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Chapter 540 The darkness before dawn

In the Sifang Pavilion, General Xue looked at the dark blue sky in the east and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Faintly, I seemed to hear the sound of something falling to the ground, but it might be because the wind was too loud and the sound was fleeting.

Nothing will happen, right?

General Xue stood up and walked to the window. The lanterns outside and the darkness before dawn intertwined, exuding a hazy feeling that seemed real and illusory.

If we were in the military camp, this would be the time when we would be most vulnerable to a surprise attack. However, this is Yizhou City, Sifangguan, and the government office is just across the street.

General Xue smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that he was too nervous. He couldn't sleep anyway, so he might as well go out and relax and chat with the soldiers guarding the gate. It was not easy to be on guard at night.

General Xue's smile froze on his face.

There was no sign of a soldier under the lantern at the door.

AWOL?

It's impossible. These people are the soldiers brought by himself and General Sun from Chang'an. The military discipline is absolutely acceptable. No one dares to be lazy under his nose.

problem occurs!

General Xue put his fingers in his mouth without hesitation, and a loud whistle sounded over Sifang Pavilion.

Doma's nails scratched the throat of a guard again. It was a waste of talent for a monk of the Seventh Heaven to kill mortals. However, these mortals were also capable. He was discovered after only killing a dozen people.

The gong in Sifang Pavilion was struck. Doma looked at the general who was putting on armor. The master only said that these nobles should not be killed, but did not say that they should not be injured.

General Xue stared at the cloud of black smoke rushing towards him, his eyes widened. Who on earth dared to assassinate an angel in the city?

It's dawn, and Master Lehigh has to get up and do morning lessons.

"Mr. Liu, how long do you plan to stay here?"

"do not know."

Zhao Yushu shook his head: "I am very passive now."

"Are you here because you are afraid that the people in the underworld will kill me?"

"Half of it. I'm more afraid that they'll feed you a drug that'll make you want to kill people."

Li Hai smiled: "I have been practicing since I was young. If a mere medicine can destroy my Buddhist heart, then it means that my practice is not good enough. Then Mr. Liu will kill me with a sword."

"I can't kill you."

"It will happen in due time, Mr. Liu. You need to do great things. My life is not a big deal."

Seeing Zhao Yushu still hesitant, the old monk pushed open the door and walked out: "This is Shengci Temple, this is Puxian Pavilion. Even if the Lord of the Underworld comes here, it is easy to kill me, but it is not easy to make me kill people. Mr. Liu, you revealed your identity last night, which means you trusted me, so you should trust me now."

Zhao Yushu looked at the back of the old monk in front of him, nodded, and rushed out of Shengci Temple in the form of a shadow.

I can't let the leader lead me by the nose. I must find a way to break the impasse. But where is the point to break the impasse?

It is unrealistic to kill the leader head-on, unless he can force him to attack with all his strength for ten breaths inside the city and then activate the Heavenly Sword to chop him down.

What else can be done besides this?

Nong Shouguang.

As the pioneer let into the city by the leader, if we capture him, no matter whether we can pull out the other people from the underworld or not, at least we can cut off one of the leader's fingers.

Based on his intuition, Zhao Yushu believed that Nong Shouguang was closely related to Ye Ruduoji.

I must go find the Miaoyin Sea again.

As soon as he entered the inner city, Zhao Yushu immediately realized that something was wrong. The streets were a little too deserted, and the patrolling officers on the streets looked flustered.

What happened last night?

Many officers were running in one direction. Zhao Yushu hesitated for a moment, then decisively changed direction and ran after the officers.

There were more and more yamen runners and soldiers, accompanied by a large number of doctors.

Sifang Pavilion.

General Xue's armor had been removed. Miss Xue stood in front of him with a sword in her hand, and only allowed doctors to approach. Young Master Xue's face was filled with anger mixed with someone else's blood. He was commanding the remaining soldiers to form a circle, but unfortunately they were too few in number and the entire formation was full of loopholes.

Hundreds of personal soldiers were slaughtered, General Xue was seriously injured, Young Master Xue looked relatively okay, but the only cultivator, Miss Xue, had one arm twisted unnaturally, her sleeve torn off, and several finger marks deep enough to see the bone on her skin.

Zhao Yushu stood blankly at the distance looking at Sifang Pavilion, his heart racing.

Who the hell is crazy enough to attack Sifang Pavilion? Don’t they know this is a rebellion?

The local tyrant in Yizhou?

It doesn't seem so, because several chief officials of Yizhou are standing outside Sifang Pavilion with sweat on their foreheads, sending doctors and medicines inside while explaining something at the top of their lungs, but unfortunately there is no response.

What are Cao Zheng and Du Wu doing? Why haven't they come out yet?

Cao Zheng was already dumbfounded. The moment General Sun was knocked off his horse by a flying stone from nowhere, he realized that it was all over. Du Wu almost at the same time ordered a complete capture of all the people coming from Chang'an, but he was forcibly stopped by Cao Zheng.

It is obvious that someone is plotting behind this, whether it was premeditated or just a coincidence. As a mature family head and the leader of a large county gentry, Cao Zheng may not be good at other things, but there is one thing he has always understood.

Don't do what your enemy wants you to do.

Who is the enemy?

Although we don’t know who it is now, it was definitely someone who threw the flying rocks and provoked the dispute between the two sides.

"Retreat! Retreat first!"

Cao Zheng shouted at the top of his lungs, and Du Wu had to try his best to control the chaotic team to retreat. At the same time, orders were issued one after another, and teams of soldiers rushed over.

If the situation gets out of control in the end, no one from Chang'an can leave.

The injured General Sun was carried to the gate of Tiexiang Temple. There was a knock on the door like thunder, and two hundred cavalrymen formed a formation to block the entrance.

Li Qi was pinned to the ground by the huge spiritual power and could not move. Hearing the cries for help from his subordinates outside the door, he raised his head and glared at the two great masters: "Now that things have come to this, even if you two masters don't let me go, at least let my soldiers withdraw. If both sides don't stop, are you going to sit back and watch Chang'an and Yizhou become rivers of blood!"

Miao Ming lowered his head and said nothing. Zhang Hong snorted, "You came here uninvited and got bitten by someone. Can you still blame us? Who knows if it's a self-torture trick? Master Li, we in Dabei Temple are not interested in the ownership of Yizhou. You can leave if you want. Take your people with you and don't disturb our master's peace."

As soon as his spiritual power released, Li Qi jumped up immediately. Now Zhang Hong wouldn't let them enter the temple, and there was no defense outside. No matter how brave the 200 cavalrymen were, they were surrounded by almost endless soldiers and had lost their mobility. How long could they hold out?

This is forcing them to die.

"Good, what a compassionate Great Compassion Temple."

Li Qi swung his sleeves fiercely and rushed out of the Buddhist hall, flew out of the temple, held down the unconscious General Sun, and continuously transferred spiritual power into him.

"Du Wu! Come out and see me!"

The voice mixed with the seventh-level spiritual power drifted away. Du Wu trembled all over, hesitated for a moment, and did not dare to respond.

"My dear brother, if you have decided to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, we will naturally be one, but if you are still hesitating, you must stand up now."

Cao Zheng shook Du Wu's shoulder, but Du Wu looked pale and still did not stand up.

Cao Zheng sighed, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked out of the military formation.

"Yizhou Cao Zheng, requesting to see Lord Li!"