Chapter 209: The Devil Comes Out of Troubled Times
Chapter 209 Monsters appear in troubled times
As soon as Zhao Xin finished speaking, several people in the room burst into laughter.
Ding Guofeng said: "Qianlong should be given a trophy."
Zhao Xindao: "If you don't give me gold, I will give you plastic."
Hong Tao said: "Why are you so stingy? You took thousands of taels of gold, pearls and ginseng from someone, and you just gave me a plastic cup."
Ding Guofeng smiled and said: "Doctor Hong, plastic is the ultimate treasure now."
Several people chatted, and Lu Shoushan, Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng who were accompanying them also laughed and giggled. Since learning the news of Beihai Town's victory, Lu Shoushan and the others were overjoyed and became more determined to follow Zhao Xin and win the battle.
belief.
After everyone had finished teasing and dispersed, Zhao Xin said to the three Lu Shoushan who stayed behind: "When will the next boat leave?"
Lu Shoushan stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Tomorrow night, there will be three hundred people in one boat, three boats in total."
Zhao Xin shook his head: "Let's postpone it for two days. Everyone who gets on the ship must first be inspected by Doctor Hong and others."
Lu Shoushan said in surprise: "Master, what happened?"
Zhao Xindao: "There are already people suffering from dysentery on Jeju Island. They were probably brought over from here."
Wang Changsheng on the side turned very ugly when he heard this, and murmured: "A big epidemic?"
Zhao Xin shook his head: "It's not a big deal. As long as the source is found and the infection is eliminated, treatment is not difficult."
In June of this year, after waiting for Zhao Xin for several months and still no news, Lu Shoushan and others learned about the Qing government sending troops to attack. Seeing that more and more refugees were on the farm, they could not continue to resettle them without moving them.
The three of them sat down to discuss the situation and decided to find boat refugees to go to sea first. The temporary resettlement location was located in the southern part of Jeju Island where Xu Dayong had been.
Sure enough, when Zhao Xin finally took a boat and took people to the sea outside northern Jiangsu, he saw two large sand ships transporting refugees just after leaving the Tsushima Strait, and Wang Changsheng happened to be traveling with the ship. These sand ships transporting people were
Wang Changsheng bought it through his connections with the Luo Jiao, and the sailors on the ship were also members of the Luo Jiao.
This saves trouble. Deng Fei transported the refugees directly from Jeju Island back to Beihai Town, saving a lot of time. After Zhao Xin and Doctor Hong stayed briefly in Jeju Island, they took a sand boat to Northern Jiangsu.
Hong Tao brought 20 medical staff with him on the ship this time. He did not expect that a dysentery infection would break out in the temporary settlement in the south of Jeju Island. Fortunately, Zhao Xin had a large stock of quinolone antibiotics, which prevented a large-scale epidemic.
Death occurred. Hong Tao was worried that the situation here in Sheyang Lake was not good, so he took ten people with him.
The three of them felt relieved after hearing this. They all knew a little bit about the medical level in Beihai Town. Some serious diseases that were difficult to treat in the past were nothing here in Beihai Town.
Of course, medicine has always been a cure-all for diseases, and Buddha has destined people. The hospital in Beihai Town is not omnipotent, at least cancer cannot be cured; and those chronic endocrine diseases also rely on the medicine brought back by Zhao Xin
During maintenance, once the drug is discontinued or drug resistance develops, you can only leave it to fate.
After talking about boarding the ship for inspection, Lu Shoushan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Master, there have been some suspicious people outside Zhuangzi in the past few months. After Dayong sent people to investigate, it was confirmed that they were people from the Yuanjiao.
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"Shou Yuan Jiao?" Zhao Xinxin asked what the hell is this. "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Xu Dayong was about to stand up when Zhao Xin waved his hand and asked him to sit down and said. Xu Dayong sorted out his words in his mind and then reported: "Sir, this matter was discovered in August. Before July, we followed your instructions
He ordered them to go to Henan and Shandong to buy refugees, using the excuse of reclaiming coastal wasteland. Because they were afraid of being noticed by the government, they would buy up to a hundred people at a time and then transport them back to Zhuangzi for resettlement. Later, Luo Jiao's sailors also helped
By spreading the news on both sides of the canal, the three of us never went to Henan or Shandong again, and many refugees came to look for them on their own."
