Chapter 30: The Power of Superstition
Zhu Cheng looked around, except for his cronies, there was no tenant, so he stepped forward, kicked Qiu Tianshi, and said, "Ask for the ball, Ah Jian is crying for you, don't hurry up and get up with me." ”
Qiu Qiu turned over, got up, and said with a smile: "Oh, the emperor's younger brother shed tears for the villain, the villain is really fortunate for three lives." ”
Zhu Youzhen was surprised and delighted, and said, "Aren't you dead, why are you alive again?" ”
Qiu Qiu said flatteringly: "Lord Zhu won't let me die, how dare I die?" ”
With a flick of the ball, the arrow fell from his body. Zhu Youjian looked at it, and this arrow actually had no arrow, not only did it not have an arrow, but there was also a flat magnet installed in front of it.
Zhu Youzhen has studied the science class taught by Zhu Cheng and knows that magnets have the characteristics of repelling each other and attracting different poles. He immediately stepped forward and reached into the arms of the begging ball and touched it, only to find not only a magnet, but also a bloody bag.
Zhu Youzhen threw the dirty bag on the ground in disgust, and said, "I'm disgusting, what is this?" ”
Asking for the fairway: "This is the red ink packet." When the arrow was caught by the magnet, I pinched the packet, and the red water flowed out, which was more like an arrow injury. ”
Zhu Cheng said: "Ask for the ball, hurry up and change this clothes, don't wear it." Ah Jian, this is not the place to talk, let's talk about it in the back room. ”
Zhu Cheng turned to Chen Guoqi and said, "You take a few brocade guards to build a fake grave bag, remember to bury a paper crane inside, tap it with red ink on your chest, and set up a wooden tablet in front of it to write the tomb of Qiu Tianshi." ”
Chen Guoqi led people to forge the tomb, and Zhu Cheng and his party entered the tent.
Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhu Cheng with admiration and said, "You taught the people who asked for the ball, it's really amazing." How do you see that those lords are setting up a life and death formation in the Imperial Palace? ”
Zhu Cheng lowered his voice and said, "There is no life and death array at all. ”
Zhu Youzhen said: "How is it possible, the lord's Zhuang Yuan obviously formed a dead character, and their mansion in the capital formed a new word, this should not be a coincidence." ”
Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "I assure the emperor that this is definitely not a coincidence, but my deliberate frame-making." ”
Zhu Cheng spread the map of the Jingxi Huangzhuang on the table, pointed to the lord's courtyard with his hand, and said: "Ah Jian, you see, I drew it like this, it is the word 'life', and it is the word 'house' when I draw it like this, that is to say, you can write whatever you want, as long as you connect the places where the lords built their houses." Also, I've done a trick on this map to make the word 'death' a little more natural. ”
Zhu Youzhen drew on the map with his finger for a long time, and said, "Brother Cheng, it's really like this." How did you come up with the idea? ”
Zhu Cheng said: "This is called psychological suggestion. Ah Jian, when we see something unfamiliar, we tend to lean on the closest thing. For example, the mottled marks on the wall are imagining either a horse or a person. But in reality, these traces are only slightly similar to what we are familiar with, and it is our imagination that complements them perfectly. I used this principle by asking the ball to connect the addresses ticked off on the map. ”
Zhu Youzhen nodded as if he didn't understand, and then asked, "Why hasn't everything been going well for the tenants all these years?" Doesn't this mean that the life and death array has worked? ”
Zhu Cheng said: "People spend their lives in creating and solving troubles. Rich as the Son of Heaven, poor as a beggar, each with its own troubles. When the tenants learned that the emperor had such a terrifying array of life and death, they would naturally blame the troubles that could not be solved on this array. ”
Zhu Youzhen asked again: "Why did you let Qiu Tianshi pretend to be dead?" Wouldn't it be better if he was allowed to live? ”
Zhu Cheng said: "Dead people can't speak. If Master Qiu Tianshi is alive, the Lord will make trouble in the future, and he will inevitably let Master Qiu Tianshi testify in court. And the ghost look of begging for the ball, no one will believe his words. ”
Hearing this, he begged for tears and muttered: "Except that I can't compare to Master Zhu and Master Zhu, I'm still quite handsome." ”
"Go!" Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youzhen kicked this mouthy guy out at the same time - compared to the appearance of Qiu Qiu, then do you want to live.
