The next morning, Chang Yu was having breakfast in the hall after washing up. Chunxiang walked in with a serious look on his face: "The news about Liu Zeqing's house being ransacked has spread to Beijing. This is really fast."
He had previously been under martial law in Jinan for only half a month. Outsiders could not get in and out, so the incident of ransacking the house was not leaked at all. As a result, the news of his departure also gained wings.
"It is bound to cause another storm. I heard that some people are already gossiping that Liu Zeqing died in the siege of Anqing. He should have been meritorious, but he was guilty of confiscating his house."
Moreover, Chang Yu curled his lips and said: "Any meritorious deeds should be rewarded, and the guilty should be punished. If Liu Zeqing is caught with so many evil deeds, it would be a serious crime to be beheaded. Just ransacking his house and not implicating his family members is already a mercy, but you still want to overturn the case? What a dream!"
"Then why don't we let the Yamen list the ten worst crimes and tell the world to block the mouth of Youyou?" Chunxiang thought for a moment and said, Chang Yu shook his head: "That's not necessary. Who in the government and the public doesn't know that Liu Zeqing is a scourge, and the common people are worried about it. There are straw scales, and some people feel sorry for him, but more people are applauding him. Even if you list his 100 major sins, those who feel sorry for him will remain the same!"
Chunxiang suddenly realized: "Big brother is saying that those who complain about injustice are "people with good intentions""
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing.
At this moment, Fanzi came to report urgently, and Emperor Chongzhen summoned Chunxiang into the palace to meet the emperor.
Chunxiang and Chang Yu looked at each other and knew that they had to speak up for Liu Ze: "Go ahead and say whatever you want. There is no need and there is nothing to hide."
Chunxiang stood up and left in a hurry but almost bumped into Su Jing. Chang Yu raised his head and glanced at Su Jing: "You stay in the day and go out at night, but you go out to do chivalry?"
Su Jing ignored his joke: "Are you sure that guy in the prison is a blood bat?"
"Anyway, he admitted it himself...Wuzhong also confirmed that it was that guy..." Before Chang Yu could finish his words, a murderous look spread on Su Jing's face: "Wait for me to kill this beast."
"Wait a minute" Chang Yu stopped her: "We are a yamen and everything must follow laws and procedures. We are not just going to kill him with a knife... Also, you want to kill him too, and Wuzhong also wants to kill him with his own hands." , I will appoint you two as executioners later to carry out his execution."
Su Jing still wanted to argue but held back, and suddenly thought of something: "Did you drive that monk away?"
"Are you leaving?" Chang Yu was startled.
"When I came back before dawn, I saw him leaving with a baggage." Su Jing stared at Chang Yu with squinted eyes: "Did you force a monk to do such a bloody thing?"
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't expect Haihong to leave without saying goodbye: "I don't care for idlers here."
"Then I'm an idler too?" Su Jing raised her brows, and Chang Yu's wry smile deepened: "How can you be an idler? You are an immortal, the immortal that I can only dream of."
Su Jing snorted, looking a little proud and happy.
"Isn't Wu Shu leaving too?" Chang Yu suddenly thought that he had gone too far last night, Su Jing shook his head: "I didn't leave, but I was crazy."
Ah, Chang Yu was shocked.
"Last night at Wu'anhou Hutong, I met a man who was sometimes growling and sometimes sobbing on the corner of the street. Out of curiosity, I looked closer and it was him. When I was about to speak, he saw that it was me, and suddenly started wailing and running away... But at dawn The monk had just left and he came back..." Sujing said, spreading her hands: "You are really capable of driving one away and driving another crazy."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly, looked at Su Jing and said, "You haven't slept all night and you are still so energetic. If you don't go to sleep, you will go crazy."
Su Jing snorted, turned and left.
