Chapter 35: The Thirty-fifth Reincarnation of the Heavenly Master
Although Ma Yuelan likes her sister Ma Guilan's things, she is also worried that her sister Ma Guilan will not come back. But this Ma Guilan is more trustworthy, and comes back on time every time she goes out, and she doesn't reveal her identity. Ma Yuelan thought that she could be lazy and rest for a few days, and she could take some good jewelry for nothing, so she deceived the caretaker with her sister Ma Guilan. But something happened soon after, and Ma Guilan and her sister Ma Yuelan switched identities and went out as usual that day. Ma Yuelan waited for her sister to come back to change her identity, but she didn't expect Ma Guilan to go this time and never come back. Ma Yuelan was in a hurry and told the caretaker about it, and the caretaker didn't believe it at first, but later realized the problem. But they were also afraid of being implicated, so they had to force Ma Yuelan to admit that they were Ma Guilan, until Yi Tian came and found out the problem.
Yi Tian immediately reported to the main altar, and two people came to the main altar. On the same day, Ma Yuelan and the person guarding the prisoner were killed, and Yi Tian was ordered to find another woman, whether it was Ma Yuelan or Ma Guilan. Before forcing the other party to death, if you want to get a thing, if the other party doesn't hand it over, you have to use all the means to force the other party to hand it over. Yi Tian spent more than a year, running back and forth a lot, and finally determined that this woman was in Zhumadian three days ago. Yi Tian checked out on the same day, making everyone think that they had left, and then sneaked back by themselves.
That night, Yi Tian waited until the beginning of the hour before entering Ma's house. At this time, both city and country people sleep the most soundly, as long as they don't move much, they won't be noticed. As a seasoned killer, Yi Tian is still very accurate in grasping this time. When he sneaked into Ma Guilan's room, Ma Guilan woke up immediately. In order to stop Ma Guilan from calling, Yi Tian had to remove Ma Guilan's chin. Ma Guilan originally thought it was a thief, but as soon as she saw Yi Tian's methods, she immediately understood everything. Ma Guilan begged Yi Tian to let him go with a pleading gaze, but Yi Tian didn't dare to do so. In order to ask about the whereabouts of things, in order to complete the task assigned by the general altar, Yi Tian broke Ma Guilan's limbs.
Ma Guilan also seemed to understand that she would not survive, it was the same if she handed over things and did not hand over things, she couldn't survive this day. Ma Guilan didn't want to cooperate with Yi Tian to hand over things, and Yi Tian was very angry when he saw that Ma Guilan didn't cooperate. Yi Tian accidentally saw Ma Guilan making clothes for his brother Ma Kui's youngest grandson, so he decided to use the lives of Ma Kui's family to coerce Ma Guilan. When Ma Guilan heard Yi Tian say that she was going to kill her brother's family, Ma Guilan finally couldn't stand it anymore. In contrast, Ma Guilan needs family affection more than her sister Ma Yuelan, although her sister-in-law thinks that Ma Guilan is Ma Yuelan, she is not good to her and often scolds Huai, but Ma Guilan still cares about her brother and sister-in-law, especially the milk baby who calls her aunt and grandmother. This may be because Ma Guilan has not lived with her relatives for a long time, or it may be because Ma Guilan is better than her sister Ma Yuelan and brother Ma Kui. When Ma Guilan was young, Ma Guilan and her brother Ma Kui were of the same age, and the relationship between the brother and sister was very good.
Ma Guilan handed over the things in her hand, a package and a letter. Yi Tian didn't open it, because he knew that Ma Guilan didn't dare to deceive him, and the more Yi Tian knew about the secrets of the organization, the worse it was, and it was better not to know. Yi Tian also saw that Ma Guilan didn't want to go with him, and Yi Tian didn't want outsiders to know too much about the Divine Cult, so he had to deal with Ma Guilan in the same way as dealing with the traitors of the Divine Cult.
The reason why Yi Tian didn't leave immediately was because he vaguely felt that the owner of the Zhuma shop seemed to know Ma Guilan, and he wanted to see the boss's reaction before deciding whether to kill people. Unexpectedly, Ding Chong was really frightened, thinking that Yi Tian was a person in the palace, so he wanted to leave.
Yi Tian thought that Ding Chong was an insider, so in order to kill him, he had to follow him to the woods and prepare to kill Ding Chong. The reason why I came to this dense forest was firstly to not attract attention, secondly, to let the owner of Zhumadian not be known if he died, and thirdly, to make it easier for Yi Tian to find something after killing someone. Yi Tian was worried that Ding Chong still had important physical evidence or clues on him, and Yi Tian wanted to kill people and destroy the evidence. Unexpectedly, Yi Tian not only did not kill Ding Chong, but even he himself was caught by Qiu Xiaoqiu.
Qin Tai took what Yi Tian handed him, and Yi Tian was taken to the next room by Qiu Xiaoqiu. At this time, Yi Tian no longer had to be supervised, even if Qin Tai drove Yi Tian away, Yi Tian would not dare to leave Zhumadian easily. Yi Tian hoped that Qin Tai and the others would protect him, otherwise Yi Tian would be hunted down by the people of the organization wherever he went. It is also because of this that Qiu Xiaoqiu and Zhan Xiaoxiao are relieved to let Yi Tian stay.
