Lord of Puluo

The next day, the gate of Tiemen Fort was closed, and Li Banfeng looked around to inquire about the surrounding situation.

There are many villages around Tiemen Fort, and all of them are simple farmers. There are two first-level cultivators, and the rest have no cultivation.

Li Banfeng found out the location of Feiying Mountain, which is more than 20 miles away from Tiemen Fort. The grass bandits on the mountain are very famous, and they seem to be more famous than Tieyang Mountain. Regardless of the leader of the village, He Zhenlei, or the gun leader Luo Dagui, in the local area, They are all frightening people.

This group of grass bandits had many "accomplishments". Through the villagers' narration, Li Banfeng heard the key word "ruthless".

Every year, they take away more than half of the food from each village. If they disobey a little, it is common to massacre the village.

This is different from the practices of most bandits in Puro Prefecture. Ordinary bandits will not kill the surrounding residents, and will even maintain good relations with neighboring villages. Once something goes wrong, they will take care of each other.

Aren't there any powerful families coming to eliminate evil bandits like Fei Ying Shan?

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The largest wealthy family nearby is Iron Gate Castle, with three hundred households living together. This power is indeed not small.

The fortress owner Zhou Anju once went to Feiying Mountain to fight He Zhenlei single-handedly, with neither side winning or losing.

Zhou Anju also led more than a dozen of his subordinates to fight with He Zhenlei at the foot of the mountain and returned in defeat.

I heard from local villagers that the reason why Lord Zhou lost was because the home repairman could not leave home for a long time.

What he said was true, but Li Banfeng always felt that something was wrong.

He asked an old farmer: "Brother, you saw the battle between Lord Zhou and He Zhenlei with your own eyes?"

The old farmer shook his head and said: "This is a fight between gods and gods. How can I dare to watch it?"

"Since you didn't see it, why did you say it so clearly?"

"This matter has been spread around Iron Gate Fort for a long time. Those two battles were earth-shattering. No one here knows about it! No one knows about it!

Fort Master Zhou is a hero, but he can’t stand up to the ruthless thieves. Even Iron Gate Fort can’t stand up to them, let alone common people like us. "

It was earth-shattering to say, but I had never seen it before when I asked.

Li Banfeng really had the urge to go to Feiying Mountain to see what was going on.

But if this village leader is really a cultivator on the seventh or eighth level, wouldn't it mean to die if he goes up there?

Look again.

You can always find an insider to get to the bottom of things.

The next day, the Iron Gate Fort opened its doors, and Li Banfeng entered the fort again. Ma Dingfu shouted in front of the gate: "If you have any business, do it quickly. We will close in two hours!"

Li Banfeng asked Sui Donglan: "What time does it usually close?"

"It's seven o'clock in the evening. It closes so early today. It seems that the matter in Feiying Mountain has not been properly handled."

Those who sell rice, oil, and vegetables do business door to door, but those who sell cloth, groceries, and tobacco do not do so well.

Feiyingshan came to ask for 10,000 yuan. Most people in the fort didn't pay, but they had to prepare the money. If the pressure was too tight, they had no choice but to compromise. After all, home repairers couldn't move easily.

A woman selling cloth went to Old Man Hu's house to collect clothes. Old Hu was a tailor with good skills, and the woman had been ordering from him for many years.

Old Man Hu didn't lock the door today and it was ajar.

The woman selling cloth did not dare to break in. She knew that the repairman was unwilling to let others into the house. She stood outside the door and said hello: "Lao Hu, are those two cheongsams ready?"

An old voice came from the room: "Who is it?"

Is this Lao Hu?

The sound isn't quite right.

"It's me! Xiujuan, come here to get some clothes from you!"

"Who is it?"

"I, I..." Xiujuan took two steps back.

A gust of cold wind blew, and a thick fog filled the dark corridor.

In the thick fog, Lao Hu's head slowly floated in front of Xiujuan.

"Oh my god!" Xiujuan screamed, rolled and crawled, and left Lao Hu's door.

Several homesteaders who came out to buy things gathered around him and saw Lao Hu's head still hanging in the air.

The old voice echoed in the room: "Tell me, who killed him..."

Li Banfeng wanted to go in and take a look, but Wu Yongchao stopped him: "Don't go, the spirit of the house may go crazy."

Without a master, the house spirit may turn into an evil spirit.

And this house spirit is special.

"Old Hutou has been in Iron Gate Castle for more than fifty years. This house spirit has been with him even longer. Now that Old Hu is gone, this house spirit is afraid that he will..."

"Who is it!" Before he could finish his words, the spirit of the house roared repeatedly, causing the whole house to tremble.

Fifty years.

Yesterday, he was the house repairman who arrived earlier than Master Zhou.

Ma Dingfu ran over and shouted to all the vendors: "Let's go! Let's go! We are in trouble, we are going to close soon."

It's closing again.

A group of vendors ran out the door and suddenly heard a loud whistle.

Woohoo, Woohoo~

Before anyone could run out, the steam door closed first.

Not long after waiting, a voice came from outside the door: "Fortmaster Zhou, I'm here again. I said yesterday that if I can't get ten thousand oceans, I will take one of your lives and heads in one day. Have you received it?"

