The robbers in Lishan have been arrested, but there are still many doubts in Jiang Yan's mind.
These bandits are not as strong as imagined. They just have two Xuanling Realm leaders to support the scene. They can annihilate them by sending just one Wen Mansion to the Wen Mansion at the risk of their lives. Why can they still do evil outside the Jianmen for so many years.
Who took away the treasure hidden in the stone chamber? Who was the master Fei Lian mentioned? Everything had to make Jiang Yan suspect that behind the Lishan bandits must be a certain big shot in Qingdu.
Jiang Yan also had a direction for his investigation, starting with the buyer of his Sanchuan Longqiu painting, and then asking about the owner of the top-notch Five Clouds Quicksand Note.
After leaving Lishan and heading north, the rivers along the way dried up, the mountains and fields turned yellow, and half of the people in some of the twenty-three cities in Yunzhou had even fled.
Chengdu City is the northernmost area of Yunzhou, the farthest from Qingdu and the closest to Longmen. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
Although it is not isolated from the world, it can be called a paradise-like place. It is like spring all year round, but at this moment, Chengjun City is particularly desolate and silent.
After the two of them entered the city, there was no one on the street.
"Even if you are escaping from famine, you won't be able to escape so cleanly," Jiang Yan said.
“There seems to be some movement in front”
At the corner, the two of them saw countless people in ragged clothes kneeling together with solemn and focused expressions. In the center of these people gathered a man in red.
"The Divine Envoy of the White Sun..." Jiang Yan didn't know who the man in red was, but he saw the Baiyang Sect's logo on his body.
"Baiyang God is the supreme god in the world. Some words, deeds, words, and thoughts of people in the world are a kind of power. If Baiyang God is offended by words, deeds, body, speech, and thoughts, it will turn into karma. When the karma is strong enough, Baiyang God will bring disasters.
To show punishment. Nothing can be taken away from you, only your karma."
"Chengjun City was built nearly a thousand years ago. Has there ever been a drought or famine in these thousand years?"
Baiyang Divine Envoy's tone was kind, and his eyes were full of compassion.
"No!"
"Then why is there a drought this time?"
"Is it karma?" someone answered.
"Yes, it was precisely because Chengjun City's karma was too strong that it caused divine punishment. Then who do you think the creator is?"
This group of people in Chengjun City discuss with each other. Of course, they don't think that they are builders. They are at the bottom of Chengjun City and are struggling to survive. Of course, builders are the people who rule Chengjun City.
In particular, the prefect Cheng Jun was a completely ridiculous ghost. He often sneaked into restaurants to steal wine. Once he was drunk and hung up in someone's wine store. It was not until dawn that he discovered that he was the prefect.
One of his favorite things to do is to sing naked on the street after getting drunk.
"It's the prefect and his group of hawks and dogs," someone answered.
"Yes, it's them. Their heinous crimes have attracted the wrath of God. But although they are the creators, these scribes have relied on themselves to control power beyond ordinary people, and have transferred the punishment to you. If you want to eliminate the disaster, you only need to
Just eliminate the karma”
"Kill the prefect, kill the scribes..."
Under the provocation with ulterior motives, all the people in Chengjun City became furious.
"He is trying to provoke a confrontation between ordinary people and scribes," Jiang Yan said.
One of the biggest prohibitions of the Wen Mansion is that scribes are not allowed to harm the people. Sun Lu, a genius in Yunzhou, was even deprived of his cultivation because of this.
It was difficult for Jiang Qian to refute the accusation that these scribes behaved in a dissolute and immoral manner. Every holiday, there were people walking naked on the street, expressing their otherworldly temperament in this unique way.
Regardless of whether Su Kou or the scribes Jiang Chan came into contact with, most of them were a bit ridiculous, but it would definitely be biased to say that they committed murder and arson without committing any evil.
The people of Baiyang Sect are very good at choosing the right time. In Yunzhou, there is a relatively harmonious relationship between scribes and ordinary people.
The biggest wish of ordinary people is to be proud that their children and grandchildren can become scribes, thus providing a strong root for the Wenfu. The scribes provide shelter for ordinary people, and their absurdities have become something that the people talk about after dinner.
But because of this disaster, there were some gaps between scribes and ordinary people, and people from the Baiyang Sect took advantage of the gap.
When Xiang is not satisfied materially or even extremely lacking, and is powerless, spiritual sustenance becomes particularly important.
The people of Baiyang Sect want to take this opportunity to completely tear apart the people and scribes. This is cutting off the foundation of Wen Mansion's rule over Yunzhou.
"Everyone from the Baiyang Sect should die!"
Jiang Yan didn't know why Su Kou had such hatred for the Baiyang Church.
Baiyang Divine Envoy waved his hand, and his men escorted a middle-aged man forward. This man's body was covered with scars and his spiritual power was completely gone.
"He is the governor of Chengjun City, Zhang Bai"
"Zhang Bai?"
Jiang Yan was a little surprised. One of the things that the scribes in the Qing capital liked to do most was to talk, and then comment on the past and present, and comment on the world's literati, among which Zhang Bai was mentioned countless times.
In terms of strength, Zhang Bai should be one of the weakest among all the governors of Yunzhou. The other governors are at least in the Huiyang realm, but he is the only one who has reached the peak of the Xuanling realm.
Zhou Mengde, the most rigid person in the entire Wenfu School, was Zhang Bai’s husband when he was a student in the Wenfu School. He would often mention Zhang Bo in lectures, but most of the time he would use negative teaching material.
Although Zhang Bai was an absurd person, he had no airs about himself and often ate, lived and mingled with the people under his rule.
Judging from Zhang Bai's appearance, he must have been defeated by the Baiyang Divine Envoy.
"Zhang Bai, if you sincerely join my Baiyang Divine Sect, I can help you wash away your karma, but if you are stubborn, I can only kill you to appease the wrath of the god and end the drought," the Baiyang Divine Envoy said.
Zhang Bai broke away from the person who was holding him down, straightened his wrinkled clothes, combed his hair and put on the crown, then put his hands behind his back, showing no fear even if he was captured.
"My defeat at your hands was due to my poor talent and poor academic skills. But I was born in Yunzhou, studied in Qingdu, and served as an official in Chengjun. I read poetry and books and spoke elegant language. How could I associate with the evil god!
"Zhang Bai scolded.
"You all have also seen that the karma you carry brings about the wrath of gods and natural disasters, but you still persist in your obsession."
After seeing Zhang Bai, the people who had been bewitched became more excited and remembered all the ridiculous things they had done in the past. The Baiyang Divine Envoy also continued to encourage.
"The severe drought in the world is precisely because these scribes have seized the secrets of heaven and have increased their karma by not cultivating their words and deeds, body, speech, and mind, which has aroused the wrath of gods. If you want peace in the world, you must believe in Baiyang God and eliminate all karma."
"Kill him...kill him..."
At first, only a few people shouted, but then everyone became angry. It seemed that it was these rulers who had angered the Baiyang God during the severe drought.
Baiyang Divine Envoy then showed a satisfied smile and threw a knife on the ground.
"Anyone who believes in Baiyang will swear an oath by his blood."
"That's really stupid," Zuko scolded.
"If we don't take action, these people may become believers of the evil god, and Chengjun City may become the stronghold of the Baiyang Sect."
"Then let's gamble"
Zhang Baixuan's cultivation at the peak of the spiritual realm was defeated. Even if Su Kou and Jiang Yan had the strength to fight across the border, they were not sure of victory.