Chapter 63: Self-immolation
Seeing that a group of guards and fierce monks were nervously guarding the middle-aged man who was not a monk, and also called him the Holy Master, Jin Chan and Zhong He, Ningyang County Ling and other cadres, he immediately realized that the other party was the Mahayana Holy Master Xu Hongru.
If you can catch this big fish, everyone will be greatly rewarded, and the eyes of the big guys are bright, especially the Ningyang County Order and Inspection, and the eyes are about to burst out of green light. Z
Although Xu Hongru on the opposite side also saw that the general trend had gone, he was very calm, first laughed loudly, and then sat cross-legged on the ground calmly, and said loudly: "Maitreya came to the world, purifying all sentient beings, and as soon as the white lotus came out, the four seas rose to peace." Today, you are waiting for this, just in response to the calamity of this seat, or good, the heavens will descend on the Si people, all of them have to go through three calamities, three tribulations, after this calamity, the calamity of this seat has been completed. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Hongru suddenly raised his voice too loudly and shouted: "Clear the air, take the fire!" ”
As soon as his words fell, a small novice came out of the meditation room with a candlestick. "Holy Master."
Seeing Xu Hongru so calm, Jin Chan and the others were stunned, they didn't know what was wrong with this old guy, could it be that he had lost his mind and gone crazy, and he was not even afraid of death. But the moment he saw Xiao Shami come out with a candle, Jin Chan suddenly realized something, because he smelled a smell of fire oil.
"He's trying to **!" The golden cicada reacted quite quickly, realized this layer, and immediately shouted out.
By him, Ningyang County Ling also reacted, and said loudly: "Give it to me!" Capture Xu Hongru alive! ”
The price of the living Xu Hongru and the dead Xu Hongru is definitely different, and the Ningyang County Commander was worried that there would be less benefits, so the officers and soldiers immediately charged.
At the sound of an order, the officers and soldiers roared up, and the guards and fierce monks who were guarding in front of Xu Hongru were not behind, and they raised their weapons to meet them.
Xu Hongru was still sitting on the ground like a rock, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him. He tilted his head slightly, looked at the stars in the sky, and his mouth was full of words, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.
Soon, five or six of the guards and fierce monks fell, and before they could see how long, they would all be wiped out. But suddenly, Xu Hongru shouted loudly: "Yin and Yang Tribulation, the time has come, burn yourself in flames, Maitreya is reincarnated!" Clearance, don't do it yet! ”
"Yes, Holy Master......" Xiao Shami threw the candle in his hand on Xu Hongru's body with some nervousness.
As Jin Chan expected, Xu Hongru's body was fire oil, and when he encountered a candle flame, it suddenly spread to his whole body in an instant.
If this is someone else, I am afraid that I will roll on the ground in pain, but Xu Hongru did not move for 1 day and let the fire burn him.
Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers and the errand soldiers were all stunned, and even Jin Chan was a little stunned, he really couldn't imagine that there was such a person. Isn't he afraid of death?
The remaining fierce monks and guards were a little crazy when they saw Xu Hongru burning, their eyes were blood-red, and they rushed towards the officers and soldiers regardless of their lives. The officers and soldiers were stunned, and were caught off guard by the other side, and they were cut down seven or eight on the spot, and only when they saw the tragic death of their comrades did the other officers and soldiers react, picking up their weapons and fighting with the enemy.
"Ah............h With screams and wails, Xu Hongru's guards all fell in a pool of blood. When these people were solved and Xu Hongru was looked at again, the Mahayana holy master had already burned to charcoal, and he fell to the ground sideways, only the little novice stood behind timidly, not knowing what to do.
If Hongru is dead, those fierce monks and nurses are also dead, and now there is only such a living mouth left, how can he kill it again. Ningyang County ordered an order, and asked people to capture Xiao Shamisheng alive, take Xu Hongru's charred corpse, and return to the county seat first. As for here, it will be handed over to the people who inspect the yamen to clean up.
However, Ningyang County is not a fool, and it is estimated that there may be a lot of treasures of the White Lotus Sect here, and a few cronies have been specially left to help supervise.
Returning to Ningyang County, Jin Chan and Ningyang County Commander immediately launched a strict interrogation of Xiao Shami, interrogating him whether this Xu Hongru was true or false. Xiao Shami trembled and honestly confessed, the person who was ** was indeed Xu Hongru. For the sake of insurance, Jin Chan let the little novice be punished, and after a big punishment, he was interrogated again, and the little novice with partial body scaly injuries was still a general statement. And from time to time, there are some three tribulations and three tribulations in his mouth, and the nonsense of Maitreya coming into the world is thought to be deeply poisoned by the White Lotus Sect.
After getting the exact confession, the Ningyang County Commander immediately wrote the fold in person, and after the fold was written, he handed it to Jin Chan, asked him to help transfer it to the Jingshi, and gave him fifty taels of silver, which was counted as Sichuan capital.
Then he wrote to the prefect's yamen and briefly explained the situation.
Jin Chan knew that the stakes were important and did not dare to slack off, so he left Zhong Hyuk here to help gather his subordinates, and tried to inform the other two head hunters, and he took two Ningyang County messengers and hurried to Jingshi.
