Post station.
When Ruixin received the good news from the Cult of Goddess, she was so happy she could hardly stop smiling.
She immediately relayed the news to Wuqi.
"Princess, the goddess has arrived in the capital. What should we do next?"
Wu Qi played with the bone beads in her hand, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Are there any festivals for prayer and sacrifice in the capital recently?"
Ruixin thought for a moment, "In a few days it will be Grain Rain. According to the customs of the Great Jin Dynasty, people offer sacrifices and pray for good weather and a bountiful autumn harvest during Grain Rain."
Wu Qi said, "Find several more people to impersonate the goddess and bestow blessings in different places, so that these foolish people will believe it to be true, which will make the next arrangements easier."
Princess Sudiya originally wanted to disrupt the Great Jin Dynasty, but she accidentally learned that the ignorant people of the Great Jin Dynasty believed in tree roots, so she founded the Goddess Cult.
Now that the number of followers of the Goddess Cult is growing, it is the perfect time to strike a blow against the Great Jin Dynasty. However, unexpectedly, the enemy they are facing is a demoness.
The assassins in the brothel suffered two defeats at the hands of the demoness, and Ruixin wished she could kill them as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Ruixin frowned slightly. "Why make things so complicated? Wouldn't it be better to just have the goddess punish Princess Kang Le directly, thus avoiding future troubles?"
Hearing the question, Wu Qi looked up at Rui Xin and said, "The Goddess Cult is just using refugees. There were very few refugees who fled to the capital back then. If we want to achieve our goals, we still need to win people's hearts."
Ruixin, who had lived a carefree life on the grasslands, faced numerous constraints after arriving in the Great Jin Dynasty. Realizing her rashness, she responded and sent a message out.
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"On Grain Rain, the goddess performs a ritual to bestow blessings."
Upon receiving the message from the post station, Lu Qiqi summoned Nineteen.
When the 19th arrived, Lu Qiqi was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard drinking tea.
"Your Highness, you wanted to see me?"
Lu Qiqi relayed the news of the Shadow Guards' interception to Nineteen, saying, "Lin Bai and Gu Chen are handling this matter, and they must have received the news by now."
"You've gone to all that trouble to make this trip. Tell them that on Grain Rain, find the right opportunity to publicly capture the goddess and imprison her in the dark prison."
"yes!"
...
On the day of Grain Rain, Lu Qiqi got up very early and had Qingdai prepare the carriage to leave the mansion.
The master and servant sat in the carriage, and Lu Qiqi took out a blueprint.
Two days ago, she asked Shijiu to draw all the locations where the Grain Rain blessing ceremonies were held in the suburbs of Beijing in previous years on a drawing board.
Today they are going to Yanhua Temple, which is the closest to the capital and is the most popular place to pray for blessings during the Grain Rain season in previous years.
On the way to Yanhua Temple, Lu Qiqi asked curiously, "Why do we have to go to a temple to pray for blessings?"
Qingdai poured her a glass of water and said, "Miss, you may not know this, but Yanhua Temple is just a place on the back mountain that we've given up. The prayers don't actually take place in the temple."
Less than two hours after leaving the city, the carriage arrived at Yanhua Temple.
The only way to reach the back mountain is to pass through Yanhua Temple.
Therefore, as soon as Lu Qiqi got off the carriage, she saw a continuous stream of people carrying bamboo baskets and heading towards Yanhua Temple.
Lu Qiqi abandoned the carriage and led Shijiu and Qingdai up the steps of Yanhua Temple.
The steps were long, and it took the group more than half an hour to reach the back of the mountain.
Lu Qiqi quickly spotted Lin Bai and Gu Chen in the crowd, presumably they had also anticipated that the goddess would appear here.
Lin Bai was filled with remorse because of what happened that day when he was drunk.
Fortunately, several days have passed and I haven't received any difficult tasks.
He guessed that Lu Qiqi was just teasing him, so he became energetic again and put the matter out of his mind.
"Miss Lu, we're here."
Upon learning that the matter of the goddess was related to Wu Qi, Lin Bai, unusually, became more cautious and refrained from addressing Lu Qiqi as the county princess in public.
The group gathered together and found the closest prayer mat to the altar to sit on, waiting for the goddess to bestow her blessings.
Before long, the area below the altar was filled with people. After the monks chanted sutras and prayed for blessings, several people went up to the altar to burn incense.
The air was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood, and white mist poured down from the altar.
In an instant, the altar was shrouded in a cloud of white mist, covering the offerings on it.
Suddenly, Lu Qiqi felt her wrist being grabbed. She knew something was wrong and instinctively raised her hand to attack to the left.
When she smelled a familiar fragrance, her suddenly striking hand lost its strength.
She turned her head and saw the face she had been longing for. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she exclaimed with delight, "Why are you here?"
"Follow me first."
Song Yanqing grasped her wrist and led her away from the altar to a secluded corner before saying, "The matter of the Goddess Sect is of great importance. His Majesty was furious upon hearing it and sent me to investigate the situation."
That's how it is.
Before Lu Qiqi could ask anything else, she saw the white mist on the altar gradually dissipate.
A woman dressed in plain clothes and wearing a thin veil stood on the altar, like a fairy descended from heaven.
A woman below the altar cried out, "The goddess has appeared in the world! Please protect me, goddess!"
At this moment, the people sitting on the prayer cushions began to kowtow and kneel in worship.
The scene was grand, resembling a Buddhist ceremony.
Lu Qiqi watched Lin Bai and Gu Chen slink away, and Qingdai and Shijiu kneeling in worship, and felt very fortunate that Song Yanqing had arrived in time.
Song Yanqing said, "The Shadow Guard discovered three more locations in the outskirts of the capital, all of which had activities related to the Goddess Cult, leading us to guess that Wu Qi had arranged for more than one Goddess."
Lu Qiqi hadn't expected Wu Qi to be so prepared. "It seems the Shadow Guards disguised as Tatars have been exposed."
Song Yanqing stared intently at the altar. "I don't think so. Wu Qi is a meticulous person. Perhaps she has other information that she has deceived the Shadow Guards."
The goddess spoke on the altar, and at that moment Lin Bai and Gu Chen also came to the two of them.
Lin Bai patted his chest, "Who would have thought that the people below the altar would all be members of the Goddess Cult? This scene is terrifying."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions froze.
If these cultists cause trouble, even the Shadow Guards will find it difficult to control the situation immediately.
Moreover, in order not to alert the enemy, Lin Bai did not send any government officials to intervene.
Lu Qiqi put her hands behind her back, hiding from Lin Bai and Gu Chen, and took out a packet of medicine powder from her spatial storage.
She held up the powder in front of the group and said, "This powder is bone softening powder. Put this powder into the incense burner."
The incense used for sacrifices and prayers is agarwood, mixed with some medicinal powder.
Most of these people are ordinary farmers, and it would be difficult for them to discover that there is medicinal powder in the incense burner.
"After burning the incense, have our people wash their faces to remove the medicinal effects."
The appearance of this packet of powder instantly resolved the situation where the people had lost control and were causing a riot.
Lin Bai grinned, revealing all eight of his teeth. "Your Highness is amazing. I'll go and make the arrangements with Gu Chen right away."
The goddess was still on the sacrificial altar. Lu Qiqi looked at her, and an idea came to mind.
She said, "We have all underestimated Wuqi's methods. It seems that even if we arrest the goddess and imprison her this time, we will not be able to completely eliminate the future troubles."
Song Yanqing also understood, "Then let them die on the altar right there."
Even believers can lose their faith when the goddess dies.
Lu Qiqi said, "No, I want to expose fakes online!"
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