The seller of the heavens

Seeing this, Jiang Chen ignored Daoist Kongkong, walked forward and opened those iron cages one by one, and then said to the women locked inside:

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to save you. Those monks outside have already been knocked down."

After these women timidly climbed out of the cage, they leaned against each other covering their exposed body parts, their expressions were terrified, their eyes dodged full of fear, obviously they had suffered inhuman abuse in Nengren Temple.

A group of women are like frightened birds, and some women have numb expressions, apparently having mental breakdowns due to long-term abuse.

Only a few women behaved a little better and thanked Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen thought for a while and said:

"You wait here first, I'll get you some clothes."

After finishing speaking, he dragged the body of Kongkong Daoist across the long bridge, walked out of the secret passage, and returned to the Hall of the Sixth Ancestor.

At this time, there were a few more trapped monks in the hall, who apparently rushed over after hearing the movement, and were captured by Liang Kuan and others.

Jiang Chen looked at his disciples and ordered:

"Go and get some clothes. The women in custody are disheveled and need clothes to cover them."

"OK."

Fang Tianhao immediately took seven or eight disciples to look for clothes, and soon found a pile of monk clothes.

After letting those women get dressed, Jiang Chen asked seven or eight of his disciples to stay and guard the bound monks, while he took the rest of his disciples out to conduct a carpet-like search of Nengren Temple, especially in some secret passages. In order to avoid fish slipping through the net.

After working for a while, all the obscene monks in Nengren Temple were wiped out.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen went to see Yan Zhendong again:

"How, no one escaped?"

Yan Zhendong smiled and said:

"With so many of us guarding, it is naturally impossible to let them escape. Several monks were about to slip out of the secret passage, but they were all caught."

As he spoke, he pointed to several bound monks not far away.

These monks all had bruised noses and swollen faces, with bloodstains on their faces. It was obvious that they had been severely beaten just now.

Jiang Chen nodded:

"All the monks in the temple have been subdued, and all the imprisoned women have been found. Let's tidy up and move all the monks and things from Nengren Temple to the General's Mansion in a carriage."

"OK."

Yan Zhendong nodded, and then asked, "How do you plan to deal with those girls who were arrested?"

Jiang Chen didn't think too much, and said directly:

"Give them some money and let them go home. How else can they be arranged?"

Yan Zhendong shook his head, and said solemnly:

"They were kidnapped and lost their innocence. I'm afraid they will be gossiped and poked at the back by the neighbors after they go back. It will be difficult for them to marry out in the future.

As the saying goes, it is not unreasonable to say that people can make gold, and accumulate and destroy bones. "

Jiang Chen also felt that it was not unreasonable when he heard it. Even in the 21st century, there are still many people who hold the idea that the victim is guilty, let alone in this era.

After pondering for a while, he said:

"It's better to respect those girls' own ideas. Let them go home if they want to go back. If they don't want to go back, they can arrange a job for them in the martial arts hall."

Yan Zhendong had no better way, and sighed:

"That's the only way to go."

...

the next day.

Pilgrims who came to Nengren Temple to offer incense were surprised to find that the entire temple was empty, many monks disappeared overnight, and all the gold, silver and treasures in the temple were looted.

No one knows what happened in Nengren Temple, which led to a series of conjectures.

Some people think that the temple is haunted, and the money should be taken away by escaped monks.

Others think that Nengren Temple was robbed by robbers, and all the monks were killed and their bodies were destroyed.

Some people even think that the monks in the temple did something bad and angered the gods, so the gods punished them.

In short, there are all kinds of weird rumors.

The yamen also sent people to investigate, but it was just a formality, and in the end they just found a reason and ended it hastily.

Perhaps it was because some officials obstructed it, and they didn't want the matter of Nengren Temple to be leaked.

Jiang Chen was busy with the martial arts affairs as if nothing happened.

The girls who were taken away by Nengren Temple were sent home one by one. Some girls were unwilling to go home, so they stayed in the martial arts hall to take care of kitchen, sweeping or tailoring work.

The monks at Nengren Temple were imprisoned and became tools for the disciples to practice and fight, and they were beaten violently every day.

After the branch of Xinghuo Martial Arts opened, it caused quite a stir in the provincial capital.

After all, it is rare to see a martial art school that recruits a thousand disciples at a time.

Moreover, after experiencing the incident of the White Lotus Sect, Jiang Chen is also a well-known big shot in the provincial capital. Now that the hall is open to accept disciples, naturally many people flock to him and want to learn from him.

With the assistance of Liang Kuan, Fang Tianhao and other disciples, the establishment of the branch library went very smoothly.

After the new disciples got started, Jiang Chen was also very relaxed, he didn't need to go to the field to train by himself, he just handed over the training tasks to the old disciples.

He occasionally teaches boxing and kicking kung fu, and usually rarely shows up.

Each old disciple leads thirty new disciples to practice on the school field every day.

Compared with the martial arts hall, this place is more like a new barracks.

...

A few days later, Huang Feihong came to the provincial capital to participate in a medical exchange meeting, and stopped by the Xinghuo Martial Arts branch for a while.

After chatting with him for a while, Jiang Chen followed him to the exchange meeting to have a look, and indeed he saw Sun Wen at the meeting.

The two sides also chatted a few words, but did not communicate on deeper topics.

Although both are rebels, the routes the two are going to take are completely different.

On the one hand is the bourgeois revolution and on the other is the workers' and peasants' revolution.

Different road non-phase plan.

Of course, unlike those who look down on Sun Wen in later generations, after Jiang Chen has lived in this era, he can better understand the limitations of the era. Those who stand in the lower reaches of history are not qualified to condescend to those in the upper reaches.

Therefore, he still admires Sun Wen very much.

At least compared with those ignorant, numb, stubborn and conservative contemporaries, Sun Wen is already a long way ahead, and he is a well-deserved revolutionary pioneer.

Compared to Jiang Chen's low-key cultivation of violent soldiers and accumulation of strength, Sun Wen's rebellion is undoubtedly more radical.

He didn't have too many troops in his hands, and with his blood, he was ready to launch an uprising in the provincial capital.

But his actions were clearly not stealthy enough.

Before the uprising, relevant news had been leaked and was learned by the government.

...

this night.

In a small courtyard a hundred meters away from the British Consulate.

Nalan Yuanshu stood on the second floor, leaning on the railing with one hand, and holding a binoculars in the other, observing the movement in the direction of the consulate from a distance.

An officer and soldier came behind Nalan Yuanshu, bowed and said:

"My lord, according to international regulations, we cannot enter the consulate to arrest people, what should we do now?"

"This is not England, not a place where this group of foreigners can be tyrannical."

Nalan Yuanshu snorted coldly, with a murderous intent in his tone.