However, within two or three days, the Empress Dowager's body had recovered quickly, and Zhao Tuo's mood also improved, and he kept praising Wei Shaolong as a rare and good doctor.
"I don't understand. It's not an intractable disease. Can't everyone in the Imperial Hospital see it?" the emperor asked Li Dan after the court meeting that day.
"Maybe you can see it, but you don't dare to say it or don't dare to treat it. After all, the fact that the old man has worms in his belly may affect other people, and it will be a hindrance to others."
Li Dan smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei, who is dedicated to saving people, does not have the burden of fame and status, so he dares to tell the truth."
"Well, no matter what, he has done a great job in saving the Queen Mother this time. I want a reward!" The emperor was happy.
"You still want a reward? You gave me all the ten princesses. If you want a reward, just give them more red envelopes when they get married, or add some dowry to the princess."
After that day, Wei Shaolong not only cured the concubine who had been holding back her anger, but also cured the tenth princess.
As a result, the little girl fell in love with this tall doctor at first sight, and the Empress Dowager followed suit and granted her a marriage. Wei Shaolong will marry the princess in two months.
Now that the Prince Consort's Mansion has been selected, it will be changed to the mansion where Yang Zhen originally lived in Beijing. While Li Dan was still in Beijing, Wei Shaolong asked him to take charge of the design and hired Jianbang Housing Trading Co., Ltd. in Huzhou to do the construction.
Due to the death of his father, Wei Shaolong specially asked for his brother Changlong to return to Beijing to report on his work and attend the wedding.
Seeing people preparing happily, Li Dan felt warm in his heart. He also actively made preparations before departure.
First, Lin Yutang (former Yuqian County Chief Secretary), Liu Qi (former Yuqian County Household Director) and Xiao Gui (former Yuqian Military House Director) were recruited. After the new county magistrate took office, these three people stepped down and took refuge with Li. Dan is currently assisting Mr. Zhu.
Li Dan asked them to go to Xi'an first to make arrangements and understand the actual situation there. Qin Han and Liu Huaqiang pretended to be guards
Li Tiedao had two junior brothers who served in the Yiwei Department of the Prince of Qin's Palace and the Kunwu Military Training Center. Li Dan sent him and Gao Fei (this brother had completely surrendered) to accompany them to establish an intelligence network in Shaanxi and Gansu.
The iron knife master also brought a letter to Meng'er. The people sent by the queen to Xi'an to deliver the message should have already set off and will probably arrive with this letter. Li Dan hopes that this good news will make her whole family happy.
"Oh, we will be separated after a few days without holding the child." Aying reluctantly returned the child to Ahuang. This is the first child in the family, a girl. Li Dan named her Qiaoqiao, which is quite interesting. I hope she becomes a big Joe.
This child became everyone's favorite as soon as she returned to Beijing, and every aunt loved her dearly. However, she spoke early. Aying said this was called "precocious wisdom", so she was named Li Hui.
Whoever thought of the name had to come up with it, and the good news came that Ning'er was also pregnant! This made Aying murmur a little, so she had been very tired of this child for the past two days, probably because she wanted to use her to recruit a younger brother.
Li Dan naturally didn't believe this, but he was very interested in making a baby with A Ying, but for some reason he never succeeded?
"Sister, don't worry, maybe there will be help from my daughter, good things are ahead." Ah Huan's mouth was sweeter than his sister's, which made A Ying feel much better instantly.
Yes, she was the only woman who stayed by Li Dan's side when she went to Xi'an until Chen Menger got married. How could the possibility of pregnancy be high? I wish I could, she thought shyly. Read the book
"Zodiac Buddha? What the hell is this?" Sitting in the flower hall, you can see the surrounding scenery, flowers and fountains through the glass on all sides. This design has become popular in Shangjing.
Li Dan even set up a Shangjing courtyard garden service company and handed it over to Zhang Guisheng (Zhang's family in Sanjiaxiang, Yuqian, former leader of the Fenggang Militia) to handle courtyard cleaning, building maintenance, and renovation project design from the powerful. and construction business.
But at this moment, no one at the meeting was in the mood to look outside.
Seeing that Yang Yi, Gu Da and others were confused, Shenjie looked at Li Dan and asked Crab King Wu (Xie Guiting) to answer this question: "This thing looks very similar to the Yellow Sect at first glance, and it also has some Buddhist meanings, but in fact What kind of Guangmu Tianzun do you believe in?
All in all, they look very different! "Xie Guiting stood up and introduced. He has disappeared since he left Tongzhou half a year ago. In fact, he was hired by Li
Dan was ordered to sneak into the Zodiac Sect to find out the details.
"Are there many of them?"
"Is this teaching bad, or is what they do bad?" Several people had questions and raised their hands to ask.
"The teachings themselves are not good. They engage in double cultivation of joy. Males pass on to women, and women pass on to men. They are all close to each other. How do you think it can be any better?
There is no woman who joins this religion who will not be defiled by others, and the men still think that it is natural and right, and the gods and Buddhas have preached to them. As for what they were doing, they had a protective army and secretly prepared swords, guns and flags.
