On the first day of the purge operation, all parts of Chang'an City seemed to be very tense, and the government decree was issued, and everything was resolute and unambiguous.

From the streets and alleys, to some public places, they are the objects of investigation by the yamen at all levels, and once it is determined that anyone has any connection with the Three Puritans, they will not be able to say anything, and they will all be taken to the yamen for questioning first. If they admit that they are Tri-Puritans, they will continue to be detained, and if they publicly explain their relationship with Tri-Puritans, they can file a record and go home on their own.

For a time, everyone in Chang'an City was in danger.

Liu Yu also has no choice, although such an action will make Chang'an City fall into a semi-chaotic state, causing internal instability, but it is like labor pain, if you don't experience it, there will be no healing of wounds. In the face of such a major issue of right and wrong, if we always think that stability is more important than everything else, it will only make the situation worse, and step by step to the point of being out of control.

Eradicate the Three Puritans, it is necessary to do it as soon as possible, Liu Yu thinks about it now, it may be a little late to start by himself, so that this cancer has already spread.

In addition to the fact that all the residents of the city are in danger, together with the yamen at all levels, a self-examination operation is also being carried out. Everyone is afraid of being involved with the Three Puritans, and even the officials are not immune. The development of the Three Puritans has penetrated into all levels of society, and many people usually don't believe in this, but under the clouds, they want to try, human nature in this world always tends to be the same, and what the people around them do, they will also follow to try, which led to the start of this purge operation, Liu Yu only knew how serious the spread of the Three Puritans of the Dao was to the extent of how serious. Sanqingism is even more prevalent in the Guanzhong region than Buddhism and Taoism.

The yamen was busy.

Several cells under Jingzhao Mansion were already full in less than half a day. Wang Hu hurriedly mobilized manpower. Additional cells were opened in several government offices in Jingzhao Prefecture to detain believers. By the afternoon, however, it was full again. Wang Hu is bitter. He doesn't believe in any gods, he only knows that his life is his own, and man will win the day, although no faith is usually no principle, but he still pursues a very good principle, that is, nothing can disturb his official future. Now there are many of them. He put himself in danger, feeling as if he was trying to hinder his future development.

After noon, Wang Hu hurried to the palace to ask Liu Yu for instructions on the matter, and reported that Jingzhao Mansion was currently understaffed, inadequate cells, and insufficient funds. ”

Wang Hu saw it, and came out in a daze, and he saw Li Mi's figure. Judging from Li Mi's expression, the situation of the Yamen and the Military Department of the Sixth Defense Division also seems to be very bad. Li Mi also came to find Liu Yu to pour bitter water, and saw Li Mi's embarrassment. Wang Hu suddenly felt in a good mood, which showed that it was not the difficulty of his Jingzhao Mansion family. If it is difficult, everyone will have difficulties, so that the law can not be held accountable.

Li Mi's arrival was to explain to Liu Yu what the Ministry of War had learned about the purging of the Three Puritans in the two camps outside Chang'an.

The sudden and strict investigation of the Three Puritans by the imperial court also caused a shock in the army, and soon some soldiers reported that some people in the army were taking the opportunity to propagate the teachings to ordinary soldiers. Originally, the army found that there was no publicity, and felt that this was no different from propagating Taoism and Buddhism, and it did not attract enough attention.

At the beginning of this purge operation, the army scrutinized the missionaries and believers, and for a time many people were detained.

According to Li Mi, it was fortunate that the imperial court acted in time to curb the large-scale development of the Three Qing Religion in the army. But even so, in the two camps outside Chang'an City, a lot of believers were also found, and there were also many believers hidden in the army and it was difficult to investigate. Li Mi came over, mainly to say this, the army is not like ordinary people, in Li Mi's opinion, the army does not tolerate any moths, which increases the difficulty of the investigation, let the people below report, and it will make the army disheartened, if you rely on the superior to investigate, and I don't know the specific situation below.

In short, a dilemma.

Liu Yu said: "The imperial court expressed its attitude in the army, so that the army knew what was going on with the three puritans, and then gradually, those believers would become unbelieving." It's a process, and there's no need to rush it too much. ”

Liu Yu asked Li Mi to focus on the work of the Sixth Defense Division first, and asked him to cooperate with Wang Hu's actions, and the situation presented at this time was that there were faint signs of loss of control within Chang'an City, and it was not enough to rely on hundreds of officials in Jingzhao Mansion alone.

Waiting for batch after batch of people to leave, seeing that it was approaching dusk, Liu Yu temporarily put down the matter and left the palace to go to Liu Liniang. At this time, not only was the imperial court doing business, but Liu Liniang was also helping Liu Yu check the officials of the imperial court. When Liu Liniang reported her recent investigation and her latest follow-up investigation this day, Liu Yu directly slapped the list on the table.

"Who am I seeing as an old father-in-law?" Liu Yu looked at Liu Liniang angrily.

