Exile: Empty half of the capital and blow up the enemy's palace

"It's a sleeping potion! I added a sleeping potion to the talisman water!" Master Lingyun cried out in pain. "The child just has a normal fever; he'll be fine after a couple of days of sleep."

"Oh! So this old Taoist priest was just lying to us!" The villagers immediately erupted in uproar.

Old Zhang was so angry that he trembled all over. He pointed at Master Lingyun and cursed, "You heartless bastard! I treated you like a living Buddha, but I never expected you to be such a heartless old swindler."

Nearby, Granny Li plopped down on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying out, "My poor granddaughter! I thought she was going to serve the mountain god, but she was violated by bandits!"

The crowd erupted in chaos, with cries and curses rising and falling.

"Kill this evil Taoist!"

"Give my girl back!"

"You damned sorcerer! I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

"Everyone, charge! Kill this evil Taoist priest and avenge our village girl!"

Aunt Liu was the first to rush forward and start fighting: "Give me back my granddaughter! Where did you take my Xiaojuan?!"

Seeing this, Master Lingyun trembled with fear and shouted into the loudspeaker, "Fellow villagers, spare my life! It was Black Wind Village that forced me to do this! If I don't do as they say, they'll tear me to pieces!"

Someone shouted angrily, "I don't care if you were forced into it! You conspired with bandits to harm so many girls in our village, you deserve to be torn to pieces!"

"Yes! Cut into a thousand pieces!" The crowd roared in anger.

Widow Zhang cried as she picked up a stone and threw it, shouting, "Give me back my daughter's life!"

Seeing that the crowd was about to lose control, Xu Ji picked up a megaphone and shouted, "Quiet down, everyone! The most important thing now is to find the girls who were sent away from the village."

As soon as he said that, the crowd fell silent.

Several women rushed to the front of the stage and anxiously asked Master Lingyun:

"Is our daughter still alive? Please take us to find her!"

Master Lingyun said tremblingly, "I don't know where you girls are. They were all taken directly back to Black Wind Village by the bandits."

Seeing that the crowd was enraged and wanted to cause him trouble, Master Lingyun quickly pointed to the unconscious bandit leader on the ground: "If you want to know the whereabouts of the girls in your village, ask him. He is the leader of Black Wind Stronghold, and he must know where the girls are!"

The Black Wind Stronghold's leader's eyelids twitched slightly, and he continued to lie on the ground pretending to be dead.

Yun Chengying, with her sharp eyes, stepped forward and stomped on his injured arm: "You bastard, you still dare to pretend to be unconscious!"

The bandit leader screamed in agony, which made Master Lingyun shudder.

"What?! This is the leader of Black Wind Stronghold?!"

The villagers were both shocked and furious, and several men grabbed wooden sticks and rushed forward.

"You damned bandit leader! Give me back my daughter's life!"

The village chief shouted at the top of his lungs, "Stop! Find out where the girls in the village are before you start dealing with them!"

The villagers suppressed their anger and stopped what they were doing, staring at the village chief with hatred in their eyes.

"Tell me quickly, where have you taken all those girls from our village?"

The bandit leader stammered, "The girls from Lotus Village have all been sold to brothels in other places."

These words were like a thunderclap, and cries and angry shouts immediately erupted at the scene.

Upon hearing this, Yun Chengying's eyes flashed with anger, and he raised his foot to stomp hard on the bandit leader's other arm.

With a sharp "crack," the bandit leader let out a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered.

Yun Chengying cursed angrily: "You bunch of beasts!"

He was about to make another move when Yun Chenghao stopped him: "Spare his life, and find out the whereabouts of the girls."

Yun Chengying suppressed his rage, which made him want to kill him, and coldly demanded, "Tell me! Which brothel did the girls get sold to?"

The bandit leader, drenched in cold sweat from the pain, stammered as he replied, "The Yihong Courtyard and Baihua Tower in Jiangzhou City..."