Chapter 313： Cut first and play later

In the next few days, Zhou Wuchang found someone to buy some ashlar, wood, bamboo, etc., and the tiles were also ordered for five rooms.

In less than ten days, these things were delivered one after another.

When building the house, all the laborers from the surrounding villages came to help, and they could have a full meal at noon every day.

Seeing that the house was about to be completed, a group of soldiers suddenly came. The leader looked angry and yelled: "Who allowed you to build a house here?"

When the villagers saw that these people were from the nearby military camp, they all became nervous and gradually stopped what they were doing.

Xiaodouzi, who was helping to move the tiles, saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately slipped back to the village and found Zhou Wuchang: "Master General, the senior official from Juntun has brought people here, and we are not allowed to build a house. Go and take a look. Bar."

"Okay, lead the way." Zhou Wuchang stood up, hung the purple gold dagger on his waist, and then followed Xiaodouzi towards Shiquan Mountain.

Yingbao and his first and second senior brothers hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at Shiquan Mountain, they saw thirty or forty villagers being driven aside by soldiers. The captain was standing in front of the house looking at the house with a look of greed on his face.

Zhou Wuchang walked over and asked the villagers: "Why did the work stop?"

Before the villagers could reply, the captain had already turned around, looked Zhou Wuchang up and down, and said contemptuously: "Who are you? How dare you disobey my order?"

Zhou Wuchang also looked at him: "You don't deserve to know who I am."

The captain was furious, drew his sword and slashed at Zhou Wuchang.

Zhou Wuchang did not move, but a few soldiers did. They immediately ran to grab the captain and persuaded him: "General, calm down."

The captain was still jumping up and down, pointed his knife at Zhou Wuchang and shouted: "Where is the spy! I want to arrest you and interrogate you! You! You! And the rest of you! Go and capture him!"

The soldier was in a dilemma and whispered: "General, please be patient. We haven't figured out where he comes from yet. What if he is from a noble family? It would be troublesome."

The school captain shouted: "I don't care which family he belongs to. When he gets to the top of my mountain, he must pay homage to my mountain gate!"

Zhou Wuchang smiled and asked loudly: "Where is your mountain gate?"

The captain was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "I'm going to **** your mother! The top of my mountain is..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt his eyes blurred. Zhou Wuchang was already approaching, and a dagger was stabbed into his chest.

Everyone was stunned.

The two soldiers who were holding the captain subconsciously took a few steps back and saw the captain falling straight to the ground, dying.

“You! How dare you kill someone?” A soldier finally reacted and hurriedly drew out his sword and pointed it at Zhou Wuchang.

Zhou Wuchang calmly took out a piece of handkerchief, wiped the blood on the dagger, and said softly: "Common people who block the roads and kill businessmen, you all deserve to die!"

The soldier's arms shook and he turned to look at his companions, hoping that they would come to help.

But the dozen or so comrades seemed to have frozen their bodies, motionless.

"This man killed our general, the captain. What are you doing standing there? Come and catch him!" This soldier was the captain of the captain's personal guard. Seeing that his immediate superior was dead, he was so panicked that his whole body trembled.

If the superiors find out about this, the captain will die in front of him, and his own life will not be saved.

Several soldiers hesitated, then stepped forward, and before the guard captain could react, he was killed with a knife.

The villagers screamed in surprise, but they felt secretly happy in their hearts.

Ying Bao's eyes widened even more, and she didn't understand why these soldiers killed that man too.

Elder brother Zhou Hao still looked expressionless, as if he was not surprised.

Zhang Min covered the little junior sister's eyes and whispered: "Don't look at them, don't look at them. Those two are bad people. Master did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Don't be afraid."

Several soldiers suddenly knelt down on one knee towards Zhou Wuchang and clasped their fists: "I've seen the general!"

