I, the leader of the secret sect, will do great things in the infinite world!

Old Master Gu's forehead was instantly covered with dense sweat, and he felt a chill lingering on his neck.

He had served as a staff member for many people, so he naturally knew about the major case that affected the official circles of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

During the Qianlong dynasty, what he feared most was that someone would conspire to rebel in the name of religion.Yongzheng was still a bit of a scholar who talked about Zen and Taoism, but when he came to Qianlong, he was overly defensive and sensitive in his bones-except for those lamas in Mongolia and Tibet who lived in luxury, as long as they were from the Han area, no matter they were monks Even Taoist priests, they all naturally have an attitude of distrust.

In Qianlong's eyes, only the lamas of the Yellow Sect were regarded as his own people, but most of the Taoist monks were Han Chinese.Whether the Manchu aristocrats were close to literati or socialized with monks and Taoists, they would touch the sensitive nerve in Qianlong's heart.

If someone rallies people under the guise of religion, he will be killed regardless of whether he has rebellious intentions.

In the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign, rumors suddenly spread in the Zhejiang area, saying that some wandering Taoist monks would cut off the braids of passers-by to seduce the soul.

——In fact, this kind of rumors about seductive sex and Hanako still exist until the 21st century. It can only be said that foolish men and women have not improved much in the past 200 years.

Logically speaking, this kind of endless rumors can be solved only by the local officials issuing a notice and arresting a few rumor-mongering parties. As a result, Qianlong was not moved by the words "cutting the braids" But it pierced into Qianlong's fragile heart called "Man-Han Defense".

So under the imperial edict, the governors of the thirteen provinces launched a massive investigation and arrested countless wandering monks and interrogated them severely.So what was originally just a rumor in the countryside suddenly turned into a fearful storm that spread all over the country.

However, what is paradoxical is that a year has passed, wandering monks and Taoists have caught quite a few, and none of the legendary demon party has been seen, and the final review conclusion of the scholars of the Military Aircraft Department is that the so-called "monster party" is nothing but those The monks and Taoists who were arrested couldn't stand the beatings, and the lies they fabricated were purely non-existent.

In the end, Qianlong could only decree to stop the investigation, and by the way, all the officials in charge of this matter were divided into charges of "incompetent work", and those who took off their crowns and their heads were taken off.It's just to save face for this Lafayette.

Thinking of this absurdly big case, Old Master Gu couldn't help feeling terrified: "Yes, your lord is right, let's go quickly."

Feng Renying thought that she had hit a brick wall this time. If someone wanted to make a fuss about this, not to mention the Five Tigers of the Feng family, they would even have to take off the title of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The two quietly walked out from the side door, thinking they could take this opportunity to slip away, but found that the door was tightly blocked by people, and they could only bend down and climb out through a small hole in the wall.

Chen Shouting's eyes hesitated, and he said in his heart that he is a dignified fifth-rank official...

"My lord, let's go quickly. Don't hesitate." Old Master Gu motioned to keep watch and let Chen Shouting crawl first.

"Forget it, old man crawl!"

Chen Shouting's lips trembled, his eyes closed and his heart turned sideways, and he crawled out on the ground.

His eyes went dark, and then a white light appeared. Along with the light, there was a curious voice.

"Hey, how come someone drills a dog hole?"

Chen Shouting raised his head with despair and saw Li Linzheng looking at him curiously.

In fact, Li Lin was not the only one. Dozens of people around were curiously observing this Guangzhou Tongzhi who was half stuck in the dog hole.

Chen Shouting, who was enjoying the death of the society, looked dull, and then slammed the ground like a smashed pot: "This official is a colleague from Guangzhou, quickly pull this official out!"

"Really, I don't believe it." Li Lin raised the bar subconsciously, "Why did you Guangzhou Tongzhi go through a dog hole and ask Feng Renying to open the door to send you out, shouldn't it?"

Chen Shouting was startled, then fell into thought.

It seems so.

What followed was endless regret. Damn it, if it wasn’t for the sorcery case in the 33rd year of Qianlong’s reign that messed up his mind, how could he have ended up like this?

"And you don't have any followers with you, do you insist that we drag you along?"

Li Lin's timely follow-up attack made Chen Shouting, who was already riddled with wounds, want to grab the ground with his head.

"Anyway, it's my negligence..." Chen Shouting raised his head dejectedly, "Pull me out first..."

