Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 116: Spiritual Religion

The sudden appearance of the shrine and Lu Ci Qiu's obvious actions to investigate the shrine made Ye Jianqing think of some not-so-good past events, so he planned to continue to follow Lu Ci Qiu as before and protect his safety starting from the next day.

If Lu Ci Qiu was hurt again, Ye Jianqing was afraid that Lu Zhixing would kill her. Whether for her own life or for Lu Ci Qiu's life, Ye Jianqing decided to protect Lu Ci Qiu well and not leave him even for a moment.

The next day.

When Lu Zhixing returned to the capital, his leave was naturally over and he began to attend court again.

When Lu Ci Qiu met Lu Zhixing in the court, he had obviously rested well and his expression was not as ugly as yesterday.

The emperor specially asked him two questions about his health in the court, and he answered them all. Lu Ci Qiu looked at his brother's generous back and couldn't help but think of his brother's back when he left the capital to provide disaster relief in his previous life. He was still so generous, still so convincing and safe.

To him, no matter how much time has passed or how old he is, Lu Zhixing will always be his strong and reliable supporter and the brother he absolutely trusts.

After the court was dismissed, Lu Ci Qiu followed Lu Zhixing out of the palace. There were many people outside, so the two of them didn't dare to say much about the investigation of the shrine, for fear of being overheard. They only dared to chat for a few words, and the two agreed to go to the Dali Temple together.

Dali Temple.

"The God's House is not as simple as we thought. It is just a contact point. It is a contact point of an organization called "God Cult", which is also the largest organization in the world." Lu Zhixing was also shocked when he first heard the news. Although he was a prince, he knew a thing or two about the affairs of the world, but he had never heard of the so-called God Cult in the world. It can be seen how deeply hidden this God Cult is.

Lu Ciqiu and Ye Jianqing looked at each other, both puzzled: "Spiritual Religion? What kind of sect is this? How come I have never heard of it?"

Lu Zhixing knew very little about this religion, and he didn't know how to explain it to Lu Ciqiu. "I've never heard of it either. This sect is extremely low-key, but it has many followers, and it rarely advertises itself."

"The Church of the Gods is so courageous that they dare to use this name." Ye Jianqing complained with disdain.

Lu Ci Qiu gave her an approving look. He didn't understand how capable the other party was to dare to give her such a name. "Second brother, how did you know about this Divine Spirit Cult?"

"I went out these two days and investigated some clues." Lu Zhixing said as he handed the clues he got from Tianshu Hall to Lu Ci Qiu. Tianshu Hall did not allow anyone to tell anyone about the fact that Tianshu Hall could obtain information, so he chose to conceal it.

"This cult of gods and spirits appeared inexplicably. It is said that the person who founded the cult of gods and spirits was a spirit girl who escaped from the Miao village. The spirit girl had powerful witchcraft powers and could do things that ordinary people could not do. At first, no one believed it, but as they saw that one by one they became followers of the cult of gods and spirits, those masters wanted to find out what was going on, and after the results came out, they also became followers. Later, one person spread the word to another, and slowly, more and more people gathered in this cult of gods and spirits.

But he was extremely low-key and never appeared in public easily. Except for the first group of believers, basically no one had ever seen the real founder.

Later, for unknown reasons, the Gods Religion disappeared behind everyone, and gradually, no one mentioned it anymore, but most of them were still its followers. "Lu Zhixing took a sip of hot tea from the teacup beside him, and told the two of them some of the information he had learned.

The Shenling Sect is said to have retired from the martial arts world for many years, but it has been attracting followers over the years. And judging from the appearance of the sect, there are still quite a few of them, and they are all martial arts masters. No one knows what this sect is trying to do.

Ye Jianqing suddenly realized after hearing this: "No wonder they dare to call it the Spiritual Religion. It turns out that it was created by the so-called Spiritual Girl. But what means did they use to make those people obedient? Everyone's thoughts are unique. It's impossible for them to believe whatever the Spiritual Girl says."

"This is definitely a cult." Ye Jianqing thought to himself but did not say it out loud.

"This is a very strange thing. People who investigate the cult think that they must have used some kind of witchcraft or poison to make people believe in them." As a complete person with his own thoughts, Lu Zhixing could not understand why a person would suddenly and completely believe in an organization under good circumstances.

Moreover, those people are all masters of martial arts. Could it be that they could really trust others so easily?

"It doesn't necessarily require witchcraft or poison." Ye Jianqing thought about the evil cults he had heard of in modern times. Those evil cults could convince people to abandon their homes and jobs for them with just a few words, so it might not be the same here.

"What method is used? Talk?" Lu Ci Qiu stared at Ye Jianqing with eyes eager for knowledge. He had indeed never encountered such things before and had no idea about the ways and methods they used to recruit believers.

"Just throw the brainwashing package to them and let them wash their brains." Ye Jianqing said.

"Brainwashing package?" Lu Ci Qiu and Lu Zhi Xing looked at her in confusion.

