The shouts of death gradually died down, and the smell of blood filled the air.
No one from the Jian Sect retreated because their loyalty to the sect did not allow them to expose their positions within the sect. Most of them were ordinary people without any martial arts skills, but they only relied on their
With hot blood, come up and kill the enemy, or let the enemy kill you.
Even though Tong Zhang captured several people, he was unable to find out their stronghold. Those people just looked at Tong Zhang with fanatical expressions and looked at Tong Zhang with contempt without saying a word.
Until the soldiers tied up the last Jian cult member, the air seemed to freeze.
The corpses of those people exuded a tragic atmosphere.
The villages not far away were also quiet, as if they had slept to death in the dark night.
"Light the torch, count the casualties, bandage the wounds, and burn the corpses." The captain who was guarding Lin Yi issued an order, breaking the strange atmosphere.
As his words fell, everything around him seemed to come to life again. Everyone seemed to have just woken up and followed the instructions to do things without thinking about anything. The corpses turned into ordinary corpses.
They can't emit anything except the smell of blood.
"Lin Yi, are you okay?" Tong Zhang came over and asked.
"It's okay." Lin Yi felt that he was a little numb. Smelling the strong smell of blood, he felt nothing but nausea.
"It's okay. I'm sorry for what happened this time." Tong Zhang felt that he had to bear most of the responsibility for what happened.
"It's none of your business. Their target is me. They will find an opportunity no matter what." Lin Yi waved his hand. It really was none of Tong Zhang's business.
He stood up and looked at his broken carriage. What else could he do? He would find a way to repair it tomorrow. After something like this happened, he would not dare to borrow a house.
The soldiers counted the casualties, and surprisingly found that there were only wounded but no casualties. It can be imagined how low the combat effectiveness of these Jian Sect people was. They were just here to die. I really don’t know what the leader of Jian Sect was thinking.
?Hate Lin Yi so much? Use more than 300 lives in exchange for an assassination opportunity?
Fortunately, they captured nearly 200 people. After all, they were also people of the Tang Dynasty. They were handed over to the emperor for conviction.
Pile the corpses into a hill and light them on fire. This is the way to deal with the cult. These people's thoughts are dirty. Only fire can make their souls return to purity, and then they can be reincarnated.
The soldiers gathered around the fire and chanted the mantra softly. Even the illiterate soldiers would memorize the mantra because they never knew when they would need it.
If sacrificed on the enemy's land, the comrades have no way to bring their bodies back, so they have to burn them on the spot, because burial only gives the enemy an opportunity to whip the corpse. At this time, the rebirth mantra is too important. Only in this way can you
Reincarnation and a new life.
Those tied up members of the Jian Sect also stood up as straight as possible and looked at their companions. Although they also knew that this was the court's method to deal with the sect, they believed in being buried in peace. Their ideas were very different from those of the soldiers. They never
They don't think there is anything wrong with their thoughts, so the soldiers are solemn, while they are sad and humiliated.
Looking at the solemn and sad cremation in front of him, Lin Yi felt a little sad in his heart.
These are the people of the Tang Dynasty, but the Jian religion taught such simple people to become fanatics.
How to do it? Lin Yi asked himself.
Get rid of it!
Early the next morning, Lin Yi, who insisted on staying, gave in under Bing'er's pleading eyes. The soldiers wanted to escort those people back to the capital to avoid long nights and nightmares. And they were worried that Lin Yi was here, so Lin Yi
He has to go back with them. As for the water tower that has not yet been built, he will just wait until he comes back in two days.
The journey was uneventful, and they managed to get back to Chang'an City before lunch. The captain led the soldiers and escorted the people to report to his general, while Lin Yi returned to the house with nearly twenty guards.
Before he left, the skilled craftsmen had been divided into teams and asked to rush to various locations to supervise the construction of the water tower so as not to delay the process.
And Lin Yi just planned to take a day off and go out to work. The crops outside were almost dry, and he couldn't wait at home with peace of mind.
Li Shimin was furious. There could be a group attack of more than 300 people in the pass. What did they want to do? Rebellion?
If these more than 300 people are just a portion, how many people will there be in the Ji'an Sect as a whole? This influence is also great. It seems that I really underestimate them.
"Xuan Qin Shubao comes to visit." Li Shimin made up his mind to clean up the customs.
"Your Majesty, Qin Shubao comes to see the Emperor."
"Uncle Bao, you take people down and ask officials from various states and counties to cooperate and conduct a thorough investigation. We welcome reports from the public. Those people may have been integrated into the local area for a long time, or they may be locals at all. It is difficult to tell them apart, but there are always some clues to be found.
You will never wrong someone in vain, but you should also try not to wrong a good person." Li Shimin always felt that his control over Guannei Road was extremely powerful. From the day he became the prince, most of Guannei Road was his fiefdom.
, but unexpectedly so many members of the Jian Cult appeared in the fiefdom he regarded as his back garden.
Li Shimin felt as if someone else had taken a bite of his apple.
Not only angry but also a little disgusted.
"Yes, I obey your order."
After Qin Qiong left, Li Shimin wrote another imperial edict and conveyed it to the officials of the prefectures and counties in Guannai Province, asking them to cooperate with Qin Qiong's actions, and then he calmed down a little.
