Deep in the slums of Akagi.

On the surface, it is no different from the usual slums, only more dilapidated and dirtier. All the houses were low thatched huts with thick snow on them, many of which had even collapsed with snow.

The road was muddy, the ground was littered with sewage, feces and garbage, and the air was punctuated by an inexplicable stench. Because it is the deepest part, there are many more people here than in other places, and it is crowded. The ground was littered with ragged, scrawny refugees sitting, squatting, or lying, all numbly staring at anyone who passed in front of them.

However, if you have a careful look, you will find that a large proportion of the people here are young and middle-aged. There are about a few thousand people, and more than seventy percent of them are young and strong. Especially a slightly larger dilapidated house is surrounded by young people, these seem to be wandering outside the house at random, but they will look to the side vigilantly from time to time, especially when a new face passes by, they will suddenly get nervous.

All this shows that this dilapidated house or this slum is unusual.

If an outsider suddenly pushed open the broken door at this time, he would definitely be surprised by the situation inside. The small courtyard was now full of people, who were unusually neatly dressed, completely different from the ragged appearance of the refugees outside. Each of them was burly and ruddy-faced, and at first glance they were not refugees who had been starving for many years. What was even more surprising was that they were all dressed in uniform white, embroidered with different numbers of bright red lotus flowers from one to nine, and almost all of them had a weapon in their hands. Although the weapons were disorganized, they were unusually sharp, flashing with a blinding cold light.

"Big brother, everyone is here." A young and heroic young man pushed through the crowd, walked over to the only middle-aged man sitting in the crowd, and whispered in his ear.

The middle-aged man's name is Wang Gan, and unlike the others, he is wearing a golden robe, and a large blood-colored lotus flower on his chest is very eye-catching. He has an ordinary face, a slightly blessed body, a small belly slightly bulging, and a pair of bright big eyes that look soft and charitable.

"Well, got it, let's get started." Wang Gan nodded and said.

"Yes!" The young man agreed, turned his face to face everyone, "I think you must know what is going on when you come to you today, I, Wang Tian, have thanked you in advance!" ”

Wang Tian hugged his fists at everyone and said loudly.

As soon as the dozens of men in the courtyard heard Wang Tian's words, they became excited.

"I am willing to listen to the sect master!" Dozens of heroes knelt on one knee in unison, whispered in a low voice, and the weapons in their hands were neatly placed on the ground, making a sonorous sound.

"Good! Brothers, you are worthy of being the believers of my Blood Lotus Ancestor, and you are worthy of being the subordinates of my Blood Lotus Messenger. Wang Gan saw everyone's performance, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

He stood up, waved his big hand, and his face was full of excitement, "In the past few years, there have been snow disasters in the northern part of Dayan, and our poor people have not had enough food and clothing. Let's see, can the people outside still survive? Let's go out and see, how many people are still alive outside, and how many people can survive this winter? ”

Wang Gan's face was full of compassion, and his tone was also unfairness and dissatisfaction with the world.

"That's it, Sect Master, we won't be able to live on our own!" A middle-aged man with deep nasolabial folds beside Wang Gan shouted in response, this middle-aged man was also wearing a white robe, with nine bright red lotus flowers embroidered on his chest, showing that his status was only below Wang Gan.

"Deputy Sect Leader Xue is right, Sect Master, if we don't turn against the damn again, we will all die."

"Sect Master, it's the other way around, it's the other way around!"

"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! ”

"Overthrow the imperial court, and the sect leader will be the emperor."

For a time, the crowd was indignant, and the cries of rebellion resounded throughout the courtyard. Fortunately, there are people in a radius of several miles, and they are not afraid of being heard.

"Brothers, don't talk nonsense, the Blood Lotus Ancestor has come to the world, and even if we follow his old man in battle, we will naturally be able to step on the Pure Land of Bliss as soon as possible and gain eternal life. His old man's choice of this envoy as the sect leader was not to let this envoy be the emperor, but to let this envoy take his brothers to rescue more people, so that they could join the wings of the Blood Lotus Ancestor and go to Bliss together! Wang Gan pretended to be modest and said.

"The Sect Master is humble, only the Sect Master can lead us to defeat the court demon soldiers! If the leader is not the emperor, who will be the emperor? After Wang Gan said this, some people were immediately unhappy, and the deputy sect leader Xue was the first to come out against Wang Gan and said.

"That's it, the sect leader is the emperor, and the sect leader is the emperor!" As soon as Deputy Sect Leader Xue finished shouting, the others also shouted, which showed that Wang Gan's prestige in the hearts of these people was not ordinarily high.

Wang Gan pretended to excuse himself again, and only reluctantly agreed under the joint recommendation of everyone again and again, saying as if he could really be the emperor.

"Good! When the time comes, we will oppose him Dayan, and when we overthrow Dayan, you are all founding fathers! Wang Gan lived up to expectations and finally gave the order.

