Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, and immediately sat up straight, he really didn't expect that the worship of Maitreya was actually related to the Tang Dynasty.

He stared at Zhou Yu for a long time, trying to keep his tone as gentle as possible, "As long as you are willing to atonement for your crimes, not only will I not kill you, but I will also give you a chance to get lost, of course, provided that you spit out everything you don't deserve." ”

Yang Yuanqing has realized that this Zhou Yu is the key person for him to extinguish this rebellion storm, so he might as well give him a chance to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes.

Zhou Yu suddenly became excited, when the king of Chu first appeared, he thought that he would definitely die, and now the king of Chu promised to give him a chance, so that he would die.

"Your Highness, you are guilty of humiliation, and you dare not hide it..... Everything is spoken. ”

"Say it! I listened. ”

Zhou Yu quickly sorted out his thoughts and said: "Your Highness, the initiator of the Maitreya Sect is called Cui Cheng, he is the son-in-law of Koji Taishou, and he is the person who is now known as Fotai. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "According to what you say, worshipping the Maitreya Sect is actually the work of Taishou Koji, is that true?" ”

"Your Highness, that's right!"

"But why did he betray me?" Yang Yuanqing couldn't stop the anger in his heart a little.

This koji is Dou Jiande's confession, and his reputation is very high, and he tolerates his surrender and makes him the Taishou of Pingyuan County, and he dares to establish a cult in an attempt to rebel.

Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness, this Koji Liang has actually surrendered to the Tang Dynasty before surrendering to Dou Jiande, he and Liu Wenjing, the Xiangguo of the Tang Dynasty, are in-laws, Dou Jiande and the Tang Dynasty formed an alliance at the beginning, it is the thread he pulled, this time the rise of Maitreya Religion, I heard that it was also Liu Wenjing's idea, Koji Liang has a staff member around him, called Wang Shou, it is said that he came from Chang'an, and he suspected that he was sent by Liu Wenjing. ”

Yang Yuanqing stood up. After walking a few steps with his hands behind his back, he turned back and asked him, "When did they decide to rebel?" ”

"It should be at the beginning of next month, after welcoming the Buddha for 9981 days, send the Buddha back. Mass congregations will gather in one place, and that is the time for a rebellion. ”

"How many Christians are there now?"

"Back to Your Highness, there are now more than 40,000 people, not only in Pingyuan County, but also in Qinghe County, Bohai County, Xindu County and Hejian County."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then glanced at Zhou Yu again, and had some doubts in his heart. This kind of important secret, Koji Liang will never easily tell outsiders, how can Zhou Yu know? There is only one explanation for that, this Zhou Yu is Koji's henchman.

"Then why did you join the religion and follow Koji to rebel?"

Zhou Yu said with shame on his face: "The lowly position is because some handles fall into the hands of Koji Liang. ”

"What's the handle?" Yang Yuanqing asked unrelentingly.

"In the ten years of the Great Cause, a lot of official grain was sold privately, about a thousand stones, but in fact, the officials of all counties in Pingyuan County had more or less in the hands of Koji Liang. That's why I was held hostage, and it was profitable to join the church, so I ....."

Zhou Yu didn't say any more. Yang Yuanqing knew in his heart that what handle was secondary, and being profitable was the real reason, Zhou Yu must be desperate to follow Koji Liang and become his henchman, and now seeing that the danger is coming, he immediately betrayed Koji Liang, although he vaguely guessed, but Yang Yuanqing didn't want to break it, as long as Zhou Yu was willing to die for himself. The rest of their grievances don't matter anymore.

Now that things are clear, how to solve this crisis is the key, although Zhou Yu said that there is still a month before the time to rebel, but Yang Yuanqing believes that once the other party knows that the attempt has been discovered by himself, then they will definitely rebel in advance. Therefore, the key to victory is not to startle the snake and then use thunderous means to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing glanced at Zhou Yu again, and he had to start from this person.

"Now is the time for you to make meritorious service and atone for your sins." ……

Pingyuan Taishou Koji Liang is about 50 years old this year, and he has been in the career for 30 years, and he is already a political veteran.

Almost all officials, everyone has their own career, and between the careers of various officials, there are also some trails to figure out, linking officials together, among the various trails, marriage is undoubtedly an extremely important trail.

This is especially prominent for Koji Liang, whose second son, Koji Minggui, married Liu Wenjing's third daughter, and it was Liu Wenjing's in-laws who changed the fate of Koji Liang.

When Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Lu Liang, who was then the Taishou of Xindu County, received a letter from his in-law Liu Wenjing and immediately announced his surrender to Li Yuan, but soon he surrendered to Dou Jiande.

Perhaps it was found that Dou Jiande had no future, and Koji Liang turned to secretly surrender to the Tang Dynasty, after Dou Jiande's defeat, Koji Liang, who was then Nayan, led dozens of civil officials to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, and he was named the Taishou of Pingyuan County by Yang Yuanqing.

This appointment made Koji Liang extremely disappointed in his heart, he originally wanted to be able to enter the center of the Sui Dynasty as an official, not to be a minister, at least to be the head of the temple, but he didn't expect to get only a plain county Taishou position, but the Tang Dynasty promised to make him the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

One light and one heavy, one high and one low, so that Koji Liang made a major decision, the name belonged to the Sui Dynasty, secretly returned to the Tang Dynasty, in order to gain the trust of the Tang Dynasty, he did not hesitate to pay a letter of allegiance to Li Yuan.

