The "Jiliang Manor" on the west bank of Hongze Lake is immersed in the tranquility and tranquility of the night.

In the backyard of the manor, inside the huge crypt, it was empty.

Inside the tall black door, Wei Jiliang Wei Zhuang handed a note to a middle-aged man in gold clothes, and after reading it, the middle-aged man's face became extremely angry:

"I lost six of my brothers in the first battle, and I won't take revenge, I'm sorry for the dead who died!"

He kept pacing, thinking about his next plan of action.

"Immediately send a letter to the Golden Helmsman, and let the others be on standby at all times, and see the right time to kill the enemy, and sacrifice their dead brothers with their lives." The gold-clothed man commanded to Lord Wei Zhuang.

Tonight the sky is cloudy, the air is hot and dry, and it looks like it's going to rain.

Suddenly, several dark shadows floated over the wall to the ground, and slowly approached the cells under the cover of the shadows of the house.

Just now, it was still a black cloud pressing down on the city, but at this time, it was pouring rain.

The rain came too quickly, and in an instant, the mist was everywhere.

The two guards in front of the cell door hid under the eaves with knives to avoid the rain, looked at the sudden heavy rain, and said in their hearts that tonight should be safe.

Unfortunately, accidents always happen, just when they thought they were safe, two black shadows, one on the left and one on the right, suddenly burst out of the rain and fog, and the two daggers approached their throats in the blink of an eye.

Before the two of them could react, they fell to the rain with their bloody necks in their hands.

Two more dark shadows burst out of the rain, quickly opened the cell door, and rushed in.

The cell was pitch black, and the man in black showed his fire and found that inside were single cells with bars made of thick steel columns, and several people were held in each single room.

The man in black didn't have time to look closely at who was locked in the fence, and cut the iron lock outside with a knife.

Suddenly, there were two screams at the door, and the hearts of the two black-clothed people were shocked, and they knew that it was over.

A few torches appeared at the door, and a group of factory guards dressed in brown clothes walked in.

"Just take it, there's no point in resisting." Meng Gang's face was grim.

The locks of two private rooms had been cut, and the people inside walked out, and suddenly saw Du Wenlin, who was walking in front of the team with a dagger in his hand, and retreated back in horror.

They had seen Du Wenlin's killing methods during the day, and no one was confident that they could take his move.

Instead of going out to accept death, it is better to lie down and continue to sleep, at least to see the sun tomorrow.

The two men in black who were barricaded in the cell, one was armed with a long knife and was about thirty years old, and the other was a tall man with a board axe. About forty years old.

People who wield a weapon like a plate axe generally have brute force, and are almost always more confident in their abilities.

So, he raised his axe and rushed over.

In his mind, no one had yet dared to resist the slashing of the plate axe head-on.

The young man on the opposite side did not dare to baffle the axe, but suddenly disappeared.

Just about to applaud his majesty, he found that the wrist holding the plate axe suddenly drooped, and the plate axe fell to the ground uncontrollably.

He raised his right arm in confusion, horrified to find that his wrist could no longer straighten up, and a stream of blood gushed from the knife on his wrist.

He suddenly understood that he would never be able to use the plate axe that he had become famous again.

With a bang, he sat on the ground, his face like ashes.

The other knife-wielding man only saw a brown figure slashing past his companion, but he didn't see how the figure made a move.

However, the eldest brother who was extremely tall in his mind suddenly threw the axe and sat on the ground.

For such a long time, he has seen countless heroes die under this board axe, so every time he follows this board axe out on a mission, it can bring him an absolute sense of security.

However, this time the board axe was planted, and it was planted unclearly.

The idol in his heart collapsed, and he lost the confidence to resist, threw away the knife, and was captured.

The two men in black outside the door had just ended the lives of two errand servants with daggers.

However, an instant later, he also fell under the dagger.

A bolt of lightning flashed, illuminating the four faces on the ground, all with wide eyes and fearful faces.

They didn't even understand how they died.

The two men in black were taken to the residence of the factory guard behind, and Meng Gang decided to interrogate them overnight.

"How many of you are here tonight?" Meng Gang asked.

"Four." The thirty-year-old man replied.

"What's your name? What is the relationship with the 'Red Confession'? ”

"If you want to kill, you can kill, if you want to scrape, why do you say so much nonsense?" The big man shouted.

Meng Gang pouted, and the two factory guards pulled the big man to the next room, and after a while, there was a heart-rending scream.

The thirty-year-old man's face was pale and trembling, and the cries from next door frightened him:

"I said, my name is Yin Zikui, and we were sent by the Golden Helm Lord."

"What's the name of the Golden Helmsman? Where do you live? ”

"I don't know the exact name. He is now in Changzhou. ”

"Have you seen him?"

"Yes. It's just that he shows up every time wearing a mask. ”

"Since he is the helmsman, is his helmsman also in Changzhou?"

"Yes."

"How many people are there at the helm? Do you know the address? ”

"I don't know the exact number of people at the helm, because I haven't been to the helm location."

"How did Changzhou know that something happened in Wuxi?"

"Someone sent a letter."

The factory guards sent the two back to their cells for temporary detention.

"Tianming will deal with the other sect members, everyone can rest."

The wind and rain that raged all night finally stopped.

Early in the morning, Lu Zhixian came to the backyard, saying that he was visiting everyone.

