47 Demons harm people
Relying on the skills accumulated in the previous creation of "Liao Zhai", Luan Yi wrote the "Virgin Sutra" very smoothly this time, and it only took three days to complete the first draft.
When the scriptures were written, I saw that the day of departure was approaching. Luan Yi gathered Guo Jia and other brothers together and asked them if they would like to go to Jinan with him to establish a church?
Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai shook their heads again and again, saying that they were not interested in gods and ghosts, especially pretending to be ghosts.
Although they didn't say it explicitly, Luan Yi could clearly hear from their words that the two of them had a deep contempt for the Holy Maiden Sect they had made up, and felt that it was completely deviant. For the past eight years, they have been looking ahead. This is the first time the two of them have questioned Luan's decision. Luan Yi couldn't help but be gloomy, and was also secretly glad that Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai had finally grown up.
In terms of Shan Fu, he really wants to go with Luan Yi, but he is the only son in the family, his father died early and his mother is sick, and the family can't leave him and can't go away.
Luan Yi understands this. To Luan Yi's surprise, among the five brothers, Mao Jue, who had a worse relationship, agreed to go with him. He said that he heard that there are many springs in Licheng County, Jinan, and the scenery is picturesque, and he wants to enjoy it. In fact, Luan Yi knew that he was worried about himself and wanted to help himself. Luan Yi couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, so he told him the time of departure,
On the eighth day of the first month of March, the sky was clear and refreshing, and the convoy was lined up again in front of Luan's house. This time, the convoy was larger than ever, but instead of a large amount of money, the car was loaded with countless woodworking tools, as well as movable type printing equipment and other equipment.
On the same day, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and Shan Fu came to see off Luan Yi and Mao Jue, and the five brothers recalled the time when they were together day and night, and couldn't help but cry for a while, sighing: "I don't know when we can see each other." ”
Luan Yi choked for a while, seeing that it was not early, Dian Wei had already sent someone to urge him many times, so he said: "When Yi and Brother Mao settle down in Jinan, they are welcome to stay at any time." So...... Yi took his leave! ”
The five brothers looked at each other and bowed to each other, touched the ground, and said goodbye with tears.
Jinan is much farther than Luoyang. The road is long, and there are also Xiao Xiao who tried to get a glimpse of the Luan family's wealth along the way, but fortunately, Dian Wei found out in advance. However, most of these bandits are small-scale bandits, and they are not in the climate.
Dian Wei captured the head of the thief with just one face, which scared the rest of the people. Luan Yi will also show his skills when his skills are itchy, but it's a pity that the enemy who came to attack was too weak, and he couldn't fight him for a round at all. As soon as the hammer fell, the other party turned over on his back, and the rest of the people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
On the third day of the fifth month, the boundary monument of Jinan finally came into view, and Luan Yi couldn't help but feel a little cordial in his heart, which was his original hometown after more than 1,800 years. At the same time, he secretly laughed at himself, I am afraid that he is the only one in this world who is not familiar with his hometown!
Licheng County, where Luan Miao took office, was the political, economic and cultural center of Jinan at that time and even in later generations, and the seat of the capital of the kingdom. It should be a place of wealth.
But on the way to the county seat, Luan Yi saw all the scrawny people along the way, and their weakness far exceeded that of the poor village in the Tiger Prison Pass. The people are dressed without covering their bodies, with sub-healthy dishes on their faces, and sometimes in the warm spring, the winter frostbite on their bodies has not yet healed, and they are bleeding pus.
In the middle of the village, the houses are so dilapidated that a strong wind can blow them down. In the courtyard of the hut, there were neither chickens flying nor dogs barking, and they were eaten by hungry people earlier.
There is a temple in the center of the village, and the cigarettes in the temple are vigorous, but no one is seen entering to offer incense. Luan Yi immediately stopped a local elderly villager passing by and asked him where the cigarettes came from in the temple when no one put on incense.
"You have to wear it if you don't have this incense!" The villagers were bitter and eloquent.
It turned out that the Jinan Guoshi clan preached that witchcraft was fake, and it was true that the rampant expropriation was true. They forced the local people to pay incense money to the nearby temple on a monthly basis, and each household had to pay 50 yuan a month. Of course, they don't rob men, they only rob women, and when they rob them, they also say that the gods have fallen in love with your girl and made her a saint. But actually! Indeed, they brought other girls to the temple for the rich to play. After the pleasure, the rich person will pay a certain amount of money. However, this money is not called prostitution, but is offered to the gods.
At this, the old man began to cry. It turned out that this was how his daughter was abducted. "Nowadays, this is the case in all parts of Jinan, the people make so much money together, and all the incense is offered to the gods, how can life be lived!"
The monthly payment of 150 Wen is simply rare for the Luan family, but for ordinary people, this is quite a large expense.
