Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 41
After being frightened just now, Lai Qing had shit in his crotch, not to mention a confession, he couldn't even speak clearly.Helpless, Fu Yin had to interrogate the other three criminals.

However, the three criminals firmly insisted: they are people from the Jianghu in exile in the capital, those pigs and monkeys were also abducted or cheated, and they got it from other places, and they don't know anything about other things.

Fu Yin didn't believe this set of colluding confessions, and in a fit of rage, he wanted to torture and torture them to force them to tell the truth.

Fu Yin was just about to be punished by throwing sticks, but Feng Shen stepped forward and said: "My lord, first listen to the words of the humble official!"

Hearing the words, Fu Yin withdrew his hands temporarily: "What do you have to say about Feng's experience?"

Feng Shen came to the corpses of the villains, and pointed to the soles of one of the feet: "My lord, just wait and see."

Fu Yin frowned, and squinted at the corpse.

That corpse was none other than that old seventh boy, Xiao Chuan.In the withered forest, Tong Xiaochuan confronted Feng Shenfang with the courage of his blood.After a few rounds, he was injured by Feng Shen and fell to the ground.And when Na Lai Qing shot the poisonous caltrop, Feng Shen blocked Tong Xiaochuan in front of him in order to protect himself, so he was poisoned and died.After several times of grinding and rolling, the shoe on the right foot of the corpse has long been lost, and a big hole was worn out in the exposed cotton sock during the dragging process.Through the hole in the sock, a coin-sized brand suddenly appeared on the sole of the foot.

"Feng Jing," Fu Yin was far away, a little confused, "What is painted on the feet of the corpse?"

Feng Shen quickly replied: "It's a brand with words."

"Branding?" Fu Yin was stunned, hurriedly turned from the back of the case, and came to Tong Xiaochuan's body.

Seeing this, the yamen attendant hurriedly moved a few candles to illuminate it.By the bright candlelight, everyone looked at it.

The branding on the sole of the foot is a pattern of the sun.In the pattern, there are eight congenital hexagram symbols of Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Kun.There are two lines of small characters below it, which are the words "vacuum hometown, lifeless old mother".

"This pattern..." Fu Yin frowned, and said in surprise, "Could it be Tianli Sect?"

"I'm afraid that's the case," Feng Shen nodded and said, "Just now I found this brand by accident, so I paid attention to it."

"Come here!" Fu Yin yelled, "Regardless of life or death, remove these villains from their shoes and socks, and the government will inspect them one by one!"

Several yamen servants started immediately, and within a short while, they stripped off the shoes and socks of the murderous criminal.

Once the shoes and socks were removed, the soles of the right feet of several people showed general brand marks.

"It's really some remnants of the evil party!" Fu Yin snorted coldly, and dismissed the case.The servants in the hall were also full of anger.

For this Tianlijiao, it can be said that everyone in the Forty-Nine City knows, and everyone knows.But if you want to discuss it in detail, you have to mention the White Lotus Sect first.

This White Lotus Sect can be regarded as the most complicated and mysterious sect in history.Searching from the roots can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties.In the third year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, monk Cizhao founded the White Lotus Repentance Hall in Dianshan Lake, inheriting the Pure Land School, and all his disciples were called "Bailiancai People".Bailian believers do not abide by the Three Refuge and Five Precepts like Zen monks. They can marry wives and have children, and they can also cultivate both men and women.Because the preaching theory was half monk and half vulgar, and overcorrected, it was severely suppressed by the court.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, in order to strengthen its power, the White Lotus Sect has absorbed many people from the Maitreya Sect, Ming Sect, and Taoism.

During the reign of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect introduced the teachings of the Luo Sect, played the banner of "vacuum hometown, lifeless parents", and enshrined "birthless old mothers", with tens of millions of believers.

Due to its solid foundation, the White Lotus Sect has been banned repeatedly for several generations.In the later period of Qianlong, the country's prosperity declined and people's livelihood declined. Many people were displaced and had difficulty living.The White Lotus Sect took this opportunity to publicize that "Joining the religion will overcome disasters and all resources will be shared equally", causing a large number of poor people to follow them wholeheartedly.

By the first year of Jiaqing, uprisings broke out among the Bailian believers in Sichuan, Hubei, and Shaanxi provinces.Because believers use white scarves to wrap their foreheads as a record, it is also called "White Scarf Army".This uprising lasted nine years and occupied more than [-] prefectures and counties.This past incident is the "Chuanchu Bailian Disaster" in history.

After the failure of the uprising, the remaining congregants disappeared one after another.Among the people, the White Lotus Sect is still undercurrents and entangled.Because the threshold for teaching is too low, there is a mixture of three religions and nine streams.During the period, there were many villains who wanted to use the name of the church to seek personal gain.

Like Tianli religion, it is a typical example.This Tianli Sect is regarded as a branch of the White Lotus Sect, which includes the Bagua Sect, Baiyang Sect, Longhuahui, etc. in the Bailian lineage.The believers of Tianli respect the "Old Mother without birth", worship the sun, and believe in the theory of "Wuji, Taiji, and Huangji".High-level believers all study Jiugong Bagua and Plum Blossom Yishu to convince the public. Their activities are mainly in northern Henan and Zhili.

