Yan Jiu stood by the ladder, as if he had something to say. Qian Wubing frowned and glanced at him impatiently.
"Sir, I recognize this Buddha statue!"
"Um?"
"The Innocent Mother enshrined here!" Yan Jiu swallowed and said with some difficulty.
"Old Mother Wusheng!" Qian Wubing nodded casually, holding on to the ladder and preparing to climb up. Suddenly, he stepped towards the ladder and stopped, with a shocked look on his face: "
Wusheng Old Mother, do you think this is Wusheng Old Mother?"
His eyes widened, he glanced at Yan Jiu, turned back, and looked carefully at the statue on the Buddhist altar.
Yes, the Buddha statue is kind and solemn, smiling, with white hair, and wearing Xiapei. She looks like an old woman. More importantly, what the Buddha statue holds in both hands is a Bagua. Seeing this Bagua, Qian Wubing is ready.
I am sure that this Buddha statue is the legendary "Inanimate Old Mother".
Qian Wubing has been a royal guard for a long time, and he is no stranger to these strange sects. Let's put it this way, any sect among the people that is not recognized by the court is actually a cult in the eyes of the court.
, since it is a sect, it must gather believers to preach and so on. This gathering of people is the most intolerable thing of the imperial court. Regarding these folk religions that can gather people and incite people, the imperial court's attitude has always been very firm.
That is "heavy code!" Whether it is banned, arrested, or banned, in short, this kind of religion has little chance of survival in the Ming Dynasty. And the Jin Yiwei is the main force in enforcing this heavy code. There was even a period of time when this kind of religion
This matter was treated as Jin Yiwei's top priority.
In this kind of thing, the biggest headache for the Jinyiwei is the group of guys from the White Lotus Sect who "eat vegetables to serve the Bodhisattvas", as well as the many various small branch sects derived from the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect is also very tenacious.
Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, they have been working tirelessly to create obstacles for the government. Even in the Yongle year, they almost caused a big chaos, entangled the people to cause chaos, and caused chaos in several provinces. From that time on, for the White Lotus Sect,
There is only one word for the court's punishment - kill!
It is well known that the White Lotus Sect worships Maitreya Buddha, but in recent years, a mysterious sect has gradually separated from the White Lotus Sect, secretly accumulating strength, and going against the imperial court.
This group of believers can be said to be the most die-hard and hard-core members of the White Lotus Sect. Ordinary members of the congregation may be deceived into joining the religion. However, in addition to those who voluntarily join the religion, this group of believers even have several generations of members who join the religion voluntarily.
It is something that has been passed down from generation to generation. Everyone in Jinyiwei has a consensus. If this group of the most die-hard and dangerous White Lotus cultists are wiped out, the White Lotus cult will not be able to recover and come up with any new tricks for at least twenty years.
And these people worship this "no-life mother"! Their most notorious mantra is "no-life mother, empty hometown".
There is no need to guess what it means to find the statue of Wusheng Old Mother here. Qian Wubing even made the worst assumption for a moment: Did these rebels from the White Lotus Sect notice that Li Feng'er and Li Feng'er were here?
The relationship between the emperor and the two women became the targets of these rebels!
As for himself, Qian Wubing doesn't feel that he has done anything outrageous and worthy of being dealt with by these rebels in such a big way.
"All the pilgrims were driven out and imprisoned in the side hall. Some of these people may be involved with the rebels in the temple!" Qian Wubing calmed down and quickly sorted out his thoughts: the secret room in the temple,
Obviously it cannot be dug up by outsiders, so this can only mean that someone in this temple is a traitor to the White Lotus Sect.
The rebels are hidden among the monks in these temples. However, neither Sun Qian nor Li Feng'er rarely appear in public. Since the hidden rebels have transformed into monks, they may not necessarily know their identities.
Let alone recognize their appearance, this must be pointed out by outsiders. Perhaps, it is simply the rebels disguised as pilgrims who did this. This temple is just a resting place for them, with the help of the invisible rebels here
Hide the two girls and their whereabouts.
No matter what, there must be rebels among the monks, but not all pilgrims may be innocent.
"Sir, would you like me to go to the nearby county government and call some people over?" Yan Jiu saw Qian Wubing being silent for a long time and knew that he had clearly weighed the seriousness of the matter. Such a thing happened in an important place in the capital, and it was necessary to expose it.
, it is possible to replace all the gentlemen in Shuntian Mansion. At this time, it is obviously too late to go back to the capital to gather manpower, so we can only mobilize the nearby county government officials to catch the fast ones.
There are only one or two hundred monks in the temple. Including the pilgrims, three hundred people cannot be defeated. Moreover, most of them are strong. God knows if they have hidden weapons and armor. If someone really wants to cause trouble,
The two hundred Jin Yiwei really may not be able to control the situation.
"Secretly send a few people to the nearby county government to transfer people!" Qian Wubing thought for a while and did not dare to make excuses at all: "Pilgrims and monks will be guarded separately, and we will tell them that we are searching for the remnants of Dongchang and will
They gathered together for their own safety. The remaining people worked hard to find the two ladies. Since people were still in the temple after dark, they had to find them first even if they dug three feet into the ground. There was no need to worry about this.
