After dawn, under interrogation and torture all night, the unconscious Wang Fu Dian (the person in charge of propaganda and edicts), who was also the suspected messenger who crossed the wall overnight, was dragged down to the lake of flesh and blood for treatment;
Feng Sima also came to King Pu to reply.
"Your Majesty, the suspected criminal An Guobao has confessed." However, at this moment, he was hesitant to speak: "I said... I said that I was ordered by... Chen Fengyi, one of the crown prince's concubines, to repay your Majesty's life.
Daily life and secretive matters; this time, is it because you were surprised and ran away? "
"Chen Fengyi?" King Pu couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard this, but he remembered that among the relatives who had come to see and greet him, there was a fairly dignified and elegant woman. In addition, she seemed to have given birth to a son for the prince, so she was able to be called
She was registered as one of the royal ladies in the royal palace and was a member of the ninth rank.
However, she was also the daughter of the former king's great farmer; therefore, she got acquainted with Prince Pu and his younger siblings at an early age; and she was forced to reject the original engagement after her marriage, and became King Pu's favorite.
One of the concubines. However, the next moment, King Pu laughed angrily:
"Are you afraid that this will cause serious trouble? So what? Could it be that she still wants to go against the grain? Someone, the prince came to fast and bathe with me, as a way to make offerings to the Buddha. The lonely king is not very old.
There are withered bones in the grave, and the laborers are still spying on it? How filial."
Jiang Tian, who was watching coldly from the side, was vaguely embarrassed, but also a little surprised. Things were obviously becoming more and more bizarre. The traitor who had been hidden for many years in Prince Pu's palace was thoroughly investigated, but he seemed to be involved in it after searching.
Arrived, in the middle of some kind of palace fight in the back house of the prince's palace.
"Since this has already involved the family affairs of the palace, it is inconvenient for me to interfere more." So Jiang Tian couldn't help but stand up and wanted to say goodbye: "No, you are not an outsider anymore." King Pu shook his head lightly and continued.
He changed his words and said: "What the lonely king means, please be a witness."
At the same time, Secretary Lang Yang Su also led a team of troops to break open the Jinminghuoyuan, one of more than a dozen large and small Zoroastrian temples located in Liquanfang. Because this place is also centered on the secret passage exit and is in the network of underground ditches.
, newly discovered traces of being excavated and then buried.
As the exotic painted door with withered flowers was slashed to pieces, the Nanya left guard sergeants wearing helmets and armor surged into the empty circular courtyard, killing many Zoroastrian believers covered in white robes.
There were also fire officials in white smocks with red edges, who were conducting sacrifices and were all pushed to the ground.
Yang Su led the people into the Holy Fire Hall, which was open on three sides. Without hesitation, he stepped on the fragrant flowers, fruits, colorful silks, gold and silver, and other offerings offered by believers; and came to the blazingly burning and filled with stone-fat water.
In front of the big fire altar with the unique smell of burnt lake; with a decisive wave of hands.
In an instant, the several priests who were taken down on the spot in the hall were panicking and shouting; the sergeants carrying baskets of moist fine sand filed in, and then they were lifted and dumped on the ground, filled with
into a large fire altar filled with grease; it was completely extinguished in a few moments.
The believers and fire officials who saw this scene from the outside cried heartbreakingly loudly on the spot, beat their chests and beat their heads, and wailed incessantly. Some people tried to break free from the restraints, but were responsible for suppressing them.
The sergeant knocked him unconscious with the back of his sword and the barrel of his gun without hesitation.
This scene did not affect Yang Su's determination, because it was an instruction from his powerful elder and the secret envoy "Little Guoguo" Yang Guoguan. Therefore, the hardened sand that had quickly absorbed the grease was shoveled piece by piece.
came out, revealing the smooth bottom of the fire altar.
Several sergeants with big muscles and round waists stepped forward, jumped into the bottom of the arc-shaped sunken fire altar, swung their sledgehammers and struck one after another. I saw that they had not been hammering for long, and the bottom of the fire altar had already appeared one after another, like a spider web.
There are faint cracks and slight cracks in the clay.
Finally, among the stunned expressions of the deacons who were pushed down and subdued in the hall, there was a dull crash and violent movement of falling apart. After a brief period of dust and smoke dissipated, the original location of the fire altar
There was only a deep pit and the faint sound of wind blowing.
"Finally found it." Witness Yang Su said expressionlessly, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. "Come here, clean up and investigate quickly." Soon after, a reply came from below the fire altar pit. This was also
This means that the evidence of Jin Ming Huo Yuan’s crime is conclusive and that he did engage in shady activities.
However, a piece of news not long after made his heart sink again. Because at the same time, he went to Fangshi a few streets away to capture the former Sa Baofu Zhu who used to be in charge of Jinminghuoyuan and was also a local fanfang.
The other team of the Great Discipline Commander Kang Shouzhi rushed to nothing.
Because the other party had actually escaped one step ahead and set his own house on fire, causing a lot of chaos in the nearby market. After finally putting out the fire, it spread to several nearby houses.
But there are new discoveries among the ruins.
Because, under the house of Kang Shouzhi, who was an official worshipper of Sa Baofu and a great disciplinary envoy, a long-standing sacrificial chamber was also found. And in the sacrificial chamber, Hu Tian (Ahu) was not worshiped.
Ramazda) and the fire altar, but the Great Ming Zun/Light Lord of Manichaeism.
This is a bit unbelievable and horrifying; as a high-level priest in Zoroastrianism, Kang Shouzhi is one of the few officially certified Sabaofuzhus, and is also a prestigious chief disciple of Tibetan Buddhism; in private, he is actually a
A secret believer in teaching Zumani and Damingzun.