"Duke, do you want to go to the Yamen after dinner? My servant asked Chang Bian to prepare the carriage." Lian Xin walked in and asked. Chang Yu shook his head: "As expected, the emperor will summon me to the palace in less than half an hour, so he will Let's wait." He frowned and said, "Lian Xin, can you please stop calling me "Governor" or "Slave" at home? It sounds too awkward."
"No, Governor, Butler Hu said this is a rule. You can be friendly, but the servants cannot disobey the rules."
Chang Yu rolled his eyes and was speechless. He always felt very awkward.
The eunuch from the palace did not wait, but Fanzi from Dongchang came first, and it was a confidant who came.
Jiang Quan was once a low-level eunuch like Chunxiang and Chang Yu. The three of them were in the same cell. Jiang Quan was a gangster among the eunuchs. He bullied Chunxiang and Chang Yu a lot at that time, and later became one of Chang Yu's confidants. Because he is ruthless and insidious, he is responsible for some shameful things.
Before Chang Yu's southern expedition, a major case occurred in the capital. There was a dark force hidden in the capital. Later, under the investigation of Jinyiwei and Fanzi, it was discovered that it still had a stronghold in the Xishan Mountains on the outskirts of Beijing. Jiang Quan was sent to take charge of it. Investigate the case.
More than half a year later, Jiang Quan was no longer the bully among the eunuchs. He had become a bully in the East Factory. There was a ruthless and sinister energy about him that made people tremble at the sight of him. Everyone in the yamen knew it. This guy is a tough guy.
But as soon as this ruthless person, who was known to change his face in the yamen, saw Chang Yu, the fierceness on his face disappeared instantly and was replaced by a spring breeze: "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Lord Governor, I feel like I've despised my position."
"Farewell" Chang Yu joked: "Everyone in the yamen says you are the star of Dongchang Sangmen and our family doesn't want you."
Jiang Quan's face turned red: "Being humble and dedicated to serving the emperor and the governor may have offended some people."
"As long as you work faithfully, the governor will ignore what others say. Let's talk about what happened today, but the case was solved?" Chang Yu pointed to the seat next to him. Jiang Quan sat down and his maid served him tea. .
"Return, Governor, the case has been solved..." Jiang Quan quickly replied, Chang Yu raised his hand: "Don't tell me first, let me take a guess. There is a sect behind the scenes."
"The Governor is really a man of God," Jiang Fa praised: "I used all my connections and means to investigate the case. I thought it was the feudal prince outside the capital and his ministers who conspired together, but things turned out to be far beyond expectations. It turned out to be... …”
"It's the White Lotus Sect, right?" Chang Yu sneered.
Jiang Quan's face became a little unnatural: "Ahem, Duke Du, it's the Ming Cult!"
What the hell! Chang Yu was startled, with a face full of surprise: "Mingjiao, the Manichaeism you are talking about, the Emperor Taizu...ahem".
Well, Jiang Quan nodded vigorously.
Everyone is familiar with the Mingjiao. As for Zhang Wuji, don’t think it’s martial arts and think it’s all nonsense. Mr. Jin Yong likes to put some real historical materials into it when he writes. This is the case with the Mingjiao, and Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed related to the Mingjiao. The Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty did indeed have inextricable ties with the Ming Cult.
Mingjiao was introduced to China very early and became popular in the mainland during the Tang Dynasty. However, because of its tendency to rebel, various dynasties and generations suppressed it as a rebel party.
Their leaders are also famous leaders, including Fang La in the Song Dynasty, Wang Zongshi, Yu Wupo, and Zhang Sanqiang in the Southern Song Dynasty. Han Shantong, who rebelled with Zhu Yuanzhang in the late Yuan Dynasty and conquered the world, is known as the reincarnation of King Ming, and his son Xiao Ming King Han Lin'er They are all leaders of the Ming Cult.
After Lao Zhu came to power, he naturally wanted to eliminate this rebellious professional, legislated to prohibit preaching, and carried out crazy purges to make it disappear. However, it was impossible to eradicate it, and the Mingjiao naturally hated Lao Zhu, a white-eyed wolf who was just trying to kill the donkey. He was so obsessed with it that he tried every means to retaliate against the Zhu family dynasty, such as the Tang Saier uprising during the Yongle period.
