"Our Lady of the King?"

Jia Cong looked at the statue in front of him that could not see men and women, and his face was generally hideous and charitable, and he frowned and said: "I also found such a statue in the Bai family before, and said that it was called King Ming's Bodhisattva. ”

After Song Yan looked at the portrait with deep eyes, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Jia Cong and said in a low voice: "In the twenty-fifth year of Zhenyuan, King Wu invited the Son of Heaven to have a Mingxiang cult, imitating the old things of the Yellow Turban, and causing chaos among the people, please ask the Son of Heaven to issue a decree to severely punish him, so as to avoid the disaster of the Yellow Turban." The Son of Heaven then ordered the Jinyi pro-army in the world to cooperate with the provincial governments and garrisons to investigate carefully, and all those who worship the Virgin Mary and the King will be killed. The Mingxiang Sect, which flourished for a time, has since declined. The head of the Mingxiang Sect and many leaders were also wiped out by the silver army under the command of King Wu.

I thought that the Mingxiang Sect had already disappeared, and I didn't want to resurrect it. Come to think of it, there may have been fish that slipped through the net at the beginning......"

Jia Cong saw Song Yan's rare expression of melancholy, and hurriedly relieved: "Sir, don't worry, when I copied the Bai family earlier, the disciple had already set a strategy to crack down on such a harmful cult as the Mingxiang Sect. It's just something that can't be put on the table, and if you can't escape, it won't become the scourge of the yellow scarf. ”

Song Yan glanced at Jia Cong deeply and advised: "For such a cult that confuses the public, you must not be careless, you must use a spicy hand, a dead hand, and they will never turn over!" ”

Although he was surprised by Song Yan's anger, Jia Cong still solemnly understood: "Yes, what Mr. said is extremely true." From this case onwards, the scourge of incense was strictly investigated. ”

Song Yan nodded, and added: "But you must also pay attention to the scale, it is not good to implicate too widely." After that, he said to Fang Yue, Guo Zhao and Zhuge Tai on the side: "Now it seems that there is indeed a large force, it may be the Mingxiang Sect, or it may be a certain group of forces to support the resurgence of the Mingxiang Sect, and then do this." Its fundamental purpose is to provoke disputes and disturb Jiangnan. ”

Fang Yue, Guo Zhao, and Zhuge Tai nodded together, and Zhuge Tai said in a deep voice: "Song Changong rest assured, this fang's poisonous plan failed today, and it appeared in its original form. From today onwards, the Jiangnan Inspectorate will also order all prefectures and counties in Jiangnan to strictly identify the incense religion. ”

Song Yan nodded and said, "It's good to be like this, the old man is a person who has become a master, and he shouldn't say much, but his heart is immortal, so he will say one more word." Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and there is no urgency. If Jia Cong hadn't been prepared today, he would have really let the thief succeed. Or maybe the thief went one step further and killed the Qiu family. No matter which one it is, Jiangnan at this moment will not be what it is now. If the mastermind behind the scenes is not eliminated, such poisonous schemes will emerge one after another. Be careful. ”

When Fang Yue, Guo Zhao, and Zhuge Tai heard this, they looked at each other and nodded slowly.

……

West of Yangzhou City, Muzili, Lanbo Street.

At the end of the street corner, there is a quiet deep house.

The tea lady looked at one of her subordinates beside her and asked, "Is this here?" ”

The unattractive man hurriedly said: "Back to Niangniang, this is the place, I'm sure it's right." In the past few days, the people below have seen that this place is mysterious and mysterious, this place has always been an empty house, I heard that it was also a solid family back then, and then the whole family believed in the Mingxiang Sect, and there was no more sound. Now there is a sudden movement, and many strongmen come and go, and they are out of nowhere, and it must be their people. A few of the brothers wanted to come in and investigate, but the guards were too tight. ”

The tea lady is respectfully called "Guanyin Niangniang", and her subordinates respect "Niangniang".

Hearing this, the tea lady sighed, shook her head and said, "Your investigation has already startled the snake, and most of the people have gone to the empty building at this moment." ”

The people under him were full of shame when they heard this, and they hugged their fists and said: "It's all small things that are not good, please punish the mother." ”

The tea lady smiled and said, "It's not your fault, before today, who would have thought that the Mingxiang Church could set off such a storm?" It's okay, let's go in and have a look. ”

His men were greatly moved, and after receiving the order, they stepped forward and kicked the door open.

