Chapter 243: White Lotus Holy Maiden
Li Xiuwen even coaxed and deceived him, and finally got some news from Zhang Yunying's mouth. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
He never thought that a little girl he had rescued in Kaifeng would actually transform into a saintess of the White Lotus Sect today!
In the second year of the Apocalypse, the White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru, Wang Haoxian, Yu Hongzhi and other leaders from all over the country made an appointment to revolt at the same time in Yuncheng, Shandong, He1 Beijingzhou, and Jizhou. At that time, the momentum was very huge, and the branches of the White Lotus Sect in various places responded one after another, seriously threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, among the White Lotus Sects in various places, Xu Hongru's vein was the most powerful, and Xu Hongru was even proclaimed as Emperor Fulie of Zhongxing. Another branch of the larger force is Wang Haoxian's lineage, Wang Haoxian's father Wang Sen, who claims to be the master of the "Wenxiang Sect", and Xu Hongru is Wang Sen's disciple. It's just that when it was later spread to Wang Haoxian, the power was slightly weaker than Xu Hongru.
Therefore, today's White Lotus Sect is also known as the Smelling Fragrance Sect.
In addition, there is a leader of each branch force named Zhang Cambodia, who is Zhang Yunying's grandfather. Zhang Cambodia's power at that time was not very large, but his son married the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect at that time, the daughter of Xu Hongru. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yunying is now enshrined as the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect.
Later, under the vigorous encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, all the forces of the White Lotus Sect suffered heavy setbacks, and only a small number of people were able to escape, surviving to this day.
Since then, Xu Hongru has been regarded as the orthodoxy of the White Lotus Sect, but his power is not as good as before.
After the failure of the uprising, Zhang Kambai's son Zhang Shiheng fled to Kaifeng with his wife and lived the life of ordinary people.
In fact, there are also some remnants of the White Lotus Sect in the rebel forces in various places now, but none of them are authentic in Shandong.
In the early winter of last year, not long after Li Xiuwen arrived in the capital, the Shandong White Lotus Sect was revived, and Xu Hongru and Zhang Cambodia went to Kaifeng, found Zhang Shiheng and his wife, and asked them to return to Shandong to preside over the affairs of the White Lotus Sect.
Zhang Shiheng and his wife took Zhang Yunying, and after coming to Jinan, they secretly carried out activities, and it didn't take long for Kong Quan, the governor of Jinan Prefecture, to find some clues, and arrested Zhang Shiheng under investigation, and tortured him to death, but he didn't find that he was arrested by the head of the White Lotus Sect at that time, and the case was closed as a small minion, and the disturbance was not big.
In fact, after the encirclement and suppression of the White Lotus Sect during the Apocalypse, its power only recovered slightly, and it did not develop many sect members. Shandong was originally Xu Hongru's sphere of influence, but the Wang family ran over, Wang Haoxian's son Wang Qing, and Zhang Shiheng was faintly able to fight against each other, after Zhang Shiheng's death, Wang Qing was elected by everyone as the "Smell the Fragrance Sect Master".
But he, the sect leader, can't convince people in the same vein as Xu Hongru and Zhang Khan Bai. The people of these two factions even hope to promote Zhang Shiheng's daughter, Zhang Yunying, as the leader of the sect.
Zhang Yunying's presence made Wang Qing feel threatened.
In this way, it is not difficult to guess why the person who assassinated Li Xiuwen tonight would be Zhang Yunying. Wang Qing wanted to borrow Li Xiuwen's hand to kill people with a knife. How could he have thought that Zhang Yunying would actually know Li Xiuwen?
Looking at the fifteen-year-old girl in front of him, Li Xiuwen felt very helpless. Such a simple little girl can really be qualified for the position of sect leader? I'm afraid that if I'm sold, I still have to give the number of people, right?
If Zhang Yunying really had some scheming, she wouldn't have guessed Wang Qing's little trick. Once the people of the two factions knew that Wang Qing had sent him to assassinate, what would be their reaction?
Thinking of this, Li Xiuwen's heart moved, if there were those two factions plus his own support, were she afraid that she would not be able to sit firmly in the position of the sect leader?
Li Xiuwen looked at her and said, "Yun Ying, haven't you guessed that you have already let Wang Qing take advantage of it?" ”
Zhang Yunying's eyes widened and she said in surprise: "Huh? You mean...... The Sect Master took advantage of me?!! ”
Seeing her cute appearance, Li Xiuwen suddenly felt a little depressed, do you really want to help her get rid of Wang Qing and let her be the sect leader? Wouldn't that be too child's play? When the time comes, what if you lose money?
Just as he was helplessly patting his forehead, Zhang Yunying finally figured it out and blurted out: "Ah...... I understand, the sect leader knows that I came to assassinate you and there is only one way to die, so he sent me to die, right? But the sect leader is usually very good to me! ”
Li Xiuwen asked tentatively: "Didn't your master tell you some bad things about Wang Qing?" ”
Zhang Yunying blinked her eyes and said, "Well...... I did say something, and the master and my mother also asked me not to believe the words of the sect leader. ”
"That's it, you stupid girl!"
"People aren't stupid!"
"Tough ......"
"That's what it was!"
“……”
Li Xiuwen didn't want to continue arguing with her, the time was almost up, and it would have to be delayed any longer, and Wang Qing would be in trouble once he ran away. He thought for a while and said to Zhang Yunying: "I'm going out now, and for the time being, I have to tie you up first and hand it over to the people of the Jinyi guard outside." I'll meet those Jinyi guards later, don't let them find out that you and I know each other, you know? ”
Zhang Yunying seems to understand: "Oh......"
"If they know about it, you and I will die, understand?"
Li Xiuwen was afraid that she would do something bad, so he had to make the matter more serious, and this was exactly the case. Just kidding, Jin Yiwei colluded with the White Lotus Sect and didn't want his head?
Zhang Yunying's little face turned pale with fright, and she nodded solemnly: "I understand!" ”
Li Xiuwen nodded with satisfaction and continued to advise: "Hmm...... Okay, I'll take you there first, don't ask anything, don't think too much, I won't hurt you. Later, take me to see your mother and your master, understand? ”
When Zhang Yunying heard this, she immediately became vigilant again: "You won't arrest them, will you?" ”
Li Xiuwen smiled, looked into her eyes and asked, "Do you believe me?" ”
Zhang Yunying looked at him for a long time before nodding lightly and said, "I believe it!" ”
"Whew-"
Li Xiuwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "It doesn't seem to be an easy thing for a lewd uncle to coax a little girl!" ”
No, no, no, how can such a handsome young man be a lewd uncle?
Not...... It should be a handsome big brother, who wants to rescue a simple little girl in a dangerous situation, and he does not hesitate to use all his strength, even to coax and deceive!
With this mentality, Li Xiuwen re-tied Zhang Yunying, handed it over to several subordinates of Jinyiwei, and strictly ordered them not to move a finger of the prisoner, and then hurried to the mansion.
As for Wang Ruicheng, the young master of the White Lotus Sect who came after Zhang Yunying and was arrested, Li Xiuwen didn't care about his identity at all. (To be continued.) )