Regarding the affairs of the previous dynasty, the involvement of the Jia family and Princess Qingyun, in addition to the treasures in Shuangfeng Mountain, there is now an ancient tomb underground in Yunzhou.
This had to make Wen Qingzhu guess that this ancient tomb was that of Princess Qingyun.
As the sky darkened, on the way back to the inn, Wen Qingzhu found that the restaurants he passed by were very lively.
After asking after returning home, I learned that most people did not have food stored in their homes.
Now that it's cold, they can't afford to eat, let alone charcoal fire or something. Many people can't survive it and have no choice but to sell their sons and daughters into slavery.
Wen Qingzhu said strangely: "Isn't Yunzhou always recruiting people these days? They take care of food, housing, and wages. Why don't they go?"
"Those who can go have already gone. Those who can't go really don't want to go. Sir, take a look at this." Jasmine made a rough count of the people who went to the temple these days.
After reading the brochure handed over by Jasmine, Wen Qingzhu slapped the brochure directly on the table: "Is there something wrong with the people of Texas? Are you about to starve to death? You still have money and food to go to the temple to burn incense?"
"It's not just about incense, we also found this in the past few days." Jasmine brought up another account book.
As soon as Wen Qingzhu opened it, his face suddenly darkened: "What are the numbers of these people?"
Jasmine explained: "The largest number of people will believe in Buddhism tomorrow, but secretly there are many people who believe in this sect that is less than ten years old."
"Then what?" Wen Qingzhu vaguely understood something.
There are more than 30,000 people in Texas. The last time they recruited to Yunzhou, only 5,000 people were recruited. Including their family members with limited mobility, less than 8,000 people went there in total.
Then there are more than 20,000 people left. When she was in Yunzhou, she saw the number of household registrations reported in Texas.
There are less than a thousand people with servants at their disposal.
Then I'm afraid the only ones left are these Protestant people.
"By the way, according to our investigation, there is a very special Guijia. They don't have much property in their name, but their annual income is very rich. I have determined that there is basically no one in their village."
"No one? Where does the income come from?"
Jasmine brought a map over and used a red pen to point out a village outside Dezhou City: "This place is a Taoist temple. The Yamen has not recorded it. A fixed number of 300 people go there every day."
She turned around and came over to another white porcelain statue: "This is what we found during the investigation. This is the god believed in by their new sect. I specially selected ten families to observe. Sooner or later, they would pay homage very devoutly. Every time It’s the whole family together.”
"This..." Wen Qingzhu touched the white porcelain statue. It seemed that there was something he didn't know.
She suddenly asked: "Why have I never seen this white porcelain figure on the street?"
Jasmine pointed at the map again and said, "That's because all the white porcelain statues came from this Taoist temple. We tried to invade over there, but strangely, there seemed to be no one inside."
"No one?" Wen Qingzhu thought of the night she was assassinated.
It seemed that she needed to go to that temple to see.
About an hour later, Wen Qingzhu knocked out a whole family, and after disguising himself, he arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple.
After queuing for half an hour, they finally arrived at the door.
Looking at the two Taoist priests in front of me, I can tell you that they are completely different from Taoist priests like Xuanwei.
They wore pure white clothes, and their faces were not much different from ordinary people.
When Wen Qingzhu asked them to check the post and reach out for money, he felt that they were just the yamen guarding the city gate!
Even more sinister than them.
Jasmine took the silver and handed it over. One of them weighed it and said, "I remember your family came here last time? Why is there more money this time?"
"Didn't I borrow this from a neighbor? Their family went to Yunzhou to work and are living a good life now." Wen Qingzhu explained sadly with a hoarse voice and a sickly look on his face.
The gatekeeper's face suddenly darkened: "What? Are you having a hard time in Texas?"
Wen Qingzhu quickly lowered his head: "No, no! Our hard days are temporary, and there will be good days in the future!"
Seeing how good she was, the gatekeeper let them in.
After walking a few steps, Wen Qingzhu heard the gatekeeper who threatened them just now say: "That girl is really good-looking. If the temple master hadn't allowed us to do anything random these days, I really would have thought-"
Then there was a burst of lewd laughter from behind.
Wen Qingzhu turned to look at Jasmine and asked in a low voice, "He didn't do anything to you just now, did he?"
Jasmine didn't want to say anything at first, but even after Wen Qingzhu asked, she couldn't help but said, "That person just touched the back of my hand."
These words made Wen Qingzhu's eyes turn cold. It seemed like this was not a good place after all.
After being patient for the time being, Wen Qingzhu followed the people in front of him and went in.
Soon, they arrived at a square.
The square was actually very clean and filled with three hundred futons.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the number on the post in his hand and looked carefully at the futon. Sure enough, there was a corresponding number.
After searching around and finding a specific spot, they followed the example of others and sat down cross-legged.
After sitting for a while, Wen Qingzhu felt strange.
When they came over, it was still snowing lightly, but now the sky was actually very bright, and there was still a moon.
Wen Qingzhu raised his eyes slightly and found that the moon in the sky was actually round!
After counting the time, she was shocked.
At this time, it should be the new moon!
How could there be a full moon!
"What are you looking at?" Suddenly, a person appeared in front of him.
Wen Qingzhu quickly looked away and found a man in white standing in front of him. His face was pale and expressionless, as if he had been fished out of the water.
She felt a cold aura from this person.
