Yang Ling said with a smile: "I have already said it, it is the sentence 'There is no doubt that the poem you make is the best poem in the world'." ”

Cheng Qiyun and Ma Li'er "poofed", laughed into a gourd, Tang Bohu only thought he was joking, couldn't help but be a little ridiculous, Yang Ling saw that although the world's famous genius said that his surname was wild and unrestrained, but it was not as profligate as described in later generations, he smiled and said: "Just a joke with Brother Bohu, today I am fortunate to meet a talented man in Jiangnan, it is really fate, we are about to go down the mountain, please go with Brother Bohu, let's go down the mountain and talk again."

Tang Bohu said happily: "Okay, my lord, please."

When the group arrived at the mountain gate, they called a sedan chair to carry Ma Li'er, and walked down the mountain under the escort of the plainclothes guards. On the stone steps, there is an endless stream of pedestrians who travel to and from the mountains and incense, and there are also vendors selling handicrafts and snacks.

Wu Hanchao mixed in the crowd to see the six roads, ears to listen to all directions, suddenly a subtle voice came into the ear, the voice mentioned the word 'Shigong', Wu Hanchao as a martial arts person, is the most sensitive to this, can't help but slow down the pace to follow the prestige, only to see a villager in a cloth robe accompanied by a brocade man hurriedly down the mountain, while whispering: "Fifth Master, Hu Xiaoer is looking for you everywhere, please go to preach tonight."

The brocade-clothed man frowned while tightening the warrior belt around his waist: "Grandma, I originally wanted to go to the city tonight, why didn't I say it earlier?" ”

The villagers in cloth clothes laughed and said: "Fifth master, the new daughter-in-law's father is about to die, this is not a bad luck for the mother's family to get married when the funeral is held, if it is after seven or seven, and you have to keep filial piety and become unmarried, so it is temporary."

The two of them walked very fast, and they rushed down, although their voices were soft, they could hear clearly with Wu Hanchao's ears, he saw that the guards protected the adults thoroughly, so he tightened his feet, and followed two steps, the brocade-clothed man snorted, touched the stubble and asked, "Who is the new daughter-in-law, is it beautiful?" ”

Buyi villagers said: "It is the daughter of the old Li family on the riverside of Niutou Village, and she is as smart as a flower."

The brocade-clothed man laughed twice, and the soles of his feet were a few steps faster.

Wu Hanchao's heart moved, and suddenly remembered some stories about the rivers and lakes told by a layman's uncle, and he was suspicious, he pulled Xu Bantou, who was sent by Xiao Hongzhu, the prefect of Zhenjiang, to accompany him on the mountain, and pointed forward: "You hurry up and target that person."

Xu Bantou looked up and said strangely: "The owner of the Ni Family Martial Arts Pavilion? Did this kid do something? ”

Wu Hanchao was relieved when he heard this, and said happily: "Do you recognize this person?" ”

Xu Bantou nodded and said: "Yes, this person is still a little famous, he is the owner of a martial arts hall under the mountain, his surname is Ni Mingke, and his martial arts are also made."

Wu Hanchao was no longer in a hurry when he knew his identity, he smiled and said: "I see, there is no need to follow him, let's go down the mountain."

The group went down the mountain, found an elegant restaurant and asked for some light wine and food, Yang Ling and Tang Bohu talked, and then understood his intention to go to the capital.

Yang Ling thought for a while and said: "This is easy to do, the imperial court is about to open the sea to trade, and at the same time, it will join forces with the sailors of the country to exterminate the pirates, and there will be a lot of exchanges between them in the future, and a well-known and knowledgeable person is needed to travel between the two countries as an envoy."

