Chapter 250: The Blood Gu Cult Appears! Sudden Turmoil!

When Fan Wu came to another city, he found that he seemed to have really become a big celebrity in the Shang Wu Dynasty. Logically speaking, such news that would have an extremely negative impact on the Shangwu Dynasty should not spread throughout the entire dynasty. After all, the news that the tens of thousands of troops of the Shangwu Dynasty were defeated by one person, is it very glorious to tell it? But the court of this dynasty did not curb the spread of this news.

This led to... Fan Wu became famous in this dynasty. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a phenomenal celebrity. Of course, most people only know... some rumors about Fan Wu's deeds, but they don't know what Fan Wu looks like. This can be considered a blessing among misfortunes, otherwise, I don’t know how many eyes I would have received. Even though Fan Wu usually didn't mind the gazes, he didn't want to be looked at like a monkey.

Fortunately, the two brothers Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu now help him attract attention. After all, these two brothers... are three meters tall, which is still very eye-catching. While walking on the road, Fan Wudu could notice that many people on the road looked at the two brothers with shocked eyes. Maybe when I am in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Yan Dynasty, others look at me the same way!

The county town that Fan Wu came to now...oh, that's not quite right, because this is not a county town, but a real big city. The large city he came to was called "Yingtian City". Such a city was extremely large, not inferior to the imperial city of the Zhou Dynasty. Looking around, it can be said that it is bustling with people. Here, if someone accidentally falls, I'm afraid it will cause a stampede.

"None of you have been to this Yingtian City?" Yun Jiuqing made a curious voice. Her question was obviously meant for Yan Dalong, Yan Dahu, and Bai Sheng. Because among their group, only these three people were natives of the Shangwu Dynasty. And Yun Jiuqing, Fan Wu, Xing Fengzi, even Tianji Coffin, Lao Qingniu... all came from the Great Zhou Dynasty. They didn't know much about this dynasty, let alone been here.

Yan Dahu, who was arranging his beard roughly as he walked forward, shouted in a loud voice: "When we came here, we two brothers did not dare to pass by such a big city. Because there are many powerful guys in such a big city. And the defenders of such a big city are probably no less than 100,000 people. If we pass by such a place, we will definitely be surrounded by them. However, this time is different, this time Brother Fan Wu is here!"

When Fan Wu was mentioned, Yan Dahu was very excited: "With Brother Fan Wu here, even if we are surrounded by 100,000 people, so what? I am still looking forward to them surrounding us. I haven't yet. We will be surrounded by 100,000 people." We've been surrounded! Those officials in Yingtian City will come to arrest us if they dare! If they dare to come, I respect them as men. If they don't dare to come, then they are a bunch of cowards! "

"I have never been here either. But I have heard of Yingtian City, because such a city is very famous among the huge Shangwu Dynasty." The person speaking at this moment was clearly Bai Sheng. Listen to him continue: "If you don't count the imperial city of the Shangwu Dynasty, then... such a city can be considered to be ranked... in the top ten of the entire Shangwu Dynasty, right?"

"Besides the Imperial City, is there a city that can be ranked in the top ten?" Hearing Bai Sheng's words, Yun Jiuqing suddenly realized: "No wonder this city looks so big. The people inside So many. What is the population of Yingtian City? How many people are there in the imperial city of Shangwu Dynasty?"

She asked such a question purely out of curiosity. Faced with Yun Jiuqing's curiosity, Bai Sheng also patiently explained: "I heard... the population of Yingtian City is about seven million. If some floating people are added, there will probably be nearly eight people. Millions of people. The population of the Shangwu Dynasty’s imperial city was more than 30 million.”

"What? How much?" Yun Jiuqing was stunned when he heard the other party's explanation and answer. Because such a large population is true, it is somewhat beyond her imagination. In Yun Jiuqing's impression, even the imperial city of their Great Zhou Dynasty did not have a population of around eight million, right? Not to mention a population of more than 30 million people!

The total population of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty did not exceed 10 million people, and in the Shangwu Dynasty, the population of one imperial city alone accounted for half of the population of the Great Zhou Dynasty? How huge is an imperial city that can accommodate such a large population? Yun Jiuqing could no longer imagine it, because it had touched upon her knowledge blind spot.