Zhou Wuchang looked at them indifferently and said, "Pindao is no longer your general. From now on, let's call him Wuchang Jushi." The soldier who killed the guard captain clasped his fists and said, "The little man Zhu Sihu is here to see General... Mr. Wuchang! Little Mr. Wuchang!" People have fed horses in your military tent."

Eighty-nine soldiers also said: "These villains are all soldiers in your army."

When the other soldiers saw that the man who killed their captain was actually a former general, they could not help but shrink their necks and did not dare to say a word.

Zhou Wuchang glanced at them and said to Zhu Sihu: "I built this Taoist temple. The procedures are complete and the land was bought by me. You are not allowed to harass the people here in the future."

Zhu Sihu was ashamed and said quickly: "The villain doesn't dare to do it anymore."

Zhou Wuchang nodded: "Take the captain back with you. If anyone asks, let him come to me. The purple gold sword in the poor Taoist hand was given by the Holy One. He can kill corrupt officials and tyrants, and he is a member of the army. If you encounter someone who is causing trouble, you will kill them first and then report them. You will never tolerate them!"

"Yes! I will take the captain back now and report the truth truthfully." Zhu Sihu said.

The remaining soldiers also agreed.

After that, a dozen soldiers returned to the military camp with the two corpses. They ventilated each other halfway and told each other when they got back that the captain general and his guards had encountered the robbers. They were killed by the robbers and the robbers ran away.

This is a common thing anyway. Which military camp doesn’t kill people?

Moreover, this captain was very arrogant in the army. He relied on his own uncle as the commander of the army and horses. He never looked down on his subordinates or other officers, and it was not uncommon for him to make enemies with others.

Although these dozen of people were his personal guards, they never received any benefits in the army. Instead, when the captain was unhappy, he would whip people with whips and treat them like slaves.

This is good, he is finally dead, and even the captain of the personal guard who was in charge of his property is also dead.

Everyone gathered together and planned to divide the captain's private property among themselves after returning, so as not to be caught first.

More than ten days later, the Taoist temple was finally completed, and even the surrounding wall was built.

The three words "View of Impermanence" are also engraved on the door plate.

Yingbao and her senior brothers moved into the Taoist temple, and she had a wing to herself.

The next day, Cuilan and Xiaodouzi were arranged by his father to live here. He said that the Taoist temple had just been built and it must be very popular.

Yingbao has been lying on the kang table for the past few days, making up stories for the Immortal Cave and writing a heart-stirring fairy tale. When she and her master go to Jingzhou Prefecture, she will sell the story to the local storyteller.

Not only should everyone in the city know that there is a fairy cave in Zaoshu Village and there is fairy water in the cave, but the story should also be told to the villagers and make them catchy.

After finally finishing writing, Yingbao said to Cuilan: "Cuilan, go back and call everyone in the village. I have something to say."

Cuilan pouted and didn’t want to go.

She is staying here well, the kang is still burning and very warm, and she can eat two meals of white flour steamed buns every day, so she doesn’t want to go home.

Seeing that she was not happy, Ying Bao took out a piece of candy from her bag and said, "I will ask the second senior brother to drive you back in a carriage, and you will come back in the carriage later."

"Okay." Cuilan smiled happily, took the candy and stuffed it into her mouth, then jumped off the bed.

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Watching her second senior brother drive away, Yingbao quickly ran to the back of the house.

That’s right, the Shiquan Cave is ten feet away behind the Taoist temple.

The sun is shining brightly now, it is noon, and the cave is quite bright.

Ying Bao took off her shoes and waded into the cave without daring to go inside. She stood on a relatively flat place and took out a chisel and two peonies from the cave.

Hand the chisel to dig out two pits, and bury two very thick peonies with the soil in the pits.

Poured the Pupil Spring and cleaned up the gravel so that nothing strange could be seen in the cave. Then he put away the chisel and other objects and waded out of the cave.

The inside of the cave is much warmer than outside. It is estimated that these two peonies can survive for a long time.