Chapter 54
When Xiao Li was led into the main hall of Lin Huayuan by his subordinates, there were already several people sitting in the main hall. Seeing him come in, Mu Qingling, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, stood up, half-covered his face with a fan, and bowed to Xiao Li: "Mu Qingling, the people's daughter, has seen the prince." ”
Yu Wenyuan, who was opposite Mu Qingling, followed closely and saluted, Xiao Li replied with two salutes in a daze, looked at Xiao Lanwei on the main seat, and asked, "I'm so busy that I hit the back of my head, what are you looking for me for?" These two? ”
Xiao Lanwei stretched out his hand and beckoned to Xiao Li, motioning for him to come and sit. Xiao Li looked at Xiao Lanhuan's dog-like gesture, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped, but he still walked to Xiao Lanhuan and sat down, and said angrily: "What the hell is going on, tell me quickly!" ”
"This is the son of Jing Yonggong, Yu Wenyuan, you should have seen it in the capital. The. Xiao Lanwei pointed at Mu Qingling and introduced: "This king's junior and sister, you can say whatever you ask you later, and you are not allowed to hide it!" Do you hear that? ”
After Mu Qingling learned that the Chin Cha in Jingzhong was going to execute all the Holy Puritan believers, he immediately sent a letter to Xiao Lanhuan, wanting to inquire about the origin of the Chin Cha. After receiving the letter, Xiao Lanwei learned that Mu Qingling cared about this matter, so she simply invited Mu Qingling over and called Xiao Li, so as not to spread the word in the middle, which was time-consuming and laborious.
Mu Qingling couldn't come to Lin Huayuan alone, so she came with Yu Wenyuan. So as soon as Xiao Li entered the door, he saw a few of them sitting together, waiting for him.
"Senior sister?" Xiao Li took a sip of tea, it sounded funny, looked at Mu Qingling, then looked at Xiao Lanhuan, and said with a smile: "You studied under the queen when you were young, and you have been taught by Taifu since you entered school, when did you have a younger sister?" You kid...... Ill-intentioned! ”
"Less nonsense!" Xiao Lanwei kicked Xiao Li across the table, "Let me ask you, how is the matter with your inquiry?" Got it figured? ”
Xiao Li looked at Mu Qingling and Yu Wenyuan, Yu Wenyuan he knew, he had meritorious service in quelling the rebellion, and he was the son of the Jingyong Mansion, although this Mu Qingling was the first time he had seen him, but Mu Jiangxuan was the son-in-law of the Jingyong Mansion, and he also knew it. If you want to talk about these two people, you say that this matter has nothing to do with them, and it seems that you can't say it. But to say that you can say this in front of them, it doesn't seem to be possible.
"The little girl knows that it is a little difficult for the prince, but the servants in the little girl's family are now implicated in the cult and are in prison. Her twelve-year-old son followed. The little girl heard that Lord Qincha intended to execute all these believers, and in a hurry, she could only come to ask the prince and the prince, and the matter was ...... Is there really no room for manoeuvre? ”
Mu Qingling looked at Xiao Li with a pair of smart eyes, showing anxiety. Beauty frowns, how can people bear it? What's more, Xiao Lanwei asked them to meet in Lin Huayuan, which was also a guarantee for these two people, Xiao Li didn't dwell on it much, and sighed: "Don't talk about you, Master Zhou and I are also in a hurry about this." Fortunately, now it is Master Li who is in front of him, and he will not let go. But General Zheng's temperament ...... In the past few days, his patience has become worse and worse, and I think he can't help it. ”
On that day, Zheng Wuhu and Li Dengyun broke up unhappily, and Zhou Qingnian used the matter of the prefect's yamen and the governor's yamen to make a step forward, and Li Dengyun took advantage of this reason to turn Zheng Wuhu away for several days in a row.
Zheng Wuhu's temper is considered poor among military generals, and he has been blocked by Li Dengyun for a few days, and his face is getting more and more ugly day by day. Xiao Li was so anxious that he jumped to his feet in the back, but there was no way at all.
