The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 284: Dunhuang Changes Ownership

Last time, we talked about Liang Quyi taking Li Yi back to the City Lord's Mansion, and the Gu Masters of Western Chu were waiting in the reception room. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.

When Li Chu saw the iron chain on Li Yi's hand, he understood everything instantly and saluted, "Since Lord Liang has already captured Li Yi, you guys can take a look."

A Gu Master looked Li Yi up and down, and then said: "It seems that the three cultivators are just so-so, but he also practices Confucianism and Taoism, so it may be difficult to use Gu on him."

Another person said: "Not only Confucianism, but Buddhism also cultivates spiritual power. Buddhism also has a certain resistance to our Gu technique. This Gu is really hard to use."

"If you ask me, we should gather the strength of the eight of us and cast a spell together to suppress his mental power first, and then cast the Gu. Otherwise, it won't work."

"Suppress the mental power and then cast the curse. Hmm, this is a good suggestion. What do you think, Captain Li?"

Li Pu nodded and said, "Well, you can try."

The eight men surrounded Li Yi. Liang Quyi spoke up: "Hey, we agreed before that 10,000 taels of gold would be exchanged for Li Yi's head. Now that he has been captured, where is the gold?"

A Gu Master looked at Li Chu with a surprised look, as if asking, why isn't the person you control listening to you?

Li Pu laughed and said, "You guys continue, City Lord Liang, let's talk for a moment."

Liang Quyi followed Li Jun to the side, and the latter stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Jun's neck. Li Jun was so shocked that he shouted: "City Lord Liang! We are one of them! We are one of them! What are you doing!"

"Huh, one of your own? Why didn't you treat me as one of your own when you cast the Gu on me?" The other seven Gu masters looked at Liang Quyi in surprise. There had never been a case where a poisoned person broke free from the control and attacked the Gu master.

Li Chu shouted: "Li Yuefu, please save me!"

The seven people who heard this were even more confused, wondering if Li Yu was crazy, how could he still call Li Yi to save him! However, they suddenly reacted, but it was too late. Li Yi used the Lion Roar Skill to shock the seven people both inside and outside. The external shock to their organs caused their livers and gallbladders to rupture, and the internal shock to their minds made them dare not resist!

Liang Quyi's men rushed into the house and tied them up. Li Yi waved his hand and asked Zhang Biao, Yu Jiu and Lang Ya to remove the poison from them and interrogate them. He led everyone away, leaving only Li Yi, Liang Quyi and Li Pu in the house.

Li Yi stretched out his hand and pulled Liang Quyi's hand away, saying with a smile: "Don't be angry, City Lord Liang. He was just following orders and had no choice. He originally had a poisonous insect in his body, and I pulled it out, so he regained his freedom."

Liang Quyi said coldly: "Humph, how can the Gu Master's Gu be the same as the one he gave me?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "It is indeed different, but as long as this Gu is there, they have no choice but to obey. Come, City Lord Liang, sit down, let's face it now and explain clearly what the Wu Gu Cult has done to control you and its purpose, so that we can make amends."

Li Yi reached out and pressed Li Pu to his seat, and then began a confrontation, just to find out how much power Western Chu still had in Dunhuang. Liang Quyi was most concerned about when and how he was poisoned, so this was naturally the first question.

The first thing Liang Quyi did after becoming the lord of Dunhuang was to find a way to control the city. The people he brought with him would certainly have no problem fighting, but they were outsiders when it came to managing a city, so he had to find someone who knew how to do it.

How could someone who was friendly with the old city lord Di Chou help him? Moreover, he had killed many people and offended many people during the fight, which made the situation very difficult. Dunhuang did not have much food in stock, but there were many people. In addition, the local wealthy families did not cooperate. Liang Quyi was forced to swing his axe at the Zhang family, the largest family in Dunhuang.

After the massacre, although the urgent need was solved, the local tycoons were completely at odds with each other, and even the market in the outer city of Dunhuang was closed. At this difficult time, Li Pu came with his sincerity, not only offering advice, but also helping Liang Quyi persuade the Suo, Song, Yin, Zhai, Li, Wang, Linghu and other clans to cooperate with the new city lord to reopen the market.