It turns out that in May and June this year, because Zhao Xin was busy dealing with the Qing army's attack, Deng Fei went to Ezo. There were no ships to pick up people, so more and more refugees gathered on Sheyang Lake.
. Lu Shoushan and the others selected families from these refugees who would take care of their families. Singles were not wanted.
At the beginning, in order to prevent interested people from mixing in, Lu Shoushan and the others would strictly check every refugee family that came to Zhuangzi, and only take them in after detailed inquiries. But in July, as the number of refugees increased, the situation became somewhat out of control.
All kinds of messy and thoughtful people have gotten in; among them, the group with the worst influence is the Shuanyuan Cult.
China has been a country prone to disasters since ancient times. Various natural and man-made disasters have always threatened the safety of people's lives and property. In connection with these disasters, traditional Chinese society has a sophisticated and complicated disaster system.
Later scholars concluded that this system was a strategy for traditional countries to use cultural systems to make up for technological deficiencies. It contributed to the coexistence of multiple gods with sacred royal power and other sacred gods. It has a profound influence on the disaster belief mentality and belief system in Chinese history.
profound impact.
Folk religions have taken advantage of the country's disaster belief system and the disaster belief mentality of grassroots society, and relied on the teachings about "three times" and "three tribulations" in the Buddhist scriptures to create a system with the "three periods of final tribulation" as the core.
The disaster belief myth, and through this set of myths, established the sect as the core of this "disaster resolution system".
These sects have summarized their own picture of the end of the world through the records of the most severe natural and man-made disasters in history. Faced with the real disasters of wind and rain, in the hearts of ordinary people, the statement of catastrophe just confirms the current reality. For example, the following statement,
It is completely applicable to the years of great disasters in various periods in ancient times:
"In the three to five years of Jiazi in the Yuan Dynasty, all kinds of diseases attacked, father and son fled, and couples could not care for each other. In the thirteen provinces, prefectures, counties, shops and villages, the people were like headless ghosts. People cannibalized human flesh, and bones were everywhere. The rich, the poor, the poor.
, the suffering of the people. There are seventy or eighty donations every year, which shows that the people are miserable. The fields are abandoned and the cattle and sheep are dead."
Almost all folk sects say in unison, "Only by following my way can you avoid disaster." The real hardships and hardships make people physically and mentally exhausted, and the disaster myths of sects make people even more frightened. The generosity and kindness of the so-called "Innocent Mother" win people
trust and favor; the misappropriation of Buddhism's "Maitreya Buddha descends to earth at the right time" is even more exciting. All of this has contributed to people's strong desire to get closer to the sect. Therefore, in the cases of various folk sects seized by the government in the past dynasties, believers confessed that they were involved in the sect.
There are many people who teach simply out of "fear of floods, droughts, and desolations", "covet to survive disasters," and "practice to avoid disasters, nothing else."
Like other secret sects in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Shuoyuan Sect was widely spread in the Ming Dynasty. Within the sect, the "Litian Scroll" is the treasure scroll, "Namo Tianyuan Taibao Amitabha" is the object of worship, and there is also the eight-character mantra "vacuum"
Hometown, no biological parents" is passed down orally.
"Sir, in the 18th year of Qianlong's reign, the Shuoyuan Sect was renamed the Ronghua Society in Kaifeng, Henan. In some places, it was also called the Hunyuan Sect."
When Zhao Xin heard this, he already understood what nonsense "receiving yuan" and "ronghua" are, this is the White Lotus Sect!
Since the Qing Dynasty, folk secret societies have had many names, including Tianyuan, Bagua, Shuntian, Zili, Huangtian, Future, Randen, Shuyuan, Wuji, Qingshui, Sanyang, Qinghui (this name is funny, we
Quietly) and other thirty-four types; this does not include variant branches.
