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Chapter 23 Punishment

"Senior, what does this mean?" Although the situation in front of me was quite clear, Meng Weihan, who was trapped in the formation, still planned to put a few words on it first. After all, there would be no such thing as pre-war intelligence.

"Hmph... I actually asked me what it meant?" At this moment, Shan Hansong had already changed into another face, which was completely different from his previous timid appearance. "Who do you think you are talking to?"

"Oh?" Meng Weihan heard something in the other party's words, so he continued, "Did you... you lied to me just now? Actually, you are not the head of the Taoist sect here?"

"I am indeed the head of the house here," Shan Hansong replied, "but at the same time... I am also the director of the Federal Special Operations Force in Longhushan, the Supernatural Phenomenon Administration."

As soon as this said, Meng Weihan was stunned because it was the first time he heard of the name of this institution, and before he went on the mission, Zilin had never reminded him that the Taoist priests here had been recruited by the federal government to become civil servants.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for Zilin to not know the existence of this organization, so there are roughly two reasons why he did not say it: one, he felt it was unnecessary; the other, he had other plans.

Judging from the fact that Zilin specially arranged the "Four Evils" to accompany Meng Weihan, it is obvious that the latter is more likely to be.

"Hehe..." Meng Jiehan sneered after thinking for a while, and shouted loudly, "As a descendant of the Taoist sect, he neither wants to cultivate one's own character, inherit the Taoist tradition, nor does he do chivalrously, and enter the world to save suffering. Instead, he goes to be a dog for such a corrupt court. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Meng Jiehan was so terrible that Meng Jiehan was playing with this hypocritical trick. Those who were not familiar with him could not see any flaws. After his roar, several of the companions around him showed shame.

"Nonsense!" But Shan Hansong didn't take this trick and shouted loudly, "You talk to me about Taoism? Humph... When we Taoist priests are wandering and are in danger, where is the Tao? You let me enter the world to save the suffering... Then who will save me when I suffer in the world?"

What Shan Hansong said was not wrong.

Since the Witstoke Empire cleared religion from the earth more than two hundred years ago, the Taoist sect also declined, and all the remaining descendants were transferred to the "underground"; since the Taoist temples and mountain gates were gone, the matter of accepting disciples had basically relied on "fate", so fewer and fewer descendants were.

Over the past two hundred years, after the destruction of the empire and the rise of the Federation, although Taoist temples are now available, they have become tourist attractions. "True Taoist priests" like them have lost their official identity and industry, and most of them have lived a very hard life.

Almost all of them learned their skills from elementary school and could not receive too much cultural education or education like normal people. Let’s talk about Meng Qihan. Before being recruited by the Cross, he made a living by renting a rent, which was not an easy and expensive job.

The same is true for Shan Hansong. He was an orphan since childhood and was taken in by a Taoist priest. When he grew up, he naturally became a Taoist priest, but this was not his own life choice.

So what if you know Taoism? So what if you have high seniority? You are struggling all day long, wearing a piece of clothing for five years, and the patches on the Taoist robe are almost more than the original fabric and are still used... They all live to be this virtue, and the master also asked him to "help the world" and use Taoist techniques to help others without asking for anything in return.

Shan Hansong helped a lot when he was young, and most of the rewards he received were cold eyes and swear words. He was misunderstood, distrustful, regarded as a lunatic, or was playing a "big adventure"...

Even if someone believes him, gratitude is only temporary. When he turns around, he becomes stranger again.

Shan Hansong didn't blame those people, because he understood them.

In the current world, we cannot summarize it simply by "there are many good people" or "there are many bad people". We can only say that when the environment of a society makes its bottom line quite low, everyone is forced to become bad; if you choose to be a good person, you may be cheated by bad people, and those standing next to you will say that they are cheated because you are stupid.

When a society's own system cannot protect "good people", people can only make choices, either pay the corresponding cost for their integrity and kindness. Of course, this cost is not affordable by everyone; or they compromise to a certain extent...

Shan Hansong finally compromised, and the opportunity for him to compromise was called "Qiu Zhengichi".

Back then, after Qiu Qingping "resurrected the soul of the corpse" and joined the Federation, he rose to prominence as a "capable man". He soon gained a foothold in the Federation and held a high position. At this time, he regained the original plan to "merge the sect into the Federation and rely on the power of the government to establish a special department."

Qiu Zhengyi didn't want to use this to inherit the Taoist tradition or something. He just hadn't given up his ambitions yet, and at the same time, he was a little guilty...

After all, his master made his debut and did something like killing his master. Although he had already used the method of "borrowing corpses and resurrection" to change his identity, he was still afraid that one day the successors of Zhengyidao would come to settle the score with him.

