Chapter 1017: The Red King's Transmission of Virtue (12)
After Wu Wenyuan finished speaking, he turned his attention to the long-faced white man on the ground, the former leader of the Sanyang Society.
The long-faced white man lowered his eyes upon hearing this, shrinking timidly, not daring to look directly at Wu Wenyuan, and only whispered: "The man behind the scenes is definitely not someone we can afford to offend... Uncle Wu, you know a little less, it's good for you and our Sanyang Society-"
"Good for everyone?!" Wu Wenyuan laughed at the tone of the 'long-faced white man's words. He glared at the 'long-faced white man' and said sternly, "You almost killed all the remaining ten people in the Sanyang Society before!
What are you still saying, it's good for everyone?!
I think you don't reveal the person behind the scenes, it's for your own good!
Did you make a secret oath with the person behind the scenes-if you reveal the identity of that person, the secret oath will cost you your life?"
As soon as Wu Wenyuan said this , the kneeling 'white long-faced man' immediately burst into tears, and nodded repeatedly, saying: "That's right, Uncle Wu, if I reveal the identity of that person, I will die under the secret oath - I will die miserably!
Uncle Wu, please forgive me, please forgive me this time!"
Looking at the 'white long-faced man' with a pale face, snot and tears flowing down, who looked quite miserable, Wu Wenyuan's hand holding the sharp knife tightened: "You made a secret oath with others, you must have been seduced by others first -"
"Yes, yes, yes!
It was all the other party who seduced me, it was all the other party who seduced me, I couldn't resist the temptation for a while, so I made a big mistake - Uncle Wu, only this time, please forgive me this time!" 'White long-faced man said following Wu Wenyuan's words.
Wu Wenyuan shook his head and sneered: "When you were twelve years old, your parents starved to death due to famine. I found you and raised you carefully. You have grown up to become the incense master of the "Sanyang Society"!
I have always taught you that you cannot bend in the face of power, wealth and honor, and poverty and humbleness cannot change!
Others can seduce you with just a little trick and disregard the lives of the brothers in the Sanyang Society - I taught you in vain, I taught you in vain!
You were seduced by others, but have you ever thought about the brothers behind you? !
Now that you have made a big mistake, you blame others for seducing you. Why is it not you - is it not your own weak will, and you are fickle?!"
Ripples appeared on the translucent soul of the old man.
These ripples continued to spread, causing his soul to become distorted - Bai Changlian, who was kneeling on the ground, was even more frightened when he saw his appearance, and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy!
Swish!
At this moment, Wu Wenyuan suddenly reached out and grabbed one of the arms of ‘Bai Changmian’, and pressed his five fingers to the ground. He raised the knife tightly in his other hand and slashed it!
The five fingers of ‘Bai Changmian’ that were pressed to the ground were cut off by this knife!
Blood gushed out like a spring!
"Ah!" ‘Bai Changmian’ screamed miserably.
He was completely imprisoned by Su Wu's will energy, his whole body was shaking violently, and his face turned pale!
"Let me ask you!
Who instructed you?
What benefits did the person behind the scenes give you?!" Wu Wenyuan dragged the other arm of ‘Bai Changmian’ in front of him. The blood on the knife in his hand was not dry yet, and his face was full of rage, which made ‘Bai Changmian’ terrified!
‘Bai Changlian’ endured such severe pain, and seeing Uncle Wu’s expression, he threw all the consequences of violating the ‘secret oath’ behind his mind, and said tremblingly: “It was ‘Hong Ai’—it was ‘Hong Ai’ who ordered me!
If I don’t listen to her, Hongyu will die—Uncle Wu, I know I was wrong, I—”
Before he finished speaking, the thick and gloomy smell of incense burst out from his body!
Wisps of illusory and sinister purple-black flames suddenly emanated from the pores of his skin, and in the blink of an eye, they burned all his clothes. His face became distorted in the flames, and the flames filled with sinister and resentful auras suddenly turned back, penetrated his skin membrane, and penetrated into his flesh and blood texture, and his internal organs——
"Ahhh——"
Wu Wenyuan watched the strange and sinister flames burning around the 'white-faced man'. He was stunned and reached out to do something, but he didn't know how to stop the spread of the purple-black flames!
Wow!
At this moment, the energy of Su Wuyi that imprisoned the 'white-faced man' suddenly turned into a group of red and white firewood, which suddenly covered the purple-black flames around the 'white-faced man', and in a moment, the sinister and resentful flames were burned into nothingness!
The last wisp of purple-black flame went out above the 'white-faced man's head.
A faint sound came from the flame that suddenly went out. Most people present could not hear it clearly, and the last wisp of purple-black flame disappeared.
But the sound was caught by Su Wu and fell into his mind——
"My dear!"
The female voice was full of joy.
"Resentful fire..." Su Wu looked at the trembling 'White Long Face' with a blank expression, "Where did you come into contact with 'Hong Ai'? Who is Hong Yu?
Why did she ask you to kill the brothers of Sanyang Society?"
Under Su Wu's questioning, 'White Long Face' did not hide anything, did not resist, and told everything he knew.
