I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 491 At least they are willing to pretend to care about us

"Huzi, Huzi, are you okay!"

Seeing this situation, the father suddenly panicked, hugged the child tightly in his arms, and kept calling out.

Perhaps because of vomiting blood earlier, at this moment, the child's face was extremely pale, and his breath became extremely weak.

Perhaps he heard the call from his father, and saw the child opening his eyes with difficulty, stretching out his dirty little hand, wiping away the tears from the father's face, and said softly.

"Father, don't cry, Huzi doesn't feel bad anymore, cough cough, cough cough..."

Before the child finished speaking, he vomited a large mouthful of bright red blood. If the Langzhong was present, he could tell at a glance that he was not long to die!
Seeing this situation, the sight in the father's eyes was completely blurred by tears, and he was choked up and looked at his son who was about to die soon, crying bitterly.

"Huzi, you will get better soon. Dad promised you that he will buy candied haws for you!"

"Candy... candied haws?"

Maybe it was because he heard something he was interested in, and he saw that child, exhausting the last strength of his body, as if he wanted to grab something from the dark, but soon, his hand dropped powerlessly, and his head tilted. , completely out of breath.

"No, Tiger!"

Seeing his son die in front of him like this, the man seemed to have suffered a great blow. After crying for a while on the body of the child, he straightened his body trembling, and expressed his anger with an extremely resentful expression. He looked at the people of the White Lotus Sect.

"I've already sold everything that can be sold at home, just to cure my son's illness, and now, after drinking your talisman water, he just died like this!"

"You...you are all liars, fake, all fake!"

After the man finished speaking, he made a gesture to rush towards the member of the White Lotus Sect who was in charge of presiding over the ceremony. However, before he could take two steps, he was stopped by those believers who had come up to the stage to receive the talisman water.

"Hmph, I think you have brought the blame on yourself. It is precisely because of your insincerity that you have not been able to impress the inanimate mother and make her perform miracles!"

"Well, that's right, you must be insincere, and you couldn't impress Wu Sheng's old mother just now. I also drank the talisman water with your child. Why did I recover from my illness?"

"Yeah, my illness is also cured, it's not because you are dishonest!"

Such voices kept echoing in the man's ears, making him start to doubt himself.

"Could it be that it's really because of my insincerity?"

Just as the man fell into self-doubt, the White Lotus Cultist who was standing on the steps and presided over the ceremony came up.

With a smile on his face, he came to the dead child's body, bent down, and after pretending to chant the mantra, he came to the man's side and said slowly.

"I have already communicated with the merciful and compassionate Wusheng old mother. She said, your son has arrived in the vacuum hometown and will live an unimaginably happy life in it!"

"There are endless delicacies every day, not only that, but also endless silks and satins. Your son has been accepted as a child by the birthless old mother. His future future is limitless! "

"If you are reborn in the future, you will definitely be able to be reborn in the home of princes and generals, enjoy all the glory and wealth, and see the stunning beauty in the world!"

After the man heard these words, he couldn't help but start to shake in his heart. After hesitating for a long time, he asked cautiously.

"You... are what you said just now true?"

"My son, was he really chosen to be the child of Wu Sheng's mother?"

Hearing this, the white lotus cultist who was in charge of the ceremony smiled and replied firmly.

"Of course it's true, your son is now the child of Wu Sheng's mother!"

Seeing this, the member of the White Lotus Sect who was in charge of the ceremony immediately looked at the believers in the audience and said loudly.

"As long as you wholeheartedly believe in the Inanimate Mother, you can also reach the vacuum hometown and live a life of luxury!"

After the words fell, the expressions on the faces of the believers became more fanatical, and then they fell to the ground in unison, saying in unison.

"The silt comes from the chaos, and the white lotus is in full bloom!"

Seeing this, the White Lotus Sect member who was in charge of the ceremony couldn't help turning around, and a mocking smile appeared on his face where no one was paying attention.

