high official

Chapter 99 Interlude
When Mingjiao is mentioned, Wang Xian thinks of the leader of the face melon Zhang, and the sacred fire of 'burn my body.How happy is life, why bother to die? ' slogan, but soon he would remind himself, stop, stop, that's Master Jin's martial arts world.

But only after he came to the Ming Dynasty did he know that there really was Mingjiao in history. This sect with a very rebellious spirit showed its restless face after it came to China. Since the Song Dynasty, it rebelled again and again, and it was naturally banned by the courts of all dynasties. , from open to underground activities.At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Mingjiao and its predecessor, the underground party Bailianjiao, merged into one group.

At that time, most of the Anti-Yuan Rebel Army held the banner of the two religions, with the leader Han Lin'er as the co-leader, and the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of this dynasty was also an armed force under his command.But later, each had different fortunes, and it became a situation where the master is weak and the minister is strong.However, when Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing and was preparing to found the country, he still sent someone to invite King Xiao Ming to come to the throne, instead of directly calling him a widow.

Of course, on the way to Nanjing, King Xiaoming was drowned by coincidence... Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor.As a member of the Ming religion, Lao Zhu was well aware of the power of the secret sect. After ascending to the throne, he gradually became disharmonious with the two religions. Later, after his throne was stabilized, he adopted Li Shanchang’s suggestion and issued an edict to strictly prohibit the White Lotus Society and the Ming religion, and to ban "Left Ways and Sorcery" was written into the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty".

The report of the discovery of Mingjiao preaching in Fuyang County has been highly valued by the local yamen.In fact, in the recent period, all states and counties have reported one after another, and there is sufficient evidence that the Mingjiao is taking advantage of the catastrophe to carry out propaganda activities. If it is not extinguished, it will definitely lead to a catastrophe.Therefore, Zhou Xin reported to the imperial court while actively launching arrests.

Zhou Niantai affirmed the plan reported by Fuyang County, and sent a leader of thousands of households to arrest him.In order not to startle the enemy, the officers and soldiers arrived in Fuyang County in the middle of the night, disguised as civilian husbands delivering relief food and grass...

Three days ago, on the horoscope wall in front of the county yamen, a notice asking to behead the cult monster was posted.In the early morning of this day, the county guards went to the river embankment to clean the place of worship and set up a platform.As soon as the time passed, more than a hundred people from Minzhuang, archers, military patrols, and the soldiers of the standard yamen went out of the city to guard around the execution ground.

The execution ground is located on several bends of the river embankment. The river embankment was built a while ago, and this place is the most important. The thick river embankment with a height of two feet, like the arms of a giant, just hugs the execution ground in its arms.

The common people love to watch the excitement. During the Taiping period, there were few murders, and crowds came to watch the excitement. Before noon, there were already crowds of people in front of the execution platform, more than 2000 people?If it weren't for the officials not allowing them to go up the embankment, the embankment would definitely be full of people.

At this time, the criminals have not yet arrived, but just looking at the empty execution platform is enough for people to point and point, and there are heated discussions.

"I heard that demons know magic tricks." Seventh Brother, who sells fish, said curiously: "If your head falls off, it can grow back."

"Nonsense." Zhu Dachang said disdainfully: "White knives go in and red knives come out, one dies!" He kills countless pigs all day long, absolutely dare not believe in evil, otherwise the pressure will be too great.

"You're talking nonsense, I've seen them perform invulnerability." The sixth uncle who bought the oranges was convinced: "Those are living gods!"

"What if he dies?" Zhu Dachang stared.

"What if you don't die?" Sixth Uncle also stared.

"How about this, take a gamble." Seventh Brother suggested.

Listening to their discussion, a bearded man dressed as a scholar frowned imperceptibly, and the young man who looked like a scholar next to him muttered depressingly: "A group of idiots, they are really worthless for Li Xiang..."

The scholar gave the book boy a hard look, and the book boy shrank his neck and closed his mouth, apparently very afraid of him...

The scholar's eyes swept across the crowd, stopping for a while on a group of Jianghu people selling medicine with sticks, then at a group of porters carrying burdens, and then at a group of beggars holding dog-beating sticks. These people are all his. The subordinates just don't know him.

Seeing that all the people from all walks of life had arrived, he made up his mind... Yes, he came to rob the execution ground. Although he knew that this was an extremely dangerous business, he had to come here...

As soon as noon arrived, five prison vehicles, escorted by more than [-] officers and soldiers, slowly drove to the execution ground.At the same time, Wei Yuan, the supervisor and magistrate of Fuyang County, also arrived.

Sitting down on the surveillance platform, Wei Yuan said nervously, "Will they really come?"

"If they don't come, they will be finished." Wang Xian didn't wear a green shirt, but was dressed in a long suit, standing behind Wei Zhixian, and whispered: "You can't even save your companions, how dare you save the world?"

"Will it hurt innocent people?" Wei Zhixian was worried again.

"Probably not, they are 'pity me and have a lot of troubles', how can they hurt the people?" Wang Xian shook his head.