Brother Tang's poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all-encompassing, he is the first talent in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Japanese people admire my Celestial Empire culture the most, with you coming forward, you will be able to shock this guy, hehe, not to mention that you are also proficient in the Japanese language, it is the best candidate to instill my Celestial Dynasty culture into my country, and I will play a secret decree to the emperor when I turn back, and I will be exempt from your special decree and seal the maritime official. ”

Tang Bohu wondered: "When will the students learn the Japanese language?" He saw Cheng Qiyun give a look, and immediately understood, and said with a smile: "In this way, the student thank you, the adult, the adult has been to Jiangnan, and the student will return to Jiangnan to wait for the adult." ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Okay, this official has to go to Jinling first, can't take Brother Tang with him, I will repair a book after dinner, Brother Tang will go to Jiangnan and hand it over to Jiangnan to guard the eunuch Gu Dayong, let him arrange it for you in the maritime yamen first, familiarize yourself with the affairs, and wait for the emperor's will, and then the official will be officially awarded the official position."

The banquet was over, Yang Ling repaired a book, and someone sent Tang Bohu a coil, and Tang Bohu said goodbye and returned to Suzhou and Hangzhou. Yang Ling returned to Xingyi, it was already twilight, Cheng Qiyun accompanied Ma Li'er to the back house first, Wu Hanchao saw that there was no one in the hall, and immediately said: "My lord, today on the mountain, I see a pair of pedestrians passing by next to me very suspicious."

Yang Ling wondered: "What pedestrian?" How suspicious is it? ”

Wu Hanchao repeated the conversation between the two, Yang Ling had already heard the key to the words, and muttered: "He is the master of the martial arts hall, if there are apprentices and grandchildren, it is not surprising to call the master master, but what is the word "preaching" [***]?" ”

Wu Han praised it: "What the adults suspect is, since they say that they are preaching, they should be from the Taoist family, and what kind of preaching is the family preaching?" When I was on the mountain, I once heard a senior uncle talk about some secrets of the rivers and lakes, and the words spoken by the two people on the mountain were faintly in line with the teachings of a certain cult."

Yang Ling's eyes froze and asked, "What sect?" ”

Wu Hanchao said: "Red Tassel Society." This sect is a branch of the White Lotus Sect, belonging to the Shandong Tang Sai'er lineage, when Tang Sai'er was captured by the government but escaped from prison, he lost his trace, probably frightened and hidden.

Her disciples and grandchildren spread rumors that she was invincible, invulnerable, invulnerable, invulnerable, and in and out of the prison as if she had entered a no-man's land, and this time, although under the severe crackdown of the imperial court, they were still able to gather a group of fools and foolish women to continue to cause trouble, and then they could not stand on their feet in Shandong, so they gradually moved south, and gradually became less noticeable."

Wu Hanchao said: "It is said that the Red Tassel Club is not divided into men, women and children, as long as the incense fund is 200 Wen, it is considered a disciple of the Red Tassel Society, and the poor who join the club, the Red Tassel Club will give rice and tea to the club, and there is a medicine doctor when they are sick, and they will send clothes and quilts in winter, so the poor people flock to it, and they also teach the disciples boxing skills and guns every time."

Yang Ling sneered: "The Red Silk Society wants to help the poor, where does the money come from?" A large number of poor people are recruited, and every time they teach their fists and feet, they can't be seen as kind people no matter how you look at them. We're going to stay here tonight and find out what they're all about."

"Yes!" Wu Hanchao complied, and at this moment, Su Hongzhu, the prefect of Zhenjiang, came to ask for peace on time again rain or shine, Yang Ling saw him coming, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Lord Xiao came just in time, and this official has an important matter to discuss with you."

Xiao Hongzhu was flattered, and hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "Lord Qincha is polite, if you have anything to order, the lower officials should not be reasonable."

Yang Ling said: "The Ni Family Martial Arts Hall in Jinshan Town is very likely to be a cult hidden here with the intention of rebelling, this official will go to find out tonight, you are the prefect of Zhenjiang, and you must be informed of this matter."

When Xiao Hongzhu heard that there was a cult under his rule openly preaching in the capacity of a martial arts hall, Xiao Hongzhu's face turned pale with fright, he wiped the cold sweat on his head, and said with a forced smile: "The lower officials and lower officials only took office last winter, and they have been busy managing agriculture and fisheries since the beginning of spring, so they have not yet taken care of sorting out civil affairs."

