When Wang Xian mentioned the Ming Cult, he thought of the faceless leader Zhang and his slogan, 'Burn my broken body with a blazing holy fire. What joy is there in life, and why is death so painful?' But soon he would remind himself, stop it, stop it.
, that is the martial arts world of Master Jin.
But when he came to the Ming Dynasty, he learned that there really was a Mingjiao sect in history. This sect with a very rebellious spirit showed its restless face after coming to China. It rebelled again and again starting from the Song Dynasty, and was naturally banned by successive courts.
, from open to underground activities. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mingjiao and its predecessor, the underground party White Lotus, merged into one group.
At that time, most of the anti-Yuan rebels were under the banner of the two religions, with the leader Han Lin'er as their co-leader, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of this dynasty, was also an armed force under him. However, later they had different natures, and they became a situation where the leader was weak and the ministers were strong. But Zhu Yuanzhang
When Nanjing was established as the capital and the country was about to be founded, it was still better to send people to invite King Xiao Ming to come to the throne instead of directly saying that he was a loner.
Of course, on the way to Nanjing, Prince Xiao Ming drowned by chance... Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang become the emperor. As a member of the Ming sect, Lao Zhu was very aware of the power of the secret sect. After he ascended to the throne, he gradually became different from both sects.
In the Great Harmony, after his throne was secure, he adopted Li Shanchang's suggestion and issued an edict to strictly prohibit the White Lotus Society and the Mingjiao. He also included the ban on "leftist magic" in the "Da Ming Code". From then on, the Mingjiao was classified as a cult.
He became the object of strict guard against the imperial court.
The report of the discovery of Mingjiao missionaries in Fuyang County has received great attention from the Yamen. In fact, in recent times, reports have been reported from various states and counties one after another. There is sufficient evidence that Mingjiao is taking advantage of the disaster to spread its propaganda activities. If it is not stopped,
If it was extinguished, it would definitely lead to serious trouble. Therefore, Zhou Xin reported it to the court and actively launched an arrest.
Zhou Zhitai affirmed the plan reported by Fuyang County and sent a soldier from Qianhu to arrest him. In order not to alert the enemy, the officers and soldiers pretended to be civilians transporting relief supplies and arrived in Fuyang County late at night...
Three days ago, notices were posted on the eight-character wall in front of the county government office asking for the execution of evil spirits. In the early morning of this day, the county officers went to the river embankment to clean the execution ground and set up a platform. As soon as the hour passed, the people were strong and the archers were strong.
, the army patrolled, and there were more than a hundred soldiers from the Zhensi Yamen, so they went out of the city to guard the surroundings of the execution ground.
This execution ground is located on several bends of the river embankment. The river embankment was built a while ago, and this is a top priority. The thick river embankment, which is two feet high, is like a giant's arms, just embracing the execution place.
Common people love to watch the fun most. In the peaceful years, murder scenes were rare, and they would come in groups to watch the fun. Before noon, there was already a crowd of people in front of the execution platform. There were more than one or two thousand people?
It's not that officials are not allowed to go up the river embankment, the embankment must be full of people.
The prisoners had not yet arrived, but just looking at the empty execution platform was enough for people to point their fingers and discuss it heatedly.
"I heard that the demons in the teachings can do sorcery." The fish seller Qi Ge said curiously: "If the head falls off, it can grow back."
"Nonsense." Zhu Dachang said disdainfully: "If you go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife, you will die!" He killed countless pigs all day long and refused to believe in evil, otherwise he would be too stressed.
"You're just talking nonsense. I've seen them perform invulnerability with my own eyes." Uncle Liu, who was buying oranges, said with conviction: "Those are living gods!"
"What if he dies?" Zhu Dachang stared.
"What if I don't die?" Uncle Six also stared.
"How about this, let's take a gamble." Brother Qi suggested.
Listening to their discussion, a long-bearded man dressed as a scholar frowned imperceptibly, and the scholar-like young man next to him muttered depressedly: "A bunch of idiots really don't deserve Li Xiangzhu..."
The scholar glared at the book boy fiercely, and the book boy shrunk his neck and closed his mouth, obviously very afraid of him...
The scholar's eyes swept across the crowd, pausing for a moment on a group of people selling medicine with sticks, then looking at a group of porters carrying burdens, and then looking at a group of beggars holding dog-beating sticks. These people all belonged to him.
His subordinates just don't know him.
Seeing that everyone from all walks of life had arrived, he felt a little calmer... Yes, he was here to rob the law field. Although he knew that this was an extremely dangerous business, he had to do it...
As soon as noon arrived, five prison cars, escorted by more than 200 officers and soldiers, slowly drove to the execution ground. Also arriving at the same time was Wei Yuan, the prison officer and magistrate of Fuyang County.
Sitting down on the execution platform, Wei Yuan said nervously: "Will they really come?"
"They will be doomed if they don't come." Wang Xian was not wearing a green shirt, but a long casual attire. He stood behind Wei Zhixian and whispered: "You can't even save your companions, how dare you save the world?"
"Will innocent people be hurt?" Wei Zhixian asked again worriedly.
