Chapter 31: This Life of a Man
If you are strong enough, you might as well be more tolerant.
Because no matter how powerful a person is, he cannot be enemies of everyone.
But under no circumstances can we be ignorant.
Because people in the world do not know who is a friend, and they must not know who the enemy is.
Not many people are qualified to communicate with Cao Hong and know enough insider information. Excluding Zhang Han and Xu Luan, who are absolutely unsuspected, are Ge Shulan, Du Zi Teng and Lao Guo.
Zhang Xiao couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
In the backyard of the security yamen, the bonfire is burning.
Guo Qiwei's face was shining under the jumping flames.
Zhang Xiao sat opposite him and was staring at him.
The others were sent away by Zhang Xiao, and Zhang Han and Xu Lu'an were signing the house. One was responsible for taking care of Bai Zongchang and preventing him from dying, and the other was looking at the ninth son of the prime minister's mansion.
"Director Cao was plotted to have a stroke." Zhang Xiao suddenly said: "People are lying in my box office."
"Ah!" Lao Guo was startled and thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again: "What did you say?"
Zhang Xiao said: "Old Cao suffered a stroke and Jin San'er died. Xu Lu'an now has the highest position in the public security yamen. In fact, you and me are the ones who have the final say."
"How could Director Cao suffer a stroke?" Guo Qiwei couldn't believe it.
Zhang Xiao said: "I was plotted against by the demons of the Great Ritan Sect. Those demons are very good at Yin God and evil magic, and are specialized in breaking the soul of the strange man's sea of consciousness."
Lao Guo asked, "Didn't Lord Cao go to interrogate the female Western bandit? How could he meet the demon of the Great Ritan Sect?"
Zhang Xiao asked back: "At this time, isn't he supposed to search for the demons of the Daritan Sect in the city? Why did he suddenly remember to interrogate the female Western bandit?"
Lao Guo's expression darkened, he was silent for a while, and said, "In fact, someone specifically reported the female Western bandit to Lord Cao."
Zhang Xiao looked at him and asked, "Why did that person do this?"
Lao Guo sighed, lowered his head and looked at him without saying a word, "Mr. Cao has great kindness to that person, so the person feels guilty and cannot bear to see him keep in the dark."
Zhang Xiao said: "He did this but instead caused Lord Cao to be hit by a demon and plotted to have a stroke and stayed in bed."
"Mr. Cao is still alive?" Lao Guo asked.
Zhang Xiao nodded and said, "Lying behind."
"Brother Zhang Xiao, can I go and see the adults?" he asked cautiously.
No matter how stupid a person is, he will suspect that Cao Hong's stroke is probably related to Zhang Xiao. And Lao Guo has never been a stupid person.
"A lot of things happened tonight. You know I did something I shouldn't do." Zhang Xiao said: "It's not a trivial matter to break Bai Zongchang's leg. I originally planned to let Shuai Shuai's nephew take the blame, but now there is a more suitable candidate. Lao Cao can actually stay out of the matter."
"Xu Lu'an is just a new arrival, how could he take such a big blame?"
Guo Qiwei smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, Lord Cao has long complained about some of your actions. After Xu Shuai led his army into the city, Lord Cao was a little uneasy. He and Chen Xinfeng were both kings of Han, and they didn't want any changes in the Bai family moving to Chang'an."
"Did Cao Hong know about Shibaxing smuggling the raw stone mine?"
"It should be learned from Lord Chen." Guo Qiwei said: "The plan to trap Peking University is a consensus among ASEAN masters. If Bai Zongyuan, the tiger, was forced out of the mountains, will not give up. The two major yamen of public security and academic management shoulder heavy responsibilities. The 18th smuggling of raw stones really made the adults feel uneasy."
Raw stones are stones that contain strong radiation energy and are transformed into glass. For ordinary people, the harm is far greater than the benefits. But for strangers, it is the most important resource for cultivation. Absorbing the energy of the raw stones during meditation and practice has significant effects on the growth of the soul form and the development of soul skills.
So this thing is definitely the hard currency of this era.
The output of raw stones in the north is extremely low, and it has long relied on several major raw stone production areas such as the southeast and northwest to supply daily needs. Since the implementation of the three giants of the Holy ASEAN, the Yiren family in the north have been greatly affected. As the lord of Fengyang City, the Bai family was the first to be affected. Seeing that Bai Zongyuan was forced to relocate with his family, Zhang Xiao built a rough stone smuggling channel at this juncture, which would definitely not cause dissatisfaction among all parties.
"He will not be uneasy in the future." Zhang Xiao stood up and said, "It's not a day or two that Cao Datou has any opinions about me. I know that he has secretly investigated the smuggling of the raw stones, but he can't do anything without evidence. Last time you asked me, Cao Datou, to personally ask how the female Western bandits would respond, I knew that someone in the public security yamen communicated with him."
"Brother, I..."
"No need to say more, follow me to see Cao Datou." After Zhang Xiao said that, he led Guo Qiwei to the box office behind him.