Li Chu took this opportunity to gain Liang Quyi's trust and reliance, and Li Chu did this naturally for the Western Chu's northern expedition strategy. However, at this time, Liang Quyi was not poisoned because they had not yet obtained the Qi Duan Gu.

This Qi Duan Gu was brought by the Grand Elder of the Wu Gu Cult, Kan Jin, before the Qiang people returned from Western Chu. In addition to this Gu, Elder Kan also brought the latest instructions from the Crown Prince Xiong Zhu, including killing Li Yi and intercepting the Qiang envoys, controlling Dunhuang City, etc.

When Li Zhu received the order and got the new Gu, he naturally did his best. He immediately invited Liang Quyi to Shujin Manor for a drink. The Gu was planted at that time, and the first thing he controlled Liang Quyi to do was to intercept and kill the Qiang envoys.

Through Guo Guaizi, the news of the Qiang delegation was told to Liang Quyi. Instead of saying it was a Qiang delegation, it was said to be a large caravan with gold, silver, jewelry, grain, salt, wine, silk, brocade, and tea. To put it bluntly, it was telling Liang Quyi that if he robbed the caravan, he would not have to worry for a while.

These things were all rewards bestowed by the King of Chu on the Qiang Tribal Alliance, because they had already agreed that when Western Chu conquered Tuyuhun, the Qiang Tribal Alliance would send troops to attack the Northern Wei border, leaving them no time to send troops to Tuyuhun, giving Western Chu time to control Tuyuhun and set up ambushes to guard against the Northern Wei.

But although this matter was settled, something unexpected happened in the Northwest Grassland. The Qiang Tribe Alliance went to Tianshan Mountain, and they never came back. When the news came back to Chengdu from Dunhuang, the Qiang delegation had already set off with the rewards, which meant that these things were rewarded in vain.

Xiong Zhu was a smart man. He rolled his eyes and waved his hand. He let these Qiang people act as porters and send the rewards to Dunhuang for the layout of Dunhuang City. That's why Elder Kan Jin came all the way to send the Qi Duan Gu and new instructions. He controlled Liang Quyi and asked him to attack the Northern Wei on behalf of the Qiang tribal alliance. These rewards would be his military supplies.

So, Liang Quyi led his men to rob the caravan, but ended up running into an old acquaintance. They were not going to fight, but Li Chu hid among them and shook the Gu bell to control Liang Quyi to attack his own people and kill all the members of the Qiang delegation.

From then on, Liang Quyi was completely reduced from a grassland hero to a puppet of Western Chu, helping Western Chu to eliminate dissidents and suppress other forces in Dunhuang City.

Hearing this, Liang Quyi swung his fist to blow Li Chu's head off, but fortunately he was stopped by Li Yi, otherwise Li Chu would have gone to see his Gu God.

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "City Lord Liang, don't be impulsive. We have just started to reconcile the accounts. Why do we have to take action? We can find a way to remedy the situation after we finish reconciling the accounts."

Then they checked the accounts. When Li Chu told Liang Quyi everything, he realized how much innocent blood was on his hands. In the eyes of the people of Dunhuang, the former grassland hero was a profit-seeking and evil bandit. Even people in Liang Quyi's own tribe said that he had changed.

Many merchants and common people, who had no income due to the cessation of trade routes, fled during his tenure as city lord.

After hearing everything, Liang Quyi wanted to kill himself with a knife, but was stopped by Li Yi. He asked: "Li Yi, what do you mean? You neither let me kill him nor let me commit suicide! What do you want me to do!"

"Of course you should do what you should do! If you die now, what will happen to your people? Your death will indeed put an end to everything, but what good will it do to those who have been hurt by you? You should find a way to do something practical."

“What is practical?”

“The black demon wolves are almost extinct south of Xingxing Gorge, but they still exist north of Xingxing Gorge, and there are quite a few in Xingxing Gorge. I didn’t have time to deal with them last time, so why not let City Lord Liang take care of this matter.

