Your Majesty, it's polite

In the study, Xiao Yiting was looking at the letter sent by Jiang Nan, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his face was very ugly.

Tang Yunshu came over with supper, and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong?"

"Yun Shu, take a look for yourself."

"I'll see."

Tang Yunshu took the letter paper from his hand, and when he saw the contents clearly, his eyes widened.

Looking up at Xiao Yiting, he couldn't hide his surprise in his tone: "He is in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has a wife and children."

My dear, this Zi Lai Daoist is really full of rain and dew, with a lot of wives and concubines.

There is one nest in Kyoto and one nest in Jiangnan, and he is not too tired to panic.

Tsk tsk tsk, opened my eyes.

Xiao Yiting said: "Zi Lai is not in a hurry to see Luo Chi, that's why. Even if the son of Jingdu is in our hands now, even if he is killed, he still has roots in Jiangnan."

"His thoughts are in the wrong line."

If you really want to be a profiteer, you must be the richest man in the country.

Their patriarch, I don't know if he will be so angry that he wants to strangle him.

Xiao Yiting's cold eyes showed a bit of coldness under the candlelight: "He is the key to bringing down Cheng Guogong's mansion, we must open his mouth."

"Cheng Guogong's mansion is now in a hurry than us. They dispatched three people to assassinate, but they were blocked from the punishment department."

I have tried to poison and bribe them, but with Gao Zhen present, it is as difficult as heaven to do so,

The old Duke's city mansion is very deep, he must also know that Taoist Zilai will not betray him easily.

Mingyue stepped in from the outside and bowed respectfully: "Master, Uncle, Your Majesty has sent a message to let you enter the palace immediately."

Now, immediately?

Tang Yunshu glanced at the gloomy sky outside, and exchanged a glance with Xiao Yiting.

The two came to the imperial study and saw both the emperor and Gao Zhen were there. To be precise, the emperor looked at the brochure presented by Gao Zhen with a dark face.

Just as the two of them were about to salute, the emperor immediately said: "Don't be too polite, just take a look at this brochure, it's newly presented by Jiangnan."

Xiao Yiting took the notebook from his hand, and the moment he opened it and saw the content, his face darkened suddenly.

"what happened?"

Tang Yunshu took it over, and when he saw the content clearly, his heart skipped a beat.

The emperor's face was livid, and his tone was full of restrained anger: "It's really abominable that such a cult should appear in the elegant and romantic place in the south of the Yangtze River."

The excerpt is just from the Jiangnan area, and it is said that a cult appeared in Jiangnan at some time, claiming to believe in heaven, the leader is good at gossip, knows how to communicate with God, is good at giving, and preaches according to the law. It has been less than a year. Even believers gathered tens of thousands of people.At that time, the magistrate secretly tried to find out, and found that the leader was a man of real ability. He could tell at a glance how many wives and concubines he had in his family, and why his parents were sick.The prefect didn't believe it, so he sent another person there, but he said that the man was sick, and the prefect wanted to use this as a crime to dismantle the church.Who would have thought that the doctor would check it out, that the man was really sick, and his symptoms were exactly the same as the leader said.

When this incident spread, the reputation of Xintian Sect spread far and wide, and believers joined the sect frantically, forming a powerful force, even more powerful than the Yamen at that time.

What is difficult to handle is that they never oppose the court, on the contrary, they support all actions of the Yamen, which wins the hearts of the people.

This is nothing at all, just like monk temples and Taoist temples, the magistrate and others never make trouble when they see that they are safe, they only accept believers with peace of mind, and they ignore it.

Who would have thought that last month, the leader of the Xintian Sect suddenly vomited blood, started divination, and even said that the crape myrtle was messed up, and the sky changed masters.

He has many believers and has won the hearts of the people, so he spread the word from ten to ten, and slowly spread a word: The way of heaven is disordered, Ziwei is wrong, and the golden dragon returns to the throne.

Tang Yunshu thought it was funny: "Don't say it, it kinda rhymes."

Now Guotai Minan, a sect that is deeply loved by the people, actually spread such rumors, it really has bad intentions.

Perhaps, all the tiling in front is for the following poem.

Later in the excerpt, it was said that the magistrate ordered a thorough investigation, but nothing was found.

And this sentence spread more and more widely, and the more it spread, the more evil it became. It has been vaguely said that His Majesty has done something unreasonable and unreasonable. After learning about it, God decided to change the master of the world and let more virtuous people rule the country.

"Absurd."

Xiao Yiting threw the folder on the table, his expression was full of displeasure.

Gao Zhen bowed immediately, and said: "As far as the officials are concerned, there must be someone secretly manipulating, and their purpose is to disrupt the current peaceful and prosperous world. That leader must be tricky."

Tang Yunshu said with a smile: "Look at Taoist Master Zilai, and you will know what these so-called strange people are thinking."

It is extremely ridiculous to use the guise of the patriarch to deceive innocent people in the world and use their kindness to achieve their own shady goals.

Xiao Yiting looked at Gao Zhen, and said: "You send someone to go secretly to investigate the leader. His identity, origin, and possible purpose must be clear. If something is wrong, you can kill him first, but the premise is , must find out what his purpose is?"

"Prince, don't worry, the next official will take care of it."

Gao Zhen has been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for many years, and he is very good at dealing with this kind of people.

In the second morning, when the ministers learned about it, the hall boiled like an exploded pot.

Cheng Guogong stepped forward and bowed, and said: "Your Majesty, it is not unusual for such a cult to have tens of thousands of people. I see, he must be a descendant of a traitor from the previous dynasty. He used sorcery to stir up trouble."

