When Wang Cheng woke up from the bathtub, it was already bright and the night passed unknowingly.
Taking off the clothes on the hanger, he put on the black gown and the gray cloth headband again, still dressed as yesterday, and then followed Bai Chenggong's instructions to meditate for a moment.
Unlike martial arts, those who practice Taoism mainly focus on mindfulness and need to meditate every day. The objects of meditation vary. Some are statues of gods, and some are supplemented by breathing methods to observe oneself.
With Bai Changchang personally teaching the Dharma, Wang Cheng no longer needed to spend a lot of time meditating. After entering samadhi, his mind entered his mind and saw that little light.
That is his soul, or soul light, which is currently only the size of a bean. Those who practice Taoism must make it bigger and stronger through meditation.
Under the illumination of this ray of soul light, the huge sphere transformed from the Soul-Eating Pearl bloomed with a faint light.
Wang Cheng suddenly had an idea and tried to remove the Soul-eating Pearl. However, as soon as the idea occurred, the next moment, his mind exited his mind.
This thing seems to be untouchable!
The red sun had already passed over the treetops, and the February sunshine was gentle and full of vitality, shining warmly on my body.
Wang Cheng walked out of the yard and immediately saw a big face coming towards him.
"gentlemen!"
Li Dongyang's facial features are almost the same as those of Li Daping, with thick eyebrows, a square face, and thick lips.
Less than twenty years old, he is simply a younger version of Li Daping!
Wang Cheng nodded and looked Li Dongyang up and down. After a day of rest, his complexion was obviously much better. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Do you know which place has the best information?"
"Tingyu Tower, Tea House!"
Li Yang immediately became energetic, then bit his finger and said: "There is another person who has the best information. There is nothing in Sanchuan County that he doesn't know!"
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Jixiangfang.
This is the largest gambling house in Sichuan and Chongqing County. It is built in the most prosperous part of the city and is open 24 hours a day without closing.
Wang Cheng followed Li Dongyang into the gambling house. The moment he entered, he suffered a brief hearing loss.
There were shouts and quarrels everywhere, as well as crying and laughter, just like the duck cottage.
It was only around seven o'clock in the morning, but none of the dozens of gambling tables in the hall were empty. Many people had red eyes and disheveled faces. They didn't know how long they had been gambling here.
"Jixiangfang has three floors: upper, middle and lower. This is the first floor. The people who gamble here are ordinary people and gangsters with little money."
Li Dongyang led Wang Cheng and introduced: "Those who can go up to the second floor are either the sons of rich merchants, the sons of officials, or martial arts men. In short, they are all people of small status. The person we are looking for is on the second floor." building!"
The two of them climbed up to the second floor, and the scene in front of them changed instantly.
Different from the noise and chaos on the first floor, this place is richly decorated and scented with incense. It doesn't have the strange smell on the first floor, and it's also quieter and more comfortable.
There are only two gambling tables on the huge second floor. They are very large. Each table is more than five meters long and wide. One is used for playing Pai Gow and the other is used for playing dice.
The two tables were full of people, all in rich clothes. There were also many people standing. There were spectators, servants, and beautiful women waiting on them.
As soon as the two of them climbed up to the second floor, a mocking voice sounded in their ears: "Gong Laoshu, do you still have any money on you? If you don't have any, go home and ask your father for it!"
"Hongliu, don't be complacent. I'm having a bad day today. I'll make you kowtow and call me grandpa another day!"
A middle-aged man in his thirties came out with bloodshot eyes. He bumped into Li Dongyang head-on. His eyes suddenly shone brightly and he said: "Dongyang, you're just in time. Lend me some money quickly. I'll pay it back another day." you!"
"Where do I get my money? It's not like you don't know that the money I get every month is sent directly to my father!" Li Dongyang refused.
The middle-aged man didn't believe it, so he reached straight into Li Dongyang's arms. Li Dongyang grabbed his wrist, and the middle-aged man cried out in pain: "Let go! Let go quickly! Can I not borrow it?"
Li Dongyang then let go of his hand, and the middle-aged man glared at him fiercely and left angrily.
"Who is he?" Wang Cheng asked.
Li Dongyang said angrily: "Uncle Gong's son Gong Chuanjia, he only knows how to gamble all day long! Uncle Gong's family fortune will be wiped out by him sooner or later!"
The two entered the hall and after walking around, they didn't find the person. Li Dongyang grabbed a Xiaosi and asked, "Why didn't you see Xiao Lingtong today?"
"He! He lost last night. Now he is either on the first floor or sleeping at home!" Xiaosi said.
Li Dongyang nodded and led Wang Cheng back to the first floor. Sure enough, he found someone among the crowd.
He was wearing a valuable brocade robe, but it was dirty and torn. His black hair was randomly tied with a piece of fine cloth, and a wine gourd hung around his waist. The smell of wine on him could be smelled from two meters away. .
"Hey!"
Li Dongyang slapped him on the shoulder. Xiao Lingtong was startled. He turned around and wanted to curse. When he saw it was Li Yang, he lost interest and said, "It's your kid!"
Then his eyes returned to the gambling table, not even noticing that there was Wang Cheng next to him.
Wang Cheng frowned slightly. This man was slovenly, unkempt, addicted to drinking and gambling. Can he really get the answer he wanted?
Li Dongyang leaned into his ear and said, "Business is here!"
"No business is as important as this one!" Xiao Lingtong stared at the dice without turning his head.
Wang Cheng also came up to him at this time and said something in his ear. After a while, he suddenly looked at Wang Cheng with a ghostly look on his face and said, "How do you know?"
