Chapter 558 Entanglements of Gratitude and Grievances

"Greetings, Master Hu! May Master Hu have good fortune and wealth!" Dou Guan kowtowed to the master. "It's only been three or five days, but the master is even more handsome. Dou Guan first gives the master a big kowtow."

When Hu Ma returned to Zhu Men Town, he was still two *li* away when countless little ghost messengers swarmed around him, vying to pay their respects.

The most diligent were two little ghosts in front. One kowtowed like pounding garlic, four or five times in a flash, and the other was a little ghost wearing a small official uniform, beaming with joy, respectfully and solemnly giving a big kowtow.

Behind them was a group of dark, strange-looking fellows – some from Xiangzhu Xu, some from Bald Zhang, and some he couldn't recognize. However, these little ghosts were ashamed because the first two performed too well and forgot to speak.

At the very back, he could see a headless little ghost also trying to report, but its paper head had been blown away by the wind. It was constantly chasing after it, running a few steps for every gust of wind, circling twice, unable to catch up, and forgetting to greet Hu Ma.

"No need to say anything, I know it all. Just go back and reassure your masters."

Hu Ma was a little dizzy seeing so many moving little heads. He didn't have time to ask one by one, so he comforted them and told them to disperse, while reaching out to give a piece of blood food to the tumor-legged little ghost.

Twenty-eight *zhang* away, someone had already rolled off a horse, looking at Hu Ma, opening his mouth, but not speaking, just staring at him.

As soon as he returned to town, Shi Niu's disciple knew he was coming, but they didn't dare to come and pay their respects directly.

"Not for now. It's good that he can help. My identity isn't suitable for seeing too many people."

"It's not about waiting for anyone, just opening one door and leaving one open." Then he sat in the hall and waited, slowly drinking a pot of tea.

"If the hatred in the heart of this reincarnated one from the previous generation were passed on to Shi Niu, that would be normal, but now, why does it seem that Shi Niu doesn't have any special feelings towards Zhen Chongfu?"

Miao Shan Fairy sighed, feeling a little embarrassed, "These are all my luggage, personal clothes, familiar gadgets, silver for buying rouge, needles and thread..."

"Unexpectedly, while we were still preparing, Mingzhou suddenly rose up and gained momentum, and the momentum was even stronger than ours. When the fellow disciples came over, they were all pleasantly surprised and ready to do something big..."

Bao Liangjun's brow furrowed and then relaxed, and he whispered, "So, that one knows about the matter here?"

Hu Ma waved his hand and looked at Miao Shan Fairy earnestly, saying, "Don't just say nice things. Have you seen the difficulties here?"

Bao Liangjun heard this, his face was flushed with excitement, and he repeatedly cupped his hands to Hu Ma, "Don't call me Uncle Xu anymore, you call me nephew, and I'll call you uncle. I really didn't expect that I, Old Xu, would have such a good fate after wandering the martial world for so many years."

Hu Ma was a little helpless, thinking that this was coming to handle important matters, not moving the entire house.

"Worthy... worthy... brother... hey, calling you grandpa is no problem!"

Hu Ma thought it was unexpected.

"Uncle-Master is omnipotent, Miao Shan has opened her eyes."

Hu Ma smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

So, he tilted his head slightly and smiled, "Are they worried about me?"

"But you have to tell me the truth, in the village, you said one word, and I called a bunch of old guys. I joined this Xiangzhu Xu's force and fought a few silly battles without knowing what's going on. But who would have thought that we've fought here now, and it's difficult to enter the city."

"Ah?"

Speaking, he bowed slightly, and then said, "...I'm just running errands for someone, I can't say too much detail. Now is the crucial time for Xiangzhu Xu to enter the city, the situation is naturally dangerous, but do you think the thing in the city is more powerful, or that noble person is more powerful?"

Walking inside, he arrived at Zhu Men Town, and shockingly saw that after only a day, Zhu Men Town not only didn't have the signs of people leaving, but instead seemed solemnly orderly, even more domineering than the outside camps.

Sure enough, before he had finished half a bowl of tea, someone came, it was Miao Shan Fairy.

This is Shi Niu's rule.

"...Does this Miao Shan know, or do all of Shi Niu's disciples know? 'In the past few days, someone from Shi Niu had already arrived, saying that some of them had arrived at Zhu Men Town earlier. They also saw me appearing as a Zougui Xiaodao. According to these people's cleverness, they had already inquired about this identity."

"Just remember, don't let the movements on those faces confuse your mind, and don't drop the ball at a crucial moment. When this matter is over, we will meet in Mingzhou City, won't we?"

He personally led a horse, and behind the horse was a cart, piled high with things. He entered the courtyard, then came up to kowtow. After Hu Ma excused her from the courtesy, she hurriedly got up and took out a wine jar-sized, rough-carved wooden box from the cart.

