Now that these soldiers had recovered most of their combat effectiveness, Li Nan was afraid that the news would leak out of Ye Changmeng, so he hurriedly took them straight to the nearest Jade Emperor Temple.

The emperor of this dynasty, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, believed in Taoism, so the officials and people of the Great Song Dynasty were also affected, so the Jade Emperor Temple in the west of Yanggu County continued to have believers every day, and they all came here to burn incense and pray.

As a later generation, Li Nan was a person without any religious beliefs, and he had no reverence for both Buddhism and Taoism.

When there was still half a mile away from the Taoist temple, Li Nan gathered everyone together and ordered.

"Meng Li, I will give you thirty pikemen, thirty archers, ten crossbowmen and five soldiers who use the Divine Arm Bow, you must block the back door and wall of the Jade Emperor Temple, and not let one escape!"

With so many manpower, Meng Li replied confidently and loudly: "Order!" Don't worry, if someone really escapes, I will definitely come to see you! ”

Seeing that Meng Li took more than 70 soldiers to surround the rear, Li Nan also took Pang Qiuxia, Zhang Hao, and the remaining more than 80 heavily armed soldiers to the gate of the Taoist temple.

The area of this Jade Emperor view is not small, there are four entrances before and after, the first two entrances are the Sanqing Hall and the Jade Emperor Palace, and the back two entrances are the places where the Taoist priests live and rest on weekdays.

Leaving two soldiers to guard the gate, Li Nan and the rest of the people rushed into the Taoist temple, and when they saw these many soldiers pouring in, the people who were kneeling and praying in the two halls were all frightened.

Li Nan ordered all the pilgrims to gather to the square in front of the palace, and said loudly: "I am the head of Yanggu County, and I got the news today, saying that there are suspicious thieves hidden in this Jade Emperor Temple, and they are specially targeted at the two women with good faces, and they are humiliated in captivity, so I specially brought troops to strangle them, and if you have nothing to do, please leave here immediately!" ”

Most of the pilgrims who came here to worship were the people around Yanggu County, and they had heard about it recently, and now they heard that he had come here to arrest the thieves and villains, and most of them were curious, and there were also many faithful believers who refuted it.

A fat wealthy man who opened several shops in the city questioned: "This is a place to worship the Sanqing and the Jade Emperor, how can it become a place to hide filth and dirt, Li Dutou, why did you make such slanderous remarks?" ”

Another gorgeously dressed old woman, with the support of the maid, pointed at Li Nan and the others and scolded: "A group of tattered military men dare to come to the Taoist temple to spread wilderness, don't you know that the saint is also a Taoist today, why don't you get out quickly!" ”

With these two prestigious people speaking first, some other people who do not know the situation also followed up with ridicule, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, in the minds of these people, Li Nan and these soldiers are sinners, and the Taoist priests here are all immortals who do not eat fireworks in the world.

Li Nanping's most hated people in his life are those who have been brainwashed, no matter what you say, they firmly believe in what they imagine, and immediately stop distinguishing with them, and directly wave their hands and order the soldiers to march to the backyard.

The old woman finally caught an opportunity to open her mouth and scold, and when she saw that Li Nan ignored her, she hurriedly let the two maids support her, chasing after her and making noise.

Such a big thing happened in front, and the Taoist priest in the backyard had already gotten the news, and a tall Taoist with a soap towel on his head, wearing a Taoist robe, a variegated silk around his waist, and bast shoes on his feet, greeted him.

This Taoist priest has a handsome face, three locks of long beard under his chin, and he really has a bit of fairy wind bones.

He glanced at Li Nan and the soldiers with swords and bows beside him, clasped his fists and saluted: "Poor Dao is the Qiu Guan Master of the Jade Emperor Temple, I don't know why you soldiers are here?" ”

Zhang Hao said loudly: "We have received a secret report, there are a large number of women in your Jade Emperor Temple who have been detained in captivity, so we are here to investigate thoroughly!" ”

"Nonsense!"

A look of anger appeared on Daoist Qiu's face, and he said loudly: "Although Poor Dao has not long taken over this Taoist temple, but we are a sacred place to worship Sanqing, how can there be such a thing, you must be mistaken, or leave quickly!" ”

The fat rich man chimed in: "Daoist Qiu is a person who is proficient in Taoism at first glance, you must be mistaken!" ”

The mean old woman also shouted indignantly: "If you continue to pester Daoist Qiu, then I will go to the county government to find Hu County Order to sue you!" ”

If others may be frightened by their words and attitudes, but Li Nan has not been idle these days, and he is also afraid that Earl Ying is talking nonsense, so he not only interrogated several times to confirm that the testimony is correct, and then mobilized the disappearance cases in recent months, and found that a large number of women between the ages of thirteen and thirty were missing, but because the previous president did not do anything, these cases were attributed to banditry, so they have not attracted attention so far.

With Earl Ying's conclusive witnesses, as well as those two women's disappearance cases as circumstantial evidence, Li Nan believed that his inference was correct.

Li Nan looked at Daoist Qiu and said coldly: "If you don't do something wrong, why stop us from investigating the case?" In the end, you can't know if there is any dirt and dirt in the end, could it be that you have a weak heart? ”

The smile on Daoist Qiu's face disappeared, and he said in a tough tone: "I have a weak heart, cultivators are frank, since you don't believe it, then go in and check." But if you can't find any problems in my Taoist temple, then don't blame me for an explanation from your superiors! ”

Li Nan took his threatening words as a deaf ear, waved his hand directly, and the accompanying van soldiers rushed into the inner courtyard behind under the leadership of Zhang Hao, and began to search house by house, but Daoist Qiu stood aside and sneered.

"Newspaper capital, nothing!"

"Didn't find it!"

"I didn't find it here either!"

As a team of soldiers returned from their search, the sneer on Daoist Qiu's face changed to a smug look.

The people who stood nearby and watched the excitement looked at Li Nan and the others with suspicious eyes.

Pang Qiuxia saw that all the soldiers in charge of the search had returned, and they all started to bring bad news without exception, and she couldn't help but start worrying about Li Nan.

Li Nan, who was standing in the courtyard for the second time, looked at the disappointed soldiers in front of him, stretched out his arm and swiped through the houses in the courtyard in turn, and said slowly: "Have you checked all these rooms?" ”

"We've checked all the reports!"

"Hehehe!" Li Nan smiled: "I see that you are not careful in checking, come with me, and check the east wing." ”

The two soldiers who had just finished inspecting the room on the east side looked at each other, not understanding why Li Nan didn't believe him, there was nothing in that room.

Everyone followed Li Nan to this relatively spacious room, because the soldiers had opened all the windows to search just now, so even if they stood in the courtyard, they could see every corner of the room.

The room was clear at a glance, with a single bed at the far end and a square wooden table in the middle, and nothing else.

Daoist Qiu proudly said to Li Nan: "Li Dutou, does this room still need to be checked?" As long as you have eyes, you can see that this place is normal! ”

When he said this, everyone didn't understand why Li Nannan wanted to check this room, according to Zhang Hao's thoughts, it was a serious matter to apologize to this Taoist priest now.

Of course, Li Nan was not untargeted, he deliberately waved his finger to each room just now, just to observe Daoist Qiu's demeanor.

This is a little trick in psychology, almost everyone will unconsciously show some subtle expressions when they see others pointing to the place where their secrets are hidden, just now Li Nan saw that there was a different color on Daoist Qiu's face, so he was sure that there was a ghost in this room.

According to the topography here and the technology of the Song Dynasty, it is definitely impossible to take the imprisoned women to the sky, then the place where they are located is only underground.