If they met a useless emperor, they might still be able to stir up some trouble. However, Lao Zhu and his son were both extremely talented and powerful overlords. The heavy blows of the two generations for more than a hundred years would eventually make the Mingjiao unable to fight back.
If you can't defeat them in a single fight, they will fight in groups, so the Mingjiao allied with the Maitreya Sect and the White Lotus Society to work together. Finally, when the world was in chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they found an opportunity to rebel. Whether it was Li Zicheng's or Zhang Xianzhong's team, as long as there were rebels Followers of these sects can be found almost everywhere.
"But I heard that the three religions formed an alliance and gradually merged into the White Lotus Sect. Why is there still a Ming Sect?" Chang Yu was very puzzled. The White Lotus Sect has been well-known in recent years, but the name of the Ming Sect has not been heard for a long time.
"Although the three religions are unified, their main branches act independently. The Ming religion seems to have a special hatred for the imperial court... and has been plotting to find opportunities to do something big. They have been lurking in the capital for several years just waiting for an opportunity." Jiang Quan said in a deep voice.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly. Zhu Yuanzhang used the Mingjiao to start his own business, and then stole the fruits and killed almost all of them with a backhand. The Mingjiao hated him to the core. Whether it was the past one hundred or two hundred years, the feud became deeper and deeper, and Mingjiao The believers were prepared to lurk in Beijing and wait for an opportunity. No doubt they were waiting for the rebels to attack the capital. Chang Yu couldn't help but trembled when he thought of this. Historically, after Li Zicheng besieged the city, he broke through the defense line with almost no effort. Here Is there also the factor of hidden forces in the city...
"Have you ever dug out something?" Chang Yu still felt a little incredible. People and things he knew in the past suddenly appeared in front of him. It was really strange.
"Most of the Ming Sect has merged with the White Lotus Sect and is instigating rebellion everywhere, but its main line still exists, and it acts in a low-key and secretive manner. Most of the dozens of people captured this time did not know their true identities or the real mastermind behind it... They were really The Ming Cultists are used as puppets and as swordsmen..."
Uh... Chang Yu took a breath.
"It has two strongholds in the capital, one in the city and one in the western suburbs outside the city. It is said that it also has strongholds in Nanjing and other places, but not much is known about it because there is almost no contact between them..."
"It's not no contact, but a single line of contact. There must be a person who is responsible for contact between them." After all, Chang Yu has watched a lot of spy war dramas. Jiang Quan nodded: "The person who hasn't been caught yet is from the capital." The so-called owner of the incense also escaped."
Chang Yu narrowed his eyes: "Continue to investigate. By the way, do you know who their current leader is?"
"Zhang Wuji, known as the Wuji Heavenly Man..." Before Jiang Quan could finish speaking, Chang Yu sprayed a sip of tea in his face.
"Uh... Governor... But I've heard of this person before" Jiang Quan wiped his face with his sleeve and asked curiously. Chang Yu was embarrassed and said: "Ahem, it's hard to explain."
"According to the confessions of the believers, Zhang, who is extremely skilled in inorganic martial arts, is a person with great supernatural powers. The shadowless dragon comes and goes without seeing its end, and almost no one has seen his true face."
Chang Yu nodded: "Well, he practices the Nine Yang Divine Art, the Nine Yin Manual and the Great Shift of the Universe. He is very powerful."
This time it was Jiang Quan's turn to be confused. He rubbed his head with a look of astonishment on his face: "These exercises don't sound simple. Could it be that he really knows magic?"
Chang Yu curled his lips: "So what if I have magic skills? Our family still has a dragon-slaying knife."
"Master Du Gong" Jiang Quan was startled, and Chang Yu reacted immediately and couldn't help but sigh. These days, you have to think twice about what you say, otherwise there will be trouble again if word gets out.