"…Okay…"

Hu Ma thought for a while, feeling a little difficult to be too casual.

"That…"

If the reincarnated person of this generation is just too low-key and doesn't know about previous events, it makes sense, but Shi Niu is a disciple of the previous generation's reincarnated person. The previous generation's reincarnated person should have suffered losses from the Hu family.

Speaking of this, he paused slightly and said, "We are all waiting in various places. Does Uncle-Master want to summon us as the leader?"

Open a door, close a door, and they can come when they see it.

"Why are you kowtowing?"

Hu Ma was speechless listening, and knew that with these words as a foundation, if Hong Deng Niangniang wanted to leave Zhai Jiaoqian again, I'm afraid the shopkeepers and Xiangzhu below would not agree, so he smiled and said a few words.

Bao Liangjun looked at him seriously, lowering his voice and saying, "We're family, let's not beat around the bush. Now, when I'm talking to you, do I need to kneel down and kowtow? How many times?"

"...Bringing something for Uncle-Master to handle business with, there is only this box."

"...It's not that we don't come proactively, there are also rules in the sect, our identities are not enough, we cannot be seen unless summoned."

Bao Liangjun glanced at Hu Ma's waist, the smiling face mask was still tied there, and now he was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but since he didn't recognize him, he could only take a long breath and say, "I understand, I understand the rules."

Bao Liangjun was anxious, speaking in a low voice, relaxed, excited, and obviously puzzled with a few surprises. It was really difficult to see so many expressions on one face at the same time.

"I am by the side of that noble person…"

Hu Ma looked strange, "You've always called me uncle."

Miao Shan, truly admires the sect leader…

As soon as Miao Shan Fairy heard this, she moved and praised, "We have been running Yi Qian Sect for many years, making friends with people with connections in all directions, wealthy families, and always paying attention to the situation in the world, holding these lantern blessings to earn fame, just to create momentum to achieve great things."

Holding it over with both hands, Hu Ma took it in his hand, opened it to take a look, then put it under the table, and looked at the cart behind her, "Why did you bring so many things?"

Seeing that Miao Shan Fairy was full of joy when she saw him, and occasionally peeked at him, he smiled and said, "Why are you praising people as soon as you come up?"

Arriving in front of the guards, Hu Ma wanted to force a smile and say something nice to get into the town, but unexpectedly saw Bao Liangjun coming out of the town with a serious expression and a face full of sorrow. When he saw Hu Ma, his face changed drastically, and he directly rode his horse to rush over.

Miao Shan Fairy asked, "Why worry?"

"Ah?"

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense. The outside was Bao Liang General's, but everyone knew that Bao Liang General was protecting Hong Deng Niangniang, so wouldn't the An Shen Temple inside this town be even more heavily guarded?

The name Hu Family Zhen Chongfu came from this kind of evil Chongfu from Zhen reincarnation. In principle, the Hu family should have a deep hatred with the reincarnated person.

However, it seemed that whether it was Seven-Pot-Head he knew or Miss White Wine, they only regarded the Hu family as ordinary ten surnames. They were afraid of course, but they were only afraid of the ten surnames, not a special fear of the Hu family.

Miao Shan Fairy tentatively opened her mouth, "Uncle-Master, then I will say it straight, Xiangzhu Xu has no chance of winning."

Hu Ma looked at him, and suddenly said, "What noble person?"

Originally, Hu Ma revealed his identity as Zougui Xiaodao deliberately, and he had already thought about how to explain it, but now seeing that Miao Shan didn't care about this, so he didn't deliberately talk about it, just smiled and said, "I said Mingzhou would be lively, how do you see it now?"

Miao Shan Fairy hurriedly lowered her voice and said, "I knew long ago that the sect leader was extraordinary, but I only couldn't see through it before. Now I know that the sect leader even has such good means and has even mixed in with that silly young master from the mountain. Amazing."

Not only were people guarding all the intersections, but also people in full armor patrolling everywhere. The only awkward thing was that because the guards were too strict, it seemed like they were protecting Hong Deng Niangniang, like they were keeping her locked up here to prevent her from running away secretly.

All the way without disturbing anyone, he entered the town. From afar, he saw squares of camps and clusters of soldiers arranged properly outside the town, neatly arranged in a row for seven or eighty *li*, divided into front and rear camps, already with some military majesty.

So, the tumor-legged little ghost jumped up and went happily, only attracting envious eyes from other little ghosts.

Then he was not polite and asked Xu Xiaozhi to help him find a secluded house in the town.

"Hehe, whether that person knows it or not, we can't say, anyway, when those people from the city came, the noble person knew it in his heart, otherwise, could I persuade Uncle Xu to help with this?"