Yang Ling saw that he was scared like that, and hurriedly comforted: "Lord Xiao, don't blame yourself, there are many ignorant people in the villagers, the cult uses some tricks and magic tricks to lure, they are fooled, and they are desperately helping the people in the cult to hide, obviously under their noses, but the government is ignorant and ignorant, and the adults have just arrived, and the official is not to blame you."

Xiao Hongzhu said gratefully: "Thank you for your understanding, and the lower officials are grateful."

Yang Ling nodded and said, "Well, I will send someone to probe the details of the Ni Family's Martial Arts Pavilion, and if you really want to make a move, I will also send someone from your yamen to press the ground."

Xiao Hongzhu did not allow it, and immediately agreed, and the three of them discussed it again, Wu Hanchao selected forty men with strong martial arts from the inner factory, and followed Xiao Hongzhu to the prefect's yamen.

Cheng Qiyun came out of the back hall, and just saw Wu Hanchao leaving with Xiao Zhifu, Yang Ling told her what had happened, Cheng Qiyun carefully scrutinized, such preparations, to arrest a few unguarded cult people, it is already invulnerable, and there is really no need to make up for anything.

Governor Xiao returned to the yamen and immediately called the signing room to inform the magistrate Lord Zhou to bring someone to meet him. Zhou Tuiguan didn't know what the prefect was about, so he immediately brought two inspectors, and eighty officials hurriedly came to the prefect's yamen.

Wu Hanchao heard that the Ni Family Martial Arts Hall had been open here for eight years, and he was worried that there was a cult in the official mansion, so he did not dare to tell them the truth.

Wu Hanchao secretly instructed the fan he brought, and when the time was almost up, he asked a knife head to lead the way, and he led ten people and quietly left the prefect's yamen.

Hu Xiaoer of Jinshan Town said that he would marry a new daughter-in-law today, and two streets away is the Ni Family Martial Arts Hall, Wu Hanchao sneaked here quietly to see what the so-called preaching was all about, and from their ceremonies it should be seen whether they belonged to the cult, and he had ordered the other fans to bring people to the military attache in another half an hour, and block this street, as long as this side moves, both sides will act at the same time, and arrest all suspicious characters.

Hu Xiaoer's family is not wealthy, a private house with three rooms, two apricot trees planted in the front yard, and a vegetable garden of half an acre of land in the back, with a half-person-high wall built with stones and soil blocks. Wu Hanchao gave some advice to a few henchmen, and then he climbed over the low wall by night and quietly touched the house.

The cave house has been noisy, the people who drink the wine are almost gone, and only a few close relatives and friends are left in the courtyard to help clean up the dishes, chopsticks, tables and basins. Ni Ke's face was flushed, and while he picked his teeth, he slanted at Hu Xiaoer and said, "Are you all ready?" ”

Hu Xiaoer is an eighteen-year-old offspring, and his son Hu is really busy and honestly laughing: "Fifth Master, the incense case and rooster are ready, I'm tired of you today."

Ni Ke waved his hand and said slowly: "You are disciples of this association, well, preaching is the responsibility of this master, and there is nothing to thank for, okay, you go to sleep, sacks, grass carp, you two protect the Dharma for this master, both of you have a starting spirit."

The sack and the grass carp were his two personal disciples, their faces were slippery, and they were also a little drunk, and after listening to the master's instructions, they hurriedly staggered up and responded.

Hu Xiaoer's mother died early, and there was only one father in the family, this child seemed to be very honest, and he couldn't say two words, Hu Shi was busy pulling him, thanked his master, and went back to the small house on the left.

The corners of Ni Ke's mouth crooked, he threw away the wooden stick that picked his teeth, got up and walked towards the room, the sack and the grass carp laughed, sat in the hall, and continued to drink the small wine with the whole chicken and fish.

