Before Xu Shi arrived, there was a knock on the back door of the Qin family, and the copper ring on the door rattled.
"Who is it?" The door creaked and opened a crack. A family member stuck his head out to look at the people outside and asked lazily: "Who are you?"
A car with a curtain was parked outside the door, and a man in black clothes stood at the door.
"I want to find your old lady!"
The waiter glanced at him casually and said, "We've found the wrong person. There's no old lady here." He stretched out his hand to close the door.
"Slow down!" The man in black clothes held the door with his arms, which were made of iron. The servant did not push, and he couldn't help but change his color and said: "What's the matter, come to our Qin family to find trouble? This place is only a stick of incense away from the county government.
, Our father and the county captain have been friends for many years. Believe it or not, I will sue the officials and you will be left with nothing to eat?"
The man in black clothes raised his eyebrows with a fierce look in his eyes.
I just heard a woman-like voice coming from the cart: "Sanlang, don't be impulsive, show him that object."
The man in black clothes named Sanlang endured his anger, took out half a copper coin from his arms and handed it over.
The servant was obviously startled under the light, and subconsciously said: "You are..."
The man in black clothes said: "The sky is clear and the earth is turbid!"
The servant subconsciously replied: "The sky is moving and the earth is still!"
The man in black clothes said: "This is not the place to talk. We are coming from Jiangling. Open the door and take us to see the old lady!"
The servant's face changed slightly, and he opened the door. The man in black clothes turned back to the cart, and a man dressed in black helped him out of the car, and the two of them stepped through the gate.
The servant looked outside the door alertly and quickly closed the door.
"I have met the old lady!"
In the back hall, the maid had already lit eight three-core lamps, and the room was brightly lit.
The man in black bowed to a very wealthy old woman.
The old woman was sitting on her knees on a snow-white futon made of lamp grass, looking up and down at the visitor.
The old woman is only in her fifties. She may still be working hard in 1996 in future generations, but in this era she is already an out-and-out old lady.
On the surface, this old lady's identity is the mother of shopkeeper Qin of Deyuelou, but secretly she also has another identity, that is, the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Road in Ziling County.
In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sun En's Five Pecks of Rice Road lured people into the religion with the promise of immortality through faith. A large number of people were tempted by Sun En and joined the religion and became a cult army, numbering hundreds of thousands like the Yellow Turban Army.
Sun En called himself "General of the Conquest of the East" and established various high-ranking official positions, such as Shangshu, Taiwei, Tingwei, Duwei, etc., and announced that believers who followed him would achieve immortality.
The temptation of "immortality" was too great, so the people swarmed to follow Sun En. Taking advantage of the instability of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the unrest among the people, Sun En led his people from the island to attack Kuaiji and killed Wang Ningzhi, the internal historian of Kuaiji.
Later, Sun En conquered Guangling and once approached the capital Jiankang. The Eastern Jin Dynasty strengthened coastal defenses. The cult army had difficulty in providing supplies and epidemics prevailed. Most of them died, so Sun En committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea.
Believers believed that he became an immortal in the water, a "narcissus". More than a hundred people followed him into the water and became a narcissus after him.
The old lady raised her hand and said, "Please don't be too polite as a distinguished guest. Why are you here?"
The man in black sighed heavily and said sadly: "Old Madam, to be honest, I am here to ask for help from Old Madam."
A maid brought a snow-white futon woven from lamp grass and asked the man in black to sit down.
The old lady said: "Don't worry, we are all from the same lineage, and we are connected by the same spirit. If you need me in Ziling County, just ask."
After thanking him, the man in black said, "To be honest, I came to Jiangling this time for a woman."
The old lady's eyes lit up: "Don't say it yet, let me guess, is she the woman in the portrait posted everywhere in the county? Last name... last name..." As she spoke, she tried hard to remember.
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The maid on the side whispered back: "My surname is Lou."
"Yes, yes, yes, her surname is Lou, and she is a woman from a wealthy family in Jiangling."
The man in black said in surprise: "The old lady is really a god, she actually knows about this matter. In this case, I will not go around in circles..."
After a while, the old woman understood clearly that the man in black was talking about her young husband and Lou Qingyi's childhood sweethearts. However, the Lou family was extremely powerful and wanted to marry Lou Qingyi to Zhou's nobles.
A young marquis. So, the two lovers eloped, which angered Jiangling. People were looking for them everywhere in Ziling.
The man in black finally said: "Old madam, now that the people from Zhou Dynasty and the Lou family have arrived in Ziling County, they will soon be able to find my young husband and Miss Lou. We have limited manpower around us. In Ziling County
His eyes were blank again, and he wanted to move the two of them quickly, but the city was full of their people. I was so anxious that I was burning inside and outside, so I came here to ask the old lady for help."
The old lady didn't answer after hearing this. The man in black couldn't bear it and asked: "Old lady, this matter...is this matter embarrassing for you?"
The old lady's face was uncertain, and she said after a while: "To be honest with you, the imperial court has deliberately suppressed our religion in the past few years. The government has sent out troops to clear out our religion many times, and hundreds of people have died. Although we tried our best to hide our traces,
, but it is always inevitable to be found by the government’s lackeys.”
"I felt that there was something fishy about this matter, and I sent someone to investigate secretly, but the man was so well hidden that the matter ended up being left undisclosed. However, there are government spies among our congregation. This is a definite matter.
Recently, I have restrained the congregation and told them not to cause trouble. What the distinguished guest just said is too dangerous, and it is indeed difficult to handle..."
"After years of dormancy, the church members at this time are no longer what they were when they followed Master Sun. They all have families and businesses, and they just look forward to a peaceful and prosperous age, just a mouthful of food, and no more.
Go and think about immortality."
When Sun En was retreating, there were women who had infants who were too tired to leave. They put the infants in a bag and threw them into the water, saying: "Congratulations to you for going to the Immortal Hall first. I will find you later."
This kind of crazy behavior was naturally discovered by some believers, and Sun En's prestige plummeted, but the organizational form of the believers still existed.
The man in black is Manager Lu. The situation in the county has been getting worse and worse in the past few days. In addition to the three and six squads of county government officers, there are also some unidentified people appearing one after another, and these people have only one purpose.
, that is looking for Lou Qingyi.
The news came from Jiangling that the master could not find the young man. It was like the banquet was ready, but the distinguished guest at the banquet was wandering around.
Manager Lu was very anxious. The Lu family was no longer safe and he had to find a way to escape. So he thought of using the power of the local Five Dou Rice Road to quickly move Lou Qingyi out.
The attitude of the old lady was also what he expected. Although there were hundreds of thousands of members of the Five Pecks of Rice Road back then, more than 150 years have passed and the members have long since fallen apart. He asked the old lady to simply agree to him.
Obviously it's not very realistic.
Now that this level has been anticipated, it is impossible not to have countermeasures. When the old lady said this, Manager Lu leaned over and said: "Old lady... you have to agree to what I just asked for, even if you don't agree!"
This chapter has been completed!