After receiving Chen Yin's order, Zhuoyi sighed and said to Zheng Zhinan: "Zheng Fangzhu, Zhuo respects you as a noble man. I advise you once again not to struggle needlessly."
Zheng Zhinan laughed again: "It's just a death, what's the point? Today the poor Taoist died defending the Tao. After Abbot Zhao comes back, you will all be killed. The poor Taoist is waiting for you under the underworld!"
Zhuo Yi shook his head and waved, and several Jinyi guards moved to the front row, raised their powerful crossbows, and fired arrows at Zheng Zhinan. Zheng Zhinan was hit by several arrows, one of which was stuck in his throat. He stared at Zhuo Yi.
, fell to the ground in despair on the spot.
As soon as Zheng Zhinan, the head of Xuantan Palace, died, the Fangtang inspectors immediately fell into chaos. After a while, many were injured and died, and the resistance of Xuantan Palace was broken down by the Jinyi Guards.
Zhuo Yi waved his hand, and the Jin Yiwei rushed into the editorial office of "Inside and Outside the Imperial City" next to the sutra hall, pushed down all the Taoist priests inside, and tied them up.
The eminent Jiang Zhibiao was lying on a pile of manuscripts he was reviewing. He was still shouting: "Don't ruin the article!" until he was dragged out.
Zhang Juzheng was also blocked in the room today. He picked up a bench and shouted and fought hard, but the guards in Jinyi noticed the flaw and threw him to the ground from behind. He just happened to avoid a severe knife on his head.
The Jin Yiwei who knocked him down recognized him, and took advantage of the chaos to whisper in his ear: "Master Zhang, don't move, or you will die!"
Only then did Zhang Juzheng calm down. When he was tied up and stood up, he looked at the Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi who knocked him down. He looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
More than a dozen Taoist editors in the editorial department were all captured by Jin Yiwei, and no one slipped through the net. This is because no one had ever thought that there would be people in Xuan Tan Palace, the highest preaching ground of Yingtian Mansion in Shifang Jungle, who were raided by Jin Yiwei.
one day.
These editors could not help but feel a pain in their hearts when they saw Jin Yiwei packing up all the articles, pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books and volumes into boxes and stacking them against the wall. Fortunately, these Jin Yiwei did not know the copying platform.
, I thought they were some wooden cabinets and had no plans to move them away, otherwise the loss would be too great this time.
Because the last issue of "Inside and Out of the Imperial City" has just been sold out, and the next issue has not yet been completed, the monks from Yuanfu Palace who are responsible for opening and running the copy of the altar are not here, and the altar is also covered with silk cloth. The Jinyi guards are not aware of this.
This is the key equipment, so just let it go.
All the manuscripts that Jiang Zhibiao was protecting were confiscated, but no one paid attention to the legal stands that looked like ordinary cabinets. He breathed a sigh of relief and allowed Jin Yiwei to lead him out of the editorial office.
Hundreds of Jinyi guards searched everywhere for Zhao Ran, and the Taoist priests of Xuantan Palace were also escorted to the main hall for interrogation one by one, asking them to explain Zhao Ran's whereabouts.
Leng Jianyuan looked at Chen Yin as if he were looking at a dead person: "Captain Chen, oh, poor Taoist, I made a mistake in my speech, please forgive me. Lord Chen has been dismissed from the post of Governor Zuo by our Taoist sect. The court recommends that you, Lord Chen, should be called Chen."
Commander. Commander Chen, if I remember correctly, this is the first time in the Taoist sect’s six hundred years that a Taoist palace has been sealed off by the Jinyi Guards, right? It really opened Pindao’s eyes. I didn’t expect it at all. It’s just Pindao’s heart.
I have a question, how does Commander Chen plan to end it next?"
Chen Yin smiled and said: "How to end it next, there is no need for the Leng Prison to worry about it. King Qi said that if the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. The Leng Prison will cooperate with peace of mind."
Leng Jianyuan asked: "Tall man? Is there anyone in this world who is taller than Zhenshitang?"
Chen Yin said: "You think about it for yourself. I don't have time to talk nonsense to Leng Prison. You have to think carefully. If you really don't tell us where Zhao Zhiran is, I'm afraid you guys will have to suffer a lot. We are in prison."
See you."
"You blatantly searched for Abbot Zhao. What did he do?"
"He conspired to assassinate the prince and the king of Qi!"
Leng Jianyuan looked up to the sky and laughed until he was out of breath. He bent down and coughed repeatedly: "Commander Chen, can't you find a better reason?"
Chen Yin ignored him, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of Taoist priests at home in Xuantan Palace, Huo Ju, and Leng Jian Yuan were all escorted out by the Jinyi Guards.
The Shangsangong monks, Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, and general bannermen who went to various courtyards and houses to search for Zhao Ran returned one after another to report to Chen Yin, saying that they could not find any sign that Zhao Zhiran was hiding in Xuantan Palace.
So Chen Yin ordered: "Search the nearby house!"
The Jinyiwei brigade began to search house to house along Xuantanfang Street, causing a great uproar for a while.
Two masters, Gong Kepei and Hu Dashun, who had been hiding in ambush, appeared and signaled to Chen Yin that there was no need to look for them anymore. Zhao Zhiran was not here, so the brigade withdrew, leaving a small flag to seal off the empty Xuantan Palace.
On Jilong Mountain, outside the Cockcrow Temple, Lan Daoxing led a large group of men to ambush in the dense forest in the mountain. After a moment, two gilded guards rushed out from the Cockcrow Temple and reported to Lan Daoxing: "Envoy Lan, I have found out.
, Daolu Division’s teaching hall this year has not yet started, Taoist Master Zhengyin Jinghui is not in the temple, and there are no monks in the temple, so I guess Zhao Zhiran is not here either.”
Lan Daoxing nodded and waved to everyone: "Search! Do you remember what I said?"
Everyone nodded and said loudly: "I remember them all!" Then they rushed in.
With so many people pouring into Jiming Temple, several deacons and Taoist priests from the Daolu Division were immediately shocked and rushed over to stop them: "Who are you, trespassing into our Jiming Temple? Don't you know that this is the important place of Daolu Division's teaching hall? You guys
Who is Shangguan? Come out quickly and answer!"
A monk from the Upper Third Palace came out of the crowd, and while signaling others to continue the search, he came to the side of several deacons from the Daolu Department and said kindly: "Today, a new Taoist fellow from my Upper Third Palace was lost. We
I suspected that he might have wandered into Cockcrow Temple by mistake, so I came here to look for him. Don’t panic, we are just looking for someone. We will leave after searching. By the way, I have a question for you to answer. Zhao Zhiran, deputy seal of the Daolu Department, recently
Have you ever returned to Jiming Temple..."
By the Mochou Lake, Baoyue Villa.
Duan Chao Yongzheng directed his men to search vigorously. Fortunately, Zhu Xianjian had already given instructions, only to find people, not to hurt them, let alone to kill anyone indiscriminately or steal anything. He himself was not stupid enough to cause trouble in Xu Zhenren's house.
The situation is such that Baoyue Villa is relatively orderly.
Duan Chaoyong didn't take it to heart at all when the old housekeeper of the villa was scolding him, but he was just looking for clues carefully.
There was a lot of noise here, and Zhao Ran's newly purchased manor not far away felt like it was facing a formidable enemy. All the spirit demons gathered on the side close to the lake, waiting to deal with emergencies at any time.
Taoist Lingyan Nangui hovered high in the sky, overlooking everything that happened in Baoyue Villa. He would return to the manor from time to time and tell Suchuan Yao and a group of spirit monsters what he saw and heard.