In the Imperial Study Room, Li Ye pondered for a moment and said to Li Chenghua: "I will issue an edict to strictly prohibit the spread of Zoroastrianism in the Tang Dynasty. It is easy to get rid of the overt preaching, but it is difficult to deal with the covert preaching. I have repeatedly considered it and captured the leader.
The key is that An Jia, is she still in the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Chenghua bowed and said: "There are various signs that she is still in the Tang Dynasty, even near Chang'an, but she is hidden deeper and is not easy to catch. According to people who have seen her, she is a middle-aged woman.
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Li Ye nodded, "We must find a way to find her as soon as possible, kill her and her men in one fell swoop, and don't let her escape from the Tang Dynasty!"
This task was difficult, but there was no room for bargaining. Li Chenghua immediately bowed and said: "I must find An Jia as soon as possible and kill them all!"
Li Ye said calmly: "These missionaries try to capture as many as possible and exchange them with the Holy Women's Society for the abducted girls."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Li Chenghua left in a hurry.
Soon, Zhongshu Sheng drafted and promulgated an imperial edict in accordance with the emperor's wishes, prohibiting the spread of Zoroastrianism and the Holy Sisters in the Tang Dynasty. Except for a few Zoroastrian temples designated by the imperial court, all other Zoroastrian temples and Holy Sisters missionary sites were banned.
, if anyone is found to be preaching from the Saint Sisters, the county magistrate will be dismissed from office!"
In the Council of Internal Guards, Li Chenghua was discussing with four important generals how to find the leader of the Saint Society. The reason why they had obtained a large amount of information before was thanks to Kang Shibo's explanation.
The four generals of the inner guard are all tiger generals. In addition to Zhou Xiao, Wang Zaisheng, and Zhang Kuan, there is also a female general named Wu Shaodan. She is Gongsun's apprentice. She has joined the inner guard for many years and has made countless achievements. She is very smart and capable.
He has always been Li Chenghua's right-hand man.
Wu Shaodan had 1,500 women's troops under his command, all of them with gorgeous armor. They had always been the scenery of Chang'an. If the queen traveled with other concubines, they would protect her.
This time, Wu Shaodan was the main force in dealing with the Saintess Guild.
"Everyone, the Emperor and the Political Affairs Hall are very concerned about the Saints' Society. If they are allowed to develop, they will shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Emperor has decided to eradicate them resolutely. I will divide the work. General Zhou Xiao is in charge of the hardest-hit area, Helong Road. Wang Zaisheng
General Zhang Kuan is responsible for Jiannan Road and Shannan West Road, General Zhang Kuan is responsible for the Central Plains and Hebei, and General Wu Shaodan is responsible for Guanzhong, especially the Gyeonggi area, which is the top priority of this attack. Everyone has got the manual. Please strictly follow it.
Let’s take care of the charter, that’s it, ready to go!”
Everyone stood up and saluted together, and then got up and left. Li Chenghua left Wu Shaodan behind.
"The mission in Guanzhong is the heaviest. It is estimated that An Jia and her men are hiding near Chang'an. How to find these people? Do you have any good ideas?"
Wu Shaodan thought for a while and said: "I have two ideas. The first is based on some special customs of the Holy Women's Society. For example, they like to light sacred fires in high places when worshiping on the fifth day. We can use this clue to find the general range of where they are hiding.
The second idea is to mobilize bounty hunters to search for it. As long as there is a reward, the bounty hunters will work very hard."
Li Chenghua was a bounty hunter, and she knew the abilities of bounty hunters. She nodded, "The two clues were carried out simultaneously. Internal security surveillance was deployed in every county in the Gyeonggi region, and the entire alien battalion was dispatched to look for clues."
The alien camp consists of people with special status, such as old people, middle-aged traders, short dwarfs, young and pretty village girls, etc. There are more than 300 people in total. Their duty is to make secret visits so that no one will notice them.
The Yiren camp was also under Wu Shaodan. She immediately bowed and said: "I'll make arrangements for my humble position!"
