Chapter 1002: Statue
Dragons and phoenixes flying and dancing, iron painting and silver hooks.
Even after so many years, those three words are still fresh in my memory.
"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, what are you thinking about?" Xiao Xixi called him while waving her hand in front of him.
Fang Wujiu came back to his senses and smiled slightly: "I remembered some things from the distant past."
Xiao Xixi looked at him curiously: "What past events?"
Fang Wujiu: "My ancestral home is in Fufeng City. When I heard you mention this place, I remembered some things from my childhood. I miss it very much."
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes wide, very surprised: "So you are from Fufeng City! I have never heard you mention it before."
Fang Wujiu said casually: "It's nothing special, so naturally there's nothing much to say."
Usually in the sect, fellow disciples never mentioned their family backgrounds. Xiao Xixi still didn't know what the family situations of fellow disciples were like, but there was one thing she was very clear about, that was, their parents were gone.
Precisely because they have lost their parents, they can stay in Xuanmen for more than ten years without having to worry about whether their parents at home will miss them.
Xiao Xixi asked cautiously, "Do you want to go back and take a look?"
Fang Wujiu originally wanted to shake his head to refuse, but for some reason he changed his mind.
"I haven't been back for so many years. It would be good to go back now and take a look. I can also help you check Guan Ying's affairs while I'm at it."
Fufeng City is not far from Shengjing, and a round trip only takes three or four days, but Xiao Xixi still cautiously told Fang Wujiu about his fortune. She calculated that he might encounter some troubles on this trip, but there was no serious danger to his life, so she felt relieved.
In fact, if it weren't for her special situation and it was inconvenient for her to travel far, she would have wanted to go to Fufeng City with Fang Wujiu.
She was quite curious about what the senior brother’s hometown was like.
Xiao Xixi asked: "When do you plan to leave?"
Fang Wujiu thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow morning."
Xiao Xixi: "I'll see you off tomorrow."
Fang Wujiu: "No, it's so cold, you should stay in the palace and don't run around, or you will get sick from the cold."
Xiao Xixi snorted in dissatisfaction.
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In the imperial study.
Xiao Lingfeng knelt on one knee and reported the situation to the emperor in detail.
"Your Majesty, I will follow your instructions and investigate further along the clue of the Salvation Church.
I discovered that the Salvation Church had long been disbanded, and most of the believers had returned home, with only a small number of believers missing.
I ordered people to gather those believers and interrogate them one by one. Those believers knew very little about the Salvation Church.
They only know that if they join the Salvation Church they can get the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and they have to offer money to the Salvation Church every month.
If a believer's family member is sick, he or she can get help from the Salvation Church.
The so-called rescue is a bowl of magic water that is said to be able to cure all diseases. "
Having said that, the corners of Xiao Lingfeng's mouth twitched, as if he was very disdainful of such supernatural remarks.
But in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to be too obvious.
He controlled his facial expression and continued his narration.
“Some believers from wealthy families even paid for statues of gods. I have seen those statues and there is nothing special about them.
But strangely, a captain under my command said that he had seen similar statues elsewhere.
The captain's wife was from Fufeng City. At the end of last year, he accompanied his wife back to her parents' home to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and found that a similar statue was enshrined in his father-in-law's home.
I sent the captain to Fufeng City again. The captain asked his father-in-law and mother-in-law and learned that they had paid to bring back the statue from a local Taoist temple.
It is said that the abbot of that Taoist temple is very good at fortune-telling and is nicknamed the Old Immortal.
The old immortal was very famous in the local area, and many local people asked for statues of the deity from him and took them home to worship.
I sent people to capture the old immortal and interrogate him, but found nothing wrong.
Originally, I wanted to bring the old immortal back to Shengjing City, but I don’t know how this news got out.
The local people blocked the city gate to protest and refused to let me take the people away.
I was afraid of arousing public resentment, so I had to release the person temporarily.
To be on the safe side, I have sent people to secretly guard the Taoist temple. If the old immortal makes any unusual movements, my men will immediately capture him."
After Yu Jiu escaped, he left behind three traitor accomplices. The Ministry of Justice learned some information about the Salvation Sect and the Life-Saving Sect from those three traitors.
These two organizations were secretly established by Tianmen in order to collect money to support Tianmen.
After that, Luo Qinghan sent people to track down relevant information about the Salvation Church, hoping to find the whereabouts of Tianmen.
Luo Qinghan asked calmly.
"What does the statue look like exactly?"
Xiao Lingfeng immediately said, "I have brought back a statue of the god specially for you to see."
He greeted the outside.
Soon a guard came in holding a wooden box.
He placed the wooden box on the ground, opened the lid, and revealed a ceramic statue of a deity.
The statue has three heads and six arms, its movements are exaggerated and strange, and the rough workmanship makes it look more like a ghost than a god.
Luo Qinghan couldn't understand why so many people were willing to worship sincerely for such an ugly and crudely made statue?
Xiao Lingfeng said cautiously.
"I got this statue from a believer of the Salvation Church. That believer said that as long as you burn incense and pray to the statue every day, no matter what you wish for, you will get it in the end."
Luo Qinghan asked coldly: "Do you think this is possible?"
Xiao Lingfeng answered without hesitation: "Of course it's impossible. There are no ghosts or gods in this world. All the ghost and god stories are just lies. Those believers must have been deceived!"
Luo Qinghan remained silent.
He once firmly believed that there were no ghosts or gods in this world, but since he met Xixi, his three views have been shattered and reshaped time and time again.
In this world, there are celestial eyes, talismans, and feng shui...
Why can’t there be ghosts and gods?
Maybe ghosts and gods really exist in this world, but we mortals just can't see them with our naked eyes.
Luo Qinghan waved his hand, signaling Xiao Lingfeng to leave.
After everyone left, Luo Qinghan rode the dragon chariot to Yunxiu Palace.
He took the statue with him.
Xiao Xixi bent down and stared at the statue placed on the table, her eyebrows furrowed little by little.
"There's something wrong with this statue."
In the eyes of ordinary people, this statue has no other problems except that it is crudely made and looks a bit strange.
But in Xiao Xixi's eyes, this statue emitted an ominous red light.
Luo Qinghan asked: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Xixi reached out her hand, turned the statue over, observed it, and said with a frown.
"There seems to be something inside this statue."
Luo Qinghan immediately ordered someone to bring a small hammer.
He took up the hammer and struck the idol.
With a crisp sound, the statue was smashed into pieces and turned into a pile of broken porcelain pieces.
In the pile of debris, a yellow talisman lay quietly.
Xiao Xixi reached out and picked up the yellow talisman, and saw some strange runes drawn on it with cinnabar.
It was a kind of rune she had never seen before.
(End of this chapter)
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