Open up the road from Dunhuang to Gaoche State, and we will restore the trade route section by section to make Dunhuang prosperous again. This can be regarded as your compensation to the people of Dunhuang as the city lord. The 10,000 shi of grain and grass I have transferred to you are for you to lead the expedition. "

Liang Quyi looked at Li Yi without replying, and turned away silently. Li Pu asked, "Li Lefu, asking him to lead people to wipe out the Black Demon Wolves is no different from sending him to his death. Can he do it?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "He wanted to die anyway, so he might as well die in a more meaningful way. This can be considered a journey of redemption. But you, Brother Li, shouldn't you also express your apology?"

"Of course, of course. But how should I apologize?"

Li Yi asked: "Since you can persuade the great families of Dunhuang to cooperate with Liang Quyi, I think you can also help me persuade them to be loyal to the new city lord, right?"

"New city lord? Who? Li Lefu, do you want to be the new city lord? That's no problem! Definitely no problem!"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's not me, but a ten-year-old boy named Wei Lue."

"No, how can a ten-year-old child be the city lord?"

Li Yi laughed and said, "Just relying on the methods of your Wu Gu Cult! Don't tell me that you can convince those big families just by relying on the reputation of your Shu Jin Manor! You also cast a spell on them, right?"

Li Chu nodded awkwardly.

"Can you remove the Gu from them?"

"Of course I will remove the Gu that is used against ordinary people."

"That's good. Teach Wei Lue the method of removing the poison and help him win over the people. That will be your token of appreciation. Don't worry, I won't kill any of your men. Otherwise, Xi Chu will send others and we will have to find a way to deal with them. It will be very troublesome. Just do your business here and don't interfere in other matters!"

"Thank you, Li Yuefu! I'll take care of this matter! I will definitely get it done!"

The next day, Liang Quyi appeared at Zhangjia Cave outside Kaiyan Temple in the east of the city. The Zhang family members he killed were buried around the Buddhist cave excavated with the help of his family. There were no tombstones or coffins, only mounds of earth. The clans that were friendly with the Zhang family helped bury them there. After Liang Quyi bowed and knelt, he began to dig the grave with his bare hands.

The young monk from Kaiyan Temple, the one who opened the door for Li Yi, whose Buddhist name was Xianli, walked up to Liang Quyi and bowed, saying, "Amitabha, are you here to atone for your sins, benefactor Liang?"

Liang Quyi glanced at Xianli and ignored him, digging on his own. Xianli didn't say much, just meditated and chanted in front of the tomb. Liang Quyi had just finished digging a grave when Tiema and Shiying arrived with a group of people.

Liang Quyi asked, "What are you doing here?"

Tie Ma did not answer, but stretched out his hands to dig. Shi Ying smiled and said, "Brother, we made this mistake together. There is no reason for you to bear this sin alone. If God really wants to punish us, we will bear it together!"

Liang Quyi just said "mind your own business" and continued digging the graves. With so many people, the work was quicker. After more than an hour, all the graves were dug up, emitting bursts of corpse stench.

At this time, Li Chu came over with a team of people pulling a cart. He saluted and said, "City Lord Liang, Li Yuefu said you don't have a cart, so he asked me to transfer a cart to help you transport the bodies."

Tie Ma stood up and walked to Li Yu aggressively. Liang Quyi stopped him with his hand, bowed to Li Yu, and then began to move the body onto the cart. When passing by Xianli, he looked at the little monk, who smiled and nodded, and gently stroked the ground with his hand, and the original stench of the corpse suddenly disappeared.

When everyone was about to help, Xianli said, "Donors, let Donor Liang do the job of moving the corpse yourself!"

Tie Ma shouted, "Little monk, you'd better not meddle in other people's business!" Then he reached out to move a corpse, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it.

Tiema glared at Xianli and shouted, "It must be you, little bald man, who did something to stop us from helping my eldest brother!" After saying that, he walked up to Xianli aggressively and swung his arm to punch him.

"Amitabha!" Golden light emanated from Xianli's body. The iron horse hit the golden light like hitting cotton, but it could not penetrate half an inch.

Quartz was surprised and asked, "This isn't the Vajra Divine Art! What kind of art is this?"

"Vajra Prajna." Li Yi's voice suddenly came: "City Lord Liang, you have worked hard with these corpses. When you feel that the corpses are lighter, it means that their resentment has subsided. If not, it proves that you have not done enough!"