"How can you guarantee that you are not an informant who went to the Tongzhi Yamen to report?" Li Linde did not forgive others, and then asked around in order to show his democracy, "Do you know him?"

Chen Shouting looked up at the crowd with hope.

However, to his disappointment, almost everyone shook their heads - after all, these ordinary civilians had no chance to meet his parents.

Suddenly, a flash of blood appeared on Chen Shouting's pale face. He happily pointed at the policeman and Young Master Feng jumping in the crowd: "Team Leader Wang, Second Young Master Feng! Pull me out quickly!"

"Yes, yes, Li Shenxian." Detective Wang was persuading from the side, sweating profusely, "This is really our Tongzhi Master!"

"That's what you said?" Li Lin sneered disdainfully, "Which fellow intellectual would dress like this?"

"Stop talking..." Chen Shouting couldn't laugh or cry, and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a pulling force that was about to pull him back, so he supported the wall with both hands in a panic, "Pull me out, hurry up!" Pull me out!"

Detective Wang and Second Young Master Feng didn't have time to ask for Li Lin's consent. They grabbed Chen Shouting's arms from the left and right and started wrestling with the other end of the wall.

On the other side of the wall, Old Master Gu, who was originally used to let the wind out, was gagged and controlled the corner of the wall. Feng Renying, with a gloomy face, stood by the wall hole with his arms folded, watching Chen Shouting's half body stuck in the wall hole.

"Pull, pull me back!" Feng Renying signaled the two big-armed servants to use their strength.

Not only that, he also shouted outside the wall: "This is Feng Renying. If the person outside the wall recognizes her, let go quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless with my copper stick!"

Feng Renying is known as a copper stick that suppresses the two countries. It was the long stick in his hand that allowed the Five Tigers to successfully turn white after decades of fighting.

Hearing Feng Renying's name, the Second Young Master Feng and Catcher Wang outside the wall all let go of their hands at the same time - after all, they have no enmity with Feng Renying.

Only Chen Shouting looked pale and was dragged toward the cave in despair.

Until Li Lin reached out and grabbed his collar.

boo——

With a crisp sound, Chen Shouting was pulled out of the wall hole by Li Lin.

At the same time, Li Lin stretched out his fingers and pointed at the wall.

What followed was the continuous sound of collapse - it seemed that some kind of indescribable chain reaction was triggered, the smoke was rampant, and then the entire majestic Fengfu collapsed while shaking.

The roars, screams, and screams were all buried in the sudden collapse.

The Guangzhou Tongzhi, who was still in shock, had his legs go limp. Seeing the disaster just at his heel, he was so frightened that he knelt down at Li Lin's feet.

Chen Shouting raised his head with lingering fear and looked at the Taoist priest in front of him who was dressed in extraordinary clothes, as if he had stepped out of an ancient painting. His lips trembled: "Who are you?"

A look of complacency floated on Li Lin's face: "If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter to break it down."

432 Zhenwu White Deer

Although it is said that it will be broken down in the next chapter, Li Lin knows that Guanzi will become a riddle man if he sells it for a long time, and the riddle man is always the most hated, and Li Lin also hates this.

Mainly because his own personality is not good at telling riddles.

If it works, I believe he will say it.

Li Lin embraced Chen Shouting's shoulders without looking at anyone else: "I have something urgent to do so I'll make a long story short. You know about the sorcery case in Qianlong's 33rd year? That's actually true."

If Li Lin hadn't hugged Chen Shouting, he would have fallen to the ground.

It's true that there is nothing left untouched. Jiangnan Hanchen was 30% brought down by those sorcery cases. Even though nearly [-] years have passed, it still makes Chen Shouting tremble with fear.

"Weren't you all killed at that time? In fact, all this is because the real demon sect - the Five Sacred Sect is the manipulator behind the scenes. It doesn't matter if you don't know the Wuyue Sacred Sect, you always know the White Lotus Sect and the Tiandihui, right? Right? , the Five Sacred Sect is the chief rudder of the White Lotus Sect and the Heaven and Earth Society, and their true identities are actually just branches of the Five Sacred Sect. The composition of the Five Sacred Sect is even more complex, with more than just monks and Taoist priests, they call themselves alchemists."

Li Lin patted the shoulder of Chen Shouting, who was already down.

