Chapter 41 Liu Ruyi
Wang Liufu is a frustrated man.
Although he acted as if he didn't care, the words he said before leaving still exposed his true colors.
This outer sect elder of Mo Shuang Mountain appears very glorious in front of ordinary people, but the pain in his heart is no less than that of ordinary people.
He said that he was a true disciple of Cha Sanbao, one of the three great elders of Mo Shuang Mountain. He should have been the core of the sect, but now he has fallen to the outer sect and served as a manager.
It can be seen that he also has a story that he doesn't want to tell others.
As far as Jiang Xia knew, there were only thirty or so genuine cultivators in that small sect in Mo Shuang Mountain, but the internal fighting was so fierce, which really opened his eyes.
The fighting between these monks is no less than that between ordinary people.
This was like a tiger in troubled waters, and ended up being stepped on by Ruyifang by accident. After all, he was a cultivator, and had a rather arrogant mentality, and was instigated by Jiang Xia to get angry.
The revenge will be even more intense.
The day after Wang Liufu left, a written order depriving the thirteen outer disciples of Mo Shuang Mountain of their identities and an obituary sent back to Fengyang County by a carrier pigeon landed on the desk of the owner of Ruyifang.
The owner of the temple was named Liu Ruyi.
This name was well chosen, representing his father's earnest expectations for him. Giving him the name of his own family business was also a declaration of his inheritance rights.
Liu Ruyi is in his thirties and in his prime. Since taking over the business from his father ten years ago, he has worked hard to expand the business of Ruyifang.
He monopolized the mining business of Fengming State and was good at manipulating the officials in the imperial court, eventually creating a generation of wealthy merchants and consortium.
In the mortal world of Ku Mu Realm, doing business to this extent is almost the limit for a businessman. If you want to go one step further, you must have more than just money.
You have to seize the opportunity to truly achieve a leap in identity and class.
A businessman with only money will be regarded as a fat pig in the eyes of the powerful wherever he goes. Before he can truly seize power, Ruyifang must keep a low profile and bide his time to avoid being targeted by those with ulterior motives.
Liu Ruyi understands this principle very well.
Unfortunately, he understands.
It doesn’t mean that everyone in the Liu family understands.
"Snapped"
The crisp sound of a slap rang out in Liu Ruyi's study, which was decorated in a low-key manner but luxurious on the inside.
With the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, Liu Bao, who was wearing a scholar's robe but had a bit of banditry and was spoiled since childhood, was kicked hard to the ground.
This second-generation rich man, respected by outsiders as "Master Bao", was slapped twice and kicked by his eldest brother who always loved him. He was completely stunned. This guy, who still had a good appearance, just collapsed on the ground.
He leaned against the exquisite crane-billed incense burner , covering his swollen cheek with one hand, his eyes wide open, at a loss.
The expensive fan, which was elegant and worth a hundred gold coins, was ruthlessly stepped on by Liu Ruyi, and the fan bones were broken. Bao Ye felt so distressed when he saw it.
This fan was made by an old craftsman who served the royal family. It took him a lot of effort.
"Why didn't you tell me about the star array?"
Liu Ruyi was wearing a black robe and had a beautiful bun.
He was a little thin and looked sinister.
But with this outfit, he looks more like an elegant scholar than Liu Bao, who looks like a bandit.
But at this moment, those eyes, which were always smiling, were filled with anger that had nowhere to vent, like a completely enraged beast, staring at his own brother who was lying limp on the ground.
This was an attitude Liu Ruyi had never shown in front of Liu Bao. The coldness from his brother that seemed to want to devour anyone frightened Bao Ye so much that he trembled all over.
He probably knew that he had caused trouble, so he could only keep silent.
"boom"
Another kick was thrown, hitting Bao Ye right in the heart. The pain made him roll over on the ground twice. Unable to bear the pain any longer, he screamed.
But before he could howl a few times, he saw his brother squatting down, grabbing him by the collar and slapping him again.
The slap made Bao Ye's cheek numb.
There were also some bloodstains on my brother's hands. He was really angry.
