The world is like a prison, my body is holy

Chapter 29 Making up for the situation before it is too late
After the meeting, Wang Wen followed Cheng Xian back as usual.

Although Cheng Xian is no longer his direct superior, after spending some time together, Wang Wen feels that this person is indeed a good person and is worth making close friends with.

"Erhu."

After the two of them passed through the Moon Gate, Cheng Xian, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke up: "It's not a good idea to drag it out like this. Although the Lord is magnanimous, he is a scholar after all, and he values ​​his reputation very much..."

Wang Wen played dumb: "What's the matter, Brother Xian? Aren't we working on the White Lotus case?"

Cheng Xian glanced at him sideways, not calling out his pretense of ignorance, and continued, "You know better than anyone how complicated this matter is. If you get out of this sooner rather than later, you might even have the advantage of being the first to strike. If you wait until the sheep are lost before mending the fence, it might be too late!"

Wang Wen gave him a strange look, wondering if this guy was ready to show his hand? He was going to stop pretending?
"Brother Xian, please don't scare me."

He laughed and said, "Although I'm not well-educated, I've heard the saying 'It's never too late to mend a broken fence after the sheep have been lost.' How come for you, it's become 'it's already too late'?"

Cheng Xian didn't laugh, but said in a muffled voice: "Whether it's too late or not, you know it in your heart."

Wang Wen pondered for a moment, the frivolous smile on his face gradually disappearing, and he replied in a deep voice, "We are not the down-and-out members of the Beggars' Sect. I don't think they would dare to act recklessly!"

Cheng Xian opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but suddenly closed it again.

After a while, he sighed softly and said softly, "Erhu, do you know where we come from?"

Wang Wen thought for a moment and replied, "I heard that you, Lord Zhao, Lord Li, and the others are all from the Western Army?"

Cheng Xian nodded and sighed heavily, "Yes, the Western Army, the Western Army with yellow sand all over the sky, children all over the ground, and widows all over the city."

Wang Wen glanced at him and his mood suddenly became heavy.

"Think of our majestic Great Zhou, with its 30,000-mile-long splendid mountains and rivers, and its millions of armored soldiers, whose glory rivals that of the Han and Tang dynasties, and whose virtue will endure through the ages!"

Cheng Xian raised his head and gazed at the northwest sky. His gaze seemed to pass through 30,000 miles of beautiful mountains and rivers, and then he saw the yellow sands of the northwest. His dark face gradually became very complicated. "Such a giant has come into the world. Shouldn't the whole world submit to him and come to pay tribute?"

Wang Wen looked at this powerful general with a burly build, a leopard head and round eyes in shock. He had the illusion that he would suddenly clap his hands and sing "The River Flows East, the Waves Wash Away" in the next second.

"Brother Xian'er, why don't we just pretend?"

He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not used to you suddenly being like this."

"Erhu."

Cheng Xianzhe patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Pretending to be stupid is a good way to protect yourself, but no matter how you pretend, you must be clear-headed, otherwise you will become really stupid!"

"This...you...I..."

Wang Wen was speechless for a moment, and finally he simply gave up and said, "Compared to your natural talent, I am indeed lacking some talent."

Cheng Xian punched him angrily: "Don't think I can't hear you scolding me!"

Wang Wen raised his thumb unhappily: "I'm praising you!"

Cheng Xian didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued leisurely, "In the northwest, the Xixia soldiers and the Man Qiang are like the weeds here. They can't be killed or eradicated. They constantly invade our Great Zhou borders and plunder our elders."

"Especially the Man Qiang. You, the children of the rich and powerful, who were born in a land of plenty, probably find it hard to imagine that the Man Qiang tribes, big and small, have populations of no more than a hundred thousand or so, and the smallest have only a few hundred or even dozens. Compared to our mighty Great Zhou, aren't they like ants under the feet of a giant?"

