For Hu Yuan, it is not too difficult to win this battle. After all, he has the ability of "Heaven Sees and Earth Hears" to cheat, which ensures that he can "know himself and the enemy", and naturally he can "invincible in a hundred battles".
What really gave him a headache was how to clean up the mess after the war. After all, he only had one person, and at most he could not help but think of Tieguan Taoist Zhang Zhong and Budai Monk, who were already friends, to arrange for hundreds of prisoners in the "Lianlian Village". It's really not a simple matter.
At the very least, if he didn't want to put all the prisoners to death, he would always have to find a place to hold them, and he would have to control their food, drink, and diarrhea.
Fortunately, although Taoist Tieguan and Monk Budai are known as "Sanren", they are not "lonely people". There are also some forces within the Mingjiao who obey their orders.
Strictly speaking, this place is already within the Mingjiao's sphere of influence. As the saying goes, "An arrow pierces the clouds and thousands of troops come to meet each other." The two of them fired a firework rocket into the sky to represent the identity of the Mingjiao scattered people. In a short time, there were hundreds of Mingjiao people. The congregation rushed to wait for the order. The leader was named Zhou Ziwang, who was also a disciple of Monk Peng, one of the five disciples. He wanted to call the two of them "Uncle Master".
The Wusan people were united in spirit, and Monk Peng's disciples were no different from his own disciples. Therefore, the two of them gave an unceremonious order for Zhou Ziwang and his entourage to obey the orders of Taoist Hu Long.
Hu Long really needed these people, so he made no excuses and began to direct these people to take over the "Lianlianzhuang" and imprison all the prisoners in batches in the underground Tibetan Soldier Cave.
Hu Long calculated the dosage of the medicine and detoxified half of the poison of "Sorrowful Breeze" among the prisoners. In this way, although they can move, their hands and feet are weak and weak. As long as a few fewer people are sent to patrol and monitor, they are not afraid of any accidents.
Although it is unclear whether the family members of Zhu Changling and Wu Lie were involved in today's incident, they are temporarily imprisoned in an empty room in the villa, waiting to be punished together with Zhu and Wu.
After roughly arranging everything, Hu Long smiled at the two scattered people and said: "I saw that the two of them were very concerned about the death of Guijiao Yang's leader mentioned by the old monster Wujie. It's a pity that Pindao couldn't hold back for a while and had already taken that person away. Kill the old monster. However, Wang Baobao is a powerful person in Yuanmeng and is the person in charge of this incident. Some things will only become clearer. We might as well interrogate it together."
In fact, Taoist Tieguan and Monk Budai had already had this intention, but it was Hu Long who captured him, and it was inconvenient for them to overstep their control. When they heard Hu Long take the initiative to bring up the matter, they were all overjoyed.
Taoist Tieguan said again: "Although Wang Baobao is not very old, he must be a very important figure because he can command many masters. We certainly want to find out the news about Master Yang from his mouth, but we also need to understand other information about Yuan Meng. . Bowen, you will be on the sidelines later and record Wang Baobao’s confession in detail.”
His last words were instructions to a young Taoist who was following him.
This Taoist is his disciple, and he is under Zhou Ziwang's command in the sect. He also comes with him this time, so naturally he has to accompany his master.
His surname is Liu, his given name is Ji, and his courtesy name is Bowen. Not only is his martial arts truly inherited, but he is also more proficient in all kinds of literary and miscellaneous matters, and he has always been capable and agile.
After hearing the master's instructions, Liu Ji bowed and said "yes", and then ordered someone to arrange an interrogation room. He invited Hu Long, Tieguan Taoist and Budai monk to take their seats. He placed a picture of the Four Treasures of the Study in the corner. He sat behind the desk.
Not long after, a childish voice came from outside: "Little Tartar, go quickly!"
Then he saw a young disciple of the Ming Cult walking in, escorting Wang Baobao who looked tired.
The Mingjiao disciple's voice was childish, but his stature was no less than that of an adult man. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he had a very heroic spirit.
Budai monk smiled and said: "Yuchun, is this prince still honest?"
The boy's name is Chang Yuchun. He is only twelve years old this year. He is a disciple of a leader in the middle class of Mingjiao. His master died on the battlefield of the anti-Yuan uprising. Zhou Ziwang felt pity for his loneliness and stayed with him as a soldier. This time He was also specially arranged to guard Wang Baobao, an important figure.
When the Budai monk asked the question, he quickly and respectfully replied: "To tell you what the master said, this little Tartar still has some residual poison in his body, so he can't make trouble even if he wants to. He has always been honest."
Unable to speak, he nodded and said, "Taoist Master Hu Long has something to ask him. Please step aside."
Chang Yuchun agreed, first pushed and pushed Wang Baobao responsibly to the center of the hall, then stepped aside and stood solemnly.
Hu Long looked at him, and then at Liu Ji who had already picked up a pen in his hand to record after looking at the desk, and sighed secretly: "If Chang Yuchun is the jailer and Liu Bowen is the scribe, Pindao's appearance is really not small. ."
Wang Baobao couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry when he saw the scene of three trials in front of him, and shouted angrily: "Taoist Hu Yuan, I, a great nobleman of Kukutmul, failed in my plan and fell into the enemy's hands. I only have one chance to die, but you can't even think of humiliating me." To me!"
"Your Majesty, please be patient." Hu Long smiled and waved his hands to appease him, and then said to Chang Yuchun who was standing aside, "Brother Chang, please watch the seat of our Crown Prince."
"Young master can only stand, but this little Tatar has a seat?"
Chang Yuchun secretly complained that the boss was not happy in his heart, but when he came to this "Lianlian Village", Taoist Tieguan and Monk Budai had stated that everyone must obey Taoist Hu Long's orders, so he did not dare to disobey and could only purse his lips. Zui moved a chair from the wall, walked over and placed it heavily behind Wang Baobao.
After Wang Baobao hesitated and sat down, Hu Long said slowly and calmly: "Previously Pindao said that he planned to make a deal with the Crown Prince. This deal is very simple. The bargaining chip Pindao can offer is the Crown Prince's life. Even freedom, and what the prince needs to pay is some insignificant news, or there is an insignificant person..."
"Don't even think about it!" Wang Baobao shouted flatly, "How can any descendant of Genghis Khan be a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Hu Yuan was neither anxious nor annoyed, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, please do not rush into making this decision. Such important matters of life and death must be considered carefully. Just now Pindao made it clear that it was just some insignificant news.
"This time Pindao was able to use his plan to turn against the client. The prince should have thought that Pindao also had his own channels to obtain information. Now he just hopes that the prince can help confirm it, and he is not asking the prince to betray the secrets of the court.
"As for the person Pindao wants, he doesn't play an important role. He is just a lackey in front of your father and son. Does the prince think that such a person is more important than himself?"
What he said made Wang Baobao speechless for a long time. The expression on his face changed. He was constantly at war with heaven and man in his heart. Finally, he couldn't help but look away. He could no longer look at Hu Long as calmly as before: "Please tell me and listen. What news do you want to know and who do you want to ask for?"
Taoist Tieguan and Monk Budai looked at each other, each greatly impressed by Hu Long's wisdom and method of understanding human nature and manipulating people's hearts.