"Let me ask you, why didn't you tell me about the star array that was dug out of the Fengshan Mine? Why did you keep it a secret?"
Liu Ruyi stared at his good-for-nothing brother, his cowardly eyes that looked strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He asked in a hoarse voice, enunciating each word:
"Who gave you the idea?"
"I, I thought of it myself..."
Bao Ye still had some sense of loyalty and did not dare to look his brother in the eye. He could only lower his head and spoke softly.
"Snapped"
Another slap came.
"You? You are such a loser, how dare you use the Star Array?"
Liu Ruyi said coldly:
"I'm going to ask you one last time, who gave you this idea? Tell me!"
"Yes, it's Liu Zhu, my personal advisor."
Bao Ye felt his brother's murderous intent, he shook his body, and finally told the truth, saying:
"Liu Zhu told me.
He said that our family was being targeted by the old king, and he had specially sent Old Dog to look into our affairs. He also said that big brother, you're already very tired from holding on out there, and he encouraged me to do something for the family as well.
That star formation came just in time.
As long as we open it, if we find the spiritual world, we can present it to the Immortal Alliance in exchange for a hundred generations of happiness and look down upon kings and princes.
Even if we can't find the spiritual world, but find an ordinary secret place, as long as we manage it carefully, we can leave a way out for our family in case your big plan fails.
No matter how poor our family is, we can always retreat to that secret realm.
Just as free and easy.
You won’t suffer any loss anyway.”
Seeing that Master Bao finally told the truth, Liu Ruyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up, pulled up his good-for-nothing brother, and reached out to brush the dust off his body.
His tone became as gentle as usual.
explain:
"Well said, if I didn't know the inside story, I would be moved even if I heard these words.
It’s really not my brother’s fault that he couldn’t handle it.
But as the head of the Liu family, I didn't know that there was such a resourceful person in our family. Tell me, where is Liu Zhu now?"
Seeing his brother calm down, Bao Ye did not dare to relax at all. When he heard Liu Ruyi's question, Bao Ye lowered his head in shame and whispered as low as a mosquito:
"He ran away. He ran away the night the Star Array was opened, and his family was taken away with him."
"Run away? You ran well."
Liu Ruyi shook his head. He stretched out his finger, tapped Liu Bao's chest, and said:
"Father taught us since we were young that people's hearts are hidden and we should not trust others easily. But you are so good that you did not discuss such an important matter with me, but instead listened to the opinion of an outsider.
I know, brother.
I know you have always wanted to do something to show off to me, and I also know that you are a man with great ambitions but little talent, so I promised you some land and gave you hundreds of people to manage it.
Isn't this enough for you to display?
You're really using your ambition in the wrong place. These past few days, you've been sending people to search all over Fengyang County like crazy, just to find out where Liu Zhu is.
Right?"
Master Bao nodded.
He felt that his brother was not in a good state today, so he became more afraid to speak.
"Come, I'll tell you."
Liu Ruyi took a step back with a smile, and reached out to grasp something on the desk behind him. Because of his body blocking the view, Liu Bao didn't see his brother's movements, so he took a step forward.
The next moment, the abbot grabbed the paperweight in his hand and smashed it on Bao Ye's forehead as if he was swinging a weapon.
Blood splattered everywhere, and amid Bao Ye's wailing, he was knocked to the ground, covering his forehead as blood gushed out of the wound uncontrollably.
"That's Governor Hong's man!"
Liu Ruyi was like crazy, shouting:
"That's the person that Old Dog Hong stuffed into your life! Don't you have any brains? Don't you have any self-awareness?
Can't you see that it's such a simple plot to sow discord?
In Fengshan, a remote place, a valuable thing like the Star Array was suddenly dug out. Don’t you have any doubts?
Why don’t you think about it!
Why would anyone with a bit of ambition and talent hang out with a loser like you?"
"Crash"
Liu Ruyi picked up the thirteen documents on the table that deprived him of his discipleship and scattered them everywhere. Amid the flying papers, Liu Ruyi gasped and said in a difficult tone:
"Without the protection of Mo Shuangshan, how can a merchant like me fight against Governor Hong? If you do something like this and provoke the anger of the monks again, my family will be destroyed and exterminated!
