Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Liu Yunxiang returned to the palace gate and happened to meet Feng Zheng dismounting his horse in a hurry and walking towards the palace in a hurry.Liu Yunxiang called him, and he saw her and hurriedly ran forward.

"Madam, is Your Highness at home?"

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "No, do you have something urgent to report?"

Feng Zheng frowned, "Didn't you ask me to go to Zhenbei to adjust grain? I brought a hundred carts of grain, but I was intercepted by a group of demobilized soldiers at the canyon outside Panlong City. Both sides were still there During the stalemate, I’ll come back and ask for reinforcements.”

"Pass this palace's order, and you will immediately lead troops to reinforce." Liu Yunxiang said.

Feng Zheng nodded, "My subordinates will go to the military station to garrison the troops immediately."

As Feng Zheng mounted his horse and was about to leave, he thought of something else, "By the way, madam, you know the person who took the lead in robbing the grain."

Liu Yunxiang was stunned, "Who?"

"King Suping's attendant, Danqing."

When Liu Yunxiang heard the name, she frowned. After Lu Changan committed suicide, she had asked people to look for Danqing, but no one was found. She didn't want him to stay in Xizhou.

"I'll go with you."

Liu Yunxiang followed Feng Zheng to the canyon, and they also brought a thousand reinforcements.The other party was obviously afraid that they would bring in reinforcements, so they had already attacked first.When they arrived, the two sides were fighting fiercely, but as soon as they arrived, the situation immediately changed.

Liu Yunxiang said to Zijin, and Zijin responded and went out.After a while, she captured Danqing.

The soldiers led by Danqing were originally recruited by Lu Changan to expand his troops. They have not undergone strict training and their combat effectiveness is not high.Therefore, when fighting the regular army, even if they have a numerical advantage, they will soon become confused and defeated.

The situation of the battle was already obvious, and Dan Qing's face was dark, especially when he saw Liu Yunxiang, his eyes were filled with anger.

Liu Yunxiang faced him directly, "If you can't be a soldier, you will become a thief. Aren't you afraid of smearing Lu Changan's face?"

"You don't deserve to mention the prince!" Danqing roared.

"Why am I not worthy?"

"Why did the prince hang himself when he was well? You must have forced him to death!"

Liu Yunxiang exhaled, "You thought I forced him to hang himself."

"It must be you!"

"Then you don't know him very well." Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "He killed himself because he didn't want to drag Xizhou into the war, and he didn't want the people who had already suffered too much to have their families destroyed because of him. He did something wrong. He has done many things, and killing himself is the only way to atone for his sins."

"The prince is not wrong, it was all of you who forced him to take this step!" Dan Qing shouted with red eyes.

"Wrong is wrong, and right and wrong are always clear." Liu Yunxiang sighed, "Lu Changan has made atonement. If you really respect him, then accept him ending his life in this way."

Danqing lowered his head and sobbed, "I can't accept it."

"You can see and feel this mess in Xizhou, otherwise I wouldn't have robbed these grains. I can give you a cart, and when you are full and full, you can make a living on your own. And for the remaining grains, we We still have to help the people." After saying that, Liu Yunxiang waved his hand towards Feng Zheng.

Feng Zheng nodded and asked his men to push a cart of grain to Dan Qing and the others.

Dan Qing finally lowered his head in shame, "I, I just want to cause you some trouble."

"Go and live a good life from now on."

After Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, he thought of something again, "By the way, you have been following Lu Changan. I would like to ask you, has he ever investigated the Witch Temple, and has he found anything?"

Dan Qing nodded, "The prince specially sent someone to investigate."

This place was not the place agreed upon. Liu Yunxiang asked Feng Zheng to bring the food back to the city first, and then asked Danqing to distribute the food to his people, then sent them away, and then asked Danqing to return to the palace with her.

They went directly to the study. Lu Changan compiled the investigated matters about the Witch Temple into a file. Danqing found it and gave it to Liu Yunxiang to read.

"The Temple of Witches arose 30 years ago. It was originally organized by a few goddesses to defraud money. Later it grew stronger and was deeply rooted in Panlong City." Dan Qing said.

"What about the sacrifice?"

"The Witch Temple holds sacrifices every year, and the sacrifice every year is a boy who died of illness. And every year, there happens to be a seven or eight-year-old boy who falls ill and dies near the sacrifice ceremony. Every year. It wouldn't attract anyone. Why should I be suspicious? After all, Panlong City is so big, no matter how hard it is, it’s okay to find such a boy from outside. But last year, because the parents regretted it and begged the prince, the prince came forward for them, and then they realized that this so-called The Witch God is not simple. Later, he sent someone to investigate and found that the boy sacrificed every year was not sick, but they had poisoned him in advance. The child was poisoned. The family and doctors thought he was sick. Then when his breath was extremely weak, They thought they were seriously ill and passed away, but that was not the case, these children were still alive."

"Because we can't sacrifice a child who is alive and well, for fear of causing a crackdown from the government and the anger of the people, we used this vicious method to make everyone think that the sacrifice at the Witch God's Temple was a dead child. And the Witch God will save his soul. , let him become a holy son, so that his parents and the government can accept it." Liu Yunxiang said.

Danqing nodded, "After a negotiation between the prince and the Witch Goddess, she was afraid that the matter would cause too much trouble, so she agreed to let the boy go and gave him the antidote. However, because there were too many followers of the Witch Gods, the prince could not destroy them immediately. The cult was afraid of causing a big mess, so they sent people to conduct an in-depth investigation and found a way to detoxify the poison. But later, the prince was concerned about Shengjing and dropped the matter."

Liu Yunxiang exhaled. As she expected, the prescription was indeed for detoxification.Lu Changan was not afraid of trouble, but was secretly collecting evidence and planning to find a suitable time to wipe out the Witch Temple.

It's just that there are too many things that he can't do.

"By the way, have you found the location of the Witch Temple?"

Danqing took the file and turned to one of the pages. It was a topographic map. He only showed it to Liu Yunxiang, "Nuo, it's right here."

Liu Yunxiang looked at the topographic map and realized that the witch temple was actually deep in the mountains. It was so secretive that no wonder outsiders couldn't find it.

"The person sent by the prince was promoted to white robe and was able to enter here. According to that person, although this place is mysterious, it is no different from other popes. It is even stricter in terms of rules and precepts. Believers are here all the time. Pure cultivation, abstaining from meat and sex are the basic ones, and there are hundreds of precepts. They also have their own scriptures, and what the scriptures say teach people to be kind and teach them to love the world. That person almost wanted to do it. He became a devout believer, and the prince quickly summoned him back after he noticed it."

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "So apart from using human sacrifices, this witch temple has no other evil deeds?"

"Not only did they not do any evil, they also used the incense money they raised to buy food to support the people. Therefore, even if the people do not believe in the witch god, they are still very grateful to the witch god. This is why the prince does not dare to wipe out this organization easily."

A cult, but it has won the hearts of the people.

Liu Yunxiang exhaled, he really had to think carefully. (End of chapter)