"Have you inquired clearly? Why did he insist on putting these believers to death? Xiao Lanwei asked, speaking of this, Xiao Li's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
I took the opportunity of drinking to inquire about it. One of the lieutenants, who grew up with Zheng Wuhu and served as a conscription together, told me the truth when he was drunk. In the past, I only thought that they were soldiers and fighters, and I didn't like these things that pretended to be gods and ghosts, and they fought on the battlefield, so my personality was a little more iron-blooded. I didn't expect that there was really a hidden secret. ”
Xiao Li took a sip of the teacup and continued: "Then Zheng Wuhu is a native of western Fujian, and his family was poor when he was a child. You also know that in that place in western Fujian, the roads are not passable, the people's wisdom is not open, and the way of gods and ghosts is very popular. At the worst time, there was one god in one village, and every household worshiped a shrine. ”
"The people's wisdom is not open, and there is a tradition of believing in God, which leads to a large number of local gods and goddesses. In some places, even the local parents have to listen to the words of these gods. Since he was a child, he has seen a lot of things about worshipping ghosts and gods around him, and he doesn't like it in his heart. One year, when there was a flood in western Fujian, the goddess of their village said that the dragon lord was angry, and he had to use boys and girls to sacrifice in order to calm the anger of the dragon lord. ”
"How can it be!" Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan couldn't help but scold. Xiao Li shook his head and said, "We know that these are nonsense, but at that time, those villagers were convinced. With the strength of the whole village, select eligible boys and girls and give them to the goddess for sacrifice. ”
"Zheng Wuhu is at home for five, and there is a younger sister below. He knew that the village was going to choose boys and girls to sacrifice, so he hid his sister first, and when he asked, he only said that he had run out to play, and he didn't know where he had gone, and he should have lost it. ”
"His family is already poor, and this girl is not well fed, clothed and taken seriously at home. Zheng Wuhu thought that it would be safe to hide his sister until the end of the sacrifice, but who knows, when he brought food to his sister-in-law, he was discovered by his mother-in-law. At that time, they couldn't choose a virgin in their village, so he took Zheng Wuhu away, took people to the place where Zheng Wuhu hid his sister, and captured his sister and sacrificed it to the goddess. ”
"Is that their own daughter?! How willing they are! Mu Qingling exclaimed, Xiao Li smiled bitterly: "Biological daughter? If this person is frightened, he can even take his own life, let alone a daughter who is not taken seriously. ”
Zheng Wuhu couldn't stop it, watching his sister being put into a cage by the goddess and sinking into the river, since then, he can't see these gods and devils, let alone those demagogic cults."
After Xiao Li finished speaking, he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it slowly, Xiao Lanhuan nodded his head with the fan in his hand, and said: "This is not easy to do, the knot in my heart for so many years is not something that others can untie in a few words." ”
"Is it possible...... Watching him really kill all these believers? Yu Wenyuan said.
Zheng Wuhu was quick to get rid of these evil ways because of his knot in his early years. He is a Qincha, although there is now Governor Li Dengyun to stop him, but Qincha already has the right to act cheaply, if he insists on going his own way, no one in Hangzhou City can suppress him.
"Lord Li has the intention of returning to Beijing in a letter and asking the emperor to make a holy judgment. It will take a lot of time to send the excerpt to Beijing, and from what I have seen in the past two days, I don't think General Zheng can bear to wait so long. Xiao Li said. In fact, even if it is a book, the saint has entrusted the important matter to Zheng Wuhu when he is leaving, what kind of character Zheng Wuhu is, the saint knows clearly, and the saint wants to use his iron and bloody hand to suppress all the demons and monsters in this land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
When Mu Qingling heard this, she frowned and pondered. She didn't ask Xiao Lanhuan if she could stop Zheng Wuhu, Xiao Lanhuan's role is actually very sensitive in the court, although he is a saint, and he has a state of being above 10,000 people under one person, but the emperor has been crowned the crown prince, and all the princes are also growing up one after another, no matter what, he should avoid suspicion.
This is also the reason why Xiao Lanwei has never participated in the government although he is martial and martial.
If he doesn't have this carefree heart, it is not a good thing for the emperor, the prince, and himself.
Not to mention the cult case, which already involved the rebellion of the imperial family, which made Xiao Lanhuan's situation more sensitive, the emperor still sent a messenger after the rebellion was quelled, to put it bluntly, it was that the saint no longer trusted the local officials, so he had to send his henchmen to deal with it. Xiao Lan has a good character and no position, don't say that he can't order Zheng Wuhu, a powerful general, even if he can, this matter is not something he should meddle in.
According to Xiao Lanwei's previous temperament, once the matter of Yunwai Temple is over, he will not even stay in Hangzhou City for long. Now he is still here, all for Mu Qingling.
Xiao Li saw that Mu Qingling did not blindly ask Xiao Lanling to make a move, and he couldn't help but look down on her in his heart. These people, in the eyes of others, are emperors and nobles, and they are omnipotent, but they can't see their high and extremely cold, cautious minds. Mu Qingling can see clearly and think clearly, but he is a rare smart person.
"Shizi! The prince is not good! Several people in the room were having a headache about what to do, but they didn't expect a few exclamations to suddenly come from outside the door.
The guards beside Xiao Li ran in quickly, knelt down at the door, and said urgently: "Lord Shizi, General Zheng took the soldiers and horses to make the governor's yamen impassable!" He himself took Shang Fang's sword and went to find Master Li! ”