Suddenly there was a cry of exclamation from the crowd. Jiang Li looked closely and saw that an old man had fainted.
The old man had just arrived in Fufeng County after a long journey. He thought he was finally out of trouble, but he didn't expect that the river water suddenly disappeared. He couldn't stand it anymore and fainted. He had more air coming out and less air coming in. He was about to kill someone. Gone.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
A middle-aged man in a robe who looked like a doctor squeezed through the crowd, went over to check the old man's pulse, and rolled his eyelids. Then, instead of using the means that a doctor should have, he took out a A piece of paper.
"Bring water."
The talisman paper is dyed when it touches water, and a bowl of talisman water is ready in the blink of an eye.
The doctor brought the talisman water to the old man to drink, and gave him some relief. The old man who had fainted faintly woke up.
'Believers of the Taiping Religion. '
Jiang Li saw the doctor wearing a yellow scarf on his head, and his identity was confirmed in his heart.
The Taiping Sect has cast a wide net in villages all over Yongzhou, and only they can so easily promote the mass relocation of the people. Just looking at the situation in Linshan Town, we know how deep the roots of the Taiping Sect are. It is not surprising that they have such ability.
But no matter how devout your faith is, after seeing the river water disappearing in a blink of an eye, you can't stand it now.
The old man was rescued, but the crowd was still panicked, and many people looked confused.
At this time, the doctor spoke.
He raised his hand, motioning for everyone to look at him, and said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, the river water is just leaking into the cracks in the ground. The imperial court has the Land God, the River God, and even the City God, who manage the land." , rivers, as long as you perform a little trick afterwards, you can make the river water come back."
"Please believe in the imperial court and your parents. The imperial court will not ignore us."
It sounds very magical. Those who want to rebel are interceding with the court, and judging from the doctor's appearance, it doesn't seem like he is lying, but that he really believes it.
He is a believer of the Taiping Religion, but he is also a person who really wants to live a good life. He is not like those doctors who save people and kill people at the same time.
But it is precisely because of belief that the gap appears after disappointment.
"If the court loses its trust and the people lose their authority, people's hearts will be in chaos. Sometimes you want to cause chaos, it's just that simple," Jiang Li sighed in his heart, "No one is stupid." '
Ji Chengye is not stupid. He will secretly help the Taiping Sect precisely because he is confident that the chaos will be rectified. Yin Lu Si is here, and there is a book of life and death, which is destined to be difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Forces such as the Shangqing Sect and Huqishan were not stupid. They knew that the imperial court was not easy to deal with, so they did not openly oppose the imperial court, but let the Taiping Sect serve as pawns.
The Taiping Sect is naturally not stupid either.
The Taiping Sect seems stubborn, but in fact they have no intention of confronting the enemy head-on. Instead, they want to erode the people's hearts step by step and make the court gradually lose its trust. This rebellion is actually a performance with big thunder and small rain.
The evidence is this group of migrating people.
It had only been a short time since Jiang Li successfully prayed for rain. Not even an hour had passed before these people entered Fufeng County. It was obvious that the Taiping Sect had already taken action.
Is it to deal with the failure of praying for rain? Or is it that he wanted to fail from the beginning? Even if Jiang Li didn't succeed, Yang Shen would take the initiative to fail?
It doesn't matter anymore.
The important thing is that now Ji Chengye took a desperate risk after successfully praying for rain and ended up personally. The Taiping Sect also seized on the chicken feet exposed by the court this time.
The Taiping Sect, which seemed to be in complete defeat, was plotted by Ji Chengye to be a tool. The young leader Yang Chen almost died, but judging from the results, the Taiping Sect gained a lot this time.
At least, the court was distrusted.
No one is stupid, the stupid ones are the uninformed general public, the people who are used as consumables.
'And me, I am in the game and promoted this series of things, so why am I not stupid? '
Jiang Li smiled self-deprecatingly, but suddenly his interest waned.
His figure flashed and disappeared directly in front of the middle-aged people. He didn't care about their exclamations and just went back.
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The water in Fengquan River became shallower and shallower, replaced by a muddy river bed.
By the river, Zhang Daoyi also had a stern look on his face, with murderous intent on his face.
Zhong Shenxiu's face was gloomy, and he had a cold look as he looked around.
This was not only because he found that Mingyang, who was also a scholar, was missing, but also because he heard Huilun's words.
The monk Huilun was sitting cross-legged on the white dragon, muttering in a low voice, listening to the sound, which seemed to be the "Mantra of Rebirth".
When Jiang Li came back, he discovered this scene.
"Senior sister." He looked at Gongsun Qingyue.
Gongsun Qingyue also had a bad look on her face, her pretty face was solemn. When she saw Jiang Li coming back, she whispered: "The wheel-turning king, a fourth-level powerhouse in the Buddhist kingdom, had a feeling a few days ago. The Yama Path Fruit appeared in Yongzhou. According to the Buddha, The country's experts estimate that someone in Yongzhou will be promoted to King of Yama."
This is obviously what Hui Lun said.
And this person is most likely the person behind Ji Chengye.
That's why Hui Lun concluded that the success of praying for rain could not avoid chaos in Yongzhou. Because the King of Yama's Daoguo is at the fourth level, the real promoter must be at least the fifth level. Ji Chengye is just a promoter on the surface.
Secretly, there are other masters waiting.
"The promotion of King Yama..."
