Chapter 40: Begging
The order to seal the pass quickly reached the entire eastern region. After receiving the news, Xu Wen returned home with a strange expression, and handed the "Great Elder" Mobao to his grandfather and the third elder, explaining what happened today.
After the story was finished, Xu Wen said: "Grandpa, the Great Elders and the others should have not left the city yet. I will go and order the city to be closed!"
The third elder raised his eyelids slightly: "Okay, bring the head of Xia Kui to see me."
Xu Wen nodded and turned around and was about to walk out.
Xu Yanran stood aside, her cheeks twitched: "Grandpa, you really dare to give orders, brother, you really dare to do as you..."
Xu Wen was stunned, then realized that there was something wrong with the order, drooped his head and said depressedly: "Grandpa, you are still making fun of me at this time. How could I beat Xia Kui?"
The third elder glanced at the tea leaves in the cup and snorted, "Hmph, don't mention you, even if I go, I can't stop Xia Kui's swords. If they are willing to fight, let them fight. Anyway, no one is the head of the family, so why do we have to fight for such a thing?"
Xu Wenruo realized something: "Then let's turn a blind eye and let Xiakui and the others go out of the city?"
The third elder glanced at Xu Wen and said, "What Xia Kui, when has he been to our Qinglong County?"
"Haha, it's my grandson's tongue..."
Xu Wen smiled, glanced at the Mobao in his hand, and said, "Then are these words left or burned?"
The third elder said, "Put it away first. If the great elder can ascend to the position of head of the family, he will be framed, otherwise it will be burned."
Xu Yanran looked up at the paper and was stunned: "This calligraphy was not written by the Great Elder, this is Wu Jun's handwriting!"
Xu Wen said in confusion: "This is impossible. My manager saw the Great Elder's writing with his own eyes."
Xu Yanran said with a firm tone: "I have read the array picture drawn by Wu Jun no less than a thousand times, and I will never admit his words wrong. If your manager is not as bright as ever, then there is only one possibility left... The Great Elder was pretended by Wu Jun!"
A glimmer flashed in the third elder's eyes: "This is really interesting. If the person chosen by the court to cooperate is not the Great Elder, who would it be..."
Xu Yanran thought about it and showed a hint of suspicion on her face: "Is it Xu Chang? Xu Chang entered the gate with me at that time, and then I broke up with them and came back alone."
The third elder nodded slightly: "Xu Chang's family has a shallow foundation and is easy to control. He is a good partner, but can his cultivation convince the public?"
Xu Yanran said: "His cultivation is much better than mine, and it seems that he has reached the threshold of the ultimate realm. If he can break through to the ultimate realm, this is really not certain."
The third elder thought for a moment, and said with deep eyes: "In this way, it is worth betting on him. Let's wait and see."
While the third elder was calculating carefully, Wu Jun and others had already left the city.
Before they could walk away, the city gate creaked and closed, fell down the top gate pile, and went up to several rows of soldiers to garrison, making the city gate solid.
Wu Jun turned his face and couldn't help but frown: "The city is closed..."
At this time, Xia Kui suddenly bounced his fingers, and a sword energy soared into the sky, rubbing a goshawk over, and flew over it. While disturbing the goshawk, he shot down the bamboo tube tied to its feet.
Xia Kui reached out to open the bamboo tube, looked at the note inside, and said, "Xu Fengshan is not dead, and he also ordered the major cities in the Eastern Region to blockade and no one is allowed to enter or exit."
Deng Jiuxi took out the map and said, "If we want to bypass the major cities, we need to walk several times more, and it will take about fifty days to get out of the Eastern Region."
Wu Jun took off the mask on his face and gasped and said, "It's good that he didn't die. If he really died, I would be unable to argue. I don't know which rumor was spread by a deviant ghost, but he actually said that I wanted to use the living person to refine medicine. He is such a bastard who kills thousands of swords..."
Wu Jun was relieved and complained, and followed Deng Jiuxi back on the road and began to cross mountains and ridges.
Three days later, Wu Jun and others arrived at a temple on the edge of Qinglong County.
Going further is Lanling County, where the Great Elder is stationed.
When he arrived at the temple, Wu Jun gave a Buddhist ceremony to the old monk who swept the floor in the temple and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, we are the Buddhist believers passing by. Because we were away for a long distance, we haven't had a good meal for a long time. Today, we have the chance to pass by Guibao Temple. If you want to ask for dozens of buckets of food, you can also ask the master to do it."
The old monk's eyelids twitched: "Ask dozens of buckets of food? You guys are trying to grab it out!"
Wu Jun waved his hand quickly: "Let's give money! We are all Buddhist disciples, so let's do it for convenience." As he said that, a faint layer of Buddha's light emitted from his body.
Qin Yue'er also walked up and said pitifully: "Master, please pity us. We haven't eaten properly for three days. These days, I'm almost tired of eating bear's paws, matsutake mushrooms and other things."
Old monk: "..."
With the Buddha above, the disciples are almost unable to help but break the precepts and scold people!
The old monk's eyes twitched twice, silently chanting the Buddha's name to calm down, and said to Wu Jun: "Please come in, I'll have someone go and prepare a vegetarian meal."
Wu Jun smiled: "May the Buddha be with you, Amitabha!"
Not long after, Wu Jun and the others were led into the hall. Several monks went to the kitchen to steam rice. With the crackling sound of firewood, a burst of rice fragrance slowly floated into the hall.
Wu Jun twitched his nose and smelled Mixiang, narrowed his eyes slightly, and couldn't help but smile.
Actually poisoned in the meal?
A clumsy monk!
Half an hour later, several buckets of rice were brought up. Qin Yue'er ran up to pick up a bucket, picked up the chopsticks and pulled the rice into her mouth.
Wu Jun took out some pickles and gave them to everyone, then looked at the old monk with a smile.
The old monk politely said, "Eat, donor, why don't you eat?"
Wu Jun smiled and said, "Master, I'm afraid this food will be poisonous!"
The old monk smiled and spread his hands: "Donor, you are really good at joking. You eat while it's hot, so I won't disturb you!"
Wu Jun sneered: "You can't leave. If you don't release poison, you'll eat all this bowl of rice!"
After saying that, he served a bowl of rice and handed it to the old monk. He took out a relic and said threateningly, "Eat, hurry up and give it to me. If you don't eat it, I will blow you to death!"
The old monk picked up the rice with a helpless look on his face, and ate all the rice in the bowl in a few bites, and said with a relaxed expression: "Look, isn't it poisonous? Eating rice is a good thing, you can eat it while it's hot!"
Wu Jun looked at the old monk and instantly glared at him: "Nonsense, the poison in this meal is my own hands. I don't know if it is poisonous?"
Chapter completed!