"What's going on? Why is there any trace of the White Lotus Sect? Hasn't this thing disappeared for a long time?" Zhao Wen looked at Chen Lin with a puzzled look.

The White Lotus Sect is a powerful thing, but it is also not a good thing.

From the moment it was born, its main duty was to rebel.

They rebelled during the Yuan Dynasty, they also rebelled during the Ming Dynasty, and they also rebelled during the Qing Dynasty.

All in all, this thing has never stopped for a day. What they do has always been related to rebellion. They are either rebelling or on the road to rebellion.

The most important thing is that they use the most despicable deception to fool ordinary people who know nothing and treat them as gunmen.

In this era, since Zhao Wen came to the Ming Dynasty, although he had heard about the White Lotus Sect several times, Zhao Wen had not had direct contact with the White Lotus Sect.

After Zhao Wen launched his army, he classified the White Lotus Sect as a reactionary force, on the same level as Jian Nu, adhering to the basic principle of discovering one place and destroying the other.

After all, the White Lotus Sect is just a group of rabble, and there is no way to compare with Zhao Wen. Therefore, when Zhao Wen was conquering the world, on the surface, the White Lotus Sect was basically wiped out by Zhao Wen's troops.

After Zhao Wen ascended the throne, he heard almost no news about the White Lotus Sect.

"Your Majesty, I am not sure yet whether it is the White Lotus Sect, but the traces I found are similar to those of the White Lotus Sect. As for whether it is the White Lotus Sect, I am not sure yet!" Chen Lin said with a solemn face.

"What's the specific situation?" Zhao Wen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the main thing is this. After we arrived at Yangqu City, we began to search for clues left by Liang Yihe and Tong Zhiyuan in the city.

During our search, we found that there are a large number of Maitreya Buddhist temples in and outside Yangqu City. The number of these temples is simply too great, and the number is somewhat unrealistic.

The main god worshiped by the White Lotus Sect is Maitreya Buddha, so I feel that these temples are very likely to be related to the White Lotus Sect. It’s just that I stayed in Yangqu for a relatively short time, so I didn’t have time to find out these things.” Chen Lin explained what happened.

He said it five to ten.

Zhao Wen fell into thinking. Although these temples alone could not explain anything, there was indeed something unusual about such a large number of temples.

"Let's do this, focus on this matter. In addition to Yangqu, other places must also be investigated, especially those places that have just been pacified not long ago." Zhao Wen said.

In Zhao Wen's opinion, if there are so many temples in Yangqu, it is very likely that there are so many temples in other places.

However, there is no real evidence now, so Zhao Wen can only let Chen Lin investigate this matter first.

It would not be appropriate to ask local officials to do this now.

"I accept the order!" Chen Lin raised his hand to Zhao Wen Gong and accepted Zhao Wen's order.

After Chen Lin left, Zhao Wen asked Chen Donglai to find Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

Now, Zhao Wen wants to raise an army to investigate.

Not long after, the two of them stood respectfully in the hall of the imperial study.

Zhao Wen held the evidence presented by Chen Lin in his hand and sat quietly on it, looking at the two of them.

Zhao Wen did not speak. After saluting Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe, the imperial study room fell into silence.

The two of them stood in the royal study, the strange and depressing atmosphere making them feel uncomfortable.

Liang Yihe kept breathing heavily, but because this was the Imperial Study Room, Liang Yihe's breathing sound was suppressed very low.

Tong Zhiyuan didn't dare to look at Zhao Wen, and the cold sweat on his body was flowing down like he was free of money.

After a while, Tong Zhiyuan seemed to be fished out of the water.

Tong Zhiyuan was not as courageous as Liang Yihe and had a bad attitude. Now he regrets very much that he did not tell the truth before.

The stone turtle placed in the imperial study room has been moved out by Zhao Wen. After all, the stone turtle has always been placed in the imperial study room and it is quite unsightly.

Liang Yihe kept telling himself that the auspiciousness was real and Zhao Wen knew nothing.

After the imperial study room was silent for a long time, Zhao Wen finally spoke.

"I sent people to Yangqu before to investigate the matter of Xiangrui. I wonder if you have anything to say?" Zhao Wen looked at the two of them expressionlessly.

Liang Yihe glanced at Zhao Wen secretly, trying to see something on Zhao Wen's face.

However, there was no expression on Zhao Wen's face, and Liang Yihe couldn't tell anything at all.

Liang Yihe wiped the sweat from his forehead with some guilt, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Your Majesty, the auspicious things are indeed true!"

Until now, Liang Yihe thought that Zhao Wen was testing him.

"Haha, even now, you still don't admit it?" Zhao Wen shook his head, handed the evidence in his hand to Chen Donglai, who was standing next to him, and said, "Bring this thing in front of the two of them and let them see it. Take a look at them.

What else is there to say!”

