Chapter 317: Zodiac Sect Changes
However, after two or three days of hard work, the queen mother's body has recovered rapidly, and Zhao Tuo's mood has also improved, and he praises Wei Shaolong for being a rare good doctor.
"I don't understand, it's not an incurable disease, can't everyone in the hospital see it?" After the dispersal of the court meeting on this day, the emperor asked Li Dan.
"There may be some who can see it, but I don't dare to say it or treat it, after all, the old man has worms in his stomach, and this kind of thing may affect others, and it will hinder people to hear it."
Li Dan smiled bitterly: "It's just that Brother Wei is so dedicated to saving people, and he has no merit and status in his heart, so he dares to tell the truth."
"Well, no matter what, he has a merit in saving the Queen Mother this time. I want a reward!" The emperor was pleased.
"And thou wilt give it back? I have given all the ten princesses to others, and if I want to reward you, I will give them more red envelopes when they get married, or add some makeup to the princess."
After that day, Wei Shaolong not only treated the concubine who had been holding back and didn't dare to say anything, but also treated the tenth princess.
As a result, the little girl fell in love with this tall doctor at first sight, and the queen mother pushed the boat down the river to get married, and Wei Shaolong was going to marry the princess in two months.
Now that the Horse Mansion has been chosen, it will be changed with the mansion where Yang Min lived in Beijing. While Li Dan was still in Beijing, Wei Shaolong asked him to preside over the design and found the Jianbang Housing Trading Company in Huzhou to construct it.
Due to the death of his father, Wei Shaolong specially asked his brother Changlong to return to Beijing to report on his work and attend the wedding.
Seeing that people were preparing happily, Li Dan's heart also warmed up. He is also actively making pre-departure preparations.
First of all, Lin Yutang (the former head of Yugan County), Liu Qi (the former head of the Yugan County household) and Xiao Gui (the former head of the Yugan military house), after the new county order took office, these three have retired and taken refuge in Li Dan, and are now assisting Mr. Zhu.
Li Dan asked them to go to Xi'an to lay out the layout first and understand the local situation. Qin Han and Liu Huagun pretended to be guards
Li Tiedao had two juniors serving in the Qin Wangfu Honor and Guard Division and the Kunwu Military Training Institute, and Li Dan sent him and Gao Fei (this buddy has completely taken refuge) to accompany him to form an intelligence network in Shaanxi and Gansu.
The Iron Knife Master also brought a letter to Meng'er, the person sent by the queen to Xi'an to deliver the message should have already set off, and it is estimated that it will arrive with this letter, Li Dan hopes that this good news will make her family happy.
"Alas, I didn't hold the child for a few days before we were separated." Ah Ying reluctantly returned the child to Ah Yan, this is the first child in the family, it is a girl, Li Dan named her Qiao Qiao, and he hopes that she will become a big Qiao.
As soon as this child returned to Beijing, he became everyone's heart, and every aunt loved her so much, but she spoke early, A-Ying said that this was called "early wisdom", so the name was set as Li Hui.
Whoever wants to name it, the good news is that Ning'er is also pregnant! This made A-Ying mutter, so she was very tired of this child in the past two days, probably trying to use her to recruit a younger brother.
Li Dan naturally doesn't believe this, but he is very concerned about making a baby with A-Ying, but for some reason it has not been successful?
"Sister, don't worry, maybe there will be someone to help, and good things are ahead." Ah Yong's mouth is more well-behaved than her sister, which makes Ah Ying feel much better in an instant.
Yes, until Chen Meng'er got married, she was the only woman who accompanied Li Dan, is the possibility of pregnancy still not high? I wish it were, she thought shyly. Look at the book
"Zodiac Buddha? What the hell is this?" Sitting in the flower hall through the glass on all sides, you can see the surrounding scenery, flowers and fountains, this design has taken Shangjing by storm.
Li Dan even set up a Shangjing courtyard garden service company, which was handed over to Zhang Guisheng (Zhang's family in Yugan Sanjiaxiang, formerly the Fenggang militia) to take care of, specializing in the courtyard sprinkling, building maintenance, renovation engineering design and construction of the magnates.
But at this point, everyone in the meeting was in no mood to look outside.
Seeing that Yang Yi, Gu Da and the others were confused, Shen Jie looked at Li Dan and asked the Crab King Wu (Xie Guiting) to answer this question: "This thing looks very similar to the Yellow Sect at first glance, and it has some Buddhist meanings, but what kind of Guangmu Tianzun does it actually believe.
In short, four are not like it!" Xie Guiting got up and said. He has disappeared since he left Tongzhou half a year ago, and he is actually Fengli
Dan's order infiltrated the Zodiac and went to find out the details.
"Are there a lot of them?"
"Is this doctrine bad, or are they doing something bad?" Several people had questions and raised their hands to ask.
"The doctrine itself is not good, they engage in joyful double cultivation, male to female, female to male are the kind of close-fitting veneers, how much better do you think it can be?