Everyone present had waited for this moment for too long, and they cheered in unison.

In fact, since the first time someone starved to death on a snowy day three years ago, Wang Gan established this organization called the Blood Lotus Sect, and the doctrine preached was that "the Blood Lotus descends into the world, and the Taiping Eternal Life" aims to calm the world's injustices, and the Blood Lotus Sect has secretly swept the entire Yunzhou in just one winter. It's just that they are too secretive and have not been noticed by the government.

In fact, the Blood Lotus Sect was just a tool for Wang Gan to satisfy his own selfish desires.

Wang Gan was born only as a poor talent, and he failed the exam many times, so he no longer had any illusions about the court, but began to resent the court. As his life became more and more unsatisfactory, the resentment in his heart became heavier and heavier, and finally took advantage of the catastrophe for many years, and prepared to rebel without doing anything.

He returned to his hometown, established the Blood Lotus Sect, hid in a dark corner, and has been secretly developing disciples, accumulating strength, and has been waiting for the opportunity to prepare for a rebellion, and the first target of his rebellion is his hometown Akagi. As a native of Akagi, he is familiar with every plant and tree in Akagi. Akagi was far away from the emperor, and the imperial court had very little control over it, so it was a good place to establish an independent regime. In his heart, since there was no place for him to stand on the court, he let himself sit there.

He can be said to be a bit of an extreme and extreme character who has been hit by many failures.

The organization of the Blood Lotus Sect was extremely tight, Wang Gan was the sect leader, and below him were the two deputy sect leaders. His younger brother Wang Tian was one of the deputy sect leaders of the young man just now, and the other deputy sect leader was the middle-aged man surnamed Xue who had deep nasolabial folds. Under the deputy sect master are the five altar masters of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and under the altar master are the incense masters of each state, and under the incense masters are the smaller small incense masters. Level by level, layer by layer, from top to bottom management, strict and efficient.

In the past two years, with the vision and wisdom of a scholar, he has successfully gathered hundreds of cronies, and there are thousands of followers on the periphery. Most of these people were born in poverty, and they have been forced to despair by this world, and now they have the so-called Blood Lotus Sect, and they have also put forward the so-called slogan of "Blood Lotus Descends to the World, Peace and Eternal Life", which is just like a touch of light in the darkness, giving them hope to live. Where can these ordinary people who don't know a few big characters withstand the flickering of a talent? Moths gathered around Wang Gan like moths to the fire, and after a long time, coupled with Wang Gan's display of blood lotus magic skills from time to time, these people believed in him, and they were even more obedient and loyal.

The Blood Lotus Sect was very secretive, and it existed in Akagi and several surrounding counties for several years, and it was never detected by the imperial court. Even if someone notices that there are refugees burning incense and praying, they will not care, since the heavy snow has fallen a few times, many people burn incense and worship the Buddha every day to pray that the sky will soon be clear, so some abnormalities are automatically ignored. No one expected that in just a few years, the small Akagi would secretly grow such a large force, which was enough to change the sky and the earth.

"I know that everyone has endured hard in the past few years, but this sect leader can't help it, one is that our strength is still too weak to cause trouble. Second, the majority of ordinary people have not been forced to do their part, and they will not easily follow us into trouble, so I have endured it. But now it is different, the conditions are ripe, and everyone can see that there are more refugees outside, most of them are still young and strong, and they have enough anger in their hearts now. We have thousands of brothers, and the refugees outside are also full of hunger, and everyone only needs to stir up a little, and then the whole Akagi will burn. Now we will first take Akagi, defeat all the rich households, and then open warehouses to release grain, and coerce more refugees. Then take the surrounding counties, then take Yunzhou, and then Yingzhou, Wuzhou, Shuozhou。。。。。。 In the end, I will fight to Youzhou and liberate the poor parishioners in the world, and then I will sit in the world with my brothers! Wang Gan raised his arms and shouted, his face full of sickly red.

"Good! Good! Hit Yunzhou! Hit Youzhou! Sit the world! Everyone cheered wildly, as if they had succeeded.

"Alright, everyone, calm down!" Wang Gan pressed down with both palms to stop the cheers of his subordinates, "But we can't work hard, there are still five hundred county soldiers in Chicheng, and these five hundred people are all veterans, and it is difficult to fight." What I mean is that we should first send people into the city to sneak into the city and try to incite the refugees outside, arouse their hatred for the rich families of Akagi and the county government, and it is best to let them take the initiative to attack the government on our behalf, so that we can reap the benefits. ”

"The sect leader is right!" Wang Tian was the first to agree, "Although we have thousands of people, if we want to divide the county barracks, the county government and those five or six rich families, we are really not strong enough." It's best to let those refugees be cannon fodder. ”

"Okay, that's it!" Deputy Sect Master Xue also agreed.

These villains with ulterior motives, where do they think for the sake of the poor?

The next thing that followed was for several of the Blood Lotus Sect's principals to discuss how to operate these things.