Hu Shi and his son entered the room, and after a while, they blew out the lights and went to sleep. It turned out that the meeting they joined was indeed the Red Tassel Society, the Red Tassel Club believed in Taishang Laojun, and the rules were extremely strict, and the disciples in the sect were born, old, sick and died, and you and I must report to the master to know that this master is not the ancestor in the Jianghu sect, but the exclusive title of the Red Tassel Society, which means the leader.

According to the canons, when marrying the bride, the man must respectfully invite the Taoist patriarch to come and bless him, this patriarch is a god, and the mortal eye is naturally invisible, so he will be replaced by the master and ask the gods to go to God. The new daughter-in-law has to arrange the incense case, kneel down to receive the master into the new house, and cast the immortal magic secret technique, until the Tianming master will finish the spell, and the bride will bow down to send the master away.

In this process, the groom and his relatives are far away, and they are not allowed to snoop privately, otherwise the patriarch will bring disaster. There were two brothers in Xiaowangzhuang nearby, and the younger brother was curious when he got married, because his sister-in-law had also been blessed by the ancestor, so he asked his sister-in-law privately, but the sister-in-law just blushed and refused to tell him the blessing anyway.

This kid was really curious, and secretly ran out of the window of the new house at night to peep at the master to cast a spell, but was discovered by the disciple of the master, and reprimanded him, and the second said that he was killed when he went out because of a quarrel with a passerby, it is said that this offended the ancestor, so he was killed, and since then, no one dares to peep when the master casts the spell.

The grass carp drank two cups, had some urgency, and staggered to the back of the room, at this time Wu Hanchao had touched the window, faintly heard the sound of footsteps, and immediately jumped up, and gently touched the brick wall with his toes in mid-air, like a raccoon cat turned onto the eaves.

Today, a bright moon shines a faint silver glow. Wu Hanchao could hear the kid under the back window humming and chirping and singing an out-of-tune tune, and untied his hands in a loud voice, he looked around, gently moved to the middle roof, first untied his robe and put it on top of his head, and then quietly opened a piece of tile, looking in through a little gap.

I saw that the room was hung red everywhere, beaming with joy, the two red candles had been burned for a while, and an incense case was placed against the wall, and the owner of the martial arts hall called Ni Ke was tied with a red belt, and he had cut off the rooster and dripped blood into the wine, and prayed there for a long time, and then grabbed a piece of yellow paper with a talisman and shook it in the air, and the paper burned in his hand with a "snort".

Ni Ke danced in the void a few times, threw the paper talisman into the wine mixed with chicken blood, and the new daughter-in-law who had lifted her hijab and stood respectfully next to her saw this magical scene, and couldn't help but scream in surprise.

Although Wu Hanchao is not a Taoist priest, he is no stranger to the Taoist trick that ignites the talisman, and he can't help but smile when he sees the mysterious and magical man.

Ni Ke picked up the wine glass and solemnly read: "Hongying Zhaosheng, the founder of Yuanzun, the birthless old mother, vacuum hometown, death in trouble, rescue in trouble, respectfully invite the patriarch, come to me", said his body trembled for a while, and then said to the bride majestically: "Drink the holy wine."

The bride is only sixteen years old, a woman from a village family, her complexion is slightly dark, but her eyebrows are handsome, her eyes are small, and she looks as beautiful as a flower. She saw that her master seemed to be on the upper side, although she didn't know how to drink, she didn't dare to refuse, so she hurriedly took the cup and drank the water and wine in one gulp. 'The water wine is Jiangnan rice wine, the wine is not deep, but it is soaked with chicken blood paper ashes, although it is holy wine, the taste is not very good, the girl of the Li family choked, her eyes suddenly became watery, Ni Ke saw the lust, he smiled and said: "What is your real name?" ”

The girl of the Li family snorted: "Back to the fifth master, the slave's surname is Li, and his real name is Xiaoyu." ”

Ni Ke said in a harmonious voice: "Xiaoyu, this seat has now invited the ancestor to come up, quickly blow out the light and go to the bed to lie down, this seat is going to cast a spell and bless."

