Chapter 54: Tear Stains

Soon, the steward of King Wu's mansion sent a stack of information.

"It's all here, see for yourself." Xiao Ze said casually, and then hummed a little song, as if he was still recalling some beautiful music.

Xiao Rui started to flip through the first sheet, and soon, he found that this information was more similar to an introduction, introducing the basic information of the Black Lotus Sect, for example, there were about 20,000 followers of the Black Lotus Sect in the land of Gyeonggi, but the number of core believers was unknown. Among the sub-sects of Buddhism in the capital, they belong to the top four minor religions, targeting the poor and the powerful, showing a polarized phenomenon.

In addition, the information also introduces six bases where the Black Lotus sect holds pujas, which are held on the fifteenth day of each month, with as many as 1,000 participants. But the secret stronghold is unknown.

Xiao Rui continued to look back, the more detailed the information was introduced, and began to expose the black history of the Black Lotus Sect, the first one is demagogy, the Black Lotus Sect preaches that people are born to sin, and they will go to hell after death, and only those who believe in the Black Lotus Sage can get eternal life.

The second is to mutilate the people, it is said that the Black Lotus Church dealt with the heresy that insulted the Black Lotus Sage, purified him, and even burned him alive.

The third is to criticize state affairs, and the purpose of the Black Lotus Sect has the meaning of mirroring the imperial court.

Further down, there's the fourth, the fifth...

The final information describes how the second prince, Xiao Yiheng, assisted him with the assistance of his uncle and the squire of the Criminal Department, how he sent someone to bring a den of believers of the Black Lotus Sect, and a worship ceremony was being held at that time, this ceremony was different from the Fa, they were all fanatical believers of the Black Lotus Sect, so they directly searched out the utensils that cursed the national fortune of Great Xia and the words that cursed the Xia Emperor.

In the last one, it is introduced that the fifth prince and the sixth prince also began to act, and through the communication and cooperation with Zhang Yu under the command of Jinyiwei, they began to arrest the believers of the Black Lotus Sect.

Among the nine princes, the second, fourth, and fifth princes have performed well and have achieved results.

Seeing this, as Xiao Rui guessed, the search for the Night King has become an afterthought, and now how to destroy the Black Lotus Sect is the most important thing. After all, the crimes of the Black Lotus Sect have been put on the table, and it has become an opportunity for several princes to perform.

Xiao Rui didn't go out to hang out, but he could also imagine that the capital was in turmoil. The imperial court has not yet defined the Black Lotus Sect as an evil sect, and once it is confirmed, it will be time to completely eliminate it.

But this made Xiao Rui puzzled, what did Emperor Xia want to teach the princes through Black Lotus?

Those who intend to split the dynasty, kill?

Those who demagogue and harm the politics of Great Xia, kill?

Aren't these all obvious things? It's definitely going to be killed, and it shouldn't need to be taught.

So could it be that Jia Xu's guess was wrong, Emperor Xia had no intention of teaching the prince through one thing, just to let the princes find the Night King Xiao Heding, and the Black Lotus Sect was just an obstacle?

"See what?" Xiao Ze saw him frowning, so he asked with a smile.

Xiao Rui said: "There is no doubt that the Black Lotus Sect is an evil sect, and it should have been destroyed a long time ago. ”

The words were ambiguous, but Xiao Ze heard the voiceover, and he said, "Yes, it should have been destroyed a long time ago." But why does it still exist until now, but instead hand us the knife and let us do it, seventh brother, you are also curious. ”

"I'm not curious, what my father asks me to do, we will do it." Xiao Rui shrugged.

Xiao Ze sighed and said, "You, a thief, will pretend to be stupid." Hurry up and leave with the information, I don't want to see you. Starting tomorrow, I will ask the steward to send you a copy of the information I have gathered. ”

"Thank you, third brother." Xiao Rui hurriedly replied with a bright smile.

After leaving King Wu's mansion, Xiao Rui did not return to the house, and second, he asked Gao Quan to drive the carriage to other places.

Nancheng District, as a place where dignitaries and relatives of the emperor lived, had not yet been influenced by the Black Lotus Sect, and as soon as they came to Xicheng District, where poor people and outsiders lived, they immediately saw tension.

Emperor Xia gave the prince the right, although he could not mobilize the patrol battalion and the forbidden army, but in cooperation with Jinyiwei, Ying Tianfu, the Criminal Department, etc., there were still a large number of manpower, because the second prince Xiao Yiheng opened the prelude to the arrest of the Black Lotus Sect, and the other princes were not inferior, and they began to arrest the believers of the Black Lotus Sect. As a result, other sects were also affected, and they did not dare to meet, pray or even hold pujas.

Along the street, there are also notices being posted, all about the arrest of followers of the Black Lotus Sect, as for Dongcheng District and Beicheng District, there is also a tense atmosphere, and the imperial court is in full swing to hunt down.

"Let's go home." Xiao Rui said to Gao Quan, it seems that the play has just begun.

Xiao Rui's investigation progress was also suspended, and the person who secretly monitored Wei Guang and Peony came to report that the two of them were no different, either making grilled chicken in the store or going out to buy raw materials. So after Xiao Rui discussed with Jia Xu, he asked Wu Zhanfa to go again.

Wu Zhanfa directly explained his intention and asked if he would contact the Night King for him.

Wei Guang and Peony were still a little wary, after all, the people and things related to the Black Lotus Sect were now strictly investigated in the capital.

Wu Zhanfa didn't say much, and left the grilled chicken shop, just asking them to report as soon as possible.

In the next two days, the imperial court finally ordered to start purging the Black Lotus Sect, arresting the Black Lotus Sage of the Black Lotus Sect and all the high-ranking and believers, and finally began to take action against the Black Lotus Sect, strictly ordering: No matter what status, once you join the Black Lotus Sect, you will be severely punished.

After the decree was issued, Emperor Xia emphasized and praised the second, fifth and sixth princes in the early dynasty.

Coincidentally, just after the end of the early dynasty, Xiao Feng, the fourth prince, seemed to step into the palace and then detonated a bomb.

When Xiao Rui learned about it, it was already an afterthought.

Don't look at Xiao Feng is a martial artist, he usually lacks tendons, but this time he accidentally captured an envoy of the Black Lotus Sect.

In the organization of the Black Lotus Sect, the top is the Black Lotus Sage, the following are the two Dharma protectors, and the next are the four messengers.

Xiao Feng captured this envoy and did everything he could, finally pried open his mouth and got a roster of loyal followers of the Black Lotus Sect, according to the emissary, this was one of the four rosters, and the other three were in the hands of the other three emissaries.

After Xiao Feng saw the contents of the roster, he immediately entered the palace and presented it to Emperor Xia.

When Emperor Xia saw it, he was furious and quickly ordered the Jinyi guard to command Zhang Yu to enter the palace and threw the roster to him.

"Take a good look, this is my good courtier of Great Xia, leading Yulu, and actually colluding with the Black Lotus Sect! Examine! ”

Emperor Xia was angry.

Zhang Yu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly picked up the roster and walked out of the hall.

Standing in front of the main hall, Zhang Yu opened the roster, and the cold sweat that had just stopped came out again.

I saw that the roster was densely packed with names, and the most important thing was that among the names of people there was a name that was specially circled by red cinnabar, and the name was so familiar, it was the courtier of the Great Xia Kingdom.

This is secondary, because Zhang Yu also found that these names are not only officials, but also closely related to the most eager princes of the Black Lotus Sect in the past few days.

It's a real mess.

Are you going to start slapping yourself in the face?