Chapter III: Cults
I saw that the third uncle was still talking, so I sighed, let him say something else, don't say it like this, my heart really can't stand it.
The third uncle scolded me for deserving it, saying that whoever called you a rabbit cub didn't listen to the family, otherwise why would there be so many things.
As he spoke, he asked me if I knew the purpose of coming to me this time, and I almost forgot about it if he didn't mention it, so he hurriedly said, "Isn't it just to investigate the incident in Fengyang?" By the way, Uncle San, it's been so many years, and you haven't revealed what you're doing, so today, it's time to tell me about it, right? ”
The third uncle glanced at me and shook his head: "I really didn't expect those photos to be taken by you, when I saw you for the first time, I thought it was a coincidence, but after listening to your experience, I found that the water in this matter is very deep!" ”
I was surprised, and hurriedly asked him what he said about this, and the third uncle glanced at me with a little meaning, and pointed to the Rakshasa grimace on the brand on my other hand: "Do you know what this thing is?" ”
I said it was a rakshasa ghost, as if it was a god worshiped by black witches. The third uncle glanced at me with a little surprise, and then glanced at the Taoist priest, with an expression on his face, and then said: "In this world, there have always been some phenomena that cannot be explained by common sense or science, such as ghosts, evil spirits, and other mysterious and strange phenomena, correspondingly, there are also some people who have an in-depth understanding of such phenomena. ”
"Every country has a department that manages and responds to these strange phenomena, and this department accommodates a large number of people with special skills to deal with strange and unexpected phenomena. In our country, this organization is called the 'Special Events Investigation Bureau'. ”
I was stunned, knowing what the third uncle wanted to express, and sighed: "Ah! You mean, you're working in the Special Events Bureau? ”
Without waiting for the third uncle to admit it, the tall thin young man named Xiao Lin next to him interjected with admiration: "Don't underestimate your third uncle, he has now been promoted to the deputy bureau and is our idol." ”
I don't know what level the deputy bureau is, but I know that the third uncle's experience over the years must be extraordinary, and I immediately looked at him with admiration.
The third uncle glared at Xiao Lin and coughed dryly: "These are not the point, the point is our purpose this time, eldest nephew, this grimace is not only the god of the black witch faith, but also one of the emblems of a cult gang that has been in the limelight recently." ”
"Huh? Could it be the Heavenly Witch Sect that organized a group to commit suicide in the blood sacrifice corpse cave in Shonan some time ago? The Taoist priest was listening and suddenly interjected and asked.
The third uncle's eyes froze, and he looked at the Taoist priest with a surprised expression: "The little Taoist also knows about the Heavenly Witch Sect?" ”
The Taoist priest smiled: "The famous Heavenly Witch Sect, as a person from the Xuanmen, how can he not have heard of it?" ”
The third uncle hurriedly hugged his fist at the Taoist priest: "It's not a secret, the bureau and the various avenues have cooperation, I don't know where the Taoist master is?" ”
"No faction, no faction, my master is just a Taoist priest from the traveling side, and he can't compare with the orthodox famous family, so don't mention it!"
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I was confused, their questions and answers tickled my heart, and at this time it was related to the grimace brand on my arm, so I was even more concerned, and I was busy asking Daoist what the origin of the so-called Heavenly Witch Sect was.
The third uncle also wanted to ask the origin of the Taoist priest, and my question was just to relieve him, and he was busy telling me about the origin of the Heavenly Witch Sect.
The origin of the Heavenly Witch Sect is very early, and it first appeared in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, when it was called the Nine Lotus Divine Cult. At that time, society was in a period of great outbreak of cults throughout the country, and cults of various names and forms sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Due to the corruption of the officials, the people were miserable, so they took religious belief as a way out, which led to the rapid growth of cults at that time, such as the White Lotus Sect, which had the greatest influence and the largest number of followers at that time, and its wide range of harm had simply shaken the ruling position of the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, there was a move by Emperor Jiaqing to exterminate the cult organization. Unlike other cults that have set up clever names to make money and gather people to make trouble, the top leaders of the Nine Lotus Divine Sect are well versed in the way of low-key birth, and have been quietly developing in secret and without publicity.
As the saying goes, a gun shoots a bird, how can a simple organizational sect be the opponent of a dynasty? Soon, those arrogant and domineering cult organizations were exterminated one by one, and the Nine Lotus Divine Cult avoided the fate of being purged because of the principle of low-key birth.
For a long time after that, the Nine Lotus Divine Sect had been dormant in the dark, developing in a low-key manner, and in just over a hundred years, it had entangled nearly 100,000 sect members. They worship the evil gods of black witches, among which the six gods of black witches are the guardian gods of the Nine Lotus God Cult, and the supreme black witch god is the master of all things, and its doctrine is the salvation of the black witch.
When the Nine Lotus Cult reached its extreme peak, it finally began to stir up trouble, and they wantonly abducted maidens and children, and performed cruel human sacrifices, in order to bring the protector god and even the supreme god of the black witch into the world, so as to achieve its doctrine of salvation.
Such a cruel act naturally caused an uproar, but the Qing Dynasty at that time was oppressed and encroached upon by the major powers, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement swept the whole country, so it could only turn its focus to deal with the Heavenly Kingdom Movement that threatened its dominance, which made the Nine Lotus Divine Cult wreak havoc in the southern provinces at that time, causing the anger of the heavens and the people.
Later, the major orthodox sects in the Central Plains united to form a Taoist alliance to resist the atrocities of the Nine Lotus Divine Cult. At that time, the Nine Lotus Divine Sect was different from cults in the ordinary sense, and most of the insiders of the Divine Sect knew some thaumaturgy, or side doors, or black witch magic, and the number was huge, and it was not at all something that the self-contained Central Plains Daomen could compete.
The tragedy, which was supposed to continue forever, was reversed by the intervention of eight people, and the Nine Lotus Divine Sect and the Taoist alliance formed a stalemate. Later, the earth-shaking reform movement that broke out to change the fate of the whole of China destroyed this cult organization, and they moved to the relatively remote Yunnan Province, where they harmed the local area, but the outbreak of the All-People War of Resistance dealt a heavy blow to the Nine Lotus Divine Cult again, so that it could no longer cause excessive harm.
After that, several major movements broke out in succession, eliminating the four olds, destroying the evil spirits, and compressing the last living space of the Nine Lotus God Sect from the root. Since then, the name of this cult has never been heard of again, until after the 90s, a cult called the Heavenly Witch Cult suddenly arose, and under the same doctrine and slogan as the Nine Lotus Divine Cult, it once again made waves.
However, due to the ideological changes in the past 100 years, the wisdom of the people has been opened, and few people have been bewitched by the cult anymore, so the development of the Heavenly Witch Sect has been extremely slow, and although there have been several big movements in the land of southern Hunan, they have all been suppressed in the end.
The most recent one, the suicide incident in the corpse cave that the Taoist priest said, was organized by the Heavenly Witch Sect. Less than two days after the incident, it was discovered by local residents, and it was immediately suppressed by a mysterious organization, and finally it was not resolved, because the news was blocked, so few people knew about it.