At this time, Yan Ming had already walked to the other end of Weigong Village.
Compared with the environment near the village entrance, the environment here is much worse.
It is obviously a place where people with poor conditions nearby live.
What you see is a collection of low and rough dwellings, with signs of repair and damage everywhere.
According to the information shopkeeper Qian gave him, the little girl who asked him for help lived here.
Soon, Yan Ming found his target.
A courtyard with low walls made of clay.
As soon as he arrived nearby, Yan Ming, who had sharp ears, heard the voices of two adult men coming from the courtyard.
"I said, are you okay? Can you hurry up?"
"We've been waiting here for a long time, we're just grinding. No one else can ask for such a good thing. Could it be that Master will harm you?"
Yan Ming slowed down, and then all the conversations in the courtyard were heard.
"Ping'er, just agree. If our family wants to join the religion, it all depends on you."
"I... don't want to go. The way that master always looks at me is a little scary, and my heart is pounding."
A woman said in a timid voice.
"That means you are overthinking. The masters of the Black Lotus Sect are all good people. They only asked you to go there to help you cure illnesses and disasters. There are only advantages and no disadvantages."
"That's right! You see, that girl from the old Liu family sent over, and the brothers and sisters of the Black Lotus Sect gave their family a lot of things, and they are even preparing to help them build a new house!"
"If you don't go, we will have to pay the membership fee of fifty taels. How can we have so much money..."
Yan Ming listened for a while and probably understood.
It turned out that Ping'er's parents wanted to join the Black Lotus Sect and become ordinary members, but maybe the Black Lotus priest saw the little girl's beauty and lied that their family had bad luck and was plagued by evil spirits, so he directly offered fifty taels.
The sky-high membership fee.
Others only need five taels per family.
Either they would send their daughter to perform rituals to cure diseases and exorcise evil spirits alone for a few days, which would exempt them from the membership fee and give them three days to collect the money.
The little girl had worked as a part-time worker in Qixia Town before, and recognized Shopkeeper Qian as a wealthy businessman. She happened to meet him two days ago, so she asked for help and promised to work as a servant at Shopkeeper Qian's house to repay the money.
Yan Ming snorted coldly.
What is meant by curing diseases and exorcising evil spirits is just an excuse to defraud money and sex!
Ping'er could sense something was wrong, and his parents might not be able to tell.
It's just that the poor people in a small place have little knowledge to begin with. Seeing that everyone around them has become a believer, organized a group, and formed an interest group, they are afraid of being isolated, so they can only pretend to be confused.
This is the frustration of closing a small place.
Even in Yanming's original world where information was extremely accessible, similar things happened from time to time.
No wonder Shopkeeper Qian said before that this matter is very complicated.
If it were something like raping a civilian girl, it would be easier to handle.
But this is forced by the parents of the person concerned, and it is not easy for outsiders to interfere.
If someone takes pity on the little girl and takes her away, they will be charged with human trafficking.
It is precisely because of this isolated environment in the countryside that the Black Lotus Sect has wildly expanded its influence here.
Although there are quite a lot of people in Weigong Village, it is dozens of miles away from Qixia Town and hundreds of miles away from Guangyang Mansion. Most of them are farmers who make a living. There is no yamen, no official duties, and the power of the government cannot cover it.
The Ming court could not even completely control the many martial arts warriors and gangs, and had to allocate a large number of manpower to hunt down those giant bandits.
The bandits near Qixia Town also took a long time to be eliminated with the help of the ordnance theft case.
The world as a whole is still in turmoil, and of course we cannot find the strength to manage such rural areas.
What's more, the Black Lotus Sect's disguise is so good. On the surface, it is no different from ordinary people who give porridge, cure diseases and save lives.
If the foundation is deep in a place, sending people to clean it may encounter greater local resistance.
Moreover, even if they try their best to capture some cult members and priests, it is of no avail. The core power of the Black Lotus Sect is still well hidden.
Yan Ming thought of Wei Jin and others who died.
Just when I was about to follow the vine down, I lost the clue.
Yan Ming thought and walked to the main door.
The door to the earth-walled courtyard was open, and there were two Black Lotus sect members in black standing in the small courtyard.
"who are you?"
Seeing Yan Ming, the two of them turned their heads warily and asked.
At the same time, a family of three also walked out of the back room and looked at Yan Ming.
One of the little girls, who looked like a teenager, was indeed very beautiful, with a timid expression on her face.
Faced with the questioning from the two men, Yan Ming didn't panic at all and walked over in a swaggering manner.
"You two blind bastards, don't you know who I am? Master, didn't he tell you?"
"ah?"
Seeing Yan Ming's confident appearance, the two congregants also felt a little guilty.
He looked Yan Ming up and down.
These are not the clothes of a congregant, are they?
But listening to his tone, it didn't sound like he was being fake.
"us……"
"What are you doing? You can't handle even the smallest things with procrastination. Master is very angry. He doesn't want this little girl anymore and tells you to go back!"
"ah?"
The two congregants were even more frightened.
"Walk!"
Yan Ming scolded and brought them out.
The family of three was left looking at each other in shock.
"Brother, forgive us for our blindness, you are..."
After walking out, the two congregants thought Yan Ming was someone sent by the priest, and they got close to him as they walked.
Yan Ming ignored him and quickly led the two of them to an uninhabited and remote place.
After several sudden screams, the two congregants fell limply to the ground.
Both hands and feet were broken.
"How many warriors are there around your priest, and what are their strengths?"
Yan Ming knelt down and asked.
"Okay! If you dare to touch us, you will definitely die an ugly death...ah!"
Just when one person was about to say harsh words, Yan Ming kicked him firmly in the face, causing him to faint to death with blood all over his face.
Then Yan Ming turned his attention to another person.
"I say, I say! Our master is the second level of the Qi and Blood Realm, and there are more than a dozen third-level warriors left... Ouch!"
Just in the middle of speaking, one of his joints was crushed by Yan Ming, and he let out a miserable howl.
"Everything I said is true! Also, when the master goes out for activities, it is said that there will be a strong man guarding him secretly, but we have never seen him, so that's all I know!"
He said obediently, but Yan Ming didn't believe it. He struck one after another and crushed several of his joints, causing him to struggle with pain.
Confirming that this boy was not lying, Yan Ming used a claw in the air to kill the two of them and kicked the bodies into the gutter beside the road.
Then he left.
Having probably grasped the opponent's strength, Yan Ming considered how to take action tonight to completely destroy them.
Ordinary members of the congregation don't know much about this, but the priest definitely knows more information, and it's worth interrogating in detail.
It's best to find out what happened to the man in black robe before.