Wen Qingzhu quickly touched his eyes and said, "Don't my eyes hurt? It's uncomfortable to lower your head, so I'll try raising my head."
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" The man in white had a hint of doubt.
He looked around at the pillar where Wen Qingzhu was hiding. It was barely okay now, so there should be no problem.
But the look in the middle-aged woman's eyes just now made him very uneasy.
To test his idea, he pointed to the sky and asked, "What's up there?"
Wen Qingzhu was in immediate danger. She looked in the direction of the man and saw the moon.
Observing the surroundings with the corner of her eye, she found that the people around her were looking at the sky in confusion, as if they didn't see anything.
Should she say that
Wen Qingzhu felt something was wrong, but what should she say
"What did you see?" The man in white felt something was wrong and urged again.
It was obvious that this man had suspicions.
Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to say tremblingly: "Look, I saw a halo of light, which is a bit dazzling."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in white's voice became gentle: "It seems that your illness is serious? Then come with me and I will help you solve it."
After saying that, the man in white turned around and walked forward.
Looking at his figure, Wen Qingzhu hesitated for a moment, then got up and followed him.
Beidou and Jasmine on the left and right were very worried. Wen Qingzhu winked at them and asked them to calm down.
Wen Qingzhu followed the man in white to the front and sat in front of a small futon on a lotus platform at the man's signal.
When she sat down, she could feel the people behind her looking at her.
Looking out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the people below were actually looking at him with extremely envious expressions.
Wen Qingzhu took a deep breath and sat down, with the poison and sleeve arrows in his sleeves ready.
When she came here just now, she carefully observed the man in white and was very sure that he was human.
It's just that his breath is a little unstable, and he feels like he's been injured internally.
But anyone can be chopped down.
Wen Qingzhu sat down quietly, ready to take action at any time.
When the man in white sat down, there was a burst of exclamations from behind, and people kept kowtowing and shouting at the same time: "Immortal! Immortal!"
Wen Qingzhu looked up and found a cloud of white mist floating around the body of the man in white.
She watched intently, not noticing the origin of the white mist for the time being.
But soon, the man in white took out a handful of soybeans and said to Wen Qingzhu, "This is your medicine."
Wen Qingzhu stared at Huangdou, a little confused.
The man in white smiled and said, "You take care of it."
As he raised his hand, the beans fell to the ground, and they slowly took root and sprouted, and herbs grew and then bore fruit.
The man in white took off a fruit, stood up and handed it to Wen Qingzhu, saying, "Eat this and your illness will be cured immediately."
In order not to attract attention, Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to take it, bring it to his mouth and taste it, feeling an unreal sense of nothingness.
"Eat." The man in white enjoyed the various reactions of these ordinary people.
When Wen Qingzhu waved his sleeves, he held his breath at the same time to let the drug dissipate.
She kept pushing it into the innermost part, and the man in white also retreated to the lotus platform.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wen Qingzhu threw the beans into his sleeves.
Everything she saw made her feel ridiculous.
The man in white was about to sit down when suddenly his body collapsed and fell down.
Wen Qingzhu naturally hurried up. When he rested his hand on the lotus seat, the color of the surrounding light suddenly turned into a dim yellow.
She immediately looked around and found them inside the house.
There were countless candles lit around, but there was no square and no moon.
At this moment, Wen Qingzhu immediately understood something.
The moment she supported the man in white, she found that his body temperature was very low, and the man in white suddenly opened his eyes and was about to scold him.
Wen Qingzhu's hand turned the silver needle and blocked his movement.
The man in white immediately stopped moving, and a distant voice came from behind.
"What's wrong with the Taoist priest?"
"What's wrong?"
Wen Qingzhu walked directly to the lotus seat. Looking back, he saw a round smoking stone pillar in the corner of the room.
Is it because of the smoke
Wen Qingzhu picked up his sleeve arrows without hesitation and destroyed four stone pillars.
In an instant, Beidou stood up suddenly and carefully observed his surroundings.
In less than a quarter of an hour, people discovered abnormalities one after another.
Everyone is panicking.
"This is where?"
"Why are we here?"
"Where's the road?"
Jasmine hurried over to Wen Qingzhu, but she didn't want her to stop suddenly and looked behind Wen Qingzhu in horror: "Sir, sir! Knife! Knife!"
Wen Qingzhu didn't feel the danger at all and stood still.
Suddenly, Jasmine suddenly knelt down and began to cry loudly.
She seemed to want to struggle over, but as if someone was holding her back, she stood still.
Wen Qingzhu looked back and found that the man in white behind him had woken up at some point
Seeing her turn around, the man in white was even more surprised: "You, why didn't you—"
"Not confused?" Wen Qingzhu smiled, raised his hand and poured the drug directly on the man in white.
At this moment, the man in white fell asleep completely.
Wen Qingzhu walked down quickly and pulled Jasmine up.
As soon as she came up, Jasmine woke up instantly.
Looking at the panicked people below, and then at Wen Qingzhu, she said in shock: "Explain it, sir!"
Then he hugged Wen Qingzhu.
At this moment, Beidou was at the front and opened the door.
A cold wind blew in, making everyone shiver.
After a while, everyone woke up one after another.
People outside finally noticed what was going on inside.
Wen Qingzhu immediately ordered: "Go and bring them in!"
After receiving the order, Beidou left here immediately.
Everyone in the room suddenly panicked, and finally someone noticed Wen Qingzhu and the others.