The more Pingsha talked, the angrier he became. It seemed that Mr. Liu had been struggling all the way.
Gu Yudao: "Master Liu, thank you for your hard work. After returning to Beijing, I will report your hard work to the Holy One."
Master Liu went back crying and said: "Prince Gu, please discipline your servant well."
Pingsha was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick.
After he left, Pingsha said to Gu Yu: "Your Majesty, on my way back to Tongning County, I discovered a very evil sect called the Goddess Sect."
It’s this teaching again.
Gu Yu became serious and said hurriedly: "What kind of evil method."
Pingsha said: "When Mr. Liu and I were in exile, we didn't have enough to eat along the way, but gradually we discovered that some poor and weak women could always get some food back from nowhere.
Mr. Liu and I asked them where they were getting it, but they didn't tell them. They just said, "The heaven and earth are destroyed, evil spirits are rampant, and the goddess came to the world to save all living beings." They said that these foods are "gifts from the goddess."
The followers of this religion are all women who are living alone in exile. They don’t know each other, but they are all connected to each other because of the goddess, and they hug each other, so they have a safe journey."
Gu Yudao: "How do you know that they are all women in exile alone?"
Pingsha was a little embarrassed and said: "My subordinates and Mr. Liu were very hungry along the way, so Mr. Liu asked me to take off the clothes of a female corpse and go to that teacher to trick him into giving him food."
Gu Yu coughed: "Thank you for your hard work."
When Mr. Liu came to Jiangnan, he had to complain even if he rode a horse, let alone being reduced to a beggar. It was not easy to live in Pingsha.
Gu Yu continued to ask: "Can you ask me what the destruction of heaven and earth means?"
Pingsha said: "No one can explain clearly. Those women are all like crazy. They have to thank the goddess for everything they do. They say thank you to the goddess when they see a puddle of clean water. They say thank you to the goddess when they eat a mouthful of rice. They need to thank the goddess for a day.
Thank Goddess for a day.”
Gu Yudao: "Then what is their purpose of joining this sect?"
Pingsha was a little embarrassed again and said: "At first, like my subordinates, I wanted to cheat him out of food and drink, but later those women became very religious. Not long after my subordinates passed by, they were found to be men, and they gave him to them.
I beat him up and scolded my subordinates very unpleasantly."
Gu Yudao: "What did they scold you for?"
Pingsha didn't expect Gu Yu to ask this. He looked up and saw that Gu Yu had a serious look on his face. He didn't mean to laugh at him, so he said: "I scolded my subordinate for being a man, only robbing women's things, and there were countless dirty words.
To put it bluntly, they suffered disaster all because of men."
Gu Yu integrated all the information. On the surface, this goddess sect seems to be a sect created by women to save themselves. Overtly and secretly, it seems to hate men.
It is said that there is nothing wrong with women from the lower class having such a religion, so that they can warm each other up, but what does the slogan of this religion, "Heaven and Earth will collapse," exactly mean?
Why should Shouma, who believes in the Goddess Cult, be assigned to the Yang family and the Li family who are in charge of the inner salt field?
Why did he take the huge risk to blow up the official ship and also kill Zhu Jianchun?
Why did he snatch the grain ship she was sending to Tongning County?
And why did she interfere with the exchange of hostages with Prince An on the canal?
What is the purpose of the Goddess Cult?
Gu Yu was puzzled and asked: "Are there any followers of the Goddess Sect among the refugees who came to Tongning County this time?"
Pingsha said: "My subordinates noticed that some believers disappeared out of thin air along the way. But some of them must have come to Tongning County."
Gu Yudao: "Disappear out of thin air?"
Pingsha said: "We followed the river all the way back to Tongning County. Some people were still there today but disappeared the next day. The people who disappeared were all very pious."
Gu Yu said: "Where have they gone?"
Pingsha said: "My subordinates did not check carefully because they were on their way."
Gu Yudao: "Well, when we resettle the refugees tomorrow, you can secretly point out to me who believe in religion."
Pingsha said: "Yes."
The next day, Gu Yu met the Goddess Cult believers in Pingshakou at the Little Bodhi Temple on the outskirts of the city. They were all down and out, but their faces were peaceful and they were grateful for every meal and every drink they had.