With a "boom", the door opened......

"Ah Hu, be careful!"

The tea lady's beautiful eyes widened, and she shouted sharply, and was about to step forward to rescue.

But she herself was forcefully taken aside by an old woman who had been serving beside her, and she could only watch as the mechanism set up in the courtyard spewed out three sharp arrows and shot at her subordinates.

Fortunately, at this moment, a swift figure jumped into the air, as fast as lightning, two dazzling knives rose, and the three sharp arrows that came were circled together, only to hear a "clanging" sound, the three sharp arrows broke into a pile of stalks, and fell to the ground.

This nirvana was solved like this.

The tea lady let out a sigh of relief, looked at the triumphant Zhan Peng, and said in surprise: "Why is Brother Zhan here?" ”

Zhan Peng grinned and said, "After hearing my sister's message, I asked me to come over and take a look and protect my sister." Hehe, it seems that my sword skills have improved again, and I can only stop at most two sharp arrows like this...... Unfortunately, the adults didn't allow me to try if I could stop the firearms and medicine, but I actually felt that it was almost inseparable. ”

The tea lady was angry and funny: "Scolded, right? ”

Zhan Peng scratched his head and said with a bitter face: "Not only was I scolded, I was almost hung up by an adult and beaten with a firearm." ”

"Poof!"

After the tea lady smiled, she said angrily: "That's because you adults take care of you and feel sorry for you." ”

Zhan Peng grinned and said, "I know, but the adults are more concerned about my sister, and he also negotiates with those salt merchants, I heard that my sister is here, and she doesn't want me to protect her, so she sent me to ......."

The tea lady's face changed when she heard this, and she hurriedly said, "There is no one around you to protect you?" You ......"

Zhan Peng hurriedly said: "Yes, Shen Lang is still there." But he's not as good as me! ”

The tea lady breathed a sigh of relief at this time, saw Zhanpeng with a wicked smile hidden in his eyes, gritted her teeth with hatred, and said, "Sooner or later, let the adults hang you up and beat you with firearms!" ”

Ah Hu, who was rescued on the side, also adjusted his ashamed mind at this time, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brother, thank you for saving your life." ”

Zhan Peng waved his hand indifferently and said, "What is this worth?" You are my sister's subordinate, my sister saved my life, and I deserve to save you. Besides, now they are all on errands under the hands of adults, their own brothers. ”

Seeing him so upright, Ah Hu also had a smile on his face. People with pure hearts are always liked.

The tea lady said: "Let's go inside and take a look, be careful." ”

Then the people entered.

After carefully pushing open the door of the main hall, I saw an offering table in the middle of the hall, on which was a statue of Our Lady of the King.

In the incense burner in front of the statue, a furnace of sandalwood has not yet burned out......

……

Wenchang Street, Penglai Restaurant.

On the third floor, Jia Cong personally poured a bowl of tea for Song Yan.

Then he was taken over by Song Hua, who poured tea and refilled water for many elders in turn.

On a huge Nanmu table, except for Song Yan and Jia Cong's master and apprentice, the others are all local families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Today they are here to testify......

Zhao Pu led Qiu Lun, Zheng Ze, Li Xin, Zhou Yi, and Chen Nan, a total of six salt merchants, to bow to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong did not evade, and after receiving a salute, he said in a deep voice: "There is no second time to gather salt. If you go back today, you will be dismissed immediately. Thousands of salt dices are never allowed to remain in Yangzhou City, what do you want to do? Now is the era of peace and prosperity, and it is not your turn to raise troops to rebel! ”

Zhao Pu was not angry because he was reprimanded by Jia Cong, but his face was full of bitterness, he shook his head and smiled: "My lord scolded me before, I am really old and obscure, I have been cautious and cautious for a lifetime, but I have committed a fatal mistake for a while." I don't want to think about it, if it really causes a catastrophe today, where should the Zhao family go? The Jiangnan camp has already prepared a net of heaven and earth. ”

Zhen Yingjia was a little strange and said, "Why did they come so fast?" ”