Cao Hong was lying there, still in a state of possession of the soul, unable to speak or move, and could not even blink. No matter how Guo Qiwei called, he would not respond. If he hadn't breathed a sigh of relief, he would be no different from a dead person.
Seeing this, Guo Qiwei couldn't help but feel angry and cried, "Mr. Cao, it's your humble job that hurt you!" He cried loudly and regretted it.
Zhang Xiao looked at him expressionlessly, and when he calmed down, he said, "You don't have to be so sad. Lord Cao did not suffer any fatal injuries. With his recovery, he might wake up at any time."
"Can you still wake up?" Guo Qiwei stopped his sad voice, looked up at Zhang Xiao and asked, "Brother, do you take this seriously?"
"Well, I hope there is still some." Zhang Xiao nodded, changed his tone, and said sarcastically: "I have been with me for many years, but today I realized that Brother Guo is a good man with a strong character. Even Cao Mengxiong can't compare to your feelings for Cao Datou."
"Mr. Cao has great grace for me." Guo Qiwei said: "I owe him a life."
Zhang Xiao looked down at his toes and asked slowly: "Lingtang is still healthy recently? Did his sister-in-law commit suicide because of a few dou of rice? Your baby is four years old, is the cost of soul-photographing stone enough?"
Guo Qiwei suddenly froze, and then he looked ashamed: "Brother, I'm sorry to you." He sighed to the sky, his expression full of struggle, and finally he seemed to have made up his mind. He suddenly pressed the hilt of the knife and pulled the knife, and wiped it down at his neck without hesitation.
A tingling sound!
With a bent finger, the knife cuts and shocks!
Zhang Xiao withdrew his angry finger and said coldly: "How easy is it to die."
"I, I, I."
He stood there with a knife with only the hilt left, and he was at a loss. He said three times in a row but didn't know where to start.
"I never thought of letting you live before taking you into this sect." Zhang Xiao said: "Because you are the only one who knows why Cao Hong came to see me. After he became like this, Chen Xinfeng would never give up. Just a word about the demon of the Great Sun Altar Sect, I'm afraid I can't explain it. With the ability of the Supervisor, you can find you quickly."
"Since that's the case, why do you want to save me?" Guo Qiwei was puzzled.
"Of course it's because I think you deserve to live." Zhang Xiao said: "You committed suicide because you felt sorry for Cao Hong, and you didn't know how to face me. Two years ago, your mother was seriously ill. It was the prescription I asked Mr. Sanqian to save her life. If you say kindness, I will only be more kind to you than Cao Datou."
"Brother, I am afraid that I can only repay your great kindness to me in the next life." Guo Qiwei felt ashamed and suddenly knelt in front of Zhang Xiao.
"After Cao Hong came to Fengyang, the brothers of the Public Security Bureau lived a tight life. That's because Cao Datou was Guan Qingzheng's eyes were not tolerated, and Jin San'er was vicious and harsh in his geese to pull out his hair. In order to take care of Bai Zongchang's face, he turned a blind eye to Jin San'er."
Zhang Xiao said: "Cao Datou is an official, and his salary is a hundred times higher than that of his brothers. There are also silver coins for the filial piety of local officials. He can be honest and honest, but his brothers' salary is just a drop in the bucket. If he doesn't make any foreign money, he will be poor and unable to survive. His sister-in-law was forced by poverty and was unable to think about it for a moment and almost went to a dead end."
Guo Qiwei looked ashamed and sighed: "Mr. Cao did have flaws in dealing with Jin Saner, so he later made a fuss about his brothers getting silver coins for the month from the 18th line."
"He just opened the net, and you think it's so grateful. I have to take out real money to take care of my brothers' family every month, but you think it's the right thing to do. What's the reason?" Zhang Xiao suddenly kicked him over to the ground and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you still know the four words "gratitude, righteousness, integrity, and shame", you should have seen you break it."
"Oh, brother, I was wrong, I was really wrong." Guo Qiwei cried bitterly, sat up, stamped his feet and beat his chest and regretted it.
Zhang Xiao said, "You are willing to die, but I won't let you die." After a pause, he said, "If you die, how should your wife and children, and my mother live? In the end, it will fall on me?"
Guo Qiwei stopped all his movements, looked at Zhang Xiao blankly, and suddenly turned over, kowtowing on both knees.
At this point, Zhang Xiao knew that the man was completely impressed, so he pulled him up and asked, "Don't you want to die?"
"I was wrong." Guo Qiwei looked at Zhang Xiao and said.
"Well, only by knowing shame and being brave will you be worthy of being a good man I, Zhang Xiao."
"I'm so confused." Guo Qiwei said: "If I didn't say anything to him, he wouldn't have become like this."
Zhang Xiao said: "Cao Hong is a good person, but he is still a loyal official to the Han court. In his heart, we clerks are always a group of ordinary people, and even Jin Saner is not as good as Jin Saner, so it is not worth offending Jin Saner and Bai Zongchang for our fairness."
