"Say, what is your identity?" Shen Chongming looked at Li Maocai, who was kneeling in front of him tremblingly, and asked.

Zeng Yiyi only explained the physical characteristics of Zheng Protector and the way he interacted with various spies in the city, although the words were unknown, but the problems exposed were extremely serious.

Emperor Taizu relied on the White Lotus Sect to start his family, and after ascending to the Great Treasure, he knew the danger of the sect, so from the day of the founding of the country, the imperial court adopted a high-pressure policy against the folk sects. At the same time, it also supported a group of factions that roamed the rivers and lakes openly and uprightly, and supported the faith of the people all over the world. For example, the Maoshan faction, the Wudang faction, the Emei faction, etc. are the objects of support from the imperial court, among which the Maoshan faction is the Taoist sect of the world, and the successive masters are all golden seals canonized by the heavenly masters, although they have no rights, but the high rank is scary, super a product!

Despite this, the folk sects that have been circulating for hundreds of years have never disappeared, but their actions are more secretive, and their names have changed one after another. But in the face of the all-out attack of the state apparatus, even if it is hidden, it is not enough, and the various White Lotus Sects have gradually declined over the years, and it has become difficult to become an atmosphere. Despite this, the imperial court's crackdown has never been slackened, and all sects involved have always been rather killed by mistake than let go, and the yamen who carried out such a task were the terrified Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Therefore, when I heard Zeng Yi say that Zheng Protector was very likely to come from a mysterious sect, the first thought that came to Shen Chongming's mind was the White Lotus Sect!

rushed back to Guangzhou City non-stop, and arrested Li Maocai that night, he was the only spy that Shen Chongming could identify that day, so he must know about this mysterious sect, and even be a member of the mysterious sect himself.

Li Maocai's face turned pale under the dim candlelight, and when he heard Shen Chongming's question, he pretended to be stupid and said: "The villain Li Maocai, a local in Guangzhou, runs the Maochang at home. ”

"Smack!" Shen Chongming slapped his hand and sneered: "You dare to play with this official, it seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, come here, bring Zeng Yiyi up!" ”

Now Zeng Yi is already a broken jar, and he just wants to die happily and not be insulted again. On the way back to Guangzhou, he got Shen Chongming's instructions, "As long as you are obedient, the official is too lazy to pull you into Beijing to let you die a happy death, and when you return to Guangzhou City, you can just nod your head if you ask anything." ”

"Zeng Yi, do you recognize Li Maocai?" Shen Chongming turned his head and asked Xiang Zengyi, "Yes." Zeng Yiyi replied very happily, and turned his head to smile at the stunned Li Maocai, a mouthful of big yellow teeth exposed, which was very scary.

"Adult, the villain doesn't know him, he really doesn't know." Li Maocai, who came back to his senses, hurriedly said, but he was anxious in his heart, how did Zeng Yi be arrested, and how did he know his identity, could it be that Zheng Protector told him.

"Bold Li Maocai, he still dares to quibble until now, is it still for this official to take Zheng Protector Liquid in!" Shen Chongming's eyes glared angrily.

Zheng Hufa was also arrested by the government? Li Mao was startled, and immediately collapsed there, this is really the end.

Seeing that the scare was successful, Shen Chongming was cold, and said in a slow voice: "This official sees that you are a big taxpayer, so he wants to give you a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your crimes, you have to take advantage of it, otherwise others will take the lead, but you will not have your share." ”

"The little one says, the little one says." As soon as he heard that he had made meritorious service to atone for his crimes, Li Maocai suddenly came to his senses, and he also knew that he had committed a big crime, and even the three clans were enough, and the only thing he had to hope for now was to protect the family, after all, they didn't know about it.

The psychological defense line was opened, and Li Maocai confessed everything he knew. It turned out that what he was involved in was Wuwei Teaching, and he was even more valuable as Wuwei Teaching, the master of the Baiyun Altar in Guangzhou, and belonged to the Guangdong General Hall.

Li Maocai joined Wuweijiao in the year he began to develop, and it was precisely because of this that he became prosperous in business, and he became rich in less than ten years. It's a pity that most of the money earned was handed over to Wuweijiao, totaling more than 100,000 taels.

However, it is a pity that the rules of the Wuwei Sect are strict, and the actions are also extremely cautious, and after joining the Wuwei Sect for nearly ten years, Li Maocai does not even know the specific situation of the Guangdong General Hall, and the name of the hall master is not clear, and the people in the same religion in Guangdong do not know each other.

And this time to provide information for Zeng Yi, that is, he received a secret letter from the general hall, ordering him to collect information on the official army, and preside over this matter through the flying pigeon to pass the secret report. The Dharma Protector is extremely powerful in the sect, and he is located below the sect leader and above the hall master, so he knows the situation well. As soon as he heard Shen Chongming say the word protector, Li Maocai believed that it was really because of this situation, and then he explained it clearly.

"Lord Qincha, all the mistakes are Li Maocai's fault alone, the wife, children and mother at home don't know, please let them live in a big way, Li Maocai will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay you." Knowing that his death was approaching, Li Maocai begged bitterly.

"Do your best, you go down and think about it, you must know that the more you talk, the better it will be for you." Shen Chongming is a real person, and he has always had something to say.

Su Chenwu was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance at Shen Chongming helplessly, how could there be such a trial of the case, at this time, he should be given a ticket to fool him.