"I have some questions to ask, but this is not the place to talk." Wang Cheng said and turned around to leave.
Li Dongyang wisely did not follow him. Wang Cheng obviously had something important to ask, and it was inappropriate for him to follow him.
A trace of hesitation flashed across Xiao Lingtong's wine-red face, then he left Jixiangfang and followed Wang Cheng to a nearby teahouse - Tea House.
Wang Cheng chose a relatively quiet corner.
As soon as he sat down, Xiao Lingtong couldn't wait to ask: "How do you know that the one just now was one, three, five, nine o'clock?"
Wang Cheng said: "A little trick!"
"I once heard that there is a magic technique in Taoism called "Heavenly Eyes Technique". The user who performs this technique can distinguish yin and yang, and can see through all things. However, the person who performs this technique must have at least the mind power level of the Immortal Movement Realm. How did you do it? ?" Xiao Lingtong was curious.
Wang Cheng didn't answer, took out a gold bar and put it on the table, saying, "I want to ask you a few questions!"
As soon as he saw the gold bar, Xiao Lingtong's eyes suddenly shone, and he said simply: "Ask me, don't dare to say anything else. As long as it is what happened in Sanchuan County, I will definitely know! Even if I don't know today, give me a few days, I must know too!"
Wang Cheng took a sip of tea and said, "You should know Xu Zhongheng, right?"
Xiao Ling said: "Who knows about the twin stars of the Xu family in Sanchuan County? The eldest son, Xu Boyi, was appointed as a lieutenant in Sanchuan County at the age of twenty-five, with a rank higher than that of a thousand stones. The second child, Xu Zhongheng, broke through to the realm of martial arts at the age of eighteen. Before the age of thirty, The master of martial arts who is expected to break through, the captain of Xuanwei under Ninghou, the most popular figure now!"
The news that County Lieutenant Xu Boyi was actually Xu Zhongheng's eldest brother was a bit surprising to Wang Cheng. No wonder the city guards were searching for him when he entered the city.
As brothers, Wang Cheng realized that the resistance he was going to face was even greater!
"Xu Zhongheng arrested a person, do you know where he is being held?" Wang Cheng asked again.
Xiao Lingtong smiled awkwardly and said: "This is really unclear! He is the Xuanwei under Ninghou. He is the most mysterious power in Ninghou's hands. Very few people know about their actions."
Then he analyzed: "However, Sichuan and Chongqing County is so big. If it is an extremely important person, he will either be locked up at home or directly imprisoned in the county jail. I think it is more likely to be locked up in the county jail!"
Wang Cheng nodded. He also preferred the latter because the defensive force there was stricter.
So, he must go to the county jail and rescue people from the jail!
Then there is a person whose level he must break through and pass!
County Lieutenant, Xu Boyi!
Wang Cheng said: "Tell me about Xu Boyi."
Xiao Lingtong's expression became a little complicated and he said: "County Captain Xu Boyi, this person made his fortune suddenly. The Zhang family was able to become one of the best families in Sanchuan County in just ten years. He played the most important role!"
More than ten years ago, Xu Boyi was just a pawn in Sichuan and Chongqing County, but five years ago, he had become a lieutenant of a county, and he controlled the strongest military force in Sanchuan County.
His own strength has also been improved to the level of martial arts master Xiaocheng. In the entire Sanchuan County, there are only a handful of people who can completely defeat him with personal force.
Xiao Lingtong took a sip of tea and said: "This man is very thoughtful and will do anything to achieve his goals. In order to climb up the ladder, he first became the father of the former county captain Hu Xian, and then married the daughter of the county governor Zhu. That man Qianjin is not only ugly, she is also known as a tigress. She has married three husbands, and she beat them to death every time, so no one dares to marry her."
He looked around, approached Wang Cheng, and whispered: "There have been rumors in private that the death of the previous county captain Hu Xian had something to do with him. In short, he is an extremely terrible person!"
Wang Cheng nodded secretly. Whether it was to ask an outsider to be his father, or to marry the tigress of the county governor's family, this was not something that ordinary people could do, let alone the fact that he might have killed his adoptive father!
Extremely scary!
If he didn't have to, he really didn't want to be an enemy of this kind of person, but now he could only stand on the opposite side.
Later, he asked some more things, including the news about the elixir "Shen Jing Cao", which Xiao Lingtong couldn't tell, because Shen Jing Cao was really too rare, much rarer than other elixirs.
This kind of elixir grows in extremely dark places, such as some ancient battlefields and mass graves, which have existed for thousands of years. The purest thing in the world cannot grow except in such environments.
"Baozhitang may have this elixir, but there is no branch of Baozhitang in Sanchuan County. Remember, the nearest branch is Tiandu Mansion."
Wang Cheng secretly noted it down, and then put the gold bar in Xiao Lingtong's hand. Just when Xiao Lingtong was overjoyed, he picked up the gold bar again and said, "I don't want a third person to know about what I asked today!"
Xiao Lingtong patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry! In our industry, the word "faith" is what we talk about."
Wang Cheng nodded and put the gold bar in his hand again, but the following words made him feel anxious again.
"I forgot to tell you, I am a doctor!"
Xiao Lingtong felt confused, what happened to the doctor? Don’t doctors treat illnesses? Could he still kill people?
"kill!"
His expression changed drastically, and when he looked at the gold bar in his hand, he felt a sharp pain like he was holding a knife.
"you!"
He looked up at Wang Cheng, but there was no Wang Cheng on the opposite side, and a voice sounded from behind.
"Help me find out more information about Yang Si. The more detailed the better. I will wait for you here tomorrow morning."