There is no woman in this sect who is not defiled by others, and the man still feels that it is a matter of course, and the gods and Buddhas have preached to them. As for what they do, they have a Protector Army, and they secretly have swords, guns, and banners.
The smallest one is called the Toutuo, and above it are Dharma Protectors, Venerable Beings, Dharma Masters, Grand Masters and the like. I've only seen one Venerable One, and beyond that, I've only heard of his name but not his person."
Gu Da glared when he heard this: "What kind of bullshit is this? Why can't the government ban it?"
"It is said that there are also their people in the government, and there are too many people to arrest them, and they can't be caught soon after ventilating the news!" After Xie Guiting finished speaking, he looked at the eyes of Jiejie:
"This time I was sent in because the newly appointed governor of Tongzhou was ruthless and wanted to arrest a venerable person, and as a result, he himself was strangled to death on the way to the countryside to inspect, and the whole family suffered and no one survived.
The Ministry of Punishment sent people down, but they found nothing, so they had to avenge a bandit vendetta."
"Even Zhizhou is killed, this courage is too big!" Gu Da frowned, turned his face and asked Li Dan, "Then, the adults gathered us today, do you want to investigate this Zodiac Sect, or do you send out your brothers to kill it?"
"At present, the affairs of the Zodiac Sect are already being investigated, and we still have two or three spies who have infiltrated it, but they are limited to the bottom level, and they can touch a very small number of heads, so there is not much progress."
Li Dan got up and paced to the door: "I have heard of this zodiac for a long time. At the beginning, it was reported that King Xiang came into contact with people of three religions and nine streams, including Zodiac Taoism.
But I didn't take it too seriously at the moment. However, when they were working on this case in Tongzhou, Mr. Wu and I happened to discuss the construction of Tongzhou warehouse, so I paid more attention.
A few days ago, Liu Mu told me to be careful that the Zodiac Sect has been spreading in Shaanxi recently, so I was alert and quickly sent my brother Xie back to talk about the situation." He stood in front of the door, crossed his shoulders and frowned:
"When I went to Shaanxi and Gansu this time, I thought it was just a problem with banknotes, but I didn't expect another zodiac sect to appear. It seems that this trip will not go well!"
Cao Jun appeared outside the door: "Childe, Lord Lu Ruilu is here."
"Ask him to come here and talk." Li Dan replied. Lu Rui is already an old acquaintance, although he belongs to the Wing Dragon Guard, he and Li Dan have always cooperated tacitly.
"I'm a little skeptical," Li Dan turned around and walked back to the bookcase, "It was Han Wei who recommended me to Shaanxi and Gansu this time, and this person is a puppet supported by Zheng Shou.
Do you think it will be a set for us by this land grandfather? Just waiting for me to get into it and make a big joke? Or am I overthinking?"
"It's okay for adults to think too much, it's okay to be careful." Zhang cymbal said.
He really wanted to go to Xi'an with him, but because Chu Lian was pregnant with a second child, Li Dan asked him to wait for the child to come to the west after 100 days.
"I think, since the emperor has sent you as a messenger this time, you might as well talk to Your Majesty and justify the people who retreated from Liaodong to be used in the standard camp and brought to Xi'an?"
"Well, that's what I'm trying to propose." Wu Mao nodded: "Don't panic if you have soldiers in your hands, otherwise you will inevitably be looked down upon if you go to work alone."
"But I'm sending people in the name of Zhongshu Province now, how can I lead the standard camp?"
"It's okay, I don't think it's better to do it like this." Wu Mao whispered an idea, and everyone said yes when they heard it.
At this time, Lu Rui and Zhao Baogen came to the door, Yang Yi opened the door for him, and the two of them came in and saw that there were many acquaintances, so they hurriedly greeted each other. After the guest and host were seated, Lu Rui asked:
"Cao Zhongjun said that there are ten people, I don't see it, there are almost twenty people in this room, right? Gathering so many people, is it a discussion?"
"Lord Liu reminded me to be careful of the Zodiac Sect in Shaanxi, we are talking about this." Li Dan told him frankly.
"Then I thought of going together, and I was humble
Here we are." Lu Rui hurriedly said, "Two people from the Shaanxi branch of the Zodiac Sect came to Jingshi, but when our people touched them, they somehow disappeared from the inn where they were staying.
Lord Liu feels strange, let us tell you, and at the same time send Xiao Zhao to bring someone over to still protect him."
"It's okay," Li Dan pointed with his hand, "There will be stars like clouds here, can I still be afraid of two thieves?"
"That's what Your Majesty meant."
When Lu Rui said this, Li Dan couldn't say anything, but he was strange: "Just two people, worthy of His Majesty's alarm?"
Seeing that there were all familiar faces here, Lu Rui arched his hand and said, "I really don't hide it from you, this zodiac sect has been making a bit of a big disturbance recently, so I have to guard against it."
"Lord Lu, just now we heard about the case of the Tongzhou Governor of Shuntian Prefecture, are they also very powerful elsewhere?" Yang Yi asked.
"Brother Xiao Yi used to be a gang of people who didn't make trouble, and he could open his eyes and close his eyes as much as he liked.
