The broken bridge in the cold moon and the ancient pagoda by the lake.
A thin figure rushed quickly from a distance, and then quickly ducked into the ancient tower under the cover of night.
At this moment, a dozen black figures lurked quietly from a distance into the corners of the streets around the ancient pagoda.
In the darkness, only the eyes reflected the light of the cold moon.
He stared at the lonely tower opposite the lake that had been abandoned for many years.
Under the square gate a mile away, a figure quickly flashed in.
The figure then raised his hand to Li Xuan, who was sitting under the firelight, and handed over a note.
Li Xuan glanced at it, frowned and said, "Ask me to vouch for it. Is Gu Xian Cheng crazy about wanting to be the county magistrate? This kind of thing requires me to be the guarantor. How dare he make such a request?"
Li Xuan was a little funny for a moment. When he was in Yangzhou, Yangzhou Governor Dou Xuande used him overtly and covertly. When he was in Hangzhou, Hangzhou Governor Yuan Jiazuo also used him overtly and covertly. Now in Dongyang, a small county magistrate actually dares to do so. Hit him up.
"Go back and tell Gu Xian Cheng that I don't care what happens to this person. I just want results. Whether it's a trick or a lie, as long as he can get Huang Ziming to talk, it will do. As long as he does this, I will recommend him to become a subordinate. Serving as the magistrate of Dongyang County is the limit of what I can do, but vouching for a traitor is about the same as vouching for a dead man."
At this point, Li Xuan paused and said with an indifferent expression: "Tell Gu Xian Cheng your exact words, he will know what to do himself."
The black shadow just cupped his hand, and then flashed out of the square door, disappearing into the thick night in a blink of an eye.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the ancient pagoda in the distance, mentally estimating the time.
At this moment, suddenly, the sound of cuckoo cuckoo sounded.
Li Xuan immediately perked up and looked into the darkness beside her: "Let's do it!"
Qiu Zhenmu immediately stepped out, cupped her hands and said, "Follow the order!"
The next moment, Qiu Zhenmu waved his hand back, and suddenly, more than twenty torches lit up, and more than twenty Qianniu Guards in red clothes and gold armor suddenly appeared in the light of the fire.
A group of Qianniu Guards immediately got on their horses, and the next moment, the sound of huge horse hooves resounded throughout the neighborhood.
Countless lights were all activated in an instant.
At this time, inside the ancient pagoda, two figures looked at each other, looking at each other.
The slightly thinner figure immediately shook his head and said nervously: "It's not me. I ran out of the county government office and came here immediately after killing someone. It was because I could pass through some culverts that ordinary people could not pass, so Lang Jun let me I was the one who tipped off the news."
"I know it's not your fault, so you don't have to worry." The burlier middle-aged man put his hand on the young man's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "What you need to do now is to rush outside the city immediately and tell them that the city It's over here, let them pass the news to the mountains immediately, and then send the message to Dongyang quickly, and find a way quickly, otherwise our plan in Dongyang will be over."
After saying that, the middle-aged man gave the boy a hard push and said, "Hurry up. If you don't leave, it will be too late."
The fire in the distance was getting closer and closer, but the middle-aged man stared at the young man in front of him.
The young man gritted his teeth and immediately turned around and left, quickly disappearing into the thick night.
The middle-aged man took a few steps back, raised his head, and looked at the masonry tower in front of him, feeling slightly reassured.
Lowering his head and looking at the huge torch coming from a distance, he slapped the wall hard.
Immediately, a secret door in the underground immediately opened, and the middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "Brothers, come out and prepare for the war. Don't hide down there. They can kill us all with just a little water." Drown."
The middle-aged man's voice had just landed, and the next moment, burly men crawled out of the ground one after another.
The middle-aged man looked at everyone with a gloomy expression: "Everyone, the time has come to dedicate your life to the goddess." Z.br>
"For good and to eliminate evil, Taiyin Goddess. Joy and sorrow all return to the dust. Have mercy on my people, and you will ascend to the Kingdom of God forever. Have mercy on my people, and you will live forever.
Ascend to the Kingdom of God. "
The same sound sounded in the ancient tower at the same time, and kept echoing.
The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, and then said in a deep voice: "First shoot all the crossbow arrows in your hand, and then wait until those people kill them in the ancient tower. Follow the training in the mountains and rely on the terrain in the tower and their Fight hard."
"Here!" More than twenty big men bowed and agreed at the same time.
The sound of horse hooves came quickly from a distance, but inside the ancient tower, everyone had already occupied every window, with their crossbows pointed at the incoming Qianniu Guards, ready to shoot arrows at any time.
The Qianniu Guards were getting faster and faster, and everyone in the ancient pagoda could clearly see the Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor riding on horses outside.