The smallest one is called Toutuo, and above it is the protector, venerable, mage, great mage and the like. I have only met one venerable person, and those higher up only heard his name but never saw his person. "
Gu Da stared after hearing this: "What kind of bullshit religion is this? Why can't the government ban it?"
"It is said that there are some of their people in the government. There are too many people to catch, and they can't be caught quickly even if they tip off the people!" Xie Guiting finished speaking and looked at Shenjie:
"I was sent in this time because the newly appointed magistrate of Tongzhou was determined to arrest a distinguished man. As a result, he himself was strangled to death on his way to the countryside for inspection. The whole family suffered a lot and no one survived.
The Ministry of Punishment sent people down, but found nothing, so they had to report a bandit vendetta. "
"You are too bold to kill even the prefect!" Gu Da frowned and turned to ask Li Dan: "Then, Sir, when we gather here today, do you want to investigate this Zodiac Sect, or send out brothers to destroy it?"
"Brother Xie is currently investigating the Zodiac Sect. We still have two or three spies who have sneaked in, but they are only at the bottom. There are very few who can touch a Toutuo, so there is not much progress."
Li Dan stood up and walked to the door: "I have heard the name of the Zodiac Sect for a long time. It was reported that the people that King Xiang came into contact with were from all religions, including the Zodiac Sect.
But I didn't take it too seriously at the time. However, when they were working on this case in Tongzhou, Mr. Wu and I happened to be discussing the construction of a Tongzhou warehouse, so they paid a little more attention to it.
A few days ago, Wing Dragon Guard Liu Mu told us to be careful about the recent popularity of Zodiac in Shaanxi and its tendency to spread. That's why I was alert and ordered Brother Jie to come back and talk about the situation. "He stood in front of the door, folding his shoulders and frowning:
"When I went to Shaanxi and Gansu this time, I thought I was just going to face money problems, but I didn't expect that there would be another Zodiac. It seems that this trip will not go smoothly!"
Cao Junyou appeared outside the door: "Sir, Master Lu Ruilu is here."
"Invite him here to talk." Li Dan replied. Lu Rui is already an old acquaintance. Although he is affiliated with the Winged Dragon Guard, he and Li Dan have always cooperated tacitly.
"I'm a little suspicious," Li Dan turned around and walked back to the desk: "The person who recommended me to Shaanxi-Gansu this time was Han Wei, and this person was a puppet supported by Zheng Shou.
Do you think this might be a trap set by this land grandfather? Just waiting for me to get in there and make a big joke? Or am I too worried? "
"It's okay, adults, to think too much. It's not a big mistake to be careful." Zhang Bo said.
He really wanted to follow her to Xi'an, but because Chu Lian was pregnant with her second child, Li Dan asked him to wait a hundred days before coming to the west. Now he is nominally Gu Da's deputy and the head of the Standard Protection Bureau.
"I think, since the Emperor sent you as the imperial envoy this time, why not talk to His Majesty about converting the people who retreated from Liaodong into standard camps and bring them to Xi'an in a legitimate manner?"
"Hey, this is what I want to propose." Wu Mao nodded: "Don't panic when you have soldiers in hand, otherwise you will inevitably be looked down upon when you go to the post alone."
"But now I am dispatching personnel in the name of the Ministry of Education, how can I lead the Biao camp?"
"It doesn't matter, I think it's better to do it this way." Wu Mao whispered an idea, and everyone agreed.
At this time, Lu Rui and Zhao Baogen came to the door, and Yang Yi opened the door for him. When they came in, they saw that there were many acquaintances, and they quickly greeted each other. After the guests and hosts were seated, Lu Rui asked:
"Cao Zhongjun said there were ten people. I couldn't help but notice. Including the two of us, there are almost twenty people in this room, right? Are so many people gathering here to discuss something?"
"Master Liu reminded me to be careful about the Zodiac Sect in Shaanxi. We are talking about this matter." Li Dan told him frankly.
"Then I thought we'd go together. It's just for the humble job.
Come here. Lu Rui quickly said: "Two people from the Shaanxi branch of the Zodiac Sect came to the capital, but when our people touched them, they somehow disappeared from the inn where they were staying."
Mr. Liu feels something is strange, so let us tell you. At the same time, he sent Xiao Zhao to bring someone over to still protect him. "
"It doesn't matter," Li Dan pointed with his hand: "The stars here are like clouds, how can I still be afraid of two thieves?"
"This is what Your Majesty meant."
When Lu Rui said this, Li Dan didn't know what to say, but he was surprised: "Just two people, are your Majesty worthy of being alarmed?"
Seeing all the familiar faces here, Lu Rui raised his hands and said, "To be honest with you, the Zodiac has been making a lot of noise recently, so I have to be on guard."
"Lord Lu, we just heard about the case of the Tongzhou magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Are they also very powerful elsewhere?" Yang Yi asked.