You see how I will deal with this gang of thieves!"
The order was a bit complicated, but Yan Jiu just nodded and ran out without saying a word. Before talking to Qian Wubing, he didn't know how many such things he had dealt with. When it came to dealing with this scene, he compared Qian
Wu Bing is much more skillful. Even if Qian Wu Bing's incoherent words lead to chaos, he can handle the outside affairs properly under Qian Wu Bing's name.
Civilians govern the country, and generals kill enemies. When it comes to gaining merit and wealth, there is nothing in the Jinyi Guards that can be faster than catching rebels. When Yan Jiu went out, he didn't know what to say to the leaders of the Jinyiwei.
The enthusiasm of everyone was almost visible to the naked eye, and it came out in no time.
"Sir, there is no need to worry too much. As long as the two ladies are still in this temple, we will definitely find them. I asked Yan Jiu. They have been blocking the mountain gate after dark. There is only one way up and down the mountain. There is no way.
The thieves must have taken the two ladies away with their wings!"
Yan Qi comforted Qian Wubing. In this kind of thing, as long as those rebels from the White Lotus Sect are not stupid, the two girls will definitely not be harmed. Otherwise, it would be meaningless for these rebels to rob them.
People may not just kill people to vent their anger, their purpose must be more than that.
Qian Wubing hummed absentmindedly a few times. Seeing Qian Wubing like this, Yan Qi sighed and said nothing.
Time passed by, Qian Wubing was waiting anxiously here, and the monks and pilgrims who were being detained were even more anxious.
Fortunately for the monks, monks are still slightly better than ordinary people in this kind of matter. After all, there is a saying in Buddhism about "preventing anger", but the same cannot be said for pilgrims.
The monks were detained in the Main Hall. Apart from the low chanting of sutras, there was almost no other sound among the people in the hall. However, the side hall where the pilgrims were detained was like a vegetable market at this moment.
The pilgrims were of a complex composition, including officials, ordinary people, students staying in temples to take exams, and traffickers and lackeys who were illiterate. Although with Jin Yiwei's explanation, there were no loud voices clamoring for dissatisfaction, the discussions between them were still there.
Indispensable.
In a corner of the side hall, Lou Juanyun, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was sitting here quietly with his family members. He was approaching his forties, but he had no heirs. He and his wife came here specially to burn incense and make wishes, and stayed overnight.
In the temple, he unexpectedly encountered such a thing. Although it had nothing to do with him, it was still a bit disturbing.
He squeezed his wife's hand gently, looked at her frightened eyes, smiled slightly, and comforted her: "Don't worry, the officers and soldiers outside are probably cleared soon, and you can go back and rest soon.
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"But it's been almost an hour, and there's still a lot of trouble outside!" His wife, Luo Shi, leaned slightly towards her husband: "It's impossible for these officers and soldiers to come to this Buddhist pure land with such murderous intentions at such a late hour.
There must be a thief sneaking in!"
"Don't listen to the nonsense of these idle people!" Lou Juanyun shook his head slightly: "They are Jin Yiwei, not ordinary officers and soldiers. They come under the emperor's will. They can't look down on ordinary little thieves. Let's listen quietly.
They just arranged it, you see, apart from bringing everyone together, they didn’t feel wronged by us!”
"But Mr. Qiu's wife has been crying until now, saying that Mr. Qiu went to find these soldiers' theories and never came back. She went to ask, but she didn't get any results. Seeing how pitiful she is, my husband, I want
Why don't you help her and ask her, if the general leading the army doesn't give others face, shouldn't he also give me husband the face?"
When she said this, Luo Shi felt a little proud on her face. Although she and her husband-in-law came to the temple incognito to burn incense and make wishes, he believed that as long as the husband-in-law was willing, the generals who led the troops would not fail to do so no matter how arrogant they were.
To give face to one's husband, wouldn't even Shuntian Prefecture Yin be polite when meeting his husband, let alone these little soldiers?
"Master, would you like me to go ask for Madam?" The family members around me also came over and said somewhat flatteringly. The seventh-grade official of the prime minister's concierge, the housekeeper of Shaoqing's family in Dali Temple, can be regarded as a ninth-grade one after all.
These rude soldiers came here. My master had a good temper, but he couldn't bear it anymore.
"Talk a lot, are you better than Dongchang's fans?" Lou Juanyun glared at his housekeeper angrily: "This is a Jinyiwei, not a random cat or dog from some county government. If they really want to arrest Dongchang here,
Is this the remnant of you who is being beaten on the face if you go up here?"
The housekeeper retreated calmly. He was a bully and fearful of these people when he saw his master, so he naturally stopped mentioning them.
However, there are some things that just don't come to you if you don't want to cause them. Lou Juanyun has already made up his mind to cooperate with Jin Yiwei's arrest as an ordinary pilgrim, but unfortunately, he still can't hide from this matter.
past.
A guard in uniform, who was obviously an officer, walked into the gate of the side hall and shouted to the crowd: "That one is Mr. Lou of Dali Temple. We, sir, are here to invite you!"