This time, before Mrs. Zhuge could ask, the panicked maids and servants ran into the house crying.
"The old lady is not good. A large group of officers and soldiers came outside and said they wanted to search our home..."
"What? Search?" Mrs. Zhuge thought she had heard wrongly. Her hands were shaking with anger, and she hurried out of the house with the help of two maids.
Zhuge Qing, who was on the bed, also looked confused, and quickly lifted up the quilt and got out of bed to follow.
Outside in the yard, Mrs. Zhuge was already having an angry negotiation with the leader of the officers and soldiers: "The sky is clear and the sun is bright. Who gave you the courage to break into my house and search my house? We are law-abiding and good citizens. We are the Anlehou Mansion." My relative is Concubine Su’s relative. If you are wise, leave now, otherwise you will have to walk around without food!"
The leader of the officers and soldiers sneered and flicked open an official document.
There are three big words written on it: Search Warrant!
"Someone reported that your Zhuge family was secretly colluding with the Black Lotus Sect to hide trouble. The elder of the pavilion drafted an edict and the prince supervised the country. He personally placed a seal and ordered us to come and search for the heretics of the Black Lotus Sect!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhuge was so shocked that her face turned pale.
Behind him, Zhuge Qing held a stick in his hand and swung it at the leading officers and soldiers, still yelling: "Fuck you, I haven't been out for several days, and you are still harboring heretics. You are talking nonsense!"
The stick in Zhuge Qing's hand was snatched away by the officer and soldier leader. The officer and soldier leader raised his leg and kicked Zhuge Qing to the ground.
"Qing'er!" Old Madam Zhuge exclaimed and rushed to Zhuge Qing's side to support him, "Qing'er, how are you?"
Zhuge Qing clutched his chest and grimaced in pain.
Mrs. Zhuge was so anxious that she began to cry.
A group of maids and servants gathered in front of Mrs. Zhuge and Zhuge Qing, and they all panicked.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to launch a search, Mrs. Zhuge became anxious and ordered the servants: "What are you still doing? Stop them quickly!"
Any search is actually a pretense. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that after the search, regardless of whether the heretics of the Black Lotus Sect are found or not, the family's banknotes and valuable jades will be greatly reduced.
Those antique jades that cannot be moved will be smashed, so this search really cannot find anything.
The servant quickly came over and stretched out his hands to try to stop the officers and soldiers from searching.
The leader of the officers and soldiers pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted: "We are searching your home under the order, and anyone who dares to stop us will be killed without mercy!"
Several servants were so frightened that they quickly shrank to the side, trembling and unable to move at all.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhuge was so angry that she almost fainted, "Quick, carry the young master into the house!"
"Please doctor!"
"Go to Anlehou Mansion to find Miss Hui!"
Mrs. Zhuge explained several things in one breath and went out.
The commotion here quickly swept through the entire courtyard, and all the wives and concubines in the backyard were rushed here. The women were crying, the children were screaming, and there was a lot of noise.
"Mom, what happened? I was making clothes for the young master in the house, and a few officers and soldiers rushed in. Like bandits, they rummaged around and kicked me and the maid out. "
Young Madam Zhuge and Old Madam Zhuge are crying here.
Others also rushed to tell their stories and grievances.
Mrs. Zhuge was distraught and shouted at them: "Stop arguing. Someone is harming our Zhuge family. They are framed and framed, saying that our Zhuge family is harboring Black Lotus followers. They are being searched!"
"Black Lotus Cult believers? How is that possible!" Young Madam Zhuge said in shock.
The other concubines were also discussing and whispering there.
Mrs. Zhuge didn't say anything. She hugged Zhuge Qing, who was already in a coma, tightly in her arms. She looked at the officers and soldiers coming in and out of the room in front of her, and listened to the ping-ping-pong-pong sounds coming from the room from time to time. The person's brows knit together tightly, and a very bad premonition arose in his heart.
Sure enough, after a while, two soldiers hurried over from the backyard. One of them was holding something in his hand with a black cloth draped over it.
"Sir, I found this in the secret room behind Mrs. Zhuge's bed in the backyard!" The soldier presented the thing to the leader of the officers and soldiers.
The leader of the officers and soldiers lifted up the black cloth covering it, and in full view was a completely black Buddha statue.
The Buddha statue looks like Maitreya Buddha at first glance. It has a big belly, but it smiles with grinning teeth and a look about to split its eyes, exuding an unspeakable evil aura.
The women around were surprised when they saw the Buddha statue. They were all at a loss. They wondered how the Buddha statue could be carved like this. This is a little different from the Buddha statues they usually see when worshiping Buddha. They are not kind-hearted at all.
At this moment, the leader of the officers and soldiers glanced at the pale-faced Old Madam Zhuge: "This is the Maitreya Buddha that is worshiped by the Black Lotus Sect. The evidence is conclusive. Come and capture all these people!"
There was a panic in the yard, but these helpless women were all caught by the officers and soldiers before they even made a few attempts.
"Stop, stop, stop it, you can't arrest people randomly!"
Old Madam Zhuge shouted. She left Zhuge Qing, staggered to the leader of the officers and soldiers, and said angrily: "This thing is not mine. There has never been such a ghost in my secret room. Someone must have framed it!"
"Whether it's frame-up or frame-up, let's go to the Yamen first!" the leader of the officers and soldiers said impatiently, then waved his hand and ordered his subordinates: "Take all the people away, and before the case is heard, all the objects should be posted Seal!”
Then, he strode away with the seized Buddha statue.
Mrs. Zhuge chased after him for a few steps, when suddenly her vision went dark, a sweet taste rose up in her throat, and she fell straight down.
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Wan Qingchun naturally came over to Yang Ruoqing to report the results of the battle to her.
"Everyone in the family was arrested, and Mrs. Zhuge was in jail as if she was suffering from a mental disorder. She scolded and beat whoever was arrested."
"Originally, I planned to leave two maids and my daughter-in-law to serve her in the prison, but they were all beaten. I had no choice but to leave her alone. She howled there all night, saying that she wanted to see Prince Anle's concubine. "Wan Qingchun said.
Yang Ruoqing curled her lips: "Don't say that she is just a concubine of a prince. If she is infected with the Black Lotus Cult, even the prince's wife cannot save her!"
Recently, there have been wild rumors in the capital that an elder from the Black Lotus Sect has sneaked into the capital, lurking secretly and wanting to take action during the crown prince's enthronement ceremony.
So now that the whole city is under martial law, the Black Lotus has become a sensitive topic for the machine.
All people or things related to the Black Lotus Sect must be strictly investigated, and no omissions are allowed.
"There is no need for the old woman Zhuge to howl in prison. Zhuge Hui must know about her mother's family at this moment, but what can Zhuge Hui do if she knows?" Yang Ruoqing asked with a smile.
