Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 61: Accumulating good karma, logically speaking, should be feudal superstition
The sky was slightly gloomy.
In a small town, Li Si was sitting in a restaurant having morning tea, holding a copper coin in his hand, calculating how much he could spend it.
At this time, a man walked in from the door of the restaurant holding a knife. He walked straight into the restaurant, came to Li Si's table, put the knife on the table, and sat down.
Li Si raised his eyebrows and paused his hand that was playing with the coin.
It should be said that his intuition was quite good. On the way here, he always felt that the journey would not peaceful. Now, before he even arrived, trouble came knocking on his door.
"If you are here to arrest me," Li Si said, looking at the man in front of him , "this is a little too blatant."
The person sitting in front of him at this time was Yan Tingzhi.
The black-clad constable listened to Li Si's words, and the beard on his lips trembled, but his face remained serious. He silently picked up the tea on Li Si's table and poured himself a cup.
Li Si pursed his lips and said helplessly: "Do you all like to take things without asking?"
This is the case with Banjiexian and Yan Tingzhi. Why do they always drink his wine without asking any questions?
However, he seemed to be the person in this world who had the least right to say this, because he himself was the best at taking things without asking.
After drinking the tea, Yan Tingzhi put the teacup on the table, lowered his brows, and said after thinking for a while.
"I want you to help me catch someone."
His brows were furrowed, and it was obvious that he didn't want Li Si to help him. After all, Li Si was a thief and he was an official.
But in the current situation, he has no choice, and Li Si is deeply involved in this matter.
"Catch someone?" Li Si was stunned. He didn't expect Yan Tingzhi to ask him for help, and this kind of help.
"You owed me something last time, and this time I'll repay you." Yan Tingzhi put his hands on the table and said lightly.
Li Si naturally understood that he was talking about the incident with Bai Yaoer before. He laughed out loud, picked up the dry biscuit on the table and took a bite.
"Don't worry, it's rare that you ask me for help, so I will naturally agree to it. However, if you want me to help you catch someone, you have to let me know who you want to catch first, right?"
Yan Tingzhi was silent for a while at the table. After a while, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Si and said.
"Speaking of which, this matter is also related to you."
Li Si ate the cake, frowned in confusion, and asked incoherently.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know why I'm the only one who came to arrest you this time?" Yan Tingzhi looked at the knife on the table and let out a faint breath.
"Because the court is short of manpower?" Li Si guessed casually.
Unexpectedly, Yan Tingzhi actually nodded.
"That's true. Not long after you left the prison last time, someone escaped from the prison. The palace's masters failed to stop him, so the emperor had to send more people to catch him."
Li Si stopped eating and his brows tightened unconsciously because he began to understand the seriousness of the matter.
Of course he knew that among those imprisoned in that prison, few were good people.
"The reason why the emperor suppressed the news of your escape from prison this time is probably because of that person," Yan Tingzhi continued.
"Because if that person escapes, it will have a great impact on the reputation of the court. And if he is allowed to wander around, it will be very dangerous."
The imperial court had imprisoned that man for more than 20 years but still failed to kill him, and in the end he even escaped. Some people will definitely say that this was a failure of the imperial court.
So the emperor suppressed the news of the matter and sent people to hunt him down overnight.
But Yan Tingzhi understood that the longer this news was suppressed, the greater the harm would be. After all, the emperor was young and had been in the court all year round, so he did not have a deep understanding of the affairs of the world.
It would be difficult to capture that person with the people sent by the court, and they might even suffer backlash.
Therefore, Yan Tingzhi came to find Li Si. The best explanation to the world would be to get rid of the scourge as soon as possible.
At this time, Li Si had already put down the cake in his hand. His expression became less casual, and he looked at Yan Tingzhi seriously.
"We escaped from prison one after the other. Aren't you afraid that I might be implicated with that person?"
"I know what kind of person you are." Yan Tingzhi looked straight at Li Si and said without any hesitation.
"You wouldn't do such a thing, but this matter does have something to do with you."
If Li Si had not disrupted the Heavenly Prison, the man would not have been able to escape.
After a while.
Li Si, who was sitting at the table, nodded and asked directly.
"What's his name, and what do you want me to do?"
Since this matter is related to him, he will take responsibility.
Speaking of that person, Yan Tingzhi narrowed his eyes, lowered his voice, and spoke slowly.
"His name is Yin Wuli. He was a murderer several decades ago. Few people know his origins and background. All they know is that he practices Shaolin bodybuilding and a breath-holding internal skill. It is not true that he is very strong or fast. However, his flesh and blood, which is like dry bones, is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is not susceptible to water or fire.
When he first appeared in the martial arts world, he already looked like an old man. He liked killing people and killed them at will. In just a few years, he had made enemies with many sects.
However, no one had ever been able to take him down, because even if he was placed in a deep pool, he could walk out by himself, and he could remain unharmed even if burned by fire. He could even go without food and survive only on his internal energy.
He was a very difficult person to deal with. For a long time, neither the imperial court nor the underworld could do anything about him, until Young Master Baiyun, Jiang Lian'er, used some grappling techniques to tie him up and sent him to the Heavenly Prison.
But the court didn't know how to deal with this man, so someone suggested that he be locked up in a cell, deprived of food and water, and left to fend for himself. The emperor agreed. He was kept in prison for more than 20 years. People thought he would be worn out to death, but he escaped again. "
After saying this, Yan Tingzhi poured himself another cup of tea.
"You should have heard about the recent chest-piercing murder incident in Jianghu, right?"
Li Si was still thinking about how to deal with such a troublesome situation. When he heard Yan Tingzhi's words, he responded subconsciously.
"Yeah, I've heard of it, what's the matter?"
"That's what he did." Yan Tingzhi said while holding up his teacup: "This morning, I received news that Taoist Master Zhong Nanji of the Taishan Sect also died at his hands..."
Li Si's expression paused for a moment, then he fell silent.
Because if that's true, the mistake he made this time was really too big .
It should be big enough to wipe out all the good deeds he has accumulated over the years.
It seems that this time he not only has to give an explanation to the court, but also to the underworld.
