In the small wine shop outside Yongcheng, Liu Da watched the limping Li Ping'an walk in, and asked with a smile, "Have you been beaten?" ”

"I've beaten, I've beaten-" Li Ping'an nodded, looking relieved, and sat down at the table.

Liu Dadao: "It's good to have beaten it, but it's a matter of heart." I know Assistant Teacher Liu, who is seeing a doctor in the city, and I will come to him to ask for a plaster for you in two days. Now there are few people working at the docks, and there is no one to control them, so they can make more money. ”

As he spoke, he poured wine, and the two drank a bowl together.

In the past few days, almost everyone here in Yongcheng has gone to the inspection village, except for the vicious people who kill people and set fires, most of them hit the board a few times. As soon as a few people met, they asked whether they had been to the inspection village or had beaten them. Being beaten twice on the board is not only not a bad thing, but everyone congratulates him, and this catastrophe is over.

The two drank for a while, and Li Ping'an asked Liu Da: "When I came in, I saw that there was a list posted outside, but I don't know what happened?" We who are begging for a living on the docks have already been beaten, and there will be no new rules for the officials, right? ”

"Brother Li's peace of mind, it's not a new charter, it's someone who first told the demon that the demon has recently used the name of burning incense to make trouble, and the government will strictly investigate it. Brother Li doesn't eat vegetarian food at home, and he doesn't burn incense, so what do you care? It's just one point, if there are relatives and friends who burn incense and chant Buddha, according to the new unveiling text, they must go to the temple approved by the imperial court, and they are not allowed to form associations without permission, and the eldest brother will go home and say it. ”

Li Ping'an was taken aback: "We have always burned a lot of incense here, and most of the imperial court is tolerant, why did we suddenly find out." ”

"Which knows? I heard that there is a northern demon, originally a white-clothed Maitreya sect, who has mixed into the incense burning society and demagogues. - We don't eat fasting and chanting Buddhas, we don't care what we do! Recently, everything has been investigated strictly, so don't make friends with people from unknown backgrounds in the rivers and lakes. ”

Li Ping'an nodded, and after a while, he said with a bitter face: "Alas, eldest brother, I don't know, my mother's mother has been a Buddha since she was a child, and I don't know who she has been bewitching recently, and she has also joined the incense club." Eating fasting and chanting sutras the same, who knows which god they worship? I just ate and beaten, don't be arrested in the yamen again because of this matter. This has been a thing since ancient times, why is it making trouble now! ”

Liu Da was taken aback: "This matter is careless. You go back and ask what kind of god your mother worships and what scriptures she recites. If it's just eating fasting and worshipping the Buddha, it's nothing, the foolish people mentioned in the list don't know, and those who recite the name of Maitreya Buddha should judge the government. Recently, the wind has been too tight, so it is better to ask my mother not to burn any incense, form any society, and recite scriptures at home. ”

Li Ping'an nodded in agreement, still worried. He doesn't know a single word, how can he know what sutras his mother recites, he only knows how to worship Buddha.

Manichaeism is the Northwest Hu Religion, in Khotan and other countries devoutly, the Song Dynasty is not strictly prohibited, at this time as a demon religion forbidden is Maitreya Religion. However, there are many similarities between the two religions, and they are constantly integrated among the people, and many believers do not know which sect they are entering. After these secret religions were introduced to the Central Plains, most of them were in the name of Buddhism, and ordinary people were even more confused.

Don't talk about these ordinary people, Du Zhongxiao is a little confused. If it weren't for Su Song's careful analysis of the teachings, he would have asked all the believers in his jurisdiction to register with the government. In Du Zhongxiao's previous life, the words most often on the lips of monks were "Amitabha", and Maitreya had already been combined with various other secret religions such as Mingjiao to form the White Lotus Sect, and few people went to recite Maitreya Buddha.

The Central Plains region centered on Chenzhou is the core area of this secret religious development and integration, and the anti-Yuan Red Turban Army in history was the "incense meeting" in this vicinity. It's just that in this era, Manichaeism, centered on the "incense meeting", was relatively harmless.

Focusing on the Mameng case, Du Zhongxiao has thoroughly sorted out the nearby civil society and does not want to expand it further. Otherwise, the people in the jurisdiction are panicked, the society is unstable, and many things such as land reclamation will be affected. In the end, it was decided that the affairs of Chai Benshan should be reduced to a small matter, and the folk religion should be slightly restricted, and the influence of Maitreya Sect, which was a rebellion, should be excluded.

At this moment, Liu Da saw a man outside walking by with a chicken, and shouted loudly: "Brother Zhu, come and drink!" ”

The man's name was Zhu Quan, and he was also an idler, and as soon as he heard about the drink, he hurriedly entered the store.

Liu Da looked at the chicken in Zhu Quan's hand and said with a smile: "Now there are fewer idlers on the street, but my brother's business is not good." ”

Zhu Liang sighed again and again: "It's really difficult to do, I haven't earned a penny in the past few days, and I'm about to run out of rice." I've heard that it's very lively in the reclamation field on the other side, and if that's the case, I'm going to work there too. ”

"Good workmanship, good workmanship, better than a chicken today, a fish tomorrow, no one will buy it."

Liu Da said as he poured a bowl of wine for Zhu Quan.

Zhu Liang is around here every day, regardless of whether he is a chicken or a fish, and he is looking for someone to buy it. He has superb means, and he can get by by mixing some food and clothing. Recently, since the Marmon case, everyone has been investigated, and his life has become sad.

After drinking a bowl of wine, Zhu Liang sighed heavily: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the two brothers, I still got this chicken on credit from Wu Ada, and until now I haven't even asked for a price, let alone someone to buy it." The officials have recently cleaned up the area, and we people are really sad. If the two brothers have any way to make a fortune, take their best brothers. ”

Liu laughed and said: "We are all people who eat with strength, you can't do heavy work, how can I take care of you?" ”

Zhu Liang shook his head again and again, saw Li Ping'an next to him hanging his head, and asked, "Why is the brother of the Li family so depressed?" Did you go to the inspection village and get a board? Which of us hasn't been subjected? It's good to beat it, and the yamen won't come to look for trouble in the future. ”

Li Ping'an shook his head again and again: "I really went to the inspection village to eat, but I didn't worry about this matter." Just now, there was an article outside, saying that it was going to strictly investigate what demon sect. My mother at home eats fasting and recites Buddhism, learning to burn incense and form associations, I don't know if she has violated the official law, and she is uneasy. ”

Zhu Liang patted Li Ping'an's shoulder and said, "Brother is really ignorant. Why does the government want to investigate the Demon Sect? Because the demon cult bewitches people to rebel and cause rebellion, which is a serious crime. Your mother is more than seventy, can she still learn from others to rebel! Hurry up and rest assured, let's drink! ”

Li Ping'an thought about it, relaxed a little, and drank a bowl of wine with the two.

Liu Da sighed: "That's it, I don't think it's easy to hang out at this wharf, why don't we go to the other side tomorrow and follow others to cultivate the fields." I heard that as long as you are willing to work, you have food, clothing, and money. The left and right are working hard, working on the dock for a day and not a day, and mixing with the characters of the three religions and nine streams, who knows what will happen? ”

Zhu Liang has not opened for the past few days, and nodded again and again after listening to Liu Da's words.

Li Ping'an is a filial person, and he has always been worried about his old mother, for fear of getting involved in some demon cult. After listening to Liu Da's words, he suddenly woke up and slapped the table: "My brother is right." Cultivating land on the other side of the bank is a matter for the government, and when we get there, there will be no demon cult. Okay, tomorrow morning, we'll go to the other side together. ”