The Turmoil in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 5 Clear Stream
A middle-aged man led a Liangzhou horse and immediately sat on the Moling where his young brother went slowly. This is the current identity of Li Mingyi and Xie Yarong. As for why it was the younger brother and not the son who sat right away, it was because the son didn't recognize it. The two of them slowly came to the gate of the city and lined up to wait for the interrogation of the Vulcan cultists.
Before they could be found, an accident happened. I saw a thin, long, old-fashioned and serious official, wearing an official uniform with patches on the cuffs, coming to the group of people of the Vulcan Sect. The officials were followed by a group of servants and helpers from the yamen.
"Who are you waiting for? In broad daylight, he dared to harass the people on the land of the Ming Kingdom. The thin official shouted directly at the group of Vulcan cultists.
The Vulcan Sect disciple who was the leader was Li Mingyi's old acquaintance, Lin Cao of the Anti-Evil Division, and when he saw this, he immediately stepped forward and said, "I am waiting for the order of Wang Lian, the bishop of Yangzhou, to come to chase down the important culprit, and please respect Hai Han." ”
In the face of this official, Lin Cao changed his arrogance from the past, became very docile, and did not forget to hand over a wanted document from the God of Fire after speaking.
The official didn't look at the documents handed over by Lin Cao, and then scolded: "There are six departments in the center of the Ming Kingdom, and there are assassins and taishou in various places, and this official has never heard of a Vulcan Sect bishop for many years. You are not an official of the Ming Kingdom, so what qualifications do you have to oppress the people here. ”
Now when the Vulcan Sect is gaining power, the officials in charge of the Ming Dynasty often turn a blind eye to the fact that the Vulcan Sect has set up a torture hall and arrested heretics. After all, it is the way of an official, and it is better to have more than one thing. If this kind of thing is managed, there is often nothing you can do about the Vulcan Sect, and if you don't get it right, you will be retaliated by the Vulcan Sect. It's just that there are always people who are not afraid of the Vulcan Sect, and the person in front of them is one of them.
As soon as the official's words landed, the people around him immediately cheered. The arrogant Lin Cao lost his momentum in front of this person for some reason, and hurriedly explained: "This person blasphemed the Fire God, and we arrested him in accordance with the fatwa. ”
The official obviously didn't have any respect for the god of fire, and directly began to drive people away: "Blasphemy against the god of fire? There are 3,500 laws of the Ming Dynasty, where is there any crime of blasphemy against the god of fire. How can such strange and chaotic words be used to punish crimes? If you are still entangled here, the official will arrest you and put them in prison. ”
Lin Cao saw that he didn't take the Fire God in his eyes at all, and he was also a little angry, according to the past, he had already gone crazy, but in front of the person in front of him, Lin Cao had to be patient, and said: "Please also ask Lord Hai to respect himself, I and the Vulcan Sect have no intention of embarrassing Lord Hai." ”
"I'm sitting at the end of my sea words and deeds, why am I afraid of you and the Vulcan Sect!" Hai Yan blurted out without hesitation, not intending to give face to the Vulcan Sect at all, "If it weren't for the mediocrity of today's saints and superstitious belief in you and other Vulcan Sects, how could you make people like strange forces and gods so rampant." ”
"You ......" Lin Cao was speechless for a moment when he saw this, but he wanted to save face but had no way at all. Because the person in front of him is a representative of the clear stream of culture and education. Culture and education are honest and honest, raising the righteousness of heaven and earth, scolding the emperor and generals, and the next batch of lackeys and slaves, putting life and death behind him.
Without waiting for Lin Cao to say anything, Lord Nahai scolded again: "Why do you still want to make trouble when you wait for the eagle dog who is fighting for the tiger?" Men came and drove them away. ”
With the order of Lord Hai, the surrounding officials raised their killing sticks and attacked the group of people in the Vulcan Sect. The common people had been oppressed by the Vulcan Sect for a long time, and when they saw this, they also started to drive them away. Seeing this, Lin Cao could only take the Vulcan Sect people out of the city in a gloomy manner, and before leaving, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and glanced at Li Mingyi and the two.
Xie Yarong sat on the horse, looking at the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but applaud in her heart, and she was a little worried about the sea lord. Because many officials who are opposed to the Vulcan Sect are often suppressed by officialdom, and then lose their positions and lose power.