"Your Majesty, are you in a bad mood?" The clever Gao Yuan saw that the Emperor was very upset, so he invited Empress Changsun to come over.
"Guanyin Maid, I'm fine." Li Shimin saw Empress Changsun, who was pregnant with a child, entering the room, and quickly reached out to help her come over.
"The emperor's brows were almost knitted together, yet he still comforted his concubine." Empress Changsun feigned dissatisfaction and glared at him.
Li Shimin's mood improved instantly. He loved the little expressions his wife occasionally made to please him.
"Haha, don't I want you to worry? You have to take good care of yourself so that you can give me a fat son." Li Shimin carefully helped Empress Changsun sit down.
"Is the Jian religion annoying the emperor again?" Although Empress Changsun lives in the harem, she is not ignorant.
"Yes, those people are so arrogant. They dared to gather hundreds of people to attack Xiaoyi on Guannei Road. Is there anything else they can't do?" Li Shimin said angrily.
"Xiaoyi is okay?" Empress Changsun only heard about this, but didn't know the specific situation.
"The secret guard reported back. If Xiao Yi didn't have some self-defense methods, this time it would really be..." Li Shimin shook his head. He was very puzzled by the secret guard's failure to protect Lin Yi.
"Then... is he injured?" Empress Changsun asked eagerly. She didn't know it was so serious.
"No, he is fine. Don't worry, Maid Guanyin." Li Shimin patted Empress Changsun's hand to reassure her.
"Your Majesty must punish the main culprit severely. There are so many people here to hurt a child. He really deserves to be killed." Empress Changsun's heart was not ordinary.
"That's for sure. Humph, Concubine Yang asked me for leniency yesterday. She said they were all ignorant people who were just deceived. As a result, something like that happened at night, and they could do anything to a child.
?Are these still my people?" Li Shimin felt a little sad.
"Your Majesty, there is some truth in what Concubine Yang said. Those common people just misbelieved what the magistrate said. Maybe after some teaching, they can understand. After all, they are also common people of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty should be more lenient." Empress Changsun also agreed.
She followed the advice. No matter how angry she was, she couldn't ignore the lives of hundreds of people. The population of the Tang Dynasty was very small. It was not worth killing people because of this.
"I also want to be lenient. But you don't know those people. They have completely believed what the Jianjiao said. No matter what you say, they will not listen. Moreover, the officials who ask them to defend are useless, but if they are asked to
If you change people’s concepts, you will be blind.”
Empress Changsun covered her mouth and smiled. It seemed that the emperor was really angry and even spoke in dialect.
"You...you're still laughing..." Li Shimin was really angry and funny now, and there was nothing he could do against Empress Changsun.
"I thought..." Before Queen Changsun could finish her words, she heard the report from Eunuch Gao outside.
"Taoist Priest Yuan Tiangang asks to see His Majesty."
Yuan Tiangang, who looked like an immortal, was standing outside the door of Ganlu Hall, feeling uneasy in his heart.
I was also glad that when I came back, I went back to the Taoist Temple first, received a message from Sun Simiao, and met with him. Otherwise, I was not mentally prepared at all, and I didn’t know what would happen. Maybe I would be killed directly.
I can't even tell about the head.
It's really scary. I didn't expect that the elixir I refined would be poisonous. Fortunately, it didn't cause a catastrophe, otherwise I wouldn't be able to atone for my sin even if I died a hundred times.
After hearing Eunuch Gao's report, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at each other. Just now they couldn't find anyone to admonish, but they didn't expect that Yuan Tiangang would come to the door at this time.
If it were normal, Li Shimin might still owe him a little favor for asking him to do this, but now...
After understanding her husband's intention, Empress Changsun smiled and nodded to him, then gave a slight salute and walked out of the palace.
"Xuan..." Li Shimin decided to arrest him as a laborer.
"I'm a poor Taoist, Yuan Tiangang. I'd like to pay homage to Your Majesty." Yuan Tiangang bowed deeply to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's face was gloomy, but his heart was moved. Such a big gift, it seems that he is quite well informed.
"Do you know your guilt?" Li Shimin showed the momentum of an emperor, and every word struck Yuan Tiangang's uneasy heart.
"I am a poor man... he admits his guilt." Yuan Tiangang said it very difficultly. He knew what would happen after he confessed, but could he not admit it? It was his own fault, even if it was unintentional, it was still a mistake!
Li Shimin watched Yuan Tiangang kneel down with difficulty, did he admit it now? It was too easy, which made him feel very unfulfilled!
"Since you are aware of the crime, you will be punished. I will give you two choices. First, help me educate a group of people. Those are people who have been bewitched by evil cults. Educating them well can be considered a contribution you have made to the Tang Dynasty.
So, do you accept the punishment?"
Yuan Tiangang hesitated for a moment. He knew the stubbornness of cultists, so this was not a good job. Aren't there two options? What is the second option?
"Your Majesty, what is the next choice?"
"Humph! It's just a little physical pain. Secondly, it's two hundred big boards." Li Shimin squinted his eyes and smiled with evil intentions.
Two hundred big boards?! Wouldn’t that cost his life!
"Your Majesty, I am willing to dedicate my life to the Tang Dynasty." Yuan Tiangang said firmly with an upright look.dd