In order to avoid the spies of the Flying Dragon Kingdom from grasping their whereabouts, this trip back to the Tianyuan Kingdom, the route was set a little remote, and the border city entered the border city at the foot of the Spirit Mountain and went straight out of the border of the Flying Dragon Kingdom.

After a day and night break, Ning Yunxiao and Bai Zhuo arrived at a small town at the foot of Lingshan Mountain five days later.

The sun had already flooded half of the side, and the western sky was orange and red.

The only inn in the town was filled with their group, and the forage they had saved was barely enough for the horses.

The hall and kitchen are connected, and a cotton curtain is placed in the middle to hide the smoke.

The food was set on the table, and the guards, though tired and hungry, still ate it after testing it for poison with a silver needle.

Before they had finished eating, they heard a commotion outside, probably very close, and the sound of drums.

The little guy threw down the unfinished table and immediately ran out to look, and when he came back after a while, he saw that everyone was looking at him, so he explained, "It is our sacrifice here on January 30, to offer pigs and sheep to the mountain god, and pray that when spring comes, the spring will not fall and the spring will be cold, and the wind and rain will be smooth." ”

He said, "The altar is outside, and the guests can go and see it when they have nothing to do." ”

"No need." Said one of the guards.

When the others heard this, they all ignored it and continued to eat, but after a dozen breaths, the noise increased instead of decreasing.

Even Bai Zhuo, who was eating in the upstairs guest room, came out and asked, "What happened?" ”

The first guard was about to answer, when he heard a shocked shout from outside, "Lord Priest, how can the sacrifice be a living person?!" ”

This sentence not only shocked everyone, but also led Ning Yunxiao out of the guest room.

"What's going on? What sacrifice? She asked as soon as she came out.

The puppy, who walked smoothly, also followed.

Bai Zhuo dodged to the side, "It seems to be a living sacrifice." ”

Ning Yunxiao was stunned, "A living person? ”

As soon as the words fell, there was another burst of thunder outside, accompanied by the hoarse cries of children.

"Let go of my brother! Let go of my brother—" the child shouted, recognising that it was a girl.

"Go out and have a look." Ning Yunxiao said, taking the lead in running downstairs.

Bai Zhuo didn't want to meddle in his affairs, but he had to go out, if it was really a living sacrifice, there must be a difficult old priest, plus a group of brainwashed people, if they really cared, I am afraid that they will not be able to live in this town today, so they can only sleep in the woods.

Thankfully, he brought a lot of tents!

And five wagons, four of which were full of food and clothing.

Even if you sleep in the wild every day, you can survive to Tianyuan Kingdom.

When Ning Yunxiao walked out of the inn, he saw a crowd of people on the street in front of him, an altar more than one meter high, with two big drums on both sides.

She walked quickly, and when she was nearer, she saw on the table on the altar a pig's head, a sheep's body, and a large piece of meat, with ribs attached.

Next to the table stood a piece of wood, to which a boy was tied, probably eight or nine years old, naked, with strange runes drawn from head to toe.

Below, a smaller girl cried on the altar, and two women held her down and prevented her from going up.

The old priest leaned on his cane and said loudly, "My town has been overwhelmed by heavy rainfall for three consecutive years, which has caused a large number of crops in the fields to be waterlogged, and a large amount of rice has to be handed over to the imperial court every year, so my town has long been unable to make ends meet." ”

He turned to look at the mountain from afar, "This is the wrath of the mountain god, its anger has spread to us, as long as we offer sacrifices to the mountain god, the mountain god will withdraw his anger and bless my town with good weather and rain." ”

As he spoke, the priest pointed to the boy again and said, "This is the sacrifice we are going to offer to the god of the mountain, and we are going to pray to the god of the mountain, and now we all kneel." ”

The old priest's words still had a certain influence, and as soon as he said this, only some of the women who came to participate in the sacrifice knelt down, but many men with clear minds questioned it.

"This ...... This is a living person, and if the government knows about it, we won't be able to escape it. ”

"Yes, the law also states that the sacrifice of a living person is to kill the head."

If someone is against it, there will be someone who agrees.

"But we have not been able to receive food for three years, and now we have enough to eat, and if it rains heavily this year, let alone paying taxes, we won't even be able to eat."

"That's right! It's worth dying one, saving all of our towns. ”

"That's right! As long as everyone keeps their mouths shut and doesn't speak out, how will the government know. ”

More people knelt down, and only a dozen or so people stood sporadically.

Perhaps because there are fewer voices of dissent, the girl's crying is becoming more pronounced.

"Brother... Hurry up and let my brother go... Why are you arresting my brother?" she cried, struggling twice, breaking the woman's hand in the confusion.

The woman was furious, and with a slap down, the girl was instantly knocked down, and her cheeks were instantly red and swollen.

The boy on the altar finally lifted his eyelids, his lips squirming, but he couldn't speak.

At the end of January, the temperature has dropped to minus twenty or thirty degrees, even if you wear cotton clothes, you will be cold, and you will be naked.

If the boy stayed like this, he would freeze to death in less than an hour.

Ning Yunxiao was touched.

The old priest walked up to the boy with his knife in his hand, muttering something to him.

Seeing this, the only dozen or so people left below also knelt down.

And all the people knelt down and prostrated together.

The boy stared at the old priest with wide eyes.

The old priest was expressionless, and under the boy's angry gaze, he slashed the boy on the forehead with his knife.

Ning Yunxiao was stunned, she didn't expect it at all.

Is this going to be late?

Authentic......

On pedantic, but the countrymen.

On benevolence, but the people of the country.

In terms of cruelty, it is still no more than the countrymen.

Everything is passed down from the ancestors, and when I look at it today, it is true.