Zhu Cheng continued: "Moreover, it is said that if you leak the heavenly secret, you will be punished by heaven. Letting Master Qiu Tianshi be assassinated in front of everyone can increase the credibility of Master Qiu's words. ”
Prosecutor Zhu You breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Cheng, I really convinced you." Such a big trouble, you actually solved it so lightly. ”
In the evening, I went to the homes of the lords to check the reports of the lost brocade guards, and the houses of the three dukes, thirteen marquises, and eleven counts were razed to the ground. The British Gong Zhang Weixian suffered the least loss, he saw the opportunity at the earliest, and transferred all the personnel and property, and the tenants destroyed only a few empty houses; The other lords each had different losses. The biggest loss was Xu Xihao, the Duke of Dingguo, who had been holding the delusion of scaring Zhu Cheng away, so he did not transfer his property at all. When the tenants were besieging the village, he wounded one of the tenants, which ignited the wrath of the tenants. They rushed into the courtyard, beat people when they saw them, smashed things when they saw them, killed and injured countless people in the courtyard, and even Xu Ziguang's favorite concubine was killed on the spot. It seems that the power of superstition is really remarkable, and the village courtyard, which is a little helpless by the red plum thieves, was actually broken by a group of peasants with hoes.
The escaped nursing home went to Wanping County to report the case, and Wanping County sent heavy troops to quell the riot and arrested all the tenants who made trouble to the county government.
Zhu Youzhen said: "Brother Cheng, go and save those tenants." ”
Zhu Cheng said: "Don't worry, let them suffer more in the county office." When they go to save them at that time, they will be grateful and do their best for Huangzhuang. ”
The next morning, before dawn, Wu Huping came to report: "Lord Zhu, the tenants have surrounded the Huangzhuang again. ”
Zhu Cheng was shocked, weren't the tenants arrested and put into the county government, how could they appear at the gate of Huangzhuang, could it be that they escaped from prison?
Zhu Cheng didn't dare to go out, climbed up the wall to take a look, and couldn't help scolding: "Wu Huping, next time you don't report clearly, you will be punished for washing all the Jinyiwei's socks." ”
It turned out that the people surrounding Huangzhuang were the old, weak, sick and disabled, and women, probably the family members of those who were arrested into the county tenants.
The guards opened the door, and Zhu Cheng stepped out of the courtyard.
The family members of the tenants knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Lord Zhu, help." ”
Zhu Cheng asked knowingly: "What happened, you want to give me such a big gift?" ”
A bold woman said: "Yesterday, my husband smashed the village courtyard of Dingguo Gong and was arrested by the Wanping County Order. He deserved to die, but he was the pillar of my family. If he is gone, my family will collapse, please have mercy on us. ”
The crowd kowtowed again.
Zhu Cheng sighed: "Although I am a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, but the security of this place is not under my control, alas, I really can't help." ”
When everyone heard this, they kowtowed even more, and kept saying, "Please have great mercy on Master Zhu." ”
Zhu Cheng stomped his feet and said, "Let's go, I'll let go of this face and go to Wanping County for you." No matter how much money you spend or how much effort you spend, in short, let your family come back safely. After all, you are the people of Huangzhuang, that is, my relatives. ”
Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu's life-saving grace, we will always remember it." From now on, we will work hard to farm and repay the adults with a good harvest. ”
Zhu You secretly felt broken when he heard this, and thought: "Brother Cheng is amazing." If Brother Cheng had offered to rescue the captured people yesterday, they might not be grateful, and they would have thought that the emperor owed them something, and it was natural to save them. And after a night of delay, they begged bitterly, and Brother Cheng told him about the difficulty of saving people, and then reluctantly agreed to help, and they became grateful. ”
Zhu Youzhen walked up to Zhu Cheng and said, "Brother Cheng, I'll go to Wanping County with you." I haven't been anywhere except in the capital. ”
Zhu Cheng nodded and agreed. He turned to everyone and said, "I'll pack my luggage and rush to Wanping County, you go home first and wait for news." You can rest assured, as long as there is a glimmer of life, I will work hard to ensure the safety of your loved ones. ”
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