"Anti-woman Chen Shuozhen?!"

When the shopkeeper heard Chen Shuozhen's name, his cheeks turned pale with fright, and he looked at Gao Sheng with a frightened face, with suspicion in his eyes, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that this guy is also an accomplice of anti-thieves?

If it weren't for this, how could the people who kept to themselves inquire about the true details of the anti-thief demon woman Chen Shuo?

Seeing the shopkeeper's eyes flickering, what he was thinking, Di Renjie saw through it at a glance, took out a bag of money, handed it to the shopkeeper with a smile, and said: "Don't panic the shopkeeper, we are people from Chang'an, a great good citizen, and the anti-thief and demon woman of Jiangnan Province are inseparable." ”

Great good citizens?

The shopkeeper looked at the fat man Di who was squinting his small eyes, his face was a little stiff, and his eyes were even more suspicious, this fat man didn't look like a good person horizontally and vertically!

Di Renjie said again: "I waited to inquire about the anti-thief demon woman Chen Shuozhen, naturally out of curiosity. ”

Money can make ghosts grind, not to mention that the money given by Di Renjie is not a few.

People die for wealth, birds die for food, the eternal truth.

Feeling the weight of the money bag in his hand, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and decided to fight.

Immediately, the shopkeeper let the shopkeeper close.

The hour is not early, and today there are Gao Sheng, Di Renjie and other "distinguished guests" to stay, one day's income is higher than the previous day's income of four or five days, not to mention the reward, even if the anti-thief Chen Shuo will really be arrested by the government, the shopkeeper will not care about it.

After the door of the store was closed, the shopkeeper gradually plucked up his courage and told him in detail what he heard in the inn, how Chen Shuozhen made his fortune, and how he used superstition to organize the righteous people.

Chen Shuozhen's parents died when he was a child, which is exactly the same as the record, but what is not recorded in history is the other side of Chen Shuozhen.

This Emperor Wenjia was born with a charming bone, which was personally taught by Gao Sheng, and it was also an important reason why many men around him followed him with liver and brains.

A delicate appearance is also easy to gain people's trust, coupled with superstition and bewitchment, Chen Shuo really has the most basic conditions for doing things.

This is not the fundamental reason why Chen Shuo can easily bewitch the people.

In recent years, floods have occurred in Jiangnan Province, and the imperial court not only did not open warehouses to provide grain, but also collected various taxes, resulting in the people living in poverty, selling their children and daughters, being displaced, and starving.

The common people can't live anymore, they are all dead, and it is better to fight with God than to starve to death.

It just so happened that at this moment, Chen Shuozhen used Manichaeism and Taoism to proclaim that he was a disciple of the Three Qing Daoists, and that he was the Nine Heavens Xuannu descended to earth, known as the Holy Mother of the Red Heaven, and used all kinds of phenomena that the people could not explain, to show all kinds of spells she had learned, so as to deceive people's hearts and successfully gather believers to do things.

Hearing the shopkeeper's low voice, which was similar to the situation he knew, Gao Sheng thought about it again, and asked the shopkeeper a few of Chen Shuozhen's various spells and miracles, and the shopkeeper also came one by one, without the slightest concealment.

It's just that when the shopkeeper told Chen Shuozhen about his various spells and miracles, his face showed panic, and he seemed to be convinced of Chen Shuozhen's mages and miracles.

Gao Sheng asked about some local decrees, and let the shopkeeper leave, which made the shopkeeper breathe a sigh of relief, and he was really suspicious in his heart, how could these distinguished guests from Chang'an like to listen to the news of the anti-thief?

As soon as the shopkeeper left, Di Renjie stood up and sighed, and said: "The shopkeeper's words are true, and it is difficult to say that the actions of some local officials really respond to the words of the sages, 'Jun, Zhouye; People, water too. Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat'. ”

Wei Yuanzhong smiled bitterly: "Huaiying's words are in response to the dialogue between the first emperor and Zheng Guogong. ”

Gao Sheng's face was expressionless, he stood up, and said to the two: "Since you and I have been ordered by the emperor to investigate the root cause of Chen Shuozhen's rebellion, we can't just listen to the one-sided words of the shopkeeper, tomorrow we will set off to Qingxi, the birthplace of the anti-thief demon woman Chen Shuozhen, and you can slow down the journey along the road, do more exploration and then make a conclusion." ”

"Mr. (Third Brother) is taught."

Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong both blushed slightly, but Gao Sheng thought thoughtfully, everything can't be prematurely decided, not to mention that the purpose of those Manichaean fake monks has not yet been figured out, Chen Shuo is really using Manichaeism, and there may or may not be a connection here.

Wu Qianjun didn't return overnight, which made Gao Sheng feel bad in his heart, and it was naturally not a trivial matter to make a forbidden army master indulge in one night.

At dawn the next day, Gao Sheng heard a hurried knock on the door in his sleep, and when he opened the door neatly dressed, he saw Wu Qianjun with a serious face.

Seeing that Wu Qianjun was still yesterday's Zhuang Su, his brows were slightly furrowed, no need to think about it, Wu Qianjun has only come back from yesterday afternoon to now.

"There's something wrong with those monks."

When Wu Qianjun saw Gao Sheng, he couldn't help but say, he didn't even say hello, he went directly to the door, and roasted his frozen fingers by the stove.

Gao Sheng poured a cup of hot water, handed it to Wu Qianjun, and asked, "What's the problematic method?" ”

Wu Qianjun took a sip of hot water, slowed down, and said, "These monks are really fake. ”

When Gao Sheng heard this, his face was as usual, the monk who came to stay yesterday was a guy, which was already within his expectations, and he still looked at Wu Qianjun with a look of curiosity.

Wu Qianjun knew that he wanted to listen to the details, so he secretly told those monks what he had seen and heard yesterday.

Yesterday, Wu Qianjun followed these fake monks to find several inns, and finally one inn was for the sake of money, so that these fake monks could stay overnight.

As for why Wu Qianjun asserted that these monks were fake, it was because after nightfall, while these fake monks were asleep, Wu Qianjun entered the room and checked the packages carried by these monks, and found several horizontal knives inside.

Monks carry horizontal knives, which are the standard weapons of the government army, can this be what normal monks can do?

What's more, these monks are not like normal monks who go up at night to do evening lectures, chant sutras and recite Buddha, but after dinner, they all go to sleep one by one, and they don't communicate.

Fortunately, Wu Qianjun stared at it all night, and only from the only communication between these fake monks, he learned that these fake monks had just disembarked and were going to set off for Qingxi tomorrow.

"Qingxi?"

When he learned that his destination was the same as that of these fake monks, Gao Sheng was taken aback, it seemed that Qingxi, the place where Chen Shuo really made his fortune, was really not peaceful.

He had a hunch that Chen Shuo of Jiangnan Province could really cause the root of the chaos, and Qingxi would give him the answer he wanted.

Wu Qianjun saw that he was so surprised by the destination of the fake monk, and asked in surprise, "Why is the county man so surprised by Qingxi?" ”

Gao Sheng smiled bitterly, poured himself a cup of hot water, took a sip, and said, "Because the destination of my trip is also Qingxi." ”

Wu Qianjun was slightly stunned, and suddenly had a hunch that something big might have happened in Qingxi......