Some of these sects have several names, each of which belongs to a different religion. The teachings are quite different, and the organization, rituals and activities are also different, but they all bear the mark of the White Lotus Sect more or less. As long as it means "nothing"
"My old mother, Maitreya will come to the next world", and those who enshrine the treasure scroll must be from the White Lotus Sect.
Zhao Xin thought of this and asked: "Does anyone in the farm believe this now?"
Xu Dayong said: "Yes, a dozen or so. I asked Chen Jishan to lead people to keep an eye on them."
"Chen Jishan? Who is this?"
Xu Dayong quickly explained: "I bought this person at the Kaifeng Market, and he also has a younger sister. At that time, the brother and sister sold their land in their hometown and wanted to come to northern Jiangsu to seek a living. However, after arriving in Kaifeng, Chen Jishan fell ill.
They got up and all their money was spent. In desperation, they had no choice but to go to the market to pledge themselves."
"Oh. Is this person reliable?"
"Reliable. He is a branch of the Chen family in Wen County. He once trained with Guo Yongfu as his master for several years. I sent someone to Wen County to check."
(Note: Guo Yongfu (1736-1796) was born during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. His ancestral home was under the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi. He moved to Henan, and later beat someone to death in Wen County. In 1770, he wandered back to his hometown and was practiced boxing by all generations.
The grandmaster believes that he is the ancestor of Hong Dongtong's back wrapping boxing. Later generations believe that Hong Dongtong's back wrapping boxing was created by Chen Wangting and the 108 styles of Changquan that were lost in Chenjiagou. Some people also believe that Guo Yongfu is the Chen family.
Chen Youfu, the 14th generation successor of Tai Chi, may have changed his mother's surname and adopted a homophonic name because he wanted to avoid disaster; the Chen family originated from Hongdong, Shanxi.)
"It's interesting." Zhao Xin's mind started to wander again: "I wonder if it's the heirs of the Chen family who are more powerful, or the masters in the family? Or, after Liu Sheng finds out, he might want to fight in a one-on-one battle. I'm sure.
Very interesting.”
"Master, master?"
"Ah? Oh. Keep talking."
Xu Dayong asked: "Sir, how do you think these Shuoyuan cultists are dealt with?" After he finished speaking, he made a gesture.
Zhao Xin waved his hand and said: "No, arrest them secretly and send them to Jeju Island first, and then send them to Ezo to dig coal!"
When Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng heard this, they trembled in their hearts. This gentleman is really vicious! He lives in the barren mountains and mountains of Ezo and doesn't understand the language. This is more cruel than killing those people.
Several people were talking when someone knocked on the door. Wang Changsheng had the lowest status here, so he got up and went to the outer room to open the door. After a while, Wang Changsheng came back.
"Sir, this is Chen Jishan. He said that there are government spies sneaking into Zhuangzi."
"Call him in and I'll ask him personally."
Not long after, a young man about 1.7 meters tall and wearing a green cloth gown followed Wang Changsheng in.
"I've met Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu." The young man saluted with his hands raised.
"Jishan, this is my boss." Seeing Chen Jishan want to kneel, Xu Dayong quickly stopped him and said, "No need to kneel, our boss doesn't like people to kneel down. Just bow your hands as usual."
"My boss, this is Chen Jishan."
Zhao Xin took a look and saw that this man had a thin face, a slight beard on his chin, a pair of squinted eyes, and a strong body. He couldn't help but thought: "This is what martial arts masters are like."
Chen Jishan bowed and saluted, and glanced at Zhao Xin curiously. He did not expect that the boss Lu Shoushan and Xu Dayong often talked about actually looked like this, tall but with a kind face.
"Stop standing, sit down and talk."
"Yes, my boss." Chen Jishan was very surprised. He was just a humble servant, but this boss actually let him sit. However, he didn't dare to take the seat, so he just sat down, with his butt just a little bit next to the chair.
"What's going on with the government spies?"