Human nature is difficult to say, of course, when facing a desperate situation, what he prefers to hear is the truth, after hearing Shen Chongming say this, Li Mao immediately believed it, if he patted his chest and packed the ticket, he still didn't believe it, after all, such a big crime is not something that anyone can erase. "Don't worry, adults, once the little ones think of something, they will tell you."

Seeing that Li Maocai and Zeng Yi were taken down, Su Chenwu opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Qincha, what should I do now, do you want to tell the Yamen of the Political Secretary about this matter?" ”

"No need, the stakes are very high, this official will leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning and inform the emperor of this matter in person." The situation is serious, and the sphere of influence of such a strict sect organization is definitely not limited to Guangdong. Moreover, Li Mao has only joined the Wuwei Sect for nearly ten years, and the existence time of the Wuwei Sect is only afraid that it will be longer, and when the two points are combined, his power is a little unimaginable.

Early the next morning, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, who had just experienced a big battle, rushed straight to the capital with a whip, and as for whether the five hundred war horses borrowed from the city could be replaced or not, it was not within the scope of Shen Chongming's consideration. At the same time, the two soldiers with the best riding skills walked in front of him without stopping, and Shen Chongming was also going to play an eight-hundred-mile rush to let the emperor know the general news in advance, and when he entered Beijing, his old man would be well prepared.

Passing through Henan, the disaster situation in front of Shen Chongming did not allow Shen Chongming to witness, most of the disaster relief materials transported in accordance with the orders of the imperial court have not yet arrived, and the disaster area after the flood has not even eaten a little bit, and the victims who fall to the ground can be seen everywhere, no need to ask, they must be hungry.

"Go, divide half of our dry food and leave it for the people." Shen Chongming said helplessly, he had more than enough strength but could only do his best.

Although the dry food is small, it is undoubtedly a life-saving medicine at this time, and when I saw the passing officers and soldiers distributing food, the people nearby rushed forward, and almost all of the people who got it knelt on the ground to thank them.

People's hearts are long, looking at the eager eyes of the victims, who will keep the remaining half of the dry food, and invariably take out all the dry food.

The voice of gratitude echoed in his ears, but Shen Chongming felt even more guilty in his heart, he had come to Henan to repair the embankment, how could he say that today's disaster was not his own fault, if he didn't want to fight for the future, he directly took advantage of the time to face the saint and put this matter forward, the two emperors may not agree, in that case, how can there be hundreds of thousands of people who have no place to live and can't eat.

Sighing, Shen Chongming fled from here, trying to think of other things, so as to suppress this guilt, but unfortunately all the people in his mind were affected by the disaster, all the way to the capital. At this time, it was already June 28 of the second year of Longqing.

"Your Majesty, Shen Chongming is here." Li Fang, who looked even older, walked in tremblingly, bowed down and said. Emperor Longqing was worried about the matter of Wuweijiao, and when he heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and announce him in!" ”

Back in the capital, Shen Chongming had just returned to the camp to change his clothes, and Cui Yong personally came to him, saying that the emperor had a decree and asked him to go to the palace to meet him as soon as he returned. Therefore, Shen Qincha, who appeared in front of Emperor Longqing, was covered in dust, and his face was also unshaven, if it weren't for the official uniform on his body, he could still see the appearance, but he was afraid of fighting with the victims in Henan.

"Weichen Shen Chongming, knock on the emperor." Shen Chong knelt on his knees, with the style of a military general, and his voice was also very loud, this was also no way, he had been in the Shenji Camp for almost a year, and he had been facing a group of martial artists all day long, and he had also followed it imperceptibly.

"Aiqing has worked hard, hurry up." Looking at his appearance, Emperor Longqing was very happy, this is a loyal courtier.

"Your Majesty." Shen Chongming stood up. "Shen Aiqing, quickly talk to me about Wuweijiao, what the hell is going on." Emperor Longqing went straight to the point, and in the past two days, he was disturbed by the things of Wuweijiao, and asked the people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but they did not understand this sect.

"Your Majesty, at present, Wei Chen doesn't know much about the current situation of inaction, but he only knows that this is a secretive and powerful civil society, which has existed for at least fifteen years. This time, he was the one who caused trouble for Guangdong, and he was behind it. ”

"Fifteen years?" Emperor Longqing frowned deeply, he also realized the seriousness of the problem, fifteen years should have only been inferred by Shen Chongming based on Li Maocai's statement, but I am afraid that there is more than that.

"Alas, don't hide it from Aiqing, I asked the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they don't have a clue about this inaction, it can be seen how powerful it is, if you don't find out about this matter by chance this time, I'm afraid there will be a big disaster in the future." Emperor Longqing said worriedly, not knowing things is the most terrible, and Wuwei is exactly like this.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, according to the perspective of this incident, this Wuwei is only afraid that it will be held badly, and in the humble opinion of the ministers, the imperial court must make great efforts to investigate and deal with it, and the focus should be concentrated in the neighboring parts of Guangdong." Shen Chongming also thought about this matter along the way, several major cities in Guangdong have people from Wuwei Sect, and even a Baiyun altar master in Guangzhou does not know much about the specific situation of Wuwei Sect, which shows how extensive and huge its power is.

"Aiqing is right, I am going to leave this matter to you."