You must know that as one of the three foreign religions introduced to the Tang Dynasty; compared with the route of kneeling and licking the upper class, Nestorianism, which has been allowed to preach in the East since Taizong, or Zoroastrianism, which followed Hu Shang into the Central Plains earlier
Religion. In the early days, Manichaeism did not flourish in the East, but became popular in the Uighur countries outside the Great Wall.
During the great sea and land expansion after Taixing, the Uighurs collapsed and dispersed due to civil strife, and all the ethnic groups on the grasslands fell on their knees again under the iron heel of the Tang Dynasty. Eventually they became dotted with princes outside the Great Wall. The reshaped Manichaeism also followed suit.
Naturalized people of all ethnic groups entered the Middle Earth again.
However, in the name of Mingjiao, which respected Guangming Zun/Daming Zun, it began to infiltrate the followers of Zoroastrianism, Nestorianism, and even (Dashi) Tianfang Sect, Xiren Sect; and even the Theravada Buddhism.
The Pure Land Sect of Mahayana, the White Lotus Sect, caused a lot of disputes and turmoil.
Therefore, although at the official level of the Tang Dynasty, there was basically a restrictive attitude towards these Ming sects that were active in the market and among the people, they did not encourage, did not promote, and prohibited public activities; however, those sects that spread to the east and suffered from it were obviously
A more radical attitude towards shouting "beat and kill".
However, this time the investigation of old news from more than 20 years ago can actually involve this sect that has been hidden for many years; this invisibly further increases the weight and relationship of this news. In other words, just the Mingjiao/Manichaeans are involved.
The suspicion of a royal conspiracy is enough to make it irreversible.
Therefore, the underground network search operation in Liquanfang, which was already coming to an end, has once again spread to all Zoroastrian temples on the ground, and a new round of arrests and screenings are targeting Zoroastrian believers and members of the sect. In Puwang Bieyuan,
Jiang Tian also saw Chen Fengyi who came with the prince.
Chen Fengyi is wearing an azure skirt draped in the shape of a married woman, and her hair is combed into a bun. Although she is almost 40 years old, she looks well-kept and her figure is still graceful; her appearance is elegant without losing the bookish atmosphere.
Just standing there has a charm that attracts attention.
"Who are you? How could you appear in front of the palace? Don't you know the difference between etiquette and education?" Even in the other palace, when she suddenly saw Jiang Tian, a stranger, she calmly asked in a deep voice:
"Where are the guards in the tent, and where are the guards on the side?"
"Please be patient and calm, Fengyi. I am the left patrol judge of Yushitai Procuratorate, and the envoy of Duzhiguanyi." Jiang Tian couldn't help but smile slightly and said: "I am here on the order of the king.
I happen to be involved in several public cases, and I want to ask Fengyi for advice in person."
"..." Chen Fengyi's eyes shrank slightly when she heard this. She was obviously stimulated by this straightforward statement. However, the next moment, her face was filled with frost and she said coldly: "This is unreasonable. The imperial court has its own laws; but every clan has its own laws.
Relevant matters should be handled and accepted by Zongzheng Temple; and the matter of the internal wife must be determined by the internal edict of the Central Palace. How could it be the turn of the Xiantai of the outer court to take care of it!"
"Well said, Fengyi is really proficient in laws and regulations." Jiang Tian clapped his hands gently and said unmoved: "So, I am here just by invitation. I want to ask Fengyi a few words and ask some questions about the past.
It's just a matter; but I didn't expect that Fengyi had already made plans."
"You... are so rude," Chen Fengyi couldn't help but feel angry when he heard the words, but he said forcefully: "Even if I am a weak woman, I will never agree to follow the same rules as my generation. Come on... Come on...
…”
However, Jiang Tian smiled and let her call back and forth several times, but there was still no response or movement at all. He then watched her angrily turn around and push the door away, only to find that the door had been bolted shut at some point.
Then he became even colder and said: "You have worked so hard, what do you want?"
"As I said before, I just want to ask Fengyi about some past events." Jiang Tian then found a chair in the middle, sat down with his feet raised, and said lightly: "Please rest assured, Fengyi."
Don't worry, take me through the questioning and everything will be settled naturally."
"I don't know who inspired you to succeed in Prince Pu's palace for a while." However, Chen Fengyi suddenly restrained his anger and looked at him coldly: "But I am not weak without any foundation.
You can be bullied; if you have anything to say, please tell me..."
"It is said that Fengyi and Canghaijun (Zhenzhu Ji's fiefdom) were old acquaintances back then; I wonder how their daily relationship is like?" Jiang Tian nodded and said slowly: "Under the daily interactions, but
Is there anything unusual? Or is there any strange experience?”
"Cang Haijun? Is it because of her old story?" Chen Fengyi heard this, and his expression became calmer: "It's a pity that when the Third Secretary Ju Yu asked me about it, he had already said everything he needed to say; plus
Times have changed, and I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do to satisfy the envoy.”
"It doesn't matter, just say as many as you want." Jiang Tian smiled even brighter: "Maybe under the inspiration of Ben Xian, Feng Yi can still find a different way, thinking of more of those years ago
What about the unintentional omissions?”
"So, the king, who has been living in seclusion for many years, is now determined to restart the unfinished investigation?" Chen Fengyi was extremely calm, took a deep look at Jiang Wei and said: "In this case, as a junior minister, what can I do?
How can we not try our best to cooperate? Just tell me."
At this moment, Jiang Tian couldn't help but admire it secretly in his heart. Because, except for the excitement and dissatisfaction at the beginning, this Chen Fengyi's reaction and attitude from the beginning to the end were all polite or with a clear conscience; it seemed that he had a clear conscience.
It’s basically a normal human reaction, and there aren’t many problems;
Except, suddenly in Jiang Tian's field of vision, a mission progress reminder popped up quietly.