Chu Dongming sneered and said, "So, the water in here is deep." ”

Zhao Pu shook his head and said: "No matter what, my Yangzhou salt merchant owes you a great favor." Adults but if you need it, just open your mouth. In front of Song Changong and several masters of the thirteen families in Jiangnan, the old man dared to open this mouth, even if it was a million dollars, the old man broke his family and business, and he was willing to make it up for the adults. ”

Jia Cong held the lid of the tea bowl in his hand, gently grinding the blue and white porcelain bowl, and said lightly: "This official is an official of the imperial court, and he is loyal to the Son of Heaven and Sheji, how can there be any reason to loot the place?" Therefore, there is no need to talk about gold and silver. ”

As soon as these words came out, Song Yan's old face covered with age spots was full of undisguised relief and pride.

Jiang Zhe and the others also nodded again and again, the gentleman does not say anything, at least he will not talk about those things in person, which is reasonable.

Zhao Pu apologized: "It's the old rotten lard that blinds the heart, and the adult's elegance ......"

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Okay, you are also old, there is a reason for today's incident, there is no need to bow down and be small." "Respecting the elderly has always been a Confucian tradition, and Jia Cong didn't want to see Zhao Pu's age of seventy or eighty, so he bowed his head and bent his waist.

However, this matter is far from being exposed: "Today's contribution is because I don't want to see the New Party fall into the ground, take the opportunity to muddy the pond, and use me as a knife." But since you are willing to do your part, I will not pretend to be a noble refusal, but there are really some things that need the help of you local nobles.

Jinyiwei wants to establish an escort transportation division, starting from scratch. In recent years, even if it is not a decoration, the thousands of households in various provinces have a bad reputation, not only can not help, but will drag their feet. You have your own channels in each province, and you are all the head snakes.

Therefore, I hope that you can guarantee that there will not be too many unnecessary obstructions in the Jinyi Guard Escort Division, especially in the green forest. ”

When Zhao Pu and the others heard this, they waited in silence until they found out that Jia Cong had indeed finished speaking, and then they looked at each other in disbelief......

That's all?

……

Yangzhou Mansion.

Fang Yue, Guo Zhao, and Zhuge Tai, the three bigwigs at the pinnacle of power in Jiangnan, sat in columns.

After the Yangzhou prefect was taken, there was no chief official here, and the governor was temporarily in charge.

At this moment, Tongzhi naturally can't get on the table, and can't enter the core......

After meditating for a long time, Governor Guo Zhao sighed, shook his head and said regretfully: "That Jia family, sure enough, he is not a person who is not a person along the way with me, and his heart can be punished." If he is on our side today, the situation in Jiangnan will be broken in one day! I have to say that starting from the salt merchant is a wonderful move, the Jiangnan forces are dense, layer by layer, Yangzhou salt merchant is one of the most important sons, but unfortunately I didn't think of it before. What is even more regrettable is that this road is blocked today. ”

When Fang Yue heard this, his face became more and more gloomy, and he sneered, and said, "It's a pity for you, but it's not a pity for that shaft." For a moment, he wasn't sure how to open his mouth with those salt merchant lions. Seeing the bastard who forgets his righteousness, the son of Songzen is nothing more than that, and the governor must go to this to join him once! ”

After that, he looked at Zhuge Tai, who had been frowning and did not speak, and asked, "Yuan Gong, what are you thinking?" ”

Zhuge Tai said slowly: "Governor, who is reporting to the governor today, Yangzhou salt merchants gathered all the people in chaos and besieged Jinyiwei and Jia Qingchen?" ”

When Fang Yue heard this, he said, "Oh, it's Zhong Zhen's evil obstacle. He was studying in Yangzhou Mansion, and after hearing about it, he ...... Well? At this point, Fang Yue suddenly came back to his senses, his face changed, and he looked at Zhuge Tai and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Gong, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhuge Tai gasped, looked at Fang Yue, and didn't say anything for a long time.

According to the speed at which the two sides arrived at Shuanghuai Street at the same time, when Fang Yue's son came to report the news, the conflict had not occurred at all......

Fang Yue naturally reacted, his face became a little ugly and gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This son of a scumbag, stupid as a pig and a dog, must have been deceived and used." ”

Zhuge Tai: "......"

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