The "money" of the Eastern Han Dynasty still follows the "five baht coin" of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is made of copper and weighs five baht (about 35 grams). According to the latest rice price, the price of rice per stone is about 40 yuan, and 1 stone is equal to 27 catties of millet, so on average, one penny can buy more than half a catty of millet. 50 wen yuan multiplied by 0.5 catties of each wen money to get 25 catties of millet, which means that the people are equivalent to donating 25 catties of millet to the temple every month. 25 pounds...... It was enough for the poor people to eat for a month. Fifty wen for one family, five hundred wen for ten families, and millions of wen for thousands of households...... The amount is staggering, what kind of incense can be worth so much money! The exploitation contained in it is obvious.
"Doesn't the government care about this?" Luan Miao asked indignantly.
mentioned the anger of the old man in the official mansion, and shouted angrily, "The official mansion, the bullshit official mansion, if they weren't behind the back, the Taoist priests in the temple would be so rampant!" ”
"Then why don't you go to the capital to file a complaint?" Luan Miao asked again.
The old man looked resentful, "I went, why didn't I go!" The officials in the capital also let them buy it. Jing San traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but the complaint was not completed, and after he came back, he was retaliated, and now he doesn't even know where the bones are! ”
"This ......" Luan Miao said!
"The south of Jishui was originally a happy land, and the people were simple and benevolent, and now they ...... The world has changed! The old man sighed, tears streaming down his face, "The old man sees that he and the others are here to do business in Jinan, and it is better to leave early after the business is over." The current Jinan is no longer the Jinan of the past! With that, the old man wanted to leave, but was stopped by Luan Yi.
"Uncle, stay."
"What?"
"The kid still has some little things to ask my uncle for, and I hope to tell you the truth." Luan Yi bowed and asked, "Dare to ask where the rampant incident of the Jinan Demon Temple began, and who started it first?" ”
The old man sighed again, and looked at Cangshan with his hands behind his back. After a moment's reminiscence, he said, "That was twenty years ago......"
It is said that there is a rich family in Jinan, named the Yang family. Speaking of which, the background of the Yang family is very similar to that of the Luan family, belonging to the nouveau riche of less than four generations in the Han Dynasty, with money but no status. It's just that later the Luan family took the route of Confucian merchants, and paid attention to "a gentleman loves money and takes it the way" in business, which is because of its excellent reputation in Yingchuan, and the business is getting more and more prosperous. And his Yang family is diametrically opposed, seeking wealth at all costs, and abducting and deceiving everything. It was because of the second generation of Yang E's business that went downhill, and by the time of the current head of the family, Yang Mu, he was already a strong foreign cadre and was in debt.
I have to admit that this Yang Mu is also a character, when the family road is declining, one day he entered the temple to burn incense, and saw that the temple was full of smoke and there were many donors, so he remembered the crooked idea of borrowing the temple to make money.
He first built a temple, installed Taoist priests in it, and then brought a group of Qinglou women to pretend to be Taoist aunts to do that chaotic thing. A lot of money was made from it. Later, he calculated that Jinan has a population of tens of thousands, and if each person donates one penny per month, it will be more than 100,000 yuan, or millions of yuan a year, and such a large amount of money is faster than the money from doing business.
So he visited the county offices of Jinan one by one, informed the county magistrates of his bad ideas, and promised the other party that once the matter was completed, he would give six of the donated funds to the parents.
The magistrates and counties in various places were worried that they couldn't find a reason to hang some oil and water from the people, and when they heard this, they didn't say a word and immediately agreed.
So, from then on, the cult began to flourish in Jinan. At first, the incense money was only 1 wen per month, and the people could accept it, but later Yang Mu was insatiable, and the longer and higher, to the current fifty wen per month, the people are already overwhelmed!
"I see!" Luan Yi bowed slightly, "The kid has one more thing to ask." I heard that the post of Licheng county commander was vacant, and I dared to ask where the previous county commander went? ”
As soon as he heard the words "the county order", the old man's sad and indignant face showed a little sadness, "He is a good person!" It's a pity that good people don't have good rewards......"
"Huh? What do you mean by that? Luan Miao asked.
"Zhang Xianling died, and in full view of everyone, he was burned to death by those demons. What did he say that he insulted the gods, if he didn't burn the gods, it would bring blood and light to the whole people of Jinan. In fact, the people all know that Zhang Xianling's order angered some gods, but blocked the way of the wicked. The wicked are making an example of the monkey and warning the others not to be the first bird to die! ”
"What?" Even Luan Yi was shocked, "Killing the court officials in broad daylight, is there still a royal law in this world?" Doesn't the king of Jinan care? ”
"Tube? How to manage, the king of Jinan is an empty shelf, with neither power nor soldiers, what to do! In Jinan, Zhu Ying, the long history, is the king and the heaven here. He is Yang Mou's backer, who do you say can control them? ”
"Long history?" In the kingdom, under the king is the prime minister, and under the prime minister there is a long history, that is to say, the long history is just the third in command of the Jinan country, "What about the prime minister?" Does the prime minister not care about this long history of lawlessness? ”
The old man was very sad and said: "Jinan has not had a minister for a long time. In such a situation in Jinan, who would dare to come here to be an official! Estimate...... We also have to be idle in this Licheng County Order, and we can't live without our parents, and we can't live in the whole county! ”
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