Zhenjiang can't take it, but it is very smooth except for the state, and the White Lotus Sect also has a territory in Jiangbei.

However, this was useless, the governor of Liangjiang commanded 50,000 border troops to arrive, and the White Lotus Sect did not take either Yingtianfu or Yangzhou at this time.

It was difficult to defend the state alone, and as soon as it engaged the imperial army, it quickly exposed the weakness of the guard army and the peasant army, and was quickly defeated.

The governor of Liangjiang who came was very skillful, and he used both to suppress and appease, and the military spirit of the White Lotus Sect quickly collapsed.

Until the border army crossed the Yangtze River, the long knife chased Fang Kaicheng's main force for a decisive battle, and forced Fang Kaicheng's headquarters all the way to the vicinity of Taihu Lake.

At the same time, regimental training in various localities has already taken action to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression.

The 600,000 White Lotus Sect army was completely defeated in just half a year.

Fan Zhuoyuan's troops did not participate in the decisive battle between the main forces, but they continued to fight piecemeal on the periphery, and each time they were able to annihilate one or two hundred thousand White Lotus Sect members in a formation.

Until the White Lotus Sect and the border army fought a decisive battle on Taihu Lake, they suffered a crushing defeat, and retreated all the way to Suzhou Mansion, looking at the posture as if they were going to go to sea by boat.

Fan Zhuoyuan happened to lead the army to an ambush in Suzhou, and defeated the remnants of the 50,000 White Lotus Sect with 3,000 troops.

Of course, Qin Baichuan, the owner of the Seven Star Building in Jiangnan, would not miss this opportunity, and led the forces on the rivers and lakes to chase and intercept all the way.

The armies pursued the routed army to Chongming Island, and finally completely annihilated it.

After the great victory, the top leaders of the White Lotus Sect were all wiped out, but the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Fang Kaicheng, was not seen.

On behalf of the imperial court, the governor of Liangjiang called Fan Zhuoyuan separately after rewarding the generals of the various armies who participated in the battle.

The purpose is very simple, the rebellion caused by sect organizations such as the White Lotus Sect has brought great losses to the imperial court, and the court and China are naturally wary of similar sect organizations.

At that time, the emperor issued an order to designate all sects and organizations other than orthodox Buddhism, Quanzhen Dao, and Zhengyi as cults.

And Fan Zhuoyuan happens to be the leader of these cults.

The governor of Liangjiang felt that Fan Zhuoyuan's various achievements in suppressing the White Lotus Sect were very polite, but the meaning of the words was that he could only choose one of the important generals of the sect and the imperial court.

This kind of thing is like a joke to Fan Zhuoyuan, children only make choices, and adults naturally want all of them.

On the surface, he very sincerely promised to dissolve the Maitreya Sect, and also called a group of subordinates in front of the governor of Liangjiang, demanding that he should not worship Maitreya again in the future, and there was no need to hold an altar ceremony.

It was even widely publicized among the members of the Maitreya sect that it was forbidden to worship Maitreya in the future.

The governor of Liangjiang was very happy to see this, and when he went to the civil investigation, he really didn't see the people who worshiped the sect again, and trusted Fan Zhuoyuan even more.

However, in fact, a well-organized institution such as the Maitreya Sect may not be able to be destroyed even if it is attacked by force, let alone the persuasion between a few words.

At present, it is natural to turn from light to darkness, after closing all the main altars and changing them into restaurant halls, all the congregants will never worship Maitreya outside in the future, but in private they still pursue the teachings of the Maitreya organization, and still act in associations, how can the imperial power not go to the countryside be controlled.

And for Fan Zhuoyuan, the court's move was also conducive to him to weaken the feudal superstition and religious organization in the sect.

Fan Zhuoyuan will no longer claim to be the leader of the sect in the future, and after the dissolution of the Maitreya Sect, he ordered Dong Lun to establish the Huaiyang Society in a low-key manner, but it is legal for the sect to become a club......

He himself was appointed as the commander of the capital, and the actual commander was sent as the chief military officer of Yangzhou Town, and the army could be expanded to 10,000, but the imperial court would only give the military salary of 5,000 soldiers, and there were all kinds of drifting and other up and down during the period, and the military salary in hand may be less than 3,000.

