Fried Salted Fish
Chapter 118 Is Your Flower Basket Handmade?
"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to squeeze out the local beliefs here."
The escort team from Yingtian Prefecture headed towards the Dongyue Temple. At this time, the vicinity of Dongyue Temple was under martial law. Normally, no one could see the demolition inside the temple.
Because Emperor Wanli wanted to fish, he slowed down the demolition speed and hid informants near those statues that had not been completely destroyed.
However, in the innermost area, where the statues were placed, a shadow suddenly appeared.
This shadow seemed to be in a different space from the surrounding Jinyiwei (embroidered uniform guards). It stretched out its hand and touched the rubble of the statues.
.....
Far away from Dongyue Temple, in the market, a woman sitting on the ground weaving flower baskets could be seen from the corner of Dongyue Temple. She sat under the eaves, out of the sun.
This woman was none other than Nurhaci.
Kongchang Fa (Empty Constant Dharma), the twenty-second transformation: transform into a woman, divide the body into hundreds.
The "Nurhaci" in front of the convoy was his use of the twentieth transformation, "Transforming into a Thousand Bodies," turning a sheep from the tributes he brought into his own appearance.
This sheep could speak human language, had the same thoughts as him, and was a puppet that could be freely directed. The transformation used his own blood, which was not an illusion, but a living creation of a human from an animal.
Folklores often circulate about the evil arts of the Magic Sect, such as the art of creating livestock, but they do not know that there is also the art of transforming livestock into humans, a vivid and delightful technique.
However, this kind of transformation is not just about directing livestock, but it is just that using humans is a bit dangerous. After all, people have their own strong consciousness and are not easy to be overly confused, while cattle, sheep, and livestock have weak consciousness, low intelligence, and are easy to drive.
Kongchang Fa is a method of transformation, which can enter the void to create the unseen, enter and exit between the true and the illusory, and walk on the image of form and shadow. There are twenty-five transformations in total, which can bring good fortune and avoid bad luck, and even avoid disasters.
He had only cultivated it for a short time, and his transformation skills could only change four forms, but the advantage was that with the blessing of the official position of a Second Rank Longhu General (Dragon Tiger General), under the shroud of the national prestige of the Great Ming, he could use the national prestige of the Great Ming to strengthen his own national power, and then carry out other types of changes.
Transforming into fire, water, black beasts, mud, dragons, women, six domestic animals, ghosts, grass and trees, mountains and mausoleums... large-scale transformations are more difficult to perform, but small-scale transformations can be done with ease.
Once out of Shuntian (Obedient Heaven), there would be no such treatment.
"To see those statues of the righteous gods, there is no need to go there in person... My shadow, what it sees, touches, and knows is as if I have arrived there myself."
"I feel it, is this the pure national prestige gained by the righteous gods of the country?"
Although those statues were broken, some of the national prestige of the righteous gods still remained. After all, Emperor Wanli had been busy with things recently, and these gods were only borrowing the body of the statues, not doing evil themselves.
Just like the act of murder, the occurrence of this matter is subjectively caused by people, not by the knife. The knife is just a tool for the crime. Even if you don't use a knife, you can kill people with a stick. Is it because the stick is too hard?
"Hehe, it's a bargain for me. Although there is not much power left, it adds up... It just so happens that my Dharma is the profound method of the Three Thieves... stealing the opportunities of heaven and earth without suffering the punishment of disaster."
Nurhaci had already discovered Emperor Wanli's little tricks. From the night he entered Shuntian, there were inexplicably many people around him. Combining this with the behavior of spying on the national prestige during the day, it was not difficult for Nurhaci to understand that his ambition and greed at that time had been known to Wanli.
However, he had not done anything particularly out of line, so Emperor Wanli would send more people to monitor him, but there was no reason to attack him.
In this case, if he swaggered to these temples, he would definitely be caught.
"I think my words and deeds at that time, asking about the temples and the domestic situation of the Great Ming, were also known to the Jinyiwei. That's right, I asked so deliberately, it is impossible to escape the Jinyiwei's monitoring."
"But do you think I will do it at night? Only a fool would go out during curfew, wouldn't that increase suspicion?"
"There are many people and eyes during the day. Even if I stand here, how can you recognize me? After all, I am a woman now."
Nurhaci was now picking up trash in Dongyue Temple, picking it up like crazy!
But soon, Old Wang, the Minister of Rites from Yingtian Prefecture, and the Western missionary Matteo Ricci, came to this area and were blocked by the Beizhen Fusi (Northern Garrison Commander). Old Wang was very angry and revealed his identity, but the Beizhen Fusi was even more arrogant, drew their knives, and made Old Wang's face turn livid with anger.
"Is there any danger in a demolished temple!"
Old Wang said so, very unhappy, but helpless.
Nurhaci watched all this:
"Westerners? That's rare! Who is this official? Dressed like a Minister of Rites? Seems to be the Minister of Rites from Yingtian Prefecture?"
Nurhaci's heart moved. This Minister of Rites from Yingtian Prefecture is also a Second Rank official.
"Now that I have stolen the righteous prestige of the country, should I also be able to steal the national prestige from these righteous officials?"
"And their national prestige should be able to enhance the divine beast on my body, right?"
Evil thoughts arose and could not be contained. Thoughts turned, and he felt that this action was very promising.
Nurhaci even thought that even if the Minister of Rites of Yingtian suddenly disappeared in Shuntian, no one would think of him, because "he" had already left the city and returned home.
Nurhaci completed the collection of national fortune, and his eyes were fixed on the Minister of Rites from Yingtian Prefecture.
Seeing that the Westerner seemed easy to talk to, Nurhaci waved and shouted, of course not in a Northeast accent....
Minister of Rites Old Wang didn't want to go to the stall, but Matteo Ricci was very easy to talk to, and even wanted to develop the woman transformed by Nurhaci into a nun in Shuntian Prefecture....
And at this time, Old Wang's eyes met the woman transformed by Nurhaci. Soon, he seemed to have lost his soul.
This is the trance technique of shamanism, or rather, a bewitching technique, which can communicate with all things in the world spiritually, and even briefly affect some people's judgments and behaviors.
......
Ji Xiang looked at this row of long streets, and many people were also hiding in the shadows of the eaves.
After all, it was high summer in July, and it was normal to avoid the heat.
However, if blurred words appeared on the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, then it would not be normal.
Walking along the way, his eyes were constantly looking around, not only looking for Nurhaci's whereabouts, but also, if Nurhaci himself used magic to cover it up, it must be visible.
So, he found this place.
In Ji Xiang's Inner Vision Divine Tablet, a description appeared:
[Chai Zhen, a woman of the Great Ming (Transformation Technique): A woman from the Liaodong area, her parents have been farmers for generations, this woman's true body is dead.]
[Kongchang Fa (Transformation Technique): Operating the three caves, eight sceneries, and twenty-four gods of the human body, the divine power covers her body, there will be twenty-five transformations, a medium-grade profound method to escape disaster, which can avoid ordinary means of manifestation.]
[The Beidi Tianpeng Ruler (Northern Emperor Heavenly Canopy Ruler, a treasure for splitting forms) points, and immediately the true and the false are cut open, revealing the original form.]
Ji Xiang raised the Beidi Tianpeng Ruler in his hand, slowly straightened his body, appeared beside Matteo Ricci and Old Wang, who was under the bewitching technique, and asked the woman transformed by Nurhaci:
"I ask you, is this flower basket hand-woven?"