"Haha, these idiots are really easy to deceive. After I squeeze out all your money, I will be able to live the life I want. At that time, I will buy a big house in the city and pay another A dozen or twenty concubines!"

"By that time, I'll be the master too!"

Thinking of this, the white lotus disciple who was in charge of the ceremony had already fallen into a beautiful vision for the future.

At this moment, Hai Rui was surprisingly angry. He raised his head from the ground, looked angrily at those White Lotus disciples, clenched his fists, and said silently to himself.

"You bastards who confuse the common people, you really deserve to die. Let's see how I deal with you later!"

Immediately, Hai Rui came back to his senses, turned his gaze to Xiao Er, nodded, and said in a low voice.

"Tell those officials who are ambushing around that they can start to act."

"Yes, my lord!"

Hearing this, Xiao Er immediately took out the firework used to send the letter from his arms without a trace, and after a while, there was only a sound of '咻', and the firework exploded over the abandoned temple, which was extremely gorgeous.

Seeing this, the member of the White Lotus Sect who was in charge of the ceremony suddenly came back from the beautiful vision before, and spoke in a panic.

"No, it's from the government, run away!"

As soon as the words fell, countless officials were seen holding torches, and surrounded many White Lotus Sect disciples on the scene, including those believers who were kneeling on the ground.

After that, Hai Rui got up from the ground unhurriedly, pointed at the White Lotus cultist who was in charge of the ceremony, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Take him down to me!"

"Yes, my lord!"

As soon as Hai Rui's words fell, those officials immediately stepped forward, and anyone who dared to stop them became the victim of the sword!

Looking at the glaring weapons in the hands of those officials, the White Lotus Cultist who was in charge of the ceremony could not feel any resistance. In addition, the dozen or so White Lotus Cultists who were wearing white robes were all under control.

Seeing that all the members of the White Lotus Sect were under control, Hai Rui could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, a concerned voice sounded next to his ears: "My lord, are you alright?"

Hai Rui heard the words, followed the prestige, and saw that the person was wearing the official uniform of the county magistrate, and at this moment, he was looking at him worriedly.

The person who came was Xue Jing, the magistrate of Licheng County. This time, he was ordered by Hai Rui to assist in arresting the members of the White Lotus Sect.

Hai Rui came back to his senses and waved to Xue Jing quite casually, expressing that he was fine.

After a while, Hai Rui turned his eyes away from Xue Jing and gave instructions instead.

"It's okay, let your subordinates take those White Lotus Cultists away as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After Xue Jing listened to Hai Rui's order, his face immediately turned serious, and he responded with great respect.

Before this, Xue Jing, who was the county magistrate of Licheng County, knew a lot about Hai Rui's deeds. After all, he also started as a small county magistrate in Chun'an, and then he was promoted all the way, and finally served in the capital inspector's office. , Assuming the important position of Zuo Fudu Yushi.

This is a dignified official of the third grade of the imperial court. No matter where he is, he is a role that cannot be ignored. What's more, Hai Rui's promotion speed is extremely rare in the entire Ming Dynasty. After all, there are very few precedents before this. He was promoted from the county magistrate to work in the capital!
With the example of Hai Rui in front, those county magistrates became more active in dealing with the affairs at hand. After all, who wouldn't want to be the second Hai Rui?

And Xue Jing regards Hai Rui as his idol. From Xue Jing's point of view, the experience between him and Hai Rui is not bad. It's just that Hai Rui waited until Zhao Zhenji's bole, Xue Jing's bole, hadn't appeared yet.

It was also because of this that when Hai Rui sent people to the government office to ask Xue Jing to send officials to assist in arresting the members of the White Lotus Cult, Xue Jing not only did not shirk at all, but even went into battle himself, fearing that something might go wrong.

Just as Xue Jing listened to Hai Rui's instructions and was about to carry them out, he suddenly stopped in his tracks as if he had thought of something, turned his gaze away from those timid people, turned around, and asked road.

"By the way, my lord, what should I do with these ordinary people who have been tricked by the White Lotus Sect?"