Li Xiaoyu was taken aback, tightened his collar and said, "Fifth Master, do you still want to turn off the lights and wide clothes?" ”

Ni Ke's eyes glared and said: "Bold, this seat is now the Daojun Mage Yuan Shen is in his body, and the Red Silk Society disciples are all so blessed when they marry, what are you hesitating about?" Still not doing what you are told? ”

Li Xiaoyu was startled, thinking that there were several sisters and sisters-in-law in the village who were blessed by the Fifth Master, and they didn't see what they said, thinking that the gods were casting spells like this, she didn't dare to disobey Ni Ke anymore, so she quickly blew out the candles obediently, touched the side of the bed and took off her red coat, and climbed into bed with only a small coat.

The room was dark, and Wu Hanchao couldn't see the situation in the room, but at this time he had already guessed a few points, and estimated that this god stick wanted to deceive the girl's body with cult morality, and this girl still trusted him at this time, without the slightest suspicion, which made Wu Hanchao feel incredible.

Wu Hanchao read poetry and books at a young age, and has been in Wudang for many years, and he understands both martial arts and black and white, and he naturally imagines the degree of superstition of the village husband and foolish woman for gods and ghosts. You must know that even today, 500 years later, there are often villagers who are deceived by some gods and are not aware of their innocence, let alone that era.

Ni Ke hurriedly took off his clothes and pants and climbed onto the bed, and when the girl touched it, it turned out to be a smooth body, and she couldn't help but be shocked, and exclaimed: "Fifth Master, what are you doing?" Don't touch me".

Ni Keyin smiled: "What are you afraid of? This seat has always been blessed like this, and all the believers of this association in these ten miles and eight towns are like this when they get married, and it's not good now? This is the secret method of this association, no one can say it, you can rest assured, this seat will teach you a way, so that your husband will not notice that you have lost your body."

Li Xiaoyu was shocked and frightened, and at the same time felt that her limbs were soft, her eyelids were heavy, and even her strength was weak, she didn't know that the wine was mixed with something, and she still begged bitterly: "Fifth Master, let me go, how can there be such a blessing?" ”

Wu Hanchao secretly rejoiced: If she didn't come by herself tonight, this girl would have been deceived and annihilated, this dumb person suffered a loss, for the sake of innocence and fear of losing her husband, she didn't dare to say it to others, and more girls would be killed invisibly.

He originally wanted to see what other tricks this magic stick had, but now it seems that the next trick is not a unique secret skill, and it can be used by a man. Wu Hanchao stretched out his hand and pulled a piece from the tile, estimated the shape of Nike's voice, and bent his fingers away.

Li Xiaoyu is convinced of the ancestor, and at the same time, so many sisters have experienced this scene, and now they don't see a single finger to say it, which can't help but make her half-convinced, she didn't call for help in time, even if she wants to call again, her eyelids are heavy, and her limbs are soft and she can't shout. Ni Ke was going to take off her little clothes and pants naked, when suddenly his butt hurt, he couldn't help sighing, and turned around in horror and shouted, "Who is it?" ”

He was stunned after he finished calling: How could there be anyone in this house? ”

Wu Hanchao smiled slightly, took out a money dart and shot it backhand to the backyard, a long whistle came out in the night, and ten people outside the backyard wall shouted a yacha, pulled out the knife and rushed over the wall.

Wu Hanchao tore the clothes on his head, and a ray of moonlight shone directly into the room, and he slammed the roof tiles and fell straight down.

The dust was flying, and it was like a cloud of mist in the moonlight that shot down, Wu Hanchao smiled and said: "The seventh generation of Wudangtong Micro Manifestation True Person will come to meet you, the Red Silk Immortal."

Through the micro-manifestation of the real person is the title given by Yingzong to Wudang Zhang Sanfeng, which is considered the level of the earthly immortal, and when it comes to the next generation of Ming Shizong, he will be crowned as a true monarch and changed to a heavenly immortal. He saw that Ni Ke was pretending to be a ghost, because he had moved out of the name of the ancestor master, and there was that dust and mist, and he really looked like an immortal descending to earth.

