Shen Lian glanced at Tianji and said quietly: "The reaction is too slow. You have been with me for so long. Haven't you improved your reaction speed? It's not okay to be affected by things around you so easily, Tianji. ah!"
"If this continues, you will never have the chance to deceive me again."
Tianji: "..."
Tianji has nothing to say.
Shen Lian said everything.
And she also knew that there was really nothing she could do to fool Shen Lian, and it would be even more ridiculous to explain it now.
So, just be a quiet handsome man.
When Shen Lian saw that Tianji was silent, he laughed and said nothing more. There were many people around and talking too much could easily expose the truth.
In this way, he followed these people all the way.
After passing Neng for two streets, we finally stopped.
As soon as he got there, he found many people kneeling there, kowtowing.
In front of them was a huge statue.
This statue can be one foot tall, is completely black, and seems to be carved from a huge stone.
As for this statue, a small half is buried in the soil at this time, and the other half is exposed.
The statue depicts a woman. This woman has an exquisite figure and a beautiful face. She is looking forward gently. Not to mention... she really feels like a mother nurturing the world.
"Tianji, have you seen this statue?" Shen Lian asked.
Tianji Chong frowned and looked at it for a while, then shook his head: "I haven't seen it before, I have no impression at all."
"Have you ever seen the appearance of this statue? Is it carved based on the appearance of someone from your Beidou Society?"
Shen Lian said: "Such a concrete statue will never be carved without reason. Even if there is no such person, it must have been based on someone or some people, otherwise it would never be carved like this."
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"So do you have any ideas? Feel familiar?"
"You don't need to be familiar with the whole picture, it can be a certain detail, such as the eyes, such as the nose, etc."
Tianji looked at the statue in front of him for a long time.
Then she frowned, remained silent for a moment, and shook her head again.
"Still not impressed."
Shen Lian glanced at Tianji, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head.
He believed that Tianji could not be completely ignorant.
But Tianji deliberately concealed it, and Shen Lian had nothing to do.
He doesn't have the ability to read minds. Even if his insight is amazing, he can't detect everything.
Shen Lian took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.
As he investigates, it will always become clear.
And now, he just wants to see what is going on with this so-called empress of heaven and earth appearing.
Shen Lian withdrew from the crowd and walked to one side of the street.
Because these people are all followers of Beidou Empress.
When they saw this black statue, they all knelt down and prayed.
So if Shen Lian was still standing there, while everyone else was kneeling down, and he was the only one standing, then he would be too conspicuous and too special.
So Shen Lian took this opportunity and went directly to the street. There were many people pointing and pointing, but they did not kneel down like the believers. This made Shen Lian not so obvious.
Obviously, no religion can convince everyone.
After all, there are still people who don’t believe it.
"Empress Beidou has appeared!"
At this moment, a cry suddenly rang out.
Everyone followed the sound.
Shen Lian also looked over.
Then I saw a man wearing sun and moon Taoist robes standing on the side of the statue, singing something to the statue with a serious look on his face.
After a moment, he suddenly turned around, faced the kneeling believers, and said loudly: "Empress Beidou has felt everyone's piety and belief, and is about to have a spiritual manifestation!"
"And at the moment when Lady Beidou appears, the hope in the letter is also the easiest opportunity for Lady Beidou to sense and realize it!"
"So everyone must be pious and don't have distracting thoughts. With a pious heart, pray for Empress Beidou's blessing!"
The believers seemed to have been brainwashed at this time. They knelt down and kowtowed over and over again, shouting: "Please beg Beidou Empress to appear!"
Finally, it seemed that the faith of the believers was truly felt.
The black statue suddenly moved at this moment!
Yes, it moved on its own without anyone touching it.
This scene was seen by all the believers.
In an instant, these believers became even more enthusiastic.
"The empress has appeared!"
"Bless me!"
"Please bless me!"
The devotees shouted loudly.
And the statue of Lady Beidou seemed to have really heard the believers' words, and it actually grew taller and taller.
