CHAPTER XX: Manichaeism
The clothes of the two were found from the former residence of Murong Longcheng, although the quality was good, but after wearing them for a long time, the corners of the placket were already a little worn.
When the emperor left the inn, he found a carriage and sat in the mahogany carriage, which not only felt the upper-class life of the Song Dynasty, but also reduced the trouble of finding a ready-to-wear shop.
The first time he bought clothes for Liuli, he naturally chose the best shop in the city. Huang Fu Yan explained his mind to the coachman, but the man didn't say much, and set up the car and went straight to the clothes shop.
Listening to the noise outside, Huangfu Yan lifted the curtain with great interest and looked out, all living beings were in a variety of ways. It didn't take long for the carriage to stop at a store called "Chen's Clothing Shop".
The emperor settled the fare and entered the ready-to-wear shop with a curious face. Soon, he was disappointed to find that several ordinary ready-to-wear clothes hanging on the wall were old in color and ordinary fabric. Xindao, could it be that the coachman deceived himself, thinking, he shook his head again.
"Hey, this young master, are you here to see the clothes, come on, it's the new clothes inside, take a look. Seeing Huangfu shaking his head, the proprietress was overjoyed and hurriedly said.
Huang Fu Yan looked in the direction that the woman was pointing, and sure enough, there were a lot of clothes inside, much better than outside.
This room is obviously for everyone's children, in addition to different styles of clothes, there are also a lot of women's jewelry. This ancient woman's clothing is too complicated, such as long skirts, xia curtains, undergarments, bandeau tops, gowns, etc., and the emperor really can't figure it out.
In desperation, he instructed the proprietress to take out a complete set of women's clothes, chose a few elegant and tranquil colors, and found a chic gold hairpin. But he himself was simple, and he chose a few Tsing Yi shirts at random. The woman who looked straight at her smiled, wrapped her clothes enthusiastically, and handed them to him with a smile.
When I left the shop, it was already dusk. Smoke rises from the cooking in Wannian Town, and the aroma of farmhouse food is already coming from many courtyards on the roadside.
Worried that Liuli would not be comfortable alone, Huangfu Yan walked quickly, and soon arrived at the foot of the inn.
"Huh...... Could it be that my money and wealth were exposed, and I ran into a bandit who robbed my house?" At this time, the road was sparsely populated, and the emperor was light-eyed, and suddenly found that there were several people in white clothes and black hats behind him.
Thinking about it, his heart moved, and he was not in a hurry to go back, and suddenly continued to move forward, turning into a fork in the road behind the inn. At this time, his internal strength was already first-class, although he didn't make any light work, but his feet were also beyond the reach of those people, and he suddenly revealed his whereabouts one by one.
"Are you looking for me?" Just as the other party hesitated and he walked from that road, Huang Fu Yan jumped out, shouted softly, and the Qingluan Sword in his hand swung out a circle of sword light, trapping several people in the sword net.
"What are you going to do? We're Manichaeans, and you're on top, so don't you let us out quickly!"
Although they were trapped by the sword light, several people shouted and shouted, still extremely arrogant.
The leader shouted even more, pulled out a long knife, and unleashed the knife, and the green mang passed and hit the sword light.
It's just that how the ordinary blade can help the power of the sword, "Bang!" sounded, and it was directly broken into several pieces, which scared everyone a lot.
"Manichaeism, isn't that Mingjiao?" Huangfu was taken aback, and it could be seen from the way several people dressed up that there were quite a few believers in this town!
At this time, it was the second year of Yuanyou, not long after the death of Shenzong, Zhezong Zhao Xu was only eleven years old, and the Empress Dowager Gao was under the curtain. The new emperor is young, and the old and new henchmen in the DPRK and China are pouring into each other, and the undercurrent is surging.
Thanks to the Qingmiao Law, under the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, the people have been miserable. Wang Anshi's measure was originally intended to curb land annexation and provide relief to the people when there was a shortage of money, but the actual implementation was deviated and degenerated into a harsh policy of the government tossing and lending usury and collecting interest. The people could not stand the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and from time to time there were situations where the rods were exposed.
This western part of Zhejiang has been the main distribution place of Manichaeans since the end of the Tang Dynasty. The Manichaean teachings of "purity, light, vigor, and wisdom" have won the hearts of the people, and there are peasants, talents, officials, soldiers, heroes of the green forest, Jiangyang thieves, and martial arts Junyan, and so on.
Now that the people are suffering, these people in white clothes and black hats have begun to form secret associations again to accumulate strength. The current sect leader Fang La, also known as Fang Thirteen, is a native of Wannian Town, Qingxi County, Muzhou, and has been operating for several years, and has long secretly controlled this town. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears and avoid being banned by the government, but outsiders came in, and they were all under the surveillance of Manichaeism.
Fang La is eight years old in Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and is in the prime of life. He has practiced the Zhenjiao Technique "Qiankun Great Shift" to the fourth level and is among the first-class masters. Now it is even more secretly dormant, and it is wantonly gathering masters from all directions. The Manichaean Light Messengers, Guardian Kings, Five Elements Banners, and the Five Scattered People have already gathered.
"I've stabbed the thief's den now, what should I do?" Huangfu shook his head, but the sword in his hand kept moving. With his current skills, as long as he doesn't run into an old monster like Tianshan Tong's grandmother, he won't have any worries about his life, but it is really not what he wants to do if he complains about Mingjiao. Thinking about it, he wanted to resolve this misunderstanding.
"Da Da Da ......"
Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves galloped from afar, and just listening to the sound of galloping, you could know that the other party's speed was not slow.
Huangfu Yan subconsciously withdrew his sword momentum and retreated directly to the side.
"Woo ......" the man tightened the reins and stopped beside the emperor.
"Miss......" The few Manichaeans who escaped from the trap escaped death, all of them had ugly faces, looked at the emperor faintly, and bowed their heads respectfully.
Huangfu Yan frowned slightly, and when he looked at it, he saw a maroon red BMW snorting, and a girl in white was sitting on it, about thirteen years old, with a pretty appearance.
The girl glared at a few disciples, turned her head and saw that Huangfu Yan was staring at her, and said "Hmph!" again, raised the horse whip she was holding, pointed it at him, and said, "Who are you, why are you embarrassing my Manichaean disciple!"
"The little girl is so rude, these people sneakily followed me all the way, why not teach me a lesson!" was pointed at the nose by a little girl, the emperor was angry in his heart, and he didn't have a good temperament.
"What a guts!" this woman is rude, she has always been held by others, and she was choked by his words, and said angrily.
Seeing that Huangfu Yan was indifferent, he was even more unhappy, he rolled up the horse whip in his hand and danced it out, forming an impermeable net to protect herself, and then saw her shoot a stone with her other hand and hit the door of Huangfu's death.
The offense and defense were well-founded, and the emperor couldn't help but praise secretly. Easily avoiding the stone, the Qingluan sword in his hand turned, a cold light flashed, and the sky was like a dome, stabbing at the whip net.
"Hey!" Faced with Huangfu's move to save Zhao, the woman immediately turned over and retreated.
The emperor had no intention of provoking Manichaeism, and did not exert half of his internal strength. After this game, the two are considered to be tied.
"The girl is really good!"
When the woman heard this, she raised her eyebrows, and her heart was relieved, and she did not continue to attack.
At this moment, a few people walked out of the inn, and a middle-aged man let out a burst of laughter: "Ling'er, don't be rude." The young man endured in every possible way, Fang Thirteen was polite!"