The middle-aged man was silently calculating the distance between Qianniuwei and the ancient pagoda, and slowly raised his right hand.
Just when a group of Thousand Niu Guards were only fifty steps away from the ancient pagoda, and just when the middle-aged man was ready to give an order, a cold shout suddenly came from the distance: "Throw it away!"
In an instant, more than a dozen torches had been thrown out.
In the blink of an eye, he had crossed fifty steps and was thrown directly under the door and window of the ancient pagoda.
In an instant, the strong men with crossbows pointed at the Qianniu Guards were clearly illuminated on all the windows of the ancient tower.
"Shoot... shoot!" Two voices sounded at the same time, and the next moment, countless crossbow arrows appeared in the air, shooting towards both sides from different directions at high speed.
A "whoosh" sound broke through the air, and then a muffled groan came from under the ancient tower.
The strange thing is that there was no sound at all from where Qian Niuwei was.
When the middle-aged man saw this scene, his face turned extremely pale.
How could he not understand that he was being fished for?
Now, not only is the enemy in darkness and we are clear, but the most important thing is that the opponent's crossbow has a greater range than theirs, and the opponent's crossbow is also more powerful than theirs.
Under each other's attack, the strength and weakness are clear.
Between strength and weakness lies life and death.
"Retreat!" The middle-aged man waved his hand, and the surviving men immediately retreated to the ancient pagoda.
By this time, only less than two-thirds of the group of strong men under him were left.
Just here, there are still many injured inside.
This is just the first round of shooting...
At this time, Qiu Zhenmu's voice sounded outside the ancient pagoda: "The first team raised their shields and stepped forward, while the second team continued to shoot arrows to suppress them."
The next moment, the sound of footsteps sounded outside the ancient tower.
Immediately afterwards, a dozen Qianniu Guards holding shields connected their shields to each other to form a shield wall.
They hid behind the shield wall and strode toward the ancient tower together, moving very quickly.
Behind, more Qianniu Guards holding longbows were still bending their bows and setting arrows.
Arrows shot into the ancient tower from different directions, cruelly and coldly harvesting human lives.
Compared with crossbows, longbows have a longer range, are more flexible, and have a larger arc.
The big men who were able to avoid the crossbow arrows were immediately killed and wounded several more with just this one blow.
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with tears for a moment, but all the crossbow arrows they fired were blocked by the Qianniu Guard's shield.
"Draw your sword and charge." At this time, the middle-aged man could no longer care about anything else. He gritted his teeth and drew his sword as he looked at the vanguard getting closer and closer.
In the blink of an eye, a dozen "choking" sounds were heard, and a dozen horizontal knives were all pulled out in an instant.
The next moment, the middle-aged man took the lead to fight out, and then a group of people fought out with sharp arrows.
Before they could rush to the Qianniu Guard, half of their men had fallen, and just when they reached the Qianniu Guard, the shields that had been gathered together suddenly dispersed.
Like a goddess scattering flowers, three or three formed a group, and the sword light flashed through like a wheel, and in the blink of an eye it had wiped the throats of most people.
Blood immediately splattered out, and in an instant, only the ancient pagoda was left
A middle-aged man was tightly surrounded by a group of Qianniu guards in the center.
Looking at the dead and injured brothers on the ground, the middle-aged man raised a long knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Goddess Tianyin, the hometown of Tianzuo!"
In an instant, the surrounding Qianniu Guards retreated in an instant. The middle-aged man had no idea what was going on. The next moment, countless arrows were fired at him from all directions, turning him into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.
Li Xuan rode a horse and drove slowly from a distance. Looking at the middle-aged man who was shot into a hornet's nest, he turned his head and looked into the darkness to one side, and asked in a deep voice: "Are people still staring?"
"Still staring." Zhou Shen walked out of the darkness with a long bow in his hand, and said with his hands raised: "The child went out of the city, but it is difficult to get out of the city, he may need some time."
"Don't be in a hurry. Take your time. He has already led us to kill a wave of Tianyin Sect's elites. We will go after them one by one and we can kill them all."
Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the night sky above her head, and said in a deep voice: "It is the eve of the Tianyin Sect's uprising. In order to avoid being noticed by the court, they are scattered and hidden in different places. Although this makes it more difficult for us to destroy them. , but as long as we operate well, we can completely eliminate them with almost no losses."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Many of the guards present raised their hands to Li Xuan with expressions of reverence.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Tonight, this is just the first wave. The second wave will depend on whether our county magistrate can bring some surprises."
At this point, Li Xuan's eyes turned cold: "No matter what, tonight, all the Tianyin cultists who can be captured in Dongyang City will be arrested, and they will be beheaded at the market entrance at noon tomorrow."
"Here!"
