"The Heavenly Master has vast supernatural powers and boundless power!"
"The Heavenly Master is merciful and helps those who are suffering!"
"We will forever worship the Heavenly Master!"
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After the competition ended, the people watching immediately cheered, and all kinds of praises came out one after another. Many of them were fanatical believers of the four great monks, and now they have switched over.
This is not surprising. The Chinese nation is like this. There is no fixed religious belief. Tathagata Buddha, Supreme Laojun, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother...Mountain gods, land, city gods, toad immortals...you can believe in whoever is efficacious, and you can change it at will, come and go. Feel free and without any guilt.
Next, Taoist priest Qingxuzi climbed up to the high platform and gave sermons to the people. The content was still advising the people to stop evil, practice good, and love each other, and they would be able to survive all hardships.
After the explanation, Qing Xuzi, surrounded by the people, walked around Fuping City three times before returning to the inn where he stayed.
At the same time, Qin Feng and the soldiers mixed in the crowd also returned to the inn one after another.
After coming back, Qin Feng immediately called Xiong Da and whispered in his ear for a while. The latter nodded repeatedly, then led some of his soldiers to change their clothes, concealed their sharp swords, and left the inn in batches through the back door to carry out their mission.
What task?
Naturally, we have to deal with those monks. We cannot let these guys escape, we must eradicate them!
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At dusk, a sumptuous banquet of vegetarian dishes and vegetarian wine was placed in the inn, and everyone sat around to celebrate.
While eating and drinking, Qin Feng extended an invitation to Taoist Qing Xuzi, hoping that he could follow him and help the victims together.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, being able to follow the General is a blessing for Pindao. But if Pindao leaves, what will happen to the orphans in the Chongyang Temple?"
"It's simple. My general's camp has adopted many orphans. We can send the children from the Double Ninth Festival Temple there to ensure that they are well taken care of and have enough food and clothing!"
"In this case, I am willing to do my best for the general!"
If you stay in the Chongyang Temple, you can only be a poor old Taoist priest who often doesn't even have enough to eat. But if you follow Qin Feng, you can not only learn a lot of skills, but also become famous and respected.
Qing Xuzi is a Taoist, but he is not without desires and pursuits. Comparing the two, he naturally chooses the latter.
With the addition of Qing Xuzi, it can ward off evil spirits and pacify people's hearts, which is of great benefit to disaster relief. Qin Feng was extremely happy and drank even more vigorously.
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By the time the banquet was over, it was completely dark and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
A night of silence.
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The next morning, Qin Feng had just finished washing when he heard heavy footsteps at the door of his dormitory, and then someone said, "Master Qi, your humble duty is back!"
"come in!"
"promise!"
The wooden door of the dormitory was gently pushed open, and Xiong Da stepped in. His body and face were full of wind and frost, and he had obviously just returned from the wild.
"How's it going?"
"Your Majesty, you are really good at predicting things. That group of monks, carrying the property obtained through fraud, wanted to escape from Fuping County overnight. As a result, they were captured alive by humble ministers and brothers on a small road outside the west gate. None of them escaped. Forty-two mules and horses and twenty-eight chests of gold, silver and jewelry were seized!"
"Have you asked for a confession?"
"I asked. These bald donkeys were very tough at first and kept shouting and cursing. After using some lowly tricks, they all confessed. This is a confession. Please take a look at it."
While talking, Xiong Da took out a thick stack of confessions from his arms and handed them to Qin Feng. After reading them, the latter's face suddenly darkened.
It turns out that the confession stated that the four demon monks were not genuine Buddhist disciples at all, but fake ones.
The four people's real names are: Shen Daliang, Zhao Hongbo, Li Youzhe, and Zheng Shuzhong. They are all from Hanzhong Prefecture. They were originally gangsters who traveled around the world to perform arts. They relied on some hard qigong, blindfolding, and ventriloquism to earn a living by performing arts everywhere and earning rewards. day.
Later four people
I felt that performing arts was too hard, and I made little money, not enough to eat, drink, and have fun. In addition, the world was in chaos, so I got entangled with a group of local ruffians, fell into trouble and became bandits, becoming the king of the mountain!
Later, he went down the mountain to rob a temple, and bloodbathed a temple. He killed all the monks inside and obtained some property, as well as Buddhist crowns, cassocks, ultimatums and other items.
So the four of them had an idea, and they led their minions to shave their hair, perm their scars, put on Buddhist crowns and cassocks, pretending to be Buddhist disciples, and then relied on their previous skills as entertainers to confuse people everywhere. People, defraud money.
Sometimes, when you meet a wealthy family, you will enter their house under the pretext of doing something to do something. In the middle of the night, you will kill people and silence them, and then sweep away the gold, silver and jewelry!
Because of his identity as a Buddhist disciple, the secret was never revealed and the government did not arouse any suspicion!
In addition, the novice monks dressed as minions confessed: The four leaders once said that after defrauding a certain amount of money, they would encourage the ignorant people to form an army to protect the Dharma, and then kill the officials to rebel, seize the city, and establish A Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom in the West!
When the time comes, everyone will have a reward, and everyone will be a general!
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"It turns out they are a bunch of fake monks, using the name of Buddhism to do a lot of harm to people!"
After reading the confession, Qin Feng felt both disgusted and grateful.
What I hate is that these fake monks are despicable and heinous!
Fortunately, he discovered this matter and eradicated it in one fell swoop. Otherwise, if they really caused trouble, the harm would be no less than that of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others!
"Xiong Da, where are those guys pretending to be Buddhist disciples now?"
"They are all tied up and imprisoned in the woods to the west of the city. How will the general deal with them, or hand them over to the local government?"
"No need to go to so much trouble, just dig a deep hole in the woods and bury them all!"
"I obey my humble duty!"
Qin Feng's words sent a bunch of fake monks to the eighteenth level of hell.
As for the twenty-eight boxes of gold, silver and jewelry seized, they were all exchanged for food and cloth and used to relieve the victims here. It can be regarded as taking and using like the people!
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On December 20, the fifth year of Chongzhen, Qin Feng and his party left Fuping County and went to Sanyuan County next door.
As agreed upon in advance, Qin Feng was responsible for inspecting officials to see whether they were using their best efforts in disaster relief and whether they had embezzled money and food. If they did, they would be severely punished.
Qing Xuzi is responsible for demonstrating magical powers, using the power of religion to appease people's hearts and prevent evil heretics from taking advantage of the loopholes!
A two-pronged approach, great results!
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Long story short.
In the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen, inspect Fengxiang Mansion!
In February, he inspected Gongchang Mansion.
March, Hanzhong Mansion.
In April, after the inspection, he returned to Xi'an City to report his work to Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and received great praise.
On April 12, Qin Feng and his party returned to Lantian County.
Since the defeat of the rogue army, the main force of the Tianwei Army has been stationed here, with Han Shanjun and Dong Tianbao responsible for handling daily military affairs!
When Qin Feng returned, the army naturally celebrated, no need to elaborate.
After resting in the army for a few days, something that has been prepared for a long time is about to begin - forming an army!
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty: Anyone who forms an army privately without the permission of the court is regarded as treason and shall be executed in Lingchi and the three clans will be annihilated!
Qin Feng acted so boldly, wasn't he afraid of being punished by the court?
Don't be afraid, because what Qin Feng wants to form is not an army to fight in battle, but a boy scout army!
