The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 220

When the three of them walked back, it was completely dark, Zhao Tun waved his fan in front, Yao Pingzhong and Huang Gu looked like defeated roosters, their heads drooped and their shoulders drooped, without any energy.

There was nothing to gain from going out this time, neither did I meet anyone who took the initiative to come for a ride, nor did I meet anyone who chanted the teaching name like them.

Zhao Tong thought for a while, under normal circumstances to preach doctrines and win over believers, people from the Ming Cult would definitely show up, but they are so cautious at the moment, and the delay in seeing them must be because they are afraid of Wang Qing and Li Zhu.

After all, this kind of digging is unbearable for any force. Ordinary people are fine. These green forest people were all attracted by Wang Qing with the ring. The cost was huge and the expectations were high. There were also people in the army. If Wang Qing and Li Zhu knew that the army was beginning to be infiltrated by the Ming Cult, they would be furious and chase and kill Ming Cult disciples all over the city.

However, this is beneficial to Zhao Tuo, because Zhao Tuo came to exterminate Wang Qing, but he can't just watch Mingjiao grow up.

Since he planned to infiltrate Wang Qing's interior, Mingjiao resorted to a tactic to drive away wolves and tigers. When he succeeds in the fight and gets a fake job, he will disclose this matter to Wang Qing and Wang Qing. Mingjiao people killed each other.

This is also the reason why he wants to contact Mingjiao. After all, if he wants to target Mingjiao in the city, he must know where their lair is.

Although he returned without success tonight, Zhao Tang was not in a hurry. Both sides were fishing in this kind of thing, and it just depends on who gets the bait first.

On the third day, the arena was much more exciting than the previous two days. You could see some mysterious martial arts, but no real masters showed up. From morning till night, no one could stay on the arena all the time.

The competition in Luzhou was set up for seven days, and Zhao Tang estimated that the real masters would appear in the last three days. He had to watch the competition according to the situation. If there was any trouble, he would give up. As for breaking Wang Qing's army, he would think of other methods.

The three of them came back early that afternoon, and as soon as they entered the small courtyard, they saw a kraft paper seal on the ground. This time, there were more writings in it, but they began to describe all kinds of unreal things such as the bright world and castles in the air. Bewitched, even Zhao Tun saw it and thought it was quite level.

Dinner was served early, and before it was dark after eating, there was a sudden knock on the courtyard door outside.

Yao Pingzhong was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Isn't this letter already delivered? Why are you knocking on the door?"

Zhao Tun narrowed his eyes and said, "A distinguished guest has arrived, let's go and greet him!"

The two were puzzled, and went out to look at it together, but a soldier came in after a while.

This soldier was smiling like a Maitreya. He was wearing ordinary soldier clothes, not armor, but a few rows of iron nails riveted on the outside.

As soon as the army man entered the door, he saw a very special gift, and said: "How happy is life, why should death be so hard, a few good men have invited you!"

Zhao Tong hurriedly stood up, but he didn't know that kind of etiquette, but he just learned to say: "There is no joy in life, and there is no trouble in death."

Although Huang Gu and the two wanted to scratch the ground with the toes of their boots, they still followed suit.

Seeing that the three of them seemed very satisfied, the soldier said with a smile, "Xue Wen, haven't you asked the names of the three good men?"

Zhao Tong introduced them one by one, then glanced at the brown paper seal on the table, and said in a low voice, "Are you a friend of Mingjiao?"

The military man also said in a low voice: "I am the envoy of Mingjiao. I see that the three of you are people with great fortune, so I came here to talk."

Zhao Tun suddenly became excited: "Messenger Xue, I read three letters in a row, and I feel very touched in my heart. I just feel that everything in this world is only bright, which is the most true truth!"

Junhan nodded: "Brother Li, I found that you are not only a person with great fortune, but also a person with great wisdom!"

Zhao Tun's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he hurriedly pulled Xue Wen to sit down, and continued, "Envoy Xue, what do you say?"

Xue Wen smiled slightly, and then began to speak in a low voice, which took more than half an hour.

I saw that the three of Zhao Tun had dazed expressions, their eyes seemed to be shining, finally Xue Wen examined the three of them, and said, "Three brothers, do you intend to join my Ming Cult?"

Zhao Tun nodded fiercely, but Yao Pingzhong beside him muttered: "I really want to join, but we still have to fight..."

Xue Wen waved his hand: "Don't delay, don't delay, the three brothers can join the teaching, but they can go to the ring whenever they want. To tell the truth from the three brothers, as long as the three brothers have martial arts skills, as long as they join the teaching, they will be different from ordinary disciples." , will be favored by Mingzun."

Zhao Tong said happily: "Just now I heard Brother Xue said that the Envoy of Light is very obstructive, can my little brother do it?"

Xue Wen's expression froze when he heard the words, and then he said with a sneer: "That's not impossible, as long as the martial arts are high enough, the contribution to the sect is big enough, and you are loyal to Mingzun, it is naturally... possible."