Unexpectedly, the first thing that caught my eye was the four corpses in front of the cell door.

After a night of soaking in the rain, the corpse's face began to swell and looked very horrible.

He was so shocked that he almost sat on the ground, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Du Wenlin briefly recounted what happened last night.

When he heard that two more people had been captured alive and locked up in prison, Lu Zhixian's face was very ugly.

"Time is pressing, and we want to start interrogating these cultists in the morning." Du Wenlin said.

"Okay, I have no opinion."

"That's good, but when we interrogate the prisoners, Lu Zhixian had better stay away. The brothers couldn't help but be tortured and stained Lord Lu's eyes. ”

Lu Zhixian knew that he wanted to leave him alone, but he couldn't do it if he didn't agree, these people were something he couldn't afford to offend as a small magistrate.

The first to pass the hall was Master Ren, although he was already a prisoner, but he was still graceful and luxurious in brocade clothes.

He is a person who understands the times, and he thinks that he can't bear the punishment of the factory guards with his pampered body, so he poured beans into a bamboo tube and explained thoroughly.

According to his confession, there is the power of the imperial court behind the "Red Seal Sect", and the leader of the sect is indeed surnamed Luo, but he does not know where the address of the head religion is.

His Wuxi altar was under the command of Changzhou's rudder Jin Rudder, and he had more than 50 subordinates, most of whom were killed in battle yesterday and captured.

The underground place behind his house was dug by his grandfather to escape the war, and since joining the sect, it has also become a foothold for the "Desert Zerg", and it has been renovated for their convenience.

Hearing him talk about the "desert zerg", Du Wenlin couldn't help but ask:

"How much do you know about the Desert Zerg?"

"I'm not familiar with them either, but I've heard that they're from the far north. Every time I came, I went straight underground, and after a while I left, barely talking to me. These six people have been living here, and the golden helmsman said, "Keep these people for me as a backup." ”

"Do you know the case of Hu Jinsheng, the prefect of Wenzhou, who was intercepted and killed in Jurong last year?"

"Yes. The killer was arranged by the Golden Helmsman. ”

The main culprit of Hu Jinsheng's case seems to have been settled.

"Do you have a roster of your followers?"

"Nope. But I can write to you silently. ”

Du Wenlin called for paper and ink.

It is no accident that a person like Master Ren can preside over the ancestral business of the family and sit on the altar, because he does have some skills beyond ordinary people.

Just as he was now dictating the roster of his disciples, the details of more than fifty people were written in one go, with almost no pause in between.

Dictated to the end, it seems a little hesitant.

"Is it inconvenient to write someone's name?" Du Wenlin asked, staring into his eyes.

He nodded.

"No matter how great that person's power is, can he be greater than the imperial court? At this point, you can't protect anyone. We will also report your performance truthfully to help you reduce your culpability. ”

Master Ren gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and "Lu Qing, Wuxi Zhixian" appeared on the paper. "Six words.

Looking at the last six words written by Master Ren, Du Wenlin and Meng Gang's faces did not show too much surprise.

They seem to have long sensed that there is something wrong with this Luzhi County, and now it has been confirmed.

"Was it a letter from Lu Zhixian this morning, so you planned an ambush in advance?" Du Wenlin asked.

Master Ren nodded.

Meng Gang bit his lip angrily, got up and walked out.

Du Wenlin knew that Lu Zhixian was in a catastrophe.

"There are many people under your altar, do they know more about this religion than you?" Du Wenlin continued to ask.

"Probably not. Because they were all developed by me, including Luzhi County. So they don't have access to the upper echelons. ”

"What's that 'Synodic Red Pill'?"

Master Ren didn't expect Du Wenlin to also know about this drug, and he was a little surprised:

"I didn't expect you to know this name, my lord. This medicine is said to be a secret recipe from the 'Desert Zerg', and it was later concocted by the imperial physicians in the palace to make the current pill. As he spoke, he took out a vial from his bosom.

Du Wenlin poured out a few red pills, and the house was filled with fragrance in an instant.

"Why should you give this medicine to your congregation?"

"After taking this medicine, it can not only lift people's spirits, but also improve people's strength."

"Is there anything else?"

Master Ren hesitated for a moment and said:

"After taking this medicine, you can't do without the antidote for the rest of your life. The antidote must be taken on the first day of each month and the first day of the month, otherwise the whole body will be sore, the spirit will be listless, and the time will soon die of cardiopulmonary failure. ”

"If this drug is so vicious, why are those people willing to take it?"

"In order to force them to join the religion, they will use all kinds of deception to get them to take this medicine. For example, the efficacy of this medicine is exaggerated, saying that it can enhance people's physical strength, improve physical fitness, and even maintain youth and prolong life. Many people fall for the temptation and curiosity they can't stand it. After they take it, it will be too late to regret it, and they can only join the religion obediently. ”

Du Wenlin suddenly solved a puzzle that troubled him: why was he willing to accept the drive of the "Red Seal Sect" with his identity as Mrs. Cao.

I also figured out why some officials joined the church.

"You said that this medicine came from the palace, do you know which imperial doctor in the palace is developing and producing this thing?"

"That's all I know, and that's all I know through the Lord of the Golden Altar."

There was nothing more to interrogate him, and he was sent back to his cell.