"That's it." Chen Jishan stood up again. Zhao Xin saw it and said, forget it, stop nagging, and hurry up and say it's true. "Last night, Li Erkui's son Da Shuan came to see the villain and said that there were two new ones in the afternoon.
The guy who came asked him about things in Zhuangzi. He asked where his family came from, and asked about the sale of his body. In the meantime, he also asked about Mr. Xu's details from time to time. Da Shuan thought that the two of them were just curious, so he made up some
I got through it with lies.
Coincidentally, last night, he saw the two people entering other people's residences to inquire. After the two people came out, Da Shuan went in to inquire, and then went to find the villain.
When the villain went to investigate last night, he found that the two of them had not slept yet. In the middle of the night, one of them went out of the yard. The villain followed him all the way to the river and found that he had been talking to a person for a long time. Because
They were too far away to hear exactly what they said, but they mentioned Master Min and Master Chen many times.
Because it was too late when I came back, I thought I would talk to Mr. Xu about it at dawn. I never thought that my boss would come early, so I waited until now."
Zhao Xin nodded and stopped talking. Xu Dayong knew that it was not convenient to say something in front of Chen Jishan, so he asked him to go down first. After Chen Jishan bowed and left, Zhao Xin said: "This 'Master Min' might be Jiangsu
Governor Min Eyuan."
Lu Shoushan said in surprise: "How could a governor pay attention to our place?"
Zhao Xindao: "How could you not pay attention? In the year of great disaster, people with ulterior motives will appear. Isn't it the Shuoyuan Sect that Dayong just mentioned? There are too many refugees gathered here. It's hard not to be noticed.
impossible."
Lu Shoushan said: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Have you got through to all the officials here?"
"The local general gave a hundred taels of silver, and he didn't even give a shit. In Funing County, everyone from the county magistrate to the lower government officials gave money, and they will tell us as soon as there is news. In Huai'an Prefecture, we gave it
Master, five hundred taels, will help you manage things up and down. As long as Zhuangzi doesn't get into trouble, no one will take care of it."
At the same time, in the refugee residential area outside Zhuangzi, hundreds of refugees were forming a circle to watch the excitement. The tune of "Sheep on the Hillside" came from the circle.
". In the middle, I begged the Holy Lord: "I am not the chief culprit of eating meat, I am a person who worships the Master Jiuque and practices. When the King of Hell heard about the word Jiuque, he put his palms together and asked for help; when the four kings heard about the people of Jiuque, they asked He opened his mouth and asked Mingfen: Since I am a disciple of Jiuque Cultivation, I will listen to everything that is said. Jiuque is not as good as the evil sect, what kind of teaching is like it or what method is it? What is the way and who controls it? I will understand the points that are said. The three Yangs will turn together. The image of a lifetime is the main gate of the Golden Lotus Dharma. The path is one step to the Emperor's Heavenly Path, and all phenomena come together to complete the journey."
The people standing in the field singing were a middle-aged man in his forties and several young people in their twenties and thirties. Next to them were a woman in her twenties and a girl of six or seven years old. The woman's figure Petite and exquisite, with an outstanding appearance, she was wearing a sapphire blue cotton dress and stood quietly aside. The girl stood aside very sensibly, holding the woman's skirt with her small hands, looking curiously at the refugees around her with her big eyes. He didn't look scared either.
Except for the woman and girl, the people present were all dressed in something that looked like Buddha but not Buddha, and looked like Taoism but not Taoism. They were wearing a short jacket, a scarf on their heads, a pair of black short boots, and a red t-shirt on the outside. The big guy was holding a suona, castanets, and flutes in his hands, and he was playing and playing. It was so lively.
Several refugees in the front of the crowd knelt on the ground, clasped their hands, and kept kowtowing. Not far behind them, a dozen short, stocky men with rough faces looked at them coldly with their arms folded, and their faces looked coldly from time to time. There was a hint of sarcasm. On the other side, a few thin men wearing patchwork clothes looked at the field for a while, and then glanced at the dozen or so people opposite.