"These alchemists gathered in Jiangnan at that time because they obeyed the order of their leader, who ordered them to surround and kill the rebellious White Lotus Cult here. For some reasons that are inconvenient to tell you, this war finally led to the complete merger of the White Lotus Cult into the Five Sacred Sect. . But the leader of the White Lotus at that time did not intend to just sit back and wait for death, so he sacrificed the lives of all his followers and summoned the gods they believed in..."

"——Come and be reborn as Maitreya Buddha."

"What happened in the back?" Someone asked impatiently.

His words startled the people around him, with a look of embarrassment on their faces.They were actually fascinated by it unconsciously.

This is much more interesting than the jokes told by the storyteller in the teahouse.

Li Lin put his arms around Chen Shouting's shoulders and turned to the other direction: "When Maitreya Buddha came to the world, the remaining White Lotus believers turned into invulnerable martial arts masters. However, the contemporary young leader of the Five Sacred Sect is not afraid of these masters. What she wants to challenge is White Lotus." The god that the religion believes in. After that battle, when Maitreya Buddha died, his authority was taken over by the leader of the Five Sacred Sect. Since then, the Five Sacred Sect has completely annexed the White Lotus Sect. These The master of the alchemists was also called the White Lotus King and was regarded as the World Honored One who saved the world at that time."

Chen Shouting thought to himself where did this lunatic come from, how could he speak such treasonous words, but after seeing the Feng Mansion collapsed into millions of pieces of dust, Guangzhou Tongzhi wisely shut his mouth.

He will not die immediately if he offends Qianlong, but he will die quickly and without pain if he offends Master Li in front of him.

Chen Shouting, who was confused, said hesitantly: "So you want to..."

Li Lin patted Chen Shouting on the back with great joy: "How did you know that I wanted to Qingjun's side?"

Chen Shouting's vision went dark, and he grabbed Li Lin's wrist with a sad look on his face: "You, you are not serious, are you... Do you want to say that the leader of something is right next to the emperor?"

Li Linxin said how do I know, but I don't know how to pretend to understand. Li Lin just figured it out: "That goes without saying! She is now in Qianlong's harem."

Chen Shouting looked horrified and distraught, but after a moment he thought that he had nothing to do with Emperor Qianlong's harem, and his expression gradually calmed down.

"But what does this have to do with me, a little fellow of the fifth rank?" Chen Shouting was puzzled, with a wry smile on his face, "How can I have the right to get close to the harem?"

"Of course you don't have this power, but what about 'Xiangrui'?"

Li Lin let go of his hand, took out a topaz finger ring from his arms, put it on, and walked straight to the Beidi Temple not far away.

Seeing him leaving, everyone followed him. Chen Shouting wanted to leave, but he followed Li Lin by a strange coincidence, and instead walked in front of the crowd.

Lao Miaozhu, who was wearing a white centipede button, had never seen so many people at this time, and was even more surprised when he saw Li Lin.

Over the years, the emperor advocated Lamaism and suppressed Han Buddhism and Taoism. Even the thousand-year-old ancient temple in Wutai Mountain had to grovel to the emperor's lackeys in order to survive, and the Taoist sect became even more miserable.

In this case, Taoist priests can no longer be called feather guests. To put it nicely, they call Yunshui their home, but to put it badly, they are beggars begging everywhere.

How can a beggar dress well?

Taoist priests like Lao Miaozhu who have temples and mountain gates don't have to suffer from wandering around. It's just that they are rich, but they are also missed by others.

Who among the various government officials and wealthy people in the green forest doesn't care about this family fortune?

However, Li Lin's attire is almost like a real immortal walking out of an ancient painting.

Li Lin nodded to the old temple, and then pushed the crown on his head. Thick golden-purple clouds sprouted from the collar, cuffs, and soles of shoes. The rich fragrance of hawthorn flowers came to his nostrils. The eyes of the onlookers were in a trance, as if they saw the darkening dusk in the sky. fall.

In the horrified eyes of everyone, a figure stepped out from the golden-purple clouds and overlapped with the majestic white-faced Zhenwu on the high platform.

Then, after a burst of strange heat, Zhenwu Beidi's golden face suddenly turned into Li Lin's appearance!

"Ah! It's Grandpa Beidi! Grandpa Beidi has come down to earth!"

Lao Miaozhu said nothing and kowtowed directly.

Then, led by Aunt Zhong Sisao and Beggar Zhang, a large number of people knelt down devoutly and kowtowed to Li Lin's golden body.

