Not only was Qin Shaoyou curious about the identity of the little boy the Black Lotus Sect was looking for, Zheng Tu was also curious.
But what he was thinking was that since this little boy was valued by the leader of the Black Lotus Sect, he must have special abilities. So after killing him, would he be able to gain more karma?
Zheng Tu tried to inquire about the situation from the Black Lotus Sect believer who contacted him, but was warned by the other party not to ask so many questions.
However, after Zheng Tu stuffed a silver ingot, the Black Lotus sect believer finally revealed some information, saying that the little boy he was looking for was the leader of the Black Lotus sect and the person named by the future Maitreya Buddha of the Black Lotus.
As for why we were looking for this little boy and what he was looking for, no one knew and no one dared to ask.
The Black Lotus believer just told Zheng Tu to take this matter to heart, and gave a rough request: a boy, about four or five years old, born in the twelfth lunar month.
The purpose of Zheng Tu joining the Black Lotus Sect was very simple, that is, he wanted to achieve the Buddhahood and avoid being tortured in Daoshan Hell after death.
Apart from this, he is not interested in any affairs and activities of the Black Lotus Sect.
This time too.
Zheng Tu ostensibly accepted the job, but in order to deal with it, he also found a few idle men and asked them to find out which children in the city met the requirements.
But that's all.
He did not personally go out to find young boys who met the requirements, nor did he send these young boys to the Black Lotus Sect. He just reported the news.
In addition, he was secretly preparing to sever ties with the Black Lotus at the critical moment.
Because at this time, Li Ananda and his followers of the Black Lotus Sect, who came to Mianyuan County, had already begun to capture the children.
At first they only arrested children who met the requirements, but soon they started arresting children regardless of gender or age.
Zheng Tu asked the followers of the Black Lotus Sect who were in contact with him about the reason. The reason given by the other party was to cover up their true purpose.
But Zheng Tu felt that Li Ananda was clearly playing with fire by doing this!
If only four or five-year-old boys who were born in the twelfth lunar month were kidnapped, since the number was limited, they could be blamed on Pai Hua Zi. Even if someone's birth date was suspected, it could be said to be the work of evil spirits.
Isn't it normal for monsters to capture people with special birthdays?
When the time comes, you can easily find a few scapegoats to take the blame and get this matter out of the way.
But now Li Anan obviously wants to arrest all the children in Mianyuan County.
Moreover, the children he captured were not sent to the leader of the Black Lotus Sect. Instead, they were turned into dogs by Li Anan using evil methods. The dogs were then returned to the city to be captured, slaughtered, and cooked.
Therefore, Zheng Tu suspected that Li Ananda was using it for personal use and was taking advantage of the opportunity of working for the future Maitreya Buddha of Black Lotus to benefit himself.
When Qin Shaoyou saw this, he nodded secretly.
Zheng Tu's suspicion was not wrong.
Li Anan was indeed using it for personal use, because after the Demon Suppression Division captured Li Anan, although he and his subordinates were not tortured about the search for a four or five-year-old boy born in the twelfth lunar month, they were
Asked about Li Ananda's attempt to use the method of "parents eating children" to generate karma, so that he could find a chance to break through the Bodhisattva status and achieve the Buddha's golden body.
Of course, at the beginning, Li Ananda might really just want to cover up the truth, so as not to alert the snake and let it notice and run away before finding the real target.
However, after gaining karma and seeing the hope of becoming a Buddha, Li Ananda could no longer control his desires.
In addition, the power of the Black Lotus Sect was developing well in Mianyuan County at that time. They had people from the county government to the Demon Suppression Department, so Li Anan felt that even if they captured a few more children, they could still
Suppress things.
Anyway, he definitely didn't want to stay in Mianyuan County for a long time. Once he found his target and generated enough karma, he could run away.
As for what trouble will happen later, Li Ananda probably has no intention of taking care of it at all.
Of course, these were all inferred by Qin Shaoyou based on the clues in Zheng Tu's memory.
However, Li Anan arrived in Mianyuan County in February and had not left in June.
This made Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but wonder, had they not found the target at all?
Because they could not find the target, more and more children were kidnapped by them. Even if they had moles in the county government and the Demon Suppression Department, they could not suppress the anger and were reported to the Luocheng Town Demon Division.
At the same time, they were also forced to take action against Zhang Shilang's grandson?
As for killing Shilang Zhang, pulling off his skin and letting the Painted Skin Ghost wear it as a disguise, was it just a side project?
Needless to say, after Qin Shaoyou went through the matter in this way, he felt that many of his previous doubts had been solved.
For example, after catching Li Anan, Qin Shaoyou discussed this matter with Xue Qingshan, Xu Ba'an and others. At that time, they were a little confused as to why Li Anan chose to catch the child in Mianyuan County?
Logically speaking, wouldn't it be better to do this kind of thing in a remote town?
Although the number of children is smaller, they can run away immediately after all the harm has been done. When they go to a new place to cause trouble, the local county's Demon Suppression Department may not know that such a thing has happened.
Isn't this how the demons of the Black Lotus Sect used to operate?
At that time, Xu Baan and others also asked, is it because the demons from the Black Lotus Sect have become arrogant and arrogant after seeing the continuous natural and man-made disasters in recent years and the rampant demons, and regard their demon-suppressing department as nothing?
Now it seems that Li Ananda and the others are not arrogant, but have a mission to fulfill.
But a new problem came again.
Li Anan and the others arrested the child in Mianyuan County for four months.
It's possible that we haven't found the target for so long.
But why didn't they think about whether the target might have run away long ago? Why didn't they try somewhere else instead of staying in Mianyuan County?
Are they sure the target didn't run away?
Or is it that the Black Lotus Sect sent people to search elsewhere, and just asked Li Ananda and others to stay in Mianyuan County to continue looking for people?
Of course, there is another possibility. The Black Lotus Sect has already found the target child.
It was the Black Lotus Sect that allowed Li Ananda to continue to stay in Mianyuan County. They wanted to conceal the truth and make people think that what happened in Mianyuan County was really a Bodhisattva from the Black Lotus Sect who wanted to become a Buddha.
So as to attract the attention of some people?
Qin Shaoyou shook his head.
There is really a lot of information hidden in this matter, and there are also many doubts and puzzles. He needs to think about it carefully.
But what he wants to do now is to continue checking Zheng Tu's memories.
In the next memory, Qin Shaoyou saw a familiar face.
It was Liu Shuyuan, the censor who was rescued from the well!
In Zheng Tu's memory, Liu Shuyuan came to the city as an inspection censor and was warmly received by the county magistrate at that time.
Liu Shuyuan came to Mianyuan County at the end of February?
Qin Shaoyou was a little shocked at first, but soon felt that it should be the case.
Liu Shuyuan was originally on patrol in Yizhou, and it was normal for him to visit various counties. Moreover, he was attacked on the third day of March at the bank of the Rafzi River below Mianyuan County. He came to Mianyuan County at the end of February, so the time would match.
Not to mention that in Mianyuan County, there is still Zhang Shilang who has returned to his hometown after serving as an official.
Uncle Liu is far more affectionate than reasonable, so he should come and visit.
I just don’t know if there is any connection between Liu Shuyuan and the little boy that the Black Lotus Sect demon is looking for?
Qin Shaoyou held his breath and continued to look down.