Chapter 571: Whip to exorcise ghosts
readx; Zhu Youzhen was painfully immersed in the memories of that past incident, and he was in a trance, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 I only heard a person at the next table continue: "The imperial court has stationed more than 100,000 troops on the front line of Guanning, and they don't dare to fight, they just consume millions of food and salaries every year, and distribute it to us ordinary people. I really don't know what these soldiers do! ”
Another retorted: "Who said they didn't dare to fight? Ma Shilong, the new chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, is our Hui people, who have always been able to fight well. I heard that there are many officials who participated in the impeachment of Ma Zongbing's support of the army and feared war, but with Ma Zongbing's character, can he stand this kind of slander? Look at it, it won't be long before there will definitely be good news from General Ma! ”
"How do you know it's good news, not bad news?" Another person sneered at each other, "Anyway, Liaodong has fought for so many years, except for the battle of Ningyuan, where His Royal Highness the King of Qin is in charge, I haven't seen the official army win!" ”
"You are talking nonsense, how can General Ma defeat the battle?" The Hui turned his face when he returned, "We Hui people have the blessing of Allah Almighty, and we have always been invincible in all battles!" You look at the generals of Taizu when he founded the country, such as Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, Mu Ying, Li Wenzhong and others, which one is not our Hui people? How else to say 'ten times to protect one Zhu'! ”
"Be quiet!" The people next to him hurriedly persuaded with nervous expressions, "I know that you are powerful back, but no matter how powerful you are, can you be as powerful as a saint?" You still dare to say 'Allah' here, carefully the holy woman heard, let the Dharma Protector cut your tongue!" ”
That time, he still muttered twice in dissatisfaction, but he didn't dare to make a loud noise like just now.
Zhu Youzhen watched coldly from the sidelines, and at this point he couldn't help frowning and falling into contemplation. From the small talk of the people at this table, he had already gotten several important pieces of information.
First, in Liaodong, because of Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji has just inherited the throne, and the internal adjustment of interests may not have been sorted out. On the side of the Ming army, it was too dependent on the Guanningjin defense line and did not dare to take the initiative to attack. Neither side wants to fight, so it can maintain a temporary balance.
But Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, sounds like a reckless person, and seems to want to take the initiative. Maybe he had won battles elsewhere in the past, but against the extremely brave Jurchen elite cavalry, could he win in the field? Based on Zhu Youzhen's understanding of the Ming army and the Later Jin army, I am afraid that this general soldier Ma is most likely fierce and unlucky. As for Allah, it is pure nonsense, in two or three hundred years, the entire Middle East region will become a colony of the West, and Allah has not blessed his followers.
Second, from the words "His Royal Highness King Qin" that the person said just now, Zhu Youzhen could guess that his micro-suit travel had not been revealed. Otherwise, you would never be so respectful to yourself. Next, as long as you rush back to Jingyang day and night and enter the gate of the Qin Palace, this thrilling journey from Dengzhou to North Korea and then from North Korea to Taiwan will be considered a complete merit.
Third, when the people persuaded him to return just now, the mention of "holy woman" and "protector of the Dharma" and other names was able to scare the Hui Hui who believed in Islam into silence. It sounds like a religion, but I don't know why it has so much power? In history, it is not uncommon to use religion to deceive the people, and even gather people to rebel, and now in troubled times, this kind of force has come out to make waves, isn't it against the already crumbling Ming Dynasty, and kicked it hard?
But after thinking about it, my most important task now is to rush back to Jingyang. He originally wanted to send a message to Qinwangzhuang and Dengzhou to report his safety, but then he thought that there was no telephone and telegram in this era, and the person who delivered the letter was not necessarily faster than himself.
Besides, he and Li Zhenyan are now two lonely people, who can they let deliver the letter? It's better to go back to Jingyang and give Rui'er and them, who are looking forward to their return, a big surprise. So Zhu Youzhen didn't want to make any extraneous branches, anyway, this "holy woman" had nothing to do with him.
The two were about to leave when they heard a commotion in the street, followed by dozens of people coming from a distance. The people of the neighborhood also poured into the streets to bow and worship the procession.
When the team approached, they saw eight shirtless men holding leather whips in front of them, followed by two men dressed in short clothes and swords at their waists. These two people have blazing eyes and walk like the wind, and they are good martial arts players at a glance.
Looking further back, it was the two of them carrying a white flower, and Zhu Youjian looked at it, and it turned out to be a white marble base carved in the shape of lotus petals. This thing is two feet square, and it weighs hundreds of pounds, so I don't know why they bothered to carry this thing?
When Zhu Youzhen was surprised, he saw a large sedan chair carried by eight people behind him, but the sedan chair was not a man, but a young girl. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, only those who are above the third grade can take the eight-lift sedan chair outside the Beijing Division. Looking at this posture, the person in the sedan chair is definitely not an official, this is obviously overstepping, but I don't know why the government doesn't care?
Behind this strange sedan chair, more than 20 young men and girls followed, while moving forward, throwing white petals, sprinkling the whole street with fragrance. Zhu Youzhen was even more inexplicable, thinking to himself that this was a professional air purification team in ancient times?
He wanted to find someone to ask what was going on, but at this moment all the diners and the guys in the restaurant poured out of the door and knelt beside the road, looking very reverent. As a result, Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan, who were sitting in the store, looked very eye-catching.
When the team arrived at the door of the restaurant, one of the two men with swords suddenly shouted: "Today, the White Lotus Holy Maiden has been blessed and has come to pray for the blessings of the people of Haicheng. Anyone who has physical pain, as long as they enter our sect and sincerely worship the holy woman, this Dharma protector will use divine power to cure their diseases, and the work will be eliminated! ”
Before the words fell, an old man who walked tremblingly and looked like he was half-paralyzed said indistinctly: "Little old man has been like this for several years, and I hope that the Dharma Protector Master will save me!" ”
The man circled around the old man, and suddenly roared: "Bold and evil, dare to attach to people!" Take the whip! ”
Immediately, a big man sent the leather whip, and the "Dharma Protector" took the whip in his hand, soaked it in a bucket of water, and recited words in his mouth. When everyone was wondering, the "Dharma Protector" suddenly opened his eyes, and the air around the old man was pumped wildly! Hearing the crackling of the leather whip, the old man trembled, and the onlookers turned pale with fright, and they didn't even dare to come out.
Suddenly, the "Dharma Protector" stood still, raised his leather whip high, and said, "Everyone, please look! ”
In the exclamation of everyone, Zhu Youzhen looked at it, but saw that the leather whip was full of red blood!