"Exactly." Another minister stepped forward and said in agreement: "Your Majesty, what Cheng Guogong said is true. There was a similar cult in the previous dynasty, which later killed thousands of innocent people. A cult like this should be eradicated as soon as possible." .”

"Where there are living gods who are absolutely accurate, they are all deceitful."

"That's right, there are really living gods of that level. They all practice hard in the mountains, so how could they form cliques?"

"Master Huang's words are right. Look at Daoist Xuanmiao. Except for the fact that there was a catastrophe before and he saved the people. After the catastrophe, he would return to his own Taoist temple and never go out of the mountain. This is the real man of Tao, the real Cultivators of immortality."

"good."

"Xintian religion must be eliminated, and it must not be left behind."

The ministers talked to each other, and the hall was noisy and noisy, just like a vegetable market.

"Quiet!"

His Majesty slapped the table with his palm, and the ministers were instantly like ducks being strangled, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

The emperor was already upset, and he was even more annoyed when he saw that they couldn't come up with an idea for a long time.

Xiao Yiting stepped forward and said: "Brother Huang, don't worry, no matter what his teaching is, no matter how advanced his Taoism is, he has his own purpose. The younger brother has asked Gao Zhen to send someone there, and he will definitely be able to find out the truth."

"En." The emperor was completely at ease about how his younger brother was doing, and his face finally softened by three points.

Tang Yunshu looked at Cheng Guogong not far away, and happened to see the smile that he covered when he lowered his eyes.

The emperor lost all his ministers after get off work, and said: "Order officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River to thoroughly investigate the belief in Tianjiao. If it is true, directly eradicate this cult."

"Brother Huang." Xiao Yiting stared at him, his tone was not angry but authoritative: "In order to prevent another cult like Xintian Sect from being born, we should strictly enforce it just in case."

The emperor understood, and finally drew up a decree. Except for Taoist temples and temples, no large-scale sects are allowed to appear in the country of the great dynasty.Regardless of the number, status, or beliefs of each sect, it must be registered in front of the Yamen before opening.

After the court meeting ended, Tang Yunshu and Xiao Yiting walked slowly through the long palace corridor, admiring the swaying flowers on the spring palace wall.

Not long after, Tang Yunshu saw Gao Zhen who had gone and returned.

He lifted his clothes and walked hurriedly, his usually serious face was full of anxiety, and he waved when he saw them.

"Prince, uncle."

"What happened?"

"Zi Lai is dead."

what?

Tang Yunshu and Xiao Yiting looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The officials who were not far away heard this and started whispering.

Tang Yunshu and the others didn't care about other things, they rushed out of the palace and went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

In the dimly lit prison, Zi Lai was still sitting cross-legged, with his eyes closed tightly, but he was no longer breathing.

Xiao Yiting looked at Zuo Zuo, and his tone was so cold that it made people tremble: "The cause of death?"

Xu Zuo hurriedly knelt down, his voice trembling slightly said: "Prince Hui, he died of autism."

The so-called autistic death is the method of some master practitioners, using special methods to slowly weaken the breathing, and then die.

In other words, he committed suicide.

Tang Yunshu said, "Are you sure?"

"Back to Uncle, it's absolutely true."

Such a thing, how dare he fake it, it's not that he doesn't want to live.

Tang Yunshu came to Zi Lai and squatted down in front of Daoist Priest, put his hand on his nose, and found that he was indeed not breathing.

Thousands of calculations, really did not count this trick, enough ruthless.

Gao Zhen said with a tense face, "Without Zi Lai, what we did would be in vain. It would be impossible to testify."

Xiao Yiting said with a cold face, "Is there anything unusual before you die?"

The head of the prison quickly knelt down and replied: "Prince, there is nothing abnormal. He meditates as usual, and the younger waiters also saw that he meditated longer than usual. When he came in to check, there were no people."

The big men didn't see it under their noses, and the prison head was full of fear.

Looking at Gao Zhen, Xiao Yiting's face was full of terrifying majesty: "I have to find out immediately, he can't do this for no reason."

Gao Zhen hurriedly bowed: "The next official takes orders."

Xiao Yiting pulled Tang Yunshu out of the prison with a cold face, and after seeing them off respectfully, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

After Cheng Guogong learned of this, his heart, which had been hazy for almost a month, finally became clear, and he told his father about it.

The old man had a smile on his face after being cold for many days, he stroked his beard and said, "He is wise."

Cheng Guogong said with a smile: "Father, what he did was to keep his wife and children in Jiangnan, otherwise how could he be so straightforward."

"No matter what his purpose is, at least the stone that is pressing on our hearts has been removed."

They have an internal response in the Great Barbarian Kingdom, and the letter written by His Majesty to their lord can never be presented to his imperial table. Even if it is submitted, the content is already very different.

No matter who it is, it can't ruin his plan.

Thinking of Zilai's death, the old Duke groaned in his heart.

If he is sensible, otherwise, he wouldn't mind going to hell with all his wives and children.

In ancient times, those who achieved great things didn't care about trivial matters, no matter how reluctant they were, he would leave behind Zilai's life.

He has too many clues in his hands, if everything is leaked to His Majesty's eyes, Duke Cheng's mansion will be destroyed forever, and will be wiped out in an instant.

He couldn't take such a risk, and he didn't dare to take it.

"Confession, his wife and children in Jiangnan, give them a sum of money, and follow suit in the future."