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Chapter 374 They even made rumors about the Queen Mother!

Zhijun Wang Yongrong was one of the emperor's sons. He was extremely smart and wise.

In addition, being the president of "Siku Quanshu" is the most favored by the emperor among the elder brothers. Unfortunately, he was adopted by Shenjing County Wang Yunxi as his heir, otherwise he might be the best candidate for the next emperor.

This time when I came to visit the Prince Consort's Mansion, Yong Rong also inherited Ama's meaning, but braids are a symbol of the Qing Dynasty, so the so-called removing braids can break the magic is after all a theory of gods and ghosts.

If he really decides to ask someone to cut off Jia Jia Shikai's braid, no matter whether it is good or bad, the impact will be bad, so Yong Rong can't make up his mind about this idea.

He Shen had no choice but to rush back to the palace to ask for instructions.

Jia Jiashikai's "soul-calling" in Xianghe caused an uproar in the court. Some were skeptical, some were shocked, and some were even more fearful. Qianlong finally understood that the "soul-calling" among the people was intensifying. thing.

When he learned that the Shuntian Mansion had reported to the Military Aircraft Office two months ago that there was a demon calling for souls, Qianlong couldn't help being furious. He summoned the Ministers of Military Aircraft Yu Minzhong and Fu Long'an, and asked them why they didn't report the matter immediately. People are deliberately hiding something, or the place is deliberately covering up the demon.

Yu Minzhong and Fu Long'an said that at first they only thought that the villain used sorcery to harm others in the name of sorcery, and it was an individual incident.

"There must be a mastermind behind this matter, we must investigate."

Qianlong strictly ordered the Military Aircraft Department to immediately issue a letter to the governors of all regions, asking them to report all cases of soul-calling in the territory.The Military Aircraft Department also hurriedly sorted out the recent ghost-calling cases reported from various places, and selected some typical cases to submit to the palace.

Looking at the bizarre cases, Qianlong was also astonished, but he still didn't believe that there was such a thing as a soul call in the world.

It's just the fact that Jia Jia Shikai was turned into an idiot, and Qianlong couldn't help but suspect that this might be true.

Military Aircraft Minister Suo Lin wrote a letter after careful investigation, thinking that Jia Jia Shikai might have been called into a soul by a magic spell performed by a monster, and that the monster was most likely a fish that slipped through the net of the Qingshui Sect.

Suo Lin's argument is that Jia Jia Shikai became the victim of "Soul Calling" because he led the suppression of the Qingshui Sect in Shandong and killed the rebel Wang Lun and others.

So explained, it works.

The minister of the Ministry of Rites, Quini, wrote a letter saying that Qingshui Sect is a branch of Bailian. In the early years, Bailian rebelled against Ma Chaozhu and fled to Sichuan. He may have colluded with the big and small Jinchuan bandits.

Jia Jia Shikai was a thorn in the side of the rebels because of his meritorious service in Jinchuan, and today he led the army to break through Linqing and strangled the Qingshui sect of the Bailian branch, so he was cursed by the Bailian demon.

The Ma Chaozhu mentioned in Queenie’s Memorial has always been a serious concern for Qianlong. 25 years ago, this person used the opportunity of reclaiming wasteland and burning charcoal in Tiantangzhai to promote the teachings of the White Lotus. Charcoal, processed wood, etc. were used as a cover to write and distribute proclamations to spread anti-Qing ideas.

In the 17th year of Qianlong, the news of Ma Chaozhu's "rebellion" was found out by Li Bi, the prefect of Qizhou, which caused panic in the Qing court. Qianlong hurriedly sent Yongchang, governor of Huguang, and Yin Jishan, governor of Liangjiang, to lead an army to Yingshan and surround Tiantangzhai.

The Qing army first conducted a private visit with Mu Guangzong, the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town, and then searched for it with soldiers. Ma Chaozhu's mother, wife and children, and more than 200 congregants were killed, but Ma Chaozhu himself escaped. Family."

What exactly this "ghost family" refers to, there have always been two opinions within the Qing court.