Lord Zhou shouted sternly: "Luo Dagui, don't bully others too much!"

"I didn't bully you, I told you the rules in advance!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, there was a loud bang and several stones fell into the valley.

Another house built by Zhaixiu was smashed, and all the vendors squatted on the ground without saying a word.

They were waiting for Lord Zhou's attitude, but Lord Zhou didn't say anything.

Cannon leader Luo Dagui shouted: "Everyone, I'll come back tomorrow. If you still can't see ten thousand oceans, I'll give you another generous gift!"

After saying that, Luo Dagui left.

Everyone waited for a long time and still didn't dare to move.

Ma Dingfu glanced at everyone and shouted angrily: "Crazy! You are crazy! Why don't you go out and fight him? This time, people will die!"

Several home repairmen looked at Wu Yongchao with resentment.

These have all been paid.

Wu Yongchao looked ashamed and avoided everyone's eyes.

"Who killed him!" Old Beard's house spirit was still roaring.

Ma Dingfu looked at it from a distance, then turned around and said to everyone: "If anyone is familiar with Lao Hu, go to his room and have a look."

Wu Yongchao said: "Let me go over and take a look. I recognize his house spirit."

Ma Dingfu looked at Wu Yongchao and said, "Be comforted and remember, you owe Lao Hu a life."

…

Two hours later, the steam door opened.

Sui Donglan rushed towards the door. Li Banfeng held her back and gave her a glass of wine: "Drink this and wait for me at Iron Gate Fort tomorrow."

"The Iron Gate Fort will not be open tomorrow! That's what the guy named Ma just said."

"If you don't open the door, just wait for me outside."

"What if we encounter bandits?"

"You can't hide it better?"

…

Late at night, Wu Yongchao rummaged around the house and took out all the change he usually scattered around. He collected a total of twelve yuan.

Each family has to pay thirty-six yuan, which is far behind Wu Yongchao's savings.

He took out a few paintings that he had been reluctant to sell before and calculated how much they would be worth. An old man's voice came to his ears: "Boy, these paintings can't be sold. They will be needed in the future." !”

"Now is the time to spend money. I will use it later..."

Bang bang bang~

While he was talking, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

Wu Yongchao frowned slightly. At this time, there would be no outsiders in Iron Gate Fort.

Could it be that Ma Dingfu came to collect debts again?

When he came to the door, he opened the door mirror first and found that the person standing at the door was not Ma Dingfu, but a man wearing a top hat.

Salesman!

Wu Yongchao opened the door and lowered his voice: "How did you get in?"

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Li Banfeng's voice dropped even lower: "I didn't leave at all."

"It's impossible. Every time the castle closes, it has to..."

"Let me in first, this is not the place to talk."

Wu Yongchao was in trouble.

The old man's voice came again: "Let him in, he is a good man."

Wu Yongchao brought Li Banfeng into the living room and looked around several times before closing the door.

The two sat down, and Wu Yongchao asked about what happened before: "How dare you stay in the fort secretly? If the fort master discovers it..."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Can you go to Lao Hutou's house and ask how he died?"

Wu Yongchao lowered his head and said with a look of shame on his face: "This morning, Lao Hutou went out to dump dirt and didn't come back for a long time.

The spirit of the house smelled the smell of blood outside the door. When he opened the door, he found Lao Hu's head at the door.

It's all my fault..."

Li Banfeng interrupted Wu Yongchao: "How early is it this morning? Before the big iron gate opens, or after it opens?"

"It's about six o'clock, and the iron gate hasn't opened yet."

"How did the murderer get in?"

Wu Yongchao thought for a moment and said: "They were able to throw stones from the cliff. They should have sneaked into the fort from the cliff."

Li Banfeng thought about the height of the cliff.

Think again about the tools that group of people use.

A man of this caliber climbed down from a cliff and killed a homesteader in front of his house?

"What level of cultivation is Lao Hutou?"

"He said it was the third floor."

Only three floors?

How can it be?

"Haven't you been cultivating for more than fifty years? You can't reach the third level even if you just survive for many years."

Wu Yongchao thought for a moment and said, "I remember that time when he was drunk and talked to me about his cultivation.

He said that when he was young, he and Zhai Ling fought every day, fighting to the death. Later, in order to avoid Zhai Ling, he moved to Iron Gate Castle.

For some unknown reason, his house spirit chased Iron Gate Castle again, and the two of them continued to fight. They fought for more than thirty years, but their cultivation did not improve and they were covered in injuries.

Later, Lao Hutou got old and couldn't fight anymore. The house spirit gave him the third level of cultivation, and the two continued to fight. "

Are there any other otakus of this type?

Li Banfeng felt more and more that he was very lucky to have met his wife.

"Why did you come to Iron Gate Castle?"

Wu Yongchao lowered his head. He was reluctant to tell his experience, but the "seller" asked, and he didn't know how to refuse.

"I used to live in Green Water Bay, not Green Water City, but a village outside the city.

I have liked to stay at home since I was a child. My family was in a good situation. They got some elixirs for me and accumulated a lot of connections. They wanted me to learn martial arts.