His will was very weak, and Su Wu's words could have a huge impact on him, making him involuntarily tell the truth: "Hong Yu is the prostitute I hired in 'Zui Xiang Lou'...
It was also in that Zui Xiang Lou that I came into contact with 'Hong Ai Society' through 'Hong Yu'.
Hongyu was originally a concubine of a gentry family. She fell in love with the teacher hired by her family at first sight. The two agreed to elope on a certain night. Unexpectedly, the teacher did not show up at the agreed place on that night. After she went there alone, she was caught by a group of robbers and raped. After that, she was sold to Zuixianglou after traveling to several counties.
She lived in Zuixianglou from then on. After gradually getting familiar with the environment, she talked with the prostitutes around her and found that everyone had similar life stories. They all fell in love with the young men at first sight, and then secretly decided to spend their lives together and agreed to elope together at night. At this time, Hongyu realized that she had been fooled by the so-called "teacher".
The teacher and the robber who raped her were probably in the same group.
Maybe it was one of the masked robbers who raped her.
She developed hatred due to love, and fear due to hatred. After that, she gradually came into contact with the "Red Ai Society" through other prostitutes, vowed to die with the unfaithful man, and was absorbed into the Red Ai Society.
I felt sorry for her at that time, so I often visited her.
After a while, I fell in love with her...
I felt sorry for her misfortune, so one day after getting drunk, I also worshipped the "Red Ai" with her.
Hong Ai showed miracles and displayed various means, which shocked me greatly. Therefore, I was impulsive and agreed to help her kill the disciples of the "White Lotus Sect". As long as I killed a White Lotus Sect member, she would give me 100 taels of gold and a beautiful woman..."
"Just for 100 taels of gold and a beautiful woman, you want to harm your brother who has been through life and death with you?" Su Wu asked.
'White Long Face' suddenly raised his head, looked at Wu Wenyuan who shook his head and sighed, and then looked at Su Wu, and said in a low voice: "I'm about to be discovered! Uncle Wu will soon find out that I have embezzled the remaining gold and silver of the Sanyang Society to visit prostitutes!
Everyone can no longer afford to eat, and is so poor that they can't even open the pot, but I secretly take the money from the society to visit prostitutes every night. If Uncle Wu finds out, he will not let me go, and the other brothers in the society will definitely hate me!
Anyway, the position of the incense master is not stable, so I want to end it all.
If I get thousands of gold and hold a beautiful woman, where in the world can't I go? !
Anti-Qing and Restoration of Ming, Anti-Qing and Restoration of Ming, I keep talking about Anti-Qing and Restoration of Ming all day long - what's the use of Anti-Qing and Restoration of Ming? ! I have lived such a hard life since I was a child, worried about going against the government, tightening my belt to live, just to anti-Qing and restoration of Ming, anti-Qing and restoration of Ming, what good will it do me? Can I get thousands of gold and a few beauties? !
I don't want to do it anymore!
I don't want to do it anymore! "
This 'white long-faced man' kept muttering, pouring out all the truth hidden in his heart.
Su Wu looked around. Although the people of the Sanyang Society hated the former incense master, some of his remarks on the goal of 'overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty' also made everyone silent.
Just as 'white long-faced man' said, everyone has been running around for the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty all day long, living in fear and uncertainty. They are probably tired, especially when there is no hope in such a cause, the despair in their hearts is getting heavier. Now everyone in the Sanyang Society has a string in their hearts.
But I don't know when this string will break.
Now, relying on the prestige of Wu Wenyuan and other Sanyang Society backbone elders, they can still gather people's hearts, but prestige cannot be used as food. Once everyone can no longer bear the difficulties of life and the hardship of survival, the string in their hearts will break in an instant, and the Sanyang Society will scatter like birds and beasts.
Wu Wenyuan listened to the words of 'Bai Changlian', who had been with him since he was a teenager and cultivated by him with all his efforts until now. His face became more and more gloomy. Looking at the reactions of the Sanyang Society around him, he lowered his head and stared at his feet, without any thoughts flashing in his brain.
"Where is Hongyu now?" Su Wu asked 'Bai Changlian' again.
"Hongyu is naturally in the Zuixianglou in Qingzhou." When mentioning this prostitute, 'Bai Changlian' looked a little dazed.
"If not through Hongyu, do you have a way to establish contact with Hongai?" Su Wu asked, "Why did Hongai ask you to kill the White Lotus Sect members? Is there a rift between the Hong Ai Society and the White Lotus Sect?"
"Only a formal member like Hongyu can get in touch with the 27th generation 'Yuanmei Hongai'. As an outsider, I have no way to take the initiative to contact 'Hongai'.
The rituals for communicating with Hongai are also extremely terrifying. One must cut one's wrists, stain the 'marriage certificate' with one's own blood, and drink the ashes of one's own hair... If it weren't for the hair and blood of a person like Hongyu who was afraid of love, I'm afraid Hongai wouldn't be able to be persuaded...
Why did Hongai ask me to kill the White Lotus Sect members...I don't know either. I have never heard of any rift between the Hong Ai Society and the White Lotus Sect before. In fact, the Hong Ai Society and the White Lotus Sect's 'Mingzun Sect' were very close and had mutual integration. "Bai Changlian answered in a low voice.