Chapter 66 Killing Two Birds with One Stone

The Ruan Zhenmei case is over. The Ruan family went to Kunming together. On the way, the escorting officers certainly did not dare to neglect and did not treat Ruan Zhenmei as a prisoner at all. Mu Tianjiao also wrote a letter to his confidants.

He took it with him and returned to Kunming with Ruan Zhenmei. The content of the letter, in addition to sending greetings to his parents, also asked his father to take more care of the Ruan family.

A few days later, the Ningyang County magistrate escorted Xu Hongru and the bodies of hundreds of White Lotus sect rebels to Beijing. As for the prisoners, they were only a young novice monk.

It is simply impossible for a mere county magistrate to meet the saint in the Golden Palace. But Ningyang County has made great achievements, and the Emperor Longyan is very happy, so he naturally wants to send him to the palace to see him. In the Huangji Palace, Zhu Carpenter paid him a lot of attention

He praised him so much that he was a bit lost. Finally, Zhu Carpenter ordered Dongchang to interrogate the prisoners strictly and find out whether the scorched corpse was Xu Hongru. If it was true, he would be sent to Ningyang County Company.

Even if you are not promoted to level three, you can still be promoted to level one if you are successful in wiping out more than a hundred rebels.

It stands to reason that the task of interrogating the rebels should be done by Mr. Yue, but Mr. Yue is still recovering at home these days and has not gone to court. Do you have to be careful when it comes to acting? You can't let people gossip.

If we let Dongchang try it, this little novice can have a good life. Wei Zhongxian wants to protect Wei Guangwei and the others, so he naturally wants to "force" the little novice to tell that Xu Hongru is a fake. The little novice has already been severely punished in Ningyang County.

It's not healed yet, so how can he withstand the torture of Dongchang. But strange to say, I don't know if he is pretending to be confused or if he is really stupid, but he insists that Xu Hongru is the real Mahayana saint. He is even still there.

He spoke shamelessly, saying that when Maitreya comes to the world, you bastards will not have a good death. He kept talking about Buddha's blessing and Maitreya's protection, and showed off his magical powers. The angry Tian Ergen continued to increase the punishment, and the punishment continued.

The little novice monk actually bit his tongue and committed suicide. Even before he died, he would shout a few words that he was the protector of Maitreya Buddha. God had sent him to endure the calamity. When the calamity was over, he would have supernatural powers.

The person is dead. Wei Zhongxian had the intention to make a false confession, but he couldn't hide it from anyone at all. None of the people in the court were fools. You said that Xu Hongru was fake, but what about the witness? If you dare to beat the witness to death now,

You are talking nonsense, we dare to join you in deceiving the emperor. Anyway, Mr. Yue is here, let’s see who the emperor believes.

Eunuch Wei was helpless, so he had to report truthfully. He said that the young novice monk was tortured by the bandits. He was talking nonsense and cursing the emperor. The old slave couldn't bear it and could only give him a severe punishment. This boy couldn't bear the punishment. He also spread the word about Bai Lian.

After a while of teaching, he finally bit his tongue and committed suicide.

The witness is gone. God knows whether this Xu Hongru is true or false. But the truth or falsehood is no longer important. People who are interested will naturally make a fuss about him. Fang Congzhe asked the emperor to issue an edict to inform the world and calm the people, saying that the White Lotus Sect bandits should be brought to peace.

, the bandit leader Xu Hongru was shot to death and his body was whipped in the capital. Anyone who spreads the White Lotus Sect again will be severely punished. Xu Hongru is an example.

This idea sounds good, and such publicity can indeed calm the minds of the people who have been tortured. Let them know that the birth of Maitreya is fake, and those who dare to oppose the imperial court will be killed.

Zhu Carpenter immediately accepted this suggestion and issued an edict to the world to calm the people. As soon as the edict was issued, Fang Congzhe intensified his efforts and asked the emperor to sentence Wei Guangwei and others, and to arrest all the local officials involved in the case to Beijing.

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Although the eunuchs expressed their opposition, the current trend was that the emperor also wanted to show off those corrupt officials and serve as a warning to others. Therefore, he also ordered Wei Guangwei and a dozen other important court officials to be dismissed from office and their homes confiscated, and they would never be used again.

The local officials involved in the bribery case were taken to Beijing by Dongchang and dealt with strictly.

I really followed Wei Zhongxian's words. Wei Guangwei and the others were all important officials of the imperial court. As long as they did not commit rebellion, corruption and bribery would not kill them.

After the decree was issued, Wei Zhongxian could not ignore it and sent Jiti out of the capital to take custody. There were nearly 300 civil and military officials involved in the case, including generals, deputy generals, staff generals, envoys, inspectors, prefects, tongzhi, prefecture governors and other real powers.

officials.

As soon as this news came out, it could be said that the world was shaken, and officials, big and small, were panicked.

Officials who were closer to the capital, such as those from Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, were naturally the first to be taken to the capital.

Shuntianfu.

That night, an arrow flew in out of thin air from outside the house.

A patrolling officer passed by here. When he saw the arrow, he was startled at first. When he looked carefully, he saw that the tip of the arrow had been cut off, and there was a letter tied to the arrow body.

The officer picked up the arrow and saw a few words written on the envelope, "Your Majesty Yue personally opens it."

The officers dared not fail to report such letters, so they sent people out to look for the person who shot the arrows and handed the letters to Tie Qiu at the same time.

Since Yue Su pretended to be ill, he still stayed in Mu Tianjiao's room. Tie Qiu held the letter and hurriedly went to report it. After seeing Yue Su, he presented the letter. Yue Su tore open the envelope and opened the letter.

