It was bright and clear the next day, and Master Jiang Wen and his disciples were fully prepared to travel to Guangdong. The carriage provided by Ming Zunjiao also stopped outside the mansion early, and was pulled by a gentle and hardworking old horse, which was enough to withstand the heavy traffic along the road.

The wind, frost, rain and snow above are just waiting for Our Lady of the Red Lotus to appear and say goodbye.

However, in the past few days, they did not wait for the Red Lotus Virgin to appear. Goddess Liuding also sent people to inquire several times, but nothing happened.

If they kept waiting like this, Jiang Wen and his party would not be able to get to the market town at the junction of Zhangquan and Zhangzhou before dark, and would inevitably have to spend the night in the wilderness. Therefore, after careful consideration, they could only drive and say goodbye to the people of the Ming Cult.

Went leisurely to the south.

It was almost an hour after Jiang Wen set off that the Red Lotus Virgin arrived belatedly. She looked at her men with annoyance, her red lips slightly opened, but no words of blame came out of her mouth.

"Come in, I have something to tell you."

She led several people into the secret nunnery in the mansion, walked to the rosette of the Blood Buddha statue, and finally told the reason for her late arrival.

"Last night, I met with the Dharma Master and everyone in the Dharma Hall in Cao'an Temple. They saw with their own eyes that Master Hulu's stupa shone brightly at night. It was shaking all night long. It seemed that the bones suppressed under the pagoda were about to move."

The three accompanying Liuding goddesses also nodded. They seemed still horrified by what they saw last night, and their faces looked pale after not sleeping all night.

"Holy Mother, this matter is extraordinary. The reason why Master Hulu traveled to Fangquan County all his life was because he was worried about changes in the mountains and seas of Quan County..."

The older Goddess Liu Ding pondered for a moment, gently pulled up her pure white gauze sleeves, and stepped forward and said, "Now that our religion is declining, why not send a fast horse to invite Taoist Jiang Wen back... Uh, I mean there are so many people.

A comptroller is always good."

The Red Lotus Mother's expression was also quite tangled, but after thinking for a long time, she gently shook her head and rejected it.

"Inappropriate. We Ming Zunjiao's affairs must be solved by ourselves in the end. How can we just rely on others just because we are weak and weak? Taoist priest Jiang Wen seems to have an ulterior motive for this trip, and we should not rashly block the plan."

After several ancient scriptures were recovered, Our Lady of Red Lotus understood the truth about Master Hulu of Mingjiao.

Master Hulu, who came to Quanzhou to spread Manichaeism in the Tang Dynasty, belonged to the Central Asian Manichae sect. In fact, Hulu was only a monk. He narrowly escaped from the legal disaster in Huichang, and his name is unknown because there is no record.

The so-called Hulu is Hulu Huan, which is the transliteration of ancient Persian, meaning preacher, and is a lower-level Manichaean monk. According to the records of "Maniguang Buddhist Rituals" and Uighur Manichaean temple documents

, the Manichaean temple should have been jointly managed by Huluhuan, Afuyinsa, and Jiansaibosai, and Huluhuan would be rewarded with expert knowledge.

At that time, there was only one missionary who fled to teach disciples, which shows how critical the situation was. There were no eminent monks or great virtues in that period of history, nor was there any boundless Dharma. There was only a small missionary who narrowly escaped from the massacre and was still in shock.

Traveling across mountains and rivers, he finally made his way to the still wild Fujian region, where he saw some even more bizarre and terrifying existences.

What was even more desperate was that he felt compassion for the hidden worries in the Three Mountains of Fuzhou, and lost the magic weapon Mani Orb to suppress the religion, but he still failed to suppress the quiet spring and sea eyes, so he came to Quanzhou Prefecture in panic.

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But he did not sink after all. Master Hulu traveled to Quan County to preach and took root. He even spent the rest of his life doing an unknown and shocking thing...

As the general plan was gradually determined, the ideas of Our Lady of the Red Lotus became clearer and clearer, and orders were issued one after another. As high-level followers of the Mingzun Sect in Quanzhou City arrived one after another, the hidden power of the Mingzun Sect was also activated.

Ming Zun taught his troops to deploy as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were about to gather at the foot of Junbei Mountain outside the city.