"My dear...one city...has such a large population!" Yun Jiuqing couldn't help but exclaimed: "I heard that in some smaller dynasties, the total population of the entire dynasty is only a few hundred thousand, or a few. Millions of people. The population of Yingtian City is comparable to that of a dynasty. No wonder the Shangwu Dynasty is the most powerful in this large area."

Just having a large population may not represent the true strength of a dynasty. But once a dynasty not only has a large population, but also has very prosperous commerce, very strong military strength, and a large number of monks... then such a dynasty is not a big country, then what other dynasty dares to call itself a big country? ?

"Fortunately, the Shangwu Dynasty is separated from the Great Zhou Dynasty by a huge strait and the Great Yan Dynasty. Otherwise, with such a powerful neighbor next to it, wouldn't it mean that no one in the dynasty could be stable? Sleeping?" Yun Jiuqing said to himself, Didi Gugu: "Especially those who are officials and those in the royal family."

"Xiao Dao, I think this is actually not certain." Xing Fengzi suddenly interjected: "If the Zhou Dynasty is willing to hand over the annual pension to the Shang Wu Dynasty, there shouldn't be any problem, right? Shang Wu The dynasty...should give certain protection to the dynasty that pays the taxes, right? It’s impossible to do nothing just for money, right?”

"It will indeed provide certain protection." Bai Sheng smiled and replied: "But this little Taoist priest, don't take this kind of family and country affairs too lightly. Everything has a price, not to mention the two dynasties. There are some interest disputes. The Shangwu Dynasty will indeed give the dynasty the protection. The price is that the Shangwu Dynasty’s troops must be stationed in it.”

"Although I am also from the Shangwu Dynasty, I have to say... As long as you are a normal emperor, you don't want garrison troops from other dynasties to appear in your own dynasty, right? If your own dynasty has troops from other dynasties, Garrison, what is the name of this dynasty? What if the garrison of another dynasty suddenly gets into trouble? "

When Bai Sheng said these words, his perspective was relatively neutral and objective: "It's like if a group of monks came to your Taoist temple, little Taoist priest. This group of monks, the strength of the temple they are in, Much more powerful than your Taoist temple. They are stationed in your Taoist temple, and their words and deeds will even affect your upside-down pilgrims."

Bai Sheng raised a very fatal question: "So at this time, in your eyes, little Taoist priest, are these monks good or bad? What if they openly and honestly promote Buddhism in your Taoist temple? Even, Are you still slandering the Taoist gods in your Taoist temple? And you are openly bullying men and women in your Taoist temple?"

"Uh..." Xing Fengzi didn't know what to say, because he imagined such a scene in his mind, and his fists almost became hard. Even though he is a little Taoist priest who is usually relatively pure and stoic, he still has a kind and indifferent attitude. But in my heart, after all, there are several bottom lines.

For example, he couldn't accept... that a group of monks would appear in their Earth Ancestor Temple. If one day such a group of monks appeared in the Dizu Temple, he, a little Taoist priest who lives in peace with the world, would probably have murderous intentions! Ever since, Xing Fengzi also suddenly realized that he understood.

"I've been taught a lesson!" Xing Fengzi said seriously and gave a Taoist ceremony to Bai Sheng. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was indeed the proud son of the business dynasty. A few short words could give him some insights. It also allowed him, a little Taoist priest who had little contact with the world, to realize something.

"Little Taoist Priest, you are not deeply involved in the world, so it is quite normal that you don't know these things." Bai Sheng smiled and said: "When you wander in this world for a few more years, you will know a lot of truths. I was thinking I was just like you back then, and later in the Shangwu Dynasty, I traveled around for several years. "

"During this period, I have seen the shortcomings of the world, the joys of the world, and even the sorrows of the world. Things that I have personally witnessed are mixed together, and sometimes I even intervene in them. In this way, it only takes a short time. A few years can make a person who is not deeply involved in the world grow up.”

"Tsk... You, the children of big families, do things and say things in the same way." Yan Dalong, who was walking in front, tutted without looking back: "This is a small Taoist priest in Fengzi. Obviously, he just hasn’t grown up yet. When he grows up, he will understand!”

Yan Dalong speaks straightforwardly, and this is indeed the case. After all... Xing Fengzi is actually not even eighteen years old, he only looks like he is sixteen or seventeen years old. In addition... I had been staying in the Taoist temple before and never went down the mountain. So sometimes, the ideas are a little naive.

Just when a few people were walking and chatting on the road. Suddenly, there seemed to be a strange commotion ahead. In front, someone seemed to be beating gongs and drums. You can also hear the sound of horseshoes trampling on the bluestone. You can even hear the sound of wooden wheels rolling.

