noffsinger #110 - Chapter 110: Red Lotus Rebel
#110 - Chapter 110: Red Lotus Rebel
Looking down from the hall.
At this moment, in the courtyard.
The Dou family of Dou Family Manor, along with the female criminals from Pure Moon Tower,
were all bound with ropes, each filled with fear and dejection.
These human traffickers from Pure Moon Tower were originally hidden safely in a secret residence within Qingzhou City.
But the gray-robed man captured by Li Yuan was the chief messenger of the Red Lotus Dharma Sect in Qingzhou.
With him leading the way, none of the Pure Moon Tower people escaped.
The human traffickers, matrons, men, and women of Pure Moon Tower, thirteen in total, were all rounded up by the Dragon骧 Army.
These people were all core members of the Red Lotus Sect.
In addition, the other two branch halls of the Red Lotus Sect in Qingzhou were implicated, and more than thirty people were arrested before and after.
It was as if this time, the Dragon骧 Army had completely swept away the Red Lotus Dharma Sect's layout in Qingzhou.
In fact, the most incredulous person right now was Qi Dekuan, the general of Qingzhou.
He never expected that so many Red Lotus rebels were hidden in his Qingzhou Prefecture City.
If they hadn't accidentally kidnapped the Dragon骧 Marquis's sister this time,
who knows how long these guys would have remained hidden.
And how many more incidents they would have caused.
The Dragon骧 Marquis kept the criminals involved in the kidnapping case of Bai Yuxuan.
The other dens and followers within Qingzhou City were handed over to the Qingzhou General and the Prefecture's Criminal Justice Yamen.
As for the people from Dou Family Manor and Pure Moon Tower, the Dragon骧 Marquis decided to deal with them personally.
Looking at these Red Lotus sect members shivering in front of her.
The Dragon骧 Marquis's eyes revealed a cold light.
These people in Pure Moon Tower, who knows how many innocent women they had harmed.
Now they want to pretend to be pitiful to escape punishment, how is that possible.
The female marquis had no pity for these human traffickers.
She decided to severely punish these Red Lotus sect members without leniency.
The first one brought over was Master Dou, who arranged the ghost marriage between Bai Yuxuan and his deceased son.
At this time, Master Dou was shaking like a sieve.
His intestines were turning green with regret, he finally knew who he had offended, one of the Great Liang's Four Marquises, the Dragon骧 Marquis.
Moreover, she had just defeated the Tiele people in the Chishui River and was about to return to the capital to report her merits.
He had kidnapped the marquis's sister to arrange a ghost marriage for his son.
Knowing that the Dragon骧 Marquis would never spare him for such a great enmity, Master Dou knew this.
But even so, he didn't want to just obediently wait for death.
Despite being held down by two Dragon骧 personal guards, Master Dou still roared loudly.
"Dragon骧 Marquis!"
"I am the younger brother of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites!"
"My Dou family is an official family!"
"Even if I have committed some great crime, it should be handed over to the government for trial."
"How dare you use private punishment, this is contempt for the law."
"It is even contempt for the imperial court!"
Looking at Master Dou, who was still performing vigorously.
The female marquis raised the Red Lotus Sect correspondence seized from the Dou family in her hand and said.
"According to the laws of my Great Liang."
Hearing this.
Master Dou's eyes burst with anger.
"You! You dare, I will sue my brother!"
"Dragon骧 Marquis!"
"You are wantonly killing good people! You are murdering for wealth and power!"
"You are killing so arbitrarily, aren't you afraid of arousing the court's suspicion?!"
The already crazy Master Dou desperately tried to pin labels on the Dragon骧 Marquis.
He wanted to find something that this female marquis cared about, to seek a glimmer of hope for himself.
But unfortunately, the Dragon骧 Marquis at this time already had a heart as cold as ice.
"Someone come."
Several personal guards stepped forward and saluted, waiting for the marquis's orders.
The Dragon骧 Marquis's cold voice came.
"I see that this Master Dou is so eager for his son."
"He can't bear for his son to be alone in the underworld."
"Then you personally accompany your son and go to the Yellow Springs together."
Hearing these words, Master Dou was immediately frightened and trembled all over, begging for mercy in a flustered voice.
"Marquis, don't, I won't dare anymore."
"Please spare me."
The Dragon骧 Marquis waved her hand at the personal soldiers.
"Put the rebel Dou into a coffin with his deceased son and bury them together."
"Let their father and son go to the netherworld together."
"I will let him personally taste what he did to my sister!"
Hearing this, Master Dou knew that there was no way out today, and his whole body immediately slumped, like mud.
These Dragon骧 personal soldiers also held a burst of anger in their hearts.
You bastard, you actually dared to harm that Bai Miss who is as precious as an orchid.
How could we possibly spare you.
Several strong Dragon骧 personal soldiers forcibly pressed this Master Dou into his son's red sandalwood coffin.
The coffin lid was nailed shut once again.
