Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 726 Who dares to break into my altar?

This Lijiao Federation is also called the Lishan Anti-Smoking and Anti-Drinking Association, and is popularly called the Zaili Association. It claims to be a charitable organization that persuades people to quit smoking and drinking.

Because persuading people to quit smoking and drinking is very popular among the lower classes, it spreads quickly.

According to themselves, the ancestor of Lihui was from Baiyun Temple, and the scriptures they passed down were the Three Pure Ones and the Three Treasures, which were actually a mixture of Taoism and Buddhism theories.

Anyone who wants to join the society has to go through a ceremony with a guiding master, a asking master, or a guiding master. After paying a few dollars, they will be given a smoking cessation pill, which they say can help them quit smoking, especially opium.

As to whether it is useful or not, some say it is useful, while others say it is useless. But according to the Lihui Office, anyone who has not quit smoking is not sincere.

If that's all, then there's no harm in paying attention to it.

But as the number of followers increased, various ways of making money also emerged.

For example, if you want to ask for a Buddha statue, the one being worshipped is the ancient Buddha of the Holy Sect. It is useless to ask for it from other places. You must ask for it from the public office. Of course, it costs a lot of money to ask for a Buddha statue, and they become offerings.

In addition to the Buddha statue, there are also eight treasures including gourds, walnuts, wooden combs, prayer beads, etc., all of which require money to buy.

Especially gourds, which come in various specifications and shapes. Many people think that the hobby of playing gourds in the north was passed down from the Eight Banners descendants. In fact, it was the large number of Lijiao people who truly promoted it.

If you walk on the street at this time and see someone with a gourd tied around his waist, wiping it with a cloth whenever he has free time, then this person is most likely right. If he also takes snuff at the same time, then you can almost conclude that this person is right.

Because although the Taoists emphasize quitting smoking and drinking, they do not quit snuff. Later, when beer was introduced into China, they believed that beer was not considered alcohol, so when Taoist relatives gathered, they often drank beer.

Since he had found out this clue, Lin Ze let the others go back and only kept Wang Dayou's wife.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Wang Dayou's family, you won't cry until you see the coffin. You have harmed your man, but you are still pretending here. Do you really think that my Assistance Bureau is a vegetarian? Today I will torture you and let you know what it means to be unable to live or die!"

Immediately, assistant guards on both sides started cracking their whips, and another person started burning charcoal to heat the soldering iron.

The woman was so scared that she almost peed herself and shouted, "Sir! I am sorry for my master, but it was Xing Deming who forced me to do it. I really didn't kill my master!"

"Who is Xing Deming? Don't ask me anymore, just tell me yourself!"

"Yes, yes! Sir, Xing Deming is the leader of Xiaowangzhuang in the Lihui Public Office, that is, the head. More than half a year ago, the Taoists gathered to celebrate Laba. We called it "Baizhai". Everyone drank too much beer. Xing Deming asked me to go to the room, saying that he was going to teach me the law. Then he took me by force. As a woman, I naturally dared not say anything. Xing Deming also told the public that I could be a Taoist guide in the future. If I became a Taoist guide, I would get a share of the money every time I ordered new things. So I succumbed to him. My head of the family didn't know about these things. I really didn't murder him!"

"Did Wang Dayou go to the town office last night?"

"Last night, the head of the household came back and saw me and my mother-in-law praying to Buddha. We didn't prepare any food for him, so he got angry and said that we were praying to Buddha without thinking. He also said that he only recognized you as the real Buddha and that we didn't need to pray to foreign Buddhas. He wanted to go to the town hall to withdraw us from the sect. We couldn't stop him and could only watch him go out. Who would have thought that something like this would happen!"

Seeing that the woman did not seem to be lying, Lin Ze had her arrested, and then personally led people to the Lihui Office in Xiaowangzhuang.

If it was really Xing Deming who attacked his workers, not to mention the town hall, Master Lin would have to catch all the leaders in Pingjin.

Against them!

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Xiaowangzhuang, a place with three courtyards, is the Lihui Public Office.

Xing Deming came from a prominent family. The Xing family was originally a wealthy family in the southern city of Tianjin. Xing Deming had even passed the imperial examination for a scholar in the previous dynasty. After the imperial examination was abolished, he lived on this family business.

For some unknown reason, he became a "threshold-holder", that is, he was admitted to the Zailihui. Because his family was rich and had made a lot of offerings to the Zailihui, the chief leader of the Beiping sect declared that he was the reincarnation of the ancestor's disciple and made him a Taoist master. Later, a public office was built near his home, and Xing Deming was made the leader.

I saw a large kang in the main hall of the third courtyard of the town hall, with a kang table on top. In the middle of the table was a sandalwood incense burner with smoke coming out. Behind the incense burner were five gourds, with signs that read "Stop and Be Quiet" and "Seek Compliance" on both sides, and further back was a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

A circle of white cloth with lotus flowers embroidered on it was hung along the edge of the kang, and there was also a yellow cloth kneeling pad on the ground in front of the kang.

If you just look at the decoration, this place does seem a bit spooky.

But when Xing Deming was lying on the kang, it was a different story.

The man must be about fifty years old, with a thin face and a long beard. If he were to sit upright, he would look a bit like an immortal.

But he was lying on his side, holding a pipe in his hand.

Originally, on the kneeling mat where Taoists knelt to worship, there was now a woman kneeling. She was in her twenties, plump and fair. It seemed that Xing Deming liked this kind of woman.

The woman gently massaged Xing Deming's calf.

"Master, the cigarette you smoke is really good. I have been smelling it for a long time and I feel comfortable all over. But you can't smoke it outside. You have to stay away from relatives."

Xing Deming said: "What do you know? I am a liar. If I smoke one more ounce, people will smoke one less ounce. This is also for their benefit."

The woman smiled charmingly, "Yes, when will you convert me?"

Xing Deming became interested and put down his pipe.

If you smoke this thing too much, it will affect its function, so Xing Deming needs to think about it for a while.

After thinking it over and over again, he still had no feeling and could not help cursing, "It was all because of that idiot Wang Dayou. He came to me late last night and said he wanted to quit the guild and even deceived two fellow Taoists. I tried to persuade him but he still insisted on quitting. I had no choice but to give him nine dollars, which made me feel uncomfortable!"

The woman was surprised and asked, "Master, when something like this happened in the past, you would always ask those little Cui people to come and beat the troublemakers half to death. What happened yesterday?"

Xing Daoming glared, "That's not called beating, that's because they were not sincere. I punished them on behalf of the Holy Sect Ancient Buddha, but it was different yesterday. That Wang Dayou worked in Tanggu, and he kept saying that he was paid by Master Lin. Do you know Master Lin? He is a big shot in front of the Japanese. If he stamps his feet, Tianjin will tremble three times. It's better to have less trouble than more. I simply returned their money, as long as they don't spread the news."

As he was talking, the woman groped towards him.

Xing Daoming suddenly got the idea and said, "Quick, quick, get on the bed too!"

At this moment, there was a commotion in front. Xing Daoming was so angry that he wanted to curse. The next second, the door that was originally bolted was kicked open.

Xing Daoming was furious, "Who dares to break into my altar?"