Of course, the sound of wooden wheels has nothing to do with Tianji Coffin. Because Tianji Coffin was behind Fan Wu and others, and that sound came from the front. Some passers-by in front seemed to have seen something, and they all hurriedly retreated to the roadside.

When the people in front of them retreated, they were able to see ahead. Officials from the government were escorting several prison cars towards this direction. It can be clearly seen that there are two or three people in each prison car. The total number of prisoners in these prison cars is at least seven or eight.

Walking in front... were a few government officials holding gongs and drums. While beating the gongs and drums, they shouted loudly: "The official escorts the prisoner, and the idlers retreat! The official talisman escorts the prisoner, and the idlers retreat!"

The sound of beating gongs, beating drums, and shouting at the same time will naturally make people shy away. And everyone can feel that...the prisoners being escorted are all ascetics!

Then, there was a meddler who shouted and asked on the roadside: "Guards, what prisoner are you taking? With such a big fanfare and such a big movement, it must be something other than a sneaky guy, right?"

If...these government officials escorting prisoners had some professionalism, they would not answer such a question, but it is obvious that they do not have such professionalism. One of the government officials replied casually: "Blood Gu Cultist!"

After such an answer, all the people present in Yingtian City suddenly took a breath of cold air. Because the reputation of the Blood Gu Cult is very great in the Shangwu Dynasty, after all, it is too notorious.

Because some of the evil deeds done by the Blood Gu Sect are barely covered up, the reputation of the Blood Gu Sect has always been extremely poor. Of course, the Blood Gu Sect is originally a force that believes in evil gods. Such a force naturally has a bad reputation.

In the Shangwu Dynasty, wherever there are followers of the Blood Gu Sect, big events will basically happen! Because it may be normal for one or two people to die in the Blood Gu Cult, and it may even happen that a dozen or even hundreds of people die.

Under such circumstances... it is strange that such a force that believes in evil gods can have a good reputation. Some people are even taboo about mentioning the Blood Gu Cult, thinking that the three words Blood Gu Cult basically represent the coming of disaster.

That's why the common people in Yingtian City had such a big reaction after learning that the prisoners in the prison van were actually followers of the Blood Gu Sect.

"My dear, no wonder the people in those prison vans look so scary to me. It turns out that they are all followers of the Blood Gu Sect! These guys are all undercover."

"We actually captured so many members of the Blood Gu Cult. Were they all caught together when they were doing something together? Well done. Each of these guys should be beheaded!"

"I heard that a county town next door was robbed by the Blood Gu Cult a few years ago. It is said that two to three hundred people died at that time, and one or two hundred people died among officials."

"I think we should stay away. It is said that the methods of the Blood Gu Sect are very strange. What if... if we are not careful, they will poison us?!"

"Well done! Damn it, this kind of guy who believes in evil gods should be put to death in Ling Chi. It's really funny that you don't believe in gods, so you believe in evil gods!"

"Why is there a bad old man here? Is that bad old man also a member of the Blood Gu Sect? And what's going on with this bad old man?"

"Yes, how come he was penetrated by two chains? He is also covered in blood. Are you sure he is not dead? With such injuries, is it necessary to escort him?"

"Hush! Keep your voice down. There seem to be people from the Imperial City Department among these officials, and it seems that there are quite a few people from the Imperial City Department. These prisoners being escorted are not simple believers!"

"Why are you shushing? What if the people from the Imperial City Temple hear it? I haven't violated the laws of the Shangwu Dynasty, so what are you afraid of?"

"Hiss! So many Blood Gu Cults were captured? Where did they capture them from, could they be? They were captured near Yingtian City, right?"

"..."

It can be heard from their tone that they are quite afraid of the followers of the Blood Gu Sect.

Even if it is a place with simple folk customs, even if it is an extremely warlike dynasty...

Ordinary people are still a little afraid of existences like the Blood Gu Sect.

No one wants to be controlled by one or two strange little bugs.

What's more, I don't want to think that my body has been hollowed out by insects.

That kind of picture can only be imagined in the mind.

It's so creepy!