Along with the arrival of the believers, there was also some other news related to last night.

Last night outside Quanzhou City, a fishing boat at Nanxunmen, commonly known as Water Gate, encountered a water macaque. The monster suddenly boarded the boat at the time of three drums, jumped up from the water, and almost overturned the entire boat. The fishermen were startled, yelled, and threw themselves into the water.

They burned the flesh and set it on fire, but one person was still dragged into the water and disappeared.

In the end, three people survived this incident, and they claimed to have witnessed it. Now people in the city are panicking. The county captain is planning to block the water gate, drain the water from the river, and find the whereabouts of the corpse.

But the other thing is even weirder.

Late last night, when the people in Fashi Harbor were quiet, all the sails were lowered, and the boatmen and fishermen were all asleep, someone heard the sound of drums and drums coming from the depths of the ocean, which could be heard clearly from far to near.

Awakened from his sleep, the fisherman slowly finally saw a long boat crossing the waves. The flag on the bow was flashing but no lights were lit. There were nearly a hundred people sitting on the sides of the boat on both sides, each of them vigorously swinging the oar to get closer.

At this time, Fashi Harbor was already crowded, and they were connected and locked with iron ropes to prevent the boats from floating into the sea when the tide came tomorrow. Therefore, even one boat could not squeeze in, so some people were kind enough to paddle.

The boat went to remind them to change ports for the night.

But when the boat approached, the long boat suddenly turned upside down without warning, top-heavy and instantly fell into the water and disappeared. It seemed to be disturbed by the approaching boat and hid in the water.

The faces of several boatmen turned pale, and when they noticed something was wrong, they immediately turned around and left. But just as they were sailing away from a certain range, the long boat appeared out of the water again.

This time several boatmen saw clearly that the hundreds of people on board were all corpses with livid skin and decayed skin! They sat together and cheered vigorously with the flags fluttering, just like what they had done during their lifetimes.

Hot on my heels!

The ghost boat wandered outside Fashi Port all night, but no one dared to approach by boat. It was not until the daytime count of people that it was discovered that a dozen late-night gamblers in Fashi Port had disappeared since then.

Some people said they saw ghosts and were so frightened that they ran away overnight, while others said they ran away due to gambling debts.

But someone else swore that he, who was boiling water for cooking, saw with his own eyes these gamblers who had lost their sights, lined up in a long line for some unknown reason, and walked into the bottomless sea one after another, turning into bodies with their backs turned to the sky.

The floating corpse floated silently towards the ghost boat...

"Holy Mother Bodhisattva, the government has ordered these matters to be sealed. I am afraid it is because they are worried about affecting the Navy's attack on Zheng Chenggong."

A Hu businessman reported respectfully, and then took out a simple manuscript from his arms, "Recently, the pan-ocean trade has moved to Korea and Japan, and there is a lot of knowledge about this matter. There is this "Unknown Origin" circulating in the sea.

"Guigu Fengtu Ji", please ask the Holy Mother Bodhisattva to read it."

Our Lady of the Red Lotus sat on the lotus throne and carefully read the hand-written manuscript. After a long time, she sighed.

"Make a copy of this book and send it to the Guangzhou branch by horseback and deliver it to Director Jiang. In addition, immediately send additional stone craftsmen to Chong'an County. The Wuyi branch must speed up the preparations for its construction!"

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Jiang Wen led his disciples all the way south along the official road. Relying on the news about Ming Zunjiao, they bypassed many important places where the Qing court stationed troops and passed Zhangzhou Prefecture smoothly. For five or six days, everything was safe and smooth.

The long-lost peaceful days gradually convinced Jiang Wen that all the abnormal events he had encountered before were just accidental, and that peaceful times like this should be the norm.

So how could there be such an unlucky guy in the world who would cause chaos wherever he goes, and have weird things follow him!

However, things often change unexpectedly in the blink of an eye. Not long after Jiang Wen sighed, they encountered new misfortune at Fenshui Pass on the border between Fujian and Guangdong.

Fenshui Pass is surrounded by mountains, peaks, jungles, and dangerous terrain on both sides. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. A short distance away is the land of Chaoshan. However, only this stretch of road can pass vehicles and horses, so the pass is located at a high position.

