Chapter 056: A Strong Three-Day Covenant
"Humph! I knew that your poor village, once there was a goddess, they would be delusional about rebellion, and the new emperor sent us reinforcements, and they should also appear. The extremely arrogant official who came with Tong County Ling before said disdainfully.
"Smack...... Syllable...... Syllable! After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and clapped it three times.
At the moment when he clapped his hands, Tong Xianling's face changed, and he wanted to stop it, but he hesitated for a moment, but he still held back.
The old village chief noticed the change in Tong County's face, and cautiously stared at this arrogant and inexplicably clapping officer, shook his head slightly at the other villagers, and signaled everyone not to act rashly.
It's a pity that the five brothers who stood at the front spoke against the officials did not pay attention to the hints of the old village chief, and still rushed forward in their own way, intending to strike first and cut off the retreat of Tong County Ling and those officials.
Who knows, at this time, I saw many terrifying-looking and strong corpses coming out of the sand, surrounding the whole village.
At the same time, many lotus lanterns quickly descended from the sky, covering the central square of Yanjia Village in an instant.
These lotus lanterns look beautifully made, and they also have a hint of strange fragrance, which makes people feel nervous and suddenly relaxed.
One of the lotus lanterns actually slowly floated above the heads of the five brothers, and slowly descended, which also made the five brothers who originally planned to subdue the servants temporarily hang there, raised their heads, and stared at the beautiful lanterns floating above the five of them suspiciously, looking back and forth.
"Huh!"
When the lantern had already dropped not far above the five of them, one of the five brothers suddenly swung his sword and slashed at the lantern.
With a "......boom", the lantern exploded, and countless yellow powders were sprinkled.
"Can't be cut! It's over, everyone disperse! Tong Xian Ling hurriedly shouted, but unfortunately it was too late, and when he saw the yellow powder flying all over the sky, he hurriedly reminded the nearby officials and villagers to disperse.
However, because the five brothers were too close to the lantern, it was too late for them to react, and all the yellow powder was inhaled by them, and suddenly, four of them screamed, threw down the sword in their hands in a panic, covered their eyes with both hands, and fell to the ground, and soon a lot of black blood flowed out of their mouth and nose, and after a few convulsions, they died of exhaustion.
There is another one, that is, the middle-aged man who threatened the arrogant official before, because of his quick reaction, he retreated in time to avoid the yellow powder, but when he brandished his sword and rushed over to kill the official to avenge his brother, he didn't expect the official to clap his hands casually, and suddenly another dead body came out of the ground and blocked his sword with his arm.
"When ......" sounded, there was a crisp impact sound between the middle-aged man's sword and the dead corpse's arm, obviously the dead corpse's body was comparable to a sword, only to see that the dead corpse was not only safe and sound, but also easily twisted the neck of the man in front of him instantly.
All of a sudden, the villagers were in an uproar and were all suppressed. Who would have thought that lanterns were highly poisonous, and dead bodies were even more terrifying.
Tong Xian Ling looked at the corpses of the five brothers with some regret, and then cautiously glanced at the lanterns and motionless corpses in the air, with a complicated expression on his face, and fell into deep thought.
"Master Tong, have you forgotten that we took the antidote before we came? Therefore, the poison in this lotus lantern has no effect on us, and as for the dead body, it will not harm us, so you don't need to panic, it is these untouchables who should be panicked and afraid! The servant who clapped his hands to summon the dead and attracted the lotus lantern kindly reminded.
"Oh, the official was in a hurry and forgot. Hey, that's five lives again! To be honest, this official is not a person who likes to kill innocents indiscriminately, but these five brothers are too impulsive to get into trouble. Therefore, here this official advises everyone not to do unnecessary resistance, which leads to unnecessary sacrifices, and this official is also acting according to orders, and has no intention of making things difficult for everyone. What's more, this official is still your parent official, how can any parent want to see their child die. So, in this way, the official will give you three days to think about it, and after three days, I hope that you will voluntarily give up resistance, submit to the new emperor, and hand over the heavenly maiden Yanyu, and the official will treat it as if nothing happened today, and the past mistakes will be written off. What do you think of the official's advice? ”
Tong Xian Ling glanced at the five bloody corpses on the ground with some helplessness, and said with a sigh.
After seeing that the central square of the entire village was surrounded by dead corpses, and the highly poisonous lotus lanterns floating in the sky, all the villagers were afraid that they did not act rashly anymore, but habitually looked at the old village chief, because whenever Yanjia Village encountered a major decision, everyone was willing to obey the old village chief's arrangement.
As for Mrs. Yanyu, who was holding Yanyu in her arms, she looked at Yan Wuhuo beside her with a worried face, and Yan Wuhuo looked at Mrs. and Yanyu in her arms with a firm face, although he didn't say anything, but the expression on his face had already expressed his thoughts, that is, unless he died, no one would want to take Yanyu away.
And the smoke and rain in Mrs. Yan's arms may have been due to being too tired to accept the inheritance the night before, and she was still sleeping soundly at the moment, not waking up at all by the conflict just now.
The old village chief looked at the dead five brothers very sadly, and then at Mrs. Yan and the Yan Yu in her arms, frowned, thought for a while, and said:
"Lord Tong, this matter happened suddenly, and it involves the future fate of Yanjia Village, and it really needs time to consider, so according to the adult's will, let us think about it for three days, and then discuss it well, and after three days, we will definitely give the adult a clear answer."