But I didn't want to practice martial arts, so I hired a salesman to secretly work in my house. My family thought I was worthless and scolded me every day, so I bought a house in Lanyang Village and moved out. "

Lanyang Village?

Li Banfeng nodded: "You are very good at choosing places."

Wu Yongchao smiled bitterly and said: "How can I choose a place? If I know what kind of place Lanyang Village is, I won't buy a house there for cheap.

The only good thing about Lanyang Village is that the spirit comes quickly. Within a month after I moved there, the spirit came. "

Yes, it will definitely be fast, there are dead souls everywhere there.

Wu Yongchao continued: "I can draw and cut. I thought I could make a living with my craftsmanship, but I didn't expect that when doing business in Lanyang Village, I would be cheated nine times out of ten!"

"Tricked him nine times?" Li Banfeng was very surprised. The simple folk customs of Lanyang Village actually tricked him nine times?

"Tell me carefully, how did they let you go that time?"

Wu Yongchao smiled bitterly and said: "No more talking, it's all over. Later, the spirit of the house told me that this place cannot be lived in.

There is a good place where he never bullies honest people. He stayed there and asked me to go and see it. "

"He's talking about Iron Gate Castle?"

Wu Yongchao nodded and said: "Zhai Ling was willing to go with me, but Zhaizi wouldn't let us go. The two of us fought with Zhaizi for a whole day and night before we could escape, and we almost died.

Zhai Ling was very good to me, really good. I came to Iron Gate Castle and settled down, and Zhai Ling took me to practice.

He said that Iron Gate Castle has changed and is different from before, but it can still be lived in.

He said that I had great talent but was too honest. After more than ten years of practice, he allowed me to cultivate to the fourth level. "

This is one thing about home cultivators that is difficult to predict. When you encounter a charlatan, your cultivation will grow very quickly. When you encounter a charlatan who you can't deal with, your cultivation may remain unchanged for decades.

Old Mrs. Han is an example, and so is Old Hutou.

"In Iron Gate Castle, what is the highest level of cultivation?"

Wu Yongchao said without thinking: "It's the fourth floor. It can't be higher. No matter how high it is, you can't stay in the fort."

"Who ordered this?"

"This is Fort Master Zhou's rule. He said that Iron Gate Fort will leave food for the incompetent homebuilders, and the capable ones will go out and go their separate ways. You can't stay here forever."

Outrageous.

Combat power above the fourth level is so valuable, but this castle owner doesn’t want it.

Maybe the experts think differently.

"It's hard to move the house after repairing it. If his cultivation reaches the fifth level, can he still be forced to leave?"

Wu Yongchao shook his head and said: "Don't force me. Home builders are all shameless people. We never cause trouble to others. If people say they want to leave, we just leave. The worst we can do is fight with our own home again."

The year before last, old Wang Xiuwei, who lived diagonally across the street, reached the fifth floor. The castle owner came to the door in person and persuaded him to leave. He agreed.

He took the spirit of the house and fought with the house for three whole days, and finally died in the house. He told me that the rules are the rules, and there is nothing to complain about. "

Li Banfeng understood.

Not all homesteaders are adaptable to life outside, but those who come here want to avoid the troubles outside. Their temperaments are very simple among homesteaders.

Although life is hard, there are fewer unnecessary disputes here. Although the vendors will exploit these honest people, it is still much better than letting them lose all their money outside.

And this castle master clearly understands the thoughts of these house cultivators!

"Do you know what's going on on the cliff?"

Wu Yongchao shook his head and said: "The top of the cliff is the top of the mountain, what else can there be?"

No wonder he is so talented, he is not even familiar with the environment of Iron Gate Fort.

"So do you usually go out?"

"Are you talking about the door, or the big iron door? We usually don't go out through big iron doors..."

According to Wu Yongchao, other homesteaders are in the same situation. They don’t go out easily, don’t move around easily, rarely communicate with each other, and try to keep a distance from the outside world.

Halfway through the words, the knock on the door rang again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Wu Yongchao looked at Li Banfeng.

See what I do? When I'm in front of you, can I still be the one who knocks?

Wu Yongchao wanted to go to the door to take a look, but was stopped by Li Banfeng.

He signaled Wu Yongchao to be silent.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Are you sleeping? It's me, Ma Dingfu, I'm here to talk to you about money!"

Wu Yongchao was about to open the door again, but was stopped again by Li Banfeng.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Why did you sleep to death? Let me tell you, don't pretend to be confused. You owe Lao Hu a life. I will come back to you tomorrow!"

Ma Dingfu left.

Wu Yongchao was ashamed.

"You blame me for this, you blame me. I sold the house and I have to raise enough money no matter what."

Li Banfeng stared into Wu Yongchao's eyes and said, "Brother, I don't blame you for this, and I don't blame you from the beginning to the end.

Remember, from now on, you are not allowed to leave the house, not even a step, unless you hear me calling the door! "

PS: Li Banfeng saw five points of some things, and the remaining five points were hidden under the mask. Li Banfeng wanted to uncover them with his own hands!