Chen Donglai took the evidence book, walked down from Zhao Wen, and came to the front of the two people.

Tong Zhiyuan took the brochure first and read it carefully.

After only a dozen breaths, Tong Zhiyuan seemed to be struck by lightning, standing there blankly, like a fool, with a face full of disbelief.

After Liang Yihe read it, his reaction was even greater than that of Tong Zhiyuan.

The booklet in Liang Yihe's hand fell directly to the ground, and his whole body went limp toward the ground uncontrollably, and finally he knelt on the ground.

His face turned pale and lifeless in an instant, and his body was shaking constantly, as if he had been electrocuted.

Zhao Wen looked at the two people who were in despair and said, "What else do you have to say now? Do you know that this is the crime of deceiving the emperor? Do you know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is?"

Zhao Wen's voice was cold. Tong Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Wen and knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound, kowtowing to Zhao Wen.

They just kept kowtowing, and apart from the sound of kowtowing, there was no other sound.

Liang Yihe also knelt on the ground, pressing his head firmly against the ground, not daring to make any sound.

"Why don't you speak? Weren't you very tough-mouthed before? Why don't you speak?" Zhao Wen said in a bad tone.

"Your Majesty, I am aware of my guilt!"

Tong Zhiyuan was the first to admit his guilt, and he kept kowtowing to Zhao Wen.

"Liang Yihe, what about you? Do you still think you are right?" Zhao Wen looked at the silent Liang Yihe.

Liang Yihe raised his head with a bitter look on his face.

"I, I, I know your guilt!"

Liang Yihe waited for a long time and finally admitted his crime.

At this moment, if you don't admit it, what can you do?

"Confess your guilt? Do you think that a simple confession of guilt is enough? I ask you, why do you do this?

I said before that this kind of fraud is prohibited. At that time, didn't your ears grow on your head? Or are you selectively forgetting?" Zhao Wen asked with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, that's not the case. That's not what happened. In fact, I don't want to do this, but I have my own reasons!"

Tong Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Wen, his face full of fear.

Tong Zhiyuan was very timid. In this situation, Tong Zhiyuan did not dare to hide anything for fear that he would be dealt with by Zhao Wen.

"The reason? Haha!"

Zhao Wen sneered, "You are the parents of Yang Qu. I don't know what your difficulties are. Is it because you can't get promoted or because you can't make a fortune?"

"Your Majesty, none, none!" Tong Zhiyuan shook his head.

At this time, Liang Yihe looked at Tong Zhiyuan and shook his head at Tong Zhiyuan, his eyes full of "can't say" meaning.

Everything Liang Yihe did was seen by Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen squinted at Liang Yihe and said, "What's wrong? Is there any ulterior secret here? You don't want me to know?"

Tong Zhiyuan pretended not to see Liang Yihe, and he spoke to Zhao Wen.

"Your Majesty, actually we don't want to do this. It's just that when Your Majesty arrested officials in Shanxi, I was frightened by Your Majesty..." Tong Zhiyuan rambled on, telling all the causes and consequences of the matter.

Said it clearly.

Seeing that he had no way to stop Tong Zhiyuan, Liang Yihe could only kneel there blankly, his head hanging down, lifeless.

Zhao Wen listened to Tong Zhiyuan's voice without any expression on his face.

To be honest, Zhao Wen was so angry at the time that he rarely cared about these details. Although he realized later that the officials he dealt with were all officials with gentry background, Zhao Wen did not expect that so many things would arise.

"Your Majesty, I was really frightened by what happened that time. If it hadn't been for what happened that time, I wouldn't have done such a thing." Tong Zhiyuan said carefully, and kept talking while talking.

Observing Zhao Wen's expression.

Zhao Wen fell silent, and after a while, asked: "You two have done nothing illegal, what are you afraid of?"

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is really true..."

Tong Zhiyuan originally wanted to say, who knows how this kind of thing will develop, and who knows what you are thinking about these words in your heart, but after thinking about it, he felt that these words were really inappropriate, so he fell into silence halfway through the words.

Liang Yihe, who was kneeling next to Tong Zhiyuan, looked at Tong Zhiyuan with a hateful expression, and at the same time, he was already scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart.

"Tong Zhiyuan, Tong Zhiyuan, I usually see you as a smart person, but why did I realize today that you are an idiot? You are such an idiot. Is this what you can say?

Are you telling Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you shouldn't have arrested those people in the first place. You arrested those people and shocked us. The things we did today were all because of Your Majesty. If it hadn't been for you,

We will not do such a thing."

Liang Yihe kept scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart, and the expression on his face became more and more melancholy.

"Hey, isn't this pushing yourself towards death? Why are you so cowardly!" Liang Yihe kept scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart.

The imperial study fell into silence again, and Chen Donglai, who was standing next to Zhao Wen, also looked at Tong Zhiyuan with a strange look on his face.
To be continued...