, tightly grasping the throats of Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

Far away from Fenshui Pass, there was already a long queue of business travelers and horses, and everyone was huddled together along the narrow official road. Looking forward, they could not move forward even an inch, but when they looked back,

Then he was stuck in the middle by the subsequent team and was in a dilemma.

Looking from a distance, the officers and soldiers guarding the Fenshui Pass were pacing around impatiently, sometimes shouting and urging from the sentry tower, but they did not do any real help.

On the ridge, strong winds blew across Longtan Mountain. The cat hair grass was also blown this way and that, faintly falling to one side along the boundary markers on the mountain. The warm sunset was already lingering on the distant mountain top, and Yiyi was about to fall into sight.

Outside, the noisy heat of the day seemed to be slowly dissipating.

Jiang Wen was stunned. He didn't expect that he could experience the feeling of traffic jam on the highway a hundred years ago. He also found that the experienced caravan in front of him had sent people to inquire about the news and had returned. He immediately set up the earthen stove and put the pots on the stove.

Wan, obviously did not expect to arrive in Raoping County to spend the night before dark.

"Excuse me, what happened in the premise? How come it's been an hour and it's still not moving?"

Jiang Wenke stepped forward to ask politely, handed over a piece of marinated meat as if passing a cigarette, and then took out an empty bowl.

The other party also knew what Jiang Wen meant and poured him a bowl of boiling water before explaining helplessly.

"There are people fighting in front of us, and no one will give in to the tit-for-tat confrontation. The officials dare to bully us, ordinary people, but seeing that such desperadoes will only obey, I think there is no chance of going there today. Taoist priest, why not make preparations early?"

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Jiang Wen felt relieved. After thanking the other party, he turned back to the carriage and handed the cooling water to his three apprentices.

"Drink some water first. Someone is making trouble in front of you. You might be hungry today."

"Master, why don't I go up and have a look."

Hong Wending volunteered to step forward to inquire.

Jiang Wen shook his head: "No need, I have my own plans as a teacher."

Then he took out the ancient bronze sword from the car and ordered his two apprentices: "Shitou, Wen Ding, you two guard the car and don't run around. When the traffic is moving, drive forward. Ningdie, you come with Master and I to see the excitement."

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Fu Ningdie was half asleep and half awake, slumped in the car and twisting her body, unwilling to get up at all.

"I don't want to go...there's nothing to see in front of me, I want to stay in the car and sleep..."

Jiang Wen couldn't help but put her on his shoulders.

"No, you can't go. You run away every time something happens. This time, I will watch over you personally!"

The crowded team was winding along the ridge, with cries of mourning everywhere. Jiang Wen used Qinggong to lead Ningdie to dash left and right, and finally passed the checkpoint and reached the front of the team, where he found the culprits of the huge traffic jam.

There is a majestic stone archway in front of Fenshui Pass. On the square stone beam of the archway, "Gong Tan, Fujian and Guangdong" is engraved on the east side, and "Sound Shocks Huayi" is engraved on the west side. The fonts are vigorous and the strokes are vigorous. The stone beams below are engraved on both sides.

"The Jin gentry and people of Guangdong Township, Fujian Province are all the same as the general garrison commander Zheng Zhilong".

Under this stone archway, two teams of warriors were confronting each other with murderous intent. One side had its head wrapped in brown cloth and was holding a single sword, while the other side was bare-handed and wearing a raincoat. They were making jingling noises as they walked. They obviously had hidden weapons. Indeed.

They are all standard attire for people in the world.

There were injured people on both sides. The strange thing was that the side holding the knife was obviously more seriously injured. Everyone was injured, but they still stood in front of the man in the coir raincoat, looking like they were going to fight for their lives.

The person on the left looked at each other angrily and spoke with annoyance.

"From the Vajra Gate, we have no grievances in the past and no grievances these days. What does this mean today! Do we have to fight once before we can count!"

The other party was even more vehement and furious.

"Yanqingmen, why are you pretending to be confused! Not long after we met earlier, our group was attacked by bandits. You still dare to come this time. If I let you go again, wouldn't you be letting the tiger go back to the mountain!"
To be continued...