From the World of Uncle Nine, The Heavens Summon Gods to Refining Generals

Chapter 186 Probing
So it's normal for there to be omissions. To put it bluntly, they just took a rough look.

After several sneak investigations with no results, Shen Lipu was no longer so concerned.

The days passed like this, and Shen Lipu basically went to the neighborhood every day, at least to pay attention.

But that night, Uncle Jiu got drunk and wanted to have a few drinks with Shen Lipu. Shen Lipu didn't refuse. He even went to the church and left after seeing nothing unusual.

However, things changed the next day. The next morning, the church did not remember the bells and music as usual. Everyone was discussing in surprise on the street. Suddenly a missionary came out and ran out in a hurry. .

Seeing this, everyone started talking.

It is worth mentioning that there are still only a few people in this town who believe in this. Most people are just like ordinary people, they have no beliefs and don’t pay much attention to these things.

The news came quickly, and Shen Lipu, Uncle Jiu and his party arrived at the church.

After entering, what everyone saw was a monk lying on the ground. He was surrounded by several missionaries in robes, and Father Wu was squatting on the ground to adjust his clothes.

"He's dead, Master!"

Axing watched this scene and whispered to Uncle Jiu.

Hearing what he said, Uncle Jiu didn't answer. Instead, he looked directly at Shen Lipu. Both of them confirmed something in each other's eyes.

Then everyone walked to the front to check. After walking in, they saw that the dead man's face was pale and there were four bloody holes on his neck.

But this blood hole is different from the hole bitten by a zombie. People bitten by zombies will generally have redness, swelling and ulceration around the wound, and some will directly drop a piece of flesh.

But this hole is different. These four small holes are like the scars on a monk's head. They are even and fine, and there are no other marks around the wound.

"Master, that monk..."

"Looks like trouble!"

"why?"

“This church is not clean!”

"Huh? Isn't it clean? They've painted it!"

Axing didn't understand what Uncle Jiu meant and thought he was talking about the sanitary environment.

"Hey, that's not what I meant!"

After speaking, Uncle Jiu didn't want to say anything more and left directly.

"A ghost?"

Ah Xing instantly thought of the Xiao Hong he met before and ran away quickly.

Speaking of which, if this kind of thing happens in normal times, everyone will definitely ask Uncle Jiu to come forward to do it. One person can tell that the cause of this person's death is very strange.

But for these monks, they are monks after all. How could they ask Taoist priests like Uncle Jiu to come forward to do things? This is too outrageous.

So Uncle Jiu simply didn't go up to ask for trouble.

Shen Lipu was not worried about the bitten monk, so he left here directly.

Speaking of which, Father Wu actually had a worse attitude towards Shen Lipu than Uncle Jiu.

He had a clear understanding of the religion here before coming here. Even though Uncle Jiu had always been against him, in Father Wu's view, Uncle Jiu's professional qualities were not strong. At the very least, he was a secular person with some abilities. of special people.

But Shen Lipu is different. His robes and crown on his head make people know that he is a Taoist monk at a glance.

For Father Wu, nothing else matters except faith. He traveled thousands of miles to come here just to preach.The appearance of Shen Lipu made him quite nervous. Regarding Uncle Jiu, in Father Wu's opinion, he felt more like a conservative than a Taoist priest.

But Shen Lipu was different. Although Shen Lipu didn't say anything to him, he saw clearly that if there was such a sectarian conflict, it would definitely be a conflict between Shen Lipu and them. This kind of thing was unlikely to happen to Uncle Jiu.

Therefore, even if Shen Lipu wanted to go, Father Wu would definitely reject him.

Simply, Shen Lipu didn't want to find this unhappy, but left here directly with Uncle Jiu.

Time soon came to night, and the dead monk was placed on the bier set up for him, and candles were lit on both sides of his body.

This is a unique Western ritual. There are monks around who are constantly reciting scriptures, preparing to save this monk.

On the other side, Uncle Jiu also set up an altar.

He has always had a sense of ownership here. No matter what, this is his hometown. In Uncle Jiu's view, these disputes are important, but he has the responsibility to protect the land, and he still has to take care of such zombie-like evil things. .

Even if he did it behind the scenes, it didn't matter to him.

This is actually considered Uncle Jiu's weakness.

Of course, this can also be said that Uncle Jiu’s understanding of the dispute between sects and orthodoxies is too shallow. In fact, regardless of whether Uncle Jiu admits it or not, at this moment, the dispute between sects is already going on, and so far, Father Wu’s side is winner.

In this kind of struggle, if you lose, you will definitely end up miserable.

It's not that life is in danger. Whether it's Uncle Jiu or Father Wu, if one of them fails, he will probably leave. These are not important.

But leaving here actually means failure and death.

As we mentioned before, this is a life-and-death battle for orthodoxy, and only those who win are qualified to spread their faith.

Even though Uncle Jiu has other dojos and Father Wu can go to other places to earn a living, the struggle between the two at this moment is equally important.

Shen Lipu didn't persuade Uncle Jiu, and there was no way he could do this. Uncle Jiu's mentality was not correct, and his understanding of things was not sufficient.

Many movies and TV shows in later generations like to promote this so-called "benevolence and justice" and "great love".

But looking through the history books of the past and present, no matter who is a benevolent, righteous and loving person, it is impossible to give up his core interests.

The benevolent and righteous Liu Xuande, the first leader of the Shu Han Dynasty, even wanted to annex the foundation of the same clan in Yizhou.

But this does not mean that the First Lord was unkind and righteous, just that he said one thing and did another.

After all, Liu Bei's ambition is to clear the world and restore stability to the world. This is the greatest benevolence.

To achieve this, Liu Zhang's foundation must be won, because this is a strategy that has already been formulated.

When the big core interests conflicted with the small interests at hand, Liu Bei also took the initiative to give up this small interest.

But this does not hinder his benevolence and righteousness!

The same thing applies to Uncle Jiu. In Shen Lipu's view, no one is right or wrong in the dispute over orthodoxy, and we should make good use of it when we have the opportunity.

Especially at this time, we must show our advantages to convince the people.

In the final analysis, I am not doing these things for personal enjoyment. It is the responsibility of every disciple to spread the Taoism for the Patriarch.

Unfortunately, Uncle Jiu did not choose to take advantage of this opportunity, but chose to hide behind the scenes to subdue the monk who was about to transform into a corpse.

(End of this chapter)