Therefore, Qiu Zhengyi thought of this plan. First, through his own status and a little bribery, he moved in the relationship within the federal government, and put the idea of ​​the "opa" institution on the agenda; then he went to contact the leaders of those sects who were interested in being "recruited"... As a result, he and Shan Hansong hit it off.

A few years later, the opa was officially established and its headquarters was located in Longhu Mountain. As for the personnel... there were also many Taoist priests who were willing to work with Shan Hansong.

Originally, those people were mostly just looking at the door, running a big spoon, and running a convenience store... and behind their backs, they were also carrying the identity of a Taoist priest, but now they just asked them to add a civil servant to their original position to get an additional salary higher than their job. Moreover, except for holding two regular meetings a month, there were basically no extra tasks for them to do.

According to Qiu Zhengichi's vision, he hoped that the organization would grow slowly and wait for enough strength to take advantage of the organization's advantages of relying on the government to turn the organization into "the only orthodox", and then absorb all the Taoist descendants scattered around the world, and they could not be absorbed... so he put on a hat of "aside and left-wing road", suppressed and eliminated it.

This is undoubtedly a big project, but there is no need to worry. Just make steady progress and proceed step by step. Anyway, Qiu Zhengyi can revive the soul through a corpse, even if it is fifty or a hundred years.

One day, the plan will be accomplished, Qiu Zhengyi will become the behind-the-scenes controller of the "Taoist Sect"; then, he will control all the remarks and knowledge in the Taoist Sect... No one will know what he did at the beginning. He can turn black and white, point deer as a horse, or even call himself a god, let others worship him, and ask his disciples to regularly send "offerings" one in tens of thousands for him to resurrect with his corpse.

Of course, his grand plan was already shattered with his own end.

Shan Hansong didn't know Qiu Zhengyi's plan. He only thought Qiu Zhengyi was the savior of the Taoist sect. Compared with those old guys who only know how to talk about big principles all day long, Qiu Zhengyi provided him with real official organization and real money.

In addition, Qiu Zhengichi also told Shan Hansong that he had been Qiu Qingping because he was a fellow man. Qiu Zhengichi understood that it was difficult to escape the other party's eyes when he "borrowing a corpse and resurrected it", so he simply admitted it himself first.

Qiu Zhengichi changed the statement about killing his master and his fellow disciples... It was said that he wanted to take them to the Federation, but the other party not only did not appreciate it but also took action first. He could only defend himself, and was injured in the process and had to resurrect the soul with a corpse.

Originally, only Li Bingyi and Meng Weihan knew about the fact that they did not spread it here and there. In addition, Shan Hansong was soft-hearted and soft-hearted, and listened with a tendency. After listening, he must have chosen to listen to it in a biased manner.

Therefore, from Shan Hansong's perspective, he was originally hostile to Meng Weihan.

Later, the "Nine Prisons" were destroyed and Qiu Zhengyi died in battle. Opa, one of the federal agencies, naturally received relevant notices; on the list of the "rebellion parties" in the Anti-Cross Cross, Meng Weihan's name was listed again... The moment Shan Hansong saw this name, he immediately determined that Qiu Zhengyi's death was related to Xiao Meng.

Today, both public and private, Shan Hansong does not intend to let the other party leave alive.

Previously, Shan Hansong acted in front of Meng Qihan, just to make the other party relax his vigilance and gain time... In this way, he could gather all the OU members in the surrounding area and form a siege here.

"It seems... you have convinced yourself first..." Seeing that Shan Hansong was firm in his attitude, Meng Jiehan knew that it would be impossible to kidnap the other party with the rules of ancestors, etiquette, integrity and shame. So he took the opportunity to start a mockery mode and wanted to continue to put pressure in a way that disturbs the other party's mood. "As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. Once a person abandons his ethics and becomes dirty with the flow... he will deprecate what he originally insisted on to be worthless, and then rationalize his existing behavior with various reasons..." He said this, spreading his hands, shrugging and smiling, "Ha... A 'Taoist' like me must be particularly annoying in your eyes at this moment, right?"

Meng Jiehan's words are really heart-killing, just like a knife cutting Shan Hansong's heart.

Take the online writer as an example (yes, I'll take this example. If you offend someone... then offend me). If a writer never commits fraud and does not brush data, even if he fails to die, he can still refuse to admit that he wrote badly (of course, in most cases, it is just a bad writing), and scolds those who have seized various website recommendation resources by brushing data.

But if a writer also brushes the data himself and brushes it more clearly and cannot recognize it, he will not be confident of scolding this kind of behavior (in fact, there are many people who laugh at it for 50 steps). At that time, he will say, "The wine is also awesome, and it is afraid of the deep alley", "This is the norm at the moment", "This is called operation", "Everyone does this", "I am helpless", "As a great god, you have to worry about face, if a newcomer is on the list, I have no choice but to follow it," and so on.

