Chapter 216 Bloodbath
Ah Zhu accepted the kowtow calmly, with a look of enjoyment and pleasure of having control over power on her face. She glanced at Zhu Lan and the other man intentionally or unintentionally, and then spoke loudly to the crowd below:
"I have received news that the King of Zhenbei has mobilized a large army. Today, he intends to take advantage of the gathering of the Great Purification to join forces with Wuzi to encircle and suppress us."
After these words were spoken, many people panicked and looked nervously outside the canyon.
"But..." Ah Zhu smiled triumphantly, "I have already ordered people to light lanterns in the thorny field 20 miles away. That is the signal for the imperial army to gather. The officers and soldiers have been led there now, and they can't see us at all."
The restless crowd finally quieted down, and everyone looked at Ah Zhu with respect in their eyes.
"She knows how to establish her authority." Zhu Lan said softly.
"Don't worry about her! Now Ajing and the army must have been led to that thorny field. Who will save us? " Zhu Qingyan said in a low voice.
Zhu Lan didn't answer directly, "Have you untied the rope?"
"Almost there." Zhu Qingyan gritted his teeth and quickened the movement of his wrist.
Before being tied up and set off this morning, she specifically followed Zhu Lan's instructions and made a small hole in the cloth sheath of the soft sword. It couldn't be seen from the outside, but it was just enough to allow the exposed blade to cut the rope.
Zhu Qingyan turned slightly to let Zhu Lan take a look.
"It's okay." Zhu Lan nodded. The rope was now broken to the point where it was just hanging on Zhu Qingyan's wrist. Zhu Qingyan could break it with just a little force.
"Although Tianduo is dead, our faith must continue." Ah Zhu said loudly while standing on the altar.
"The Wood Wolf has arrived. Yin is strong and Yang is weak. Only by offering sacrifices to the land with the blood of Yin bodies can we get the blessing of the Wood Wolf God!" Ah Zhu's eyes gradually became fanatical and suddenly pointed at Zhu Lan and the other person under the altar.
"First, sacrifice the blood of the imperial spies to the Wood Wolf!"
Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan were taken to the stage, about ten steps away from Ah Zhu.
"You lied to us!" Zhu Lan shouted at Ah Zhu with gritted teeth.
Ah Zhu smiled slightly, “Thanks to you, I was able to learn about Tianduo and King Zhenbei’s plan, and thus figure out Tianduo’s whereabouts, kill him, and take his place.
You two died a worthy death."
Ah Zhu made a gesture, and two people, also wearing black robes and holding daggers in their hands, walked behind Zhu Lan and the other man.
"Wait!" Zhu Lan shouted in panic, "I also know a secret of Tianduo from the prince. Can I change my way of living?"
Ah Zhu raised her eyebrows slightly, signaling the black-robed people behind them not to take any action yet.
"Just tell me, and I'll think about it."
Zhu Lan seemed to be thinking it over for a long time, "This is a serious matter, do we need to let so many people hear it?"
Ah Zhu stared at her for a moment, then finally walked towards the two of them.
When she was still three or four steps away from Zhu Qingyan, Zhu Lan shouted in a low voice:
"Qingyan, do it!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Qingyan had already broken the hemp rope in his hands. With a flash of silver light, the soft sword went straight for Ah Zhu's throat!
Ah Zhu also reacted very quickly. She pointed her toes forward and then swept backwards.
Zhu Qingyan pressed forward step by step and soon engaged in a fight with Ah Zhu, but her sneak attack failed and she soon fell into a disadvantage.
Zhu Lan did not expect Ah Zhu's kung fu to be so good, and his palms began to sweat from nervousness. At this time, Ah Zhu had already flashed behind Zhu Qingyan, and the dagger in his hand was about to stab Zhu Qingyan.
"Be careful!" Zhu Lan shouted.
However, Zhu Qingyan had no time to turn around and defend.
Just as the dagger was about to pierce Zhu Qingyan's back, Ah Zhu's movements suddenly froze, and then she leaned back -
A shiny feather arrow brushed past her nose and pierced straight into the pillar of fire behind her!
Zhu Lan looked up and saw Gu Chaoyang, wearing silver armor and holding a bow in one hand, galloping towards him on horseback at the entrance of the canyon.
Finally it came, Zhu Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Behind Gu Chaoyang followed a team of silver dragon cavalry and a dozen black dogs from the military camp.
Suddenly, shouts and cries of killing filled the air, and all the exorcist soldiers were in chaos.
Ah Zhu's face suddenly changed, and she no longer cared about the sacrifice and hurriedly directed the defense.
Zhu Qingyan seized the opportunity to attack again, and Gu Chaoyang also joined the battle. The two of them entangled Azhu on the left and right, and the fight was hard to determine.
Zhu Lan couldn't help with the fight. She looked around, picked up a bucket of water from under the altar, poured it directly on a bundle of firewood, and then threw the wet firewood into the pillar of fire.
The damp firewood began to burn, and suddenly a thick black smoke rose up and went straight into the sky.
…
Murong Jing led the cavalry to the thorny land and found that there was no one here, and then he realized that he had fallen into a trap. When he was anxious, he suddenly saw a few black smoke rising from behind a sand dune in the distance, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
It is impossible for Dafu to expose his position like this, so it can only be that friendly forces passed on the message.
Murong Jing was about to order a full-speed rescue, but Mu'er who came with him said:
"Princess, there is a piece of soft sand past here, and it is difficult for us to ride horses. The camel soldiers led by General Cheng Lian will naturally come to rescue us..."
"This is a military order!" Murong Jing shouted sternly, "You have to crawl over there even if you have to. Let's go."
…
Ah Zhu was besieged by Zhu Qingyan and Gu Chaoyang, and finally gradually lost the upper hand. She made a feint and suddenly rushed behind a pillar of fire. She pressed some mechanism and the whole altar collapsed!
When Zhu Qingyan and Gu Chaoyang stood up from the ruins, Ah Zhu had disappeared.
"Are you okay?" Zhu Qingyan pulled Zhu Lan out. Fortunately, the platform was not high, and everyone only had some scratches on their bodies.
Zhu Lan shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
Zhu Qingyan was about to chase Ah Zhu, but was stopped by Zhu Lan, "Don't worry about her for now, Chaoyang, how many people did you bring?"
"There are only more than thirty people. This is all I can take."
Zhu Lan looked at the chaotic battlefield with some anxiety. Both sides were fighting in one place. Although the Silver Dragon Cavalry was extremely brave, they were no match for the large number of people in the Great Purification. They had suffered heavy casualties, and only a dozen of them were left fighting bloody battles.
Seeing his former brothers who had trained together die at the hands of the Great Purifiers, Gu Chaoyang's eyes turned red and he immediately rushed in with a gun.
Zhu Qingyan brought a horse from somewhere and came to Zhu Lan. "You can't help us if you stay here, and you're holding us back. Hurry up and leave!"
Zhu Lan knew that what she said was right. If she stayed, Zhu Qingyan and Gu Chaoyang would have to distract themselves to protect her, so she decisively jumped on the horse.
"The young princess should be here soon. I'll go pick her up. You must be careful!"
After saying that, he rushed out in the direction where Ah Zhu had pointed and where the Kongming lanterns were lit.
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