"What is a brainwashing kit?"

"Let's analyze it first." Facing the inquiring eyes of the two people in front of her, Ye Jianqing clapped her hands, sat up straight, and tried to break down and analyze the main content of the cult for them. After all, she had taken an anti-cult class in the past.

"The Church of the Gods, why is it called the Church of the Gods, what is their purpose in establishing the Church of the Gods, and what do they preach?" Ye Jianqing asked.

As a good student, Lu Ci Qiu was the first to raise his hand and answer: "They claim that they can fulfill anyone's wishes."

Ye Jianqing snapped his fingers at him and confirmed him, "Bingo, you are right. Since they appeared, they have been promoting that they can fulfill everyone's wishes. Who can have this ability? Can an ordinary person really have this ability?"

Lu Zhixing thought for a moment and said, "You mean... immortals?"

"Yes," Ye Jianqing looked at Lu Zhixing with appreciation. It had to be said that Lu Zhixing had more experience than Lu Ci Qiu and naturally understood more.

“I learned that the Spirit Girl can talk to the sky and the gods, so they can use this advantage and this legend to brainwash others, telling them that the Spiritual Cult can help them talk to the gods in the sky, and then tell them to what extent the Spiritual Cult can do that.

Everyone must have their own secrets and wishes in their hearts. Regardless of how the God Cult fulfills these dreams, perhaps it can start by fulfilling a simple wish of one person. Over time, word of mouth will spread, and more and more people will know about it, right? "

"But." Lu Ci Qiu had a question: "What if someone's wish is really difficult to fulfill? For example, something like healing the body, then wouldn't they be exposed soon?"

"This is what we need to investigate. We can say they are a cult and that they use brainwashing packages to convince people, but they must have some ability. If a situation like what you said really occurs, then they must be able to solve it."

After listening to what Ye Jianqing said, Lu Zhixing fell into deep thought. There have been many cults over the years, but to be honest, none of them could be as low-key yet ostentatious as the Cult of the Gods.

"What you said makes sense. This cult must have used some method to recruit so many believers. These people did not believe in the cult for no reason. This cult must be eradicated at all costs. Otherwise, keeping it will only endanger the entire Da'an." Lu Zhixing's words were sharp. Ye Jianqing noticed that when he said this, there was a not-so-obvious murderous intent in his eyes.

It seems that Lu Zhixing can no longer tolerate this cult of gods.

At this point, Lu Ci Qiu suddenly thought of Du Rou's matter. He had already promised Ye Jianqing yesterday that he would ask Lu Zhixing if Lu Zhixing really agreed to let Du Rou investigate the case together.

"Second brother, I have something else to tell you." But Lu Ci Qiu still couldn't figure out whether Lu Zhixing agreed or not, so he spoke with a little hesitation.

Lu Zhixing looked at him puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

"Um, Du Rou, do you still remember?"

"Du Rou..." Lu Zhixing thought for a while before searching for the name Du Rou in his mind. "Isn't this the daughter of Du Guangyao, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War? The victim of Li Boming's case."

"Yes." Lu Ci Qiu nodded, "Du Rou came to see us these two days and said that she wanted to join us in investigating the matter of the God's House."

"Why?" Lu Zhixing frowned. There had never been such a precedent in the Dali Temple. Moreover, Lu Zhixing did not believe that Du Rou had any ability to investigate the case. She was different from Ye Jianqing. Ye Jianqing came from his own secret guard camp and had a quick mind that could bring them many surprises.

But Du Rou, who had been spoiled in a house since childhood, would never know these things.

"Because Du Rou's mother is also a spirit girl."

"Clam?"

Lu Zhixing looked at the two of them in surprise. This...

The other two gave him a very calm affirmative nod with a smile.

"Don't you even know your second brother?" Lu Ci Qiu asked. Although Ye Jianqing always felt that his question was strange and there was always a bit of sarcasm in it.

"I don't know. No one in the court knows who Du Guangyao's wife is. We only know that Du Guangyao's wife died a few years after they got married, and he never remarried. Everyone in the court praised him as a good husband."

Du Guangyao got married suddenly, without inviting anyone, and no one had ever seen his wife. When asked, he said that his wife was in poor health and needed to rest at home. Later, she gave birth to a child, and passed away a few years later.

"You should know how Du Rou's mother died, right?" Lu Zhixing's sharp eyes swept between the two of them. If these two people knew that Du Rou's mother was a spirit girl, then Du Rou should have also told them how her mother died. It must be related to the Church of the Gods, otherwise why would Du Rou suddenly want to investigate this matter together?

"Yes." Ye Jianqing confessed directly. If Du Rou wanted to join the investigation, then her affairs could not be hidden from Lu Zhixing. Lu Zhixing was not a fool. Since he had already asked, he must have suspected her. There was no point in hiding it any further.

"Du Rou's mother was killed by Shenwu, so she wants to avenge her mother."