Xia Xun couldn't bear to look at the corpses gathered in the hall anymore. He walked out of the Li family living room and let out a long sigh.
He also knew that Niu Buye did this not only to vent his anger and revenge, but also to warn those believers. No matter how hard the court tried, it was impossible to arrest all the religious bandits, as long as they could keep a few leaders and organize
If it doesn't fester from the inside, it can keep its foundation and make a comeback.
The White Lotus Sect has been associated with rebellion since the day it was born. It originated from the Northern Song Dynasty and started to rebel from the Northern Song Dynasty. It opposed the Song Dynasty during the Song Dynasty, opposed the Jin Dynasty during the Jin Dynasty, opposed the Yuan Dynasty during the Yuan Dynasty, and rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. It was as if there was a rebel bone in the back of its head, and it rebelled against whoever was in power.
If you look carefully, the period of its rebellion may not always be at the end of a dynasty, when class conflicts intensify sharply, but they can happen in any dynasty and any period. If you have to say that it is a revolution, it is an uprising.
, resisting the decadent feudal rule is really putting gold in its face.
In fact, many times the rebellion is just due to the selfish desires of the leaders. Once the leaders of the Xiangzhu altar, the bishops, marshals, and the Taoist sects have gained greater power and absorbed enough believers, their ambitions
It started to grow, and I began to think about becoming a king and hegemon, seizing the world, sitting on the world, and being an emperor. It was not about doing justice for heaven, hoeing violence for peace, or any kind of righteous uprising.
Today, Xia Xun witnessed their atrocities with his own eyes, and he was angered. Originally, he returned to Shandong this time just under the guise of investigating Shandong Prefecture to crack down on religious bandits. His real purpose was only one: to win the Peng family's understanding and take back his wife.
.Now, he has changed his mind. He wants to catch Niu Buye first and must bring this extremely vicious thief to justice.
"First time meeting, first time meeting..."
He suddenly remembered what Levi had said, and immediately there was a faint line in his mind, floating gently there. He wanted to catch it but couldn't. He stood there blankly for a long time,
Suddenly I caught something, and after looking more carefully, I hurriedly turned around and walked towards the hall...
The news of the Li family's murder case spread throughout the city, and it immediately had two completely opposite effects. On the one hand, Niu Buye's brutal massacre caused many ordinary people to have strong feelings of resistance to them, and they also resented the disturbing behavior caused by the government during the search.
There are fewer complaints, and even some low-quality patrol agents are too lazy to take advantage of the opportunity to extort money. I just hope that they can bring these murderers to justice as soon as possible.
On the other hand, there are fewer and fewer religious people who are worried about being punished by religious rules and voluntarily surrender and report others. Originally, due to the pressure and vigorous publicity from the government, the Shandong Prosecution Commission has posted a notice exonerating those who surrender.
Many ordinary people rushed to the government office to surrender, and there was an endless stream in front of the gate of the inspector.
However, once the murder of the Li family occurred, the number of people who surrendered dropped sharply, and most of the religious people remained silent and distrustful of the government. As a result, it became much more difficult for the government to arrest the religious bandits and expand their results.
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Niu Buye's goal was achieved. On the one hand, he avenged his murdered brothers and killed member Li's family. He earned himself a reputation as a righteous man and strengthened the determination of the already panicked disciples of the sect.
, and at the same time, it also stabilized his basic followers. Although those people are just ordinary people, if they are used well, they can inform them, provide cover, provide food and money, and they can be like a fish in water among the people, and they can be under the eyes of the patrol.
I can swim freely underneath.
The murder case of the Li family has become a bellwether for the competition between the government and Niu Buye. If the case cannot be solved, the government will be a loser. People are more afraid of the White Lotus Sect than the national law and the court. This time the attack on the Jinan White Lotus Sect bandits will be Giving up halfway will only encourage Niu Buye's arrogance. Although his church has been severely damaged, it will be easy for him to make a comeback.
On the contrary, if the government can bring Niu Buye to justice, the magical powers they boast will no longer have much market here. The collapse of the idol Niu Buye will make Jinan Prefecture's great cause of suppressing bandits twice as effective.
Mr. Cao, the prosecutor's office, was really anxious. He visited the chief envoy's office, commanded the envoy's office, and sought help from the other two offices. He also patrolled the streets in person to inquire about the specific matters of arresting the bandits. On the streets of Jinan, the general We can see Master Cao's guard of honor coming and going.
In the afternoon, Mr. Cao's guard of honor once again left the Inspector's Yamen and walked south along the street. It seemed that he was heading to the Chief Envoy's Yamen. As soon as the carriage left the street where the Inspector's Yamen was, several hooded men suddenly appeared on the roofs on both sides. In front of the big man, he drew his bow and nocked arrows at Master Cao's carriage. Suddenly, sharp arrows were shot into the sedan, followed by several big men who jumped off the roof with knives and attacked the carriage. Master Cao's guards immediately followed. Protect the carriage tightly and fight with them.
"The bandits are here to assassinate Mr. Cao, let's go quickly!"