Jiang Li was moved in his heart and asked, "Does this promotion require the death of a large number of living beings?"
He did not associate King Yama with the drought, but thought of the drought and the large number of deaths caused by the rebellion.
"To be precise, ghosts are needed," Gongsun Qingyue said with a cold face, "The promotion ceremony of the king of hell in the underworld requires a large number of ghosts. Whether it is for the coming of ghosts or the extradition of ghosts, the rituals will be different, but the basics are the same. It lies in the appearance of a large number of ghosts. In the past, the Enlightenment of the Buddhist Kingdom and the Tathagata of the Fire House Buddha Hell Karma fought in the Western Pole, resulting in more than 200,000 casualties. The Wheel-turning King extradited all souls after the war in order to be promoted. This is It is also the only way to be promoted to the King of Hell in today’s world.”
Today's world does not allow ghosts to exist for a long time. Basically, when a person dies, his soul will disperse like a lamp. Only by killing and injuring a large number of lives in a short period of time, and interweaving the Yin Qi and death Qi, can the ghosts not be destroyed immediately.
It can be said that every appearance of the King of Hell, whether intentional or not, is based on a large number of deaths and injuries of living beings.
And now, the people behind this are deliberately causing casualties in order to get promoted.
this person······
"King Lu." Jiang Li whispered.
After being attacked by two gods and demons from the Demon God Sect, he was about to go see King Lu, the ancestor of the Ji family. (See Chapter 185)
One characteristic of the ghost attribute is that the person who is promoted must be in a state of death, that is, become a ghost. Basically, all ghost cultivators are considered dead and must die once.
This is a major shortcoming of ghost cultivation, but it is also an advantage in a certain sense.
If a person who is seriously injured and on the verge of death obtains the ghost attribute fruit, he can use it to get promoted, choose not to be a human being, and continue his life in another form.
Another characteristic of ghost cultivators is that as long as Daoguo cultivators of other categories dare to die once, they will have the basic qualifications and can jump for promotion. The probability of promotion will be high or low, but it will never be equal to zero.
As the eldest son of Prince Lu, Ji Chengye did not accompany Prince Lu who was about to die, but came to Yongzhou after Prince Lu's palace concealed the news. This was not because he was unfilial, but because his father, Prince Lu, did not want to go so soon. See the ancestors.
He doesn't want to die yet.
After Jiang Li said this, seeing that everyone's expressions did not change, he knew that Gongsun Qingyue had revealed the news that King Lu was dying.
He spoke in a low voice, not through a sound transmission. With everyone's level of cultivation, it was not difficult to hear the voice.
"Zhong Shenxiu and Zhang Daoyi both have backgrounds. After King Lu is promoted, they will definitely know the inside story. In this case, it is better to inform them in advance, or to use their power to jointly attack King Lu afterwards." Gongsun Qingyue said through a message.
"But this can't kill King Lu." Jiang Li replied with a sigh.
If King Lu fails, naturally everything will stop. Even if he himself dies, King Lu's palace will take the blame.
But if he succeeds, one can imagine which one is more important than a fourth-grade strong man or the dead people.
The royal family will definitely not let King Lu take the blame, and will even deal with the consequences. Even if there is punishment, it will only be superficial and will not hurt the root cause. As for the pot, isn’t there a demon god cult?
At this point, even if the court knew that King Lu was up to something, they would have to admit it and even bless King Lu for his promotion. Because the matter has reached this point and is irreversible, it is better to help King Lu succeed so that we do not lose money.
At least for the royal family, that's the case.
No matter how capable they are, the younger generation cannot interfere with King Lu's promotion, and they can only liquidate Ji Chengye and others after King Lu fails.
That's why Zhong Shenxiu and Zhang Daoyi looked so grim. This was because they were angry at their own powerlessness.
The only thing worth comforting now is that the Lu Palace will be liquidated after King Lu fails. If praying for rain fails, King Lu does not need to intervene personally, he can just lie down and wait for promotion.
In that case, even if the promotion fails in the end, Ji Chengye can stay out of the matter and succeed to the throne smoothly.
"Let's go." Jiang Li said.
"Leave?" Gongsun Qingyue looked at Jiang Li doubtfully.
Is he, Jiang Li, the kind of person who suffers a loss and still swallows his anger? Isn't it time to think of ways to sabotage King Lu's promotion?
Or are you saying that you have seen the wrong person in the past?
"What if I don't leave? Wait for the other party to send people to besiege you?"
Jiang Li said calmly: "I went to investigate the abnormality in the river water, but I was blocked by the people from the Yinlu Division. Lord Cui also sided with King Lu. Since it can't be done, everyone should disperse. You go back to your Taixue and Daode Sect, and I’ll go back to my Dinghu Sect.”
"Let's break up."
With that said, Jiang Li waved his sleeves and rolled up the wind, taking Gongsun Qingyue into the air and flying towards the Jiang family's ancestral land.
Hearing this, Zhong Shenxiu returned the sword to its sheath and walked straight towards the county town.
After Huilun finished reciting the sutra, he saw that no one was stopping him, so he drove the dragon away.
As for Zhang Daoyi, he still stayed where he was, waiting for Yuan Zhen to come back, but looking at his helpless look, he knew that he couldn't intervene in this matter and it was time to give up.
I'm going to look for a club, and I may have to go there tomorrow to fulfill my promise.
(End of chapter)
