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In the imperial study, Li Ye pondered for a moment and said to Li Chenghua: "I will issue an order to strictly prohibit the spread of Zoroastrianism in the Tang Dynasty. It is easy to suppress the open missionaries, but it is difficult to deal with the secret missionaries. I have repeatedly considered that catching the leader is the key, that Anjia, is she still in the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Chenghua bowed and said: "All signs show that she is still in the Tang Dynasty, even near Chang'an, but she is hiding deeper and not easy to catch. According to people who have seen her, she is just a middle-aged woman."

Li Ye nodded, "We must find a way to find her as soon as possible, catch her and her men in one fell swoop, and don't let her escape from the Tang Dynasty!"

This task is difficult, but there is no room for bargaining. Li Chenghua immediately bowed and said: "I will find Anjia as soon as possible and catch them all in one fell swoop!"

Li Ye said lightly: "Try to catch these missionaries and use them to exchange the kidnapped girls with the Saint's Society."

"I obey the order!"

Li Chenghua hurried away.

Soon, the Secretariat drafted and issued an imperial edict in accordance with the emperor's wishes, prohibiting the spread of Zoroastrianism and the Holy Maiden Society in the Tang Dynasty. Except for a few Zoroastrian temples designated by the court, all other Zoroastrian temples and Holy Maiden Society missionary sites were banned. If any Holy Maiden Society missionaries were found, the local county magistrate would be dismissed!"

In the meeting hall of the inner guard, Li Chenghua was discussing with four important generals how to find the leader of the Holy Maiden Society. The reason why they had obtained a lot of intelligence before was due to Kang Shibai's explanation.

The four inner guards were all Tiger Guards. In addition to Zhou Xiao, Wang Zaisheng, and Zhang Kuan, there was also a female general named Wu Shaodan. She was the apprentice of Gongsun Da Niang. She had joined the inner guard for many years and made countless contributions. She was very smart and capable, and had always been Li Chenghua's right-hand man.

Wu Shaodan had 1,500 female soldiers under her command. Each of them had gorgeous armor and had always been a scenic spot in Chang'an. If the queen took other concubines out for a trip, They are the ones who are guarding them.

Wu Shaodan is the main force in dealing with the Saint Maiden Society this time.

"Everyone, the emperor and the Political Affairs Hall are very concerned about the Saint Maiden Society. If they are allowed to develop, it will shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, so the emperor has decided to resolutely eradicate it. I will divide the work. General Zhou Xiao is responsible for the hard-hit Helong Road, General Wang Zaisheng is responsible for Jiannan Road and Shannan West Road, General Zhang Kuan is responsible for Zhongyuan and Hebei, and General Wu Shaodan is responsible for Guanzhong, especially the Jingji area, which is the top priority of this attack. Everyone has received the manual. Please strictly follow the regulations in the manual. That's it, get ready to go!"

Everyone stood up and saluted, and left one after another. Li Chenghua left Wu Shaodan behind again.

"The task in Guanzhong is the heaviest. It is estimated that Anjia and her men are hiding near Chang'an. How to find these people, do you have any good ideas? "

Wu Shaodan thought for a while and said, "I have two ideas. The first is based on some special customs of the Saints, such as they like to light holy fires at high places when they worship on the fifth day. We can find the approximate range of their hiding places based on this clue. The second idea is to mobilize bounty hunters to find them. As long as there is a reward, bounty hunters will work hard. "

Li Chenghua was born as a bounty hunter. She knew the ability of bounty hunters. She nodded and said, "The two clues are carried out simultaneously. Internal security surveillance is deployed in every county in the capital area. The entire Yiren Camp will go out to find clues. "

The Yiren Camp is a group of people with special identities, such as the elderly, middle-aged vendors, short dwarfs, young and pretty village girls, etc. There are more than 300 people in total. Their duty is to conduct secret visits so that people will not notice them.