In the dark coffin, Master Dou no longer had the arrogance and toughness he had just had.
He frantically knocked on the coffin boards, crying and begging for mercy, but it was all too late.
Now even immortals can't save him.
Bai Yuxuan watched as the red sandalwood coffin was placed into the tomb.
Under the coercion of the Dragon骧 Army, the people of Dou Family Manor filled the pit with soil again.
Master Dou's desperate knocking sound was also deeply buried under the sealed soil.
Imagining Master Dou struggling desperately in the coffin at this time.
A trace of joyful smile of revenge finally appeared on Bai Yuxuan's cold face.
The second batch to be dealt with were the human traffickers and Red Lotus sect members from Pure Moon Tower.
Although most of these people were women.
Each of them was guilty of heinous crimes, and countless innocent women had been harmed by them.
The leader of this group of villains was the kind-faced old woman.
It was she who tricked Bai Yuxuan into Pure Moon Tower.
The old woman's true identity was the chief head of the Red Lotus Sect in Qingzhou.
As for how to deal with them.
The Dragon骧 Marquis had only one word: "Kill!"
At this time, the old woman also knew that her life was not long.
She cursed the Dragon骧 Marquis endlessly, even maliciously cursing the female marquis.
Daring to hurt them, the Red Lotus Iron Buddha would descend and take the Dragon骧 Marquis's life.
Of course, the female marquis, who had already experienced life and death on the Chishui River battlefield, didn't care about the curses of these dying people.
More than a dozen deep pits had already been dug, and with a command from the Dragon骧 Marquis.
These Red Lotus sect members who had harmed countless people were pushed into the pits by the Dragon骧 personal guards.
It was useless for them to cry and beg.
The Dragon骧 Marquis waved her hand.
Countless backfilled earth and rocks quickly covered their figures and shouts.
These human traffickers who profited from trafficking women received the punishment they deserved.
Looking at the leveled ground.
Bai Yuxuan finally let out a long breath.
The endless hatred that had been pent up in her heart was slightly relieved.
After dealing with these principal offenders.
The male and female family members of Dou Family Manor were all handed over to the Qingzhou Criminal Justice Yamen as accomplices of the Red Lotus Sect.
As for what their fate would be, the Dragon骧 Marquis didn't care.
But based on past experience, the Great Liang Dynasty had never been lenient towards Red Lotus rebels.
The fate of these people must be extremely miserable.
After dealing with the Red Lotus Sect's affairs, the Dragon骧 Army rested in Qingzhou Prefecture for another day.
Mainly to allow Bai Yuxuan to recuperate and recover her spirit.
The next day, the army set off again and continued to advance towards the capital.
However, what the Dragon骧 Marquis didn't know at this time was that her purge in Qingzhou had completely angered the Red Lotus Sect.
The Red Lotus Dharma Sect of the Great Liang Dynasty.
It is said that its origin was the Red Lotus Dharma Sect of the previous dynasty.
Initially, it was just a very small branch of Buddhism.
However, because this Red Lotus Dharma Sect advocated the theory of world destruction and distorted Buddhism, it was regarded as heresy by orthodox Buddhism.
However, it was widely spread in some folk areas.
Later, a lay disciple, Fang Hongyue from Chanzhou.
Established the Red Lotus Dharma Altar in Chanzhou, spreading the teachings and widely recruiting followers. It is said that at its peak, there were hundreds of thousands of believers.
With more people under his command, the ambitions of the leader Fang also grew.
Red Lotus sect members often gathered at night and dispersed at dawn, inciting disturbances and causing trouble in one area.
By the time of the second leader, Fang Hongjue, the Red Lotus Sect's arrogance was even greater.
They spread the Dharma everywhere, proclaiming that the world was about to be in great chaos, demons were descending, and harming the world.
Only the reincarnation of the Red Lotus Iron Buddha could save the living beings of the world.
At this time, natural disasters continued in several states of the Central Plains, and the people were displaced.
The Red Lotus Sect slightly fanned the flames, and in various places, they raised the flag with the Red Lotus, and raised the flag of rebellion, which soon swept across more than ten states, and involved millions of people.
The leader, Fang Hongjue, also proclaimed himself the Red Lotus Holy King, and wanted to build the Red Lotus Holy Land and establish a country.
This angered the emperor of the previous dynasty.
The imperial court sent an army of 100,000 to suppress the Red Lotus Sect, and after dozens of battles, the Red Lotus rebels in various places were crippled.
The previous dynasty spent seven years suppressing the Red Lotus, using countless manpower and material resources, and greatly depleting the national power.
By the time of the Great Liang Dynasty, the crackdown on the Red Lotus Sect had never stopped.
According to the law, anyone who catches the leader of the Red Lotus Sect can be executed on the spot, and even the followers must be exiled thousands of miles away.
Under the severe crackdown, the activities of the current Red Lotus Sect have mostly moved underground.
Their behavior is also more concealed and elusive.
Even the name of this generation of Red Lotus leader is unknown.