Zhao Tong stroked his chin and pondered for a while: "Little brother's martial arts are high enough. After these few days of thorough understanding, I yearn for the Light Realm very much. I always feel that there is my home, and I must be loyal to Mingzun. That's it. contribute……"

"Hey, Brother Li, don't worry about making contributions. As long as you have high martial arts skills, isn't it easy to make contributions?" Xue Wen asked looking at his expression.

"That's right, my brother is right, as long as the martial arts are high enough, there's nothing I can't do to contribute!" Zhao Tong said.

At this time, Xue Wen looked at Huang Gu and the two again: "I don't know how high brother Li's martial arts are?"

Zhao Tong unfolded the folding fan with a "swish" and lowered his voice: "Old brother may not know that my younger brother has a nickname, called Jade Face Flower Butterfly, Stealing Fragrance Xiaolangjun, if this martial arts is not high enough, how can he survive to this day? And my younger brother is especially good at lightness kung fu, ordinary masters can't catch up with me."

Xue Wen's eyebrows twitched. It's not uncommon for him to brag like this, but none of them are real masters, but it's hard to tell at the moment. As a guide, his status in the Ming Cult is only higher than that of ordinary believers. He only needs to pick people up, nothing else It doesn't matter, it is meritorious to attract disciples. As for those who have martial arts one after another, it is equal to the usual ten, as long as the three in front of them really have martial arts.

He said casually: "Since brother Li is superb in martial arts, is it possible for him to win the Luzhou competition?"

Zhao Tong nodded: "Of course I'm sure, otherwise I would have been famous in the ring long ago, why wait until now."

Xue Wen couldn't believe it, and said with a smile: "If Brother Li can really get the top three rankings and get this official position in the Huai Dynasty, it can be worth his contribution. Although the Bright Envoy is not good enough, being a Banner Envoy is enough !"

This Mingjiao has a strict hierarchy. As Xue Wen introduced just now, Zhao Tun remembers in his heart that the highest person is the leader of Mingjiao. Below him are the four great envoys of light, then the five great dharma kings, the six great scattered people, and then the envoys of the seven-color flag. They are all high-level members of the church, and there are more middle-level people, and the bottom-level people are ordinary people.

He said: "From this point of view, I am definitely the envoy of the Banner. By the way, brother Xue, it is not so simple to say that the three younger brothers joined Mingjiao, but the three of us have not yet met Mingzun?"

A trace of vigilance appeared on Xue Wen's face when he heard this, but it was fleeting, and he said, "Brother Li, don't worry, after I report the names of the three of you, I will naturally bring you to visit Mingzun, and then you will be formal disciples of Mingjiao. They are all brothers!"

Zhao Tong said: "That's very good, then I will trouble my brother."

Xue Wen said with a smile: "What troubles are we talking about? We all want to return to the bright world as soon as possible. We were originally a family, but we met later."

Zhao Tong said yes, and Xue Wen stood up at this moment: "Then brother, I will leave first, and I will not bother you until the names of the three brothers are reported."

After sending Xue Wen away, Zhao Tun pondered in his mind, the so-called meeting Mingzun did not refer to the leader of Mingjiao, but Mani Guangfo.

This meeting is to see the image of Mingzun. It is impossible to enter the Ming religion without worshiping the image of Mingzun, and it is impossible not to even know the image of Mingzun.

If you go to visit Mingzun, you can follow the clues to find Mingjiao's lair in Luzhou City, and then find an opportunity to drive away the wolves and destroy them in one fell swoop.

Zhao Tong thought about it for a long time, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he said to Huang Gu and Yao Pingzhong: "What do you think of the Iron Buddha Temple?"

He has always felt that there is a problem with the Iron Buddha Temple, not because of anything else, but because this temple is also called Mingjiao Temple, which makes people wonder, although the meaning of "Mingjiao" has nothing to do with the Mingjiao of Manichaeism. Relevant, but always wrong.

There is also the iron Buddha in the temple, it is rare to cast iron Buddha, and the shape is so weird, the Buddha's light is all over the body, clearly showing the light.

Yao Pingzhong said: "This temple is ancient, but the Buddha looks weird, and I only went there once, but I didn't see anything else."

Huang Gu shook his head, he didn't know much about the temple.

Zhao Tang glanced at the sky outside and thought about it: "I always feel that there is something wrong with this Iron Buddha Temple, which may be related to the Ming Cult. I didn't visit it before because I was afraid of scaring the snake. Now that I have connected with the people of the Ming Cult, I am no longer afraid of being caught by the Ming Cult. Found out, let’s take a look at this Iron Buddha Temple tonight.”

Yao Pingzhong said: "How do we find out?"

Zhao Tong said: "From the outside to the inside, first walk around the Iron Buddha Temple."