"Probably not. They are 'pitying our people and having many worries'. How could they harm the people?" Wang Xian shook his head.
"Hey, why do these evil cults always linger?" Wei Zhixian sighed: "We can't live in peace and contentment."
"There are always restless people," Wang Xian said softly: "Besides, it's all the soldiers from the Zhensi Yamen who are responsible for arresting them. The teacher just wants to watch the show."
"Yes." Wei Zhixian nodded and said nothing. He just hoped that everything would go well and nothing would happen.
Not long after, the prison official came to report: "It's three quarters past noon!"
Wei Zhixian nodded, but did not say, "I'll report my death!" Instead, he turned his attention to the river embankment.
Then I saw the sun shining on the embankment, reflecting the cold light. At some point, there were hundreds of archers, all with their bows and arrows drawn, half-kneeling on the embankment. The cold light was reflected from the breastplates on their bodies.
of.
Some sharp-eyed people shouted lowly, and everyone followed the sound, suddenly panicking.
"Everyone, please be patient!" Wei Zhixian stood up and said loudly: "I have received a report that a demon from the Ming Cult has sneaked into your midst, intending to rob the execution site and save the condemned prisoners!"
The people, who had just been calmed down by the county magistrate's comfort, were now even more frightened.
"Now listen to my order, no one is allowed to move, everyone is squatting on the ground!" Wei Zhixian broke his throat and shouted: "If anyone moves, he will be treated as a monster and will be killed without mercy!"
Some people wanted to leave secretly, but they saw officers and soldiers coming down the embankment in a steady stream, trying to form an encirclement.
"Sir, what should we do?!" The book boy was anxious, "We are going to be caught in a trap..."
"Don't panic!" The scholar shouted in a low voice, but his eyes were dim, obviously he was engaged in a fierce battle between heaven and man.
But some believers couldn't hold back their anger. The porters carrying the burdens had already squeezed to the outside of the crowd, and then ran away.
The officers and soldiers had not yet surrounded them, but they did not pursue them. They watched them run out of the gap.
"Sir, let's hurry up, otherwise it will be too late." The book boy urged again.
The scholar frowned and remained silent. The scholar was stamping his feet anxiously, but saw the group of porters running and stopping.
It turned out that dozens of Yamen policemen on horseback blocked their way.
"A dragnet..." The scholar sighed softly and whispered to the boy: "Don't act rashly. We are just visiting the Fuchun River and watching the excitement..."
"Then what will they do?" the book boy asked in shock.
"I can't care about that much anymore." The scholar sighed: "If they were just the strong archers in the county, we could come and go as we pleased, but this is obviously an elite army that is accustomed to hunting thieves. No matter how high their martial arts skills are, they are no match..."
While they were talking, the group of Mingjiao believers had already drawn their weapons from their burdens and rushed towards the government's horses, shouting. The horses did not fight with them, but only held them back until reinforcements came up.
Capture these believers.
In this room, seeing that the encirclement was completed, Wei Zhixian ordered again: "Whoever is ordered to come out. Those who are not ordered are not allowed to get up. Those who do not follow will be ruthless with the sword!"
There were Hu Captou and Zhang Mazi, several policemen from the county, who began to identify one by one from a distance: "Zhu Dachang!" "He Laoqi!" "Liu Liuzi!" "Chen Sanwu!" "Zhou Shi!"
one!"
A veteran policeman with more than ten years of experience can really recognize these people.
Only five or six people were called at a time. Those whose names were called stood up and walked out for more than ten feet before arriving in front of the official. Without any explanation, they were tied up with hemp ropes first, and then the next group was called.
An hour later, the detectives were all thirsty, and there were only two people left in the scene, all of whom could not be named. Hu Captou pointed at a few of them and said: "You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you,
come here!"
The five people came over and were tied up by the police, and Hu Tou pointed at the other five. The process repeated itself, and the number of people in the field became smaller and smaller.
Hu Captou's tricks are very vicious. He specializes in picking out those who are not Lianjiazi at first glance, and saves those with fierce faces, strong bodies, or those who look like Lianjiazi at the end.
Seeing that they were about to lose their cover, the Mingjiao believers were greatly frightened. However, the encirclement of the officers and soldiers became smaller and smaller, and became thicker and thicker, so that they completely lost the courage to resist.
In the end, all the more than 2,000 people present were captured by the army.
But it’s not over yet, we still have to pick out the Ming Cultists who are mixed among the people... It is certain that there are some Cultists who have not been arrested, because the police officers found dozens of discarded weapons of various colors in the scene...
So the arrested believers were interrogated overnight and asked to identify their accomplices. However, the Ming believers were all brainwashed, and ordinary torture tools were used, but they could not pry their mouths open.
When he was at a loss, Wang Xian came up with an idea. He ordered the slaves to bring a big box and throw the Ming disciples tied into rice dumplings into it. Then he asked the slaves to stuff their ears with cotton, and then each of them took a handful of copper.
A spoon, a white porcelain bowl, reached into the box with both hands, and kept scraping the bowl 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 in less than a minute of tea, the noise stopped, and Zaoli came out to report that it had been done...