were rumors before going out that someone suddenly went crazy and started killing people in the south of the city market, and was killed on the spot by the passing young master of the Lu family. At first I thought it was an accident, but then Mr. Lu suddenly went crazy, and people said he was possessed. Then we went out, and we don’t know what happened next.”
Tang Buqi was startled: "Master of the Lu family, is he Lu Shaoxiong? This guy and I are still friends, why didn't I hear about it?"
Tang Buqi's face turned into a pig's liver. Zhao Changhe turned his head and looked out the car window.
There was no more conversation along the way, chatting has been killed.
Originally, it was just an incident of madly slashing people and going crazy. They were commonplace and did not mean anything. But since the two incidents are related, and they happen to be in the context of the Maitreya cult looking for this evil place, it is worth exploring.
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Yangzhou is not far from Suzhou. The group speeded up and arrived quickly.
I feel that the closer I get to Suzhou, the less weird the atmosphere of Maitreya Religion becomes. I have never seen any scenes of worshiping Buddha and Maitreya, and I don’t hear people talking about “Buddha” or “Bodhisattva” everywhere I go.
There are temples, but they are also very deserted.
It seems that even if the Maitreya religion spreads all over the south of the Yangtze River, it still dare not easily bubble up at least in Gusu, the base camp of late Tang Dynasty makeup. Even if it does exist, it is developing and infiltrating in secret, which is much better than the situation in Yangzhou.
But Zhao Changhe still felt intuitively that the Maitreya Sect would not wait until everything was ready.
The incident in Yangzhou must have been a huge blow to the Maitreya Sect. The list of names and various information that was found was followed by the clues. I am afraid that the Maitreya Sect's many years of development near Yangzhou will be in vain soon. The leader Maitreya will probably not sit back and watch this situation continue, and there is a great possibility of launching it in advance.
During the Yangzhou Incident, Maitreya was looking for evil spirit treasures in Jinling. He didn’t know what happened yet, but he definitely knows it now, and there is a high probability that he has returned to the main altar to prepare for operations. The opportunity to launch the attack might be Chi Li's information connection after he returned. Once the barbarians go south, the Jiangnan Maitreya Sect will definitely start trouble.
This is the deduction on the surface.
In this process, the Maitreya Sect will definitely not let go of Gusu, a pure land surrounded by Jiangnan but has not been invaded by the Maitreya Sect, and will definitely take action. If corresponding precautions were not taken, the Tang family's disaster might come unexpectedly.
At this moment, Gusu is most likely to experience the last peace.
I don’t know if Tang Wanzhuang would have thought of this after receiving the report from Yangzhou. In short, it seems that Tang Buqi has not thought of it now, let alone the Tang family.
When we arrived at Tang's house, we couldn't even see the solemn atmosphere of the impending mountain rain. Servants came and went. When we walked in, we heard the sound of silk and bamboo in the attic in the distance. A large group of people nearby were surrounding Tang Buqi to inquire about his welfare:
“The young master is back?”
“Young Master has been out working hard...Oh, I’m already tanned.”
“I heard that the young master killed barbarians with force, solved the assassination of the prefect, and thwarted the Maitreya Sect’s conspiracy in Yangzhou!”
“Young master really makes us look good!”
If Zhao Changhe was not around, Tang Buqi would definitely hold his head high and enjoy the popularity. But feeling Zhao Changhe's squinting eyes and half-smiling expression beside him, Tang Buqi just wanted to cover his face: "Okay, okay, what's the point of bragging about a small thing? Let's greet the whole guest house." Well done my guest.”
The servants looked at Zhao Changhe, knowing clearly that this was Qianlong Thirty-eight, who was much stronger than everyone present, but there was some invisible contempt in their eyes.
The young master is really able to play with anyone. I used to suspect that a certain old beggar was a peerless master, and even invited people to his house to greet him. In the end, it was confirmed that he was the real old beggar, which made the master very angry. This time I brought another gangster...
Of course I don’t dare to show this attitude in front of Tang Buqi. The young master can beat people up if he throws a tantrum.
Then a steward nodded and bowed: "Mr. Zhao, please come with me. I'm in the quiet guest house. Mr. Bao is satisfied."
Zhao Changhe took in all the people's expressions and smiled slightly.
Aristocratic family...the home maintained by Tang Wanzhuang.
He was too lazy to care about this, and just said: "It's fine to live wherever you like, and look after my horse properly. Then someone will take me to the back mountain. I want to see the Tiger Hill Sword Pond first."
(End of this chapter)