The Yiren Camp is also Wu Shaodan's subordinates. She immediately bowed and said, "I will arrange it right away! ”

There is a mansion in the west of Xianyang City. The gate has been closed for a while. That afternoon, several ox carts carrying goods stopped in front of the gate. A woman stepped forward and patted the iron ring rhythmically. Soon the door opened. The woman said a few words, and soon a group of women came out and moved all the boxes in the ox cart back.

The courtyard was deep. In the inner hall, a middle-aged woman in a red robe was burning incense on the altar. Above was a burning candle, or to be more precise, the fire, and the three golden ring swords.

The middle-aged woman was An Lushan’s youngest daughter, Anjia, who was sent to the Samarkand Saint Maiden Society by An Lushan, but escaped the disaster of genocide.

Anjia is currently the Silver Saint of the Saint Maiden Society and the leader of the Eastern Camp. She is responsible for the expansion of the Saint Maiden Society to the east. She had been preaching in the periphery of the Tang Dynasty before. Three years ago, she began to enter the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, this is the second time to enter the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to preach. The first time was during the An-Shi Rebellion, when she preached in the Youzhou area, but with the fall of An Lushan, The extremely cruel Shi Siming came to power, and a large number of female believers were raped and killed by the rebels, resulting in the failure of the first missionary work.

Anjia learned from the first failure and waited patiently until the world gradually settled down before she started the second missionary work. The missionary work was extremely smooth in the past three years. She used money to pave the way, and it can be said that she was successful in everything. After training a group of loyal believers, they invested in opening stores and let the loyal believers run the business to make back the capital they had invested before.

Just when they were ready to do something big, something went wrong. The missionary Kang Shibai, who was closely related to them, was arrested. The case of trafficking in girls caused the court to be furious, and the inner guards began to crack down on the Saint Girl Society.

Anjia never dreamed that they would fall for trafficking in girls. The Saint Girl Society has been trafficking in girls for more than ten years. Anjia took over the trafficking of Tang girls eight years ago, keeping the smart and qualified girls, and selling the slightly less qualified girls to the Arabs. The nobles there liked Tang Dynasty women who could play music and dance very much.

In fact, the Saint Maiden Society did not take the trafficking of girls seriously. In their view, girls were no different from other commodities. Now they realized that the trafficking of girls had touched the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty. Anjia was upset, but there was nothing she could do. She could only restrain herself temporarily and wait until the storm had passed.

The woman who transported the goods came to the back hall and bowed, saying, "Meet the Silver Saint!"

The woman's name was Lin Qu'er. She was sold to the West in the fifth year of Tianbao. She was kept by the Saint Maiden Society for training and brainwashed thoroughly. She was very capable and was appreciated by Jin Shanling to become a first-class priest of the Saint Maiden Society.

This time she was Anjia's right-hand man.

"Is there any news from Chang'an?"

"Saint Maiden, there is bad news!"

"What news?" Anjia asked with a frown.

"The emperor issued an edict, announcing that the Tang Dynasty would ban all Zoroastrianism and the Saint Maiden Society's preaching and missionary work."

"What?"

Anjia's face changed drastically and she began to tremble all over. Did she know what this meant?

The emperor's decree is the highest law of the Tang Dynasty, which means that they have no hope at all.

"Why is this happening?"

Anjia whispered to herself, looking distraught.

Lin Quer bit her lip and whispered: "Saint, now it's not a matter of preaching, but a matter of whether the sisters can leave the Tang Dynasty safely. The action of the inner guards may have already begun."

Anjia sighed for a long time and said: "But today is Saint's Day!"

Saint's Day is the birthday of the Saint of Light, and it is also the most important memorial day of the Saint's Society. Saint's societies in various places must worship.

They specially customized 32 large white candles for use in worship. More importantly, the worship must be performed at the highest point.

They also specially decided to hold the worship ceremony on the Huai'en Tower of the Huai'en Temple in Xianyang. Now that the Tang Dynasty has banned the Saint's Society, can they still hold the worship ceremony?

Anjia pondered for a long time and said: "The leader is as great as the sky, and the worship tonight must be held as planned!"