"Brother Xiao Yi, this group of people didn't make trouble in the past. He could play with his eyes open or closed as much as he wanted.
But it’s different recently. You don’t know that in addition to Tongzhou, there have been five cases of killing officials in Shanxi, Gansu, and Hebei, and there have been rebellions.
Of course, none of them are very large. The largest one is the King of Antlers in northern Shaanxi, with more than 4,000 men under his command. Zhao Baogen said:
"Although there is no trouble in Shangjing, internal informants say that they already have more than 6,000 followers in the capital, so we have to be on guard."
"More than six thousand?" Wu Mao frowned: "That's really troublesome."
"Yes, so Your Majesty wants the Winged Dragon Guard's Security Department to send a team of people to escort you on this trip to prevent those people from causing trouble along the way.
We are passing through Henan, where the influence of Zodiac is not small! Lu Rui said: "They are most concentrated in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shuntian, and Shandong. Gansu, Hanzhong, Huaisi, and Hubei have also entered."
In addition, this Zodiac Sect and the Yellow Sect are inextricably linked, even the top masters’ robes and eyes are the same. "
"Sir, doesn't the Yellow Taoist believe in the Guangmu Heavenly King? Why are they the same as the Yellow Taoist?" Zhou Tu asked quickly.
"How about we say they are a mess." Lu Rui smiled: "We were confused for a long time. We finally understood it later.
This sect was created by a guy named Zhang Shisan. He used to be a Taoist priest and traveled around. Later, he said he was called by God on the grassland and converted to the Yellow Sect.
Nine years ago, he suddenly left the grassland and returned to the Han Dynasty. The following year, he founded the Zodiac Sect and preached under the name Wu Zhengzi. Five years ago, he was revered as a Heavenly Master by believers in Mount Wutai.
Unexpectedly, the government noticed him and accused him of spreading evil cults. They arrested him and killed him. Everyone also recommended his son to be the Shaotian Master.
You know about the double cultivation of joy, right? It was his son who started to popularize it. It is said that King Guangmu overlooks all living beings on the earth and selects the most happy ones among all living beings to send to the Western Heaven to serve Maitreya Buddha.
Therefore, believers at the bottom level must first worship the Guangmu Heavenly King, and then they can worship the Happy Buddha after they ascend to the venerable level. As for Maitreya, only masters and above can worship him. "
"Oh, that's it! They actually divided the worship of gods into different levels?" Everyone turned around.
"So, if they want to worship a higher-level Buddha, they have to sacrifice their wives and daughters, and also harm more women themselves?" Someone asked.
Lu Rui shook his head: "No, you are not allowed to touch the wives and daughters who are not religious, that is, non-believers. It is not for other reasons, because if they don't even believe in the King Guangmu, their bodies will be unclean."
"Even if it's limited to their sect, it's not a good thing!" Gu cursed.
"Master Lu, what are these two Shaanxi guys doing in Beijing? Do you have any inside information?" Li Dan suddenly asked.
"Yes!" Lu Rui nodded: "They are here to connect with the believers in the capital, and some of them are going to other surrounding provinces. Looking at this situation, what do you think they want to do?"
"An uprising? Do they have such power?" Everyone almost said in unison!
Li Dan asked everyone to stop talking and asked Lu Rui two questions: "What is the name of this Shaotian Master and where is he? They haven't started an uprising for so long, why do they want to take action now?"
"Sir, this Shaotian Master only goes by the nickname Baorui. No one has seen him, and no one knows his whereabouts.
Two months ago, Shaanxi Fang came to report that there were rumors that he had arrived in Shaanxi. There was a sudden increase in riots, tax resistance, smashing of shops, and attacks on public houses, which made the chief envoy's Yamen very embarrassed.
We adults speculate that he probably felt that Shaanxi and Gansu were suitable to take action now, so he went there and then sent people to contact the Kanto provinces to respond, creating a situation that shocked the world. Mr. Li, do you think this is the case? "
"It's possible." Li Dan nodded and glanced at Wu Mao: "If that's true, I'm afraid we'll keep the trip to Shaanxi simple!" Wu Mao nodded silently.
After thinking for a moment, Li Dan suddenly asked: "What is Zhou Tianwang (Zhou Zheng, the former Yugan Yamen's police officer) doing?"
"Zhou Zheng worked in farming after returning to his hometown, and later went to work in Anren Steel Factory. Now he is the head of the workshop." Zhu Qing answered.
"Ask him to bring Wei Xiong and Dou Jiong and come to the capital as soon as possible!" Li Dan turned to Shen Jie after speaking: "Hurry up and pick a few good ones to chase after the Iron Sword Master. I'm worried that he doesn't have enough manpower!"
"Do you want to bring Xiao Wu back?"
"No, he and San Qianzi still have to keep an eye on that matter and can't relax!" Li Dan rejected the proposal to transfer Shen Xiaowu back from Nanchang. He thought about it and said, "Let Baozi (Deng Yue) come over and follow you." How about going to Shaanxi on the 17th (Lu Ding, Shenjie’s apprentice)?"
"OK!"