The second young master Feng was even more exhausted, his liver and gallbladder were splitting, and all the selfish emotions in his heart were gone - Zhenwu Beidi was destroying demons and evil, and their Feng family was the target of the cleansing. This was a sin that was criticized by thousands of people. !

Offended by the sky, there is nothing to pray for!

Even Chen Shouting was so horrified that he couldn't control himself: Could it be that the Northern Emperor Zhenwu really went down to punish rape and eradicate evil?

As soon as this thought came up, I saw the golden-purple clouds gathering together as if they were alive, gradually gathering, wrapping like a ribbon around the shoulders and back of the heads of the figures in the audience.

A pair of white jade-like antlers protruded from the figure's forehead, slightly bent backwards, and the drooping pupils were filled with dark purple, like a thin door waiting to be opened.

Li Lin patted Chen Shouting, who was too sluggish to think, and raised his hand to point to the white antlers above his head: "In the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, the White Deer King appeared in Guangdong and Guangxi, wearing gold and purple clouds. This is really a sign of immortality."

"I think this Lord Qianlong won't refuse such auspiciousness after sitting on the throne for a year?"

Chen Shouting took a deep breath, he completely gave up thinking.

How can a mortal figure out the intentions of gods?

Who would have thought that there are real gods in this world?

"Please tell me." Chen Shouting lowered his eyes humbly and bowed to Li Lin.

"On the ninth day of September this year, Qianlong will make an exception to hold a Chongyang Court Meeting to announce the position of Zen." Li Lin approached Chen Shouting's ear, and elaborated on the details of the destiny, "It's July now, so you can go prepare."

"Submit the document and prepare to enter Beijing."

433 Fire burns eight hundred miles of Nanyue

Li Lin and Guangdong colleague Chen Shouting are going to Beijing.

As soon as this news came out, it caused shock among the green forest tycoons in the official circles.

Of course, it was not just the chivalrous knights who were shocked - those scholars who were studying, and even the officials on both sides. Who dared not to show respect to Li Lin, who had antlers on his head and was clad in clouds?

In the 60th year of Qianlong's reign, the imperial meeting was held as an exception. People from all over the country were offering various rare auspicious things, such as luan birds with five-color patterns behind them, tortoises with river pictures and Luoshu behind them, and ears of wheat with five-color ears... ....These things are everywhere, but who can compare with a real god?

The emperor who ruled the Forbidden City for 60 years and claimed to be a perfect old man with Wenzhiwugong, personally destroyed the alchemy room left by Yongzheng in the Old Summer Palace when he was young, and drove out those alchemists who only advocated alchemy to become immortals. Nine Cities... But when Qianlong himself grew old, he couldn't help but think of the afternoon when his father took him to the Old Summer Palace.

The longer Hongli lived, the more he feared death itself, and the more he longed for someone to recognize his achievements. Wise emperors of all ages would fall into this strange circle, like a web woven by fate.

At this moment, Chen Shouting, who was sitting opposite Li Lin in the carriage of Guangzhou Tongzhi, seemed a little restless. After this period of time, he had long given up the idea of ​​​​escaping from Li Lin, but no matter how he looked at Li Lin, he could not help but feel anxious. It's like going to celebrate Emperor Qianlong's birthday seriously.

A flowing water banquet had been set up outside the carriage frame long ago, and those who participated in the banquet were all Juren and scholars from the Guangdong Province, each with a forced look of compliments on their faces, and made several songs of "Sending the White Deer Immortal to Beijing", But his eyes couldn't help looking into the frame.

However, neither Li Lin nor Chen Shouting had the intention of going down.

When the carriage was on the road and the cups and plates were in a mess, Chen Shouting suddenly gave a wry smile, shook his head and sighed: "The candidates in Guangdong Prefecture may look at Chen Mou as if he were looking at a dead man."

Emperor Qianlong hated officials who befriended Taoists and alchemists the most. He was even more disgusted than during the reign of his holy ancestor Kangxi. During the Kangxi period, the Taoist Zhu Fangdan was known as the master of magic in his generation, with thousands of disciples, and was regarded as a god by princes and senior officials. In the end, he was beheaded by an imperial edict.

Chen Shouting's guess was correct, but these faint glances followed the dust raised on the road, and in a blink of an eye it was difficult to distinguish them, only the retreating shadow of the horse team.