Qin Tai looked at the things on the table, a letter that had not been opened, a small package, and a few things that had faded inside. Inside there was a hairpin for Taoist priests, a baby dress, and a bloody brocade cloth bag. Not only do these things have a vintage, but they don't seem to be usable by ordinary people. The reason why this is said is because there is some embroidery on both baby clothes and brocades. It's just ordinary embroidery, and the pattern on it is actually a pattern that ordinary people are not allowed to use. Neither the material nor the embroidery is simple, and Qin Tai is almost certain that this is the craftsmanship of the Imperial Needlework Bureau.
The Needlework Bureau is an independent institution of the Inner Palace, and the reason why it is independent is that except for a few eunuchs who are in charge of the affairs, everyone else is women. Some of them are palace maids, and some are embroidery girls selected from outside to enter the palace, the purpose is to embroider clothes for the masters in the palace. The clothes and fabrics of the masters are all tribute, and the embroidery is the top craftsmanship in the palace, so it cannot be imitated by outsiders. There is a rule in the Needlework Bureau that even the most powerful people are not allowed to use this kind of thing, except for the master of the grade. The eunuch is the uncrowned emperor of the harem, but they dare not use this kind of thing in private, unless it is rewarded by the emperor.
In addition to the Taoist hairpin, baby clothes and brocade cloth bags are all things from the Needlework Bureau, so this matter is related to the harem. Although these things are well-made, their brilliance is no longer there, and they can be seen for a certain age. Emperor Longqing and Emperor Wanli should not have been in these years, and that was only during the period of Emperor Jiajing. By the way, there is also a special hairpin for Taoist priests, which can also be used as auxiliary evidence to prove that these things are related to Emperor Jiajing's harem. As long as people are some years old, they know that Emperor Jiajing is an emperor who likes Taoist priests, and the most people in the palace except for eunuchs and palace maids are Taoist priests. Together, do these things mean that this incident happened during the period of Emperor Jiajing, and it was a harem and Taoist priest-related matter?
Out of curiosity, Qin Tai couldn't help but immediately open the sealed letter. There wasn't much in the letter, but it was a lot of paper. There are not a few words written on each piece of paper, and it adds up to a report letter. In the name of her sister Ma Yuelan, Ma Guilan reported a secret organization. After Ma Yuelan left home, she met an organization called the Divine Cult, and they tricked Ma Yuelan into joining the organization. Take advantage of the people's trust in superstition to incite the people to hate the government. In her letter, Ma Guilan pointed out that almost all of the disturbances that occurred in various places not long ago were all involved in this organization. The leader of this organization is a divine stick who claims to be a reincarnated heavenly master, and as long as this person is caught, this organization will easily disintegrate. There are many strange things for Qin Tai, first, this letter was written by Ma Guilan as Ma Yuelan, and did not mention any information about Ma Guilan. Second, how did Ma Guilan know that something was going to happen outside in this remote place, and these things must have been done by people from the Divine Cult? Third, as a prisoner, it is impossible for Ma Guilan to know the top secrets of the Divine Cult. What Yi Tian didn't know, how did Ma Guilan, a prisoner, know? Fourth, why didn't Ma Guilan send out this letter? Fifth, why do the people in the general altar care so much about this letter? Isn't this letter what they wanted, what they wanted inside the knowledge package?
Just when Qin Tai couldn't read the letter, Zhan Xiaoxiao came in. Zhan Xiaoxiao suddenly smelled a strange smell and thought something was rancid. She asked her husband Qin Tai to look for it together, and found the rancid things and threw them away. Zhan's small words reminded Qin Tai, and Qin Tai sniffed and sniffed the letter, and finally smiled. Zhan Xiaoxiao didn't understand what her husband meant, but she immediately understood the meaning through Qin Tai's actions.
It turned out that this letter had been tampered with, no wonder there were so many pieces of stationery in this letter, and the words on it always made Qin Tai feel too big, this was to cover up the true content of the letter. In ancient times, there were many secret writings, and the reason why this was done was to make outsiders unable to understand or pay attention to the true content of the letter. The easiest and most reliable way is to write on the rice soup, so that ordinary people will not find out the secret. On a piece of white paper without any handwriting, write on it with rice soup as ink, and then air dry it naturally. In this way, it became a kind of ciphered letter, and you could see what you wanted to see by just roasting it on a fire. Ordinary people don't know that the purpose of people who know how to do this is to confuse everyone's ears and eyes. Writing inconsequential matters on such ciphered letters became a way of secretly transmitting information. This method is generally used only by spies and spies, and is often used by military agents between the two countries to transmit information. The only drawback to this method is that the words written in rice soup will taste rancid after a long time. If you're not careful, you'll never think it's a secret letter.
The upper part is finished, and if you want to see the future development process, please see the next part "I See".