You can even see happiness on their faces.
But is it really happy?
War broke out, homes were lost, relatives and friends lost their lives, there was no fixed place to live, and no food to eat.
What is the meaning of religion?
When they are in pain, help them cover their eyes and give them hope in the name of God.
Is this kind of happiness happiness?
But without even such happiness, wouldn't it mean that we can only fall into endless pain?
Gu Yu was confused for a moment.
She knows that she cannot judge other people's thinking by her own thinking.
After explaining something to Pingsha, Gu Yu walked towards them.
A woman stood up when she saw Gu Yu coming over. She was the woman who had talked to Gu Yu a few days ago. During this period, Gu Yu treated her very much in the name of her mother's belief in the Goddess Cult.
take care of.
The woman introduced to other believers: "This is the imperial envoy of the imperial court. She took in refugees from all over the country and established military households for some women a few days ago. Her mother believed in the Goddess Religion, so she must have been blessed by the Goddess, so she sent
Please let us know the imperial envoy is here to help us tide over the difficulties."
When the other congregants saw the "man" Gu Yu approaching, they were a little wary at first, but they felt relieved when the woman said this.
They all chanted: "Thank you Goddess."
The woman continued: "There is a priest from the Goddess Sect who came to Tongning County this time. She lectures very well. If Envoy Gu is free, you can come with me to the back and listen."
Gu Yudao: "That would be great. My mother often said that there are few believers in Kyoto and they cannot listen to the gospel in the church. If I can listen to it and tell her when I return to the capital, she will definitely be happy."
The woman said: "It would be great if all the family members of my congregation were as sensible as Gu Shizi. Please come with me."
Gu Yu followed her to the back, where the priest told the story of the Goddess Cult vividly.
"Man is born with sin. Think about your life, do you have countless evil thoughts in your heart?"
"And the goddess came to the world to eliminate everyone's sins."
"In the beginning of the world, the world was in chaos, and men and women were equal... Later..."
After listening for a while, the woman brought the priest a bowl of herbal tea and said, "Teacher, please moisten your throat."
Then he poured tea for every congregant listening to the teaching.
When they arrived in front of Gu Yu, the woman smiled and said, "Gu Qinshi, the weather is hot. You should also drink some water to cool down."
Gu Yu looked at the bowl of tea and took it with a smile.
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The city that never sleeps, Jile Tower.
"Fortunately, I have you."
Prince An seemed to have aged more than ten years, with gray hair on his temples and his body was no longer upright. After speaking, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed several times, and the center of the handkerchief was a little bright red.
Lies will eventually be exposed one day.
No matter how tightly he concealed it, he still sensed something was wrong. After questioning his subordinates, he found out that his eldest son had died on the way to Tongning County.
Grief occupied all his mind, and his hair turned white overnight, looking like a withered man.
After being dormant in the south of the Yangtze River for nearly twenty years, they were forced to rebel before the most opportune time. After being forced to rebel, they originally had the strength to fight again, but two young boys, Junze and Gu Yu, managed to survive until the imperial reinforcements arrived.
The one who led the troops was Shao Wuji, who was known as the God of Killing.
Although the two sides are now evenly matched, Prince An knows that if he cannot gain the upper hand, there will be only death.
His hard work will be in vain.
He doesn't regret it, he just doesn't want to do it.
Prince An looked at Jing Shuang's eyebrows and asked, "How do you want me to help you?"
Jing Shuang said: "I need some people to help me accomplish my task."
After Prince An left, Jing Shuang sang: "Looking at the roaring waves of the river, and the ambushes lurking in the waves, I am also frightened. With my blue dragon gnashing on the moon, I can defeat thousands of soldiers."
Li Ruo walked in and said: "Cult Leader, our followers have captured Gu Shizi, and now they are taking the waterway to the Nightless City."
Jing Shuang smiled and said, "Very good."
On a mediocre boat in the canal, Gu Yu's hands and feet were tied, and when he opened his eyes in the cabin, he looked clear.
The world is shattered, I hope it's not what she thought...