Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

This time, however, the gray-clothed man remained silent.

Even after taking Li Yuan's punches and writhing on the ground in pain, he stubbornly refused to say anything.

Li Yuan frowned, pondering how to extract more information from this man.

Suddenly, the Dragon Marquis behind him spoke slowly in a cold voice.

"You all are members of a cult, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room, including the gray-clothed man, shuddered.

An old woman instinctively denied it.

"What are you talking about? What cult?"

"We don't understand."

The Dragon Marquis sneered.

"Hmph, it seems I've hit the mark."

"Then tell me, which cult do you belong to?"

"Red Lotus? Rebirth? Or some Heaven and Earth Gate?"

The cults mentioned by the Dragon Marquis were all common heretical organizations within Great Liang.

These cults relied on deceiving ignorant men and women, acting like deities, and collecting money from the common people.

The Red Lotus Sect was particularly well-known.

It was said that this sect had millions of followers among the people of Great Liang, posing a great threat to the imperial court.

It had always been a target of Great Liang's strict crackdown.

Moreover, these cults were fond of engaging in shady businesses such as buying and selling people.

Therefore, the Dragon Marquis believed that it was highly likely that this group of people belonged to a cult.

Zhao Yong and the others immediately searched the house carefully.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Yong found a cast iron Buddha statue in a hidden compartment in the wall.

The iron Buddha was half a foot tall, cast from pig iron, and covered with patches of rust.

At the chest of the iron Buddha, there was a lotus pattern drawn with some kind of red pigment.

Seeing this iron Buddha, the Dragon Marquis exchanged a glance with Li Yuan.

Now it could be confirmed that the people in the house should all be members of the so-called Red Lotus Sect.

Seeing the evidence was conclusive, a cold light appeared in the Dragon Marquis's eyes.

"As expected, you are a bunch of rebels pretending to be gods and ghosts."

"Speak, where is the woman you kidnapped from Pure Moon Pavilion today!"

Seeing that the iron Buddha had been found.

The people in the house knew that they could no longer deny it.

The gray-clothed man sighed, knowing that he could no longer hide anything.

He honestly began to confess.

This Pure Moon Pavilion was indeed a den of the Red Lotus Sect.

They were indeed engaged in the business of human trafficking.

As for what the Red Lotus Sect did with the kidnapped young women, the people in the house were just low-level members.

They didn't know either.

They only knew that each time they managed to get a beautiful woman and send her over, they would always receive a considerable reward from the upper-level hall master.

Kidnapping Bai Yuxuan was completely an accident.

Today, a incense master with a high status in the sect happened to be in the store.

He took a fancy to Bai Yuxuan, who was choosing jewelry.

However, this old incense master, who was over half a century old, was not greedy for Bai Yuxuan's beauty.

Rather, his son had just passed away, and a sorcerer in the Red Lotus Sect had divined for him.

He suggested that he find a woman to be his deceased son's ghost bride, otherwise his family would be unfortunate.

So this incense master was looking for a target in Pure Moon Pavilion today.

And the unlucky Bai Yuxuan was chosen by him.

After being drugged by the old woman of Pure Moon Pavilion, she was taken out of the city directly by the incense master.

Anyone could feel the murderous intent in the Marquis's words.

The gray-clothed man was shocked by the Marquis's aura and said tremblingly.

"In Dou Family Village, fifteen miles outside the east city."

"But the Dou family is not easy to provoke, they have someone in the family who is a high-ranking official in the capital."

The Dragon Marquis sneered.

"Not easy to provoke?"

"I am even harder to provoke!"

The matter was clear.

Bai Yuxuan was captured by some dogshit incense master of the Red Lotus Sect to be a ghost bride for his dead son.

This made the female Marquis gnash her teeth in anger.

She immediately ordered the yamen runners sent by the state government to control the Red Lotus cultists in the house.

Then, the Dragon Marquis drew out the Dragon Marquis token and gave a loud order to his personal soldiers with a grim expression.

"Order!"

