Chapter 156 Death is just the beginning
After the Ministry of Justice investigated these letters one by one, it was discovered that Lin Qingxuan was not just an ordinary believer, he was actually a "God-follower."
Ordinary believers may just make a wish to the God who controls the world, and in exchange, pay a greater price.
But Lin Qingxuan is not, he is a "disseminator".
He hired a carpenter at home and purchased agarwood needed to carve statues of gods, and had the carpenter carve wooden statues continuously.
These carved wooden statues would be blessed as long as they were taken to the statues enshrined in his cellar and burned incense and worshipped. Then they could be taken home and used to make wishes directly to the God of the World.
Lin Qingxuan would use his "officially" recognized identity as an astrologer at the Imperial Observatory.
He "suggests" the Lord of the World to ordinary people who come to him for help, and entices them to bring the Lord of the World home to worship him and make wishes for him.
Moreover, inviting the Lord of the World does not require any money, just a drop of blood from their fingertips is enough.
Because the Lord of the World was really powerful, word of his spread gradually.
Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and a network of relationships was formed privately. Through this network, a steady stream of people found Lin Qingxuan and asked him to ask the Lord of the World to return.
Lin Qingxuan wrote down the names of all these people and even wrote down in a notebook why they came to ask for the statue of the deity.
There were hundreds of letters exchanged between the two sides. Many people outside the capital wanted to invite the statue of the deity but were not able to come over, so they wrote to ask for it. Some even printed their blood fingerprints at the end of the letter to express their determination to release the contract.
Moreover, from the content of the letters exchanged, we can learn that the things that those who came to make a wish asked for were all things that were against the will of heaven and earth.
For example, a concubine hated her mistress for giving birth to a son, which meant that her son was no longer the only son in the family. She wanted the mistress's son to die silently, and later she wanted the mistress to die as well.
For example, a merchant is jealous that his competitor’s business is better than his, and wants to destroy his business.
For example, a poor scholar wants to marry the daughter of a wealthy family but is rejected. He feels ashamed and wants the rich girl to fall in love with him at first sight and use all the money in the family to help him hire a famous teacher to help him take the imperial examination.
Wait, it's jaw-dropping.
The most terrifying thing is that these wishes that completely go against conscience and morality can actually be realized, and many people even wrote letters to express their gratitude.
After reading these letters, the reviewing officials in the Ministry of Justice all felt frightened and felt uneasy.
The old minister of the Ministry of Justice was a very upright man. After reading the letter, he could not help but slam the table hard and said: "If everyone in this world can make these evil wishes by making wishes to the statue of God, they can get them without any effort and without leaving any trace.
Then what is the use of our Dayong laws? What’s the use of our Ministry of Justice?
How dark will this world become? ! Do people still need to be good people? ! “
The old minister of the Ministry of Justice reported all these matters to the emperor in detail.
In addition, after Lin Qingxuan was imprisoned, he refused to confess no matter what kind of punishment was used, and even wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide several times.
He even shouted: "I am not afraid of death. If I die, I will become a true follower of the Lord of the World, and I will become a god! No matter how you torture me, I will not betray the Lord of the World, and I won't say anything!"
Lin Qingxuan started a hunger strike from the first day he was imprisoned, seeking death.
For those who are determined to die, this kind of punishment is meaningless.
The emperor had no choice but to ask Wen Ling for help.
After all, this matter is too big, and Lin Qingxuan is a key figure, so he must have a lot of information.
After Wen Ling arrived at the cell and saw Lin Qingxuan, in response to Lin Qingxuan's shouting, she cleaned her ears and directly used a truth talisman.
Lin Qingxuan just answered whatever was asked and told him everything.
It turned out that he was a good friend of the princess's husband, and he got the statue from the husband.
It was about three months ago, when Zhang Tianshi was about to retire and return to his hometown, and he was selecting who would be the next person to take over the position of Tianshi.
He is the eldest disciple, but not the only one. He has seven or eight younger disciples under him.
Moreover, he has never been considered to have great talent since he was young, and several of his junior fellow students are more talented than him.
He was worried that Zhang Tianshi would not pass the position to him, and he had no way to improve his own strength. It was at this time that he learned from his prince consort about the statue that could fulfill wishes.
With the mentality of giving it a try, he brought the statue home.
As a result, after making the first wish, it actually came true.
Moreover, the Lord of the World came to him in his dream and said that in exchange, he needed to find more believers for it, at least twenty believers for one wish, otherwise he would take back the talent bestowed on him.
At the beginning, Lin Qingxuan "recommended" the believers as if he was completing a task.
After completing two more wishes, as more and more people came to him, he could complete the tasks effortlessly.
At the same time, those who took the statue from him all respected him very much, even feared him.
He enjoyed the feeling of being awed by everyone, as if he were also a demigod.
In particular, the Lord of the World came to his dream and told him that as long as the number of believers reached one thousand, he would no longer have only three chances to make a wish. From then on, he could make a wish at any time, and it would come true as long as the Lord of the World agreed.
And even if he died, he could still follow the Lord of the World, be his disciple, and become the next Lord of the World.
So when he learned that Zhang Tianshi looked at the stars and calculated that there would be a catastrophe that would destroy the world, and that all the information calculated by Zhang Tianshi pointed to the fact that the catastrophe that would destroy the world was caused by the God who ruled the world.
After Lin Qingxuan found out, he turned around and told the Lord of the World about it.
He had long been unhappy with the strict and rigid Zhang Tianshi, and now he wanted to stop Lord of the World from completing his great cause. To stop Lord of the World, wouldn't that be preventing him from becoming a god?
So he took the initiative to propose to the Lord of the World that they should kill Zhang Tianshi to prevent him from saying anything more. In this way, nothing could be seen from the star map.
The Lord of the World also praised him, saying that he was the most capable believer. He said that after ten days or half a month, when their believers exceeded ten thousand, and he had recovered more than half of his magic power, he would also be granted divine power.
As a result, Lin Qingxuan was dreaming well, but he never expected that there would be such a miraculous existence as Wen Ling.
In fact, after Lin Qingxuan knew that there was a spiritual master named Wen Ling in the capital, he would avoid her social circle and deliberately stay away from her when developing followers.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been hidden until now without being discovered.
Under the effect of the truth talisman, Lin Qingxuan watched himself say everything that he shouldn't have said.
He shouted in a rage: "Even if you know everything, so what? I didn't betray the Lord on purpose. The Lord will definitely forgive me. I have developed so many believers for the Lord. After I die, I will continue to be a follower of the Lord!
Death is just the beginning for me! “
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