These words were intended to tell Guo Qiwei a reality: an official is an official, and an Yiren is an Yiren, and in his eyes you and I will always be just clerks and ordinary people.
Guo Qiwei nodded suddenly and said, "That's exactly what it is."
Zhang Xiao saw the result he wanted in his face.
Facing Chen Xinfeng, a secret spy in the censorship, it would be too inferior if he just killed someone to silence him. Zhang Xiao still has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't want to be stared at by the censor for the rest of his life. So the best way is to completely subdue Guo Qiwei and let him, Cao Datou's confidant, face Chen Xinfeng.
How to achieve this goal is a difficult problem. First of all, you have to determine whether it is worth taking risks.
A person can be conquered by force once, and a second time by stronger force. Such a person is not worth taking risks. Guo Qiwei is not afraid of death, and his force cannot be convinced. Such a person is worth a try, so Zhang Xiao will save his life when he chooses to commit suicide. He values kindness, so Zhang Xiao will use kindness to conquer him. Only in this way can he be willing to help himself deal with Chen Xinfeng's investigation.
"I have other things to do tonight." Zhang Xiao said: "Ahan's uncle is here to pick him up, I want to give him one."
"You go just to go, I'm here at the yamen." Guo Qiwei said: "If Chen Xinfeng comes to ask, I know what to say."
"You can't wait for him to ask, you have to send someone to inform him." Zhang Xiao said: "This way your words will have weight to him."
"I understand." Guo Qiwei admired and admired. Zhang Xiao was meticulous and meticulous, and he was beyond his ability.
"I settled the female Xi Bandit in the first room on the left." Zhang Xiao said: "Someone will come to rescue you later. Don't pay attention. When Chen Xinfeng asked, you said you were unconscious, and he would naturally associate Cao Hong's incident with that person."
Guo Qiwei asked, "No need to say it was the demon of the Great Ritan Sect who was in trouble?"
"This statement cannot stand scrutiny. Cao Hong is a five-level alien. There are probably not many demons from the Great Ritan Sect in the city who have this ability to make him like this. With the power of the Censorate, you can find it out soon." Zhang Xiao said: "Remember, no matter how Chen Xinfeng asks, don't deliberately excuse me for suspicion."
This is a very important point. Only when Guo Qiwei has no position or makes Chen Xinfeng feel his true position can his words be the most valuable. It is much easier to win the trust of a smart person by himself than the answer you guide him to find.
After all, Guo Qiwei is an experienced sheriff. He immediately understood Zhang Xiao’s profound meaning, agreed with him, and nodded to say yes.
"Brother Guo, starting tonight, I will change my lifestyle. I sincerely hope that you will be the same." Zhang Xiao said: "It is true that this is a world belonging to strange people, but we ordinary people don't even have the qualifications to be officials, but so what? We are also human beings, we have feelings, various needs, and we want our family and ourselves to live better. For this reason, you and I are not afraid of paying any price."
"I want to marry Bai Lingxiao, many people are not optimistic about it, because I am an ordinary person, and she is a famous genius in the alien world. Many people even jump out to stop him. Bai Zongchang is one, Hao Mengling is the same, even Cao Datou, but I just don't believe in evil. I just want this era to know that a toad can want to eat swan meat, and we ordinary people can also have dreams. Life is like a long time, and if we don't even have a dream, can we live a lifetime?"
"Brother Zhang, you said so well." Guo Qiwei said: "I lived twenty-seven years old. I only realized that I had wasted my time in the past. I only knew that I wasted my life with Guang, and lived in a daze. I never knew what I wanted in my life."
The brainwashing was successful. Zhang Xiao praised the essence of his chicken soup in his heart. As expected, the old saying goes, "There is no need to be a heavy hammer for the drums. People like Lao Guo who are thoughtful and thoughtful don't need to waste too much spit. As long as they are spoken to him, a few words can awaken his self-awareness.
Gratitude can make him a dead soldier, but the awakening of his thoughts can make him a like-minded comrade.
The difference is that the former passively accepts, while the latter actively integrates.
"You stay here and think slowly, I will take Zhang Han to Baofeng..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of lions and tigers roars coming from the north outside the city. To be precise, it was not heard, but felt.
After practicing magical transformation, his own spiritual power continued to increase and became more sensitive to the powerful spiritual energy of the outside world. He often heard strange sounds when he meditated, and at the same time, various soul images appeared in his mind. At first, he suspected that he had auditory hallucinations.
It was not until a few days ago that he suddenly felt that Bai Zongyuan had left the seclusion and that his soul turned into a white tiger god and wandered around the city that he realized that it was the ability to evolve from the divine transformation in practice.
There is no murderous aura in the lion's roar or tiger's roar, only a certain kind of excitement, satisfaction and tacit understanding.
As soon as I thought, I realized that it must be Xu Xiaojie's side had ended.
Chapter completed!