"Mobilize five hundred elite cavalry from the Dragon Army."

"Set off immediately, the target is Dou Family Village outside the east city."

"Rescue Bai Yuxuan at all costs."

"Do not delay!"

All the personal guards cupped their fists to accept the order.

Li Yuan, as the commander of the Dragon Cavalry, volunteered to lead the team as the vanguard.

Soon, the people of Qing Prefecture saw a large group of cavalry galloping out of the Dragon Army camp outside the city.

On the official road, the iron hooves of the cavalry raised a cloud of dust, heading straight for the southeast.

In fact, Dou Family Village was not difficult to find.

This Master Dou was a very well-known local gentleman in Qing Prefecture.

His elder brother was an official in the capital, said to be the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Under the care of his elder brother, Master Dou was doing very well in Qing Prefecture.

But no one knew that this seemingly glamorous Master Dou.

His true identity was an incense master of the rebel Red Lotus Sect.

Two days ago, his second son unexpectedly died of a serious illness.

Because he was not old, he was not married.

This son was usually the most beloved by Master Dou.

How could he watch him be buried so lonely?

So he wanted to buy a female corpse to be his son's ghost bride.

But how could it be so coincidental that no young woman had died in Qing Prefecture recently?

Even if there were, people might not be willing to sell the bones of their own daughters.

This Master Dou could only resort to crooked ideas.

Since a corpse could not be bought, he could only get a living one.

It just so happened that this incense master knew that there was a den of the Red Lotus Sect in Qing Prefecture, which was the Pure Moon Pavilion in Yunhua Alley.

This place specialized in the business of human trafficking, and their targets were all young women.

Master Dou took out a large sum of money and bribed the female manager here.

The manager patted her chest and assured him that as long as he took a fancy to someone, she would definitely get it for him.

And this Master Dou, coincidentally, took a fancy to Bai Yuxuan.

Miss Bai's appearance and figure made Master Dou quite satisfied.

He felt that she was a good match for his deceased son.

He directly took out a thousand taels of silver and asked Pure Moon Pavilion to get this woman for him.

With the money in place, Pure Moon Pavilion worked very efficiently.

The old woman used a little trick, and the unprepared Bai Yuxuan was drugged.

After that, the people from Pure Moon Pavilion skillfully disguised themselves as a funeral procession with a coffin and sent the unconscious Bai Yuxuan out of the city.

With the ghost bride found, Master Dou was finally relieved.

His son's funeral could also be held on time.

At this time, Dou Family Village.

Hundreds of Dou family members, holding white banners, were all in mourning.

Master Dou was holding a funeral for his deceased son.

At this time, Bai Yuxuan's eyes were closed, still unconscious, but she had already been put in a big red wedding dress.

Like a bride about to get married.

Next to her, there was a huge redwood coffin, in which lay the deceased second son of the Dou family.

Under the direction of a red-clothed witch, several strong women carried Bai Yuxuan into the coffin.

With the sound of a wooden hammer, the coffin lid had been nailed tightly by the Dou family.

A strange sound of suona music sounded, and eight strong men from the Dou family carried the huge redwood coffin towards the Dou family's ancestral grave on the back mountain.

The tomb had already been dug, and the coffin containing Bai Yuxuan was placed in the tomb.

After completing the burial, the Dou family members hastily filled the soil back.

Looking at his son's tombstone, Master Dou sighed, feeling somewhat comforted in his heart.

He had finally found a suitable woman to be his beloved son's ghost bride.

In this way, his son would not be alone in another world.

It was not in vain for them to be father and son.

After the burial was completed, the Dou family members returned to the village one after another.

Suddenly, people felt that the earth seemed to be shaking.

A rumbling sound came from afar, like thunder in the sky.

This made the Dou family very puzzled.

Some people even looked up at the sky, looking for non-existent dark clouds.

Master Dou also looked surprised.

He was about to send someone to check.

Suddenly, a servant ran in as if flying and shouted to him.

"Master, something bad has happened, a lot of soldiers have come outside our village!"

"You go and take a look!"