But it's different recently, you don't know, in addition to Tongzhou, there are also Shanxi, Gansu, and Hebei, where there have been five cases of killing officials, and there are also rebellions one after another.
Of course, the scale is not very large, and the largest is the Antler King in northern Shaanxi, with more than 4,000 people under his command." Zhao Baogen said:
"Although there is no trouble here in Shangjing, the internal informant said that they already have more than 6,000 believers in Beijing, so they have to guard against it."
"More than six thousand?" Wu Mao frowned, "That's really a bit of trouble."
"Yes, so Your Majesty's intention is that the security department of the Wing Dragon Guard will still send a team of people to escort you on this trip, in case those people make trouble halfway.
Let's pass through Henan, where the influence of the Zodiac is not small!" "They are most concentrated in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shuntian, Shandong, Gansu, Hanzhong, Huaisi and Hubei.
In addition, this Zodiac Sect and the Yellow Sect are inextricably linked, and even the robes and eyes of the high-level masters are the same."
"My lord, doesn't the Zodiac believe in some kind of wide-eyed heavenly king? Why is it the same as the Yellow Sect again?" Zhou Tu hurriedly asked.
"Or say they're messy." Lu Rui smiled, "We've been confused for a long time. It was only later that I understood.
This sect was created by a guy named Zhang Shisan, who used to be a Taoist priest and traveled around, but later said that he was called by God on the grassland, and converted to Huangjiao.
Nine years ago, he suddenly left the grassland and returned to Han China, and the following year founded the Zodiac Sect, preaching under the name of Wuzhengzi. Five years ago, he was revered as a heavenly master by believers on Mount Wutai.
Unexpectedly, the government targeted him, saying that he spread the cult and killed him. The people also elected his son to be the Young Heavenly Master.
You know the joy of double cultivation, right? It was promoted from his son, saying that the Wide-eyed Heavenly King overlooked all living beings on the earth, and selected the most pleasing of all living beings to serve Maitreya Buddha in the Western Heavens.
Therefore, the believers at the bottom must first worship the King of Guangmu, and then ascend to the Supreme One before they can worship the Buddha of Joy. Maitreya, that can only be worshiped by the master and above."
"Oh, that's it! They actually divided the worship of God into ranks?" That's when everyone turned the corner.
"So, if they want to worship a higher level of Buddha, they have to sacrifice their wives and daughters, and they have to harm more women themselves?" Someone asked.
Lu Rui shook his head: "No, the wives and daughters of non-believers who are not in religion are not allowed to be touched, not for other reasons, because they don't even believe in the words of the Wide-eyed Heavenly King, and their bodies are not clean."
"Even if it's limited to their sect, it's not a good thing!" Gu scolded a sentence.
"Lord Lu, what are these two Shaanxi people doing in Beijing, do you have an inside report?" Li Dan suddenly asked.
"Yes!" Lu Rui nodded, "The two of them are here to connect the believers of the Jingshi, and some of them are going to other surrounding provinces. What do you think they want to do?"
"Incident? Do they have such power?" The crowd was almost unanimous!
Li Dan asked everyone to stop talking and asked Lu Rui two questions: "What is the name of this young heavenly master, and where is the person? They haven't had trouble for so long, why do they want to do it now?"
"My lord, this young heavenly master only has a nickname named Bao Rui, and no one has seen him or knows his whereabouts.
Two months ago, the Shaanxi Fang came to report that there were rumors that he had arrived in Shaanxi, and that there had been a sudden increase in the number of incidents of making trouble, resisting taxes, smashing shops, and storming the public office, which made the political envoy Yamen very embarrassed.
Our lord speculated that he thought that Shaanxi and Gansu were suitable to do it now, so he went there, and then sent someone to contact the Kwantung provinces to respond, and make a situation that shook the world. Master Li, do you think so?"
"Possibly." Li Dan nodded and glanced at Wu Mao: "If that's the case, I'm afraid we still want to make our trip to Shaanxi simple!" Wu Mao nodded silently.
After thinking for a moment, Li Dan suddenly asked, "What is King Zhou Tianwang (Zhou Zheng, the former head of the Yu Gan Ya Servant Arresting Fast Team) doing?"
"After Zhou Zheng returned to his hometown, he worked as a farmer, and later went to work at the Anren Steel Mill, and now he is the head of the workshop." Zhu Qing replied.
"Let him bring Wei Xiong and Dou Jiong to Jingshi quickly, the sooner the better!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he turned to Ju Jie: "You hurry up and pick a few good ones to chase the Iron Knife Master, I'm worried that he won't have enough manpower!"
"Do you want to transfer Xiao Wu back?"
"No, he and Sanqian still have to stare at that thing, and they can't relax!" Li Dan rejected the proposal to transfer Shen Xiaowu back from Nanchang, and thought about it: "How about letting Baozi (Deng Yue) come with you, and Seventeen (Lu Ding, Shen Jie's apprentice) go to Shaanxi?"
"Okay!"