Unlike other sects, Tianlijiao acts very strangely.The leader of the founding religion was called Lin Qing.That Lin Qing was originally a young rascal, but later because of his handsome appearance, he was accepted into the mansion of an admiral surnamed Wang and acted as a "boy prostitute".The admiral is a military officer, so Lin Qing has been exposed to it, and has also acquired some martial arts skills.After growing up, Lin Qing was transferred from the admiral's mansion and recommended to many places.He worked as a clerk and as a long-term follower, but because of his dissolute nature and gambling all day long, he was repeatedly expelled.In desperation, Lin Qing joined the Eight Diagrams Sect.

Because of his martial arts skills, Lin Qing was highly regarded after joining the religion.Lin Qing was originally a rascal, so he naturally knew how to win people over. In a few years, he took advantage of the accident in the teaching and seized the power of teaching in one fell swoop.After taking charge of the teaching, Lin Qing ruled out dissidents, planted cronies, and gradually annexed several sects, changing the original sect to "Tianli", and his power flourished like a day.

In order to earn money, Lin Qing stipulated that all those who join the religion must pay "blessing money". The more they pay, the thicker the "blessing base".In this way, a lot of vain money was handed in, which enriched the private pockets of Lin Qing and his cronies.

As the so-called "following from above to below", with a leader like Lin Qing, the subordinate followers also followed suit.With the help of some evil methods and tricks learned from Tianli Sect, he is greedy and amassing money everywhere, doing evil things, and using everything to the extreme.

With money, Lin Qing is still not satisfied.Over time, I actually thought about adding a yellow robe to my body, sitting on a dragon horse and a phoenix chariot, and passed the addiction of being an emperor.

In the 18th year of Jiaqing, Lin Qing couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately wanted to start an uprising.Before the incident, he promised to the congregation that anyone who contributes money and effort to the incident will be given land and appointed officials based on their merits after the incident is completed.

As soon as these words came out, it really attracted many congregants eager to try.Immediately, some people went to prepare weapons, some people went to find the internal response, and everyone was busy with work.While working intensively, he sent someone to compose the nursery rhyme "If you want to be cheap, unless Lin Qing sits in the palace", it attracted children to sing it everywhere.

The Tianli Sect members acted too perversely, and there was already a commotion before the incident.At that time, Wanping County and the infantry commander's yamen in the area under their jurisdiction had followed up with reports saying that there was a rebellion by a rebellious party, but the officials in the palm of their hands thought it was a farce and rumors, and they didn't take it to heart.

But when Lin Qing got the news, she became anxious, and without even thinking about it, she picked more than 200 strong men from the congregation, and was about to break into the golden palace and kill the emperor.

Since the forbidden eunuch was bribed in advance, the two hundred assassins were divided into two teams, led by the eunuch to break into the palace.

The first team, led by the eunuch Liu Decai, planned to enter through Donghua Gate.In front of the door, because a charcoal seller accidentally rubbed a Tianli believer with a charcoal cart, the other Tianli believers became furious and showed their weapons one after another.As soon as the weapon was drawn, the guards guarding the gate knew that the rebels were coming, and while closing the city gate, they drew their swords to reject them.But when this group of assassins saw their whereabouts exposed, they fled in a panic. In the end, only a dozen or so people were allowed to enter the palace.However, after entering the palace, in order to vent his personal anger, Liu Decai first took a few assassins to kill the people who had had grudges with him, but he was captured alive.

The other team, led by the eunuch Yang Jinzhong, entered from Xihua Gate.This group of assassins could all enter the palace.But after they entered the palace, they went straight to the "Shangyi Supervisor".This "Shangyijian" is a place for mending and starching in the palace, and the people there are mostly court ladies and old ladies.Just because Yang Jinzhong was rejected for sewing clothes before, so he held a grudge. Using this excuse, he brought the Tianli believers to vent his anger first.Those Tianli believers didn't say anything else, they swung their swords and chopped everyone.All of a sudden, flesh and blood flew across Shangyi Prison.

After a while, the news that there were bandits breaking into the palace reached the ears of the princes and nobles.But at that time, Emperor Jiaqing was staying in Rehe, visiting Mulan Autumn, and was not in the palace.Those princes and princes were also panicked when they saw it. After several twists and turns, they issued a token, and dispatched a thousand soldiers from the Huoqi camp to suppress the bandits from the Shenwumen.

After the imperial army entered the palace, they searched and suppressed everywhere.When the royal clansmen saw that the imperial army was coming, they also took bows, arrows, and blunderbuss one after another, and plundered around.

When the Tianli believers saw the army approaching, they were all dumbfounded, hiding and running away.It was really impossible to avoid it, so I had to bite the bullet and fight against the official army.

Originally, the plan to break into the palace was not strict, and the Tianli believers were secretly timid and confused, so they were beaten and ran away.

However, there are many halls and halls in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, and there are nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half rooms in large and small pavilions. The long wall and corridor alone are enough to dazzle people.Once the Bailaihao believers were scattered and hidden, it was really inconvenient to find them.

After tossing and tossing all night, the officers and soldiers finally captured all the believers who broke into the palace.After interrogating several leaders, they followed the clues and captured Lin Qing and others who were hiding in the suburbs of Beijing waiting for the letter.

In a few days, Emperor Jiaqing returned to the palace in a hurry and tried the chief criminals in Zhongnanhai.Afterwards, those who should be beheaded, those who should be exiled, and all the members of the Tianli sect who were arrested this time will be severely punished.

(End of this chapter)