"Oh, why do these cults always haunt you." Wei Zhixian sighed, "You can't live in peace."

"There are always people who are restless," Wang Xian said softly, "Besides, it's all the soldiers from the local yamen who are in charge of arresting them, and the teacher can just watch the show."

"En." Wei Zhixian nodded and stopped talking.He now only hopes that everything will go well and nothing will happen.

Not long after, Zang Dian of the punishment room came to report: "It's [-]:[-] noon!"

Wei Zhixian nodded, but didn't say, "I'll report it!" ' Instead, he turned his attention to the river embankment.

I saw the sun shining on the river embankment, reflecting cold light.At some point, there were hundreds of archers, all kneeling on the embankment with bows and arrows.The cold light was reflected from the protective mirrors on their bodies.

A sharp-eyed commoner let out a low cry, and everyone followed their prestige to look, suddenly panicked.

"Everyone, don't be impatient!" Wei Zhixian stood up, and said loudly: "I got a tip, saying that there are demons from the Ming Sect who have mixed in with you, intending to rob the court and save the death row prisoners!"

The people who had been a little calm just now because of the magistrate's appeasement, now became even more panicked.

"Listen to my order now, no one is allowed to move, and all squat on the ground!" Wei Zhixian yelled through his throat, "Anyone who moves will be treated as a demon and killed!"

Some people wanted to leave secretly, but they saw officers and soldiers coming down from the embankment continuously, trying to form a siege.

"My lord, what should we do?!" The book boy was in a panic, "I'm about to be caught..."

"Don't panic!" The scholar yelled, but his eyes were dark and dim, obviously a fierce battle between heaven and man was going on.

But some believers lost their composure, and the group of porters who carried the burden had squeezed to the periphery of the crowd, and then ran away like a jerk.

The officers and soldiers hadn't closed the encirclement yet, but they didn't chase after them, watching them run out of the gap.

"My lord, let's hurry up, or it will be too late." The book boy urged again.

The scholar frowned, but remained silent.The book boy was stamping his feet anxiously, but he saw the group of porters running and stopped.

It turned out that dozens of police officers from the official office on horseback blocked their way.

"The sky and the earth..." The scholar sighed softly, and told the boy in a low voice: "Don't act rashly, we just came to visit the Fuchun River, and watch the fun along the way..."

"Then what should they do?" The book boy asked in shock.

"I can't take care of that much anymore." The scholar sighed, "If it's just a strong archer in the county, I can come and go freely, but this is clearly an elite army that is used to catching robbers, no matter how high the martial arts are, they are no match..."

While speaking, the group of Ming Cultists had pulled out their weapons from their burdens, and rushed towards the government's horse, shouting loudly.Ma Kuai didn't fight with them, he just held them back, and only after the reinforcements came up did he overpower the few and take down these believers.

In this room, seeing that the siege was completed, the magistrate of Wei ordered again: "Whoever is clicked will come out, and those who have not been clicked are not allowed to stand up, and those who do not follow will be ruthless with swords!"

Hu Butou and Zhang Mazi, several local police officers, began to identify them one by one from a distance: "Zhu Dachang!" "He Laoqi!" "Liu Liuzi!" "Chen Sanwu!" "Zhou Shi" one!"

The veteran policeman of more than ten years can really recognize these people.

Only five or six were called at a time, and those whose names were called got up and came out, walked more than ten feet, and then arrived in front of the official.It can't be said that they are tied with hemp rope first, and then the next group is called.

An hour later, the police officers were parched, and there were only two adults left in the field, none of whom could be named.Hu Butou pointed to some of them and said, "You, you, you, you, you, come here!"

Those five came over, the policemen tied them up, and Hu Butou pointed to the other five.In this way, the number of people in the field is getting smaller and smaller.

Hu Butou's tricks are very vicious. He only picks out those who are not Lianjiazi at first sight, and saves those who have fierce faces, strong bodies, or who look like Lianjiazi.

Seeing that the cover was about to be lost, a group of Mingjiao believers were terrified, but the encirclement circle of the officers and soldiers was getting smaller and thicker, which made them completely lose the courage to resist.

In the end, all the more than [-] people present were captured by the government army.

But it’s not over yet, we still have to pick out the Ming Cultists who are mixed in with the common people... There must be believers who have not been arrested, because the police officers found dozens of discarded weapons of various colors in the field...

So the arrested believers were interrogated overnight and asked them to point out their accomplices. However, the Ming believers were all brainwashed, and they couldn't pry their mouths open with the use of casual torture tools.

When he was at a loss, Wang Xian came up with an idea and ordered the slaves to bring a big box and throw the Mingjiao disciples tied into rice dumplings into it.Then let the soap slaves plug their ears with cotton, and then each of them took a copper spoon and a white porcelain bowl, put their hands into the box, and scraped the bowl vigorously with the spoon.

The sound was so uncomfortable, creepy, and out of body that people outside the house couldn't help but cover their ears and hide away.

This method is so miraculous that within less than a cup of tea, the noise stopped, and Zaoli came out to report that he had been recruited...

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