No...it's not that the statue got taller.
But the statue that was originally buried on the ground suddenly broke free from the ground.
It looked like it was about to rush out of the land.
This scene deeply shocked the believers, who became even more enthusiastic.
Even the people who were watching the excitement at first knelt down when they saw this scene and began to pray.
Shen Lian and others were standing aside and saw this scene clearly.
At this moment, Si She and others were also shocked.
Si She couldn't help but said: "Is it really true?"
Tianji frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
But Shen Lian sneered.
"Apparition? Interesting!"
He turned to look at Tianji, saw Tianji frowning, and asked, "Did you see what the trick was?"
"Trick?" Sishe was startled.
Shen Lian smiled and said, "Do you really think some kind of empress of heaven and earth is appearing?"
Sishe frowned, still unable to understand what was going on.
He saw it very clearly.
There was no one near the huge statue, so there was no elevation caused by being touched.
Moreover, the sculpture is very heavy at first glance, and it cannot be lifted by one or two people.
So now he really doesn't understand, what's going on, why this statue can move on its own.
"Tianji, please explain to Sishe?" Shen Lian said to Tianji.
Tianji frowned, was silent for a moment, and then said, "There should be something buried under the stone statue."
"What was buried?" Sishe was startled.
Shen Lian smiled and said, "Maybe it's something like beans. These things will sprout automatically as long as you add water."
"Don't underestimate bean sprouts. The power of nature is great, and the power of these small bean sprouts is also very terrifying."
"And for beans to sprout, as long as the temperature is suitable, it is completely possible to estimate when they will sprout quickly and over a large area."
"So, you just need to bury the beans under the stone statue in advance, then water it regularly, calculate the time, and then call the believers over, naturally..."
Shen Lian looked at the pious scene in front of him and said with a faint smile: "Of course... we can see the so-called empress of heaven and earth appear."
Sishe suddenly understood after hearing Shen Lian's explanation.
"So that's it, Master, I was almost deceived."
Shen Lian smiled: "It's too easy for people who don't understand to be deceived. Look at so many believers. They've probably been deceived in this way over and over again, and finally they completely believe in it."
He glanced at Tianji beside him and said, "Why don't you see your Beidou Club deceiving people like this in the Tang Dynasty?"
Tianji spoke this time.
She said: "The Tang Dynasty is different from Nanzhao. The Tang Dynasty has thousands of years of cultural heritage and its own spiritual heritage. It is the most difficult for people like this to believe in anything."
"But Nanzhao is different. Nanzhao was founded only a short time ago, and its culture has long been discontinued. The people have no cultural and spiritual heritage and need some faith to survive. So naturally, promoting these in Nanzhao is very effective."
"But in the Tang Dynasty, this method would not work. Not only would it not work, but if you did it, you would be caught by the government, and the gain would outweigh the loss."
Shen Lian smiled and nodded.
Indeed, Datang and Nanzhao were two completely different countries.
The Tang Dynasty has the cultural inheritance of hundreds of schools of thought, the teachings of Confucianism, Taoism and Law, and the persistence of generations of capable people with lofty ideals. Even the most ordinary people have not read books, but they don’t know what they have in their bones. changing.
These are the most helpless aspects of so-called religion.
Flies don't bite seamless eggs, but Datang is truly seamless.
Spirit, inheritance, and culture are sometimes the most powerful weapons!
Shen Lian said: "This is the sadness of not having inheritance!"
The snake was silent.
Tianji was not silent either.
Gradually, the statue of Lady Beidou stopped moving.
The man in the sun and moon robes at the front opened his arms and said: "If we want our wish to come true, we must let Empress Beidou feel our piety, so now, dedicate everything you have to Empress Beidou!"
As he was talking, people in similar clothes walked into the believers carrying boxes one by one.
Then I saw these believers generously putting all the good things they had in the box.
Shen Lian looked at this scene, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a half-smile: "You Beidou are really good at making money. This is much simpler than doing business. There is no cost, no need to make more preparations, it is just like picking up money. .”
