Chapter 103 The Red-haired Ghost Bows His Head (35)

"Brother Cao Zheng can fly into the sky and travel the earth, and travel through mountains and seas. It is truly enviable!"

Ruan Xiaoqi, Jiao Ting and Shi Qian were all extremely envious.

"Since I can't become my brother's ghost tamer, I'll just practice on my own! I'm also a rough man, but now I'm already a seventh-grade god-bearing master."

"Brother Zhishen, you are a man who is full but does not know the hunger of a hungry man. If I had this ability, why would I envy you? I can't read a single word, and I don't even know the shape of a shoulder pole when it falls down. How can you expect me to pretend to be an intellectual and to be a god?"

Ruan Xiaoqi felt extremely disappointed and extremely anxious.

What will happen if I don’t become stronger?

Our Xiaoqi has been no less than others throughout his life.

"Brother Xiaoqi, how many words do you think I can recognize? I can only read documents. Elder Zhizhen of Wenshu Temple in Wutai Mountain taught me the method of visualizing the angry eyes of the Vajra. I didn't practice it much, but I succeeded in conceiving a spirit and my realm improved automatically. If you can find a method of visualizing Yama, it will be the same."

"Ugh!"

Ruan Xiaoqi sighed, wondering where he could find that damn Yama visualization method.

"How about, when I have time, I will go ask Elder Zhizhen? I heard that the elder is a living Buddha of the present time, and knows the past and future. Last year when I left Mount Wutai, the elder gave me a passage of enlightenment."

"What's the secret?" Cao Jie asked curiously.

"The elder said: I rise when I meet a forest, I get rich when I meet a mountain, I prosper when I meet water, and I stop when I meet a river."

"Oh!"

Cao Jie nodded slightly. It was the same as the original novel. It was obvious that the Living Buddha Elder Zhizhen had not figured out himself either.

I couldn't help but feel at peace.

The crowd left Mount Tai and headed towards Liangshanpo.

At noon that day, they were less than a hundred miles away from Liangshan Lake.

"Brother, this weather is so hot and uncomfortable. It's not this hot at this time of year in previous years! It's really hot and I'm dying of anxiety."

Compared to other people, Jiao Ting's fat body is indeed hard to bear.

Cao Jie looked around and saw a dilapidated small temple in the woods, so he said, "Let's stop there and rest for two hours, eat and drink enough, then take a nap. We can continue our journey when the sun goes down and it's cooler."

"Very good!"

"Ugh!"

Cao Jie sighed again: "Last winter we had a snowstorm, and this year the weather is abnormal, so the harvest is bound to be poor. If the court still collects taxes like in previous years, I don't know how many people will be forced to death. Brother Zhishen, you are in Erlongshan, please pay more attention to the people nearby. In the future, when we start an uprising, we will have the support of the people."

"I know that I should protect the common people. If the landlords bring harm to the neighbors, let's see whether my Zen stick is harder or their heads are harder..."

Approaching the ruined temple, I saw that the main door had long been shattered, but fortunately the four walls were still intact. In the middle stood a stone Buddha wearing a Vairocana crown and a cassock. The clay sculptures of Bodhisattvas and Arhats around them had all returned to dust and had long since vanished.

Everyone stopped in their tracks. It turned out that on the stone altar, there was a big man sleeping naked.

The weather was hot, and the man made a pillow out of some rags and put it under his neck. He fell asleep on the altar, snoring loudly.

"Brother, wait a moment. I'll go wake him up."

Without waiting for Cao Jie to reply, Jiao Ting walked in, stretched out his hand, and shouted, "Wake up, man..."

Before his hand touched him, the big man continued snoring, but his eyes suddenly opened, and he jumped up and rushed towards Jiao Ting.

"scare!"

Jiao Ting's skills are all in wrestling and sumo, and he instinctively reached out to grab the big man.

"not good!"

The sleepy man was startled and felt something slippery on his hands. The other person's back was round like a big sphere, which completely drained away his strong strength.

The next second, the man's body flew off the ground. He thought he had the ability to take root, but he was still knocked over and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Ah!" With another somersault, the man did not fight, but quickly leaped towards his bag, where a machete was placed.

"Don't be alarmed, my good man!"

Cao Jie spoke up in time: "We were passing by here and were going to cool off in the temple, but I didn't expect my brother to be so rude and startled the hero."

"..."

The ugly man glanced at the few people and asked in a muffled voice, "Really?"

"real!"

Cao Jie already knew who the big man sleeping naked in the temple was.

He was all black flesh, with two black hairy legs tied up below, a broad purple face, a cinnabar mark on his temples, and a patch of red hair on top.

Of course, there was also a donkey-sized thing swinging between his legs.

He was holding a broadsword, but his brothers did not dare to be careless, especially Lu Zhishen, who was holding a water-ground Zen staff and looked intimidating.

"Never mind, do as you please."

Seeing that the opponent had more people and more power, the red-haired man stepped aside with his broadsword.

Cao Jie bowed and said, "I am Cao Jie from Yuncheng. My brothers and I are passing by here on our way back to Liangshanpo. I would like to ask your name, you hero."

"ah!"

The red-haired man's expression was touched, and he quickly asked, "Is it the King of Hell from Shandong, or the young Mengde from Yuncheng?"

Jiao Ting put his arms on his waist and said proudly: "It's my brother!"

"ah!"

The red-haired man threw away the broadsword in his hand and bowed his head, "Brother, I am Liu Tang from Dongluzhou. Because I have red hair on my face, I am called the Red-haired Ghost in Jianghu."

"Brother Liu Tang, that is Lu Zhishen, the Vajra Master of Erlong Mountain in Qingzhou, that is Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living Yama, that is Cao Zheng, the Ghost with the Knife, Jiao Ting, the Faceless Man, and Shi Qian, the Flea on the Drum."

Liu Tang clasped his fists and said, "You are all famous heroes in the martial arts world! I am so sorry for your disrespect!"

"Brother, you should put on your clothes first. This... is really dazzling..."

"This is what I wear..."

After quickly putting on the ragged clothes, the red-haired ghost said with a smile: "To be honest, brother, I came here to seek refuge with you."

"That's fate. I'm really hungry. I still have some leftover wine and meat. If you don't mind, come and eat together."

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Liu Tang really didn't mind, he grabbed the meat and started eating, then took a big gulp of wine and said, "I have a way to be rich and powerful that I want to tell my brother about."

"What kind of wealth?"

Liu Tang wiped his mouth and said, "I have been wandering around the world since I was young. I have traveled a lot and I like to meet good men. I often hear your name and meet you unexpectedly. If there is no outsider, I will tell you."

Cao Jie smiled and said, "These are all my trusted brothers, so you can talk."

Liu Tang lowered his voice and said, "I have heard that Liang Zhongshu of Daming Prefecture has collected 100,000 strings of gold, pearls, treasures, toys and other items and sent them to Tokyo to celebrate the birthday of his father-in-law, Grand Tutor Cai.

Last year he also gave away 100,000 strings of gold and pearls, but he was robbed by someone along the way and has not been caught yet.

This year there is another 100,000 strings of cash, and the journey will be arranged sooner or later, so that it can be delivered before the birthday on June 15th.

I want to rob this ill-gotten wealth. If others can get it, I can get it too. If you don't mind, I'd like to help you. What do you think, brother?"

"Haha, you red-haired ghost, so you're talking about this matter." Jiao Ting laughed and said, "My brother has already made arrangements and handed it over to my military advisor brother to plan."

"what!"

(End of this chapter)