Xie Yarong couldn't help but ask, "Is it dangerous for that Lord Hai to embarrass the Fire God Sect like this?" ”
"No, it won't." Li Mingyi explained, "That Haida is a representative of the clear stream of culture and education, and he has always won the hearts of the people. Whether it was the Vulcan Sect or His Majesty the Emperor, no one wanted to mess with him. ”
"Why?" Xie Yarong asked.
"I don't know." Li Mingyi shook his head, "I only know that this person once scolded the emperor but is still alive and well." He also became the leader of the clean stream of culture and education, and was loved by the people. Neither the Vulcan Cult nor the Emperor wanted to offend him. Let's go, let's find an inn to rest. ”
The two of them found an inn in the city to rest at random, and as soon as they entered the room, Xie Yarong drove Li Mingyi out of the door in the name of washing. Li Mingyi had no choice but to wander on the street alone.
Moling is a big city in the southeast, where merchants are like clouds, very prosperous. Li Mingyi asked where the ferry was, inquired about the boat to Shengjing, bought some special snacks from Moling and walked to the inn. When he came to the door of the inn, Li Mingyi saw an acquaintance passing by him.
Li Mingyi was stunned for a moment, because that person was not an outsider, but one of the Vulcan Sect disciples who followed Lin Cao. At this time, he was wearing a mask, thinking that the other party didn't recognize him, so Li Mingyi quietly grabbed Xiao Er and asked, "Little Second Brother, what did that person do just now, why is it a little familiar." ”
Xiao Er looked up at him and said, "That person is not your friend of the guest officer?" He had just come to see the guest officer's horse and asked about the guest officer's situation. ”
Hearing this, Li Mingyi knew that most of them had been recognized, so he casually prevaricated Xiao Er: "Maybe it's a distant relative, I haven't known him for a long time." ”
Li Mingyi carefully thought about what he had gone wrong, and suddenly thought of something. I still ignored one point after all calculations, and my horse was a Liangzhou horse. This horse can only barely be regarded as a good horse in Liangzhou, but it is a full horse in the southeast. The Vulcan must have seen its horse at the door before doubting itself.
Thinking of this, Li Mingyi didn't say anything to the shopkeeper, and pretended to be calm and walked to the room. Li Mingyi knocked on the door, and Xie Yarong ushered him into the room.
Xie Yarong had just washed up obviously, and she looked beautiful and refined without powder, and Li Mingyi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Xie Yarong's eyes flashed with a faint hint of joy, and she asked, "The hairpin is sold?" ”
Li Mingli was stunned for a moment, and then remembered this, but he still had some money on him, so he didn't rush to sell the hairpin, but lied to her: "Sell it, but we may need to leave earlier." ”
"It's to go north to the Holy Capital City earlier." At this time, Xie Yarong was painting makeup in front of the mirror, and casually promised Li Mingyi.
Li Mingyi had other ideas in his heart, and said: "It's to go to Shengjing, but we won't go north, but we will first make a detour to Jingzhou to get rid of the pursuing soldiers, and then go to Shengjing." ”
"Why are there still Vulcan people chasing after you?"
"Of course, I ran into someone from the Vulcan Cult at the door of the inn, and we should have been discovered. Although they didn't dare to do anything in Moling, they might not be able to do it when they left Moling. So we're going to leave before they can confirm our identity. Li Mingyi told Xie Yarong what happened to him, and at the same time came behind Xie Yarong and looked at Xie Yarong through the mirror. Xie Yarong in the mirror had already changed her appearance, and Li Mingyi couldn't help but say in shock: "How can you know how to change your appearance?" ”
At this time, Xie Yarong changed back to the way she entered the city, but this time her face became more natural, although it was still ugly, but it was somewhat coordinated. This technique is obviously much better than that of Li Mingyi.
Xie Yarong said while drawing, "Didn't you demonstrate it once?" I learned it naturally. ”
"Your uncle, it took me three months to learn." Li Mingyi said indignantly.
Xie Yarong didn't think about it and said: "Women are born with makeup. ”
Li Mingyi didn't dwell on this matter anymore, after all, he was self-aware of his own level of disguise. Then he told Xie Yarong about his plans for the next day, and then lay on the bed and prepared to rest. Xie Yarong finished changing her face, looked at Li Mingyi who was lying on the bed, stepped forward and snatched the quilt, found a comfortable corner and rested.