My Liu family has worked hard for a hundred years to build this foundation, but now it is all destroyed in your hands!"
Liu Bao was originally wailing because of the headache.
After listening to his elder brother's explanation of the whole story, he realized that all this was a murder trap set by Governor Hong, and that he had stepped into it and brought upon himself a terrible disaster.
The pain in my head seemed to have dulled a little.
His eyes widened, his face covered in blood, and he shouted again:
"Brother! Aren't you still a disciple of Mo Shuang Mountain? Wang Liufu doesn't have the power to take your identity away. We still have our ancestors . As long as our ancestors are still alive, how dare Hong Laogou kill us?
As long as our family still has the secret technique of prospecting, as long as we still have that group of spiritual miners.
In Fengming Country, no one except us can mine spiritual minerals. Unless the immortal masters condescend to mine, they still have to rely on us!"
"Get out! Get out!"
When Liu Ruyi heard Liu Bao's shouting, he became even more annoyed and threw the blood-stained paperweight in his hand away, scaring Bao Ye so much that he ran away with his hands covering his forehead.
The study was a mess. Liu Ruyi took a few deep breaths and sat back in his chair.
Anger comes quickly and goes away quickly.
Especially the pressure of exterminating the entire family made his mind work rapidly. It was true that Liu Bao was a waste, but the words he shouted when he ran out just now made the irritable Liu Ruyi feel a little moved.
really.
Ruyifang has come this far not relying on the protection of its ancestors.
His family does have the blood of Elder Liu Chu from Mo Shuang Mountain, but that was more than two hundred years ago.
Our ancestors had no place at the beginning.
The reason why he was able to obtain the status of a disciple was because of the ancestor's remembrance of his Taoist partner. His ancestor lived for more than three hundred years and was not someone who cared about his family.
Even the second generation ancestors were driven out of Mo Shuang Mountain because they had no spiritual roots. Those old monsters had practiced for hundreds of years and didn't care about their human kinship at all.
Liu Ruyi looked at the paper on the table in front of her, looked at the seal Wang Liufu had made on the letter, and narrowed her eyes.
His good-for-nothing younger brother had done something wrong, but several days had passed since the incident and there had been no news from Mo Shuang Mountain, let alone any cultivators coming to kill and destroy the family.
This shows that the monks there probably don’t know about this yet.
Wang Liufu must have concealed it.
If the fat monk really wanted to use Mo Shuang Mountain to punish the Liu family, the Liu family would naturally not be able to escape the disaster of being exterminated, but Wang Liufu himself was not clean either.
He failed to supervise properly and he has to bear the consequences of the mess he caused.
Wang Liufu and his master's lineage had already been marginalized in Mo Shuang Mountain, with no sense of existence at all. If he caused any trouble again, his already bleak future in cultivation would be completely cut off.
It may even implicate his master in investigating the Three Treasures.
Although the Mo Shuang Mountain Sect has only more than thirty cultivators and can be considered to be in decline, there are still many people eyeing the position of an elder.
It makes sense.
Taking this loss in silence is the best option for Wang Liufu.
But the document depriving him of his identity showed that he could not swallow this humiliation.
That greedy and inferior cultivator who was squeezed out by the sect's struggle, is now showing off and planning to settle the grudge on his own?
OK!
Liu Ruyi blinked.
Although the possible revenge from Wang Liufu, a cultivator in the realm of truth, was also a headache, as long as the matter did not involve the Mo Shuang Mountain Sect, his worries would be reduced by half.
However, before launching a counterattack, he still had to go to Mo Shuang Mountain and kneel down to pay homage to his ancestors.
Don't ask him for help.
Just for the sake of blood, he should first maintain his obedient impression in the immortal sect, and then follow the path of Brother Song Fan, the direct disciple of the ancestor.
Try to minimize the impact of this incident on the cooperative relationship between Ruyifang and Moshuangshan.
As long as I can maintain the relationship with the immortal sect, I will give them as much as they want!
Well, I hope the immortals can have some dignity and not ask for too much...