"Huh? It turns out they are people from the Blood Gu Sect." Bai Sheng sounded quite surprised and whispered: "In some counties or cities I have passed recently, I have occasionally seen followers of the Blood Gu Sect being caught. , I didn’t expect people from the Blood Gu Sect to be arrested in Yingtian City... How do you feel that the frequency of the Blood Gu Sect’s followers has become more and more frequent? The Blood Gu Sect used to be relatively low-key, but now it is more and more frequent? Becoming arrogant.”

"Jushi Bai, is the Blood Gu Cult in the Shangwu Dynasty also so rampant?" The person who asked such a question was obviously Xing Fengzi. Xing Fengzi looked at the situation in front of several prison cars and spoke. Said: "In our Great Zhou Dynasty, there are a large number of Blood Gu Cult believers who are causing chaos. Even those Blood Gu Cult believers want to overthrow the rule of a dynasty and plunge the entire dynasty into war."

"In your Great Zhou Dynasty, there are actually followers of the Blood Gu Sect who are causing trouble?" Bai Sheng was very surprised and a little angry: "Those guys are all lawless and regard human life as nothing. But they are also extremely cunning and extremely hidden. Deep down, if they had not taken the initiative to expose them, no one would have known that they were members of the Blood Gu Sect. In the past ten years, the Blood Gu Sect would have killed millions of people in the Shangwu Dynasty!"

Ten years, millions of people, this is a very amazing number. On average, it is equivalent to the Blood Gu cultists in the Shangwu Dynasty, which harm hundreds of thousands of people every year! Among the hundreds of thousands of people who were harmed by this scourge... let alone a 100% mortality rate, I guess it must be 50%, right? Doesn't that mean that every year, people from a county die because of the Blood Gu Cult?

Moreover, the Blood Gu Cult has been active in the Shangwu Dynasty for more than ten years, and it may be a hundred or even hundreds of years. For so many years, the Shangwu Dynasty, with such strong military and economic strength, has not solved such a huge disaster. One can imagine how difficult this thing is.

"They are coming, Bai thinks, we should avoid it for a while. After all, if we are blocked on this road, if people from the Imperial City Department think that we are accomplices of the Blood Gu Sect. Even if the misunderstanding can be resolved in the end, but The time and energy wasted is also a headache.”

Just when Bai Sheng finished making such a suggestion, something unexpected happened! At the same time, Bai Sheng's expression also changed slightly, because he noticed a very weird aura. Such a vague aura gave him a very difficult feeling.

Then his eyes saw a particularly strange-looking little insect flying past his eyes. After seeing such a strange little insect, Bai Sheng's childish eyes shrank suddenly, and reminded him in a shocked voice: "It's a Gu insect! It is impossible for the Blood Gu cultivator who is locked in a prison car to control a Gu insect. "

"That is to say...it is very likely that there are people from the Blood Gu Sect nearby, and they...want to rob the prison car!" As soon as Bai Sheng finished his reminder, the sound of dense flapping wings came from all around. Such a sound can be heard clearly even by a group of ordinary people hiding on the roadside.

When the people on the roadside hurriedly turned their attention to the direction of the sound, they saw a scene that was unbelievable to them - dense swarms of pitch-black insects emerged from alleys like a tide, and the number was so large that People's scalp is numb.

Such an anomaly... even ordinary people can see it, let alone the government officials and the Imperial City Department escorting the prison car! Especially a group of imperial city officials, they immediately became vigilant.

"Stop!" one of the Imperial City Secretaries shouted hurriedly: "There are Blood Gu cult members who want to rob the prison car! Be alert! Stop these Gu insects!"

So many Gu insects appeared like a tide.

It’s hard not to notice.

And the entire street fell into chaos due to the appearance of these densely packed Gu insects. Because these Gu insects are attacking indiscriminately! They all have very sharp mouthparts. When the mouthparts bite a person, it is no less than being stared at by a wasp. The pain was even worse than that, an unbearable pain.

The combination of physical pain and psychological fear made the street even more chaotic, and panic spread instantly. All the people were screaming, trying to swat the poisonous insects off their bodies.

The entire street was blocked and the prison car could not move at all.

There are also a large number of Gu insects heading towards the prison cars!

"Damn it!" A member of the Imperial City Division hurriedly slapped a Gu insect lying on the back of his hand. He even took out a talisman, opened his mouth and blew into the talisman. The talisman turned into a ball of flames and surged forward.

In an instant, hundreds of Gu Insects were directly burned to ashes, but more Gu Insects supplemented the damage.

Are there more than tens of thousands of Gu insects?

At least hundreds of thousands!

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