Pu Shougeng suddenly got up, and his whole face turned pale. Liu Xiaoyuan actually wanted to assassinate Prince Zhenjin and Hao Jing! Where the hell is this guy?

Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, this boss Pu's strategy is still a little worse, what is better to tell him.

"Assassination is not the same as killing! Brother Haiyun also knows who hates Prince Zhenjin and Master Hao the most right now, right? ”

"Chen Dexing!" Pu Shougeng blurted out, and then stroked his palms and laughed, "I see! It's wonderful, wonderful...... Liu Zhaofu wants to blame Chen Dexing and make the Song Lord destroy the Great Wall! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and nodded: "That's right!" The real golden prince and Master Hao will not be harmed by anything. Brother Haiyun, are there any assassins available? ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Pu Shougeng stroked his beard, frowned slightly, paced a few steps in the cabin, suddenly stood still, and looked back at Liu Xiaoyuan: "Have you ever heard of Mingjiao?" ”

"Mingjiao?" Liu Xiaoyuan pondered, "But the Demon Sect? ”

"Exactly!" Pu Shougeng smiled, "They call themselves Mingjiao or Manichaeism. Because there were once believers who gathered to rebel, the government called them demon cults. Now there are still quite some believers in the Jiangnan area, and the court is quite jealous of them. If Chen Dexing is implicated in the Demon Sect, I'm afraid that even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not be able to protect him! ”

What is the origin of Mingjiao, of course Liu Xiaoyuan knows. This is a sect from the Western Regions, originated in Persia, and was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty, because there is a content in the doctrine that the darkness is going to pass and the light is coming, so the believers dare to rebel. Since the beginning of the Five Dynasties, the first Mingjiao uprising occurred, and in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places repeatedly occurred Mingjiao rebellions. The most famous of these was the Fangla Uprising, which occurred in the Southern Song Dynasty led by Wang Nianjing, the leader of the Ming Sect. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty has always regarded Mingjiao as a confidant. If Chen Dexing had something to do with Mingjiao, and colluded with Mingjiao to assassinate the princes and envoys of friendly countries, I am afraid that it would be impossible to escape!

Liu Xiaoyuan was immediately overjoyed: "Brother Haiyun has a way to make the people of the Demon Sect use it for me?" ”

"Naturally, there is a way!" Pu Shougeng smiled and made a gesture to count the money: "Money can make the devil grind!" ”

Although several major uprisings of the Ming Sect were suppressed, its sect did not perish. When he arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was still active in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangnan and other roads. In Quanzhou, Fujian, it is a temple built by Ming believers. As the lord of half of Quanzhou, Pu Shougeng naturally has something to do with the Mingjiao forces.

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A few days later, a dusty cart. At this time, it rumbled through the bustling streets of Lin'an Mansion, turned into an inconspicuous alley and stopped.

There were already a few men in tattered clothes standing and squatting lazily at the entrance of the alley. At first glance, it is a gangster who is a gangster who is in the underworld. When the coachman saw them, he took out a bronze medal from his bosom, waved it lightly three times, and compared it to his chest again. Several thugs suddenly jumped up and looked around vigilantly. At the same time, he didn't forget to bow slightly and salute the characters in the car, but one of them flashed into the depths of the alley as if flying, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Two men sat in the car. It is Pu Shougeng, a wealthy businessman in Quanzhou, and Liu Xiaoyuan, the envoy of Jiangnan in Mongolia. The two characters are giants who have to shake three times when they stomp on the ground. Now he actually sat in an inconspicuous carriage to such a dilapidated alley.

"Mr. Liu, it's inconvenient for me to come forward later, just go and see them yourself." Pu Shougeng lifted the curtain of the car, glanced out, and said in a low voice, "These Mingjiao figures, it's better to provoke less with my identity." If the Han government knew that I had dealings with Mingjiao, things would not be easy. ”

"But you didn't show up. Can they trust me? Liu Xiaoyuan frowned and asked.

"I have the Sun and Moon Decree of the Ming Sect in Quanzhou, you go and tell them according to what I teach, and they will believe you. Moreover, these Mingjiao people are all people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. It is impossible to see the reconciliation between Nanban and Mongolia. ”

Pu Shougeng mentioned Mingjiao at this time, but he looked disdainful, and said with a sneer: "These people are beyond their means, thinking about what King Ming was born to take them to fight the country, and I can't wait for the world to be in chaos." You happened to be going to connect with them as Chen Dexing's envoy. As for the thunder, I'll get it for you......"

The curtain of the carriage was lifted by the coachman, and Liu Xiaoyuan saw a few thugs walking over vigilantly.

"Liu Xiucai, get out of the car." The coachman reminded in a low voice.

Liu Xiaoyuan retracted his gaze at this time, and got out of the carriage with a cat's waist. As soon as he stood firm, he saw the thugs approaching. Then dodge left and right. In the twilight, a woman wearing a veiled hat appeared before him.

Under the cover of shallow exposure. Although the woman's appearance is not very clear, she can vaguely see that her facial features and eyebrows are very good.

She is also very slim. The narrow sleeves and the high-waisted long skirt, coupled with the tall figure, make her slim, like a fairy, but surrounded by a group of stout men dressed as gangsters, it looks incongruous.

Liu Xiaoyuan has never dealt with the characters in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know much about a mysterious sect like Mingjiao, and he doesn't know what to call this woman when he sees her, but he just looks at it fixedly.