Jin Chan rushed to Beijing City, and there were also people who also ran to Beijing City, that is, the people from Dongchang and the Li family. Dongchang and the Li family have sent spies in almost all counties to inquire about intelligence, and tonight Ningyang County dispatched troops and sent generals, making such a big move, how could it not be noticed by people with intentions. These people secretly followed, and even followed to the Maitreya Temple, everything that was born in the temple, they all witnessed it with their own eyes, Xu Hongru is now dead, such a big thing, and they must not go back immediately to inform the master.
It can be 1,200 miles from Yanzhou to Beijing, and it takes three days to travel by horse, and all three aspects know that the stakes are very important, and they dare not delay, and there is almost no rest along the way. Jin Chan and the people of Dongchang changed horses at the post station without changing people, and continued to hurry: the descendants of the Li family need to go into the city to find their own business, although there is a slight delay in time, but they can change horses and people to make up for the rest time along the way.
After this calculation, it has to belong to the Li family at the earliest.
In fact, on the evening of the third day, when the city of Beijing was about to take control of the city gate, a fast horse came roaring from a distance, drove away the moment the city gate was closed, and drilled into the city.
Compared with the people of Jin Chan and Dongchang, the Li family has a weakness, that is, it is more difficult to enter the city in the dark, and the people have six doors and Dongchang, and walking the city gate in the middle of the night is similar to walking through their own gate, and the Li family is not good, and they must come in before closing the city gate.
The one on the horse, named Song Xibao, was a guy from the Li family, he galloped all the way to Jingshi, and was relieved the moment he entered the city. However, this kid didn't know about Master Li's house in Beijing, and the only way was to rush to Li Ji Satin Village to find someone.
When the steward of Satinzhuang heard that the matter was very important, he immediately took him to the Li Mansion, and as soon as he handed over the letter to the mansion, he had nothing to do.
Li Wenzhang read the contents of the letter, pondered for a moment, and said: "Prepare a sedan chair and go to the old mansion of Fangge." ”
"This ...... Xu Hongru is like this...... He's dead...... The White Lotus Sect was pacified so easily..."
In Fang Congzhe's study, Master Fang took the letter given to him by Li Wenzhang and paced around the room, with an incredible look on his face.
It's too fast, too easy, right?
For example, how could an old person like Fang Congzhe easily believe such a thing. You must know that the news that the imperial court went to Shandong to investigate the rebels has long been spreading, and if Xu Hongru is not a fool, he must hide it carefully, and he will not show his head for a while. It stands to reason that Xu Hongru, a master who relies on religion to demagogue, must have a very high IQ, and if he dies like this, he will not believe in Fang Congzhe if he dies.
"Brother Fang, the person who witnessed Xu Hongru's ** is Jin Chan, what does Jin Cicada do, that is Yue Su's confidant, his words, Yue Su will naturally believe it. The authenticity of this news is beyond doubt, and the only truth lies only in whether the ** person is Xu Hongru or not. However, according to the younger brother, it no longer matters whether that person is real Xu Hongru or not, if you say he is real, that is true, if you say he is fake, that is fake......" Li Wenzhang showed a treacherous smile, and then said: "Now we all hope that he is true, because as long as the news is confirmed, we can immediately take action against Wei Guangwei and them." If that's the case, then let's assume it's true, so what's the matter......"
"What you mean is that no matter whether that person is really Xu Hongru or not, we will treat him as if he is real, and wait until Wei Guangwei and them are killed." Fang Cong also showed the same smile for the time being.
After he finished speaking, the two old foxes looked at each other and nodded knowingly.
It was on this night that two more groups of people entered the city, these two groups of people, one group was naturally from Dongchang, and the other group was from the golden cicada. They almost entered the city of Beijing with their front and back feet, and the officers and soldiers defending the city dared to slack off, but they just opened the door honestly, but after the people entered the city, they all started talking, because they felt that there was going to be a big event.
Jin Chan and the two messengers from Ningyang County rushed back to Shuntian Mansion, he first beckoned people to settle the two messengers to rest, and he went to the back house in Yuesu non-stop.
Now Yue Su is worried about the affairs of his father-in-law, and there is news that the prisoners of Jizhen are already on the way back to Beijing.
And he also heard that the general soldiers and prison soldiers of Jizhen all committed suicide in fear of crime, but the evidence that Ruan Zhenmei could be bribed was conclusive, and Jinyiwei also thoroughly re-investigated the number of soldiers and horses in Jizhen, which was half less than what Ruan Zhenmei reported.
Tonight, Lord Yue lived on Mu Tianjiao's side, but as soon as he heard that Jin Cicada was back, he immediately passed it on. In the wing room, Jin Cicada truthfully reported everything that happened in Ningyang, and Yue Su also felt that it was too easy, but for Jin Cicada, he trusted it 100%, maybe this was also the exhaustion of the White Lotus Sect.
Accepting the music brought back by the golden cicada, the next morning, Yue Su went to the morning court, preparing to play the emperor in person. But Yue Su didn't know that when Jin Chan returned home, he had been targeted, and the person who was staring at Jin Chan was his ally.
What they want to do is very simple, that is, after Yue Su plays Emperor Ming, they will take the opportunity to make it difficult for Wei Guangwei's group.
(To be continued).