Liu Liniang said: "Twelve young people, don't be so startled, the scared slave family is gone." That's the case, today we sent someone to follow Li Yannian, and when we saw him enter a remote place, we knew that he was strange, but in order not to be discovered, the person who followed him didn't dare to get too close, but I knew that he entered a mansion. Soon after he came out, two people came out of it, and they didn't seem to be anything special, and then these two people went to a temple in the city to place an order, and then we learned that these two young people were monks without hair. ”

Liu Yu frowned, when will the monk come out to wade into troubled waters?

"Haven't been to the temple and asked?"

Liu Liniang said again: "Today, the imperial court began to investigate the Three Qing Sects, and all temples and Taoist temples were also very cautious and did not dare to open the door. Our people wanted to go in and inquire, but they were afraid that someone would find out, so they just followed, and by the way, they went over to take a look, and they retreated without anything special. However, from all aspects, Li Yannian should have some connection with the Three Puritans. ”

Liu Yu was also very annoyed in his heart, in fact, Li Yannian disagreed with him for not a day or two. If he was not Li Sha'er's father, and he was a veteran of the three dynasties, Liu Yu would not reuse him to achieve a delicate balance between the government and the government.

But the estrangement between Li Yannian and him is too deep, perhaps because of this, Li Yannian will be used by the Three Qing Sect, and Liu Yuxin is the most difficult to explain is Li Shaer's side. has the relationship of Li Sha'er, Li Yannian is also his relative, and he can't get rid of this killer.

Liu Yu didn't worry about Li Yannian's question anymore, he roughly made up his mind that no matter what, Li Yannian should continue to investigate. The Three Puritans have eyeliner in the imperial court, and Liu Yu had already guessed that if it is determined that Li Yannian is the culprit now, then if you check from Li Yannian's line, you can find a lot of Three Puritans' eyeliner, Liu Yu feels that there is no need to be ruthless against Li Yannian's line for the time being, as long as the investigation continues, you can always pick out the moths one by one.

Liu Yu instructed: "Li Niang, you send someone to take a look at a few temples in the city, even those Taoist temples, these places were ignored before." ”

Liu Liniang asked: "Twelve young people are suspicious, and the people of the Three Puritans are hiding in temples and Taoist temples?" ”

"It's also possible." Liu Yu said, "I used to always feel that since Sanqingjiao is a religion, it will not have anything to do with other religions, and monks, Taoists and Sanqingjiao should be unrelated to the three, perhaps because of this, some Sanqingjiao followers will hide in Taoist temples and temples, so it is not easy for the court to suspect that they have a connection with Sanqingjiao." In short, check first, don't make things too obvious, and if you have news, go to the palace to inform me as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yu took out a waist card and handed it to Liu Liniang, which was a pass waist card that could enter and exit the palace freely.

In the past, Liu Yu rarely let Liu Liniang enter the palace, because he was afraid that she would meet the women in the family and feel embarrassed by each other. This time, Liu Yulai also conveyed a message to Liu Liniang, you can come to the palace on official business in the future, and the palace will not set a card for you.

Liu Liniang was also a little happy when she got the waist card, as Liu Yu's woman, she also wanted to know about Liu Yu's situation in the palace. Since she is the woman behind Liu Yu's scenes, she knows that she will never be the one who can not be made public, and she is also very clear about her status and situation.

"Twelve Shao, Duo Lin and Mi Er will be in Chang'an City in the next two days, where are you going to place them temporarily?"

Liu Liniang suddenly mentioned Duo Lin and Mi Er, the two little sisters of the Yue family, Liu Yue smiled faintly and said, "It's better to stay here with you and settle them well." Don't let them walk around on weekdays, you can take them to Chang'an City for a walk in your spare time. ”

Duo Lin and Mi Er were both born in a cottage and had never been to a lively big city, and Liu Yu also wanted to let them come to Chang'an City and have a good taste of the customs of Chang'an City. However, because she had to deal with the internal affairs of the Yue tribe, Doreen also had to settle her two younger sisters, so their journey north was delayed, and they did not arrive until now.

Liu Liniang once said that she would set up an emperor's palace in southern Xinjiang in Chang'an City to help Liu Yu raise women of all ethnic groups in Lingnan. She had already made arrangements in her heart, and when she asked Liu Yu just now, she was also asking for opinions in this regard.

Liu Yu was about to leave, and Liu Liniang suddenly said: "Twelve Shao, the master found someone to inform me before, saying that the junior sister has been subdued, and she can use her to help the court do something to disintegrate the Three Puritans from the inside." ”

Liu Yu remembered what Master Wuding said to him at that time, to make him the leader of the Three Puritans, that is, the supreme leader of the Three Puritans. Under the circumstances, Liu Yu was also moved. But now that the imperial court has decided to tear his face with the Three Qing Sect, he is not suitable to be the leader of this sect again, otherwise, wouldn't he be fighting his right hand with his left hand?

"We'll talk about that later." Liu Yu said, "Wait until this layer of fire on the surface of the Three Puritans is extinguished, and then when the fire is completely extinguished, then discuss this matter with your master." (To be continued......)