"I will avenge the prince's revenge slowly. The lives of these people count one by one, and I will take my time to reclaim them."
Su Ziji didn't intend to tell these wild Taoists.
Although the two acted together tonight, they were still in the stage of testing each other, so naturally they 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 more popular." The wild Taoist 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 temple first."
This shrine is smaller than the shrine that Su Ziji went to last time, but it is very new. It can be seen that there has been a continuous flow of incense 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 heading towards the shrine, the wild Taoist hurriedly followed and bought incense.
"Young master, are you going 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 temple for worshiping the gods in front and the residence of the temple worshiper at the back.
Although it was early morning, there were many believers. The central door of the hall 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 girl was praying silently on the cushion in front of the shrine. It was difficult to go forward at the moment, so she stayed 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. She will be cured after praying and making a wish."
Several pilgrims kept saying that in the past, Su Ziji would not believe it, but in this world, there are monsters, ghosts and gods, and it is hard to say that they are 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 is the Dragon Lord of Shuifu, 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 robe with wide sleeves and a high crown. He must have been a few years old.
"Is he 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'll investigate this later." Su Ziji thought of the purpose of his trip and temporarily gave up his plan to observe here.
There were footsteps coming from behind, and the wild Taoist came over.
Su Ziji didn't squint his eyes, and after finishing the incense, he said to the wild 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 explain Su Ziji's doubts at this time: "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 salt affairs." He was greedy and evil-minded. He had countless enemies and it was not surprising that someone had 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. He 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 prefect, which can be said to be a Bailihou."
"If you kill him, the court will be furious. You can only try to 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 people 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 the wild Taoists. It's better to 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.
He threw the dragon pattern jade pendant he was holding over.
"I think you've noticed it. I'll let you play with it for a day and you can give it back 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.
"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 the mysterious princely aura and what Su Ziji said about "the seller seeks 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 Lord, but now Mr. Ye loves dragons. Lu Fengyun, I don't want you to be like this!"