In the room, Koji Liang was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and there were several people standing next to him, one was his son Koji Guigui, one was his son-in-law Cui Cheng, and the other was his staff member Wang Shou.

The son Koji Minggui and the son-in-law Cui Chenggui are both the main leaders of the worship of Maitreya, among which Cui Chenggui is called Buddha Tai, that is, the reincarnation of Maitreya, and Koji Minggui is the head of the Nine Buddhas, holding a thousand soldiers in his hands, but whether it is a son-in-law or a son, they are all puppets, and Koji Liang is the real leader.

And the staff member Wang Shou is a military advisor, he is actually Li Jiancheng's staff, and was sent by Li Jiancheng to Hebei to carry out the plan of civil strife.

After the end of the Hebei War, the people were determined that it would be difficult for them to rebel again, and only by using the belief of Maitreya could they be encouraged to follow the rebellion.

"I heard a message."

Koji Liang said worriedly: "The army of Hejian County has begun to gather, and now that the Liaodong Campaign has ended, why did the army of Hejian gather?" At this juncture, I have a sense of foreboding! ”

Koji frowned, he was in charge of security, and he was particularly sensitive to military and other movements.

"Father is saying that the army of Riverland is coming against us?"

Cui Cheng said with a smile next to him: "Isn't my father-in-law a little bit of a soldier, the transfer of the army in Hejian County may be normal training, didn't my father-in-law say last time that the counties should start organizing militia training?" Maybe I don't think this matter has anything to do with Maitreya. ”

Koji Liang knew that his son-in-law was okay to pretend to be a ghost, and if he wanted to talk to him about business, he would definitely not be able to talk about the point, he ignored Cui Cheng, but glanced at Wang Shou, his eyes were full of expectation, Wang Shou was resourceful and very smart, and the establishment of the Maitreya Sect was completely planned by him, and his worries about Hejian County were actually for Wang Shou.

Wang Shou is a native of Guanzhong, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, short in stature, with a flat nose bridge and nostrils facing the sky, a thick lip, and a long ugly face, but he is one of the worshippers of the East Palace Literature Museum, and has won the trust of the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

This person doesn't talk much, and he seems to be very low-key, but in fact, he is the one who holds the power of the Maitreya Sect, he is the representative of the crown prince Li Jiancheng to Pingyuan County, and on major issues, without his nod, Koji Liang would not dare to make a decision.

Wang Shou said lightly: "No matter what, you always have to be careful, during this time, worship Maitreya first, let the Buddhas from various counties come to talk, and stabilize their emotions." ”

He remembered something again, and hurriedly asked Koji Liang: "I remember that a few days ago, didn't Taishou say that Yang Yuanqing might be in Hebei?" Now there's news of him. ”

Lu Liang hesitated and said: "This is not certain, at that time, it was found that five hundred cavalry crossed the border from Hejian County to the south, and at that time it was only suspected that it was Yang Yuanqing's personal guard, and now there is no news of Yang Yuanqing in the nearby county governments, it may not be Yang Yuanqing, even if it is Yang Yuanqing, but he may be south to Wei County, Qin Qiong led tens of thousands of troops stationed in the area of Wei County." ”

Wang Shou pondered for a moment again, and said slowly: "I don't think it's better to be careless about this matter, Yang Yuanqing's trace appeared, and there was news of a large-scale troop transfer from Hejian County, no matter what, it is a warning, I suggest that the plan be revised, the time for raising troops should be advanced, and the incident will officially start ten days later." ”

Although Wang Shou's words are just suggestions, his suggestions are decisions and are non-negotiable......

Three days later, at dusk, Zhou Yu, the county commander of Pingyuan County, came to Ande County by horse-drawn carriage, and around the carriage were more than 20 tall and strong 'servants', who wore red and black robes, leather belts around their waists, and gauze hats on their heads, dressed as officials, and the hem of the robes was embroidered with an image of Maitreya Buddha, which hinted at their other identities.

Of course, they also have a third identity, that is, Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers, among these entourages, Yang Yuanqing also changed his attire and dressed as a servant.

Unless someone who is very familiar sees him, no one would have thought that the powerful King of Chu would pretend to be a servant.

Even the county officials who have seen Yang Yuanqing will not believe it, at most they think that this official looks a little like Yang Yuanqing.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he was met by Koji Minggui with more than a dozen retinue cavalry galloping, he saw more than 20 tall and burly servants at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, he had never seen such a majestic man, and it was more than 20.

Indeed, Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers are all elites selected from hundreds of thousands of troops, which can be called the elite of the elite, and the more than 20 personal guards who followed him are all more than six feet five tall, with big shoulders and round waists, and strong martial arts.

Koji Guigui then saw the war horses under the crotch of the 'officials', he couldn't walk anymore, his eyes stared at these war horses without blinking, and his eyes showed greed, these war horses were all strong physiques, slender limbs, and one in a thousand horses.

"Who are you?" With a wave of his whip, Koji Minggui blocked everyone's way, but it happened to stop Yang Yuanqing.