There is a large house in the west of Xianyang City. The door has been closed for this period of time. That afternoon, several oxcarts stopped in front of the door. A woman stepped forward and patted the iron ring rhythmically. After a while, the door opened.
, the woman said a few words, and soon a group of women came out and moved all the boxes in the oxcart back.
The courtyard is very deep, and in the inner hall, a middle-aged woman in red robe is burning incense on the altar table. What is enshrined above is a burning candle, or to be precise, the fire, and the three swords with golden rings.
The youngest daughter of this middle-aged woman, Anga, who was living in Anlushan, was sent to the Saints of Samarkand by Anlushan, but she escaped the genocide.
An Jia is currently the Silver Saint of the Saints' Society and the leader of the Dongfang Camp. She is responsible for the expansion of the Saints' Society to the east. She has been preaching in the periphery of the Tang Dynasty before and started to enter the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty three years ago. In fact, this is the first time that the Saints' Society has expanded to the east.
He entered the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty for the second time to preach. The first time was during the Anshi Rebellion and he preached in the Youzhou area. However, with the fall of Anlu Mountain and the extremely cruel Shi Siming coming to power, a large number of female believers were raped and killed by the rebels, resulting in the failure of the first mission.
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Anjia learned the lesson of the first failure and waited patiently until the world gradually settled down before she started her second missionary mission. The missionary work in the past three years has been extremely smooth. Using money to pave the way, it can be said that everything goes smoothly. After cultivating a group of loyal believers,
, they invested in opening a store and let the loyal believers take charge of the operation, earning back the capital invested before.
Just when they were gearing up to start a big fight, something happened. The missionary Kang Shibo, who was closely related to them, was arrested. The case of trafficking in girls aroused the anger of the court, and the internal guards began to clear out the Saint Women's Society.
Anjia never dreamed that they would fall into the trap of trafficking girls. The Holy Maiden Society has been selling girls for more than ten years. Anjia took over the trafficking of girls in the Tang Dynasty eight years ago and kept the smart and qualified girls.
A little closer to selling it to Dashi, where the nobles liked Tang Dynasty women who could dance and dance very much.
In fact, the Holy Women's Society did not take the trafficking of girls to heart. In their view, girls were no different from other commodities. Only now did they realize that the trafficking of girls had touched the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty. An Jia was upset, but
There is no other way but to restrain it temporarily and wait until the limelight passes.
The woman who was transporting the goods came to the back hall, bowed and said, "See the Silver Saint!"
This woman is called Lin Qu'er. She was sold to the West five years ago by Tianbao and was left to be trained by the Holy Women's Society. She was completely brainwashed. She was very capable and was appreciated by the Jinshan Spirit and became a first-class priest of the Holy Women's Society.
This time she is Anga's right-hand man.
"Is there any news from Chang'an?"
"Saint, there is bad news!"
"What news?" Anga asked with a frown.
"The Emperor issued a decree and announced that the Tang Dynasty would ban all preaching and preaching of Zoroastrianism and the Holy Sisters."
"What?"
An Jia's face changed drastically and she started to tremble all over. She knew what this meant?
The Emperor's Imperial Decree was the highest law in the Tang Dynasty, which meant that they had no hope at all.
"Why is this happening?"
An Jia whispered to himself in a low voice, looking lost.
Lin Qu'er bit her lip and whispered: "Holy girl, it is not a matter of missionary work now, but a matter of the sisters being able to leave the Tang Dynasty safely. The internal defense operations have probably already begun."
An Jia sighed for a while and said, "But today is the Saint's Day!"
Saint's Day is the birthday of the Saint of Light, and it is also the most important festival day for the Saints. Saints' societies all over the country must worship.
They specially customized thirty-two large white candles to be used when worshiping. More importantly, the worship must be performed at the highest place.
They also specifically planned to perform sacrifices at the Huai'en Pagoda in Xianyang Huai'en Temple. Now that the Tang Dynasty has banned the Saints' Association, can they still hold worship ceremonies?
An Jia pondered for a long time and said: "The leader is as big as the sky, tonight's worship service must be held according to the original plan!"