Lin Jue led everyone away, and Yang Xiu whispered beside him: "Brother Lin, are these people the Green Cultists? They are indeed evil."
Lin Jue whispered: "Be silent and don't talk about this matter. From now on, be careful about your words and deeds here and not offend them."
Xiao Daquan frowned and said, "Are we still afraid of them? These guys are just pretending to be ghosts. Why should we be polite to them?"
Lin Jue scolded in a cold voice: "What do you know? Since you know that they are pretending to be gods, don't you know that they are unreasonable? Can you reason with these people based on common sense? We don't know how powerful the Youth Sect is in Changheng County, so we must be careful in our words and deeds. Don’t forget the purpose of our coming. Cult members are the best at demagogueing people and inciting trouble. With a small number of us, do you really think you can survive a riot? Don’t forget their movements before. They were all black and full of followers. Isn’t that right? Can you be careful? I banned you for three days, and you turned a deaf ear to it? Consider that I am not your boss. When I get back, I will inform Commander Shen of the matter. You should go back to the palace to be on duty, so that you don’t talk nonsense. .”
Only then did Xiao Daquan realize that Lin Jue was really angry. He apologized hurriedly, but felt a little unconvinced in his heart. Commander Shen blew the commander's horse to the sky and said in front of everyone all day long that he was brave, smart and courageous. Watch today You can't even come here. What's so scary about these cult members? How dare they fight with the government? If they start a riot, kill a few leaders first. The rest of them will probably be scared to death. Do they still need to be so careful? I really don't understand.
Lin Jue used his actions to explain what it means to be cautious. He ordered someone to follow him out of the county government square, make a big circle, and come in from the entrance on the other side of the square. During this period, he even ordered someone to secretly keep an eye on those Qingjiao believers. After hearing some movement and confirming that they were not following him, he quickly led a few people to the Yamen.
This naturally made Xiao Daquan very puzzled, thinking that the commander-in-chief was scared out of his wits. How could he know what Lin Jue was thinking. Lin Jue had already learned his lesson. Qian Dezhang, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, was a Qingjiao believer, so in Yingtian Prefecture, Qingjiao is popular. Here in the Yamen Square, Qingjiao gathers and openly preaches. Lin Jue has reason to believe that the Changheng County magistrate may have condoned the spread of Qingjiao. He is even a Qingjiao believer.
So Lin Jue ordered people to keep an eye on the yamen gate to see if there were any Qingjiao believers coming in and out of the yamen to report. If so, Lin Jue even decided not to go to the Changheng County magistrate, and left the city overnight to go directly to Mojiaji, where the crime occurred.
In addition, the purpose of going around in a circle is also to prevent the Youth Christians from knowing their whereabouts and identity in Changheng County. If these Youth Christians are detaining Lao Wu and others, they should be extremely sensitive to outsiders. They are likely to be wary. Come and make things difficult.
A rescue mission that was not too difficult at first suddenly became a little tense and weird. Even Lin Jue himself did not expect this.
There are no members of the Qingjiao believers entering or leaving the county government office. Although this does not completely convince Lin Jue that Magistrate Changheng is not a Qingjiao believer, it can be basically concluded. Based on the behavior of Magistrate Changheng in reporting the case, it is even more Suspicions in this aspect can be ruled out. In fact, what Lin Jue did was just to be more cautious to avoid making mistakes.
Soon after he knocked on the door of the yamen and handed over the name card, He Anmin, the magistrate of Changheng County, came out quickly and welcomed Lin Jue and others into the yamen.
"Oh, I didn't know that Mr. Lin and Mr. Yang, the criminal ministers, are here in person. It's really rude to welcome them from afar. Why don't you inform the county in advance when you come? It's been a hard journey." He Anmin, who is in his forties,
He looked pampered and his words were quite kind.
After serving tea and sitting down, Lin Jue said with a smile: "We are uninvited guests, but we have disturbed Mr. He."
"Don't dare, don't you dare? Is Mr. Lin's trip here because of the Mojiaji case?" Magistrate He was not confused.
"Exactly. Does Mr. He know that the people we came to pick up have been detained?" Lin Jue said.
"What? This happened? When did this happen?" He Anmin asked in shock.
Lin Jue saw that his appearance did not look like a fake, so he immediately asked Yang Xiu to tell him what happened. He Anmin felt restless after hearing this, smacking his lips repeatedly and frowning.
"Lord He, you, Lord He, cannot absolve yourself of the blame for incidents like this happening in your Changheng County. You are so brave, right? Even the Kaifeng Prefecture police officers who came to arrest people dared to detain them. Are they still ordinary people?
This is a rebellion." Yang Xiu said solemnly.
"Hey, hey. Mr. Lin, Mr. Yang, if you send people to pick up people, you should tell this county. This county can send people to escort and escort. This county knows nothing about this matter." He Anmin handed over his hand.
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Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Master He, please be patient. Today we are not here to call for punishment, but to save people. I would like to ask Master He, are the local people so tough and lawless? How dare they do this to people from the government?"
Detaining someone is really bold. It doesn’t look like something ordinary people would do.”
He Anmin sighed and said: "Master Lin is right, our county is encountering a difficult situation now. We don't know what to do."
Lin Jue asked calmly: "Can you tell me what the difficult matter is? If it's inconvenient, you don't have to tell me."