"But you have received so much money, and these believers still want to thank you!"
"It's incredible, it's really incredible!"
Tianji curled his lips and said, "I don't like defrauding ordinary people of money."
"If it were me, I would only plunder money from wealthy merchants, gentry, or even the court, but I would not deceive these ordinary people who already have a bad life!"
Shen Lian clicked his tongue and marveled: "I didn't expect you to have such noble thoughts. I am almost moved by you."
Tianji said calmly: "A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. Qin Wenyuan, although I am a daughter, I also have my own set of principles."
Shen Lian smiled.
He could tell that Tianji was not lying now.
It also shows that Tianji really thinks this way.
This is interesting.
It seems that Tianji is really a principled bad guy?
Moreover, she was very disdainful of this practice of defrauding people of their money, and her lips were curled just now. Does this mean that he had once opposed this practice?
But it didn't succeed in the end?
So is this one of the conflicts between her and the Beidou Society?
Is it also one of the contradictions that caused the break between the two?
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, thinking in his mind, but his face didn't show anything.
He said: "Okay, we've seen the good show, let's go back."
With that said, he turned and walked away.
"Shen Lian."
At this time, Tianji chased after him and said, "Don't you want to stop them from deceiving the people?"
Shen Lian smiled: "They are not my people in the Tang Dynasty, what do I care about them?"
"And this is Nanzhao, an enemy country. You asked me to stop them...do you want me to be discovered and get into trouble?"
Tianji frowned.
He wanted to say something, but he hesitated and finally didn't speak.
Shen Lian glanced at Tianji, smiled, and said, "But I am really interested in the religion created by the Beidou Society."
"So, Tianji..."
Shen Lian sent out an invitation: "Are you interested in accompanying me to explore Beidou Temple tonight?"
Beidou Temple is where the so-called Beidou Empress is located.
The Beidou Temple sounds more like a Taoist temple.
But in fact, Beidou Temple has nothing to do with Taoist Taoism.
Taoist Taoism originated from many myths in the Central Plains. It is a cultural belief that has been passed down for thousands of years. It can be regarded as a native belief in beauty.
But the Beidou Empress in Beidou Temple is like a rootless duckweed, completely forged by you, and she is an evil sycophant.
However, both places where believers worship have the word "Guan", and the Beidou temple wears sun and moon Taoist robes, which are slightly similar to traditional Taoist robes. If you don't know much about it, it is easy to confuse the two and think that Beidou temple Guan is a type of Taoist temple.
But in fact, the two have nothing to do with each other.
Shen Lian even suspected that the creator of the Beidou Temple, Beichen, or other star practitioners, were forgeries based on or simply plagiarized Taoist ideas.
When Tianji heard Shen Lian's words, he couldn't help but look at Shen Lian and frowned: "You want to visit Beidou Temple at night? Why?"
Shen Lian smiled and said, "I'm curious. Aren't you curious?"
"Is this Beidou Temple really just a tool for making money? Or does it have other secrets?"
"And the Beidou Temple is the only thing in the Beidou Society that is on the bright side. Maybe we can find some secrets of the Beidou Society from the Tiandi Temple."
"So, no matter what the reason is, I must investigate this Beidou Temple."
"How about it? Do you want to go and see it together?"
Shen Lian extended an invitation to Tianji.
In fact, he originally didn't want to take Tianji with him. After all, watching the Beidou Temple at night is not an easy task.
As for Tianji, a treacherous person, if he causes trouble in Beidou Temple, he may ruin his plans and even put himself in danger.
But when he saw Tianji being disgusted and disgusted with Beidou Guan amassing money today, Shen Lian suddenly changed his mind.
Tianji does have his own ulterior and insidious plans, but in some places, he still has something in common with himself.
Therefore, Shen Lian changed his mind and wanted to see if his judgment was correct.
Of course, he couldn't be unprepared at all. He was fully prepared. Even if Tianji caused trouble, he would be able to leave safely.
(End of chapter)