"Good! Then it's decided. I went back first, and three days later, at noon, I was still in this square, and I hoped to see a satisfactory answer. Go home. Tong Xian Ling said happily, and after speaking, he took a deep look at the direction in which Nalan Qiqing had gone before turning around and leaving.
"My lord, are you just letting these untouchables go? We have dead bodies and lanterns, and we give our subordinates three hours to make sure that these untouchables will bow down. The arrogant servant who summoned the corpses and lanterns asked, somewhat reluctantly.
"Don't think that you are a person sent by the cousin of this official, and you can command the dead corpse and control the lantern, you can do whatever you want in front of the official, if you don't listen to the command, the official will not dare to punish you, whether you can make them surrender to the official for three hours is not sure, but the official counts three times, if you don't let these dead bodies and lanterns disappear, the official will let you disappear." Do you understand? Do you want to rebel too? Well? ”
Tong Xian Ling stopped, did not look back, and rebuked extremely dissatisfied.
"The adults are angry, and the subordinates don't dare! Although your subordinates are sent by the governor, you have a life-saving grace for your subordinates, and how dare your subordinates disobey the will of your lordship, and you will definitely look forward to them in this life, and your subordinates will let them disappear. ”
"Smack...... Syllable...... Syllable! ”
The extremely arrogant official stared at Tong County's back, and quickly turned into a flattering expression, and said respectfully, after saying that, after clapping his hands three more times, those fierce and vicious dead bodies burrowed into the sand and disappeared again. And the lantern floating in the sky rose rapidly, and soon it was no longer visible.
"Ah...... Husband, did you just leave me and the child behind? Woowoo woo ......"
"Son! Why are you so impulsive! How can this mother live! ”
"Daddy...... Woowoo woo ......"
As soon as Tong Xianling and his party left the entrance of the village, the family members of the five brothers rushed over and cried around the corpse.
The other villagers gathered around these family members, sighing and even more worried......
"The five of them are the strongest people in our village, and in front of these lanterns and dead bodies, they have no ability to resist at all, which is really terrifying."
"yes, where did these dead bodies come from? The old man has lived most of his life, and he has never seen a dead body kill someone! And this lotus lantern that exudes the fragrance of ecstasy and is highly poisonous is even more unheard of! ”
"Who is this new emperor? Why did it freeze for ten months, and then inexplicably changed the dynasty? Even the emperor is missing, what the hell is going on? ”
"I don't think it's a good emperor, a dog emperor who can use dead corpses as soldiers and use this poisonous lantern to kill people must be a tyrant. Moreover, even the Lotus Son of Heaven and the Heavenly Maiden have to be exterminated, how narrow-minded and vicious they must be! How could such a new emperor make the people of the world submit. ”
"So what are we going to do? There are only three days, and no matter how much we prepare, there is no way to deal with those dead bodies and lanterns, and even if we escape, where will we flee? Fleeing to the county seat is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net, is it possible to flee to the country of black-tailed leafhoppers? It's a pity, it's an enemy country, will it take us in! ”
"We can pretend to be obedient to the new emperor, and then find a way to send Yanyu's family of three to a safe place to hide for a while, I don't know if it's feasible?"
"It's not difficult to pretend to be obedient, but it's too difficult to hide Yanyu's family of three safely. This village is in ruins, and there is nowhere to hide, even if you dig a hole in the ground overnight, it will not help, don't you see those dead bodies casually coming out of the ground? ”
"Don't make up your mind, I think it's better to listen to the old village chief's opinion, anyway, since the old village chief came, listen to him, you haven't missed it, everyone says right?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Listen to the old village chief! ”
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The villagers' gossip was naturally heard by the old village chief who had been pondering, and when he saw that the villagers suddenly stopped talking and gathered around him, patiently waiting for his decision, he looked deeply at all the villagers, and seemed to have suddenly decided something, and said to everyone with a solemn expression:
"Thank you again for your trust in me, first of all, on behalf of all the villagers, I would like to express my condolences to the five brothers who died just now, and I also hope that their families can mourn and cheer up as soon as possible. Next, we will quickly help the family of the five brothers to bury the deceased properly, and then we will go home and pack our things as light as possible, and I will take you to a place where we will live from now on. As for where this place is, it's about five thousand miles to the north, and once I say it, everyone has heard of it, but never believed it really existed. I'm sure you've already guessed where I'm talking about, right? ”
The old village chief said solemnly, and when he mentioned that he wanted to take everyone to a place, he turned into a mysterious face again.
"Five thousand miles north of Yanjia Village? Could it be the ruins of the Misty Lotus Kingdom located between the Lotus Kingdom and the Black-tailed Leafhopper Kingdom in the legend? An older villager shouted.
"That's right! Exactly there! Since Yanjia Village has become a ruin, and the current emperor can't accommodate the goddess of our village, instead of waiting here for death, it is better for us to simply go to the site that has been lost for many years, rebuild our homes, and start our new life, and wait until Yanyu grows up, we will accompany her and come back, maybe at that time, the missing Liansheng Tianzi has grown up, and also recaptured the country and became the new emperor, then our heavenly girl Yanyu still has a chance to become the queen's mother. What do you think? ”
The words of the old village chief suddenly made all the villagers speechless for a long time in shock......