For a moment, people all over the street were running around in panic. The older girls and younger wives were screaming, and the half-year-old children were crying. The sellers and those setting up stalls piled up their stalls and left. The buyers ran even faster, and some didn’t even pay after they had paid. They took things, some took things without paying, people were happy, people were yelling, and there were all kinds of noises. Some people who had no time to escape got under the stalls and ran into the shops on both sides. In a short time, the bustling street was empty. Wild, leaving nothing but a mess.
"The ideas are thorny and the wind is tight!"
Seeing that the masked men who were fighting hard could not approach the carriage, one of them gave a shout and turned around to leave.
"Let's go, see you at the same place!"
Another big man uttered harsh words, greased the soles of his feet, and fled.
Both of them have foreign accents, one has an accent from the Fujian and Zhejiang areas, and the other has an accent from the Bashu area.
"My lord! My lord! The assassin has escaped. How is your lord?"
Two guards rushed to the carriage and shouted. The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Master Cao, who was wearing an official hat crookedly, came out of it shakily. His face was as white as a ghost. There was a sharp arrow stuck in his black gauze hat. , there was also a sharp arrow stuck in his left arm, and he roared angrily: "Idiot! Trash! In broad daylight, in the clear sky, people actually come to kill me in front of me, they are all trash!"
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In the cellar of Chen's Mountain Fruit Shop, Ling Bupo excitedly reported to Niu Buye the assassination of Inspector Cao that had just happened. He described it vividly and vividly, although he had not seen it with his own eyes and everything he knew was hearsay. .When they heard him say that Cao Qigen had fled back to the Yamen in despair, several believers burst into laughter.
After hearing this, Niu Buye was not as excited as some of his subordinates. He said calmly: "Isn't Cao Qigen dead? Even if he is dead, what will happen? The imperial court can send another inspector right away. What good can the assassination of Cao Qigen do except force us to be even more desperate?"
The laughter stopped, Niu Buye frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "Not from us? Foreign accent... Who would come to assassinate Cao Qigan?"
At first, he only thought he was a disciple of the sect who had lost contact and took the risk to assassinate Cao Qigen. However, when he heard that the accent was from another place, he inevitably violated the plan. The White Lotus Sect has always been a very loose organization. The religious circles in various places were not subordinate to each other because the imperial court banned the White Lotus Sect.
, the White Lotus Sect in various places even has other names, which are all kinds of and seem to have nothing to do with each other.
Although they still maintain a relatively unified communication and contact method, the disciples in the sect will take care of each other as a fellow disciple when they go out, but this is a matter of mutual benefit, and they do not need to travel all over the world with a penny. This is what they want to attract followers.
A powerful method, people from the same sect will help wherever they go. This is a great temptation for those ordinary people. It is a matter of mutual benefit. The religious circles in various places will naturally help their fellow sects as much as possible, but it is also a matter of mutual benefit.
That's all.
Under the surface of a harmonious atmosphere, in order to fight for territory and believers, they actually fought a lot openly and covertly. The ordinary members of the congregation had no idea about this, but the senior people knew it. Now the imperial court is arresting White Lotus believers all over the world. Everyone
When everyone is concerned about their own faults, who will take the risk and come to Jinan to stand up for him?
While Niu Buye was thinking about it, someone said: "Brother, could it be that he is one of ours and deliberately speaks some foreign language to confuse the audience?"
Niu Buye shook his head and said, "People will blame us for this, so why pretend to be outsiders?"
One of his men thought for a while and reminded: "Brother, could he be a Vajra slave?"
Niu Buye said: "He? It's not easy for him to escape here alone. How many brothers can he bring with him? Besides, what is his purpose of assassinating Cao Qigen?"
Speaking of this, Niu BuZhi suddenly thought of a possibility.
When Wang Yiyuan saw him, he persuaded him to just start a rebellion. Now that Niu Buye has become a criminal wanted by the court, he doesn't mind rallying a team to rebel, but his power base is mainly in Jinan City, here
Preaching allows him to have greater power and wealth, and his life is much more comfortable than that of some religious leaders who develop in rural areas, but it is also much more difficult to rebel.
This is a place under the direct jurisdiction of the government. No matter how big the fish is, it is difficult to cause any trouble. Moreover, the people in these cities are not so easy to fool. It is easy to get them to join the religion and everyone calls them brothers. It is easy to form gangs and abandon yourself.
If he leaves his wife and children to kill his own family and property, I'm afraid there won't be many people who are willing to go with him.
Wang Jingangnu was addicted to rebellion, and he didn't want to put all his money into it. Although Wang Yiyuan's words were very tempting, he didn't want to take this dead end unless it was the end of the road, so he just made a perfunctory talk that day and didn't agree on the spot.
It could be Wang Yiyuan who is forcing him to make a decision. If so, will Wang Yiyuan, a rebellious lunatic, do something even crazier?
Niu Buye became more and more nervous as he thought about it. He thought for a moment and then ordered: "Tell Lao Chen to prepare. Let's change places tonight."
Several brothers stood up one after another, and someone asked: "Brother, why did you suddenly change places? What's wrong?"
Niu Buye said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the unexpected. If it really has something to do with Vajra Slave... we can't be implicated by this lunatic."
Someone asked: "Then should we continue to keep in touch with him?"
Niu Buye hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, keep an eye out and keep in touch with him. This person...maybe be useful."