Chapter 25 (1/2)

25 chapter 25: chaos

translator: 549690339

what will people do when they are hungry and see no hope?

the people of jinzhou city are now providing an answer!

at this moment, ordinarily obedient citizens are blocking the county government office, leaving no escape. not only here, but also at the city gate, people are aimlessly charging forward.

if liang sheng were here, he would recognize that many of the most agitated people in the crowd, wearing headscarves, are the monks that previously came to the city with jinshan temple for a funeral ceremony.

they intermittently incite the people and immediately relocate after speaking, never revealing themselves.

for a short while, outside the county government office, the crowd was abuzz, but the main gate remains tightly shut, with a group of constables blocking all people.

outside the county government office in a secluded corner, master hongzhi and a few others are watching the situation without any expression.

“when zheng wanchun appears, we’ll be ready to act,” the speaker is the leader of this riot, yang laifa, the protector of the no-life sect.

as he spoke, he glanced at hongzhi in a gentle tone, “master hongzhi, when will your master, saint monk xuan ji, arrive?”

upon hearing these words, hongzhi couldn’t help but frown slightly, his tone a bit harsh, “jinshan temple is only cooperating with you, not serving under you. there is no need to report my master’s whereabouts to you.”

at hongzhi’s words, yang laifa just furrowed his brows slightly, but the other people’s eyes seemed to spit fire, restrained by yang lafia’s stern gaze. he then raised his hand to soothe them, urging them to stay calm.

“master hongzhi, i offer you an apology. my words were harsh just now. our holy sect is also greatly grateful to you for smuggling our fellow followers into the city.”

upon hearing this, hongzhi’s disposition improved slightly. he gained control over his emotions before speaking: “my master says that the situation in the city is not quite right recently, he is feeling restless, so he has decided to wait and watch.”

“huh? your master doesn’t plan to take action with us?”

yang laifa was a bit puzzled before nodding, “if that’s what your master says, then our plan will be postponed. after all, jinshan temple has been deeply rooted in jinzhou city for years and understands the situation here better than us.”

having said that, he turned to another subordinate, “inform our people not to act hastily, wait and watch for now.”

“protector…”

the follower of the no-life sect was clearly anxious upon hearing this, but at a glance from yang laifa, he could only comply with reluctance.

he quickly rushed to the scene of the disturbance, lowered his head to infiltrate the crowd, then located his scout to whisper some instructions before retreating swiftly with his men.

due to the overcrowded citizens, the constables did not notice them. after all, these country folks were acting a bit crazy.

hongzhi did not expect yang laifa to make such a decision. his estimation of them rose slightly. he also thought of how they had saved face in front of liang sheng last time and his expression softened.

“protector yang, now that our two parties are in cooperation, we must of course work together sincerely. this is a major matter, and we can only take action when we are a hundred percent sure.”

seeing hongzhi like this, yang laifa smiled, “master hongzhi, there is no need to worry that i will have grudges. our holy sect has been planning for hundreds of years, and we will naturally not be impatient.”

upon hearing this, hongzhi said nothing more, he glanced at the direction of the disturbance and couldn’t help but sneer.

with the common people unable to eat, he wondered how those gentries would handle it?

finally, yang laifa and hongzhi retreated along a narrow alley with their men. however, on a tall building outside the county office, a few people were calmly watching the disturbing scene below. these were xia zhiqiu, liang ying, and wu chang.

“county lord, it’s been so long and the no-life sect has not made a move. it seems the citizens are acting of their own accord. should we open the warehouse and distribute grain?”