The woman spoke, her voice unexpectedly crisp and elegant, and at the same time there was a sacrosanct taste: "The light is generally pure, and the constant happiness is extinguished without moving the curse." I am the daughter of my father, the messenger of light, the Ink Shadow Niang. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan hurriedly followed Pu Shougeng's explanation, presented a bronze medal engraved with the mark of the sun and the moon with both hands, and also recited the words in his mouth: "The solemnity of the place is pure, and all evil is not pure." Liu Xiaoyuan, a scholar from Lingnan, and a friend of Quanzhou Fangming. ”

The Light Messenger or Ming Envoy is naturally a big figure in the Ming Sect. Mingjiao is a dualistic religion, that is, there are two main gods, a good god, called the God of Light, the Great Mingzun, the Ming Father, and so on; An evil god called the Dark Lord. Contrary to the Christian theory that God created humans, the Mingjiao theory is that the Dark Demon King created humans, and the God of Light sent messengers of light to save mankind. Therefore, the big leaders of the Ming Sect all call themselves the messengers of light, and some people call themselves the sons (daughters) of the Ming father, which is a bit of a holy son and a holy daughter. However, it is not the same thing as the Mingjiao saintess in the novels of Jin Daxia in the later generations, and the Mingjiao leader is not only a saint.

In fact, Mani, the founding patriarch of Mingjiao, was a man, and so were the religious leaders of Mingjiao in Central Asia and Europe. On the other hand, in the organization of Mingjiao with Chinese characteristics, which has changed its flavor, there are some female religious leaders, most of whom are also the wives or daughters of male religious leaders -- Manichaean clergy in the West forbade marriage, but Mingjiao in China does not abide by this rule.

In addition, Mingjiao in China and the White Lotus Sect, which later emerged from the fusion of Mingjiao and the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, were rebel religions with a fighting spirit. This is also completely different from the situation of the Ming religion in the West and Central Asia. There has never been a Mingjiao uprising in the West, only the bloody suppression of Mingjiao and its derivative sect (Christian purification).

It can be said that Mingism in China and Manichaeism in the West were already two completely different religions at this time.

The woman who claimed to be the messenger of light, Mo Yingniang, took the bronze medal handed over by Liu Xiaoyuan and looked at it: "It's the Sun and Moon Order, you are a friend of Fang Ming's envoy, come with me." ”

The woman turned around and led Liu Xiaoyuan into a broken courtyard. The yard was decorated, the light was gray, and there was the smell of sweat and shody shochu from the smell of strong men in it all day. Liu Xiaoyuan, who has always liked cleanliness, couldn't help but snort.

The door of the hall on the ground floor of a three-story small building facing the courtyard gate was open, and a woman named Mo Yingniang led Liu Xiaoyuan in. Liu Xiaoyuan found that this was a Buddhist hall - to be precise, it was the Mingzun Hall, and the deity that seemed to be a Buddha statue was enshrined in it.

The gangsters were all guarding the door, and in the dimly lit Mingzun Hall, there were only Liu Xiaoyuan and Mo Yingniang.

"Liu Xiucai, what is the so-called thing about coming to my Mingzun Hall today? Do you want to join in, or do you want to do something? Mo Ying Niang asked in a deep voice.

Liu Xiaoyuan crossed his hands and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, I am a friend of Taiwei Chen, who is in charge of the Imperial Thunderbolt Naval Army, and I am entrusted by him today." ”

"But Chen Dexing?" A hint of surprise slipped over his face under the shallow dew.

"Exactly." Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, took out a stack of salt tea primers and offered them with both hands, "Mo Ming envoy, this is a little bit of the heart of my captain, Wanwang smiles." ”

The Song Dynasty implemented the monopoly of salt tea, and the salt tea introduction was a bill to purchase salt tea from the government-run salt tea business, which was much more valuable than the huizi, so it was often used as a tool for large payments. There is also the same role of the monk's degree, the number of non-degree is scarce, it is easy to trace the source, not like the salt tea introduction is issued a lot, it is impossible to trace where it came from. Therefore, Pu Shougeng prepared a salt tea primer worth 3,000 copper for Liu Xiaoyuan.

"A little thought?" The bright envoy sneered and gently stroked a thick stack of salt tea primers, "I'm afraid this little bit of heart is worth two or three thousand copper, right?" Liu Xiucai, let's talk clearly, what do you want us to do in Mingjiao? Kill real gold or kill Hao Jing? ”

"Kill! After the deed is completed, another 6,000 will be given. ”

"These salt tea primers aren't enough!" Mo Yingniang's tone cooled, "Hao Jing lives in the protocol courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, and the people from the Imperial City envoy Si Yamen do not leave for about twelve hours a day, and even a fly can't enter!" ”

"Enough!" Liu Xiaoyuan smiled confidently, "Because you people don't have to sneak into the concierge, you just need to work on the street outside the concierge...... And your men don't need to fight the soldiers of the Imperial City Envoy Si Yamen. ”

"How can you kill if you don't fight? Could it be that those who served in the army would watch our people take the lives of real gold and Hao Jing? ”

"With the heavenly thunder, the heavenly thunder of a whole carriage!"

"Good!" Mo Yingniang suddenly lowered her voice: "But I don't believe that you and Chen Dexing are friends......

Liu Xiaoyuan laughed and said, "Then let Mo Ming believe it...... Can Mo Ming recognize Taiwei Chen? ”

Mo Yingniang nodded slightly, "It's just seen from afar." ”

"That's easy to do, when Mrs. Chen arrives, a certain family will take you to see him." Liu Xiaoyuan paused and looked at Mo Yingniang seriously, "Envoy Mo Ming can go with a certain family to see Taiwei Chen, but it is inconvenient for Taiwei Chen to talk to you about the assassination of Zhenjin in person." (To be continued) R655