Bai Zhuo also rushed over from behind, followed by a group of guards.

Ning Yunxiao gritted his teeth and said, "Kill him." ”

When one of the guards heard this, he immediately drew his sword and jumped to the altar, and when the old priest was surprised, he raised his hand and swung it out.

Blood gushed out suddenly.

Boom!

The old priest leaned back and slammed it on the altar.

The people were in a mess, screaming, and getting up on their hands and feet.

Because the priest disciple saw the guards coming over with Ning Yunxiao, they judged that the guards were instructed by Ning Yunxiao, and immediately pointed at her and shouted, "It's her, she killed the priest and destroyed the sacrifice, if the mountain god blames it, we will all have nothing in the future!" ”

At the mention of crops, these people all had red eyes, and they all looked at Ning Yunxiao.

The priest disciple shouted, "Kill her to appease the wrath of the mountain god." ”

Although he shouted happily, the people did not move, although the old priest was prestigious, but the priest disciples were a little worse, not to mention that they were not bewitched, they had their own considerations, how could they go up directly to kill people?

What's more, there are a lot of people on the other side, and they are still holding swords, and at first glance they are practicing martial arts, so maybe they are still some big shots.

So they hesitate.

Ning Yunxiao seized this gap to perform light skills and went to the altar.

"Go get the wagon." She commanded the guards, picked up the old priest's knife, and cut the rope in the blink of an eye.

The guards over there left in response, and the boy here collapsed in Ning Yunxiao's arms.

Ning Yunxiao hugged the boy, not knowing whether to hold it or carry it on his back.

The boy's body was frighteningly cold, no worse than ice.

"I'll come." Bai Zhuo didn't know when he came up and picked up the boy.

"What are you going to do? Put the sacrifice down quickly. Seeing this, the priest disciples immediately rushed forward.

Ning Yunxiao stepped up and kicked the priest disciple several meters away.

This kick used internal force, and there was no softness at all, and the priest disciple spit out the blood in his mouth, and passed out.

When the people saw this, they immediately panicked, and they didn't say a word, so they beat them as they wanted.

I don't know who in the crowd said, "You can't let them go, they killed the priest, and they also wounded the priest's disciples, and they took them to the officials." ”

As soon as this statement came out, some people immediately echoed it.

"Yes, take them to the officer."

"If you dare to resist, kill directly to avenge the priest."

Ning Yunxiao followed the voice to look at the person who was talking, and the man didn't dodge when he saw her.

Suffered!

This is calculated.

Not only her, but Bai Zhuo also felt the same way.

As if to confirm what the two were thinking, a dozen men in the crowd rushed towards the altar with swords in hand.

When the guards saw that they had not yet been ambushed, two of them quickly ran back to the inn to get their swords, and the rest all intercepted the enemy with their bare hands.

The two sides stirred up the area around the altar in an instant, and the women and children screamed and ran away, but these men were not afraid of death and came up to attack Ning Yunxiao and the others together.

There were a few fish that slipped through the net and swept straight towards Ning Yunxiao in places that the guards couldn't take care of, Ning Yunxiao responded with a dagger in hand, blocked the enemy's sword, and then turned sideways to dodge the other.

Bai Zhuo was very anxious when he saw it, so he clamped the boy under his armpit, pulled out his soft sword and killed him.

The girl didn't know when to climb up to the altar, and regardless of the ruthless people killed above, she walked towards Bai Zhuo, who was holding the boy, in a daze.

"Brother......" she muttered, a sword stabbing behind her.

"Be careful." Ning Yunxiao shouted, flew to block, the sword grazed her left arm, cut her clothes, cut through the flesh, and blood suddenly flowed out.

"Yunshino." Bai Zhuo was in a hurry, and the soft sword in his hand stabbed into the abdomen of one of the enemies, and as he pulled out, the enemy collapsed.

The guards who had just received the order came in a carriage, and the guards who took the swords also joined the battle circle.

"Yunxiao, you get into the carriage first, and I'll go later." Bai Zhuo said, afraid that Ning Yunxiao would not be willing, so he handed over the boy to her, "The child can't freeze anymore, otherwise his life will be lost." ”

Ning Yunxiao hesitated for a moment and looked at Bai Zhuo, "Then you come with me immediately, I'll wait for you." ”

As she spoke, she took the boy in her arms and led the girl to the carriage with her injured hand.

The two closest guards immediately approached to protect her.

Bai Zhuo was stunned behind him and said in a low voice, "Definitely." ”

After saying that, he turned around and fought with the enemy.

There were guards to open the way, and Ning Yunxiao quickly got into the carriage.

Suddenly, more enemies rushed from all directions, all of them pressed towards Bai Zhuo.

The guards wanted to leave as soon as they drove the carriage, but as soon as they got into the carriage, Ning Yunxiao, who lifted the curtain of the car to watch, grabbed him and shouted, "Don't go!" ”

She looked around, and no one attacked her, but they all killed Bai Zhuo.

Wrong......

This is?

These people are here for the white burn!

Having figured out this floor, she immediately got out of the carriage and ran towards the altar.

However, the enemy, who had just regarded her as nothing, quickly surrounded her at this time.

Over there, Bai Zhuo had already been hit by a sword in his calf because he couldn't dodge, and Ning Yunxiao's heart was even more anxious.

The oncoming enemy's sword went off the rails, and she had no weapon in her hand, so she stooped and dodged, standing close to him.

His hands moved to the man's shoulders, and as soon as his fingers were forced, he heard a click, and the man's arm was removed.

Ning Yunxiao snatched his sword, grabbed him as a human shield, and hurriedly walked towards Bai Zhuo.

How could these enemies just let her pass, and one of them swung his knife and slashed at the person who was being held hostage by Ning Yunxiao.