"Hat Demon? Isn't that a trick you guys made, and you think I'll believe it? Li Zhang couldn't help but sneer when he heard Liu Chengfeng's words.

"It's not those Kong Ming lanterns, in fact, not only do we see that the earliest hat demons in the city were pretended to be Kong Ming lanterns, but also several other temples and Taoist temples in the city are also involved in this matter, and we are only one of them, and I'm talking about the real hat demons!" Liu Chengfeng looked at Li Zhang with a sincere face at this time and said again.

"I've known this for a long time, but although other people have also participated in pretending to be a hat demon, you are the only one who deliberately hurt people, and even caused several people to die of serious injuries!" Li Zhang was also a little annoyed when he said this, but then he calmed down his mood for a while, and then spoke again, "As for the real hat demon, I also had doubts before, but after seeing the methods of you people, wouldn't it be a fool to believe in the real hat demon again?" ”

"The darkness will pass, the light will come, for the sake of preaching, some small sacrifices are nothing, let alone others, even my life can be sacrificed to the Great Father at any time!" Liu Chengfeng heard Li Zhang's accusation, but at this time he retorted with a somewhat fanatical expression.

The so-called Great Father, that is, the supreme god of Manichaeism, is the four in one of purity, light, power, and wisdom, and has many godheads and qualities, in general, the Great Father is the embodiment of all the good qualities in the world, and his enemy is the king of darkness in the kingdom of darkness where he lives.

"The great father of bullshit, if there really is such a god, then why doesn't he show up to save you, if he can show miracles now, Lao Tzu will immediately worship under your Manichaean sect!" Li Zhang sneered with disdain when he heard this.

"Shut up! You can insult me, but you can't insult the Great Father, and sooner or later the Great Father will lead the gods to defeat the darkness, and then miracles will come to the world, and only the believers of God will be saved! Liu Chengfeng shouted at this time, he became very crazy at this time, he would never tolerate anyone insulting the Great Father in front of him.

Li Zhang looked at Liu Chengfeng with a hideous face and shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect this guy to be a fanatic, but Manichaeism is obviously the religion of the Persians, and later it was introduced to the Uighurs, and it has not occupied the mainstream in the Central Plains, why did Liu Chengfeng, a Han person, be so fanatical about foreign religions? This made Li Zhang a little puzzled.

Maybe it was Li Zhang's compassionate eyes that stung Liu Chengfeng, but he suddenly stared at Li Zhang with red eyes at this time and said again: "I know you don't believe it, but I can tell you that the Hat Demon is absolutely real, and it is the messenger sent to the world by the Lord of Darkness, if you don't follow the teachings of the Great Father, sooner or later you will eat the bitter fruit of your own bitterness in the future!" ”

"Haha~, is it true that you say it's true, what evidence do you have?" Li Zhang laughed and asked rhetorically when he heard this, but at this time he was a little suspicious in his heart, because he felt that although Liu Chengfeng was crazy, it didn't seem like he was lying.

"Of course I have proof, but I have one condition!" Liu Chengfeng suddenly calmed down again at this time, and there was a bit of cunning in his eyes.

"On what terms?" Li Zhang thought for a moment before he asked again, although he didn't know what the evidence of this Liu Chengfeng was, and even he suspected that the other party was lying, but out of curiosity about the hat demon, he still wanted to hear what the other party was planning?

"Let my son go, as long as you promise to release my son, I will take you to see the evidence of the hat demon!" Liu Chengfeng said excitedly again, he is a fanatical believer, and he doesn't even care about his own life for the sake of preaching, but the only thing he cares about is his son, maybe in his heart, this is the only thing that is more important than faith.

Li Zhang was not surprised by Liu Chengfeng's request, but he sneered and said: "Your son is one of the main culprits in this case, do you think that with a so-called hat demon evidence that does not know the truth or falsehood, you can make the official agree to let this main culprit go?" ”

"Doesn't your government just want a real murderer behind the scenes to confess to the people, and the thing of pretending to be a hat demon is not only done by our family, but also by other temples and Taoist temples in the capital, maybe you think our approach is too cruel, and it really hurts people, but if you don't use this method, it can't inspire the fear of the people at all, and our Manichaeism is not as good as Buddhism and Taoism, so we can't attract believers by ordinary means."

Speaking of this, I saw Liu Chengfeng pause for a moment, and then said again: "I will carry down the crime this time alone, so that your government can also explain it to the people of the world, and about the evidence of the hat demon, I dare to guarantee that you will definitely feel extremely shocked after you see it!" ”

Li Zhang also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, Igler was not caught, even if he wanted to release people, he couldn't find anyone, but he could use this blank check to trick Liu Chengfeng, and see the so-called hat demon evidence first.