"But these ants are bandits once they take up arms, and soldiers once they put on armor. Just three or five of them dare to rob a large caravan passing through, just thirty or fifty of them dare to attack a well-fortified checkpoint, and just three or five hundred of them dare to raid our heavily garrisoned military town!"

"How dare they?"

Wang Wen understood what he meant and opened his mouth to say, "This is different. The underworld has its own rules." But before he could say it, he swallowed back these naive words.

Seeing that he remained silent, Cheng Xian patted his shoulder again and said, "Brother, I figured out a truth a long time ago. That is, people can't guess what wild dogs are thinking, nor can they leave their own decisions to wild dogs... You are human, but they are not!"

Wang Wen clasped his hands together as if realizing something and said, "I understand. I will think about it carefully. Thank you for your guidance, brother." This guy's logic is as rough as his others.

But the essence of the truth is as brilliant as this guy's connotation.

Wang Wen...benefited a lot!
Cheng Xian finally smiled: "I'm glad you understand."

Wang Wen's face changed, and he laughed strangely, "Tsk tsk tsk," and said, "I really need my son Ergou to learn from you, Brother Xian, what a confidant is!"

"Screw you."

Cheng Xian smiled angrily and slapped his head sideways: "You disrespectful brat!"

The two of them separated, and Wang Wen walked towards his own dormitory, his expression gradually becoming heavy.

This is not a easy matter to handle!

……

It is no coincidence.

Just when a small meeting was held in the Yangzhou Dusi Tianjian Yamen.

The leaders of the White Lotus Sect in Yangzhou City were also holding a meeting in the main hall of a secluded residence.

The main hall was not big, with only one light as dim as a bean. About seven or eight people sat in two rows. Everyone was covered in a black robe and various opera masks. Only a pair of eyes, some sinister and some green, flashed in the dim candlelight.

"The situation is not favorable for us."

The majestic black-robed man sitting at the upper right spoke first. On his head was a black-faced Cao Cao. "If we don't kill the snake, it will surely strike back. From now on, the Yangzhou Astronomical Observatory will do its utmost to eliminate us. For the sake of the Holy Church and the Holy Mother, if you have any countermeasures, please feel free to speak up!"

After a brief silence, the lean, black-robed man with the yellow-faced crouching tiger arhat mask sitting at the upper left said calmly, "Zhao Zhiling is new here and hasn't established himself yet. How can he find us among the tens of thousands of people in Yangzhou? How easy is that?"

The many black-robed people in the room turned their heads silently and looked over.

"Subduing Tiger Arhat" remained motionless, unfazed, and continued in his indifferent tone, "The Beggars' Sect has been shattered. The only people in Yangzhou who could endanger our safety and undermine the Holy Religion's plans are the Cao Gang!"

Everyone averted their gazes and lowered their brows.

Cao Cao, standing at the top right, said in a deep voice, "The Cao Gang is not to be trifled with, and Huang Tianba is certainly not someone to be trifled with. The Judge's death is a warning. If they provoke us again, we may not be able to escape from here alive... Let's not talk about this again!"

Damn it, he got beaten in the face last night, and now he’s doing it again today?

You're as narrow-minded as a needle, right?

"Everyone..."

After another brief silence, a slender figure with a Zhong Kui face on the right spoke calmly, "Since removing the fuel from under the cauldron doesn't work, why not try luring the tiger away from the mountain?"

Everyone in the room looked over again.

"Zhong Kui" glanced around and said with a hint of a smile: "Don't the Astronomical Bureau like to slay demons and eliminate evil? Let them slay, let them eliminate... As long as they are busy, we will be at peace, and the great plan of the Holy Religion can be implemented smoothly!"

Everyone looked thoughtfully at "Cao Cao" in the upper right corner.

Cao Cao stared intently at the Tiger Subduing Arhat across from him, and nodded calmly and forcefully, "We can give it a try!"

The "Subduing Tiger Arhat" stared at him for a long time, slowly lowered his eyelids, and said softly: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)