As soon as the word "holy water" came out, Zhou Yunshu immediately thought of two words, "evil cult".
It's just a pity that after Ji Sheng went to the north in his previous life, she and her child were moved to a remote courtyard in the palace and no news from outside was interrupted. Otherwise, there would be a church organization in Luzhou that even the county magistrate would rush to welcome. There should be rumors.
"Sir?" Du Mazi asked, looking at Zhou Yunshu who had been silent.
"Go back to the inn."
When the three of them returned to the inn, only half of the inn's door was left, and the other side was closed.
Wei Zhong and the waiter immediately stood up to greet Zhou Yunshu and the others when they saw them coming back. Wei Zhong saw that there were only Du Mazi and the others behind Zhou Yunshu, and asked, "Where are the second brother and the others?"
"The water we bought before was confiscated by the Yamen, so Shopkeeper Liang took Brother Du to fill the water again."
Zhou Yunshu explained as she entered the inn. Only people from Wei Zhong were sitting in the lobby of the inn, and they habitually kept knives in their hands. It looked like he could leave at any time.
"How's your water doing?"
Wei Zhong said: "It's all filled, but you haven't come back yet. I'm a little worried."
"Don't worry, it's okay."
The little waiter named Xiao Miaoer also smiled and said: "I told you not to worry. As long as you don't go to the places where the Red Lotus Envoys often go and provoke those Red Lotus Envoys, there are usually no dangerous places in the county."
"Are these Red Lotus Envoys so scary?" Zhou Yunshu asked smoothly.
"It's not that it's scary, it's just..." Xiao Miao'er frowned and tried to organize her words, "Their followers are a bit crazy."
"Yeah?"
"Yes! My neighbor's family to the west is a believer in the Red Lotus Sect. I heard from my mother that Sister-in-law Ping was not pregnant for three or two years after she was married to Mr. Dong. However, she became pregnant after being baptized with the holy water of the Red Lotus Sect. Now she is pregnant. It’s been two months. Their family won’t let anyone say anything bad about the Red Lotus now.”
"not only that!"
The chef of the inn happened to hear Xiao Miao'er's voice, and continued: "Xiao Song's father who came to our inn to deliver food was almost dead, but he came back to life after receiving the holy water from the Red Lotus Sect. He looked so energetic. He looks more excited than me!"
Xiao Miaoer and the chef went back and forth and talked about the strange things that the Red Lotus Sect had done. To sum up, if you believe in the Red Lotus, you will be protected from all diseases; if you believe in the Red Lotus, you will always have good luck.
"So, what does the Red Lotus believe in?"
"I believe in Our Lady of the Red Lotus. Our Lady is in Wolong Mountain, far away from us!"
Chef was different from Xiao Miao'er who stayed aloof when talking about the Red Lotus Sect. Everyone could vaguely sense his enthusiasm for the Red Lotus Sect from him.
Wei Zhong looked at the chef and said, "The Red Lotus Sect has not been registered with the government."
You must know that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, not all cat and dog sects could preach. It had to be certified and approved by the court.
The ones with more believers in the Zhou Dynasty, or in other words, the ones with more believers in all dynasties were Buddhism and Taoism, and the sects affiliated with them.
Although the Red Lotus Sect in front of me seems to have many followers, it always reveals an indescribable weirdness.
"Who said there isn't one!" The chef raised his voice unconsciously, as if he was dissatisfied with Wei Zhong's doubts about the Red Lotus Sect. "The Holy Mother is a guest of Master Yang, the magistrate of Luzhou. If he hadn't registered, would Master Yang have participated in the rituals of the Red Lotus Sect?"
After the chef said this, Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong looked at each other. Zhou Yunshu picked up a cup from the side and put it in front of the chef with an angry tone. She poured him a glass of water and said: "Chef, don't be angry, it's us. I am so ignorant."
Seeing that they had a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes, the chef at least nodded calmly.
"You know so much about the Red Lotus Sect, so you must be a member of the Red Lotus Sect, right?"
The chef nodded proudly and said, "I just became a third-level cultist yesterday."
When Xiao Miao'er heard this, she frowned and said, "Uncle Li, the shopkeeper said it's not allowed..."
"The shopkeeper said everything, and I didn't sell it to the shopkeeper!"
The chef placed the cup in his hand heavily on the table, and said with a complaint in his tone: "At first I couldn't stand up and wanted the shopkeeper to help me, but in the end the shopkeeper didn't help, so he just wanted to add insult to injury to me... …”
Before the chef finished speaking, there were footsteps and voices outside. He closed his mouth and stepped forward to open the closed door of the inn.
The people outside the door were suddenly Shopkeeper Liang and Du Laoer who had returned from fetching water.
"You haven't left yet?" Shopkeeper Liang asked suspiciously when he saw that the chef was still in the inn.
The chef's expression was a little unnatural, and he didn't dare to look directly at Shopkeeper Liang. He just said, "I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he left the inn before Du Laoer and the others came in with water.
Wei Zhong called his people to help Du Laoer and the others bring water in. Shopkeeper Liang felt that the atmosphere in the inn was wrong and subconsciously looked at Xiao Miao'er, the only one of his own in the lobby.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Miao'er didn't hide anything and immediately complained: "Uncle Li still believed in the Red Lotus Sect, and now he is a third-level believer!"
Shopkeeper Liang's face instantly darkened when he heard this. It seemed that he didn't take his words to heart!
Zhou Yunshu looked at Shopkeeper Liang with a gloomy expression and asked, "Are there still levels of believers?"
"Of course they are divided." This was said by Du Mazi beside her, "It seems there are seven levels in total."
"It's the ninth level." Shopkeeper Liang said: "Anyone who believes in the Red Lotus Sect is a first-level believer; if you want to become a second-level believer, you must bring ten people into the religion and pay a membership fee of ten taels of silver; a third-level believer must bring five Ten people join the religion and pay a membership fee of fifty taels of silver."
Shopkeeper Liang looked at Xiao Miaoer, "Li Dachui has come to the lobby to entertain guests recently, right?"
Xiao Miao'er shivered and nodded. He thought that Uncle Li came out to help because he saw that he was too busy. Who would have thought that he was actually trying to attract people to join the religion.
Shopkeeper Liang raised his head slightly and took a deep breath. He would be angry if someone took advantage of his place to do something he didn't like.
Fortunately, Shopkeeper Liang was relatively stable. He looked at Xiao Miao'er and said, "We'll discuss this matter tomorrow. Let's go see if there is any food in the kitchen. Everyone is hungry after being busy for so long. Nothing is as important as eating."
"Good palm..."
"Wait a minute." Zhou Yunshu interrupted. She looked at Shopkeeper Liang and said, "We are outsiders and it is not good for us to interfere in your affairs."
"But I really don't feel comfortable letting my own people eat the food cooked by the chef just now."
Shopkeeper Liang frowned and said, "In our inn..."
"Your chef has a deep opinion of you. Since he dares to use your territory to seek benefits for himself, I'm even more afraid that he will retaliate against you with his hands and feet on the food because of his opinion of you."
The reason why Zhou Yunshu said this was because she had a good impression of the shopkeeper in front of her. Moreover, they were leaving tomorrow. If anything happened, they would not be blamed.
"I'll give him three courages... Pfft!" Shopkeeper Liang's voice was full of anger. Before he could finish speaking, he spit out a mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground.
"The shopkeeper's!"