One is that the ghost family refers to the branch of the White Lotus Sect in Mount Emei;

The second is to say that the ghost family is the bandit of Jinchuan, big and small.

In order to prevent future troubles, Qianlong strictly ordered Sichuan and Huguang to arrest Ma Chaozhu. However, more than [-] years later, the leader of Bailian miraculously disappeared in the world. No matter how the Qing court arrested him, there was no news.

Even Qianlong thought that Ma Chaozhu was dead.

Now it is called Quini's reminder, Qianlong suddenly realized, and all kinds of clues were removed one by one, all of which were saying that Jia Jiashikai, a hero of the Qing Dynasty, had suffered evil revenge from the White Lotus Bandit.

"Is there really a soul-calling magic in the world?"

In recent years, Qianlong, who has been obsessed with the theory of ghosts and gods and highly respected Buddhism, ordered people to hang Thangkas in the bedroom of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

This thangka is a yellow religious object, which is specially used to drive away evil and avoid evil.

When Wang Jie, the censor of the right capital, heard about this, he believed that the emperor's move would undoubtedly make the theory of soul-calling spread even more. If even the emperor believed in the art of calling souls in the world, what should the common people think?

Of course Qianlong would not admit that he was afraid of sorcery, so he sent someone to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to preach, saying that I never believed in the Yellow Sect, and that the objects of the Yellow Sect are spread in the palace today. Fan monks have nothing to do with folk magic.

Guotai, the governor of Shandong Province, has just quelled the chaos of the Qingshui Religion, and there is another ghost in the territory.

After careful investigation, Cathay wrote to the imperial court, pointing out that the purpose of the soul caller is to force the common people to braid their braids, which is really a means to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

The Military Aircraft Department thought it was reasonable, because the first person to discover the ghost was in the Gyeonggi area, but Zhili Governor Zhou Yuanli did not report it, which made the Military Aircraft Department suspicious of the governor.

Zhou Yuanli replied, saying that the rumors first arose in the capital, and he knew that such rumors were not credible, and if he mobilized a large number of people to arrest them, it would only fuel the rumors, so he ignored them.

After Qianlong watched Zhou Yuanli's replay, he scolded Zhou Yuanli for "the art of turning things into nothing is really abominable."

They also asked Shuntian Mansion to conduct a thorough investigation of the first demon monk who was reported, and Shuntian Mansion reported that the monk was from Wanping of Shuntian Mansion.

Qianlong didn't believe that Monk Jukui died of illness, so he asked Qing Gui, Minister of Military Aircraft, to investigate carefully.

He Zhen, governor of Henan, reported that in Kaifeng alone, no less than [-] people cut off their braids without permission because of fear of the sorcery, and finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yu Minzhong went to the palace to ask for instructions on how to deal with those who cut their braids without authorization. The Military Aircraft Department meant that the local people should be strictly ordered to re-grow their braids, and those who do not follow should be regarded as accomplices of demons and punished.

In this way, I don't know how many heads will be lost in the north and south of the river.

When Qianlong was hesitating, He Shen entered the palace to ask for an interview, euphemistically saying that the imperial physicians really don't know Jia Jiashikai's illness, and whether they can cut off the braids in order to save lives.

"Broken braid?"

Yu Minzhong immediately objected, saying that the sorcery of calling souls is a rumor, and it is even more unbelievable that broken braids can be broken.

"If the braids are broken, this person will be fine. What happened to the braids of our Qing Dynasty! He Shen, don't you understand this joint!"

"Yu Zhongtang, Heshen knows the powerful relationship here, but it's important to save people."

He Shenshi didn't want Dongge Xiandi to become an idiot, and looked at the emperor with great heartache.

Qianlong frowned slightly, and when he was thinking, he heard Er Niang's voice coming from outside the hall.

"Emperor, why did Erniang become a silly elder sister! Why are you not born by Erniang! When did Erniang and the king of Guojun have an affair with Erniang, who is about to enter the earth, why are you so stupid?" It's so badly choreographed!"

The eighty-year-old queen leaned on a cane and staggered into the palace with the help of the palace servants, looking at the emperor with a sad face.

　Invite some aunts to dinner, the second watch will be late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)