"Okay, I can promise you, but there is a precondition, that is, I must first see the evidence in your mouth, if it is really as you said, I will consider releasing people, if it is your exaggeration, or even fake, then don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!" Li Zhang finally nodded.

Seeing Li Zhang's promise, Liu Chengfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he was not sure whether Li Zhang would keep his promise after seeing the evidence, but now he had no choice but to trust Li Zhang, at least this brought him a glimmer of hope, and hope is also extremely precious to a person who has been cornered.

At that moment, Li Zhang asked about the Manichaean pretending to be a hat demon again, and this time Liu Chengfeng no longer had anything to hide, and he explained everything very happily.

After the blow of Manichaeism by Wuzong, until the fall of the Tang Dynasty, they did not dare to show their heads, and could only operate in secret, such as the Hui people living in Luoyang also intermarried with the Han people and changed their beliefs, but some people believe in Buddhism on the surface, and secretly worship Manichaean gods, which also makes the Manichaeism in the Central Plains greatly influenced by Buddhism and Taoism, and there are some differences with Manichaeism in the Western Regions.

It was not until the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty that the Manichaeism in the Central Plains slowly dared to emerge, but it was still very cautious, but after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Great Song Dynasty and the Hui in Xizhou, the Manichaeism in the Western Regions and the Central Plains also began to have contact, compared to the Manichaeism in the Central Plains, the Manichaeism on the side of the Hui people was in a dominant position, and they were very domineering, so they often sent people to the Central Plains to urge the Manichaeans in the Central Plains to preach in order to expand their faith.

Liu Chengfeng was born in a wealthy merchant family in Hangzhou, and had no contact with Manichaeism, but then his family fell into the middle of the road, and had to venture to the Western Regions often, according to him, he took the goods to the Western Regions at the time, but encountered horse thieves, and finally hid in a dilapidated Manichaean Temple, but suddenly the sky fell into the light, and the horse thieves did not dare to enter the temple, which also allowed him to escape, so he later converted to Manichaeism, and even lived in Hui for several years.

It was also during the period of residence in Hui that Liu Chengfeng not only joined Manichaeism, but also married the daughter of a Hui nobleman, that is, Igler's mother, and their husband and wife had a very good relationship, even after the death of his wife, he did not have the intention of taking a concubine.

Later, Liu Chengfeng was favored by the high-level of Manichaeism, and sent him to the Central Plains to preach, so he came to settle in Sishunfang in Luoyang, ostensibly a wealthy businessman, but in fact he was the biggest leader of Manichaeism, but although he came back from Hui, but his son Igler did not come back, but stayed in Huihui to study with the high-level of Manichaeism, until a few years ago when his wife died, Igler rushed to Luoyang.

Compared with Liu Chengfeng, the Manichaean high-level of the Hui obviously trusted Igle more, so after his son returned, Liu Chengfeng became his son's deputy, and the father and son worked together to preach, but because the Manichaeism had been dormant for too long and the reputation was not very good, their missionary work in Luoyang had little effect, and even some of the Hui people who settled in Luoyang did not believe in religion.

In this case, Liu Chengfeng and his son were also quite distressed, but they didn't expect that there was a reappearance of the hat demon outside the city some time ago, which made their father and son both eyes light up, and they immediately thought that they could use the hat demon to preach, and in order to pretend to be the hat demon, they also collected many rumors about the hat demon, and it was in these rumors that they found a proof of the existence of the hat demon.

The rest of the matter doesn't need Liu Chengfeng to say that Li Zhang can guess, they used Kong Ming lanterns to pretend to be hat demons, and then created those werewolf equipment, making people pretend to be wolves to break into people's houses and hurt people, so as to arouse greater fear among the people, after all, their Manichaeism is not as good as Buddhism and Taoism, and their foundation in the folk is too weak, and they can only use this extreme means to fool more believers in the future.

After Liu Chengfeng finished confessing, a scribe next to him recorded all his testimony, and then asked him to sign and draw a detached, with this testimony, his crime was almost decided, and even Li Zhang, the minister who had full authority to deal with the hat demon incident, could directly pronounce his death sentence.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that when Liu Chengfeng confessed his crimes, he repeatedly emphasized that not only their Manichaean religion pretended to be a hat demon in the city, but also several temples and Taoist temples pretending to be hat demons.

Li Zhang had already guessed about this, so he was not surprised, but although those people were hateful, at least they didn't hurt people as much as Manichaeism, so Li Zhang was ready to knock those people again after dealing with Manichaean affairs, at least let them spit out what they had eaten before.

At the moment, Li Zhang temporarily detained Liu Chengfeng, but he was also a little curious now, what was the so-called evidence that proved the existence of the hat demon in Liu Chengfeng's mouth?

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