Huang Gu said: "It seems that there are many ordinary people living around the temple?"

Zhao Tong said: "The spread of Mingjiao probably started from these common people. If it wasn't for Wang Qing's Luzhou competition this time, where would there be people with fists, feet, guns and clubs, Mingjiao would never have such an opportunity."

The two nodded and said yes, and went out after a while, and saw that there were still many people in front of the inn, and everyone was talking about today's arena with joy.

This time there is no need to say anything about why you are happy and why bother, the three walked slowly towards the Iron Buddha Temple.

The one who came was earlier than yesterday, but there were already people sitting in twos and threes in front of the temple, and there were also hawkers selling needles and thread. , but even if there were no more customers, he didn't want to leave, his eyes just looked around, and his mouth began to squirm.

The three of Zhao Tun walked around and looked around, and suddenly passed by the gate of the temple, there were several groups of people sitting there, and suddenly a young woman shouted: "Big eyebrows and big eyes, why don't you stop talking nonsense today?"

Huang Gu heard it familiar, turned his head and looked, it was the little woman who spoke to him yesterday, looking at him with sparkling eyes.

He was suddenly embarrassed, Yao Pingzhong whispered beside him: "Huang Sheng, this little lady probably has a crush on you, so don't hurry up!"

Huang Sheng glared at him: "Why don't you go up!"

Yao Ping Zhongle said: "It's not me that people are looking for, so I am looking for scolding?"

Huang Gu snorted coldly, and chased after Zhao Tun, but heard laughter coming from behind.

"Miss Zhou, did you fall in love with this thick-browed and big-eyed idiot?"

"Second Sister Zhu, don't be joking, I have become a relative."

"Sister, I'm not joking, but it's true, your man goes out on business, and he only returns once in half a year and March, and now the army is in turmoil. I don't know when he will be back next time. It's pitiful Mrs. Zhou who stays alone in the vacant room."

"Second Sister Zhu kept talking about something and nothing, but I didn't listen. I'm so ashamed."

"Oh, why didn't I see that you were half ashamed when you hit up a conversation with someone just now, and now you are ashamed when people walk away?"

"Don't listen, don't listen..."

Zhao Tun laughed as he walked, Yao Pingzhong also covered his stomach, the three of them had sharp ears and eyes, and listened to the words that followed, Huang Guzi had an ugly face, and he didn't know what happened to him this year, but he was always embarrassed by women, even if he left This road also has right and wrong.

The three of them bypassed the gate of the temple and walked towards the back of the Tiefo Temple. This is the residence of ordinary people, interspersed with alleys and alleys, and large courtyards and small courtyards are adjacent to each other.

The three of them walked in randomly, aimlessly, just wandering, and suddenly saw a small courtyard at the end of an alley. This small courtyard looked much more refined than the others, and what was even more rare was that it was not connected to other courtyards. , is an independent one.

The crimson mottled old courtyard door, with peach charms hanging on both sides, looks no different from other courtyards, except that there is a white mark painted on an inconspicuous part of one of the doors.

Looking at the white mark, Zhao Tun slightly frowned.

It was a mark of Ming Wanghuo, I don't know what material to use to outline it, although it is inconspicuous, it is slightly shining with silver light.

He made a gesture of silencing the two of them, then stood in front of the door and listened carefully, only to faintly hear music coming from the courtyard.

The sound of music was very strange, it was not any musical instrument he was familiar with, it was full of nonsense tunes, Zhao Tong tasted it carefully, the music was cheerful and clear, it seemed that there were people dancing and stepping on the ground.

Glancing at Huang Gu and Yao Pingzhong, Zhao Tang whispered a few words before knocking on the door.

He knocked on the wooden door of the small courtyard, and the music inside stopped abruptly, and became quiet for an instant, as if no one was there at all.

Zhao Tang continued to knock a few more times, but still no one answered, and no one opened the door.

Zhao Tong sneered in his heart, there was obviously someone, if he didn't open the door, it was fine, if he refused to answer, then there must be something wrong, he stretched out his hand and pushed the courtyard door, if no one came out again, he didn't mind pushing the door open.

At this moment, a delicate voice suddenly came from inside: "Who is it?"

Zhao Tun listened to the young girl, and said: "Passing by, beg for a drink of saliva."

The voice in the courtyard said: "Go to another house to ask for it. It's inconvenient for women to live here."

Zhao Tong said with a smile: "We are good people, as long as there is a water ladle to pass the saliva on, we won't go in."

The voice in the yard said: "There are yards on the left and right, why bother to come to my house to ask for water, I have already said it is inconvenient, why are you so stubborn, let's go."

Seeing that the door could not be opened, Zhao Tun pushed hard until the wooden door creaked.

There were hurried footsteps in the courtyard, and the voice became angry: "What on earth do you want to do? You have already said that it is inconvenient to open the door. Do you want to force your way in!"

(End of this chapter)