Ni Ke was horrified, and jumped up from the bed naked, but he pretended to be a ghost in his hand, and those fists and feet in the martial arts hall were worse than Wu Han's super bad ones, if a person was naked [***], and his kung fu was discounted by three points, where was his opponent, three punches and two feet were kicked to the ground by Wu Hanchao, and the kick was kicked under the ribs, and the bones were broken, and the bone ballast pierced into the bones, and the pain was so painful that he could stand up.

Wu Hanchao took out the fire fold and lit the candle, and walked to the side of the bed with a smile, only to see the little rain girl staring at him with a pair of teary eyes, but her body couldn't move.

The sack and the grass carp were drunk and hazy, and when they heard a commotion in the room, they said that the master had given him too hard tonight, and he was laughing at himself, when he saw more than a dozen men rushing into the room, and before they could understand what was going on, they were knocked to the ground.

As soon as this side moved, the people on the street immediately notified the fan who surrounded the martial arts hall, thirty masters of the inner factory and eighty officers and soldiers of the inspection department rushed in, the people in the martial arts hall had already slept, and the group of dragons had no leader, I don't know what happened, except for three or five who blatantly resisted and were mercilessly hacked to death by the inner factory fanzi, the rest were all bound.

The prefect's yamen got the letter and knew that this martial arts hall was indeed the mountain gate of the secret gang Red Silk, and the prefect Xiao immediately ordered the prefect's yamen to quickly strengthen all the three classes of yamen to dispatch, and ordered people to mobilize the people, Yang Ling allocated 500 officers and soldiers to assist, and began to lock up all the personnel related to the Ni Family Martial Arts Hall in the whole city.

Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun were drinking tea in the hall, and when they saw Wu Hanchao rushing back to tell what had happened, Yang Ling high-fived and said, "Okay!" Since this person is the fifth master, presumably he still has a big fish on him, tell the prefect yamen to ask for a confession as soon as possible, and it is best to catch all the red tassels! ”

Wu Hanchao said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, the prefect's yamen is interrogating the Ni family martial arts hall and others, and once the relevant personnel are questioned, they are all said to be arrested and imprisoned."

Cheng Qiyun watched coldly, and suddenly said: "My lord, there is one thing, I think my lord should order it immediately."

Yang Lingxi said: "What have you thought of, tell me quickly!" ”

He knew that Cheng Qiyun was full of scheming, which was by no means beyond his reach, and he thought that Cheng Qiyun had a clever plan, so he asked him urgently.

Cheng Qiyun said softly: "My lord, can you ask Wu Gongzi to work hard again, the Hu family's father, son, daughter-in-law, and the prefect's yamen officials who ask about the case, there will be many illegal things in the Red Ying Society, and they can be used to punish crimes." The secret of preaching in this cave house can be concealed."

Yang Ling stood up with a sigh, only to feel that his body was hot, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his back, and he immediately shouted: "Han Chao, run immediately, that Hu Shi's family, as well as the officials and officials in the official mansion, who dare to say the secret of preaching in the cave room, will be severely punished."

Wu Hanchao was alert at this time, hurriedly agreed, swept out the door, turned over the horse, and galloped away again.

Cheng Qiyun sighed faintly: "Hu Shi's family has also been taken into the official mansion, as long as they are intimidated, presumably this secret will not be spread, but the imperial court will have one less reason to strictly suppress the cult." ”

Yang Ling shook his head, he got up slowly, walked to Cheng Qiyun, and gave her a deep look, Cheng Qiyun panicked, and said helplessly: "My lord, what are you doing?" ”

Yang Ling said gratefully: "Miss Qiyun, it is clear that this Zhenjiang and even the entire Jiangnan are missing countless separated families, hanged women, and orphans without mothers, all thanks to your words. Because of this, I have one less guilty sin in my life, Qiyun, I sincerely thank you! ”

(To be continued)