I saw this paragraph written above.

"Master Yue is so free that he stays home when he's sick. Although he can save his father-in-law's life, it will seriously endanger the lives of the people. In the near future, the bandits of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong will definitely rebel. At present, many officials in Shandong have been taken to Beijing. The new official

Before taking office, it is inevitable that people will be in panic. If the bandits move, it will be difficult to deal with the chaos. I am a young man who is not talented, but I am willing to help you put down the rebellion and turn things around. If you don't believe it, you can wait a moment and wait until you hear about the bandit uprising.

At that time, it would not be too late to come to Tianxiang Yage to find Xiaosheng."

Yue Su finished reading the letter and said, "Do you know who sent the letter?"

"Sir, this is someone flying an arrow to deliver a message. The officers have already gone out to look for it." Tie Qiu said truthfully.

Su nodded and murmured to himself: "I'm afraid I can't find it."

Then, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Send someone to check. Is there a place called Tianxiang Argyle in Beijing?"

"I obey my orders."

That is, on the same night.

For some reason, tens of thousands of people came to Erlongli, Ningyang County, Yanzhou, Shandong Province. Such a huge momentum would have been noticed by the local government long ago, but Ningyang County has been promoted, and people from surrounding counties have

Officials are all in danger and have no time to pay attention to this. Dongchang was aware of it by then, but all they could do was rush to Jinan Prefecture as soon as possible and notify Yang He.

Under nightfall, the Maitreya Temple was surrounded by tens of thousands of people. In front of the temple door, a young woman sat cross-legged. The woman was dressed in white gauze, and she was holding a jade purification bottle in her hand. It was like a goddess descending from the mortal world, and

Like Avalokitesvara in the temple. Beside the woman, there are more than a dozen monks and more than a dozen young women wearing white clothes.

Tens of thousands of people gathered here, but it was extremely quiet, with no one speaking.

After standing for a long time, suddenly a young man in front of the crowd shouted loudly: "Holy girl, you said tonight is the day when Maitreya will come to the world, but we heard that the Mahayana Saint Master is dead and the body was taken to the capital. How can we bring it down?"

Shi. ​​Aren’t you trying to deceive believers like us?”

The young woman sitting in front of the temple door remained motionless. She was holding an orchid finger in her left hand and muttering something in her mouth. She didn't know what she was thinking. After waiting for a moment, she said: "The Mahayana Saint has just experienced a catastrophe. Now the disaster is coming."

The calamity is over, and you can be reborn from the ashes today. If you don’t believe it, please look here!”

Having said this, she reached out and took out the leaf that was inserted in the jade purification vase, and gently flicked it back, causing splashes of water. At this moment, thick smoke suddenly appeared in the Maitreya Temple, followed closely by

The fire burned.

Seeing the sudden rise of flames, the people here were all dumbfounded. They really didn't understand what was going on. Could it be that the saint had such magical powers that she could ignite such a big fire with just a tap of holy water?

The fire comes.

In fact, this is what the common people think. In their hearts, the saint is beyond their reach. The reincarnation of Maitreya, the Mahayana saint master, is also within his reach.

The fire kept rising, attracting everyone's attention, and suddenly, the door of Maitreya Temple opened.

"Ah Amitabha!"

Following the chant of Buddha, a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe walked out. This middle-aged man was none other than Xu Hongru.

"Ah Amitabha!"... The monks and young girls standing nearby quickly knelt down on the ground, and then shouted loudly, "Maitreya is reincarnated, three or three kalpas, the destined emperor will return to the world and be reborn from the ashes.

Change the world!"

Usually, you need to have a trust to do this kind of thing. The Dragon Slayer Gang understands this truth and has done this before, so of course the White Lotus Sect will do the same.

Among the common people, many people knelt down and shouted loudly: "Maitreya is reincarnated, three tribulations, the destined emperor, will come to the world again, be reborn from the ashes, and change the world!"

Fools are fools. Seeing someone like this, what are you waiting for? They all knelt down and shouted loudly together. "Maitreya is reincarnated, three or three calamities, the destined emperor will come to the world again, reborn from the ashes, and change the world!"...

Tens of thousands of people shouted loudly together, and the momentum was so earth-shattering. The high-pitched voice continued for several miles and took a long time to stop.

Xu Hongru, who was standing next to the saint, sneered in his heart and couldn't help but secretly praise the strategy proposed by the Dragon Slayer Gang. This ingenious plan to rise from the ashes was thought up by Ye Husband. This trick can not only "confuse" and "confuse" the court

, you can also use the name of Maitreya's reincarnation and rebirth from the ashes to win over people's hearts and make the ignorant people more convinced of the words of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect preacher whom Jin Chan caught back then was a trustee, but he didn't know about this plan. Most of the people who died in Maitreya Temple didn't know about this plan, only a few dead men knew about it. The young novice monks didn't even know about it.

I know that he is just a person who has been raped by the White Lotus Sect, and he has no doubt about the reincarnation of Maitreya. As for Xu Hongru, of course it is a fake, but the real Xu Hongru's dead soldier, then he is wearing a human skin mask,

Plus being burned by fire, who can argue?

The plan is to kill two birds with one stone.

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Nowadays, there are very few ***, rewards and tickets. Xiaoyi also knows that his updates are not as good as before, but his health is really not very good recently. In addition, the work unit is celebrating the New Year and is very busy. Here,

Xiaoyi says I'm sorry, and I hope everyone can understand Xiaoyi. When the unit is not busy, I will definitely add more updates. And thank you to those who have always supported Xiaoyi. Here, I sincerely say thank you.

Chapter 66 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
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