The equipment of the Song army is very sophisticated, and it has been very standardized, not only weapons and armor, but also military hats, that is, the generals in the army have a Fan Yang Li, also known as the straight-brimmed hat, that is, the hat has a brim around it, this style is estimated to be very familiar to many people, and the protagonist of the famous comic "One Piece" in later generations wears that style of hat.

The so-called hat demon, as the name suggests, is a monster that looks like a hat, and this hat refers to Fan Yangli in the army. Legend has it that the hat demon can fly, it is extremely fast, and it even shines at night, and when Li Zhang heard Lu Yijian's description of the hat demon, there was only one thought in his mind: This thing can't be the legendary flying saucer in later generations, right?

The first place to make trouble with the hat demon was Luoyang, Xijing, originally at the beginning, there were just people who witnessed the appearance of the hat demon, and then there was a hat demon flying into the house at night to hurt people, this should not be fake, because there are detailed records in Luoyang, many Luoyang people have been attacked by the hat demon, and there are countless people who have witnessed the hat demon.

With the appearance of the hat demon hurting people, there are more and more rumors about the hat demon in Luoyang City, the Luoyang guard at that time is called Wang Sizong, this person is the champion of the Taizu period, it is said that during the Zhao Kuangyin period, who handed in the paper quickly during the palace examination was the champion, and Wang Sizong handed over the paper with another person, as a result, Zhao Kuangyin let Wang Sizong fight with another person, who won was the champion, and Wang Sizong was superior in skills, so he was called "the champion of hand fighting".

After the hat demon hurt people in Luoyang City, Wang Sizong stayed in Xijing, but he didn't believe in ghosts and gods at all, let alone any hat demon, and let alone let the rumors appear in the city, and it is estimated that Wang Sizong wanted to use the indifferent attitude of "don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors" to let the rumors slowly subside.

However, what Wang Sizong didn't expect was that the rumors of the hat demon intensified, and finally even spread all the way from Luoyang to Tokyo, and even Tokyo had a record of the hat demon hurting people, which made the capital panic for a while, and even dared not sleep at night.

Li Zhang crossed after the appearance of the hat demon, so he didn't experience the tense atmosphere of the hat demon at that time, but listening to Lu Yijian's introduction, the entire capital was stirred up by the hat demon at that time, and the people in the city did not dare to sleep at night.

What's even more terrifying is that even the rumors of the hat demon were spread in the army, at that time there were more than 400,000 forbidden troops stationed around the capital, and these forbidden troops did not sleep at night because of the rumors of the hat demon, but sat together as if facing a great enemy, and even a number of camp roars, resulting in countless deaths and injuries of the forbidden army, and the forbidden army left behind was also panicked, and everyone did not listen to military orders as if they were crazy.

The forbidden army is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty's rule of the world, if there is a problem with the forbidden army, then the entire Great Song Dynasty will be in danger, Zhao Heng was old at that time, and his health was not good, but he was awakened many times by the shouts of the soldiers and civilians in the capital at night, which made him realize the seriousness of this matter.

In fact, at that time, it didn't matter whether the hat demon was real or not, and the social turmoil it caused was real and could not be ignored. The people were gathered together, and the soldiers were gathered together, with swords in their hands and in their clad with a strong hand. If people with ulterior motives take the opportunity to incite, under fear, these people will do anything. Once the army gets out of control, the Zhao and Song dynasties will be in danger.

In this case, the old and confused Zhao Heng was particularly sober this time, he first issued an order to encourage the people to report gossips and confuse the public, as long as they report, they will be rewarded. This also greatly encouraged the people to report, for a time the government received a lot of reports, and then the yamen took people everywhere, arrested a few monks and warlocks who used the hat demon to encourage the people, and beheaded them.

Coincidentally, after killing a few people who bewitched the public, no one witnessed the appearance of the hat demon, which also made this turmoil slowly calm down in the capital, but this matter was not over, Zhao Heng immediately disposed of Wang Sizong who stayed in Luoyang, because it was his indifference that caused things to develop to such a point.

Compared with Wang Sizong, Wang Zeng's performance is much stronger, because after the rumors of the hat demon subsided in Tokyo, they spread to Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and at that time Wang Zeng was the prefect of Yingtianfu, he was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, first opened the city gate to calm people's hearts, and then secretly arrested the rumor-mongers, so that the rumors quickly subsided in Nanjing, and did not cause any waves at all, which also paved the way for Wang Zeng to serve as the prime minister in the future.

And after Wang Zeng pacified the rumors of the hat demon in Nanjing, although there were still some small-scale rumors about the hat demon from time to time in various places, it could not cause much panic, which also marked the end of the rumors of the hat demon, and then Li Zhang's plane crossed to the Great Song Dynasty for some reason, and was called the divine bird by the Song people, this miracle caused a greater sensation again, making everyone talk about the divine bird, and the hat demon was forgotten faster.

"When I think about it, it seems that I occasionally hear people mention the hat demon, no wonder it feels like this name is a little familiar." Li Zhang also slapped his face after hearing this, although the rumors of the hat demon have subsided, sometimes they will be mentioned as a monster, and Li Zhang occasionally heard it and didn't care too much.

"Now people mention the hat demon, just as a ghost story or something, just listen to it, forget it, but in the second year of Tianxi, the name of the hat demon can really scare people, at that time the people of the capital were completely sleepless, many people because of a little wind and grass, thought that the hat demon was coming, but was scared to death, and some people went crazy and killed each other, even their relatives did not let go, I was a living housekeeper, and Zhou Huaizheng investigated the matter on the order of the emperor, and there were no less than 100 tragedies seen with my own eyes." At this time, I saw that Lu Yijian also sighed and said.

"Yes, I was still young at that time, but even in the palace, everyone was in danger, and even legend has it that there are palace people who are missing in the palace, that is, they were captured by the hat demon, so my father also ordered two shifts of guards to take turns guarding me for twelve hours a day, for fear that I would be captured by the flying hat demon." Zhao Zhen also said at this time, he was still a child at the time, but it was precisely like this, the hat demon also left a greater psychological shadow on him, even if he was still a little afraid of mentioning the hat demon now.

Li Zhang couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, in fact, the casualties caused by the hat demon should not be large, but the power of rumors is too terrible, especially in the feudal environment of ancient times that is closed and backward, and most people are ignorant and ignorant, the lethality of a rumor is simply immeasurable, and now that the Luoyang Hat Demon has reappeared, if a large-scale rumor is formed like before, with the foundation of the last time, the lethality will only be more terrifying!