Human compromise is a process of self-persuasion. Once the position changes, words and deeds will change accordingly.

Although some people compromise, they still have a bad view, so they feel helpless. Most of the time they will remain silent instead of defending themselves, because they also know that defending themselves will not change the nature of things, because they still have not completely convinced themselves...

But there are still some people who do convince themselves, but they still know right or wrong in their subconscious mind... This contradiction, after being stimulated, will turn into anger and hatred... pointing to those who have not made any compromises.

"Do you think you are very noble?" Shan Hansong was angry and hated at this moment, and he wanted to tear Meng Qihan's arrogant face immediately. "Do you understand us again? What are you? Is it worthy to teach me a lesson?"

"Okay~ I don't pretend to be noble anymore." Meng Jiehan still looked relaxed. After replying to this sentence, he muttered softly, "Although I am indeed qualified to pretend in front of you..." He cleared his throat and raised his voice again, "Let's talk about something practical... Who gave you the confidence that you think..." At this point, he glanced around again, "... Calling such a bunch of rotten sweet potato stinky bird eggs and putting on a 'Four-Essential Formation', can you deal with Si Yao and I, Mr. Meng?"

"Ha! It's a joke!" Shan Hansong heard this and said with a grim smile, "Even if your master Li Bingyi is here today, he is definitely not a match for me, Shan Hansong. With your little wise men... he was already dead when he stepped into these four evil spirits!" He paused, "As for these four monsters... it is indeed a bit difficult to deal with, but in front of the magic weapon left by Master Zhang Tian, ​​even the four evil spirits are dead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Dao Shan raised his sleeves and stretched out a silver plate-like Bagua mirror from his robe, holding it high above his head.

Not only him, at this moment, the Taoist priests who surrounded them around the valley also took out a magic weapon; judging from the spiritual power emitted from the treasures, they were all things that came out of the secret realm of the Heavenly Master.

"So that's it..." Seeing this scene, Meng Weihan immediately understood some of the previous doubts, "It seems that as long as you are a little wise, you have basically entered this hole, right?"

He was actually quite insulting to say this. Each of the people present was much older than him, and the weakest Taoist power was more than three times that of him. No matter how good the "Taoism" was, it was higher than him.

"What do you think?" Shan Hansong said, "How can we not find the entrance that you can even find?" He replied in a contemptuous tone, "It is because I know the situation in the cave that I will let you in."

"Well... Since you have all been in, why hasn't the trick at the entrance of the cave been broken?" Meng Jiehan asked thoughtfully again.

"Zhang Tianshi is not a fool. How could he leave a cover spell that disappears forever after being cracked?" Shan Hansong continued, "To put it simply... this trick will be reset every twelve hours, do you understand?"

It is unlikely that this is not a local person.

"Oh, no wonder..." Meng Jiehan nodded, "So, you all saw Jin Luoshi and passed the subsequent test?"

"No," Shan Hansong continued, "I thought... with your cultivation level, I would have brought four monsters in. Maybe I would have a conflict with Jin Luoshi, and both sides were injured, and finally died of the formations and traps left by the Heavenly Master... We wanted to wait for a long time before we could kill in to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but I didn't expect... you came out." He shook his head and said confidently, "Well, just think you are lucky and successfully took out 'a magic weapon'... and it won't change the result. We have one on our side, so why are you fighting with us?"

Hearing this, Miss Di Qing couldn't help laughing; Chi Xiao and Tao Wu were also holding back their laughter and trying hard to control their expressions.

Only Fang Xiangqi still looked unhappy, tilted his head and said to Meng Qihan: "Have you finished talking? The information you should have been trapped is almost the same? Since the beginning, that guy has been calling out so much, it's not too much for me to eat him?"

"Okay..." Meng Jiehan responded, then looked at Tao Wu and said, "Brother Tao Wu, when I sacrifice my magic weapon to break the formation later, I hope you will continue to transmit some spiritual power into my body. There is no need to be too much, just enough for me to control twenty or thirty magic weapons. If I have too much, I am afraid that my body will explode."

"Okay." Tao Wu was a fool, and he didn't have much thought. After hearing the request, he just quickly looked at his elder brother Chi Xiao. After getting the approval, he came to Meng Qihan in three steps and put his hand on the latter's shoulder.

"Everyone, after a while, the old Taoist ate it. Others may be useful. Just suppress it and try not to kill animals." At this moment, Meng Weihan had realized the intention of Zilin not giving him complete information, so he made this request.

"Xiaodao..." At this time, Di Qing also understood his intention and immediately turned around and smiled at Meng Jiehan evilly, "You are very smart. After the matter is over, I will invite you to have a drink... Let's talk more about it, how about getting close to each other?"
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