Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 529 Loyalty from the Beginning

I was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but sneer, "How awesome! As expected of the Changchun Club, they paid 5 million yuan in hush money! I may not be able to earn this much even if I work hard for a year."

Shi Wuchang's face turned pale, and he said to me: "Money is just a means, kid, you have to think seriously about the people around you. I treat you as a friend regardless of age difference, and I don't want things to develop to that point. You are a smart person, and you must know what to do to benefit yourself at this time."

“Have you ever been yourself?”

"What??"

"Let me ask you! Have you ever been yourself? Or... have you lived for the Changchun Society every day for more than 40 years?"

Seeing that he was lost in thought, I said, "You don't have to think about it. I already have the answer in my mind. At the same time, I finally understand why Beggar Liu and his gang risked being hunted down to leave the Changchun Society. Because as long as you join for one day, you will never be free and can never live for yourself."

"Brother Shit, this may be the last time I call you Brother Shit. I am very disappointed with what you did."

His eyes were red as he said, "I emphasize again! This is not my intention. This is a decision made by the guild! The man who took Yuyu's pulse last night is the guild's genius doctor. Since the incident with the Fan family, no one in the world has better medical skills than him. He prepared the colorless and odorless poisonous wine. Only a bottle cap is needed to kill a person! There will be no clues left afterwards."

Shit Wuchang sniffed and continued, "A small person like you will never understand the thoughts of those people. The old Taoist priest has no sect or school. He is a neutral person, but a neutral person with too strong ability will make the powerful people uneasy! He has a close relationship with Jingmen, and Jingmen is under the Old Martial Arts Association! In addition, he has a Taoist apprentice who is also a member of Jingmen. This is the problem. No one can guarantee that he, a person without a sect or school, will not move closer to the Old Martial Arts Association one day in the future. Do you understand?"

"I don't understand. I just know that I need to calm down now. I'm going to the bathroom. Give me ten minutes to think about it."

Shit Wuchang nodded.

Coming to the bathroom alone, I looked around carefully.

After making sure that no one was there, he immediately took out his phone and logged into QQ.

I sent a saved recording to Xiaoyang. Xiaoyang's profile picture was gray and he was offline. After I sent it, I typed a message for him: "If anything happens to me, go to Langzhong and hand it over to the Old Martial Arts Association."

Just now when I was cursing Shit Wuchang, I secretly turned on the recording on my phone, but he didn't notice.

Only the top leaders of the Changchun Association know about this!

Now that the crazy Taoist priest is dead and there is no evidence, the conversation I secretly recorded is the only evidence.

Five million can't buy me.

I couldn't get over the hurdle in my heart. I would definitely not be able to sleep if I took the money. Shi Wuchang repeatedly asked me to put myself in his shoes and think about it.

I thought about it and I despised their sordid stance.

What do you mean there are no such awesome people allowed in this world?

What nonsense!

Looking back on everything that happened in the past two days, it feels like a dream.

After I went back, I pretended to agree to Shit Wuchang's request, but I took the initiative to say that I didn't want the money. I just wanted the people around me to be safe.

Shit Wuchang sighed, "Boy, I know you resent me in your heart, you curse me in your heart. If this matter gets out, people all over the world will also call me ungrateful. I will not make excuses for this. My personal interests and feelings cannot override the interests of Changchun Society. Zhuge Qing never makes rash judgments. He said that the old Taoist priest will bring us great trouble in the future, so this will definitely happen."

I looked at him and said, "It has already happened. I can't change the outcome even if I scold you. To be honest, I couldn't understand why you were willing to be locked up in a mental hospital for twenty years when you had such great abilities. Now I understand. Your loyalty to the Changchun Society has exceeded my expectations."

He said expressionlessly, "The Changchun Association has nurtured and raised me. I have no parents. If the old president hadn't taken me in when I was a child, I would have died long ago."

I looked at him and said, "Your loyalty is to the old president. The new president may not be even older than me. The Changchun Club is different now! Why are you still so loyal?"

He thought for a moment and said, "The old president gave me instructions before he died, so even if I am despised by the world, I will remain loyal to him from beginning to end."

I clapped my hands and shouted, "Great! Well said! You would rather bear the world's infamy than remain loyal! I have nothing to say! I hope you won't regret what you did today!"

"I was wondering... why did you deliver two boxes of paper money along with the paper figurines this morning? Oh, so you were going to burn them for the crazy Taoist priest."

"Boy, the time has come, let's burn the paper money together."

I didn't say anything and looked at him coldly.

.....

It was midnight, but the crazy Taoist priest did not wake up as usual.

His body was cold, and he was lying on his back on the cold concrete floor, without a breath left.

A bonfire was lit in the yard, and the well-made golden boys and girls were thrown into the fire one by one.

I watched the paper man's face twist and deform little by little in the firelight until it turned to ashes.

Shit Wuchang said nothing, squatted on the ground and threw handfuls of paper money into the fire.

At this moment, my cell phone suddenly rang. Looking at the number on the caller ID, my hands shook a little.

"Hey."

"We're here! What a lousy station! We're at the station gate! Come pick us up! Is my master okay?"

"Okay...Okay, it'll take me a while to get there, please be patient."

"What's wrong? Your voice... doesn't sound right. Could it be that my master has disappeared again?"

"No...no, the Taoist priest didn't run away. I'm hanging up now and will pick you up later."

After hanging up the phone, I asked Shit Wuchang coldly, "What should I do? The people from Jingmen are here."

He threw paper money into the fire and said, "According to normal practice, the Taoist priest was too old to drink and died from drinking."

"Did he die from drinking? Do you think you can hide this ridiculous reason from them? Your president and Zhuge Qing, aren't you afraid that the people from Jingmen will know the truth?"

He shook his head: "We are wary of Jingmen, but we are not afraid of them. They are just a small group of people. No matter how powerful they are, they cannot shake the Changchun Society."

"The little Taoist priest has such a bad temper! How can I ask him to do this? I have been looking for his master for three whole years! Now I have finally found him and we are about to meet! But you asked him to see a corpse! How can I ask him to do this? Tell me!"

Shit Wuchang fell silent again.

At this moment, raindrops suddenly fell from the sky.

The rain suddenly became heavier and gradually extinguished the fire.

A paper figure was not completely burned, with only half of its face left. One of the paper figure's eyes just happened to glance at me, which gave me a chill.

Looking at this scene, the words that Taoist Master Bai Tianma said suddenly came to my mind. I remember that after he consecrated the paper figure, he said these words to it loudly and crazily.

"No thanks, no thanks! Although you are a heartless paper body, you are much kinder than many flesh and blood people in this vast world!"

These are the Taoist priest's original words. Now when I think back on them, I feel like something is not right. He seemed to be hinting at something.

I immediately ran back to the house and knelt down in front of Master Ma’s body on the ground.

"Master, did you predict what you said at this moment? If you did, why did you drink the wine?"

The crazy Taoist priest’s face was as white as paper, he didn’t move, and didn’t respond to me.

I felt his pulse again, but there was no heartbeat.

I kowtowed three times respectfully and said, "I am now stuck in the middle, and I am also afraid that Changchun will take action against Baotou and Xiaoxuan. I was wrong, Taoist priest. I shouldn't have asked you to save my little aunt that day. Taoist priest, can you hear me?"

Still no response, the only response I got was the sound of rain pouring outside.

At this moment, accompanied by thunder, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared outside the house, illuminating Shit Wuchang's profile.

I saw him leaning against the door, looking up at the night sky, wondering what he was thinking.