When Hai Rui heard the words, he immediately came back to his senses. After thinking for a while, he immediately gave instructions.

"Well, let's detain them together with those White Lotus Sect members, and it won't be too late to release them after we find out what's going on!"

After receiving Hai Rui's specific instructions, Xue Jing nodded, immediately greeted his subordinates, and took the commoners away together.

"Yes, my lord!"

At this moment, looking at the white lotus disciples who had been controlled by the officials and were in a state of distress, the man from before suddenly woke up. He knelt down on the ground with a "plop", his face was full of self-blame.

"Huzi, it was father who harmed you. The White Lotus Sect and the lifeless old mother are all lies!"

"If they are really that powerful, why can a few officials subdue them? What spells and qigong are all fake!"

Just when the man was blaming himself, there was a sound of footsteps coming from behind him. He subconsciously followed the prestige, and saw Hai Rui appearing in front of him with his hands behind his back, asking.

"Since you have already realized that all this is just a trick played by the White Lotus Sect, why do you still listen to their bewitchment and continue to believe unswervingly?"

After the words fell, the man was stunned for a long time before subconsciously replying.

"My... my lord, in order to cure Huzi's illness, I have already sold all the things that can be sold at home!"

"They said that any disease can be cured just by drinking that bowl of talisman water. This... this is the last hope. If...the disease can't be cured again, I can only watch him helplessly. die……"

"My lord... Your lord, you don't understand. There are so many exorbitant taxes from the government, and those officials often set up names to torment us common people in different ways. I don't know, are those people of the White Lotus Sect all liars?"

"At least... at least those followers of the White Lotus Sect are willing to pretend to care about us..."

Hai Rui sighed helplessly when he heard this, and immediately looked up at the sky. At some point, a full moon had risen in the sky, and the bright moonlight fell on the ground. other.

"Take him with you!"

"Yes, my lord!"

……

One night passed in the blink of an eye, and early the next morning, when Zhao Zhenji came to the inspector's office as usual, he saw such a scene.

I saw that in the duty room of the Procuratorate, there were piles of impeachment memorials as high as mountains, not only that, but the subordinate staff were still moving them in.

Zhao Zhenji was shocked by the situation in front of him. At this moment, he saw a hurriedly looking subordinate passing by.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji quickly stopped him from speaking, and asked in a deep voice.

"What exactly is going on?"

The subordinate official was a little impatient at first, but when he saw that it was Zhao Zhenji who came, he immediately changed his face and responded cautiously.

"My... my lord, these impeachment memorials were all sent by those officials!"

"Also, they impeached the same person, the cabinet minister, Xu Jie!"

After Zhao Zhenji got the exact answer from the subordinate staff, she nodded in a subtle way, waved her hands, and gave orders.

"Well, I understand, you can go down and get busy!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Hearing this, the subordinate official turned around and left immediately after bowing to Zhao Zhenji.

Looking at the back of the subordinate staff leaving, Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Those officials are really crazy!"

In fact, Zhao Zhenji had heard about the incident that happened at Huangji Gate yesterday. In his opinion, those officials were just to blame. There was never room for discussion on matters that His Majesty determined!
Whether it was the earlier reduction of clan expenses, the lifting of the sea ban, or the integration of officials and gentry, it was all the result of His Majesty's arbitrariness!

Now, His Majesty just wants to add the subject of arithmetic in the next year's imperial examinations, and it has attracted such serious opposition, which is very abnormal!
Zhao Zhenji felt that this group of insects was making use of the problem. Among other things, the integration of government and gentry payment of food implemented not long ago had been cut on the main arteries of those gentry. How could they swallow this breath?

And this incident, in the final analysis, was nothing more than lighting the fuse!
"Hmph, just relying on you, can you beat His Majesty?"

"But that's fine too. Let's fight. The harder the fight, the better. The Inspectorate's mission for this year is almost completed!"

Zhao Zhenji thought so, and then with his hands behind his back, he walked unhurriedly to the room where he was usually on duty.

(End of this chapter)