According to the normal situation of the imperial court, it is impossible for the general soldiers to get these military salaries to be distributed to the military households of the guards under them, but to support their own soldiers, and they will not raise the full amount of 3,000, which is already very powerful if there is a thousand.

Fan Zhuoyuan acted in a low-key manner, and after receiving the reward, he only expanded his army to 5,000 and garrisoned it outside Yangzhou.

In fact, the power of the Maitreya Sect, which should have been called the Huaiyang Society at this time, expanded again after this battle, and it was all over the entire Jianghuai.

It includes Yingtianfu, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Fengyang, Luzhou and other areas in the west.

Fan Zhuoyuan's third system task was also successfully completed, after the actual control of Ying Tianfu and Huai'an Mansion, 200,000 proficiency points were immediately credited to the account, the current proficiency points remained 400,000, and the karma value remained 65 points.

After the governor of Liangjiang persuaded Fan Zhuoyuan to dissolve the Maitreya Sect, he was very happy to see that the goal had been successfully achieved.

But obviously, the three major sects in the world, as well as the Northern Fragrance Sect, must also be targeted by the imperial court, and the northern land has also begun to make various moves.

The Governor of Liangjiang, who had 50,000 elite soldiers, thought about his political achievements and completely ignored the affairs of the Northland, and the most important thing for him now was to find the White Lotus Sect Leader Fang Kaicheng as soon as possible.

Only when this person is caught, his mission on this trip can be considered complete, and he will have the merit of returning to the center, and he can officially enter the cabinet.

Fang Kaicheng has caused such a big turmoil in the Jiangnan region for more than a year, and there are many people who hate him in the court, whether it is in the court or in the rivers and lakes.

Including Fan Zhuoyuan and Qin Baichuan, almost the entire southern martial arts were looking for his traces.

But no one could have imagined that Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the White Lotus Sect who everyone shouted and beaten, was hiding in Cheng Shiyao's house in Suzhou City at this time.

This is the first time in nearly a year that Cheng Shiyao has returned to her house in Suzhou.

The reason why she returned to Suzhou was because someone found her and asked her to meet here, that person was the mysterious man who had taught her the art of the piano and handed her the Heavenly Demon Qin.

Since Cheng Shiyao and Lu, he has not seen this person for many years.

When she returned, the two of them visited together that night.

Both of them were wearing robes and hats, which happened to be the rainy season in Suzhou, and they were dressed like fishermen and did not attract attention.

However, after the two entered the house, they took off their hats, and one of them was Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the White Lotus Sect.

I saw that his face was full of exhaustion, but he still couldn't suppress the excitement on his face.

Looking at Cheng Shiyao, who was silent in front of him, he said to the man with a copper mask on his face next to him, "This is the daughter of the Qin Demon?" ”

The man in the bronze mask nodded slightly, "Shi Yao, it is said that the sect leader should be regarded as your uncle, who used to do things under your mother in the past. ”

Cheng Shiyao said coldly: "The past affairs of the Luo Zujiao have nothing to do with Shiyao. ”

The man also said very coldly: "Then there is nothing to introduce, during this period of time, the imperial court and the rivers and lakes are tracking down the sect leader, and they can only hide here for a while, so I will take care of you." ”

Cheng Shiyao said dissatisfied: "Uncle Ghost, this person provoked wars, tired hundreds of people's wives and wives, displaced, and corpses everywhere in the wilderness, why don't you hand him over to the imperial court for justice?" ”

Fang Kaicheng laughed, "Does my niece really think that even if there is no Fang Mou, there is no White Lotus Sect, the people in the Jiangnan region will not rebel?" If the court goes down like this, the people will rebel sooner or later! In that case, it is better to borrow me to worship the heavens to open the gates of heaven! ”

Cheng Shiyao only felt that this person was extremely cold-blooded and selfish, and she was very angry, but the copper-faced man quieted her down with just one sentence.

"Do you want to see your mother?"

Cheng Shiyao was surprised, "My mother didn't ...... more than 20 years ago"

"Then why don't you see the dead body? Not only her, but also the other three demons, the sect leader, the left and right envoys, and the geniuses of the righteous path, all have disappeared, don't you think it's strange? ”