He Anmin lowered his voice and said: "Is there anything else to hide from Mr. Lin? This county also hopes that Mr. Lin can tell the matter to the court on my behalf. This is the case. Since the end of the year, there have been many cases in this county.
I met some suspicious people. They didn’t know where they came from. They preached in our Changheng County every day and promoted a sect called Qingjiao. I didn’t pay attention to it at first. After all, it’s not a big deal for people to believe in religion.
Zhou Buddhism, Taoism, Mani and fire worship all have followers, and the court doesn’t care what the people believe. Therefore, this county naturally doesn’t pay much attention to the Qing Sect that has emerged. But I didn’t expect that this Qing Sect spread so quickly.
It is simply staggering. In just a few months, the county has become full of Qingjiao believers, which surprised me. Originally, this was nothing, but these people behave strangely, teach weird lessons, and reject dissidents. This is what worries me.
Mr. Lin is afraid that he doesn’t know that many Taoist temples in this county have been destroyed by Qingjiao believers, claiming that they are heretical sects that are causing harm to the people, and that Qingjiao is the authentic religious sect that saves people from misery.”
Lin Jue was shocked and said: "Is it so serious? Master He didn't send someone to take care of it?"
He Anmin said: "I didn't pay attention at first, but when I wanted to take care of it, I couldn't take care of it. The people all believe in Qingjiao, what can I do? I have less than 200 people including the government officials, policemen and militia. What can I do with it?
Guan? Fortunately, apart from demolishing temples and Taoist temples and excluding other believers, they haven't done anything bad, so I can only let it go."
Yang Xiudao: "He is so generous, so we can let it go. Taoism and Buddhism are the most common sects in our country. The destruction of temples and Taoist temples by these young believers is against public order. This is not to suppress other religious believers. Common people? This is wrong. The Qingjiao is so overbearing. Doesn’t it mean that one family is the only one? This matter deserves vigilance. Master He should report it to the court."
He Anmin said: "Who said I didn't report it? I reported it three times, but was rejected by the political hall, saying that I didn't do business and was just meddling in other things. As long as the people are peaceful and the money and taxes are paid, there will be no robbers in the county. , I don’t care what people believe or do? What can I do? The court thinks it’s no big deal, what else can I do?”
Lin Jue nodded slowly. There were too many things to do in the imperial court, including the new laws and reforms, the border dispute with the Liao Kingdom, and countless major internal and external matters. How could they bother themselves with these things? But the Qingjiao was a good boy, and there was nothing too serious about it. If excessive things are done, the court will naturally not take care of these things.
"Master He, what is the appeal of this Qing religion that makes people believe in it so quickly?" Lin Jue asked.
He Anmin frowned and said: "Master Lin asked this question, but the subordinate didn't know how to answer. How attractive the Qingjiao is, but I don't think it is. The county has heard of the Qingjiao's teachings, so why not avoid them? Anyone with a brain would probably know that these words about being punished by God and entering the Yunxiao Temple after death are nonsense. In Buddhism, there is a world of rebirth, which seems to be no worse than this one. However... there are some things I can't say. I might be wrong if I say it. It is suspected of talking nonsense about the government. I am just a small county magistrate, so I dare not speak nonsense."
Lin Jue said softly: "Master He, if you have anything to say, just say it. I want to find out this matter very much. In addition, the case of female murder is very strange. I really want to find out what is behind the case. What's the reason? Mr. He, don't worry. I, Lin Jue, swear to God that I will never say anything nonsense about what I said today. If there is any nonsense about government affairs, wouldn't I be involved in it? Besides, an official of my level is not Why should you worry about such an important official in the court?"
He Anmin thought for a while and said: "It's not that I can't trust Mr. Lin, it's just that what I said goes against the general trend and is inappropriate. That's all, this county has nothing to fear. This county has long been willing to withdraw. At the worst, it will just resign and return to the hometown. This county has also been I’ve really had enough of these things.”
Lin Jue looked at He Anmin quietly, seeming to have guessed something in his mind. But He Anmin continued: "Sir Lin, the court has vigorously implemented this new law. I wonder what Mr. Lin thinks about this new law. This county heard that Mr. Lin He was originally the chief author of the Regulations Department, and the two new laws were drafted by Mr. Lin. Although some things happened between Mr. Lin and Fang Zhongcheng later, this county believes that Mr. Lin has the right to comment on this."
Lin Jue nodded secretly, and the guess in his heart was confirmed. Sure enough, everything develops for a reason. Listening to He Anmin's words, it seems that there is some connection between the proliferation of Qing religion and the implementation of the new law.
"Do you still need to ask about my attitude, Mr. He? I left the Ordinance Department, which has already explained the problem. Does Mr. He still want me to explain it in more detail?" Lin Jue said with a smile.
He Anmin also laughed. Of course he knew Lin Jue's attitude. The fact that Fang Dunru expelled Lin Jue from his school was widely spread among the scholars. In private, everyone discussed the reason and concluded that it was due to the new law. On the Internet, Lin Jue and Fang Dunru had a disagreement, so Fang Dunru was kicked out of the Ordinance Department. People felt sorry for Lin Jue, but at the same time they also admired this new champion. He insisted on his attitude, even in the face of such a serious situation. There was no compromise in the aftermath, and he was quite like a scholar-bureaucrat. It was precisely because of this background that He Anmin dared to suddenly mention this matter today.
