(twenty one)
This small-scale uprising, whose main purpose was to resist Taipingdao, not only awakened the insensitive people at the bottom, but also overthrew a hedonistic, self-interested, and temporary life philosophy.
Countless people who had been immersed in Five Stone Powder and similar ecstasy soups all day long finally saw the reality clearly. Indulging in occult talk, not doing anything to produce, and being bound by the dream of immortality all day long, this decadent life overdrafts their bodies and souls, causing many people to become sick or disabled in just thirty years old before they can truly achieve immortality. There are very few people.
And this small group of people, these people who can achieve immortality, who are they?
Obviously, they are absolutely vested interests and can remain invincible no matter what the circumstances. When Taiping Dao flourished, they were loyal believers. They used their rich connections and wealth to recruit believers for Taiping Dao, bewitched those who had nothing, squeezed their bodies, and paralyzed their minds, trying to absorb both. For personal use.
After the death of Taipingdao, they were still rich peasants, in charge of the fields; they were still gentry, running their own businesses; they were still aristocratic families and powerful people. Without the Way of Peace, they just lacked a means to enslave other people's souls. Other than that, they had no loss at all.
The philosophy of life that Taiping Dao believes in is the philosophy of unlimited indulgence of one's own desires, which includes the desire to enslave and control others. If these few people who have achieved immortality have lost something, it is that it is difficult to satisfy their desire for control again.
Therefore, even when the uprising had just passed, the passion and blood of the people of Hongye Town still permeated the air, but some people still chose to watch indifferently, and occasionally uttered a few sarcastic words from their mouths.
"Humph, what a saint, she's just another liar!"
For those on the other side, what they take off are the shackles and shackles; what they get is a future full of hope.
What was once lifeless is now full of life.
Their emotions were high, and they rushed into the Taiping Taoist Temple to retrieve the things they had paid tribute to before, and went in and out of the inn where the pair of mysterious travelers temporarily stayed. This situation lasted from day to night, until the dark clouds dispersed from the sky and a full moon rose again.
After a lot of struggle during the day, Bai Feng's original set of bloated clothes had been stained with blood and dust. Miraculously, no scars were found on his body.
He accepted the kindness of the townspeople, and found a hotel with Murong Yan to stay, washed the blood off his body in the bathtub, and put on a set of ordinary gray linen clothes.
The inn was full of people inside and outside, and people everywhere were clamoring to see the saint and begging for blessings. The young swordsman was waiting by the door, sword in his arms, checking whether the people who came in were hostile.
The people who came to see the Saint began to line up in the private room on the second floor and continued outside the inn. If Bai Feng hadn't been in charge, these people might have fought with each other for this precious opportunity to meet the Saint.
Su Qing and Tao Wuyong were eating a simple meal on a table by the door, separated by a screen from where Bai Feng was.
People who come down from the second floor will most likely go around behind the screen. Most of them were holding sick children, or people at home who were sick. It was probably Murong Yan who directed them to find Tao Wuyong. As the number of people increased, the strange doctor who was enjoying the delicious food finally lost his patience and yelled at those people: "You are so anxious. When I was arrested, how come none of you were anxious? If my old friend hadn’t been here, I definitely wouldn’t have come to this damn place!”
The owner of the inn was an old acquaintance of Tao Wuyong. When he saw his old friend acting so rude, he hurriedly dealt with it and asked those who came to seek medical treatment to go and sit elsewhere to wait. Then he discussed with Tao Wuyong: "We, Hongye There is no other doctor in the town, why not ask Mr. Tao to accept Quanzi as an apprentice and let him travel around the world with you, and when he returns from his studies, he can also benefit the townspeople!"
Tao Wuyong looked at the poor townspeople in front of him. Many people's clothes were torn into strands of fluff, exposing their barren bodies. With the cold weather approaching, diseases would naturally arise. Soon, the trivial hatred in his heart was replaced by a deep sympathy, and he silently agreed to his old friend's request.
When Su Qing saw that Tao Wu was using his energy to make things worse for him, he put aside his worries and left the table to talk to Bai Feng for a while, saying, "Brother Bai, I have lived for most of my life, but I have never seen such a battle. Alone." , just one word can inspire so many people to stand on your side!"
"Mr. Su, this is just to let everyone see the truth clearly. Everyone in Hongye Town can come forward because of the reckless behavior of Taiping Road that has angered the people." Bai Feng replied nonchalantly: "Even without me, Hongye Sooner or later, someone will stand up and overturn the fallacy of Taipingdao."
"Brother Bai is too modest! Without you, Dad Tao and I won't be able to survive in a few days. There will be no future!"
Before Su Qing finished speaking, a burst of shouting suddenly came from outside the inn, and he could only be heard saying: "Young Master Bai, Holy Lady, that demon is finally willing to reveal some facts!"
The messenger boy squeezed his way through the crowd in front of the door, finally leaned half of his body into the door, and repeated what he had just said in detail: "Young Master Bai, Taoist Lei Heng said that he knew what Sima Tu was planning to do, and he wanted to find someone. You talk.”
Bai Feng nodded silently, then ordered the young man to watch the door and forbid anyone who behaved strangely to meet our saintly lady, and then abandoned the door and left.
When Su Qing saw this, he felt a desire to explore the secrets and followed him to find Lei Heng. He followed closely along the way and asked Bai Feng: "Brother Bai, tomorrow we will leave and return to Cangzhou City. We are all brothers who live and die together, so why should you conceal the true purpose of your trip?"
"Master Su will know when the time comes." Bai Feng deliberately made a riddle, so that Su Qing had to continue to be led by his nose.
Kaiyangzi Lei Heng is no longer what he used to be. He was tied to the gallows for nearly a day, without food or water, and his spirit was close to collapse. He kept muttering: "Don't hang me, don't hang me! I Knowing Sima Tu, I know what he wants to do!"
When he saw Bai Feng and Su Qing coming, his will to survive became even stronger. However, he was restricted from movement by the rope, so he could only raise his voice to attract others' attention: "Dr. Bai, Da Xia Su, two heroes! Please show mercy and let me go! I tell you... tell you what Sima Tu wants to do! That Xianbei witch, no, she is the saint. As Bai Daxia said, the saint has the power of immortality in her body. Secret, Sima Tu ordered us to search for the person in the entire Chinese continent who could not be found, and he is right next to you!"
"I didn't expect that your bird's mouth could really say something useful?" Su Qing disdained such low-level begging for mercy, and used his usual words, intending to anger the other party, and asked: "You guys are worse than flower pickers. If you want to be a dirty pervert, he must have some evil thoughts about Miss Murong, right?"
"Absolutely not, it is definitely not what Su Daxia thinks! What else do you want to know? I will tell you everything. As long as you let me go, I will tell you everything!"
Bai Feng stared at this guy for a long time without saying a word. After a while, he looked away as if he was tired of the noisy noise in his ears. Sometimes he looked at the stars and moon in the sky, sometimes at the lights around him. It was not until Su Qing asked about Lei Heng that he replied righteously: "What determines your life and death is not only related to me and Mr. Su, but also to the red leaves." It concerns all the people in the town. So, let’s wait until the trial tomorrow.”
Su Qing knew that the implication of the young man in front of him was: take your life in the blink of an eye. But the young swordsman wanted to use Lei Heng's life to awaken more people who still had illusions about the Taiping Dao.
