Yihe Quan is actually a branch and variant of the White Lotus Sect. It has even developed to the point where even the White Lotus Sect looks down upon these people.
It doesn't matter if you have little martial arts skills. A hero in the world of martial arts pays attention to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. He has good intentions and does good deeds. Even if he has no martial arts skills at all, others don't dare to look down on him.
But this kind of thing of setting up altars to offer incense and possessing gods from the sky is an evil path in the world!
Today we invite the Giant Spirit God, but tomorrow we invite Zhu Bajie? Will you invite Sun Wukong and Monk Sha? You also invite God, and I also invite God. When you come and go, do you have to compare who is older and who is younger?
The old farmer and the others fought against Changmao. At that time, those heavenly kings in Tianjing City often did this kind of thing. Today God is possessed, and tomorrow the Holy Mother will come. As long as anyone is possessed, even Hong Xiuquan, you have to kneel down. Follow orders.
The civil strife in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a lot to do with this kind of nonsense. In the end, the concentration of power could not be completed, and the civil war could only start to kill each other.
However, in the late Qing Dynasty, the people were ignorant, their education level was too low, and their lives were difficult, which naturally provided the breeding ground for this kind of culture!
In Zhili and Shandong areas, over the years, the Boxers have formed societies to protect each other and have done a lot of fighting against foreign Japanese believers. Day by day, these people have gained a certain degree of power in the countryside.
The Jingwu Heroes Association was established in Tianjin under the banner of the King of the Far East. Everyone knew that the big backer behind it was Xiao Letian. How could such a big tree like Boxing Boxing not come to join them?
As soon as the Jingwu Heroes Club opened with great success, Jing Haiyi and Cao Futian, a big brother in the boxing world, came over. After showing off some of their three-legged cat skills, they began to promote their invulnerability and the idea of inviting gods to come down to earth and possess them.
Xiang Lang really doesn't believe in these things. After all, the Xiang family has seen the big scenes on the Chinese side and knows what science is. This kind of superstition cannot be fooled.
But the Jingwu Heroes Club has just opened its doors, and it’s the time when thousands of dollars are spent on horse bones to build a reputation. We can’t leave the world’s heroes with the feeling of being slow to treat guests.
There is no shortage of food and drink for these dozens of people. Xiao Letian and Long Ye support them, and they don't feel bad if they die, so they are placed in the side room.
At first, Cao Futian always thought of showing off in front of the owner of the village. Finally, he recommended that he could work for the Chinese or work as an official in the Far East Country.
These Boxers were prepared to be recruited from the very beginning!
But who would have thought that in the Jingwu Heroes Association, more and more heroes will come later, all of them are real martial arts giants with real kung fu!
The old farmer Eagle came, Dong Haichuan showed up, the Huo family also came, and Guo Yunshen of Bajiquan also performed... All of them are famous figures in the world.
This righteousness and boxing show nothing, Xiang Lang doesn't have time to pay attention to them. Anyway, as long as you don't make trouble, there are meat and vegetables for three meals a day, which is enough for you to eat and drink. Drinking is fine as long as you don't act drunk.
This is set up, just waiting for you to take the initiative to say goodbye and go home when you are bored!
But I didn't expect these people to be shameless and stubborn. From the time they opened the bank until now, they have been eating and drinking and looking for people to build relationships every day. Especially Cao Futian, who smokes heavily, which is even more despised by other heroes.
As soon as the old farmer heard the voices of these people, he was so angry that he closed the windows and never saw these vile people!
People like Cao Futian are born shameless. They don't care what others say or how they look. What they want is an opportunity and to be recruited.
Just after dinner this evening, while taking a rest, they heard that some high-ranking officials from the imperial navy were staying here. This made them extremely excited.
He took out his invulnerability skills and asked to be possessed by a giant spirit god. All he wanted was to show off in front of the court!
Sure enough, Cao Futian, who had been shot in the stomach, knelt down in front of Deng Shichang and others, "I'm a common man, I owe you a buck! I'm willing to serve the imperial court with all my hard work!"
Deng Shichang and the others came from abroad and learned Western science and technology. When they saw these gods and ghosts, they became very angry. He had never learned the scientific reason why a musket cannot kill anyone when it is fired against the belly.
But he also knew that there must be a reason, which could be explained by science. As long as scientists analyzed it, they would definitely be able to find out the evil behind it.
"Hmph..." He responded with disapproval in his heart, and he just snorted and ignored this group of people.
Cao Futian and the others were also two-skinned, and they did not expect any good looks from the court. Instead, they knelt down and said with a smile, "It's hard work for you to come from afar. I see that there aren't many people around you who are leading horses!"
"A man of the world is willing to sacrifice his life for you, as long as you don't dislike it... I have three thousand believers at Jinghai Temple, all of whom are at your mercy!"
This is door-to-door promotion, which means they would be too embarrassed to scold foreign devils in Gordon's presence, otherwise there must be some cliché about killing foreign devils and working for the court.
Those who had studied abroad were too lazy to pay attention to them, but the few Ouchi guards around them were moved. These few saw that the invulnerable performance was really rare, and the number of three thousand believers also fell into their hearts.
"Well...you guys don't harass the navy adults. You guys have been working hard and need to rest...you guys come with me!"
"Ah...this sir?" Cao Futian still couldn't believe it.
As a result, a waist card flashed out from the other side, "Haha... the fourth-grade sword-wielding guards of the Forbidden City, can't they still control you?"
"Ouch... Your Excellency, the young one has received a deduction from your Majesty. It turns out that he is an imperial guard and a close associate of the Emperor! The untouchable Cao Futian has received a deduction from your Majesty..."
This is really a fake burning incense to predict the real Buddha. These Yihequan practitioners don't have much knowledge, they know that the palace is where the emperor lives, and the guards in the palace are very good, and they have high grades.
Kneel down, kneel down!
Deng Shichang waved his hand, "You guys go down and talk, let's be quiet for a while..."
Two guards led these annoying guys away. Xiang Lang didn't say anything. He was just happy to see the result. Unexpectedly, this piece of smelly meat stuck to his body and couldn't go away, and finally let the court stick it away.
Good thing, good thing! There is just enough food left, and in the future, such charlatans will not be allowed to come to our door even if they are beaten to death.
Seeing that the annoying guy was gone, Xiang Lang quickly raised his hands and said, "Hey... let's just chat. The food and wine are already prepared. If you don't use it anymore, it will get cold!"
"Let's not show off tonight. Let's have a banquet together. Let's have a banquet together... I'll invite you in the lobby..."
There were three tables in the main hall, with the Chinese and Qing officials sitting at the middle table, Dong Haichuan and other tycoons sitting at the left table, and those with slightly weaker age and reputation on the right.
We drank wine and chatted about the story of the rivers and lakes, but in the end the topic turned to the current situation.
Yan Fu put down his wine glass, "Master, some Chinese adults... I wonder what happened to the railway? We just got off the boat and landed, and we didn't receive any news. Why did the train not go forward when it arrived in Tianjin, but went to Tianjin?" Open from behind?"
"Don't you know, sir? The trains are being mobilized today to transport the foreign troops from the Pass! Lord Hunchun's 20,000 infantrymen have already set off to Tangshan one after another. The trains have to be gathered together to transport the troops!"
